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Chapter 175 Hot Cat Wars, Cat Hot Wars

Christmas Day passed, and the Bobcats players' holiday also ended.

In the face of the defending champion, just won the "Finals Game 6" before the Heat, the Bobcats players also have to participate in the restorative training after the holiday.

"Hey, Gerrard, how are you feeling now?" In the locker room, Chen Xiao asked with concern when he saw Henderson, whom he hadn't seen for several days.

"It's not bad. I said before that I would come back against the defending champion. I feel good now. I think I can play normally tonight." Henderson replied with a smile.

While Chen Xiao was chatting with Henderson, other players in the locker room also raised topics of concern to everyone.

"Did you watch the Christmas fight yesterday?" Sessions said while tidying up the cabinets.

"Of course, I just turned on the ABC channel and it hurts my eyes. This year's Christmas game jersey is too ugly, monochrome, players are running around on the pitch like a solid color cloth, too bad. "Biyombo took over the conversation, gesticulating while talking, and he could see his resentment towards the solid-color jersey.

However, he expressed Chen Xiao's aspirations, this year's Christmas jersey is really not good, the game is exciting, but the jersey is very eye-catching.

"Yesterday I was watching ESPN. The commentator said that the Thunder defeated the last No. [-] in the Eastern Conference and will beat the next No. [-] in the Eastern Conference. KD and RUSS will take care of everything." Walker imitated the commentator's tone vividly, and then laughed Breaking Gong, "But in the end, KD and RUSS didn't grasp the opportunity of the last attack."

In the festive atmosphere after Christmas, Mullens, who walked into the locker room with team doctor Matt, brought bad news to everyone.

Mullens, whose left ankle was uncomfortable and swollen after the Nuggets game, was reexamined during Christmas and found that his left ankle was seriously sprained. According to Matt, he may be absent for more than 4 weeks.

"I'm sorry everyone, I can't participate in tonight's game, I will cheer for everyone on the bench." Mullens squeezed a smile on his slightly gloomy face.

Feeling a little sad, Chen Xiao stood up and punched Mullens: "When you come back, Byron, we can't lack your outside firepower."

"Bro, wait for you." Walker, Henderson and other Bobcats players have also boxed with Mullens.

Although, Mullens has not been very good recently, and his current shooting percentage for the whole season is just over 4%, but he is still positive. Chen Xiao is also used to having such a 7-footer as his assistant inside. The Huangyibai twin towers are also a unique landscape of the alliance.

Well now, the blacksmith Muzi has transformed into a cheerleader, he doesn't need to shoot, and he is waving a towel on the bench.

In the subsequent training, Dunlap did not choose Biyombo to put on the main vest, but let Warrick and Chen Xiao play together. It seems that Mullens' replacement is ready to come out.

It’s okay, Warrick doesn’t have a three-pointer, but at least he still has a small mid-range shot, which can open up more space than Biyombo, who can only move around the basket, and facing the Heat compared to the previous ones. The relatively weak insiders of strong enemies do not really need Biyombo's ability to protect the frame at the power forward position in the starting lineup.

Chris Bosh served as the center for the Heat. The power forward Haslem has no offensive achievements. After all, the current Haslem and the A card that Chen Xiao drew before Haslem have the same name. The court performance has been different.

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Evening, Charlotte.

Spectrum Center Arena.

The Bobcats soldiers who set foot on the west coast for an away game finally returned to their hometown after 11 days. The Bobcats fans whose demand for watching the game has been suppressed for a long time blocked the main road near the Spectrum Center Arena.

It is conservatively estimated that at least [-] fans will pour into the arena today, most of them are local fans of the Bobcats, and a small part of them are Heat fans who came from not far from Florida.

After all, this contest between the Bobcats and the Heat determines whether the top spot in the East will be exchanged again. Could it be that the Bobcats have finished sitting with the Heat, and the Heat have not yet finished sitting and then handed it back to Charlotte.

目前山猫19胜8负，热火在拿下雷霆后战绩为19胜6负，两队只差“1”的胜场差，只要山猫能赢下这场比赛，那么20胜8负的山猫就能凭借对战优势将东部第一的桂冠从19胜7负的热火头上抢回来。

As for the Knicks who also had a chance before the Christmas game?After losing to the Lakers, they are now only 19 wins and 9 losses, and now they can only honestly sit third in the Eastern Conference.

The focus of the Bobcats Heat is by no means inferior to yesterday's Christmas game, which has attracted the attention of the entire league.

TNT, which was broadcasting the live broadcast, even warmed up before the game with the headline "Eastern New King vs. Eastern King". It also matched a picture of LeBron James wearing a crown and sitting on the Iron Throne, while Chen who was below A picture of Xiao Xiao holding a knife and about to stab him.

For this focus battle, TNT naturally sent its commentary team to conduct the whole live broadcast.

The pre-match link is naturally unpredictable, "Let's keep it simple, Miami or Charlotte, Kenny, starting with you." The host Ernie asked bluntly.

Kenny Smith hesitated for a moment, showing a slightly embarrassed smile: "Em, I would say Miami Heat, the defending champion, LeBron James, D Wade, Chris Bosh, you will want to support these names They." After speaking, Kenny looked at Barkley beside him.

"Kenny is right. The Heat have the Big Three, but the Bobcats with Chen Xiao will have the advantage of inside and rebounding. This will be a fierce game. My answer is that the Bobcats will return to No. [-] in the Eastern Conference." Barker Li replied in a calm tone. Obviously, even Fei Zhu, who was a fan of Shanmao and Chen Xiao, was not very firm in thinking that Shanmao could win.

The Shark, who was about to move, decisively reported his choice: "Heat, the Miami Heat just won the Thunder at home, and didn't you watch the performance of the Bobcats against the Thunder? I admit that the Bobcats are a playoff team. Might be in the top half, but they can't compete with title contenders yet."

"Alright, 2:1, except for Charles, Shaq and Kenny all support the Heat." Ernie scanned the three partners, then picked up the data in his hand and began to broadcast some pre-game information, "Now let's see Look at the lineup information of the two teams today.

Gerald Henderson returned to the Bobcats, but Ben Gordon was still injured, and the original starting power forward Byron Mullens also showed an injury. Allen is out with a shoulder injury. "

"Okay, the starting lineups of the two teams have been released. The home team Bobcats replaced Mullens with Hakeem Warrick as the starting power forward. The starting lineup is specifically, point guard Walker, shooting guard Henderson, small forward Middle Dayton, power forward Warrick, center Chen Xiao.

The Heat here is still their usual starting lineup, point guard Chalmers, shooting guard Wade, small forward James, power forward Haslem, center Bosh. "

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"The media said that the Heat have LBJ, DW, Bosh, they are the defending champions, and we have lost 8 consecutive games against them.

But that's all in the past, now we're second in the East, and as long as we win this head-to-head, we'll be back where we were before.

I have me inside, and I will take Bosh inside, as long as we can make that damn mid-range and three-pointers from the outside, we can definitely win the Heat.

They just finished a long and intense game yesterday, staying energetic, staying aggressive, and persisting until the end, our advantage will be with us. "

After mobilization before the game, the game is about to officially start.

At 7:8, the Bobcats Heat's starting 10 players were already standing on the field.

Taking a condescending look at Bosh in front of him, Chen Xiao only felt that Bosh's nickname was well-deserved. The long-necked dragon, this long neck does not count the length of the neck, only the shoulder height. From Chen Xiao's visual inspection, Bosh's shoulder height may not be higher than How much taller is James who has just entered the league and is 6 feet 8 inches 2 meters 03 tall.

At this time, the referee also came to serve.The referee is No. 33 Sean Carbin.

The ball flew into the air, and Chen Xiao, who was probably 15 centimeters taller than Bosh in effective height, successfully took the opening ball.

Walker took the ball to face Chalmers and walked slowly across the half. Since Warrick hadn't matched the starting lineup for a long time, Walker raised his hand to command the next position.

Chen Xiao, who entered the inside line, pushed Bosh to the low position on the left without hesitation. At first, Bosh tried to push Chen Xiao outside, but the old tree was rooted, and Chen Xiao, who bent his hips and pushed him up, suddenly let Bosh Be honest.

Bosh, who was hit on the chest and abdomen by Chen Xiao's close-to-body hit during the wrestling, felt as if he was hit by a wave in the sea and unconsciously shrank behind Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao, who normally managed to get to the position with just one effort, understood that the strength of the two was not at the same level. It was rare to encounter a defender who was far inferior to him in confrontation, and his weight was obviously inferior to his own. Chen Xiao, who started to get excited, immediately opened his hands for the ball.

Shxt, Chen Xiao, who opened his hands eagerly, looked at Middleton who was holding the ball from beyond the three-point line on the same side, hesitantly digging and searching, and couldn't help shouting "Chris, the ball!".

Only then did Middleton pass the ball.

What's the matter, facing James so much pressure?Chen Xiao slandered.

But the ball passed smoothly has already been taken, Chen Xiao straightened his back slightly, his head turned left and right like a radar.

Chen Xiao started to play the ball after receiving the silence signal from half of the court cleared.

The left back shoulder aimed at Bosh's thin and narrow torso, and exerted force with a "snap". There was a crisp sound in Chen Xiao's ear, the sound of the collision of muscles and bones, but it was too late to distract him. The body has already exerted strength and stepped into the paint area one step at a time.

Squeezing out such ample space with a single back hit, Chen Xiao didn't waste Bosh's good intentions, took advantage of the momentum and turned the ball into the bottom of the basket, ignoring the squeezed Bosh's stretched hands, grabbed the ball with his left hand, and slightly bent his knees Leap up, briefly touch the rim with the left hand and put the ball in the hoop.

Bobcats 2:0 Heat, opened the scoring first.

"Easy, Easy, Chen~~~~" the on-site commentator Knight dragged his voice and shouted.

He knew Chen Xiao well. Chen Xiao, who had finished the goal and turned back to defend, also felt that the ball was an Easy Ball.

"Oh, No, this ball is a disaster. How can you let a burglar take away your basket so easily?" Barkley, who supported the Bobcats, shouted exaggeratedly with a look of disgust.

People who don't know think that the Heat supported by Barkley are so frustrated and shocked after losing 2 points for the Heat.

At this time, Bosh, who was still under the basket, slightly dodged the eyes of his teammates, bent down to pick up the ball, and took two steps to the bottom line to serve.

Although the teammates should not be harsh on themselves just because of one goal, but the goal was lost too easily, and Bosh himself felt as if the whole audience was looking at him with mocking eyes.

"Mine, I didn't pay attention." Bosh raised his head and looked at his friend Wade, and unconsciously explained.

Wade returned a trusting look.

Chalmers took the ball to the Bobcats half and passed the ball to James, who came out from the right wing to respond. James played without a choice and distributed the ball to the top of the arc.

But the Bobcats' defense was like that at least in the opening game. It can't be said that everything was perfect, but they still stood in front of the defenders in general.

The Heat made a pass from the outside, turned around, and finally returned the ball to James in the old position.

Chen Xiao, who was standing in a low position with Bosh on the other side, watched James throw the ball behind his head, and immediately chose to break through the baseline.

Middleton was not completely thrown away, and while pulling and pulling with his hands, he chased James.

Seeing that James just broke through and didn't start, it seemed that he didn't go directly to the basket. Chen Xiao didn't completely leave Bosh to defend, and went to the basket to block James' possible reverse layup position.

Sure enough, after James dribbled the ball to the basket, he threw the ball straight to Wade in the bottom corner, and ran sideways to the inside.

Wade, who received the ball, faltered, looking as if he was about to shoot a three-pointer directly. As soon as the toes of the deceived Henderson left the ground, Wade quickly retracted the raised ball and made a breakthrough with the ball.

At this time, Chen Xiao, who was still standing on the sideline of the paint, became the first line of defense.

Chen Xiao, who was neither advancing nor retreating properly, simply stopped advancing or retreating, and stood still with his hands and feet raised.

Wade just put down the ball and dribbled for a step. After passing Henderson, he saw a river dam appearing in front of him. It must be impossible to force the ball. What about passing?In the upward vision, the offensive time is exuding a dazzling red light towards the end.

Chen Xiao saw Wade throwing the ball with his right hand not far in front of him. After the interference was over, Chen Xiao turned around and protected the basketball that hit the front basket lightly.

Walker steadily brought the ball to the frontcourt.

Chen Xiao, who had an easy inside attack last time, naturally wanted to make persistent efforts and continue to play inside.

After Walker and Middleton exchanged positions this time, he hoisted the ball to the low post by himself.

Chen Xiao, who completely covered Bosh with his generous back, stretched out his long arms to take the ball steadily. This time, Chen Xiao did not wait for Walker to take Chalmers away.

The moment Chen Xiao received the ball, he felt that the Heat's defensive formation had shrunk significantly, as if a net was continuously tightening to try to catch himself holding the ball.

Therefore, while catching the ball, Chen Xiao mobilized his body and footsteps. When his right hand touched the ball, he opened his big hand to wrap it around the ball for an instant, then stepped in with his back foot towards Bosh's side near the baseline, and quickly turned around to release the ball, like a drum washing machine Similarly, Bosh, who was close to defense, was left behind, and he easily raised his hand for a layup to complete the finish.

Bosh, who was continuously beaten by strength, back-up technique, and turning speed, was a little confused. Hearing the faint sound of the basketball bouncing and falling on the floor amidst the enthusiastic hustle and bustle of the Bobcats fans, he could only feel this Chen Xiao is a bit outrageous, is this the ability to average 28 points per game?

"Chris, focus, give me and LeBron some time to defend." Wade patted Bosh on the shoulder and said calmly, "Let's use offense to overtake the score."

Yes, it's really impossible to prevent, we also have ferocious firepower, some frustrated Bosh reacted, regained confidence and sent the ball directly to Wade.

Back in the backcourt, Chen Xiao found that Bosh had also remembered his advantage, and went directly to the left corner, standing one step inward from the three-point line.

Bosh did not stand blindly. Chen Xiao, who had done his homework before the game, glanced at where Bosh was standing, and the relevant projection data immediately appeared in his mind.

So far this season, Bosh has made less than 1% of his three-pointers, but he only made one shot in a game. However, from the three-point line, he made a long two-pointer 16 feet away from the basket. The rate soared directly to 5%, which is extremely efficient. At the same time, he averaged more than 2 shots per game, and averaged at least 4 points per game through two long points. It can be said that the efficiency is not low.

Well, Bosh took the three-point line as a free throw line, bent over and kneeled, put his hands on his knees, and took a break within 2 minutes of the opening.

Then Chen Xiao could only accompany him, moving up from the key area where he was standing, keeping a distance of two arms from Bosh.

In a corner of the huge stadium, Chen Xiao and Bosh reached a tacit agreement of silence.

But with Wade standing still on the left wing, waving for Bosh to come out and catch the ball, the fragile contract was broken.

Bosh came out of the bottom corner and received Wade's pass at 45 degrees outside the three-point line. This time he was really drawn to the three-point line. Chen Xiao had to take two more steps and opened his hands to make a defensive posture.

In Chen Xiao's mind at this moment, Bosh's threat level is not the fatal red, but also the blue that retains the threat. 3% of the three-pointers are just inaccurate, not non-existent.

Bosh got the ball, lifted it up, and observed the situation. His eyes lit up. In the starting lineup, Chalmers, who was said to be a point guard but actually a shooter, took advantage of Haslem's off-ball screen to get out of the open space.

"Swish" the ball arrived, and Chalmers, who was the most accurate three-pointer in the starting lineup, lived up to Bosh's trust. His first three-pointer fell into the basket with a beautiful arc.

Bosh, who was beaten by Chen Xiao in succession, finally got his first stat of the game, an assist.

This, let's not talk about martial arts, we agreed to do a squat together, squatting at the bottom corner, now you come out to play with the organization, right?

Bosh, who used assists to get his teammates back to the field, was still a three-pointer, and felt a lot more comfortable, and his footsteps were brisk for two points on the way back to defense.

"That's right. The Heat need to pull Chen Xiao out. It's not just for Chris to assist teammates. It’s an easy score.” O’Neal, who couldn’t wait to speak after seeing the Heat’s success, offered suggestions for the Heat in a low tone.

(End of this chapter)