Super all-around point guard

Chapter 669 Abusing the League's Most Expensive Player!
Mike Conley can’t be called a superstar in today’s league, and it’s hard for him to be ranked in the position of point guard.

Conley is naturally capable, but this big contract will still make many fans sigh. You know, Dwyane Wade, whose career is far better than Conley’s, has only accumulated a salary of 1.56 million U.S. dollars in his career so far, while Conley has earned 1.53 million in five years. It’s no wonder that even O’Neill said he was born in the wrong era.

In addition to Mike Conley, the rich and handsome Parsons also left the Mavericks and came to the Memphis Grizzlies. He signed a four-year 9500 million maximum salary contract with the Grizzlies, which is slightly lower than Conley. The Grizzlies are also in the West with big crocodiles, and it may be difficult for them to make it to the finals in the playoffs this season.

Originally, Xie Chen led the Lakers to six consecutive victories. The momentum was amazing, and even the Grizzlies were a little scared. However, after the Warriors beat the Lakers, everyone saw that the Lakers were also vulnerable to a super team.

Xie Chen and the Grizzlies have played relatively little in the past two seasons, and there is no grievance. There is no memorable event in memory. Coming here, it is not as depressed as it was at the Warriors' home court. The mood is very calm. The game started. Attacking quickly, Mike Conley felt Xie Chen's super offensive desire. He also entered the best state when he came up.

Xie Chen relied on McGrady's pull-up three-pointer and Jordan's back jumper to score one after another, and Conley also stood up to respond to Xie Chen. He is a left-handed player. Defense against left-handed players is always a very troublesome thing, especially when Conley dribbles behind the back. You have to go to your teammates for help.

The cooperation between Gasol and Randolph is still a headache for the Lakers. Fortunately, the free throw percentage of the two is average today. With Xie Chen doing whatever he wants, Xie Chen scored 20 points in the first quarter and led the Lakers to lead the score. Conley only scored 8 points and did not have many assists.

After the first quarter, Conley looked serious on the bench and was not very comfortable. He thought that Xie Chen's style of play clearly meant that he was not worthy of the maximum salary contract, but in fact, Xie Chen was not at all envious of how much money Conley got.

Dobby Stephenson also fanned the flames and said, "Mike, Xie deliberately punished you because he saw that you got a big contract and didn't like it. He didn't score 20 points in a single quarter against the Warriors!"

Conley was already in a bad mood. After signing the big contract, he was under a lot of pressure. Being teased by his teammates to stir up trouble made him feel even more irritable. According to the data in the first quarter, wouldn't Xie Chen score more than twice as many points as Conley in the whole game?At that time, some netizens will say that compared with Conley, Xie Chen should get a five-year contract of 3 million yuan!

In fact, Conley doesn't need to put too much pressure on himself, and the Grizzlies don't expect him to be omnipotent or score a lot of points like Xie Chen, as long as he can maintain his current level in a healthy way.

However, under the stimulation of Xie Chen's strong performance, Conley's mentality was still affected. The so-called haste makes waste. Conley wanted to reach the superstar level and become the All-Star starter, but the hardware strength was not up to the mark.

Xie Chen scored more than 30 points in the second quarter and started the Legendary Challenge. This time, he met the Grizzlies in the Gasol era, and it was easy to solve. After that, he continued to abuse Conley's Grizzlies crazily.

The fans at the scene were quickly beaten without any fighting spirit, and they didn't look excited at all.

"Xie this guy is so crazy, from the beginning of the game, he planned to rely on him to win us alone?"

"This will be another 60+ performance. Is Mike Conley's big contract stimulating him? Mike even stood up and responded to Xie a few shots. What is Chandler Parsons doing? Facing such a crazy provocation from the opponent, he didn't react at all!"

Parsons played very badly and was completely unworthy of his big contract. Not only this game, but the previous few games were also very mediocre, but it was still not so easy for the Lakers to win against the Grizzlies. It was not until the end of the game that Xie Chen scored 61 points before he was able to rest. They finally had the chance to win this victory.

Seeing that garbage time was coming, Mike Conley, who was already out of breath from the whole show, couldn't help asking Xie Chen, "Are you using the 60+ performance tonight to tell me that I'm not eligible for that big contract?"

It was only then that Xie Chen noticed the resentment towards himself in Mike Conley's eyes. He had many friends and enemies in the NBA. Xie Chen didn't want to be misunderstood. Xie Chen said: "I just want to win. If after this game, others will make fun of you, I can't help it."

The Lakers win another game, continue to secure the No. [-] throne in the Western Conference, and sit on an equal footing with the Warriors!
After the Golden State Warriors learned about it, they all felt very disappointed.

Draymond Green said with a frustrated face: "Damn! The Memphis Grizzlies failed to beat the Lakers? Why did they spend so much money to sign Mike Conley and Chandler Parsons? The Lakers can't win with such a bad team? I can't stand it and share the first place with the Lakers. It has been half a month since the start of the new season, and they are still pestering us and tying us up!"

Durant also wanted to see the Lakers' record drop earlier, and said, "Yeah, their opponent in the next game is the New Orleans Pelicans. Thanks to the recent hot state, it is estimated that the Pelicans will be difficult to fight against him alone. If we want to get rid of them and become the only No. [-], I'm afraid we have to wait a few days. We have to pin our hopes on the San Antonio Spurs."

After the Lakers finished playing the Pelicans, the next opponent was the Spurs. When the Spurs were mentioned, the Warriors sighed in unison. They did not doubt that the Spurs could beat the Lakers.

Half a month into the new season, the Lakers are still No. [-] in the Western Conference. This made rookie coach Luke Walton very proud. He invited the whole team to a big meal in Memphis, and all the players went to the next city, New Orleans, with a happy mood.

The Pelicans have superstars. Anthony Davis was expected to be one of the best players in the league as early as last year. He also scored 25+10 for two consecutive seasons. He also averaged 2 caps per game, but he did not make any breakthroughs in the playoffs.

The Pelicans are not considered a strong team. This time, Xie Chen didn't need to score so many points alone. Ingram finally regained his confidence. He scored 30+ in this game again. Because Xie Chen didn't want to waste energy and time to deal with the legendary team, he only scored 25 points.

However, many people predict that the situation where the two teams are tied for first place will soon change. Fans predict that the first to lose is of course not the Warriors, but the Lakers, who are weaker on paper, because the Lakers' next opponent is the San Antonio Spurs!
Warriors fans posted on the Internet before the game: "Finally no need to tie for first place with the Lakers, a bad team, hahaha, congratulations in advance to the Lakers for their second loss of the season!"

The Spurs' record is second only to the Warriors and the Lakers in the West, and it is second in the West. Not only that, the reason why Warriors fans are so optimistic is that the Spurs are not only strong, but also a team that even beat the Warriors.

Luke Walton was also worried about whether his second defeat was coming. He said to the players the day before the game: "If we want to go further in the playoffs, the Warriors and the Spurs will inevitably encounter one of them. We have seen the result of the matchup with the Warriors. Let's see what we will do when we meet another ace team!"

Texas, San Antonio, AT&T Center.

Coming here again, it seems to be the same as before, but there is one important person missing. The Spurs always feel different. The Spurs have won a total of five championships, and these five championships were all won by Duncan. But now, this guy said he retired and retired.

Duncan’s retirement was too quiet. After 19 seasons in the NBA, he just said that and left like that. It seems that everyone is not ready to accept his retirement. They haven’t figured out how to say goodbye to him. This is completely different from Kobe’s retirement method. Someone once asked him, aren’t you afraid that others don’t understand you?Duncan replied, why should I let others understand me?This probably belongs to Duncan's style, but no matter what, the historical status of the best power forward in history is unshakable.

Although Duncan retired, he also came to the scene with his wife today. Xie Chen stepped forward to greet Duncan, attracting many cameras to follow.

Xie Chen smiled and said to Duncan: "You haven't played the finals with me yet, how can you say you retired?"

Duncan smiled gently: "I said the future belongs to you. I lied to LeBron, but I don't intend to lie to you again."

"Hahaha." Both Xie Chen and Duncan's wife laughed at the same time, "It's really strange to play against the Spurs without you, but I won't be polite tonight."

Duncan also replied: "Don't be polite to them, man, score as much as you want, as long as you lose to us, I think Popovich will let you get 60 points."

It can be seen that after Duncan retired, his mentality was not different from when he was a player before. Retirement seemed too natural to him. Kobe is still very uncomfortable after retiring. Seeing Xie Chen's crazy performance will also stimulate Kobe.

However, watching him play with old friends like Ginobili, Parker, and Popovich, Xie Chen felt that he still belonged to the Spurs and hadn't left yet...

After the Spurs left Duncan, the GDP combination ceased to exist and will only remain in the fans' memory. However, Ginobili and Parker, both veterans, decided to continue to play and did not choose to retire because of Duncan's departure.

In addition, the Spurs also got new aids Paul Gasol and David Lee. Gasol came after Durant announced that he would join the Warriors, because the Spurs were also interested in chasing Durant.

It seems that the strength of the death five elders is not inferior to the death five juniors, otherwise the Spurs would not have the last laugh in the last match against the Warriors.

Similarly, David Lee, another new aid insider, also gave up a bigger contract and came to the Spurs. The two-year contract with the Spurs is only 320 million US dollars.

After Duncan retired, David West switched to the Warriors, Diaw was traded to the Jazz, and Boban joined the Pistons, David Lee will form a new inside rotation with Paul Gasol and Aldridge.

You know, these three guys have all been All-Star inside players, plus Leonard, who has always been considered to be in the top five in the league, and Popovich, the most capable coach in the league, even if the Spurs make it to the finals this year. It is not surprising.

The Warriors players are also paying attention to the game between the Spurs and the Lakers. They can't wait to see the Lakers lose another game, and stop squeezing with them in the No. [-] position in the Western Conference.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs' mature offensive and defensive systems showed their advantages in front of the Lakers, and Leonard focused on Xie Chen from the very beginning. This guy is one of the best defensive players in the league. Soon, in the first quarter, the Lakers were beaten by double digits, and Lakers coach Luke Walton was forced to call a timeout.

Seeing this moment, Draymond Green of the Warriors finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, after the Lakers lose, they can finally occupy the first place in the Western Conference! After this time, they will never try to climb up again!"

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