I’m Really Playing Basketball

After Chen Xiao brought the Cavaliers to Miami, Yao Ming, Wade and Wang invited Chen Xiao out.

Of course, Chen Xiao will definitely bring out Xiao Zhan and the Cavaliers players.

To be honest, the Cavaliers have always had a "supervisor". Facing this supervisor, everyone in the Cavaliers, starting with Chen Xiao, was embarrassed.

Even Xiao Zhan and his wife Savannah were embarrassed.

I think you should be familiar with who the supervisor of the Cavaliers is.

Who else besides Zhan’s mother.

Because she is James's mother, she is not flying with the team or using the team's hotel. She is traveling around with the Cavaliers at her own expense. The Cavaliers really can't do anything about her.

Even Xiao Zhan himself couldn't do anything about this mother.

In the end, everyone can only be embarrassed together.

In the end, the Cavaliers players developed to the point where whenever any player had an appointment, we would go out together, so James' mother would never be able to follow him.

Therefore, Wade was shocked when he saw Chen Xiao bringing a bunch of people from the Cavaliers and dragging their entire family to his home.

To be honest, he didn't invite so many people.

But after hearing Chen Xiao tell him about the Cavaliers, Wade really looked sympathetic.

In fact, Wade's family is not that happy.

It can be imagined that his wife's family paid for his tuition when he was a child. However, his family rarely interferes in his affairs now.

So Wade has no such worries.

To be honest, for ordinary black people, if their family members cause so much trouble to them, they must sever ties with them.

This is no joke.

There is no such thing as a loving father and a filial son in the United States.

Especially black people.

But seeing that Xiao Zhan is patient with his mother even in this situation, to be honest, while everyone sympathizes, they actually admire her.

Even Wade, who has never had a good impression of James, thinks this kid has a very good character.

Regarding the matter of Xiao Zhan's filial piety, there is really nothing wrong with it.

It was originally a small party, but in the end it turned into a big party because of Zhan's mother.

This was unexpected.

However, the crowd was even more overwhelming, especially after the entire Cavaliers team arrived, and Wade also called to invite the entire Heat team.

It is rare for the two teams to have such a neat gathering before a game. This is probably unique in the NBA. It can only be said that the relationship between the two teams is very good.

Mainly because the leading players of the two teams have a good relationship.

In such gatherings, Americans have always been crazy about people. Basically, regardless of whether the relationship is good or not, the more people there are, the more fun they can have.

Chen Xiao and Wade were watching and chatting on the side.

Of course, the conversation must be about Luo Ge and the Spurs.

The Spurs' surge in the power rankings is now the biggest news in the NBA.

"Chen, I feel that in this season's finals, we may finally run into Ron's Spurs."

"Xiao Tai, I think the Cavaliers met the Spurs in the finals."

After Chen Xiao finished speaking tit for tat, Wade snorted disdainfully.

"Although you played well in the first two games, you can't break out of the Eastern Conference. It's not easy to even win the first round. You can't beat the Nets and you can't beat the Magic."

Xiaotai, are you over now?

It may be true that you can't beat magic.

You said we can't beat the Nets?

The Nets were beaten 110-87 by you in just one game.

After the start of this season, the Nets' performance was somewhat poor.

As soon as he came up, he was cut by the Heat.

In addition, they did not have a good enough offensive lineman, so many people were not optimistic about the Nets for a while.

I didn’t expect that.

"Xiaotai, do you have a high opinion of the Nets?"

"The Nets can't beat us, and they can't beat the Magic. That's because we have Yao, and the Magic have Duncan. It's no problem to beat you. Their lineup is small, and their offense and defense rotate very quickly. If they beat you in a 'simple' game The method is extremely effective, and you knights can't outrun them."

After Wade finished speaking seriously, Chen Xiao fell silent.

Martin, Marion, Richard Jefferson, Carter, Joe Johnson...

Can the Cavaliers really not be able to charge forward in front of the Nets?

"Hmph, you're scared, let me remind you, don't be arrogant just because you have won two consecutive victories!"

Well, if it's just for reminder, then Xiaotai, you succeeded.

But if it’s to show off…

Chen Xiao looked at the proud expression on Wade's face, well, you also succeeded.

On November 5, 2004, the Cleveland Cavaliers challenged the Miami Heat away.

This game is very interesting here in the United States.

After all, this game will feature three of ESPN's top 10 players in the league.

Chen Xiao is fifth, James is ninth, and Wade is tenth.

Of course, this game attracts more attention in China.

Chinese Derby.

This season, due to the addition of Yi Jianlian, there are a lot of Chinese derbies in the NBA.

But to talk about the real Chinese Derby, it has to be the Chinese Derby when Chen Xiao and Yao Ming met.

In the first two seasons, the matches between Chen Xiao and Yao Ming were quite dazzling.

And this season, that is even more anticipated.

There is no way, after the first game between the Heat and the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers and Heat are now the two most popular teams in China to win the championship.

The Chinese Derby is now also known as the finals that will be staged in advance.

Such a game is of course very eye-catching.

Not to mention China, even in Miami, when the game started, the fans in Miami were all filled up in advance.

Anyone who knows Florida fans knows how weird Miami fans and Orlando fans can be.

So for other NBA teams to fill up their seats early before the game starts, it is really difficult for Miami fans.

There aren't many games like this in a season.

It can only be said that ESPN's hype was too successful.

Heat fans saw how Wade abused rookie James here last season.

ESPN's damn dare to rank Xiao Zhan in front of our Sao Wei. Is this bullying us because our voice is not loud enough?

So tonight, we are going to let audiences across the United States see if our voices are loud!

This season is already Wade's third season in Miami. Although Miami fans are weird and undisciplined, they love Wade very much.

Wade has encountered unfair treatment from the American media, so of course he must stand up and support him.

Therefore, Xiao Zhan himself felt incredible when he heard the audience booing him.

For viewers in the United States, the game between the Heat and the Cavaliers is about the battle between Wade and James.

For the Chinese audience, the match between the Heat and the Cavaliers was about the duel between Chen Xiao and Yao Ming.

As for the Chinese in the United States, the Arab League is of course also paying attention to the duel between Chen Xiao and Yao Ming.

He made his NBA debut the day before yesterday, which was also a Chinese Derby. The Jazz faced the Lakers at home. The Jazz lost to the Lakers 104-108 at home.

He played 15 minutes as a substitute, made 2 of 3 shots, and scored 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 1 steal.

Compared with the debut of Brother Chen and Brother Yao, this debut is nothing to mention.

Therefore, Chinese reporters who are already cunning rarely report anything at all.

But it also gave him a sigh of relief.

His data is indeed not good. If there are really big reports in China saying that his performance is not good, he will be under pressure, and if it is said that he performed well, he will be embarrassed.

They are still so unknown, let everyone pay attention to Brother Yao and Brother Chen.

"As long as Mr. Sloan thinks I'm okay, that's fine."

Mr. Sloan felt his debut was a good one.

"I have been in the NBA for so many years, and I have rarely seen a rookie player fill up all the statistics in his first game. It is almost never one in a hundred. Yi, you surprised me."

Mr. Jerry was actually very satisfied with his somewhat restrained debut, which made Ah Lian really moved to tears at the time.

He had never heard such praise.

Filling in statistics can actually become a reason for praise.

It can only be said that Mr. Sloan really took great pains to find reasons to praise him.

Arab League feels that he is lucky to have such a good head coach.

What's wrong with being unknown?

He originally came to the NBA to play basketball.

However, what the Arab League did not know was that Jerry Sloan really admired the Arab League.

Historically, the UAE's NBA debut in 2007 was 4-for-5 and 9 points. In the third game, he scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 blocks. In the fourth game, he scored 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks. In seven games against Duncan, he shot 6 of 13 and had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 blocks.

If you watch the previous games of the Arab League rookie with the eyes of a rookie, it is normal to think that he has high potential. It is even normal to think that many people at the time thought he could compete for the best rookie.

He can do everything, he can run and jump, and apart from the handicap, he really has no shortcomings. Tell me, if that was the head coach, wouldn't you like it?

Of course, the current Arab League is definitely not as strong as it was in 2007, but the potential is still shown. Sloan is not a fool, and the Arab League is really young now, only 20 years old.

Sloana really regarded Ah Lian as his treasure.

It's not like Ah Lian was praising him on purpose.

Of course, Arab League does not know all this.

In the first quarter of the game between the Heat and the Cavaliers, under the eyes of the Arab League, the game was very exciting.

As soon as the game started in the first quarter, the two teams were on fire.

Especially James, the first quarter of this game was amazing.

Wade, who defended James one-on-one in this game, was speechless.

When James met him last season, he couldn't shoot or break out. He finally broke in, and there were Yao Ming and Bosh waiting inside.

But in the first quarter of this game, Xiao Zhan was directly under his defense, making 4 of 5 in a single quarter and scoring 8 points.

"This kid can really shoot now!"

Wade felt that he really looked down upon this kid.

In the first quarter of the game, James' performance surprised Wade.

However, for the Cavaliers, although James was very successful in the first quarter, the Cavaliers' offense was actually not that successful.

The main reason is that the Heat's defense against Chen Xiao and James is single defense.

The Cavaliers' sudden points couldn't break the Heat's defense.

Yao Ming and Chris Bosh's defense is as solid as an old dog.

No matter how efficient Chen Xiao and James' offense is, they still can't bring their teammates forward.

Let's just say that the Heat's outside players include Wade, Russell Butler, Payton, and Tony Allen, which are very good players for single defense. In addition, with Yao Ming on the inside, the Heat's defense does not need to shrink at all. .

If they don't shrink, the Cavaliers' offense will eventually have to fall on Chen Xiao and James.

To be honest, Chen Xiao is really not afraid of the Heat's perimeter players' individual defense, but the Heat have too many perimeter defense players.

Payton, Butler, and Tony Allen were all ruthless when defending him.

There is no fear of being fouled or sent off.

Chen Xiao's body is very hard and iron, it doesn't matter if he is severely violated, but disrupting the rhythm of the attack is still very annoying.

In fact, many teams have adopted this approach against Chen Xiao this season, which is why Chen Xiao's free throws have soared since the start of this season.

Everyone knows that Chen Xiao's free throws are not very good. It is very cost-effective for such a severe foul to disrupt Chen Xiao's rhythm.

It's just that Chen Xiao made good free throws in the first two games.

By the way, Chen Xiao will not use a mid-range jump shot when shooting free throws. Chen Xiao's free throw shooting rate is about 75% now, 7.5 points in 10 free throws. If he uses a jump shot, he may have a shooting rate of more than 85%, 10 A free throw is worth 1 point, but it consumes 10 shots.

10 normal shooting attempts for 1 point?

In order to improve the shooting rate by maybe 10%, it is not worthwhile to consume so much energy. Using a jumper to make free throws is really a genius, no, Baocai, I picked up a treasure.

It has to be said that the Heat have made a lot of preparations for the Cavaliers' offense.

Therefore, Chen Xiao and James performed very well in the first quarter.

James scored 8 points in 4 of 5, Chen Xiao scored 4 of 7, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 13 points.

But in the final score, the Cavaliers were 4 points behind 27 to 31.

Because of the entire first quarter, the Cavaliers except Chen Xiao and James scored 21 points.

Korver scored 0, 0 points in 2, Chandler scored 0, 0 points in 1, Raheem scored 2, 4 points in 5, plus Brent Barry, who came off the bench, scored 2 points in 1 of 2 and Xiao Mo scored 1 Hit 0, 0 points.

On the opposite side of the Heat, Wade scored 4 and 8 of 7, Yao Ming scored 4 and 11 of 7, Bosh scored 2 and 4 of 3, Lamar Odom scored 2 and 4 of 2, and Payton scored 0 and 0 on 1. Haslem 1 of 1, 2 points, Tony Allen 1 of 2 free throws, 1 point.

It has to be said that when Chen Xiao and James couldn't drive the team, the personal ability of the Cavaliers players was not as good as that of the Heat players.

"LeBron, you were too restrained in the first quarter against Wade's offense. We need you to attack harder, not just shoot. You want more aggression and free throws. You need to let the Heat's The defense pays the price!”

In the first quarter, James' offense was so good that Carlisle was not satisfied.

Because the Heat put all their defensive focus on Chen Xiao, James only took 5 shots and didn't make a single free throw. This is too few.

James is still too afraid of Wade's defense.

But there's nothing we can do about it. Wade's defense is indeed strong, and Chen Xiao has strengthened it.

Let's put it this way, many experts say that Luo Ge's defense is the cleanest, best, and art-like, but Chen Xiao feels that Wade's defense is actually not bad.

It's just that their styles are different.

Wade is suitable for defending James.

Luo Ge is suitable for guarding Kobe.

In the second quarter of the game, Xiao Zhan led the team, and Wade led the opposite team.

In the second quarter, James did follow Carlisle's instructions. He didn't need to be too restrained and could break out more instead of shooting with height.

And the final result is...

The Heat opened the score.

According to Carlisle's instructions, during the rotation of the second quarter, James will have a one-on-one duel with Wade.

Only by defeating Wade can the Heat's defense be compressed and opportunities created for teammates.

But in the end, Xiao Zhan lost this five-minute duel.

Xiao Zhan is definitely much better this season than last season.

Otherwise, Bosh wouldn't be able to fight back against Wade + Yao Ming.

But to be honest, there is still a gap between James and Wade in terms of hard power.

In the end, in the game between the Cavaliers and the Heat, the Cavaliers lost to the Heat 106 to 114.

In this game, James made 9 of 22 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and 1 of 1 free throws. He scored 21 points in the game and only made 1 free throw in the game. It can be seen that Wade controlled Xiao Zhan defensively. How outstanding.

If Xiao Zhan's shooting hadn't improved this season, Xiao Zhan would have had the same tragedy as last season in this game.

Of course, Xiao Zhan's statistics in this game are still very good, 21 points, 6 rebounds and 13 assists.

Xiao Zhan had a lot of assists in this game, and that's because Chen Xiao's offense was pretty good.

He made 13 of 30 shots, 5 of 13 three-pointers, and 11 of 17 free throws. He scored a team-high 42 points in the game, plus 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 block.

In addition to Chen Xiao and James, Rahim scored 14 points on 6 of 15 shots, Korver scored 8 points on 3 of 8 shots, Brent Barry scored 7 points on 3 of 5 shots, and Momo scored 2 of 6 shots. 6 points and so on.

In this game, the Cavaliers only had three players who scored in double figures: Chen Xiao, James and Raheem.

As for the Heat, Wade made 10 of 20 shots, 8 of 10 free throws, 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks.

Dayao was 10 of 17, 9 of 9 free throws, 29 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Chris Bosh 6 of 9, 15 points, Odom 5 of 5, 0 of 1 three-pointers, 8 of 11 points Rebounds and 7 assists.

In short, this game against the Heat really made the Cavaliers see the gap between the two teams.

The Cavaliers do still need to adjust.

The Cavaliers can concentrate the ball on Chen Xiao and James, but the way they attack and lead the team cannot remain the same.

After all, this is the third game of the season, and Carlisle is still very optimistic.

At the very least, playing against the Heat in this game is completely different from playing against the Heat last season, okay?

In this game against the Heat, the Cavaliers seem to have the power to resist.

Even after the game, the head coach of the Heat and the assistant coach of the Chinese team, Spoelstra, were full of praise for Chen Xiao, James and the Cavaliers.

"The Cavaliers are very young. They have a lot of young players this season. Their offense is very good this season. When they find the way to play that best suits them, they will become one of the strongest teams in the NBA. No, they are now. It is already one of the strongest teams in the NBA."

Are the Cavaliers already one of the best teams in the NBA right now?

Speaking of which, throughout the November game, the Cavaliers' record seems to be a little convincing.

The Cavaliers played a total of 14 games in November, and among these 14 games, the Cavaliers lost to the Heat.

After the entire game in November, the Cavaliers' record was 13 wins and 1 loss, ranking first in the entire league.

Suns, Pacers, Heat, Bucks, Hawks, Wizards, Warriors, Bobcats, Bobcats, Knicks, Pistons, Celtics, Bulls, Clippers.

However, there is one thing to say. The Cavaliers' game in November will be difficult except for the five consecutive away games. The rest of the schedule is somewhat simple.

In the entire November game, Chen Xiao averaged 35.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.1 blocks per game, shooting 48% from the field, 42.5% from three-point range, and 74% from free throws.

To be honest, Chen Xiao's data throughout November was quite outstanding. With the Cavaliers' style of play that concentrated all the ball rights in the hands of Chen Xiao and James, coupled with the Cavaliers' fast pace this season, Chen Xiao It’s difficult to make Xiao’s data look bad.

Not to mention Chen Xiao, Xiao Zhan's data throughout November is also very beautiful.

Xiao Zhan's average of 27.5 points per game in 11 games is worse than Chen Xiao, but Xiao Zhan also averages 7.5 rebounds per game and 10.5 assists per game, which is amazing.

In a single month, he averaged 27.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 10.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1 block per game. Coupled with a 49.5% shooting rate, this is a bit scary.

Therefore, after the end of November, Chen Xiao and James shared the Eastern Conference Player of the Month.

Well, this is also the first Player of the Month that Xiao Zhan has won in his career.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that when the Cavaliers scored 11 points, they were as steady as a dog.

The Cavaliers' style of play is not very satisfying against weak teams that are defensively weak.

Therefore, don't look at the Cavaliers' role players' statistics when playing the Heat.

But throughout November, the Cavaliers averaged 112 points per game, ranking fifth in the NBA this season.

Therefore, the Cavaliers' style of play is not only good for Chen Xiao and James, but also for other players on the Cavaliers.

In short, the current Cavaliers have suddenly ranked first in the league, giving the entire league a rather sudden feeling.

By the way, in November, the Suns have the best record in the Western Conference. The Suns have a record of 12 wins and 2 losses.

However, the best of the month in the Western Conference in November is Ron Howard and Arenas who led the team to 12 wins and 3 losses.

That's right, the best egg of the month in November in the West is also a double-yolked egg.

Arenas averaged 24 points, 5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game throughout November, shooting 44% from the field.

Throughout November, Luo Ge averaged 19.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game, with a 50% shooting rate.

To be honest, the situation in the west in November is actually more shocking than in the east.

No one thought that the Spurs would suddenly come alive, and no one thought that the King would suddenly collapse.

Everything was so sudden.