I’m Really Playing Basketball

Before the Bobcats and Mavericks played in the finals, the whole nation, the NBA was talking about the Dallas Mavericks, the miracle Dallas Mavericks.

On May 31, 2011, at the pre-game press conference between the Bobcats and the Dallas Mavericks in the G1 finals, at this time, Chen Xiao answered the questions raised by the following reporters with a smile.

Anyone who knows Chen Xiao knows that when he usually participates in these pre-match or post-match press conferences, he will not show such an expression most of the time.

"Chen, are you so happy because you didn't meet the Timberwolves, Spurs and Lakers in this year's finals, but the Dallas Mavericks?"

"Of course not, I don't think the Dallas Mavericks are a better team than other Western powerhouses, you can't fool me, I watched all the Dallas Mavericks from the Western Conference semifinals, they deserve it Representing the Western Conference and entering the finals, Dirk is one of the strongest players in NBA history, and the Dallas Mavericks are also a very strong team. This finals is not easy, and this is why I am happy, I Very much looking forward to it and can't wait to play against this great opponent."

In the nba, victory has never been a competition of reputation and strength in the past, or the reputation of players and teams.

Just like the Mavericks under the leadership of Nowitzki, the Spurs and the Lakers, the two strongest teams in the West, have been beheaded one after another.

According to the past reviews of these three teams, who would have thought that the Mavericks could finally break out of the siege, and rely on Nowitzki's personal performance to get through all the defensive players in the West.

Therefore, for Chen Xiao, the good friend of the driver and the team of the Mavericks are really a very interesting opponent.

Moreover, many people think that the Mavericks rely on drivers to reach the finals. This is actually very wrong.

This time the Mavericks can reach the finals, it is definitely not just the driver's credit. The driver's state this year has given the Mavericks a super offensive killer like Chen Xiao and Kobe Wade.

But it's still useless if other people don't perform well.

And this playoffs, the performance of the rest of the Mavericks is simply described as reborn and united.

For example, the Mavericks' center, Tyson Chandler, Chen Xiao's former teammates and younger brother in the Cavaliers, players that Chen Xiao trained with one hand, this season's playoffs, Chen Xiao watched the whole process, this guy inside, Actually, I already have the feeling of covering the sky with one hand. When facing the Spurs and the Lakers, they almost blocked most of the outside breakthroughs. The incredible defensive deterrent made Chen Xiao amazed and surprised. After all, he is Chandler. Well, he knew that Chandler was strong defensively, but he didn't expect it to be this level.

There is also Chandler's inside partner Zach Randolph. After Zach Randolph went from the Grizzlies to the Mavericks this season, he feels like he has been washed away.

There is no way, because leaving the Bobcats, leaving Chen Xiao, and the failure of the Grizzlies' All-Star road, he really realized that he now feels like the feeling of the Grizzlies in history.

When he arrived at the Grizzlies, who would have thought that the once bloated and rotten tofu in the NBA could become the number one insider killer in the NBA in those years, with excellent offense and defense.

Now Randolph really feels like this, even stronger. After all, in this time and space, Randolph is more rough and enlightened.

When Randolph was in the Bobcats, although he was willing to defend, he was no longer a rotten tofu, but to be honest, Randolph was more reluctant to defend than to attack. Therefore, when Randolph was in the Bobcats, In fact, there are defensive problems, and there are many, and there are also many conflicts between Bynum and Bynum due to each other's defensive responsibilities.

But after going to the Mavericks, Randolph is really willing to defend. This season, his defensive statistics are career highs in the regular season and playoffs, and his defensive efficiency is also a career high. Le's cooperation is very tacit.

Tyson Chandler is responsible for covering the sky with one hand, while he is responsible for not moving like a mountain. The defense of these two people not only blew up the Spurs' inside line in the Western Conference semifinals, but also defeated Gasol when they played against the Lakers in the Western Conference finals. Brother's inside line to the whole will not be.

These two people are now definitely the No. 1 interior team in the West, and even in the entire league, they are definitely top-notch.

It can only be said that the Mavericks made a lot of money for Josh Howard in exchange for him from the Grizzlies.

In addition, the other starter of the Mavericks, Tony Allen, Tony Allen's offense in the Mavericks is no different from the Heat, but in the Mavericks' defense, it is definitely more eye-catching, as the Mavericks' perimeter The core of defense, whether it's defending Ron Howard in the semifinals or defending Kobe in the Western Conference finals, are all eye-catching, or very good.

He can't attack, but he can also make the players he defends not attack, which is quite annoying.

There is also the starting point guard, Devin Harris, an old opponent that Chen Xiao knew when he was in college. Now he is playing really well in the Mavericks, with a very fast speed, a very good technique, and a very good breakthrough. The strength is the sharp knife and tearer of this large lineup of the Mavericks.

Seriously, Randolph is a hammer, Nowitzki is a throwing knife, if there is one less sharp knife in this lineup, it will not be lethal.

And Devin Harris is definitely one of the sharpest knives in the NBA, and even the media and experts have tested it. In this year's playoffs, Devin Harris' breakthrough speed and dribbling from the backcourt to the frontcourt counterattack. The speed is the fastest in the entire league, faster than James, Rose, and Wade.

And this is also the reason why the Mavericks can take the Lakers and Spurs lightly, regardless of the fact that the Mavericks starting lineup has Chandler and Tony Allen, two players with great offensive flaws.

But because of Randolph and Nowitzki and Devin Harris, the Mavericks' offense is 360-degree coverage without dead ends, from the inside out, from the top to the bottom.

By the way, Harris scored 44% of his three-pointers in the playoffs this season. In the G5 game against the Lakers, the Mavericks 35-point victory over the Collapsed Lakers game, Devin Harris made a three-pointer. With 6 of 6 balls, the Lakers, who had completely lost their defensive mentality, were shot through by Devin Harris. This shows that he definitely has the strength to beat the 'reserved dogs' at the three-point line.

And in addition to the starter, the Dallas Mavericks' bench this year is also very strong.

Not to mention Jason Terry, Chen Xiao's good friend, who also played the best performance of his career in the playoffs this year, averaging more than 17 points per game and close to 18 points, shooting 48% from the field, and even more so on three-pointers. 45%, Chen Xiao is a friend of one of Terry's agents. He knows Terry's way of playing too well. With this guy's way of playing, he usually hits less than 40% in the playoffs most of the time. This season, in the playoffs, his shooting percentage has increased by 10 percentage points compared to last season. Let's just say, with Terry's offensive style, with his shooting percentage, you can't defend at all.

With Nowitzki in the starting lineup, you can't defend, you can't find a player to defend.

And there is Terry, a player you can't defend on the bench. You can imagine how embarrassed those teams in the West were when they played the Mavericks this year.

The driver's golden rooster is independent and unreasonable.

Terry's super unreasonable super shot all kinds of unreasonable into.

Mavericks game, every game is a pile of magic balls.

Those magic balls, seriously, are very demoralizing.

And more importantly, the Mavericks aren't just players who are very good at playing magic ball.

There is also a very stable player like Chen Xiao Durant, that is Grant Hill, who is 39 years old this year.

Hill was Cuban's five-star strategy from the Magic to the Mavericks, and has now played in the Mavericks for seven seasons.

In the past two seasons, he can still play 30 minutes per game for the Mavericks. The three-pointers that he couldn't make before can hit more than 40% in these two seasons, and his one-on-one shooting is even stronger. The mid-range and fallback jumpers, the mid-range area and the long-range two-point area, all hit more than 45%, which is very stable.

When playing against the Lakers, when he faced Kobe, he could even replace Dirk Nowitzki to score with Kobe in a limited time, and in the limited few minutes, the soaring points between him and Kobe made you hard to see. How much worse he is than Kobe.

This is very important to the Mavericks. Everyone knows that the driver's current physical fitness is problematic, and Terry is still playing too much in the end, so who can be in the position when the driver needs to rest during the regular time? Zhan carries the banner of the team's offense. This is very important, continuous output and continuous threat.

And Grant Hill, this season's playoffs really carried that banner.

As a backup, he averaged 29 minutes per game in the playoffs this year and averaged 13 points per game on 48 percent shooting, which is a very good performance.

In addition, the Mavericks' bench also has a small man named Jose Barria, who really dares to play and enter at the critical moment, and his performance is also very dazzling.

By the way, another backup striker of the Mavericks, the driver's backup, Chen Xiao's junior, is also the junior who once shocked Chen Xiao in the ability of three-pointers, Novak.

After Novak arrived in the NBA these years, in fact, compared with other seniors and juniors, he was more bumpy. After all, he was also a super giant of the ncaa when he was in the ncaa.

But when it came to the NBA, it was a failure. Originally, Chen Xiao wanted to let him come to his team many times, but he refused.

Although Novak's development in the NBA was not very smooth, it is not difficult for him to live in the NBA with his background and ability to shoot three-pointers.

And after coming to the Mavericks this season, it was definitely the best performance of his career.

In the Western Conference finals, the Mavericks were able to beat the Lakers with a lore in G4, making the big score 3 to 1, thus breaking the mentality of the Lakers players. Novak definitely contributed.

Because, in this game, the person who killed the Lakers was Novak. The score was 98 to 98 on both sides. With 5 seconds left in the game, the boss made a three-pointer to tie the score. In the next round, Novak would After receiving a pass from the driver, he killed the Lakers from beyond the arc.

Incidentally, Novak shot 75 percent from 3-point range in the regular season this season, and 57 percent from 3-point range in the playoffs.

Of course, Novak played well in the regular season, averaging only one 3-pointer per game, but even so, the 75% shooting percentage is scary.

Also, in the playoffs, Novak's playing time has increased, and his average shot has reached 2 times per game. In this case, he can still maintain a shooting rate of close to 60%, which is really against the sky.

Of course, the Mavericks dared to let Novak, a completely defenseless player, play more in the playoffs, mainly because the defensive system of Tyson Chandler and Randolph was built.

Novak doesn't have to worry about being broken through behind him, and the opponent is directly above the sky, so the Mavericks dare to use Novak more.

In fact, the reason why Novak has not performed well since he came to the NBA is that the previous teams failed to wipe his ass.

Naturally, his defense is unlikely to allow him to play more on the court.

In the ncaa, when Marquette University was defending, they all shrunk, everyone was shooting outside, who could compare to Novak?

It can be said that the rules of ncaa are specially made for Novak, so he had the momentum of the first person of ncaa in ncaa.

After all, Novak's shooting is really strong. Judging from his decisiveness and firmness when he defeated the Lakers, his mentality is also very good.

This is a natural shooter, but he has not encountered the soil that suits him, and this is the reason why Chen Xiao wants to get Novak to his team every offseason.

Chen Xiao knows Novak very well, and he is definitely one of the most underrated players in the NBA.

By the way, in history, Novak has played in 22 playoff games in his career, shooting close to 49% from the field and close to 46% from 3-point range.

In his history, he played 11 seasons in the regular season and played nearly 500 games in his career. His three-point shooting rate was as high as 43%, and his career-high three-point shooting rate in the regular season exceeded 56% in the playoffs. The highest season was over 67%.

Although such data is not meaningful considering Novak's playing time, it is still ok as a reference.

This is a very good shooter.

Excellent to the extent that the former Chen Xiao's mentality exploded.

Well, Chen Xiao will still often play three-pointers with Novak in offseasons and holidays. Not to mention terrible, but there are still many wins and losses. UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com This guy is an open three-pointer God, especially the empty three-pointer during training, God makes people numb.

After attending the pre-match press conference, Chen Xiao showed disdain for those reporters and experts who still underestimate the Mavericks.

Such a calf, you actually said that they reached the finals by luck?

Let's just put it this way, this calf, in the regular season, is really hard to get a very high number of wins, but in a series of up to seven games, the entire NBA history can beat this calf team, Actually not so much.

Because the Mavericks and the Bobcats are very similar, the Bobcats are the perfect team from defense to offense in all aspects.

The Mavericks are a team that has everything on the offensive end.

"Miracle Dallas Mavericks?"

"It's not a miracle that they made it to the finals."

If you are not careful, the Bobcats will really lose.