I’m Really Playing Basketball

On June 4, 2004, American time, Chen Xiao returned to Cleveland from Orlando with the players of the Cavaliers under the welcome of the whole of Cleveland.

With the end of the Eastern Conference Finals, Chen Xiao's first playoff journey with the Cavaliers was over.

Although for this result, Cleveland fans and the Cavaliers' management are very satisfied.

But as a Cavaliers player, whether it is Chen Xiao, James or others, they feel suffocated in their hearts.

Well, the game has reached this point, it has reached the Eastern Conference Finals, it has reached the tiebreaker, but it still lost in the end, which made the Cavaliers players feel like it had come to an abrupt end.

"We can obviously do better!"

This is the cry in the hearts of all young Cavaliers players except Chen Xiao.

This season, under the leadership of Chen Xiao, the Cavaliers have been able to reach this point. All the young Cavaliers players will not be moved by Chen Xiao's words, "I really tried my best."

Therefore, after returning to Cleveland, James rejected the invitation from the American Dream Team and concentrated on practicing shooting this summer.

And young players of the Cavaliers such as Mohamed Mohamed, Barnes, Korver, etc. also packed themselves into the training hall after returning to Cleveland and became rats in the training hall.

Perhaps, now only young players who are still veterans, such as Crawford, Chandler, Miles, Diop, etc., can calmly accept the failure of this series.

But even if it's peaceful, it's actually not that peaceful.

After all, it’s the finals!

As long as we win G7 and the Magic, we can enter the finals.

Moreover, judging from the score, the difference between the Cavaliers and Magic in this series is not that big.

In fact, many games are just a little bit different.

But just a little bit like this, the knight felt like he couldn't turn over.

This is actually very frustrating.

Not only are the other Cavaliers players frustrated, but Chen Xiao himself is actually a little frustrated as well.

Especially when the score is so close, you can win the game as long as you still have some cheats, but the cheats are banned. How will you feel?

Anyway, I don't know about other people, but Chen Xiao is feeling a little unhappy.

Although Barkley shouted that he was the most perfect power forward, he knew that his strength was indeed not as good as Duncan.

In this series, he actually lost the matchup with Duncan.

Although his outside offense is powerful, as a power forward, he has no steps to the basket and no hook shot. His offense at the basket is just one move of Qiao's backwards. This is actually very bad.

Therefore, thinking about this Eastern Conference Finals, after Chen Xiao returned to Cleveland, he did not return to the training hall to be a rat like other Cavaliers players.

Instead, accompanied by Anthony and Paul, he temporarily said goodbye to training, concentrated on eating, drinking, and having fun, letting himself go, and watching the finals between the Magic and Timberwolves, and the showdown between Duncan and Garnett.

By the way, in the conference finals in the Western Conference, the Timberwolves won, with the same big score of 4 to 3. The Timberwolves also completed a big comeback even after falling behind.

After the conference finals, the entire NBA was shocked by the horrific statistics of Chen Xiao and Duncan. In fact, in the West, Garnett also posted extremely terrifying statistics against Webber, averaging 25 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists per game. 2 steals and 4 blocks. Except for the fact that the shooting rate is only 46%, which is not as good as Chen Xiao and Duncan. As far as this data is concerned, it can be said that it is not much worse than Chen Xiao and Duncan.

However, Webb failed to respond to Garnett's strength. Therefore, although Garnett performed well, his popularity was not that high.

Although Webber, who has returned from a serious injury, still has strength, it can be seen to the naked eye that he is no longer able to match Garnett's strength.

Especially Garnett, who has understood the spirit of the Wolf King.

Weber's data in this series is 17+7+3+1+0.3 per game, and 0.3 is blocks. This is the data that best reflects how much strength Weber still has.

Let's just say that Webb has never been so weak at blocking shots.

Weber's weakness in blocking shots also reflects how bad his body is now.

In the end, the Kings once again missed the finals for the third time.

In a direct battle between the four power forwards, Garnett and Duncan ultimately won.

Just when everyone in the NBA was looking forward to the end of the showdown between Duncan and Garnett in the Finals, Duncan and Garnett staggered in the first game of the Finals.

In this game, Garnett did not play power forward, but small forward.

Facing the Magic, the Timberwolves used their signature three inside lineup.

Against the Kings, the Timberwolves did not use three inside lines. The Kings' offense was too fast.

Moreover, the Timberwolves are not willing to let Garnett play power forward to compete with Duncan.

Garnett and Chen Xiao are different. Why are Garnett fans in the NBA always dissatisfied with Duncan?

Because of the direct confrontation between Garnett and Duncan, Garnett has never been at a disadvantage, whether in the regular season or the playoffs.

Both are 50-50.

Even if Garnett doesn't understand the spirit of the Wolf King, he is still on a 50-50 basis with Duncan.

Of course, the Wolf King's spirit is just spirit, not strength. Garnett's personal strength has not increased because of understanding the Wolf King's spirit. Understanding the Wolf King's spirit only makes Garnett's mentality more stable and tenacious.

The reason why Duncan couldn't defeat Garnett and put distance between him and Garnett.

The main thing is that Duncan's offense can match Garnett's defense.

Garnett's defensive skills and height can match Duncan's offense.

Of course, Duncan's height and defensive skills can also match Garnett's offense.

Garnett's offense is not as stable as Duncan's, that's all. Therefore, in the dozens of encounters between the two in history, their statistics are almost the same. Among them, Duncan's shooting percentage is a little higher than Garnett's.

It's really not even 1%.

As for the Magic, the Magic are of course willing to take advantage of Duncan and Garnett.

The Magic have too many people to attack, and it doesn't matter if Duncan and Garnett are playing against each other.

But it's different here with the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves are not willing to trade their strongest offensive players.

In the three-post formation, two big centers block the interior, while Garnett sweeps up the front line. While the defense has a greater influence, the offense can also miss Duncan.

Duncan also came out of it when defending. The Magic's Zaza Pachulia couldn't withstand the Timberwolves' double center.

If the Cavaliers' outside offensive players can be as stable as the Timberwolves' aliens Russell, Szczerbiak and Sprevor, the Cavaliers can actually use double centers to stagger Chen Xiao and Duncan.

Because there are no players like the Timberwolves, even if Chen Xiao can't beat Duncan, he can only bite the bullet and do it instead of staggering with Duncan.

This series between the Timberwolves and the Magic was very exciting and intense.

The Timberwolves' double center matched up with Duncan, the Timberwolves' Sprewell versus Tracy McGrady, and the Timberwolves' alien Cassell versus Parker.

And Garnett is where he needs to be.

After the first game, Anthony and Paul, who had been staying by Chen Xiao's side to comfort Chen Xiao, found out.

After watching the first game between the Timberwolves and the Magic, Chen Xiao suddenly felt inexplicably better.

"Is it because the idol won?"

Every time, in G1 of the finals, the Timberwolves won at home, 100 to 93, and they won a lot.

Duncan played extremely well in this game. Facing the Timberwolves' double center, Duncan made 14 of 26 shots and scored a crazy 36 points, 20 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

But except for Duncan, the other Magic players played miserable in this game.

McGrady scored 6 of 20 and scored 15 points in this game.

Mike Miller 2-for-8, 6 points

Parker made 4 of 12 and scored 12 points.

Perhaps the best scorer on the entire team, except for Duncan, is substitute Ginobili. Ginobili made 6 of 12 shots and scored 12 points.

Let's just say that in this game, except for Duncan who used his mobile height and awareness to grab 11 offensive rebounds, the offense of the Magic's starting lineup was overwhelmed by the Timberwolves' defense.

Garnett's assisting defense in the free agent position puts too much pressure on the Magic's other perimeter offensive players.

Especially McGrady.

In this game, McGrady faced the madman Sprewell's bite and Garnett's help defense, which was simply hellish difficulty.

So much so that in this game, when McGrady once again used his physical talent to force a breakthrough and cause damage, he even sprained his ankle. Although he persisted to finish the game, the whole world saw that at the end of the game, McGrady was a Limped away.

The finals after Tracy McGrady are likely to be in doubt.

After all, McGrady's face was really ugly when he left the field. Athletes are very clear about their injuries and can feel them.

Obviously, McGrady felt that his sprained foot this time was not that simple.

They originally lost the first game of the finals, and then lost their generals as soon as they started. This is simply adding insult to injury for the Magic.

McGrady's injury is not a plot kill in a novel.

McGrady was really tired from playing in this year's playoffs.

The Magic played the Raptors in the first round and played six games.

Played the 76ers in the second round and played 7 games.

Played the Cavaliers in the conference finals and played 7 more games.

Before the Finals, McGrady had already played 20 playoff games.

The Magic played their first playoff game on April 18, and their first finals game on June 6. They played 20 playoff games in the intervening month and a half.

You know, before playing the Cavaliers, the Magic mainly relied on McGarry, and Duncan pretended to be dead.

It's not that Duncan deliberately pretended to be dead to trick McGrady. Duncan's character is very reserved. The Magic are McGrady's team, McGrady is the host, and Duncan is the guest. It is difficult for Duncan to steal McGrady's play.

Maizi, on the other hand, has a rather flamboyant character. The more reserved Duncan is and the more he tries to help him, the more excited McGrady becomes, the more involved he becomes in the game, and the greater the consumption and wear and tear.

The sprained foot in the finals had no other reason than that my body was too tired.

After seven games with the Cavaliers' James, Barnes, Myers and other heroes, they only rested for three days before starting the finals immediately, and it was also an away game.

And I met Sprewell and Garnett again...

You could say that Maizi is a durable player like Chen Xiao and James, but Maizi is not such a player at all...

To be honest, considering the Magic's playoff schedule this season and Duncan's humility, McGrady's ability to last until the finals before getting injured is really a blessing to the Red Star.

Tracy McGrady was injured, and the Magic team, which originally had two super giants, became a single super giant like the Timberwolves.

More importantly, in addition to the super giant Garnett, the Timberwolves also have two All-Stars like Alien and Sprewell.

The Magic, on the other hand, are a group of role players.

For a time, after Game 1 of the Finals, people all over the United States were discussing crazily that Garnett would become a god this season.

Garnett will overtake Duncan in a corner this season.

After all, a single season regular season MVP + finals MVP, this is definitely a season that can be crowned a god.

Many experts, reporters and fans said that Garnett is one step away from becoming a god.

By the way, why did Chen Xiao recover from his melancholy state after watching the game between the Timberwolves and the Magic?

It's very simple.

Because Chen Xiao discovered that, well, the Cavaliers couldn't beat the Timberwolves.

Among the teams in the Western Conference, the Cavaliers not only cannot beat the Kings, but also cannot beat the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves' two-center-three-inside tactic was used against the Cavaliers. Instead of kneeling, the Cavaliers simply lay down.

Originally seeing the Timberwolves defeat the Kings and reach the finals, Chen Xiao and James felt that as long as the Cavaliers reached the finals, they would have a chance to win the championship and miss out.

Facts have proved that Chen Xiao and the others really thought too much.

In the face of absolute strength, it is really unreliable to pick things up.

In this terrifying season, Chen Xiao wants to lead the Cavaliers to win the championship against the odds.

Let’s put it this way, a guaranteed 60 score experience cards are enough.

Has Chen Xiao received so many scoring experience cards in total in his career so far?

Well, there should be.

Since he was stepped on by the Timberwolves after entering the finals, Chen Xiao certainly doesn't worry about gains and losses so much.

Not only Chen Xiao, but also James.

On the second day of the game between the Timberwolves and the Magic, Chen Xiao saw Xiao Zhan again.

Well, Xiao Zhan is out wandering again.

It can be seen that Xiao Zhan also watched the game between the Timberwolves and the Magic last night.

"Xiao Chen, the Timberwolves are going to win the championship this year."

After Xiao Zhan finished speaking enviously, Chen Xiao nodded.

However, I don’t know if it’s because Xiao Zhan’s mouth is too poisonous or something.

Just when the whole world thought the Magic were about to win the championship, things suddenly took a turn for the worse...

In G2 of the Finals, McGrady was injured and Ginobili replaced McGrady in the starting position.

When Ginobili appeared in the expectant eyes of his mentor Doc Reeves, he never thought that this round of the series would start a twenty-year "Legend of the Demon Sword"...

Sprewell has many ways to deal with a player with outstanding talent and aggressive play like McGrady.

The same goes for Garnett.

But Ginobili, a player whose style is completely different from McGrady and who is extremely weird, whether it is Sprewell or Garnett, always feels that his legs and feet are a bit slow.

Are they really slow?

Of course not, but they couldn't keep up with Ginobili's rhythm at all.

Chen Xiao has always felt that he is the player in the entire NBA who best understands the true strength of his good friend Ginobili.

But watching this year's finals, Ginobili used his miraculous breakthroughs and passes to tear apart the Timberwolves' somewhat cumbersome defense again and again. Chen Xiao was still shocked by Ginobili's strength.

After leading one game in the finals, the Timberwolves were beaten two games in a row by the Magic.

The Timberwolves, who were trailing 2-1, were finally beaten by Ginobili and gave up on the cumbersome two-center and three-post lineup. Instead, they put Garnett back at the power forward position and let Garnett and Duncan compete.

Now the Magic no longer have Tracy McGrady.

It's okay if Garnett returns to the basket and can defend Ginobili better while competing with Duncan.

The Timberwolves believe Cassell and Sprewell Szczerbiak can shoulder the team's offensive responsibilities.

But, it was after 3 games again.

Minnesota, watching the final score of 96 to 90 in this game, the Timberwolves fans at the scene were silent.

Lost, the Timberwolves lost in the end.

It was not their Wolf King Garnett who lost to Duncan.

Instead, Sprewell, who they had high hopes for, lost to Ginobili, and Cassell lost to Parker...

Throughout the 6 games of the Finals, Ginobili, who was appointed as the starter in the second game at the last moment, averaged 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game throughout the Finals, with a shooting percentage of 50%, averaging only 12 shots per game. At 19 points, he can create 6 free throw opportunities per game, and his three-point shooting rate is also as high as 40%.

Whether it's in terms of scoring data or efficiency, he basically beat Sprewell.

As for Parker, although Parker is not as efficient as Ginobili, he can still average 15 points per game. His scoring is similar to Cassel, but his efficiency is higher.

More importantly, after Ginobili was promoted to the starting lineup, Robert Horry, who served as the team's sixth man, averaged 11 points per game in the finals and shot 50% from three-pointers!

This allowed the Magic, under the leadership of Duncan, to defeat the Timberwolves with a total score of 4-2 in the absence of Tracy McGrady and win the championship.

Therefore, when the Magic won the championship, not only the Timberwolves fans on the sidelines were confused, but Garnett was also confused.

McGrady on the sidelines was also a little confused.

He is already prepared to play with injury in G7!

But damn, in his absence, the team won the championship with Duncan leading a group of role players such as Pachulia, Gooden, Ginobili, Parker, Mike Miller, and Horry.

Damn it, Maizi is really a little stupid now.

Seeing Manu Ginobili and Parker frantically pounced on Duncan after the game, Maizi felt a little redundant at this moment?

Although he knew that without him, the Magic might not have made it to the Finals.

"Ginobili, Duncan, Parker, they are celebrating like crazy!"

"In this finals, it is not the Timberwolves or Garnett who become the gods. In this finals, the gods are GDP!"

GDP!

This thunderous name in history appeared in the NBA for the first time.

The Magic defeated the Timberwolves and won the championship in the 2003-2004 season.

Duncan, who averaged 24.5 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks in the finals, won the final Fmvp.

And this is also the second championship and FMVP of Duncan's career.

Watching Duncan holding up the championship trophy and Parker Ginobili next to him on TV, Popovich was also bleeding in his heart.

Luo Ge suddenly lost his fragrance.

And Garnett, who applauded Duncan from the sidelines, took a deep breath.

"I'll be back!"

After watching the ceremony, Garnett left the arena with the pack of wolves.

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