I’m Really Playing Basketball

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As the much-anticipated early finals matchup between the Heat and Magic progresses, the controversy surrounding this matchup has become more and more intense.

In the fifth game between the Magic and the Heat, when the whole world thought that the two sides were going to play overtime, Wade made a classic Wade throw at the last moment. Although the throw was not that good, he actually won the pressure. Opportunity to shoot free throws.

In the end, the Heat defeated the Magic by 2 points on offensive free throws.

I don’t know if it was in retaliation for the Heat’s final buzzer beater in the previous game. In Game 6, the Magic’s starting shooting guard Ginobili made 10 of 15 free throws and 15 of 17 free throws. While leading the Magic to a 103-100 victory over the Heat with 39 points, this game also caused five fouls for Russell Butler and Tony Allen who were guarding him.

The Heat committed 34 fouls throughout the game.

The most important thing is that 11 of Ginobili's 17 free throws in this game came in the second half when the score was extremely anxious.

In the end, when the game ended and Wade failed to hit a three-pointer, there was almost an extremely fierce physical confrontation and conflict between the Magic and Heat players.

In this round of the series, the two teams really fought in darkness, with the sun and moon dimming.

And these two games have added a lot of gunpowder to this round of the series.

So much so that Donaghy, the referee of these two games, also attracted much attention.

Under Chen Xiao's leadership, after the Cavaliers defeated the Bucks 4-1 and entered the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers were waiting for their next opponent.

The Magic and the Heat, the two imaginary opponents of the Cavaliers this season, would be like this in the playoffs, Chen Xiao and the others never thought of it.

After six games, the final point difference in each game did not exceed 3 points. After six games, the total points of the two teams were the same.

How anxious this is.

It can be said that in this round of the series, the two teams played the top performance in the NBA.

In this round of the series, Yao Ming, who defeated O'Brien in the last round, averaged only 17 points per game after six games, and his shooting percentage was only 51%, which was far lower than the 22 points per game in the previous round, which was 66%. hit rate.

In this series, I don’t know if Duncan is pretending to be dead or not. In this series, facing the inside defense of Yao Ming and Bosh, Duncan had a total of 7 steals and 14 steals in the first six games. indivual.

Of course, everyone knows that Duncan is the most impersonated player in NBA history. In history, Duncan was impersonated a total of 1,488 times in his career. Well, this data is still in the regular season.

In history, in 2005, that is, this year's finals, Duncan faced the Pistons of Big Ben and Rasheed, and was taken a total of 18 times plus 9 steals.

In such a comparison, Duncan played against the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals this time, and was sealed so badly by Yao Ming and Bosh, but it is actually not that bad.

As a representative of basic skills insiders, why is Duncan with great basic skills always blocked like this?

Chen Xiao didn't know it before, but now Chen Xiao knows it. Basic skills are all about being consistent, with few changes, nothing fancy, and no special effects. It is really stable when it is stable, and the machine is also really mechanical.

In short, no matter what, in this round of the series, Duncan made the Heat's Chris Bosh famous.

This little Garnett seems to have really turned into Garnett.

By the way, Garnett is the player who blocked the most Duncan in the NBA.

This is also true historically.

Garnett blocked Duncan 11 times in the finals last year alone.

Of course, in this round of the series, the Magic of course also have a hero who became famous in battle.

When the superstars of the Heat and Magic were locked in an explosive fight, the Magic's starting shooting guard Ginobili averaged 20.5 points, 5 rebounds, and 4.5 assists in the six games of this series, with a shooting percentage of 57.6. %, and the three-point shooting rate is 55%, which is particularly outstanding.

You know, in the entire series, Yao Ming and Ginobili were the only players on the two teams who shot more than 50% from the field.

Duncan 46%

Wade 45%

Tracy McGrady's score is an even appalling 41%.

The direct confrontation between Wade and McGrady in this series was also quite cruel.

In this series, Wade averaged only 24.5 points per game under McGrady's defense.

As for McGrady, under Wade's defense in this series, he averaged 22 points per game and shot less than 30% from three-point range.

In short, in such an intense and brutal round of playoffs, Chen Xiao and everyone on the Cavaliers saw a completely different style of play against the Bucks.

To be honest, compared with the intensity of this series with the Magic and Heat, whether it is the Cavaliers playing the Bucks, the Western Suns playing the Mavericks, or the Timberwolves playing the Spurs, it is not enough to watch.

By the way, in this year's playoffs, in addition to the winners and losers of this matchup between the Cavaliers and Bucks, the two sets of matchups in the Western Conference also have winners and losers.

The Suns defeated the Mavericks relatively easily 4-1.

In this series, Dampier, who claims to be the second center in the Western Conference, was beaten by O'Neal.

Although the driver also performed very efficiently against Rashid's defense, he was unable to become a decisive force.

Speaking of which, the duel between the driver and Rashid is quite interesting.

Nowitzki's almost lowest score in the playoffs was scored against Rasheed.

At the same time, Nowitzki scored the highest score in the playoffs against Rasheed.

Historically, in the playoffs of 2003, when the Mavericks played the Trail Blazers, Dirk played Rasheed, scoring 46 points on 16-of-27, and 4 points on 2-of-11. The contrast is so huge, in the history of the NBA All rare.

In other words, Rashid has an excellent ability to defend Nowitzki.

However, Rasheed has not yet found the pain point of defending Nowitzki.

Generally speaking, Rasheed cannot defend Nowitzki, but from time to time he will unconsciously find Nowitzki's weaknesses and play a game that embarrasses Nowitzki.

Unconscious, unconscious.

Of course, for this matchup between the Suns and the Mavericks, even if Rasheed was unconscious, that would be enough.

The Suns' inside advantage is too huge, and the Mavericks have almost no defensive power.

In the other group of playoffs in the Western Conference, the match between the Spurs and the Timberwolves is much more intense than the Suns and the Mavericks.

Let’s talk about the final result first. The Spurs eliminated the Timberwolves 4-3.

In this series, except for Szczerbiak, the Timberwolves' group of outsiders that had drifted to the Pacific Ocean were blown away by the Spurs' outsiders headed by Ron Howard, Arenas and Bowen.

Luo Ge and Arenas can attack and defend, Bowen can defend and shoot.

Cassell hit Ron Howard and got blown.

When Sprewell met Arenas, he was similarly blown away.

In this round of the series, Sprewell faced Arenas. The worst was G4. Sprewell was defended by Arenas and scored 6 of 14 and only scored 19 points. Arenas faced Sprewell. Will scored a career-high 40 points in the playoffs on 13-of-26 shooting.

After all, playing in the playoffs for the first time, the new high is indeed not that high.

However, as a player who played in the playoffs for the first time in his career, Arenas performed very well in this playoff trip, averaging 25 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 2.1 assists per game with a 43% shooting rate. Steals.

As a player who played in the playoffs for the first time, many people said that they could see the shadow of a superstar in him when he was able to perform like this.

The Timberwolves' outside perimeter was so badly beaten by the Spurs' outside perimeter, but in the end they only lost by a big score of 3 to 4. The reason for this is of course that the Timberwolves found their way back inside.

Garnett faced the Spurs insiders of Scola and Howard and played a series that seemed like a teaching series.

Why do you say that?

In this series, while Garnett defeated Scola, he also taught his fan, Dwight Howard, with great interest during the game.

As we all know, Garnett is a friend of NBA rookies and a close brother.

Everyone also knows that Garnett likes to point out the rookies in the game.

Therefore, many NBA rookies are looking forward to playing against the Timberwolves, and these NBA rookies who have played against the Timberwolves will finally say: "I was blown away by the fragrance of Kevin's breath!"

This is not connotation, nor is it bad. These rookies are really impressed by Garnett's on-site teaching.

Garnett's teachings to the rookies on the court are all-encompassing.

Defensive stance, defensive actions, offensive choices, offensive posture, etc...

It was really hand-in-hand, mouth-to-mouth.

Everyone knows that in this era, although Duncan is the strongest insider, Garnett is definitely the number one idol of the insider. 80% of the idols of young American insiders are Garnett. This is no joke.

After these young insiders entered the NBA, after playing the game with Garnett, and after facing Garnett's pilgrimage, their admiration for Garnett really reached a fever pitch.

In this round of the series, while the game between the Spurs and the Timberwolves was still in progress, Ron Howard heard Howard privately say to him more than once: "If possible, I would like to join the Timberwolves and be teammates with Kevin at a minimum salary!"

Good guy!

Ron Howard didn't know whether Howard's words were expressing Pop's dissatisfaction with his oppression, or expressing his admiration for Garnett.

To be honest, Luo Ge also has great respect for Garnett.

As one of the strongest power forwards in history, facing these rookies who have just arrived in the NBA, he can be so kind and kind, which is really like drinking from a spring.

You know, the NBA has always been about the survival of the fittest, and rookies are at the bottom of the food chain.

For senior NBA players, one of the biggest pleasures in a full-court season is bullying rookies.

In the NBA, senior players just don't bully rookies. It's really rare for someone like Garnett to be a big brother to rookies.

The story of Garnett and Kwame Brown has now become NBA legend.

Many people know that Kwame Brown was almost scolded by Jordan.

It was Garnett who kept Kwame Brown's confidence.

Let Kwame Brown stand up again after Jordan left.

In the first season after Jordan left, last season, Kwame Brown averaged 12+8+1.5 blocks per game.

And this season, Kwame Brown has gone one step further.

Although the Wizards did not enter the playoffs this season, Kwame Brown's performance in the Wizards has been recognized by everyone.

Although averaging 15 points, 9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game is nothing to those top centers, for a center who has been called a parallel import for two years, it really stands up.

At the very least, in the past two seasons, people rarely call Kwame Brown a parallel import.

In this case, with the publicity of Kwame Brown and journalistic media outlets across the United States.

Garnett now has such a sacred flavor for NBA rookie players, as if he is carrying the holy light.

So now, in addition to the Wolf King, Garnett has a new nickname, Teacher Jia.

In any media's ranking of the most liked/respected players by rookies, Teacher Jia is the well-deserved number one.

In fact, don't underestimate the influence of rookies.

To be honest, Garnett didn't think much about his influence as a rookie.

He simply hoped that these rookies could have a better life in the NBA, without thinking about getting anything.

but……

Let's put it this way, when some buried rookies are eager to be seen and enter the NBA, where is the first place they think of?

Of course Garnett is the best rookie out there!

Although NBA scouts are very good, which NBA draft will not miss something?

These fish that slip through the net are all resources.

Moreover, the NBA's resources are not only for these fish that have slipped through the net, but also for those young players who did not perform well in the previous seasons. Where will their first choice be?

There are also pearls among these people. Isn't Xiao Ao such a typical representative?

Of course, Garnett definitely doesn't know these things now.

Facing two rookies, Howard and Scola, in this series, Garnett averaged 29 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in a career-best series performance amidst the sound of teaching.

On May 24, 2005, Chen Xiao, Xiao Zhan and Cavaliers players, organized by the team's head coach Carlisle, watched the Eastern Conference Finals tiebreaker between the Heat and the Magic at Carlisle's home.

Before this game started, the entire NBA was already abuzz because of the previous controversy.

Even before the game started, the league replaced Donaghy as the head coach for this game in order to quell the controversy.

When Chen Xiao looked at the Heat and Magic players on TV, Chen Xiao could clearly feel the chilling atmosphere that could be conveyed even across the screen.

In Miami, at the scene of the tiebreaker, when the Heat players were preparing to take the court, as the head player of the Heat, Wade looked at his teammates around him and almost gritted his teeth and shouted a declaration of victory in his heart. .

"We will definitely win this game!"

"This time, I don't want to miss the date again!"

Thinking that Chen Xiao had already led the Cavaliers to defeat the Bucks and was waiting for him on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, Wade gritted his teeth and led his teammates onto the court amid the cheers of the Heat fans.

On TV, of course Chen Xiao's eyes were always on Wade.

Wade is under a lot of pressure in this series. As the leader of the Heat, his opponent in this series is Tracy McGrady.

Chen Xiao knows very well what kind of player McGrady is.

McGrady's height, McGrady's skills, McGrady's comprehensiveness, let's put it this way, except for the shortcoming of unstable shooting, McGrady is simply perfect.

When you are facing such a player on offense and defense, even Kobe, there is no guarantee that you can limit him.

McGrady is undefendable.

At the same time, McGrady's height, wingspan and explosive speed are a nightmare for any defender.

McGrady dared to say in an interview that Kobe had never beaten him in a one-on-one match. That was not a complete big talk. He did have such strength.

Facing such a powerful opponent, one can imagine how miserable Wade was in this series.

In this series, many people praised Bosh of the Heat and Ginobili of the Magic.

In fact, the real cornerstone of this series is the duel between Wade and McGrady, and Duncan and Yao Ming.

Yao Ming had the help of Chris Bosh, and the two played a 50-50 match with Duncan, and even vaguely suppressed Duncan.

As for Wade and McGrady, Wade can't have any assistants around him to help him.

He needs someone to face McGrady's challenge head-on.

Although Wade is now the regular season MVP and thinks that his strength is not inferior to McGrady, the pressure of this kind of extreme one-on-one is huge, not to mention that it is against McGrady who is the most suitable for the ultimate one-on-one pair. One player.

It can be said that in this series, Wade has given everything he has, and he has a slight upper hand.

If it weren't for the Heat's slight upper hand on the two main battlefields inside and outside.

Let's put it this way, the Heat's lineup is so thick that it is impossible to fight 3 to 3 with the Magic, and the game is so anxious.

In this tiebreaker, if the Heat want to win, they must meet these two conditions. Yao Ming and Chris Bosh continue to slightly suppress Duncan, and Wade continues to slightly suppress McGrady.

If this is not possible, the Heat's hope of winning will be very small.

"Xiao Tai..."

Although thousands of miles apart, Chen Xiao still felt the pressure on Wade at this time.

"Xiao Chen, you don't have to worry too much. Judging from the previous six games, Wade has vaguely found a way to deal with McGrady. It is more likely to slightly suppress McGrady. On the other side, Yao Ming and Chris Bosh seems to have become more and more tacit, and it should be possible to slightly overpower Duncan. The Heat have many possibilities to repeat these things, but on the Magic team, it is difficult for Ginobili to repeat his performance in the last game. In this game, the Heat have a slightly greater chance of winning."

James looked at Chen Xiao worried about Wade and whispered to Chen Xiao.

This is also what many media experts say.

Although Wade was under a lot of pressure, the Heat had an advantage in the tiebreaker.

but……

Is this really the case?

Chen Xiao thought of Duncan, who was almost omnipotent after returning to the power forward position from center last season, and finally frowned.

At this moment, on the court, the starting lineups of the two teams had already been played.

The Heat's starters are center Yao Ming, power forward Chris Bosh, small forward Odom, shooting guard Tony Allen, and point guard Wade.

In the previous three games, Payton's speed disadvantage was too great when facing Parker, and he was removed from the starting lineup.

In the next three games, Russell Butler couldn't guard Ginobili and was removed from the starting lineup.

Before this game, rookie player Tony Allen, who performed well on the defensive end, became the team's starter.

It has to be said that Heat coach Spoelstra is still very courageous. He dared to use a rookie in such an important game.

On the other side, the Magic's starters for this game are center Pachulia, power forward Duncan, small forward Tracy McGrady, shooting guard Ginobili, and point guard Parker.

Looking at the Magic's starting lineup on TV, Chen Xiao almost subconsciously shouted in his heart: "Sure enough!"

Chen Xiao and Duncan played against each other for seven games last season. Chen Xiao is very clear about the difference between Duncan playing as a center and Duncan playing as a power forward.

Duncan plays center, which is more beneficial to the Magic's overall offense. Duncan, playing center, can provide more cooperation and support for his teammates on the offensive end.

Duncan plays power forward, which is more beneficial to personal offense and defense. Duncan, who plays power forward, directly rises to a level in terms of tonnage. This allows Duncan to suppress opponents when attacking and defending, instead of playing like a As a center, he was surrounded by Yao Ming's height and Chris Bosh's speed, waiting for opportunities to steal and block shots.

Normally, Duncan is enough to play center, but in such a critical game, Duncan will definitely be a power forward!

Therefore, Chen Xiao called Wade before the game and reminded Wade and Yao Ming.

"Chen, don't worry, even if Duncan plays power forward, I believe Chris can block him, just like Yao blocked Duncan at the center position!"

Wade has confidence in Chris Bosh.

And Chris Bosh has continuously assisted in blocking Duncan in the past six games, which indeed makes people full of confidence in this little Garnett.

but……

Chen Xiao still feels that Wade may have underestimated Duncan.

Chen Xiao did not deny Chris Bosh’s talent, but...

"The Heat are going to lose this game..."

What?

James, who had comforted Chen Xiao just now and told Chen Xiao not to worry, looked surprised when he heard what Chen Xiao said.

Was all my comfort just now in vain?

only……

Two hours later.

Looking at the score on the TV, James opened his mouth wide and didn't know what to say for a while.

98 to 95!

The away team is in front and the home team is in back.

The Magic defeated Wade in three points on the road.

In the last attack, Wade once again missed a three-pointer!

On TV, Wade made 11 of 28 shots in the game and 21 of 25 free throws. Wade, who scored a crazy 43 points, seemed to be shaking and shaking.

At this time, the picture on the TV is Wade, but the data on the TV is Duncan and Chris Bosh.

Chris Bosh played 28 minutes, 0-for-5, 0 points!

In the first six games, Duncan gave Duncan 10 blocks. The supernova power forward known as the Little Wolf King actually had zero blocks in the entire game by Duncan!

Duncan, who was opposite him, made 13 of 23 and 9 of 11 free throws in this game. He scored 35 points, 18 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocks in the game.

What is collapse?

This is a crash!

Bosh, the always optimistic little wolf king, was crying on the bench when he was beaten by Duncan in the fourth quarter.

After the game, Wade, whose body was trembling, looked at the dazed figure not far away. At this time, Chen Xiao's reminder to him was all in his mind.

At this time, Wade's heart was filled with regret.

"Is this Duncan?"

"Is this the difference between the No. 1 supernova power forward Chris Bosh and Duncan?"

Such a gap made Wade feel desperate.

In this game, he has been killing so much that his knees seem to have lost all feeling.

In this game, Yao made 8 of 12 shots, 12 of 12 free throws, 28 points and 12 rebounds. His efficiency was extremely high.

But there is still no way to make up for the damage Duncan did to Chris Bosh and the Heat's power forward position.

When Duncan is standing next to Parker, Ginobili, and Tracy McGrady, there is no way you can double-team Duncan. Although Yao Ming is not slow, he is not that fast either. They can only watch helplessly as he continues to ravage him. Bosh and the Heat's power forward.

"we lose……"

Wade closed his eyes unwillingly.

Yao Ming bit his lip unwillingly.

Chris Bosh is still hiding his face.

Tony Allen squatted on the ground and touched the floor.

Odom lowered his head and rolled his eyes, pretending to be sad.

Payton sighed blankly again, and failed to hold his legs again.

On the Magic side, there was constant laughter, and all the players surrounded Duncan respectfully and consciously.

In addition to 8 of 19 in this game, 0 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 6 free throws, Magic boss Tracy McGrady scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Although Duncan has always said that the Magic are Tracy McGrady's team, it depends on the situation of these teammates.

Are the Magic still my team?

McGrady was a little dazed, and his sleepy eyes became even more sleepy.

In fact, his performance in this game was also very good, but everyone only saw Duncan's brutal suppression of Bosh, and did not see his hard defense and his long arms, making Wade 11 of 28 in the game.

but……

The team won.

We're in the Eastern Conference Finals again.

McGrady pushed the complicated thoughts in his heart out of his mind.

On May 24, 2005, under the witness of Chen Xiao and the Cavaliers, the Eastern Conference's No. 4 Magic team defeated the Heat with a score of 98 to 95 in an away game. The defending champion, once again under the leadership of Duncan , entered the Eastern Conference finals, and at the same time, became the opponent of the Cavaliers again.

Last season's Eastern Conference Finals was a game between the Cavaliers and the Magic.

In the Eastern Conference Finals last season, Chen Xiao scored 50+ games in a row and almost defeated the Magic.

In the end, Duncan moved from the center to the power forward position to suppress Chen Xiao, and the Magic finally overtook 4-3, and finally reached the finals and won the championship.

And now, after a season, the Cavaliers and Magic meet again in the Eastern Conference Finals.

What kind of sparks will this spark?

Because of Duncan's strong suppression of Chris Bosh, the number one power forward under the five major forwards, in the tiebreaker against the Heat, the Magic can now be described as flourishing.

Before this round of the series started, Chen Xiao and the others felt tremendous pressure.

"West Wolf King, Dong Shifo, these two are really gods in the NBA right now."

Teacher Zhang couldn't help sighing.

Especially Dongshi Buddha, who has already sent Dayao away, this time, will he send Xiao Chen away again?

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