I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chapter 574: Popovich's choice!

After a year, the Spurs and Heat met again in the Finals.

In this regard, many people were surprised, and many people were not surprised.

Surprisingly, this season the strongest in the East should be the Raptors, and the strongest in the West should be the Lakers.

Not surprisingly, in the past few seasons, the Heat have been the strongest team in the East, and the Spurs have been the strongest team in the West.

From the perspective of personnel and tactics, these two teams are more tacit and mature than other teams.

The Heat’s three core players, Yao Ming, Wade and Bosh, have played together for five seasons, and Yao Ming and Wade have even played together for six seasons.

The Spurs on the other side are similar. At this point, both the Raptors and the Lakers are lacking.

Fortunately for the Raptors, the players are very tacit, and the team's head coach Nelson did not do it, that is, the Bobcats were too hard, and some of the team's players were too restrained.

As for the Lakers, there are real problems with tacit understanding. The Lakers have been playing a triangle offense with Kobe as the core. However, in this Western Conference Finals, because of Kobe’s consumption problem in the Western Conference semifinals, the triangle offense was not so smooth. , The team's offense needs to find new ways, and this is difficult to find.

Is Upper Byron Davis the main attack? Artest's main attack? Or Gasol? Or Odom?

To be reasonable, any one is actually possible, as long as Phil Jackson has formulated strategies and routines before, because these people are not weak.

However, Phil Jackson has not made clear such a strategy.

It should be said that there was a strategy before Artest came, and Byron Davis after Kobe.

But Artest came after the Christmas War and he never participated in the team's training at the beginning of the season. In addition to his own arrogance, he was really convinced by Kobe, but anyone outside of Kobe, then...

So in this series between the Spurs and the Lakers, Byron Davis’s performance is actually very struggling, especially the better Artest’s performance, the more he wants to prove himself, but the Spurs are indeed a super defensive. The team, especially the outside players, is extremely unfriendly.

Bowen, Ron Howard, Arenas, even the worst defensive evaluation of Arenas in the past, are now quite good defensively, OK? After a few years under Popovich, Popovich was on the hair dryer. Ali Nass defensive improvement is indeed quite large, and just like Byron Davis can withstand the characteristics of small guns, Arenas can also withstand the characteristics of Byron Davis.

Therefore, the Spurs and the Lakers can clearly feel this series of games. The strength of the two teams is very close, but the tactical literacy of the two teams is not at the same level. The Lakers want to play all in the targeted environment of the playoffs. The strength of the team needs a season of running-in.

The Lakers were eliminated by the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. The head of Science must be very uncomfortable. Chen Xiao also called in the first time to express his condolences.

As a fan and friend of the Ke boss, Chen Xiao knows how passionate the Ke boss is to win the double MVP this season.

This is not only a qualitative rise in his career history, but also related to the first man in the league.

As long as Ke's boss gets the FMVP of this season, he will definitely be the first person in the league with the power of double MVP.

Now, it's hard to tell.

I have to say that sometimes the more you want something, the harder it is to get it.

The finals between the Spurs and the Heat started on June 5th. Because the Heat and the Spurs are both popular teams in the NBA, the finals are still very popular.

On Chen Xiao's side, while paying attention to the Bobcats training camp and the finals, Chen Xiao also hosted a group of Chinese men's basketball teams in Charlotte.

Because this year is the Olympic year, the Chinese men's basketball team assembled early, but Chen Xiao and Yao Ming were specifically approved to report to the team after July 15 because they were going to play in the playoffs.

At that time, Chen Xiao and Yao Ming will lead the Chinese team to play the most important outpost before the Olympics. It is also one of the three major international men's basketball cups. The Chinese team is the defending champion of the Diamond Cup. The Chinese men's basketball team wants to replicate the women's volleyball team. The miracle of five consecutive World Championships, the Diamond Cup is also very important.

After all, the Chinese team has won the 2004 Diamond Cup, the Olympic Games, and the 2006 World Championships. They have won three consecutive championships.

It would be perfect if they defended the Diamond Cup and the Olympic Games in this year's homeland, achieved five consecutive World Series titles and tied the miracle of women's volleyball five consecutive championships.

Before the Diamond Cup, the Chinese team will have two long-distance training, from the end of May to early June in the United States, and from mid-to-late June to Europe, and return to China to play warm-up matches in July.

This time the Chinese team came to Charlotte and was invited by Jordan to play three warm-up games with the rookies in Charlotte and the Bobcats training camp.

According to the plan, the Chinese team would go directly to the United team organized by Memphis and the University of Memphis to play N games.

Obviously, the quality of the game against the NCAA champion Memphis University United is definitely not as good as the game against the Charlotte Bobcats Training Camp United. After all, the head of the University of Memphis, Rose, is on Charlotte's side.

On May 28, 2008, the first game between the Chinese team and the Charlotte Rookie United team. This game attracted a lot of attention. This is not just the Charlotte United team. There are many hot rookies in 2008. And more importantly, the Chinese team has a long-awaited rookie in the 2008 session, Chen Jianghua!

Because of the outstanding performance of the Chinese team over the years, many of the Chinese team’s players have a high reputation, just like many players from Argentina and Spain in history, and Chinese fans are just like a few treasures.

In this time and space, the Chinese team is almost the level of Argentina and Spain combined.

In this situation, with the exception of Chen Xiao and Dayao, the rest of the Chinese team basically eats the Chinese team's dividends.

And the player who eats the most dividends from the national team is definitely Chen Jianghua.

Because his age is just right in line with the peak period of the Chinese team.

When the United Arab Emirates participated in the draft, the Chinese team was not at its peak, and the attention was not so high.

Because of the local Olympics and three consecutive international championships, the Chinese team in 2008 can be said to be the most watched team in history. Under such circumstances, Chen Jianghua participated in the draft, and he was in the previous Chinese team. His performance in international competitions was so good, he was only 19 years old, and more importantly, his speed and technical talents are also outstanding to the naked eye.

As one of Chen Xiao's younger brothers and Chen Xiao's favorite little follower, Chen Xiao's cultivation of Huazi is definitely indispensable.

Hua Zai's ability to control the ball and defensive steals became famous in the 2006 World Championships.

Therefore, in 2006, the then 17-year-old Hua Zi had already entered the field of vision of NBA scouts and looked forward to his participation in the NBA draft.

And now, Chen Jianghua has finally arrived in the United States.

Although his draft prediction is lottery, not as high as Ross and the others, this kind of attractiveness that is still half-hidden with the pipa definitely makes him more anticipated than Ross and the others.

After all, Rose's adaptation to American basketball has been proved by the NCAA.

Chen Jianghua's adaptation to American basketball is still unknown.

Many people say that if Chen Jianghua performs well in the Chinese team's US pullout, then his draft pick will skyrocket.

Chen Xiao did not play in the match between the Chinese team and the Charlotte rookie team. The Chinese team’s starting lineups for this match were Chen Jianghua, Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, UAE and Pago.

The rookie team's starters are Rose, OJ Mayo, Eric Gordon, Love and Brook Lopez.

Regarding that Chen Xiao did not represent the Chinese team in this game, Rose and Mayo both showed a very regretful look.

As a rookie, who doesn't want to play against the first person in the league?

Rose really wanted to fight Chen Xiao.

As for Mayo, he hopes to get back his pride and the chance to win the champion from Chen Xiao.

However, although Chen Xiao did not appear in this game, the assistant coach who represented the Chinese team was beside him to cheer for his teammates.

Although the outcome of this game is not important, as the FIBA ​​No. 1 team, although it is not the main force, is it shameful to lose to an NBA rookie alliance?

However, it is clear that Chen Xiao's cheering and cheering effects are limited. In the first game of the two teams, the Chinese team eventually lost 80 to 95.

Under the rules of FIBA, this score is indeed a big loss.

As for Chen Jianghua, who has received the most attention in this game, his performance is difficult to say.

"He is very fast, very fast, and very good at handling the ball, but he passes the ball in general, makes a lot of mistakes, and the stability of his shooting needs to be improved."

"Compared with Rose, he is like a semi-finished product, and even compared with Westbrook, he has a lot of shortcomings."

This is Chen Jianghua's first appearance in the American basketball world and his first impression.

Obviously, Chen Jianghua, who scored 4 of 16 in the game, scored 12 points, 5 assists and 3 steals, was blown by the opponent Rose.

Chen Xiao sees all of this in his eyes, Xiao Chen is actually quite good, but compared with Rose...

He really has no choice.

After all, Chen Xiao knows exactly what level of player Rose is now.

Let's put it this way, even in the entire NBA, there are not so many point guards that are better than Rose.

To be honest, his little brother Beasley, who was trained by him, lost to Rose in the NCAA finals. Chen Xiao was surprised before, but now he is not surprised at all.

"Hua Tsai, losing to Rose is not shabby at all, he is not an ordinary rookie."

After the game, Chen Jianghua was very depressed. Hearing Chen Xiao’s comfort, Chen Jianghua looked at Chen Xiao curiously, and Chen Xiao continued: “There are not many 19-year-olds in the entire United States under the situation of being targeted by Ross like this. Players of ”can perform better than you. Although your performance in this game is not so good, it is not bad. Facing Rose’s press, although not many points and not many assists, but not many turnovers."

"..."

Regarding Chen Xiao's comfort, Hua Tsai didn't know whether Brother Xiao was serious or making fun of him.

As long as there are not too many mistakes in front of Rose, is the performance not bad?

What level of strength does this guy have to be so boasted of by Brother Chen?

Huazi looked curiously at the long, slightly mature and silent black teenager not far away.

Is this person so strong?

In fact, Hua Zi didn't know that in this game ten years later, his performance would be worshipped by many people.

Just like that game between Hu Ge and Kobe in history.

Under Rose and Westbrook's obvious targeted pressure, Wah Tsai only made 4 turnovers in the game, and three of them were still pass errors. This is indeed quite amazing, especially when both Rose and Westbrook became famous at that time. Later.

Hua Zi didn't know whether Chen Xiao was comforting him or joking.

The next day, when he saw that his draft forecast had not fallen, he knew that it was really not a shame to be beaten by Rose and Westbrook.

Because, for these two people, the draft predictions are all in the top five!

In this way, Hua Zi also slowly saw the fact that he was inferior to Ross and Westbrook.

The Chinese team continued to be abused by the rookie team in Charlotte.

Well, it's pretty miserable.

"Are all rookies in the NBA so strong?"

Faye Wong, the head coach of the entire Chinese team, has some doubts about life.

"Not every year is so strong, this year's situation is quite special."

Chen Xiao explained on the side.

If his little brother Beasley also participates in the draft, then this year's rookie strength...

Hey, let's put it this way, maybe you can make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference.

Under Chen Xiao's system, this year's rookie's overall strength is one of the strongest, even stronger than in 2007, catching up with 2003 and his 2002.

If Beasley also runs, there is no doubt that 2008 is comparable to 2003 and 2002.

Without him, Dayao, Brother Wang, and Xiaozhu, being abused by them is actually not a shame.

Of course, Faye Wong guidance does not have a system, so it does not feel like Chen Xiao, in fact, Faye Wong guidance feels quite embarrassing.

Because after the three-game losing streak, some domestic media have been sour the Chinese team without Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, and they are even not as good as a group of rookies from the US team, so there is no need to say that they are compared with the Dream Team.

The Chinese team is completely ‘Chen Yao’s Team’!

Well, it is justified and convincing.

Even Director Wang wanted to like it personally.

This time, although Chen Xiao did not join the team in the United States of the Chinese team, he went to Memphis with the national team. At the same time, he also followed the Heat and Spurs finals with the national team. After all, both teams are There are Chinese players.

In the end, in this highly anticipated NBA Finals, the Heat once again defeated the Spurs 4-2 and won the 2008 championship.

The Heat's head center Yao Ming averaged 28.2 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 blocks per game. Yao Ming shot 65% in the entire series and once again won the FMVP of the Finals.

In this series, facing the upgraded and enhanced version of Howard, facing Howard who has a strong voice of the first center this season, Yao Ming once again demonstrated his dominance over Howard to the world.

In addition to Yao Ming, Wade's series was 9 of 22, 11 of 13 free throws, averaging 29 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks per game. The data is also quite perfect, even from a data point of view, perhaps even better than Yao Ming. good.

But the tactical core of this series is indeed Yao Ming.

However, even so, in the finals FMVP vote, Yao Ming has 6 votes and Wade has 4 votes, which is very close.

On the other side of the Spurs' two leading players, Luo Ge averaged 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6.3 assists in this series. He is the Spurs scoring leader, but Luo Ge has only taken less than 15 shots in the entire series.

15 shots and scored 22 points, it seems that Luo Ge is shooting very high. In fact, Luo Ge only shot 43% in this series, which is very low for a player like Luo Ge who shoots 50% all year round in the regular season. .

The reason why Luo can have such efficiency mainly depends on free throws, and this is the problem.

When Luo Ge finds that he is facing a strong defense, his shooting will become very cautious and will give priority to fouling, but the problem is that Luo Ge's fouling is to use his own hands and long feet to shoot the ball well. A good advantage points to someone fouling. How many fouls can be fouled in a game unless you encounter a fool?

Luo Ge averaged 8 free throws per game in the finals.

This directly limits Roge's scoring ceiling. Just like Hamilton, Carlisle really hopes Hamilton will take 20 or even 30 shots in a game.

Popovich has the same idea now.

Offense, don’t think that your 43% hit rate is not high, and Wade’s hit rate is only 41%!

For the Spurs and the Heat, it is impossible for perimeter players to hit a high shooting percentage. Both teams have extremely strong perimeter defenses.

In this case, don't be afraid of the low hit rate, attack!

If Luo Ge doesn't attack, then Arenas and others can only attack, and Arenas's shooting rate in this series is even worse.

And this is why the Spurs lost the finals again.

It’s just that, although Popovich regrets, but he does not blame his lover Luo Ge, because he knows that he expects Luo Ge to take 20 shots in a game, 30 times, it is better to expect Howard can beat Yao Ming.

Popovich didn't think wrong, Luo Ge is indeed not the kind of person who is suitable for the main attack.

Because after entering university, Luo didn't have that kind of steel heart.

The hit rate is low, UU reading www.ukanshu. com is uncomfortable for people like Luo Ge who have mental hygiene or obsessive-compulsive disorder.

As Luo Ge's friend, Chen Xiao knows that if Luo Ge hits less than 50% in a game, he will be uncomfortable all night.

Let him be like the boss of Ke or boss Qiao or Chen Xiao, even if he hits 20 irons, he will vote for the 21st time. This is really not good.

"It seems that this is the limit of our team, and we now need someone to help us break the limit!"

Lost the finals with the Heat for the second time.

Lost the battle with Carlisle for the first head coach for the second time.

Popovich is naturally uncomfortable.

But at the same time, Popovich finally strengthened his determination.

The determination to choose!

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