I’m Really Playing Basketball

April 8, 2007, Miami, American Airlines Arena.

When Chen Xiao came here with the Bobcats players, he discovered a very magical phenomenon. Heat fans, who have always been the laziest fans in the NBA fan group, actually filled the arena before the start of this game. up.

How incredible this is!

You know, in last season's finals, in the second game when the Heat were trailing 0-2 at home, with one quarter left in the game, the Heat fans at the scene had already given up and left early.

So much so that in the finals of last season, Heat fans were ridiculed as the first to give up the Miami Heat.

Well, in the case of being behind 0 to 2, the Heat players have not given up yet, but the Heat fans have given up first.

Therefore, after the Heat won four consecutive championships, Heat fans were quite embarrassed.

After the embarrassment, the Heat fans said that they would never give up the team in advance like this in the future.

What I said, it’s really just a matter of listening. Maybe the Heat fans were sincere when they said this, but sincerity has always been unsustainable.

Therefore, this season's regular season, the game is playing, and the Heat fans are solid again.

Therefore, despite the fact that the Heat's record is so good this season, Heat fans still look lazy, as if the Heat's super record cannot arouse their enthusiasm.

For such a group of fans, it is indeed an incredible thing that this game can fill the arena before the game starts.

So the question is, why did the Heat fans suddenly change their sex in this game?

Of course, it is because before the start of this game, the Heat's record was 69 wins and 7 losses. This game with the Bobcats will be a milestone game for the Heat to hit 70 wins this season.

Although the 70-win record has appeared quite often in the past few seasons, the Nets won 72 in the 2003 season, and the Bucks won 73 in the 2005-06 season. Together with the Heat this season, the Nets and Bobcats both hope to achieve 70 wins. , So 70 wins in the regular season does not seem to be so sacred in the NBA now.

Well, the Bucks' 73 wins in the first round last season completely shattered the sacred halo of 70 wins. However, no matter what, for the NBA, the emergence of 70 wins is something worthy of everyone's attention and focus. Especially for fans of our team.

There have been three 70-win teams in NBA history, but this is the first time for the Heat.

Therefore, no matter how lazy Americans are, they are still Americans, and their nature of watching the excitement cannot be changed.

This game between the Heat and the Bobcats not only aroused the enthusiasm of Miami fans, but also the enthusiasm for this game in other parts of the United States and China.

After all, another 70-win team is about to be born.

After all, this team is led by Chinese players.

"In this game, Dayao and the Heat have a great chance of completing 70 wins at home. Although the strength of the Heat and Bobcats this season is very, very close, the Heat still have an advantage over the Bobcats. Facing Dayao, Zach Lan Dov and Bynum did not perform very well every time. Many domestic fans said that when playing the Heat, the Bobcats always played three on four. Of course, this is a joke, but it can also be seen that the Bobcats always The Heat's dilemma."

Xiao Su looked at Dayao and Chen Xiao who were chatting on the court during the main game and said seriously.

Teacher Zhang next to him was nodding his head.

What Xiao Su said is true. Every time the Bobcats play the Heat, the pace of the game is strangled by the Heat.

The main reason is because of Dayao's restraint on Bynum and Randolph.

Randolph versus Dayao is like Paul versus Deron.

Bynum versus Yao is equivalent to Paul versus two Derons.

Therefore, these two people are of little use to the Bobcats most of the time on the court, and they also block the space of Chen Xiao and other Bobcat outside players in the inside.

However, because the Heat have a strong inside offensive player like Yao, the Bobcats really can't do it without Bynum.

This directly made it very difficult for the Bobcats to play against the Heat. Basically, they tied one of their hands before the game started.

If the Bobcats hadn't added Roy, a strong outside player, this season, let's put it this way, the Bobcats wouldn't even have to watch the Heat. Waking up in 48 minutes would definitely be another torture.

And this is why many domestic experts feel that the Heat have a very high probability of defending their title this season.

In a seven-game series, it would be difficult for the Bobcats to beat the Heat in four games.

Similarly, although the Nets are difficult to beat, because the Heat have Yao Ming and Chris Bosh, two interior offensive strengths, the Heat are the best team in the league with five forwards and don't even need one.

Maybe the Heat will be in trouble against the Nets, but the Heat have a high probability of winning in the end.

The five strongest teams this season.

The Spurs, Bobcats, Nets, and Heat all have high winning percentages.

Perhaps only magic is an unknown factor.

After the Magic traded away Tracy McGrady for Big Ben and Prince Hamilton, they did not perform very well in the regular season this season.

So far in the regular season, the Bobcats, Heat, and Nets all have a chance to win 70 games, while the Magic currently have a record of 61 wins and 15 losses. This record cannot be said to be not very good.

But they really don’t live up to everyone’s expectations of them.

After all, Chen Xiao kept saying that the Magic is the strongest team in the league.

It can't be that the regular season is not the strongest, but it will be the strongest in the playoffs, right?

However, the complaints return to the complaints, the Magic's record against the Heat this season is indeed 50-50.

Therefore, many Chinese experts say that as long as the Heat can pass the Magic this year, the Heat will surely defend the championship.

It can be seen how optimistic the country is about the Heat this season.

In fact, on the American side, most experts are also optimistic about the Heat.

After all, the Heat's performance this season is really good.

After the two teams warmed up and greeted each other, the starting lineups of the two teams also appeared on the court.

The starting lineup of the Bobcats in this game is center Bynum, power forward Zach Randolph, small forward Granger, shooting guard Chen Xiao, and point guard Paul.

On the Heat's side, the center is Yao Ming, the power forward is Bosh, the small forward is Antoine Walker, the shooting guard is Tony Allen, and the point guard is Wade.

Compared with the previous few matches between the two teams, the starting lineups have not changed much.

This is also a characteristic of the regular season. Basically, a team rarely has a specific arrangement when facing a specific opponent.

This is why the regular season record is often just a reference.

Without targeted arrangements, there would be no soul for the NBA playoffs.

However, for the audience, they don't care about the targeted arrangements of the Heat and Bobcats for the playoffs. For the audience, the showdown between the Heat and the Bobcats at this time is really interesting.

"Five years ago, when Wonder Boy, Wade, and Yao Ming entered the league together, who would have thought that the three of them would achieve such incredible achievements in the NBA?"

"Five years ago, the 2002 draft they led was considered one of the worst drafts in NBA history. But five years later, the rookies in this draft include Wonder Boys, Wade, Yao Ming, Superstars like Ron Howard and Amare Stoudemire have also appeared, as well as elite players such as Boozer, Jay Williams, Caron Butler, Nene, Luis Scola, and Prince. Add to that super role players like Matt Barnes, Blakeson and Travis Diener."

"When the Heat have a record of 69 wins and 7 losses this season and the Bobcats have a record of 66 wins and 11 losses, and the two teams are ranked first and third in the NBA respectively, this means that the 2002 rookies have begun to dominate. The entire NBA!"

"In Wonder Boy, Yao Ming and Wade, I see that Jordan and OK are in the same era!"

As the live commentary of the game, Barkley is very excited now, and what he said quite excited the American audience in front of the TV.

Chen Xiao and Yao Ming Wade seem to be Jordan and OK in the same era?

This really means something.

Chen Xiao is very strong. As the number one player in the league and the 24-year-old tenth player in history, Chen Xiao certainly has a lot to compare with Jordan.

The combination of Wade and Yao Ming is also not less compared with the combination of OK.

The result of the comparison, of course, is in terms of hard power, Chen Xiao may be a little behind Jordan, and Wade and Yao Ming are a little behind OK.

Chen Xiao is indeed still a little bit worse than Jordan, but the OK team has never had such a record as the Heat this season.

Therefore, Barkley's statement is indeed acceptable.

Chen Xiao may not be able to compete with Jordan, but Jordan himself said yes, then it will be fine.

And Wade and Yao Ming can definitely be compared with OK.

Therefore, when three teams may reach 70 wins this season, many experts in the NBA are exclaiming that the NBA has entered a golden age.

Has the NBA entered a golden age?

This can be said for sure.

In fact, after these experts called out the golden age of the NBA, these people immediately took stock of the five seasons from the 02-03 season to the present.

After the inventory, it is obvious that the people and teams that opened the golden age of the NBA are Chen Xiao and the Nets in the 0203 season.

It was precisely because of Chen Xiao and the Nets' 72 wins and the complete playoff victory over OK that everything happened later. Because Chen Xiao and O'Neal went to the Nets to form the strongest F7. Because of Chen Xiao and Duncan East. Orlando and McGrady formed the DM combination. Because of Chen Xiao, the unwilling Ray Allen started a basketball storm that had never been seen in NBA history.

It is also because of Chen Xiao that the Nets were able to form a five-forward lineup of Carter, Marion, Joe Johnson, Martin and Richard Jefferson that even Pat Riley was excited about.

Plus Wade and Yao Ming's Heat, Ron Howard and Arenas' Spurs, Garnett's Timberwolves, Kobe's Lakers, O'Neal's Suns, Nash's Raptors and other teams.

In any era in the history of the NBA, these teams have a chance to become the dominant player.

But these teams appeared together in the same era.

Therefore, there is no doubt that the current NBA is the most powerful golden era in NBA history. This can be proved not only from the records of the strong teams in these five seasons, but also from the ratings of the NBA in the past five seasons. .

In the past five seasons, the NBA's ratings have been very good. Not only the ratings of Chen Xiao's team's games have been good, but the ratings of other teams' games have also been very good.

Although fans do not have that strong understanding of basketball, there is no doubt that fans are not fools. They can clearly distinguish what kind of games are good to watch.

When the NBA has a season every day, the Heat will play the Bobcats, the Heat will play the Magic, the Heat will play the Nets, the Heat will play the Spurs, the Bobcats will play the Spurs, the Bobcats will play the Magic, the Bobcats will play the Nets, the Bobcats will play the Lakers, the Bobcats will play the Timberwolves, and the Bobcats will play the Raptors. When the Bobcats play the Cavaliers, the Bobcats play the Nuggets, etc., it's hard for fans not to pay attention and watch.

It can be said that according to fans, every live broadcast in the United States this season is full of highlights.

This season's NBA live broadcast across the United States, not a single game is watery.

Every game is exceptionally exciting, even if it's the Lakers playing the Nuggets or Iverson playing Kobe, which was the top game in the NBA five years ago, there are four games this season, and not every game is broadcast live across the United States. .

When the NBA entered the golden age, it was not the work of one team or two teams, but the rise of a group of teams and a group of players that led to such a grand scene.

Therefore, facing such a grand scene, not only the fans are enjoying it, but the players are also enjoying the competition.

In the center of the court, amid the screams and cheers of Heat fans, Bynum defeated Yao Ming with a jump ball, giving the Bobcats the first offense of the game.

Every time he played against Yao Ming, the jump ball at the beginning of the game was the pinnacle of Bynum's game.

Because after this jump ball, he will be beaten by Yao Ming the whole time.

After Bynum jumped the ball, Paul pushed the ball across half court. Under Wade's harassment, Paul's control of the ball was still quite stable.

However, after Paul dribbled the ball steadily through halftime, he did not see the first opportunity to attack.

Tony Allen defended Chen Xiao extremely well.

Tony Allen's defense has a great reputation in the NBA this season. He defends fiercely, but he is not dirty. He can't attack himself, and the players he defends can't even think about attacking well.

This is the origin of the joke that Heat games are all 4-on-4.

However, as the league's number one player, Chen Xiao will certainly not be intimidated by Tony Allen's defense.

When Xiaopao and his teammates had no chance, Chen Xiao immediately came out and blocked Tony Allen from catching the ball. After catching the ball, Chen Xiao opened up the space and Tony Allen came up again.

Tony Allen is one of the few defensive players in the NBA who is not afraid of being penetrated even if he is defending closely, because his defensive skills and athletic talent are very good.

There are few perimeter defenders in the NBA who have Tony Allen's defensive skills combined with his athleticism.

Therefore, Tony Allen is definitely one of the strongest perimeter defenders in the NBA. This has been proven by the two Spurs superstars Ron Howard and Arenas in last season's finals.

A defensive player who is not afraid of getting passed is simply a bug in the NBA.

Facing such a bug-type defensive player, many offensive players in the NBA feel uncomfortable or even have no means.

But Chen Xiao is different.

Compared with before, mainly compared with before the All-Stars, Chen Xiao's biggest change is the strengthening of one-on-one offensive ability.

Facing Tony Allen who was posted again, Chen Xiao dribbled the ball behind his back one after another, turned around and broke through, and passed the posted Tony Allen directly!

When they saw Chen Xiao's extremely smooth dribbling and incredible high-intensity defense, the Heat audience at the scene let out a burst of exclamations.

"This is so cool!"

"I've never seen Tony being so clean!"

A swipe!

After Chen Xiao passed Tony Allen, he immediately made a two-point shot from a long distance from the three-point line, and made a hit, 2-0!

Chen Ling didn't dare to be lucky, because as long as he was lucky, Tony Allen would post it again.

That's the difference when playing against a strong defensive opponent.

Against average defensive players, Chen Xiao can easily adjust his offense, but against players like Tony Allen, Chen Xiao needs to be concise and fast every time he attacks.

This is a very big test for offensive players.

"It's amazing, the current Xiao Chen is really amazing!"

Seeing Chen Xiao's extraordinary performance, Yao Ming was all in admiration, and Wade next to Yao Ming was also nodding his head constantly.

"After all, he is the number one in the league."

Wade smiled.

The number one player in the league, Chen Zhen is more and more well-deserved.

In the entire league, maybe only Chen can treat Tony like this.

"Judging from Boy Wonder's singles performance against Tony Allen just now, Boy Wonder's singles performance seems to be stronger, and the strength gap between the Bobcats and the Heat has become smaller!"

"However, at the beginning of this game, the Bobcats resorted to the big move of Wonder Boy, which is not a good sign!"

"After the game started, the Heat made the game more intense!"

"After all, the Heat are aiming for 70 wins in this game!"

Just as Barkley, who was on the sidelines, finished shouting, on the court, the Heat were attacking.

After Wade picked and rolled with Yao Ming, he blocked Chen Xiao away. Facing Bynum's defense, he passed Bynum like a wisp of smoke. After passing Bynum, Wade suddenly made a free throw. One step in the line, one emergency stop and one step back, Bynum, who was heading back to the defense, couldn't stop the car at all, and hit Wade's body with a bang.

Beep beep beep!

brush!

The ball goes in!

Additional penalty!

Extra penalty hit!

3 to 2!

Watching the Heat's offense this round, Jordan on the sidelines was silent.

In the first wave of offense in this game, the Heat are catching Bynum.

Generally speaking, in regular season games, opponents rarely target a certain point.

But obviously, the Heat did not treat this game as an ordinary game.

Indeed, this game is very unusual for the Heat.

Watching the Heat's attack on Bynum this round, Jordan frowned and felt lucky at the same time.

The Heat, for this different game, revealed their bottom line, not much, just a little bit...