NBA: Start with a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar template card

Chapter 196

After losing to San Antonio, the Bobcats continue their second trip to Texas.

In the last battle against Mosaic, almost everyone on the Bobcats side from No. 2 to No. 5 had 3 or 4 fouls, and their hands were tied.

This time when we came to Toyota Center, Mosaic's home court, the situation was not as close as the previous game. Instead, the Bobcats' bench player Sessions scored 5 points in 20 games.

Walker, who scored a career-high 35 points against the same opponent in the last game, performed well this time, with 20+ points, and Henderson also scored 15 points.

When the Bobcats outside "four elites" scored 70 points together, it was difficult for the Bobcats to lose, and this time they faced Mosaic led by Asik and McHale. Chen Xiao, who played normally and scored 25 points and 15 rebounds, led the Bobcats to a flat Accept this victory lightly.

At the post-game press conference, the two quasi-All-Star players Chen Xiao and Walker who attended became supporting roles. Dunlap, who was glowing with red faces, was surrounded by questions from reporters from major newspapers and tabloids.

"Chen, first of all, congratulations on your successful revenge. In the second match against Mosaic this season, you won 109:101." The reporter started politely.

"Thank you. This game is a victory for the team. We all enjoy this moment very much." Chen Xiao replied.

After answering a question at the beginning, Chen Xiao and Walker watched Dunlap holding the microphone and began to talk.

"This game is over. All your games before February 2rd have been completed. Coach, you have also officially confirmed the head coach of this year's Eastern Conference All-Star Team in Houston. The Bobcats will have three people appear in the All-Star Game. This is important for This is a historic moment for you and the Bobcats." The white reporter from CBS stood up and said with respect, "Tell us about your experience at St. John's University. What did that assistant career mean to you?"

The subsequent press conference became a personal talk show for Dunlap to reminisce about the past and look forward to the future. After the press officer announced that the conference was over, Chen Xiao and Walker sat for half an hour, almost like zippered brothers and sisters. They looked at each other and slipped away with oil on the soles of their feet.

……

Sometimes, when fans see an extraordinary game on the schedule, they will always sigh, does the league official really have the function of predicting?How did you arrange this game at the right time and place?

Of course, this question must be answered by the league's "Senior Vice President of Game Planning and Operations" Matt Winnick. Since the early 80s, he has begun arranging the league's schedule for 30 years without a team. , without helpers, Winnick, who has a background in statistics, has been from an ordinary manager in the league to a senior vice president.

"It is a coincidence based on the permutation and combination of 10 to the power of 115 data, and there is no other." Facing the curiosity of reporters and netizens, Winnick said in a dumbfounded voice.

On the 4th.

Miami.

Bobcats returned from Texas did not go home directly to the South Coast and the Heat to decide the outcome.

Originally, there were many buffs such as "revenge", "the battle for the first place in the East", "the battle for the best player in the league?" and many other buffs.

The two winners came to Miami to show off their latest honors.

In the past few days, Dunlap beat Spoelstra to make the Eastern All-Star team.

On the same day, the league officially announced the best player of the month, the best coach of the month, and the best rookie of the month in January.

Immediately on the posters posted on social media, the actions of Parker holding the ball to make a breakthrough and Chen Xiao jumping with one foot and raising the basketball with his right hand are vividly on the paper.

西部：马刺队托尼·帕克，12胜3负，场均21.9分7.9助攻56.3%命中率；
东部：山猫队陈逍，10胜4负，场均28分15.1篮板3.8盖帽。

After being questioned by public opinion last time, the league specifically stated that it will consider the occurrence of joint awards more carefully in the future. In principle, it will not carry out "mix and match" combinations of different teams in terms of awards such as the best player of the week and the month.

But this time, in the head-off with the old opponent LeBron James in the honor harvest, it is just like the comparison that has been made on the forum before the award is awarded.

Chen Xiao; LBJ
10 wins and 4 losses (√); 8 wins and 5 losses

28 points (√): 27 points

15.1 rebounds (√): 8.1 rebounds
2.6 assists: 7.2 assists (√)

1.3 steals: 1.9 steals (√)

3.9 blocks (√): 0.8 blocks
Chen Xiao, who has his own advantages in record and statistics, did his part to take down the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the third consecutive season and career.

As for the best rookie of the month, there is no suspense. Bill, who single-handedly suppressed the capital, continued to maintain a monopoly on the eastern rookie award.

The only pity is that Dunlap failed to beat his opponent in the competition for the best coach of the month in January. It was not Spoel but Thibodeau of the Bulls.

In January, Thibodeau led the Bulls, who were without Rose and Luol Deng due to injury for several games, to a record of 1 wins and 11 losses. Among the losers were the Heat, Knicks and other Eastern Conference giants.

However, as soon as the poster came out, many people complained about Dunlap's grievances. The winning margin was the same, and the Bobcats also won the Bulls. It can be awarded to Dunlap, adding another energy to "Deng Crazy".

However, the league failed to fulfill the wishes of the Charlotte media, and the final award fell to the Bulls coach.

……

And just before the game, a careful website captured an interesting moment.

A piece of content that roughly reads "Chen Xiao plagiarized the honor that belongs to the king" shows the user "Kingjames" and 1861 users who liked it.

But then it disappeared when I looked at it again. It seems to be "hand slipping" and "mistouching".

Before the game, the Heat told the team reporter ESPN's Windhorst: "LeBron told me that he would fight for Miami and for the fans who supported him. The last game lost to the Bobcats in Charlotte by 2 points was not the Heat. The true strength of the Miami Heat will take back the honor that belongs to them. From Kingjames."

Charlotte also had its own Adam's apple response. Bonnier of the "Charlotte Observer" quickly responded: "Yeah, after all, the Heat's Ray Allen hasn't played in the last game. The Heat with only the Big Three cannot beat it. With the Bobcats, but what about after Ray Allen? We’ll see.”

The bus of the Bobcats drove to the American Airlines Center arena, and the bus was passing on the bridge at the last step away from the arena. Looking from a distance, the arena surrounded by blue ocean on the edge of the bay looked beautiful.

"Hey, Chen, the Heat came prepared this time." Walker, who was sitting in the row in front of Chen Xiao, turned his head and said.

Indeed, it goes without saying that Ray Allen's comeback is a regular quick-acting life-saving pill for the Heat.In addition, the Heat, who were beaten by Chen Xiao alone in the last game and scored 40+20 points, signed Chris, nicknamed "Birdman", on the market with a 10-day short contract late last month. Anderson.

The 34-year-old Birdman was waived by the Nuggets last season and has been unemployed for a full year. In 32 games with Denver, he averaged 5.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.

"Chris Anderson, he couldn't play more than a few minutes in each of the previous games, so you use him to restrict Chen? Haha, this is funny." Chen Xiao didn't say anything, and Middleton took the lead to speak, saying that he was being arrogant.

Chen Xiao, who has heard about the "famous name" of the Birdman, will naturally not choose to underestimate the opponent. After learning about it in detail before the game, the defensive energy and attitude of the Birdman are unquestionable. He has excellent jumping, excellent shot blocking, and assists defense. All rebounds have merit.

But his height and weight, which is more inclined to the power forward position, doomed him not to be a top-defense inside defender who can carry a tall center.

In addition, the Heat have an old man coming back and new players joining, and the Bobcats also welcome back an old face they haven't seen for a long time, Mu Zi.

The bus also stopped in front of the arena. Through the bus window, the championship logo in front of the American Airlines Arena was extremely conspicuous. For every team that visits Miami, this is a show of strength. "Tonight we are facing It's the defending champion."

……

"CCTV, CCTV.

Welcome all fans and friends to watch this Tuesday morning at home where the Heat face the Bobcats. This game is full of highlights. Yang Yi and I will explain this game for you. "Yu Jia's familiar voice came out.

“In this game, the lineup of the home team, the Heat, has not changed from the last time the two teams met for the first time. Chalmers Wade, James Haslem and Bosh, Bosh still serves as the center position against Chen Xiao.

The Bobcats' starting five are a fixed combination of Walker Henderson in the backcourt, Middleton, Adrian and Chen Xiao in the frontcourt.In the last half month, Dunlap chose to put Adrian in the starting lineup. "

Yang Yi took up the conversation: "Yes, Dunlap may be thinking that Mullens is coming back, so put Warrick back on the bench and let him find his way with the bench. Today Mullens is officially coming back, but it seems that Deng Rapp is going to put him on the bench, and Adrian might be a false starter this time."

It happened to be 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning. The students who had not yet started secretly reading the text explanations of the first class, and the office workers who had just arrived at the company and quickly turned on the computer to find the Internet source were all paying attention to this hot cat episode at this moment. war.

At this time, Chen Xiao and his teammates, who had been mobilized before the game, also set foot on the slightly old-looking floor of the American Airlines Center.

The Bobcats who played away today wore the white-based orange-edged jerseys they usually wear at home, while the Heat wore darker retro jerseys.

The referee Blair threw the basketball up, Chen Xiao bounced off the ground, flicked the ball with his right hand, and hit the ball to his backcourt.

After confirming that Walker got the ball firmly, Chen Xiao went inside and faced Bosh, who showed seriousness in every posture and action on the field.

After the game, Chen Xiao was still thinking about being "polite" to Bosh later. Thinking of the leaks about the hard special in Boston, Chen Xiao decided to be himself, what about Charlotte KG, and the most hard special in the future will be Boston Chen.

"Relax, CB, I haven't entered the paint yet." Chen Xiao spread his hands and signaled to the referee that his movements were very clean. He held out his chest and pushed Bosh towards the paint area.

At this time, Walker has also brought the ball to the frontcourt. Facing Chalmers who does not stretch out his hand but bends down to defend, Walker easily waits for Chen Xiao to take his position.

Elbows, hips bent and sat back, squeezing the restless Bosh firmly behind him, at this time Walker's pass had already floated into the air.

Chen Xiao reached out with his right hand and grabbed the basketball. He grabbed the ball with both hands and raised it up. He avoided Bosh who was trying to get the ball while he was catching the ball. He leaned back and as soon as he made contact with Bosh who was leaning forward, he immediately Release the ball and turn around.

Turning around while keeping the right hand on the right side of the body, Bosh naturally swipe and pull Bosh. After taking the ball and fighting, Bosh couldn't catch up and could only sit and watch Chen Xiao sink the ball violently, and pressed the ball heavily into the basket with both hands.

"Strike! A strong two-handed dunk, Chen Xiao opened the scoring for the Bobcats." Seeing that Chen Xiao completed the heavy dunk at the beginning of the game, Yu Jia, who quickly entered the state, raised his voice and shouted.

"Hey, Bosh took a gamble on this ball. Chen Xiao got the ball with both hands. Can you take it out? I think Bosh may be under a bit more pressure. Before the game, he was talking about Chen Xiao. The 40+20 data in that game, Bosh is also anxious to show it in this game." Yang Yi joked with a smile.

Chen Xiao, who usually dunks lightly, chose to hit hard against the unwilling Heat this time. He used a heavy dunk to set the tone for the Bobcats' game, and the toughness was over.

Looking back, James, who said before the game that he would fight for the Miami fans, took Middleton out of the paint area, lowered his center of gravity and confronted Middleton who was chasing him, and opened his right hand for the ball.

Chen Xiao was in a high position on the same side, guarding Bosh who was squatting in the bottom corner, and saw that Zhan Huang was getting closer and closer to him while shouting "Dwyane, give me the ball."

Quiet Mimi turned her toes to the left, and waited for the moment Wade passed the ball. Chen Xiao rushed out, stabbed with his right hand, and the basketball that originally came towards James flew obliquely, just hitting Henderson's calf, which was turning around, like a three-dimensional ball. The basketball that bounced to the free throw line like a pinball was copied by the astute Walker.

He bent down and lowered his head to the three-point line in the Heat's half. Facing the two ghost shots of Wade and Chalmers, Walker did not get up, stopped and turned to protect the ball, and continued to tap the basketball with his right hand.

Chen Xiao had also run into the Heat's lane at this moment, and saw James who had just made a turnover for Wade in front of him, and Bosh, who was currently at the free throw line after being disrupted by the defensive lineup, could only reach out and let James Go top Chen Xiao.

In the last 48 minutes of the last game, Chen Xiao and James didn't have any chances to face each other, but this time the two had already settled on the same side of the half court in just one minute. He widened his eyes to see if James, who was temporarily serving as the center of the Heat, could defend Chen Xiao.

"Kemba, the ball!" Walker shouted to get the ball from the outside, while Chen Xiao bent his hips and back to press for a position.

At this time, James also sank his weight and spread his legs apart to cling to Chen Xiao's back, put his hands on Chen Xiao's waist and back, and continued to push his chest forward.

After a short confrontation, Chen Xiao, who saw the ball was coming, jumped up slightly in front of him, copied the ball with both hands, and both feet touched the ground at the same time.

In the scene on the court at this moment, Chen Xiao, who is holding the ball with his back, and James, who is defending with his back, really formed a match.

When Chen Xiao takes the ball, his back, hips, and thighs always feel the pressure from the defender behind him. The defender behind him has started to gain weight since coming to the Heat. This year he has reached 270 pounds. This weight is even among centers. , can also be ranked on the number.

From the angle of view, the official height of 2 meters may actually be about 03 meters. James, who weighs 2 kg and walks up, is obviously not as tall as Chen Xiao, who holds the ball with his back, but the width and thickness of his body do not seem to be inferior to Chen Xiao. .

But how the confrontation is, we still have to fight it out to know.

Chen Xiao moved his front foot down a step, pressed his back, and started to hit the ball with his left hand.

At this moment, the other Bobcats and Heat players on the field have almost become spectators. There is no running support, no assist defense, and they all follow their own defenders. At this moment, the winner is decided against the best player in the Eastern Conference.

There was a slight "bang" sound, and Chen Xiao's right back slowly hit James' chest. James didn't move at all. The fans who saw Chen Xiao's first back kick failed were a little disappointed.

But facing James who was much shorter than himself, Chen Xiao only tentatively exerted force for the first time. He found the right point of force, pressed against James' chest first, and retracted.

The second all-out back blow followed, and "bang", James, who was in full stance, received a huge force on his chest and was pushed away. However, James, who could not completely push away and still maintained his defensive position, quickly moved his steps to prepare to withdraw. lost ground.

At this time, Chen Xiao in front of him had already collected the ball neatly and jumped towards the bottom line. James, who had eaten the confrontation, immediately stretched out his left hand to interfere.

But the difference from the comparison in strength confrontation is that there is a real size gap, so that James, who is trying to straighten his left hand, can only watch Chen Xiao's raised right wrist shake from the closest distance, and the basketball is out of his sight. Row to the basket.

With coherent movements, Chen Xiao, who felt good about his shot, watched the basketball fall into the basket smoothly. With the support of the radio, there was a crisp "swish" and he hit the sky hook with his right hand.

"A good shot, use your own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses, Chen Xiao used his best right hand sky hook to score 2 points on James' head." Yu Jia applauded.

"Seeing Chen Xiao's hook that was exactly the same as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's, I thought of the news before." Yang Yi said mysteriously, "James learned the dream steps from Da Meng before. This year, he is not going to learn the hook from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar." ."

"Yes, there is such a thing, and it was also reported by Meiguo." Yu Jiaying, who was acting as a fan, agreed.

"Da Meng is not too old yet, and he has started working to earn money to support his family, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is already several years old. He had cancer before. Even if he is cured now, his body cannot bear it. Let me see, the master is not here Los Angeles on the west coast, and Charlotte just outside our doorstep, today is just around the corner." After Yang Yi finished speaking, both of them were happy.

There's nothing wrong with it, and I just inspected the goods for you. It's better to take action than to just report to work and get it done.

The sky hook scored, and Chen Xiao turned back to defend. The ball looked easy, but Chen Xiao was still deeply impressed by James' strength confrontation. The Heat's reputation is well-deserved, and his physique is really suitable for playing a small ball center.

But it's a pity that the Bobcats play big balls. Facing Chen Xiao, who is 2 meters tall, approaching the basket with one hand, combining strength confrontation and back-up skills, and possessing a unique skill of sky hook, Chen Xiao's height is still too disadvantageous.

(End of this chapter)