I’m Really Playing Basketball

In front of the Nets' bench, Phil Jackson looked at the arrogant expressions on the faces of these young players from the Cavaliers, and his anticipation for this game was ignited again.

Although he has been telling Shaq and the others for the past two days, the Nets have not lost yet, and the Nets are only 2 to 3 behind, and the Nets can still overtake and reverse.

However, Phil Jackson knows that if he wants to defeat the current Cavaliers, he can really only look for that slim chance.

Because after being defeated by Chen Xiao's 13 points in 35 seconds in the last game, the entire Nets became somewhat torn apart.

The Nets' local faction, led by Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin, and the outside faction, led by Shaq, finally broke apart.

Since the beginning of this season, there have been conflicts between the two sides.

It's just because Shaq and his team are too powerful, so the other side has been holding back.

Regarding this issue, Phil Jackson never intended to ask or adjust.

Because he knows that adjustment is useless.

What do you adjust?

Richard Jefferson and Martin have everything they should have, including All-Stars and championships. What can you do to stimulate them?

The only thing that can motivate them is a big contract.

However, after Malone came, Martin served as a substitute most of the time.

After Carter and Shaq Payton arrived, Richard Jefferson was mostly the team's fourth or even fifth option on offense.

To be fair, whether it is Martin, who is a substitute most of the time, or Richard Jefferson, who is reduced to the fifth option offensively, their statistics this season are not very good.

Without good data, how can you get a big contract?

honestly.

Richard Jefferson and Martin must be hoping that O'Neal and the others will get out.

This is an irreconcilable contradiction.

So before the trade deadline, Phil Jackson was trying to convince Nets general manager Rod Thorn to trade these two people.

However, the professionalism shown by these two people this season really surprised Phil Jackson and made Rod Thorn hesitate.

These two people are really hardworking and uncomplaining.

The professionalism is at an explosive level.

The two were originally capable players with such a good professionalism. It was difficult for Rodthorne to trade two such promising young players for the puzzle around O'Neal.

In the end, Phil Jackson did not convince Rod Thorn; instead, he was convinced by Rod Thorn.

Because Phil Jackson finally felt that it was good for these two people to be like this.

If we really want to trade, we may not be able to get someone better than the two of us.

Moreover, the Nets' advantage is too great.

As long as the Nets can keep winning, these two players, whose goals are completely opposite to O'Neal's, will not be time bombs.

However, I really didn't expect that the originally invincible Nets would encounter such big trouble.

In the end, the angry Shaq actually directly blamed Richard Jefferson and Martin.

This was something he didn't expect.

However, this is normal. When Shaq was with the Lakers, he was very skilled in putting the blame on Kobe.

Therefore, Shaq is used to dumping him, and feels that no matter how much he dumps him, there will be no problem.

When he was with the Lakers, he dumped Kobe, and no matter how angry Kobe was after he dumped him, wouldn't Kobe still keep moving forward with him?

However, Shaq didn't notice at all that Richard Jefferson and the others were different from Kobe.

Shaq and Kobe are like a husband and wife. No matter how big the conflict is, they still have a common home and common interests. If they can't make it through, they will be divorced. Before the divorce, the two had common interests.

As for Shaq and Richard Jefferson, they are not husband and wife, but male and female friends who forcibly get together. When everything is going well, there is no problem, but as long as there is a problem, while thinking about how good the ex is, On the other side, you are definitely still thinking about your ex.

If you don't speak out, life can go on, but if you speak out, life will definitely be unbearable.

Shaq is not the kind of guy who says, "If you want to live a good life, you have to have a little green in your body."

In the end, it naturally became like that.

So after spraying Martin, Martin looked at the angry O'Neill mockingly and said: "Compared to Chen, you are this." After Martin gave O'Neill a thumbs down, he laughed and left .

Seeing Martin laughing and leaving, Shaq was so angry.

Brother Martin is not Richard Jefferson.

To be reasonable, Richard Jefferson, although he likes to chatter, he looks like Dior, in terms of time and heart, he is still a relatively good boy.

But Brother Martin, he is really not a good boy. If it were not for the dual role of Boss Ji and Chen Xiao, Brother Martin would be an absolute bad boy.

"In the entire NBA, Boss Ji is free to spray me, but Chen, if you spray me, you can make me hold back for a while. That damn fat guy is a loser?!"

Good guy, Chen Xiao really didn't expect that his status in Brother Martin's heart was so high.

In short, after O'Neal brought his habits in Los Angeles to New Jersey, he suddenly discovered that no one on the Nets could tolerate him like Kobe and let him in. people.

To be fair, after Martin finished saying that and left with a big laugh, O'Neill really felt for a moment that the poisonous snake was pretty good in some places.

Generally speaking, if a man doesn't get cheated on outside, it's hard for him to think of his original wife.

Compared with Richard Jefferson and Martin, Kobe is indeed much better.

At the very least, Kobe was just angry sometimes and would definitely not team up with other wild men to stab his husband in the back on the court.

Now O'Neal still believes that Richard Jefferson and Martin were undercover in this series.

But Phil Jackson certainly didn't believe it.

Richard Jefferson and Martin both played very hard in this series.

It’s just that the Wonder Boy series is so amazing.

However, Shaq will definitely not listen to this now.

Now if anyone dares to say such words in front of him, he will be in trouble with him.

Now in Shaq's heart, Wonder Boy has replaced Kobe as his least favorite person.

Although Shaq's anger against Richard Jefferson and Martin exceeded Phil Jackson's expectations, he still came up with a strategy to take advantage of them after being suddenly attacked.

That is to show weakness to the enemy and make the Cavaliers arrogant first. After they played smoothly for half the game, the Nets suddenly became stronger in the second half. The Cavaliers, who were blocked in attack and encountered difficulties, will definitely be anxious.

Using this strategy, Phil Jackson was somewhat helpless.

Because now that the outsiders and locals in the Nets have broken up, he really can no longer trust these local players in the Nets.

The Nets' rotation was already very thin, and now it's even thinner.

Now the Nets' players who are truly capable and trustworthy are these five starting players.

In the first half, O'Neal and the others were allowed to hold back on their hits, not just to make these Cavaliers players proud.

It is also to allow the five starting players to save more energy and work hard in the second half.

To be honest, as the head coach of the Nets, Phil Jackson really didn't expect that he would have to worry to this extent when he came to the Nets as a blocking coach and led the strongest team in history.

When he was leading Jordan and the Bulls in Chicago, he didn't bother to this extent.

Watching the game between the Nets and the Cavaliers on the court, Phil Jackson's eyes were always on the faces of the players from both teams.

He wanted to know how effective his plan was tonight.

After the game started, he felt even more relieved when he saw that the expressions on the faces of the Cavaliers players became more and more arrogant because they suppressed the Nets at the beginning.

Of course, it wasn't the arrogant expressions on the faces of the Cavaliers players that reassured him.

But the Cavaliers players didn't notice that although the Nets have been retreating step by step, they have never been defeated.

Although the Nets' starting lineup is very strong, if they fall behind too much in the first half, it will be difficult to catch up.

But if they fall behind too little in the first half, it will be difficult to make the Cavaliers players proud.

Therefore, this plan is actually very testing.

Ordinary players really may not be able to execute this plan.

I'm afraid only experienced players like O'Neal, Malone, Carter, Fisher, and Payton can do it.

However, what made Phil Jackson frown a little was.

Although these young players of the Cavaliers fell into the trap in the first half.

but……

These now arrogant young Cavaliers players have been trying to provoke Nets players on the court.

Especially provoking O'Neal.

Chandler would challenge O'Neal after scoring.

Diop would challenge O'Neal after scoring.

Needless to say, Chen Xiao.

Phil Jackson was really worried that Shaq wouldn't be able to help but explode in the first half.

Fortunately, after the first half, when the Cavaliers ended the half with a 10-point lead at 55-45, Phil Jackson breathed a sigh of relief.

This score is just right.

The Nets' starting players were average in the first half, and the score did not open up much.

Based on the experience of the last game, after the Nets exploded, such a point difference can be achieved in one quarter!

Therefore, at halftime, Phil Jackson was very satisfied with the performance of the Nets players on the court.

"In the second half, when Tyson Chandler, Diop and Darius Miles can't score like they did in the first half, the arrogant players of the Cavaliers will panic, and that's our chance!"

The most important point of the Nets' arrogant strategy in the first half was to let Chandler Diop and others who couldn't score in the previous five games score, and guard against Chen Xiao and Crawford James, and let these people go.

Therefore, after the entire first half, Chen Xiao and James did not score much, but provided a lot of assists.

Moreover, these two people really cooperated in this game, and they did cooperate with the Nets in the first half to cultivate the offensive status of the Cavaliers' role players.

When the Cavaliers' role players who scored like crazy in the first half are unable to score in the second half, when Chen Xiao and James need to shoulder the team's offense like they did in the previous five games.

Can they still achieve that kind of scoring status?

"Very poisonous!"

In the Nets locker room, Richard Jefferson and Martin looked at each other in the corner.

"The game between Mr. Chen and the Cavaliers won't really be hacked, right?"

Richard Jefferson and Martin were both worried.

Just as the two were worried, the second half of this much-anticipated G6 battle was about to begin.

The Cavaliers fans on the sidelines were already going crazy.

Leading by ten points at halftime, and the team's role players were competing for the lead. Judging from the performance of both players in the first half, the Nets seemed to have really collapsed.

"The first half of the Cavaliers played a bit easy. Neither Chen nor James scored much. It seems that the excellent defense of the Nets before did not exist. Could it be that the Nets really collapsed?"

Wade looked at Pat Riley next to him with some confusion.

To be honest, Pat Riley looked a little embarrassed when Wade looked at him with such doubtful eyes.

Because before the game, Pat Riley told the Heat players that the Nets might surprise the Cavaliers in this game.

Based on his understanding of Phil Jackson, Phil Jackson will not give up, O'Neal will not give up, and neither will the veterans of the Nets.

However, after the game started, this was not the case at all.

To be honest, Wade has always had great trust in the team's supreme fortune teller.

But this time in the playoffs, Wade had some doubts about Pat Riley's ability as a fortune teller.

First of all, he gave up the third place in the regular season and chose the Pistons. The opponent of the Pistons, Pat Riley said, is very good in the playoffs.

Does this look delicious?

With the Pistons as they are now, the Heat are quite critical of Pat Riley's selection of opponents.

As for the prediction of the series between the Cavaliers and the Nets, Pat Riley was more accurate in his predictions before the start of this round of the series.

Everyone feels that the Nets are one-sided. He feels that the Cavaliers can create difficulties for the Nets.

The general direction is correct.

But small details are very problematic.

Every time Pat Riley said that the Nets were sure to win, Chen Xiao would stand up and slap her in the face.

Damn it, Pat Riley was also helpless about this.

And he also predicted that the Cavaliers would win this game, but his prediction was that there should be twists and turns in the Cavaliers' victory, and the Nets would not collapse.

but……

In the first half, the Nets players had no combat effectiveness at all.

"The Nets must be preparing for the second half, it must be like this!"

soon……

When the Cavaliers and the Nets started the second half, Pat Riley was dumbfounded again.

In the second half, of course, there were no changes to the Nets' starting lineup.

O'Neal, Malone, Carter, Fisher, Payton.

This is the starting lineup that is ready to cause trouble. Whether they can win this game depends on their suppressed ultimate move.

But in the second half, the Cavaliers' starting lineup changed.

Diop, Chen Xiao, Korver, Crawford, James...

In the second half of the game, Chandler, who scored the highest score for the Cavaliers in the first half, did not start!

This shocked Phil Jackson on the sidelines.

In his plan, there was a stage in the second half where the Cavaliers were blocked offensively by Chandler and Diop.

However, the Cavaliers didn't start Chandler at all in the second half. What does this mean?

Phil Jackson doesn't quite understand what the Cavaliers are thinking and is ready to take another look.

After the start of the second half, the Nets' first attack was made by Malone's mid-range shot, and it was the Cavaliers' turn to attack.

Chandler, who scored the most points for the Cavaliers in the first half, is not there, so will Diop, a center who scored like O'Neal in the first half, be the Cavaliers' first attacker?

Soon, the answer was revealed.

James didn't hit Diop at all, but directly hit Chen Xiao, who was the Cavaliers' power forward in the second half.

Under the attack of Malone and Carter, Chen Xiao passed the ball to Korver outside the three-point line. Korver made a three-pointer with his hand and dropped it!

Seeing Korver on the court, his face still shining with confidence and arrogance, Phil Jackson's eyes on the sidelines were very, very wide.

This was definitely an offense that exceeded his expectations.

After the second half, the Cavaliers didn't even try to play inside!

Diop and Chandler were so good offensively in the first half, but the Cavaliers gave up in the second half!

Not only did they give up, but the direction of attack was directed outward!

"It turns out that the Cavaliers never believed in us from beginning to end..."

"It turns out that they took advantage of our arrogant tactics in the first half and beat back the cannonballs. They actually used our arrogant tactics to cultivate the offensive confidence of the team's role players..."

At the beginning of the second half of the game, seeing the Cavaliers' offensive method that completely exceeded the Nets' expectations, how could someone as smart as Phil Jackson not understand?

After Phil Jackson understood it, O'Neal and the Nets players on the court quickly understood it too.

"Tricked!"

"We were fooled by the Cavaliers!"

After being teased by the Cavaliers, which of the five Nets players on the court felt the most uncomfortable.

Of course, after being sprayed by almost all Cavaliers players in the first half, O'Neal did not fight back and chose to be timid.

O'Neal was originally planning to get everything back in the second half.

Now, there is definitely no way to get it back in the second half.

What if I can't find it?

Shaquille O'Neal, I'm afraid that ten or twenty years later, fans will dig up the video of this game and judge me as a timid little coward!

It’s okay if you don’t dare to reply after being sprayed by Chen Xiao.

After all, Chen Xiao is a super giant, a player of the same level as him.

However, if you still endure being insulted by a coward like Diop or Chandler, then you really can’t endure it anymore!

It is unbearable!

O'Neal felt like he had lost all face on the court.

Not only does he now suspect that Richard Jefferson and Martin are undercover agents, but even Phil...

"Phil, are you the undercover agent who put that poisonous snake next to me?"

"It must be, it must be like this, otherwise, I, Shaquille O'Neal, the great Shaq, why would I bring the strongest team in history, and I would be blacked out in the first round of the playoffs!"

Seeing O'Neal's eyes looking at him from the court, Phil Jackson recovered from the shock and confusion, and then had a wry smile on his face.

Shaq, I really chose you...

However, at this time, he knew that nothing he said would be of any use.

Under the tremendous pressure of leading the strongest team in history for two consecutive years, at this time, Shaq's mentality has collapsed.

After the second half of the game started, Pat Riley in front of the TV felt that the Nets would struggle.

He really didn't expect that in the third quarter, the Nets would be overwhelmed by the Cavaliers' three-pointers.

After three quarters, the Cavaliers won.

However, O'Neal of the Nets was still unwilling to go down.

O'Neal, whose mentality has collapsed, does not want the game to end like this.

"I don't want to be hacked, I don't want to bring down two of the strongest teams in history in a row, it's all the fault of that poisonous snake, it's all Phil's fault, it's them, it's them who made me like this!"

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers defeated the New Jersey Nets 120-90 at home.

However, even if the game is over, O'Neal is still unwilling to end the fact that this game is over and this series is over.

"Shaq, be decent!"

Looking at O'Neal, whose mentality had completely collapsed at this time, Karl Malone walked up to O'Neal with a calm expression and shouted loudly at O'Neal.

O'Neal woke up from the collapse state after being awakened by Malone's roar.

Looking at Malone in front of him, O'Neal bit his lip tightly.

He is still unwilling to accept such a fact!

Black Eight!

Leading the strongest team in history for two consecutive years!

Even in that kid's words, his grandma couldn't possibly do such a shameful thing!

"Karl, it's not my fault!"

Seeing O'Neill like this, Malone finally sighed, and then said quietly: "I know, it's the world that's wrong."

This is not Malone making a joke on O'Neal.

He really felt that way.

Because, apart from the fact that something went wrong in this world, he really didn't know why this happened.

How did they lose this series if something wasn't wrong with the world, something went wrong?

So, after Malone finished speaking, O'Neill could no longer hold Malone and cried bitterly.

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers defeated the Nets at home and advanced to the second round with a score of 4-2.

At this time, the Cavaliers fans at the scene were boiling.

At this time, the Cavaliers players on the court were going crazy.

At this time, New Jersey fans thousands of miles away were excited.

At this moment, the Nets players on the court were collapsing, O'Neal was crying bitterly, Malone was silent, Carter and Payton were squatting on the ground and stroking the floor reluctantly, and Fisher seemed to have lost his soul.

At this time, everyone watching the game in front of the TV, except for the Chinese audience who were going crazy, many people in the American audience were silent.

Including Kobe in front of the TV at this time.

Kobe originally thought he would be happy if the Cavaliers won.

But looking at O'Neal crying like a child on TV, Kobe felt very complicated.

"He actually cried..."

It's been a really long time since I've seen this guy cry.

This guy hasn't known what it feels like to cry since their first championship.

Pride and arrogance filled his chest...

Kobe followed the camera and looked at the Cavaliers No. 24 who was cheered and worshiped by the audience, the young man with confidence and a hearty smile on his face.

"He not only defeated him, but also defeated him..."

The strongest in history, he was hacked!

The number one in the league was defeated by him!

This guy is so good, so good that it’s scary...

"This is the strongest Black Eight in history!"

For a moment, all that was left in Kobe's mind was this Barkley roar from the TV...

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