I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the three opening games on the first day of the NBA, the whole of the United States is discussing the start of the new NBA season on the second day.

LeBron James, the son of the best basketball player in the United States, made his NBA debut very well. ESPN had three of the five best shots yesterday. This made many fans and many people laugh and say that ESPN should just change its name to LeBron Channel in the future. .

However, in this game between the Cavaliers and the Celtics, the dunks of Xiao Zhan in the game are indeed wonderful and the shining of various talents. Therefore, in the eyes of Chen Xiao, Cavaliers fans and Xiao Zhan fans, the five best shots are the best. If you take three of them, you'll be jabbering. For those dunks that James made against the Celtics yesterday, it would be appropriate to take all five of them.

By the way, the three dunks that Xiao Zhan was selected into ESPN's top five goals were all assisted by Chen Xiao, and ESPN is also following up to create the "God-King Connection" of the "God-King Combination".

"The kingdom where gods and kings coexist is the kingdom in the sky, Cleveland, this is the lob city of the NBA!"

Look at what ESPN Five Best Balls said when explaining Xiao Zhan's No. 1 dunk. The combination of Chen Xiao and James, as well as the cooperation between the two in the game, is so beautiful that it is unbelievable.

The kingdom in the sky, the city of free pick-up, these words are too beautiful.

In the three games on the first day, apart from the wonderful dunks that James received from Chen Xiao's pass in the game, they received a lot of attention.

In the other two games, under the leadership of O'Neal, the Nets F7 beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 20 points at home, and the Magic team led by Duncan McGrady's MD team beat the five-star Mavericks 109 to 93 at home, which also aroused great enthusiasm. discuss.

The two teams in the West that are considered to be the top teams of next season lost so badly in the first game, which many people did not expect.

For a while, the alliance seemed to have once again entered an era where the east was strong and the west was weak.

Of course, if you want to talk about the biggest news of yesterday's opening game, it is naturally Chen Xiao's lore against the Celtics in the North Shore Garden yesterday, shooting through the truth, and saying after the game that "the Cavaliers can break the basket" net' words.

After all, after the Nets beat the Lakers led by Corky by 20 points at home, the Nets led by O'Neal are definitely the most popular team in the NBA right now.

The strongest team in history, do you think it's a joke?

This is recognized!

Facing such a team and about to play against such a team, if Chen Xiao said such a thing, it would definitely cause huge controversy if he said something like that.

However, anyone who is familiar with the relationship between Chen Xiao and O'Neill knows that.

Chen Xiao, who has always regarded himself as the number one fan of Kobe Bryant, has always been at odds with O'Neal, and often hates O'Neal.

O'Neal always likes to black Kobe with his grandma, and the black Kobe is often speechless.

This time, Chen Ling deliberately used O'Neill's grandma to blackmail O'Neill.

"It is impossible for O'Neal's grandma to lead the two strongest teams in history in a row."

What he said was murderous, and the pressure and negative emotions caused to O'Neill exploded.

Just when the public opinion in the NBA was raging because of Chen Xiao's remarks after the game, Chen Xiao had already brought the Cleveland Cavaliers players to New York.

This time the Cavaliers did not return to Cleveland after playing the Celtics, but came directly to New York. Many players in the Cavaliers have been looking forward to this game against the Nets for a long time.

Of course, this is not because of how much these Cavaliers players love the game and how they love to challenge powerful enemies. Among the more than 400 players in the NBA, it is not bad to be able to find 200 players with dreams and pursuits.

The idea of ​​most NBA players is to get a higher salary, and then get drunk and eat lantern riddles and wait to die.

The state of the Spurs players is abnormal, and the state of the New York players is the normal state of NBA players.

In some traditional NBA teams or some teams with strong management, the proportion of such players in the team will be lower.

But in a traditional underdog like the Cavaliers, and the management is also known as the most humble management in the NBA, you would think that this team has no dreams, how many salted fishes will there be "to eat and wait to die"?

Let's put it this way, if it weren't for the fact that the Cavaliers have a lot of rookies who still have dreams this year, at least 80% of the Cavaliers are this kind of salted fish who don't care about winning or losing, and don't care about the future.

It takes time for a team that has been weak for many years to become a strong team. This kind of time not only requires the growth of the team boss, but also the construction time of the entire team.

Basketball is for five players. This is a bit of a stretch. In the NBA, basketball is for at least eight players. You have to find at least eight players with fighting spirit, perseverance, and strength in a team before you can say you are Qualified to hit something.

Obviously, the current Cavaliers definitely do not have such qualities.

Because after arriving in New York, on the second day, except for Xiao Zhan, Tyson Chandler, Barnes, Dior, Xiao Mo, Korver, Diop, and Miles, everyone else's I haven't seen each other.

A team, five players, just disappeared mysteriously for a whole day.

Even the eight players that Chen Xiao met that day, like Diop and Miles, only met once in the middle of the night.

That's where it gets interesting.

Most of the players in the Cavaliers who have ideals and pursuits are young people and rookies, and these young people and rookies are precisely the group of players with the least strength for the time being.

Therefore, regarding this matter, Chen Ling was not the most troublesome.

The biggest headache is Cavaliers coach Carlisle.

There are not enough capable players.

Players who are hard enough have no strength.

If you were the head coach, how would you arrange for candidates to be reused?

Reusing players who are not strong enough to fight hard is to discourage the enthusiasm of hard-working players and appease those who just want to eat and wait to die.

And reusing those young people who are hardworking but not capable can clear up the atmosphere of the team, but the team's record is not guaranteed.

If it is for short-term interests, of course the former will be chosen.

But Rick Carlisle turned down the Pacers to the Cavaliers. Is this a decision for short-term gain? of course not.

If it is an ordinary coach, he will only choose one of the two.

But Carlisle feels that he is not an ordinary coach, and he wants to have both as much as possible.

He wanted the team's record, and for the long-term development of the team, he also wanted to get rid of the team's poor and weak people, and the atmosphere of eating and waiting to die.

The Cavaliers came to New York this time, and Carlisle felt that it was time for the current atmosphere of the Cleveland Cavaliers to change.

In Chen Ling's room not far away, Chen Ling was thinking.

What I was thinking about was, of course, that after beating the Boston Celtics yesterday, I got another 3 skill points, and finally let Chen Xiao's skill points accumulate to 10 points. With these 10 points, I can focus on one attribute, so I should hit it Which attribute?

5 skill points are equivalent to a B-level potential card, so it is the most cost-effective to use skill points to smash attributes, of course, attributes that have reached 80.

Chen Xiao's 80 attributes now include lateral movement, blocking, offensive running, and long-range three-pointers. .

These four attributes just happen to represent four different directions.

However, long-distance three-pointers are not considered for the time being. Three-pointers are gambling luck, and long-distance three-pointers are usually gambling luck. Or there are two scenes of ghosts and ghosts, and most of the time it can only be used for performances.

But when performing, Chen Xiao had so many score cards from informal games.

Lateral movement is an offensive and defensive attribute, the most comprehensive, defense can prevent the opponent's lateral breakthrough, and the offensive can break through the opponent laterally.

Blocking is also an attribute for both offense and defense, but defense is greater than offense, especially for Chen Xiao. When he is attacking, he does not need to be blocked when he catches the ball. His wingspan and jumping are quite good, so this attribute is used for defense. It works more.

Offensive running is a purely offensive attribute. Now Chen Xiao's offensive running is 80, and if he increases it from 80 to 90, his ability to disrupt the opponent's defense will definitely be stronger. However, the skill of offensive running Chen Xiao used so much After a long time, I found that this skill is good, but it is not friendly to core players.

In this day and age, the NBA rarely calls off-ball fouls.

No, it should be said that in any era, players who run without the ball will not be killed, and basically they will not call fouls. Jordan is like this.

Unless you can practice off-the-ball running until no one can catch you, it’s the same as teleporting on the court. However, this kind of off-ball running, which can be called art, even Reggie Miller, who has played a thousand games, even If you can't even touch the fur, others should stop dreaming.

Reggie Miller and Ray Allen are already at the limit of their offensive running positions, and they are also powerless against this kind of situation where there is no foul.

Therefore, Xiao Zhan never practiced running without the ball during training.

Role players practice running without the ball, running, catching and shooting, which consumes a lot of energy, and it doesn't matter if they are killed, anyway, role players are consumables.

But the core players, this is not worth it.

Therefore, although Xiao Zhan's approach is somewhat utilitarian, it is indeed a very good choice. Just like Xiao Zhan said, it is enough to run without the ball. The team also harmed itself.

You are the core player, you carry the offense and defense of the team, your stamina is inherently precious, if you waste it off the ball with the opponent, isn’t it harming the team and yourself?

Chen Xiao felt that what Xiao Zhan said was quite reasonable.

But this time...

Chen Xiao still chose to add the 10 skill points he had saved through hard work to the offensive running position.

No matter how many flaws there are in the offensive running position, the team playing O'Neal is still very useful!

This time, adding 10 skill points to the offensive running position was the first time Chen Xiao added points willfully. In the past, he always added points according to the needs of the team.

In the Cleveland Cavaliers, most of the time, the team definitely does not need him to move without the ball.

So adding off-the-ball movement to such a level is actually not very useful most of the time.

The addition of points this time is entirely for O'Neal and O'Neal's team.

O'Neill made him so willful for the first time!

This is not 'true love', what is true love?

After Chen Xiao added 10 career points to the offensive running position, the career points were cleared again, and Chen Xiao's offensive running position attribute also reached 90 points.

80 to 90, this has been upgraded by two levels.

The 90% offensive running position combined with his God's Eye, which can see through the opponent's offensive and defensive intentions 100%, tsk tsk, is quite impressive.

I, Chen sees through, and I'm going online!

October 30, 2003, Continental Arena, New Jersey.

With the lights flickering on the scene and the enthusiastic shouts of the DJ on the scene, the players of the two teams came out of the player channel one by one.

And when Vince Carter, Gary Payton, Richard Jefferson, Karl Malone, and Shaq O'Neal, the five starters of the Nets this season, appeared on the court one by one, most of the Nets fans on the scene gave out deafening cheers. Cheers.

A year ago, if someone told you that one year later, there would be an NBA team whose starters were all NBA All-Stars from last season.

A year ago, when you heard this, you would definitely think that that person was crazy.

But now, when you see O'Neal, Malone, Richard Jefferson, Carter, and Payton lined up, what kind of feeling will it be?

Are you shocked, do you find it incredible?

And this is how the NBA's expert media and reporters feel when they look at the Nets, it is incredible!

How can such a team appear in the NBA?

The starting five are all All-Stars in their prime, and all of them are All-Star starters, which is amazing.

It can be said that in the history of the NBA, from the lineup on paper, no team can match the Nets this season.

When such a team appeared that was considered impossible before this year, anyone and any team would choose to avoid it.

But!

There is a person who launched a charge against such a seemingly invincible team!

And that person is now enjoying the boos and cheers of the audience!

Half boos and half cheers!

The person who divided the basketball fans in the Continental Arena was none other than last season's No. 7 pick and the Nets' angel last season, Chen Xiao.

As one of the biggest contributors to the Nets championship last season, Chen Xiao needs to receive his championship ring from the Nets before the start of the game.

Amidst the huge boos, Chen Xiao was waving his hands to the basketball fans who were applauding and cheering for him.

And the general manager of the Nets next to him, Rod Thorn, complicatedly delivered the box containing the championship ring to Chen Xiao with a smile.

Looking at the gleaming championship ring on the box, which was obtained with the hard work of Kei, Martin, Richard Jefferson, Boozer, and Bug, Chen Xiao's smiling face fell into a trance. In the memories of the Jin Ge iron horse last season.

"Chen, thank you very much for your great contribution to New Jersey and the Nets last season. This is a thank you for your great contribution last season."

Rod Thorn's words pulled Chen Xiao back from his thoughts.

Originally, O'Neal wanted to wait until the end of the game when presenting championship rings to Kidd and Chen Xiao.

As the general manager of the Nets, one of the NBA's godfathers. Of course Rodthorne is clear about O'Neill's intentions.

O'Neill wanted to present championship rings to Chen Xiao and Kidd after defeating them in the game. It must be embarrassing for the two of them. When receiving the championship rings, it must be as uncomfortable as eating Xiang.

This move is very vicious and rogue. With the current strength of the Nets, O'Neal wants to use this method to humiliate Chen Xiao and Kidd. This is definitely not what Rod Thorn wants to see.

Although everyone has parted ways now, there is no doubt about Chen Xiao and Kidd's contribution to the Nets.

Therefore, whether it was Kidd's jersey or Chen Xiao's jersey, he had already ordered the Nets to seal it up.

As one of the greatest players in team history, he has full respect for Kidd and Chen Xiao.

So, seeing the sincere thanks in Rhodes Thorne's eyes, Chen Xiao was a little taken aback after receiving the ring, and finally nodded to Rhodes Thorne to say thank you, and then put the ring on his right hand up high. lift up.

For a moment, the Continental Airlines Arena, which was originally half blazing and half icy, completely defeated the icy cold!

At this time, the DJ on the scene once again roared out the opening speech that made many old Nets fans on the scene burst into tears.

An opening speech that is different from before, yet so similar!

"He's the NBA champion!"

"He is the FMVP of the NBA Finals!"

"He's an angel from New Jersey!"

"He has a pair of eyes that can overlook everything!"

"From Milwaukee to New Jersey, from the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, his coldness froze the rivers and lakes, and his eyes shattered the earth!"

"He was our hero who conquered Los Angeles!"

"He's the Goldfinch who blocked Shaquille O'Neal!"

"He is the Violet who convinced Kobe Bryant!"

"He is the angel who brings us miracles and protects us!"

"Our forever number 7!"

"Chen—Xiao!"

There were a lot of 'New Nets' fans and New York fans who were going to boo Chen Xiao in this game, and there were more of them at the beginning, and they even had the upper hand.

But now, when the DJ at the scene yelled out this opening speech, those excited, crying, and excited old Nets fans once again occupied the arena that originally belonged to them!

When Kidd came here yesterday, there was no such scene.

When Kidd came here yesterday, he was humiliated by the new Nets fans from New York.

It's not that old Nets fans treated Kidd less than Chen Xiao.

Rather, Chen Xiao was the pillar of confidence in the hearts of Nets fans last season.

Last season, the Nets made Chen Xiao's opening speech longer and longer, just to give the always timid Nets fans a spiritual support.

When Chen Xiao's opening words sounded, it was the battle song of the Nets fans!

Therefore, when Chen Xiao's opening words sounded again in the Continental Airlines Arena, the battle song of the Nets and Nets fans also sounded again!

It's a powerfully resonant emotion.

Although Boss Ji is one of the greatest players in the Nets, even greater than Chen Xiao in the Nets, but there is no way to arouse such a strong resonance.

"This is too shocking!"

On the sidelines, Xiao Zhan and the Cavaliers standing applauding for Chen Xiao were really shocked when they saw this scene.

On the other side, O'Neal's face was livid.

What do you mean by "He is the Goldfinch who blocked Shaquille O'Neal!"?

Is it such a slap in the face?

And he slapped the boss of his own team in the face!

Although the live DJ yelled the truth, but you don't have to yell this fact?

Therefore, after the Nets' home DJ yelled this long opening speech, the live broadcast camera was aimed at O'Neal.

And outside the TV, Kobe was so happy to see the expression on O'Neill's face.

The Nets DJ is so talented!

From these words, it can be seen that it was definitely planned for a long time, just waiting for Chen Xiao to come back to receive the ring.

As for whether you will be fired after shouting out this paragraph...

To be honest, I really can't dismiss it.

The on-site DJs of many NBA teams are on-site hosts, but they have served a team for decades and a lifetime. Even if the Nets are young, I am afraid that it is not that fat guy who just opened it.

Do you understand 'freedom of speech'?

What's more, what people say is still true.

Although someone from another department also appeared in the opening speech as the background, but he was not there, he was not embarrassed at all, and even now he wants to like, coin, bookmark, and click three times!

Just when the boss of the department pressed the button three times in front of the TV, the excited voice of Teacher Zhang at the scene was choked up at this time.

"The fans of the Nets are using their greatest enthusiasm to welcome their legend, their hero!"

"They are telling the whole world that Chen Xiao will always be their angel at any time!"

"This is the most touching NBA start I've ever seen!"

To be honest, the unexpected opening of the Nets is definitely not the official opening designed by Ron Thord. It really moved Mr. Zhang and many Chinese audiences in front of the TV.

But after being moved, Teacher Zhang began to worry.

"Such an opening is quite exciting for O'Neal. It may be difficult for Chen Xiao and the Cavaliers to leave with a 20-point deficit like Kidd and the Lakers did the day before yesterday."

And when Mr. Zhang and the Chinese fans in front of the TV were worried about Chen Xiao, the players of the two teams had finished warming up and playing, and the starting players of the two teams had already walked onto the court.

At this time, the starting players of the two teams have already been played on TV.

Nets: O'Neal, Malone, Richard Jefferson, Carter, Payton.

Cavaliers, Diop, Chandler, Darius Miles, Chen Xiao, James.

In this game, the Cavaliers changed their starting lineup again, but this starting lineup was the defensive starting lineup of the Cavaliers in the second half of the last game against the Celtics.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup really doesn't have any offense. The offense depends entirely on Chen Xiao and James.

Seeing the Cavaliers' starting lineup, O'Neal, who brought the Nets star lineup on the court, looked disdainful.

"Are you relying on these people to defeat me?"

O'Neill also deliberately walked up to Chen Xiao and mocked him.

"It's enough to break you and make you stick your ass."

Make me stick my ass? !

Hmph, dreaming!

O'Neal knew that this kid was crazy, and he couldn't talk to him in last year's finals.

So this time, O'Neill didn't indulge in the pouting with Chen Ling.

However, the Nets players next to him were quite surprised when they saw that O'Neal, who was so talkative, actually gave up when he talked to Chen Xiao.

Except, of course, Richard Jefferson.

He wasn't surprised at all, Boy Chen's mouth-popping ability, tsk tsk...

The only mouth that ESPN voted for, do you think it's a joke?

If the big bird doesn't come out, who will fight for the front!

Of course, although Chen Xiao poked O'Neill's mouth, Richard Jefferson was very happy, but, just like Malone and Payton next to him when they looked at Chen Xiao gloating, Jefferson was also very happy. Worried about Chen Xiao.

The Nets are really strong now!

And this fat man is really crazy now!

In this match, Boy Chen will be targeted by this fat man.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal and Chandler jumped the ball, and Chandler easily beat O'Neal to win the jump ball.

LeBron James advanced with the ball, and Payton pressed the ball.

"As soon as the Nets came up, they pressed the Cavaliers. LeBron James is the highest point guard in the NBA this season, but his ball handling is very good!"

As long as Xiao Zhan is not careless and not floating, it is really not that easy to force the ball out of his hands.

Especially the Cavaliers have already defended against the Nets.

Naturally, Payton was not able to force it down.

The full-court press failed to force James' ball down.

Nets coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines and O'Neal on the court didn't feel much either.

As far as the Cavaliers' offensive ability is concerned, even if they are not forced down, such a force is enough to make them unable to play any offensive tactics at all.

After Chen Ling passed halftime, Carter took the initiative to entangle Chen Ling.

Carter is a very strong defensive player with good defensive skills. Seeing Chen Xiao in this game, his fighting spirit is also very good.

Facing Carter's stance of going all out with him in this match, Chen Xiao would not fight him all the way.

In this game against the Nets, he is the backbone of the Cavaliers' offense. To put it bluntly, the entire Cavaliers' offense is counting on him. If he indulges in a desperate duel with Carter, no matter whether he can win Carter, the Cavaliers The attack absolutely collapsed.

hum!

Is Brother Xiao so easy to be fooled?

After calling Chandler, Chandler ran over to cover for Chen Xiao non-stop after blocking James for half the court.

With the help of Chandler's cover, Chen Xiao shook off Carter, and at this time, Xiao Zhan, who was already directing traffic beyond the three-point line, saw Chen Xiao get rid of Carter, and then looked at the reason for going to Chen Xiao Chad Jefferson.

Xiao Zhan's head was analyzing quickly. After a lot of calculations in an instant, Xiao Zhan's brain did not choose to pass the ball to Chen Xiao, but directly rushed to Gary Payton with the ball.

To be reasonable, Payton was stunned to see James rushing towards him like a tank.

Payton didn't dare to neglect, and quickly prepared for defense.

As one of the best defensive point guards in NBA history, Payton's defensive skills are very good.

Fans know this, experts know it, players know it, and Xiao Zhan knows it even more, so Xiao Zhan didn't force Payton.

Instead, after pressing on Payton, he took advantage of his wider body and more flexible turns to turn around with his back, almost halfway through Payton.

Why isn't it all over?

I have to say that Payton's defensive skills are really good.

Although the body is not as good as the peak, especially the lateral movement declines extremely quickly, but he can use experience and technology to ensure that even if he is passed, he will pass half at most. It is impossible for James to completely pass him by turning his back.

But for the other half, as long as Xiao Zhan speeds up, he can pass.

I have to say that if Xiao Zhan is playing one-on-one, facing any player in the league, not to mention a complete breakthrough, at least he can press to the free throw line.

After Xiao Zhan pushed Payton to the free throw line, Richard Jefferson, who was going to help defend Chen Xiao, hurried over to help Payton.

This will make James rush over, chasing to know what will happen.

Although I know that there are two large door panels under the basket.

But next to you, the opponent's offensive player is about to crush your defensive teammate, and you are right next to you. Instead of helping, you go in the opposite direction to delay an off-ball player.

In the NBA, few players make such defensive choices.

It must be defending the ball nearby.

Otherwise, what's the difference from watching your teammates get breached with your hips on your hips?

James' very strong breakthrough this time not only relieved Richard Jefferson and Carter of the imminent attack on Chen Xiao, but also attracted a lot of attention from the Nets.

After attracting Richard Jefferson, James did not continue to rush in, but jumped up directly. Under the pincer attack of Payton and Jefferson, he threw the basketball in his hand to get rid of Carter. Chen Xiao behind Jefferson.

"This move?!"

It was so spiritual that Phil Jackson on the sidelines was shocked, as if he knew that Richard Jefferson would return to defend James.

Chen Xiao's somewhat spiritual running position really surprised the Nets coach Phil Jackson and Cavaliers coach Carlisle on the sidelines.

but no one was surprised

When Chen Xiao was running, O'Neill had already noticed him.

Both O'Neal and Malone are big insiders.

Neither of them are very suitable for going outside to defend pick-and-rolls and screens right now.

Ma Long and O'Neill were very uncomfortable with Chen Xiao's sweeping movement outside with the help of Chandler.

The two could only watch as Chen Xiao and Chandler beat their teammates two on one outside, and they couldn't do anything to help them.

But if Chen Xiao came so deep, then he would have a chance to defend Chen Xiao!

But when O'Neill was about to come up to defend Chen Xiao, he had been scorned by him all the time, so Diop, who was standing next to him, hugged him directly from behind!

Diop's body is wide and powerful, so don't think it's easy to hold O'Neill.

If you are brought down by O'Neal and a fall occurs on the court, even if you don't have the ball, the referee will probably call a foul.

Diop did a great job this time!

Just for a moment!

It was such a short moment!

Diop loosened after being hugged, did not fall, but delayed O'Neill, when the delayed O'Neill rushed in front of Chen Xiao...

Take off, bend your legs, lean back, stay in the air, and shoot!

Chen Xiao has already made a move under the basically meaningless interference from Richard Jefferson's side!

Not only did O'Neill not interfere with Chen Xiao's shooting, but he also looked as if he was pulled out of face by Chen Xiao!

Swipe!

Hit the fadeaway jumper from close range!

2 to 0!

Cavaliers lead!

"Shaq, stick your ass up and go get the ball!"

"..."

Chen Xiao was very serious.

O'Neal was dumbfounded.

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