I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chapter 245: Still hope ahead!

After the Cavaliers and Knicks game, Chen Xiao and James made a lot of noise.

Although neither of the two said who the evil of the NBA is, but the fool knows that these two people are pointing at O'Neal and the Nets.

Most of the NBA's strong teams this season have some meaning to be photographed under the Nets.

In the recent Christmas War, the Magic performed so well, didn't they finally fall into it?

The F7 that the Nets came out this season is really the same as the evil forces that have come to open the cheat code.

Although Chen Xiao and James were in the second grade, they really said something that many NBA players want to say but dare not say.

So that night, Chen Xiao received many phone calls from good friends.

Wade, Yao Ming, Luo Ge, Ginobili, Peja and so on.

"Xiao Chen, you are really not afraid of being slapped in the face!"

For the behavior of Chen Xiao and James, to be honest, Dayao admires them very much.

Say what you want to say, do what you want, this is really ambitious.

This is really not what ordinary people can do.

Because of this, if you fail to do it well in the end, you will become a clown.

Eventually, the clown will become himself.

So, who would be all right to do this kind of thing.

Of course, after Xiao Chen and James pushed themselves to the brink of desperation, they also pushed O'Neal and the Nets into desperation.

Anyway, after a play like Chen Xiao and James came out, this season these two young men and O'Neal, anyway, someone must become a clown in the middle.

Therefore, O'Neal who was forced into this situation must be very unhappy, he Shaq O'Neal, when was he pushed so step by step?

Besides, there are still two young people?

"I will let these two boys know what true justice is!"

Justice must prevail is a fairy tale for young people, and victory is justice, this is the reality of the adult world!

Anyway, after Chen Xiao and James fired on O'Neal and the Nets, one was the first team in the East and the other was the eighth team in the East. The two teams formed CP in this way.

So that throughout January 2004, the media across the United States were frantically discussing this matter.

In this regard, Chen Xiao and James, who are in the whirlpool of public opinion, have not always been interviewed outside like O'Neill to show off.

When young people encounter such things, they can't wait to become the focus and center of public opinion.

However, Chen Xiao and James are different. After they delivered the speech that was evaluated as a "Declaration of Justice" by the national media, they were immersed in training to improve their strength and their teammates.

Both Chen Xiao and James know that although they beat the Nets in the regular season this season, the gap between the two teams is huge.

They want to beat the Nets, not just by fantasy, but by hard work.

Use national public opinion and the tremendous pressure brought by the Nets to urge oneself to move forward. Only young people dare to do this kind of thing.

Because being young means unlimited!

Looking at the Nets training hall at this time, everyone is training in full swing, the team's head coach Carlisle looked incredible.

"Their faces are now full of faith!"

"No matter how vague this belief is, the Cavaliers are now a team of faith!"

An army with faith and an army without faith are two different things.

The same is true for the team.

"Maybe, they can really create miracles..."

Protect justice and be a partner of justice...

Carlisle smiled as he looked at the young men in the Cavaliers.

It's nice to be young.

After the "Declaration of Justice Incident" by Chen Xiao and James, the Cavaliers devoted themselves to their "Justice Career" training with unprecedented enthusiasm.

Of course, the game is definitely going on all the time.

On January 6, 2004, at td Waterhouse Center, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Magic met for the first time this season.

When Chen Xiao and James played, they received warm welcome and applause from Magic fans at the td water house center.

As long as you fight O'Neill, then you are our heroes.

For so many years, we have not seen a person as ruthless as O'Neal, you two, that is the hero of the heroes!

After the appearance ceremony of the players of the two teams ended, the head of the Magic center Tim Duncan also personally ran to the Cavaliers side.

Before the game started, Duncan hugged Chen Xiao and said to James the favorite words of Xiao Zhan: "LeBron, the future is yours."

Before the game started, Duncan, a historic player, gave Xiao Zhan the "future is yours" that Xiao Zhan always wanted to collect. It is conceivable how much Duncan admires Chen Xiao and James.

Therefore, the whole little Zhan was really flushed with excitement.

"Xiao Chen, it's great to be a partner of justice!"

Listen to the cheers of the Magic fans, then look at Duncan's appreciation.

This gave Xiao Zhan's young heart a great sense of satisfaction.

As long as you can practice justice, you are everyone's hero.

In the future, we must insist on being a partner of justice!

Because Chen Xiao James and O'Neal's affairs are still burning, so this time in Orlando, Chen Xiao, James and the Cavaliers were greatly welcomed.

Even McGrady, the Magic perimeter player who has a lot of opinions on Chen Xiao, took the initiative to greet Chen Xiao James this time.

Well, Maizi has a lot of opinions on Chen Xiao's instigation of Luo Ge not to play in the playoffs for the Pistons in the playoffs last season.

"Chen, you are very courageous, very courageous!"

Good guy, Maizi, look at what you are saying, which means that you always thought I was a person without courage.

Well, indeed, since the events of the playoffs last season, Maizi has felt that Chen Xiao and Luo Ge are bullshit.

And he hates counseling the most.

Let me tell you, don’t look at the temperament of wheat is very chic, and the style of the game is very white. It seems that he is a person who does not like to fight with hands. It seems that he should be the kind of softer person.

Then you are wrong.

Maizi is notoriously not persuaded in the NBA. If you dare to fight, I will fight, and the combat effectiveness is very explosive.

Even the fighting style is the same as his style of play, and it is also the feeling of a white horse with silver guns full of dodge points.

Believe it or not, you can look for the video of Maizi's fight, which is quite sensible.

At this point, the boss of Ke was almost a little bit interested. He was always stunned when fighting, and he would always suffer without the fierce strength of wheat.

If the top five points in the fight make the leaderboard, Maizi first, Kaai second, Chen Xiao and Ke boss bottom.

Neither of them would fight.

So, because of this incident, Maizi felt that his grievances with Chen Xiao and Luo Ge had been exposed?

This Chen Xiao is a little unsure, whether he has revealed that Luo is on the list.

On the court, after the two teams warmed up and exchanged greetings, the starting players of the two teams also played on TV.

This game between Cavaliers and Magic is a popular game broadcast throughout the United States.

The Cavaliers’ starters include center Chandler, power forward Miles, small forward Chen Xiao, shooting guard Crawford, and point guard James.

The starters of the Magic include center Duncan, power forward Gooden, small forward Mike Miller, shooting guard Tracy McGrady, and point guard Parker.

Judging from the starting players of the two teams, the starting styles of the two teams are distinct. The Cavaliers tend to be defensive, while the Magic tend to be offensive.

After Duncan came this season, the Magic didn't let Duncan play as a power forward like he did with the Spurs. Instead, they let Duncan always play as a center in the team, entrusting the defense of the team to Duncan.

Gooden and Chen Xiao are rookies in the same class, and they are also very good young power forwards with all-around offense and defense, excellent shooting, strong rebounding ability, and almost no shortcomings.

Last season, the rookie season averaged 12.5 points and 7 rebounds per game. After coming to the Magic this season, he can average 14 points and 8 rebounds per game.

Although Gooden is considered all-around offensive and defensive among young players, relatively speaking, his defense is still a bit worse.

In addition, the defense of Parker and Mike Miller on the outside is not so good, so Duncan's defensive task in the Magic is very heavy.

However, the task is heavy again, but Duncan likes his role in Magic very much.

Because although the Magic put all the defensive responsibility on Duncan, but Duncan does not need to be responsible for the defense.

How do you understand this?

Understand it this way. In the Spurs, because the Spurs have too many offenses, Popovich has to feel distressed for a long time every time Duncan loses a point. Therefore, when the Spurs players are defending, they are trembling. Popovich blows the hair dryer hard.

This Parker and Ginobili have a deep understanding.

This can’t be blamed on Bobo, our offense is so bad, and every point is important.

But in magic, that's not the case.

Magic's offense is too strong!

This means that even if Duncan loses points on defense, it is actually not that important.

Just try your best, don't have too much pressure, and don't have to be trembling when defending.

Such an atmosphere is too comfortable for the players.

Duncan's defense is very strong, but no matter how strong the defense is, there is no guarantee that he will always be in absolute concentration.

Duncan also needs to decompress.

In the Spurs, Duncan's defensive pressure is too great.

But in the Magic, although the Magic's defense is not strong, but Duncan does not have that much pressure.

Therefore, this season, Duncan played the most comprehensive, most relaxed, and most satisfying state of his career.

The defense, the offense, it’s good to have fun by yourself, responsibility, don’t care too much.

Therefore, Duncan has been quite comfortable this season.

He averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks per game, with a 55% shooting rate, which is both comprehensive and efficient.

Especially this hit rate.

The Magic's offensive space is too big.

Parker, McGrady, Mike Miller, Gooden, everyone can shoot, let's say Gooden, Gooden shot 45% of the long-range two-pointer, you know, Nowitzki only 46%!

As an insider, it doesn't matter if you don't have a three-pointer. If you can shoot two points from a long distance in the three-point line, you can also stretch the space very wide.

In short, in the Magic this season, Duncan feels that he has found the most suitable team and system for him.

He can defend, but he doesn't want to just defend, he can do many other things.

Just like he did with the Magic this season.

In the center of the court, Chandler and Duncan jumped the ball. Duncan defeated Chandler to win the first offense for the Magic.

After Tony Parker dribbled the ball through halftime, facing Jen's defense, and Duncan's pick-and-roll, he handed the ball to Duncan's hand and went to run.

Xiao Zhan's single defense is very good, and the assist defense is also very good, but Xiao Zhan's off-ball defense...

Or don’t expect it all. Xiao Zhan doesn’t even practice offensive moves. Do you expect Xiao Zhan to practice defensive moves without the ball?

Of course, when Xiao Zhan saw Parker running, he wouldn't watch with his hips akimbo. He must follow that.

But as far as Duncan's passing ability is concerned, there is actually no difference between Xiao Zhan's following and not following.

When Xiao Zhan followed Parker again, Parker had received Duncan's support, facing Chandler's help to fly to the basket.

Tyson Chandler's defense is excellent, and Parker's layup is also very good.

For a big center, if Parker is not shooting, but choosing to throw and low-handed shots, it is actually very helpless.

This kind of offense is sudden, and basically won't give him too much time to help defend.

Brush!

Parker's layup is a very high, high-board layup.

After making a layup, Parker flew to the basket and fell out of the court.

Looking at Parker sitting on the ground, Chandler felt a little helpless.

At this time, Tyson Chandler and James, who was late to the basket, felt that if Parker was a little taller, maybe he would be better defensive.

This kid is too short, can run so well, and has such excellent layup skills. It is really uncomfortable for big men like them.

As a small guard, his final shooting percentage at the basket this season is 10 points higher than the small guard benchmark Iverson.

This efficiency is simply amazing.

It can only be said that the Magic's offensive space is too big this season, giving him a lot of this ability to assault the basket. He, a small French sports car, finally got on the run this season.

After Duncan and Gooden pulled Parker from the ground, the Magic returned to defense and the Cavaliers attacked.

After James dribbled the ball through the half-court, facing Mike Miller's defense, James did not directly choose to break through. Instead, after making a pick-and-roll with Chen Xiao, he hit the basketball in Chen Xiao's hands and put his own defense. Player Mike Miller was replaced in front of Chen Xiao.

Defending Chen Xiao, Mike Miller can't let him go like he did with James.

Mike Miller can only stick it up, but he is not McGrady after all. His lateral movement and speed are not enough. Chen Xiao turned his back and easily gave Mike Miller who was close to him.

Then under the chase of Mike Miller, the left side of the free throw line was extended to the left of the free throw line to make an emergency stop jumper and hit!

2 to 2!

Chen Xiao didn't choose to continue holding the ball down, and then he would help defend.

In fact, Chen Xiao's best way to make a shot is to make a two-point shot from a long distance immediately after turning around and breaking through. This is the fastest and most sudden.

It's the same as Iverson's butterfly piercing through the flower to make two points.

But Chen Xiao’s move is not so sure, so he can only continue to take one step. The distance of this step is Mike Miller. If it is a fast-exploding player like McGrady and Kobe, this is the step, Chen Xiao will Will be blocked again.

At that time, with the help of the defending players coming out, Chen Xiao will have no chance to attack.

Therefore, after the goal, Chen Xiaochong smiled at Duncan, who came out late to help defend. That means, small stool, you are late.

In this regard, the small stool expressed helplessness, Mike Miller's defense did collapse too quickly.

On the other side, the head coach of the Magic, Dougrives, also shook his head a little.

How nice if Ron was at this time.

If it were Ron, such a problem would certainly not arise.

Of course, if Ron was still there, Parker and Ginobili would not be there.

Then the magic of this season may be another magic altogether.

td Water House Center, the game continued, the Magic attacked, this time after the Magic team pulled away, the ball hit Duncan under the basket.

Duncan leaned against Chandler the first time after receiving McGrady's pass. After finding that there was no good chance, Duncan dribbled the ball and turned to face Chandler to make a 45-degree low shot. After deceiving Chandler's defense, he changed his shot into a sudden step and flew through Chandler's defense on a flat ground, with his right hand clasped and clasped successfully.

Chandler’s defense seems to be out of position, but in fact, there is no way. At the basket, facing Duncan’s singles, how he does it is wrong. If he doesn’t jump, Duncan just shoots and he goes to the basket. The 45-degree shot is a super stunt.

This is really nothing.

So after seeing Duncan defeating Chandler so easily, the head coach of the Cavaliers on the sidelines Carlisle immediately made a gesture. This gesture is familiar to the Cavaliers and is a gesture of zone defense.

"Magic opened the second offense and forced the Cavaliers out of zone defense."

"The last time the Cavaliers were zoned, and it was the Nets who zoned the defense so early. The Nets let the Cavaliers zone the defense at the beginning."

Barkley said with a smile after seeing Carlisle on the sidelines making a 2-3 cleanup against the Cavaliers players on the court.

The Cavaliers played two rounds and raised Duncan's offensive threat to O'Neal's level.

"Duncan's offensive efficiency is really high this season."

Kenny Smith also said with a smile.

Duncan's offensive space has never been so wide in his career.

The Cavaliers used a zone defense against the Magic, and that would have to be the next round. In this offensive round, James dribbled the ball into Crawford's hands after halftime.

Crawford did not play Parker immediately, but after a pick-and-roll with Chen Xiao, he put Parker in front of Chen Xiao.

As a player with a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 2 meters 21, how could Chen Xiao miss the opportunity to throw Parker directly.

Under Parker's defense, Chen Xiao pulled out his hand directly outside the three-point line without adjustment.

Parker looked at Chen Xiao jumping high, he forgot to jump in despair.

In other words, does it make sense to jump or not?

Brush!

Three-pointer!

5 to 4!

The Cavaliers overtook the score for the first time away.

"It feels good tonight."

Chen Xiao and James said with a smile after high-five.

The Magic's starting lineup has many defensive holes.

The Cavaliers' two offenses in this game were all catching holes in the Magic's defense.

In this regard, Dougreaves is really helpless.

It can be said that the outside line of the Magic, in terms of defense, is really casual how the Cavaliers play.

"Defensively, you can't prevent it, you can only use offense to make ends meet."

The Magic attacked, and Parker, who had just been ‘Only Noble’ at Chen Xiao’s, attacked Xiao Zhan with a heavy punch.

Following the pick and roll of the full gourd and Duncan, Parker handed the ball and walked the little Zhan again.

This time the Cavaliers’ defense was zone defense. Although Xiao Zhan was lost by Parker who was hitting hard, he would be gone if he didn't. It was zone defense. Parker ran out of his own defensive range, so it didn’t matter.

And this time the Spurs' offense did not continue to play Parker.

Parker pressed to the basket, and Gooden mentioned the middle distance position. When the two were misplaced, Duncan hit the ball into Gooden's hands.

Gooden made a mid-range shot before Miles assisted in defense!

6 to 5!

Gooden's mid-range hit made the Cavaliers' defense on the court uncomfortable.

After the game started, it was really impossible to prevent it.

You know, the perimeter player of the Magic, the NBA scoring leader last season, Tracy McGrady hasn't revealed his own knife yet!

When does McGrady generally shine this season?

When the Magic's tactics can't be played, and the team's offense can't be played, McGrady will shine his knife.

It can be said that this season's Magic has no dead ends in all aspects of offense.

In addition, the Magic's bench is also sitting on the biggest contender for the best sixth man of the season. The bench can get Ginobili, who can average 12.5 points per game!

This Magic is considered a championship-level team this season, that's really no joke.

If it weren't for the Nets' bad reputation, the Magic would definitely be the league's No. 1 boss this season.

In this away game against the Magic, the Cavaliers played very hard.

In the end, relying on the personal singles attack of Chen Xiao, James and Crawford, the Cavaliers lost to the Magic 107-116 away.

Chen Xiao made 14 of 24 shots, 5 of 11 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 38 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal.

In this game, Xiao Zhan continued the touch of his last game. Faced with the Magic's defense, Xiao Zhan made 13 of 28 shots, 4 of 10 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, and 4 of 5 free throws. Scored 34 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds.

Crawford was 9 of 18, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and 24 points.

Chen Xiao, James and Crawford, the three combined scored 96 points.

How many points did the Cavaliers score in this game, and the three scored 96 points together?

Compared with the Cavaliers, the Magic are more balanced. McGrady scored 32 points in this game, while Duncan scored 28 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks. While the two scored 60 points together, Parker had 19 points and Mike Mi. Le 11 points, Gooden 11 points, and Ginobili's 12 points.

The Magic played a total of 8 people, and 6 of them scored in double figures.

As for Pachulia and Terenlu, the two did not have enough shots, and there was really no way.

So after the game, Barkley on the sidelines kept laughing.

"This is the first appearance of the Cavaliers after the'God King' issued a declaration of justice. Wonder Boy and Son of the Chosen, God and King have performed well, but they are too dependent on the King. The Cavaliers want to defeat the Nets and protect the Nets. Justice may still have a long way to go."

The Cavaliers still have a long way to go. Chen Xiao and James must know this.

If this game is not good for Xiao Zhan, the Cavaliers will definitely lose even more ugly when playing the Magic.

After all, Zhan can hit 4 three-pointers in the field, and the Cavaliers' record will not linger in this place.

After playing the Magic, the Cavaliers' away game continues, flying from Orlando to Toronto, back to back against the Raptors led by Nash.

The luck of the Cavaliers in this game was not so good. In the Cavaliers who fought a big battle with the Magic, the back-to-back state of young role players was very poor.

Xiao Zhan's hand is not good. On 10 of 23 shots, he scored 22 points. He lost all three-pointers and almost all shots. That is to say, the Raptors couldn't prevent Xiao Zhan and Chen Xiao from breaking through.

In the end, the Cavaliers lost to the Raptors 99 to 106 in four quarters.

Chen Xiao didn't feel very good in this game. He was 12 of 29, 4 of 13 three-pointers, 6 of 8 free throws, and scored 34 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Cavaliers, who lost to the Magic and Raptors one after another, flew back to the United States from Canada after a day off on January 9, and came to Boston as a guest. The Cavaliers still did not win this game. The Cavaliers won three consecutive games. The team's shooting percentage was only 33.3%.

Obviously, this long distance even has a schedule to go abroad, making the young players in the Cavaliers very uncomfortable.

In recent times, the Celtics are in good shape.

In the end, the Cavaliers suffered a big defeat in Boston, 92 to 107, losing 15 points.

In this game, Xiao Zhan was still in the doldrums, scoring 19 points on 7 of 19.

Chen Xiao was slightly better, 12 of 27, 33 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in the game.

After losing to the Celtics in the away game, the Cavaliers’ away game in the East is over. Do you think the Cavaliers’ devil schedule is over?

That's not it.

Because immediately, what awaits the Cavaliers is the start of the Cavaliers' away trip to the West.

Hit the Sonics on January 13, the Warriors on January 15, and the Jazz on January 17.

After a round in the West, the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland on January 18 with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.

In this wave of the Devil’s 6 consecutive offenses, the Cavaliers' record is only 2 wins and 4 losses, which is quite average.

After this wave of six consecutive away, the Cavaliers record has become 22 wins and 17 losses.

This record is actually very good. If you change to the Eastern Conference in previous years, it will definitely be no problem to enter the playoffs.

But in this season, there is a little overhang.

The seventh team in the Western Conference, the Toronto Raptors, has a record of 24 wins and 15 losses, while the eighth team in the Western Conference Hornets has a record of 23 wins and 15 losses.

After this wave of six consecutive offenses, the Cavaliers were overtaken by the Raptors, not to mention, they also distanced themselves from the Hornets.

"Let's say, these little **** kids are just good-mouthed, defeating evil, and defending justice? Let's advance to the playoffs, hahahaha..."

"..."

Carter looked at the Eastern Conference rankings in the newspaper and the Cavaliers' next schedule. He knew what Shaq was laughing next.

The Cavaliers are now ninth in the East.

Although most of the rest of the schedule in January is at home, the opponents are the Sonics, the Kings, the 76ers, the Magic, the Heat...

It's not easy, this is another wave of losing streak.

But he couldn't smile like O'Neill.

Because of the public opinion of justice and evil created by the two knights, the psychological pressure on him and the Nets players is very great.

Who wants to be evil that is eliminated by justice?

Is the crisis really resolved?

Carter frowned.

Cleveland, the Cavaliers' training hall, Chen Xiao spoke to the Cavaliers below with his hands on his hips.

"Brothers~www.NovelMTL.com~ You are rookies, you are young people, you played so solemnly in the away game, I don’t blame you, you can’t adapt to this cruel NBA away game schedule, but the following consecutive At home, are we going to strike hard!"

Said it is a precept, the atmosphere on the scene is actually quite relaxed.

After all, as the boss of the team, the smile on Chen Xiao's face is still so cheerful.

As long as I see this kind of extremely cheerful smile, no matter how much pressure, no matter how difficult, it is full of hope.

Ahead, there is still hope!

Looking at Xiao Chen ahead, Xiao Zhan secretly clenched his fist.

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