I’m Really Playing Basketball

On April 17, 2004, after a year of hype in the American media, the playoff match between Chen Xiao and O'Neal, the Cavaliers and the Nets was finally about to kick off.

The game between the Cavaliers and the Nets is the first game of this year's playoffs. Coupled with the media's continuous hype for a year, this game has attracted a large number of fans.

Neither the Nets nor the Cavaliers have that many fans in the United States, but the American audience for this game has far exceeded the fans of the two teams themselves.

Chen Xiao, O'Neal, James, Carter, justice, evil, the strongest in history.

This game focuses on too much super traffic.

Although there was a lot of super traffic in this game, the American viewers in front of the TV were of course paying the most attention to O'Neal and Chen Xiao.

They were very much looking forward to seeing Chen Xiao tease the one first, keep pouting the best, and finally get patted into a meat pie by the best.

They would have been even happier if James hadn't joined in the bickering between Chen Xiao and O'Neal.

Although in the end their chosen son also joined Chen Xiao’s camp and said, ‘I am 50 times stronger than at the beginning of the season! ’’s famous saying caused Chen Xiao to be beaten to death by O’Neal in this series, and James would also be injured and humiliated.

But haven't you seen that the media in the United States have been downplaying the relationship between James and O'Neal after reporting James' famous quote?

Isn't this clear yet?

This means, O’Neill just shoots Chen Xiao to death, don’t have nothing to do to shoot our Chosen Son, hug our Chosen Son after killing Chen Xiao, say ‘the future is his’, and everyone will be happy .

That's what most viewers in America are thinking about the game at this point.

And this is what Chen Xiao said to Xiao Zhan two days ago, ‘I am 50 times better than at the beginning of the season! ’ is the reason why I am so satisfied with Xiao Zhan.

This famous saying is Xiao Zhan's vote for him. We win together and bear together, and lose together. The king of gods does not separate the family, and justice and victory are not separated.

In fact, Xiao Zhan had no reason to stick his face out for others to hit from the beginning to the end, and accompanied him to charge O'Neal and the strongest Nets in history.

He's for the Nets fans who regard him as a pillar of support.

And Xiao Zhan...

"I'm doing this for you!"

The American audience and media tried to separate him and Xiao Zhan before the start of this series.

But Xiao Zhan didn't have the slightest intention of cutting off with Chen Xiao, he took the initiative to stand beside Chen Xiao, even when he said that famous quote in the interview, he wanted to stand in front of Chen Xiao of.

I have to say that Xiao Zhan is a really good brother.

Facing the strongest team in history, not everyone has the courage to face it. Chen Xiao is very lucky. He met a brother who is as talented and powerful as Xiao Zhan, and has enough courage to fight side by side.

I am also very fortunate to have a group of courageous partners like Diop, Chandler, Darius Miles, Diaw, Barnes, Mo, Korver, and Crawford.

Therefore, after leaving the shelter of Boss Ji, he also found a new pillar of support.

At the Continental Arena in New Jersey, players from the Cavaliers and the Nets have already played, and the players of the two teams are doing the final pre-game training on the court.

After Chen Xiao returned to the Continental Airlines Arena, more than half of the Nets fans at the scene were cheering crazily for Chen Xiao.

Although there are many new fans of the Nets this season, it is obvious that there are still many old fans in the arena.

After all, the Continental Arena is still in New Jersey, not New York or the legendary Brooklyn.

It's much easier for fans in New Jersey to watch games.

Therefore, there will be such a scene on the court at this time.

It's incredible. It's obviously a home game, but all the Nets players warming up on the court feel like they're playing away.

"So, I say that in this game and this series, I will beat him to a pulp!"

Looking at Chen Xiao who was practicing shooting amidst the cheers of the fans, O'Neal gritted his teeth and said.

After finishing speaking, Malone, Payton, Mourning and others next to him nodded in agreement.

When Carter saw such a scene, his eyes were a little dazed.

He also went back to Toronto this season, and Toronto fans don't have that much respect for him.

"We already have Steve, we don't need Vince!"

"Steve Nash is our man, our God!"

He has worked hard for Toronto for five years.

And he only played in New Jersey for one year, and his influence here has firmly suppressed F7.

Even if they achieved the league's first record this season.

But the Nets fans in New Jersey still didn't agree with them at all.

As long as there are places where they appear, they will definitely be accompanied by these two sentences.

"Before you came, we were already champions!"

"Before you came, we had 72 wins!"

No matter how cheerful a person is, when he hears these two sentences, his mentality will become unbalanced.

This is why after meeting the Cavaliers in the playoffs, Carter could clearly feel that other than Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin, the other F5s in the team, including himself, were a little impatient. .

Whether it's Shaq or him or Malone or whoever, they all want to make a name for themselves.

But I don’t know how to correct my name.

These two sentences made by Nets fans are really too lethal.

In the end, when everyone combined, they still had to shoot Chen Xiao or Kidd to death. Shoot as many deaths as you can!

Thinking of the situation they were in with the Nets at this time, Carter felt heartbroken.

"Sweep, must sweep!"

If they can't defeat the Cavaliers simply in this series, they will suffer huge ridicule throughout the series.

If we even lose this series in the end, then!

Carter shook his head crazily, he couldn't even imagine what the result would be.

He swore that if this result really happened, this F7 would definitely collapse.

"So, we have no way out, don't blame us for being cruel!"

It's all because of you!

As the players from both teams warmed up on the court, the starting players from both teams were about to appear.

The Nets' starters for this game are O'Neal, Malone, Richard Jefferson, Carter and Payton.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup is Diop, Chandler, Darius Miles, Chen Xiao and James.

Before Chen Xiao led his teammates onto the court, Chen Xiao also surrounded his teammates off the court and cheered them on.

In addition to the four salty veterans of the Cavaliers, Chen Xiao's other nine teammates, let me tell you, they are all the first brothers in the playoffs.

In this playoffs for the Cavaliers, among the ten players who have the will to fight against the strongest team in history, except Chen Xiao, the other nine are playing in the playoffs for the first time.

And this is why the Cavaliers have a good configuration to play the Nets, but they are still underestimated by the experts in the United States. The ten players add up to Chen Xiao's 16 playoff games experience.

Taking the starting lineup as an example, Chen Xiao's playoff experience is not as good as that of the opponent's Richard Jefferson, who has the smallest card.

Richard Jefferson played 36 games in the playoffs and played in two Finals.

Well, maybe among the Nets' F7, Carter has the least playoff experience...

So, is this a very sad fact?

It's sad for Carter, and it's sad for the Cavaliers.

So, let alone the American expert media, even Mr. Zhang, who was broadcasting the game live, is trembling for Chen Xiao and the Cavaliers at this time, okay?

After the starting lineups of the Cavaliers and Nets were played on TV, the Chinese audience in front of the TV could clearly feel that Mr. Zhang, who was usually full of confidence when explaining Chen Xiao's games, always spoke in such a different tone and voice. A little timid.

"Tonight's game is the first time many young Cavaliers play in the NBA playoffs. No matter how they play tonight, it is reasonable."

Teacher Zhang finished speaking in a slightly nervous voice, and Xiao Su next to him also helped.

"Ms. Zhang is right. Although Chen Xiao has a lot of hopes of leading the Cavaliers to win this round of the series, the first game may not be won so easily."

"..."

Xiao Su, Lao Zhang, is this what I mean?

Teacher Zhang didn’t know what to complain about. After working with Xiao Su this season, he discovered that he still had a tacit understanding with Lao Song last season.

Although Lao Song is not very good at business, he is not as bad as Xiao Su!

Of course, he wasn't sure whether Xiao Su was too naive or too bad.

He actually misinterpreted my "reasonableness" like this. He didn't know how to explain it.

Of course Chen Xiao didn't know that Teacher Zhang next to him was feeling so uncomfortable right now.

In the past season, Chen Xiao has been creating pressure on the Nets and O'Neal, and now, he finally stands in front of them.

Looking at the menacing eyes of O'Neal, Malone, Payton, Carter and other NBA bigwigs, Chen Xiao's smiling face became even brighter.

When it came to creating public opinion and trying to drive these people away from the Nets, Chen Xiao actually didn't have that much confidence.

His life creed is that there must be a way before the car reaches the mountain. He has never been a person who thinks that far ahead.

When he was creating public opinion for O'Neal and the Nets, he never thought about whether he would really be able to defeat them.

But now, looking at the fierceness and anxiety in O'Neal's and others' eyes, Chen Xiao felt that he didn't have no chance at all!

Looking at the Nets fans around him who were still cheering crazily for him, Chen Xiao clenched his fists.

"I will definitely defeat them!"

must!

On the court, the referee on duty, Bavetta, threw the basketball high in his hand, and O'Neal and Tyson Chandler jumped up at the same time.

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson was surprised when he saw O'Neal jumping high with Tyson Chandler.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Shaq jump so high!"

And in the middle of the court, O'Neal looked at Tyson Chandler opposite, his eyes seemed to be breathing fire, that incredible aggression, watching Chandler, who was playing in the playoffs for the first time, was frightened.

But just for a moment, Tyson Chandler thought of the Wolf King spirit that he had learned from the 'Archbishop' for a season.

Let him be strong, let him be strong, let the breeze blow on the hills, let him be unruly, let the bright moon shine on the river!

When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue!

You are strong, I will retreat!

Tolerance, tenacity, madness!

If you fight first and then retreat, I will bear with you!

The first time they played in the playoffs, Chandler and O'Neal were a little confused when they jumped the ball.

In this case, O'Neal glared like Zhang Fei and shouted, which put great pressure on the young man's heart.

Under such pressure, Chandler was able to think of the spirit of the Wolf King for the first time. It can only be said that he was really studying hard in the past season.

The spirit of the Wolf King has been learned in his bones and blood.

O'Neal's early start was very clever, but it failed to scare Chandler to death, so his current bounce is somewhat unable to control Chandler.

So when he saw O'Neal in the air, Chandler's eyes seemed to be glowing!

If you are tired, I will fight; if you retreat, I will chase; if you are weak, I will be crazy!

Howl! Howl!

Snap!

Tyson Chandler, who didn't dare to look at O'Neal just now, and fought and retreated, was on O'Neal's head, and won the first attack of the game for the Cavaliers very strongly!

Originally, the opening scene was intended to scare Chandler, the junior brother, O'Neal, the second-place parallel importer, but now it was really uncomfortable.

Damn it, beat your chest and stamp your feet, cry like ghosts and howl like wolves!

Just when O'Neal was feeling uncomfortable, James, who received Chandler's jump ball, immediately pushed and attacked quickly.

Playing against the Nets, a team with only O'Neal and Malone, the Cavaliers' offense must be fast.

Therefore, when O'Neal and Chandler jumped the ball, Chen Xiao was already waiting for an opportunistic fast break.

It's just that this kind of jump ball fast break has too high requirements for offensive players. Although Chen Xiao's speed and burst are 90, they are still not enough.

Carter is also fast.

Payton in the backcourt is a very experienced defensive player, so Chen Xiao's fast break was blocked by Carter and Payton.

However, although Chen Xiao's opening fast break was unsuccessful, it also brought the Cavaliers' offensive rhythm this time.

So much so that O'Neal, who failed to make the jump ball, didn't dare to delay behind, and immediately got back on his horse to defend.

As the most experienced team in the NBA, it is impossible for the Nets players not to respond to the Cavaliers' opening fast break.

In fact, this time the Nets responded very well to the Cavaliers' fast break.

After Payton and Carter blocked Chen Xiao, other Nets players quickly returned to their positions.

When James had no chance to push the ball across the half and Chandler and O'Neal came to the three-point line one after another, it was announced that the Cavaliers' fast break had completely failed.

"The fast break of the Cavaliers is very fierce, but under the orderly defense of the Nets, the fast break of the Cavaliers led by Boy Wonder has no meaning!"

Is the fast break led by Chen Xiao really meaningless?

of course not!

No matter how experienced the Nets' defense is, under such an aggressive fast break, the Nets' defense will be in chaos!

For example, O'Neal has already appeared at the three-point line at this time. Do you know what it means for O'Neal to be at the three-point line?

It means Chen Xiao can steam him!

On the court, Chen Xiao, whose fast break was blocked, ran horizontally. Under the cover of Tyson Chandler, who reached the three-point line first, Chen Xiao got rid of Carter's defense.

At this time, James, who was slowly dribbling the ball after passing the half court, immediately flicked his hand and threw the basketball in his hand towards Chen Xiao.

After receiving the ball, Chen Xiao didn't stop and went directly to O'Neal.

O'Neal was originally preparing to return to the basket.

Seeing Chen Xiao temporarily throwing away Carter, O'Neill could only stop at the three-point line, delay Chen Xiao a little, and wait for Carter to return to the defensive position to defend Chen Xiao again.

He couldn't give Chen Xiao any chance to make a move before Carter came back.

Therefore, facing the menacing Chen Xiao, O'Neal chose to face him.

"Beautiful delay. Shaq's delay is very beautiful. Boy Wonder doesn't have the ability to shoot two points from long range. Block his three-pointer and force him to continue to break through to the middle distance. Wait for Boy Wonder to reach his offensive zone. , Carter’s defense is back!”

"Although Shaq doesn't usually delay, he has such ability, and he is very good!"

O'Neal certainly won't hear the praise he received from many expert commentators around him.

But, he can imagine it!

After he blocked Chen Xiao's shot from the three-point line with his huge body, O'Neal turned sideways, and then retreated step by step to defend Chen Xiao's breakthrough.

Since the defense breaks out, of course he will be ready for Chen Xiao to break through!

Soon!

Carter will be here soon!

If you continue to stick to the ball, what awaits you is the ultimate double attack!

With the double attack between him and Carter, Chen Xiao couldn't even jump when the time came.

Do you really think it’s so easy to get up when being sandwiched between a fat person and a slightly fat person?

Just when O'Neal was about to drive Chen Xiao into the area where he and Carter were flanking him like a duck.

On the court, Chen Xiao, who took one step past O'Neal and stepped into the three-point line, stopped dribbling instead of continuing!

Break through in one step and make a jump shot directly!

O'Neal, who was originally preparing to retreat and wait for a flanking attack, was immediately stunned!

Is this true or false?

real!

Seeing Chen Xiao jumping high, O'Neal no longer hesitated. The flexible fat man pounced on Chen Xiao like a flying shark!

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

Facing O'Neal's slow defense, Chen Xiao used Qiao's back to shoot the first shot of the game in Iverson's offensive area!

An extremely picturesque shot!

Even Jordan in front of the TV felt that this shot, even if it was him, would be like this at most!

A swipe!

The basketball thrown by Chen Xiao hit the net!

2 to 0!

This is Chen Xiao's 519th point in his playoff career, and it is also the first two points Chen Xiao has scored against the Nets in his playoff career.

Because all 517 points Chen Xiao scored in the previous playoffs were with the Nets.

Nets fans were cheering for Chen Xiao's 517 points.

And now, for Chen Xiao's 519th point, the Nets fans at the scene are still cheering for him!

Applause, calls, excitement, enthusiasm, madness, as if nothing has changed.

However, Chen Xiao knew that all this had indeed changed.

Now he is no longer a player of the Nets. Now he, the players around him have changed from Boss Kee, Martin, Jay San, Bug, Boozer, to James, Da Tai, Da O, and O. , Xiao Mo, grams 8.

"Help us!"

"Our angel, you are the only one who can help us now!"

That night, when Kevin led the Lakers to lose to the Nets by 20 points, they were desperate.

Their gods were so fragile in front of this group of evil demons.

That night, when he led the Cavaliers to finally defeat the Nets, they regained hope in despair.

Their angel is still giving them hope!

On the court, after facing O'Neal and making the long-range two-pointer, Chen Xiao didn't clap hands, celebrate, or listen. Instead, she walked straight to O'Neal, who was shot in the face just now.

Seeing this scene, the live broadcast camera focused on Chen Xiao and O'Neal almost instantly.

Kidd was surprised in front of the TV when he saw Chen Xiao walking up to O'Neal with such a cold face.

Because it was the first time that he saw this little brother who always kept a cheerful smile on his face showing such a serious look on the court.

"Boy Chen..."

Under the eyes of the United States and even the world, Chen Xiao came to a stop in front of O'Neal amidst the crazy cheers of the old Nets fans.

Seeing Chen Xiao standing in front of him, O'Neal looked very ugly.

This boy!

Facing the angry O'Neal, Chen Xiao seemed to have not seen it and said to O'Neal expressionlessly: "Shaq, did you hear that?"

"Their cheers, their shouts, their excitement, their madness, did you hear it?"

What? !

Is this kid mocking me?

Are you telling me that it’s not me that Nets fans are cheering for, but him?

Although O'Neal is a carefree person, he has always been like a child in some aspects.

For example, the possessiveness of one's own 'toy'.

No matter what, the Nets are now his possessions and his toys, but now, his toys are cheering for his last owner.

At this time, he finally felt what Kobe felt in this year's All-Star Game.

The Lakers are now Kobe's toys, but Lakers fans are cheering for their last owner!

How embarrassed would Kobe be?

How embarrassed Kobe was in this year's All-Star Game, and how embarrassed he is now!

Therefore, after hearing Chen Xiao's words on the TV and watching O'Neal's chest rising and falling as if he was exploding with anger, Kobe's eyes in front of the TV flickered.

Good boy!

You haven’t forgotten to avenge me!

This guy said he was the number one Komi, and he really wasn't just talking about it!

Just when Kobe smiled and praised Chen Xiao, O'Neal, who was being bullied by Chen Xiao on the court, finally spoke.

"What did you hear?"

With an unruly look on your face, even if they cheer for you, now they are also my property, so what can you do? !

"Now that you heard it, get out of here!"

What? !

"Shaq, get out of here!"

Boom!

When Chen Xiao finished shouting these words to O'Neal, O'Neal's eardrums and head exploded like all the high schools in the world paying attention to this game!