I’m Really Playing Basketball

Under the intermittent operation of Xiao Zhan, the NBA's "Duan Xiaoshuai", the Cavaliers and Nets played a very even match in the first quarter, which was very balanced.

34 to 31, the Nets led by 3 points at home with a more stable offensive performance.

The Cavaliers are very satisfied with being able to score this score in the first quarter. The Nets in the first quarter of this game can be described as full firepower and high morale, and their offensive state is extremely good.

34 points in a single quarter!

For the Cavaliers' offensive state in the previous four games, the Cavaliers will lose by more than 10 points.

With the Nets performing so well, they only lost by 3 points in a single quarter. This was really thanks to "Zhan Xiaoshuai" who shot 7 of 13 in the first quarter and scored 16 points.

With the Nets focusing on Chen Xiao, Xiao Zhan's offensive performance is actually not amazing.

As far as most of the All-Star players in the league are placed in the position of Xiao Zhan on the offensive end, they can hit this scoring data, or even better.

However, this person is Xiao Zhan after all.

Everyone knows about Xiao Zhan's shortcomings on the offensive end.

At the same time, everyone is also aware of Xiao Zhan's comprehensiveness in other aspects on the court.

With Xiao Zhan's contributions in all aspects, no matter how poor his offensive performance is, the Cavaliers can still accept it.

In this game, because the Nets started with Fisher, James no longer needed to help defend Malone as crazy as before. He put all his energy on the offensive end.

This performance also did not disappoint.

However, Xiao Zhan, who returned to the bench with Chen Xiao, seemed a little dissatisfied with his performance in the first quarter.

"Xiao Chen, I think I should be able to score more than 20 points in a single quarter in the first quarter, and we should lead!"

Seeing Xiao Zhan like this, Chen Xiao smiled.

Xiao Zhan, it’s okay, this performance is already very good.

You have to think about it, if the Nets insist on using Payton instead of Fisher, no matter how good your hand is in this game, you will only get 10 points in a single quarter at most, and no more.

Compared with Xiao Zhan, Chen Xiao's performance in the first quarter was also quite good. He scored 13 points on 5 of 11 shots. His shooting rate was not as high as that of Xiao Zhan. However, compared with the past four games, without using the scoring experience card, Chen Xiao's performance was quite good. Okay, this hit rate is great.

Thanks to Xiao Zhan's good offensive state in this game, he can cooperate more with Xiao Zhan. Although the Nets will not let Xiao Zhan attract his defense.

But Xiao Zhan felt so good in this game that even if the Nets players didn't want to, they had to do something they didn't want to but had to do when they were on the court.

For example, in the first quarter of this game, the pincer between Carter and Richard Jefferson became a pincer between Carter and Fisher.

Carter and Fisher's flanking is much easier than Jefferson and Carter's flanking.

Of course, Chen Xiao's touch was also good in this game.

Like Xiao Zhan, he has played so many games before, and this game is finally a little more normal.

Let me tell you, in the past four games, Chen Xiao has hit iron 76 times in total. What kind of concept is this?

In the past four games, Chen Xiao averaged 19 strikes per game. In the past four games, Chen Xiao's shooting rate was 42.4%.

If the 14 shots obtained by the 15 scoring experience cards are excluded, then Chen Xiao's field goal percentage in the past four games under the inhumane defense of the Nets is 32%.

Good guy, compared to Chen Xiao's shooting percentage in the playoffs against the 76ers last season, Chen Xiao's shooting percentage in that series was 38.6%.

With Chen Xiao's current strength, even if the Nets' defense this time is indeed too inhumane, Chen Xiao will not be able to shoot such a solid shooting percentage.

It can only be said that in the past four games, not only the Nets' defensive strategy was in place, but also his own hand feeling was very bad.

In G5, such a critical game, Chen Xiao felt that he and Xiao Zhan had returned to their state, which was actually quite surprising.

"Xiao Zhan, I think we may all be in better shape in key games."

Hearing what Chen Xiao said, Xiao Zhan's eyes also lit up.

Seeing Xiao Zhan like this, Chen Xiao smiled.

I wonder if I still have the talent of ‘Mr. Key’ hidden in the system?

Of course, Chen Xiao and James performed very well in such a crucial game, and they seem to have the talent of a key player.

On the opposite side of the Nets, O'Neal, Carter and Malone actually have such talent.

O'Neal made 4 of 5 free throws and 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 11 points in the first quarter.

Malone made 6 of 8 free throws and 1 of 2 free throws, scoring 13 points in the first quarter.

Carter made 2 of 5 and scored 6 points in the first quarter.

Throughout the first quarter, the trio also scored an astonishing 30 points.

The Nets' offense in the first quarter was obviously more stable and dispersed than the Cavaliers.

In addition to these three people, Fisher also scored 3 points in the first quarter and hit a three-pointer.

Richard Jefferson scored 1 point on a free throw.

All five players in the starting lineup scored.

As for the Cavaliers, only James, Chen Xiao and Darius Miles scored. Chandler and Diop didn't even take a shot, let alone score.

This one is very interesting.

In the first quarter of the game, Chandler and the others looked like they couldn't attack well, and they couldn't defend well either.

Seems very useless.

They are not useless.

The Cavaliers were indeed behind in the first quarter, but the Cavaliers took 26 shots and the Nets only took 21, which was 5 more shots. Why is this?

You must know that the rebound ratio between the Nets and Cavaliers is 13 to 9. The Nets have the advantage in rebounding, and the offensive rebounds of the two teams are the same.

The reason why this happened is because in the first quarter, the Cavaliers had 3 more steals and 4 more blocks than the Nets.

These Cavaliers defensive players actually work very hard on the court.

If not, based on the Nets' offensive status in this game, it is absolutely impossible for the Nets to only have 34 points in the first quarter.

It's true that you can't guard against it, but these three forward defensive players of the Cavaliers are indeed quite powerful.

In the second quarter, both Chen Xiao and James stayed on the court.

Both of them attacked very fiercely in the first quarter. Chen Xiao attacked 11 times and James attacked 13 times. The defensive end of the game was not that heavy for both of them, but the offensive end was extremely heavy.

The starting players of the Nets are in such a good state in this game. The only cards that the Cavaliers can play offensively are Chen Xiao and James.

Of course, Carlisle hoped that both James and Chen Xiao could get more rest.

In the second quarter of the game, the players on the Cavaliers field were Mo, Crawford, Korver, Darius Myers and Chandler.

Obviously, Carlisle hopes that the other three Cavaliers starters can take on the defensive tasks of the team in this game.

Carlisle arranged this rotation lineup to allow Mo, Crawford and Korver to attack and the other two players to defend with all their strength.

During the rotation period of the second quarter, the combination of Mo Mo and Crawford Korver gave Chen Xiao off the court the feeling of a beggar version of the combination of Iverson, Kobe Bryant and Ray Allen.

The Cavaliers' rotation is really fast and the shots are really wasteful. Compared with the Cavaliers' rotation, the Nets' rotation led by Peyton Martin and Mourning is not that offensive.

It should be said that the Nets' rotation has poor shooting ability.

On the defensive end, Chandler and Darius Myers, two physical beasts, guard the basket. The offense of the Nets' rotation lineup is uncomfortable.

"The rotation between the Cavaliers and the Nets feels like a mirror image of the starting lineups of both teams."

So much so that according to the plan, Phil Jackson was going to play a four-minute rotation.

After three minutes of playing, Phil Jackson couldn't bear to replace all his starters.

When the starters of the two teams returned to the court, the score of the two sides was already 40 to 38, and the Cavaliers had changed from being behind by 3 points to leading by 2 points.

The advantage of the Cavaliers' rotation is very obvious.

However, when the starters of the two teams returned to the court, the situation changed completely.

The Nets once again took advantage.

Although the offensive efficiency of the Nets and Cavaliers starters dropped somewhat in the second quarter.

But the Nets are still more stable than the Cavaliers.

At the end of the final half of the game, the score of the two teams on the field was 60 to 58.

The Nets once again took the lead.

At the end of the second quarter, Xiao Zhan felt that he was really tired.

Why?

Because throughout the first half, Xiao Zhan had already taken 22 shots!

That's right, after taking 13 shots in the first quarter, in the second quarter, James took 9 more shots in 9 minutes of playing time.

22 shots in half a game!

Xiao Zhan has never taken so many shots in the half in his career.

You know, Carlisle gave James 30 shots in this game.

According to this trend, after three quarters of the game, he will be able to complete the entire task.

In fact, with Xiao Zhan's physical strength, although 22 shots in the half was a lot, it would not make him tired.

In fact, Xiao Zhan was not tired physically, but mainly mentally.

To be honest, for a player without a heart of steel, taking such a large number of shots is really tiring.

As for Chen Xiao's good friend, Hamilton of the Pistons, his shooting ability is so strong and his physical strength is so good, but if you let him take more shots in a game, it will be more uncomfortable than killing him. .

Carlisle has a deep understanding of this point. Carlisle, who was so angry in the playoffs last season, wished he could swap Hamilton and Chen Xiao.

Let Hamilton go to the Nets to protect his shooting percentage, and let Chen Xiao come to the Pistons to work hard.

He just likes Chen Xiao's approach, but doesn't like Hamilton's shooting style that seems to protect his hit rate.

For players like Chen Xiao and Kobe who have a heart of steel and a Mamba soul, isn't it just 22 shots in the half?

It doesn't matter if we hit the iron 22 times in the half.

But for Xiao Zhan, this really refreshed his outlook.

So much so that I felt numb every time I shot.

"Xiao Zhan, I think it's time for you to learn Heart of Steel and Mamba Soul from me."

Seeing Xiao Zhan's dazed look at the end of the half, Chen Xiao said with a smile.

As the head coach of the Cavaliers, Carlisle did not have as good a mentality as Chen Xiao when the game reached this level in the first half of the game.

Seeing Xiao Zhan like this, Carlisle was still a little worried about Xiao Zhan's performance in the third quarter.

The difficulty of this game against the Nets actually exceeded his expectations.

According to his prediction before the game, the Cavaliers performed so well in the first half of the game, and they should have won this game long ago.

But in the end we fell behind by 2 points.

You know, there is still a third quarter in this game!

If James is soft in the third quarter, then...

Who will fill James' score?

Chen Xiao, who has been tightly guarded by the Nets, will definitely not be able to make up for it.

As for Miles, Chandler and Diop, it is even more impossible.

The task of the three of them in this game is to defend!

Therefore, during the halftime break, in the Cavaliers' locker room, Carlisle was as crazy as he was telling James Hamilton last season.

Carlisle hoped that Hamilton could have a heart of steel last season, but was mercilessly beaten by Hamilton.

Now, he is not sure whether James can stop being soft because of too many shots.

James' model is Magic. Carlisle hopes that James can be Jordan or Kobe tonight!

At halftime, the Cavaliers had a great sense of urgency.

After all, the Cavaliers' most advantageous rotation time in the second quarter has ended, and now only the period of being beaten is left.

It is really important to try to maintain a smaller point difference at the last moment.

God, is it really possible to invite someone here every time?

The Cavaliers players are confident.

But Carlisle was not so confident.

On the Nets side, Phil Jackson is also very anxious.

The Nets played so well in this game, scoring 60 points at halftime, but they only led by 2 points.

This is too worrying.

You know, O'Neal and Malone are not young anymore.

The two of them scored 41 points for the Nets in the first half!

In the second half, the physical strength of these two people must have dropped even more obviously.

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers' group of young people can start and play at full capacity, but if the Nets want combat effectiveness, they must let Malone and O'Neal rest for at least 4 minutes in the fourth quarter.

During this period, it was difficult for the Nets to score points and could only hold on to the score.

There is a high probability that the Cavaliers will even chase points.

Of course, after O'Neal and Malone came up in the fourth quarter, the Nets took advantage again, so in the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers and Nets were still 50-50.

But the last two minutes.

That is 'God's' time.

Will God show up again?

Although Phil Jackson and his players said that God would not show up, God had used up all the Miller moments.

However, he can tell the players this, but he cannot think so himself.

Therefore, the Nets must have a point difference of at least 8 points when the game enters the last 2 minutes, and the Nets must have a point difference of more than 5 points entering the last minute before he feels safe.

In the first ten minutes of the fourth quarter, when the Nets struggled to score points and might even lose points, they only led by 2 points at halftime.

8 points away, 6 points left.

Therefore, they must gain an advantage of more than 6 points in the third quarter.

Is this really possible?

The Cavaliers players were in very good shape in this game.

O'Neal and Malone were in good shape very early in the first half. Can they maintain it?

In the Nets' locker room, the players of the Nets were very silent at this time.

The players of the Nets are all resting, O'Neal and Malone are all resting.

The game is ready to go all out and the two players are now grabbing all the time to rest.

Looking at the expressions on the faces of the two at this time, Phil Jackson, who was worried about the game in the third quarter, suddenly felt a lot calmer.

That's right, looking at the firm and abnormal eyes in Malone and O'Neill's eyes at this time, the anxiety in his heart was actually much less.

"Yeah, the Nets are leading now. No matter what happens in the third quarter, the Nets will still lead. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Nets will still lead!"

In this case, even if the magical boy turned into a god, the pressure has been on the Nets.

But this kind of miraculous event is a small probability event.

And the more the Nets lead, the less likely it is.

Even if the Nets only win by 3 points in the third quarter, if the Nets can have a five-point advantage at the end of the fourth quarter, the Nets players will put down everything in their offensive state in this game. Wonder Boy wants to lead the Cavaliers with the power of God. It’s impossible to turn it back!

"I really don't need to be so nervous."

Thinking of this, Phil Jackson smiled.

His players were convinced.

He actually couldn't convince himself.

It's really funny.

Strength, the Nets have the upper hand!

Morale, the Nets will not lose either!

Score, the Nets lead!

How could an illusory God make him so frightened?

He doesn't need to be afraid at all!

When leading the Nets out of the locker room, Phil Jackson didn't make a long speech, only one sentence.

"Boys, I have the advantage!"

And this sentence can resonate with the current Nets players more than anything else.

The game continued in the third quarter. In the third quarter, the players of the two teams who started the game in the third quarter, the Nets maintained a stable advantage in the game.

Although the two teams actually played very anxiously.

But the score was indeed opened up by the Nets a little bit.

Watching the time in the third quarter continue to pass and the score of the Nets continues to open up, the Nets fans at the Continental Airlines Arena are already praying continuously.

Everyone knows that Nets fans are the most timid and easily frightened fans in the NBA.

After the Nets won the championship strongly last season and suffered a lot this season, the mentality of Nets fans has improved a lot.

However, although he is not as timid as before, he is not so easily afraid.

However, now the situation of this game has slowly begun to move in the direction of the Nets.

"The Nets' advantage in the third quarter is greater than expected!"

"James is not as afraid of taking shots as Hamilton, but James has indeed never played such a game in the NBA before. His originally unstable shooting became even more unstable in the third quarter."

There were three minutes left in the third quarter. Looking at the score of 84-76 on TV, the Chinese fans in front of the TV felt tremendous psychological pressure.

Because I believe that God will definitely be on the side of the knight at the last moment.

Therefore, many viewers who support the Cavaliers instinctively feel that as long as the Cavaliers trail by less than 10 points in the fourth quarter and enter the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers can win with the power of God.

This is metaphysics. In the history of the NBA, no team expects metaphysics to win.

But there is no way, the Cavaliers have already won two games in the previous four games using metaphysics.

In this case, Cavaliers players and Cavaliers fans believe in this metaphysics.

12 points!

They can only lose by 12 points in the third quarter at most. No matter how much more, the Cavaliers will be really useless!

Because in the first game, the Cavaliers trailed by 12 points at the end of the third quarter. In the end, Chen Xiao led the Cavaliers to a Miller moment with 27 points in the last quarter and 18.7 seconds to lead the team to victory.

It's really hard to believe that something magical like the Cavaliers' G1 will happen again.

Therefore, Cavaliers players and fans who support the Cavaliers feel that the standard needs to be lowered, 10 points!

At the end of the third quarter, if they lose by 10 points at most, then the Cavaliers still have room to play in this game.

But now, with 3 minutes left, the Cavaliers are already 8 points behind.

In the last three minutes, as long as the Cavaliers lose 3 more points, the Cavaliers' game may be over, and God can't save it.

The situation on the court is now critical for the Cavaliers.

But the Cavaliers players on the court are still working hard.

Especially Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan knows how important his responsibility is in this game.

After Fisher started, the Cavaliers' zone defense was actually broken.

Therefore, he needs to switch from the defensive end to the offensive end, punish the Nets, punish Fisher, and score points for the Cavaliers.

With almost all of the Nets' defense on Chen Xiao, his offensive scoring environment is very good.

According to many people, if he was replaced in this position, let alone Kobe, even if he was replaced by Arenas of the Spurs, the Nets would have kneeled down long ago.

However, he is not Kobe, nor is Arenas.

Because his offense was not that sharp, not only did the Nets not kneel, but it seemed that it was the Cavaliers who wanted to kneel.

He's not afraid to take action!

Really, he wasn't afraid to take action at all.

He was so tough in the first four games, averaging more than 20 shots per game.

However, he has really never played a game with such crazy shots as this game!

He was a little uncomfortable.

Because, by the end of the third quarter, he had already taken 36 shots!

36 shots!

36 shots in three quarters!

When he entered the league, he never thought he could be so crazy in a game.

22 times in the half, 36 times in the third quarter, 14 times in a single quarter...

To him, these numbers were like dreams.

5 of 14, 12 points in a single quarter...

This performance is not bad.

But……

When the third quarter ended.

Karl Malone hit the mid-range shot at the final buzzer, rewriting the score of the game to 92-80.

The entire Continental Arena was silent.

Perhaps, the loudest voice in the entire Continental Arena at this time was the roar from the sidelines of Nets head coach Phil Jackson!

That's right, Phil Jackson also roared in this game!

The entire Nets, from O'Neal, Malone, to Phil Jackson...

When a person nicknamed Zen Master couldn't help but roar in the end, he knew what kind of situation the Cavaliers had reached in this game.

"Knights, it's time to despair!"

Buckley finished speaking with great confidence and compassion.

All the shots at the scene were focused on the Cavaliers' No. 24.

Everyone wanted to see even a trace of despair on his face.

But……

Not even a trace.

He whispered into James' ear.

He patted and comforted the Cavaliers players' lost bodies one by one.

He once again gathered all the Cavaliers players in the middle of the court.

A smile appeared on his face.

He stretched out his right hand, and after a moment, looking at the smile on his face, James put his hand on his after being stunned.

Chandler, Diop, Miles, then Crawford rushing from the outside to the court, Mo Williams, Korver, Barnes, Diaw...

"The game starts now!"

This shout, and the wolf howl after the shout, were unusually loud.

It was so loud that Phil Jackson, who was roaring just now, momentarily...

Heart palpitations.