I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the G3 game against the Cavaliers on the 25th, the Bobcats were able to defeat the Cavaliers not because of how powerful the Bobcats' five players were.

In fact, in this game, the Bobcats still did not have a three-point storm that exploded with the Bucks' five small players.

The five players without a three-point storm are just lame five players who use quick transitions and quick defensive rotations.

But after all, the opponents are not the Heat and Raptors, so the lame five are also useful.

Although they are both big centers, the difference between Oden and Yao Ming now is that Oden's independent offensive methods are still very rough and simple. When the Bobcats' five small players are on defense, they can quickly attack, steal, and force their own initiative. Oden, who lacks offensive ability, passes the ball and distributes the ball, and Oden's organizational skills are average. It is difficult for the ball he distributes to directly penetrate the Bobcats' defense, so that the Bobcats can quickly secure the defense.

And what about Yao Ming?

Yao Ming can attack when he catches the ball.

If Yao Ming was willing, he would never give you the chance to flank him.

Even if you are flanked by you, Yao Ming's ball-playing and passing abilities are top-notch for the center position.

Oden's ability to play the ball is even far inferior to Howard.

Therefore, Oden, who had the advantage in the previous two games, played very awkwardly in this game.

Although he can still grab a lot of offensive rebounds, his intimidation has been greatly reduced, and he makes many mistakes at the basket and in passing and receiving.

Because the Bobcats' players defensive rotation is too fast and too strong.

Compared with the Bucks' five, the Bobcats' five players are weak in three-point shooting, but they are also stronger than the Bucks' five, and that is the speed and intensity of defense.

Rose, Roy, Granger, Shane Battier, Chen Xiao.

Curry, Ray Allen, Durant, Iguodala, Braxon.

Just by comparing, you can see the difference.

As for Oden, this game can be said to be the first time in his career that he has encountered an opponent with such a high frequency of defensive actions. It is strange that Oden, who is not his strong point in offense, can perform well on the offensive end.

The Cavaliers didn't seem to lose that much in this game. In fact, the Cavaliers were suppressed by the Bobcats throughout the game.

The reason why it doesn't seem like he lost much is that Zhan completely exploded in this game. He made 19 of 30 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 10 of 12 free throws, scoring a crazy 52 points.

When Chen Xiao takes the center position in the five-small lineup, this is undoubtedly liberating for Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan does not have Chen Xiao's one-on-one defense. Whether he encounters Battier or Granger, his one-on-one advantage is very large.

James in this game is like the G1 of the 2018 Finals in history. The Warriors couldn't guard James one-on-one, but the team had a great advantage. In this case, Jordan made a move with Cole. The same choice, if you are strong one on one, let you fight, and we will just strangle the others to death.

Anyway, your stick alone can't kill us.

I have to say that there is no problem with Jordan's choice.

On the other hand, Xiao Zhan is really strong now.

After all, his shooting and skills have reached the level after 2016, but his body is still at its peak in 2009.

The technical peak and the physical peak were reached at the same time. There has never been such a James in history.

But Chen Xiao did it. Under his training, Chen Xiao gave the skills of Lao Zhan after 2018 to Xiao Zhan in 2009.

When Xiao Zhan charges like this, not even Chen Xiao can stop him.

Such a Xiao Zhan, after shooting accurately, even Chen Xiao can't guard him.

And Xiao Zhan, who was invincible one-on-one in this game, also allowed the entire NBA audience to see how great Chen Xiao restricted Xiao Zhan on the defensive end in the previous two games.

The Cavaliers' head coach, Coach Bread, is a head coach who only lets James go when the situation arises. Faced with Jordan's sudden five tricks, Coach Bread had nothing to do in G3.

But at the same time, Coach Bread is also a head coach with very strong defensive tactics. Maybe he can quickly find a way to defend the Bobcats' five small players off the court.

After all, the Bobcats' five small players are not invincible offensively, nor are the Bucks' five small players, but the fifth small players are somewhat invincible defensively.

April 27, 2009, at Gund Arena in Cleveland.

After playing five games, the Bobcats, which attracted the attention of the entire league's top teams, continued to face the Cleveland Cavaliers here.

What kind of countermeasures will the Cavaliers take in this G4 game after being beaten by the Bobcats' five men?

The Bobcats made a lot of preparations before the game.

After the game started, Chen Xiao and the Bobcats saw it.

In this game, there was no way Coach Bread chose the method. He still let James attack one-on-one like he did in the previous game.

After thinking about it for a while, both Chen Xiao and Jordan felt that it was normal. If the Cavaliers want to break the Bobcats' five small players, they need to make changes. Everyone knows this, but is it possible for the Cavaliers to change?

In fact, there is no such thing. Now Oden asks him to take out the shot. Can he take it out?

Luis Scola asked him to help defend after Oden was pinned out of the basket by Chen Xiao. Can he do it?

Oden taking out his shot was a game changer for the offense.

Scola took out the defense, which is a change in defense.

The basis for these two changes does not exist, at least not in the short term.

So even if the bread coach has a thousand recipes and the ingredients are wrong, he won't be able to cook them. He can only let Xiao Zhan attack one on one.

However, there is still a difference from the last game. In the last game, the Cavaliers tried Oden but failed before playing James.

In this game, Xiao Zhan went directly.

The game took 38 shots, 17 of 38, 4 of 11 three-pointers, and 6 of 9 free throws. He once again scored 44 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists in the game.

The attack is quite fierce, which means that Xiao Zhan's physical strength is really good. After all, in history, in 2005, when he was a sophomore, he could take 35 crazy shots against the Pistons. That was the Pistons in 2005. Do you really think it's that easy to swipe?

It is obvious that Coach Bread hopes that Xiao Zhan's one-on-one attack can change the Bobcats' defensive strategy, and then attract double teams to bring up his teammates.

But obviously, the Bobcats have no such plans.

After all, although James attacked fiercely in this game, the Bobcats' flank defenders Shane Battier and Granger Roy were novices. They were suddenly attacked by James in the last game. After being prepared for this game, Although he still couldn't guard Xiao Zhan one-on-one, the defensive effect was much better.

And Xiao Zhan can't be so accurate every game.

Therefore, Xiao Zhan's score in this game was not even as high as that of Chen Xiao.

In the last game, when he played center, Chen Xiao frantically took Oden out to fly a kite, and Oden followed. In the end, the other Bobcats, Roy, Rose, and Granger all went crazy. But in this game, Coach Bread There was some hesitation. After seeing Scola's defensive issues and Coach Bread's hesitation, Chen Xiao was not pretending to fly a kite if he went out to the three-point line in this game.

If you hesitate or hesitate to follow, then Chen Xiao will be rude.

Chen Xiao took 30 shots in this game, including 19 three-pointers, 9 of 19, 17 of 30, and 5 of 5 free throws. He scored a game-high 48 points, plus 10 rebounds and 5 assists. .

In this game, Coach Baker kept Oden inside to help defend the other Bobcats players, but asked Chen Xiao to go outside and penetrate him.

Chen Xiao was very accurate in this game, so Coach Bread’s fine-tuning on the defensive end also failed this time.

The fine-tuning of the offensive end allowed James to attack one-on-one from the beginning, but it had no effect when encountering the more prepared Bobcats.

It can be said that the two fine adjustments that Coach Bread could make in this game failed.

To be honest, this is pretty depressing.

At the very least, Coach Bread doesn’t know what else he can do.

If the head coach of a team doesn't know what he should do, then the team's victory or defeat can really only be left to God.

Therefore, after the G4 game, the Cavaliers were already trailing 1 to 3. At the post-game press conference, Coach Baker said frankly: "I still don't know how to deal with this change between the Bobcats and Jordan." Really, my head is a mess right now, all the three-pointers by Chen and Battier and the breakthroughs of Rose, Roy, and Granger. Besides, you can tell me, how can I put all these together? Guard against it?"

It has to be said that in the face of American journalists who are ready to make trouble, such natural straightforwardness has indeed produced an outstanding effect.

Faced with this question from head coach Bread, no one of the reporters present could answer it.

Because, it seems really unsolvable.

However, on the other hand, I was obedient when Coach Baker was able to do what he did with the Cavaliers. At the post-game press conference, I struck hard to complete the reversal, leaving the reporters below speechless.

The main reason for this is that he is still different from his historical self.

Historically, he was the CBA almost every time he lost a game. He was criticized for nothing. The boss took all the credit for the team's wins. If you lose, you have to take the blame. He is simply Cleveland's number one punching bag.

As for him now, he is the meritorious assistant coach of the Cavaliers that won the first NBA championship. His strength has been recognized, and his prestige in the team is not that of an ordinary assistant coach. He can still stand up as a coach in the team.

Of course, the most important thing is that Cavaliers fans are much more tolerant now. After all, the championship has been won.

For Cavaliers fans, as long as they have some achievements surrounding the team's first championship, they can gain their respect, not to mention the core achievements of Coach Bread.

After Game 4, Coach Bread told reporters that he had no choice but to ask for guidance. Such honesty made many coaches and experts in the NBA dumbfounded.

Some people even joked: "Maybe he is just playing psychological warfare, but he has actually found a way."

Has Bread Coach figured out a way?

On May 1, 2009, the Bobcats returned to Charlotte and continued to face the challenge of the Cavaliers at the Bobcat Arena.

The Bobcats won the last game in Cleveland by 15 points, 120-105.

In this game, facing the Cavaliers who were in a dilemma, the Bobcats basically resolved the battle in three quarters. At the end of the game, the score on the court was 119 to 103, winning by one more point.

The process of this game was almost a replica of the previous game, but it was not Chen Xiao who broke out, but Chen Xiao's teammates. Well, Oden broke out again.

This caused many Bobcats fans on the sidelines to see Scola helping to defend Rose under the basket. James was attacking like crazy, but his defense had to be crazy in one-on-one defense and then worked hard to help defend. The Bobcats fans felt distressed.

However, the problem of the team system cannot be solved by Xiao Zhan's efforts alone, even if Xiao Zhan has worked very hard.

The game was 13-for-30, 35 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks, 5 turnovers and 6 fouls.

James gave everything he had, so much so that when he was fouled and sent off for helping to defend Rose, many Bobcat fans at the scene applauded him.

At the same time, TNT commentators such as Barkley and Kenny Smith on the sidelines also felt sorry for James when he came off the court.

"In the third year after Wonder Boy left, LeBron James once again fell in the first round. After leaving Wonder Boy, he has not yet completed a breakthrough in the playoffs, but he has made a breakthrough in every playoff game. Every game deserves everyone’s applause and he can leave the field with his head held high.”

Yes, Xiao Zhan's efforts can be seen by everyone.

There was nothing more he could do. In such a cruel east, the cruelest east in history, not one person could change everything.

Even if Xiao Zhan is stronger than any period or year in his history, he cannot achieve the finals every year in the Eastern Conference like history.

Even getting past the second round was difficult.

The Eastern Conference now boasts eight playoff teams, each of which has the potential to make the finals. This is no joke.

In the East now, Xiao Zhan cannot defy the sky alone, and Chen Xiao cannot do it alone either.

After defeating the Cavaliers 4-1 in the first round, the Bobcats also became the second team to advance to the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The last team to advance was, of course, the Heat, who swept the Magic 4-0 in the first round.

After the Heat and Magic series ended, Howard, who was looking forward to avenging his humiliation again, almost shut himself down.

Yao Ming played very poorly in the regular season this season, averaging only 13 shots per game and scoring only 20 points per game. Although his shooting percentage reached a career high, his statistics are indeed not that good compared to previous years. 20+10 pairs For Yao Ming, the No. 1 center in the NBA, this is really the minimum consumption, which is really not a good deal.

And this also made Howard wonder if his opportunity had come.

But after the series, Arenas desperately said to Chen Xiao when he was on the phone: "Chen, Dwight feels that Yao is better!"

In this regard, Chen Xiao expressed helplessness.

Gilbert, Dwight, what's going on in your brain?

Dayao is only 29 years old and 5 months away. He has no injuries. As a center, he has just reached his peak.

The Heat, which has Yao Ming at his peak, has definitely become stronger in the regular season, even though Yao Ming only played 29 minutes per game and still won 70 games.

If it hadn't been blocked by the Magic in 2007, the Heat, which has now completed three consecutive championships, would actually be a dynasty team.

And now is when this dynasty team is at its strongest.

In the next round, the Bobcats will face the strongest team in NBA history.