I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the first round of the NBA playoffs, the Bobcats, who are first in the Eastern Conference, will face the Cavaliers, the fifth team in the Eastern Conference, in the second round, while the Bucks, who are second in the Eastern Conference, will face the Heat, who are third in the Eastern Conference. .

In the West, the Spurs, ranked first in the Western Conference, will face the Mavericks, ranked fourth in the Western Conference, while the Lakers, ranked second in the Western Conference, will face the Timberwolves, ranked third in the Western Conference.

In the East, it is generally believed that the Bobcats will win the game between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers relatively easily.

The Bucks and Heat will be a tough battle. This is not because of the Heat's poor regular season performance this season. To be honest, for a team like the Heat, their regular season performance can no longer affect their postseason success. I'm looking forward to it.

Moreover, the Heat have Anthony, O'Neal Jr., and Barbosa this season, and they do seem to be much stronger.

If the Heat beat the Bobcats, the Heat's combat effectiveness will indeed increase.

But the Heat were playing the Bucks, and they left Chris Bosh, but O'Neal cannot be replaced.

Because the Bucks are a five-small team. O'Neal is good, but he can't outrun Bosh. Anthony is good, but the defense is very awkward when playing against a fifth-small team. Not only does he have to run, but he also has to have the ability. A strong enough sense of defense will test his defense. Likewise, it will also test his offense. If his offense is unstable, every unreasonable strike will be a weapon for the Bucks to counterattack.

Whether it is O'Neal Jr. or Anthony, they are both good players at fighting positions, breaking through positions, and shielding. However, if they fall into the rhythm of the five small teams, they may not be as useful as Chris Bosh and Tony Allen.

Of course, O'Neal Jr. and Anthony were not originally prepared for the Bucks, but for the Bobcats.

Regarding the Bucks, the Heat have never regarded the Bucks as an imaginary enemy, because before this season, Anthony had a matchup advantage over Durant, and there were quite a few. Therefore, the Heat felt that there was no need to keep Tony Allen.

But who would have thought that after the regular season this season, Anthony would no longer have an advantage against Durant.

In fact, historically, Anthony has no matchup advantage after Durant's regular season MVP season, and the disadvantage is even very obvious.

This is of course not because Durant has the MVP bonus and is a deterrent, but because Durant's weight gain can withstand Anthony's strength advantage, Durant's weight is no longer afraid of Anthony, he is taller than Anthony, and he is not flexible at all. I'm familiar with Anthony. If it were you, it would be difficult for you to beat him.

This season, both Xiao Ku and Xiao Du have gained significant weight and have been very successful.

At the same time, Ku and Durant have also changed a lot this season. Ku used to be very afraid of Deron and Paul. This season he played very well against Deron and Paul. Durant used to be a little afraid of Anthony, but In the first meeting with Anthony in the regular season this season, Anthony made 5 of 19 shots and scored 15 points, while Durant made 12 of 22 shots. Not only did he score 41 points, he also had 10 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks, both offensive and defensive ends. They are all very strong. Without Tony Allen and Chris Bosh, the Heat have no one to limit him.

Yes, Chris Bosh is also one of the best players in the league to limit Durant. Because Chris Bosh is fast, tall and long, he cannot defend Durant alone, but he can help defend very well. Tony Allen With single defense and Chris Bosh's help defense, Durant will not feel comfortable every time he plays against the Heat.

But this season, the Heat faced the Bucks and lost three of their four regular season games.

You know, when playing against the Bobcats, the Heat always get 2 wins and 2 losses.

However, you can’t blame the Heat and Pat Riley for letting go of Chris Bosh and Tony Allen.

Bosh must go, it would be too much of a loss to beat the Bobcats.

The negative impact of Tony Allen's poor offense when playing against the Bobcats was also huge. With Anthony and rookie Paul George performing very well in the preseason and summer league and needing to focus on training, you simply can't. There is not enough time and space left for Tony Allen.

I thought that before meeting the Bobcats, the Heat could easily deal with all opponents in the Eastern Conference. The Heat really did not expect that the Bucks would grow so rapidly this season.

I didn't expect it, and it was right. Historically, Westbrook and Durant's team has always looked the same every year, and the Thunder's growth every year is jaw-dropping.

Needless to say, Curry and Durant are now on a team, and they are supported by Ray Allen, Iguodala, Braxon, Ariza, Marion, Nene and other outstanding players.

Especially this season, the Bucks have taken advantage of Marion and Nene's operations, which is really a miracle for the Bucks.

Marion and Nene are really at home in the five small lineups.

Nene can perfectly rotate Braxon, while Marion can perfectly rotate Iguodala or Durant. This allows the Bucks' five players to finally operate at 100% intensity for 48 minutes this season. .

Maintaining intensity for 48 minutes with ease was something that only the Bobcats of last season and this season could do. The Heat are still a little behind. Of course, the Heat made Wade and Yao Ming have to work hard, and there is no problem in maintaining intensity for 48 minutes.

But no matter what, it will be very difficult for the Heat to face the Bucks in this playoffs. Many experts said that this series will be a huge hard battle for the Heat.

On the other side of the Western Conference, the series between the Timberwolves and the Lakers was considered a tough battle, while the series between the Spurs and the Mavericks was considered to be an easy win for the Spurs.

Even Yang Huahua, a Chinese team reporter in the West, predicted that the Mavericks would not be able to beat the Spurs.

When Comrade Yang Huahua predicted this series between the Mavericks and the Clippers, he said that the Clippers would be the biggest dark horse in the Western Conference this year, and the small guns would rise to 90,000 miles, so he predicted that the Mavericks would definitely lose to the Clippers. Because his predictions on Weibo were too decisive, he was ridiculed by domestic netizens after his failure.

Although he was ridiculed by the crowd, Comrade Yang Huahua still kept his mouth straight. After explaining on Weibo that he was not the Mavericks, he continued to predict: "Of course, I was wrong about the Mavericks-Clippers series. Mavericks Well played, the Clippers' defense strategy against Nowitzki completely failed. Tomorrow I will write a special article about the difference between the Clippers' defensive strategy and the Lakers' defensive strategy. You can clearly see the difference. Quick The Spurs and the Spurs are completely different, not even teams at the same level. I have a lot of affection for the Mavericks. This is the first NBA team I was deeply involved in. I went to Dallas with Dazhi. But I will still say, they If you can't beat the Spurs, you can't beat them. Even the two teams are not in the same world. The Spurs' opponents in recent years have only been teams like the Lakers, Heat, and Bobcats. The Mavericks are not even in their eyes. And feelings are two different things."

In fact, if Comrade Yang Huahua doesn't pretend to be so pretentious, no one will say anything about him if his prediction is wrong, because in the United States, most experts also predict this way.

All I can say is that Comrade Yang Huahua's tone, demeanor, and even the tone of her speech are always full of a bad taste that makes people want to slap her in the face. There is no way to do this.

As for whether Comrade Yang Huahua will be slapped in the face this time, I don't know. However, Chen Xiao is still very interested in the Mavericks and Nowitzki after Xiao Pao said that to him.

However, before the NBA playoffs start this season, another focus of the NBA is the major NBA awards.

This season's Rookie of the Year was taken away by Wizards point guard John Wall. Although the Wizards' record this season is a mess, John Wall's personal performance is still very outstanding. As a rookie, he averaged 16.4 points and 8.3 assists per game. , there is no problem with this data, his physical fitness is also very good, and his skills are also good, but his shooting is really good.

But he is still young and there are still opportunities in the future.

The Bobcats' rookie Cousins ​​was selected to the All-Rookie First Team.

In addition, this year's best sixth man is of course Roy of the Bobcats. Roy averaged over 20 points per game this season. As a player who spends most of his time standing up from the bench. Players, this data, combined with the Bobcats' record, is simply the best.

This year's Most Improved Player Award was taken away by Aldridge of the Suns. Aldridge defeated the Pacers' Kevin Love to win this award.

After leaving the Bobcats, although Aldridge is far away from the championship, he has indeed begun to gain some personal honors of his own, and is no longer the most ignored seventh star among the seven stars of the Bobcats.

To be honest, Chen Xiao, Roy and other former teammates are happy for Aldridge.

The manner and reason for Aldridge's departure make him more acceptable than Zach Randolph and Bynum.

Therefore, Aldridge's relationship with other players on the team after leaving was also excellent.

If this year's Sixth Man of the Year and Most Improved Player are the least controversial, then the remaining two awards are a bit more controversial.

This year's best defensive player, the final winner of this award is not the two super favorites Chen Xiao and Ron Howard. The final winner is the Cavaliers' young center Oden.

Oden's performance this season is indeed very good, averaging 14 rebounds and 3 blocks per game. With these defensive statistics, there is no problem if he really wants to win the best defensive player.

Moreover, the Cavaliers have performed very well this season and are also very tough on the defensive end.

However, one very important thing is that Chen Xiao's defensive data of 2+2 per game this season is also very good, and Ron Howard's 2.5+1.2 per game is not bad, considering the record and performance of their teams. Given the two's reputations in the NBA, if this award is given to Oden, who has yet to fully prove himself, it will definitely cause a lot of controversy.

However, it is the fans who are dissatisfied with this award. Chen Xiao and Luo Ge have no ill feelings or dissatisfaction with Oden. Even after the league announced the best defensive player, in the face of such controversy, Chen Xiao and Luo Ge were the first Time congratulated Oden on his social media for winning the award.

The best defensive player award is very important to most players in the NBA, but for superstars like Chen Xiao and Luo Ge who have proven themselves as defenders and have already won the best defensive player award, it is the icing on the cake.

It's actually not that important.

Not even as important as the All-Defensive Team.

After all, the best defensive player is selected by the media, and the best defensive team is selected by the coach.

Although he missed the best defensive player.

But Chen Xiao and Luo Ge were selected to the All-Defensive First Team together.

This year's All-Defensive first team is Oden, James, Chen Xiao, Ron Howard and Kobe.

This year's defensive second team is Yao Ming, Duncan, Garnett, Wade, and Chris Paul.

Tony Allen and Tyson Chandler of the Mavericks, Iguodala of the Bucks, and Noah of the Celtics were not selected. It is considered a legacy. The performance of these players this season is very outstanding.

Chen Xiao's selection to the defensive first team this season will also be the eighth consecutive season in his career that he has been selected to the defensive first team.

After the best defensive player was awarded, the most important and most watched award of the regular season, the regular season MVP award, was also announced.

There was actually very little suspense before this award was awarded.

Durant already has a lot of advantages, plus he is now the only super giant in the NBA who can handle hooks, so he must be hard-guaranteed.

If he still loses the MVP this year, Hook will no longer be a human being in the United States, but will just be a dog.

In the final result, Durant did win relatively easily. Durant won the MVP with 37.57% of the votes.

The vote rates of Chen Xiao and James were 20.44 and 16.59 respectively, as for Luo Ge, it was 13.60, and the votes of Kobe and Wade were 6.04 and 3.59 respectively.

After losing to Wade in the MVP race in the 2008-2009 season, Durant finally won the MVP two years later.

It can be seen that Xiao Du was still very excited. In his MVP speech, he cried loudly, laughing while crying, and thanked his mother Wanda, his mentors Jordan and Chen with tears in his laughter. Xiaohe, his former basketball mentor, also thanked his teammate Curry who has been with him and supported him since college.

At the last moment of his MVP speech, he emotionally shouted: "I thank you for everything you have done for me, you are the real MVP!" Wanda Durant and Curry at the scene burst into tears, and Chen Xiao and Boss Qiao in front of the TV were also happy for him with tears in their eyes.

Chen Xiao and Jordan all have great feelings for Durant, because this Xiao Du is a unique weapon that the two of them worked hard to build.

In ancient times, casters were willing to give everything, even their lives, for the most proud weapons they built.

Of course, Chen Xiao and Boss Qiao can't reach this level, but they still have a deep relationship. They are also proud from the bottom of their hearts when they see the weapons they built being recognized by the world as peerless weapons.

And this kid really knows how to be grateful.

He used to wear No. 35, but now he wears No. 7, all out of gratitude. It is conceivable that Xiao Du's next number must be No. 23, which is Jordan's number.

In addition to the most watched regular season MVP, this year's best lineup is Yao Ming, James, Durant, Chen Xiao, and Ron Howard.

The second team is Milicic, Duncan, Stoudemire, Kobe, and Wade.

The third team is Oden, Granger, McGrady, Roy, and Paul.

This year's All-NBA team has more legacy than its defensive lineup.

The Bobcats are the biggest winners. Although four people were selected to the All-NBA team, Rose, the MVP of this year in history, was not selected. You must know that his strength now is better than that of the same period in history when he won the MVP.

But what's interesting is that at this time, everyone is discussing who should be selected among Roy, Paul, Nash, Curry and Deron.

Ross doesn’t even get a single page.

This made Ross quite depressed.

Of course he didn't know that he would win the MVP this year in history, but he felt that he was no worse than these people. Not to mention being selected, the page should have it, right?

Of course, because of the system, Chen Xiao, who truly understands Rose's current strength, supports Rose.

Therefore, when everyone was complaining about Nash, Curry, Deron, Pierce and other players, Chen Xiao said directly in an interview: "Derek has been ignored by you. He is no worse than anyone on our team." , no worse than any player in the league."

When these words were said, people immediately thought that Chen Xiao was as black as honey, but when they saw the extremely sincere eyes on Chen Xiao's face, the reporters magically discovered that Chen Xiao, he was serious!

Of course, no matter how serious Chen Xiao is, no one will believe him.

Of the Bobcats' top five stars this season, Rose has always been considered the weakest.

Stoudemire is recognized as the Suns' former successful boss and superstar.

Roy has always been recognized as the Bobcats' second-in-command.

Granger is the smaller version of Durant in all aspects, and is a top-notch super player both offensively and defensively.

Ross, you are just a third-year young man, you have to take it easy no matter what, right?

Therefore, even if Chen Xiao was so serious about complaining for Rose, although everyone was surprised by Chen Xiao's trust in Rose, they did not believe that Rose was really better than others.

So much so that before the game between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, when Xiao Zhan was asked this question, he jokingly said: "I understand Xiao Chen's mood, and I don't think Mike is worse than anyone else."

Is there anything wrong with what Xiao Zhan said?

There's nothing wrong with him, he can indeed say that Conley is no worse than anyone else.

but……

To Rose's ears now, this was a big problem.