Super all-around point guard

Chapter 812 The Lakers "Curry" vs. Lillard!

Lillard is still like that. When facing Xie Chen and Stephen Curry, he will not be lucky. He is also the only opponent Xie Chen can't accept no matter how hard he fights. Xie Chen is also helpless. He has won you many times, okay?

Now the Blazers are in a precarious situation. Counting today's game against the Lakers, there are still three tough games. Once they lose, they will miss the playoffs.

Frankly speaking, Xie Chen is not worried about whether the Blazers will enter the playoffs and become his first-round opponent. For him, the first-round opponent is the same whether it is the Jazz, the Thunder or the Blazers.

Since Lillard regards Xie Chen and Curry as mortal enemies in his career, he must know more about the two than others. He naturally knows that the Lakers are now playing a game in which substitute players are the protagonists.

Lillard guessed that Xie Chen would tease him, but he didn't take it seriously, and just now he was just bragging, trying to make fun of him. Then, Lillard asked with a smile: "I know that you have been making teammates recently. Nick Young and Richard Jefferson both scored 50 points with your help, but I advise you not to do this in this game, because no matter who that person is, I will abuse him badly. Of course, if you really want to help others so that we can easily win this game, I have no objection. After all, now We do need to win."

Xie Chen couldn't bear Lillard's contempt for his teammates, and said to Lillard: "I can tell you right now, that person is Jordan Clarkson."

After hearing this, Lillard looked at Jordan Clarkson who was warming up. Seeing the immature kid who looked a little shy, Lillard laughed: "Haha, it seems that this game will be won, thank you for your success."

Lillard showed disdain when he heard that Jordan Clarkson was in charge of the Lakers offense tonight. In Lillard's eyes, even Xie Chen would dare to fight against a player of Clarkson's level. Lillard didn't believe that he would lose to him.

"This arrogant guy, I will let Clarkson beat you!" Xie Chen was very upset.

After the start of the game, Lillard started a fierce attack immediately, scoring a three-pointer as soon as he came up. As usual, Xie Chen would respond to Lillard from this moment until he defeated him. But now, it is no longer Xie Chen who stands up to respond, but Clarkson.

As the chief scorer of the bench, Clarkson does not need Xie Chen to help him score, but should rely on his own personal ability to score, because in most cases, Clarkson will not be on the court with Xie Chen, except in the final moments of the game.

Xie Chen gave the ball to Clarkson and let Clarkson play.

Clarkson has been preparing for his personal performance these days, and it is still very effective. He also scored two points in the first offense.

"Really let that kid respond to me." Lillard chuckled, and he decided to teach Clarkson a good lesson next, to let his opponent know that not everyone can go against Lillard!
Lillard is in such a hot state that even Xie Chen can't defend him, and because of defending Lillard, he fouled twice in the first quarter. Xie Chen used to pay attention to the number of fouls, but today he knows that he is mainly playing Clarkson, so it doesn't matter how many fouls he fouls.

Therefore, Xie Chen was replaced.

The field is completely a confrontation between Lillard and Clarkson.

Lillard also said to Clarkson on the court: "Boy, I heard that you are going to represent the Lakers against me tonight? I advise you to give up. You are not my opponent at all. Don't you want to break the record of 73 wins?"

Lillard's words really had an impact on Clarkson's mood. Clarkson has never held such an important role. This is the first time he has taken on such a big pressure. Coupled with the fact that his opponent's trump card spat out trash talk, Clarkson began to hesitate and began to doubt himself!

Therefore, the strengths of the two were already very different. Next, there was no suspense. Lillard scored 17 points in a single quarter, while Clarkson only scored 7 points in the first quarter.

The Blazers led the Lakers by double digits in the first quarter.

After the first quarter, coach Stotts was very happy to praise the team's performance, especially the leader Lillard.

Stotts said: "Damien, you did a great job in the first quarter. The reason why the Lakers let Clarkson be the main offensive point is to build his confidence. In the playoffs, he will rely on this confidence to perform better, but you have completely crushed his confidence. If we meet them in the playoffs, the second team may be the key to our victory."

Lillard said lightly: "It is effortless to deal with an opponent like him. Guys, we are sure to win tonight, don't worry!"

The Lakers bench looked a bit dull.

Shyly, Clarkson took the initiative to "resign" and said: "I think my strength is still not enough, and I can't fight against Lillard. Boss, you should come."

Xie Chen is naturally confident of defeating Lillard, but today he wants Clarkson to fight against Lillard, not himself. If he is allowed to give up like this, not only will he and Wharton's goals not be achieved, but Clarkson will not be able to build up a strong confidence. Instead, Clarkson will lose some of his confidence. How can this be possible!

Xie Chen said: "We can give up the victory of this game!"

The whole team looked at Xie Chen in unison. They knew what Xie Chen meant. In order for Clarkson to lead the team as the protagonist, he would rather not win this game.

Ci Shiping reminded: "But if you lose this game, you have to win all the next games to break the record."

Xie Chen said: "There are only a few games left. I am confident that I will win all of them. Today, I must let Clarkson fully demonstrate his abilities. Next, don't have any hesitation or pressure. You only need to do one thing on the court, and that is to score!"

Clarkson raised his head in surprise. He had already lost confidence, but he never expected that Xie Chen was willing to give up the victory in this game in order for Clarkson to continue to prove himself. You know, if you want to break 73 wins, the Lakers can only lose one game!
Clarkson clenched his fists, and he vowed to prove himself on the court and never disappoint everyone's expectations of him!

After playing in the second quarter, Clarkson's eyes shined again, but opponent Lillard obviously didn't realize this. He also defended Clarkson himself, trying to make his confidence collapse more thoroughly.

And Clarkson has no fear at all against Lillard, even though Clarkson knows that he can't lead the team to win Lillard, but he still wants to fight Lillard!

After Clarkson received the ball, he did not hesitate to shoot a three-pointer. In order to prevent Clarkson from defending very fiercely, Lillard hit Clarkson's hand, was called a foul, and the ball was scored!

Clarkson scored 3+1!

All the Lakers benches stood up and cheered for Clarkson. It can be seen how united this team is. Everyone knows that Clarkson has no confidence to win Lard, so they give him as much encouragement as possible.

Frankly speaking, even after making the shot, Clarkson's heart still beats very hard. Since entering this league, he has never been under such great pressure in a game, and he has never had the opportunity to participate in the playoffs.

"Clarkson has never played in the playoffs. Today's game will make him more mature psychologically. This is a very beneficial thing for this kid who has no playoff experience." Luke Walton saw Clarkson's still serious look, and he knew the pressure and mood at the moment.

"Damn it, it seems that the confrontation with him will continue for a while. I can't keep defending him like this. I also fouled twice." Lillard was very depressed, and wanted to block Clarkson's shot, which caused a greater psychological shadow for Clarkson. This block was too aggressive.

After that, Clarkson played more and more smoothly, and he still played his preferred two-pointer.

In the defensive counterattack, after passing the three-point line, he changed direction to the left, immediately stopped the jumper, and hit again.

For some reason, seeing Clarkson's shot, Xie Chen suddenly thought of Curry.

Clarkson's pull-up jumper is very soft. In contrast, Xie Chen and Westbrook's pull-up jumper is another style, that is, the body is tense, stops in the air, looks at the basket and then shoots. They and Michael Jordan's pull-up jumper are relatively hard.

Subsequently, Clarkson got rid of his opponent with a Curry signature behind-the-back dribble, and then made another mid-range jumper, and hit it again!

This shot is more like Curry!
It's not that Curry's shooting posture and technical movements are exactly the same as Curry's, but the feeling of the two shooting is very consistent.Coupled with the innocent faces of both of them, Xie Chen felt this way even more.

Clarkson played more and more smoothly, and his technical moves became more and more like Stephen Curry. Some moves can really be called Curry's signature moves, but they have been staged on Clarkson again and again.

In this quarter, Clarkson scored 17 points and Lillard scored 9 points, and the point difference was also narrowed to 8 points.

At halftime, in the Lakers locker room, everyone was praising Clarkson for his counterattack in the second quarter.

Xie Chen asked Clarkson curiously: "You did a good job in the second quarter, but I always had the illusion just now, as if I was watching Stephen Curry play, hehe, is it because you two look so much alike?"

Xie Chen's words made Clarkson silent. Clarkson seemed a little afraid to face Xie Chen. Clarkson was silent for a while, and then said: "I'm sorry, thank you, there is one thing I didn't tell you. In fact, I have been imitating Stephen Curry's play."

"Oh? Are you learning from Stephen Curry? Really?" Xie Chen was surprised. He actually had this feeling a long time ago, but he didn't say it out loud. Today's offense was entirely dependent on Clarkson. The feeling was too strong for him not to ask.

Clarkson said: "Yes, it started from last season..."

Clarkson looked very guilty towards Xie Chen. In his heart, he felt that Xie Chen and Curry were the best point guards in the league, and they were rivals. If Xie Chen knew that Clarkson was learning from Curry, not Xie Chen, Xie Chen would definitely like it.

Actually, Xie Chen didn't care.

Speaking of it, Clarkson learned to imitate Curry to play because of Kobe. Kobe said to Clarkson last season: "Look at how Stephen Curry plays. You have to watch his video tapes to learn."

Clarkson is very obedient. He really studied Curry's way of playing. It's just that he doesn't have Curry's superb dribbling ability, nor does he have such BT accurate three-point ability, but learning Curry still benefits him a lot.

"No wonder, why didn't you tell me earlier? Stephen Curry is definitely someone to learn from. I won't be jealous because you didn't learn from me, because my style of play is indeed a bit unreasonable and doesn't suit you." Xie Chen is very happy. It turns out that there is a small Curry in the team!

In the second half, the two sides returned to the field again. Clarkson, who had become more and more confident, was still in good condition. He quickly scored 30 points, and even broke 40 points in this quarter!
However, he is not the one with the most points on the field. The one with the most points is Lillard of the Trail Blazers. Lillard scored 50 points in the third quarter!
"Damion Lillard is so crazy today, he scored 50 points in three quarters! Today is a rhythm of 60+!"

"Although Jordan Clarkson is also very good, but if this continues, he will lose to his opponents in terms of personal data and scores."

For the Lakers, the outcome of this game is irrelevant. Even considering the broken record, they can lose this game, but for Lillard and the Trail Blazers, the meaning of this game is too different. This determines whether they can enter the playoffs!

If it were Xie Chen, Xie Chen would work so hard, not to mention 50 points in three quarters, maybe 70 points in three quarters.

Although he doesn't like Lillard always talking big in front of him, but considering that this may be the last time he will fight against this guy who is as crazy as himself, Xie Chen still stepped forward and praised: "You performed very well tonight, and you will continue to do so in the future."

Lillard didn't like Xie Chen's elder-like praise. Lillard still said bluntly: "You are very lucky to let Clarkson be a shield today. With my state today, even if you fight me personally, you are not my opponent."

Xie Chen felt that this guy was really sick, and reminded: "Did you forget that I used to score 100+ in a single game? How many points do you have now? You don't have the right to be disrespectful to me."

Lillard dismissively said: "It happened a long time ago, so don't mention it again!"

Xie Chen is so angry, I have only been in the league for a few years, and he actually said that it was a long time ago that he cut 100+!It seems that Xie Chen is no longer at the peak.

Xie Chen felt it was time to teach Lillard a lesson himself, and asked him, "Do you know what my mission is?"

Lillard knew Xie Chen so well, so he blurted out naturally: "Gather assists to help Clarkson score and grab rebounds. You are competing with Drummond for the season's rebounding title."

"Other than these?" Xie Chen continued to ask.

Lillard suddenly thought of something, and his pupils dilated immediately.

(End of this chapter)