I’m Really Playing Basketball

On May 6, 2010, at the Charlotte Bobcat Arena, the entire audience watched Chen Xiao's second live MVP speech, and the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Bobcats and the Bucks officially began.

During the warm-up time before the game, Braxson and Diner, former college teammates who are inextricably related to Chen Xiao, Durant and Curry, who are half of Chen Xiao's students, and Chen Xiao's old rival Rea Lun and others came over to hug Chen Xiao and congratulate Chen Xiao.

As the first player in the league who has played in the league for eight full years and is also recognized by the NCAA as the godfather of Marquette University, Chen Xiao now has a huge status and reputation in the entire American basketball community.

Although Chen Xiao is still half a year shy of 28 years old, there is no doubt that Chen Xiao is now a true NBA boss.

And he is the biggest boss, so the Chinese viewers in front of the TV watched Chen Xiao’s boss temperament bursting out on the TV, and then thought about the scene of Chen Xiao’s full of second-tier spirit when he first entered the NBA eight years ago. , couldn't help but sigh, time is really a butcher's knife.

Who would have thought that the funny person in the second grade back then has now become the majestic person in the NBA and the leader.

"Being able to witness Chen Xiao's rise in the NBA and the basketball world is the happiness of every Chinese fan. Congratulations to him for having everything, and congratulations to us for having him!"

I have to say that tonight's game between the Bobcats and the Bucks is really a game that is more touching than the game for CCTV.

This is not because CCTV looks down on the Bucks.

The Bucks are one of the four recognized super teams in the Eastern Conference, and they also defeated the Bobcats in the regular season.

But to be honest, this series is very detrimental to the Bucks.

Because two days ago, the Bucks were still playing tiebreaker with the Nets.

Although the Nets team has not won a championship in recent years, this team has always been able to destroy other people's championships.

Anyone who wants to get through them will have to leave a huge amount of money to buy money.

It can be said that after the Bucks beat the Nets, basically everyone was in a state of exhaustion.

Compared with the Bucks, the Bobcats have rested for almost ten days and a half.

In addition, this game is the coronation ceremony of Chen Xiao's regular season MVP. It is difficult for the Bobcat players to relax because of too much rest.

Jordan and the Bobcats had this intention in holding Chen Xiao's MVP award ceremony in this game.

Jordan is afraid that the Bobcats' players will be rested. For a team like the Bucks, if you give them a chance to breathe, they will make you pay the price.

Therefore, Chen Xiao's influence on the Bobcats was used to suppress the battle.

Considering Chen Xiao's influence on the Bobcat players, who dares not to work hard to destroy Chen Xiao in this game?

Strength is dominant, morale is dominant, and the Bobcats' restraint relationship with the Bucks was also dominant in the past. After Rose came, although the Bobcats' five players were afraid of the Heat, they were not afraid of the Bucks, and even defeated the Bucks somewhat.

In this G1 game with the Bucks, Jordan decisively removed O'Neal from the starting lineup.

O'Neal is a nuclear weapon, but he cannot use it against a team like the Bucks. Nuclear weapons can easily sting oneself when fighting mosquitoes.

Therefore, the Bobcats' starting lineup for this game is Chen Xiao, Battier, Granger, Kidd, and Rose.

The Bucks are fixed, with Braxon, Iguodala, Durant, Ray Allen and Stephen Curry starting.

The Bobcats will change their lineup in this game. Bucks head coach Terry Porter must have thought about it before the game. In fact, not only Terry Porter, but everyone has thought about it.

Last season, the Bobcats' five young players made their only appearance in the regular season and defeated the Bucks.

This time the Bobcats' five players just replaced Roy with Kidd.

Maybe the offense may be a little worse, but the defense must be strengthened.

Even, because of Kidd's excellent three-point touch this season and his defensive experience and ability, maybe even the offense will not be bad.

"This is another hard fight."

This season's playoffs are really not friendly to the Bucks.

After the Nets used unlimited defense tactics against them, the Bucks' offensive passing and cutting was actually impossible.

Every ball is basically a single.

To be honest, the Bucks have the ability to play in singles, but they don't want the game to become a singles game. They want the game to become a shooting game.

As long as the game is a shooting contest, with Curry, Durant and Ray Allen, they are invincible.

But will the Bobcats turn the game into a shooting contest?

Naturally it is impossible.

Look at the Bobcats' starting lineup, Rose, Kidd, Granger, Battier and Chen Xiao.

Five players on the court, except for Rose, can guard from Curry all the way to Braxon.

Even Rose can guard Braxon from Curry.

In other words, the pick-and-roll screen method of the five small tactics will still be ineffective like the Nets, unable to screen good shooting opportunities for Curry and Ray Allen.

Although he is a young man in the coaching world, Terry Porter has improved a lot over the years with the Bucks and is no longer a rookie head coach.

His vision has improved a lot.

Just as he thought, the Bucks' five small players were indeed ineffective once again. The smooth pick-and-roll, screen and pass-cutting were not broken by the Bobcats' infinite defense rotation.

The game once again entered a bloody singles battle.

Compared with singles, when the Bucks faced the Nets, they started 50-50 with an advantage.

But when you meet a lynx, it's just a "coy talk in front of the Khan". Tongliao is not even as big as you.

If Durant hadn't beaten his senior brother Granger in this game, the Bucks would never have been able to persist until the fourth quarter.

The person who felt the most uncomfortable in this game was none other than Little Pants.

No matter how you change, you can't get a chance. No matter how you run, there are people in front of you.

Rose, Kidd, Granger, Battier, Chen Xiao...

Everyone's defense is above the standard, even excellent, and he does not have Durant's height and wingspan advantage, nor does he have the physical confrontation of Ray Allen.

At the same time, his one-on-one blasting ability is now somewhat lacking due to insufficient confrontation.

In addition, the touch was not that smooth. During the whole game, in addition to playing hard, I was still playing crazy. I took 15 shots and scored 3 goals, scoring 11 points in the game.

Ray Allen's situation is slightly better than Curry's, but the benefit is limited. His one-on-one explosive ability is not that strong now. It's not like when he was young, he could pass people and then dunk in the sky, so many times it is He needs to struggle with the Bobcats' opposing defensive players for a long time to 'bump' out a shot with a little space.

However, Ray Allen's shooting is indeed at its best now. With such a bad shooting opportunity, he still maintained a very high stability throughout the game.

I have to say that the man who used to score points against Chen Xiao and shoot wildly in the middle of the circle should not be underestimated even if he is a little old.

In the game, Ray Allen made 10 of 15, 5 of 9 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored the Bucks' second-highest 31 points.

It can be regarded as the second biggest contributor to the fact that the Bucks only lost 10 points in this game.

The Bucks only lost 10 points in this game. The biggest contributor was of course Durant. I have to say that Durant really had experience in playing Granger.

He scored 10 of 18 in the game, 4 of 6 three-pointers, and 16 of 17 free throws. He scored 40 points in the game.

This is Granger who is full of confidence after becoming an All-Star!

Now Granger's defensive confidence and skills are really top-notch.

However, Granger's almost 90% defense seemed like air in front of Durant and was of no use at all.

Quite powerless.

Not only was Durant unable to guard against Durant in this game, but Durant also caused a foul crisis. The game lasted 26 minutes, and in the end Durant fouled him six times.

When we went down, Granger was so depressed.

As 'Senior Brother Qiaomen', he always looks embarrassed when his junior brother does this to him.

In this regard, Jordan, the master, was helpless. He originally asked Granger to find confidence, but unexpectedly, not only was his confidence not found, but it was also shattered.

"Kevin is really good now!"

However, Jordan is still very satisfied with the direct disciples he has trained.

The score of this game was 120 to 110. The Bucks scored 110 points as a whole, but Durant and Ray Allen scored 71 points, and the remaining players scored 39 points.

Moreover, Durant and Ray Allen are both very efficient.

The two shot 20 of 33 from the field, while the rest of the Bucks shot 13 of 40.

Do you see the problem?

Under the Bobcats' unlimited defense, other players were unable to score points stably.

The Bucks' offense ultimately relies on Durant and Ray Allen.

In this game, both of them were in really good shape.

But what if one of the two has a problem, or simply both of them have a problem?

You know, in this game, the offensive status of the Bobcats players, except Chen Xiao, Roy, and Rose, is indeed very average.

Chen Xiao made 14 of 16 shots in this game, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and 20 of 20 free throws. He scored 50 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 blocks.

If Durant maxed out Granger in this game.

Then Chen Xiao directly penetrated the Bucks' inside line.

Many people say that Chen Xiao is the biggest nemesis of the Fifth Elementary School. In the history of basketball, no one can restrain the Fifth Elementary School like Chen Xiao. His height, weight, strength, and body are all better than those of the Fifth Elementary School center, and he also has such a With excellent inside and outside skills, not to mention Braxon, the Bucks couldn't stop Chen Xiao even with two double-teams in this game.

Chen Xiao performed like a ferocious beast in this game.

Except for Chen Xiao, Rose made 8 of 16 in this game, 3 of 6 three-pointers, and scored 22 points.

Roy came on as a substitute and scored 20 points on 8 of 12 shots in 20 minutes.

Except for these three people, no one else scored in double figures for the Bobcats.

There are fewer people scoring in double figures than the Bucks.

Opposite Iguodala, Curry, Durant and Ray Allen, four people scored in double figures.

Among the seven main players of the Bobcats, O'Neal did not play. Keith was 1 of 3 with 3 points and 11 assists. Battier was 1 of 4 with 3 points. Granger was 3 of 12 with 9 points. Aldridge was 1 of 4 with 3 points. point.

In fact, the Bobcats faced the Bucks' unlimited defense in this game, and their offensive performance was not very good.

Otherwise, Chen Xiao would not have been forced to double-team with two people in the paint, and forced singles, killing 20 free throws in one game.

Let's put it this way, unlimited defense changes. After this defensive strategy was carried forward by the fifth forward Pat Riley, it is indeed a test of the star's quality.

Judging from the first game, Chen Xiao and Durant's star quality is very outstanding.

And Ray Allen, Roy and Rose are also good stars.

Granger, Curry, Aldridge, these very good stars are not mature enough at the moment, and each has their own problems.

Granger encountered his inner demons, and Little Pants was still not at a high level for confrontation. Aldridge simply played one-on-one and was not concise enough, which put him in some of the predicaments that Nowitzki has entered recently.

Therefore, after such a game between the Bobcats and the Bucks, regardless of whether the Bobcats won a big victory, they were dominant throughout the game and led until the end.

But neither team was satisfied.

Therefore, something very surprising happened. In the first game, in addition to the loser, the winner was also making adjustments.

On May 8, 2010, in G2 between the two teams, Bobcats player Granger really gave up this time and took the initiative to give up the responsibility of defending Durant and handed this responsibility to Battier.

I have to say that without Granger as a senior and old acquaintance, Xiao Du's scoring is indeed not that easy.

He made 9 of 23 in the game and scored 'only' 30 points.

In this game, he didn't know whether it was the discomfort of being pushed up by Battier and Kidd, or whether he had a bad touch. In short, he struggled a bit offensively. After all, the defensive methods of Granger and Shane Kidd were really completely different. Same.

He is familiar with Granger's defensive style, but he is really not used to the veteran players like Kidd and Battier who are trying to get the ball out of the way.

Durant's performance in this game was not good, while Ray Allen and Ku made 8 of 15 and 6 of 21 respectively. Ray Allen was normal, and Ku was still a bit tough, but from this game, Ku Judging from the shots, the team hopes that he can shoot more and attack more.

Because everyone knows that whether the Bucks can reverse the situation does not depend on Durant and Ray Allen.

It's not about looking at other role players, because their strength and ability are there and they are the foundation, and they can no longer improve in a short time.

But Xiaoku can.

Xiaoku struggled in this playoffs. Whether he played against the Nets or the Bobcats in the first two games, his performance was not good enough.

If they cannot regain their regular season offensive form, the Bucks will have no chance of advancing to the next round.

In these two away games, the Bucks can lose, but when they return to home, they really can't lose again.

On May 11, 2010, the Bucks returned to the Bradley Center and indeed they did not lose anymore, but won.

But in this game, the Bucks won 104-99 not by the offense of small pants, but by the defense and the Bobcats' cold touch throughout the game.

In this game, Xiaoku shot 7 of 22, which is still a bit tough.

Therefore, when the Bobcats defeated the Bucks 115-105 on the road in G4 between the two teams, everyone knew that the series was over.

In the end, the Bobcats did face the fierce rival Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a relatively comfortable 4-1.

After the series between the Bucks and Bobcats ended, Little Pants felt aggrieved.

In this year's playoffs, he played terribly.

Little Pants, whose career has been going smoothly since college, encountered such a huge setback for the first time.

"Maybe it's a good thing for him too."

Old Curry is quite tolerant.

After advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bobcats still have to wait for their next opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bucks and Heat have only played their fifth game.