After defeating the Hornets, he welcomed another strong enemy within a few days.

On February 20th, the Pacers fought against the Miami Heat. Xie Hou encountered Arenas, who rose like a rocket. Facing this projection threat, he was shocking. He liked to break through the defender who liked to rely on rhythm. His height and arm length had an all-round impact on Arenas. (The team name was not wrong)

That night, Arenas made 23 shots, including 10 of which three-pointers were made.

His three-pointer was so exaggerated that he was blocked by Xie Hou after halftime. It was too accurate and unreasonable. No matter how far away from the basket was, as long as the feel was OK, he pulled up and shot.

Those incredible three-pointers made Xie Hou's eyes turn white.

Before him, no one would have made such a three-pointer. However, the strength at the three-pointer line covered up his downturn within the three-pointer line.

Within the three-point line, Arenas made 2 of 13 shots in the whole game. If it weren't for the three-pointers of 4 of 10, it would be one of the worst games he played this season tonight.

Arenas's three-pointer is that Xie Hou did not realize that his opponent was a future shooter who entered the range after halfway through the dribble.

Many years later, Xie Hou decided that Arenas was Damian Lillard, whose heart was not hard enough.

His style can be perfectly integrated into the small ball era more than ten years later. In that era, no one would accuse him of being unresponsible because he threw a three-pointer for his lack of responsibility.

This is the defensive problem for Xie Hou tonight.

His thinking is limited to the three-point line, but Arenas dared to fire when standing one meter, two meters or even three meters away from the three-point line.

His ball was getting farther and farther. Xie Hou saw him standing three and a half meters away from the three-point line, and said provocatively: "You shot, don't let me look down on you!"

As a result, Arenas made the investment as soon as he said he could.

Although Xie Hou let Arenas hit only 2 goals in 13 shots within the three-point line, his performance of 4 of 10 outside the three-point line has more or less restored some impression points.

Although the three-pointer shot was at a high level (not from the perspective of the small ball era), compared to Arenas' average performance this season, it is not as good as that.

The general was blocked, and the Heat could only rely on another person.

Former Jordan successor Starkhouse.

He was more miserable than Arenas. Arenas encountered a natural nemesis like Xie Hou and could not be used. He was suppressed and suffocated by Artest without any blind spots.

Arenas scored 20 with three-pointers, and Starkhouse was blocked to score only in single digits.

Starkhouse was also a scorer who averaged 20 points per game all year round. His injury caused him to die prematurely, but this season is still an offensive player who averaged double the score per game. He scored only in single digits tonight, and it is difficult for the Wizards not to lose.

This is a defensive win game.

There is no suspense for the Pacers to win the game. For them, the significance of this game is to get the lineup intact.

Dior was the substitute for Artest tonight, focusing on the third position, and Claire intends to let him and Xie Hou play at the same time.

The coaching staff did not make any arrangements in advance, but Xie Hou would take the initiative to ask Dior to cooperate and let him get the ball in a low position. Almost no one responded except Xie Hou.

Xie Hou's reaction was to run directly to Dior's location.

Or go online, or go online.

When he passes by Dior, if the opponent's defense is not done well, Dior can give him a score by hand; even if the opponent's defense follows up well, he can use this to open up space and give him enough position to play back.

This is a very old-school tactic.

In the 1980s, Larry Bird, Kareem Jabbar, Magic Johnson in his later years (the magician of the 9091 season, not the fat man who played in 1995) and Jordan in the first three consecutive games and the last three consecutive games - these back-to-back beasts who can change their opponent's defense by just "to get to the position and catch the ball". In this way, they attract the second or even the third person to defend, and send the ball out in an understatement.

This trick reached its peak under Jabbar and Bird in the 1980s.

After entering the new century, the rules changed and it was difficult for the alliance to have traditional monsters like O'Neal, so this kind of old-fashioned cooperation gradually disappeared.

Xie Hou and Dior did not communicate in advance, and responded entirely to their trust in each other's football dealers.

Through this trick, Dior and Xie Hou worked together in the same game and scored 4 points and 2 assists within three minutes.

The high IQ cooperation made Miami people at a loss, and Arenas even fired violently after the game: "I don't like their game, and Arthur didn't even use his physical advantage to score one-on-one on my head tonight. I mean, he could do this, but he chose another method, and I don't agree with this method."

His teammates naturally also have to say: "Yes, he has an inside figure and plays on the outside, which is an unimaginable advantage, but he often plays like an inside and lacks aggressiveness. If he is not in the Pacers, I don't think he will achieve his current results."

Then, the members of the Heat who were abused unanimously agreed: "Kevin Garnett is better than Arthur, he is the MVP of this season."

Why do they mention Garnett and MVP? Because this is a recent endless debate around Sherlock and Garnett.

As the top two hot players of MVP, whoever is likely to become a regular season MVP naturally becomes a hot topic.

This era of rigorous world style and not only looking at data, MVP is a comprehensive consideration.

The record, data, performance, popularity, topic, and legend cannot be bad.

In contrast, the data that is most valued in more than ten years later accounts for the least proportion of it.

If Old Zhang hadn't died young, he would have complained every day now, "I averaged 50 points per game back then, but I wouldn't have MVP. Nowadays, a little kid would have MVP if he had a triple-double?"

Xie Hou and Garnett are both data and have strong record, while the topic and legendary nature are the former.

When was the last rookie such a strong one?

Both of them are in small cities, and Xie Hou has caused much more trouble than Garnett.

Garnett's biggest advantage at the moment is that the Timberwolves won the last fight.

When the Heat mentioned this, they invisibly ignited the topic of the Pacers and the Timberwolves a week later in the showdown. It was actually a water tap for conscience. Stern should highly reward them.

However, once this topic is opened, the discussion is overwhelming, and it is impossible to stop before the game ends.

Before meeting the Timberwolves, the Pacers have two games to play, one against the Jazz and one against the Warriors.

The competition has not yet begun, and the parties involved are not involved in this topic, but the people around them can't stand the loneliness.
Chapter completed!