Super All-around Point Guard

At halftime, Xie Chen's halftime statistics were 40 points, 13 assists, 7 blocks, 6 steals, 5 rebounds and 4 fouls.

Like the previous game, Xie Chen received four fouls in the first half, but what was different from the previous game was that the Lakers led the Thunder by 20 points at halftime!

Halftime, Thunder locker room.

Oladipo wondered: "What is this guy thinking? It's different from what we expected. He doesn't care about the number of fouls at all!"

Before the game, Oladipo and others also praised the coach as a master of psychological warfare, thinking that he would always predict Xie Chen's play style in advance, but today's first half really surprised them.

Coach Donovan also frowned, "I really don't know why he did this. According to Luke Walton's idea, he must be playing cautiously. I'm really surprised at this, but since he is not afraid of leaving the game with six fouls, , now he has committed four fouls, so we will send him off as soon as possible, and after he comes off the court, we will slowly deal with the rest."

Lakers locker room.

Although the team leads by 20 points, there must have been a lot of jubilation before, but today is a little different. Everyone is quiet, maybe because they haven’t won a game in the playoffs, maybe because of Xie Chen’s foul The number is a bit too much.

Xie Chen looked at everyone and said: "I may be sent off in the third quarter. Before I leave, I will do my best to widen the point difference. In the last quarter, whether I can hold on or not depends on you." .”

Nick Young, Ingram, and Richard Jefferson all had solemn expressions. They felt tremendous pressure. They had never felt such pressure when the team led by 20 points.

Richard Jefferson leaned against the locker. This veteran has been in the NBA for so long and has worked with so many stars. Before that, he worked with great stars like LeBron James, but he knew that playing with James would never be the same. Such a situation will arise.

"Xie, don't worry. After you get off the field, I will definitely..." Nick Young is a confident guy, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Ci Shiping. Ci Shiping said: "What are you talking about? Xie won't be The one who was sent off, we have to help him defend and put pressure on the referee, Xie, you have to be on the court all the time, we will beat them by 40 points tonight!"

Xie Chen is a sweet-tempered person and will say whatever he wants, but after all, he is young and not as good as an old player like Ci Shiping who knows how to take care of the players' feelings. At this time, as a team leader, it is best not to say such things that make the players feel If you are worried, otherwise, as soon as the third quarter begins, these people's emotions will be affected, which will be detrimental to the game.

Xie Chen nodded to Ci Shiping, then smiled and said to everyone: "In the second half, I will lead you to beat them by forty points!"

"Okay!" Everyone's fighting spirit was high, even though everyone knew that with Xie Chen's style of play, six fouls and leaving the field would definitely happen.

Soon, the second half begins!

Hassan Whiteside, sitting in the audience, asked Pat Riley: "Will Xie leave the game with six fouls in this quarter?"

Pat Riley said: "Why are you all paying attention to whether he will leave the field with six fouls? What you should pay more attention to is the score. Even if he leaves the field with six fouls, if the point difference is maintained at 20 before leaving, If he scores more than 25 points, or even more than 25 points, then he is successful. Even if the Lakers don't have Xie, it will be difficult for the Thunder to come back. But if Xie leaves the game with six fouls, the point difference is within 20 points, and there is still one quarter. The time is very dangerous for the Lakers."

Xie Chen thought the same as Riley. If he was destined to be sent off in the third quarter, then when he was sent off, he hoped to expand the point difference to more than 25 points. Xie Chen did not believe that the Lakers were leading by 25 points. Even with points, they can still lose to the Thunder. No matter how weak the Lakers are without Xie Chen, they are not as weak as this.

Of course, if it is against the Warriors, even 30 points are not guaranteed.

After the opening, Westbrook hit a two-pointer first, narrowing the point difference to 18 points, and then winked at Oladipo. Their plan was to narrow the point difference first, at least to 20 points. Within a few seconds, he deliberately caused Xie Chen's foul.

However, Westbrook had just narrowed the point difference to less than 20 points. Xie Chen immediately used James' layup ability and forced a layup, once again bringing the point difference back to 20 points.

Westbrook was not polite and cooperated with Adams, assisting Adams for a dunk, reducing the score to 18 points again.

Xie Chen was more crisp and clear than Westbrook. After Adams dunked successfully, Xie Chen rushed over to get the ball immediately, and then went to serve the inbounds ball himself. A long pass was passed to Nick Young who was running forward and pulled back again. 20 points.

Coach Donovan shook his head. Continuing like this is not an option. He still has to get rid of Xie Chen first. As long as he gets rid of Xie Chen early, the point difference will be even bigger!

Oladipo continued to play Xie Chen in singles, but this time he played a screen. In the end, Xie Chen faced Adams. After receiving the ball, Adams provoked Xie Chen: "You can't cover me at all, little man."

Adams made a shooting motion close to the three-point line. He wanted to trick Xie Chen into fouling, but Xie Chen didn't even stretch out his hand and went directly to grab the rebound. He really grabbed it, and then another The assist was successful.

"I don't need to cover you, because you can't get in at all." Xie Chen smiled at Adams.

Adams is very embarrassed. If he had the shooting threat ability of a big man like Nowitzki, I believe he would be able to cause Xie Chen a lot of fouls.

The "highly anticipated" fifth foul of Xie Chen came, and it was still Adams. When Xie Chen went to the basket, Adams stood under the basket. As soon as there was physical contact, he immediately made a gesture of being knocked to the ground. .

After the referee blew the whistle, Luke Walton ran to the referee excitedly. He thought that Adams did not stand still and moved his feet, so he could not call Xie Chen's offensive foul.

At the same time, Coach Donovan walked forward excitedly and told the referee that it was an offensive foul!

Luke Walton was anxious. Five fouls committed by his only ace player made him feel very insecure. Seeing Coach Donovan come over and say these words, he turned his anger on him and pushed Coach Donovan. And he reprimanded: "Shameless guy!"

Coach Donovan was not to be outdone: "Young man, don't think it's great to win the best coach. You are still young. Let's see how I play you in this series!"

The coach actually started to yell at each other on the court and even start a fight?

Before the series, the two even complimented each other and said they admired each other...

"Uh..." Pat Riley was also shocked when he saw this scene. This was a sight he had never seen before.

Once the coach has a verbal spat, all the players must come forward to help. Suddenly, Ci Shiping, Nick Young and others stood up for Luke Walton, and over there were Kanter, Westbrook, and Oladipo. It seemed It's like there's going to be a group battle.

Fortunately, everyone knew the importance of the playoffs and did not dare to mess around. They quickly calmed down. Xie Chen still got his fifth foul.

One more time and he'll be sent off again.

"Xie Chen committed five fouls again. The Lakers are now leading by 22 points. There are four minutes left in the third quarter. It would not be safe if Xie Chen just leaves the game." Ke Fan said.

"But coach Luke Walton hasn't replaced Xie Chen after his fifth foul. I think the meaning is already clear. They just want to take advantage of Xie Chen's personal strength and within the time limit of Xie Chen's six fouls. In other words, Xie Chen wants to defeat the Thunder in three quarters, and his confidence is really unmatched." Su Qun exclaimed.

"But can the Thunder solve it in three quarters? After Xie Chen left the field, did the Thunder really come back?" Ke Fan asked.

"Let's see how many points Xie Chen can expand the point difference to in the end." Su Qun was not sure either.

At the scene, many Lakers fans shouted at Coach Walton: "Why don't you take Xie off the court! Don't you want Xie to play in the fourth quarter?"

Coach Donovan also sneered: "Still on the court? Okay, I'll send you away!"

Even if the Thunder are 22 points behind, every time the Thunder attack, they must hit Xie Chen.

Oladipo continued to talk trash to Xie Chen. As soon as he got the ball, he immediately hit Xie Chen. Xie Chen was not polite and was not afraid at all. He successfully stole the ball again and started quickly. Oladipo Bo was chasing after him, and when Xie Chen was about to go for a layup, he tugged hard, trying to anger Xie Chen, but Xie Chen was using LeBron James' ability and would not be affected much by Oladipo. In the end, even in Oladipo Despite Ladipo's foul, Xie Chen still improved and scored 2+1, widening the point difference to 25 points.

Afterwards, Oladipo went to the basket and did not dare to hit it himself. Instead, he passed it to Westbrook who was following up. Westbrook was aggressive and wanted to dunk. Xie Chen was not only unafraid to face his own defensive players, he took action when it was time to do so. , not afraid of fouls, even if it is a defense, he is still not afraid, he jumped up and gave Westbrook a big hat!

Xie Chen knew very well that the referee did not dare to call him a foul easily at this time, unless it was a particularly obvious foul.

Everyone was waiting for the whistle that appeared on Xie Chen, as if that whistle decided the fate of the two teams. Xie Chen's fearlessness on the court made the Thunder's opponents feel terrible. I have never met such a crazy athlete.

Xie Chen widened the point difference to 28 points with two minutes left in the third quarter!

"28 points! Oh my god, this is the playoffs. The Thunder didn't lose so much to the Lakers in the regular season. Are the Thunder really that much worse than the Lakers?" Ke Fan never expected that the point difference between the two teams would be so big. .

Su Qun explained: "Obviously not. There is a problem with the way the Thunder played today. On the offensive end, they only wanted to cause Xie Chen to foul. Whoever Xie Chen was guarding would hit the spot. As a result, Xie Chen stole and blocked the shot. He played a lot of games and scored a lot of fast breaks, but it was really not worth the gain. I don’t know what coach Donovan’s mood is now, he may also regret it a little.”

On the sidelines, Coach Donovan looked blank when he saw the score difference of nearly 30 points. He still underestimated Xie Chen's ability. He believed that Xie Chen could keep the score difference at around 20 points at most before committing six fouls. , after Xie Chen left the game, the Thunder had every chance to recover, but they never expected it to expand to nearly 30 points...

Beep!

The referee's sudden whistle shocked the audience. Xie Chen committed his sixth foul! Left the field with six fouls in two consecutive games!

Panting, Xie Chen took a look at the score and saw that he was leading by 28 points. With more than a minute left in the third quarter, he felt that he had completed his task and had done his best.

The audience gave the warmest applause to bid farewell to Xie Chen!

"Thank you, you don't need to play anymore, not because of the six fouls, but because the fourth quarter is garbage time, and you don't need to play!"

"Beat the Thunder in three quarters, so what if six fouls leave the game?!"

While applauding, Pat Riley also started to get excited and said to Hassan Whiteside: "The Thunder's game officially starts now, let's see if they can catch up in one quarter. "

Obviously, the next thing to watch is whether the Thunder can catch up with the 28-point difference in a little more than one quarter after Xie Chen left the game.

Ke Fan and Su Qun also started discussing.

"With a score difference of 28 points, can the Thunder catch up?"

"The Thunder will have a hard time chasing after them. After all, they don't have as many talented and capable three-pointers as the Warriors. But the key is to see whether the Lakers can withstand the Thunder's counterattack after losing Xie Chen. Time, once the Thunder gain momentum, the Lakers may still lose."

Xie Chen returned to his seat, feeling very calm. Nothing happened to him next. This was the first time this happened. He believed in his teammates.

Sure enough, Westbrook and others became excited immediately after Xie Chen came off the court. In the last minute or so of the third quarter, they even chased by 6 points. At the end of the third quarter, the point difference was narrowed to 22 points. .

On the Internet, fans began to bet on whether the Thunder could reverse the game.

In the fourth quarter, Westbrook didn't rest for a minute and worked hard to chase points from the beginning. But after all, the Lakers are No. 1 in the Western Conference. How could they be reversed so easily?

"A 28-point lead was reversed? Do you think the Lakers are a third-rate team?"

"With Nick Young here, even if I don't lead by one point, I can still beat you!"

The Lakers generals feel that the other party is trying to reverse their ambitions. How can they endure this kind of contempt? If their 28-point lead is reversed, they will be criticized as useless!

Whenever Westbrook narrows the point difference to about 15 points, Nick Young or Ingram will definitely step up and score consecutively to keep the point difference at about 20 points.

Time is getting shorter and shorter, and Westbrook and other Thunder players are becoming more and more impatient. The more impatient they are, the more their shooting percentage will drop. Until the last minute of the game, they still have not narrowed the point difference to single digits. .

Westbrook, Oladipo, and Adams were working extremely hard on the court. They fought for every ball, attacked desperately, defended desperately, and saved the ball desperately.

On the other hand, Xie Chen of the Lakers was sitting quietly at the bottom of the court. Seeing that the Thunder had struggled to catch up to single digits in the last minute of the entire quarter, Xie Chen finally relaxed and didn't know where to get a bucket of explosives. I sat on the chair with my legs crossed and ate the rice flowers...

Westbrook and Oladipo, who were breathing heavily, inadvertently glanced at the Lakers bench. When they saw Xie Chen leisurely eating popcorn, they almost became so angry that they vomited blood on the spot...