I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chapter 330: It's shameless to find a brother if you can't win!

After the Magic eliminated the Heat and entered the Eastern Conference Finals, the 16 teams went through two rounds of fighting, and finally only four teams remained.

The West's No. 1 Sun VS West's No. 2 Spurs.

The second Cavaliers in the East VS the Fourth Magic in the West.

It's just obvious that compared with the final in the West, the final in the East is obviously more interesting.

The Magic is the defending champion, and the Cavaliers are the team where James is the most watched player in the United States. At the same time, Chen Xiao, the most watched player in the world, is also on this team.

Therefore, before the two conference finals began, almost most of the focus was on the Cavaliers and Magic duel.

In the voting of 100 experts and reporters invited by ESPN, 65 expert and reporters thought that the Magic would eventually advance in this round of the series, and 35 of them believed that the Cavaliers would win.

In this vote, the Cavaliers are clearly at a disadvantage.

In fact, ESPN's vote has an institutional effect, which is the most favorable and optimistic for the Cavaliers.

In other TNT, USA Today and other media votes, most of the Cavaliers' votes were around 20%.

It can only be said that the Magic beat the Heat in the tiebreaker game is too strong.

Don't look at the final win by only 3 points. In fact, the whole game looks like it can be clearly felt that the Magic are still in control and really didn't give the Heat any chance.

Perhaps in this world, only China's CCTV has the greatest institutional effect than ESPN.

CCTV also asked 10 experts to predict. Among them, 4 believed that the Cavaliers would definitely advance, and the other 6 believed that the Cavaliers had a high probability of advancing.

This result has to say the profoundness of Chinese.

Can you figure out the Cavaliers’ approval rating from the results of CCTV?

Therefore, whether it is the American media or the Chinese media, when comparing the strength of the Cavaliers and the Heat, they feel that the Magic are mostly dominant.

Because I don’t know whether Chen Xiao played center, forward, or defender when playing Magic, the major media now default to Chen Xiao playing center just like the Eastern Conference semifinals and finals.

Then the center of the Magic is Pachulia and the center of the Cavaliers is Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao will definitely win and win.

The Magic's power forward is Duncan, and the Cavaliers' power forward is Raheem. Duncan is definitely a super big win.

The Magic's small forward is Tracy McGrady, and the Cavaliers' small forward is James. This matchup is very anxious, and it should be 50-50.

Magic shooting guard Ginobili, Cavaliers shooting guard Barnes or Korver or Brent Barry, but no matter who it is, Ginobili will definitely win.

Let’s put it this way, after Ginobili played this series with the Heat, plus the performance of last season’s finals, Ginobili now has an excellent reputation among NBA players and fans, and is against the NBA’s All-stars, superstars, and super giants can all open five or five offensively, which is really too Dior.

The point guard for the Magic is Parker, and the point guard for the Cavaliers should be Mo. Parker wins.

Of course, the Cavaliers point guard may also be James, then James will win, but the small forward Magic will win.

With five starters, Chen Xiao and James have advantages in two positions, and all the other three positions are weak.

In the rotation matchup, experts also felt that the rotation of Turk Glu, Robert Horry, Jamal Nelson, Gooden and other Magic teams also had an advantage.

Among the six player duels, the Magic dominated four.

And the coach duel, Magic's Dogreaves and Cavaliers' Carlisle.

Rivers also wins.

If it was Carlisle last season, maybe Carlisle would not be bad.

But this season, many people say that Carlisle has turned into a pig head coach and likes to mess around.

So, that's 5 to 2!

Therefore, according to American experts, after the Magic defeated the Heat, this year's championship has been firmly grasped.

Most people think that the Magic can defeat the Cavaliers in six games.

In short, most people feel that the Magic can rub the Cavaliers on the ground.

From the confrontation between the two sides in the regular season, from the strength of the players, from the playoff experience of the players of the respective teams, etc., it seems that the Cavaliers seem vulnerable.

In the face of the menacing public opinion pressure across the United States, even Wade, who had just been eliminated by the Magic from heartbreak, called Chen Xiao to comfort and relieve pressure.

"Chen, don't put too much pressure. For you, the Magic are really too strong. Even if the game loses, it doesn't matter. We are coming to the Heat next season and we will take revenge together!"

After Wade said this, James next to Chen Xiao was not happy.

"Dwyane, how can you do such a thing? If you can't beat others, you have to work hard, actually want to take your brother to revenge, so what is the point of revenge?!"

"..."

"If you can't win the opponent, you want to find a brother, then why don't you want to join the opponent directly!"

"..."

James's words of righteous indignation filled Wade with super unpleasantness.

I'll just talk about it, why are you so angry?

To be honest, Xiao Zhan is really full of anger at anyone who wants to dig Chen Xiao.

Although everyone already knows, this season is the last season of his cooperation with Chen Xiao.

But anyway, even if it was the last day, Xiao Chen was still mine.

You are so eager to come to me to dig people, even if there is only one day, only one second, you are all greening me!

Of course I don't allow it!

Therefore, when Xiao Zhan who refined the ‘Emotional Intelligence’ encountered this problem, he directly threw the ‘Emotional Intelligence’ aside.

Therefore, after helping Chen Xiao hang up Wade's call, James Jr. also glanced at the two brothers Anthony and Paul who were also a little embarrassed next to him with the same ‘hostile’ gaze.

Those eyes seemed to say: Brother beep, don't be bullied!

In this regard, Anthony and Paul understood in seconds.

After all, they came to the Cavaliers so early to follow the team, of course with a mission.

At the end of this season, Chen Xiao could not stay in the Cavaliers anyway.

So the question is, where will Chen Xiao go?

Of course Chen Xiao would go wherever he wanted!

Chen Xiao himself has the right to decide what to do next, so many people want the Serbs to come to Chen Xiao to lobby.

If the Cavaliers were not playing in the playoffs, the fear of disturbing Chen Xiao would make Chen Xiao hate. I am afraid that all 29 teams in the NBA will find people related to Chen Xiao to lobby Chen Xiao.

And how did Anthony and Paul stay with the Cavaliers?

Of course it was invited by Chen Xiao and the Cavaliers.

After playing the regular season, Paul has been with the Cavaliers, so why did the Cavaliers invite Paul?

Of course, he was asked to simulate Parker on the team, and Paul was asked to simulate Parker to familiarize the team's players with Parker's style.

Anthony's role is to simulate Tracy McGrady. Anthony was invited over after being swept out by Garnett and Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs.

In fact, Chen Xiao's figure is similar to McGrady, but Chen Xiao's style is completely different from McGrady.

Chen Xiao has rough skills and precise shots.

McGrady has excellent skills and average shots.

Why is Chen Xiao's technique rough?

Because Chen Xiao's ball control is the very special force control type of James, not the technical type of McGrady and others.

Both Chen Xiao and James' ball control are the kind of direct tank charge type ball control.

And Iverson, McGrady and their embroidered ball control is completely different.

Compared with McGrady and the others, the skills of Chen Xiao and James are of course rough.

Well, if you think Xiao Zhan is a technical type now, you can also think that Chen Xiao is a technical type.

Therefore, regardless of the similarity of Chen Xiao and McGrady, their height and arm span are almost the same, but Chen Xiao can't simulate McGrady.

Anthony is actually the most suitable.

Of course, Anthony's technique is far behind McGrady, but at least it is closer than Chen Xiao.

So, don't look at the latter two months of the regular season, the Cavaliers have been preparing for the game against the Heat. In fact, the preparations for the Magic are also ongoing.

If it weren't for the Magic, the Cavaliers have already prepared very well and would not spend so much energy preparing for the Heat's game.

Therefore, for the Cavaliers, whether it is preparing Raheem for Duncan or asking Paul or Anthony to simulate Magic players, it is part of Carlisle's preparations this season.

It can be said that if the Cavaliers win the championship this season, Chen Xiao is even willing to call his coach Carlisle Rick Zhugle.

Fantastic!

By the way, the Magic’s starter, McGrady and Parker were simulated. Of course, Ginobili also simulated. That is the team's backup guard, European king Spanoris.

Ginobili is the European king, European Jordan.

Spanoulis is the European king, Kobe Bryant.

Is there anyone in this world who is better suited to simulate Ginobili than Spanoulis?

So, don't think that Carlisle just prepared a Raheem for Duncan.

Carlisle prepared a lot of things.

Therefore, Chen Xiao feels that if the team can win this season, Carlisle is completely worthy of the title of American Zhuge Liang.

This head coach, that is really perfect.

He is good at training players, making on-the-spot changes, strategic preparations, offensive, defensive, and everything seems to be good. He studied under the academy and is the head coach of the academy, and he is very good at business, except for relations with players Set of coaches.

You want to say that the strongest head coach in the NBA may be Nelson or Popovich. The most successful head coach is Phil Jackson. But if you want to say the most perfect head coach, it must be Carlisle. , And everything is first-rate, just like the current Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers are now a team that can play whatever tactics and styles, which perfectly fits Carlisle's style.

Let's put it this way, this Cavaliers can't be controlled by anyone except Carlisle, and no one can play this Cavaliers like Carlisle with all the five poisons, um, five elements.

To get back to the subject, the meaning of saying so much is that, regardless of the current public opinion outside for the Cavaliers, it seems to be a feeling of pressure and wind and rain, but in fact, the Cavaliers players are very relaxed.

Perhaps for Carlisle and the Cavaliers, the sudden emergence of the five crazy Bucks may have even more surprise and confusion for the Cavaliers.

Although the Magic and Heat are strong or strong, they are so familiar with each other, they have already been preparing to play against them for a season.

So, no matter how strong you are, we won't panic.

Hit what you prepared, and if you win, then you will win. If you lose, then you will accept your fate and you will die.

On the evening of May 27, 2005, Orlando, TD Waterhouse Center.

At this time, Paul and Anthony, who were training with the Cavaliers in Cleveland before, have now followed the Cavaliers to the away game.

The Cavaliers are second in the Eastern Conference, and the Magic are fourth in the Eastern Conference. This is the ranking.

However, in the rules of the NBA, it is not the high-ranking team that has the home court advantage.

A team with a good record will have the home court advantage.

Although the Magic are fourth in the East, their record is second in the East and second in the league.

The Cavaliers' record is third in the East and third in the league.

Therefore, in the playoffs between the Cavaliers and the Magic, the Magic have a home court advantage.

And this home court advantage is also one of the factors that many experts believe that the Cavaliers will be rubbed on the ground by the Magic.

Because, the home fans of the Magic are really fanatical!

Even the two NBA players, Anthony and Chris Paul, were shocked by the madness of Magic fans when they were on the scene.

Anyone who knows the NBA knows what a weird group of Magic fans are, so I won’t go into details here.

However, after the Magic won the first championship in team history last season, this wonderful group of Magic fans has completed the transformation.

In the past, these wonderful fans of the Magic saw who bit anyone, whether they were family members or not.

It's true that you can do whatever you want.

But now, after the Magic finally won the championship, the Magic fans have changed a bit.

You can't say that their personalities have changed, but their anger, their weirdness, are no longer mostly internal, but mostly external.

The damage caused by this is great.

Therefore, this season, many people have said that the Magic's home court has become one of the death homes. This time it is not a ridicule, but it has really become one of the death homes.

And this dead home fan in the eyes of Paul and Anthony brought the climax of the entire arena when the Magic played the first player.

"He is the NBA's two-time championship, he is the NBA's two-time Finals MVP, he is the NBA's best defensive player, he is the NBA regular season MVP, he is the devil from Wake Forest University, he is Our indestructible stone Buddha, he is our greatest number 21!"

"Tim!"

"Duncan!"

After the DJ at the Magic's home court finished Duncan's opening remarks with the most passionate and craziest voice, the Magic fans on the scene greeted Duncan almost at the same time.

"Is this my senior?!"

Seeing Duncan, who was expressionless and perhaps a little ‘stunned’ and ‘stunned’ in the crazy cheers of Magic fans, came out, Chris Paul’s face was full of respect and expectation.

He is also a Wake Forest University player.

He is Duncan's younger brother.

Duncan is a role model for every Wake Forest University player.

Just like Chen Xiao to Marquette University.

When he played tonight, Duncan was the player with the most momentum among the Magic's five starters.

No way, Duncan's performance with the Heat in the last game was crazy.

The Chris Bosh, who is considered to be the sixth-largest forward in the future, was eliminated. This Nima's, even the greatest player in NBA history, could not achieve the NBA's sixth-largest guard Iverson.

Well, Iverson, who was a rookie that year, is really the sixth largest guard in the NBA.

Therefore, after playing G7 with the Heat, many people said that Duncan's dominance has been comparable to Jordan O'Neal.

Let's put it this way, after playing the Heat's G7, Duncan ushered in the peak of his career reputation.

G7 against the Heat was played at the Heat's home court. Although both the Heat and the Magic are teams in Florida, there were not many Magic fans on the scene in that game.

So many Magic fans are waiting to return to the home court to worship Duncan.

As the leader of the Magic, the emperor on the ground.

Seeing the secretly leader of the team and the underground emperor being worshipped by fans like this, what do you think of McGrady's mood?

Of course it is very bad.

Duncan always said that he was the boss of Magic.

Isn't it because he has a mass basis?

He can't compare to Duncan in this mass base. What kind of team boss is he?

In the teammate group, the boss has long become Duncan.

Now the fans also think that the boss is Duncan's.

Can he be uncomfortable?

Although for Duncan, it doesn't matter if the team boss is not the boss.

But really, for McGrady, it's really important.

Because Duncan got everything.

And he McGrady hasn't got anything yet.

If it is not the boss of the team, what will he take to get the MVP and FMVP?

Not the first person on the team, he missed these honors.

To be honest, the five guards, except Chen Xiao, everyone has a proud heart.

Of course, Chen Xiao also has.

Xiao Zhan's rise so quickly is just like opening up, doesn't it also make Chen Xiao feel more pressure?

Of course, these are the secrets buried in the heart, and for the magic, this is not something that can cause them internal chaos.

On the court, after the players of the two teams played, Duncan and McGrady both came to Chen Xiao and greeted Chen Xiao. The host welcomed the guests.

Chen Xiao and Duncan McGrady, who have made extensive friends, have a very good relationship. They are both friends.

"Chen, don't knock us down as soon as you come up this time."

Although in a bad mood, McGrady still joked with Chen Xiao.

"It doesn't depend on me, it depends on whether you have the ability to not collapse."

Seeing the smile on Chen Xiao's face, McGrady was dumbfounded, so I just talked about it, just kidding, saying that you are fat, are you really panting?

Your mouth!

It is really well-deserved.

McGrady smiled awkwardly and left afterwards.

After the players of the two teams warm up, the game will begin, and the starting players of the two teams will also appear.

The starters of the Magic in this game are center Pachulia, power forward Duncan, small forward Tracy McGrady, shooting guard Ginobili, and point guard Parker.

Pachulia spent most of the season off the bench. When playing on the bench, he averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game in 18 minutes per game.

Is a qualified backup center.

And he and Duncan played starting games together. There were more than a dozen games this season. According to statistics from many media reporters, Pachulia and Duncan averaged 12 points and 8 rebounds in 31 minutes per game in the first dozen games. With 1.2 steals and 0.6 blocks, he is another qualified center.

And from the fact that he steals so many extra blocks, it can be seen that he is a defensive aggressive center, regardless of whether he is a big white brother, he doesn't like jumping, he loves tops.

He has strong confrontation, average defense, average shooting, can pass, can mark people, and can grab offensive rebounds.

So, regardless of his unknown name, Carlisle is a headache for him.

Originally, in the first game of magic, he was going to give the Magic a thunder blow.

Finally, considering Pachulia's offensive rebounding ability, Carlisle still did not dare to let Chen Xiao play center partner Raheem inside.

If you really want to put out this inside line, the Cavaliers' rebounds will be robbed crazy.

Therefore, Carlisle’s starting lineup for the Cavaliers in this game is center Chandler, power forward Raheem, small forward Gerald Wallace, shooting guard Chen Xiao, and point guard James.

This is a very balanced offensive and defensive starting lineup, no risk at all.

Of course, for the Cavaliers, there is no such risk.

Of course, Carlisle did not let Chen Xiao play center, which also surprised many experts in front of the TV and media reporters on the sidelines.

Even Magic coach Dogrives was surprised.

"This pig head is not in this game^(*￣(oo)￣)^?"

Dougreaves continued to glance at the five starting players of the Cavaliers, almost subconsciously shouting: "So high!"

The Cavaliers' starter is indeed high, and all five starters are above 2.03 meters.

Therefore, the five starters of the Cavaliers stand on it, just like the five giant pillars.

Especially for Parker and Ginobili.

Seriously, looking at the five Cavaliers on the opposite side, the 1.88-meter Parker is really Alexander.

Ginobili still has 1.98 meters, close to 2 meters.

Parker is not too young among NBA point guards, but at this time, it is really like a little bee.

Of course, on the court, the little bee also has the benefits of the little bee, and can drill.

And just when Parker felt the tremendous pressure, the middle circle made a snap!

Chandler jumped the ball and hit Pachulia.

James dribbled the ball for halftime. Just after halftime, Parker used his agility and speed to interfere with James' possession of the ball.

For Parker, James took the ball beyond the three-point line, and his defense was too late.

In the face of Parker's harassment, James did not give Parker a chance to flop, and through Chandler's screen to get rid of Parker's interference, he took the ball to the three-point line.

When James drove the ball to the three-point line, everyone turned their eyes on Chen Xiao who was entangled by McGrady.

It's time for Chen Xiao and James to play the pick and roll!

Chen Xiao, who was running without the ball, took McGrady around in front of James and handed over the basketball from James. After James helped block McGrady, he took Parker and cut into the three-point line.

Seeing that the defender of Chen Xiao on the court has become Parker at this time, and Chen Xiao is dribbling the ball in again, Duncan of course will come out to help defend.

Facing Parker's chase and Duncan's block, Chen Xiao jumped up high.

Take off, bend your legs, lean back!

Looking at Chen Xiao's very Mamba's take-off, Duncan also squeezed his feet to seal the cover.

just……

Brush!

The basketball in Chen Xiao's hand was heard, and the basketball brushed from Duncan's ear to Raheem's hand in the middle of the paint zone.

There is another brush!

In Pachulia's desperation, Raheem turned around with a light footstep, turned around and clasped with one hand after Pachulia's despair.

2 to 0!

"The Cavaliers' first attack is Raheem!"

"This pig head is attacking Raheem again?!"

Dougreaves blinked from the sidelines.