At the post-match press conference, the reporter asked Chen Yan to talk about his winning words.
Chen Yan said calmly: "I make hundreds of these shots every day in training. I can make them with my eyes closed."
Chen Yan's answer sounded exaggerated, but no reporters laughed because they knew what Chen Yan said was true. The Pacers' final defense was indeed very bad, and Chen Yan's shots were as easy as shooting training.
Reporter asked: "Tonight you scored 51 points. This is your third consecutive game with 50 points. Only four players in NBA history have accomplished this feat, namely Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant.
Special, Michael Jordan and Elgin Baylor, talk about how you feel now."
"Being able to be with these great names excites me. This excitement will also be the motivation for me to keep moving forward. I will not be satisfied. I am not a person who is easily satisfied."
"So you're going to keep cutting 50?"
"I will continue to maintain a strong desire to attack and leave the rest to basketball."
Chen Yan will not be too full of words. If he said that he would definitely score 50 points in the next game but failed to do so, then this kind of news would be saved as a joke by black fans.
Chen Yan's 50 consecutive super performances plus a buzzer-beater have once again become a hot topic.
The fans are talking about him, the players are too, and everyone wants to put an end to this guy who is in the spotlight.
One day later, on January 9, the Suns continued to sit at home and narrowly defeated their old rival the Mavericks 129-126.
Chen Yan scored 52 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. He scored 50 points in 4 consecutive games, surpassing Jordan and Elgin Baylor's three consecutive 50 games. He currently maintains the record of 4 consecutive 50 games with Kobe, ranking ahead of him.
Only Dashuai Zhang has 50 in 7 consecutive games.
Stoudemire scored 31 points and 11 rebounds, and Nash had 17 points and 9 assists. The three of them provided almost all the team's firepower.
In this game, Chen Yan had no chance to let off steam. The whole game was full of real action. The Mavericks were one of the most threatening teams to the Suns in the Western Conference, and Chen Yan knew it from the beginning.
The lineup of King Notre Dame, Ray Allen Kidd and Artest can be said to be both offensive and defensive. If there is any flaw, it is speed.
Kidd is old, Noah and Artest have never been fast players. The only thing that can be related to Ray Allen's speed is his shooting speed. During training, Ray Allen likes to simulate falling and quickly retreat to the three-pointer.
Catch and shoot from outside the shooting line. From receiving the basketball to making a shot, Ray Allen's fastest shot is only 0.4 seconds.
The Suns stared at the Mavericks' disadvantage and went crazy to counterattack. Chen Yan's touch was explosive again in this game. He hit 4 three-pointers just in transition from offense to defense, and threw 10 three-pointers in the whole game. His touch was explosive, the King of Beano,
Ray Allen and Terry both have more combined.
The Mavericks also have a trump card, and that is the unsolvable singles of King Nuo. Once he finds the touch with his height and shooting ability, he will definitely not be able to defend himself alone. He must double-team. Tonight, Ray Allen and the Mavericks
The performance of other role players made it very difficult for the Suns. In the end, they narrowly defeated their opponents in an overtime battle.
This game made the Suns understand that their competitors are not only the Lakers, but the strength of the Mavericks cannot be underestimated. If they encounter them in the playoffs, they will be in big trouble.
After the game, the Suns flew non-stop to Los Angeles. They will play against the Clippers again a day later. As rivals in the same conference, the two teams will meet four times each season.
The outside world regards the Clippers as the Suns' experienced babies, but in fact, the Suns did not play easily in this game.
Perhaps due to being too tired, Chen Yan did not have a strong desire to attack after the start, and chose to distribute the ball to opponents on the flanks in both breakthroughs.
Playing 50 games in a row requires a lot of shots, and a lot of shots consume a lot of energy. Chen Yan was already showing signs of fatigue after the last overtime game.
With 7 minutes and 07 seconds left in the first quarter, Chen Yancai hit his first goal of the game. He swayed the defensive Gordon from outside the three-point line. The opponent did not come up to cover the defense. Chen Yan hesitated for a moment, adjusted on the spot and hit a three-pointer.
In the last few minutes of this quarter, Chen Yan started to attack fiercely, but the effect was not good and he frequently missed shots. With 2 minutes and 19 seconds left in this quarter, Chen Yan hit a corner three-pointer to help the Suns lead the score 20-18.
The referee did not side with Chen Yan tonight. At the end of this quarter, Chen Yan was pulled down when he broke through, but the referee did not blow the whistle. Chen Yan sat on the ground and spread his hands in protest. The referee ignored it. Gordon
Pull him up friendly.
At this moment, Chen Yan felt that Gordon was a good person. In the last game, Chen Yan made his round face look miserable, but he didn't even hold a grudge.
After the first quarter, the Suns temporarily led 23-22.
In the second quarter, the two sides were tied several times and it was very stalemate. With 3 minutes and 56 seconds left in this quarter, the Suns regained the lead after Azubuike dunked during the counterattack, but the Suns only made one shot in the rest of the quarter.
, the Clippers led 52-47 after playing 8-3.
In the second half, the Clippers were limited by the decline in their shooting percentage. The Suns surpassed the score in the third quarter. Chen Yan felt warmer in this quarter and scored 17 points with sudden shots.
The Clippers launched several counterattacks in the fourth quarter, but they were all suppressed by the Suns. In the last 5 minutes of the quarter, the Clippers' offense stalled. Chen Yan took the opportunity to score 5 points in a row to expand the advantage to double digits.
Since then, the point difference has not been narrowed. The Clippers have limited offensive firepower and are helpless on defense, so they can only accept the defeat.
The final score was 106 to 94. Chen Yan was still the highest scorer on both sides, but he failed to continue his 50-year performance. He scored 40 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds tonight.
Nash said frankly in the post-game interview: "We relaxed tonight. Now the team has a tendency to look down on the opponent a little bit and not focus enough in the game. I think this old habit of ours happened again tonight."
Suns head coach D'Antoni didn't sound very happy. He thought there were some problems with the performance of the players during the game. D'Antoni said: "Today's game was played after a day of rest. Everyone was resting in the hotel that day.
.I think we’re going to get the players up tomorrow afternoon and have them train for a while.”
Compared to Nash and the head coach, Stoudemire was much more optimistic. He said: "We are still on a winning streak, which is more important than anything else. Anyway, we did what we need to do to win, and that's all."
When I woke up the next day, the headline news on the front page of the sports news was not the Suns' 22-game winning streak, nor the comments of the Suns generals after the game. It was Chen Yan's poor performance and only scored 40 points, and the 50-year record came to an abrupt end.
Fans laughed when they saw the title. Have you heard of scoring only 40 points?