I’m Really Playing Basketball

Seeing Nash dribbling the ball into the Cavaliers' basket with the help of Milicic's screen, and making the Cavaliers' talented insiders spin around, even the opponent, Chen Xiao secretly gave a thumbs up.

He likes players like Nash who play beautifully!

When Nash attacks, every move touches the softest part of his heart.

"This is a kind of beauty that is simple to the extreme."

Chen Xiao couldn't help but admired.

Being able to see such a beautiful scene in the game is a shame (Coke)!

Chen Xiao was very happy that Nash did not disappoint him and really got excited with him!

But this time, as a member of Nash's prank, Xiao Zhan was not as happy as Chen Xiao.

He is not a "face-controller" like Chen Xiao who "follows his facial features" on the court.

He really couldn't do such things as giving compliments to his opponents for their good performance.

Just now, Nash almost toyed with the entire defensive side he led, making him, Chandler, and Miles all become the background.

He wants to regain his place!

On the court, after James dribbled the ball past half-court, he looked at Chen Xiao, who was hugged and clinging to him by Raptors' Pippen Peterson Jr., and without hesitation, he immediately called for Crawford to come over and give him a pick-and-roll.

The pick-and-roll effect between Crawford and Chen Xiao just now was very good.

The reason is that all the Raptors defensive players flanked Chen Xiao after the pick-and-roll. This pick-and-roll did not require Crawford to block at all. The purpose of this pick-and-roll was just to attract the defensive players in front of Crawford. Chen Xiao's side created an open shot opportunity for Crawford.

The purpose of Xiao Zhan's pick-and-roll with Crawford this time was to ask Crawford to help him block Laga Bell. This gave Crawford a headache.

Crawford wanted to help Xiao Zhan block Laga Bell, but his body was too thin and his weight was too floating. Laga Bell broke his pick and roll with a push.

In the end, the pick-and-roll between James and Crawford blocked a loneliness.

After completing a circle, in front of James was still Laga Bell who let him go, and in front of Crawford was still Nash who was clinging to him.

"..."

Since the pick-and-roll is useless, just kill it!

Xiao Zhan threw away his baton, put on his tank hat, stepped directly into the tank prepared next to him, and charged towards Laga Belle.

Lagabell's strategy for defending James is to fight and retreat, not letting him break through, letting him shoot, and not having direct contact with him.

But when he encountered such a fierce Xiao Zhan, who took the initiative to contact him, he could no longer retreat even after he fought and retreated to the paint area.

Behind him is Milicic's defense zone.

Xiao Zhan's breakthrough can be said to have compressed the Raptors' defense to the extreme.

Except for Chen Xiao, Raptors player Peterson is always there, and other Cavaliers players are almost empty.

Lagabell is now unable to retreat, and Xiao Zhan is actually somewhat unable to advance now. Almost all the Raptors' defensive players have been recycled.

In the end, Xiao Zhan could only pass the ball to Chen Xiao outside the three-point line.

Although Chen Xiao is tightly attached to him now, and although Chandler and Miles are free, he definitely trusts Chen Xiao more.

As for Crawford…

Although Nash is not so serious about it, he is still concerned that he still doesn't believe in Crawford's ability to defend and attack.

More importantly, he was not sure whether Crawford could catch his pass.

Indeed, this kind of blame-shifting ball is not so easy to catch.

As a player who has a habit of taking responsibility for the Nets, Xiao Zhan's passing is just like drizzle.

Chen Xiao slightly pushed Peterson away and then jumped up to receive the pass from Xiao Zhan. Facing Peterson who came up again, Chen Xiao hit him with a heavy shoulder, then took a step back, directly behind Qiao from outside the three-point line. He stood up.

Pippen Peterson's defense was very good, and Chen Xiao was actually not out of position this time.

In the NBA, 99% of offensive players will not pull out like this when faced with such a defense.

Not even McGrady would pull it out like this.

After all, Chen Xiao had just collided with him.

You just pull out without your body being stabilized. This kind of shooting is very unstable.

The air was not evenly mixed.

Even if it's McGrady, he will make a few cool moves to even out his energy before doing it.

But Chen Xiao was lucky and just pulled it out!

It has to be said that Qiao's backward shooting is very resistant to disasters.

A certain degree of shooting stability can be maintained in all kinds of extremely difficult and dangerous shooting environments.

Therefore, Chen Xiao, who has Joe's back, is willing to trade not very good shooting options for good shooting opportunities.

What's the meaning?

This time it was a bad shot selection, he was hasty, the air was not evenly adjusted after the collision, and the shooting stability was -100.

But Chen Xiao, who has a LV3 Joe's back, has a guaranteed shooting stability of 60, so this shot still has a guaranteed shooting stability of 60.

But this was a very good shooting opportunity, because after Peterson was knocked away by him, at that moment, he was open!

As a player with a three-point shooting attribute of 95, it goes without saying what an open opportunity means, right?

60% shooting stability, 95% open opportunity, if the hand factor is not considered, the probability of Chen Xiao hitting this shot is 95x0.6, which may be as high as 57%!

The probability of 57% is already very stable!

Bang!

A moment later, the basketball thrown by Chen Xiao hit the front and was short.

"..."

Chen Xiao blinked his big curious eyes, surprised.

Feel?

It seems that touch has a greater impact on shooting than I thought.

Milicic blocked Chandler who was rushing for the rebound under the basket, and Marshall collected the backcourt rebound.

Marshall received the backcourt rebound without hesitation, and immediately passed the ball to Nash. After Nash received the ball, the Raptors started running!

Facts have proved that Marshall, whom the Cavaliers do not want, is indeed suitable for the Raptors.

He can shoot, pass, run, and rebound. Except for being lighter and poor in single defense, everything else is perfect.

If you really want to defend alone, it's Garnett.

The Raptors can't afford it either.

It can be said that Marshall is the best choice the Raptors can make at the power forward position.

The running and bombing launched by the Raptors this time, under the leadership of Nash, rushed towards the Cavaliers like a tide.

With this speed, the Cavaliers' defense is already very fast, and they can only do recovery, and there is no way to match up.

For a while, the Cavaliers' defense on the court was all misplaced!

"This is the running and bombing tactic of the Raptors this season. Each attack is claimed to be completed within 7 seconds!"

In front of the TV, Teacher Zhang was shouting excitedly and roaring nervously.

On the sidelines, the head coach of the Cavaliers, Carlisle, was also amazed, the speed of this attack is indeed okay.

Being able to make the Cavaliers' line of defense so embarrassing when they retreated is really not something everyone can do.

Chandler, Miles, Chen Xiao, Crawford, James, do you think the defense ability of this lineup is bad?

Of course not bad!

So, they kept up with the Raptors' run and gun.

It's just a little misplaced.

What does misalignment matter?

Chen Xiao and James are both players who can defend from the 1st position to the 5th position.

Therefore, Raptors coach D'Antoni is also frowning.

So far this season, the Raptors have encountered a team that retreated so quickly for the first time, and even if it caused a lot of misalignment, it did not cause many opportunities.

If it were a previous opponent, Nash could pass the ball casually at this time, and every position on the court would be an offensive opportunity.

But this time...

James is facing Peterson.

Marshall facing Chen Xiao.

It seems that the opposing point guard is attacking his small forward.

The opponent's small forward is facing off against his own power forward.

It's all a misplacement, but in fact, do you think this is a misplacement?

Therefore, from D'Antoni's perspective, the Raptors' run-and-gun campaign actually failed.

"The Cavaliers are harder to beat than many teams!"

That's true for the Raptors.

On the court, if there are no passing opportunities, then you have to do it yourself. Facing Crawford, who is afraid of being broken by Nash, and is fighting back and constantly recycling. Nash takes the ball to the top of the arc and takes a shot directly from outside the three-point line. Crawford, who was retreating on the opponent's fast break, saw Nash take action directly and could only pounce forward symbolically.

A swipe!

Three point hit!

7 to 3!

After the game started tonight, Nash went crazy and did whatever he wanted.

Of course, Nash was so 'arrogant' tonight, how could Chen Xiao let him be the only one beautiful?

The Cavaliers attacked, and Chen Xiao dribbled the ball across half court. Chen Xiao continued to pick and roll with Crawford. This time, the Raptors were afraid of Crawford's shooting and did not double-team Chen Xiao.

After Chen Xiao hit the ball to Crawford, Crawford thought Chen Xiao was asking him to pick up Nash in singles.

Unexpectedly, after Chen Xiao passed the ball to him, he signaled Crawford to continue the pick-and-roll with him. This time, he blocked Crawford!

Does it need to be so complicated?

In the Bulls, Crawford has never played such a complicated strategy!

In the Bulls, when he encountered an opponent with Nash's defensive level, he did it all by himself!

But this person is Chen Xiao, not James, so he has to listen.

Crawford holds the ball and picks and rolls with Chen Xiao. Crawford can't stop people, but Chen Xiao can.

Chen Xiao directly blocked his dear Nash in front of him.

"Hey Steve, we meet again!"

"..."

Nash looked at Chen Xiao holding the ball with one hand in front of him. He opened and closed his mouth for a while. In the end, he didn't know what to say, so he said nothing.

Facing Nash, who finally chose to defend himself, Chen Xiao smiled slightly, took out the same tank cap as Xiao Zhan, and drove the tank towards Nash.

Do you know what is the most brutal breakthrough screen in the NBA?

This time I will definitely be in the top three!

Chen Xiao weighs 110 kilograms, has 92 strength, 90 confrontation skills, and LV3 Xiao Zhan has an 8% confrontation bonus when dribbling. What do you think it would be like for Nash to be directly fooled by such a steel behemoth? ?

There was no bang or clang, Nash was knocked away by Chen Xiao as quietly as a piece of paper!

To be fair, the scene of Chen Xiao knocking Nash away this time was so bloody and brutal that the Raptors players didn't even react.

Just watch Chen Xiao make a mid-range pull-up jumper from the free throw line!

A swipe!

Basketball hollow hit!

5 to 7!

It wasn't until the basketball hit that the Raptors players on the court recovered from the cruel scene of Chen Xiao beating Nash in singles.

Including Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan really regretted it when he saw Chen Xiao crushing Nash so much.

Aren't I usually very smart?

Why didn't you think of giving the ball to Crawford last time and I blocked him?

Learned, learned again!

Even if you don't have the ball in your hands, you can't just stand with your hands on your hips. Screening and rolling for your teammates not only serves your teammates, but you can also serve yourself!

Ahem, Chen Xiao didn't think about educating Xiao Zhan this time, but Xiao Zhan himself was smart and humbly learned from Chen Xiao all the time.

By the way, there are actually very few players in the entire league who can learn from Xiao Zhan so humbly.

Chen Xiao happens to be one of them, and Chen Xiao happens to be by Xiao Zhan's side again and is his teammate.

All I can say is that time is destiny.

Before Xiao Zhan was still the younger brother in the NBA and before he formed various bad habits, Xiao Zhan was being subtly 'trained' by Chen Xiao.

Back on the court, the Raptors attack, Nash is like a smart elf in the high post, constantly shuttling through the forest of tall men and long men looking for fleeting opportunities for his teammates.

As long as the opponent has a slight chance, he can capture this opportunity for his teammates and the team.

After picking and rolling with Marshall, Marshall got a chance in the left corner, and Nash quickly hit the ball into Marshall's hands.

Facing Xiaozhan's defense, Marshall took a decisive shot and hit a 2-pointer.

9 to 5!

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

In fact, Marshall's chances are not that good this time.

After all, the Cavaliers' point guard is James, who is too tall.

This resulted in Nash's pure pick-and-roll with Milicic or Marshall not being that effective.

"The Cavaliers' lineup is somewhat restrained against the Raptors."

Although Marshall hit the ball this time, D'Antoni on the sidelines kept frowning.

At the same time, this is also the reason why the Raptors have been scoring, but Carlisle never called a timeout or adjusted his tactics.

The Raptors' offense played very strongly, but the Cavaliers' defense had no problems.

The only problem with the Cavaliers' defense is that Nash's offense is too strong!

Marshall shot him face to face, and after Marshall finished shooting, he glared at Xiao Zhan with disdain, which made Xiao Zhan very unhappy.

On the court, the Cavaliers attacked, and Xiao Zhan took the initiative to ask for the ball to cross the half court.

After Xiao Zhan brought the ball across half court, he directly called Darius Myers, the coyote who was opposite Marshall, to come out and give him a pick-and-roll.

Darius Miles' blocking ability is more than a little bit better than Crawford's.

After Miles retained Laga Belle to help Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan rushed directly towards Marshall who was in front of him.

Donyel Marshall is 2.06 meters, but only 99 kilograms. He is tall and thin. Tall means not so flexible, and thin means not so strong. This is the most suitable defensive player for Xiao Zhan to drive a tank.

After Xiao Zhan drove past Marshall, he rushed to the basket and faced Milicic hard!

Milicic is only 18 years old now, young and inexperienced, but his physical condition is indeed good.

When Gasol faced Xiao Zhan's strong kill, he basically had to jump up to block Xiao Zhan. This gave Xiao Zhan the opportunity to pass the ball behind him.

But Milicic just stood under the basket with his hands raised.

Xiao Zhan has no chance to pass the ball behind him. He must either force the ball forward or pass the ball to the outside.

All I can say is that playing basketball is really a blessing from God.

Milicic is a typical example of God's reward.

What a great talent!

What Gasol couldn't do, he can do it as an 18-year-old boy.

Of course, the person who is about to ride him now is also a person who is rewarded by God!

Milicic's physical condition is excellent, but compared to James, he is still not as mature.

If he didn't jump this time, he would have already suffered a loss. Plus, this time it was Xiao Zhan who was full of anger...

Bang!

Xiao Zhan rides Xiaomi and performs a powerful and heavy one-handed chop!

Bang!

The entire Gund Arena seemed to be awakened by Xiao Zhan's dunk!

"Xiao Zhan's dunk is so domineering!"

Seeing Xiao Zhan flexing his muscles in front of Marshall and Milicic under the basket, Chen Xiao applauded from outside the three-point line just like the fans at the scene.

Xiao Zhan's strong dunk was a relief for himself, but Milicic didn't feel so good.

Duncan doesn't care if his opponent dunks on him.

Chen Xiao didn't care if Ke betrayed Amy's picturesque face and shot him.

But it’s not like Duncan and Chen Xiao per capita don’t care if they are being ridiculed.

So when it was the Raptors' turn to attack, the team's good brother Nash took the initiative to find Milicic. After setting a pick-and-roll with Milicic in the corner, he gave the ball to Milicic, allowing Milicic to attack. When the time comes, throw Xiao Zhan aside to regain his confidence.

However, facing the now highly motivated James and the Cavaliers fans whose atmosphere was explosive, Xiaomi's mid-range shot still lacked some stability and was broken.

Xiaomi's shooting performance this season is very good, with a 62% shooting rate at the basket, a 55% shooting rate at close range, a 42% shooting rate at mid-range, and a 2-point shooting rate at long distance. It's 38%.

Judging from this shooting heat map of Xiaomi, Xiaomi is now more accustomed to shooting close shots.

As for the basket, the confrontation is too strong. He is a rookie, and as a center, he only has 62%, which is low.

As for the mid-range and long-range two-pointers, it is because his shooting skills are not perfect. Although they are okay, they are unstable.

But it's different at close range.

He has shooting ability, height, and is close to the basket at close range. His efficiency can be very high.

However, this time the Cavaliers' point guard is James. After he and Nash pick and roll, it is difficult to press close.

James standing in front of him and other point guards in the league standing in front of him are completely different concepts.

"Boy, I am the top pick, you are only the second pick!"

Xiao Zhan, who performed very well in both offense and defense, was obviously a little distracted, and actually talked trash in front of Xiaomi.

Xiaomi looked at Xiao Zhan who was dancing happily in front of him at this time, and thought to himself.

If I punch him, he will definitely scream, right?

Of course, Xiaomi did not punch Xiao Zhan in the end.

On the court, the game continued, the Cleveland Cavaliers attacked, and this time it was Chen Xiao's turn to control the ball.

After Chen Xiao dribbled the ball past half court, he hit the ball directly into Crawford's hands.

Crawford resisted the urge to play Nash alone and started a pick-and-roll with Chen Xiao.

Then he didn't eat the most delicious delicacies himself, but served them in front of Chen Xiao.

To be honest, with Crawford's style of play and personality, generally no one on the court can take the cooked duck away from his mouth.

If Chen Xiao hadn't killed him instantly in a duel at the training ground, he would never have been so obedient.

The last time Chen Xiao beat Nash so brutally, this time the Raptors players made adjustments on the court to deal with the pick-and-roll between Crawford and Chen Xiao.

When Crawford and Chen Xiao were in the pick-and-roll, Marshall was already helping to defend.

"Steve, let's keep having fun!"

"..."

Chen Xiao, who was in front of Nash, ignored Marshall who had already come out to help defend him. After driving the tank away from Nash, he continued to kill Marshall again!

Seeing Chen Xiao's breakthrough in the same way as Xiao Zhan just now, Marshall was shocked.

Although he and Chen Xiao are former teammates, to be honest, Chen Xiao rarely charges at the opponent's power forward like this in games and training.

This is of course true. Which power forward in the league is lighter than Marshall!

The best rushing power forward in the league is at home, but he can't rush even if he wants to!

Chen Xiao's rush from the backcourt to the frontcourt is not as fast as Xiao Zhan's, but with this kind of short-distance explosive impact, Chen Xiao is definitely no worse than Xiao Zhan!

Chen Xiao's current weight is higher than that of Xiao Zhan. Even if his other confrontation attributes are not as good as Xiao Zhan's dribbling level, Xiao Zhan can drive away Marshall, and Chen Xiao can definitely do the same.

Sure enough, after Chen Xiao drove Marshall away with a tank, he once again made a sudden stop at the free throw line and hit an open shot!

9 to 9!

Chen Xiao's mid-range shot helped the Cavaliers equalize the score!

Seeing Xiao Zhan and Xiao Chen of the Cavaliers driving tanks towards their defense, D'Antoni on the sidelines kept shaking his head.

Although on the defensive end, neither Xiao Zhan nor Xiao Chen can guard Nash.

But on the other hand, the Cavaliers' offense led by Xiao Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan, the Raptors can't defend now.

"When these two people charge, it's like a tank charging!"

Especially Xiao Chen.

And in comparison, the Raptors' offensive play that takes advantage of mismatches is still at a disadvantage compared to the Cavaliers' offensive play that purely uses personal abilities.

Fortunately, Chen Xiao and James' style of play is very taxing on the body. Even if the two of them take turns attacking, it will be difficult to maintain it for long.

Therefore, overall, the two teams played a very inseparable game.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 33 to 31, with the Cavaliers leading by 2 points at home.

In the second quarter, during the rotation time, the Raptors took advantage of the rotation time phase to overtake the score at the end of the second quarter.

58 to 57, the Raptors led by one point at halftime.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. The two teams still couldn't defend the other's offense. In the third quarter, the two teams still played a 50-50 score, 28 to 28. The two teams were tied throughout the third quarter.

But in the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers' advantage came out.

With the physical strength of the main players of the two teams declining, the Raptors are no longer able to play a too complex offense and can only rely on Nash and the team's two inside corner pick-and-rolls.

However, after Milicic and Marshall's physical strength declined, their shooting efficiency when facing James dropped significantly.

After all, James is not a small point guard. Milicic and Marshall are really not that easy to attack him.

So, in the end, the Raptors can only pin all their hopes on Nash's personal offense.

Nash was very strong. In the fourth quarter, he scored 4 of 5 and scored 11 points, but it was difficult for him to beat four hands with two fists.

Nash's strong attack alone is definitely not as good as the strong attack of Chen Xiao and Crawford!

In the fourth quarter, when the physical strength of both sides decreased, the defense improved, and the offense relied more and more on individual abilities, it was very happy to have Crawford next to Chen Xiao.

Although Crawford's efficiency is not as high as Chen Xiao's, when Chen Xiao is resting, Crawford can attack anyway. On the opposite side, when Nash is resting, the Raptors cannot find a player who can attack.

Milicic does not have such ability yet.

In the final eight-key battle between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Raptors, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Raptors 117-110 at home.

A very exciting battle.

So even if he lost the game, D'Antoni was applauding the Raptors players.

The two teams played against each other in the preseason. At that time, the two teams were equally inseparable, and in the end they were defeated by Chen Xiao.

In this game, the game did not go to the last minute, although it was still very intense.

"Originally, I thought the Raptors had made rapid progress, but unexpectedly, the Cavaliers made even faster progress."

It seems that the east is really lively.

After D'Antoni applauded his team's players, he looked seriously at Chen Xiao, who was cheering on the court.

The young leader who was as criticized as Nash before the start of this season has done no worse with the Cavaliers than Steve did with the Raptors.

If Chen Xiao knew about D'Antoni's praise for him at this time, he would definitely feel embarrassed.

Well, this game was thanks to his little Mamba Crawford.

Otherwise, if it were the Cavaliers before Crawford, this game would definitely be a failure.

In this game, Crawford created too much space for Chen Xiao and James.

In this campaign, Chen Xiao made 12 of 23 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 4 of 6 free throws. He scored 31 points, 4 rebounds, and 10 assists in the game.

Xiao Zhan made 7 of 16 free throws, 7 of 10 free throws, and no three-pointers. He had 21 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists.

Jamal Crawford, who played for the Cavaliers for the first time, made 9 of 17 in the game, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 1 of 2 free throws. He also scored 21 points in the game.

Whether in terms of function or data, Crawford's debut was perfect.

Crawford's defense does have a big problem. In the fourth quarter, Nash played extremely efficiently when he attacked Crawford.

But compared to Crawford's loss of points on defense, his role in offense is greater.

At least in the game against the Raptors, he freed up space for Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan.

It also frees up space for the Cavaliers.

So at the press conference after the game, Chen Xiao was full of praise for his little Mamba.

"Jamal is our Montgomery."

"When he comes, our torrent of tanks is coming!"

"So, NBA, pay attention, woo woo woo, the Cleveland tanks are gathering, the torrent of steel is coming!"

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