I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the All-Star Game in New Orleans, the Eastern All-Stars happily cleaned up the recently inflated Warcraft Howard, and returned to the hellish East with satisfied smiles.

The love-fight between the seven major super teams and the quasi-super team the Chicago Bulls in the sprint schedule is definitely the most brutal sprint schedule in NBA history.

Such a brutal schedule will certainly attract the attention of the entire NBA.

Although the Charlotte Bobcats are no longer one of the most popular teams for the championship, there is no doubt that they are also one of the participants in this good show.

Although Chen Xiao saved the dignity of himself and the defending champion with a wave of victories after Randolph and Xiaopao left, but it is still hard to say what kind of results the Bobcats can achieve in the tragic sprint schedule.

On February 18, Chen Xiao returned to Charlotte to play with the team. Immediately afterwards, Chen Xiao and his teammates took a special plane to San Antonio.

On February 19th, the Bobcats and Spurs will stage the first focus game since the All-Star Game.

As a result, in this game that attracted the attention of the entire NBA, the away Bobcats slashed Huo wildly in the game. What was supposed to be a very exciting battle between the strong and powerful was suddenly cut to pieces by the Bobcats.

Cutting Howard, this is a trick developed by Nelson before the All-Star Game. This 'kind old man' who used the tactic of cutting a shark cut Howard out of singles in the game between the Spurs and the Raptors before the All-Star Game. He made 38 free throws per game and scored a career-high 45 points.

To be fair, Nelson failed in this game because the Raptors lost in the end, and Howard's free throw shooting was quite good in this game.

He made 21 of 38 free throws. Anyone who knows Howard knows that this shooting rate is really not easy. It is almost close to 60%. After all, with so many shots, the shooting rate can still be close to 60%, which is quite good for him. Not bad.

This season, because of Howard's strong rise, coupled with his super talent and the space opened up for him by Arenas and Ron Howard, as well as the various legendary opportunities created by Diaw for him, let's put it this way, most of them The team's one-on-one defense against Howard is very weak.

Otherwise, it would not be said that Howard dominated the entire league and Yao Ming dominated Howard.

Don't look at Howard's one-on-one showdown with Yao Ming, but how many Yao Mings are there in the entire league?

Do you really think it’s that easy to eat, sleep and fight World of Warcraft?

Let's put it this way, if Dayao wasn't 2.26 meters tall, he wouldn't be able to withstand Howard's super athletic talent.

In the one-on-one opportunities created for Howard by Arenas, Ron Howard, Diaw and others, Howard has played very strongly this season.

In addition, the Spurs' offensive system is slowly taking shape, and the Spurs' offensive power is really strong.

And this leaves many teams now wondering how to defend the Spurs.

And Nelson provided an idea for defending the Spurs' offense, which is to cut Howard.

Although cutting Howard can provide Howard with a free throw opportunity.

But Howard's free throw percentage is average.

This makes the Spurs' single-round score actually not that high when Howard takes free throws. 1-for-2 in one round is about 1 point, which is acceptable.

Moreover, cutting Howard can also interrupt the Spurs' offensive rhythm, so this is cost-effective no matter how you look at it.

It's just that the Raptors were not very lucky before, and they met Howard when he was right.

But no matter what, the Raptors' defense against the Spurs was indeed quite effective.

Nelson also opened the door to a new century for the entire league.

However, in this game, Howard didn't have such a good touch.

And not only does he not have such a good touch, it is obvious that Howard has not come out of the All-Star game two days ago and was so 'played' by the Eastern All-Stars. Although Howard was smiling on his face, he was sure in his heart It's MMP's.

Howard, who has understood the spirit of the Wolf King, of course wants the world to see his return.

But the more this happens, the more wrong his mentality becomes when it comes to free throws.

In the end, the more things go wrong, the more anxious you become. In the end, it not only affects your own offense, but also affects your teammates' offense, and it also affects your own defense.

You know, although Bynum is definitely not as good as Howard, Bynum is not one of those centers who was blown away by Howard. If Howard's mentality is unbalanced, Bynum can still be entangled.

In short, in this much-anticipated game, the two teams played very ugly.

In the end, the Bobcats defeated the Spurs, who were second in the Western Conference, 95-89 on the road, which can be regarded as blocking the Spurs' trend of rushing to the first place in the Western Conference. This can be regarded as helping Ko.

Speaking of which, this thing is really interesting.

Nash is now competing with Kobe for MVP. It stands to reason that the worse the record of Kobe and the Lakers is, the better it is for Nash. Therefore, Nash and the Raptors should support the Spurs, who are second in the Western Conference.

However, Nelson was thinking about the finals, so he studied the Spurs' invincible offensive state during the game, and finally interrupted the Spurs' invincible offensive state, which indirectly helped Kobe and the Lakers.

However, this is actually understandable. After Popovich established the offensive system of Howard, Diaw, Ron Howard and Arenas in the Spurs, the Spurs' offense was really strong.

When Dwight Howard doesn't encounter the Raptors, he is really invincible one-on-one at the basket. He is simply a lightweight O'Neal.

With Howard as the core, he can play one star and four shots and combine it with Diaw's passing and cutting as the core.

Then, Ron Howard and Arenas, who are "all-around" outside, are super superstars in singles.

According to many experts, the entire Spurs offense is simply O'Neal + Kobe + Jordan.

This is really no joke.

It is indeed quite powerful, so much so that Kobe and the Lakers are also Alexander.

But now, it seems that things have changed. The Spurs' invincible process seems to have been interrupted by Nelson.

What's the saying?

Ginger is still old and hot, and Popovich, the apprentice, was finally tricked by his teacher.

It has to be said that after the Raptors' head coach was changed from D'Antoni to Nelson this season, the entire Raptors has indeed undergone a qualitative change.

Nelson's tactical ability is worthy of his transcendent status in the NBA.

With such strong tactical ability, coupled with the strength of the Raptors, it is not unreasonable for the Raptors to be so optimistic this season.

If Artest hadn't gone to the Lakers, the Raptors would have been the biggest favorite to win the championship.

After beating the Spurs, the Bobcats will continue to visit the Western Conference on February 22 to face the Grizzlies.

Although the game between the Bobcats and the Grizzlies is not a highlight, for Chen Xiao, this game is still quite important.

Because Thursday, February 21st, is the league’s trade deadline.

It is also the deadline for Chen Xiao’s system task of ‘no one can be missing’.

After the time on February 21st passed, the system seemed as if Chen Xiao had completed this task.

Mission: Not one less

Task requirements: After the trade deadline of this season, the average satisfaction of all Bobcats players with the Bobcats cannot be lower than 80 (pleasure). The higher the average satisfaction of these 14 players immediately after the trade deadline, the higher the reward .

Task status: All players have a satisfaction rate of more than 80 for the Bobcats, and the average satisfaction rate is 91, of which Danny Granger, Chris Paul, Zach Randolph are 100 for the Bobcats, and other players are satisfied As follows..., task completion: A+ level.

Mission reward: Reward the host with an A+ level attribute ability card (which can increase a selected ordinary attribute to 95).

Chen Xiao just took a look at the reward for this task. What surprised Chen Xiao about this task was the satisfaction of each player with the Bobcats.

It is not difficult for Chen Xiao to understand that Granger and Xiaopao are very satisfied.

Granger was single-handedly trained by Chen Xiao and Qiao Boss, and he was regarded as a half-disciple. Granger was not favored in the draft, so it can be said that he was single-handedly trained by Chen Xiao and Jordan.

Granger himself is also a very grateful person, so his loyalty to Chen Xiao, Jordan, and the Bobcats is definitely the best of the best.

Granger said his satisfaction with the Bobcats was 100, but that was just 100 at the highest level.

As for Xiaopao, when Xiaopao left, Chen Xiao supported Xiaopao in every way, which directly filled up Xiaopao's feelings for Chen Xiao and Shanmao.

What really surprised Chen Xiao was that Zach Randolph had such deep feelings for the Bobcats.

Logically speaking, after leaving the Bobcats, he failed to successfully enter the All-Stars, so he should be dissatisfied.

In fact, Randolph was really dissatisfied at this time, but this dissatisfaction was not with the Bobcats, but with himself.

After he left the Bobcats, the better the Bobcats performed and the better Chen Xiao performed, the more he blamed himself.

Especially since he failed to achieve his goals after leaving the Bobcats, Randolph blamed himself even more.

He believes that if he could pursue the All-Stars one year later, and if he left the Bobcats one year later, maybe Chen Xiao and the Bobcats would still have a chance this year.

But because of himself, the Bobcats' chances of winning the championship collapsed, and his All-Star road was not achieved. It can be said that he did a very stupid thing with his own selfishness.

After all, when it came to him leaving Shanmao, Chen Xiao and Shanmao really had nothing against him.

Even when he was with the Bobcats, when he was selfishly brushing up data, Chen Xiao and the Bobcats were all kind to him.

Therefore, there is a feeling called distance producing beauty.

When he left Bobcats, Randolph definitely didn't have 100% affection for Bobcats, but now, his feelings for Chen Xiao and Bobcats have gradually reached 100%.

In addition to Chen Xiao, another player who surprised Chen Xiao was Bynum.

This kid only has an 80% affection for the Bobcats.

Among Yi Shui's values ​​above 85, Bynum's 80 is particularly dazzling.

After all, Chen Xiao felt that Bynum had done his best.

When this young player with a problematic head was in the draft, Jordan didn't want to choose it, because the scouts reported that he had a problem with IQ, and what Jordan disliked the most were these insiders with problematic IQ.

But Chen Xiao took a fancy to Bynum's talent and must choose him. He felt that he had a system that could save Bynum's IQ and develop his potential to the fullest.

But in the end, Chen Xiao felt that he should have failed. Some players' problems really cannot be saved by the system.

In the end, it also proved that there is still a gap between his systematic vision and the real "God's Eye" like Jordan.

As a man that the system can't match, Jordan's vision in the draft is really strong.

Judging from Bynum's satisfaction with the Bobcats, Bynum basically has no sense of belonging to the Bobcats.

Maybe his 80% favorable impression of the Bobcats is all out of respect for Chen Xiao.

Besides that, he couldn't find any 'happiness' or 'pleasure' in Bobcat.

Even looking at the downward trend symbol behind Bynum's satisfaction, this kid's satisfaction or favorability towards the Bobcats is still declining.

In other words, this kid is thinking about leaving the Bobcats. Maybe this kid feels that it's not that he is ineffective, but that the Bobcats have begun to hinder his growth.

I have to say that Chen Xiao's guess is quite correct.

Bynum really thinks this way now.

If the Bobcats' boss was not Chen Xiao but Ke, Bynum might have caused trouble by now.

After looking away from Bynum, Chen Xiao took a deep breath.

Chen Xiao looked at the rewarded A+ level attribute ability card.

Chen Xiao thought for a while and gave this attribute card the original attribute flexibility of 90.

Seriously, if I really want to maximize the benefits of this A+ grade card, it would be better to give it to the current 70 layup.

Chen Xiao's ability to finish at the basket in a frontal attack is average. Although he has Xiao Zhan's tank breakthrough, Chen Xiao is not as strong in his ability to lay up, so he does not have as strong a frontal attack ability as Xiao Zhan.

If this card is used for a layup, Chen Xiao's frontal attack ability will increase by several levels.

However, this is not what Chen Xiao urgently needs now.

With Chen Xiao's current offensive capabilities, a frontal attack cannot bring about a qualitative change for Chen Xiao.

Because his mid-range shot is already 100, which is quite impressive. There is really no need to rush into the crowd at critical moments like James or others to get closer to the basket.

Compared with layups, flexibility is what Chen Xiao currently lacks.

Flexibility is now a point that Chen Xiao is targeted by others in the league.

Even if his agility is increased to 95, it is still not as good as Kobe and others. His strength and weight are there, but at least, not everyone can beat his agility, right?

What's more, flexibility also affects the speed attribute. The speed attribute must be above 95, and flexibility is a prerequisite attribute.

Moreover, flexibility also affects his release speed and Joe's back-up skill level.

Therefore, this is a highly relevant attribute that will be upgraded sooner or later, and the sooner, the better.

The day after raising his flexibility to 95, on February 22, Chen Xiao met Randolph again.

This meeting made Randolph very sad.

Because except for Chen Xiao, other Bobcat players were very cold towards him.

He doesn't blame these former teammates, now he only blames himself.

"Chen, now I regret it..."

Looking at the regretful Randolph, Chen Xiao said nothing and just gave him a hug.