enjoyebooks Chapter 263 The Future All-Star
Chapter 263 The Future All-Star
Chapter 263 The Future All-Star
Kenny Smith continued to ask meaningfully: "Then who do you think is more suitable to lead the second team?"
Reggie Miller was deliberately ambiguous: "It's okay, just look at the matchup and the state of the two. As Memphis, you can try both!"
"Reggie, you are such a cunning guy!" Kenny Smith laughed.
Section 3 started soon.The game begins.Under the leadership of Love, the Timberwolves played a 6:0 climax, and instantly narrowed the point difference to 5 points.
The Grizzlies side of the league requested a timeout.
Back from the timeout, the Grizzlies stepped up their defense and quickly forced out the Timberwolves' mistakes.
The Grizzlies took the opportunity to play a wave of offensive climax and widened the point difference to double digits again.
In the rotation stage of the second half, although the Timberwolves' second team still had some advantages, the Grizzlies' defense was better.If both sides strike iron, the Grizzlies with a clear score advantage are happy to see such a situation.
In the last quarter of the game, Xie Kai waited for the main force to come back, and took away the Timberwolves in one wave. With 4 minutes and 03 seconds left in the game, it entered garbage time.
In the end, the Grizzlies beat the Timberwolves 109:89 at home, ushering in two consecutive victories.
谢开本场比赛上场32分钟，15投9中，其中3分球4投2找中，罚球4罚4中，得到24分5个篮板13次助攻2个抢断，并出现了2次失误。
13 assists set a new high for Xie Kai's NBA career in the regular season (the previous highest was 12). As a No. 2 player, getting 13 assists in a single game is also a very good number.
Arthur scored 20 points and 4 rebounds in this game, and performed very well.Twelve of his 20 points were assisted by Xie Kai. It can be said that the tacit understanding between the two has made the Grizzlies' current starting lineup even more powerful.
Xie Kai, who has won two consecutive victories, is the happiest.Although the record of 2 wins and 1 loss of the Grizzlies is not so good as to disdain the league, from the Kings to the current Grizzlies, what impresses him the most is that the team does not have to worry about "five-five" when playing against those bad teams. open five" problem.Although the current Grizzlies cannot guarantee that they will win, they will have a great chance of winning because of the defense.
In the NBA, a team without a defense can achieve good results in the regular season because of its excellent offense.But none of the NBA championship teams over the years has ever been won by the top 5 defensive teams.
Defense is the foundation, which determines the lower limit of a team, and offense determines the upper limit, but there are often chances and fluctuations in offense.
At the press conference after the game, Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins and the "Kansas duo" - Xie Kai and Arthur, attended together.
This is the first time Arthur has attended the team's post-match press conference this season, and he is in a good mood.
At the press conference, when a reporter asked Arthur why he played so well, Arthur replied with a smile: "I would like to thank two people, one is the head coach Hollins, he trusted me and gave me the opportunity to start. The other I would like to thank my college teammate and good friend Kane, he really passed a lot of balls to me, a lot of good chances."
The reporter is very good at asking questions, and he immediately asked Xie Kai: "Kane, why did you pass so many balls to Darrell? Is it deliberate? Is it because he graduated from the University of Kansas like him?"
Xie Kai's answer is also very OK: "It's like this. First of all, Darrell and I were teammates before. We both know each other very well, so it will be very easy to cooperate. Secondly, the coach arranged for us to cooperate more today. Use Darrell's speed to attack the opponent. However, the most important point is that Darrell's hands are hot, I remember he made 10 of 8 shots, so accurate, of course I have to deliberately pass the ball to him!"
Xie Kai's answer made the entire press conference burst into laughter. This not only explained the reporter's doubts about their small groupism, but also shifted the focus of the topic to Arthur's shooting percentage, which made Coach Hollins feel that the answer was very good. exquisite.
After the game, those fans, reporters and NBA celebrities who supported Xie Kai, etc., rectified his name through their respective channels.They debated with those who questioned him, and the name "Xie Kai" became a hot word in the NBA for a while.
Those who support Xie Kai use his performance since the start of the game as an argument.In two back-to-back games, Xie Kai set new highs in rebounds and assists in a single game in his NBA regular season career.Even in the losing opener, he performed in a quasi-triple-double and did not hold back the team at all.
The fans of the Grizzlies also slowly accepted Xie Kai. Their impression of this handsome young Chinese guy full of potential is getting better and better, and they have placed high expectations on him.
Xie Kai himself is very humble. He feels that he still has a lot to improve, and he needs to communicate more with his teammates so that he can integrate into it as soon as possible.
Not only that, but he also brought his good habit of hard work from Sacramento to Memphis.After the big win over the Timberwolves at home, he stayed to practice 3-pointers after the game, which made the Grizzlies' impression of him even better.
On November 11, the Grizzlies were a guest at Staples and challenged the defending champion Lakers away.
The Lakers currently have 3 victories and are in very good condition.In this game, Zach Randolph, the core of the Grizzlies' inside offense, will continue to be absent, and Arthur will continue to start.
In this game, Xie Kai's parents came to Staples to watch their son play, which has become a sight of this arena.Because whenever Xie Kai's team comes to Staples, there will be many more Chinese faces that night.
In this game, although Xie Kai scored a game-high 30 points, plus 4 rebounds and 3 assists, the Grizzlies, whose substitute lineup was overwhelmed by the opponent, still lost to the defending champion.
After the game, Kobe praised Xie Kai, and also gave him advice on the choice of the shot point of the fadeaway jumper, which benefited Xie Kai a lot.
Although the game was lost, Xie Kai received a lot of praise after the game.To score the highest score in the game on Kobe's head, this young man is very good!
The lack of strength in the second lineup has been a persistent problem for the Grizzlies since the start of the game. In the two games they lost, the second lineup was blown up, and then the point difference was so big that the starting lineup couldn't catch up.
Kobe said in an interview after the game: "Kane Xie is a very good young man. I like his fighting spirit very much. He also has the shadow of my youth. I believe he can become an All-Star in Memphis!"
After getting the affirmation of a superstar like Kobe, Xie Kai's status in the league is also undergoing subtle changes.Today, he is already one of the most popular rookies in the class of 08, and there is a faint tendency to become the leader of this rookie class.
(End of this chapter)