Chapter 324: James Harden also has the appearance of a duke

Kobe's answer is hidden in Fan Xi's assist data.

Fan Xi had 12 assists in the whole game, but only 3 assists to Nowitzki, who scored 36 points in a single game.

In other words, the interaction output and efficiency between Fan Xi and Nowitzki were relatively low.

Fan Xi was of course intentional; he didn't intend to reveal all his hole cards, after all... the Thunder weren't strong enough to make him use all his hole cards.

The previous Fan Xi was like a young man who kept overdrawing; he needed to bring out 120% of his strength to win in critical games. Now, he is a successful person with considerable savings; he doesn't need to go all-in, nor does he need to reveal all his hole cards.

After all, the subsequent battles will be even more difficult.

Defeating the Thunder in the first away game, resting in Oklahoma for two days.

In this process, there was no suspense for other teams in the East and West.

The upper half of the bracket all defended their home-court advantage.

Lakers won, Spurs won, Grizzlies won.

Heat won, Bulls won, Celtics won, Pacers won.

Only the Clippers broke the formation.

However, in the second game, the Clippers lost the game.

Although the Clippers' veterans and newcomers adapted better than in the last game and entered their roles earlier, the Thunder's three young stars all exerted their power. Westbrook, ashamed and then brave, got a triple-double of 26 points, 12 assists, and 11 rebounds, Kevin Durant scored 38 points and 6 rebounds, and James Harden also had 21 points, 6 assists, and 3 rebounds.

When the three major perimeter players all exerted their power, the output was so amazing.

The Clippers really couldn't stop it.

Basketball is round, and anything can happen. No one expected the Thunder's touch to be so hot tonight, and even less expected Nowitzki's touch to be so cold; he shot 19 times and only hit 5.

Both were abnormal factors.

Therefore, the Thunder finally defeated the Clippers 108:102 and pulled one back.

This game made Thunder supporters excited, and the Thunder's three young stars finally lifted their heads and exhaled.

Late at night, looking out from the window of Fan Xi's hotel, half of Oklahoma City was setting off fireworks.

For this city, this was a great victory.

Fan Xi pulled the curtains and fell into a dream wearing noise-canceling headphones.

The Clippers players took a plane back to Los Angeles the next morning. This sudden failure didn't make their faces full of frustration, and the fans who came to the airport to welcome them also cheered for them.

The Los Angeles Lakers had just taken two slaughter-style victories from the Staples Center. Their All-Star lineup presented a crushing posture, and they would soon go to Salt Lake City to continue their performance.

The media all said the Lakers were "committing crimes"; their creation of such a super lineup was a punishment for other teams.

In the days without facing the Clippers, the Lakers were always in a high-spirited, sweeping posture.

This is like Justin Bieber without meeting a Fan Girl.

Little Bieber is too popular this year; he is hailed as a phenomenal global idol. If you want to find a reference for his popularity, you even have to go to the beginning of the century... Britney Spears.

He presented the posture of a heartthrob, and countless girls across the United States were crazy about this Canadian boy.

His popularity and influence had already allowed him to purchase a mansion in Beverly Hills, although he was still a minor.

Interestingly, when Fan Xi was playing in Oklahoma.

Blake Griffin of the Dallas Mavericks scolded him on the Internet.

Griffin had a bit of a retaliatory mentality; he probably heard that Khloe Kardashian took the initiative to date Justin Bieber. So, he spoke wildly on social media, attacking Justin Bieber as just a dachshund puppy with no masculine charm at all. He said Justin Bieber's high-profile pursuit of Kendall Jenner was just asking for trouble, and if Jenner looked at him one more time, it would be his loss.

Griffin's words were indeed a bit dense.

However, because the Mavericks took down the Grizzlies in the second away game, he himself scored 28 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists under the defense of Randolph and Gasol, and there was nothing that could be criticized.

Griffin accused Justin Bieber's high-profile pursuit of Kendall Jenner, referring to Justin Bieber driving a sports car to lay a red rose carpet outside the set for Jenner when she was shooting an advertisement.

It was indeed very romantic.

It is said that at the end of the Rose Avenue, there was also a diamond ring worth 200,000 US dollars.

However, Jenner didn't walk through the front door of the set at all; she left from the side door.

Many women felt sorry for Jenner, thinking she missed a big gift and the love of the most popular male idol in the world.

Although it is said that this kind of young male idol changes girlfriends very quickly, but who cares, isn't seizing the day better than anything? Tie it up for a while, and then build up popularity.

Even within the Kardashian family, there was this kind of rhetoric; some of them wanted Justin Bieber to appear on their reality show. In that case, the ratings would definitely explode, and they would make a lot of money.

However, Kendall Jenner refused to listen to these calls.

Facing the pursuit of this world's number one popular male idol, Kendall Jenner performed quite calmly, although entertainment media reported this matter overwhelmingly, invisibly making her fame rise crazily.

However, she never had the thought of being with Justin Bieber.

It seemed Justin was indeed very good, but so what?

Every inch of her heart was Jack's, and no man would have any attraction in front of her. Except for Fan Xi, men were truly equal in front of her.

In fact, other Fan Girls were like this too.

This is a magical charm on Fan Xi.

Fan Xi had been busy with work recently. Although he saw the reports in the media, he didn't care about this matter, nor did he call Jenner to talk about it.

He would set aside an hour and a half before going to bed every day to chat with the Fan Girls, sometimes by phone, mostly in text form.

"Jack, I think you should chat with Kendall for a while. You have to let Kendall know that you care about her."

"Women are creatures that actually have no love; whoever treats them well, they follow."

Chen Ye kept saying such things in Fan Xi's ear; it sounded like he had a lot of say.

"You have to meet her."

Chen Ye suggested cautiously.

Fan Xi frowned, muttering: "Where is the time recently? Let's talk after playing the Thunder."

"Can you even invite Kendall to the arena? Jack, women want importance, want a unique feeling. You can't even give Jenner uniqueness now, then you have to give her enough, enough importance." Chen Ye was like a dog-headed military advisor, saying to Fan Xi: "Look, Dr. Laisi is pregnant now, why? Because I value her."

"No, because there were no safety measures." Fan Xi said angrily.

"Jack, maybe you should have a child too." Chen Ye suddenly said.

"Crazy. I'm still a child myself." Fan Xi said angrily: "I'm not even 21, and I haven't reached the legal marriage age in the country."

"You can have children before marriage." Chen Ye continued.

"Go to your grandfather's."

Fan Xi ended the call.

However, he subsequently picked up his phone and sent a text message to Jenner.

Jenner didn't reply immediately.

Because she was on the phone with Kim Kardashian.

Kim Kardashian was saying similar things to Jenner.

"Kendall, I don't mean anything else, I won't interfere with your freedom of love. But you have to know, women need some scheming. Even if you like Jack, it doesn't prevent you from using Justin to raise your price. You have to let men know that you are not his only choice, you can find better ones..."

"No, no one is better than Jack." Jenner interrupted Kim.

Kardashian shook her head helplessly on the other end of the phone. She continued: "Okay, even if Jack is the best. However, you are not in an equal relationship. He has been involved in various scandals, and various famous women are entangled with him. Why can't you have some with Justin? Believe me, he will value you more because of this. Look at now, you don't even see each other once a month."

"No, even if I am very busy with work now, we still meet at least twice a month, or even more, it's just that it hasn't been discovered by others." Jenner defended Fan Xi.

This made Kim Kardashian more convinced that her little sister was a love-brain, and if this continued, she would be bullied by Jack.

She quickly said: "Listen to me, Kendall. Jack has never done anything moving for you. You need to use one thing to verify his love for you, and this thing is the opportunity... Men, the more you stimulate him, the more he loves you. Do you want to be the least valued one among Jack's many scandal girlfriends?"

Kardashian's words hit Jenner's heart. Although she had never considered Justin Bieber, she was working hard now, wasn't it because she felt the pressure from others? Their group was very involuted, all working hard, all wanting to give more to Fan Xi.

Last time when buying the Clippers, Jenner couldn't come up with any money.

So, she was working hard to make money now. Every time she felt the work was heavy, she would say to herself: Kendall, do you still want to see the embarrassment when your beloved man needs to develop his career but you can't come up with money?

This sentence inspired her.

Jenner was distracted for a while, and then she saw the text message on her phone. She was very surprised; it was sent by Fan Xi. She said to her sister: "Who said Jack doesn't value me? He took the initiative to invite me to watch the game. However, I don't have time tomorrow, I can only come back the day after tomorrow, I can catch the fourth playoff game..."

"No, Kendall, you should refuse him. You have to let him know that you are not a vassal who comes when called and leaves when waved." Kim Kardashian said to Jenner: "You have to learn from me, look at how I handle men."

Kardashian bewitched Jenner to the extreme, and then she said she would quickly find time to go to Jenner's side and teach her how to operate hand-in-hand.

When the Thunder team came to Los Angeles, they were high-profile, accepting interviews from media close to the Lakers. They expressed with great confidence that they would regain home-court advantage in Los Angeles.

"We have found a plan to defeat the Clippers." Head coach Scott Brooks told the media confidently.

This sounded like a prophecy.

Because head coaches rarely take the risk of saying such things. They are not players; players can fight back if they are slapped in the face. If a head coach is slapped hard in the face, they are very likely to ruin their entire career.

You know, a head coach's coaching career is far longer than a player's.

Few people take this matter to joke.

Therefore, these words caused a heated discussion, and everyone was guessing how the Thunder would defeat the Clippers.

The third game arrived soon.

Staples Center was full of spectators.

Clippers fans ushered in the first playoff home game of the Fan Xi era, and the full-house fans rubbed out excited support with their enthusiastic vocal cords.

MVP! MVP! MVP!

Before the game started, the sound wave on the scene came like a mountain and a sea.

Fan Xi raised his hands high with a happy smile to echo the fans around him. As the team's leader and owner, no matter from which angle, he would not allow his first playoff home game to end in failure.

Tonight, the players starting with Fan Xi were Hamilton, Leonard, Nowitzki, DeAndre Jordan.

The Thunder had an obvious change. Coach Brooks, who tasted the sweetness of the three young stars, put James Harden in the starting lineup, and Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Ibaka, and Perkins were also there.

This is the Thunder's strongest lineup.

All hole cards were thrown on the table at once, just waiting for them to have a chemical reaction, like the last game, crazily burning the Clippers' iron lock across the river.

Beep!

The head referee blew the whistle.

Slap!

DeAndre Jordan easily defeated Perkins.

After two games of confrontation, DeAndre Jordan had his own set of methods to deal with Perkins, and he became more and more confident.

Fan Xi grabbed the ball, and James Harden defended him.

James Harden defended Fan Xi at critical moments in the first two games. Obviously... Coach Brooks trusted Harden more.

Harden's physique and defensive enthusiasm were more suitable for defending Fan Xi than Westbrook.

But for the first ball, Fan Xi accelerated in a straight line, galloping in from Harden's left side. Although Harden tried his best to follow up and tried to use his strong body to suppress Fan Xi's pace.

But Fan Xi became faster and faster, rushing into the paint with one acceleration, then jumped up.

James Harden jumped up from behind intending to block, but failed to do so. Fan Xi was like a curved knife fiercely drawn and slashed at the rim... Boom!

A dunk happened.

Aggressive like fire.

Staples Center was full of cheers.

James Harden defended very well.

However, his arrival couldn't stop Fan Xi's arrival.

Fan Xi landed quietly. After landing, he slightly raised his right hand and blew a kiss to the surroundings.

MVP! MVP! MVP!

The sound wave on the scene swept over like a tsunami.

The Los Angeles Duke arrived in his loyal kingdom, the City of Angels.

Fan Xi turned his head and glanced at James Harden.

He found that James Harden had no frustration of defensive failure, but instead revealed deep envy in his eyes: "A real man should be like this, when can I be like this, possessing my own world?"

Fan Xi raised his eyebrows, thinking, James Harden also has the appearance of a duke.

... ===== CHAPTER 325 =====