Super All-around Point Guard

Mike Conley cannot be called a superstar in today's league, and it is difficult for him to be ranked in the position of point guard, which is full of abnormalities. He is the strongest defender except for the strongest guys. Conley can get The first maximum salary contract in history also proves that for a quasi-star level player, if he can be in the right position, he can also get a large maximum salary contract.

Conley is naturally capable, but this big contract will still make many fans sigh. You know, Dwyane Wade, whose career is far more outstanding than Conley's, has only accumulated a salary of 156 million US dollars in his career, while Conley's salary is now five. He took 153 million in 2016. It’s no wonder that even O’Neal said he was born in the wrong era.

In addition to Mike Conley, wealthy coach Parsons also left the Mavericks and came to the Memphis Grizzlies. He signed a four-year, 95 million contract with the Grizzlies, slightly less than Conley's maximum salary. These two signings also shocked Many people, plus Marc Gasol and Randolph, have high expectations for the Grizzlies. However, the Grizzlies have always been a frequent visitor to the playoffs and are a successful example of small-market teams. It was not a weak team originally. These few actions did not bring substantial changes to the team. In addition, the Grizzlies are also in the Western Conference with big alligators. I am afraid it will be difficult to reach the finals in the playoffs this season. stage.

Originally, Xie Chen led the Lakers to six consecutive victories with such amazing momentum that even the Grizzlies were a little scared. However, after the Warriors defeated the Lakers, everyone saw that the Lakers were also vulnerable when facing super strong teams. The Grizzlies were no longer able to defeat the Lakers. Why are you worried about this opponent? Moreover, some Grizzlies fans even held up signs that read "The winning streak ends, the losing streak begins" to mock the Lakers, a weak team last season.

Xie Chen has played less with the Grizzlies in the past two seasons, and has not had any grievances. Nothing worth recalling has happened in his memory. When he comes here, he is not as depressed as at the Warriors' home court. He is very calm during the game. The attack started quickly. Mike Conley sensed Xie Chen's strong desire to attack and entered the best state from the beginning.

Xie Chen scored consecutively with McGrady's pull-up three-pointer and Jordan's fadeaway jumper. Conley also stepped up to respond to Xie Chen. He is a left-handed player. It is always troublesome to defend left-handed players, especially when Conley When dribbling behind the back, his change of direction was not very fast, but his rhythm was very good. Conley also responded to Xie Chen with a few balls at the beginning, but in terms of scoring ability, he was by no means Xie Chen's opponent. You can keep scoring like this, but after scoring a few goals, Conley must ask his teammates for help.

The cooperation between Gasol and Randolph is still a headache for the Lakers. Fortunately, their free throw shooting percentage was average today. With Xie Chen getting everything he asked for, Xie Chen scored 20 points in the first quarter. points, leading the Lakers to the lead, while Conley only scored 8 points and not many assists.

After the first quarter, Conley looked serious on the players' bench and was not very comfortable. He thought that Xie Chen's style of play clearly meant that he was not worthy of the maximum salary contract. But in fact, how much Conley would get, Xie Chen Not envious at all.

Funny Stephenson also fanned the flames and said: "Mike, Xie just wanted to mess with you because he didn't like the big contract you got. He didn't even score 20 points in a single quarter against the Warriors!"

Conley was already unhappy. After signing a big contract, he was under tremendous pressure. Being teased by his teammates and fanning the flames made him even more irritable. According to the data in the first quarter, wouldn't Xie Chen have to pay more than twice as much as Conley in the entire game? score? At that time, some netizens will say that compared with Conley, Xie Chen should get a five-year, 300 million contract!

In fact, Conley doesn't need to put too much pressure on himself, and the Grizzlies don't expect him to be as omnipotent or score as many points as Xie Chen. He just needs to be able to maintain his current level healthily.

However, stimulated by Xie Chen's strong performance, Conley's mentality was still affected. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. Conley wanted to reach the superstar level and become an All-Star starter, but the hardware strength was not enough, and the effect was counterproductive. , a three-point shot was blocked by Xie Chen, and then Xie Chen performed a one-arm dunk at the Grizzlies' home court.

Xie Chen's score exceeded 30 points in the second quarter, starting the Legend Challenge. This time, he met the Grizzlies during Gasol's era, and he easily solved it. After that, he continued to abuse Conley crazily. grizzly bear.

The fans at the scene were quickly demoralized and showed no excitement at all.

"It's so crazy to thank this guy. From the beginning of the game, he planned to beat us alone?"

"This will be another 60+ performance. Is it Mike Conley's big contract that stimulates him? Mike finally stepped up and responded to a few goals. What is Chandler Parsons doing? Facing such arrogance from his opponent Provocation, but he didn’t react at all!”

Parsons played very poorly and was completely unworthy of his big contract. Not only in this game, but also in the previous few games, his performance was average, but it was still not easy for the Lakers to win against the Grizzlies until the end of the game. , Xie Chen scored 61 points before he could rest, and they finally had a chance to win and get this victory.

Seeing that garbage time was coming, Mike Conley was already out of breath from exhaustion after the entire performance. He couldn't help but ask Xie Chen: "Are you using your 60+ performance tonight to tell me that I'm not qualified to get that big contract?" ?”

Only then did Xie Chen notice the resentment towards him in Mike Conley's eyes. He has many friends and enemies in the NBA. Xie Chen did not want to be misunderstood. Xie Chen said: "I just want to win. If this game Later, others will make fun of you for it, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

The Lakers win another game and continue to hold the No. 1 spot in the Western Conference, on an equal footing with the Warriors!

After the Golden State Warriors learned about it, they all felt disappointed.

Draymond Green looked frustrated and said: "Damn it! The Memphis Grizzlies failed to defeat the Lakers? Why did they spend so much money to sign Mike Conley and Chandler Parsons? The Lakers are such a bad team. Can’t even win? I really can’t stand sharing the first place with the Lakers. It’s been half a month since the start of the new season, and they are still pestering us and not letting us go!”

Durant also wanted to see the Lakers' record decline as soon as possible, saying: "Yes, their next opponent is the New Orleans Pelicans. With Xie's recent hot state, it is estimated that the Pelicans will be defeated by him alone." It’s also difficult to withstand. If we want to get rid of them and become the only number one, I’m afraid it will take a few days. We have to place our hopes on the San Antonio Spurs.”

After the Lakers beat the Pelicans, their next opponent was the Spurs. When the Spurs were mentioned, the Warriors sighed in unison. They did not doubt that the Spurs could beat the Lakers. The key is that the Spurs also defeated them. When the time comes, the Lakers will lose. The Warriors have also lost to a team that doesn't look so shameful.

Half a month into the new season, the Lakers are still first in the Western Conference. This makes rookie coach Luke Walton very proud. He invited the whole team to a big dinner in Memphis. All the players went there in a happy mood. Next city, New Orleans.

The Pelicans have superstars. Anthony Davis was expected to become one of the best players in the league as early as last year. He also had 25+10 points for two consecutive seasons and averaged 2 blocks per game. However, he did not win in the playoffs. There is no breakthrough.

The Pelicans are not a strong team. This time, Xie Chen doesn’t need to score so many points by himself. Ingram finally regained his confidence. He scored 30+ again in this game. Xie Chen didn’t want to waste his energy. With time and time to deal with the legendary team, the team only scored 25 points and easily won another victory. Since the Warriors still did not lose in these two games, the Warriors and Lakers are still tied for first place.

However, many people predict that the situation where the two teams are tied for first place will soon change. Fans predict that the first loser will certainly not be the Warriors, but the Lakers, who are weaker on paper, because the Lakers' next opponent is San Antonio. The spurs!

Warriors fans posted online before the game: "Finally no longer tied for first place with this bad Lakers team, hahaha. Congratulations in advance to the Lakers for their second defeat of the season!"

The Spurs' record is second only to the Warriors and Lakers in the Western Conference, and they are considered second in the Western Conference. Not only that, the reason why Warriors fans are so optimistic is that the Spurs are not only strong, but they are also a team that even defeated the Warriors. The Warriors won another big victory. If the Spurs beat the Lakers, according to this logic, there should be no doubt about the Spurs beating the Lakers.

Luke Walton was also worried about whether his second defeat was coming. He told his players the day before the game: "If we want to go further in the playoffs, then the Warriors and Spurs are the two teams. , we are bound to encounter one of them, we have already seen the result of the duel with the Warriors, so let us see what we will do when we meet another ace team!"

Texas, San Antonio, ATT Center Arena.

Coming here again, it seems to be no different from before, but without one important person, the Spurs opponent always feels different. The Spurs have won a total of five championships, and these five championships were all led by Duncan. But now, this guy is retiring as soon as he says he is retiring.

Duncan's retirement was too quiet. After playing in the NBA for 19 seasons, he just said that and left like this. It seems that everyone is not ready to accept his retirement and has not yet figured out how to follow him. Farewell, this is completely different from Kobe’s way of retiring. Someone once asked him, aren’t you afraid that others won’t understand you? Duncan replied, why should I let others know me? This is probably Duncan's style, but no matter what, the historical status of the best power forward in history cannot be shaken.

Although Duncan has retired, he also arrived at the scene today with his wife. Xie Chen stepped forward to say hello to Duncan, attracting many cameras to follow him.

Xie Chen smiled and said to Duncan: "You haven't played with me in the finals, how can you say you are retiring?"

Duncan smiled gently and said: "I said the future belongs to you. I lied to LeBron, but I have no intention of lying to you again."

"Hahaha." Xie Chen and Duncan's wife both laughed in unison, "It's really weird to play the Spurs without you, but I won't be polite tonight."

Duncan also replied: "Don't be polite to them, man, score as much as you like. As long as you lose to us, I think Popovich will let you score 60 points."

It can be seen that after Duncan retired, his mentality was not any different from when he was a player. Retirement seemed too natural for him. Kobe is still not used to it after retiring. Seeing Xie Chen's crazy His performance will also stimulate Kobe, but Stone Buddha is Stone Buddha, and he takes it all lightly. Retirement is not a big deal for him.

However, watching him play with old friends such as the bald Ginobili, Parker, and Popovich, Xie Chen felt that he still belonged to the Spurs and had not left yet...

After Duncan left the Spurs, the GDP combination ceased to exist and will only remain in the memory of fans. However, both veterans Ginobili and Parker decided to continue playing and did not choose to retire because of Duncan's departure.

In addition, the Spurs also received new aids Pau Gasol and David Lee. Gasol came after Durant announced that he would join the Warriors, because the Spurs also intended to pursue Durant at the time, although the Trail Blazers gave Gasol He signed a two-year, $40 million contract, but Gasol has always preferred the Spurs, so he still chose the Spurs. Netizens also gave these old Spurs a new name: "The Five Old Men of Death."

It seems that the strength of the Death Five is not inferior to that of the Death Five. Otherwise, the Spurs would not have had the last laugh in the last showdown with the Warriors.

Similarly, another new aid, David Lee, also gave up a larger contract to come to the Spurs. His two-year contract with the Spurs was only $3.2 million.

After Duncan retires, David West switches to the Warriors, Diaw is traded to the Jazz, and Boban joins the Pistons, David Lee will form a new inside rotation with Pau Gasol and Aldridge.

You know, these three guys were all former All-Star inside players, plus Leonard, who has always been considered to be among the top five in the league, and Popovich, the most capable coach in the league, It wouldn't be surprising if the Spurs made it to the Finals this year.

The Warriors players are also paying attention to the game between the Spurs and the Lakers. They can't wait to see the Lakers lose another game and stop joining them in the first place in the Western Conference.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs' mature offensive and defensive systems showed their advantages in front of the Lakers, and Leonard was specifically guarding Xie Chen from the beginning. This guy is one of the best defensive players in the league. Soon, in the first In the fourth quarter, the Lakers were beaten by double digits, and Lakers coach Luke Walton was forced to call a timeout.

Seeing this, Draymond Green of the Warriors finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, when the Lakers lose, they can finally occupy the first place in the Western Conference! After this time, they can never climb up again!"

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