I’m Really Playing Basketball

Because the storyline of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Bobcats and Cavaliers went from 1 to 3 to 3 to 3. The ups and downs of the plot made the entire NBA go crazy.

When the Bobcats were 1-3, the NBA went crazy. Many people were excited that the Bobcats were finally going to withdraw from the stage of history, and their opportunity was coming.

Now it's 3 to 3, and these people who were crazy before are now completely dumbfounded.

After all, all fools now know that the balance of the series has come to the Bobcats.

The Cavaliers failed to seize the opportunity at 3-1. Now it is 3-3, and the Cavaliers have not many opportunities left.

Especially in the first six games, the Cavaliers' leading player LeBron James played 48 minutes in five games.

Although James is a famous iron man in the NBA, the same iron man as Chen Xiao, James has gained weight this season and plays power forward, which puts a huge load on his body.

Why is it that Chen Xiao is so good in the paint, but Jordan just won't let Chen Xiao play in the paint regularly?

Because you want to be in the paint, you need to gain weight.

If you are just a guest insider in a certain game or a certain series, like Chen Xiao, it doesn't matter.

However, guest insiders like Chen Xiao are definitely not as effective as regular insiders like Xiao Zhan. After all, they will indeed suffer a lot in physical confrontation.

This is why no matter how difficult this series was, Jordan did not let Chen Xiao play power forward against James.

Even David West couldn't stand up to Xiao Zhan. If Chen Xiao went there, it would be better to leave Chen Xiao on the outside.

Chen Xiao's current physical fitness and endurance status, if he is left on the outside, he will not be as tired as Xiao Zhan even if he plays 48 minutes a game.

In fact, there were problems with Xiao Zhan's physical condition in the first two games.

In the first four games of this series, Xiao Zhan's outside shooting was very stable. In fact, in the regular season this season, Xiao Zhan's three-point shooting percentage reached more than 40%, 40.5%, and two-pointers from mid-to-long distance. The hit rate is also as high as 46%.

In the playoffs, Xiao Zhan also maintained such outside offensive efficiency.

But in the first two games, Xiao Zhan's outside shooting percentage suddenly collapsed.

In the past two games, Xiao Zhan's three-point shooting rate was almost appalling 3 of 17, and he hit 1 of 9 three-pointers in a single game.

Xiao Zhan's outside shooting has been stable for a season, but suddenly collapsed. It is difficult to say that this is mainly a problem of strength. It is obviously a bigger problem of physical strength.

A sign of lack of physical strength is a decrease in shooting stability.

What's disappointing is that because of the Bobcats' double-center lineup, James has less space to attack inside and needs more outside shooting.

But now the peripheral shooting is suffering from instability due to physical strength.

What do you think the Cavaliers should do now?

Even die-hard Cavaliers fans were in despair after playing the G6 game.

It can only be said that Xiao He succeeded and Xiao He lost. The Cavaliers' six-man rotation style of play indeed allowed them to gain the initiative and advantage in this series, and almost killed the Bobcats.

However, when they failed to seize the slightest opportunity and let the Bobcats breathe, the six-man rotation that once brought them an advantage became highly toxic.

Therefore, Donovan, who was praised as a "super coach" when leading 3-1, became an adventurous head coach with mixed reputation after 3-3.

Fans' reputation changes so quickly that it's staggering.

However, in coaching and professional circles, Donovan's strategy against the Bobcats in this semifinal was praised more.

In fact, there is really no way to fight like this.

If the Cavaliers had a lineup as thick as the Bobcats, Donovan would not come here like this. In order to defeat the Bobcats, such a deviant approach is also a very good attempt.

After all, they really got such an opportunity.

It's just that the Bobcats' lineup is really too thick.

After the inside combination of Cousins ​​and David West collapsed, they were able to come up with a completely different style and inside combination like Roy Hibbert and Lopez.

This is impossible for any team in the entire league.

Therefore, after 3-3, many people are looking back at the time when Jordan suddenly selected Lopez, DeAndre Jordan, Roy Hibbert and other young potential centers to make up for the shortcomings of the Bobcats center. .

Although DeAndre Jordan and Lopez Jr. are gone now, there is no doubt that Roy Hibbert and Lopez have indeed been raised.

It can only be said that Jordan's stupid operation, which was ridiculed by second-class experts, became a god a few years later.

So, now, the opinions of those experts have all changed.

"Many people say that Jordan is not a strong head coach. I agree with this. Donovan, the head coach of the Cavaliers, is definitely better than Jordan as a head coach. However, Jordan is not an ordinary head coach. Your coach is better than him. Being strong does not mean that you can beat him, because he is also one of the greatest general managers in NBA history and the general manager with the most draft vision. He can use his strongest vision to select players endlessly. He can't stop changing formations and playing against you. No matter how strong you are, you can only have one lineup and one main tactic. But Jordan can have countless types. If one doesn't work, he will try another one until he finds one that targets you. lineup and play style.

For a traditional head coach like Donovan, facing an opponent like Jordan is beyond the norm. "

The Bobcats and Cavaliers haven't played in G7 yet, but Jordan has already become a god. Of course, Chen Xiao is also a god at the same time.

After all, Chen Xiao performed equally well in this series, not to mention 30 in every game, four triple-doubles in six games, and another 60+ triple-double.

Currently, in this series, Chen Xiao is not averaging a triple-double of 30+ per game, but a triple-double of 40+ per game. Chen Xiao's points and assists contribute more than 60% of the Bobcats' total points.

One person is responsible for more than 60% of a team's offense. Chen Xiao's performance in this series is indeed explosive.

Faced with this sudden change in public opinion, if you want to say who is the most uncomfortable person, it must be Xiao Zhan.

After he and Chen Xiao parted ways in Cleveland, Chen Xiao has won four championships in the past seven seasons, but he himself has not won a championship.

Although he also knows the gap between himself and Chen Xiao in terms of team leadership ability, he is not discouraged. He is still cultivating young teammates in Cleveland step by step, comrades who can support him.

Seven years have passed, and a new group of trustworthy teammates such as Oden, Conley, Danny Green, and Matthews have indeed appeared around him.

At the same time, seven years of hard work has brought him once again close to the opportunity to lead Cleveland to the highest honor.

Let's put it this way, James felt that he had already touched that opportunity a week ago.

At that time, they led the Bobcats 3-1, and the next step was the Eastern Conference Finals.

As long as they defeat the Bobcats in the playoffs, the Cavaliers will not be able to be stopped by any team at that time.

The chance of defeating the Bucks and reaching the finals will be very high.

As long as the Eastern Conference team reaches the finals, it will basically be the championship.

This is the confidence that Chen Xiao and Wade Yao Ming brought to the Eastern Conference teams in this era.

In the current NBA, the east is strong and the west is weak.

However, no one expected that things would take a turn for the worse.

Not to mention that he, who has always been strong, is a little confused, in fact, the entire Cavaliers are a little confused now.

However, after so many years of hard work and persistence with the Cavaliers, Xiao Zhan has indeed grown into an outstanding leader.

Strength, will, spirit, Xiao Zhan is very strong in all aspects.

His strength is S-level, his willpower is impossible to defeat, and his spirit and trust in his teammates are unlimited.

And this is why the Cavaliers can play a six-man rotation.

Don't think that playing a six-man rotation in the NBA is easy.

This style of play is very tiring. If you don’t have teammates who support you enough, who is willing to fight for you in such a game?

Danny Green, Matthews, Conley and Oden all averaged more than 40 minutes per game in this series.

Scola, Spanoulis, Korver and others, who did not play much, did not feel resentful because of their small playing time. They were able to perform and contribute to the team.

This is also not just talk.

Now James' influence on the Cavaliers is indeed huge.

It can be said that most of the players on the Cavaliers are his younger brothers, just like Chen Xiao in the Bobcats.

Therefore, the Cavaliers are definitely the most resilient team in the entire league except for the Bobcats, Heat, and Bucks.

Even compared to the Bobcats, Heat and Bucks, they are not inferior at all.

Such a team will not be defeated even if it encounters difficulties.

Just like after the Bobcats encountered 1 to 3, they did not collapse and could catch up.

After the Cavaliers were defeated in two consecutive games, Chen Xiao and Jordan did not think that the Cavaliers had surrendered like this.

As for those viewers and experts saying that the Cavaliers have collapsed.

That's their business.

After all, they said a few days ago that the Bobcat had also collapsed.

But didn’t the lynx come over with gritted teeth?

Eastern Time, May 24, 2012, the Eastern Conference semifinals G7 game between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers started as scheduled at the Charlotte Bobcat Arena.

In a best-of-seven tie-break, reaching the seventh game, anything can really happen.

Maybe James is tired as the leader of the Cavaliers, but you can't say that he has lost the possibility of creating miracles.

The same is true for other players on the Cavaliers. No one is willing to give away their efforts easily.

Of course, the same is true for the Bobcats.

So as soon as the game started, the two teams showed strong defensive intensity.

The Cavaliers did not change their starting lineup in this game. They still have the regular starting lineup of Oden, James, Danny Green, Matthews, and Conley.

On the Bobcats side, the starting lineup has been changed, with Roy Hibbert, Lopez, Matt Barnes, Jimmy Butler, and Chen Xiao.

In this game, Jordan once again changed the starting lineup.

Matt Barnes was replaced as the starter, and Chen Xiao was appointed as the team's point guard, taking Rose out of the starting position.

It's risky to replace a starter who has won two consecutive games, but Jordan's game sense has always been incredible.

Obviously, Jordan feels that the Cavaliers' outside shooting is not so stable, so he hopes to change his side to a larger lineup and continue to push the Cavaliers' offense to the outside.

I have to say that there is still something to be said for this move.

It depends on how the Cavaliers choose.

Soon, Jordan saw the Cavaliers' options.

After the Bobcats switched to a stronger defensive, larger and taller lineup in this game, the Cavaliers still attacked the inside instead of letting the team's outside players operate on the outside.

"Donovan is being conservative!"

"After the Bobcats changed to a larger lineup, Donovan was afraid that he would not be able to grab a single rebound if he failed to attack from the outside. He did not dare to gamble!"

In fact, it's normal not to bet. With the Bobcats' lineup, the Cavaliers' rebounding advantage is even more lost.

If you can't make the shot, you really have no chance.

In this case, even though he knew the Bobcats were blocking the basket, Donovan still asked the Cavaliers to hit the basket.

However, the Cavaliers players were indeed determined, and Oden and James were indeed strong. Facing such a strong defense from the Bobcats, the Cavaliers' first eight points were all scored by the two in the paint.

Each of these 8 points is really earned with my own blood and sweat.

After all, both of them were already so tired.

Compared with the Cavaliers, the Bobcats started their offense from the outside. After all, Chen Xiao is from the outside.

After being beaten 4-8 by the Cavaliers at the beginning, Chen Xiao immediately scored 3 points through his own three-pointer on Conley, chasing the score to 7-8.

However, Chen Xiao's wonderful scoring is wonderful, and it is indeed difficult.

Without Rose's tearing breakthrough, the Bobcats have very little offensive space, and the offense is actually very difficult.

After all, although Roy Hibbert is good at defense, his offense is still outside. Like Lopez, his offense is not as strong as Oden and James.

Therefore, facing the Cavaliers who fought hard from the beginning, after the first quarter, the Bobcats were even 22 to 24, still two points behind the Cavaliers.

In the second quarter, the Bobcats were still rotating normally, while for the Cavaliers, none of the five starting players took a break.

"The Cavaliers are in such a good mood, they won't rotate five players in this game, right?!"

It seems that there is nothing surprising about the rotation of seven people, the rotation of six people, and the rotation of five people once, right?

After all, in this playoffs, Donovan is really making history as a starter.

Relying on the starting advantage, the Cavaliers beat the Bobcats to a 12-6 spurt in the rotation phase of the second quarter. In these four minutes, Oden and James scored 10 points together.

The two of them really fought fiercely in this game.

The two people who were most tired in this series were also the two people who fought the hardest in this game.

James wants to defeat Chen Xiao in the playoffs for the first time in his career.

Oden, on the other hand, wants to face Durant in the playoffs for the first time in his career and prove that he is no worse than Durant.

Both men share an almost inevitable belief in victory.

Therefore, the two hope to use more score advantages to determine the victory.

As long as they lead by enough, even if they don't have the physical fitness behind them, they can defend and hold on to the score.

But obviously, when Chen Xiao and the others came up again in the second quarter, the Bobcats were already 8 points behind 28-36.

But considering the price paid by the Cavaliers, such falling behind is actually increasing.

Because as soon as Chen Xiao came up, he hit three three-pointers in succession. Conley and the Cavaliers players, whose physical strength was in huge crisis, were actually gritting their teeth on the defensive end. They worked very hard, but equally, they I didn't even notice that their defensive intensity was actually declining.

Therefore, after the previous wave of 12-6, Chen Xiao led the Bobcats to return the Cavaliers' wave of 11-4, and the Bobcats chased the score to only 1 point.

In the end, after the first half of the game, the score between the two teams was 46 to 48, and the Bobcats were still 2 points behind.

The Cavaliers' five starting players played the entire first half, and finally gained a 2-point advantage. After the start of the third quarter, the Cavaliers' extreme play was finally punished.

As soon as the game started in the third quarter, Chen Xiao, Barnes, and Jimmy Butler hit three-pointers one after another. Under the leadership of these three three-pointers, the Bobcats started a 15-6 victory. Shockwave.

If Chen Xiao felt the decline in the Cavaliers' defensive intensity in the first half, then in the second half, other Bobcats also felt that the Cavaliers players could not make up for their physical fatigue even after halftime rest.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Bobcats, led by Chen Xiao and three outsiders, defeated the Cavaliers 15-6. In the second half of the third quarter, after the Bobcats replaced Roy and Rose, the two had super physical strength and super strength. The offensive ability led the Bobcats to beat the Cavaliers 12-0.

After three quarters, the Cavaliers were already 15 points behind 60-75.

In the third quarter, the Cavaliers actually collapsed.

They scored 12 points in a single quarter, and the offense was completely blind, while the defense allowed the Bobcats to score 29 points in a single quarter, and they were basically unstoppable.

Although in the fourth quarter, James and Oden gritted their teeth and persisted in attacking the Bobcats. During the rotation period, they did recover 7 points based on their starting strength. However, after Chen Xiao and other Bobcats' main starting players came on the court again, the Cavaliers' final counterattack was announced. fail.

In the end, the Cavaliers lost to the Bobcats 90-100 in the tiebreaker.

The Bobcats advance to the Eastern Conference finals and will once again face the Bucks led by last season's old Eastern Conference finals rivals Du and Koure Allen.

Xiao Zhan, on the other hand, once again hated Chen Xiao.

"How many years?"

Looking at the extremely jubilant Charlotte Bobcats Arena, the look on Xiao Zhan's face was lonely.

To be honest, he had always felt that he was a strong person, but losing to Chen Xiao for so many years still made him feel very tired.

Seeing Xiao Zhan who was exhausted physically and mentally at this time, Chen Xiao felt very distressed.

After Chen Xiao hugged the good brother and good friend in front of him, Xiao Zhan came back to his senses.

Chen Xiao didn't say much, but after hugging Xiao Zhan tightly, he said his favorite and most intense words in Xiao Zhan's ear: "Xiao Zhan, the future is yours."

Chen Xiao knows that he likes this sentence and always has.

And he does like it, always has, and he also believes that the future is really his!

The tired body and mind were once again full of motivation to catch up and move forward.