Chapter 193: The First Battle After Injury!
Pat Riley was busy in the office room at this time, and when he saw Xie Chen coming, he smiled and said, "Sit down." ”
handed Xie Chen a glass of water, unbuttoned the top shirt, sat down with Xie Chen, and said: "Chris Bosh came to me a few days ago, and he was very resolute in asking me to determine his status, I had to appease him first, after all, he was retained by me for more than 100 million in 5 years, this is what I promised him when I left him, otherwise he would be in the rocket at the moment, I hope you can understand." ”
Pat Riley's voice was low, his face was sincere, and he seemed to know that the young man in front of him must be unhappy, so he said something to appease, Xie Chen looked at Pat Riley's wrinkled old face, and couldn't help but be a little soft-hearted, and said: "You didn't do anything wrong, he has proven himself in the past few years after all, and if I am the president, I also chose him not to choose me, but I don't understand how Bosh, who has always been very forbearing, suddenly asked you to do such a thing." ”
Pat Riley also frowned helplessly, took a sip of water from his teacup, and then said: "I asked your doctor, and he said that you need to rest for at least 10 days before you can play, and now it's only a week, and I allow you to follow the team to the New Orleans Arena tomorrow, but only if you wear a suit the whole time." ”
Xie Chen said firmly: "No, Mr. President, I want to play, and now the team needs me." ”
Riley shook his head: "I can understand your current mood, but with your current state, you can't help the team much, all you have to do is to recover from the injury with peace of mind, only in this way, can you survive until the playoffs." To really help the team, have you ever thought about what the consequences will be if you get injured again? Do you know how many talented players have been ruined by injuries? Why don't you take this seriously at all? ”
Xie Chen is still firm: "I will be very cautious and careful on the court. Won't let yourself get hurt again. ”
In fact, these two injuries were not stable on the ground, not injuries suffered from confrontation with opponents, Pat Riley has always disagreed with Xie Chen's often physical contact with opponents, especially when Xie Chen grabbed rebounds, no matter who the opponent was, he dared to play physical confrontation with him. This makes Riley look at it every time and it is shocking! When I slept at night, I would dream that Xie Chen was knocked to the ground by his opponent.
"Mr. Riley, I know you care about me. But I'm going to play. ”
Xie Chen's firmness made Pat Riley really helpless, Riley had his own plan for Xie Chen, he wanted Xie Chen to go according to his own requirements, but Xie Chen never listened. arranged Wang Zhihui for him, but he turned the strength trainer into his agent, although he occasionally trained according to his requirements, but most of the time he came according to his own ideas, either practicing three points, or throwing backwards, or crazy training steals, Riley became more and more uneasy about Xie Chen, and became more and more bottomless. Even if Xie Chen seems to be getting more and more progressive.
In the end, Pat Riley had to agree to Xie Chen's request, accompanied by the difference in ideas between the two. There is also a rift between the Heat president and the new AMVP.
After everyone learned the news that the Heat was going to come back in the game against the Pelicans, there was a lot of discussion for a while, because Xie Chen only played half of the game against the Lakers, so this game was regarded as Xie Chen's first serious game after the All-Star, and the opponent was not a weak team. And the opponent also has an All-Star, who recently defeated Westbrook, who is now the scoring champion, at the Thunder's home court.
New Orleans Arena, Louisiana. This is the home of the Pelicans, formerly known as the New Orleans Hornets, who were also a Western powerhouse during Paul's time, and after being acquired by car mogul Tom Benson, the New Orleans Hornets officially changed their name to the Pelicans in 2013.
The Pelican is the state bird of Louisiana, and Louisiana is also known as the Pelican State, and the new owner felt that the name was more grounded and closer to the culture of New Orleans than the Wasp, so he chose the Pelican.
The Pelicans won 34-48 last season, 11th in the West, and this year is playing much better than last year, and it is definitely a team that can impact the playoffs, which is also a force that must not be ignored in the future of the West.
In addition, the core and future of the Pelicans, Anthony Davis, a thick-eyed brother, has played well this year, this guy who aims to be in the top five in history, averaging 25 points and 11 rebounds per game this season, his strength and popularity are good, and even when the first round of All-Star voting was announced, he was higher than the final vote king Xie Chen.
It's just that because of the injury, he didn't appear in the All-Star Game, and Xie Chen didn't have the opportunity to play with the other party, and just two days ago in the Miami Heat's home game, Xie Chen was absent due to injury, and the two missed the opportunity to compete again.
On the last day of February, at the New Orleans Arena, the Pelicans ushered in the "strong team" Heat, which was not feared, and fans entered the arena one after another, and they all began to make their own judgments before the game.
"After the All-Star break, it's going to be intense, every team is competing for a playoff spot, especially a team like us Pelicans who is on the verge of the playoffs, and every win counts for us."
"You're right, although tonight is the first in the East, but it is the first in the East in the middle of the river, only Xie can play in the Big Three, and Xie is also the first to return from injury, and the state is definitely not good, I heard that tonight will be a substitute, and the playing time will be limited, this will be a great opportunity for us to take a victory!"
The Heat team, which was originally terrifying, can no longer deter people, Xie Chen wore a team uniform and shot quietly in the half, ignoring the pointing and pointing of outsiders, but he was indeed a little unhappy in his heart.
"I just won the All-Star MVP, why is everyone looking at me with sympathy and ridicule?" Xie Chen was speechless, wasn't it Scarlett who clarified the relationship between the two? Scarlett is well-intentioned and doesn't want to delay herself and destroy her reputation, why did she become a poor abandoned person?
What if the MVP list and score list are surpassed? What about a losing streak? Is the season over? Did I play during this time?
"From this scene on, I want to get back the one that originally belonged to me!" Xie Chen clenched his fists tightly, the biggest henchman Bosh was completely reimbursed for the season, Xie Chen is the undoubted team leader, if he can still lead the team to achieve an excellent record at this time, then the MVP of the regular season will be more competitive than anyone else!
It's just that, if he can, no one wants Bosh to leave, because Bosh is not there, Xie Chen really has no bottom about this year's championship, not to mention the championship, even the Eastern champion, the Cavaliers Big Three, I don't know how to get through!
"Alas, forget it, let's take one step at a time, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge! It's too far away to think about the championship now, the most important thing at the moment is to sue the whole league, the Heat is still a strong team, as long as I am Xie Chen! ”
Xie Chen was thinking excitedly, and suddenly a big man behind him patted him on the shoulder, looking back, at first glance, it really looked like a flower in Stephen Chow's movie, Xie Chen usually likes to watch Hong Kong movies, especially Stephen Chow's comedies, so he smiled at the first sight when he saw Anthony Davis, but I believe that the other party must not know what he is laughing at.
"Brother Thick Eyebrows" Davis saw Xie Chen smiling, he also smiled, and shook hands with Xie Chen cordially: "Haha, meet again, man, last time the All-Stars didn't have the opportunity to play with you because of injury, it's always a pity, after the comeback, I didn't expect you to be injured again in the game a few days ago, and I thought that I would fight again so soon, and I couldn't compete with you, I didn't expect you to recover so quickly, congratulations." ”
"Thank you, buddy." Xie Chen smiled and shook Davis' hand.
Davis made no secret of his friendliness towards Xie Chen: "Hey, you know? I imitated you, when I was in Oklahoma City, did you see how I killed Westbrook? That's a teammate told me that you used this trick on him, so I tried it too, but I didn't expect it to really work, haha, you didn't see Westbrook angry at the time, it's so funny, however, this kid has been injured by KD recently, and he is almost going crazy, scoring close to 40 points per game, as well as assists and rebounds, what a terrifying triple-double, you have to be careful, your scoring throne is going to be snatched away! ”
Xie Chen smiled faintly: "I don't care too much about the title of scoring champion, but if I really want it, no one can take it away." ”
Davis secretly sighed that Xie Chen was really domineering, but he was worried that Xie Chen's injury was not completely recovered, otherwise, he would have been able to fight him heartily tonight!
After that, the game started quickly, and sure enough, because Coach Spo took into account Xie Chen's injury and condition, he let him play Chalmers as a substitute, and he didn't play at first, and the fans at the scene couldn't help but talk freely when they saw Xie Chen sitting on the bench.
"It's been a few days since I watched Xie play as a substitute, and I'm really a little unaccustomed to it, it seems that Xie's state hasn't recovered to 100 percent, and the coach just let Xie play this time to let him find his form, so that our Pelicans have hope."
In the face of the lack of the Big Three, the Pelicans players are full of morale and confidence, especially Davis: "Xie, don't blame me for not winning, I will never be soft in this game." ”
The Heat continued the bad momentum of the past few games, and it seems that they have not yet come out of the All-Star weekend, except for Rohr Deng, who played in a decent way, everyone else is sleepwalking, multiple pass errors give the opponent a chance to counterattack, the offensive choice is not to play, and the goal should not be scored, which makes people look very worried.
And the defense is also quite lax, allowing Anthony Davis to imitate Xie Chen again on the inside!
I saw Davis throwing his left hand to the rebound when he attacked, and all the Heat generals looked at the rebound blankly, and no one made a move, but Davis jumped high at this time, touched the ball with the palm of his right hand, and slammed the ball in!
Self-throwing and self-deduction!
Xie Chen's actions in the All-Star, Davis returned to him in the regular season on behalf of the West!
Xie Chen touched his chin and said secretly, "It's a little interesting." (To be continued) R655