Chapter 563: Fan Xi's All-Around Performance

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When Xibo Du began to suspect Le Bu Lang Zhang Si, it showed they were already helpless.

Their defense still had an advantage, and their lineup coordination still had chemistry.

But, the Bulls players' performance was not as good as the Knicks'.

The league has always had a saying: NBA has no weak teams.

Every team can produce shining moments, after all, any player who enters the NBA is without exception an absolute elite of the basketball world. Even a two-way contract player sitting at the very end of the bench, if you look at his résumé, he very likely once could conquer cities and strongholds, capable of anything.

Everything is relative.

Basketball is round.

Fan Xi's role lies in that he can make the basketball rounder. He can make his teammates more outstanding. This ability was already evident when he was a role player for the Lakers, and now it has reached the pinnacle of perfection.

Kenni Smith once evaluated Fan Xi, saying Fan Xi is like water, able to permeate all things, sometimes calm, sometimes turbulent. He can coexist peacefully with anyone, and can also overturn any colossal object without hesitation.

The Bulls are like an impregnable gravity dam, they block in the East, over the past three years, only the Miami Heat could pass over their heads.

Miami Heat is a colossus, they not only travel on land, but can also glide and fly over.

The Bulls' defense cannot block airborne plays, so how can they win consecutively?

But, they thought the Knicks could not be as strong as the Miami Heat. This is also what all basketball experts believe: the Knicks have some decent players, but these players are already old, and they also have many 'team leader' flaws.

In the first game, the Bulls played perfectly, they blocked the Knicks' offense, and prevented the Knicks from concentrating their strength.

But, as the second game progressed, Fan Xi found some gaps, he began to infiltrate this gravity dam, more and more flow passed through the Bulls' defensive gaps, the Bulls tried to repair quickly, but fixing here would create a gap elsewhere.

A thousand-mile dike, begins to leak.

The Bulls are certainly not a team waiting to die; their tenacity will not surrender.

This is still a fierce battle of offense and defense.

Derek Rose launched a fierce attack starting from the second quarter, they continually increased firepower, continually increased defensive intensity, they had also once taken the lead, as the second quarter was about to end.

But, the Knicks always have someone who can step up.

In the previous game, Fan Xi hit an outrageously exaggerated three-pointer; in this game, it was Garnett, Garnett made a buzzer-beating three-pointer before halftime, reversing the lead by 2 points.

Jianai Te had been holding onto the thought of fighting to the end with Qiaojin Nuo A in the past two games; he wanted to give this disrespectful upstart a taste of his own medicine: snatching the rebound from over his head, overturning his sure-to-dunk slam dunk together with the ball, and launching a fierce attack over his head...

All these, the young Jianai Te could do.

The problem is, he is no longer young.

His body could not support his ambition; he could only rely on experience to play, he could only use his rich experience to create trouble for Nuo A and the Bulls, but could not structurally destroy them.

Jianai Te realized this during the game. Before the game, Fan Xi told him, Qiaojin Nuo A would never learn your soft jump shot.

This sentence made Jianai Te suddenly awake.

He is no longer obsessed with competing with Qiaojin Nuo A in sheer physical courage.

Since he is now almost 40 years old, he will use the style of someone almost 40 to defeat you.

Jianai Te frequently set screens in the high post… Jianai Te is an all-around power forward; even if Qiaojin Nuo A wins the best defensive player award, he is still an extremely long distance away from the peak Jianai Te.

Jianai Te is a super power forward destined to be written into NBA history; even if Qiaojin Nuo A enters the Hall of Fame, a question mark will be placed.

Jianai Te's help to the Knicks is enormous; his screening quality, playmaking ability, especially his ability to clear space off the ball, makes the Knicks' offense more harmonious.

Most importantly, when he plays center, Qiaojin Nuo A must leave the paint.

Jianai Te has mid-to-long range shooting ability.

The Bulls, trailing by two points at halftime, were still given high expectations.

ESPN continued to wildly praise the Bulls for showing toughness; Derek Rose will prove his value in this game, he will be more outstanding than Jieke Fan.

But after the second half began, this hype died down.

Fan Xi began to play one-on-one.

Fan Xi frequently drove into the paint; he was like a strange, fierce curved blade, the Bulls' defense could not stop him, especially after he consecutively hit two mid-range shots, his drive into the paint was like facing Megan Fox's underwear button.

Three fingers at the back lightly twisted, and it opened.

By the way.

Xibo Du's expression became awkward, the four words 'helpless' were written on his face. He is not a brilliant offensive head coach; his arrangement of offensive tactics always has traces to follow.

But Fan Xi displayed a silky smoothness like an antelope's horns, a heavenly horse galloping through the sky.

The Bulls' paint defense completely failed when entering the fourth quarter, because Qiaojin Nuo A was given his fifth foul by Fan Xi.

He had to return to the bench.

This is also part of the game.

Although Mai Ke Bu Lin shouted on TV: 'This is a home whistle, it's unfair.'

But this did not affect the progress of the game.

The collapse of the Bulls' paint defense led to the collapse of the whole lineup; their defensive line lost its ability to function.

Although Rosa was still fighting, the point difference kept growing.

Finally, the Knicks defeated the Bulls with a big score of 123 to 108.

Derek Rose scored 45 points in this game, with 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block.

His performance was commendable.

But in front of Fan Xi's statistics, it became dull.

46 points, 17 assists, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 blocks.

Fan Xi truly deserves to be the most versatile player in the world.

Jiefu Fan Gandi said: Jieke Fan racked up assists in the first half, scored points in the second half; added together it becomes terrifying.

This comment was said sourly.

But the undeniable fact is that Fan Xi produced unprecedented super stats in this series. Even if placed in the era of exploding statistics in ancient times, no one has ever averaged a 40+ super triple-double in a series.

In this Knicks season, Fan Xi's individual statistics have reached an unprecedented level.

Many people said last summer that Fan Xi leaving the Clippers meant his historical status was downgraded. But now, who dares say that? Even if Fan Xi didn't win a championship this season, a single-game 101 points, a single-game super quintuple-double stat is enough to slap those people's faces and shut them up.

2:1.

The total score of the Eastern Finals has been rewritten to this.

The audience at Madison Square Garden was very excited; when Fan Xi's interview with local media was broadcast on the big screen, fans burst into shouts.

For New York fans, they have rarely felt proud over the past decade-plus; they even became a laughingstock for supporting the Knicks. The team's decline left them unable to hold their heads up, they were seen as suckers, believed never to get redemption.

But now, Fan Xi stands there smiling, holding a microphone.

In the first round he eliminated the Eastern second-seed Brooklyn Nets; now he's defending home court, making the Bulls trail 1:2.

"Thank you, fans."

He said.

"Fans are our best sixth man tonight. New York has the best fans in the world, the most knowledgeable fans, the most discerning fans. Naturally, we must give them the best performance and the best result."

He said.

mvp! mvp! mvp!

Although the game has ended, the whole arena is still cheering and shouting for Fan Xi.

Fan Xi waves his hand to signal the fans.

Then he answered another question.

A local reporter asked him if he had confidence to defeat the Bulls in this tough series.

Fan Xi said: "The toughest moments are behind us; from now on it's smooth sailing. We will get what we want."

The reporter asked again: "If we beat the Bulls, facing the Miami Heat with a super Big Three and three consecutive Eastern titles in the next round, do we have confidence to win?"

Fan Xi said: "Then you should ask them why they are only three-time Eastern champions."

Fan Xi's answer was full of domineering confidence.

The cheers on site seemed ready to lift the roof of Madison Square Garden.

So awesome.

Fan Xi is the one who made the Miami Heat Big Three able to win only the Eastern championship for three consecutive years.

Since he has spoken out, what does the Miami Heat have to fear?

Even if they are stronger, their roster more stable, their chemistry better, they have no weaknesses.

But… so what?

We have Fan Xi.

Although New York fans have only followed Fan Xi for one season, they have gradually developed pride like that of Clippers fans.

This pride fills them with confidence.

"Although saying this seems disrespectful to the opponent, this is truly what I think…" JR Smith appeared at the post-game press conference, speaking in a humble tone: "I've already been considering the next round's opponent."

Saying that, even the New York reporters present thought he was too arrogant.

An ESPN reporter asked him, "Aren't you worried about angering the Bulls and Bulls fans?"

JR Smith said: "By now, whether we anger them or not, what's the difference? Anyway, I want the championship; if I follow a leader like Jieke Fan, and my ambition isn't the championship, then I'm utterly useless."

JR Smith gave Fan Xi a boost.

This interview of his also got high reposts on the internet.

On one hand, Bulls fans hate him to the point of gnashing their teeth; everyone hopes to beat him up badly in the next game.

On the other hand, everyone is discussing another issue… A team with Jieke Fan, if it doesn't pursue the championship, is truly a waste of talent.

Many neutral fans even said: "I doubt that even if the Minnesota Timberwolves got Jieke Fan, they could immediately join the contenders."

"Hey, who are you looking down on? Minnesota's roster isn't weak; we're just geographically remote, we have Kevin Love, we also have Kuameibulang… Jieke Fan's former lieutenant…" Timberwolf fans roared on the internet: "If you say the Bucks, we can still understand."

"The Bucks aren't weak either; we're just a bit off. If the Bucks had Jieke Fan, we'd even be willing to sign three Chinese players as compensation. The Chinese team can beat the Dream Team, we can still win the championship!" Bucks fans are also not convinced.

"Why not let Jieke Fan try out with the Kings?"

"Strongly demand Jieke Fan join the Pistons, give him some difficulty."

"…Why not Orlando? Is there anywhere now more desperate than Orlando?"

"……"

The topic quickly went off track, turning into a carnival-style game of recruiting Fan Xi.

At this moment, however, Fan Xi lay on the bed at his home, hugging Megan Fox, his eyes fixed on the TV in front of the bedroom, watching the Heat vs. Pacers Eastern semifinal.

JR Smith was just talking; Fan Xi, in action, had already considered the next opponent.

It must be said, the Miami Heat are very strong.

This is the reason Fan Xi's brows are so tightly furrowed.

"Jie Ke, if I get pregnant with a daughter, do you think she'll become the most beautiful woman in the world?" Fox said.

"Oh, definitely not. I couldn't bear the pain of marrying off a daughter." Fan Xi said.

"If I were to marry a guy like you, I'd be very happy."

Fox said very seriously.

Fan Xi carefully examined her expression; it wasn't sarcastic.

He gave a wry smile, thinking: I don't want my son-in-law to be a man like me.

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