I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the Nets defeated the 76ers in G1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Chen Xiao was still very happy.

Although he didn't play as dazzlingly as Wo Ai in this game, but to be honest, he really doesn't want to play as dazzlingly as Wo Ai in every game.

Really, what a blessing!

It’s not like Chen Xiao has never played games like this before. The first game of the first round was like this against the Celtics.

The entire team's offensive pressure rests solely on Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao's current strength is not incapable of playing such a game.

But the playoffs are really different from the regular season, and the defensive level is really different.

After only playing a few games, Chen Xiao now has all kinds of marks all over his body. The referee's standards are really loose.

Especially in the playoffs, each team will make targeted arrangements. Chen Xiao can no longer ignore everything on the defensive end like he did in the regular season.

If Chen Xiao shows slackness on the defensive end in the playoffs, his opponents will fight Chen Xiao desperately.

Therefore, he not only has to attack during the game, but also defends.

Even if his current endurance attribute is 95, it stands to reason that if the playoffs were like the first game between the Nets and Celtics, Chen Xiao would definitely not be able to stand it.

I have to say that Iverson is truly a god.

In the 2000-01 season, Iverson led the 76ers all the way to the playoffs that year. In the entire 22 games of the playoffs, Iverson averaged 46.2 minutes per game and 30 shots per game. Second-rate.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals and Eastern Conference finals before the finals, the scores were always 4 to 3.

In this way, Iverson, who broke through from the Eastern Conference, was able to kill OK and the All-American in the first game of the Finals.

This man is truly a god!

Chen Xiao can't learn, he really can't learn.

Not only Chen Xiao, but even the boss of Ke may not be able to learn it.

This is no joke.

It's true that Chen Xiao's endurance is 95, but Chen Xiao is also heavy and consumes a lot of endurance.

The same is true for Kobe. Kobe's endurance is definitely higher than that of Chen Xiao. It may be as good or even stronger than Iverson, but Kobe's weight is also too large compared to Iverson, and his consumption will definitely be much greater.

In the current NBA, as far as active players are concerned, someone like Iverson can take on the entire team's offense and play almost 48 minutes per game, and can also lead the team all the way to the Finals, and there are still more players in the Finals. Maybe Iverson is the only one who is oily.

Therefore, although Chen Xiao does not want to be a god and a lone hero like Iverson, he admires Iverson from the bottom of his heart.

In fact, in this world, there are really not that many people who want to be lone heroes.

For example, the Western Conference semifinals are also in full swing at this time.

The Lakers, Kings, Mavericks and Spurs all tied 1-1. It was really envious to see the Pistons and Nets in the Eastern Conference defeat their opponents in a devastating manner.

Who wants to fight so hard when he can win easily?

Since the two semifinals in the Western Conference have been mentioned, I have to mention it a little more by the way.

The scores of the Western Conference semifinals between the Spurs and the Mavericks, and the Kings and the Lakers really didn't feel like they were from this era.

For example, in the first two games between the Spurs and the Mavericks, the Mavericks defeated the Spurs 114-110 at home. Nowitzki had 38 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists against Duncan's 40 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists. In the end, the Mavericks relied on Finley and Nash combined for 48 points to defeat the Spurs, who didn't have enough strong helpers.

The second game continued at the Mavericks' home court, and the Spurs quickly found another game. Duncan continued to score 32 points efficiently, but Nowitzki was a little weak in this game, only scoring 23 points, plus the Spurs The team's Malik Rose came on the bench and scored 25 points in this game. The Spurs defeated the Mavericks 119-106 at home.

In the two matches, both teams averaged more than 110 points per game!

This is the playoffs!

Are the Spurs and Mavericks defenses too weak?

Of course not. Whoever you say is bad at defense cannot say that the Spurs are bad at defense!

It's simply that the Mavericks' offense is too strong!

Nelson beat his apprentice Popovich's defense, which is known as the league's best, just like an adult hitting a child.

Seeing that the defense was not working, Popovich was also smart and directly used the offense he learned from Nelson to play against his teacher.

Forcing Popovich, who regards offense as a scourge, to play against him on a stage like the playoffs, it can only be said that Nelson is also a god.

But having said that, although you have the advantage of Duncan being stronger, more stable and more comprehensive than Nowitzki, in the case of confrontation, you can actually lead the team to a 50-50 draw with Nelson.

Aren’t your Spurs very good at attacking?

Why can't we be less hellish and more sunny?

I'm not asking you to only attack and not defend, but don't be disgusting either.

After watching the first two games between the Spurs and the Mavericks, David Stern really felt that he still wanted to go bald.

In the first round, he went bald but disgusted the Spurs. He beat the Trail Blazers and forced the Spurs to play seven games.

However, Duncan is also a true god.

In the first round, he was disgusted by bald Crawford for seven games, which almost destroyed his mentality. In the second round, he was full of energy again.

And in the first round series with the Trail Blazers, Duncan was a defensive master, leading the Spurs' strongest defense.

In the second round against the Mavericks, when the Spurs could no longer play defense but instead played offense, Duncan immediately turned into an offensive master, looking like he knew more about offense than Nowitzki.

It has to be said that Duncan is also an NBA legend.

In this era, there is only one player who can be so comprehensive and powerful. There is no semicolon.

I have to say that the only S- player in the NBA currently rated by the system is really not a boast.

Chen Xiaozhen felt that even if Duncan was only S-, he might not be that far away from S, maybe just a little bit away.

In this series between the Mavericks and the Spurs, Duncan's strength on the offensive end is shocking and miraculous.

But if you want to say that the offense of the Mavericks and Spurs in this series has been the ultimate, then it is far from it.

That's because you didn't watch the fateful revenge battle between the Kings and the Lakers.

132 to 120!

142 to 138!

The two teams, the Lakers and Kings, seem to be scoring as if they were free of charge.

This score, in this era, is incredible!

Expert reporters from the real world to the NBA feel that these two teams are not products of this era at all.

After two games, the KO Lakers have been exclaimed by NBA experts as "the strongest singles offense in history!" ’

On the other side, the King of Princeton has been exclaimed by experts as "the strongest team offense in history!" ’

These two teams are so touted because of their two games in the Western Conference semifinals.

Both teams already showed unearthly qualities in the first round.

Faced with last season's defensive failure to score more than 91 points in each game, the Kings faced the Jazz again in the playoffs this season, scoring over 100 points in every game, and even averaging almost 110 points!

The Jazz's strength is not much different from last season. I can only say that the Kings' offense is too strong this season!

It has reached the stage where playing jazz is like normal.

The Lakers on the other side are similar.

Don't look at the fact that the Lakers had a difficult time beating the Timberwolves in the first round, winning 4-2.

That's because Garnett is really strong in the playoffs this season.

In six games with the Lakers, he averaged 28 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and shot 52% from the field.

Under the leadership of Garnett, small guard Troy Hudson, who was overshadowed by Chen Xiao in the regular season, averaged 24 points per game in the playoffs. You know, he only averaged 12 points per game in the playoffs with the Magic last season. Doubled.

Garnett's personal offense is indeed not as good as O'Neal and Kobe, but with Garnett giving full play to the spirit of the Wolf King, actively calling wolves to accompany his friends, and actively assisting his teammates to help their teammates attack, the Timberwolves' combat effectiveness is really strong.

It may still be somewhat controversial to say who is the strongest player in the NBA now.

But when it comes to who is the player with the strongest ability to assist his teammates in the NBA, Garnett would say second, but perhaps no one would dare to say first.

He is good at everything and is top-notch in everything except offense. Such a player can be the strongest support as long as he is willing.

Facing such a Timberwolves, the Lakers also averaged 110 points per game in the first round.

The current offense of these two teams is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.

The strongest single player and the strongest team!

What defenses win championships?

After the 142-138 game between the Lakers and Kings, everything was in vain.

What is powerful?

The power is that while O'Neal scored 42 points, Kobe could also score 48 points!

The strength is that 10 players played, and 9 scored in double figures. The only Kings substitute forward Gerald Wallace who did not score in double figures played for 1 minute. There is really no way.

But there's nothing we can do about it, Turkoglu is Weber's substitute, and Gerald Wallace is Turkoglu's substitute.

The bench minutes are too little.

Compared with the existence of the Lakers King, who is obviously not a human being.

For several teams in the Eastern Conference, that is really too much normal.

So much so that after the Eastern and Western conference finals, most experts in the league have concluded that this year's championship will be either the Kings or the Lakers.

These two teams are unique in history, let alone in this era!

"Chen, our entire eastern region is now looked down upon."

"Then Xiaotai thinks our eastern part should be very high?"

"..."

Wade, who watched yesterday's 142-138 battle between the Kings and Lakers with Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, was speechless.

He feels that all teams in the Eastern Conference, including the 72-win Nets, are just cannon fodder in front of these two teams.

Of course, he and Yao Ming's Heat are definitely not qualified to stand in front of these two teams this season.

But Chen Xiao and the Nets...

Looking at the worried eyes of Wade and Yao Ming, the smile on Chen Xiao's face was still so cheerful and free.

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain."

Well, it turned out to be Xiao Chen!

With this mentality, it's no wonder he was able to score ten kills in the regular season and playoffs during his rookie season.

This heart, Dior exploded!

On May 8, 2003, the Nets continued to face the Philadelphia 76ers at home after a day off.

In the last game between the two teams, because of Boozer's opening of this point, the 76ers were somewhat concerned about one thing and not the other when it came to defending Chen Xiao.

In this game, the 76ers obviously strengthened their arrangements for Kenny Thomas.

As a veteran in the NBA for many years, it stands to reason that Thomas looks down on Boozer.

Thomas is a very arrogant person.

Would he like a mere rookie?

Thomas, who was a little arrogant and underestimated the opponent in the last game, was scored by Boozer for 20 points, causing the 76ers' tactics to collapse from the beginning.

How could Larry Brown endure Thomas?

If you were Allen Iverson, I would recognize you. How dare you, a mere Kenny Thomas, do this in front of me?

Who do you really think you are?

So, after the last game, Kenny Thomas felt the devilish side of Larry Brown.

After being sprayed by Larry Brown after the last game, Thomas showed off his outstanding defensive skills in this game.

It also shows why the 76ers wanted to trade him from Mosaic.

Thomas, who played 40 minutes in the game, scored 15 points and 19 rebounds on 6-of-13 shooting, including 6 offensive rebounds. It can be said that he single-handedly defeated the Nets' short inside. .

It can be said that in the current league, Thomas and Ben Wallace may be the two most capable small inside players.

With Thomas' outstanding performance, Boozer and the Nets' offense was somewhat restricted.

The score between the two teams after four quarters was 92-92, tied.

In fact, with 15 seconds left in the game, the 76ers led 92 to 89.

If it weren't for Chen Xiao's final equalizing three-pointer, the Nets would have lost this game.

Fortunately, the game went into overtime, and the 76ers' leader Iverson really couldn't play anymore.

In overtime, Iverson went 0-for-2 and didn't score a point. The 75ers scored 5 points in five minutes.

As for the Nets, in fact, in terms of main players, they are not much better than the 76ers' main players, but they came off the bench again in overtime.

Kidders, the Nets' best sixth man, went 3-for-3 in overtime in this game and scored 7 points by himself!

In one fell swoop, the victory was sealed for the Nets.

In this game, Larry Brown has tried his best to exhaust the Nets' starting lineup, forcing Chen Xiao's scoring experience card to come out.

But there is no way, the Nets' overall strength is still much higher than the 76ers.

In this campaign, Iverson scored a game-high 33 points on 13-of-31 shooting.

As for the Nets, Chen Xiao scored 25 points on 9-of-23 shooting, which was the Nets' highest score. Chen Xiao's offense was quite uncomfortable in this game. Boozer was very uncomfortable being beaten by Thomas. What can I give him? The help is very limited, and his opponent Keith Van Horn is very tall, 2.08 meters. At the same time, Snow is not tall in defense but is good at stealing and stealing.

One is responsible for Chen Xiao's bottom lane and the other is responsible for Chen Xiao's top lane. Chen Xiao has trouble releasing the ball after catching the ball.

"Larry Brown is so insidious!"

Defensively, this coach really has a way!

If it hadn't been for the equalizing three-pointer at the end of regular time, Chen Xiao would have lost the game with his Joe's back cover.

In addition to Chen Xiao, the other Nets player who scored 20 points was Kidders, who scored 20 points on 8-for-13.

In this game, the 76ers gave up almost everything and lost in the end. Even a tough coach like Larry Brown was very sad.

"Defense against Chen in this game? We did a great job. Even Jordan couldn't do better than Chen in this game. If Chen was replaced by Michael Jordan in this game, we would have won. .”

"Michael Jordan couldn't hit that last buzzer-beating 3-pointer."

It's okay to sow discord. Larry, did you do this on purpose, or did you really feel it?

Just when many people were happy for the battlefield opened by Larry Brown, Jordan actually came out to respond to Larry Brown's words during his busy schedule.

"I think Larry is right. If the Wonder Boy is replaced by me in this game, the Nets will definitely lose, but..."

but?

"If the Nets in this game were replaced by the Chicago Bulls, the 76ers would not be able to survive the fourth quarter."

What you said is so damn good!

I can't shoot a three-pointer with my Xiaobaobao, I admit that.

But apart from my three-pointers, Xiaobaobao still needs to continue to work hard on my other things.

Larry Brown really lost this game.

He actually provoked Jordan with words that he was not very good at.

He didn't take advantage, and even made a mess of himself.

After all, he is voted the NBA's loudmouth king by many media experts and players in the NBA.

Chen Xiao is in the first gear, Larry Bird is in the first gear, and in the second gear, there are a group of strong talkers led by Jordan.

Chen Xiao knew about ESPN's voting and felt very aggrieved.

I have never said trash or quarreled with anyone. I am such an honest person. Why are you persecuting me like this?

If the NCAA's Duke Collapse Nine and the NBA's Truth knew what Chen Xiao was thinking, they would definitely be uncomfortable and unable to say anything.

After losing such a game, other Eastern Conference teams may not be able to survive in the third game.

But on May 10th, the Nets visited the Philadelphia 76ers. The combat effectiveness and struggle shown by the 76ers in this game was even stronger than the previous game!

I have to say that the 76ers are the real 76ers!

Larry Brown is not a man who breaks down easily.

Iverson is also not someone who breaks down easily.

No matter how strong they are, it is impossible to defeat the 76ers led by Larry Brown and Iverson!

At the end of halftime of this game, the Nets trailed by 11 points 37 to 48.

The key to the Nets' half-court offense being so poor was Thomas. Thomas had a double-double in the first half of the game, with 10 points and 11 rebounds, including 5 offensive rebounds.

Coupled with Mutombo's 9 rebounds in the half and 5 offensive rebounds.

In the first half of this game, the 76ers grabbed a total of 15 offensive rebounds.

The Nets' inside combination of Boozer and Martin had some big rhythm.

Boozer and Martin were 1 for 6 and 2 for 4, and the offense was very difficult.

In this game, the inside combination of Mutombo and Thomas was too Diaw in the first half.

He actually led the Nets by 11 points with Iverson's 4-of-13 performance in the first half.

If it weren't for Chen Xiao's 17 points on 5 of 13 in the half, the Nets might have really collapsed in the first half.

The Nets' five starters, Richard Jefferson and Iverson smoking a cigar in the corner, Martin and Boozer's offense was blocked.

In the first half, the Nets relied entirely on the offense of Chen Xiao and Kidd. Chen Xiao made 5 of 13 and scored 17 points, while Kidd scored 3 of 8 and scored 8 points.

Kidders, who performed brilliantly in the last game, shot 1 of 6 in the first half and only scored 4 points.

I have to say that the Philadelphia 76ers' offense is indeed not very good, much worse than the Celtics.

But this team's defense is really strong!

In particular, the inside combination of Mutombo and Thomas is definitely the strongest defensive inside combination in the East.

After the first half, many Nets fans already thought that the Nets would lose this game.

However, in the second half, the game took a new turn.

The 76ers' offense played very well in the first half. When Iverson only scored 10 points on 4 of 13 shots, the team actually scored 48 points.

This is very un-76ers!

Similarly, the shooting percentages of Nets players in the first half, except for Chen Xiao and Kidd, were too low.

In the second half, after the game restarted, facing the 76ers' defense, the Nets' offense was still very difficult, but it was no longer as difficult as the first half.

But in the second half, there was a problem with the 76ers' offense. Iverson's touch got better, but other people's touch dropped. Overall, the 76ers' offense got worse.

One gift and one subtraction. Although the Nets' offense was extremely difficult, they were still chasing points.

With 41 seconds left in the game, the Nets had already caught up to 91-93.

In the next round, Iverson faced the double-teaming of Kidd and Chen Xiao and scored two points from a long distance.

In the end, the Nets once again had a winning chance with 18 seconds left in the game.

"There are 10 seconds left in the game!"

"Wonder boy is still pressing for time!"

5!

4!

3!

2!

"Wonderboy jumps!"

"Wonder boy throw it away!"

A swipe!

"Dead kill! Reversal!!!"

"Wonder boy made a three-pointer to help the New Jersey Nets reverse the Philadelphia 76ers!!!!"

When Chen Xiao hit the buzzer-beater at the last moment, the crazy 76 fans on the scene were suffocated and shocked.

A player who had previously made 8 of 25 hits could actually hit such a buzzer beater? !

Are we dreaming, or is this guy cheating? !

Larry Brown was stupid, and all the 76ers players and fans at the scene were stupid!

It wasn't until the Nets players rushed towards Chen Xiao to celebrate in front of them that they accepted this reality.

The reality is that the 76ers lost another more regrettable and more painful game.

So much so that after the game, Larry Brown said it even more openly.

"I want to replace Wonder Boy with Michael Jordan!"

Even Michael Jordan is sure to defend to 9 of 26.

But with Chen Xiao's winning goal, Larry Brown is now desperate.

Larry Brown is not alone in despair.

The 76ers players were also desperate.

What else do you want him to do?

Tell me, what else do you want them to do?

They have all done the best they can!

No matter how much they do, they really can’t do it!

On May 11, 2003, after a difficult game yesterday, the Philadelphia 76ers faced the Nets back-to-back at home.

Back-to-back playoff games are rare.

After the battle between the two sides yesterday, the offensive status of both sides in this game was even worse.

In the end, the Nets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 78-77 on the road.

Another defeat that made Larry Brown and 76ers fans extremely bitter.

Looking at the players being swept on the court, Larry Brown was in a daze.

"We were lucky in this game, we finally weren't beaten by the Wonder Boy."

After the game, Larry Brown's words made the American reporters present feel a deep sense of despair.

Larry Brown's despair made all the American reporters at the scene look at each other.

This is Larry Brown!

Larry Brown would rather his opponent shoot the key ball with Jordan than with the Wonder Boy!

Wonder Boy's key ball is so powerful!

12-for-12 kills in his NBA career!

If it weren't for Wonder Boy, this series would have been at least six games!

Could it be that Wonder Boy's heart is a heart of steel? !

In shock across America.

The Nets once again swept their opponents, sweeping the 76ers 4-0 and once again taking the lead in advancing!

ps: This year's 76ers defense is actually very strong. Historically, the Pistons won the Eastern Conference semifinals against the 76ers 4-2. However, the defensive battle between the two teams was generally a 50-50 split. It was very difficult for the Pistons to win. In the book, the 76ers who left Mutombo behind are stronger, but their defense is definitely stronger.

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