I’m Really Playing Basketball

After a landmark battle with the Boston Celtics at home, the Cleveland Cavaliers finally ended their easy home game schedule during this time.

In these five consecutive home games, the Cavaliers achieved a perfect score of five consecutive victories.

This result also allows the Cleveland Cavaliers to regain the eighth position in the Eastern Conference.

Even though the Cleveland Cavaliers are still eighth in the Eastern Conference, they are very close to the previous team's record.

The Cavaliers’ record is now 14 wins and 10 losses, while the previous 76ers’ record is 16 wins and 8 losses. It’s already very close. Even the sixth Hornets in the Eastern Conference boarded 10 million Indianapolis planes in Chen Xiao. At that time, the away game was lost to the Denver Nuggets in the West, and the record went from 17 wins and 8 losses to 17 wins and 9 losses.

The Cavaliers seem to be within reach of the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference.

Originally, the Cavaliers' consecutive home game schedule was intended to get rid of the Raptors.

However, the Raptors did not get rid of it, but they had the opportunity to touch the **** of the front team. I have to say that this was a surprise.

However, after the end of the consecutive home games at home, the next away game will not be very friendly to the Cavaliers.

On December 17, 2003, the Cleveland Cavaliers visited Indianapolis to face the Pacers, the third strongest team in the East.

The Pacers have performed very well in the regular season after Van Gundy Jr. came back to coach this season.

Obviously, in terms of hard power and the Nets in front, the Magic is quite different, but in terms of record, the Pacers look not inferior at all.

This team performed so well this season, of course, thanks to this team's defense.

The Pacers were originally a strong defensive team. After Van Gundy came, the Pacers' defense became stronger.

And more importantly, the Pacers are very knights.

Artest of the Pacers is an opponent that Chen Xiao is very unwilling to face.

Chen Xiao’s current strength, height, and wingspan are definitely top-notch among perimeter players. Coupled with good speed and dribbling, as well as excellent shooting ability, Chen Xiao can be in his own position, basically There is no way to defend.

Flanking Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao can pass the ball, without flanking, Chen Xiao's singles are also very beating.

Many teams will be uncomfortable when they meet Chen Xiao.

But the Pacers are different from other teams.

The Pacers have a player who can play against Chen Xiao very well.

Not to mention guarding, but it can definitely match.

Strength, speed, and height can all match Chen Xiao, and his defensive skills have improved extremely well this season.

It's like a player who exists for defense.

Needless to say who is this player?

Of course Artest.

In history, Artest's defense this season was very Dior, and he eventually became the best defensive player of the season.

Therefore, Chen Xiao is not the only one who has a headache when it comes to confronting Artest.

The boss of Ke, Mai, the boss of Ka, and the boss of Ai, no one does not have a headache.

On the evening of the 17th, at the Conseco Arena, the Cleveland Cavaliers' five-game winning streak was terminated by the Pacers.

In the end, the Cavaliers lost the fierce defensive battle 90-95 away.

In terms of performance in this game, the Cavaliers' performance is actually very good.

In this game, facing the Pacers' defense, Chen Xiao, James and the Cavaliers all shot 50%.

This is very rare.

In this game, Chen Xiao faced Artest's defense and did not play hard. He played when he had a chance and passed the ball when he didn't have a chance. He played very restrained and very reasonable.

So in this game, Chen Xiao scored 11 of 16 and scored 27 points.

In this game, James is the same as Chen Xiao. He knows that facing a team like the Pacers, he must not be angry. James' offensive data in this game is also very beautiful.

10 of 16, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, 27 points.

As the two head players of the team, Chen Xiao and James scored 54 points efficiently in a game, and it looks like they should be able to win.

But in the end it was lost, the reason for the loss.

Just look at these few data.

In this game, the Cavaliers shot 69, 69 of 35, while the Pacers were 81 of 37. The two teams made 15 of 21 free throws and 16 of 19. Under similar circumstances, why did the two teams take shots? 12 times missing?

Of course, because of the higher turnover rate of the Cavaliers in this game, the Cavaliers made 20 turnovers in this game.

Among them, Xiao Zhan was alone 8 times, and Chen Xiao was 5 times. The confrontation in this game was too fierce.

In addition, the Pacers grabbed 11 rebounds in this game, O'Neal alone grabbed offensive rebounds twice as many as the Cavaliers.

In this game, the combination of Chandler and Dalius Miles was suppressed by the combination of Oscar and Jeff Foster a bit miserable.

I won't say anything about Oscar. Jeff Foster may not be familiar to everyone. This man is a real rebounder, especially offensive rebounds. This season, his offensive rebounds are 6 per 48 minutes.

And his excellent rebounding is not isolated, and Xiao Ao together complement each other even more.

After all, although Dalius Miles is very talented, but playing power forward, some teams are still too short inside.

At the very least, when he was playing against the Pacers, he was not tall enough, which made Chandler crazy in this game.

It can be said that the Cavaliers lost this game because of turnovers and rebounds.

These two items happen to be the two most intolerable by NBA coaches.

So after the game, the team's head coach Carlisle held a team meeting to focus on reviewing these two issues.

The result of the review is naturally...

no result.

You want to talk about the problem of mistakes, this is the problem of James and Chen Xiao.

But the reason why James and Chen Xiao made a lot of mistakes in this game is because of the cautious offense.

The one that is very close to caution is almost synonymous, that is, hesitation. In addition, the Pacers' confrontation is very fierce. It is impossible for you to play like this if you want to be efficient and want to reduce the turnover rate.

As for rebounds, Darius Miles is indeed short, no matter how you review it, short is short.

The high change is too slow.

So even if you review your rebounds 10,000 times, you will still be suppressed by the Pacers' rebounds when you encounter the Pacers, just how much you suppress.

In this game, the Pacers only grabbed 6 more rebounds, which is already very good.

In this way, the Cavaliers held a meeting in this game, and the meeting collectively passed the conclusion that we did not play, the problem is that the opponent is still too strong.

This conclusion is really not a problem.

The Cavaliers lose away to the Pacers, and what they lose is their strength.

It is not the strength of the upper-level stars, but the overall strength of the team.

In this game, Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan scored 54 points. Afterwards, Crawford scored 3 for 13 and scored 9 points. Dalius Myers scored 6 points for 3 of 9 and Chandler scored 4, 8 for 11. Points, these three are already considered, in addition to the 77 points that the starter got, the substitutes in this game scored a total of 13 points.

With Chen Xiao and James deliberately protecting the shooting percentage, the defensive intensity faced by the teammates is not that great, and they should need a little bit of force.

However, it is still not enough.

No way, most of the Cavaliers' bench players are rookies, so they have worked very hard.

For the Pacers, the substitute scored 33 points.

If you really want to find a pot for this game, in the end, you can only say that Chen Xiao and James let out too many shots, and the other players of the Cavaliers can't digest them. They should attack more in this game.

But, if you attack more and you lose, is it another conclusion?

This is the problem, because the overall strength is not enough, what you do may be wrong.

On December 18, 2003, after playing the Pacers, the Cavaliers faced the 76ers back to back.

Compared with the Pacers' restraint of the Cavaliers' role players, the 76ers are the more restrained starting players of the Cavaliers.

The 76ers' Mutombo and Kenny Thomas's inside combination is one of the strongest inside defenses in the Eastern Conference. They are very restrained from the direct breakthrough of Xiao Zhan and Chen Xiao.

Don't think that the 76ers have only these two insides. In addition to this, there is also a Damport. This kid can hit 8+8+2.5 blocks this season, averaging less than 2.5 per game in 25 minutes per game. Blocks, showing his ability to protect the frame.

At the same time, the 76ers' small forward Keith Van Horne is 2.08 meters away. This is everyone's old acquaintance, and he is replaced by Chen Xiao's.

The 76ers' shooting guard this season is John Salmons, this may not be familiar to everyone, this season the 76ers' new second-year young player.

In history, he was re-used until the Kings, averaging close to 20 points per game, and then moved to the Bulls and Bucks, averaging more than 15 points per game, excellent shooting, especially good at three-pointers, and very active defensively. More importantly, he is 2 meters 01, a tall shooting guard.

After Chen Xiao played out, the league’s recent shooting-type tall shooting guards are very popular. Salmons got up because of the wave brought by Chen Xiao. Originally, he had no chance and was crushed by Snow. .

But this season, he relied on the advantages of Chen Xiao, and a native of Philadelphia to occupy the starting position of the team.

And after being reused, Salmons is good at both offensive and defensive ends. Now his nickname in the league is called "Philadelphia Little Beast". It is very coincidental that Salmons' number is also No. 7, and Chen Xiao is in the Nets. Same.

Two such high wings are very beneficial in limiting the opponent's long-range shooting.

Even if they don't do anything, step on the three-point line and raise their hands, the average shooter will be stunned.

The 76ers have a super strong inside shot, and they are very good at long distance shots from outside shots. Do you think the average team has to peel off the 76ers to play the 76ers?

Don't think it's a fluke that the 76ers have been ranked in the top seven in the Eastern Conference this season, because they don't deserve the position.

In fact, the 76ers ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, not because they are not worthy of their position, but because their position is not worthy of their strength.

Iverson has a very poor relationship with the 76ers president Billy King this season.

Larry Brown did not leave. Iverson and Larry Brown are the main contradiction, and the contradiction between Iverson and the management is the secondary contradiction.

Larry Brown is gone, there is no buffer zone in between, and the contradiction between Iverson and the management is highlighted.

Coupled with this season Iverson has been intermittently with minor injuries, so this season is clearly the best time for the 76ers in the past few seasons, but in the end only ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference.

If Iverson can have the status of the previous few seasons, the 76ers will have a chance to reach the top five in the Eastern Conference.

Back to the game between the Cavaliers and the 76ers, facing the 76ers this is almost a defense specially prepared for Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan played quite **** this game, 4 of 15 in the game, only scored 10 points.

By the way, the defense adopted by the 76ers in this game is zone defense!

With the 76ers' defense, the Cavaliers' players who do not have the ability to shoot, the data is simply horrible.

If it weren't for Chen Xiao's game with 14 of 24, 7 of 7 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, the audience scored 36 points, 4 blues and 5 assists very efficiently. The Cavaliers would collapse in the first quarter of this game.

In the first quarter, even if Chen Xiao made 5 of 9 in a single quarter, 1 of 1 on three-pointers, and scored 11 points, the Cavaliers were 9 points behind 20-29.

After 9 points in the first quarter, how much will the Cavaliers fall behind after the second quarter?

The 76ers took Snow from the starting lineup on the bench. The 76ers' bench led by Snow and Aaron McGee Damport is one of the strongest in the NBA.

Really, thanks to Crawford's 10 of 21 and 25 points, this game made it to the fourth quarter, so that it won't waste time after three quarters.

Of course, the bravery of Chen Xiao and Crawford could not save the game. In the end, the Cavaliers lost another 88-94 away game.

Well, this game is already the second game the Cavaliers have lost to the 76ers this season.

So after the game, Chen Xiao’s good friend, Iverson, who scored 38 points in 14 of 30 in the game, complained to Chen Xiao, "It would be great if Kidd was in this game."

Good guy, Boss Ai, this is a dislike of killing him and James and not feeling fulfilled.

Replace Crawford with the boss of Ji. In this game, you will have a sense of accomplishment by completing three kills against Chen Xiao, boss and James.

Not to mention, if Crawford is replaced by Kee boss in this game, maybe Ai boss will kill better.

After all, Boss Ai is recognized as the nemesis of Boss Ji.

Well, you little guard Dior, invincible, let's go!

However, a small guard like Boss Ai can really do whatever he wants in front of Boss Ji, Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan!

It doesn't work if you refuse to accept it.

The combination of Chen Xiao and James' arrogant king this season is very arrogant to the big guards in the league, but it is really a headache for the lightweight guards like Boss Ai and others.

By the way, the combination of God Kings is the name given to the combination of Chen Xiao and James in the United States.

After spreading to the country, their combination is already a "God King Arrogant"!

For Chen Xiao, a secondary disease, this name sounds domineering.

The four-character nickname is always more domineering than the two-character nickname.

God king is arrogant!

Listen, it's not bad, haha.

Because of the recent conflict between the 76ers' boss and the president, Chen Xiao has always thought that Ai's boss is not going well with the 76ers.

Unexpectedly, seeing Boss Ai this time, the boss looked very relaxed.

In fact, Boss Ai has had an easy time so far this season. What is rare this season is that his teammates took him once.

He used to drag his teammates forward.

The 76ers are strong this season and can drag him forward.

He now feels very tired, physically and mentally tired, it's good to rest and rest.

The past few seasons have been too tiring, and there have been a lot of minor injuries on his body.

Fortunately, Boss Ai is in a very salty state this season. Otherwise, according to history, the injury caused by fatigue this season has exploded and he is now lying down.

With the strength of the 76ers this season, the playoffs are stable.

As long as he made the playoffs, Iverson was still the top man.

The only two players in the current playoffs who average 30+ per game, do you think it is a joke?

Guess who is the other player who averaged 30+ per game in the playoffs?

By the way, by the way, the Cavaliers lost this game. Xiao Zhan was 4 out of 15 and only scored 10 points. Do you think Xiao Zhan is going to be back in the US in this game?

I'm sorry, after this game, Xiao Zhan still doesn't hold back in the United States. Although Xiao Zhan only had 10 points in this game, he scored 12 rebounds and 12 assists.

Triple double, haha!

I will ask you, if it were you, would you like to play by Chen Xiao's side?

Not to mention being stared at by his mother's terrible eyes when he went home at night, even if he was stared at by his mother's eyes all day long, he could stand it now.

Development, development, under the shelter of Xiao Chen, slowly and wretched development.

"I look forward to the small sapling growing into a towering tree, standing side by side between the sky and the earth, and achieving greatness in the end!"

Xiao Zhan looked at him talking and laughing with his idol Iverson, Xiao Chen kept flashing his small eyes.

After losing away to the Pacers and 76ers, two of the most powerful teams in the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers not only failed to get one step closer from eighth position, but were overtaken by the Raptors and dropped to No. Nine position.

In the ups and downs of the Cavaliers record, many NBA experts are also very curious about the level of the Cavaliers in the East this season.

Judging from the content of the Cavaliers playing the Pacers and 76ers in these two games, many experts feel that in the Eastern Conference this season, the strength of the Cavaliers is below the Nets, Magic, Heat, Pacers, 76ers, and Pistons. This is stable.

The Hornets are four-six open, and the Raptors are four-open. The strength of the three teams should be fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Hmm, the game has been played so far, in the face of such fierce competition in the East, many experts have divided the Eastern team into four gears based on the current performance of each team.

First gear: Nets.

Second gear: Magic, Heat

Third gear: Pacers, Pistons, 76ers

Fourth gear: Hornets, Cavaliers, Raptors.

Fifth gear: Bucks, Celtics, Knicks

Sixth gear: Others.

According to this division, the Cavaliers' competitors into the playoffs this season are not the 76ers, but the Raptors and Hornets.

I have to say that these experts are still very accurate sometimes. On the day the Cavaliers lost to the 76ers away, the Hornets lost to the Kings at home.

The Hornets also began to slowly fall from the top six positions in the East.

On December 20, 2003, the Cleveland Cavaliers continued to be a guest. This time, they came to Chicago to face the Chicago Bulls, who have a record of 6 wins and 18 losses.

Because of the relationship between the Bulls' vice president Jr. Paxson and Cavaliers general manager Paxson, there are many players from both teams who have played for both teams.

Like Crawford and Chandler of the Cavaliers, Big Z of the Bulls and so on.

The result of this is that although the management of the two teams are close to the same family, they are both of the Bulls line.

But the players of the two teams are actually not that close.

Especially for Crawford, he was very upset about the team sending him to the Cavaliers.

Although he had a good life with the Cavaliers, with Chen Xiao and James beside him, he has more opportunities on the offensive end.

But rushing from Chicago to Cleveland, from Shenzhen to Lianzhou, it is you, you are not happy.

Therefore, in this game, the Cavaliers and Bulls game, there is no suspense about the outcome of the game. Chen Xiao James played for Crawford in the entire game.

Why didn't you make the ball for Chandler?

Because Chandler doesn't think it matters.

He has no love or hatred for the bulls.

Because he is a parallel importer, the Bulls fans don't like him either. He has no nostalgia for the Bulls.

To him, the bull is just a passer-by.

But Crawford is different. The current Mamba, the former Jordan, is really popular with fans in Chicago.

The Bulls fans can understand, but cannot accept, sending Crawford away in exchange for Antonio Davis.

Therefore, in the face of Chen Xiao and James’s play, coupled with the cheering of the Bulls fans, Crawford himself was very proud. This game played the best of his career in front of the Bulls’ vice president, Paxson Jr. The representative battle.

The game made 16 of 27, 5 of 7 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, 42 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks.

It’s amazing that this data is exactly the same as the data that Crawford played when he faced the Wizards on December 27, 2003.

Historically, Crawford played the Wizards to avenge Jordan, but now playing the Bulls is to avenge himself.

I have to say that the third master of the Cavaliers is really a man of temperament.

Of course, in this game, Crawford played the Bulls for a whole game, and the Bulls also grabbed Crawford for the whole game.

So don't look at the fierceness of Crawford in this game. Looking at the score, 110 to 96, the Cavaliers actually didn't win that much.

In this Crawford revenge battle, Chen Xiao scored 8 of 18 in the game, scoring 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

After defeating the Chicago Bulls in the away game, the Cavaliers ended all the games of this road trip. In 3 away games, the Cavaliers won 1 and 2 losses, and the record was not very good.

So, this also dropped the Cavaliers from eighth to ninth.

However, for the Cavaliers, one of the better news is that the Hornets, which was the 6th in the Eastern Conference, fell.

On December 23, 2003, the last game of the Cavaliers before Christmas, the Cavaliers will host the Hornets.

The two teams so far, the Cavaliers have 15 wins and 12 losses, ninth in the Eastern Conference.

The Hornets are 18 wins and 10 losses, ranking seventh in the East.

If the Cavaliers can beat the Hornets in this game, they can drag the Hornets into the eighth battle in the East.

The Cavaliers want to drag the Hornets into the eighth fight. Of course, the Hornets don't want to enter the eighth fight.

thus……

On the evening of December 23, Cleveland Gund Arena, the Cavaliers and Hornets staged a very cruel and **** battle against each other.

In this game, the two teams shot less than 40%.

Hornets point guard Byron Davis made 9 of 27, including 1 of 11 three-pointers. He scored 27 points inefficiently and had 7 turnovers and 4 steals.

The opposing Cavaliers point guard James, 7 of 22 in the game, scored 22 points inefficiently, and had 5 turnovers and 6 steals.

From the matchup data between James and Byron Davis in this game, we can see how fierce this game is.

The two teams finished the first three quarters of the game, and the score was 70 to 66. The Cavaliers were 4 points behind at home.

Seeing that this game is about to lose, in the fourth quarter Chen Xiao made 5 of 9 in a single quarter, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, scored 18 points in a single quarter, and matched with Byron Davis with 11 points 1 undercover performance.

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers actually played a wave of 31 to 15, and eventually surpassed by 16 points and won 97 to 85.

I have to say that the Hornets' offense is still too dependent on Byron Davis.

In the first three quarters, Byron Davis won the matchup with Xiao Zhan, but he was almost exhausted by Zhan.

Then in the fourth quarter, there will be a duel with Chen Xiao.

Then it turned out to be...

There is no way. Compared with last season, David Wesley's condition has declined a bit this season.

David Wesley made 43% of his three-pointers last season and this season left 33%, a drop of 10 percentage points.

The teammates around him suddenly changed from Reggie Miller last season to Kidd~www.NovelMTL.com~ Who can stand it?

Byron Davis could only play James in the first three quarters and Chen Xiao in the fourth quarter.

He has actually done a good job.

"For the league's big guards, the Cavaliers are simply **** difficulty!"

In front of the TV, Kobe's eyes widened after watching the entire game between the Cavaliers and the Hornets.

Because he is a big guard.

Because the Cavaliers' next opponent is them.

The first game of Christmas War, the Lakers VS Cavaliers.

Kobe VS Xiao Zhan.

Xiaozhan, can you continue to be arrogant?

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