I’m Really Playing Basketball

On the night of December 2, 2002, the plane from Seattle to New York finally stopped at the airport. Chen Xiao and the Nets players finally concluded their nine-day road trip to the Western Conference.

After defeating the underdog Clippers in an away game on November 28, the Nets defeated the Portland Gangsters led by Pippen 93-86 on November 30, and played back-to-back away games on December 1. In the game, with Chen Xiao's final three-pointer, they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics led by Payton 98-96.

After defeating the Seattle SuperSonics, Chen Xiao attended an event for Chinese students in Seattle on December 2 and flew across the United States with the team, flying back to New York from Seattle.

very tired!

Really really super tired!

When Chen Xiao and the Nets players got off the plane, even the most energetic guy on the team, Richard Jefferson, felt like he was completely paralyzed.

Now across the Nets, all players and coaches feel very weak and exhausted.

There is no way, the Nets were really injured in these two back-to-back away games with the Trail Blazers and Seattle.

It can be seen from the scores of these two games that the Nets played very hard in these two games, and did not score more than 100 points in both games.

This means that in these two games, the Nets did not play the same mercury-filled offense this season.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

In the game against the Trail Blazers, Chen Xiao was very uncomfortable being guarded by Pippen. Pippen was old and his speed was no longer good. However, Chen Xiao was not that fast either. He was stuck by the mature Pippen and could not be blocked in the pick-and-roll. , the strong throwing effect is also very poor, and it feels very uncomfortable.

In the end, Chen Xiao scored 5 of 18, leaving 13 pieces of refined iron for Mr. Pi, and left in embarrassment.

Of course, in addition to the 13 pieces of fine iron, Chen Xiao also left a message full of the spirit of the Wolf King: "I will come back!"

To be honest, it's not that Chen Xiao can't afford to lose. In this game, Chen Xiao felt that Mr. Pi was a little bit targeting him.

Obviously before the game started, Chen Xiao went to say hello politely because of the favor he received from Jordan.

After all, he is a player Jordan favors.

Pippen is Jordan's favorite CP.

This relationship seems very solid.

Unexpectedly, after the game, Chen Xiao felt that Pippen might be playing a player that Jordan liked!

Chen Xiao felt that as a beginner, he might not only practice basketball, but also learn some historical news and knowledge about the NBA.

Who would have thought that Joe and Joe, the best perimeter combination in NBA history, would have this relationship.

Shaken!

Careless!

In Portland, he was pestered by Piper for 40 minutes, and the next day he had to face Payton's vicious hand. This is simply as difficult as hell for any rookie.

Pi Erye's shooting is outstanding.

Payton's ability to challenge him and steal the ball from him is equally impressive.

In this game, Chen Xiao's body was crooked almost every time he shot Payton. Coupled with the amazing consumption of hand-to-hand combat with Pi Erye in the previous game, Chen Xiao's shooting percentage in this game can be imagined.

Fortunately, Chen Xiao did not force the ball to attack. He took 10 shots in the whole game and hit 4 times, including the last one. He scored a total of 14 points, which was the same as his score in the last game against the Trail Blazers. the same.

So Payton made him miserable for 47 minutes, and his buzzer beater made Payton miserable for the entire game.

In short, this road trip to the Western Conference really made Chen Xiao understand a lot of things.

In this era, the West is really not a place where ordinary people can get along!

When Chen Xiao left the Eastern Conference, he averaged 27 points per game.

Now after playing five games in the Western Conference, the average points per game has become 24.5 points.

In the five games in the Western Conference this time, Chen Xiao averaged 18.5 points per game, using 18 shots in exchange for 18.5 points. This data...

If it weren't for the status foundation Chen Xiao had laid with the Nets, he would have been criticized after these five games.

In fact, even if Chen Xiao was not criticized, the team's two coaches were still thinking of ways for Chen Xiao.

Most of the teams in the Eastern Conference are weak and do not pose much of a threat to Chen Xiao, who is clinging to the Nets.

But the Nets are not a team in the Eastern Conference. The Nets' goal is the championship.

As a championship team, the Nets need to consider their opponents in the West and opponents throughout the league.

Chen Xiao's isolation style of playing jungle outside is somewhat unworkable.

Chen Xiao's current style of play in the Nets is that of playing alone in the outside. He uses his scoring to influence the opponent's defensive choices. If the opponent chooses not to be affected by Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao can only be a " Jungle King'.

Maybe Chen Xiao was out in the wild and was so good at killing, scoring high scores, and when he came back, he found that his home had been stolen.

Of course, the other four starting players of the Nets are not weak, and the probability of being stolen is not high, but is the Nets' championship opponent a weak player?

It hurts if we don't get stolen for a whole season, but if we get stolen in the most critical finals!

Therefore, after this consecutive away trip to the Western Conference, Chen Xiao's daily training included not only strength and physical confrontation training, but also passing training taught by Kidd step by step.

It's not like Chen Xiao has never passed the ball in the NBA. He often passes the ball hand to hand with Kidd on the court.

But the Nets never let him handle the ball.

Passing the ball is different from handling the ball.

Chen Xiao has no ability or awareness to handle the ball.

He has never had this role in his career.

Obviously, the Nets are preparing to adjust their use of Chen Xiao.

The Nets asked Kidd to teach Chen Xiao to pass, not to give Chen Xiao the ability to handle the ball as well as Kobe or McGrady.

But, at least, you can have tactical contact with the team.

In this way, opponents don't dare to defend Chen Xiao too crazily.

"Chen, there is no difference in movement between the passing of NBA players and the passing of ordinary amateur players. Your one-handed passing, two-handed pushing pass, chest pass, ground pass and other passing movements are very good. standard."

"That's what Wade and Ron Howard taught me when I was in college."

"They are very good teachers, but they only teach you the movements and do not systematically teach you the awareness of passing. What really affects a player's passing ability is his awareness of passing. Passing is a It’s a skill that relies heavily on feeling, how much strength, what angle, and even which player is more suitable to pass to, and whether it can tear apart the opponent’s defense. These all need to be controlled here.”

Kidd pointed to his brain.

"Wade and Ron Howard only taught you the movements, but did not teach you the awareness of passing. This is correct. They want you to realize it yourself. Maybe you have very strong potential and your passing potential is higher than them. If you By learning their way of handling the ball, your potential is destroyed."

"So, I say they are good teachers."

Chen Xiao finally understood after hearing this.

It turns out that the attributes of passing are really different from other attributes.

The action of passing the ball is very simple, but the difficult part is the understanding of the pass. This attribute is a stream of consciousness attribute!

"Boss, aren't you afraid of destroying my passing potential?"

"What do you think?"

"hehe."

Seeing the confident smile on Boss Ji's face, Chen Xiao kept giggling.

The brat who got the good deal at a low price.

"Although my passing awareness is very good, maybe 100 points, and I can guarantee that I will teach you 100 points, but can you learn 100 points, or 90 points, or 80 points, or even 70 points, 60 Well, it depends on your own understanding."

"Chen, your understanding is very good, but I still need to remind you that as long as your passing awareness is finalized, it will basically not be improved through hard work in the future."

After Kidd finished speaking, Chen Xiao nodded.

Chen Xiao doesn't understand it very well now, but 10 years later, he saw his younger brother Liu Wei from the national team...

Ahem, that’s too far off topic.

Kobe was already a little magician when he was in high school, but maybe when he retires, his passing awareness will still be at the level of a little magician.

The change in an NBA player's assists does not mean that his passing awareness has improved, but that he has more possessions of the ball and his passing method has changed. For example, his breakthrough ability is stronger, his offensive threat is greater, and of course For example, press the pass button again, or pass the ball at the buzzer in 24 seconds, ahem.

In short, when a player is young and his passing awareness makes the audience want to hit him, when he averages a triple-double per game and when he retires, the audience will probably still want to hit him after seeing his passing choices.

In terms of passing, Chen Xiao feels very lucky to be able to find a teacher like Kidd who may have reached the highest level of passing.

Wade and Ron Howard thought his passing awareness might be high and didn't want to scribble on his blank slate.

But Chen Xiao knows that he is actually an ordinary person.

His basketball learning ability relies entirely on his system.

Of course, being able to ask a passing master like Big Boss to teach him step by step how to pass is also thanks to his performance in the Nets for more than a month.

If it weren't for Boss Key who felt that he was very important to the Nets and his passing ability was very important to the Nets, with Boss Key's professional character...

You want to learn how I pass the box?

Okay, tell me how much you want to pay.

In short, learning to pass the ball with Boss Ji is not tiring, but it is very time-consuming. It often takes an hour to watch a pass and listen to Boss Ji's explanation.

However, Chen Xiao did not feel irritated, nor did he feel that Boss Ji was bragging when explaining.

At the level of Mr. Ji, how much does it cost for a lesson to let Mr. Ji teach young players about passing outside?

Moreover, you can’t even hire someone with money, and even if you hire him, Boss Ji isn’t that serious.

It can be said that this opportunity is too rare for Chen Xiao!

Because of the previous consecutive road trips, the Nets had no games in the past two days after returning from the Western Conference.

However, Chen Xiao had a fulfilling life because he followed the passing game at the old college.

On December 4, 2002, just when Chen Xiao and Ji Lao were in full swing in their passing studies, the league announced the Eastern and Western Players of the Month for November.

On the Eastern side, Kidd, the head player of the New Jersey Nets, currently second in the Eastern Conference, led the Nets to a record of 14 wins and 3 losses in November with averages of 15 points, 7.5 rebounds, 14.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game. , won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month.

Boss Ji is well-deserved for this award.

If it weren't for the 28 points that James scored against the Trail Blazers and the 27 points against the SuperSonics, the Nets' trip to the Western Conference would have been a disaster.

Keith is really amazing this season. When the Nets need him to score, he can really score.

Over there in the West, the person who won the best of the month was not a person, but a group.

The Mavericks' Nash, Finley, and Nowitzki shared the Western Conference's Player of the Month award.

The three of them led the Mavericks to a record of 14 wins and 2 losses in the first month. This record is really outstanding. Currently, the Mavericks have won one more game than the Pacers and are ranked first in the league.

Finley averaged 21+7+3 per game, Nowitzki averaged 22+11 per game, and Nash averaged 18+8 per game.

All three had excellent statistics and seemed to be on the same level, ultimately sharing this award.

However, what many people don't know is that since this month, one of the three people has suddenly risen and is no longer on the same level as the two people next to him.

The best player of the month is called a small MVP and has a trophy.

Although the value of the current Best of the Month has dropped after being divided into East and West, it is still okay.

This is the third best-of-the-month trophy he has won in his career.

Nine years of career, only three...

Boss Ji is in for a treat.

In addition to Boss Ji, Chen Xiao also won a trophy.

The NBA's Rookie of the Month for November.

This trophy is not yet divided into East and West.

Chen Xiao defeated two rivals in the East, Yao Ming and Wade, to win this award.

Chen Xiao, Wade and Yao Ming, among the three of them, Wade is definitely the best in November.

Wade's statistics for the entire month of November were 20.8 points, 6.5 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block per game, which is a strong figure.

At least it is one or half a level higher than Yao Ming's 15.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game and Chen Xiao's 25.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.

Although Chen Xiao currently averages 24.5 points per game in his career, he averaged 25.1 points per game in November.

Although there is only a 0.5 point difference between averaging 25 per game and 24.5 per game, the meaning is completely different.

In the history of the NBA, the last rookie to average 25 points per game in his first month really has to go back a long way.

I have to say, thanks to the fact that the game against the SuperSonics is on December 1st, it counts as a December game, otherwise this month's Best of the Month would most likely be Wade's.

It can be seen from the award of the best player of the month that Chen Xiao wants to compete with Wade for the best player of the month this season. He must average 25 points per game for the season. Otherwise, it will be difficult for Chen Xiao to win over Wade just by relying on his record. Virtue.

Fortunately, it is not easy to average 25 points per game this season, but he is in the Eastern Conference!

There are many rookies in the Eastern Conference and there are many teams that can be promoted, so there is still hope for him!

If it were in the West, Chen Xiao felt that if he could average 20 points per game in the season, then thank God for Dayao.

The Rookie of the Year award is very important to Chen Xiao.

Because the NBA regular season is a B-level event, the Rookie of the Year award is a B-level award with a B-level potential card.

Why is Chen Xiao so sure that Rookie of the Year is a B-level award?

Because after Chen Xiao won the NBA Rookie of the Month, he received a C-level potential card as a reward.

The best of the month is grade C, and the best of the year is grade B. There's nothing wrong with that!

Name: Chen Xiao

Age: 20

Height: 2 meters

Wingspan: 2.21 meters

Weight: 97kg

Occupation: Basketball player

Professional level: LV33 (48500/49000)

Career points remaining: 22

Basketball experience: 59,000

Basketball skills: None

Props: 2 C-level potential cards, 1 B-level potential card, 28 scoring experience cards (official game), 2 steal experience cards (official game), 5 backcourt rebound experience cards (official game), for training Props are hidden.

After a little more than a month of NBA games, Chen Xiao's personal panel and attributes have not changed that much.

There are two less scoring experience cards, one more C-level potential card, the level has been upgraded by 1 level, there is more basketball experience, and the career points have increased by 3 points.

Generally speaking, Chen Xiao is still in the period of accumulating strength, slowly gathering strength, waiting for the day when he can take off.

Looking at his personal panel and attribute panel, Chen Xiao thought secretly in his heart.

On December 5, 2002, after three days of rest, the Nets will continue to start their journey.

The first game after the charge was the Eagles led by Terry and Glenn Robinson.

In the last away game against the Hawks, Chen Xiao met the god-like Glenn Robinson. Glenn Robinson in that game made Chen Xiao doubt whether he was the number one small forward in the NBA.

In this rematch with the Hawks at home, Chen Xiao finally understood why Richard Jefferson said that they were unlucky in that game, encountering those days when Glenn Robinson had a normal IQ.

Indeed, when Glenn Robinson's IQ returned to its usual level, the Eagles were not as powerful.

107 to 76!

The Nets severely humiliated the Hawks at their home court.

Richard Jefferson, who was humiliated by Glenn Robinson in the last game, came back from humiliation in this game. After three quarters, Richard Jefferson made 9 of 12 shots and scored 24 points, 14 rebounds and 2 steals. 2 blocks, 4 of 15 from Glenn Robinson, and only 8 points.

Suddenly, the offense and defense completely changed.

However, not all the matches in this game were offensive and defensive. For example, Jason Terry was still miserable.

Facing Chen Xiao's long arms, Jason Terry made 5 of 17 shots in this game, which was surprisingly inefficient.

As the two leading players of the team, one has 12 points and the other has 8 points, adding up to a total of 20 points. How can this be fun?

The Eagles did not score more than 20 points in each of the four quarters of this game.

Seeing the situation of Glenn Robinson in this game, Chen Xiao understood another truth.

In the NBA, talent level is very important, but having a normal IQ is also very important!

Although Chen Xiao does not have that high talent, his IQ is not a problem, which is something to be happy about.

After all, there is no system for adding points to talents.

If you don’t have an IQ, you really can’t increase it even if you want to.

By the way, in this game, Chen Xiao shot 13 of 19 and scored 32 points in the three quarters. He can be regarded as passing on the "grievance" he felt against Marion, Pippen and Payton in the Western Conference game to his good friend "Terry" .

Seeing Terry's aggrieved look at the end of the game, Chen Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Jason, go find Sean."

This season is actually quite important for Terry, because this season is Terry's fourth season, which means that his rookie contract is coming to an end this season.

Whether he can get a big contract depends on what kind of data he produces this season.

There is no hope for the Eagles' record, but if the data is bad...

Terry is very resentful because this season, his statistics are indeed not very good.

His height is too short, and after others become familiar with his playing style, it becomes more and more difficult for him to be a starter.

If there is no breakthrough in his technology and strength, he will have to change his way of living...

For example, playing as a substitute?

Of course, how is this possible!

In the NBA, who would be willing to play as a substitute if he could be a starter? There is not even a decent appearance ceremony at home.

I didn’t see how envious Ginobili was of Chen Xiao’s lengthy entrance ceremony.

After the Eagles game, Chen Xiao's scoring average increased to 25 points per game, which is gratifying.

I felt good tonight, and I met the right eagle again. That's how nice it is!

However, Chen Xiao's scoring average in December is still 23 points per game, and he still needs to work hard.

"Xiao Tai, brother, I won't give you the Rookie of the Month award this season. You go and compete with Boss Ji and TMC for the Player of the Month award!"

Chen Xiao thought happily.

At this time, almost at the same time, the Heat, Wade and Yao Ming were also abused in the Western Conference.

And it’s still the same pioneer gang, and it’s still the same Mr. Pi.

Of course Wade would not tell Mr. Pi that he was a big fan of Jordan.

but!

"Boy, I heard that you are the player the Bulls want most?"

"..."

Wade was confused at that time, Second Master, why are you acting like a resentful woman now, with all the taboos?

The Pioneer Gangsters usually only deal internally, but when they unite with the outside world, they are really strong!

Bunch Wells, Pippen, Derrick Anderson, Rasheed Wallace, Dale Davis, Zach Randolph, Stoudemire, and, yes, Yao’s idol Old Sabo Nice...everyone is a tough guy.

Allen's money is really not something that just anyone can get.

Who said Mr. Pi only takes money and doesn’t work?

As long as the other 28 teams in the league have elements of Jordan and the Bulls, Mr. Pi may be able to bring this gangster to give you a championship!

In the game between the Heat and the Trail Blazers, the Heat, who were kings, were knocked out by the Trail Blazers as soon as they started in the first three quarters. In the first two quarters, they both scored 11 points.

22 points in the first half was miserable.

What's even worse is that in the entire first half, Wade was the only one who scored in the Heat's starting lineup!

That's right, in the entire first half, Wade was the only starter who scored 10 points on 4-of-12 starts, while Yao Ming made 0-of-5 and scored 0 points.

With Yao Ming's current strength, he didn't score a single point in the first half, which is really amazing.

I don't know if it's because the inside combination of Dale Davis, Rasheed Wallace and Sabonis is too strong, or because Yao Ming is a little shy and uncomfortable when he sees his idol.

There should be both.

Because Yao Ming made 7 of 11 shots in the second half and scored 14 points.

Otherwise, this game will become Yao Ming's "career shining" night.

Although the Heat gained an advantage in the second half after Yao Ming regained his form, in the end the Heat lost the away game 69-88.

The Heat are miserable right now.

And looking at the schedule in his hand, Chen Xiao didn't even know when Wade and Dayao would be the best.

Chen Xiao knew what it felt like to be fucked by the Blazers for one night, followed by back-to-back games against the Seattle SuperSonics.

Payton is waiting to return home to find his place against Wade.

Xiaotai, Dayao, come on.

Silence...

The Heat are suffering in the West right now.

For Chen Xiao and the Nets, even though it is at home, the opponent is actually not easy.

"This time, I will definitely make the headlines!"

Holding back the headlines, he has already entered New York...

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