I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the 2018 NBA Finals, on the night when the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers and were crowned champions, fans were excited both at home and in the United States.

Because audiences on both sides of the Pacific witnessed the birth of one of the greatest legends.

As the protagonist of this great legend, Chen Xiao is certainly the most popular one.

But what is very surprising is that after Chen Xiao celebrated his championship at Oracle Arena, reporters could not find where anyone else went.

After coming out of the stadium, Chen Xiao celebrated wildly with his teammates in the locker room and disappeared while preparing to attend the post-match press conference.

This shocked the group of reporters from all over the world who wanted to interview Chen Xiao.

In this big drama, if the protagonist is absent, then I really don’t know what to say.

So the question is, where did Chen Xiao go?

In fact, Chen Xiao didn't go anywhere. After Chen Xiao left the Warriors' locker room, he went to find Xiao Zhan.

To be honest, this was the second finals failure in the 33-year-old Xiao Zhan's career. To be honest, this failure was a big blow to Xiao Zhan.

Although the former Xiao Zhan has become the Lao James who can now support the whole world for Oden, his competitive spirit has never changed whether it is Xiao Zhan or Lao Zhan.

For James, the Cavaliers have a chance in this year's finals.

After taking a 2-1 lead, the Cavaliers' odds of winning the championship once exceeded that of the Warriors, and the probability of winning was once as high as 70%.

However, no one expected that the Cavaliers would lose three consecutive games in the end, and Devin Booker would have two consecutive outbursts in G4 and G5.

In the end, the Cavaliers were defeated directly.

At the end of the finals, TNT's team said that Devin Booker's explosion in the finals could not be replicated. The Cavaliers were unlucky to encounter Devin Booker's historic explosion.

And James definitely thinks so too.

In fact, after the finals, most people felt that the Warriors' victory was due to a lot of luck.

In this case, it is really difficult for James and the Cavaliers, as losers, to maintain an unbalanced mentality.

At the end of the championship awards and the two teams left from the player tunnel, Chen Xiao felt that something was wrong with James' mood.

So after Chen Xiao finished handling his own affairs, he immediately went to the Cavaliers locker room to find James.

And just as Chen Xiao guessed, when he came to the Cavaliers locker room, the atmosphere in the Cavaliers locker room was a bit dignified and silent.

At this time, James had been taken out by Chen Xiao, and the Cavaliers' locker room was still dead silent.

The team's general manager Rick Carlisle, the team's head coach Tyronn Lue, and the team's second-in-command Oden, all looked at the door of the locker room in silence.

James, the leader of their team and the idol of most of them.

Even Oden, the team's second in command, is now James' loyal little brother.

For the Cavaliers, if James collapses, then the Cavaliers collapse and the entire team will fall apart.

If James is really defeated by this finals, then there is no doubt that it is really time to say goodbye to this Cavaliers team.

After all, this team is actually not young anymore.

James is 33 years old and will even turn 34 in December this year. If he really makes any decision for the championship, even if he leaves the Cavaliers, no one will criticize him.

To be honest, for Cavaliers players such as Oden, Conley, Danny Green and Matthews, they have been James' soldiers for ten years, and of course they hope to continue.

However, the premise is that James is still full of expectations and hopes for this team.

"Can God do it?"

Can that basketball god bring their king back?

At this moment, the Cavaliers players are full of anxiety and uneasiness.

At this moment, James, who had been out for more than half an hour, pushed the door open and entered.

When James appeared in the team locker room again, Rick Carlisle, Tyronn Lue, Oden and the Cavaliers players really looked at James who came in with burning eyes, and their hearts went up. Throat.

And James, looking at his comrades at this time, took a deep breath, and then when he left, the extremely disappointed expression on his face had now turned into cheerful, and he even had a smile on his face that reassured the knight.

"I'm very happy to be able to go to the end side by side with you. Although we failed in the end, we can continue to start. We can keep going until we can't go any further!"

Until you can go no further.

After hearing James say these words, the Cavaliers locker room, which was originally surrounded by an atmosphere of failure, instantly burst into deafening cheers.

Everyone knows what kind of person James is. If he says 1, then he is 1. If he says he won’t leave, then he will never leave. If he says he will go until he can’t walk, then he will definitely go until he can’t walk anymore.

Chen Xiao, who was leaning against the wall of the Cavaliers locker room outside the door, also smiled and left after hearing what James said.

He was really happy for Xiao Zhan.

He didn't say anything big to Xiao Zhan just now.

Chen Xiao just asked James what other goals he has in his career.

Either surpass yourself or surpass Jordan.

James said it was impossible.

"Since it's impossible, then use another way to become a god. You are really only a little bit away. Do you really want to give up now and start all over again?"

After Chen Xiao asked, James was so enlightened that he sobered up.

Yes, he stays with the Cavaliers. As long as he wins another championship, he will become a god.

And after leaving the Cavaliers, even if he wins three championships, he will not be able to become a god alongside Chen Xiao and Jordan. At best, he will be just an ordinary historical player, and at worst, he will be a top ten historical player in history.

But such a player cannot become a god.

Xiao Zhan is such a smart person. Of course, he will not let his fifteen-year career accumulation become a cloud.

Moreover, the Cavaliers' performance this season is so outstanding. In the Cavaliers, he is not far away from the championship.

Unless he leaves for the Warriors, but if that is the case, then no matter how many championships he wins, it will not improve his reputation to the level where he is now a god.

Therefore, James is very clear about what decision he should make.

After retaining their leader for the Cavaliers, Chen Xiao did not feel that it was unwise to keep a team that could beat him.

For Chen Xiao, the Warriors may be better without the Cavaliers, but the Cavaliers with James are better for the NBA and basketball as a whole.

Even if the Cavaliers really beat him and the Warriors next year, he won't have any regrets.

Well, this is the pattern!

When Chen Xiao said goodbye to Xiao Zhan and came to the post-game press conference, the entire press conference was in a state of excitement.

No matter whether it took a long time to wait for Chen Xiao, does it matter?

There were indeed complaints just now, but all the dissatisfaction disappeared the moment they saw Chen Xiao's figure.

Even O'Neal, who was very unhappy just now, even took the lead in cheering and applauding Chen Xiao.

I have to say that O'Neal is really good at creating this kind of atmosphere.

Although the two have always been superficial brothers, it would be good for O'Neal to maintain this superficial brotherly relationship with him.

After all, brothers on the surface are also brothers. Regardless of what O'Neal thinks, at least now, he is indeed sending his blessings to Chen Xiao on behalf of the entire basketball world.

At the same time, O'Neal, as a live interview reporter for TNT, also became the host of this interview with Chen Xiao.

Well, the official host has long been sidelined by O'Neal.

With O'Neal as the host, why do we need an official live host?

And as a five-time NBA championship winner, a three-time FMVP winner, and a former teammate of Chen Xiao, he knows Chen Xiao very well. As the host, he can let the reporters on the scene get a lot of what they want to know. Some insider news.

And O'Neal did a very good job in this regard. Under O'Neal's auspices, Chen Xiao also answered many questions that had never been answered before.

Let's put it this way, if he was the official host at this time, then the questions Chen Xiao would answer would definitely be standard questions.

"Chen, tonight's championship gave you a perfect career. So for you, among these ten championships, which one is the most unforgettable and the most important to you?"

After O'Neill asked with a smile, the other reporters nearby looked at Chen Xiao curiously.

This post-game interview really became O'Neal's exclusive interview with Chen Xiao.

To be honest, O'Neal seemed to ask all the questions they wanted to know about their pain points, so they really didn't mind this exclusive interview between O'Neal and Chen Xiao.

Which championship is the most important to you?

Chen Xiao had almost no thought.

"Obviously, that championship in 2003 was the most important to me.

To be honest, among my many championships, the championship in 2003 was not the most difficult or the easiest, but it was undoubtedly the most special.

Because in 2003, before the finals came, no one thought that the Nets and I could beat the Lakers, because the Lakers had Kobe and Shaq at that time. At that time, the OK Lakers had just won three consecutive championships and were preparing to win. The fourth consecutive championship, before me and the Nets appeared, the OK Lakers were invincible.

And the Nets and I defeated such a team that was called invincible.

And this is also the only time in my career that I defeated a dynasty team and an invincible team in the finals.

After that, all my championships were just championships, and they no longer had any special meaning of ending a dynasty and defeating the best. "

In fact, when O'Neal asked this question, he thought that Chen Xiao would say 2003. Although Chen Xiao has never answered this question publicly in the media, it can actually be guessed.

However, O'Neal did not expect that Chen Xiao would answer so "good" and speak so highly of him and the Lakers.

But after thinking about it for a moment, it seems that it is really like what Chen Xiao said.

In the history of the NBA, excluding the Heat's alternative dynasty that won three championships in four years, there are only a few traditional dynasties, and the OK Lakers are definitely one of the dynasties recognized by the entire NBA world, and one of the strongest.

When the Lakers won three consecutive championships, the entire NBA said they could rival the Bulls dynasty.

In fact, after basketball entered the modern era, there were only two dynasties in the entire NBA: the Bulls and OK.

The Lakers ok dynasty at that time really seemed to be sure to surpass the Bulls dynasty, because at that time O'Neal and Kobe were both in their prime. It seemed that they could really win four consecutive championships, or even five consecutive championships!

And this is what O'Neal regrets most throughout his life.

When he asked this question, he was originally planning to use Chen Xiao to put gold on his face.

But Chen Xiao's return made him somewhat vulnerable now.

After all, he would often think of the 2003 Finals when he dreamed back at midnight. If the Lakers had won that Finals and the Lakers had completed four consecutive championships, would the entire NBA history have been rewritten?

And will his career also be rewritten?

Without Chen Xiao and the Nets, it would have been impossible for the Lakers, who completed four consecutive championships in 2003, to separate. No matter how great the conflict between the two was at the time, they would have fought for five consecutive championships, or even six consecutive championships. Get through it.

Considering the strength and status of the two at the time, it is not impossible for the OK Lakers to win six consecutive championships.

By then, if he can really win six consecutive championships with the Lakers and win six consecutive FMVPs, then he will undoubtedly surpass Jordan and become the number one player in NBA history.

However, all of this changed Chen Xiao. His emergence in 2003 changed everything.

As Chen Xiao himself said, with the 2003 championship, he ended a dynasty and the strongest era.

Therefore, just when O'Neal was dejected that his defense was broken, the reporters at the scene and the audience in front of the TV were cheering for Chen Xiao's answer.

This answer is both reasonable and very domineering and wonderful.

Yes, in the past sixteen years, the league has entered an era belonging to Chen Xiao.

But Chen Xiao's era is not about luck.

Chen Xiao's era is not a pie falling from the sky, nor is it a time when there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to dominate.

Chen Xiao's era was established when he defeated the strongest dynasty and team in NBA history in his rookie year.

It is said that one general can achieve great success but ten thousand bones will wither.

Chen Xiao has achieved ten titles and has countless dead bones at his feet, and the first pile of dead bones was the OK Dynasty, which was known as the strongest back then.

How domineering this is!

Therefore, when Chen Xiao gave this domineering and reasonable answer, the reporters at the scene were all excited. O'Neal broke the defense, it doesn't matter, they can go up on their own!

Moreover, Chen Xiao is still very straightforward tonight!

"I know you all say that this is a perfect championship. It seems that I will not need a championship in the future, but I know that this is not my final pursuit. I know that I still want a championship and can still win it. To the championship.”

When Chen Xiao said these words with a smile at the end of the interview, there was another commotion at the scene.

Tonight, these reporters and the audience in front of the TV have no idea how many times they have been disturbed by Chen Xiao...