I’m Really Playing Basketball

88 to 86, 85 to 83, the Bobcats defeated the Nets by two points in two consecutive home games, pushing the entire series to 3 to 1. After these two games, it really made NBA experts , the players and fans were more than shocked.

Because these two games are so similar.

The two teams faced off on the court almost hand-to-hand, and overall, the Nets had the upper hand.

The overall strength of the Nets' players is stronger. In order to win these two games, Pat Riley carried forward the legacy of his devil coach. In the two games, his five forwards played an average of 45 minutes per game, almost as much as the Nets. The five starters all played the whole game. It should be said that the total of five players rested for 15 minutes in one game.

This means that every minute on the court, the Nets have 4 starters on the court. In fact, the Nets have at least three starters on the court.

Pat Riley's frenzied use really greatly reduced the Bobcats' rotation advantage. Therefore, in these two games, the Nets did take the initiative and advantage most of the time in terms of the situation on the court.

This can be seen from the number of shots taken by the two teams in these two games. In each game, the Nets took 10 more shots than the Bobcats. In some five-goal confrontations, the Nets still have the advantage because of their stronger strength.

However, the advantage for most of the game did not bring victory for the Nets.

There is someone who is so stable!

When everyone's shooting rate is less than 40%, you know 11 of 18, 36 points and 12 of 23, 33 points, what does this mean?

When both sides are struggling because their defense is too strong, a player who can shoot 50% at any time is simply the straw that breaks the camel's back.

The Bobcats only won by two points in these two games, which is not to say that the Bobcats caught up or overtook at the last minute.

In fact, in both games, the Bobcats completed the lead and reversal three minutes before the end of the game. When Chen Xiao led the Bobcats to complete the reversal, the Nets could never get the score back no matter what.

Chen Xiao's offensive stability is too strong!

This is especially true in an extreme one-on-one situation like the Nets and Bobcats.

What is the first player in the league?

What is O'Neal and Jordan side by side?

This is!

Therefore, after each of these two games, Heat head coach Pat Riley lamented Chen Xiao's strength after the game, as if O'Neal and Jordan were still alive.

Wasn't that what happened when O'Neal and Jordan were at their peak?

No matter how the opponent's defense is, as long as I play one against one, I can stably contribute 30 points per game efficiently and unbeatably!

In the entire NBA, Chen Xiao is so far the third person to achieve such a level.

Therefore, after these two Bobcats home games were played, new jokes about Jordan, O'Neal and Chen Xiao soon began to circulate among NBA fan groups.

"If you have Joe, choose Joe; if you don't have Joe, choose a shark; if you don't have Joe, choose a shark!"

This joke almost reveals the three generations of most dominant players in NBA history.

By the way, this joke does not mean that Jordan is better than Shark and Chen Xiao.

Rather, when there was Jordan, when Jordan was at his peak, and neither Shaq nor Chen Xiao were at their peak, of course Jordan would be chosen.

Jordan is no longer at his peak, and Shark has just taken over. When he reaches his peak, naturally Shark is the number one, and he is also selected.

While Jordan and Shark are no longer at their peak, Chen Xiao has reached the top and has become the most dominant force. Naturally, Chen Xiao was chosen.

This is the joke of the strongest player in the NBA in three generations.

This series with the Nets, a super rival, allowed the entire NBA to see Chen Xiao's strength.

When players such as Carter, Marion, Roy, Granger, Joe Johnson, and Richard Jefferson were clanging, Chen Xiao stood out from the crowd. It was so graphic and so impressive. Shocked.

This series between the Bobcats and the Nets is really a bit like the finals series between Jordan and Drexler. Before the finals, everyone talked about Dong Qiao Xilei, but after the finals, Jordan is obviously a level higher, so this series has completely established Jordan's position as the number one point shooter and number one player.

If you are one level higher than others, others will naturally not compete with you, and no one will use them as a weapon to attack you.

Carter is second in the MVP rankings this season.

A team of players this season.

A well-deserved top five or even top three player this season.

Therefore, the showdown between the Bobcats and the Nets in this series is a bit like a competition for the number one player in the league.

If the Nets really win and Carter performs well, the league's number one player will definitely be transferred. This is 100% certain.

It's similar to the situation of Jordan and Drexler back then.

Even more dangerous than Jordan back then.

After all, Carter is now better than Kodo Drexler and has a greater reputation in the league.

In the end, under such dangerous circumstances, Chen Xiao used extremely stable four games to silence those expert reporters who thought Carter could replace Chen Xiao as the league's number one player.

Not on the same level!

It’s really not on the same level!

Even though Carter is now recognized as a superstar, Carter is still not a star of Chen Xiao's level.

After all, if Carter and Chen Xiao were stars of the same level, then the Nets would not have lost so painfully in these two games and could not catch up in the next three minutes.

If Carter and Chen Xiao were stars of the same level, the Nets would have won these two games long ago.

I can only say that fate plays tricks on people.

For Pat Riley and the Nets, the only problem with the five forwards is the issue of singles. When Pat Riley and the Nets played the Bobcats in the playoffs, they never thought that the Bobcats' overall singles strength was so strong. Weber, Luo E, Granger, Chris Paul, Randolph, even Jack...

Although they are not as good as the Nets' five forwards, they can take advantage of their home court advantage to catch them, and then wait for Chen Xiao's final decision.

Similarly, they never expected that although Chen Xiao and Carter are both super giants, there is actually a gap in level between super giants and super giants!

In fact, there is indeed a gap in class between Chen Xiao and Carter.

Carter's current strength is A+, and Chen Xiao is S.

Although the strength comparison between players does not only look at attribute levels, even if Carter's combat effectiveness is stronger than his A+ attribute and reaches S-, Chen Xiao's combat effectiveness will not be worse than his attribute S?

Therefore, there is actually a gap in quality between the two.

In any case, falling behind 3-1 with a big score, for Pat Riley and the Nets, it was indeed pushed off the cliff with one foot.

They really didn't expect this series to be so difficult.

There are two reasons why the Nets are in such difficulty. I never thought that Chen Xiao and the Bobcats would be so strong. This is the first reason.

The second reason is that Pat Riley, the magic calculator, did not calculate that G1 would be the most important game in this series!

Originally, Pat Riley thought that G1 was a testing game for both sides. Unexpectedly, he was testing, but Jordan didn't have any testing. As soon as it came up, he punched out with a very unethical attitude. .

In the end, they lost G1 and lost their home field advantage.

Let's put it this way, no matter how strong Chen Xiao and the Nets are beyond his expectations, if there is a home court advantage, the Nets, which are ultimately stronger overall, will definitely win in the end.

But now, without the home field advantage, they feel uncomfortable.

In G5, they returned to their home court. With the home court advantage, they had no problem defeating the Bobcats.

But what about the G6?

Going to Charlotte again, will it be another boring game like G3 and G4?

Let's put it this way, according to Pat Riley's calculations as a magician, in G5, the probability of the Nets winning at home is 99%, and in G6, the probability of the Bobcats winning at home is 60%.

And the most terrible thing is this 60%!

Let alone 60%, even if it is 50%, Bobcat G6 has the advantage!

If the Bobcats win G6, then the Nets will really be gone!

Therefore, the key to this series is G6!

On May 16, 2007, the Nets faced the Bobcats at home. In the G5 battle of this series, the Bobcats did not have the protection of home court advantage. The game was torn to pieces by the angry Nets.

At the end of the game, the Nets defeated the Bobcats 93-82 at home. The Nets won another victory of more than ten points at their home court.

In this game, all five Nets forwards scored in double figures.

In this game, only one person on the Bobcats team scored in double figures.

You read that right, Chen Xiao was the only one to score in double figures in this game. Chen Xiao played 43 minutes in the game, making 11 of 22 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 10 of 11 free throws. He scored 36 points in the game.

In addition to Chen Xiao's 36 points, other Bobcats players, Webber, scored 3 of 7, 8 points, Roy made 3 of 16, 7 points, Granger made 3 of 8, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 8 points. , while Barnes was 2 of 4 with 6 points, Paul was 0 of 6 with 3 points, and Aldridge was 2 of 6 with 4 points.

This data can simply be described as horrific.

It can only be said that the other young star players of the Bobcats were originally at a disadvantage against the top star players of the Nets. Coupled with the away game, it is understandable that they were completely suppressed.

What's more, although they didn't play well offensively in this game, they still fought hard defensively.

Carter, the top scorer among the five forwards, only scored 25 points in this game, and except for Carter, no one else scored more than 20 points.

The Nets were able to score only 93 points at home. They really worked very hard.

Moreover, no matter how bad they perform on the offensive end, their personal abilities have been proven in the previous four games, so the Nets simply do not dare to let them go.

Even if they are just standing there smoking on the offensive end, Nets players have to hold ashtrays in front of them.

This is a benefit for Chen Xiao. After all, as long as they are on the court, the Nets will not dare to double-team Chen Xiao so crazily.

In this game, the Nets wanted to double-check Chen Xiao in several rounds, but after being released by them, Barnes hit two three-pointers, and the Nets honestly released defensive players in front of Barnes.

Therefore, after the game, Chen Xiao and Jordan had no dissatisfaction with these Nets players, but only pride!

Therefore, at the press conference after the game, Chen Xiao rarely answered questions from reporters across the United States very patiently. What's more, this was not a problem. He was just writing an article.

And the content of the article is actually: "Although you are all bragging about me in this game, I want to praise Paul who shot 0-for-6 in this game."

After listening to Chen Xiao's long praise of Paul, the American reporters in the audience were stunned.

In this game, Chris Paul is definitely the worst player among all Bobcat players, right?

After being so good at playing, Chen Xiao can still find something to boast about for his teammates?

And listening to the whole process, it seems quite reasonable.

It seems that without his teammates who worked hard in this game, he would not have been able to perform so well.

In short, after this game, Pat Riley was crazy about Chen Xiao, bragging about Chen Xiao, and belittling other Bobcat players.

Pat Riley's trajectory was shattered to pieces by Chen Xiao's "Although you are all bragging about me in this game, I want to praise Paul who shot 0-for-6 in this game."

The next day, after Pat Riley saw Chen Xiao's post-game speech on the front pages of major media, Pat Riley knew that their Nets were really in danger.

"This boy..."

"Isn't it too perfect?"

Pat Riley, who muttered to himself, was filled with unwillingness.

In this round of the series, he was really beaten to death by Jordan and Chen Xiao!

He, a shady fortune teller, couldn't predict that a rookie like Jordan would be stupid.

His mouth, which can fool people to death, can't beat even Larry Bird.

Then, his five forwards now have no way to suppress the Bobcats who have all the troops on the road, and Chen Xiao's final blow.

It can be said that Pat Riley felt despair before the start of G6 between the Bobcats and Nets.

On May 18, 2007, G6 of this series between the Bobcats and Nets.

After the previous five games, the whole world knows that this game is the game that determines the outcome of this series.

The Bobcats won this game and advanced directly.

If the Nets win this game, the Nets will definitely advance. The Bobcats should not think about Game 7.

At the Nets' home court, the Bobcats had no Game 7.

Therefore, as soon as the game started, the two teams fought extremely ferociously.

As soon as the match between the two teams started, they really had no reservations!

Including Chen Xiao, who was obviously a little reserved in the previous five games, this game started with full firepower. In the first quarter, he took 13 shots, 8 of 13, and 9 free throws. Scored 27 of the Bobcats' 32 points in a single quarter!

With Chen Xiao's high efficiency in the first quarter, the Bobcats led 32 to 20 by 12 points in the first quarter.

To be honest, the Nets really didn't expect Chen Xiao to make an effort as soon as he came up in this game.

Therefore, although the Nets fought hard, they were a little panicked and were suppressed. They grabbed 22 shot opportunities in the first quarter, 5 more than the Bobcats, but they only made 7 of 22, a low shooting rate. of a horse.

However, the strength of the Nets is strong after all, so they quickly came to their senses, stood firm, and started their own pursuit of points.

But obviously, the difference between the away game and the home game is still very big.

What's more, even at home, the Nets only scored a maximum of 93 points in a game under such crazy defense by the Bobcats.

Even though Chen Xiao's efficiency dropped a lot after the Nets recovered, no one could stop Chen Xiao from scoring.

In the end, in this game that determined the life and death of this series between the Bobcats and the Nets, the Bobcats successfully defended the victory at home and defeated the Nets 88-82 at home.

They scored 32 points in the first quarter and only scored 56 points in the next three quarters, which shows how brutal the Nets were in the last three quarters of this game.

In this game, each of the Nets' five forwards played for 47 minutes!

As for Chen Xiao, he played the entire game for 48 minutes. He made 16 of 31 shots, 7 of 15 three-pointers, and 9 of 11 free throws. He scored 48 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 5 steals. Block shot.

In this game, Chen Xiao not only took on almost half of the Bobcats' offensive tasks on the offensive end, but also did his best on the defensive end.

So much so that in the fourth quarter, Chen Xiao had completely lost his ability to balance offense and defense.

This was unbelievable for Chen Xiao with 100 stamina.

In the fourth quarter, Chen Xiao scored 2 of 4 points and scored 4 points, while the Nets only scored 7 points!

It was miserable, really miserable. In the fourth quarter, the Bobcats were 3-for-19. You can see how tragic this statistic is.

On the other side, the Nets are actually pretty much the same.

The Nets made 2 of 16 shots in the fourth quarter and scored 12 points.

To be honest, the Nets really wanted to get the score back in the last quarter.

They saw that Chen Xiao and Shan Mao were exhausted.

But their hands were shaking when they took action. Therefore, in the fourth quarter, the Bobcats' top five stars really rushed to the ball and did it when they got the ball. They didn't care whether it was reasonable or not. At this time, they didn't care at all. Reasonable or not.

In the fourth quarter, the five of them committed 14 fouls, but in the end they only made 7 hits!

If they make all 14 free throws in the fourth quarter, then the victory of this game will be theirs.

Therefore, after the game, all the Nets players stared blankly at the score of 88 to 82, 6 points behind, and missed 7 free throws in the fourth quarter...

So, after the game was over, all the Bobcats players collapsed on the ground with a big laugh, except for Chen Xiao.

And Weber, who had been replaced on the sidelines, even started crying directly on the sidelines.

According to the statistics of some fans later, Chris Webber cried for a full seven minutes!

Eastern Conference Finals!

I touched the conference finals floor again!

To make Chris Webber cry like this is naturally more than touching the floor of the Eastern Conference Finals.

This game not only shocked fans, media and experts.

As a teammate of this group of young people, Weber was also shocked!

"What an incredible team this is!"

"What an incredible group of young people this is!"

"And what an incredible leader he is!"

Even if we didn't win the championship this year, I won't have any regrets!

Sooner or later we can pick off that diamond!

Because, I'm on a perfect team!

"He, they, are so perfect..."

Pat Riley sighed and closed his eyes.