I’m Really Playing Basketball

On the court, Weber and Chen Xiao's three-point fast break sent the Continental Arena in New Jersey into a frenzy.

Because Chen Xiao's three-pointer really has the shadow of when he was in the Nets.

Everyone in the NBA knows that Chen Xiao was a sophomore in high school back then, and his playing style was quite 'brutal', but as he grew older and his strength improved, Chen Xiao's style of play was not so 'brutal'. It's full of gambling or full of secondary feeling.

As a result, Chen Xiao's temperament has also changed from a second-year middle school boy with a seemingly defective IQ to an elegant and personable young man.

According to many experts, Chen Xiao has matured in the five years in the NBA.

But there is no doubt that for the Nets fans, although the mature version of Chen Xiao is also very charming, their favorite must still be the one who used to show the eyes of God on the court every day, the real eyes of the wolf king, the real eyes of the snake king, Chen Xiao, a middle school boy who is full of shame.

In the NBA finals of the 2003 season, when Chen Xiao faced Shaquille O’Neal, she showed off the real eyes of the wolf king, the real eyes of the snake king, and then the eyes of God, which was considered by all Nets fans to be the greatest round in NBA history series.

In short, it is really great for the Nets fans at the scene to see the long-lost Chen Xiao again at the Continental Airlines Arena!

On the court, Chen Xiao, who was being cheered by the fans, certainly didn't know that the Nets fans were having so many mental activities at this time.

After so many years, he has indeed matured. However, the reason why his current style of play is mature is not entirely due to the maturity of his heart. The most important thing is that the scoring experience card used in the game against the sky is no longer available. .

After reaching the S level and leaving the novice period, Chen Xiao never got the experience card for the competition again.

Although Chen Xiao still had some other experience cards in stock, it was definitely impossible to use them like before.

To be honest, it was fun for him to use the scoring experience card so crazily before, but it was actually a waste.

However, although it was a waste, he also used those experience cards to bring the Nets and Cavaliers to heights they shouldn't have appeared.

So it's just like Wade felt that the 2007 championship was obtained by cheating in history, so he always wanted to prove that he won another championship and formed a team with James.

In fact, Chen Xiao has always felt that his previous two championships in 2003 and 2005 were 'picked up'.

Of course he doesn't dislike such a championship, after all, this is also a kind of good or bad of his strength.

If he hates everything the system has given him, his true talent will not be able to enter the NBA, even if he enters the CBA.

But like Wade in history, Chen Xiao also wanted to win a championship of his own. Human beings are so tangled and complicated.

Chen Xiao, Wade, and many others are like this.

In his own home court, being turned into a home game by Chen Xiao like this, he has always been competitive with Chen Xiao, how could Carter, who wanted to prove himself in New Jersey, bear it?

Facing a 'provocation' like Chen Xiao, as the leader of the Nets, Carter must stand up, and he must stand up.

The Nets attacked, and Carter was obviously going to attack this time. After Joe Johnson dribbled the ball through half court, Carter and Joe Johnson made a simple pick-and-roll, and then put Roy in front of him.

As for Roy, who was replaced by Carter, when Carter was pasting him, Carter twisted his big butt and turned around.

This was a sudden attack by Carter, which was regarded as Roy's defensive judgment error.

But Jordan on the sidelines, Chen Xiao on the court, and Bobcat players didn't think there was any problem with Roy's defense this time.

This is Carter who was killed by Bowen only once!

This Carter is not only accurate in three-point shooting, but also can run and jump, and his skills are good.

It can be said that he is the same invincible player in singles as Chen Xiao, Kobe Bryant and McGrady.

To defend such a player alone, if you want to defend him, that is a joke!

Therefore, it was normal to be wiped out by Carter. Roy thought it was normal, so he was not surprised. He quickly turned around and chased after Carter again.

However, although Roy caught up, Carter still avoided Roy's block at the free throw line and made an emergency stop jumper.

This season, Carter's mid-range shooting percentage is as high as 48%!

Chen Xiao, Kobe Bryant and Carter are the three most accurate mid-range scoring outside superstars this season. Chen Xiao's mid-range shooting percentage this season is 55%, while Kobe's is 49% and Carter's is 48%.

Maybe everyone is not very intuitive about this data. Let's just say that in history, Durant made almost 46% of his field goals in his career.

When Durant was with the Warriors in 2017, he shot 43% from mid-range, and in 18 years with the Warriors, it was 49%.

Durant's most accurate mid-range was in the Thunder in 2016, 54%.

By the way, Nash's mid-range shooting percentage this season is 50%, which is worse than Kobe and Carter, but not as good as Chen Xiao.

And this is why Carter is so difficult to guard, why he can compete with Yao Ming, Wade and Chen Xiao for MVP for a season. If Chen Xiao and Wade didn't jump back to support Yao Ming, he would definitely be the MVP.

This season, Carter really had an epic season.

Not only did he achieve outstanding results as a team leader, his personal strength also reached an extremely high level.

Therefore, it is really not shabby for Roy to be unable to defend against Carter alone.

After all, his defense is in place, and Carter can score because he is good, not you.

It is precisely because Carter's singles ability is so strong that Jordan dare not let Xiaobao come up.

It's really possible to be beaten to death!

You know, all five Nets players can control the ball.

This means that anyone else in the Nets can pick and roll with Carter, no matter who the small cannon is defending, the rest of the Nets can switch the small cannon to Carter.

This is really too difficult for the current small cannon.

5 to 2!

Carter's wonderful single against Roy broke the scoring drought for the Nets after the start of the game.

Therefore, after Carter hit the ball, the Nets players on the court breathed a sigh of relief.

Although before the start of the series, most experts were more optimistic about them.

In the regular season, they faced strong teams except the Heat, and they all won less and lost more.

Therefore, it is normal for experts to be optimistic about this.

But after the game started, the Nets players could clearly feel that the Bobcats in this series were not the same team at all as the Bobcats they encountered in the regular season who could play however they wanted.

It should be said that it has completely changed into a different style!

Therefore, there is no need to admit that they were not fully prepared for this game. They did not expect Jordan and the Bobcats to be so decisive and brave.

To be honest, ordinary people can't do such a lineup change in the first game of such an important series.

Because if you are not careful, it is easy to destroy the team.

But the Bobcats don't seem to collapse, and they still look good, so they are the ones who are under a lot of pressure.

For an unprepared game, although the Nets have the advantage, they do not have an overwhelming advantage over the Bobcats, so it is very possible to lose this game.

And it is very likely that the bobcat will suddenly attack and collapse it as soon as it comes up.

If the Bobcats aggressively extend the score to 10 points right from the start, it will be difficult for the Nets to catch up given the Bobcats' rotation strength and Chen Xiao's stability.

Therefore, without having a clear understanding of the situation of this brand new Bobcat, the Nets need to hold on to the score and must not panic in scoring.

It has to be said that although Carter's personal strength is definitely not as powerful as Chen Xiao, Carter's ability to prevent the Nets from having a scoring drought and maintain the game when the Nets have not figured out the opponent's path without directly collapsing is There are still some.

It was the Bobcats' turn to attack, and this time it was the Bobcats' positional attack, so the ball was still in the hands of the game's master Roy.

The last attack was defeated one-on-one like Carter. The average young player would definitely go to Carter to regain the field in this round.

But when Carter took the initiative to signal one-on-one, Roy decisively called Chen Xiao to come over for a pick-and-roll. This really surprised Carter, the basketball players on the court, and Pat Riley on the sidelines.

While Carter's attention was still on Roy, Chen Xiao, who had already received Roy's pass, took advantage of Carter's momentary distraction, put on a tank hat, and rushed away from Carter on a tank.

Chen Xiao's current ball sense is 100. He can play technical style or tank style. There is no doubt that tank style is the best to break through at this time!

After rushing away from Carter, Chen Xiao did not give Carter a chance to catch up with him. At almost the same free throw line position, Chen Xiao got up and made a mid-range jumper, which hit!

7 to 2!

"Wonderful, this game is so exciting!"

"The Bobcats' adjustments in this game and Jordan's changes in this game are so exciting!"

The Nets' five forwards are not without their weaknesses. Pat Riley considers the five forwards to be the most perfect tactic.

However, because the five forwards overemphasize individual defense, their assist defense does not rely on the players' tactical positions, but on the players' movement and rotation. Players cannot always run around while defending in a game. Well, one or two rounds is fine, but one game is definitely unbearable, unless you go inside. If you play alone on the outside, the rest of the Nets will definitely be watching.

After all, outside singles are shooting. The Nets players and Pat Riley believe that their teammates and players have such excellent offensive and defensive strength and singles ability that they can defend against any player on the outside.

Therefore, the five-forward tactic will give the opponent a lot of one-on-one opportunities from the outside.

Score as long as you can.

To be honest, in the entire NBA, facing these five players from the Nets, players with good perimeter singles efficiency can actually be counted on two hands.

Therefore, this shortcoming of the Nets is actually not a shortcoming.

However, there is no doubt that Chen Xiao is definitely the best player against the Nets' defensive shortcomings.

The Bobcats are definitely the team with the strongest perimeter singles ability among all NBA teams.

Chen Xiao, Roy, Granger, and now even Webber can be pulled outside to play singles.

After coming to the Bobcats this season, Weber's mid-range shooting percentages in the regular season and playoffs were all above 50%. He didn't take many shots, but his shooting percentage was extremely high.

Two-point shooting from a distance has always been Weber's strongest method.

Iverson on the outside and Webber on the inside, this is no joke.

Iverson likes to step on the three-point line and take one-step shots. One-third of his shots in a game are two-pointers from far away.

And Weber is even more exaggerated. When he was young, he could shoot three-pointers, but later he gave up three-pointers and specialized in long-distance two-pointers.

In the playoffs of the 2003 season, Weber even averaged 8.3 long-range two-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 46.6%. You must know that his total average shots per game was only 19.3. This season, in the playoffs, his long-range two-point shots accounted for more than 40% of all his shots, which is even crazier than Iverson.

You know, Nowitzki's season with the most shots in the playoffs in this area was 7.8 per game.

The distance from the mid-range to the three-point line is definitely the most important area for players to play singles on the outside.

Therefore, to attack this weakness of the Nets, the efficiency of this area is very important.

Needless to say about Chen Xiao, Weber's area is his special area. He makes many shots all year round and his shots are accurate.

As for Granger, in Granger's rookie season last season, his shooting percentage in this area was 47.6%.

And Roy's mid-range shooting percentage this season is 46%, and his long-range two-point shooting percentage is 43%. Kobe's shooting percentages in these two areas this season are 49% and 43%. Little Kobe, you thought it was a joke ?

So, for the Nets, the four players standing in front of them are Webber, one of the best outside singles in NBA history, Chen Xiao, the strongest outside singles player in NBA history, and Kobiro Jr. Yi, Xiao Chen Xiao Granger.

This lineup, coupled with this style of play, let's put it this way, Jordan and the Bobcats are well prepared for the Nets!

So after the first quarter of the game, the Bobcats, who were generally considered to be slightly weaker, actually led 30-23 on the road, leading by 7 points!

This is really shocking, because everyone knows that the Nets' strongest team is their five starters.

The starting lineup fell behind by 7 points. How can we still win this game?

It’s hard to fight!

You know, in the second quarter of the game, Chris Cannon and the Bobcats' rotation led by Aldridge are already sharpening their skills!

Therefore, regardless of the fact that being behind by 7 points in the first quarter is not very big for a team like the Nets.

But after the first quarter, Nets head coach Pat Riley frowned.

"Michael Jordan……"

Pat Riley, who was frowning, looked at the fat rookie sitting there not far away who was smiling like a Zen master, his eyes full of solemnity.

This guy!

He didn't blow it off!

And Jordan, who was sitting on the bench watching Xiaopao bring Aldridge and other Bobcats off the bench, was watching Chen Xiao standing in front of him applauding his teammates.

"With Zen Master Chen, it's not difficult."

Boss Qiao felt very happy.

ps: The women’s basketball girls are awesome!