I’m Really Playing Basketball

Although Kobe finally took the blame and missed Kidd in a single, he was still able to throw the ball out in such an extremely difficult environment, and it still hit the basket. It has to be said that Kobe is Kobe.

Most people can't even make a move when they take the blame.

Ko's boss hit the ball, Bart picked up the backcourt rebound, Kidd advanced with the ball, and Fisher led the defense. After a slight delay, Fisher decisively gave up his plan to force Kidd to make a mistake.

In the NBA, the most painful things are to force James to make a mistake, to be hit by O'Neal for a triple-double, and to be "praised" by Chen Xiao.

When Boss Ji easily pushed to the three-point line, Chen Xiao was already leading my team to move.

Against a center team like O'Neal who can't get out, and Robert Horry's help defense is average, and his body is average, plus he has two people on his own team, Bago and Boozer, if he doesn't make more use of the two of them. A screen run is not enough for the Nets to have so many running conditions.

During the regular season, he had a lot of fun walking with his boss.

But in the playoffs, especially the finals, things are a little different.

The playoffs are too friendly to off-the-ball defensive players. Players who attack and move are killed without a whistle. This is no joke.

Now that the defense can get started, running without the ball in the playoffs is simply a loss of life.

However, no matter how long it takes, according to the tactical arrangement of Nets head coach Byron Scott before the game, even if he cannot get rid of Kobe, Chen Xiao can move himself in front of other defensive players through movement.

For example, this time, although Chen Xiao relied on Bago's cover, he could not get rid of Kobe's hands-grabbing defense. However, facing Robert Horry who came to help defend, Chen Xiao took the initiative to run in front of Horry and killed Horry with his body. Lean on it.

Don’t look at Horry playing power forward in this game. Don’t look at Horry’s height of 2.06 meters, which is taller than Chen Xiao’s 2.03 meters in shoes, but Horry’s weight is only 100 kilograms, while Chen Xiao’s weight is 103 kilograms. The confrontation ability is 90, and the core strength is 83. I don’t say that Chen Xiao’s confrontation ability is necessarily better than Robert Horry, but it is better, you can be sure!

After Chen Xiao sat on Robert Horry, Kobe, who was chasing Chen Xiao, immediately released Kobe and then turned to defend Boozer.

And when Chen Xiao received Kidd's pass in the corner on the right, Kobe, who was originally guarding Boozer, once again ran towards Chen Xiao when Kidd passed the ball.

Then, together with Robert Horry, Chen Xiao was firmly sandwiched in the middle.

Robert Horry's physical confrontation may not be as good as other power forwards, but this guy's defensive experience is really strong, and some small moves can make people very uncomfortable.

Being flanked by Robert Horry and Kobe Bryant is a hellish offensive environment for any offensive player.

Even if Michael Jordan comes in person, it will be very uncomfortable.

Seeing Chen Xiao being flanked by Kobe Bryant and Robert Horry on the court, Phil Jackson, who had been shocked by Chen Xiao's defense on the sidelines, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Nets' defense is surprising, our defense has also been upgraded!

Whether it's Kidd and Chen's pick-and-roll, Kidd and Boozer's pick-and-roll, or Wonder Boy's low-post singles, running positions, and high-limit pull-ups, he is very well prepared!

In this round of the Finals, the Nets should continue to score inefficiently like they did against the 76ers and Pistons!

Even if the Nets' defense exceeds expectations, it can significantly reduce the Lakers' offensive level.

The Lakers' offensive level is also better than the Nets' previous games against the 76ers and Pistons.

"This championship is still ours!"

Phil Jackson is thinking about a championship.

Chen Xiao on the court raised his hands high to protect the basketball when being pinched.

On the court, Kidd started running towards Chen Xiao from a distance to meet Chen Xiao, but Devin George, who was originally going to defend Boozer, immediately turned around and continued to follow Kidd.

"I want to cut off the connection between Boy Wonder and his teammates. This ball is going to kill Boy Wonder!"

Seeing Devin George follow Kidd very decisively, Phil Jackson on the sidelines applauded.

TNT commentator Kenny Smith on the sidelines also praised Devin George's choice.

"The Lakers' defense this time was so good. Every offensive method of the Nets, the Lakers thought of it. In this season's playoffs, everyone was shocked by the Lakers' offense, and some underestimated this team's defense. Although Their defense can't guard the Kings, but they have no problem guarding the Nets like the 76ers and Pistons."

"The Lakers have forced the Nets' offense into a dead end. This is an artistic defensive design. Even if Boozer and Battelle are empty outside, they can only watch because Wonder Boy has no passing ability, and Kidd wants to It would probably take 24 seconds to get rid of Devin George, catch the ball and pass it to the open space."

"The Lakers' defense against Wonder Boy's movement this time was down to the last minute. Wonder Boy could only stand up to Kobe and Horry!"

"Wonder Boy jumps up, Wonder Boy fucks!"

After Kenny Smith shouted out like a prophet, Chen Xiao, who was jumping high in the air and defending against Kobe and Horry, looked back at the moon and passed the basketball in his hand straight to the left side of the free throw line. Boozer's hand.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Kenny Smith was stunned.

Even O'Neal, who stepped in the paint area to help defend a little, was stunned.

The opponent's two inside players were one at the three-point line and the other at the corner. It was a bit unsightly for him to be under the basket by himself, so he took two steps forward.

In fact, he was just putting on a show.

According to Phil Jackson's defensive design, there is no need for his help.

If the Lakers' defense needs to use his help, then the Lakers' defense will have collapsed.

Just like now, Chen Xiao made a jump pass and passed the ball to Boozer's hands. The Lakers' defense collapsed in an instant.

As the second-best mid-range shooter on the Nets, Boozer was already running in the opposite direction when Kidd ran to the right.

Routine, everything is a routine!

It was a routine for Kidd to pick up Chen Xiao!

Chen Xiao's inability to hit the ball after being flanked is also a routine!

These routines were naturally designed by the team's head coach Byron Scott.

"When the whole world doesn't know that Chen has such outstanding ball-playing ability and assist defense ability, if I can't steal a victory from the Lakers, then I will be an idiot!"

Seeing that Boozer had jumped up, Byron Scott clasped his hands tightly in excitement.

On the other side, Phil Jackson's smile has solidified.

As for the court, at this time, Kobe and Horry are next to Chen Xiao in the right corner, and Devin George is next to Kidd outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right.

Fisher, who was taken to the left corner by Richard Jefferson and squatted 'smoking', was desperate.

Unless they teleport, it's impossible to interfere with Boozer!

Now the entire Lakers can interfere with Boozer, maybe O'Neal is the only one left.

But!

Seeing O'Neal clumsily rushing forward, the Lakers players on the court became even more desperate!

This damn fat guy!

When Kobe saw O'Pang's leaping action, he wanted to kick him over. How about your speed and flexibility when attacking fast breaks? !

To be honest, even if O'Neal used the speed and flexibility he had when attacking just now, it would still be a bit far away. At most, he would just stretch out his hand to block it.

For Boozer, this time the Nets team's routine attack created an absolute open attack opportunity for him!

A swipe!

2 to 0!

Boozer hit the Nets' first goal in the finals from mid-range, receiving an assist from Chen Xiao!

"Kenny, you shouted too soon. This was not a perfect defensive art by the Lakers, but a perfect offensive art by the Nets!"

"..."

Facing Barkley's ridicule, Kenny Smith didn't know what to say at this time.

The same goes for the defense just now, and the same goes for the passing now. Is that person on the court really the Wonder Boy? !

The Nets fans at the scene were jubilant, while the reporters, commentators and experts and professionals at the scene were amazed.

"I can confirm that when playing against the Pistons, Wonder Boy would never have such passing ability!"

The whole world was shocked by the passing ability that Chen Xiao showed just now.

In front of the TV, Jordan was not surprised.

"Don't forget, he is Larry Bird. He has even better basketball learning ability and golf intelligence than Larry Bird!"

"He is a player born for basketball!"

Jordan sat back on the sofa and filled another glass of red wine and lit a cigar.

When he commented on Wonder Boy, the whole world thought he was joking.

In fact, he never joked!

"My vision is as great as my skills!"

Now, Jordan is full of confidence and can't wait to start his new career, a new career as an NBA team manager!

In front of his new career, it seems that Jerry West will bend down for him and Rod Thorn will shine his shoes!

He is still the king!

Wherever he goes, he is the king!

This feeling of being so drunk while the whole world is sober, is amazing!

On TV, amidst the boos from Nets fans in the audience, the Lakers continued to attack. As the NBA's strongest singles team in history, the Lakers' offense was very simple.

Because of O'Neal and Kobe, after Fisher dribbled the ball past half court, he could just look for these two people.

Because of the shadow of five big blocks in the last attack, O'Neal did not ask for the ball vigorously this time. The one who asked for the ball was Kobe who blocked Kidd in the right waist position.

O'Neal didn't attack the ball, so Fisher could only drop the ball into Kobe's hands, and then lurk aside to receive Kobe's pass at any time.

Playing against the Spurs and the Kings, because neither team has a player who can guard Kobe Bryant alone, Fisher and other Lakers players got a lot of open shots.

Of course, the Nets are different from the Spurs and Kings. The Nets have Kyrie, who may be one of the best players in the NBA to defend Kobe Bryant alone.

Ke LaoDa and Ji LaoDa have played against each other more than 25 times in their careers. Ke LaoDa has never scored more than 40 points once, and Ke LaoDa has never scored more than the score in front of Ji LaoDa.

Big Brother Ji and Big Brother Ke are also an old rival. They are very familiar with each other from the west to the east. Facing Big Brother Ji's back-up defense, Big Brother Ke doesn't even try to post up and directly pulls out to face the front. The base boss is two breakthroughs in different directions.

Ke's change of direction and breakthrough were swift and fast, but he was still blocked by Ji's fight-and-retreat defense. Ji did not lose his defensive position. Faced with Ji's defense, Ke forced his hand!

Boss Ke's shot was very decisive this time, and it was another extremely difficult singles shot!

And the basketball thrown by Mr. Ke scored extremely decisively and crisply.

A swipe!

The basketball hits the net!

Watching the direct one-on-one singles between Kobe and Kidd, many NBA players on the sidelines were in admiration.

"This is an offensive textbook meeting a defensive textbook!"

"This duel was so exciting!"

The duel between Kidd and Kobe was indeed wonderful.

But it’s too difficult!

Especially compared to the Nets' previous offense, the Lakers' offense was not the least bit difficult.

On the court, after Kobe Bryant changed direction and made a pull-up jump shot, the Nets continued to attack.

This time, Chen Xiao faced Kobe's defense and still had no intention of directly pulling out Kobe or sitting in the low post to beat Kobe.

Now that he already has a good enough passing ability, now that the Nets have two pick-and-roll maniacs in Bugs and Boozer.

If Chen Xiao doesn't move, he will be a fool!

"I want to attract double teams from the Lakers, and I want to hit the ball to the open teammates!"

Except for Boss Ji, of course.

Even if it is a singles match, it must not be a singles match against the boss. Of course, Persimmon will have to find someone soft to pinch!

As a rookie, Chen Xiao doesn't have the same mental barriers as Ko and Tracy McGrady.

This time, Chen Xiao's goal was not Robert Horry, but Fisher.

Boss Ai told him at the beginning not to aim for running in an absolutely open space. In the NBA, you only need to make a move if you want to run into an absolutely open space. You can only take a few shots in a game. If you want to run, you feel you are sure of it. Singles player.

Like Fisher!

Chen Xiao used Boozer's pick-and-roll to block Kobe for a while, then used Bago's screen at the free throw line to block Kobe and ran directly to Richard Jefferson.

Richard Jefferson, who had been waiting for Chen Xiao for a long time, crossed paths with Chen Xiao, and the two completed a pick-and-roll without the ball.

The defensive player in front of Chen Xiao was replaced by Fisher, and Kobe looked at Richard Jefferson who was running to the right in the opposite direction. This time, Kobe did not double-team Chen Xiao like he did last time.

Now that we know that Chen Xiao has the passing ability, it is a very unwise choice to double-team Chen Xiao and then leak out Richard Jefferson.

Chen Xiao, who received a pass from Kidd from outside the three-point line in the left corner, saw that Kobe did not come over again, but went after Richard Jefferson. Then O'Neal under the basket kept pushing into the paint area and could cut into it at any time. Battle, who was pulled, did not dare to come over, while Robert Horry was pulled to the free throw line by Boozer.

Now the only one who can double-team and help defend Chen Xiao is the base defender Devin George.

Devin George was already running crazily towards Chen Xiao when Big Brother Key passed the ball to Chen Xiao.

But no one can run the ball as fast as anyone.

Chen Xiao received a pass from Boss Ji, faced Fisher's close defense, and directly made a pull-up from Qiao from outside the three-point line!

Jump up, lean back, bend your legs, and take action!

Fisher, who is 1.85 meters tall, has really strong confrontation ability, and he sticks to Chen Xiao very tightly, like a small steel cannon.

But obviously, except for Fisher making small moves below, it is impossible to block his shot.

For Kobe Bryant as the boss, Chen Xiao as Fisher, to be honest, it is much simpler!

A player with a wingspan of 2.03 meters and a wingspan of 2.21 meters, 90 three-pointers, 90 confrontation skills, and 90 jumping skills, and a 1.85-meter player who is not good at jumping are too visually impactful.

Fisher has defended this ball to the extreme.

What he can do is perfect. In addition to jumping up to block shots, he always confronts Chen Xiao from below, hoping to affect the rhythm and stability of Chen Xiao's shots.

But Chen Xiao's confrontation ability is very strong, and his influence is really limited.

Unable to affect Chen Xiao's shooting action and unable to block shots, Fisher naturally could only watch the basketball thrown by Chen Xiao fly towards the basket.

Now, all Fisher can do is pray to God.

Obviously, this time, God was not on Fisher's side.

A swipe!

Three point hit!

5 to 2!

"Most of the Lakers' defensive players were pulled to one side by the movement of Wonder Boy and the Nets!"

"The movement of Wonder Boy and the Nets is so good!"

It's also singles, but the singles styles of the Nets and Lakers are completely different.

This is a true traditional singles game for the Lakers.

But there are too many screens and runs in the Nets' singles.

The Nets are originally the most capable team in the NBA this season.

Do you think Boss Ji is joking when he directs traffic?

The strongest conductor in the NBA right now.

"Wonder boy is now trying to force the Lakers players to come out for singles!"

Seeing Chen Xiao take out Fisher and hit him with a three-pointer, the pressure on other Lakers players on the court was a bit high.

Looking back, O'Neal asked for the ball this time. Facing Bago's defense, O'Neal did not dare to be too aggressive because of Chen Xiao's help. However, after the power confrontation failed again, O'Neal turned around and dunked flexibly, scoring two points. succeed.

The first center is the first center.

Even though Bago's defense and Chen Xiao's assisting defense made O'Neal uncomfortable, he could still find opportunities to attack in the cracks.

"Wonder Boy is still not close enough to O'Neal. Any closer and O'Neal's offensive pressure will be greater!"

"However, the Nets' defense was successful in forcing O'Neal to attack so quickly!"

Pug, who was dunked by O'Neal, was not depressed.

The requirement assigned to him by the Nets was not to defend O'Neal. The Nets had only one requirement for him, which was to give O'Neal as much resistance as possible and stay on the court as long as possible. The Nets must not double-team O'Neal!

In this defense, Bago did everything. He was not fouled by O'Neal, and he also gave O'Neal the strength to fight and put a certain amount of pressure on O'Neal.

5 to 4!

Although O'Neal made a hit, the Nets were still in the lead.

As a team with a winning rate of only 3% before the start of the game, to be fair, the Nets' performance in the opening few minutes was particularly shocking.

The Lakers, who were invincible in singles, felt a little uncomfortable being defended by the Nets.

In the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Nets were extremely constipated offensively. In this game against the Lakers, they actually used a very complete and systematic offensive tactics.

"Whether it's offense or defense, the Nets are a level stronger than before!"

"After Wonder Boy's passing and defense were displayed, the Nets actually have the strength to compete with the Lakers!"

"This is not the strength to fight against the Lakers, this is to suppress the Lakers!"

No joke, after the game started, the Nets really suppressed the Lakers.

With Chen Xiao's physical defense and offensive running, coupled with the Nets team's physical running under the command of Kidd, the Nets played very strongly in the first quarter.

Every offense the Lakers make looks difficult.

The Nets' offense seems to be much more organized than the Lakers' offense.

At the end of the first quarter, the Nets, playing at home, led the Lakers by 3 points, 27-24.

A 3-point lead at home is nothing, but this is the Lakers!

The Lakers, who are known as the strongest singles players in history, only allowed 24 points in a single quarter, but they scored 27 points. This is amazing!

The Lakers' offense didn't explode in the first quarter. The biggest reason was that Kidd was able to defend Kobe Bryant alone. At the same time, with the help of Chen Xiao, Battelle also successfully limited O'Neal in individual defense. Although O'Neal scored 10 points on 4-of-10 shots in the first quarter. , except for the five who were caught by Chen Xiao in the front, O'Neal shot 4 of 5 in the back. The efficiency seems to be very high. However, because it is single defense, O'Neal's influence in the first quarter is only these 10 points!

O'Neal contributed 10 points to the Lakers in a single quarter. Isn't this defense enough to attack?

Of course it was a success!

In the entire first quarter, the Lakers had 24 points, Kobe had 9 points, and O'Neal had 10 points. The two of them scored 19 of the 24 points!

If you can't attract double teams, it will be too difficult to defeat the Nets alone with two people playing in isolation.

Compared with the Lakers, although the Nets also focus on Chen Xiao and Boozer, they are definitely more blossoming.

In the second quarter of the game, Kidd and O'Neal both rested off the court.

Chen Xiao and Kobe continued to stay on the court, and neither of them was ready to take a break in the first half.

Now on the court, the Nets have the best sixth man Kidders, Chen Xiao, Harris, Martin and Bai Ge McCloch.

On the Lakers' side, there are 1.85-meter small guards Pago, Kobe, Brian Shaw, Walker and Mark Madson. As for Chen Xiao's Marquette University teammate Braxson, he is sitting on the bench.

In the second quarter of the game, Kobe hoped to score more points without Kidd, or at least help the Lakers overtake the score.

But obviously, when encountering Chen Xiao's defense in the second quarter, Kobe didn't feel it was any easier than beating Kidd.

more importantly!

The Lakers' rotation lineup and the Nets' rotation lineup, the Nets are obviously stronger!

Especially Martin, who faced the Lakers last season and scored 35 points in the Finals!

He can't guard O'Neal, but if he is allowed to play the Lakers' substitute insiders, no joke, among the Lakers' substitute insiders who are either short, soft, or slow, Martin is the Garnett who can really do everything!

Can sneak attack the Lakers to death!

And more importantly, the Nets' substitute lineup, Big White Mike Lodge, is also very capable of covering.

Although there is no Bugs, no Boozer, and no double screen, the Lakers' bench lineup, except for Kobe, is either old or slow. Kobe is not only unable to support himself on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end!

"The Lakers' lineup is not as thick as the Nets!"

"In the past, because the Lakers were too strong and the starting lineup was too dominant, we never considered the Lakers' bench. Now the Nets can match the Lakers' starting lineup 50-50, and even have a slight advantage. The Lakers’ bench problem also broke out!”

Watching Chen Xiao use Martin's screen to slightly pull away from Kobe to receive Kidders' pass, and then Chen Xiao stopped in place to attract Walker's defense in front and Kobe's defense behind him. Under the attack of the two, at the free throw line He took one step forward and hit the ball to Martin, who was cutting in the air. Martin easily killed Madson one-on-one.

Many people on the sidelines were exclaiming. ,

"Wonderboy's passing vision is so good!"

"If Walker hadn't delayed, Kobe would have been blocked by McCulloch and Martin one after another, and it would have been difficult to defend the Wonder Boy's pull-up fadeaway jumper!"

"This is a very difficult defensive multiple-choice question. The Lakers are caught in the dilemma of whether it is the wrong choice no matter what!"

Martin hit the dunk with both hands and was very arrogant. He was beating his chest and howling like ghosts. At this moment, he was not little Garnett, he was the real Wolf King Garnett!

Seeing that the Nets' rotation is now beating the Lakers' rotation on the court, the basketball fans on the sidelines are going crazy, and the American viewers in front of the TV are in disbelief.

"This is the Lakers with a 97% chance of winning the championship?"

"Why do I feel like the Nets are stronger?"

You can't blame American audiences for thinking this way.

Even many NBA professionals present had the same idea.

"After Chen can pass the ball and defend, he has changed so many things!"

If Chen Xiao can't pass the ball, he won't be able to cooperate with Martin, who is not very good at covering.

If Chen Xiao cannot defend and Kidd is not on the court, Kobe will have no one to defend, and the Nets' rotation may not have an advantage.

This is still the substitute lineup, and this does not include the impact that the starting lineup Chen Xiao will have on the Nets after passing the ball and defending.

"The Nets are a real unit now!"

Jerry West was admiring.

If the Lakers are the No. 1 singles team in NBA history, the Kings are the No. 1 offensive team in NBA history, and the Spurs are the strongest overall defensive team in NBA history.

Then the Nets are a team that combines the three!

"United, strong, able to attack and defend, with a strong lineup, capable of tactics and sacrifice..."

"Such a powerful team is simply a replica of the Bulls back then!"

"This is a dynasty team!"

"No, they are even stronger than the bulls back then!"

Such a team was actually dismantled by Rod Thorn for the NBA championship!

Although Jerry West was very unhappy about not being able to get Chen Xiao, when he thought about what his old rival Rod Thorn did, please allow Jerry West to be unkind... and laugh.

Ha ha ha ha!

55 to 47!

When the half-time game between the Nets and the Lakers ended, and the Nets ended the half with an 8-point lead, Nets fans throughout the stadium were going crazy.

Everyone is partying.

At this time, one-third of the cameras on the scene were focused on Chen Xiao, who changed the game, one-third on Rod Thorn, and one-third on Carter,

The picture presented on the TV is.

Chen Xiao raised her hands confidently.

Rod Thorn's face turned as black as carbon.

And Carter... the expression on his face was a little embarrassed.

Tonight, the Lakers will not lose, right?

This year, the Nets will not win the championship, will they?

If so, will I be... very embarrassed?

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