I’m Really Playing Basketball

On the court, after Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan recalled the past tense greetings, the game officially began.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup for this game is Oden, James, Danny Green, Matthews and Conley.

The Warriors' starting lineup is Lopez, Nong Mei, Chen Xiao, Clay and Beal.

The Cavaliers' starters were their main players last season, while the Warriors' starters, except for Klay, were not the Warriors' players last season.

Therefore, from the changes in the lineup, we can see the tacit understanding and gap between the two teams.

It is almost impossible for a completely rebuilt team like the Warriors to defeat a mature team with championship favorites like the Cavaliers.

If it weren't for the Warriors having Chen Xiao, no one would have any expectations for the Warriors in this game.

In short, for this season's Warriors team, where most of the core players are newcomers and even head coach Steve Kerr is a rookie, Chen Xiao is the only hope for this team's record.

Of course, that's how others see it, but that's not how the Warriors players on the court see it.

Especially the thick eyebrows who are now preparing to jump ball with Oden.

As this year's No. 1 pick, Anthony Davis, his request is simple. He must make a blockbuster in this game. This season, he must make the All-Stars and win the Rookie of the Year award!

This is no joke.

Regarding the current competitive environment in the Western Conference, he feels that with his popularity in the United States and recognition in the American professional circle, coupled with the support of Chen Xiao’s teammates in China, and Chen Xiao’s selflessness as the greatest teammate in NBA history Assists, if he can't become famous as quickly as Rose, it will be his failure.

I have to say that thick eyebrows are very confident, so confident that it makes people feel arrogant.

But no one who knows the history of the NBA thinks that thick eyebrows are notoriously flexible in history. The competition for centers is huge, so he is the power forward. The competition for power forwards is huge, so he is the center, and his position is famous. Being so flexible, you can make it to the best lineup in the end, even for a while, even if you don't accept it.

"Rookie, you don't need to be so nervous about this game. The result is already determined when you stand in front of me."

Faced with Oden's trash talk provocation, Thick Eyebrow raised his thick eyebrows. He was not affected by Oden. Whether you say he is nervous or excited now, Thick Eyebrow, who wants to become famous in a battle, is indeed extremely focused at this time. .

When he is a rookie, he is not afraid of any superstars.

Let's put it this way, when your usual opponent is a basketball god like Chen Xiao, no matter how strong your opponent is, you don't need to be afraid.

Auden?

Have you seen the treatment I received from O'Neal in the Finals when I challenged Chen Xiao 10 times under the basket in the training ground and was blocked five times by Chen Xiao with his left hand and five times with his right hand?

I've even enjoyed this kind of treatment, but I'm still afraid that you, Oden, are better than the God of Basketball?

“The visceral confidence on the faces of these rookie Bobcats players is amazing.”

Snap!

Two big players with extremely strong athletic ability took off at the same time, and the thick eyebrows who were more focused and lighter successfully jumped the basketball.

The Warriors struck first.

After successfully jumping the ball with thick eyebrows, he looked at his teammate of the US team with disdain.

"This kid is addicted to acting."

Oden doesn't have the same experience as thick eyebrows. This kid doesn't respect his elders. He can just use his strength to defeat him later. To have a verbal confrontation with such a rookie will lower his grade.

However, on the court, Warriors guard Bill had already carried the ball past half court.

Bill's organizational skills were very average. After dribbling for half the court, he was looking for Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao didn't want to show all his energy just because this was his first game with the Warriors.

Let's put it this way, at his level, there is no need to do any tricks for new officials to take office.

For Warriors fans and viewers in front of the TV, every move Chen Xiao makes on the court is enjoyment. Really, there is no need to simply score, such as dribbling, confrontation, or even one-handed scoring. Catching the ball there will make people feel picturesque.

This is the ‘basketball god filter’ or ‘idol filter’.

The higher the idol content of an idol, the stronger this filter will be.

If you think about it carefully, when Roberto Baggio was playing football, even if he is about to retire, if you watch his games, even if he does not score goals and is just catching and passing the ball on the court, you will feel that it is like a work of art. Beautiful, better looking than any other player's goals.

Therefore, Chen Xiao received the pass from Bill, stood at the top of the arc, grabbed the ball back with his right hand, and the Warriors fans at the scene were already screaming crazily.

Listening to the huge cheers coming from all directions, I recalled that just now they had defeated Chen Xiao in 14 picks. Now Danny Green, who is defending Chen Xiao in front of Chen Xiao, is under great pressure. He can't make more moves. He can't. Knowing what Chen Xiao will do next, he can only do his best to defend the God of Basketball. The rest depends on the God of Basketball himself.

I have to say that Danny Green is really a good player. Although he is much thinner and less powerful than Chen Xiao, he still does his best to entangle Chen Xiao.

However, this time Chen Xiao did not plan to attack Danny Green directly.

After Klay and Nongmei crossed over to cover under the basket, Nongmei turned around very cleverly and wiped out James. James has gained weight in the past two seasons and his strength has gone up, but his flexibility has indeed declined. Nongmei, although his strength is not as good as James now , but very thin, and his athletic talent is really good!

This was such a genius move that even the Warriors fans who had set their sights on Chen Xiao exclaimed.

“Very imaginative!”

What's even more surprising is that when the thick eyebrows wiped James away, he didn't think much and flew directly into the air.

He didn't even look behind him, he knew that Chen Xiao could pass the ball in place!

And the final result was that Chen Xiao, when the thick eyebrow flying in the air stretched out his hand to catch the ball, the ball really flew into the thick eyebrow's hand!

Bang bang!

A powerful one-handed dunk with thick eyebrows opened his scoring account in the NBA career.

By the way, after the thick eyebrow completed the dunk, he did not hang on the rim. Instead, he immediately came down from the top and shouted to Chen Xiao who was smiling and giving him a thumbs-up outside the three-point line: "I knew you would definitely You can pass the ball to the world, and no obstacle can stop your divine eyes!"

After more than half a month of training together with Chen Xiao, whether it is Big Eyebrow, Beal, Clay, or other Warriors players who are partnering with Chen Xiao for the first time.

They admire Chen Xiao's ability from the bottom of their hearts.

Other players in the NBA felt Chen Xiao's basketball god status only during the short warm-up before the game.

And they have to practice against Chen Xiao, who is in basketball god form, on the training ground every day.

Their confidence in Chen Xiao is unimaginable.

And this also makes them more willing to make moves on the court.

It can only be said that after Chen Xiao completely unblocked his basketball god status with the experience card, this group of Warriors players had already been greatly inspired and influenced before future generations of players were affected.

"Not to mention their current strength, this group of Warriors rookies are more confident on the court than other rookies we have seen this season, and they are more daring to make moves."

"If I play next to God, and the person who plays basketball with me every day is GOd, I will be as confident as them. The Warriors this season are very worth looking forward to."

"Maybe they are not the favorites to win the NBA title, but they will definitely bring us a huge surprise."

The protagonists of this opening connection between Chen Xiao and Nongmei are Chen Xiao and Nongmei, but don’t forget that as a supporting role, Lopez emptied the basket and pulled Oden out, as well as interspersed running positions to provide support for Nongmei. Clay and Beal, who created the opportunity, also have a lot of credit.

The Warriors' tactics this time are definitely an offense that implements Cole's tactical concepts.

Therefore, after the attack was completed, Cole on the sidelines was actually the most excited.

More excited than the fans.

"I knew these boys could do it. It's not that they couldn't do it, they just didn't want to!"

The Thick Eyebrows really don't want to play such a complicated offense, they want it to be simpler.

But they still know the importance of this game.

This is the first game of Chen Xiao's Warriors career, and the opponent is a top team like the Cavaliers.

They really don't dare to act willfully in such a game, and they really don't dare to bear the consequences of losing because of themselves.

Therefore, after playing so many preseason games, this regular season, this group of young players of the Warriors is the most tactically disciplined ever.

And I have to say that their style does suit Cole's tactical system.

As young people, they certainly don't have much tactical literacy. Their ability to fit in with Cole's tactical system is entirely due to their original basketball style, and also because Chen Xiao is good at directing traffic at the top of the arc.

It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack, and the scene that was filled with applause just now seamlessly switched to boos.

As such a mature team, the Cavaliers certainly won't be swayed by the Warriors' boos.

In fact, what really made the Cavaliers uncomfortable was not the boos from Warriors fans, but the Warriors' defensive changes.

Chen Xiao, who plays small forward on the offensive end, switches to the power forward position on defense.

James, who originally had a strength advantage over Chen Xiao in the Olympics, returned to the NBA and suddenly found that he couldn't hold up Chen Xiao under the basket!

"Careless!"

Xiao Zhan, who made a careless shot, hit Chen Xiao's shot from the right back, and it fell directly into the hands of Lopez under the basket.

Lopez and Oden were also enemies in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season.

In last season's Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bobcats relied on starting Lopez and Roy Hibbert, blocking Oden and James' inside, and finally reversed and won the series.

Lopez's power is indeed a great threat to Oden.

Moreover, although Lopez is not fast and his defense is not strong, he is a player with a very high IQ and a very sneaky player. Every time Oden hits Lopez, he feels like he is hitting cotton.

It was the Warriors' turn to attack again. This time, Chen Xiao still did not attack by himself.

Many people said before this game that Chen Xiao was the protagonist, but after the game started, Chen Xiao has been directing his teammates to attack.

This time, after Chen Xiao directed Lopez and Big Eyebrow to set a screen for Bill at the top of the arc, Bill moved to his favorite three-point line and received a pass from Chen Xiao. , hit the jump shot.

Bill had a good touch in this game.

But this ball can be hit. In addition to the good cover of Lopez and thick eyebrows, the most important thing is that he does have a very strong long-distance two-point jumper.

Historically, in Bill's rookie season, the area one step inside the three-point line accounted for 32% of his shots, and his shooting percentage was also 38.5%. As a rookie, this shooting percentage is already very good.

Take Kobe as an example. In his career, Kobe has taken 27.8% of his long-distance two-point shots, which is also the area where he takes the most offensive shots. At the same time, his career field goal percentage in this area is just over 40%.

It can be seen from this that Bill's long-distance two-pointer is his unique skill for him now.

Historically, he later made fewer long-range two-pointers, but he shot more and more three-pointers, and his shots were farther and farther away. Logically speaking, his shooting percentage would decrease, but Bill's shooting percentage was getting higher and higher. .

In the 16-17 season, he even reached a 50% long-range two-point shooting rate. He averaged 7.2 three-pointers per game and still had a shooting rate of over 40%. The efficiency of this long-range shot is amazing.

You know, Ko's long-distance two-point shooting percentage has never exceeded 43%, let alone three-pointers.

Even in his rookie season, Bill's three-pointers averaged 4.2 attempts per game and a 38.6% field goal percentage, plus an average of 4 attempts per game and 38.4% long-range two-pointers.

Rookie Bill's long-range shots accounted for 65% of his shots, which is an extremely high proportion, and his shooting percentage is also extremely high for a rookie.

Therefore, even though Bill is a rookie, his shooting stability and long-range shooting ability are second only to Chen Xiao and Klay in the entire Warriors.

In fact, it's nothing to be inferior to Chen Xiao and Clay. When it comes to shooting, everyone knows that Chen Xiao and Clay are bugs.

4 to 0!

As Bill scored two points, Chen Xiao also assisted Bill to open his career scoring account.

When others take rookies to play, they always let the rookies adapt to the environment first.

As for Chen Xiao, as soon as he came up, he let the rookie play first.

This kind of strategy has its advantages and disadvantages. If the rookie opens up, the Warriors will go crazy.

If it cannot be opened, it will not only damage the morale of the rookies, but also bring down the team.

Obviously, looking at the increasingly excited thick eyebrows and Bill who was getting angry, everyone knew that Chen Xiao made the right bet by giving such trust to the rookies in this game.

And the final result also confirmed this.

The Cavaliers, who were favored to win the championship this season, were defeated by the Warriors in the first game of the season, 111-124, with 19 three-pointers in a game!

So much so that at the end of the game, Barkley said with emotion: "The Warriors' shots are as smooth as water splashes!"