I’m Really Playing Basketball

On May 6, 2008, the first game of G1 between the Toronto Raptors and Charlotte Bobcats in the Eastern Conference Semifinals was about to begin at the Canada Flight Center Arena.

The Charlotte Bobcats and the Toronto Raptors are both emerging teams in the NBA. The Toronto Raptors have only been in the NBA for just over 10 years, while the Bobcats have only been in the NBA for three seasons.

Logically speaking, there is actually no grudge between the two teams.

But viewers who were watching the game between the Bobcats and Raptors discovered that things didn't seem to be entirely the case.

The Raptors fans at the scene booed the Bobcats players extremely quickly.

This is completely different from when the Raptors played the Bulls in the last round.

"Obviously, the Toronto Raptors have regarded the Charlotte Bobcats as their old enemy!"

I have to say that Barkley is still right.

The Raptors really regard the Bobcats as their old enemy.

For any Raptors fan, let them talk about the entire history of their team and when they were the strongest. It can be said that most fans will say that the Raptors in the past three years were the strongest in their team history. when.

There is actually no doubt about this. Although the Raptors did not reach the end in the previous two seasons, the Raptors led by D'Antoni were also a super team and built the Raptors into shape.

And this season, after Nelson took over, this team became the fifth team in NBA history to win 70 games.

For Raptors fans, these are some of their best years.

And Chen Xiao and Shanmao were such dark shadows in their three wonderful years.

Why do you say that?

Because the Raptors were directly eliminated by the Bobcats in the playoffs in the past two years.

Especially last season, the Raptors lost to the weaker Bobcats in the playoffs. Raptors fans were really dissatisfied!

After the Bobcats won the championship last season, many teams in the East were dissatisfied.

For example, Heat fans said that if we hadn't met the Magic, the championship would have definitely been ours.

For example, Magic fans will say that if we hadn't consumed too much against the Heat, we definitely wouldn't have lost to the Bobcats.

Even some fans in New York would say that if it weren't for Jordan's sudden attack without moral ethics, the Nets would have become the final champion.

Well, it's New York fans, not New Jersey fans. After the recent rise of the Nets, the New York fans who left are back.

New Jersey fans are really miserable. After the New York fans came back, the New Jersey Nets wanted to move the team to New York again.

Among the fans who feel that their team can win the championship last season and replace the Bobcats, there are also Raptors fans.

Until now, many Raptors fans feel that the Raptors would have won the championship last season if D'Antoni hadn't directed too much on the spot.

And compared to fans of other teams who feel they can replace the Bobcats, Raptors fans are the most unhappy and unfair.

Because the Bobcats, a team founded 10 years later than them, actually won the championship earlier than them, and they won the championship by stepping on them. This is so enviable and jealous.

So, maybe for the Bobcats, they do not regard the Raptors as their old enemy, but Raptors fans do now regard the Bobcats as their old enemy.

Moreover, don’t you think that as the league’s number one team with 70 wins, it’s a great honor to have the league’s number one player as a footnote?

It has to be said that when a team reaches 70 wins, few fans will not be inflated.

Not to mention the fans, even the players will be very excited, okay!

When Chen Xiao was in the Nets, everyone was quite arrogant.

And when the Bucks and Heat reached 70 wins, they were also quite inflated.

This is actually understandable. No one is a robot, and everyone has emotions and desires.

Allusions such as "Jinyi walks at night" are not unique to China.

Therefore, before the start of this series, many arrogant Raptors fans said that they must make the current number one player in the league.

Three-time championship!

Three-time FMVP!

Five consecutive defenses!

Six consecutive bursts!

NBA legend, MVP, top ten players in history, Chen Xiao steps on him!

Therefore, when the Bobcats played tonight, Chen Xiaoke was booed like crazy by the Raptors fans at the scene.

However, for Chen Xiao, he has really seen such scenes many times. Even if he is an opponent with 70 wins, this is not the first time he has encountered it.

To be precise, against the Raptors, this is the second time Chen Xiao has faced an opponent with 70 wins.

Good guy, there are a total of five 70-win teams in the history of the league. Except for the Bulls and his own Nets, which he will never meet, Chen Xiao met two of the other three.

The connection between Chen Xiao and the 70-win team is really deep.

And it's definitely a pretty interesting record.

Therefore, before the game started, Kenny Smith also mentioned Chen Xiao's interesting record.

"This playoff game with the Raptors is the second time in his career that Wonder Boy has faced a 70-win team. In the history of the NBA, no one has faced such opponents like Wonder Boy. The powerful one.”

"That's why the honors that Wonder Boy has received in his career are so incredible. The gold content of those honors on his body is unparalleled!"

Barkley added after Kenny Smith said: "Don't forget, Wonder Boy is Chinese, this is even harder!"

After Barkley finished speaking, Kenny Smith also nodded.

Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that this is a fact.

In history, Nowitzki, one of the most successful international players in the NBA, has never won even once in a 50-50 award selection.

In the NBA, Ou Bai is a discriminated group.

And Yahuang is not even as good as Oubai.

What's more, Chen Xiao is still a medium yellow that is not even as good as the average sub yellow.

To be honest, in the eyes of many conscientious experts, it is definitely unfair that Chen Xiao has won the MVP once in the past six seasons of his career, and even tied for the MVP once.

At the very least, there shouldn't be a tie for MVP that time.

You know, Xiao Zhan said that time like Wade, the MVP belongs to Chen Xiao.

But even then, if it weren't for Stern's shady story, Chen Xiao would not be as good as Xiao Zhan.

To be honest, if Chen Xiao hadn't won the MVP first, breaking the shackles of yellow players.

Even if Wade said that the MVP belonged to Yao Ming that year, I'm afraid the MVP in the end belongs to Carter.

Therefore, in history, Obai players who later received normal treatment in the NBA have to thank the driver for his contribution in opening their shackles for them. It turns out that Obai can also become the cornerstone of a championship team, win FMVP, MVP, and become history. level player.

Meeting a 70-win team for the third time in their careers was an interesting topic, so Kenny Smith and Barkley talked a lot.

The American audience in front of the TV was also very happy.

Of course, on the other side, the Chinese audience was also very attentive, because at this time Teacher Zhang was also talking about this interesting record.

Of course, compared with fans in the United States, Chinese fans not only find it interesting, but they are also quite cautious.

To be fair, who would be willing to touch the strongest if they were willing?

If possible, no one would fight the United Nations forces.

But there is no other way. If we encounter it, we can only fight.

What gives Chinese fans some comfort is that...

"Chen Xiao has never lost to a team with 70 wins in his career or in the playoffs!"

Yes, at least so far, never lost to a 70-win team.

At the beginning, Chen Xiao directly defeated the 73-win Bucks.

Of course, time has passed and no one knows what the final outcome will be.

At this time, the starting players of the two teams were already shown on TV.

For the Raptors playing at home, the center is Milicic, the power forward is O'Neal, the small forward is Rashard Lewis, the shooting guard is Laga Bell, and the point guard is Nash.

For the Bobcats playing away, the center is Bynum, the power forward is Aldridge, the small forward is Granger, the shooting guard is Chen Xiao, and the point guard is Roy.

The Raptors used Rashard Lewis as the starting small forward in this game instead of Josh Smith. Obviously, Nelson felt that in the game with the Bobcats, a conservative emphasis on defense would not work, and he needed to strengthen his offensive advantage.

Because the Bobcats are very strong in singles, Jordan has always pursued the tactical thought of singles being king in the Bobcats. This is no longer a secret in the league. The Bobcats hold singles competitions every week. This is something that all NBA fans know. This also makes Bobcats training videos have become the most popular training videos of any team in the NBA.

For a team like the Bobcats that is so strong in isolation, if you cannot ensure that your offense is good, no matter how good your defense is, it will be difficult to stop the opponent's offense.

I have to say that Nelson is a very courageous head coach and has a clear mind.

If it were D'Antoni, he would never dare to do this at critical moments.

As for the Bobcats, Jordan continued to use Roy as the starter.

Historically, Roy played full attendance in the playoffs for one year because of knee problems, and his body collapsed.

In the 0809 season, Roy played six games with Mosaic in the playoffs. Facing the strangulation of Artest and Battier, Roy averaged nearly 40 minutes per game, contributed nearly 27 points per game, and shot 46% from the field. The field goal percentage was as high as 47%, and he played a god-level series. After this series, even if the Trail Blazers were the opponents of Mosaic and Yao Ming, Roy would attract countless fans in China.

It can be seen how exciting Roy's performance in this series is.

However, everyone saw how powerful Roy was in this series, but they did not realize that after this series, Roy's body was on the verge of collapse.

Before this series, although Roy could not be said to be an iron man, he was still relatively healthy.

But after this series...

Roy's body felt a little overwhelmed.

It's hard to trace back that far when it comes to Roy's subsequent injury outbreak.

However, it is hard not to wonder whether the series with Mosaic was due to Roy's excessive consumption of his body, which led to the tragedy of his subsequent career.

Roy is powerful but physically fragile, an incredibly beautiful fragile work of art.

Jordan really couldn't put it down and was really worried about his health.

Every time Roy was asked to start, Joe was extremely cautious. He asked Roy himself, the team's physical therapist, and the team's doctor. They all asked, and they all agreed. Joe Only the boss will let him go.

Boss Qiao is not a very patient person, and he also wishes that his beloved Roy would start every game, but when it comes to dealing with this matter, Boss Qiao is full of patience.

If possible, Boss Joe would not be willing to let Roy start two series in a row.

If it hadn't been for the first round against the Cavaliers, which the Bobcats won easily and allowed the team to rest and repair for a long time, Jordan would never have let Roy start in this series.

Therefore, whether it is Nelson of the Raptors or Joe of the Bobcats, both of them made a lot of choices when arranging this lineup.

"Chen, I won't lose to you for the third time in a row. We will win this playoffs!"

As they walked to the court together, Nash, the head player of the Raptors, said to Chen Xiao with a smile.

Faced with Nash's provocation, Chen Xiao smiled.

He and Nash are very good friends, because in the NBA, there are not that many players who like football, and Chen Xiao and Nash are among the few. The two often discuss Premier League games.

Nash is a Tottenham fan, while Chen Xiao is a Liverpool fan.

Chen Xiao even knew that Nash had even consulted Tottenham's top brass about investing in the team.

Well, there are a lot of white British people in Canada who are Tottenham fans.

However, it is obvious that Nash does not have enough funds, and Tottenham does not like the little money. He is not an oil father in the Middle East, and Tottenham is not short of money.

It's pretty awesome to be a fan.

At least Chen Xiao and James are richer than Nash, and they have never thought about buying Liverpool and becoming big and small bosses.

Therefore, Nash, a friend, sometimes his behavior is just like his playing style, which is quite unconstrained.

Therefore, Chen Xiao really didn't care about Nash's declaration of defeating him, and found it quite interesting. After all, Nash lost to him in the playoffs... a lot.

As he said, twice in a row.

It's only three things. What's more, this time they come with the power of 70 wins?

"Steve, I have never lost to a 70-win team in the playoffs, and it was a 70-win team led by a Tottenham fan."

"Chen, this will be the first time!"

Chen Xiao and Nash were laughing and chatting, almost hugging each other.

The two had a 'cordial' discussion about the 2008 Champions League final before playing in the game.

Well, Chen Xiao wants Chelsea to win, and Nash wants Manchester United to win.

Therefore, it is true that neither of them can convince the other in recent days.

Of course, from another perspective, the relationship between the two is really good.

only……

There was a bang!

All the fans in the audience exclaimed.

When Chen Xiao and Nash, who were arm-in-arm, looked behind them, their faces were filled with confusion.

because……

The Bobcats' clean-up guy and the Raptors' unconventional guy actually got into a fight on the sidelines.

and!

Bang!

The white-haired non-mainstream guy knocked down the comb-haired hairdresser with one punch!

KO!