I’m Really Playing Basketball

The game between the Bobcats and the Bucks was considered by outside public opinion to be an MVP battle. Under the huge attention, Chen Xiao had an unusually calm mentality because he could think of some possibilities behind this MVP battle.

So such huge pressure and attention did not affect Chen Xiao.

As for Xiao Du, who has always been a little sensitive, it's hard to say.

What Chen Xiao said to Xiao Du at the pre-match press conference was not only sincere, but also meant to test Xiao Du.

I wonder if this disciple who he and Boss Qiao have trained can maintain his mentality and strength when facing honors, and can his ability to withstand pressure match his talent?

This can be regarded as a test for Xiao Du by Chen Xiao and Boss Qiao.

If Chen Xiao and Boss Qiao knew Xiao Du's career experiences in history, they would definitely not have any doubts about his ability to withstand pressure.

In history, as the two most criticized stars, James and Du, although they both have their own personality problems, one likes to float around at all times, and can dye his hair if given a little color, they are both so big At this age, he is still like a middle school boy, so why should he spread his wings to protect you? But the other one is such a tall boy, as sensitive and delicate as a little girl, not to say casually flirted with, just like a shrew I can't wait to get into a fight with my opponent right away.

The characters of these two people are indeed quite problematic, but equally, their ability to withstand pressure is equally BT and strong.

A person who has been hacked is no longer human, but he can bounce back again and again. Every time he encounters a desperate situation, he can always put down all his baggage and stand up again.

As for the other one, he also has the same characteristics. Not to mention the same characteristics that the darker he gets, the stronger he becomes. He has suffered so many serious injuries in his career. After each serious injury, he was said to be lost to everyone, but Every time after a serious injury, he always looks better. Is this something ordinary people can do?

It can be said that both Xiao Zhan, whom Chen Xiao loves very much, and Xiao Du, the apprentice jointly trained by Chen Xiao and Jordan, are both extraordinary people.

In history, no player dares to say that he has been in the same situation as the two of them and can still become more courageous with each setback.

Of course, Chen Xiao and Mr. Qiao naturally don’t know what happened in history.

Xiao Du is only 20 years old this year. As a 20-year-old player, he is about to win the first MVP of his career. From the perspective of Chen Xiao and Jordan, after Chen Xiao's teasing, they will definitely collapse. of.

"Michael, except for Xiao Zhan, I don't believe anyone can handle such a problem."

"I don't believe it either."

After Chen Xiao finished speaking with a smile, Jordan also said with a smile.

He is 100% satisfied with his apprentice Durant.

However, he still did not believe that Durant could withstand the test like him and Chen Xiao.

Therefore, before the game started, Boss Joe was already prepared to comfort Durant after the game.

On January 2, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, under the "psychological warfare" offensive of Chen Xiao and Qiao Boss, the away game between the Bobcats and the Bucks officially kicked off.

As the two focal points of this game, Chen Xiao's performance was as stable as ever.

Regardless of whether the team wins or loses, Chen Xiao always performs very well when facing teams with smaller lineups.

Chen Xiao, who can burst, shoot and shoot, has never been afraid of the defense of smaller teams, although the Bucks' defense is indeed very good.

After the game started, Chen Xiao's outstanding performance would not be surprising, but Durant's performance in this game was a bit surprising.

Especially to Chen Xiao and Jordan's surprise.

Before the game against the Bucks, Jordan specifically predicted to his disciple Granger that he could give Xiao Du a good and hard beating in this game.

It has to be said that Boss Qiao hopes that his eldest disciple Granger can gain some confidence from Xiao Du.

Every time he played against the Bucks, Granger would be abused by Du, which left a psychological shadow on Granger.

Granger's current strength is actually not weak. It should be said that he is very strong. He is an A-level player. This is no joke. Now Granger can be regarded as a superstar.

Even if Granger can't win against most of the opposing players in the league, he won't be embarrassed. After all, his height, athletic ability, and shooting ability are all very good.

Only when I meet Durant, I feel very embarrassed every time.

It can only be said that Durant is indeed a speechless opponent to Granger.

He is taller than you, has a longer wingspan than you, bounces better than you, is faster than you, and is more agile than you. More importantly, your opponent's playing style is similar to yours. You are a master, and he is very familiar with it. your routine.

How do you fix this?

There is no way to fix it!

Therefore, Granger was of course very happy to hear his teacher's confident prediction that he could destroy Xiao Du in this game.

However, after half the game, the situation was completely different.

In the first half of the game, facing Granger's defense, Durant, who is popular for MVP this season, not only did not show weakness under the psychological warfare offensive of Chen Xiao and Jordan, but was very hard on the contrary.

After halftime, Durant made 5 of 11 free throws and 10 of 11 free throws, scoring 20 points.

In this game, Xiao Du faced Granger's tight defense and took the fake shot and the fake shot to the extreme.

Granger didn't know whether Durant was going to break out or shoot.

When Granger is guarding others, he simply won't get into the dilemma of guessing his opponent's bursts and shots.

When Granger faced other people, he covered his long arms. In addition to jumping, could the opponent also shoot against Granger?

But that's not the case when facing Durant. Durant can really shoot against Granger, and his shooting rate is very high!

And this is also the reason why Granger can't guard Durant well despite his excellent defense.

Any defensive player who doesn't know whether to defend against a breakthrough or a shot when facing an offensive player means that it is impossible to defend the opponent.

That is to say, Xiao Du's touch in this game seems to be average.

In fact, except for Ray Allen, the Bucks' three outside stars tonight all have average hands.

Especially Ku's performance tonight can be described as eye-catching. He made 2 of 10 shots in the first half. Under Rose's desperate pursuit, he made 2 of 8 three-pointers. However, Ku made a lot of free throws in the first half. After all, At the Bucks' home court, Rose, as a rookie, defended so much and was too arrogant, allowing Ku to get 8 free throw opportunities in the first half. Therefore, although Ku had a bad first half, he still scored 14 points.

At the end of the first half, the Bobcats led the Bucks by 3 points 63 to 60.

The Bobcats felt really good in the first half. Chen Xiao made 7 of 10 shots, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 7 of 7 free throws, scoring 24 points.

Aldridge scored 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the first half.

Rose made 3 of 7 shots and scored 8 points.

Roy made 3 of 8 and scored 9 points.

The star player of the Bobcats was a bit worse than Granger. He made 0 of 2 in the half, scored 0 points and suffered 3 fouls.

This time against Durant, Granger had the worst performance of his career.

Half of this pot belongs to Boss Qiao. If Boss Qiao hadn't helped Granger underestimate the enemy before the game, Granger would never have been caught off guard by the sudden attack.

What if I can really torture my junior brother in this game?

Master, are you trying to shake me like this on purpose?

You are not siding with your junior brother, are you?

During the intermission, facing Granger's resentful look, Boss Qiao actually felt embarrassed and apologetic, apologetic and happy at the same time.

The embarrassment is naturally that his prediction failed.

Of course, my apology was because my prophecy deceived my eldest disciple.

And I am naturally happy because my little apprentice has such a strong ability to withstand pressure, and the topic of MVP does not affect his performance at all.

Not to mention Jordan was shocked, Chen Xiao was also shocked.

The last time Chen Xiao saw such an awesome young man was 19-year-old Xiao Zhan!

Now the 20-year-old Xiao Du seems to be no worse than the 19-year-old Xiao Zhan.

With such a good talent, such hard work, and good ability to withstand pressure, coupled with the fact that he and Boss Qiao have two famous teachers, Chen Xiao suddenly discovered that Xiao Du is going to go to heaven in the future!

No, Xiao Du has already gone to heaven now!

After the first half of this MVP battle between Chen Xiao and Xiao Du, the two sides seemed to be tied.

The Bobcats and Bucks were evenly matched at 63 to 60. The Bobcats shot accurately in the first half. The Bucks took more free throws in the first half. They took 30 free throws in the half and made 29 of them.

The scores of Chen Xiao and Xiao Du seemed to be evenly matched. Chen Xiao scored 24 points in the first half, while Xiao Du scored 20 points.

Therefore, this much-anticipated game came to the second half in the eyes of all spectators.

In the third quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two teams was obviously not as high as in the first half.

The Bobcats are because they can't be so accurate the entire game.

As for the Bucks, it was thanks to Granger that he regained his form in time. Although Granger couldn't guard Durant, it is undeniable that Granger's height makes him the best defender for Durant's shots. One of the few good defensive players.

In addition, Xiao Du's touch was average in this game. In the third quarter, Xiao Du was forced to need more breakthroughs. Although Xiao Du's breakthrough ability was also very good, his breakthrough was too deep. The stability is actually not that good.

Yes, compared to the pull-up, Xiao Du's pull-up jump shot after the breakthrough is not so stable.

The main reason is that Durant is too tall and the connection for emergency jump shots is not yet good.

Mistakes and cuts often occur.

This was also the case in the third quarter this time. However, even though Xiao Du was very uncomfortable by Granger in this period and made 3 turnovers in a single quarter, as long as he successfully took the shot, he still hit 2 of the 4 shots. The hit rate is 50%.

He looks just like Chen Xiao, he is simply the ‘quintessence of human beings’.

Yes, this season Xiao Du has become more and more like the "50-50" attribute possessed by Chen Xiao.

Of course, Granger caused Xiao Du to make 3 mistakes in this quarter, and it was not without cost. In this quarter, Granger committed 2 fouls, and the number of fouls reached 5. Originally, he had to commit four fouls. It was him who wanted to go down to rest, but Granger refused. The match was too miserable, and Granger breathed a sigh of relief.

In the end, Granger's persistence was the right thing for the Bobcats, at least in the third quarter. After Granger was not turned into an ATM by Durant, the Bobcats' defense was not as good as it was in the first half. With so many loopholes, the Bucks don't have that many free throws. After all, they don't need to use fouls to make up for the loopholes.

So the Bucks took 2 free throws in the third quarter.

Xiao Du, Xiao Ku and Ray Allen all scored 4 points in the third quarter.

The Bobcats also beat the Bucks 25-23 in a single quarter, and the Bobcats' lead in the game also changed from three points to five points.

However, in the fourth quarter, the last thing the Bobcats wanted to happen happened.

Rose and Granger had committed four fouls and five fouls in the first three quarters of the game. In the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, the two were quickly sent off. Granger even replaced Granger to defend Durant's Batty. Er, Xiao Du was fouled 4 times in a single quarter.

Is this because Battier's defense is too poor?

Of course not, Battier almost thrust himself into Durant's arms.

It's not that Battier's defense is too bad, but that Durant, who didn't feel good in the first three quarters, felt good in the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Du shot 8 of 10 from mid-range. If you exclude 0 of 2 three-pointers, Du made 8 of 8 mid-range shots in the fourth quarter. This shooting rate stunned even the wily Battier.

I could only post it, keep posting it, even if I posted it desperately, Xiao Du still had three 2+1s in the fourth quarter, which was crazy.

In the face of Xiao Du who suddenly seemed to have a divine help in the fourth quarter, even if he replaced Battier, there would be no point in replacing Chen Xiao.

No matter how you invest, what can you do?

In the end, under the leadership of Durant, who made 8 of 10 in a single quarter, 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 22 points in a single quarter, the Bucks at home defeated the Bobcats 31-22 in a single quarter, and finally defeated the Bobcats 114-110.

This game, known as the MVP battle, is quite exciting from the whole game.

Because as the two focal points, Chen Xiao and Durant performed very well.

Durant scored 40 points on 12-for-24 shooting, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.

In this game, Chen Xiao scored 14 of 24, 5 of 8 three-pointers, and 8 of 9 free throws. He scored 41 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks, and 5 fouls.

From the data point of view, Chen Xiao won.

But the Bucks won the game.

After the game, many people said that this game would be the game that determines the MVP this season.

But Chen Xiao and many people who know the inside story know that no matter what the result of this game is, as long as Durant and the Bucks don't suddenly go crazy this season, this game will have no impact on the MVP.

Therefore, after losing to the Bucks in the away game, Chen Xiao and the Bobcats were not discouraged. After returning to the home court back to back on January 3, they fought back against the Bucks 112 to 102. In this game, the Bobcats used Chen Xiao , the starting lineup of Battier, Granger, Roy, and Rose competed with the Bucks in a five-man game.

The Bobcats, who have been training with the top five since the offseason, tried it in this game and the results were good. They caught the Bucks off guard and won the game.

After playing the Bucks, many people expected the Bobcats to continue playing the top five in the game, but the audience was disappointed. Roy never started again throughout January.

And Bobcat never appeared in Wuxiao again.

After the entire month of January without Bynum, the Bobcats achieved a record of 12 wins and 3 losses, losing three games to the Bucks, Lakers and Spurs.

In the month without Bynum, the Bobcats record that many people were worried about did not appear. The Bobcats still stabilized their record. After 47 games, they achieved an excellent record of 34 wins and 13 losses. This record remains the same. Ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, behind the Heat, Bucks and Raptors.

Moreover, after the halfway point of the schedule, the Heat, Bucks, Raptors and Bobcats also widened the record gap with other teams behind them.

At the same time, on February 1, when the league announced the All-Star players from the East and West, the biggest news on this day was not the birth of 24 All-Star players.

On this day, the biggest news in the NBA was that Bynum was sent to the Houston Mosaic by the Bobcats in a crazy deal!

The Houston Mosaics traded almost an entire team plus the next three years in an almost huge gamble in exchange for their new Olajuwon.