I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the game between the Cavaliers and the Knicks, Chen Xiao and James made a lot of noise.

Although neither of the two said who the evil in the NBA is, all fools know that these two are pointing their fingers at O'Neal and the Nets.

Most of the strong teams in the NBA this season are somewhat photographed under the influence of the Nets.

In the Christmas game not long ago, the Magic performed so well, didn't they finally fall?

The F7 that the Nets have produced this season is really the same as the evil forces descending and opening a cheat code.

Although the behavior of Chen Xiao and James is secondary, they really said what many players in the NBA want to say but dare not say.

So that night, Chen Xiao received calls from many good friends.

Wade, Yao Ming, Rogo, Ginobili, Peja and so on.

"Xiao Chen, you are really not afraid of being slapped in the face!"

To be honest, Dayao admired the behavior of Chen Xiao and James.

Say whatever you want, do whatever you want, this is really energetic.

This is really not something ordinary people can do.

Because after doing this, if you don't do it well in the end, you will become a clown.

Eventually, the Joker becomes himself.

So, who would have nothing to do such a thing?

Of course, after Xiao Chen and James pushed themselves into a near-dead end, they also pushed O'Neal and the Nets into a desperation.

Anyway, after the drama of Chen Xiao and James came out, these two young people and O'Neill this season, anyway, someone must become a clown in the middle anyway.

Therefore, O'Neal, who was forced into this situation, must be very unhappy. When has he, Shaquille O'Neal, been forced to do so step by step?

What's more, they were two young people?

"I will let these two boys know what true justice is!"

Justice will prevail is a fairy tale for young people, but victory is justice. This is the reality of the adult world!

Anyway, after Chen Xiao and James fired at O'Neal and the Nets, one team was the first team in the Eastern Conference, and the other was the eighth team in the Eastern Conference. The two teams formed the CP.

So much so that throughout January 2004, media across the United States were frantically discussing this matter.

In this regard, Chen Xiao and James, who are in the whirlpool of public opinion, have not always been in the limelight by accepting interviews outside like O'Neal.

When young people encounter such things, they will always be eager to become the focus and center of public opinion.

But Chen Xiao and James were different. After they delivered the speech that was evaluated as a "declaration of justice" by the national media, they immersed themselves in training to improve the strength of themselves and their teammates.

Both Chen Xiao and James know that although they defeated the Nets once in the regular season this season, the gap between the two teams is now very large.

If they want to defeat the Nets, they can't just rely on fantasy, but also rely on hard work.

Using national public opinion and the tremendous pressure brought by the Nets to push yourself forward is something only young people dare to do.

Because being young means having no limits!

Seeing everyone in the Nets training hall training enthusiastically, the team's head coach Carlisle looked incredulous.

“Their faces are now filled with faith!”

"No matter how vague this belief is, the Cavaliers are now a team with faith!"

An army with faith and an army without faith are two different things.

The same goes for the team.

"Maybe, they can really create miracles..."

Protect justice and be a partner of justice...

Looking at the young men on the Cavaliers, Carlisle smiled.

It's nice to be young.

After the "Declaration of Justice Incident" between Chen Xiao and James, the Cavaliers devoted themselves to training for their "just cause" with unprecedented enthusiasm.

Of course, the competition must be going on all the time.

On January 6, 2004, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Magic met for the first time this season at the TD Waterhouse Center.

When Chen Xiao and James appeared on the court, they received warm welcome and applause from Magic fans at the TD Waterhouse Center.

As long as you confront O'Neal, then you are our heroes.

In all our years, we have never seen anyone so cruel to O'Neal. You two are the heroes among heroes!

After the appearance ceremony of the players from both teams, the Magic's center Tim Duncan also personally came to the Cavaliers' side.

Before the game even started, Duncan hugged Chen Xiao and said to James his favorite words: "LeBron, the future is yours."

Before the game even started, Duncan, a historical player, gave Xiao Zhan the words "The future is yours" that Xiao Zhan had always wanted to collect. It can be imagined how much Duncan admired Chen Xiao and James.

Therefore, Xiao Zhan was really excited and flushed.

"Xiao Chen, it's so cool to be a partner of justice!"

Listen to the cheers of Magic fans and watch Duncan appreciate it.

This gave Xiao Zhan's young heart a great sense of satisfaction.

As long as you can practice justice, you are everyone's hero.

We must insist on being a partner of justice in the future!

Because the matter between Chen Xiao, James and O'Neal is still spreading, Chen Xiao, James and the Cavaliers received a great welcome when they came to Orlando this time.

Even Magic perimeter player Tracy McGrady, who has a lot of opinions about Chen Xiao, took the initiative to come over and say hello to Chen Xiao and James.

Well, Maizi has a lot of opinions on the matter that Chen Xiao instigated Rogo not to play against the Pistons in the playoffs last season.

"Chen, you are very brave and courageous!"

Good guy, Maizi, what you said means that you always thought I was a person without courage before.

Well, indeed, since last season's playoff incident, Maizi felt that Chen Xiao and Luo Ge were cowards.

And he hates cowards the most.

Let me tell you, despite his dashing temperament and his playing style, he seems to be someone who doesn't really like to fight and seems to be a relatively soft person.

Then you are wrong.

Maizi is notoriously not timid in the NBA arena. If you dare to fight, I will fight, and his combat effectiveness is very explosive.

Even the style of fighting is the same as his style of play, which is also the feeling of a white horse with a silver gun full of punches like the wind with dodge points.

If you don't believe me, you can go and watch the video of Maizi fighting, it's quite impressive.

At this point, Boss Ke is a little bit embarrassed. When fighting, he is always in a daze. Without Maizi's ruthlessness, he always suffers.

If the top five ranked in the fight, Maizi would be first, Kaai would be second, and Chen Xiao and Boss Ke would be at the bottom.

Neither will fight.

So, because of this incident, Maizi felt that the grievances between him, Chen Xiao and Brother Luo had been exposed?

Chen Xiao is not sure whether he has revealed that Brother Luo is on the list.

On the court, after the two teams warmed up and exchanged greetings, the starting players of the two teams also appeared on TV.

This game between the Cavaliers and the Magic is a popular game broadcast across the United States.

The Cavaliers' starters are center Chandler, power forward Miles, small forward Chen Xiao, shooting guard Crawford, and point guard James.

The Magic's starters are center Duncan, power forward Gooden, small forward Mike Miller, shooting guard Tracy McGrady, and point guard Parker.

Judging from the starting players of the two teams, the starting styles of the two teams are very different. The Cavaliers are more defensive, while the Magic are more offensive.

After Duncan arrived this season, the Magic did not let Duncan play as a power forward like he did with the Spurs. Instead, they let Duncan play as a guest center in the team, entrusting all the team's defense to Duncan.

Gooden is a rookie in the same class as Chen Xiao. He is also a very outstanding young power forward. He is versatile offensively and defensively, has excellent shooting, and has strong rebounding ability. He has almost no shortcomings.

Last season as a rookie, he averaged 12.5 points and 7 rebounds per game. After coming to the Magic this season, he averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game.

Although Gooden is considered versatile offensively and defensively among young players, his defense is relatively poor.

In addition, Parker and Mike Miller's defense on the outside is not that good, so Duncan's defensive task in the Magic is very heavy.

However, the mission is back again, but Duncan really likes his role in the Magic.

Because although the Magic put all the defensive responsibilities on Duncan, Duncan does not need to be responsible for the defense.

How do you understand this?

Let’s understand it this way. In the Spurs, because the Spurs attack too often, every time Duncan loses a point, Popovich feels distressed for a long time. Therefore, when the Spurs players are defending, they are trembling. Popovich blows hard with his hair dryer.

Parker and Ginobili understand this deeply.

We can't blame Bobo, our offense is so bad, every point lost is important.

But in magic, that's not the case.

The Magic's offense is too strong!

This means that even if Duncan loses points while defending, it is actually not that important.

Just try your best, there is no need to be under too much pressure, and there is no need to be trembling when defending.

Such an atmosphere is too comfortable for the players.

Duncan's defense is very strong, but no matter how strong his defense is, it cannot guarantee that he will always be absolutely focused.

Duncan also needs to decompress.

In the Spurs, Duncan's defensive pressure was too much.

But in the Magic, although the Magic's defense is not strong, Duncan does not have that much pressure.

Therefore, this season, Duncan is in the most comprehensive, relaxed and comfortable state of his career.

When it's time to defend, when it's time to attack, just have fun, it's your responsibility, don't worry too much.

Therefore, Duncan is living quite comfortably this season.

Averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks per game, with a 55% shooting rate. He is both comprehensive and efficient.

Especially this hit rate.

The Magic have too much space to attack.

Parker, Tracy McGrady, Mike Miller, Gooden, all of them can shoot. Let's talk about Gooden. Gooden's long-distance two-point shooting percentage is 45%. You know, Nowitzki is only 46%!

As an inside line, it doesn't matter if you don't know how to make three-pointers. If you can shoot long-range two-pointers in the three-point line, you can also stretch the space very wide.

In short, with the Magic this season, Duncan feels that he has found the team and system that best suits him.

He can defend, but he doesn't want to just defend. He can do many other things.

Just like he did with the Magic this season.

In the center of the court, Chandler and Duncan jumped the ball, and Duncan beat Chandler to win the first offense of the game for the Magic.

After Tony Parker dribbled the ball past half court, facing Xiao Zhan's defense, and after picking and rolling with Duncan, he handed the ball to Duncan's hands and ran away.

Xiao Zhan's single defense is very good, and his assist defense is also very good, but Xiao Zhan's off-ball defense...

It’s better not to expect so much. Xiao Zhan doesn’t even practice offensive movement. Do you expect Xiao Zhan to practice defensive off-ball movement?

Of course, when Xiao Zhan sees Parker running, he won't look at him with his hands on his hips. He must be following him.

But for Duncan's passing ability, there is actually no difference between Xiao Zhan following and not following.

When James followed Parker again, Parker had already received support from Duncan and made a layup in the face of Chandler's defense.

Tyson Chandler's help defense is very good, and Parker's layup is also very good.

For a big center, it would be very helpless if Parker, instead of shooting, chooses floaters and low-hand flying layups.

This kind of attack is very sudden and basically doesn't give him much time to help defend.

A swipe!

Parker's layup was a very high, high-board layup.

After making a layup, Parker fell off the court while flying for a layup.

Looking at Parker sitting on the ground, Chandler felt a little helpless.

At this time, Tyson Chandler and James, who caught up to the basket late, both felt that if Parker was a little taller, it might be easier to defend.

This kid is too short, but he can run so well, and his layup skills are so good at the basket. For big men like them, it is really uncomfortable.

As a small guard, his finishing shooting percentage at the basket this season is 10 points higher than the small guard benchmark Iverson.

This efficiency is simply amazing.

It can only be said that the Magic's offensive space is too large this season, giving him a lot of the ability to attack the basket. This little French sports car of his is finally running this season.

After Duncan and Gooden pulled Parker up from the ground, the Magic returned to defense and the Cavaliers attacked.

After James dribbled the ball through halftime, facing Mike Miller's defense, James did not directly choose to break through. Instead, after setting a pick-and-roll with Chen Xiao, he hit the basketball in his hand into Chen Xiao's hand and put his own defense behind him. Player Mike Miller switched to Chen Xiao.

When defending Chen Xiao, Mike Miller can't let him go like he did when defending James.

Mike Miller could only stick up, but he was not McGrady after all. His lateral movement and speed were not enough. Chen Xiao turned his back and easily passed Mike Miller who was guarding him.

Then, with Mike Miller chasing after him, he made a pull-up jumper from the extension line on the left side of the free throw line and hit!

2 to 2!

Chen Xiao did not choose to continue holding the ball downwards, and there would be help defense further down.

In fact, Chen Xiao's best shot is to turn his back and break through, and then immediately shoot a two-point shot from a long distance. This is the fastest and most sudden.

Just like Iverson's butterfly piercing through flowers to receive two points from long distance.

But Chen Xiao is not so sure about this move, so he can only continue to take one step. The distance of this step is Mike Miller. If it is fast and explosive players like McGrady and Kobe, with this step, Chen Xiao will Will be blocked again.

When the time comes and the defensive players inside will also come out, Chen Xiao will have no chance to attack.

So, after scoring the goal, Chen Xiao smiled at Duncan who came out one step later to help defend, which meant, little stool, you are late.

In this regard, the little stool said he was helpless, and Mike Miller's defense really collapsed too quickly.

On the other side, the head coach of the Magic, Doug Rivers, shook his head slightly.

It would be great if Ron was here at this time.

If it was Ron, there would definitely not be such a problem.

Of course, if Ron was here now, Parker and Ginobili wouldn't be here.

Then the magic of this season may be completely another magic.

TD Waterhouse Center, the game is still going on, the Magic team attacked, this time after the Magic team pulled apart, they hit the ball to Duncan under the basket.

After receiving McGrady's pass, Duncan immediately leaned against Chandler. After realizing that there was no good opportunity, Duncan dribbled the ball and turned to face Chandler and made a 45-degree low shot that hit the board. After deceiving Chandler's defense, a Shunbu made a sudden change, flew through Chandler's defense on a flat ground, and succeeded in smashing and dunking with his right hand.

Chandler's defense seemed to be out of position, but in fact there was nothing he could do. Facing Duncan's singles at the basket, whatever he did was wrong. If he didn't jump, Duncan would shoot directly, and he would shoot directly under the basket. The 45-degree shot off the board is a super stunt.

This is really wrong.

So after seeing Duncan defeat Chandler so easily, Cavaliers head coach Carlisle immediately made a gesture on the sidelines. This gesture is familiar to Cavaliers players. It is a gesture for zone defense.

"The Magic drove the Cavaliers out of the zone on the second down."

"The last time the Cavaliers were allowed to defend, and it was the Nets who defended so early. The Nets let the Cavaliers defend at the beginning."

Barkley said with a smile after seeing Carlisle on the sidelines make a 2-3 cleanup to the Cavaliers on the court.

The Cavaliers played two rounds and raised Duncan's offensive threat to O'Neal's level.

"Duncan's offensive efficiency is really high this season."

Kenny Smith said with a smile as well.

Duncan's offensive space has never been so spacious in his career.

The Cavaliers used a zone defense against the Magic, which had to be done in the next round. In this offensive round, James dribbled the ball across half court and hit the ball into Crawford's hands.

Crawford did not immediately single out Parker. Instead, after picking and rolling with Chen Xiao, he placed Parker in front of Chen Xiao.

As a player with a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 2.21 meters, how could Chen Xiao miss the opportunity to throw Parker directly.

With Parker's defense, Chen Xiao didn't adjust and just shot from outside the three-point line.

Parker looked at Chen Xiao who was jumping high. He was so desperate that he even forgot to jump.

In other words, does it make sense whether to jump or not?

A swipe!

Three point hit!

5 to 4!

The Cavaliers overtook the score for the first time on the road.

“It felt good tonight.”

Chen Xiao and James said with a smile after high-fiving.

The Magic's starting lineup has a lot of defensive holes.

The Cavaliers' two offenses in this game both exploited the Magic's defensive loopholes.

In this regard, Douglas Reeves is really helpless.

It can be said that the Magic's outside line can really play whatever the Cavaliers want defensively.

"You can't defend yourself. You can only survive by attacking."

The Magic team attacked, and Parker, who had just been "submissive" to Chen Xiao, hit Xiao Zhan hard when they attacked.

Following the same pattern as Duncan's pick-and-roll, Parker handed the ball over and walked towards James again.

This time the Cavaliers' defense was a zone defense. Although James was knocked out by Parker who hit hard, it would be gone if it was gone. It was a zone defense anyway, and Parker ran out of his own defensive range, so it didn't matter.

And this time the Magic's offense did not continue to beat Parker.

Parker pressed to the basket, and Gooden moved up to the mid-range position. As soon as the two were misaligned, Duncan hit the ball into Gooden's hands.

Gooden hit the ball from mid-range before Myers could help defend!

6 to 5!

Gooden's mid-range hit made the defense of the Cavaliers players on the field uncomfortable.

After the game started, it was really impossible to defend against it.

You know, McGrady, the Magic's perimeter player and the NBA's scoring leader last season, hasn't shown off his skills yet!

When does Tracy McGrady usually shine this season?

When the Magic's tactics can't work and the team's offense can't work, McGrady will show off his knife.

It can be said that this season's Magic has an all-round attack with no blind spots.

In addition, the Magic's bench also has the biggest contender for the Sixth Man of the Year award, Ginobili, who can average 12.5 points per game as a substitute!

The Magic are considered a championship-caliber team this season, and that's really no joke.

If the Nets weren't so notorious, the Magic would definitely be the league's biggest boss this season.

In this away game against the Magic, the Cavaliers played very hard.

In the end, relying on the individual singles offense of Chen Xiao, James and Crawford, the Cavaliers lost to the Magic 107-116 in an away game.

Chen Xiao made 14 of 24 shots, 5 of 11 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored 38 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 1 steal.

In this game, Xiao Zhan continued his touch from the previous game. Facing the Magic's defense that allowed him to shoot, Xiao Zhan made 13 of 28 shots in the game, 4 of 10 three-pointers, and 4 of 5 free throws. Scored 34 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds.

Crawford made 9 of 18, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 24 points.

Chen Xiao, James and Crawford combined to score 96 points.

How many points did the Cavaliers score in total in this game, and the three of them scored 96 points together?

Compared with the Cavaliers, the Magic team is much more balanced. McGrady scored 32 points in this game, while Duncan scored 28 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks. The two scored 60 points together. At the same time, Parker scored 19 points and Mike Smith scored 19 points. Le 11 points, Gooden 11 points, and Ginobili 12 points.

A total of 8 players from the Magic team played, and 6 players scored in double figures.

As for Pachulia and Tyronn Lue, they didn't take enough shots and there was really nothing they could do.

So after the game, Barkley kept laughing on the sidelines.

"This is the Cavaliers' first appearance after the 'God King' made a declaration of justice. Wonder Boy and the Chosen Son, God and King performed well, but they relied too much on the God King. The Cavaliers want to defeat the Nets and protect Justice may still have a long way to go.”

The Cavaliers still have a long way to go, and Chen Xiao and James must know this.

If it weren't for Xiao Zhan's excellent touch in this game, the Cavaliers would definitely lose even more ugly against the Magic in this game.

After all, if James can hit 4 three-pointers in every game, the Cavaliers' record will not be stuck here.

After playing the Magic, the Cavaliers' away schedule continues, flying from Orlando to Toronto to face the Raptors led by Nash in back-to-back away games.

The Cavaliers' luck was not that good in this game. The Cavaliers had a big battle with the Magic, and their young role players were in poor shape back to back.

Xiao Zhan's touch was not good either. He scored 22 points on 10 of 23 shots. He missed all three-pointers and nearly all his shots. That means the Raptors couldn't guard against Xiao Zhan and Chen Xiao's breakthroughs.

In the end, after four quarters of fierce battle, the Cavaliers lost to the Raptors 99-106.

In this game, Chen Xiao didn't feel very good. He made 12 of 29 shots, 4 of 13 three-pointers, 6 of 8 free throws, and scored 34 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Cavaliers, who lost to the Magic and Raptors as guests in succession, flew back to the United States from Canada after a day off on January 9th and visited Boston as a guest. The Cavaliers still did not win this game. The team's shooting percentage was only 33.3%.

Obviously, this long distance and even overseas schedule made the young players in the Cavaliers very uncomfortable.

In recent times, the Celtics have also been in good shape.

In the end, the Cavaliers suffered a big defeat in Boston, 92-107, losing by 15 points.

In this game, Xiao Zhan was still in a slump, scoring 19 points on 7 of 19 shots.

Chen Xiao was slightly better, shooting 12 of 27 and finishing the game with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

After losing to the Celtics in an away game, the Cavaliers' Eastern Conference away game is over. Do you think the Cavaliers' devilish schedule is over?

That's not it.

Because what awaits the Cavaliers immediately is the start of the Cavaliers' Western Conference road trip.

The SuperSonics will be played on January 13, the Warriors will be played on January 15, and the Jazz will be played on January 17.

After a round in the Western Conference, the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland on January 18 with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.

In this wave of devil's 6 consecutive away games, the Cavaliers' record is only 2 wins and 4 losses, which is quite average.

After this wave of six consecutive away games, the Cavaliers' record has become 22 wins and 17 losses.

This record is actually very good. If it were in the Eastern Conference in previous years, there would definitely be no problem making the playoffs.

But this season, it's a bit uncertain.

The Toronto Raptors, the seventh team in the Western Conference, have a record of 24 wins and 15 losses, while the Hornets, the eighth team in the Western Conference, have a record of 23 wins and 15 losses.

After this wave of six consecutive away games, the Cavaliers were overtaken by the Raptors and widened the distance from the Hornets.

"Let me tell you, these little brats are just talking bad words, defeating evil and protecting justice? Let's advance to the playoffs, hahahaha..."

"..."

Carter looked at the Eastern Conference rankings and the Cavaliers' upcoming schedule in the newspaper, and he knew what Shaq next to him was laughing about.

The Cavaliers are currently ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference.

Although most of the remaining games in January are at home, the opponents are the Supersonics, Kings, 76ers, Magic, Heat...

If not, this will be another wave of losing streak.

But he couldn't smile like O'Neal.

Because of the righteous and evil public opinion created by the two Cavaliers, it put a lot of psychological pressure on him and the Nets players.

Who wants to be evil eliminated by justice?

Is the crisis really over?

Carter was frowning.

Cleveland, the training hall of the Cavaliers, Chen Xiao was speaking to the Cavaliers below with his hands on his hips.

"Brothers, you are rookies, you are young people. You play so submissively in away games. I don't blame you. You can't adapt to this cruel NBA schedule of consecutive away games. However, the following consecutive home games, shall we? It's a heavy punch!"

It was a lecture, but the atmosphere at the scene was actually quite relaxed.

After all, as the boss of the team, Chen Xiao still had such a bright smile on his face.

As long as you see this extremely cheerful smile, no matter how much pressure you face, no matter how difficult you are, you will be full of hope.

Ahead, there is still hope!

Looking at Xiao Chen in front of him, Xiao Zhan secretly clenched his fists.

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