I’m Really Playing Basketball

In this game between the Bucks and the Cavaliers, Bucks head coach Terry Porter's idea is to take advantage of the Cavaliers' poor record and close to collapse, and wonder whether to use Ray Allen's strong attack from the beginning to give the Cavaliers The team came one after another, completely destroying the morale of the Cavaliers.

On the court, Ray Allen felt really good after the start.

A series of long-range three-pointers were hit in the game, and Darius Miles, the little wolf king, was a little skeptical about his life.

But what shocked Terry Potter was that even Darius Myers doubted his life, but Darius Myers' defense still did not collapse.

Not only did Darius Miles' defense not collapse, but the Cavaliers' offensive and defensive rhythm was also not disrupted by Ray Allen's strong opening.

You know, in previous games, if Ray Allen opened a single quarter, many times the opponent would be taken away in a wave.

The Bucks have a nickname among fans this season called "Lu Yibeng". Ray Allen defeated many opponents in the first quarter.

Of course, if Ray Allen doesn't feel good, he can easily lead the Bucks to collapse. Therefore, the Bucks' games will always be decided in the first quarter, so they are called Lu Yizheng or Lu Qi. .

Take this game as an example. Ray Allen made 5 of 8 three-pointers in the first quarter and 8 of 13 in the entire quarter. He scored 24 points in a single quarter.

This data, even for Ray Allen, who played crazy in the first quarter this season, has not appeared a few times throughout the season.

It can be said that the first quarter was the end of the Bucks' firepower this season, showing their ultimate firepower.

But at the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 38 to 32.

The Bucks are ahead by 6 points, but if they want to defeat the Cavaliers, they still need some heat.

So before the game, Terry Porter, who was telling the Bucks players that the Cavaliers' mentality has collapsed after a losing streak, is now a little panicked.

The Cavaliers were more resilient than they thought.

Especially Chen Xiao's tenacity exceeded his imagination.

The key to the Cavaliers being able to withstand Ray Allen's splashing attack is Chen Xiao.

In the first quarter, Chen Xiao's touch was also very hot. Although he didn't shoot as many three-pointers as Ray Allen, his shooting percentage was not bad at all.

7 of 12, 3 of 5 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, Chen Xiao also scored 21 points in a single quarter.

In the first quarter of this game, Chen Xiao took a lot of shots.

Because in the first quarter of this game, the Cavaliers were in a bit of a difficult situation.

Now in the Cavaliers, whenever the team is in difficulty, Chen Xiao's shots will increase sharply.

Because Chen Xiao's scoring ability is the most stable when the team encounters difficulties.

Therefore, whenever the team encounters difficulties, Cavaliers players will subconsciously hit the ball into Chen Xiao's hands.

So despite the fact that the Heat have lost 9 of 13 games recently, Chen Xiao's number of shots in the last 13 games has really set a new high.

Last month, Chen Xiao's average number of shots per game was 24.8, which was already very high. This month, Chen Xiao's average number of shots per game will definitely break the record.

After the first quarter of the game, O'Neal in front of the TV looked at Chen Xiao, James and the Cavaliers players who were still smiling on the TV, and his face was so angry that his teeth itched.

Doesn't this fall apart? !

Ray Allen has already beaten like this, how can they still stand up?

"Shaq, the smiles on their faces are genuine."

Carter said to O'Neal who was gritting his teeth next to him.

With Ray Allen's approach, a team whose morale has collapsed is absolutely impossible to withstand.

O'Neill is not a fool, but he has too many opinions on Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan, which makes him unwilling to believe such a fact.

So, he really couldn't see these two boys crying in this game?

Thinking of this, the great Shaq was very upset.

"Even if I can't see them cry, I still want to see them lose!"

"Come on Bucks, give them a five-game losing streak!"

In fact, there is no need for O'Neal to cheer in front of the TV. The Bucks players on the court also want to give the Cavaliers a five-game losing streak.

This is a matter of the Bucks' playoff spot this season.

Although Ray Allen's magical performance in the first quarter did not defeat the Cavaliers, in the second quarter, this was the Cavaliers' traditional weakness.

As long as the rotation time is used in the second quarter and the point difference is widened, there will be no problem in defeating the Cavaliers.

In the second quarter of the game, the Bucks wanted to bully the Cavaliers' bench led by James.

Diop, Dior, Korver, Xiao Mo, Xiao James.

The Cavaliers' rotation on the court is indeed a bit weak.

Except for Diop, a 'beginner' who only played basketball at the age of 15, the other four are all rookies.

"A lot of the Cavaliers' games this season started with their rotation."

Regarding the Cavaliers' rotation, the on-site TNT commentators Barkley and Kenny Smith did not have much trust.

However, after the second quarter started, the two were a little surprised.

Because after the start of the second quarter, the point difference between the two teams has never exceeded 6 points. In other words, the score between the two teams has not been widened since the start of the second quarter.

"Although the Bucks' rotation is not strong, it is still mid-range, but they can't score points?!"

The Bucks' rotation led by Dan Gazulic, Joe Smith and Damon Jones is very good. Gazulic and Smith can start in most teams in the NBA.

And these people are all veterans.

"You can't look at the present through the eyes of the past, right?"

Chen Xiao was very happy to see the Cavaliers' rotation on the court, which was evenly matched with the Bucks' rotation under the leadership of Xiao Zhan.

The Cavaliers' four-game losing streak in the past four games, the Cavaliers' collapse all started from the rotation.

However, you don't have to look at the opponents the Cavaliers have faced in the past four games. The Kings, one of the strongest offenses in the league, the 76ers whose Iverson is not healthy, the Magic and the Heat.

With these four teams, how could the Cavaliers' rotation not collapse?

In front of these four teams, the 65-point strength of the Cavaliers' rotation lineup is not enough.

However, the strength of 65 points is not enough, it does not mean that the strength of 65 points is not enough.

At the beginning of the season, the Cavaliers' rotation lineup may have a strength of 55 points. Before this wave of 12 games with 8 losses and 13 games with 9 losses, the strength may be 60 points.

But after this wave, such miserable things have been experienced, and the mentality of these young players of the Cavaliers has undergone a very big change.

They are mentally mature.

Physical maturity and mental maturity are the real maturity, and only then can one be able to exert one's full strength.

Now their bodies are immature, but they can't show their full strength, and it's no longer that they can't show their strength.

Anyway, Xiao Mo, Dior and Korver are both B-level players, regardless of whether they are B- or B, they are all B-level players!

Coupled with the leadership of Xiao Zhan, the current Cavaliers' rotation lineup can score 65 points, and there must be no problem.

If the standard is the 100-point rotation lineup of the Nets that can reach the Finals last season, the Cavaliers' rotation lineup should be in the middle of 65-70 points.

Playing the Magic, Heat and Kings, the 76ers with Ai are almost interesting, but playing your Bucks rotation lineup, there is really no problem.

Chen Xiao even felt that the 50-50 on the court was due to Xiao Zhan's poor hand feeling tonight, which was holding him back.

However, when Chen Xiao returned to the court, the point difference between the two sides on the court was still narrowed, and the Cavaliers recovered 1 point.

Not much, the rotation won by 1 point.

But no matter how little it is, this is still a win.

So Mo, Korver and Dior all had red eyes when they left the field.

Even if the team has lost 9 of the last 13 games, they are still using them. If the Cavaliers are willing to use those salty veterans, not to mention that the record will change drastically, at least they can win more goals and the record will not be as ugly as it is now.

But whether it's the team's head coach Carlisle or the team's boss Chen Xiao, they are all supporting them with all their strength.

For them, the pressure was extremely high.

But seeing that the team had lost like this, Chen Xiao and Carlisle believed in them as always, so they put down the pressure.

Indeed, the Cavaliers can no longer be worse than before, they can only be better.

What else do they have to worry about?

"Well done!"

Chen Xiao hugged the Cavaliers rotation players who came off the court one by one.

"Let's look at mine next."

After Chen Xiao said with a smile, he turned around and stepped onto the court.

After the starting players of both teams took the field, the game continued.

Compared with the first quarter, Ray Allen's state was obviously not as hot.

Chen Xiao's touch has also declined, but compared with Ray Allen, Chen Xiao can still sit under the basket and play in singles after his touch drops.

This is also the reason why Chen Xiao has a very good three-point shooting ability, but did not choose Ray Allen's style of play this season.

Unlike Ray Allen, he doesn't need to gamble on three points.

Of course, Ray Allen is also a very comprehensive player.

It's just obvious that Ray Allen's comprehensiveness can only be regarded as having it all.

Chen Xiao's scores are comprehensive, almost all at the proficiency level.

The strength of the Cavaliers' starting lineup this season is even 50-50 with the Nets.

It's comparable to the Heat's strength in the first three quarters of last season.

In the first three quarters of last season, the Heat claimed they could compete 50-50 with any team.

If Chen Xiao and Ray Allen lose their magic touch, the Cavaliers are obviously better than the Bucks.

Therefore, at the end of the first half, the Cavaliers had tied the score with the Bucks 62-62.

At halftime, watching the score between the Bucks and Cavaliers on TV, O'Neal felt as if God was against him.

Not to mention, there is a God and a Chosen One on the opposite side. If you really want to fight God, you will definitely not be able to fight.

The other party’s God content is too high.

Next to O'Neal, Carter's focus is different from O'Neal. Carter is more concerned about the performance of Ray Allen and Chen Xiao in the first half.

Ray Allen scored 31 points in the first half, while Chen Xiao scored 30 points.

Both scored over 30 points at halftime.

This performance is quite astonishing.

“Both guys are improving this season.”

Especially Ray Allen.

Everyone originally thought that Ray Allen's potential had reached its peak, that he was a superstar, that he was a superstar, and that super giant was a level that he could not reach no matter what.

So no matter how good Ray Allen's performance is in the NBA, before Chen Xiao appeared, the four top guards were the four top guards. If Ray Allen wanted to join, he couldn't.

But this season, Ray Allen stunned the entire NBA.

It turns out that Ray Allen still has potential.

Ray Allen has shown great potential this season.

This put a lot of pressure on Carter. His career has already lagged behind Kobe, Iverson, Chen Xiao and Tracy McGrady.

If even Ray Allen lags behind in his career...

Carter shook his head, he was under a lot of pressure now.

Even if the Nets are invincible now, even if they can win the championship with the Nets this season, how much of this championship is his quality?

Carter has always been a proud man.

He came to the Nets not for O'Neal.

He wanted a championship, never more than one.

"Before you came, we were the championship!"

Nets fans' words were a thorn in Carter's heart.

Carter was also like this in history. Even at the end of his career, he was unwilling to win a championship as a substitute with a minimum salary. He was quite proud.

After all, he was expected to be a 'god'.

"The Bucks' Ray Allen's offense was very fierce in this game, but the offensive capabilities of the Bucks' other players except Reid were very poor. The Bucks actually did not make 100% use of the offensive threat posed by Ray Allen."

This game is also a pity for the Nets coach Phil Jackson, who is also paying attention to the status quo of the Cavaliers.

If Ray Allen is equipped with Yao Ming as a center and Bosh as a power forward, Ray Allen and the Bucks will be invincible.

Phil Jackson identified a problem with the Bucks offense.

But I never thought that players like Yao Ming and Bosh are hard to come by.

Of course, Phil Jackson also talked about finding the most ideal choice.

In fact, historically, in order to amplify Curry's offensive threat, Cole and the Warriors chose the five small players.

Although there are no players like Yao Ming and Bosh, I put five small players on the court who are all offensive threats.

Then, Curry exploded, and the Warriors exploded.

Of course, compared with the peak Curry in history, Ray Allen's offensive threat this season is not even close, and compared with the Warriors' five small players, the Bucks' offensive ability is even worse.

I don’t know if Terry Porter has the courage to fight desperately in order to amplify Ray Allen’s offensive threat in this era.

No one knows what will happen in the future.

But as far as this game is concerned, Terry Porter definitely couldn't think of such a way.

His teammates don't have enough offensive threats. Ray Allen's offensive threats are just bursts and cannot form a real wave or tsunami.

After the start of the second half, as Ray Allen's touch returned to normal, the Cavaliers also controlled the rhythm of the entire game.

In the end, relying on Chen Xiao's more stable performance, the Cavaliers had the last laugh in this soaring scoring battle between Chen Xiao and Ray Allen.

In this game, the Cavaliers defeated the Bucks 115-108 on the road.

After four consecutive losses, the Cavaliers once again won a game.

Chen Xiao made 21 of 35 in the game, 7 of 15 three-pointers, and 8 of 10 free throws. He scored 57 points in the game, and 57 points was also a career high for Chen Xiao.

In addition to scoring 57 points in this game, Chen Xiao also contributed 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

Except for Chen Xiao, James was let go desperately in this game, scoring 20 points on 7 of 25 in the game.

Although Crawford didn't take many shots in this game, thanks to Chen Xiao's hot touch, the opportunities he got were absolutely good, and he scored 18 points on 6 of 8.

It has to be said that even if Crawford is not the little prince in isolation, he is still very good as a role player next to a superstar. His only problem is his defense.

If his defense reaches the NBA average, that would be perfect.

In this game, the Cavaliers' Big Three scored 95 points in the entire game. This score is really amazing.

On the opposite side of the Bucks, Ray Allen made 17 of 32 shots, 8 of 15 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 48 points in the game. This was also a very outstanding and efficient performance.

In this game, Michael Reed made 9 of 20 shots and scored 24 points. This performance is actually not much, but if the opponent is defending Crawford, this is very average.

If Michael Reed can explode against Crawford, then the Cavaliers will lose this game.

Then Xiao Zhan will be undercover in this game.

Of course, the actual situation mentioned by the undercover agent is that Xiao Zhan's 20 points, 15 assists and 8 rebounds in this game, in the United States, no matter what, he can't be an undercover agent!

By the way, after this game, Zhan's average assists per game has reached 10 per game, which is only 0.2 times away from Nash.

Let me tell you, during this period of time, not only Chen Xiao's shot count has gone up crazily, but Xiao Zhan's assists have also gone up crazily.

So, do you think Xiao Zhan can still have such great confidence in such a difficult situation? Is it really just the belief that Chen Xiao and the American media have cultivated in him over the years?

The main reason is that no matter how the team loses, Xiao Zhan's statistics are beautiful, and he is almost the assist king. Do you think Xiao Zhan has no confidence? Is it possible to have no vision for the future?

After the game between the Cavaliers and Bucks, what really matters to the Cavaliers is not the victory of a game, nor the end of their devilish schedule.

But after the game, the audience and the media across the United States really believed that the Cavaliers did not collapse.

Even if not everyone believes it, at least some people are willing to believe that the Cavaliers have not collapsed.

A team that has collapsed cannot withstand the three axes of Ray Allen and the Bucks.

Don't know how powerful Ray Allen and the Bucks are this season?

Don't know how fierce Ray Allen and the Bucks' three axes are in this game?

I have to say that this game between the Cavaliers and the Bucks has indeed changed a lot.

After defeating the Bucks on the road, the Cavaliers returned to their home court on January 31 to continue facing back-to-back games with the Bucks at home.

Neither team felt that good in this game.

In this case, the Cavaliers, who have a more stable offense, will certainly have an advantage.

So in this game, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Bucks 93-80.

In this game, Chen Xiao made 14 of 21 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, and 6 of 7 free throws. He scored 35 points in the game.

In this game, Chen Xiao's outside touch was not good, and the Bucks were very strict on Chen Xiao's outside defense, so most of Chen Xiao's shots in this game were low singles.

The Bucks can't find a player who can defend Chen Xiao's low post singles, and Chen Xiao's offensive efficiency is very high.

However, in this game, both James and Crawford had average hands. Crawford scored 15 points on 7 of 15 shots, and James scored 16 points on 6 of 19 shots. However, James had a lot of rebounds and assists, grabbing 12 points. rebounds and 14 assists.

In this game, Xiao Zhan made a lob, and Chen Xiao then turned over and shot a jumper, helping Xiao Zhan to get assists like crazy.

This made Kidd cry after watching this game.

Looking at the crispness of Chen Xiao's shot, and looking at Kobe's love for showing off his skills and waist operation, Kidd really wanted to cry.

If Boss Ke knew what Boss Ji was complaining about, he would definitely feel aggrieved.

If I had Chen Xiao's long hands and arms, I wouldn't be so showy!

After defeating the Bucks at home, the Cavaliers ended all games this month.

Achieved a record of 6 wins and 8 losses in 14 games, and the record so far this season is 25 wins and 21 losses.

This record ranks ninth in the Eastern Conference, surpassing the Bucks.

Then, on February 2, the Cavaliers came to Washington DC as a guest to challenge the Wizards away from home.

The Cavaliers, who had won two consecutive games, made persistent efforts in this game. They defeated the underdog Wizards 114-101 in an away game and won three consecutive games.

At the same time, in this game, Xiao Zhan also changed from his previous poor touch. He felt hot in the game, making 14 of 27 three-pointers, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 9 of 11 free throws, and scored 38 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers.

Chen Xiao made 11 of 21, 2 of 8 three-pointers, and 8 of 8 free throws. He scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists in the game.

The two stars of the Cavaliers scored a combined 70 points in this game to lead the Cavaliers to three consecutive victories, completely overcoming the crisis of the devil's schedule in January.

At the same time, on the same day that the Cavaliers defeated the Wizards, the Hornets lost to the Nets at home with a score of 70-91, which brought the Hornets' record to 26 wins and 22 losses.

The Cavaliers' record after defeating the Wizards is 26 wins and 21 losses.

In other words, one month later, after a losing streak, the Cavaliers once again climbed to the eighth position in the Eastern Conference!

So much so that after today's game, audiences across the United States, media and experts across the United States were exclaiming.

"These young players from the Cavaliers actually ushered in hope with their smiles?!"

For a time, all over the Internet and TV in the United States were the images of Chen Xiao and James holding hands clasped in the air, smiling regardless of failure or physical condition.

At the same time, after all NBA games ended on February 2, the league also announced the Eastern and Western starting lineups for the 2004 Los Angeles All-Stars.

Eastern Conference: Center Yao Ming, forwards Carter, Tracy McGrady, guards Chen Xiao, James.

Yao Ming defeated the two first and second players in the league, O'Neal and Duncan, and won the starting spot. James finally defeated two strong players, Iverson and Wade, to win the starting spot.

On the other side of the Western Conference, the starting lineup is center Battle, forwards Garnett and Anthony, and guards are Kobe and Kidd.

Battle defeated Brad Miller by a big margin in the end, Divac and Nesterovich became the starting centers in the West, while Anthony defeated Nowitzki and Peja by a relatively narrow margin.

At the same time, Chen Xiao finally became the vote king of this All-Star with 2.4 million votes, beating Carter with 2.1 million votes.

Chen Xiao scored a career-high 57 points against the Bucks.

James continues to approach Nash's position as the assist leader.

After three consecutive victories, the Cavaliers once again climbed to the eighth playoff position in the Eastern Conference.

So much so that for the first time in the Cavaliers' history, two players were selected as starters for the All-Star Game.

After the Cavaliers encountered the previous painful period, hope all appeared one by one.

There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there is another village with dark willows and bright flowers.

So after the game on February 2nd, the Cavaliers ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference, and the day after the league announced the All-Star starters, almost all the media in the United States took the picture of Chen Xiao and James holding hands and smiling at each other. Put it on the front page.

And the titles are all: Hope!

They are the hope of the league.

They are the hope of the team.

They are also their own hope.