I’m Really Playing Basketball

After having a heart-to-heart talk with Chen Xiao, James's mood, which had been very blocked recently, improved a lot.

Then the next day, Chen Xiao learned about Xiao Zhan's move out of home and his own business.

Xiao Zhan used to live with Zhan's mother all the time, and now, he finally moved out to live on his own. This not only makes it easier to fall in love with his girlfriend Savannah, but also completely put an end to his own An opportunity for my mother to connect with Chen Xiao.

You no longer live together, so why are you still contacting me to make trouble?

I don’t need to have any contact with you?

I have to say that Xiao Zhan is really witty.

However, when praising Xiao Zhan's wit, you must remember Xiao Zhan's feelings for his mother.

It was an extremely cruel decision for him to separate him from his mother. He was an extremely filial person.

But for Chen Xiao, for Cleveland, for the future of him, Chen Xiao and the Cavaliers, Xiao Zhan reluctantly made this decision.

If he had other options, he would not make such a cruel decision.

He knew that it was impossible to resolve the conflicts between his mother, his agent and his business partners, and Xiao Chen and the knight.

This is the only thing he can do.

There is no way to solve it, so we can only avoid it, separate the two sides, isolate the two sides, and keep the two sides far away.

With the end of the preseason, everyone's eyes are on the opening game of this NBA regular season.

How could the league, which always likes to cause trouble in the opening game, let go of such a good opportunity this time.

The NBA's opening game this season is when the defending champion Magic face the Timberwolves at home.

This is a repeat of the finals of last season. After one season, let Duncan and Garnett, the first and second players in the league who are now destined opponents, face each other directly. .

In addition to this game, the other two opening games were the Heat team led by Yao Ming and Wade challenged the Pistons away.

In fact, Rasheed and Larry Brown have already left, so this revenge is not worth avenging.

And the other opener is interesting, even the most interesting and the most watched of the three games today, that is the away game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns.

Chen Xiao faced O'Neal again.

Chen Xiao faced Rashid again.

Chen Xiao once again faced Stoudemire.

To be honest, Chen Xiao and these three people all have conflicts.

I won’t talk about O’Neal and Rashid.

Chen Xiao and Stoudemire still had a ten-year contract.

Let's see who is more deserving of a higher pick ten years from now.

Now that two years have passed, Chen Xiao is of course beating Stoudemire.

Chen Xiao is now one of the five super giants selected by ESPN and the fifth overall pick in the NBA.

Stoudemire didn't even make the top 20, and ranked 25th among ESPN's top 50 superstars.

More importantly, after this offseason, it wasn't just Chen Xiao who had conflicts with the Suns, the Cavaliers also had conflicts with the Suns.

If O'Neal and the Suns hadn't made random offers to Darius Myers and Crawford, the Cavaliers would not have lost these two.

If you don't lose these two, is the Cavaliers stronger? These two say, but the team was dismantled maliciously by the Suns, this is for sure.

If such revenge is not avenged, how long will it take?

In short, no matter what, everyone knows that when the Cavaliers meet the Suns, they will definitely have to fight.

And David Stern and the league sent Chen Xiao and the Cavaliers to the Suns in the first game of the season. Of course, they wanted to give the Suns a blow.

Although the F7 of the Nets, which may have put the league in crisis, was broken up by Chen Xiao, David Stern obviously still has no intention of letting O'Neal go.

This is not to say that they are still holding on to last season's F7. The main reason is that during the offseason, O'Neal and the Suns dismantled the Cavaliers, which made David Stern very angry.

This is a bad NBA rule!

Moreover, the Cavaliers are the protagonists of the next generation of the NBA in his plan. This old boy O'Neal actually dares to hinder the protagonist team from becoming stronger and rising. Are you not slapping David Stern in the face?

Don't let you suffer, you really don't know how many eyes Uncle Si has.

No matter how many eyes Uncle Si has, there must be a small mind inside.

Therefore, the Suns' schedule at the beginning of the season this season is quite devilish.

Just as good as the Heat in the 2002-2003 season.

David Stern is going to punish O'Neal.

But, can sending the Cavaliers to the Suns punish O'Neal?

Judging from David Stern's relatively simple basketball knowledge, it is okay.

The Cavaliers are already a well-established team. Although their strength is not top-notch, they are still a four-star team selected by USA Today (the Cavaliers were still four-stars when the schedule was released).

America Today has always been very reliable.

Although the Suns are five-star, they are a newly formed team that is unfamiliar with each other.

If the Cavaliers were put in front of the Suns on Christmas Day, David Stern might still be worried.

But in the first game at the beginning of the season, putting the Cavaliers in front of the Suns is a sure thing!

Therefore, David Stern not only wants to slap O'Neal and the Suns in the face, but he also wants to fight in Phoenix!

What a ruthless CEO!

For the president, it is safe for the Cavaliers to help him face O'Neal and the Suns in the opening game.

But Carlisle and the Cavaliers really don't think they can beat O'Neal and the Suns in the opener.

The inside combination of O'Neal and Rasheed is still very strong.

In fact, what Carlisle didn't know was that the combination of O'Neal and Stoudemire was stronger.

Why Carlisle underestimated Stoudemire, this is also reasonable. In the first two seasons of Stoudemire, Stoudemire's mid-range shooting percentages were 27% and 35.7%, and the long-range two-point shooting percentage was 11%. And 30%, not only the hit rate is low but also the efficiency is not high.

It can be said that Stoudemire is a power forward with no space at all. His athletic talent is excellent, but he overlaps with O'Neal.

Therefore, not only Carlisle, but many NBA coaches think so.

The sun is so optimistic, in fact, mainly because of O'Neill and Rasheed.

But for some people, they really treat each other with admiration for three days, and Stoudemire is such a person.

Who would have thought that this season, Stoudemire would suddenly become an insider with perfect shooting from an insider with a mediocre range?

In the history of the NBA, this season, Stoudemire's mid-range shooting percentage will sharply increase to 45%, while the long-range two-point shooting percentage will rise sharply to 46!

Since then, Stoudemire's shooting has become more and more accurate. Even at the peak, the shooting percentage in these two areas exceeded 50%, which is terrifying.

It can be seen that Stoudemire has worked hard to practice shooting.

In fact, it depends on whether a person has worked hard to practice shooting or not, and he can tell by his free throw percentage.

Historically, Stoudemire's free throw percentage in his rookie season was less than 70%, but after playing for several seasons, Stoudemire's free throw percentage can basically stabilize at more than 80%.

Before he got the big contract, although Stoudemire was crazy, he worked extremely hard.

Especially under the stimulation of Chen Xiao, Stoudemire actually worked harder than ever.

Of course, except for the Suns players, no one else knows that Stoudemire has already practiced shooting this season.

Therefore, Suns head coach Gentry is now preparing to hold back a big move for the Cavaliers.

Of course, even if they don't know that Stoudemire has been separated for three days and are looking at him with admiration, the Cavaliers have not taken the Suns lightly.

Both O'Neal and Rasheed were opponents the Cavaliers played last season.

Although Chen Xiao defeated Rasheed head-on and led the team to defeat O'Neal, Rasheed's defense still made Chen Xiao very uncomfortable, and O'Neal's offense still made the Cavaliers quite embarrassed.

Now that these two people are together, the Cavaliers are still under great pressure.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Rashid has always been little Duncan in Chen Xiao's mind. The combination of O'Neal + Rashid can be regarded as the combination of O'Neal + Duncan.

Imagine the power of this combination.

Of course, the current O'Neal is not as good as him at his peak, and Rashid is basically worse than Duncan at his peak, but 85% O'Neal + 85% Duncan is also very Dior, okay?

On November 1, 2004, the Cavaliers players came to Phoenix City under the leadership of Chen Xiao. It is worth mentioning that, this time the Cavaliers' away game, Zhan's mother also came.

Certainly not with the team.

James' mother accompanied the Cavaliers on the trip at her own expense.

His son is now separated from him. How can Zhan, who is so concerned about his son, sit still?

Seeing that Zhan's mother is staying in the same hotel as the team, to be honest, Chen Xiao is really embarrassed.

He could see the hostility towards him in Zhan's mother's eyes.

I'm afraid Zhan's mother thinks that he is the culprit who broke up their mother and son.

Chen Xiao didn't know what to say about this.

Because, from the root, this is indeed the case.

Seeing Xiao Zhan now trapped in the dilemma of his mother on the left and Chen Xiao on the right, Xiao Zhan's girlfriend Savannah was thoughtful.

She has yet to put LeBron in such a predicament.

Why did Chen come first?

Obviously I should be the first!

Well, Xiao Zhan is really helpless for his mother's behavior like this. It's not disrespectful. He knows his mother's IQ. Such attention is definitely not what his mother thought of. He gave his mother so much money and has time to buy it. Isn’t it more comfortable than following the knight Feifei everywhere?

Why does mom have to work so hard to follow the knight Feifei?

It must have been his agent and the group of people behind him who paid attention.

"Gloria, LeBron has begun to get out of our control now, and our influence on LeBron is constantly declining. Now, we need you to maintain influence by LeBron's side at all times, otherwise it is not just us, you You will also lose your most beloved son."

Having said that, Gloria, how can she still think about using her son's money to buy things?

My son will be snatched away by the beeps outside!

To say that Zhan's mother is now inseparable from the team, the most embarrassing person is actually not Chen Xiao.

He and Xiao Zhanxing sat upright, and there was nothing shady.

LeBron's mother follows the Cavaliers all the time now, and the most embarrassing thing is LeBron's girlfriend Savannah.

I'm tired of being with my boyfriend, and my mother-in-law is always staring at me, what's the matter?

The point is, you have this time, isn't it nice to take care of your grandson at home?

By the way, Savannah was also depressed. At home, little Zhan was crying and fussing, and she finally followed him out to relax in the away game. Her mother-in-law still followed her. She now feels a little postpartum depression.

On November 2, 2004, at 10:30 pm, the American West Arena in Phoenix was the first home game of the new Suns under the leadership of O'Neal. Fifteen minutes before the game started, the entire arena was already packed. The Suns fans were packed.

Unlike last season, the Suns this season not only brought a lot of talk to reporters across the NBA, but also gave Suns fans in Phoenix a huge surprise.

After O'Neal joined the Suns, the Suns' season tickets sold out almost instantly.

How long have the Phoenix been quiet after Barkley left?

If you calculate it on a daily basis, it would be incalculable.

I have to say that in today's NBA, O'Neal's appeal is still extremely powerful.

After all, O'Neal has been the league's number one player in the NBA for many years.

Therefore, even though this season according to ESPN and many experts, Duncan has surpassed O'Neal to become the number one player in the league, but in the minds of fans, if you want to ask who is the number one player in the NBA, I am afraid that except for Chinese fans, most of the world's fans will think it is O'Neal.

Therefore, when O'Neal came out of the tunnel for the finale, Chen Xiao and James saw the enthusiasm of the Suns fans for O'Neal.

That crazy shout, that incredible cheer.

Seeing this scene, the management of the Suns next to them really felt that trading Joe Johnson and Marion from the Nets for O'Neal was really making a fortune.

"He seems to have really lost a lot of weight..."

On the court, watching O'Neal warming up on the opposite side, Xiao Zhan whispered to Chen Xiao next to him.

In the playoffs last season, James was troubled by the two gatekeepers, O'Neal and Malone.

That feeling of being unable to make breakthroughs and missing shots is really miserable.

Therefore, Xiao Zhan has always been very sensitive to O'Neill's figure.

Seeing that Xiao Zhan cared so much about O'Neal's figure, Chen Xiao smiled and said to Xiao Zhan: "Xiao Zhan, didn't you say that you are not the same person as you were in the past? Are you still afraid of this damn fat man?"

"I'm afraid of him? How could I be afraid of him!"

Xiao Zhan stubbornly retorted to Chen Xiao.

In other words, Xiao Zhan is indeed different now from last season.

He practiced shooting for a summer, and his shooting has improved.

Let's just say that in history, when James was in the Cavaliers, he never systematically practiced shooting.

When James was with the Cavaliers, his mid-range shots only reached 36% in one season. The other six seasons were all around 30%, with ups and downs, basically the same.

You know, James's shooting percentage is when the opponent is guarding him and lets him shoot. His shooting percentage shows how poor James' mid-range shooting is.

Why did James' shooting percentage skyrocket after his rookie season?

The reason is that his confrontations have become stronger and his breakthroughs have become stronger. While the number of shots at the basket has increased, his shooting percentage has also increased. And coupled with the "promotion" of the league, his breakthroughs can have some well-known treatment.

So the question is, when did James systematically practice shooting?

In history, it was the first time he decided to join the Heat.

At that time, everyone shouted and beat him, and the sponsors behind him didn't dare to let him out. He finally had time to practice shooting systematically.

Although he was 26 years old at that time and was a little older, James' talent was still acceptable.

In just one summer, James' mid-range shooting percentage increased from 34.4% to 44.3%, a full 10% increase in shooting percentage.

Then in the 2010-2011 season, after the Finals, the Finals where James was scolded in history, James once again did not dare to show off in the summer, and continued to practice shooting hard despite being scolded.

Then in the following 2011-2012 season, James' mid-range shooting increased from 44.3% to 48.1%, which is quite impressive!

But, after winning the championship in 2012, the United States began to blow up on James again. James can come out to show in the summer, show everywhere, and don't have to work hard to practice shooting. Then, guess what, in the 2012-2013 season, James How much has the mid-range shot become?

From a cliff-like drop of 48.1% last season to 41.5%.

After that, James in history, CIC never recovered to the level of the season when the driver won the championship in 2011, and James was scolded to retire.

Have you seen James' shooting problem?

Can you see the huge impact of business on James' shooting?

In fact, it is not unreasonable for many fans to ridicule James as a businessman in history. He could have been stronger, but business matters have restricted him too much.

Especially without a crisis. After the Heat won two consecutive championships, James completely lost the sense of crisis that forced him to retire.

And this is why it is said that James in the 2011-2012 season in history is the strongest James.

That was his most dangerous season, when he retired without success, forcing James to focus on basketball instead of business.

However, because of Chen Xiao, because of his poor performance in losing to the Magic last season, James systematically learned to shoot from 2010 in history to the current year of 2004, a full six years in advance.

James at this time is 6 years younger than James in history. It is conceivable how much he has achieved.

James' current shooting is indeed good. If he continues to be released, he can shoot a good shooting percentage, and all of this is due to conflicts between him and his business partners.

In short, compared with last season, the current Xiao Zhan can be regarded as the right and wrong Wuxia Amon.

Because of all the grievances, the opening game between the Cavaliers and the Suns attracted more attention than the opening game between the Magic and the Timberwolves in the Finals again.

On the court, after the starting lineups of the two teams took the field, many viewers in front of the TV could even see the flames of O'Neal and Chen Xiao looking at each other on the TV.

"If Shaq were given a knife now, he would definitely stick the knife into Boy Wonder's chest without hesitation!"

Kobe in front of the TV looked at O'Neal's angry eyes. Kobe, holding his son, said with a smile in his heart.

Because the Eagle County incident in this world happened to Sprewell, the boy in Vanessa's belly was not aborted, and was finally born successfully, and is now held in Kobe's arms.

The camera came to the court again.

In this game between the Cavaliers and the Suns, the Suns' starting lineup is O'Neal, Rasheed, Stoudemire, Quentin Richardson, and Fisher.

This is a starting lineup that is on the large side.

The starting lineup for the Cavaliers is Tyson Chandler, Chen Xiao, James, Korver, and Xiao Mo.

This is a starting lineup the Cavaliers have never seen in a preseason game.

Seeing the Cavaliers' starting lineup, Suns head coach Gentry also frowned.

"The Cavaliers' starting lineup is very flexible this season."

Let's put it this way, in the Cavaliers' eight preseason games, the starting lineup has not been the same.

What kind of opponent to play, what kind of starting lineup.

An average team that changes its starting lineup so frequently would collapse long ago.

But because the Cavaliers have all the ball in the hands of Chen Xiao and James this season.

Therefore, the other players of the Cavaliers are tool players. Under this situation, no matter how frequently the Cavaliers change the starting lineup, the Cavaliers' tactical system will not be chaotic.

Therefore, the Cavaliers can flexibly change different starters according to different opponents.

Of course, the reason why the Cavaliers can be so flexible is also due to the flexible positions of Chen Xiao and James.

Chen Xiao can swing from the 1st position to the 4th position.

James can swing from the 1st position to the 3rd position.

So, do whatever you want, how many permutations and combinations Chen Xiao and James can make for the Cavaliers.

Therefore, seeing No. 24 Chen Xiao and No. 23 James and Gentry of the Cavaliers on the court is really envy. For NBA head coaches, there is no one who does not envy these two players.

In Gentry's eyes, Tyson Chandler on the court has jumped off the first possession of the game for the Cavaliers.

After Xiao Mo received the ball, he quickly dribbled the ball to the three-point line.

The Cavaliers' lineup is very small, almost Chandler is an insider, and the rest are theoretically outside athletic ability.

Even Chandler's inside line is an inside line with athletic ability close to that of the outside line.

Therefore, facing the super tall Suns, the rapid advance of the Cavaliers is extremely powerful.

At the very least, after the players on the Suns court ran through the Cavaliers, the defensive formation has been messed up.

Chen Xiao, who was already waiting for Xiao Mo at the three-point line, was chased by Rashid and made a hand-to-hand pass and catch screen with Xiao Mo to get rid of Rashid's defense. Chen Xiao took advantage of Fisher to gain a foothold. Unsteadily, after catching the ball hand-to-hand, he directly knocked away Fisher's defense, and rushed to O'Neal, who was struggling to return to the defense and ran to the basket.

"Shaq!"

O'Neal, who was still running towards the basket, heard his teammates shouting, and immediately stopped and turned around. At this time, Chen Xiao was almost in front of him.

Chen Xiao VS O'Neal!

Seeing Chen Xiao and O'Neal match up so quickly on the court, the Suns fans at the scene exclaimed.

"This is too fast!"

There was no foreshadowing, no prelude, and it was a direct battle between king and king from the very beginning.

So the question is, who can win this time between king and king? !

Seeing Chen Xiao bypassing Rashid, knocking Fisher away and heading towards O'Neal, many people were shouting in their hearts.

To be fair, Fisher and Rashid are already encircling.

Chen Xiao's best choice now is to throw the ball out when Rashid and Fisher form a circle. That is a very successful breakthrough and distribution tactic.

This is also the tactic the Cavaliers have been playing before.

However, will Chen Xiao throw the ball away when facing O'Neal? !

of course not!

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

Facing O'Neal's block, Chen Xiao threw the basketball in his hand in the air!

Although it was facing O'Neal's single defense, because Fisher and Rashid had already surrounded him, it seemed like this was a 1V3 shot.

Coupled with that look-alike Qiao's back.

This was a Mamba-spirited shot.

And this is the shot O'Neal hates the most.

What he felt now was not only Chen Xiao in front of him, but also the poisonous snake seemed to be in front of him.

The two shadows of No. 24 almost overlapped at this moment.

A swipe!

What the audience around the world and the audience heard was the crisp sound of the basketball hitting the net.

But for O'Neal, what he heard now was two slaps in the face.

One slap belonged to Chen Xiao, and the other slap belonged to the poisonous snake.

Seeing the Cavaliers' clean and fast attack in the opening game, the two TNT commentators on the scene were excited.

"The Cavaliers' offense is too fast this season!"

"Wonder Boy's opening single hit O'Neal!"

"Wonderboy won the first round of King vs. King!"

Amid the excited cheers of the TNT commentary and the silence of the fans at the American West Arena, on the court.

"This kid did it on purpose!"

O'Neal was furious almost instantly!

Because Chen Xiao had his back turned to him, his hands clenched into fists, and his two thumbs pointed at the number behind him.

24th!