I’m Really Playing Basketball - Chapter 885

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The results of the first round of the playoffs are released, and during the second round, various NBA awards will be issued one after another.

Before the second round started, Chen Xiao received a call from James.

The call wasn’t about this year’s NBA awards and whether he’d make it to the next stretch.

Mainly, James told him the good news and killed Westbrook in the playoffs, the man who troubled him in the All-Star game this year.

I have to say that the little Zhan in this time and space has a much smaller mind.

In history, James likes to pretend to be generous, and he doesn’t say anything about hatred. He rarely expresses negative emotions in interpersonal relationships in the media or outside.

But in fact, James is not such a generous person, let alone, his winning and losing in history are two completely different appearances.

But in this time and space, James would never express his magnanimity like a saint outside. If there is grievance and revenge, he will repay his kindness if he has revenge.

This is actually understandable. It is difficult for James in historical time and space not to wear shackles. Before he entered the NBA, the hook gave him an endorsement contract of hundreds of millions. What kind of pressure is this? Can he express his emotions indiscriminately?

Even Durant, in the first ten years, wasn’t he a schoolbag?

After arriving at the Warriors, he completely destroyed his image and completely let go.

The same is true for James. Because of various pressures, he has to maintain his image outside, but he is uncomfortable. Sometimes he will reveal his own nature from time to time, so it will let NBA fans in history watch James’s image. Tear and say he is Yue Buqun, a hypocrite.

In this time and space, James and Chen Xiao invest in FB and No. 1 Sports. Chen Xiao is the richest man in the world, and he is the second richest man in the world.

So rich, but there is no group in the NBA, one person, one city, two championships, all personal honors are full, and a god-level player is famous.

Such a character naturally does not need to flatter anyone, nor does he need to hold back.

Therefore, after James met Westbrook in the playoffs and defeated Westbrook in the way of Westbrook, after the G6 game, he took revenge on the spot, ran in front of Westbrook, and celebrated with Westbrook arrogantly. way, and after G6 hit the three-point lore against Westbrook, he also pointed to the position where he was wearing the watch on his hand, as if saying in front of Westbrook, boy, the time is up, I will personally execute you. , send you to see God.

I have to say that James’s move is indeed quite a collapse of the mentality.

Westbrook was directly crushed by James.

At the press conference after the game, in the face of reporters asking questions about him and James, Westbrook frantically said, “Next!”

In the end, Westbrook left the post-match press conference with a livid face.

After all, James has issues with Westbrook, and Westbrook has issues with James.

James wants to play B in front of Westbrook in the playoffs, and Westbrook naturally wants to.

Let’s just put it this way, in this series, Westbrook’s shooting percentage is only 39%, and his performance in other aspects is really good.

The four one-on-one matchups with James, 2 to 2, and even the last game forced James to a lore. Although the Knicks are stronger than the Cavaliers without Oden, they can do this. To be able to play like this with James, this is already very good.

If James fails to make a lore in this game, in the final G7, the Cavaliers will definitely let Oden come back. At that time, even if Westbrook loses, he can mock James.

It can only be said that it is really only one step away, and the final winner is Westbrook.

On May 2, 2022, the second round of the playoffs between the Warriors and the Jazz will begin in Golden State.

The pair of Jazz and Warriors are actually old rivals in recent years.

Although the Jazz team’s strength has indeed declined compared with previous years after Yi Jianlian and others left, and they have not even held the No. 1 position in the Northwest Division this season, it is clear that with Gobert and Mitchell as the core The team built can still be done in terms of hard power.

One inside and one outside, one defense and one offense, so any team is not that easy to play against the Jazz, especially like the Lakers, who have been disgusted by the Jazz for several years.

Of course, every time the Jazz encounter the Warriors, they are very embarrassed.

Because of Morant’s speed, Mitchell couldn’t stop it. Because Gobert faced Chen Xiao and pulled out, the Jazz were maddened by Morant. If he didn’t pull out, let others fill in, it was the other Warriors. The three-pointer shot wildly outside.

After all, if you don’t pull it out, everyone on the Warriors can pull out and shoot. When there are people in front of Chen Xiao, one of them will always be empty. Chen Xiao’s passing ability is very strong, and he can always find an empty spot at the first time. The Warriors’ players are accurate in their shots, which is really impossible to defend against.

As a result, Gobert and the Jazz face a very dilemma.

Even though Chen Xiao’s athletic ability has declined now, and Gobert’s ability to single-point on the outside is not that strong, but as a space-oriented center full of passing and organization points, Chen Xiao’s tactics can still make the Jazz team system. of death.

If the Jazz have the ability of the Lakers Siakam, Leonard, Lowe and Paul George to rotate madly on the defensive end, they can play four defenses on the outside and prevent Jokic from pulling out, but obviously, the Jazz The other four players on the team do not have this ability.

Therefore, every time the Jazz meet the Warriors, it is very miserable.

Some experts say that the Warriors have a hundred ways to engage the Jazz, which is definitely not such an exaggeration.

The Jazz, a tough-guy team in front of other teams, are indeed miserable in front of the Warriors and Chen Xiao.

On the evening of May 2, at the God of Basketball Stadium in Golden State, the fans of the Warriors had already packed the entire stadium.

At the same time, the starters of both teams on the field have all been in place on the field.

On the Jazz side, the five starters tonight are center Gobert, power forward Bogdanovic, small forward Gordon Hayward, shooting guard Mitchell, and point guard Conley.

Compared with the previous Jazz led by the United Arab Emirates, this Jazz has some changes.

After the UAE left, the Jazz brought in former Cavaliers champion point guard Mike Conley.

This is an obvious distrust of Mitchell and Gobert’s ability to sort out the team’s offense.

In fact, both Gobert and Mitchell really disagreed.

Gobert even publicly complained in the media that in the Jazz, his idol Yi Jianlian is heaven, he is the number one in the world, and no one else deserves to be compared with him.

As an international player who has beaten the U.S. team in FIBA ​​games, Gobert is very disdainful of the U.S. star players of the Jazz, especially Mitchell, who has been undercover for the U.S. team.

He even satirized Mitchell saying that if he was given so many shots, he would have gotten so many points.

In this case, the Jazz did not explode in place after the UAE retired. It was really thanks to the management of the Jazz that they were decisive enough. After the UAE retired, they still let the UAE manage Chen Xiao basketball. In his spare time at the university, he is simply the chairman of the team.

Yes, the president of the Jazz has always had the habit of taking a part-time job.

For example, Dennis Haslem, who served as Jazz president since 1997, ran off on his own to pursue other interests after a decade as Jazz president.

In the NBA, the responsibilities of the chairman, general manager, or owner are not so clear.

For example, if Pat Raily is the general manager, then the general manager of the Heat is the boss, and if Pat Rai is the chairman, then the chairman is the boss of the Heat.

Well, just like Li Dakang on a TV series, who is the boss of a place depends on what Li Dakang is in charge.

But generally speaking, in the NBA, the chairman is the mascot, the general manager is the executor, and the boss is the one who decides.

Therefore, the United Arab continued to serve as the mascot of the Jazz as the chairman who cares about everything, just to balance the contradictions in all aspects.

As long as Gobert sees that the UAE is still on the team, he will not dare to mess around.

Of course, this contradiction can only be suppressed temporarily. In fact, historically, after Mitchell this season, the Jazz should want to trade him.

In this time and space, as the person who defeated the US team and the former younger brother of the basketball god, Gobert’s current status is much stronger than in history.

Generally speaking, Mitchell is hard to match with him.

Going back to this game, the Warriors’ starter for this game, after the crazy debugging of the game with the Clippers, returned to the Warriors’ regular starter once again.

Center Chen Xiao, power forward Marvin Bagley, small forward Wiggins, shooting guard Herbert Jones, and point guard Morant.

By the way, the rookie Herbert Jones, his playoff stats with the Clippers can focus on boasting.

In the four games with the Clippers, Herbert Jones, who was mainly trained, started three games, played 36 minutes per game, and scored 11 points per game, including 48% shooting from the field and 42% from three-pointers. Let’s not look at the total number of points. After all, he is a role player and has no main attacking tactics.

But the total score is still a little more than the regular season. At the same time, the more important thing is the shooting rate, which is even better than the regular season, especially the three-point shooting rate, which is 5 percentage points higher than the regular season.

Generally speaking, as a rookie, you need to get used to it in the playoffs, and you may play very poorly.

But Herbert Jones’s model, which became stronger as soon as the playoffs lasted, reminded Chen Xiao of Granger, who he took with the Bobcats back then.

Granger was mainly cultivated when the role players played in the playoffs. In the end, he also grew into a generation of superstars.

Of course, so did Leonard.

Therefore, Herbert Jones, known as the most defensive rookie perimeter in NBA history in the regular season, is actually the target of Granger and Leonard.

And in the playoffs, his performance did not put the titles he played in the regular season to shame.

It is precisely because of this that the Warriors chose to continue to give Herbert Jones the heavy responsibility.

If Herbert Jones doesn’t play well against the Clippers in the first round, the Warriors will consider starting Alexander or Michael Porter Jr.

After all, this year’s Warriors may really be the last window to win the championship.

Because after the end of this season, Wiggins, Michael Porter Jr., and Alexander will all face contract extensions.

Wiggins and Alexander, there will definitely be team max salary to dig.

Even Michael Porter Jr. may be poached for a max salary.

Will the Warriors be able to maintain this lineup by then?

By the way, every year, Morant enters the renewal period.

Of course, this year, the three core players of the Warriors are facing the problem of contract renewal. This is a bad thing, but it is also a good thing, because Wiggins, Alexander and Michael Porter Jr. have all played very well.

For example, Michael Porter Jr. shot 54% and 45% of his three-pointers in the regular season this year. In the playoffs, he still shot 50% and 40% from the field. And not only high efficiency, but also high output.

Maybe after these players get big contracts, some of them will fall off a cliff (Wiggins has this record, and after getting big contracts, he will stay healthy and wait for the next contract year to work hard).

But at least in the Warriors’ final year, these three really fought.

And this is also the reason why the Warriors have such a big lineup defect this season, and the inside defense has collapsed because of the existence of Chen Xiao, so they can still be so strong.

Let’s just put it this way, if these people hadn’t been able to shoot such a terrifying hit rate, how could Chen Xiao have the space now.

Let’s just put it this way, Chen Xiao is really strong now, but as long as Siakam, Leonard, Lowe or Paul George are placed in front of Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao has no teammates. Help, it’s hard to get the offense out in the game.

Now Chen Xiao, who has no ability to get rid of it, said that he is good at defense, but in fact he is also very defensive.

Chen Xiao was able to beat James Harden to win the scoring title this season, thanks to his teammates who were so accurate this season.

And this round and the second round of the Jazz playoffs, the performance is particularly obvious.

Because Gobert was pulled out in the first game, and after he was pulled out, the Jazz team with an empty inside line was smashed into a sieve by Morant. Morant scored 42 points in this game.

In the second game, the Jazz did not dare to let Gobert out to stop Chen Xiao.

Then, the Jazz perimeter players who played four to five outside were mobilized by Chen Xiao and his teammates and vomited. In this game, the Warriors made 21 three-pointers, of which Chen Xiao made a single one. 7, a super triple-double of 40 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists.

After the two games, the Jazz lost 18 points in the first game and 15 points in the second game. This appearance has already made the Jazz show a defeat.

In the end, the Jazz, who were in a dilemma, were eventually swept out by the Warriors.

At the same time, the Warriors also became the first team in the second round and the only team to swept the promotion 4-0.

The Lakers beat the Mavericks.

Heat beat Cavaliers.

Bucks beat Wizards.

There were no sweeps.

At the same time, on the day the Warriors swept the Jazz to advance, the NBA officially announced last season’s regular season MVP, and Chen Xiao was crowned the sixth regular season MVP of his career!

Not so important the number of regular season MVPs, Chen Xiao also surpassed Jordan and tied for the first in NBA history!