Super All-around Point Guard

There are many players in the league like Drummond who admire and even admire Xie Chen very much. Unfortunately, Xie Chen announced his retirement after winning the championship too late. Many opponents have no chance to play against each other again this season.

Drummond asked Xie Chen: "I don't know if I will have the opportunity to play against you again after tonight. I have always admired you. Your playing style is very cool, so will you give me signed sneakers?" "

"Ah?" Xie Chen was suddenly stunned. He really didn't expect his opponent to ask for his sneakers. After two years in the NBA, he thought he had experienced everything he should experience, but this was the first time...

Kobe Bryant retired last year. When he visited an opponent's arena for the last time on a tour, he usually gave a pair of boots to the stars who loved him, such as Paul George of the Pacers, Draymond Green of the Warriors, and rising star Booker of the Suns. , many players, including Xie Chen himself, received Kobe’s boots.

This has basically become a tradition for NBA superstars. Not everyone is qualified to do this. It must be big enough and influential enough, and it must be a slightly high-profile star. A star like Duncan doesn't say a word. He retired immediately without sending anything to anyone.

Although Xie Chen has made great achievements, he thinks that he has only been in the league for a short period of time. Unlike when Kobe retired, everyone grew up watching Kobe play. Xie Chen imagined the scene of the next tour, but he really never thought about it. Giving sneakers, after all, the sneakers must be given to stars, and the players who can be called stars in the team are generally older than Xie Chen...

A junior giving sneakers to a senior is a bit too...

However, after carefully considering that the NBA divides players according to their achievements, Xie Chen agreed and said to Drummond: "Come to the locker room to find me later!"

After a brief interview, Xie Chen returned to the locker room and placed the sneakers he had prepared for Drummond on the chair. He was thinking about signing his name and writing a message to Drummond, so he The teammates asked: "Which of you has a pen? Let me use it."

It happened that Luke Wharton had a pen over there, Ci Shiping took it and handed it to Xie Chen, asking: "What do you want the pen for?"

Xie Chen pointed to the arranged sneakers and said, "Sign."

The Lakers players were all shocked at the same time. They were no strangers to this scene. When Kobe retired last year, he often gave signed sneakers to his opponents after the game. But they never expected that this season, the team There are people out there doing this!

Of course they already knew that Xie Chen retired after winning the championship, but they never thought that Xie Chen was qualified to give sneakers to others!

Giving sneakers to an opponent's ace player is something that only superstars and veteran stars can do. This is also a proper act of showing off. Nick Young looked envious and walked up to ask: "Who are you giving this to?" ?”

"Andre Drummond." Xie Chen replied slowly.

Nick Young reminded: "Thank you, the person you want to give it to is two years older than you, did you know?"

Nick Yang was afraid that Xie Chen would only focus on retiring in the most awesome and cool way and ignore some things, so he reminded him.

Xie Chen also said truthfully: "I didn't want to give him sneakers, he took the initiative to ask me for them."

Everyone had to marvel at Xie Chen's charm. Even players who were more senior than Xie Chen have now become fans!

Nick Young lamented: "Andre is a pretty good guy, much cuter than Draymond Green."

Xie Chen was thinking about what message to write to Zhuang Shen at this time. Drummond is different from Draymond. He is not like Green who has the energy to bully and coax all day long. From the time he took the initiative to lower his head in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, When Steve Nash touched his head like an elder, he knew that he was still quite a cute person, smiling like a sunny boy. Such a person is very likable, but it is a pity that he did not win the championship.

Xie Chen quickly took out a pen and wrote down a message, the content of which was: More desires!

Xie Chen hopes that Zhuang Shen will have more desire for the championship and victory. Only in this way will his strength rise to a higher level.

After Ci Shiping saw it, he praised: "Thank you, you wrote so well. This guy just doesn't have a strong desire to win. Bring me a pen. I also have something to write to him."

"Ah?" Xie Chen and the Lakers generals were all stunned. Ci Shiping also had something to write to Zhuang Shen? Hey, a pair of sneakers is only so big, so don’t cover them all!

Xie Chen thought he would write on his sneakers, but unexpectedly Ci Shiping took out his sneakers...

Then he wrote: Tougher!

At this time, Zhuang Shen Drummond also came over, followed by reporters, who all wanted to take a shot of Xie Chen giving sneakers to Zhuang Shen.

Drummond smiled and shook hands with Xie Chen, and then Xie Chen handed the signed sneakers to Drummond. Drummond was as happy as Xie Chen's fan for many years. Drummond smiled and said: "Thank you, and thank you for your message. I will work harder and hope to win the championship like you one day."

At this time, Ci Shiping also came forward with his sneakers and said: "Andre, I gave this to you, and there are words on it for you."

Drummond was suddenly stunned. He didn't say he wanted Ci Shiping's sneakers! You elbowed me on the court just now, who wants your sneakers?

"What are you doing?" Drummond looked confused.

Ci Shiping said: "Don't you know? Like Xie, I also retired after winning one more championship. Hey, I have won many championships in the league for so many years, and my career should have come to a successful end. "

Ci Shiping pretended to be a superstar, but Drummond didn't appreciate it at all. Ci Shiping had won several championships, but none of them were won as the boss, they were all mixed in.

Drummond said: "Why are you retiring too? I haven't heard about it yet."

Ci Shiping was immediately furious: "What? Don't you even go online? Like Xie, I posted on Twitter that I will retire after winning the championship!"

"Yes, you both tweeted like Xie, but Xie's tweets are known to people all over the world, and yours only has a few hundred people, and the news didn't report it. If we weren't your teammates, we probably wouldn't. You will know." Nick Young also began to hurt his teammates at this time.

Drummond took Xie Chen's sneakers and turned around to leave, and said to Ci Shiping: "Then I wish you a happy retirement."

"Oh, damn, he didn't accept my sneakers!" Ci Shiping was very angry, but others were very happy. This is the treatment Ci Shiping should receive.

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After the Pistons, the Lakers' next game will be at home. Their opponent is very special. They are Xie Chen's team last season, the New York Knicks. Like the Pistons, this is also the last time the two teams play against each other in the regular season. Since the Knicks also It is difficult to defeat the Cavaliers and become the Eastern Conference champion. This may also be the last time Xie Chen plays against his former teammate Anthony!

Before his visit to Los Angeles, Anthony said in an interview with the media: "I can't believe that Xie retired before me. Although we only stayed together for one season, our friendship is very deep. You can't understand how we started. The last team in the East has fought hard to win the championship and built the kind of friendship. To this day, when playing games and when the team falls behind, I still feel that there is hope and I still look towards my teammates. Take a look, even if what I see is no longer him, it still gives me strength."

This is the first time Anthony has revealed this in front of the media. In fact, the Knicks have been behind by more than ten points in several games this season, but Anthony always feels that Xie Chen is still in the team. If he was, Xie Chen would say , it’s just a dozen points, wouldn’t a few three-pointers be enough to catch up? Xie Chen led the team to turn the tide many times last season, which will give Anthony strength. It is precisely because of this spiritual power that Anthony and Porzingis led the team to reverse the score several times.

So don't underestimate the confidence that a championship brings to players.

Needless to say, the Staples Center Arena was packed on the day of the game. From this game to the end of the season, every Lakers home game does not have to worry about ticket sales. The focus is on the atmosphere at the scene. Thank you for this. When Chen met his former teammate, Carmelo Anthony was a superstar, and the audience was naturally very enthusiastic. Everyone believed that Xie Chen's game against the Knicks would definitely be different from playing against other teams.

After the two teams played, everyone discovered that the Knicks had a rare guest who was very familiar to Lakers fans, Phil Jackson. After hearing about Xie Chen's decision to retire, Jackson realized that this might be the last time for the team. I played against Xie Chen, so I came to watch the game in person.

Before the game, Xie Chen and Anthony came together to reminisce about the past. Anthony said: "You will always surprise people, but retirement is really sad. Promise me, will you think about it again?"

Xie Chen smiled and said: "I said I would retire only after winning the championship. You have only one way to stop me now, which is to reach the finals and defeat me."

"Hahaha." Anthony also laughed. Xie Chen was still so strong. He suddenly remembered that when the two were just paired together last season, Anthony also talked about it, "I still remember that you were always in the game last season. Practice fadeaway jumpers? I was so fed up at that time that I even sued Phil Jackson about you, haha, it’s so funny to think about it.”

Xie Chen also recalled: "I still remember when I played against the Cavaliers for the first time last season, because I wanted to retaliate against Dellavedova for hurting me last season, so I wanted to dunk him. I didn't expect you to want to, too. Wanting to avenge me, when Della appeared under the basket, you rushed directly to the basket. Unfortunately, you collided with Tristan Thompson in the end, but it also created an opportunity for me. After that, I fiercely Kicked him hard."

"Haha, of course I remember, that time I had a bad fall with that guy Tristan." Anthony also remembered this incident clearly.

At this time, Porzingis also stepped forward and said sincerely to Xie Chen: "Thank you for everything you did for me last season. I am so lucky."

Porzingis scored 50 points in a single game last season with the help of Xie Chen. This season, Porzingis has never reached such high scores again.

Xie Chen knew how they felt about him, but today was a game after all, and the outcome was also very important to the Knicks, so he said to the two of them: "If you want to express your gratitude and reminisce about the past, let's leave it until after the game. I will There will be no mercy.”

Anthony also said forcefully: "The same goes for us."

After the game started, both sides had a very strong desire to attack. It basically became a battle between Xie Chen and Anthony from the beginning. If this was the last time Anthony played against Xie Chen, Anthony did not want to have any regrets. Xie Chen For Anthony, he is a very special person. He gave Anthony a championship ring, which may be the only one in Anthony's career.

In the first quarter, Xie Chen and Anthony each scored 15+ points. Their high efficiency also allowed fans to once again appreciate the terrifying offensive power of the golden guns. Last season, the two were on the same team. This is how a team relies on the personal abilities of two people to defeat their opponents. If the two are still on the same team, it is conceivable that the Knicks will still be a strong contender for the championship.

For the Knicks, in addition to Anthony, Porzingis also wants to express himself. For Porzingis, Xie Chen means too much to him. It was Xie Chen who turned him into a star player.

Xie Chen knew Porzingis very well. Not long after the game, he had already intercepted two Porzingis balls. In a mismatch, Porzingis chose to play singles when facing Xie Chen. This made Xie Chen was also quite happy, because he returned to the New York Knicks training facility in a trance. Only when he was there did the two of them play around.

Porzingis hit Xie Chen with his back. He had a height advantage. Xie Chen couldn't let him get too close to the basket, so Xie Chen tried to steal the ball when he was dribbling. However, Porzingis also had a problem with Xie Chen. To take precautions, when Xie Chen was about to take the ball, he suddenly turned around and chose to shoot.

Xie Chen tried to block the shot, but Porzingis was too high and he knew he couldn't block it.

Finally, the basketball hit the net.

After the ball was scored, both Xie Chen and Porzingis smiled.

In addition to these two old teammates, the newly joined Rose also reminded Xie Chen of the past.

This time, Porzingis set a pick-and-roll for Rose in the high post, but the quality of the screen was not good. In the end, Rose was double-teamed and almost fell down while dribbling. Under the double-teaming of Xie Chen and Mozgov, Rose It was difficult to pass the ball out easily, but the two of them did not dare to take action rashly. In the end, Rose kept dribbling the ball by himself without even thinking about passing the ball, and then broke through in an exaggerated way with his hands on the floor!

When Xie Chen saw this scene, he suddenly felt that the scene was a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Then, Rose swayed left and right as if he was drunk and reached the basket with his center of gravity unsteady. Facing the defensive player, he actually chose to shoot the ball from behind!

Uh-huh!

The ball goes in!

The scene was filled with astonishment.

However, after Rose scored, he did not vent his emotions excitedly to express how awesome he was, and his teammates did not high-five Rose immediately.

Rose walked towards Xie Chen, smiled and asked, "Xie, do you still remember this ball?"