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It's a black eight, and finally it's a black eight!

After the series between the Cavaliers and the Nets ended in G1, public opinion across the United States was already frantically creating news about the eight-game blackout.

This series between the Cavaliers and Nets started on April 17th and ends on April 30th, a total of almost half a month.

Half a month ago, reporters across the United States created this public opinion, and now, this public opinion has finally been realized by that magical boy.

At this time, the entire Cleveland fans in Gund Arena were going crazy.

Unprecedented madness.

This is the greatest moment in Cleveland sports history.

There is no doubt that in the history of Cleveland sports, this black eight against the strongest team in history is their greatest achievement, an unprecedented achievement.

At Gund Arena, amidst the wild celebrations of Cavaliers fans, O'Neal finally recovered from crying while holding Malone.

However, seeing the Cleveland fans celebrating so heartlessly, O'Neal still had a look of pain on his face, recalling everything in this series in his mind, from the kid telling him to get out at the beginning of G1 to the end of G6. , he really lost the series and wanted to get out, O'Neal is really in a state of mind now.

It was an extremely disastrous defeat, one that he had never experienced before in his career.

This failure was even more painful than losing to Olajuwon and being swept out by the Rockets in the 1994 Finals, and worse than being swept out by the Utah Jazz in the 1998 Western Conference Finals.

Six years have passed since he became invincible in 1998 and now in 2004. He never thought that such a tragic story would happen to him now.

But now, a more tragic story has happened than six or ten years ago, so much so that when the game ended, he didn't dare to end the game or get off the court.

Because he knows very well what it means for this game to end like this and this series to end like this.

He dare not accept such a result.

Being willing to admit defeat is a quality that every NBA player should have, but the cost of losing this time was so great that he could not accept it anyway.

In fact, at that moment, O'Neill was even thinking, if he could find a crack in the ground and get in, would the world become peaceful because of it?

O'Neal doesn't know.

He only knew that at that moment, he really wanted to forget and delete everything that had happened in the world in the past half month, or even the past season.

However, he knew that this was impossible.

He fell in front of Chen Xiao for two consecutive years, and led the strongest team in history to be defeated by Chen Xiao for two consecutive years.

He, Shaquille O'Neal, is one of the greatest players in NBA history and one of the most dominant players in NBA history.

But after these two seasons, his career will become a footnote to Chen Xiao.

No matter how great his achievements in the NBA are, after this season, Chen Xiao will become the biggest nightmare of his career.

When he retires, fans around the world will not only know about his Triple Crown achievements, but also know that he was severely punished by Olajuwon, Malone, and Chen Xiao in the NBA.

He wanted to compare with Jordan.

He never gave up comparing himself to Jordan.

However, Jordan never failed like this in his career.

Let's not talk about it until we win the championship.

After winning the championship, Jordan had never failed in front of someone like him.

O'Neal knows that after this year's playoffs, he will completely lose the qualification to challenge Jordan.

The only thing left in his career may be to prove that he is better than Kobe and win the fourth championship earlier.

This is such a painful thing.

In the Lakers last season, when Kobe broke away from competition with him and directly challenged Jordan, he wanted to be like Kobe and break away from competition with Kobe to challenge Jordan.

But two years later, he never thought that this road would be so difficult.

Originally, he could!

However, Chen Xiao destroyed his dream twice!

This really made O'Neal feel so upset that he couldn't calm down anymore.

O'Neal has never hated and hated a player so much as he does now.

No kidding, it's true that O'Neal hates Chen Xiao so much now. Even if it were you, you would do the same.

In O'Neal's view, he should have been crowned king last year in 2003, and he should be crowned king this year as well.

If there is no Chen Xiao, then he will achieve an unprecedented five consecutive championships, plus five consecutive FMVPs, then there is no doubt that he will become a player in NBA history who can stand alongside Jordan.

This is really not what O'Neill thinks.

After the game, when O'Neal was holding Malone and crying, the on-site commentators Barkley and Kenny Smith said this when they talked about why O'Neal was so out of control.

"Without Wonder Boy, Shaq would have achieved five consecutive championships in his career, at least five consecutive championships. For Shaq, the failure in the past two years has ruined the possibility of surpassing Jordan and the highest he can achieve in his career. high."

"If I were Shaq, I might cry more miserably than Shaq. I think Shaq was already very brave. Although he was unwilling to accept such a failure, in the end, he still accepted it."

In front of the TV, many American viewers realized that they had almost witnessed the emergence of a man who surpassed Jordan.

It turns out that Chen Xiao, a Chinese, has killed someone who might surpass Jordan in the past two years.

At this time, many American fans in front of the TV really found it incredible.

Unexpectedly, a Chinese person actually changed the historical pattern of the NBA.

Of course, listening to what Barkley and Kenny Smith said, Jordan was in a very good mood in front of the TV, smoking a cigar and drinking red wine, and he smiled.

"To be interrupted by such a young player from the path of the strongest player in history just means that you are not strong enough."

When I surpassed Russell and Magic, I never died midway because Utah was too strong.

The strong, always strong!

This is Jordan's view, but obviously, most viewers across the United States do not have this view.

For most viewers in the NBA, these six years were really O'Neal's six years of invincibility.

And O'Neal, who was so invincible, fell in front of Chen Xiao for two consecutive years, and he fell in such a variety of ways.

Once, he watched helplessly as Chen Xiao stepped on him to win the championship.

One time, he watched Chen Xiao make fun of him.

It can be said that for American audiences, Chen Xiao has really become O'Neal's nemesis.

And, he became the 'God Killer' who defeated O'Neill and became a god.

Because most of the audience really felt that O'Neal could become a god after Barkley and Kenny Smith finished talking.

Even Duncan, who had a strong opinion of O'Neal, felt that this was really the case when he heard Barkley and Kenny Smith say this in front of the TV.

If there is no Wonder Boy, the champions of the past two years will still be Shaq's.

Not to mention last season, he played against the Lakers and was stronger than ever.

This season, he played against this Nets, and the Magic went 1-3 in the regular season. It can be said that the Nets' record this season does not look so incredible, but it crushes the entire league.

The reason why they didn't get 70 wins was not that they couldn't, but that they didn't do it.

This season, the Nets' 65 wins were obtained through O'Neal and Malone's large number of rotations.

If O'Neal and Malone didn't have so many rests, the Nets would have won 70 wins this season with ease.

Of course, if the Nets really get 70 wins this season, if they are still blacked out by the Cavaliers and the Wonder Boy, then the Nets may be even worse.

In short, no matter what, the Nets lost.

The best team in the league is out.

For Duncan, this is indeed a bit regretful.

But in front of the TV, Pat Riley, Larry Brown, Iverson, Reggie Miller, and even Peja, Garnett, Nowitzki and others in the Western Conference all had a sense of clearing away the clouds at this time. a feeling of.

If the Nets are not out, to be honest, with the hard power of the Nets this season, basically everyone has no chance.

"Now, the opportunity has come!"

Although magic is powerful, it is not so invincible.

For a time, the entire league, after the collapse of O'Neal and the Nets, was full of vitality.

This is unexpected.

Everyone felt like they had a chance.

So, except O'Neal is suffering.

Others, including the league's commissioner David Stern, seemed to be laughing.

Gund Arena, players from O'Neal and the Nets have left, but the entire arena is still crazy and hot.

And in China on the other side of the ocean, even after the game has ended for a long time, the Chinese audience in front of the TV is still shouting and laughing crazily.

Because today is May 1st, BJ time, Labor Day, and it is also a Saturday. On such a national holiday, winning this game is indeed a gift that can make the whole country laugh.

Therefore, after the game, whether it is in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen or some other small places, you can basically find groups of Chinese spectators wearing Chen Xiao's jerseys and holding banners to celebrate.

Even in some larger communities and alleys, the number of people celebrating is even larger.

It can be said that this time Chen Xiao led the Cavaliers' black eight Nets to the same level as Chen Xiao led the Nets to win the championship last year.

When the Cavaliers led the Nets 2-1, CCTV had been popularizing the meaning and greatness of Black Eight.

In the best-of-seven NBA game, black eight appeared for the first time.

This is so awesome.

Chinese audiences are full of fantasies about first time or first place.

Last year it was No. 1.

This year is the first time.

It's always the same.

At the Gund Arena in Cleveland, at this moment, Chen Xiao certainly didn't know that the country was so crazy after he completed the black eight.

However, Chen Xiao is indeed as happy as he was after winning the championship last year.

Why do you say that?

Because when he won the championship last year, when he lifted the FMVP trophy, the system rewarded him with an A-level potential card.

And this time, when he led the team to complete the black eight, the system also gave him a very unexpected reward.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully advancing to the next round in the NBA playoffs. You will be rewarded with 1 professional skill point."

"Ding, congratulations to the host for defeating the number one player as the eighth player in the first round of the NBA playoffs and completing the achievement 'Black Eight'. The host will be rewarded with an A-level potential card, 1,000 career points and 1,000 basketball experience."

When Chen Xiao chose the Black Eight Nets, he really didn't expect that the Black Eight rewards would be so rich.

It's just an A-level potential card.

This is the fourth A-level potential card that Chen Xiao has obtained.

The previous three were achievement rewards for 72 wins and 16 consecutive playoff wins, while the other one was an Fmvp trophy reward.

Achievement rewards cannot be redeemed repeatedly, only once. This year's All-Star Chen Xiao once again won the three-point champion, but the reward changed from a B-level shooting potential card to a C-level.

Therefore, only getting FMVP is a sustainable and repeated opportunity to brush A-level potential cards.

However, life is full of surprises. You don’t know when you will get a huge achievement reward, and the system will never treat you badly.

"A-level potential card!"

Chen Xiao is really happy, this means that Chen Xiao will have a fifth attribute that will reach 95!

This makes Chen Xiao's 19 scoring experience cards in order to defeat the Nets in this series really not in vain.

Not only did he drive away the evil F7 for Nets fans, but he also brought himself an A-level potential card that can increase his upper limit of strength.

Looking at Chen Xiao giggling on the TV, Wade and Yao Ming in front of the TV looked at each other and smiled.

"Xiao Chen did not miss the appointment and advanced to the next round ahead of us."

"Then it's up to us."

Wade and Yao Ming led the Heat players from the locker room to the court with confidence.

If they win this game, they can meet Chen Xiao in the playoffs!

On the other side, the Pistons players, led by Larry Brown, also walked out of the locker room with confidence.

"This season finally belongs to us!"

The collapse of the Nets not only made the entire league full of vitality, but also made the league become ambitious.

The crown that appears again can make anyone pay any price for it.

When there was the Nets in the past, you might not be able to win the crown at all costs, but now, it's different.

It is conceivable that the originally fierce Eastern Conference playoffs will become even more fierce and brutal from now on!

120 to 90, the Cavaliers used a god-like attitude at home to sweep the Nets, the strongest team in history, and completed the first black eight in the best-of-seven game.

After this game ended, there was no doubt that the entire United States was covered by this news.

The whole country is crazy about the Cavaliers' black eight in this game.

Similarly, the whole country is discussing O'Neal's tears and Chen Xiao's decision to cut off O'Neal's path to becoming a god.

It can be said that after this game, O'Neal and Chen Xiao became the focus of the entire NBA.

One player who might become a god was hacked.

And one is the player who led this unprecedented black eight miracle.

Chen Xiao's statistics in this game were actually "average". He made 8 of 16 shots and finished the game with 20 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Comparing Chen Xiao's data in the previous five games, the data in this game is indeed not that outstanding.

However, this still cannot conceal Chen Xiao's craziness in this series.

He scored a total of 219 points in six games, with a shooting percentage of 44.5% and a three-point shooting percentage of 45%. In six games, he averaged 36.5 points, 5.8 assists, 5.8 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks per game.

Well, the data is very comprehensive, but the shooting percentage is a little low.

But don't forget that in this series, Chen Xiao faced a defense that even Jordan recognized as the strongest defense in history.

Under the crazy defense of the Nets, they were able to average points and field goal percentages like this throughout the series, and scored 50+ once in six games, 40+ twice, and 20+ in all six games. This is already very exaggerated. .

Even at the post-game press conference, when reporters listed Chen Xiao's average data in this series, Chen Xiao himself was surprised.

"Chen, you have scored a total of 219 points in this series, and your career playoff points have reached 736 points. This season, you will most likely become the youngest 1,000-point player in the history of the NBA playoffs. In this series, you faced the Nets' strongest defense and your offensive performance was very good. How do you feel now?"

"It feels good. I never thought about scoring so many points in this series. I just want to win in this series. In order to win, I can score less or more points."

After Chen Xiao finished speaking with a smile, the group of American reporters at the scene was in an uproar.

What's the meaning?

Can you score more points?

Even Xiao Zhan next to Chen Ling looked at Chen Ling with big eyes blinking.

real or fake?

Xiao Chen, do you still have stock?

of course!

Although 19 scoring experience cards were thrown in this series, there are still 12 useless cards in my hand.

Of course, Chen Xiao would not talk about the scoring experience card. However, the expression on Chen Xiao's face that O'Neal and the Nets had not yet forced the best out of me made the American reporters at the scene very worried. Sideways glance.

In this series, Chen Xiao's personal performance was very good. Under the crazy defense of the Nets, he finally produced excellent offensive data and status.

But in this post-match press conference, there is no doubt that Black Eight is the most important topic.

Moreover, this time the game system is not only different from the past, but the process is also different from the past. This time the Cavaliers are targeting the Nets at the beginning of the season. Chen Xiao started the season , I said that I would break the Nets.

And now, the Nets are indeed broken.

Therefore, when asked about whether the Cavaliers were really motivated from the beginning, James' answer was very exciting.

"There is one thing people never mention!"

Xiao Zhan continued to say excitedly, "At the beginning of the season, after we played an away game against the Nets, many Nets fans broke through the security and came to Chen and me, asking us to help them, watching them cry with excitement and pain. At that time, we thought in our hearts that we must help them.”

"At that time, you said that we might not make it to the playoffs, but we were thinking about saving Nets fans. We were still very weak at that time, but as long as we have justice in our hearts, no matter how weak we are, we can burst out with the strongest energy. !”

"Now you see, we did everything we wanted to do, we defeated the strongest devil, we saved the Nets fans, and we brought glory to Cleveland!"

"This series will become the most precious memories of our career and lifetime!"

"Chen led us to have an incredible season, a dream season. This season, under Chen's leadership, we have achieved tremendous growth."

Seeing Xiao Zhan talking excitedly in front of American reporters, Chen Xiao always had a smile on his face.

Xiao Zhan's eloquence is really good.

It has to be said that as the chosen one, Xiao Zhan is not only very qualified in terms of talent but also emotional intelligence or IQ.

After Xiao Zhan answered most of the black eight topics, the reporter asked Chen Xiao questions.

"Chen, do you know that Phil Jackson announced his resignation at the post-game press conference just now, and Karl Malone announced his retirement during an interview in the locker room? This should be the result you want to destroy the Nets, right? "

Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment when he heard this reporter from Los Angeles ask this question.

He really hadn't heard about it.

He thought about Phil Jackson announcing his resignation, but he didn't expect Malone to announce his retirement.

Malone's performance in the playoffs this year was very good, averaging 20 points per game.

One of the Nets' most threatening players.

"Karl is a great player and I have a lot of respect for him."

This sentence comes from Chen Xiao's heart. Malone left the team he had struggled with all his life and his teammates and coach who had fought side by side all his life for the sake of the championship.

After he left, Stockton immediately announced his retirement.

Coming to the Nets this time is Malone's last fight.

This bet failed, and Ma Long felt that he had no shame in continuing the bet.

This former Jazz legend is really tough.

He gave himself a chance. After the failure, he no longer had any nostalgia for the NBA and left with Stockton.

If Malone is willing, most of the top teams in the NBA are willing to take him.

However, he couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart.

"As for whether this is the result I want, when Shaq applies for a trade, you can ask me this question again. By the way, you can help me urge him."

This kid is so cruel!

The reporter in Los Angeles who was defending O'Neal was stunned by this question.

After the game and the press conference after the game, Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan went back to the locker room together, talking and laughing.

After all, the game between the Pistons and the Heat is still going on.

"Xiao Chen, although I know you want to play the Heat in the next round, it is more beneficial for the Cavaliers to play the Pistons. We can't beat the Heat at all. We still have a chance against the Pistons, so this time, I support the Pistons!"

Xiao Zhan, are you sure you didn't say you support the Pistons because you don't like Wade?

After Xiao Zhan finished speaking, Chen Xiao laughed and complained.

However, when Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan returned to the locker room, they found that the atmosphere in the entire locker room was a bit strange.

Um?

Chen Xiao frowned and looked at the TV. Soon, Chen Xiao's eyes shrank rapidly due to shock, and the expression on his face became very ugly.

At this time, a very excited voice came from the TV.

"Wade's left hand is broken!"

"Dwyane Wade, who was elbowed by Rasheed Wallace on a layup and hit the basket, probably suffered a broken left hand!"

"Wade is now ready to leave the field for treatment!"

"Heat, it's dangerous!"

After Luo Ge, again!

James, who was standing next to Chen Xiao, saw such a terrifying expression on Chen Xiao's always cheerful face for the first time.