Super All-around Point Guard

At the beginning of this season, the Toronto Raptors were very bright in the league. They won 24 of the 32 games they started and once became the top team in the Eastern Conference. It seems that this season is destined to be the best in team history. In one of the seasons, coach Dwayne Casey flew the Raptors, a fanatical fighter, to the top of the Eastern Conference.

But since the All-Star break, the Raptors have been on a losing streak, with very unstable ups and downs, and even lost 9 games where they had a double-digit lead.

The Raptors rarely have an inefficient mid-range offense and can get to the free throw line a lot. The Raptors' statistics show that their game is still above the standard, but the team has lost the foundation of winning games, and injuries have invaded Team lineup.

Are the Raptors a team that was once high and then fell apart? Or were they just not that good? That's the question they need to ask themselves, and it's the question everyone is worried about about the Raptors' playoff prospects.

Today, against the Heat, it is a battle to test the true strength of the Raptors.

Came to the Raptors home court, Xie Chen was really taken aback when he entered the arena. The atmosphere was so lively and there were so many fans. I didn’t expect Canadians to love the NBA so much. Seeing the pop singer Justin Bieber in the VIP seat, thank you Chen smiled and walked forward.

Xie Chen took the initiative to extend his hand to say hello: "Hey, Justin, long time no see."

Although Bieber hates Xie Chen, Xie Chen is the most popular star in the NBA after all, and is also Scarlett Johansson's rumored boyfriend. Naturally, Bieber didn't dare to lose face, so he quickly got up and said, "Long time no see, Chris."

The two celebrities greeted each other, and instantly attracted the attention of many fans around them. Even the cameras were attracted here.

Xie Chen smiled and looked at Justin Bieber, who was dressed in a trendy outfit, and asked, "By the way, I heard that you once learned basketball skills from me on Twitter. Is there such a thing?"

Justin Bieber was a little embarrassed, but he had even experienced the Ding Ri Tucao Conference, Xie Chen's words were not taken seriously at all, so he laughed: "Haha, you misunderstood, I lost my mobile phone at that time, I don't know who used it I sent it on my mobile phone, I guess, the person who picked up my mobile phone may be your fan."

Xie Chen nodded: "Well, the person who sent this message must admire me very much and admire my golf skills. I asked you this just to tell you that my Twitter account was hacked, so I replied." NO', in fact, I would like to teach you how to play basketball, would you like to?"

"This guy..." Bieber was speechless for a while, in front of so many people, Xie Chen actually wanted to accept himself as an apprentice? It's a pity that no matter how much Bieber hates Xie Chen, he can't show it in front of the media.

Bieber sneered: "I would never ask you to learn how to play basketball, Chris, our Raptors have a lot to teach me, Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, they are no worse than you."

"Really?" Xie Chen chuckled, and stopped talking nonsense with Bieber, and walked back to the venue.

A few months ago, Xie Chen was not even qualified to be compared with Lori DeRozan, but now, the two have been completely defeated by Xie Chen, in any respect.

Xie Chen made Justin Bieber aware of this problem as soon as the game started. Steals, dunks, three-pointers, and fadeaways, Xie Chen's moves were dazzling, leaving the defenders helpless. Two wonderful dunks, and Lowry, who was defending Xie Chen, couldn't cover Xie Chen on the one hand. Xie Chen jumped too high. Lowry was only six feet and couldn't cover it. On the other hand, Xie Chen followed Lowry's relationship is not bad. With the help of Xie Chen, Lowry won the championship of the All-Star Skills Challenge. Therefore, under normal circumstances, Lowry is not willing to make a foul to pull Xie Chen down. morning show.

Justin Bieber looked at Xie Chen's excitement at the beginning of the game, and secretly cried in his heart: "Damn, why is Xie so excited tonight? What good happened? It seems that he is aiming at a triple-double again this time." Go, if there is another triple-double in this game, even Michael Jordan's record will be broken by him!"

Xie Chen has had seven triple-doubles in a row, tying Michael Jordan. If there is another triple-double this time, he will surpass the great basketball god. Great encouragement to Xie Chen!

Even though Xie Chen respects Jordan very much, this record is bound to be won and must be broken!

In the first quarter, under the leadership of Xie Chen, the Heat took a slight lead, but gradually, as Lowry and DeRozan continued to break through and enter the inside line, the point difference became smaller and smaller.

Lowry and DeRozan are both top 30 players in driving per game, and the combination of shooting and driving is why the Raptors are rare in the league in the top seven in both free throw percentage and turnover percentage.

But now, the Raptors' defense is a big problem. The Raptors' defense was pretty good at the beginning of the season, but after the All-Star Weekend, it completely collapsed. The Raptors adopted an aggressive defensive strategy, which required them to face Double-teams the ball-handler on the opponent's pick-and-roll, but they don't do it well.

DeRozan isn't as dynamic as he used to be on the wings, Amir Johnson is much less mobile, and Lowry is worn out by the offensive load that's been placed on him.

Seeing that halftime is over, the Heat are leading the score, and Xie Chen also easily obtained better overall statistics. Bieber is not happy. Why can't the Raptors beat the Heat without Bosh? If this is the case, how can we fight for the Eastern Conference championship?

Bieber wanted the Raptors to at least make it to the Eastern Conference finals, but he didn't realize that this Raptors team might not even make it to the first round.

However, in the third quarter, the entire Raptors team seemed to wake up, and suddenly played vigorously and became more aggressive defensively.

When Xie Chen was about to receive a pass from his teammate, Lowry suddenly stepped forward to intercept the pass and ran all the way up the court. Xie Chen chased after him, hesitating along the way, wanting to stop, but also wanting to rush forward. In the end, he still Seeing Lowry make a quick layup.

"Hahaha, Kyle Lowry did a great job. It would be perfect if it ended with a dunk!" Justin Bieber excitedly said off the court.

However, Kyle Lowry himself and some fans realized that something was wrong with Xie Chen this time, because Xie Chen was very hesitant when he was catching up. Looked struggling.

In fact, at that moment just now, Xie Chen was indeed thinking about whether to use Griffin's shot-blocking skill. He really wanted to test the feasibility of the skill, but Xie Chen made a decision before the game, and this game will not reveal Ability to block shots.

Lowry, who returned to defense after scoring, saw Xie Chen's hesitation, but felt in his heart that even if Xie Chen didn't let him go, he was capable of scoring, because Xie Chen was not a shot blocker and couldn't stop him, so he smiled and said to Xie Chen: "Be careful next time, I'm also a good stealer!"

"Okay, I will." Xie Chen smiled, and I believe that Lowry will soon know that Xie Chen deliberately let him go for the ball just now, otherwise, it would be a chasing hat!

Next, DeRozan also performed dunk stunts frequently. Twice in a row, when DeRozan flew up, Xie Chen watched in front of his eyes without taking off. The same was true for other Heat players, watching him attack the Heat's basket again and again. Xie Chen was very uncomfortable and couldn't help clenching his fists.

After DeRozan completed a powerful split dunk, he saw Xie Chen clenched his fists under the basket, obviously he also saw that Xie Chen was very upset, so what, you can't stop me at all!

DeRozan smiled: "Man, your dunk is good, but without my sense of strength, you can learn from me."

After several consecutive dunks, DeRozan showed off his dunk skills in front of Xie Chen. It was really arrogant. Xie Chen took a look at DeRozan's figure. He was about two meters tall and weighed about 100 kilograms. Using Griffin's shot-blocking skills, as long as he seizes the opportunity, he will definitely be able to intercept DeRozan's dunk and block him once!

Cover, or not cover!

If GedRozan is bound to expose his ability to block shots, James will definitely be more cautious when facing himself in the next game against James, and he will not easily give himself a chance to block shots.

Xie Chen thought for a long time, but decided to give up. There is nothing more important than a match against James. James overwhelmed Xie Chen, and Xie Chen wanted to give it back to him!

Xie Chen looked at the Raptors on the opposite side, and secretly said: "Raptors, you are very lucky, really lucky, otherwise, I would have already blocked more than three shots in this game!"

Perhaps because he felt uncomfortable, Xie Chen quickly turned on the scoring mode, scoring 7 points in a row, and at the end of the third quarter, led the Heat to a 10-point lead!

Maybe the victory can be easily taken away, but Xie Chen is still 4 rebounds and 3 assists away from the triple-double. Special times call for special methods.

That is to brush!

Xie Chen discussed with all his teammates. As long as the score is above 10 points, whoever Xie Chen passes the ball to will immediately shoot the ball, and there will be no second pass.

Boss Wade first set an example.

Sneaked out to receive a pass from Xie Chen, and after receiving it, he made a difficult fadeaway jumper. Xie Chen scored 8 assists on the ball.

Justin Bieber off the court was stunned for a moment: "Oh! What's the situation! The attack time only took a few seconds, so you are so anxious to shoot?"

Immediately afterwards, it was like a withdrawal again, except that Wade was replaced by Hassan, and he did not commit.

"What? Hassan is shooting from this position? I know, the whole Heat team is going to give Xie an assist! Damn it, what kind of opponent are they treating the Raptors!" Bieber burst into anger.

The Raptors are also aware of this problem. As long as the point difference is more than 10 points, the Heat's offense is very simple. Xie Chen organizes the offense and shoots whoever catches the ball. Even if it feels a little insulting, they just can't catch up. Poor, it bothers them a lot.

The Heat assistant coach patted Coach Spoelstra's arm and whispered, "Coach, Coach Dwyane Casey on the opposite side, has been watching you."

The moment Xie Chen decided to scan the data, Si Bo, who was sitting quietly on the seat, waved his hands and said indifferently: "He is despising me, and you should respond to him with the same look for me."

"Uh..." The assistant lowered his head in embarrassment.