I’m Really Playing Basketball

  Chapter 498 Goal: Championship

  On May 1, 2007, the first round of G5 between the Bobcats and the Toronto Raptors will return to Charlotte to continue.

  After the two teams scored 2-2 in the series, this time the Raptors players came to Charlotte to clearly feel that the treatment given to them by the city has been completely different.

  I have to say that now Charlotte really has an NBA atmosphere. In the past, it used to give the opposing team the biggest boo and humiliation off the court, which was generally given to North Card Duke's opponents.

  And now, the Charlotte Bobcats can also enjoy the treatment of North Carolina Duke.

  Of course, in Charlotte, the NCAA giants are still sons, and the Charlotte Bobcats are godsons at best.

  But, godsons are also sons. As long as godsons will have a future, and they are more promising than their own sons, it is not impossible to counterattack.

  Aren’t they all acting like this on TV dramas?

  Back to this round of the Bobcats and Raptors series.

  After being defeated by the Raptors in the last game with super game intensity and home-court advantage, they returned to Charlotte’s Bobcats. Under the leadership of Jordan, they practiced martial arts skills.

  This is not for the Bobcats players to be able to develop their confrontational abilities and abundant abilities in a short period of time.

   is mainly to express a determination, but also to make the Bobcats players have enough psychological preparation.

  In the playoffs, it is not a dinner party. The other party can prepare shotguns for you at home, and you can also prepare hunting knives for them at home.

  As for how to say about the sword, after all, this is our home court, the sword is a little bit off, and it can be corrected artificially.

  Home court advantage, this is itself a part of competitive sports. Even as a benchmark for competitive sports, won't the host take advantage of the Olympic Games?

  Compared with the home court advantage in the Olympics, the NBA's home court advantage is actually much less as long as there is no black whistle involved.

  Of course, after returning to Charlotte, the Bobcats were trained by the boss of Joe. This is not the main weapon for the Bobcats to defeat the Raptors.

  In fact, in G4, the main reason for the Raptors to defeat the Bobcats is not Wude, but their striker advantage. The striker advantage is their biggest victory. Wude is just wind, which fuels the fire.

  While the Bobcats face the Raptors, what is the biggest advantage?

  Of course, the Bobcats have always had the strongest outside singles ability in the league, as well as a very good outside shooting ability!

  So, returning to Charlotte this time, Jordan not only cultivated the virtues of Bobcats, but also allowed the players to practice shooting.

  Even Bynum was asked to practice three more points.

  Shooting ability will of course not be improved so quickly. This is also a behavior of demonstrating determination and grasping the key points. It is to remind the Bobcats players that they can be more decisive when shooting the ball in the next game.

  For the Bobcats, it is indeed time for them to be decisive.

  Before the start of this round of the series, the Bobcats were favored one-sidedly.

   But now, neither the Raptors nor the Black Lynx are playing. Many experts feel that the Raptors have no small hope of advancing.

  According to the laws of previous NBA and basketball games, the rebounder wins the world, the insider wins the world, and the defender wins the world. Then this round of the series, the Raptors have won three worlds.

  The reason why this series can be scored 2-2 is not because the Raptors are lucky, but simply because D'Antoni does not know how to coach a team with such a strong position and missed a lot of opportunities to kill the Bobcats.

  At the same time, on the Bobcats, Chen Xiao and Roy are really stable. Chen Xiao has laid a good foundation for the Bobcats, and Roy and Aldridge's rotation has become a winning team for the Bobcats.

  Of course, outside players such as Granger and Paul performed well, basically no undercover.

   However, from the perspective of the situation, the Bobcats are indeed at a disadvantage. The Raptors seem to be stronger than the Bobcats overall.

  So, the public opinion outside now is a bit detrimental to the Bobcats.

   I feel that Chen Xiao and Lynx are in a very dangerous situation.

  And this is also the reason why Jordan wants the Bobcats to deepen their martial arts and shoot more decisively. Although the tactical ability of the coaching boss is not very good, the feeling and ability to grasp the game are really strong.

   After all, the six-time winner is really not a blow.

  In this regard, D'Antoni's ability to grasp is not as strong as Joe's boss.

  Let’s talk about the G5 of the two teams. Because they lost a home game, D'Antoni, who failed to lead the Bobcats 3-1 at home, was obviously a little bit troubled.

He wants to keep the G4 successful experience in G5, but he is afraid that without home court advantage, his G4 successful experience may be a bit uncontrollable, so after the start of the game, Chen Xiao can clearly feel the Raptors player’s experience. The game was not so resolute and hesitated.

  To be reasonable, if Popovich is the current head coach of the Raptors, he will definitely not have the entanglement of D'Antoni, regardless of his home and away games, how do you know whether you can hold it or not?

  In the final analysis, D'Antoni still has too little successful experience in the NBA.

  So, when this kind of resoluteness and toughness are needed, his character will change his choice, and his choice will also change his destiny.

  I have to say that the Raptors, the team that was named the sixth super team in the NBA by media experts, is really not built.

   Regarding D'Antoni’s hesitation in this game, changing to another team was already maxed out by the Bobcats.

   But in this game, the Raptors just hit the Bobcats with 18 three-pointers. In the end, the Raptors lost 98-107 to the Bobcats in the away game.

  Although it looks like the Bobcats won by 9 points in the game, in fact, the Bobcats were 1 point behind before the start of the fourth quarter.

  The game was very intense. The Bobcats made 18 three-pointers in this game, but they only scored 107 points.

  The three-pointer of the Bobcats in this game accounted for half of the total score and one more point!

  In this game, the Bobcats made a total of 50 three-pointers, which is the record for the most three-pointers in the playoffs in NBA history.

  You know, the Bobcats made 72 shots in the entire game!

  In this game, the Bobcats made 18 of 50 three-pointers and 14 of 22 two-pointers. The two-pointer shooting percentage was actually very high, but they made few shots. It was not that the Bobcats didn't want to, but there was no chance!

  Milicic and O’Neal Jr. and Josh Smith’s blockade of the paint zone is great.

This resulted in either the Bobcats getting a super good chance in the paint, or there was no chance at all. This led to such a weird situation in the Bobcats' two-pointers. They obviously made good shots but shot. few.

  While the three-pointers are obviously not very good, they are shooting crazy.

  Of course, although the Bobcats made only 18 of 50 three-pointers and only 36% from the field, with such a large number of shots, it is actually good.

  Three-pointers, it's not that you make more shots, you can definitely score, otherwise there won't be a team's playoff three-pointers with 27 irons.

  The Bobcats can have such a ‘steady’ number of hits, it’s really thanks to having a dry-draw shooting machine like Chen Xiao that can exchange a lot of shots for a lot of hits.

  Not to mention the shooting percentage, in terms of Chen Xiao's length, wingspan and shooting ability, as long as he takes shots, he will definitely not even hit 27.

  In fact, in this game, Chen Xiao made 22 three-pointers and hit 9 of them, while the other Bobcats made 9 of 28 three-pointers.

  At the same time, in this game, Chen Xiao made 15 of 32 and 7 of 10 free throws. He scored 46 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

  In the most important fourth quarter, Chen Xiao made 6 of 13 in a single quarter, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 17 points in three quarters. This is also the key to the Bobcats winning.

  In the first three quarters of the two teams, the two teams fought so hard, and when there was a physical problem in the fourth quarter, Chen Xiao was able to live and live. This is very important.

  You know, throughout the fourth quarter, the Raptors shot 4 of 16 from field goal percentage, and the team only scored 19 points.

  Because D'Antoni is not resolute enough in tactical arrangements, the Raptors players are somewhat exhausted and consumed too much in this game.

  So, the victory of this game is really significant for the Bobcats.

  Under the circumstances that the outside world is very unoptimistic about them, with Chen Xiao's stable performance and the defensive end of the team's defensive endeavor, the Bobcats defeated the Raptors at a very disadvantaged situation.

  Why do you say that the Bobcats' victory in this game should be attributed to defense?

  Because this game took advantage of the home court, Bynum and Randolph, the small artillery have withstood O, Milicic and Josh Smith one-on-one.

  Especially the many small actions of the Cannon against Josh Smith, they were not caught because of the reasons at home, which made Josh Smith's air cut very uncomfortable, with a lot of mistakes and a low hit rate.

  Because they have withstood the three strikers of the Bobcats one-on-one, there are always defensive players watching in front of Nash and Lagabel, the two excellent shooting players.

  Why are the Raptors so hard to play?

  Because they are not only the front line against the sky, they can also shoot from the outside. You can't pinch the Raptors front line. You can't watch them bully your own front line, right?

  But if you don’t look at...

  Outside Nash and Lagabe are happy.

  And this is why many experts believe that the Raptors now have the advantage.

Therefore, the Bobcats defended their home court in a very disadvantaged situation. After winning the Tianwangshan game, this not only made the Bobcats excited and excited, but also made many experts and fans who are optimistic about the Raptors. Distressed.

   is really to describe it as distressed.

  What a great opportunity, why couldn’t D'Antoni catch it?

  The players are so desperate, why did they surrender first as the head coach?

  D'Antoni certainly didn't surrender first, he definitely wanted to win.

  But his basketball philosophy, at a critical moment, runs counter to these players of the Raptors.

  This will make fans and experts feel that D'Antoni is holding back the Raptors players on the sidelines.

  So, after this crucial Tianwangshan G5, not only Chen Xiao got a lot of praise, but also the Raptors head coach D'Antoni got a lot of boos.

  These boos are not only professionals, but also their fans.

   "Wonder kid and Bobcat are so lucky this time!"

  Looking at the overwhelming criticism of D'Antoni in these newspapers, the current Lakers head coach Phil Jackson felt for the first time that these so-called uncrowned kings were right.

  This time the Bobcats and Raptors series, it is really D'Antoni's food and drink!

  If D'Antoni is replaced by him, he can guarantee that the Bobcats may be eliminated in five games. Considering Chen Xiao’s magic, up to six games!

  The Bobcats have not been brought out of a mature tactical system by Jordan at all. The Bobcats’ offense still relies on the players’ instinctive singles, and Chris Paul’s somewhat sticky, sometimes unreliable organization.

To be honest, although such Bobcats have a strong overall strength, they were also a championship-level team in the NBA in the past era. However, in this era, there is a complete tactical system for the match, and there are also strong overall strengths of the Heat, Raptors, and Basketball. Teams such as the Nets and Magic have suffered a lot.

  Especially the Raptors and Heat such as the forward line is extremely strong, and the outside line is also strong.

  It can be said that the Raptors and Heat are the nemesis of the Bobcats.

   But under the leadership of D'Antoni, the Raptors just finished five games and turned the 4 to 1 game into 2 to 3!

  This is embarrassing, but Phil Jackson did not take D'Antoni too harshly, after all, he brought out this Raptors.

  Although the basketball that the Raptors play now is very bad for D'Antoni, in any case, this team is still brought out by D'Antoni.

  So don't look at D'Antoni being criticized by the United States, but his prestige in the Raptors is still very high.

  It’s just that, obviously, D'Antoni’s coaching style is no longer suitable for the Raptors.

  So, the higher his prestige in the Raptors, the greater the damage.

  If D'Antoni's prestige is not high, and the players do not attack him, it would be better to play by himself.

  However, with D'Antoni in the Raptors' situation, can the Raptors not take him?

  So, the current Raptors are a bit chaotic after losing the crucial Tianwang Mountain.

And in this chaos, the two teams' G6 will start on May 4. This game, when the Raptors are still chaotic these days, how can the keen sense of the game of Boss Joe let it go? opportunity.

  This game, boss Joe adjusted his starting lineup for the first time in this series.

  In this game, the Bobcats allowed Chen Xiao to play the position of power forward, arranging the starting lineup of Bynum, Chen Xiao, Granger, Roy, and Chris Paul.

   Obviously, let Chen Xiao replace Randolph as the starting power forward, the Bobcats' defensive movement is stronger than just one level.

   And Roy is in the starting lineup, the improvement of the Bobcats' overall organizational ability is also visible to the naked eye.

  In this home game, the Raptors have unified their minds and used a strong confrontational home court advantage to strengthen a large striker advantage to oppress the Bobcats.

However, the Bobcats who had predicted all this a long time ago, except for Bynum nailed to the basket, when attacking, Chen Xiao, Roy, Paul and Granger were almost lined up on the three-point line. outside!

  This offensive posture!

  Let’s put it this way, the Raptors are ready to catch big fish in this game, but the Lynx is a loach!

Milicic, O'Neal and Josh Smith are indeed excellent in mobility, but relatively speaking, their advantage is inside and outside, especially after the three are separated, one-on-one, and any of the three of them will match up. Chen Xiao, Granger, Roy, and even Paul have no advantage!

  So, in this G6 between the Raptors and the Bobcats, the Raptors were named to death by the outside line of the Bobcats.

  In fact, the Raptors don't need to be called to death by the Bobcats in this game.

   Jordan’s arrangement for this game is a tactical arrangement for the Raptors.

  But the Raptors also have a solution.

  The Bobcats’ four perimeters are indeed strong one-on-one, but he is strong one-on-one. Why don’t you go one-on-one with him? Josh Smith runs so fast, what can't you do?

   Obviously, D'Antoni does not have that strong adaptability, especially in the adaptability of defensive strategies.

  Finally, after G4, the Raptors, considered by the league’s experts to be the sixth largest super team in the NBA, lost two games in a row and was eliminated by the Bobcats led by Chen Xiao 2 to 4.

  In this game, the Bobcats defeated the Raptors 108-103 away.

  The two sides are still playing very fiercely.

  It is precisely because the game is so fierce, and losing such a game, it is so unacceptable.

Therefore, after the game, the Toronto fans really regretted their Nashner baby. Although they were fans, they also felt that with the strength that the Raptors showed in this round of the series, they could not have been in the first round. If you are out, at least it shouldn't be out with a big score of 2 to 4.

  As the head coach of the Raptors, D'Antoni had a dark expression on his face at the end of the game, but it was also painful after being trapped.

In the press conference after the game, D'Antoni also admitted that he was the biggest reason for the team’s losses in this round of the series. The Raptors players performed very well in this round of the series, and he was in a lot of At that time, he failed to deal with some of the problems that appeared in the game. Even, he himself helped the Bobcats with a lot of problems to test the Raptors players.

  I have to say, D'Antoni's words are quite manly.

  Being able to beat the Raptors 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs was a false alarm for Chen Xiao and the Bobcats.

  Originally ~www.NovelMTL.com~The Bobcats are ready to play seven games in this series.

  Even the boss of Joe has been paving the way for the team to be eliminated in the first round, hoping to maintain the confidence of the young Bobcats.

  It can only be said that this Raptors is really strong. They use this Raptors as a substitute for the Heat to practice, and they really did not choose the wrong opponent.

  Even, using the Raptors as a substitute for the Heat is an insult to this team.

  This Raptors is actually not much worse than the Heat.

  It’s just that the Heat’s head coach is Rick Carlisle.

  The head coach of the Raptors is D'Antoni.

  It is obvious that one is strong and one is weak, and fit is more important than strong and weak.

   Anyway, anyway!

   "We have advanced!"

   "We are one step closer to the championship!"

  No need to hide it, although it is not recognized as the strongest, but!

  This season, the Bobcats are going for the championship!

  (End of this chapter)