Harden still hadn't picked up that many blemishes at this point.
Chen Xi was really looking forward to the day he could mock Harden to his face, translating all those jokes for him: "System Player, Big Celebration, you've got one fewer than me, and the Emperor Deng Combination is the most perfect duo in history." Would LeBron get all red-faced?
Harden didn't know whether he'd get red-faced in the future, but right now, LeBron genuinely wanted to beat Chen Xi up.
After a series of between-the-legs crossovers, Harden quickly followed with a step-back. He used a Hesitation Bait Buddha to throw Chen Xi off balance, then hit him with another crossover before bursting past him. He drove into mid-range, showed off his signature Euro Step, shook Little Sabonis, and finished an easy layup.
7–5
As he turned back, Harden grinned at Chen Xi.
Most of his face was hidden behind his beard, but Chen could still read the meaning "between the lines."
"Little bro, you've still got a lot of work to do~~"
Chen Xi clenched his mouthguard, annoyed.
If it had been some stranger making that mocking face at Chen and taunting him,
he would've just kept a blank expression and tried to get even on the court. At most, they would've traded some trash talk, then gone back to being strangers after the game.
But when it was someone he knew,
it made him even madder!!!!!
If they got blown out at home, he'd be mocked nonstop for the next year!!
Forget LeBron—even Turtle Turtle would be on his case for two whole months!
At the thought of those miserable days, Chen Xi couldn't help shivering.
That feeling of being in the wrong was just like defending Turtle Turtle on Moupu twenty years later: suddenly, the whole world