I’m Really Playing Basketball

   Chapter 289 GDP!

  On June 4, 2004, US time, under the welcoming of the whole Cleveland, Chen Xiao brought the Cavaliers players back to Cleveland from Orlando.

  With the end of the Eastern Conference Finals, Chen Xiao's first playoff journey with the Cavaliers is over.

  Although for this result, Cleveland fans and Cavaliers management are very satisfied.

  But as a player of the Cavaliers, whether it is Chen Xiao, James or others, I feel a sigh of relief in my heart.

  Well, the game has reached the current level, has reached the Eastern Finals, has reached the tiebreaker, but finally lost, which made the Cavaliers players feel abruptly stopped.

   "We can obviously do better!"

  This is the cry of all young Cavaliers players except Chen Xiao.

  Under the leadership of Chen Xiao this season, the Cavaliers can go to the present. All the young Cavaliers players will not be moved by Chen Xiao’s phrase "I really did everything."

  So, after returning to Cleveland, James refused the invitation of the American Dream Team and concentrated on practicing shooting this summer.

   And the young players of the Cavaliers such as Mo, Barnes, and Korver, after returning to Cleveland, they stuffed themselves into the training hall and acted as rats in the training hall.

  Perhaps, only Crawford, Chandler, Miles, Diop and other young players who are still veterans can be regarded as calmly accepting the failure of this series.

   But even if it is calm, it is not so peaceful.

  After all, the finals!

  As long as you win G7 and win the Magic, you can enter the finals.

  Furthermore, the Cavaliers series and the Magic games, judging from the score, there is really not that big difference.

  Even, many games are just a little bit worse.

  But it's just a little bit like that, the Cavaliers don't feel like they can turn it over.

  This is actually very frustrating.

  Not only the other players of the Cavaliers are frustrated, Chen Xiao himself is actually a little frustrated.

  Especially the score is so close, as long as you have some plug-ins, you can win the game, but the plug-in has been banned. What kind of mood would you have?

  Anyway, without knowing other people, Chen Xiao's mood is a little unhappy.

  Although Barkley called him the perfect power forward there, he knew that his strength was indeed not as good as Duncan.

  In this round of the series, his matchup with Duncan was actually lost.

   Although his perimeter offense is great, as a power forward, he has no footsteps to the basket, no hooks, and Joe's back-up is just one move from the basket. This is actually very bad.

  So, thinking about this Eastern Conference Finals, after Chen Xiao returned to Cleveland, he did not return to the training hall to be a rat like other Cavaliers.

  In the company of Anthony and Paul, he temporarily bid farewell to training, concentrated on eating, drinking and having fun, letting go, and watching the Magic and Timberwolves finals, Duncan and Garnett's duel.

   By the way, in the Western Conference finals, the Timberwolves won with a 4 to 3 score. The Timberwolves also completed a major reversal when they were behind.

After the conference finals, the entire NBA was shocked by the terrifying statistics of Chen Xiao and Duncan. In fact, in the Western Conference, Garnett faced Webber and also played extremely terrifying statistics, averaging 25 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists per game. 2 steals and 4 blocks, except that the shooting rate is only 46%, which is not as good as Chen Xiao and Duncan. This data can be said to be not much worse than Chen Xiao and Duncan.

  It’s just that, in the face of Garnett’s strength, Weber was unable to respond. Therefore, although Garnett performed well, his popularity was not so high.

  Although Webber, who has returned from a serious injury, still has the strength, he can no longer match the strength of Garnett.

  Especially Garnett, who has understood the spirit of the wolf king.

  Weber’s data in this round of the series is 17+7+3+1+0.3 per game. 0.3 is the block. This is the data that best reflects how much strength Weber has left.

  Let’s put it this way, Weber has never been so weak in blocking shots.

  The weakness of Webber's shots also reflects how bad his body is now.

  Finally, the Kings missed the finals again, this is the third time.

   In a direct contest between the four big forwards, Garnett and Duncan won in the end.

   Just when everyone in the NBA was looking forward to the final match between Duncan and Garnett in the finals, Duncan and Garnett staggered in the first game of the finals.

  In this game, Garnett did not play a power forward, he played a small forward.

  Facing the Magic, the Timberwolves offered their signature three-inner lineup.

  To fight the King, the Timberwolves didn't use the three inside lanes, and the King's offense was too fast.

  Moreover, the Timberwolves are unwilling to let Garnett play power forward and Duncan.

  Garnett is different from Chen Xiao, why do NBA Garnett fans always disagree with Duncan?

  Because of the direct match between Garnett and Duncan, Garnett has not fallen into a disadvantage, whether it is the regular season or the playoffs.

   Both of them are 50-50.

  Even Garnett, who didn't understand the spirit of the wolf king, is 50-50 with Duncan.

  Of course, the spirit of the wolf king is just spirit, not strength. Garnett’s personal strength has not been increased by comprehending the spirit of the wolf king, and comprehending the spirit of the wolf king only makes Garnett’s mentality more stable and tough.

  The reason why Duncan could not beat Garnett, opened the distance with Garnett.

  It is mainly Duncan's offensive style, and Garnett's defense can match.

  Garnett’s defensive skills and height can match Duncan’s offense.

  Of course, Duncan’s height defensive skills can also be used against Garnett’s offense.

  Garnett’s offense is not as stable as Duncan, nothing more, so in the dozens of times in the history of the two clashes, the data of the two are almost the same. Among them, Duncan’s shooting rate is a little higher than that of Garnett.

  It’s really not even 1%.

  For Magic, of course, Magic is willing to take Duncan and Garnett against them.

  There are too many people that the Magic can attack, and Duncan and Garnett have exchanged, and it doesn’t matter.

  But the Timberwolves are different. The Timberwolves are not willing to take their own offensive players to exchange for them.

  Three inside line formation, two big centers blocked the inside line, while Garnett swept the front line, the defensive influence is greater, and the offense can also stagger Duncan.

  Duncan also came out of it when defending. The Magic's Zaza Pachulia can't stand the Timberwolves' double centers.

  If the Cavaliers’ perimeter offensive players can also be as stable as the Timberwolves’ aliens Russell and Szebiak and Sprewall, the Cavaliers can actually use double centers to stagger Chen Xiao and Duncan.

  Because there are no players like the Timberwolves, even if Chen Xiao can't beat Duncan, he can only bite the bullet and do it instead of staggering with Duncan.

  The Timberwolves and the Magic played this round of the series very well and intensely.

  The Timberwolves' double centers are against Duncan, the Timberwolves' Sprewell against McGrady, and the Timberwolves' aliens Cassell against Parker.

  And Garnett is where you need to point.

  After the first game, Anthony and Paul, who had been staying with Chen Xiao to comfort Chen Xiao, found out.

  After watching the first game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, Chen Xiao's mood suddenly improved inexplicably.

   "Is it because the idol won?"

  Every time, in the finals of G1, the Timberwolves won at home, 100 to 93, and they won a lot.

  Duncan played extremely well in this game. Facing the Timberwolves' double centers, Duncan was 14 of 26 and scored 36 points, 20 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

  But except for Duncan, the Timberwolves played miserably in this game.

   Tracy McGrady scored 6, 15 points out of 20 in this game.

  Mike Miller 2, 6 points in 8

  Parker 4 of 12, 12 points.

  Perhaps the entire team, apart from Duncan, the best scoring efficiency is the substitute Ginobili. Ginobili was 6 of 12 and scored 12 points.

  Let’s put it this way, in this game, apart from Duncan, who used his mobile height and consciousness to grab 11 offensive rebounds, the offense of the Magic's starting lineup was blown by the Timberwolves' defense.

  Garnett's help in the free agent position puts too much pressure on the Magic's other offensive players.

  Especially McGrady.

   In this game, McGrady faced the madman Sprewell's bite and Garnett's help to defend, it is simply **** difficulty.

So that in this game, when McGrady once again used his physical talent to forcibly break through and cause damage, he still got his feet. Although he insisted on finishing the game, the whole world saw it. At the end of the game, McGrady was one. Limped and left.

  The finals after McGrady are likely to be suspicious.

  After all, when McGrady left the field, his face was really ugly. The athlete was very clear about his injury and could feel it.

   Obviously, McGrady feels that this time he is not so simple.

  Originally, the first game of the finals was lost, and then he lost the general when he came up. This made the Magic even worse.

  Meddie’s injury is not a novel plot kill.

  Maddy's playoffs this year is really exhausting.

  The Magic played the Raptors in the first round and played six games.

  Played the 76ers in the second round and played 7 games.

  Played against the Cavaliers in the conference finals and played 7 more games.

  Before the finals, McGrady had already played 20 playoff games.

  The Magic played the first playoffs on April 18, and the first finals on June 6. They played 20 playoffs in the middle of a month and a half.

  You should know that before playing the Cavaliers, the magic mainly relied on McGrady, and Duncan played dead.

  It’s not that Duncan deliberately pretended to kill McGrady. Duncan’s personality is very reserved. Magic is McGrady’s team, McGrady is the host, Duncan is the guest, and it is difficult for Duncan to **** McGrady’s play.

  While Maizi is a very public personality, the more introverted Duncan is and the more he gets his hands on him, the more excited McGrady will be. The more devoted he is to the game, the greater the consumption and wear and tear.

  There is no other reason for the foot failure in the finals, but the body is too tired.

  After seven games with the Cavaliers' James, Barnes, Miles and other Titans, after only three days of rest, they immediately started the finals, and they were away.

  And I ran into Sprewell and Garnett again...

  It’s fine if you say that Mai is a tough player like Chen Xiao James, but Mai is not such a player...

  Seriously, based on the Magic's playoff schedule and Duncan's humility this season, McGrady was able to persist until the finals before he was injured. It is really a red star.

   Tracy McGrady was injured, and the Magic team, which was originally a double super giant, became a single super giant like the Timberwolves.

  More importantly, in addition to the super giant Garnett, the Timberwolves also have two All-Stars such as Alien and Sprewell.

  The Magic is a group of role players.

  For a time, after the finals of G1, the United States is crazy about discussions, and Garnett is going to be a **** this season.

  Garnett will overtake Duncan on corners this season.

  After all, the single-season regular season MVP + finals MVP, this is definitely a season that can be crowned gods.

  Many expert reporters and fans said that Garnett is one step away from the position of God.

   By the way, why did Chen Xiao recover from the melancholy state after watching the game between Timberwolves and Magic?

   is very simple.

  Because Chen Xiao discovered that, well, the Cavaliers could not beat the Timberwolves.

  Western team, the Cavaliers can not only beat the Kings, but also the Timberwolves.

  The Timberwolves, a pair of centers and three inside tactics, are used against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers are not kneeling, they are simply lying down.

  Originally saw the Timberwolves defeat the Kings and advance to the finals. Chen Xiao and James felt that as long as the Cavaliers reached the finals, there would be a chance for the championship and missed opportunities.

  Facts have proved that Chen Xiao and the others really think too much.

  In the face of absolute strength, it is really unreliable to miss such things.

  In this terrifying season, Chen Xiao wants to lead the Cavaliers to change their fate to win the championship.

  Let’s put it this way, a minimum of 60 scoring experience cards will do.

  Have Chen Xiao got so many scoring experience cards in total until now in his career?

  Well, there should be.

  Since he was also stepped on by the Timberwolves in the finals, Chen Xiao of course is not so worried about gains and losses.

  Not only Chen Xiao, but James also.

  On the second day of the game between the Timberwolves and the Magic, Chen Xiao saw Xiao Zhan again.

  Well, Xiao Zhan is out again.

  It can be seen that Xiao Zhan also watched the game between Timberwolves and Magic last night.

   "Xiao Chen, this year the Timberwolves are going to be the champion."

  After Xiao Zhan said enviously, Chen Xiao nodded.

  But, I don’t know if Xiao Zhan’s mouth is too poisonous or something.

  Just when the whole world felt that the Magic was about to win, things suddenly took a turn for the worse...

  G2 Finals, Tracy McGrady was injured, Ginobili replaced Tracy McGrady's starting position.

  When Ginobili appeared in the eyes of his teacher Dogrives’ expectation, he himself did not expect that this round of the series would start a twenty-year ‘Legend of the Demon Sword’...

  Sprewell has many ways to face a player with outstanding talent and great style like McGrady.

  Garnett is the same.

  But Ginobili, a player who is very different from McGrady's style, is extremely bizarre, whether it is Sprewell or Garnett, he always feels his legs are a little slow.

  Are they really slow?

  Of course not, but they can't keep up with Ginobili's rhythm at all.

  Chen Xiao has always felt that he is the player who knows the true strength of his friend Ginobili the best in the entire NBA.

   But looking at this year's finals, Ginobili used his strange breakthroughs and passes to tear open the Timberwolves' somewhat cumbersome defense time and time again. Chen Xiao was still shocked by Ginobili's strength.

  After leading by one game in the finals, the Timberwolves were beaten by the mode twice.

   The Timberwolves, who trailed 1-2, were finally beaten by Ginobili to give up the bulky double-center and three-inner lineup, instead putting Garnett back into the power forward position for Garnett and Duncan to trade.

  Now there is no Tracy McGrady in Magic.

  Garnett back to the basket can better defend Ginobili and lose out with Duncan at the same time.

  The Timberwolves believe that Kassel and Sprewells Zebiak can take on the offensive responsibility of the team.

  Just, after another 3 games.

  Minnesota, watching the final score of 96 to 90 in the game, the Timberwolves fans at the scene were silent.

   Lost, the Timberwolves lost in the end.

  It was not their wolf king Garnett who lost to Duncan.

  Instead, Sprewell, whom they had high hopes for, lost to Ginobili, and Kassel lost to Parker...

Throughout the 6 games of the finals, Ginobili, who was ordered to start the second game at the end of the finals, averaged 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the finals, with a shooting rate of up to 50%. Each game averaged only 12 shots per game. By 19 points, each game can create 6 free throw opportunities, and the three-point shooting rate is also as high as 40%.

   Regardless of scoring data or efficiency, Sprewell is basically overwhelming.

  As for Parker, although Parker is not as efficient as Ginobili, he can also average 15 points per game, which is similar to Kassel in scoring, but is more efficient.

  More importantly, after Ginobili made the starting lineup, Robert Horry, the sixth man of the team, averaged 11 points per game in the finals and hit 50% from three-pointers!

  This allowed the Magic to defeat the Timberwolves by a total score of 4 to 2 and win the championship with Duncan’s leadership when McGrady was absent.

  So, when the Magic won the championship, not only the Timberwolves fans on the sidelines were a bit confused, but Garnett was a bit confused.

  Meddy on the sidelines is also a little confused.

  He is ready to play G7 with injuries!

   But Nima's. In his absence, Duncan took Pachulia, Gooden, Ginobili, Parker, Mike Miller, Horry and a group of role players to win the championship.

  This Nima, Maizi is really a bit silly now.

  Looking at Ginobili and Parker madly rushing on Duncan after the game, at this moment, Maizi feels that he is a little redundant?

  Although he knows, without him, the Magic might not make it to the finals.

   "Ginobili, Duncan, Parker, they are celebrating crazy!"

  "In this finals, it was not the Timberwolves or Garnett that became a god. In this finals, it was GDP!"

  GDP!

  This thunderous name in history ~www.NovelMTL.com~ appeared in the NBA for the first time.

  The Magic defeated the Timberwolves and won the championship in the 2003-2004 season.

  In the final finals, Duncan averaged 24.5 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks per game and won the final Fmvp.

  And this is also the second championship and FMVP of Duncan's career.

  Watching Duncan holding the championship trophy high on TV and Parker Ginobili next to him, Popovich was also bleeding in his heart.

  Brother Luo is not so fragrant in an instant.

  And Garnett, who applauded Duncan from the sidelines, took a deep breath.

   "I will be back!"

  After watching the ceremony, Garnett left the arena with the pack of wolves.

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