Super All-around Point Guard

The regular season is coming to an end, and the major awards are about to be announced. Although there is still a week until the official end, many awards can already be determined.

Xie Chen will undoubtedly be the biggest winner in this regular season.

Regardless of whether the Lakers can set a new regular season record, the regular season MVP will definitely go to Xie Chen, and there is no suspense about the scoring champion. Xie Chen averages nearly 20 points more per game than Russell Westbrook, who is ranked second. point! Westbrook has no hope of overtaking.

In average steals and assists per game, Xie Chen is also leading his opponents, with John Wall and James Harden ranking second respectively. Theoretically, they also have the possibility of overtaking, but judging from Xie Chen's current record-breaking status , it is unlikely that the two of them can overtake.

The only rebounding leader is not Xie Chen. If Xie Chen only averages 10 rebounds per game, no one would compare Xie Chen with those big insiders. However, Xie Chen's rebound average per game exceeds almost all the inside players in the league. Now there is only one less player than Drummond, so everyone is paying attention to whether Xie Chen will succeed in his counterattack and become the unprecedented leader in rebounds, assists, points, and steals, a super all-around player who combines the four kings. .

It is conceivable that Drummond now bears the expectations of all big men. In addition to Hassan Whiteside, players including James, Chris Paul, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant all hope that Drummond can To maintain this kind of lead, don't let Xie Chen even win the rebounding title, otherwise Xie Chen's achievements will be too unparalleled. Just this four kings in a single season is enough to be recorded in the history books and be worshiped.

At the home court of the Miami Heat, Drummond and Hassan Whiteside are constantly competing for rebounds. It can be seen that sparks are flying on the court. Uninformed people thought that Hassan Whiteside wanted this rebounding champion. In fact, he was Help Xie Chen, because his rebounding data in recent games have not been very satisfactory, and he has fallen behind Xie Chen. It is impossible to catch up with Drummond and win the rebounding title, since he can't win it. , then help Xie Chen get it. Whiteside knows very well how hard it is for Xie Chen, a 193CM point guard, to compete with an insider like Drummond for this honor.

The result of such fierce competition is that the rebounding data of the two players are not very good, and both of them received two fouls in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Hassan Whiteside still did not give Drummond a chance to easily grab the rebound. Even if his teammates did, he deliberately did not let Drummond get it.

Drummond was a little annoyed and knew that this was not the way to go. He had to find a way to get Whiteside off the court. He knew that Whiteside had a bad temper. After all, he was a guy who had played in various leagues. So, while grabbing a rebound, he deliberately and secretly hit Whiteside hard.

Drummond's dirty hands did not escape the referee's eyes and he was called for a foul, but Whiteside remained unyielding and suddenly walked towards Drummond and pushed him to the ground. It looked like a fight was about to start at the scene.

In the end, Dabai Bian was ejected.

Drummond finally breathed a sigh of relief. Without Whiteside, the rebounding in this game would be even more guaranteed.

But he never expected that during the halftime break, Heat president Pat Riley walked to the Heat locker room and gave Coach Spoelstra an order: In the second half, the offense should always go inside, deliberately causing Drummond's attack. Foul until he leaves the game.

There are few players in the Heat who were teammates with Xie Chen at that time. Strictly speaking, there are only three players, Hassan Whiteside, Udonis Haslem, and McRoberts. Derrick Williams was also with Xie Chen. I was a teammate, but that was with the New York Knicks.

This Heat team is completely different from the Heat team that Xie Chen won the year when he won the championship. But when Riley said these words, everyone could understand Xie Chen's status and influence on this team. Even if Xie Chen has left the Heat for so long, the newcomers to the Heat can always hear people here mention him. Even if no one says Xie Chen's name, they can always feel his presence.

Pat Riley did this to help Xie Chen defeat Drummond and win the rebounding title.

"Riley must be regretting his decision now." Coach Spoelstra thought to himself.

At the beginning of the second half, just when Drummond wanted to grab rebounds as he pleased in the second half, he found that the opponent's offensive players were coming towards him again and again.

Zhuang Shen did get a lot of block data in a few minutes, but the season's block leader is Anthony Davis. He is not going to compete for the block leader.

Soon, Drummond inevitably got fouled.

Soon, his personal fouls reached 5 times.

"No, I have to pay attention to my foul count." Drummond also became cautious.

However, the task of everyone in the Heat now is not to score and win, but to take Drummond off the court. No matter how careful Drummond is, it is useless.

Dragic took the initiative to bump into Drummond when he was covering for his teammates, and was called for a dive. It doesn't matter, there is Josh Richardson.

Richardson deliberately got in front of Drummond when he was grabbing a rebound, put his face in front of Drummond when he raised his arm, and then dived again. This time the referee awarded Drummond a foul. .

Drummond left the game with six fouls and had 8 rebounds in this game.

"No! My rebounds haven't broken 10 in this game!" Drummond was shocked. His goal in this game was 16, but he only completed half of it. In this case, he will be thanked soon. Morning go-ahead!

In fact, Xie Chen was also watching the live broadcast of this game.

Seeing this scene, Xie Chen pondered: "The Heat's offense in the second half was all directed at Drummond, and now they deliberately take him off the field. Did this boy Hassan ask them to do this? No, he didn't With such great power, Coach Spoelstra would not do this specifically to help me. It seems that Pat Riley asked them to do this."

Xie Chen immediately guessed that this was a gift from Riley. After announcing his decision to retire, Xie Chen had no chance to visit Miami again, and the Heat had no chance to prepare a gift for Xie Chen during his farewell tour. Pat Riley knew Xie Chen wanted to win the rebounding title, so he did this.

Interestingly, Pat Riley took Drummond off the court at all costs regardless of whether the team won or lost, but instead allowed the Heat to win the game.

Shortly after the game, Xie Chen actually received a call from Pat Riley.

Holding the iPhone 7, Xie Chen hesitated for a long time, not sure whether he should answer the call or not. After all, Xie Chen and Pat Riley were not in a relationship where they would just call and chat whenever anything happened.

Finally, Xie Chen answered the call.

Xie Chen said to Pat Riley: "I was watching your game against the Pistons just now. It was your idea to take Drummond off the field in the second half, right?"

Riley laughed and said: "I can't hide anything from you, and I didn't come here to tell you this. After learning about your decision to retire, I was also shocked. I have been thinking about what to give you. It’s a gift, but it’s a pity that you don’t have a game with us anymore. I know you want to achieve an unprecedented honor in NBA history, so consider this a gift from me.”

"Thank you." Xie Chen thanked him. If Riley was willing to do such a thing, it could be seen that he still cared about his relationship with Xie Chen.

"One more thing...ahem..." Riley was about to continue speaking, but was interrupted by continuous coughing.

"Your illness is getting more and more serious." Xie Chen knew that Riley's health was not very good in the past two years. In fact, as early as Xie Chen was in the Heat season, he felt that Riley's body was not very healthy. Now Riley Leigh is 72 years old, and although he doesn't have cancer like T.NT's famous sideline reporter Craig Sager, he still has to be careful.

Riley laughed it off: "I'm fine. There's one more thing I want to tell you. We are out of the playoffs this season. I heard that Hassan Whiteside will go to Los Angeles to find you after the regular season. Go there. I happen to have this plan to watch your playoff game and have booked tickets. I hope that seeing me on the court will not affect your mood."

"How could that happen?" Xie Chen said with a smile, "If I have time, you and Hassan can come to me for a drink together."

"Thank you." After so many things happened, Riley was very happy that the relationship with Xie Chen could ease.

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After playing the Nuggets away game, Xie Chen returned to Los Angeles with the team. Next, they will face the Timberwolves at home. Xie Chen likes to play with the Timberwolves because the ace players on their team are almost the same age as Xie Chen, and there are two One of them is in the same class as Xie Chen, and Xie Chen has always had a good relationship with them.

Zach LaVine, his opponent in two slam dunk contests, Andrew Wiggins, the No. 1 pick in the same class as Xie Chen, and Karl Towns, the future number one center in the league who had his nameplate ripped off by Xie Chen.

The Timberwolves are not a playoff team. Their three young and talented leaders still let the fans down. At the beginning of the season, many people were optimistic about the Timberwolves' results this season and expected the Timberwolves to enter the playoffs. Game, but Thibodeau and his little wolves obviously still have a long way to go.

The Wolves will definitely achieve great success in a few years, and Thibodeau's personality has always been eager for quick success. When he was coaching the Bulls, in order to pursue the championship, he would desperately maximize the players' abilities, wishing he could complete one in a week. Luol Deng was injured by him during the month-long task. After coming to the Timberwolves, he was not only the head coach, but also the life mentor of these young players.

Thibodeau is different from other team coaches. Other coaches keep life and work very separate, but he is an exception because he is still single and has no children. He must do everything by himself, but he communicates better with the players. good.

Although the Timberwolves did not make the playoffs this year, the three Karl Towns still seemed to be enjoying the season. Everyone had smiles on their faces. They knew that when their team has enough strength to win the championship, they may not There will be such a relaxed mood, and that day will definitely not be too far away for them.

Before the game started, these three guys took the initiative to chat with Xie Chen.

Speaking of which, this is also this season, and it may be the last time Xie Chen plays against them in his career. Xie Chen also wants to say a few more words to them.

Karl Towns smiled and said: "I know you are competing with Andre Drummond for the season's rebounding title, but I will not give in to you in the basket today. I must also state that I am not helping Andre. , although he actually called me to do it last night, haha."

Karl Towns is still that optimistic and outgoing big boy. In fact, many star players like him will be envious or even jealous of Xie Chen and are unwilling to open up and chat with Xie Chen, but he doesn't have that much thought.

Xie Chen didn't expect Drummond to actually call, but he showed an indifferent look and said: "It doesn't matter, I don't have many rebound goals today, just grab more than 8."

The three Towns all laughed after hearing this. They all knew that at the critical moment when Drummond was competing for the rebounding title, he only grabbed 8 rebounds in one game.

Towns smiled and said: "If you only grab 10, I can still let you get it, haha."

Xie Chen ignored Towns and turned to look at Zach LaVine and said, "I guess you prepared a lot of dunks today."

This may be the last time Xie Chen and Zach LaVine, the two dunk kings, will face each other. Zach LaVine will definitely think of some tricks to prevent this match from ending in an ordinary way.

"Of course." Zach LaVine said confidently, "The audience here is in for a treat. I want to challenge you to dunk for the last time!"

"You should first find a way to escape my block." Xie Chen joked. When he got to the court, Xie Chen would not be aggressive towards Zach LaVine. He would just let him dunk if he could.

Then, Xie Chen looked at Andrew Wiggins, the No. 1 pick in the same session.

Xie Chen shook hands with Wiggins, who has been in the league for several years but is still a bit shy like a big boy, and then said: "Many people compare me to Michael Jordan. They feel that when Michael Jordan and I were in the league, He almost dominated the league and won the championship. In Jordan's era, among the players from the same draft, there was also a number one pick who never won the championship until Jordan retired. After I retire, will you win the championship? "

Xie Chen compared himself to Jordan and Wiggins to Olajuwon. Olajuwon won two championships in the two years when Jordan retired. After that, Jordan came back and won three consecutive championships. Dominate the Alliance.

In fact, what Xie Chen wanted to express was already very clear. Wiggins, Towns, and Zach LaVine all understood what he meant, that is, Xie Chen may stage the return of the king after retirement like Michael Jordan. Then go on to dominate the league.

Xie Chen was telling them in advance to let the team or himself join the championship competition as soon as possible. In this gap after Xie Chen retired, win the championship as soon as possible, and win every one.

Because, once Xie Chen announces his return, they will never have a chance again!