I’m Really Playing Basketball

The game between the Nets and the Heat, whether it was the China Derby expected from China or the Marquette University Derby expected from the United States, was a success.

When the game ended, reporters around the court rushed to the three protagonists of the game, Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and Wade.

Wade and Yao Ming, who were lamenting another failed game, were already surrounded by reporters at the scene before they had time to adjust their mood.

Mainly Chinese reporters, American reporters still know the 'rules' very well and know that this is the time for TV interviews.

However, don’t blame Chinese reporters for not understanding the ‘rules’ at this time.

Most of them are covering an NBA game for the first time. Most of the domestic reporters here are here for the first time because of this highly anticipated China Derby.

Without getting first-hand interview materials from Yao Ming, Wade and Chen Xiao, they would not be able to return to China for business.

So, now it doesn’t matter if you behave yourself or not, just rush to Chen Xiao, Wade and Yao Ming and take a photo, that’s all!

As long as there are photos, even if there is no interview, why don't they just make up the content?

Anyway, you can’t argue with Chen Xiao, Yao Ming or Wade, right?

In short, the ecology of domestic NBA reporting in this era is such a "barbaric growth".

Chen Xiao definitely didn't know about this.

All he knew was that the reporters around him tonight were crazy.

When the security personnel at the scene were chasing people away, they all tried their best to take a photo with him. After the photo was taken, even if they were carried away, they were still laughing.

Chen Xiao was a little confused.

Fortunately, after a brief confusion, Chen Xiao saw the familiar Teacher Zhang again.

"Chen Xiao, congratulations, you won another game. The Nets have won six consecutive games, and your consecutive 20+ games have reached 9 games. You are only four games away from Duncan's record. This You have a strong desire to attack in every game. You took 29 shots in a single game and scored 37 points in a single game, both setting records. Is this because of the Chinese Derby with Dayao?"

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It can be seen that Teacher Zhang is also very excited.

If it weren't for the fact that his legs and feet weren't as agile as those young people's, Teacher Zhang would have charged at him just now.

"This game is important to me and Dayao. My teammates know that this game is important to us, and we ourselves know that this game is important to us. Big Brother Ji has been passing the ball to me and encouraging me. The same goes for Dayao's offense. Whether it's me or Dayao, we all hope to use our outstanding performance to make the domestic audience and fans who support us happy and satisfied. We hope this is a game that satisfies them. "

Chen Xiao did not directly answer Teacher Zhang's question, but the content of his answer satisfied Teacher Zhang very much.

Chen Xiao's answer was the answer he wanted to hear most!

Listen, what is emotional intelligence?

Saying nice things without making people feel hypocritical, this is emotional intelligence!

This game was played so well, not only for ourselves, but also for you. In the final analysis, it is still for you!

Dare I ask if the domestic audience in front of the TV would be unhappy when they heard this?

Boy Chen, I did read that right.

Teacher Zhang has always been very satisfied with Chen Xiao.

"According to the news we got from later, the domestic audience is very satisfied with the performance of you and Dayao in this game. Your performance this season has exceeded the expectations of all domestic audiences. We never thought that Chinese basketball players can In the NBA, you can average 20 points per game, or average a double-double per game, but you and Dayao have both done it, and far exceeded it!"

Teacher Zhang was indeed very excited. After all, this Chinese derby was perfect for him. Two Chinese players became the protagonists of the game. Chen Xiao won the game with 37 points, while Yao Ming lost the game but also got 30 points.

It can be said that this game is a microcosm of the two people's outstanding performance this season.

"Chen Xiao, after this game, your scoring average has officially exceeded 27 points per game, reaching 27.2 points per game. Are you confident that you can maintain this scoring average until the end of the season? Many domestic viewers are now curious. Between you and Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks, who will be the international player averaging the most points per game this season? Are you confident that you can beat Nowitzki?"

Chen Xiao knew that Teacher Zhang and the audience in front of the TV must hope that he would answer yes.

"Nowitzki and I have different tasks in our respective teams. It's not easy to compare us directly. Nowitzki not only has to shoulder the scoring responsibility in the Dallas Mavericks, he also needs to do a lot of things, and I In the Nets, you only need to focus on scoring, so the person you compare to me should be Peja, and I hope this season can reach or even surpass Peja’s achievements with the Kings.”

It's not Nowitzki, it's Peja!

Peja is also very good!

China has a star whose scoring average exceeds that of Peja, which is very good.

And it seems that Chen Xiao is very likely to do so this season!

The two have the same responsibilities in their respective teams, and the Nets rely on Chen Xiao even more than the Kings rely on Peja!

This can be seen from the number of shots taken. Chen Xiao took more shots than Peja.

"Chen Xiao, voting for the NBA's 2003 All-Star starting lineup is about to begin. Do you have anything to say to the viewers in front of the TV?"

"There are many excellent guards in the Eastern Conference, including TMC, Allen Iverson, Michael Jordan, and our team's top guard. They are all very outstanding and very popular guards. I hope everyone can give me their support enthusiastically." Vote, I hope my loss won’t be so ugly then, hahahaha.”

Chen Xiao is not saying this to be a disgrace. In fact, it is not easy for Chinese audiences to vote for NBA All-Stars.

Chen Xiao really just hoped that his loss would not be so ugly.

Even now, Chen Xiao has never thought about how crazy the domestic audience is.

Not only Chen Xiao didn't think of it, but Yao Ming, Teacher Zhang, and even the major NBA stars and the league's president David Stern didn't think of it now.

How ferocious the Chinese fans will be when they are ready to go!

After Brother Chen Xiaoba and Yao Ming, Wade and Wang Zhizhi finished their interviews, the three of them separated into two groups and went out to party.

Bage, Yao Ming and Wang Ge.

Chen Xiao and Wade are in the same group.

After today's game against the Heat, Chen Xiao and the Nets did not leave Miami. The Nets are not in a hurry for the next game on their schedule.

Therefore, Chen Xiao did not go back to the hotel, but went directly back to Wade's house with Wade.

Back at Wade's house, Wade's wife Theo Vaughn saw Chen Xiao hammering her waist, and a smile appeared on her face that she understood instantly.

She didn't suspect what Chen Xiao and her husband Wade did in Wade's car.

But, his husband Wade’s car is so arrogant!

McLaren F1, the driver's seat is in the middle, there are co-pilots on the left and right, and there are three seats in a row.

The two seats on the left and right are suitable for girls, but it would be torture for a 2-meter tall man like Chen Xiao.

This is actually what Chen Xiao wants to complain about. Chen Xiao doesn't know what to say about Wade's aesthetics.

Is it uncomfortable to sit in a Rolls-Royce?

Why play sports cars?

Why play such a unique sports car when playing sports cars?

In the middle of the driver's seat, on the left and right passenger seats, are my wings on both sides?

Why do you, a good husband and father, like this kind of scumbag car? !

After riding in Wade's magic car, Chen Xiao felt more comfortable in his Silver Angel.

Although Chen Xiao has always complained about Wade's aesthetics, Chen Xiao was still very excited after not seeing Wade for so long.

The two of them seemed to have endless things to say.

From the new season of Marquette University, to the structure of the NBA, to the performance of Marquette University teammates in the NBA, to the current situation of the Nets and Heat, of course, the most talked about is the situation of each in their respective teams.

In fact, it was mainly Wade who cared about Chen Xiao.

Wade himself has nothing to worry about in the Heat. He is the core player of the Heat and the core of the team. He does not need to look at other people's faces.

But Chen Xiao is not.

Regardless of the fact that Chen Xiao is currently averaging 27 points per game in the NBA, which is very good, his status in the team may be the same as Peja of the Kings.

Therefore, Wade has actually been worried about Chen Xiao's situation in the Nets.

"However, after playing this game, I think you are doing really well in the Nets."

"Yes, Boss Ji is very good to me. Although Richard always wants to cheat me, he still obeys me. And Martin, although he wants to take away the position of the team's second boss, he is also willing to work with me. Cooperation, and Carlos, he respects me, the team's head coach Mr. Byron Scott and the team's general manager Mr. Rod Thorn also feel that I am the right choice for the team."

"Well, the atmosphere in the Nets is very good. Study and grow in the Nets, and strive to become the boss of an NBA team in the future, just like me."

"Xiao Tai, isn't the boss of the Heat Yao? He is the No. 1 pick and you are No. 3."

"..."

This kid, look for a fight!

After having a long talk with Wade at Wade's house, Chen Xiao and Wade said goodbye reluctantly the next day.

"Chen, remember, if anything happens with the Nets, you must call me!"

"So do you. Also, don't think that Dayao's physical strength is not good enough. If Dayao's physical strength is comparable to yours, you will definitely not be the leader of the Heat."

"..."

"You kid, get out of here!"

After the laughter of Chen Xiao and Wade, the planes on and off the Nets flew into the sky.

After Chen Xiao and the Nets players returned to New Jersey from Miami for two days of rest, they will face the Cleveland Cavaliers, the second-last team in the Eastern Conference, at home.

This is a team competing with Wade for LeBron James.

Unlike the Heat who are pretending to grab James, the Cavaliers are really trying to grab LeBron James!

However, except for Chen Xiao who knows that Wade and Yao Ming really want to win but just can't win, others will not think that the Heat are pretending to steal James.

After the Heat defeated the Nets, they lost to the Milwaukee Bucks led by Eastern Conference powerhouse Ray Allen.

At the same time, on the day of the game between the Nets and the Cavaliers, the game between the Heat and the Pistons was still going on. The Heat and the Pistons were inseparable in the first three quarters. However, it seemed that this inseparable game and Yao Ming could not run away. The situation, this game between the Heat and the Pistons, I am afraid the Heat will be in trouble again.

It is estimated that this game was another failure for the Heat.

With the Heat's current record, the Heat say they are not interested in James. Don't make too many guesses. Do the Heat dare to say that and other teams dare to believe it?

In fact, Pat Riley was very interested in James!

It's just that Wade and Yao Ming were not under his control, so he didn't say this to these two people.

Of course, Pat Riley didn't tell his apprentice Spoelstra, nor did he tell anyone. He kept it deep in his heart.

Because he knows that even if he is interested, David Stern will not give James to him.

Of course, the knight also didn't know about this kind of thing.

Therefore, this makes the Cavaliers uncomfortable.

If the Heat continue to lose like this, the Cavaliers are really afraid of "crazy failure."

It's okay to show off, but you really can't help but give David Stern some face and 'show it off like crazy', otherwise...

Haha, the Bulls learned a lesson from Wade just now.

Therefore, the Heat, who have been losing wildly recently to David Stern, have put a lot of pressure on the Cavaliers.

For the Cavaliers who are under such great pressure, an opponent who can reasonably lose will definitely not be able to win!

The New Jersey Nets are a team that can reasonably lose.

In the home game between the Nets and the Cavaliers, after three quarters, the Cavaliers had already surrendered.

After three quarters, the Nets already led 90 to 63 by 27 points, and the entire fourth quarter was already garbage time.

At the end of the game, the Nets defeated the Cavaliers by 26 points 116-90 at home.

In this game, the Nets gave the Cavaliers the defeat they longed for.

At the same time, the Nets increased their winning streak this season to 7 games.

In this game, Chen Xiao, who made 9 of 13 shots and 3 of 4 three-pointers, scored a game-high 24 points in a single game, successfully extending his consecutive 20+ games to ten consecutive games.

After defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers at home, Chen Xiao and the Nets flew from New Jersey to Minnesota that night.

After playing the Cavaliers, the Nets will begin the team's first trip to the West this season.

For the Nets and most teams in the Eastern Conference, consecutive Western road trips are really torture.

In this era, the teams in the Western Conference are very strong, and consecutive away games in the Western Conference are very difficult.

On November 23, 2002, the Nets faced the Minnesota Timberwolves in their first back-to-back Western Conference game.

The entire Nets team was very depressed in this game, but Chen Xiao was very excited to see his idol again.

All kidding aside, back-to-back home and away games like this are really hell for NBA players.

Flying more than 2,000 kilometers and playing two games in one day is simply inhumane.

And the opponent is a strong team like the Timberwolves.

In this game, the Timberwolves used three lineups with Garnett playing small forward at their home court.

This kind of opponent with three major lineups that lacks vitality is simply a divine formation.

In this game, except for Chen Xiao, the other Nets players were seriously lacking in energy.

Don’t forget that the Nets’ game is not only a long journey, but also a journey from relatively warm New Jersey to Minnesota, which is at least ten degrees colder and is now snowing!

This is really life-threatening.

Finally, in a fierce battle, the New Jersey Nets, second in the Eastern Conference, lost 90-97 on the road to the Minnesota Timberwolves, which had been winning recently.

After the game, the team's head coach Byron Scott was very dissatisfied with the loss.

But there was nothing he could do if he wasn't satisfied. Looking at the Nets players shivering in the locker room holding thick quilts, Byron Scott didn't look very good.

The air conditioner in the visiting team's locker room was broken. This is standard equipment for NBA teams playing away games.

The visiting team locker room in the NBA rarely gets air conditioning several times a year.

There are no leaks, and there are no strange creatures in the locker room. The Timberwolves are very particular.

In the NBA, there are several difficult away games, San Antonio in the summer, Minnesota in the winter, and the Denver Nuggets on the plateau.

What makes Byron Scott uncomfortable is not that the air conditioner is broken, but that the game is over. Why hasn't the person who repaired the air conditioner arrived yet?

"Byron, I went to ask. The Timberwolves said that they thought they would lose this game, so they gave the air-conditioning repair staff a day off..."

"..."

After Eddie Jordan finished speaking, Byron Scott was speechless.

"Boss, it's at least minus 10 degrees outside right now?"

"almost."

Kidd looked at the expressions of the team's two coaches at this time and added to Chen Xiao next to him: "We probably won't be able to take a shower here."

Boss Ji's judgment is correct.

However, not long after, Kevin Garnett, the head player of the Timberwolves, came to the Nets locker room and invited Chen Xiao and the Nets players to the Timberwolves' home team locker room.

"We have a spare lounge, so you can use the home team's locker room."

After Garnett finished speaking, he smiled handsomely and kindly at Chen Xiao and left.

A group of Nets players were left shivering in the visiting team's locker room, but now they are finally comfortable.

"Boy Chen, tell me, did you deliberately go undercover when you shot 8 out of 24 in this game? Tell me, I won't tell anyone else."

After taking a shower, Richard Jefferson asked in a low voice in Chen Xiao's ear.

Deliberately undercover?

Chen Xiao opened his eyes wide and looked at Richard Jefferson in disbelief. I dare to say, do you really dare to believe it?

Judging from the expression on Richard Jefferson's face now, maybe he really dares to believe it!

"Why would someone like Garnett be so nice to you?!"

"..."

Richard, I'm not happy about what you said.

What does it mean to be a person like Garnett?

What is so bad about my idol that makes you so dissatisfied?

Isn't it just these two games against the Timberwolves that my idol was so frightened that he shivered when he played small forward?

Don't bring what happened on the field to the field.

My idol is a big devil on the court and a warm man off the court!

Watching the nervous Richard Jefferson who was frightened by Garnett in these two games, Chen Xiao looked sympathetic.

Garnett performed even better in this game than in the previous one.

Although not as violent as the previous game and more peaceful, Chen Xiao always felt that his idol was more in control of both offense and defense in this game, and his dominance of the game became stronger.

"KG who is not so emotional is definitely more difficult to deal with."

Regarding Chen Xiao's question, Boss Ji said this.

The day after losing to the Timberwolves, Chen Xiao and the Nets players left Minnesota early in the morning.

Nets players really don’t want to stay in this ghost place for a moment. Staying for a long time will really cause psychological shadow.

Compared with Minnesota, Phoenix, where Chen Xiao and the Nets are now, is simply like heaven.

On November 27, 2002, the New Jersey Nets challenged the Phoenix Suns away from home.

Compared with the Timberwolves, the Phoenix Suns are much easier to play on the road, and after a few days of rest, the morale and condition of the Nets players are also quite good.

The Suns are also a strong team, but compared to the Nets, they are still a bit weak.

What's more, Boss Ji is not that friendly towards the sun.

In this game against the Suns, Key, Martin, Richard Jefferson, and Boozer were all showing off, but Chen Xiao was the only one who was being 'beaten'.

And it was his good friend Marion who 'beat' him.

"Sean, your defense is better than Artest!"

4 for 17 in a single game!

The last time Chen Xiao was so tough was when he beat the Pacers.

But in the game against the Pacers, Chen Xiao still scored 19 points, but in this game against the Suns, Chen Xiao only scored 12 points.

After beating the Pacers, Chen Xiao was curious about whether Artest or Marion was better defensively.

Now, he knew that Marion was stronger.

Of course, this is for him.

Marion's defensive aggression is slightly less aggressive, but more unpretentious, and he also does a better job of blocking Chen Xiao's shots.

It was much more difficult for him to beat Marion than Artest.

Of course, Marion was shy about Chen Xiao's praise.

Marion always felt that Chen Xiao was a little overrated.

After all, NBA coaches and media all praise Artest's defense more.

After all, he knew his defense was too plain compared to Artest's dazzling defense.

94 to 85!

In Chen Xiao's crazy game, after the Nets defeated the Phoenix Suns away from home, Chen Xiao's consecutive 20+ games were finally fixed at 11 games.

The first challenge to Duncan and General Mourning with 20+ points in 13 games ended in failure under Marion's abnormal long arms.

Of course, the Nets are back on the winning track.

After defeating the Suns, the Nets' next away opponent is the Clippers.

On November 29, in the Nets' guest game in Los Angeles, Chen Xiao finally found the feeling of scoring after two consecutive crazy games.

In the game, he made 11 of 20, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 29 points in a single game. This score was as much as Chen Xiao scored in the previous two games.

I have to say, this is fate.

Chen Xiao regained his offensive status, and the Nets' offensive status also returned. 121 to 105, the Nets easily defeated the Clippers in an away game.

The Nets scored a high score of 121 in this game, but in Chen Xiaotie's two games, the Nets' total score will exceed 90.

The contrast was too huge, so huge that everyone on and off the basketball net turned their attention.

"Chen is more important to us than we thought."

After Eddie Jordan finished speaking, Byron Scott and Kidd were nodding.

The Nets' offense can no longer do without him.

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