Super all-around point guard

Chapter 206 Confronting "Truth" Pierce!

Charles Barkley continued: "Chris Xie is the most watched star in the league today. There is no reason why no one can't discover this, Shaq, but there hasn't been much discussion at the moment. One is because his consecutive triple-double games are still behind Westbrook. The other is that everyone may think that three consecutive triple-double games is his limit."

"No matter how much you praise the greatness and difficulty of a triple-double, you have to admit that the data of a triple-double is rare. You can control your scoring. What about rebounding? You can't expect your opponent to be strong every night, and you can't always grab most of the rebounds. With Xie Chen's position and height, it is even more difficult. There are also assists, which depend on luck and the performance of your teammates. These are beyond your control."

"In addition, I don't think it's a big deal to win a large triple-double of 30+10+10 in the regular season. A true all-round superstar should be able to get such a triple-double on the stage of the finals."

Barkley expressed his opinion one sentence after another. Without waiting for others to speak, O'Neal went on to say: "Okay, Charles, we all know that you have won 30+10+10 in the finals, but compared with statistics, whether you win is also the criterion for judging a player. In the game where you won a triple-double in the finals, you lost to Michael Jordan's Bulls. Brook's four consecutive games, and won all four games!"

Barkley smiled: "Paul Pierce and John Wall will not give Xie this opportunity. Everyone underestimated this Wizards team."

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Barkley is right. Pierce and Wall are not guys who are willing to help their opponents. On the contrary, they will do their best to destroy their opponents' dreams. Pierce has always been unhappy with Xie Chen. He knows what Xie Chen thinks.

Washington, Pierce and Wall sat in a car before they left after a day of training. Pierce handed Wall a cigar and drank one himself. He was full of ruffianism, but he was full of domineering. When the two stayed together, it was obvious that Pierce was more like the boss.

Judging from Pierce's past experience, it is impossible for John Wall to surpass Pierce in terms of momentum. Pierce is a strong guy, so strong that you cannot destroy it.

On September 2000, 9, this was the first day of the new NBA season. Pierce returned to Boston from Los Angeles and started the first day of training. After the training, Pierce and his teammate Tony Batty went to the bar to have a carnival. After three rounds of drinking, Pierce walked into the dance floor.

A 183 cm man appeared in front of Pierce, with fierce eyes and threats of foul language. Pierce didn't know that this guy shot and killed at the age of 14, and had 16 crimes on record, so he reminded the man in front of him to show respect and looked down at him with his usual contemptuous eyes.

Then, the man took out a dagger and stabbed Pierce. A group of people surrounded him. As long as Pierce stood up, someone would kick him to the ground. This is the famous "Pierce was hacked 11 times".

It took Pierce just 18 days to return to the Celtics' practice facility, and when doubts arose about him, he wowed everyone with an average of 25.3 points per game.

In March 2001, the Celtics challenged the Lakers, and Pierce scored 3 points. Although he lost to the Lakers in the end, O'Neal said: "Write down my name, I am Shaquille O'Neal, but Paul Pierce is the truth!"

Pierce's "THETRUTH" name has since spread in the league.

After so many years, "Truth" won the championship as he wished. According to his age, it is time to choose to retire, but Pierce is still not satisfied. He still wants to win the championship again. Even if the current Wizards is not the team that everyone is optimistic about winning the championship, his confidence lies in that as long as he is there, this team has hope!

"John, tomorrow we will have a special opponent. They are number one in the Eastern Conference. Are you afraid?" Pierce asked blankly.

John Wall snorted softly: "I never feel that we are inferior to each other, even if Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are there. Now, Xie is the only one. I can't think of why he wins us?"

Pierce nodded in satisfaction. He likes John Wall's self-confidence very much. It is precisely because of John Wall that Pierce feels that this year's Wizards team can make a difference in the playoffs: "You are right. The Heat are currently a Xie team. As long as they beat him, they can beat the Heat, but just winning is not a victory. You know that Xie has three consecutive triple-doubles. I will not let him achieve four consecutive triple-doubles here."

John Wall was stunned: "What are you going to do? Now the ball is all in the hands of Xie. Frankly speaking, with his ability, I don't think it is difficult to get 10 points and 10 assists."

"Then I'll let him get less than 10 rebounds." Pierce let out a puff of smoke and smirked.

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Not only did Pierce and Wall annoy Xie Chen, Xie Chen also hated them, especially John Wall, who had long regarded him as an unfriendly group. Last time in the New York All-Star Game, this guy didn't give Xie Chen a single ball, and he was obviously bullying Xie Chen on James' side. He could see the unfriendliness from his eyes.

Therefore, the Heat's battle against the Wizards is destined to be extremely fierce and sparks fly.

Soon, it was the day of the game. The Washington Wizards’ home court, the Verizon Center Arena, had not many fans and the atmosphere was not enthusiastic. Since the warm-up, the atmosphere on the court has been inactive and lifeless. Basically, no one was chatting and laughing with teammates. This is the case with Xie Chen and Walpiers. It can be seen that both sides attach great importance to this game, especially a team like the Wizards who wants to compete for the playoffs.

The game finally started, Xie Chen didn't say hello to his opponent, the first goal was taken by the Wizards, John Wall controlled the situation steadily, and found that it was Xie Chen who was defending him!

"I didn't expect this guy to take the initiative to defend me. Heh, do you think you can restrain me?" Wall sneered, not paying attention to Xie Chen's defense, and dribbling the ball against Xie Chen's body.

Unconvinced by being robbed, Wall immediately rushed forward to catch up with Xie Chen who was fast-moving, and Chalmers also quickly joined the fast-moving. He passed the ball to Chalmers first, and the two played one against Wall.

Chalmers is also very happy, is it time to play again?Chalmers dribbled the ball, and Wall definitely wanted to switch defenses to follow him. Wall was also very anxious, realizing that Chalmers might give Xie Chen an alley-oop, but there was no way to do it. Wall alone could not prevent this kind of cooperation.

Sure enough, when approaching the basket, Chalmers tossed the ball high, and Wall followed in an instant, no matter whether he could block it or not, in short, Xie Chen couldn't be allowed to dunk so easily, let alone play a fancy dunk!

I saw that Xie Chen did jump up, but after receiving the ball in the air, he could dunk directly, but suddenly passed back, even Wall was stunned. Unexpectedly, Chalmers made a layup after receiving the pass.

Wall was very upset after being teased: "This guy... he can dunk by himself, but he wants to pass it to his teammates. It seems that Paul Pierce is right. He really went for a triple-double this time!"

After Pierce saw it, he became more certain about his guess, and it was indeed the case. Xie Chen liked the title of "all-round point guard" very much. Since he is all-around, he must have consecutive triple-double performances to be called all-around. Xie Chen still assists first and then scores in this game.

When it was the Wizards' turn to attack, the Wizards players were more likely to hit inside rather than outside. In this way, Xie Chen's chances of grabbing rebounds became smaller. Seeing that a quarter was about to pass without grabbing a single rebound, Xie Chen couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"It's hard to grab frontcourt rebounds, I can only grab backcourt rebounds, but the Wizards didn't give me a chance." Xie Chen felt that Pierce played very strangely today. He had an open three-pointer before and refused to shoot.

However, as long as the Wizards' shooting percentage is not good, no matter whether they play inside or outside, with Xie Chen's ability to grab rebounds, there is a chance to compete.

The Wizards made a shot from the outside line, playing basketball, Xie Chen was about to rush to grab a rebound, but was suddenly bumped by Pierce beside him, Xie Chen almost fell to the ground.

Xie Chen complained to the referee, but the referee ignored it.

Pierce looked at Xie Chen with a smirk on his face, probably secretly having fun in his heart, he is still too tender, you are still far from fighting with me!

Once again, Pierce was not in a hurry to retreat, nor was he afraid of being hit by the Heat on a fast break. He just wanted to stay in the frontcourt and grab rebounds with all the Heat players, and he stuck to Xie Chen tightly, obviously because he didn't want Xie Chen to get the rebound.

"This guy...seems like he doesn't want me to double-double in rebounds." Only then did Xie Chen know Pierce's purpose today.

"I don't need to get a triple-double, but you don't want to bully me with such moves!" Since Pierce is targeting him, Xie Chen must respond!

The next time, when Pierce competed with Xie Chen for a rebound, because Xie Chen had locked his position in advance, Pierce made some small movements with his arm behind him. Pierce just put his arm on Xie Chen's back, and before pushing, Xie Chen lay on the ground!
The referee blows his whistle!
Pierce was shocked: "What happened!"

　Coincidentally, today's chapter happened to be about the truth. Pierce said that he was getting old. Is today's invalid lore the last shot of his career?Just use this chapter to pay tribute to this tough guy with 11 knives in his body!If you like the truth, please like it!

　　
　
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