I’m Really Playing Basketball

As the saying goes, people have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. Whether it is people or things, many things do not have only one side. Some are good and some are bad, and some are bad and some are good.

When Chen Xiao started the All-Star game for Jordan, Chen Xiao didn't think about what he was going to get.

Just like when Chen Xiao roared at Kobe, he never thought about whether doing so might be beneficial to the team.

When Chen Xiao does things, his thoughts are always very simple.

Chen Xiao is not a person who likes to calculate gains and losses, but the more he does this, the more it seems to be a blessing in disguise.

January 31, 2003, New Jersey Continental Center Arena.

The Nets play host to the former Eastern Conference powerhouse Charlotte Hornets, now renamed the New Orleans Hornets.

Reporters swarmed around Chen Xiao.

This game between the Nets and the Hornets is not a live broadcast in the United States.

Generally, there are not many reporters present at such a competition.

There are so many NBA games in one day, how can media reporters pay so much attention to them?

But what is incredible is that before the game, the reporters' standards were really more grand than the national live broadcast.

During the warm-up before the game, watching Chen Xiao surrounded by reporters from major TV stations and newspapers in the United States really gave Teacher Zhang an incredible feeling at the scene.

Chen Xiao announced on the night of January 29th that he would give up the All-Star starting lineup to Jordan. It has been almost two days now.

In the past two days, Chen Xiao has never appeared for an interview.

Chen Xiao never thought that he would receive such praise for doing this.

He didn't do it for the praise, so naturally he wouldn't come out to enjoy such praise.

Otherwise, wouldn't it make people think that Chen Xiao has ulterior motives?

Chen Xiao even refused Master Qiao's thanks.

As for Master Qiao saying that he would help him verify the nickname of 'Son of God', Chen Xiao was so frightened that his face changed.

He can't stand it!

He wants to be a father now, which will take more than eight months.

He really doesn’t want to be someone else’s son!

It is enough for a person to have one father.

However, the entire exploding world did not calm down because of Chen Xiao's "divine hiding".

The intensity of the discussion about Chen Xiao is actually becoming more and more intense.

The topics discussed were besides what Chen Xiao said about "being grateful for basketball" and whether NBA players should have a heart that is grateful for basketball.

The other long-term question is of course whether Chen Xiao can be selected as an All-Star as a substitute player.

According to the NBA All-Star situation in previous years, among the 12 All-Star players, except for five starters, the remaining seven substitute players are usually at least 2 guards, at least 2 forwards, and at least 1 center.

The number of people is uncertain, but the minimum number per position is 2-2-1.

Generally speaking, there are a maximum of three guards and forwards, and a maximum of two centers.

Let's say there are three defenders on the bench.

Now there are only two starters in the Eastern Conference, except Jordan and Tracy McGrady.

There are also six very competitive guards in Kidd, Iverson, Pierce, Wade, Ray Allen, Chen Xiao, and Reggie Miller.

If you remove Kidd and Iverson who will definitely make the All-Stars.

Then remove Reggie Miller, who may have a hard time making the All-Star team.

Then Chen Xiao, Wade, Ray Allen, and Pierce will compete for the remaining spot.

Therefore, in the past two days, both the American media and the Chinese media have been frantically discussing who among Chen Xiao, Wade, Ray Allen, and Pierce was the lucky one.

The competition between the four people is very fierce.

Chen Xiao is the player with the most points among the four. He has played a total of 45 games so far. Chen Xiao averages 26.2 points per game.

Thanks to January, Chen Xiao scored 50 points against the Magic and 47 points against the 76ers, which helped Chen Xiao increase his points per game.

Throughout January, Chen Xiao has played 13 games so far and scored a total of 372 points, averaging an astonishing 28.6 points per game.

The state is very astonishing.

Chen Xiao is also the second player in NBA history to score 20+ points in the first 40 games of his career after the merger of ABA and NBA.

The first is Jordan, who scored 20+ points in 34 of the first 40 games.

Chen Xiao and David Robinson, tied for second, scored 20+ points in 31 of the first 40 games.

It can be said that because the Nets really encouraged Chen Xiao to throw, Chen Xiao's scoring data in his rookie season were really crazy.

Comparable to Jordan, David Robinson, Mourning Duncan and other NBA super giants and superstar players.

Of course, apart from scoring, Chen Xiao's other statistics are somewhat lackluster.

To say that the statistics are good, the player with the best statistics among the four is of course the Celtics' second-in-command, Paul Pierce.

Paul Pierce's statistics so far this season are 26.1 points, 7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, an all-around player.

However, Pierce, like Chen Xiao, has one biggest disadvantage: they are both the second in command on the team.

The remaining Wade and Ray Allen are the bosses of the team.

Among them, Ray Allen, who currently averages 22 points per game, is the biggest player among the four and the only superstar.

Dwyane Wade, who averages 21 points, 5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game, is the most comprehensive player among the four.

All four have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Generally speaking, it is normal for any of the four people to make the All-Stars.

It is precisely because of this that everyone's discussion is so intense.

The other positions in the Eastern Conference are really not good, but the guard position is really more than one level higher than that in the Western Conference. The competition is too fierce.

Five top linebackers, Koai McCachan, four of them in the East.

This doesn’t even count Jason Kidd, the NBA’s No. 1 point guard.

If Carter hadn't been considered a small forward this season, the intensity of the competition would have been unimaginable.

Seeing Chen Xiao chatting cheerfully surrounded by reporters, he was not worried about the All-Stars at all.

Teacher Zhang was really nervous these past two days and no one could sleep at night. Every time, he dreamed of Chen Xiao losing the All-Star Game and waking up with night sweats all over his body.

It’s so painful!

I have to say that Chinese reporters need to learn from American reporters on this point.

American reporters hype news, but they themselves don’t believe it. No matter how nervous they are in hyping it, they are hyping it up for the audience. It is to make the audience nervous, not themselves.

This is the professionalism of journalists.

As for Chinese journalists, whatever they write or hype, they themselves truly believe it.

While the audience is frightened by them, they themselves will also be frightened by themselves.

It can be said that compared with American reporters, Chinese reporters are more conscientious. Whatever I eat, I will give it to the audience.

But on the other hand, it's not professional.

Of course, this is normal. Professional sports in China are only a few years old.

In the future, they will surely gradually become full of irritating, insulting, and inflammatory nonsense.

Closer to home, Chen Xiao has nothing to say about the joint interview with major American television reporters and newspaper reporters.

He didn't want to flaunt anything by starting the All-Stars. As for whether he can make the All-Stars...

"I hope I can get in, but that's the coach's choice. Regardless of whether it's Dwyane or Paul or Ray who finally gets in, I will applaud them."

Therefore, in the face of such an open-minded and cheerful young man, the American media's hype plan failed again.

It's a bit regretful.

but……

"Sure enough, he is a 'magic player' that has never appeared in the NCAA or NBA."

In addition to regret, there is also deep admiration.

"Chen, you really don't want me to start the All-Star Game for you?"

"No, you can take photos with Michael instead."

Chen Xiao smiled and patted Richard Jefferson on the shoulder and said.

And Chen Xiao's words directly pulled Richard Jefferson's thoughts far and wide.

Dancing out with Michael will be the most precious memory in his life.

well……

Richard Jefferson finally gritted his teeth and sighed.

Chen, I'm sorry.

Chen Xiao didn't know that Richard Jefferson was like this behind him.

In this game against the Hornets, the team's boss Kidd will be absent due to family reasons. As for how long he will be absent, he doesn't know.

"Whenever the slap mark on the boss's face disappears, he will come back."

This is what Richard Jefferson said yesterday when Big Brother Key was absent from the team's morning training early in the morning.

This is all what Richard Jefferson guessed and said.

They didn't say anything.

They didn't hear it either.

Anyway, it’s enough for everyone to know that there is such a thing.

Boss Ji was beaten again by his sister-in-law. This time the beating was a bit harsh and it hit his face.

My sister-in-law usually hits people without slapping her in the face.

After all, Boss Ji is also a face-saving person.

Because there was no boss Ji leading the team in this game, Chen Xiao became the one who led the team on the field.

Standing on the court with the Nets players, to be honest, Chen Xiao was really nervous and a little excited.

He has never lacked Boss Ji by his side.

Now that I don't have Boss Ji around me, what will my performance be like?

In fact, Chen Xiao doesn’t need to be too nervous.

Chen Xiao and other Nets players soon found out.

Without Boss Ji, they are really not that good!

Kidders is really good in terms of scoring and passing skills, but obviously, organizational skills are really not just a technical matter.

In this game against the Hornets, the Nets relied on their stronger strength to defeat the Hornets 89-72 at home, but the content of the game was a mess.

There is no connection between the teams at all.

Either Martin takes the ball and goes it alone.

Either that or Richard Jefferson goes it alone with the ball.

Either Chen Xiao took the ball and pulled it out.

Either Kidders holds the ball and goes it alone or passes the ball to three other people to go it alone.

As for tactics?

As for cooperation?

As for the connection between the players?

That, really doesn’t happen!

At the beginning, Chen Xiao was still running. After hitting him from behind, Chen Xiao stopped running.

Take a light run!

Teammates don't need it at all. It's only useful if he runs with his teammates and follows him. If he runs with his teammates but doesn't run, it's of little use.

This is not to blame his teammates, Kidders really can't direct the movement of the whole team!

If the team really wants the whole team to run, without a director, a traffic accident will definitely happen. All kidding aside, it would be better not to run at all.

Kidders is really not a good traffic cop.

All I can say is, never laugh at point guards who like to direct traffic.

Directing traffic is not something everyone can do.

Otherwise, just count how many good traffic policemen there are in the history of the NBA?

Are there always only a few that impress you the most?

Directing traffic is also a talent!

Fortunately, the Hornets were in bad shape in this game. They scored 29 out of 87 shots in the game, with a shooting rate of only 33%.

Otherwise, given the Nets' offensive situation, which only took 73 shots in this game, it would be impossible not to lose.

In this game, the Nets ranked first in offense in the NBA season, and their offense was worse than that of the Spurs.

However, it is not without its good side. The good side is that the Nets' starting players are really good at working alone.

Chen Xiao scored 23 points on 9-of-17 shooting, Martin scored 10 points on 4-of-10 shooting, Richard Jefferson scored 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting, and Kidders scored 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting and had 7 assists. , Kidders is especially good.

The scoring is good, but his assists are not the same thing as Big Brother Ki's assists.

Therefore, the worst thing was Boozer. Without the support of Boss Ji, he took 4 shots in this game.

2 of 4, 5 points and 7 rebounds. Two of the 4 shots he took were offensive rebounds. It was miserable.

In short, it’s the first day without Boss Ji.

There are only two words for everyone in the Nets.

miss him!

But it's useless no matter how much I think about it, Boss Ji still can't show up.

"When my sister-in-law wants to beat the gay boss in the future, Richard, you can take her place."

"Why should I do it?"

"You are thicker-skinned than us. Chen and Ji have not yet entered the All-Star Game, but you are already sitting in the starting position. How big is your butt? A mere 16+6 player becomes an All-Star starter. Dana takes it for granted, aren’t you shameless?”

"It's a bit thick, no, what's wrong with me being 16+6? Don't you want to be a starter with 15+9? You're not thin-skinned either!"

Seeing the daily exchanges between Martin and Richard Jefferson, Chen Xiao felt that, except for the team's boss, the main players in the team seemed to have some mental problems.

Chen Xiao thought seriously.

It’s not surprising that the Nets are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

After Kevin came, he took the Nets to the finals. That's true in just two words!

Awesome!

Add one more word, that is...

Really awesome!

Without such an impressive teammate, the Nets are really lucky to be able to defeat the powerful Hornets and improve their record to 40 wins and 6 losses.

On February 1, 2002, the Nets had back-to-back away games against another strong team in the Eastern Conference. They currently have 30 wins and 15 losses, the Detroit Pistons, who are ranked third in the Eastern Conference.

This game against the Pistons can show what kind of team the Nets are without their boss.

In this game, the Nets are still unorganized.

Kidders can pass the ball, but can't organize.

So in this game, the Nets still play their own game.

Compared with the Hornets, Chen Xiao's touch in this game may actually be better.

Facing Hamilton's single defense in this game, Chen Xiao played for 40 minutes, took 23 shots, hit 11 of them, and scored 29 points in the game.

This score is very good.

In the two previous games against Hamilton, he ran for a long time and never scored so many points.

Without running, just with such a strong throw, he could score so many points in front of Hamilton. If Boss Ji was here, Chen Xiao felt that his score might explode in this game!

Of course, Chen Xiao played well in this game, and Hamilton was not bad either.

Without Big Brother Key's command on the defensive end, Chen Xiao's 70 defensive runs in this game were completely missed by Hamilton.

In this game, Hamilton shot 10 of 14 and scored 24 points. His shooting percentage was much scarier than Chen Xiao's 11 of 23.

It has to be said that when Chen Xiao is on defense, his ability to fight and retreat without losing his position has a lot to do with Boss Ji's command and help.

Kidders, that's really not okay in this regard!

In this game with the Pistons, Chen Xiao finally discovered that Boss Ji's help to him was truly comprehensive!

If it weren't for these two games, it's hard for Chen Xiao to imagine how he would have performed this season.

After the game against the Pistons, Chen Xiao kept thinking about how much Big Brother Baseball helped him this season.

The other Nets players were even more embarrassed.

If we talk about the game against the Hornets, although they had a hard time, they were still well-dressed and respectable people after the game.

In the game against the Pistons, after the game, they really didn't even leave their underwear behind, and the Pistons took off all of them.

Facing Billups, Kidders made 6 of 16 in this game and scored 15 points.

Facing Prince, Richard Jefferson made 4 of 10 shots in this game and scored 16 points.

Facing Clifford Robinson, Boozer made 0 of 2 in this game and scored 1 point.

Boozer is not the team's main attacker. Without Kidd, he is just a facilitator. Although Clifford Robinson is old, he is still a former All-Star player with both offense and defense. He is taller than Boozer. Boozer You don't have the speed yourself, so it makes sense to beat him like this.

Although 0 for 2, it’s really not the worst.

The worst thing is Martin!

Ben and Martin are direct competitors for the All-Star backup centers.

Facing Big Ben's defense, Martin made 1 of 5 and scored 3 points. This is really embarrassing.

Of course, Martin can also comfort himself. The opponent he defended was 1-for-2 and scored 2 points, one point less than he scored.

So, he didn’t lose?

Well, regardless of whether the duel between Martin and Ben is considered a loss, the Nets definitely lost.

In this game against the Pistons, the Nets, first in the Eastern Conference and first in the league, lost back-to-back away games to the Pistons 84-106.

In fact, the Pistons defended him and only scored 84 points, which was no problem.

The problem is, he was actually fucked 106 by the Piston. This is a big problem!

Therefore, after the game against the Pistons, the team's head coach Byron Scott severely criticized the team.

Without Boss Ji, the offensive performance is poor, admit it.

But how could the defense be so bad?

Among them, Byron Scott focused on criticizing Chen Xiao and Kidders.

In this game, Chen Xiao made Hamilton 10 of 14 and scored 24 points.

Kidders allowed Billups to make 9 of 15 shots and scored 27 points. He seemed to be better than Chen Xiao. In fact, Kidders was much worse than Chen Xiao in this game because Billups scored 27 points. 20 points were scored in the first quarter.

Under Kidders' defense, Billups made 6 of 7 three-pointers and 4 of 5 three-pointers in the first quarter, directly defeating Kidders and the Nets.

Later coaches didn’t dare to let Kidders guard Billups. Later, Kidders guarded Prince, and Richard Jefferson guarded Billups. After that, Prince, a rookie, in this game Scored a career-high 12 points, shooting 5 of 7 from the field.

Therefore, in this game, the defense of Chen Xiao and Kidders can be called a 'double hole of death'!

Therefore, head coach Byron Scott's criticism of both of them is truly correct.

"Chen, when I played with Jason last season, my defense had never been so bad."

"Corey, my defense has never been so bad when I was paired with Keyi this season."

The two men who reflected on their defense in this game seemed to have discovered a 'blind spot' in the other's words.

Feelings, the player who defends us is the point guard, Boss Ji!

Chen Xiao and Kidders looked at Martin, who was feeling depressed not far away, and suddenly felt, isn't this what it should be?

Does this guy look like someone who can wipe our butts?

The second game without Boss Ji.

I miss the gay boss even more!

As the league's No. 1 team, they were beaten by the Pistons, who were third in the Eastern Conference, by more than 20 points in an away game. The Nets were a little embarrassed without their leader.

The Nets players were a little unhappy after the game.

But let’s talk about something a little happier.

After the game between the Nets and Pistons, the league announced various best awards for January.

Of course, Chen Xiao deservedly won the Rookie of the Month award.

Last month, thanks to the Lakers, Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and Wade shared the Rookie of the Month award.

But this month, Chen Xiao's advantage is even greater. Throughout January, Chen Xiao played a total of 14 games and led the team to a record of 12 wins and 2 losses.

In this month, Chen Xiao scored 47 points against Allen Iverson and 50 points against Tracy McGrady, becoming the youngest 50-point player in NBA history. At the same time, Chen Xiao faced the Pistons and 76ers. , and also contributed two incredible kills.

Especially the buzzer beater at the Delta Center in Utah where he turned around early and opened his arms to celebrate. It was called the greatest buzzer beater in the regular season in NBA history by many media outlets across the United States!

This is performance. This month, Chen Xiao's performance is quite terrifying.

In terms of statistics, Chen Xiao averaged 28.2 points and 4 rebounds per game throughout January, which was more than enough to win the Player of the Month, let alone the Rookie of the Month.

Therefore, before the Rookie of the Month was announced in January, Chen Xiao knew that his Rookie of the Month was guaranteed.

The question now is whether he can win the Player of the Month award this month.

Last month, the monthly award was shared by Chen Xiao and Boss Ji. He got it by hugging Boss Ji's thigh and using it as a pendant for Boss Ji.

And the league certainly wouldn't have shared it last month.

Generally speaking, it must be for Boss Ji.

The reason why Chen Xiao is looking forward to this award is because Ji Boss did not play in the last game against the Hornets last month!

In anticipation of Chen Xiao, the league announced the Player of the Month for the Eastern and Western Conferences.

Among them, on the Western side is Kevin Garnett, who led the Timberwolves to 10 wins and 4 losses last month.

Garnett's performance last month can be described as explosive, averaging 28 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. Do you think this kind of data is something that a person can produce in this era?

Led by a single core, he is still in the Western Conference. Last month, Garnett, who was extremely calm and possessed the spirit of the Wolf King, used a wave of incredible performances to make those people on the Internet who laughed at the Wolf King spirit have their faces swollen.

These people no longer dare to laugh at the Wolf King spirit. Well, they now start to laugh at the 'Snake King Cult' and the 'Mamba Mentality'.

Chen Xiao is looking forward to the day when they are slapped in the face by our department.

After announcing the west and east sides, this award will be given to.

Chen Xiao!

Averaged 28.2 points and 4 rebounds per game, led the team to 12 wins and 2 losses in the month, various buzzer beaters, and various soaring points, allowing Chen Xiao to defeat the team leader who missed one game and become the best player in the Eastern Conference in January.

"This month, there are two more C-level potential cards!"

Chen Xiao is very happy!

"Thank you sister-in-law!"

However, please never give me this opportunity in the future, I really deserve it!

What makes Chen Xiao even more happy is!

Boss Ji is finally back!

February 2, 2003, team training hall.

Seeing Boss Ji coming back, Chen Xiao couldn't wait to pounce on him.

However, before Chen Xiao pounced on him, the scene-stealing maniac Richard Jefferson had already pounced on him!

"Boss, my sister-in-law doesn't love you anymore, we love you, my sister-in-law doesn't want you anymore, we want you!"

"..."

It turned out that Boss Ji came in with a smile.

In an instant, Chen Xiao saw the happy smile on Boss Ji's face slowly turn professional.

"Richard, my hair fell in the toilet. Please help me find it."

This day was destined to be a very interesting day for Richard Jefferson.

And this day, for Nets fans and Chinese fans, is destined to be a day worth remembering forever.

The league announces Eastern and Western All-Star substitutes.

Chen Xiao, Kidd, and Martin were selected at the same time.

China will have two players selected for the All-Star Game.

The Nets will have four players selected for the All-Star Game.

for a while...

The whole country celebrates!

The United States is in an uproar!

ps: Historically, the Nets also played badly when James was absent from these two games.

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