Super all-around point guard

Chapter 193 First cast!
Anthony Davis' unexpected action made the audience exclaim, but because there were not many people in the New Orleans Arena, so from the scene, it didn't seem too boiling, it was just that the Pelicans bench was crazy.

Davis is really a monster with long arms, especially dunking this kind of dunk can show his perverted physical talent. With his long arms, he swung high and dunked hard like a king, and no one dared to stop him.Although it was more difficult to pick up the big windmill without Xie Chen smashing the board, this one seemed more imposing and domineering.

Unexpectedly, Davis was in the mood to play this kind of self-defeating trick at the very beginning of the game. Maybe it was because he had just defeated the Heat not long ago and already gained confidence, or maybe he wanted to challenge Xie Chen off the court with Xie Chen's moves!

However, at this time, Xie Chen just smiled lightly, still sat firmly on the bench, did not move a bit, and did not show any attitude towards Coach Spoelstra that I wanted to play. At the beginning of the game, Xie Chen was not in a hurry.

Gradually, with a three-pointer from the right side of Luol Deng, the Heat chased the score to only five points. However, Eric Gordon of the Pelicans made a layup with a European step, caused a foul and scored the ball, hitting the Heat with a two-plus-one and expanding the score.

This foul was still committed by the Heat's starting center Hassan Whiteside. Hassan received two fouls not long after he played, and was quickly replaced by coach Spoelstra.

It can be said that after the All-Star Game, Hassan's condition was not ideal. Perhaps because the main point guard and his good brother Xie Chen were not there, Hassan was not as comfortable as before. While people marveled at Hassan's talent, they gradually realized that Hassan is a general, but he can't be a leader.

After Hassan sat back in his seat, Xie Chen patted Hassan and asked, "You seem to be out of shape today."

Hassan shrugged helplessly, looking very depressed, or maybe he felt unfair to the referee's penalty, at least the ball defending Gordon just now was optional.

There is a double point guard lineup on the field, Chalmers and Cole, both showed a strong desire to attack. Speaking of Cole, before the previous trade deadline, there were rumors that the Heat would send Cole away. In the end, the Heat still retained the current lineup, so Cole performed particularly well.

Soon, in the middle of the first quarter, Anthony Davis was also replaced for a rest. He has not been back from injury for a long time, and he can't play for too long, and now that the Pelicans are leading the score, Monty Williams is not in a hurry.

Monty Williams is the coach of the Pelicans, as well as the mentor of the players, the spiritual guide and leader of the Pelicans, and he is also responsible for training Brother Big Eyebrows.

During Davis’ rookie season, Monty protected him by limiting his playing time and allowing him to avoid all strong opponents, because Big Eyebrows, like Antetokounmpo, was still in the developmental stage during his rookie season. With his weight at that time, if he played at the 5th position, he would face centers that were 30 to 40 pounds heavier than him. That’s why Coach Monty and the team are praised by people. He will know how to use Anthony Davis.

Modern players seem to be injured more frequently than ever before, so the current pressure of coaches and management to win, coupled with the modern ability to cure diseases, must prevent core players from being injured before disaster strikes.

This is why Pat Riley has been worried about Xie Chen. For Xie Chen, it's not about the length of playing time, but about his style of play. His style of play is very problematic. As Riley often said, Xie Chen's body cannot support his style of play.

But Xie Chen was very stubborn, because he knew that when he did those crazy moves, he didn't use his own abilities. He knew very well where the limits of his physical confrontation and physical talent were.

However, no matter how Riley was called a "magic fortune teller", he couldn't have guessed that Xie Chen had a "basketball duplication system", so there was an irresolvable conflict between the two.

In fact, Pat Riley also wants to slowly let Xie Chen grow into a superstar like the Pelicans trained Big Eyebrow, but Xie Chen can't wait, he wants all the honors this year, and he will become a superstar this year.

Xie Chen can definitely understand Pat Riley's thoughts. Pat Riley dreams of a championship, but injuries are the biggest enemy of the Heat's championship!
Rose and the Chicago Bulls in 2012, the Oklahoma City Thunder who lost Westbrook in Game 2013 of the playoffs in 2008, and the Boston Big Three that won the championship in 2009. They should have won more, but with Garnett in 2010 due to a knee injury.

Pat Riley believes that Xie Chen will not hit the south wall and will not look back. Xie Chen will pay a big price sooner or later, and Xie Chen's physical condition will directly affect whether the Heat can win the championship this year. In fact, after Bosh confirmed that he will be reimbursed for the season, Riley has no hope of winning the championship this year. Coupled with Xie Chen's insistence on going his own way, he even thinks that passing the first round of the playoffs will become a big problem.

Still Luol Deng, the Heat relied on Luol Deng to hold the score tenaciously. In the past two games, Luol Deng was the team's scoring leader, but like Hassan, he was not a leader who could lead the team to victory.

Finally, with only the last 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Xie Chen appeared instead of Chalmers!

There was an instant commotion at the scene.

"The number zero of the Heat finally made his debut, and he appeared in the regular season after a week. I wonder if he can continue his miraculous performance? Judging by the way he walks, it seems that he has just recovered, and his explosive power must not be as good as before."

"Hahaha, I don't know anything else. In short, with his current state, it is definitely impossible for him to dunk as many times as he did when he played against the Lakers!"

"Well, speaking of it, in the last game he played against the Lakers, he was really desperate. As long as there was a dunk opportunity, he would never let it go, and he still played fancy dunks. It was really a vent. If it wasn't for the injury, it might be our turn for the Pelicans, and the basket will also suffer!"

Thinking of Xie Chen's cruel dunk performance in the last game, everyone still has lingering fears. However, thinking that he has just returned from injury and the coach has limited his playing time to protect him, I believe Xie Chen will not perform dunks again tonight.

"It's a pity. When he came on stage, I was sitting on the sidelines. When will we have a real fight?" Brother Nongmei sat on the sidelines and looked at Xie Chen on the field. He really wanted to put on his shirt and fight him for a hundred rounds.

Coach Monty smiled and said: "Soon, Anthony, but you can't compete with the strongest him today, but in the future, there will be opportunities, because the future alliance will be dominated by the two of you!"

Surprisingly, Coach Monty also admired Xie Chen, but if he were to coach Xie Chen, he would definitely put Xie Chen on the bench and not let him play.

After Xie Chen played, he clapped hands with his teammates Haslem, Kerr, Luol Deng, and James Ennis one by one, officially announcing his comeback!
At this time, the Heat trailed the Pelicans by 8 points.

After playing, Xie Chen, as everyone expected, did not show the excitement of the past. Whether it was defense or offense, it seemed to be a bit slower, and it was obvious that he had not recovered to his best state.

It is true that Xie Chen's body has not recovered to its best, especially in situations such as fast play, follow-up defense by players without the ball, etc., it is very affected, but once the skills are used, Xie Chen will instantly become another person.

What Xie Chen has to do in this game is to help the team catch up with the score as much as possible.

At the beginning, Xie Chen passed Haslem in seconds and easily assisted a goal. However, the Pelicans' backup center Akinsa was very good, and he returned Haslem, and the score was still eight points behind.

Defending Xie Chen was Tyreke Evans, 198cm tall, and defending against Xie Chen. Obviously, he saw that Xie Chen would not dare to break through like before. For him, Xie Chen's only threat was the three-pointer. Of course, everyone knew that Xie Chen's offensive organization was also top-notch.

Xie Chen didn't make a strong play. He distributed the ball to his teammates, then slowly ran to the low post to ask for the ball, and then hit against Evans after getting the ball.

"Huh? Thank you, is this a back-up?"

"He's not explosive right now, and he can only play like this. However, I doubt whether he can get rid of Evans' defense on the jumper. I know he has a good fallback, but he has just come back now after all."

Xie Chen relied on hitting Evans while observing the movements of his teammates. From Evans’ point of view, Xie Chen relied on hitting himself as a cover. Even if he really wanted to fight, Evans was not afraid of him, and his height had an advantage. What's more, after he returned from injury, his explosive power was definitely not as good as before, and his jump was not as high as before.

And when Evans was not very focused on defending Xie Chen, Xie Chen took advantage of his unpreparedness, turned around suddenly, and made a jumper!
"Don't even think about it!" Evans didn't expect Xie Chen to dare to hit. Although his reaction was a little slow, his big palm immediately stretched out to block the block, causing Xie Chen to make a backward movement. Xie Chen did keep leaning back in the air. Evans slowly lifted his palm into the air and floated towards Xie Chen, trying to block Xie Chen's basketball.
"How come! How can he jump so high now!" Evans was shocked.

Then, with a whoosh, the basketball pierced through the air that had been comfortable for a long time, and flew towards the basket!

(End of this chapter)