I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chapter 251 Milestone, milestone, milestone! !

On February 3, 2004, in Detroit, the Cavaliers, who had just reached eighth place in the Eastern Conference, lost again.

The Cavaliers' young players were lost in the suffocating defense of Detroit's Fab Five led by Larry Brown.

Except for Chen Xiao who scored 33 points on 14 of 23 shots, the other Cavaliers players performed extremely poorly on the offensive end.

James James made 5 of 19, 12 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists.

Crawford made 6 of 17 and scored 15 points.

Chandler and Darius Myers combined to shoot 4-for-11 and score 9 points.

The other Cavaliers substitute players scored a total of 17 points in this game.

In the end, the Cavaliers lost a very fierce defensive battle 86-92 on the road.

However, in this game, amid the suffocating defense of the Pistons players, the performance of the Cavaliers' substitute players surprised Chen Xiao.

Against the Pistons, they scored 17 points, which may not seem like much, but the Pistons in this game are not the Pistons that were just formed by the last five tigers.

The Pistons we played today, their offensive and defensive coordination is much better than a month ago.

The Cavaliers' substitute players can score 17 points against such a team, which is already very good.

This shows that they are really making progress.

After all, didn't the opposing Pistons' bench only score 17 points?

The Cavaliers' current bench is not only on a 50-50 basis with the Bucks' bench, but is also on a 50-50 basis with the Pistons' bench.

Of course, neither the Bucks nor the Pistons are known for their bench lineups.

Mike James, who performed very well with the Celtics at the beginning of this season, was traded to the Pistons. He was not very comfortable and did not show the offensive acumen he had with the Celtics.

After all, it is quite difficult for a pure offensive player to show spirituality under Larry Brown.

However, after a month of running-in, the Pistons' five tigers have now reached a higher level of running-in.

The Cavaliers are much better than they were a month ago, but they are even more powerless against the Pistons.

Regardless of the fact that the Cavaliers lost by 6 points in this game, that was because the Pistons did not defend Chen Xiao in a targeted manner.

The Pistons still did not flank Chen Xiao in this game.

Chen Xiao can play Prince alone at will, without flanking, and defend the other Cavaliers players with all his strength.

This defensive strategy is better than insurance.

As long as the other Cavaliers players are strangled, Chen Xiao can't win no matter how hard he plays.

Judging from the Pistons' defensive strategy, the Pistons have not yet used their trump card.

Don't forget how the Pistons dealt with Jordan.

The Pistons don't even have the Jordan Rules yet to use against Chen Xiao.

In other words, from the perspective of this Piston, Chen Xiao's offense is not as threatening as Jordan's back then.

Chen Xiao's current offense is not enough to kill this Piston with singles.

In the game between the Cavaliers and the Pistons, the two teams fought very fiercely.

But it was still very warm before and after the game. After all, Cavaliers head coach Carlisle is the former head coach of the Pistons and the person who created this Pistons team.

So even Larry Brown 'praised' Carlisle after the game.

"Congratulations to Rick, he has brought out a very promising team. The Cavaliers led by Rick and Wonder Boy will be one of the Pistons' biggest enemies in the East in the future."

These words are very humble and very crazy. The future of the Eastern Conference belongs to the Pistons?

Where do you put the Nets and the Magic and the Heat and the Pacers?

However, for reporters, don’t they just like this kind of words?

So after hearing what Larry Brown said, the American reporters at the scene were very keen to capture that Larry Brown seemed to be preparing to cause trouble at this time.

When Larry Brown was asked about the Pistons or the Cavaliers, he or Carlisle, who would win the NBA championship first, Larry Brown smiled slightly and replied: "Of course it's me and the Pistons. As long as I'm in the Pistons, the Cavaliers or Rick will win the championship." It’s hard, and of course other teams are just as hard as the Cavaliers.”

Sure enough, something happened!

So the next day, the media across the United States were...

"Excuse me, the two generations of Pistons coaches escalated their confrontation. Larry Brown said that as long as he is around, Rick Carlisle will not be able to win the NBA championship!"

Good guy, Rick Carlisle, who returned to Cleveland on February 5th, was gnashing his teeth.

"Rick, I think you need to calm down. Larry shouldn't be able to say such things no matter what."

Mike Brown was defending his 'grandpa', but what the Cavaliers assistant coach didn't know.

The truth and authenticity of this matter are actually not that important. What is important is that Rick Carlisle needs an outlet to vent his emotions.

The American media's provocation clearly gave Carlisle an outlet to spur himself and the team.

Therefore, the Cavaliers players immediately felt the 'love' not only from Chen Xiao and James, but also from Carlisle.

You and I are both so looked down upon by Larry Brown.

If you don’t work hard, what’s the difference between you and salted fish?

For a time, the Cavaliers were excited!

Kobe and Kidd, who came to Cleveland with the Los Angeles Lakers as a guest on February 5th, quickly felt the ‘enthusiasm’ of the Cavaliers players.

On February 5th, at the Gund Arena, Kobe and Kentucky once again felt the welcome and hospitality of the people of the East.

Yesterday in Philadelphia, the Lakers were defeated 96-73 by the 76ers led by Iverson. Iverson, who has been practicing hard this season, was helped up by his teammates and slashed at the Lakers. In the first half Just 7 out of 15 and 20 points.

On the opposite side, the Lakers scored 29 points in the first half and didn't even shoot 30% from the field.

In this game, Mr. Ai made 15 of 29 goals. In order to welcome Mr. Ke and Mr. Ji, he fired a 14-gun salute.

Faced with such a hospitable Boss Ai, how could Boss Ke and Boss Ji, who also knew etiquette very well, not say anything?

If you ring fourteen times, why don’t we respond with 28 rings?

In fact, Boss Ke and Boss Ji answered 36 bells together in this game...

Boss Ke and Boss Ji are too open.

In this game with the Cavaliers, Boss Ke and Boss Key actually didn't want to be so open.

But there is no way, Chen Xiao and James are much more hospitable than Iverson.

In order to give more salutes to welcome Mr. Ke and Mr. Ji, the game lasted 48 minutes. Both Mr. Ke and Mr. Ji were ready to retreat.

Chen Xiaolian made a chasing three-pointer to tie the score, and then the two sides fired a few more salutes in overtime.

In the end, these two young men from the Cleveland Cavaliers were still not as good as old gentlemen like Boss Ji and Boss Ke in terms of etiquette.

In the end, after overtime, the Cavaliers led by Chen Xiao and James defeated the Lakers 111-106 at home.

In this game, Chen Xiao made 12 of 31 shots and scored 38 points.

James made 12 of 26 shots and scored 32 points.

It is worth mentioning that James made 4 of 4 three-pointers in this game, and all three-pointers he attempted were hit.

In this game, Xiao Zhan's touch was very good. At the same time, the Lakers were a little too aggressive with Xiao Zhan.

Of course, facing the Cavaliers, most teams in the NBA will be very generous to James.

After all, more defense must be used to defend Chen Xiao.

Therefore, James's shooting space is really enviable. In many cases, it is just like training shooting.

In this game, Chen Xiao and James fired a 33-gun salute together, which was much grander than Iverson's last game.

Of course, Ke Laoda and Ji Laoda also returned the goods in good quality and quantity.

In this game, Bryant made 14 of 36 shots and scored 41 points, while Keystone made 6 of 20 and scored 20 points.

The two responded to Chen Xiao and James 36 times in this game.

So everyone’s relationship is good.

After the game, Boss Ke and Boss Ji were very happy.

Keke, just kidding.

Boss Ke and Boss Ji are happy.

The main reason why the two were happy was that they met their two friends Chen Xiao and James who they liked very much.

As for the game, the two of them were really unhappy.

The Lakers' trip to the East has already suffered a four-game losing streak against the Raptors, Pacers, 76ers and Cavaliers.

Coupled with the fact that the Timberwolves led by Garnett in the West before coming to the East, the Lakers have actually lost five games in a row.

Next, the Lakers still have two Eastern Conference away games to play, one is the Magic led by Duncan and McGrady, and the other is the Heat led by Yao Ming and Wade.

This schedule can be called death.

It's comparable to the Cavaliers' schedule in January.

With this set of rules, the Lakers will most likely lose seven games in a row.

As a team with four All-Stars, the Lakers' performance made Kobe Bryant and Johnston very embarrassed.

By the way, before the game between the Cavaliers and Lakers started, the league announced the Eastern and Western reserves for this year's Los Angeles All-Stars.

In the Western Conference, Boozer of the Lakers was selected as a reserve team for the Western Conference All-Stars.

This leaves the Lakers with four All-Stars in this year's All-Star Game in Los Angeles.

Four All-Stars, such good news, but you went on a losing streak to celebrate.

You can imagine how huge the pressure on the Lakers is.

However, there is no way around it. The Eastern Conference is indeed incredibly strong this season.

So far this season, with such a schedule, the only two Western teams that can compete 50-50 with Eastern teams are the Timberwolves and Kings. The other teams are all here to deliver food just like the Lakers.

The difference is that some teams have five consecutive away games in the Eastern Conference, which means they have lost five games in a row.

Some are like the Lakers who have been away for six consecutive years, which means they have lost six consecutive games.

Otherwise, you think the Celtics, who are ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference this season, have a record of more than 50%. How did this record come about?

Of course it’s from the west!

So after the game, when Chen Xiao and James Yuke and Boss Ji chatted, thousands of words were condensed into one sentence, that is.

"Chen, this year's Eastern Conference is epically strong!"

"So, work hard. Being in an epic is a great opportunity for growth."

Well, it is indeed the case. The Eastern Conference this season will be mentioned repeatedly ten, twenty or even thirty years later. Both Chen Xiao and James have the opportunity to become part of the Eastern Conference epic this season.

Therefore, there is no need to say that the Eastern Conference is epically strong. This is not something I can boast about, it is what I felt after the Western Conference teams came here for a while.

By the way, Chen Xiao finished this game with the Lakers and scored 38 points. This was also the 18th consecutive game that Chen Xiao scored 30+ points. This surpassed the record of 16 games set by Kobe Bryant last season. .

Recently, because the Cavaliers have encountered great difficulties in the schedule, as the Cavaliers' most stable scoring player and the most capable player, Chen Xiao's number of shots per game has exploded.

Let's just talk about Chen Xiao's 30+ consecutive games in the last 18 games.

Chen Xiao took more than 30 shots in 8 of these 18 games.

At the same time, there were 4 games with more than 25 shots, and the other 6 games with more than 20 shots.

Throughout the 14 games in January, Chen Xiao averaged 29.8 shots per game, scored 37.7 points per game, and shot 46.3% from the field. He played an extremely explosive scoring month.

At the very least, Chen Xiao's performance in January was comparable to the performance of Boss Ke's entire season this season.

Throughout January, Chen Xiao's number of shots was the same as that of Kobe this season. His scoring average was 0.7 points higher than Ko's average this season, and his shooting percentage was also 1% higher.

It can be said that what Chen Xiao played with the Cavaliers in January is exactly what Ke Boss played with the Lakers this season.

After playing the entire month of January, Chen Xiao felt that her heart of steel had become stronger.

At the same time, Chen Xiao's admiration and admiration for Boss Ke became stronger.

Let me tell you, 30 shots per game, that's not human.

Persisting for a month is already very powerful, and Boss Ke has persisted for half a season.

You know, Chen Xiao has a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 2 meters 21, so it is easy to shoot.

But Boss Ke's attack was not so easy, much more difficult than Chen Xiao's.

However, after the crazy scoring performance in January, Chen Xiao's total career score has reached 3893 points.

Chen Xiao is about to reach the milestone of 4000 points.

So far, Chen Xiao has played a total of 49 games with the Cavaliers this season. Chen Xiao's total score this season has reached 1,660 points, and his scoring average has reached 33.9 points per game.

This scoring average is very explosive, but there is still a gap from Ke Boss' average of 37 points per game. The scoring champion should be out of play.

But there is still hope for pushing his career total to 5,000 points this season.

This was not calculated by Chen Xiao himself, it was calculated by CCTV.

After the game in January, CCTV was calculating the possibility of Chen Xiao scoring more than 5,000 points this season.

To reach 5,000 points in total this season, Chen Xiao needs to score 2,767 points in a single season. After this game, Chen Xiao has already scored 1,660 points. In the remaining 33 games, Chen Xiao only needs to score 1,107 points. Just divide it.

1107 points, is that much?

A lot, with only 33 games played, a minimum of 33.6 points per game.

However, Chen Xiao's scoring average this season is 33.9 points per game, which can meet this requirement.

As long as Chen Xiao continues to play like he did in previous games, it will be very exciting for Chen Xiao to reach 5,000 career points this season.

According to CCTV and Mr. Zhang, the Cavaliers' offense this season depends on Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen can't even think of making a move.

Not to mention, it’s really like that.

Crawford's defense is too poor and he can't stay on the court for a long time.

James' shooting is too bad. He relies entirely on Chen Xiao to shoot at critical moments.

Chandler and Darius Miles, on the other hand, have no shooting ability at all.

It can be said that for the Cavaliers this season, if Chen Xiao takes less than 20 shots per game, it will be basically difficult to win.

This is really no joke.

Chen Xiao has too much scoring pressure on the Cavaliers this season.

I'm afraid the entire alliance is just about the same as Ke Lao and Chen Xiao.

If Chen Xiao really reaches a total of 5,000 points this season, then Chen Xiao will become the youngest person in history to score 5,000 points when he is about 21 years and 150 days old.

This is much faster than when Ke Laoda reached this milestone.

Of course, Chen Xiao didn't really care about this record, anyway, it all belonged to Xiao Zhan in the end.

What does the youngest gentleman with 5000 points mean?

If you want to be the youngest Mr. 40,000 points, this is the card.

I don't believe that Xiao Zhan can 'chasing' me all the way to 40,000 points!

After playing the Lakers at home on February 5, Chen Xiao and the Cavaliers defeated the Wizards at home 108-106 on February 6.

This game is not a lore. The Cavaliers have already led by 20 points after three quarters. No matter how you look at it, this game will be closed.

Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed in the fourth quarter. Stackhouse made 7 of 10 in a single quarter and scored 21 points by himself. However, James and the Cavaliers substitutes, who played the first half of the fourth quarter with a rotating lineup, felt a sudden drop. Zhan was 1 for 4, Mo Mo was 0 for 3, Korver and Barnes were 0 for 1, and Dior didn't make a shot.

The Cavaliers played 6 minutes in the fourth quarter, and Zhan scored 2 points alone. The original 20-point advantage instantly became 4 points.

It was really an instant. Chen Xiao was already preparing to play early. He was sitting on the technical table and saw Stackhouse hit two three-pointers. The 10-point difference became 4 points.

Fortunately, after Chen Xiao came on the court, he scored 4 of 10 in a single quarter and scored 11 points, stabilizing the situation.

But, in the end, Stackhouse still had a chance to kill, but he missed under Chen Xiao's defense.

In this game, he made 13 of 29, 5 of 9 three-pointers, and 14 of 19 free throws. Stackhouse, who scored 45 points in the game, gave the Cavaliers a false alarm.

For the Cavaliers, Chen Xiao shot 16 of 31 and scored 40 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Except for Chen Xiao, James made 6 of 16, 14 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists.

Crawford was 8 of 17 and scored 21 points.

This game that made the Cavaliers a false alarm, on the contrary, allowed Chen Xiao to continue the 30+ consecutive games, reaching 19 games.

Chen Xiao, who had scored 29 points after three quarters, had no plans to score 30+ points in this game.

In the history of the NBA, many players have the ability to achieve 19 consecutive 30+ games, but few players have truly achieved 19 consecutive games with 30+ points. Neither Jordan nor Kobe has. This is not a question of ability, but a question of opportunity. .

Garbage time has always been the strongest terminator of various records.

So, from another perspective, Chen Xiao has to thank Stackhouse for achieving this record?

In fact, after the game, Chinese TV viewers were really thanking Stackhouse crazily.

Thanks to Stackhouse for forcing Chen Xiao to play again, not only allowing Chen Xiao to achieve a record of 19 consecutive 30+.

At the same time, Chen Xiao's total career score reached 3933 points.

According to Chen Xiao's total score, as long as Chen Xiao doesn't get injured, before the All-Stars, he will surely reach the milestone of the youngest Mr. 4000 points.

Of course, it is definitely not just Chinese fans who are grateful to Stackhouse.

Chen Xiao's teammate, Xiao Zhan is also very grateful to Stackhouse.

Because Xiao Zhan, who had three more assists on Chen Xiao in the fourth quarter, finally tied Nash's number of assists after the game, and tied with Nash to become the assist king this season.

Therefore, after the game against the Wizards ended, Xiao Zhan felt very excited even though his hands felt cold all night.

Before the All-Star stage began, he became the league's assist leader. This is very important!

After all, he will definitely be bombarded during the interview session of the All-Star Game. The more glory and shining points he has, the more popular he will be.

The more satisfied Nike will be with him, the more satisfied his business partners will be with him.

At the same time, there will be less pressure on him.

"Xiao Chen, after more than half a season, I finally know how to cooperate with you better!"

You are also better at cooperating with me. You have found a better way to use me to get assists, right?

If Xiao Zhan knew that Chen Xiao was complaining in his heart, he would just smile slightly.

Stockton can beat Malone.

Kidd can swipe you.

Why can't I brush it?

Hmph, rookie assists king, even a magician has never done it!

Xiao Zhan thought happily.

After defeating the Wizards at home, the Cavaliers faced the challenge of the Celtics at home on February 8. There were not many mistakes in this game. The Cavaliers easily defeated the Celtics 97-89 at home.

In this game, Chen Xiao's three-point touch was very poor, and his opponent Pierce was very powerful, and he was very restricted in the low post. Therefore, in this game, Chen Xiao made 9 of 25 shots and 1 of 6 three-pointers. Made 7 of 8 free throws and scored 'only' 26 points in the game.

In the end, after this game, Chen Xiao's record of 30+ points in a row stopped at 19 games. He is still far away from Chamberlain, who holds the first place in history with 30+ points in 65 consecutive games. Well, he is still very far away.

Maybe this is the record with the largest gap between the first and second records in history?

Chen Xiao is not sure.

Of course, although the record of 30+ in a row is over, Chen Xiao still has a record of 25+ in 21 consecutive games, and a record of 20+ in 69 consecutive games.

21 consecutive games with 25+, this ranks fifth in history, Chamberlain is first in 106 games, Big O is 47 games, Jordan is second and third in 40 games, and Iverson is fourth in 27 games.

By the way, Jordan reached 40 games twice.

Chen Xiao is currently the third with a record of 20+ consecutive games, Chamberlain has 126 games, and Big O has 79 games. Chen Xiao is still far behind the first two.

It can be said that after the Cavaliers took on a very heavy scoring task this season, many of Chen Xiao's scoring milestones have entered the halls of NBA history.

Recently, for Chen Xiao, it has really been a milestone, a milestone, a milestone!

By the way, Pierce, who faced Chen Xiao in this game, shot 12 of 32 in the game, and it was very uncomfortable to be defended by Chen Xiao.

Overall, Chen Xiao and Pierce fell in love and killed each other for the whole game.

After defeating the Celtics at home, the Cavaliers only have two opponents left before the All-Star Game, one is the Timberwolves and the other is the Nets, and these two games are all away from home.

And the Cavaliers also lost both games.

After losing to the Timberwolves 92-103 on February 10th, the Cavaliers lost back-to-back away games to the Nets on February 11th.

However, in this game against the Nets, Chen Xiao reached his 4,000th career point and became the youngest player in NBA history to score 4,000 points.

Therefore, at the end of the first quarter, Chen Xiao reached 4,000 points in the mid-range at the buzzer facing O'Neal's shot, and the audience burst into huge cheers.

Well, amidst the cheers, Ao Pangpang also became a part of Chen Xiao’s history.

"Boy, you did it on purpose!"

"Well, I did it on purpose."

Of course I cummed in front of you on purpose!

Hit me if you can!

The war between Comet and Austrian Fatty will never end! !

After Chen Xiao finished speaking with a smile, he walked off the court with satisfaction.

After that, the Cavaliers were somewhat crushed by the Nets in this game, 105 to 85. The Cavaliers were slightly miserable.

"Xiao Chen, we were badly beaten by that fat man in this game."

"It doesn't matter, we'll play him again in the All-Star Game."

After Xiao Chen finished speaking with a smile, Xiao Zhan blinked.

Are we still teammates?