Super All-around Point Guard

Maybe it was an earth-shattering "header" that caused Jimmy Butler's nose to bleed. Xie Chen felt a little bit sorry, so he "molested" this dull boy and made a joke with him.

If Jimmy Butler is added to Miami's lineup, of course it will be even more powerful, but Xie Chen also knows that this is simply not realistic.

Jimmy Butler turned down a four-year, $40 million contract offer from the Bulls last October because he was counting on a significant increase in the league's salary cap during the 2016-2017 season.

Butler is pursuing a short-term maximum salary contract instead of the Bulls' five-year home team contract. He hopes to sign a three-year $50 million contract with a one-year player option, so that when he enters again In the free agent market, you can sign a larger maximum salary contract.

In any case, it is impossible for the Miami Heat to satisfy Butler, and it is even unrealistic to retain the current lineup. The outside world generally believes that in the next few years, the chances of Wade, Xie Chen, and Hassan staying on the team at the same time are not high.

Now every NBA player, especially a star who has achieved results, must be considered like a businessman. Even if he does not become a businessman himself, he must have a dedicated team. Xie Chen has never thought about the future, it doesn't matter whether they stay or leave, the most important thing is now, this season, they want to win the championship!

The Chicago Bulls were never considered as a target by Xie Chen from the very beginning, so this round of the series must be won without any suspense. Now that they have lost their start, this game must be won!

Because they have already lost one game, no one in the Heat team dared to relax even if they were leading the score, and Xie Chen, the "magician", still exerted his energy.

Hassan pulls outside to catch the ball at a high position. He is also trying to play the role of an organizer. If he can have Bosh's mid-range and long-range shooting ability, he will be more threatening. Now everyone knows that he will pass the ball in the future. go out.

Xie Chen is in the right corner, and Hassan can pass the ball at any time. At this time, Wade launched a very good and beautiful back run to escape. He first cut from the outside to the inside, but then turned back , Jimmy Butler will of course follow in Wade's footsteps.

At this time, Hassan passed the ball to Xie Chen.

At this moment, Wade suddenly ran back, pushed Butler, and walked towards the basket again. Almost as soon as Xie Chen received the pass, he threw it to Wade's position under the basket. Wade got the ball, A feint and an easy hit.

Although Jimmy Butler defended fiercely, but at such a position so close to the basket, even if he had a height advantage, he was absolutely no match for the experienced Wade. This is the experience accumulated over the years. Impossible.

Xie Chen added another assist, and it seemed that scoring double digits in assists was no longer a big problem.

The Bulls lost patience with the continuous misses from the outside, so they started to hit the inside continuously. Rose made a breakthrough with a change of speed, just got rid of Xie Chen, and forced a layup. Hassan jumped up and stared directly at the backboard!

Rose was going to explode. This was not the first time Hassan, a big man, covered Ross. Hassan seemed to know Rose's layup routine very well, and he could clearly judge the route of Rose's layup, and easily blocked him. .

After hitting the backboard, the basketball bounced out and was picked up by Noah. Noah smiled wickedly, there was an open space under the basket, opportunity, he jumped slowly, trying to lay up with his left hand, and then another big cap flew in!

"How is it possible!" Noah couldn't believe it. He finally took advantage of Hassan's loss of position and wanted to steal two points in the paint, but he was still blocked. He turned his head and glanced, more angry, it was Xie Chen!

Just now, I felt a strong coercion behind me. Because of the physical contact, Noah thought it was a big man blocking the shot, but I didn't expect it to be the smallest Xie Chen!

Hassan finished covering Xie Chengai! Cheers erupted at the scene, what is needed is such a domineering defense!

But the excitement is not over yet!

After Xie Chen blocked the shot, Noah sent it to the sky, and it was in the hands of Jimmy Butler. Butler took advantage of the chaotic situation between the two teams and went straight to the basket, and then flew into the air instantly. He wanted to dunk!

"Damn it!" Xie Chen was very annoyed, his favorite thing is to block dunks! And Jimmy Butler's task has not been completed yet, but he has just blocked playing Noah, so he has no skills at all.

Then, there was a scene that shocked everyone. Just when Jimmy Butler raised his long arm to make a dunk, his wide-open arm just fell, and there was a muffled sound immediately, and the basketball was not smashed into the basket. basket! Instead, he was firmly resisted by the other hand!

It's Wade!

Seeing Jimmy Butler going straight to the basket on the right, Wade took a shortcut and appeared from the left, and then jumped up and held Butler's basketball with one hand. , the basketball was knocked out, Butler withdrew his whole body and fell to the ground, and at this time, 24 seconds to attack!

"yeah!"

The Heat blocked three consecutive shots! The scene is going crazy with excitement!

God, is this Wade? It's really unbelievable, his performance in the playoffs is exactly the same as Wade in the championship period!

Wade also waved his arms excitedly, then stretched out both hands and pointed to the ground: "This is my house!"

"Hahaha." Xie Chen happily bumped shoulders with Wade. The two of them high-fived Hassan together. Strong blocking ability, enough to make all opponents afraid!

"Oh, Xie, D-Wade, and Hassan, these three blocked shots in turn, directly exhausting the Bulls' offensive time, and the defense of these three guys gave people a very strong deterrent effect!"

"When a team has three shot-blockers, I don't see any reason to doubt that the team is going to lose."

In this game, not only the backcourt combination of Xie Chen and Wade showed terrifying power, but also the strength of the three defensive champions Xie Chen, Wade, and Hassan were also displayed in front of everyone, especially the Bulls players, who were defeated by three consecutive players. A different person blocked the shot, and his momentum was completely blown away.

First he was hemorrhaged by Xie Chen, and then he was blocked by Wade for a dunk. Jimmy Butler had a rough start today, and his subsequent performance was also affected by his emotions, and Rose was closely watched by Xie Chen, especially shooting, so At halftime, the Heat still led by 15 points.

During the half-time break, Thibodeau scolded the players in the locker room: "Are you all still immersed in the dream of winning the last game and haven't woken up? You can see the current situation and the current score clearly. Already trailing by 15 points, look at your poor defense, Xie sent 8 assists in the half, he hasn't played hard yet, things have become like this, once he starts to attack in the second half, you tell me how to stop him ? You have to play more aggressively, don't be intimidated by them, we are the ones who have the inside advantage!"

Thibodeau's face is full of anger. When the whole emotion is vented, it is very scary, so that the players dare not speak. Thibodeau and the Bulls have about two years and 9 million left in the contract. The team's management and coaches have always had conflicts. , if this year's playoffs lose to the Heat, then Thibodeau is likely to be waived by the Bulls!

When Thibodeau took office in the 2010-2011 season, the Bulls had the league's best defensive efficiency value of 101.5. By putting pressure on the strong side and cutting off the passing line, Thibodeau's defensive strategy effectively limited the possibility of super giants taking over the game. possibility. The teams are also scrambling to imitate.

Every team is studying how to crack Thibodeau's iron barrel formation, such as using pick-and-roll creatively, using three-pointers to open up space to make it more difficult to assist defense, and designing routines for versatile players to attack defense from different angles. The irony is that Thibodeau himself is the only one who doesn't know how to crack his own system.

The Bulls have always struggled with running the ball inside. They run the ball slowly on the outside, everyone has the ball, and then stop the ball for a few seconds at a time.

Before, the shield for losing the game was injury, but this year, Rose is here, everyone is there, and the Heat lack Bosh. Under such circumstances, if they still lose, then the possibility of Thibodeau continuing to be the coach has already not big.

But as a coach, all he can do is to keep motivating his teammates.

At the beginning of the second half, the double point guard combination of Chalmers and Cole played a magical effect. Cole rushed in desperately and then split the ball, while Chalmers hid in the bottom corner and made a sneak attack for a three-pointer.

During the period when Xie Chen didn't play, the substitutes not only failed to close the score, but made the score even bigger! In the blink of an eye, the Heat have already led by 20 points!

Thibodeau is almost desperate. The Bulls played today as if they were sleepwalking. They didn't know what they were doing, and their offensive efficiency was low. It seems that there should be no hope for this game.

When Xie Chen played again, it was time to really solve the game.

The Bulls once chased the score to 12 points by relying on inside scoring. Just when everyone thought the Bulls were about to counterattack, Xie Chen stood up and told them that there was no such possibility!

A change of direction to the left with an ultra-low center of gravity, directly pulls up to shoot the basket, and hits a three-pointer! The difference is widened again!

"D-ROSE, I'm determined to win this game!" Xie Chen said unceremoniously to Rose, hoping that the opponent would realize that they would not have any chance in this game.

The Bulls have almost forced out the strongest Heat. Xie Chen scored and assisted, and even rebounded and blocked shots. Wade is also in a brave state. Hassan finally broke out. The outside shooting is also good, and Beasley, and even Chalmers and Kerr are so good off the bench. With such an excellent team performance, if they still lose to the Bulls, it can only prove that the Bulls are super strong team, but this is not the case.

Noah's knees can no longer support the weight of his non-stop running, Rose's state is erratic, Butler is gradually showing signs of fatigue, and Gibson's long-term ankle problems sounded the alarm again.

Throughout the season, Thibodeau let Butler play too much time. Pau Gasol, a 34-year-old veteran, played 2684 minutes in the season. The last person with such a long playing time at this age was Clifford in 2003 DeRobinson, and the intensity at that time was not the same as it is now.

The Heat know that the Bulls are not an opponent that is too difficult to beat, as long as they can play their own level, tonight, they did it!

Gradually, the Bulls became slack in defense, and Xie Chen stole one of the relatively good rebounds without protecting them well.

Wade turned over and made a jump shot. When the basketball bounced out and Gasol was about to get the rebound, Xie Chen jumped up from behind and dunked the ball with both hands!

There was another thunderous cheer at the scene!

"Sorry, buddy." Xie Chen dunked the ball over Gasol's head and grabbed Gasol's rebound. Xie Chen also spoke to Gasol in a friendly manner.

Now recalling the height of the dunk just now, Gasol still feels terrible: "It's already the third quarter, this guy still has such good physical strength? He is simply scarier than Kobe!"

Kobe used to be the person Gasol admired the most, because of Kobe’s unyielding personality and his tenacity, but no matter how fighting spirit Kobe has, he will also be tired. As the game progresses, his jumping is no longer so high, and his shooting is no longer so accurate , but Gasol has never seen these situations in Xie Chen.

After Xie Chen took off nimbly and dunked with both hands, he quickly returned to defense in the second half, showing no sign of fatigue, which made Gasol secretly call out "monster" in his heart.

Sure enough, as Thibodeau expected, Xie Chen showed his power in this quarter and stabilized the score. Because he still couldn't use Lowry's skills to break through Rose, Xie Chen's scoring was basically three-pointers, low-post singles, and putbacks. Second offense.

In the fourth quarter, all the Heat's main players sat in their chairs and watched their substitutes play against the opponent's main players.

The Bulls missed a shot, Chalmers launched a fast break, and passed a long pass to James Ennis, who was running extremely fast. Ennis did not let go of this fast break and scored, even against Jimmy Butler , he also took off without hesitation, and then completed a heavy dunk in front of Butler!

"It's so beautiful! James!" Xie Chen, Wade and other players stood up and applauded. This is simply a James-style slam dunk!

Next, Chalmers hit a three-pointer again, widening the point difference to 23 points. Xie Chen was overjoyed and clapped his teammates one by one: "Wade, it seems that we don't need to play in the fourth quarter."

The Heat's substitutes ravaged the Bulls crazily, and the unstoppable momentum did not lose to the main lineup. Soon, Thibodeau also completely gave up resistance, replaced all the main players, and quietly accepted the defeat of the game.

In the end, the Heat beat the Bulls 117 to 98, tying the series to one to one!

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