I’m Really Playing Basketball

On April 22, 2009, the Charlotte Bobcats, who narrowly defeated the Cavaliers in the first game, went on to face the fifth-place Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference at Charlotte Bobcats Stadium at home.

Many people say that the outcome of this series between the Cavaliers and Bobcats is meaningless, but for both parties in this series, neither the Cavaliers nor the Bobcats have any intention of giving up this series.

Whether it makes sense to play for the Heat is not what others say, but what you say.

Even if you are bound to lose, you still need to charge like a warrior, so that you can truly become a hero.

And Chen Xiao and Xin Xiaozhan, who was trained by him, can definitely be called heroes.

Therefore, the audience who thought that the first game between the two sides was very intense, and it was impossible to be more intense, were stunned by the second game between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers.

In G2 between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, the Bobcats want to win and hope to end this round of series preparations and the Heat game as soon as possible.

The Cavaliers are also eager to win. They hope that they can stand in front of the Heat.

Especially after the G1 between the two sides, the Cavaliers discovered that they were not as completely powerless against the Bobcats as before.

After Oden grew up, the Cavaliers had a huge advantage facing the Bobcats, who had always had problems with inside strength.

In the last game, Jordan used Lopez Jr. to successfully change his lineup in the second half. This was entirely due to the lack of adaptability of Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown.

If it were Popovich or Pat Riley, Jordan would pin his hopes of defending Oden on a young player like Lopez Jr. who was playing in the playoffs for the first time. Popovich or Pat Riley, etc. A mature head coach will definitely make Jordan pay the price.

Although the bread contest did not cost Jordan at the time, the Cavaliers felt tremendous pressure as soon as G2 came up.

In G2 between the Bobcats and Cavaliers, Jordan started Lopez Jr.

Now Lopez doesn't have any offensive ability.

When your center does not have any offensive ability, it will become very simple as long as the opponent's defense is resolute.

For any team, the pick-and-roll of outsiders and centers is a very important tactic.

But because this player is Lopez Jr., the Bobcats' pick-and-rolls on the perimeter and center are almost completely useless.

If anyone from the Bobcats seeks a pick-and-roll cover with Lopez on the court, the Cavaliers will resolutely attack him.

With Lopez's poor offensive ability, logically speaking, the Bobcats should give up letting Lopez go out to seek cooperation with his teammates.

However, Jordan and the Bobcats cannot do this. Even if they know that Lopez's offense is very bad, they still try to pull Lopez out.

This is not for anything else, it is entirely to pull Oden out of the basket.

As a player who ranks second in blocks this season, second only to Howard, with an average of 3.4 blocks per game, Oden's assist defense is very good.

It's impossible for the Bobcats to push the offensive line inside without pulling Oden out.

And this is very embarrassing.

Let's not talk about the rounds that didn't pull Oden out.

Even if Oden was really pulled out, Oden didn't care about Lopez at all, nor did he switch defenses, but directly flanked the Bobcats' ball-carrying player.

With Oden's height and wingspan coupled with his athleticism and mobility, this flanking attack would be overwhelming.

Chen Xiao's passing and vision are the best in the Bobcats. He can hit the ball to the unguarded Lopez in the middle of Oden and James.

But what about once the ball is in his hands?

The big center of the Bobcats doesn't have that strong athletic ability, more importantly, he doesn't have the ability to hold the ball and advance, and more importantly, he basically doesn't have the ability to organize the ball and find teammates. When he receives the ball, he will understand When it comes time to attack, the Cavaliers' defense is in order again.

This is quite disappointing.

When Lopez tried to cooperate with Chen Xiao, even if Oden defended him, the Bobcats couldn't catch the chance.

While Lopez and other Bobcat players cooperated, Oden didn't come out at all, and the Bobcat players still had no way to attack inside.

Although the starting players of the Bobcats can shoot except for Jr. Lopez, but unless it is players like Chen Xiao, Jordan, Durant, Ray Allen, and Kobe, if you can shoot outside, the shooting percentage will not be high. Stronger than inside.

It can be said that in the G2 game between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers completely blocked the Bobcats' inside scoring as soon as they came up.

The Bobcats' offense was out there all game long.

But the Cavaliers are a combination of inside and outside.

Although the Bobcats' positional singles have stronger personal abilities, this kind of individual singles that float outside is naturally less efficient than the Cavaliers' singles that combine internal and external.

After all, it is always true that the closer you are to the backboard, the easier it is to score.

Therefore, after putting Lopez Jr. in the starting lineup in this game, the Bobcats' starting disadvantage became even more obvious.

I have to say that Coach Bread has problems everywhere, but his ability to formulate defense is really strong.

With Lopez Jr. playing the starter, coach Bread used his defensive design to fragment the Bobcats' offense, and Jordan on the sidelines went crazy.

The disadvantage of being a starter is too great!

Even after Lopez came on the bench, the Bobcats' rotation advantage became even greater, and the Bobcats were unable to use the advantage of rotation to make up for the disadvantage of being on the bench.

I have to say that it is very reasonable to say that the one who wins the basket wins the world.

The final score of this game was 92 to 98. The Bobcats lost the G2 game against the Cavaliers at home.

Both teams struggled offensively in this game.

The Bobcats' offense is difficult to play because head coach Baker completely strangled the Bobcats' offense.

The Cavaliers' offensive performance was not good, mainly because Xiao Zhan met Chen Xiao, and it was difficult to perform well offensively. In this game, Oden put a lot of energy on defense and supporting his teammates, and his own offense was not good. Open.

Therefore, the Bobcats' shooting percentage in this game was only 38%, while the Cavaliers' shooting percentage was 42%, which is not high.

Chen Xiao, who performed very well in the last game, made 8 of 24 in this game, 5 of 15 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 25 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

It can be seen from Chen Xiao's data that Chen Xiao is the one forced most outside by the Cavaliers.

When other Bobcats players attack, the Cavaliers have no other targeted arrangements except pushing them outside.

But for Chen Xiao, there are more targeted arrangements for this game.

Basically, as long as Chen Xiao enters the three-point line, in addition to Xiao Zhan's single defense, the help defense will come immediately.

In the end, Chen Xiao was forced to continue to expand his attack.

And because he is protected by his teammates behind him, Xiao Zhan is not afraid of being penetrated by Chen Xiao from behind. The defensive intensity against Chen Xiao in this game is also very strong.

This caused Chen Xiao to take a large number of extremely difficult shots in this game.

With Chen Xiao's average touch in this game, it's not a shame to be able to play with such efficiency when faced with James' single defense and Oden's assist defense.

On the other side, Xiao Zhan deliberately limited his desire to attack in this game. He only took 12 shots in the game, 5 of 12, 5 of 6 free throws, 0 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 15 points and 10 rebounds. 8 assists.

The one who scored the most points in this game was still Oden.

Because this game focused more on defense and supporting teammates, Oden only took 14 shots in this game, 7 of 14. He didn't take many shots, and he didn't make many hits, but he scored a lot. That was of course because of the many free throws.

In the fourth quarter of this game, after Lopez Jr. was sent off, it became Oden's rush and free throw performance.

After Lopez went down, the Bobcats center, whether it was Lopez, DeAndre Jordan or Roy Hibbert, couldn't steal Oden. Oden took 9 shots in a single quarter and only hit 3. , but grabbed 5 offensive rebounds, made 14 free throws in a single quarter, and made 10 of them.

In this quarter, the Bobcats committed 16 fouls in a single quarter.

Well, you read that right. It was indeed 16 fouls in a single quarter. Although these 16 fouls were actively committed by the Bobcats, more were passively committed by the Cavaliers after seizing the second offense, especially the fouls. Auden.

In this game, Oden made 18 free throws and hit 12 of them, scoring a game-high 28 points.

Throughout the game, the Cavaliers made 46 free throws, 30 more than the Bobcats, including 28 free throws in the fourth quarter.

You know, this is the home court of the Bobcats.

It can be seen how huge the Bobcats' inside disadvantage is in this game.

It can be said that the fourth quarter of this game is the epitome of the Bobcats in this game, and it is also the quarter where the Bobcats collapsed.

The Bobcats only lost by 6 points in this game, and that was really thanks to Chen Xiao's excellent defense against Xiao Zhan.

In G2 between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, the Bobcats' inside line was completely destroyed by Oden alone. The whole world saw the weakness of the Bobcats' inside line after Bynum left.

Many people say that the Bobcats and Jordan made a huge profit from Bynum's deal. Bynum was exchanged for 7 first-round picks. Isn't this a huge profit?

But after the playoffs started, when everyone saw the Bobcats' four rookie centers trembling under Oden's ferocity, they had different thoughts.

Bynum's departure may bring many, many things to the Bobcats in the future.

But for now, Bynum's departure means that the Bobcats have completely lost their strength inside.

In the current Eastern Conference, many powerful players have a very powerful center.

Yao Ming of the Heat, Milicic of the Raptors, Oden of the Cavaliers, Howard of the Magic, Big Z of the Bulls and so on.

Maybe when the Bobcats meet these teams, it may be worse than when they meet the Cavaliers.

In G2 between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, this inside-collapse defeat not only brought discomfort to the Bobcats, but also made Jordan completely give up on the idea of ​​letting the four young centers he selected shine this season. .

In this season's playoffs, the Bobcats can't believe that their center can stand up to other opponents.

Therefore, we can only find another way, and we can only use the five small tactics of the Bobcats to suppress the bottom of the box!

The Bobcats' five-little tactic only appeared once when they beat the Bucks, and it has been cherished by the Bobcats ever since. In the first round of G3 game with the Cavaliers, the Bobcats' five-little tactic appeared again. In front of everyone.

On April 25, 2009, the Cleveland Cavaliers' Gund Arena.

Because the Cavaliers were not sold to the bloody owner who loaned money like they did historically, Gund Arena was not renamed ‘Quicken Loans Arena’

Although the names of NBA arenas have little connotation, if you want to say which arena has the lowest name in history, it is definitely the Cavaliers' Quicken Loans Arena. Quicken Loans means quick loans. This name is simply obvious. Ruojie.

Of course, now that Xiao Zhan's wife bought the team from Boss Gund, she is also preparing to change the name of the team's arena.

According to Chen Xiao’s understanding, Xiao Zhan’s wife Savannah is now hesitating whether to change the Gund Arena to the ‘King James Arena’ or the ‘K.G Center’.

Savannah's first choice is of course King James Arena, but her husband James' achievements in Cleveland are not enough to claim this honor alone.

If I really want to change the name to this, I'm afraid it won't be displeasing to those Chen Xiao fans in Cleveland, but it will also be bad for Xiao Zhan's reputation.

The K.G Center, which is the abbreviation of the King-James \u0026 God-Chen Center, can be said to be a name that all Cleveland fans support.

Xiao Zhan is willing to change his name to this, but as the boss, Savannah always feels a little reluctant. By the way, Chen Xiao and Savannah have no problem with their relationship, and they are also friends.

But which woman doesn’t think her husband is unique?

This is of course understandable.

Therefore, the name of the Cavaliers' home court is still up in the air.

Savannah just hopes that her husband can get some more serious honors on his own and change his name.

However, from the current point of view, it seems that we will have to wait.

So Savannah has decided that next season the Cavaliers will change its name to the K.G Center, which is the King James \u0026 God Chen Center Arena.

As for the King James Arena that ranks No. 1 in her mind, wait until her husband achieves a unique achievement with the Cavaliers before changing the name back.

Although it is said that the renaming of the Cavaliers' home court will not be until next season, the statues of Chen Xiao and James are already standing opposite each other outside Gund Arena, the home of the Cavaliers.

It can be seen that the preparations for the name change of Gund Arena have been completed and the official name change is awaiting.

So when he came to Gund Arena this time, Chen Xiao found that the arena was full of traces of his struggle in this arena.

This makes Chen Xiao very heart-warming, and she misses these traces he left very much.

And just when Chen Xiao missed everything in the Gund Arena.

Yao Ming, Wade, the Heat and other NBA players were in front of the TV, and the team was busy watching the starting lineup of the game between the Cavaliers and Bobcats.

The Cavaliers' starters, Oden, Scola, James, Korver, Conley.

The Bobcats' starting lineup includes Chen Xiao, Battier, Granger, Roy, and Rose.

Many people are looking forward to it at this time.

In this game, the Bobcats, who were pushed into a desperate situation by the Cavaliers, finally defeated the Cavaliers with a score of 121 to 109 on the road. Those in front of the TV who were looking forward to the five Bobcats were not disappointed.

"The fifth member of the Bobcats finally appears again!"

"And it's still so strong!"