I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the first game of the finals, the Bobcats successfully won at home. Chen Xiao scored a high of 41 points in the one-on-one duel with Kobe Bryant.

In addition to Chen Xiao, other Bobcats players, Xiaopao played 42 minutes in the first game of his finals, scoring 1 of 3, 4 points, 12 assists and 2 steals, while Granger scored 6 of 11, three-pointers. He made 3 of 6, 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 16 points. Randolph made 7 of 16, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 18 points and 14 rebounds.

As for Bynum, who was badly beaten by Gasol in this game, he played 20 minutes in the game and scored 0 points, 7 rebounds and 5 fouls on 0-for-2 shooting.

Overall, the performance of the Bobcats' starting players, except for Xiao Pao and Bynum, was quite outstanding.

Even Xiao Pao's performance was quite outstanding. In this game, facing Baron Davis, who is very similar to Deron, Xiao Pao can be said to have held back the overwhelming power he wanted to express. In this game, Focus on defense, delivering the ball to Chen Xiao, and organizing teammates.

Apart from offense, Xiaopao's performance in this game was actually quite perfect.

Compared with the Bobcats' starters, the Bobcats' substitutes performed equally well. In this game, the Bobcats' substitutes scored a total of 34 points.

Among them, Roy, as the substitute leader of the Bobcats, scored 6 of 8, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 18 points, while Aldridge scored 3 of 4 and scored 6 points, and Chris Webber 3 He made 2 of 2 shots and scored 4 points. Gortat made 2 of 2 free throws and scored 6 points on 2 of 2 free throws. Barnes made 0 of 2 shots and scored 0 points but had 3 steals.

The starting performances of the Bobcats and Lakers in this game were actually similar.

Chen Xiao is similar to Kobe, and so is everyone else.

In addition to Kobe's 40 points, other starters for the Lakers include Gasol, who scored 30 points on 13-of-20 shooting, Odom, who scored 10 points on 5-of-11 shooting, Baron Davis with 9 points, and David Way. Stern made 5 of 12 and scored 10 points.

If we just look at the starting points, the Lakers' starters scored a total of 99 points, 24 points more than the Bobcats' 75 points.

However, the Lakers used Gasol and other starters to play in the rotation for a long time in this game, especially Gasol. Gasol is the Lakers' main offense in the second team.

With Phil Jackson's formation in this game, the Bobcats rotation led by Roy withstood the Lakers' rotation and gained an advantage, which was the key to the Bobcats' victory in this game.

If it weren't for the efficient performance of Roy and other Bobcat rotation players, Jordan was actually a little more conservative and slower to react than Phil Jackson in his formation in this game.

Phil Jackson admittedly took it for granted that his starting rotation could suppress the Bobcats' rotation.

But normal people would take this for granted, right?

Who would have thought that the Bobcats' rotation would be so good? !

Roy, Barnes, Granger, Aldridge and Gortat...

To be honest, if you don't look at it from God's perspective, not from the perspective of 2021, but from the environment Phil Jackson was in at the time, there is absolutely no problem with Phil Jackson's thoughts.

Therefore, Jordan, who was a little slower than Phil Jackson's reaction in this game, was actually saved by Roy and the others.

Therefore, in the post-game press conference, although Phil Jackson congratulated the Bobcats and Jordan, he was very unwilling to lose this game.

"Everyone on our team performed well in this game. Congratulations to Chen and Michael for winning a perfect game, but I think we also deserved to win this game."

Faced with Phil's unwillingness to think about it, Boss Joe was quite humble this time: "Phil is right, the Lakers certainly deserve to win this game. The performance of Kobe and Gasol was amazing. They scored 70 points together." points, the Los Angeles Lakers put a lot of pressure on us in this game. The outcome of this game can be determined in an instant. We are the luckier ones. I don’t know if Roy and the others will be able to play in the next game. Such efficiency, but we got a game win and that’s the best thing.”

As the famous "Joe Joe" in the NBA, Jordan was able to hold back some of Phil's impolite remarks in this game. This really made many American reporters at the scene who wanted to cause trouble find it incredible.

However, this time, Jordan did respond more appropriately than Phil.

Even after the American media compared the photos of Phil and Jordan together at the post-game press conference, looking at the unwilling Phil and Yun Danfeng smiling slightly, Jordan even looked more like a Zen master.

The post-game press conference was over, and Phil, who was preparing to engage in verbal and psychological warfare with Michael, still didn't know why Jordan was suddenly so polite this time.

But seeing the photos in the American media the next day, Phil knew.

"This kid is so shady!"

This kid is digging his roots!

Not only does he want to win the championship, he also wants to take away his nickname of Zen Master!

It has to be said that although Phil's psychological warfare is really effective against other people, Phil's psychological warfare has always been a bit unsatisfactory when faced against several of his proud disciples of psychological warfare, Jordan, Kobe and Shaq. Easy to use.

Facing the psychological warfare that Phil tried to initiate, Michael smiled slightly and refused to fight, and gave Phil a knife in a roundabout way, which made Phil feel uncomfortable.

Of course, it is uncomfortable to feel uncomfortable, but the loss in G1 of the finals did not cause any morale blow to the Lakers. This is what makes Phil the most happy.

In G1 of the finals, Kobe and Chen Xiao's 50-50 scoreline can be said to have given the Lakers reassurance.

Let's put it this way, before the finals started, Chen Xiao was not only a knife hanging on Phil's head, but also a knife hanging on the heads of other Lakers players.

In this season's playoffs, Chen Xiao led the Bobcats to continuously create miracles, defeating the weak and the strong. Although the opponent always gave away, but Chen Xiao was also invincible in the world and had an advantage against anyone.

None of the three teams in the Eastern Conference that were defeated by the Bobcats could solve Chen Xiao's problem.

And if you can't solve Chen Xiao's problem, then Chen Xiao will have the opportunity to lead the Bobcats to create miracles.

Therefore, Chen Xiao's problem has always been the biggest headache for the Lakers.

I really didn't expect that their boss Kobe was so strong and could withstand Chen Xiao.

Although looking at the entire game, Chen Xiao is still the stronger one, there is no doubt that Kobe and Chen Xiao are players of the same level.

Therefore, after the biggest uneasiness in their hearts came to light, the Lakers players not only experienced a drop in morale after losing, but also experienced a surge in morale.

At the same time, I am also full of expectations for the next G2.

Seeing the situation of the Lakers players, Phil Jackson also calmly studied the Lakers' rotation lineup for the next game.

We can never field another lineup that is overpowered by the Bobcats' rotation.

In this G1, if the Bobcats' rotation players were less efficient, they would win.

For the Lakers, the finals schedule is 232, with the Bobcats playing two home games before and after, and Phil Jackson hopes that he will win one of the first two away games.

If they return to home court 0-2, the pressure on the Lakers will be quite high.

This means that the Lakers cannot lose any of their three games at home.

If the Lakers can win one of these two away games, then the Lakers may end the Finals at home when they return to their home court. In this case, the Bobcats will be under great pressure.

After all, the 232 schedule is beneficial to teams without home field advantage.

Therefore, the day after Game 1 of the Finals, and the day before Game 2 of the Finals between the Bobcats and Lakers, Phil Jackson was extremely busy.

The same goes for the Bobcats.

Jordan is also very busy.

As a rookie head coach, Jordan was not afraid of anyone's chatter, nor was he afraid of the timing of the game. However, what he was most afraid of was the very complicated player rotation operation.

This requires a lot of experience and is very cumbersome.

In this regard, he is definitely not as good as Phil Jackson.

And most importantly, his two assistants, Cole and Curry, are also rookies.

This is a bit tragic.

Logically speaking, the Bobcats' lineup is stronger than the Lakers.

But Phil Jackson just used his better rotation ability and skills to make up for the gap in lineup thickness.

Although the Bobcats' rotation won in G1, from a macro perspective, the Bobcats' rotation actually resulted in a situation where one starter beat the other's three starters with the Lakers. This was a failure, his failure.

The rotation won, but it was the players who won, not him.

Strategically, he lost to Phil.

Phil formed a superior force, but he was lucky and his soldiers exploded. In the end, the weak defeated the strong and defeated the opponent.

In short, after the end of G1 of the Finals, when the entire NBA was discussing the wonderful one-on-one match between Kobe and Chen Xiao, the head coaches of both sides were busy scratching their heads.

On June 9, 2007, G2 of the Finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers continued at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, the home of the Bobcats.

In this game, the Bobcats' backup center Gortat ushered in the happiest moment of his career.

He is in the finals and starting!

In the G2 between the Bobcats and the Lakers, Gortat, who performed very well in the previous game, replaced Bynum, who was almost maxed out by Gasol in the previous game, as the team's starter.

In this game, Jordan made Gortat the team's starting center, which was an eclectic way of demoting talents. And because of his outstanding performance in the previous game, even Bynum, although he was a little dissatisfied, did not dare to have any objections.

After all, Gortat has proven himself.

In short, Gortat, who became a starter in the finals for the first time, is full of confidence and expectations for himself, which also makes Jordan full of confidence and expectations for him.

On the court, Gortat replaced Bynum as the starter. To be honest, this put a lot of pressure on Phil Jackson on the sidelines.

In the rotation phase of the last game, Gortat's performance against Gasol was indeed good.

And Phil Jackson also has a headache for Jordan's behavior of making changes even after winning.

Regarding the fact that Jordan likes to drastically change the winning lineup, Pat Riley is the most frustrated.

Jordan's behavior is very unethical for a traditional NBA head coach.

He didn't try at all when he came up, and he just opened his posture and did it.

This time the Bobcats also changed their starting center after winning.

I have to say that as the most special head coach in the NBA, Jordan is indeed bold, and he does have the capital to be bold. After all, his rights on the team are comparable to other head coaches?

For Jordan, he can really do whatever he wants in the Bobcats, as long as Chen Xiao agrees.

But this time, Jordan's boldness and risk-taking did not achieve the results he wanted.

Gortat worked well against Gasol in the rotation last game.

But in the first round, the effect was not very good.

The Bobcats were even beaten 16-10 by the Lakers as soon as they came up!

Once the Bobcats came up, they couldn't guard them at all.

In fact, this is not the first time Gortat has been too nervous to start in the finals.

There is definitely a bit of nervousness, but the most important thing is that the inside combination of Gortat and Randolph is too popular.

Yes, Gortat is indeed harder to guard than Bynum, but in the starting lineup of both sides, will the Bobcats use Gortat as the main attacker?

Of course not. Gortat may be able to shoot 1-for-1 or 2-for-2, but if he takes 10 shots in a game, he might only be 3-for-10 or 4-for-10.

In the starting lineup, because there are Chen Xiao, Granger, and Randolph, Gortat actually does not need to attack.

The Bobcats' starting offense has too many options.

The Bobcats' starting lineup also has too many shooting points, and even Gortat's offensive position somewhat affects Chen Xiao and Granger's shooting space.

But when it comes to attacking the basket, is it useful for Gortat and Randolph?

It's useless. Gortat's offense in the starting lineup is quite useless!

On the defensive end, Gortat is even worse than Bynum.

And in addition, Bynum's size and deterrence in blocking and grabbing offensive rebounds are not comparable to Gortat.

It can be said that Jordan's change of formation and sudden attack can be described as an extreme failure.

Yes, a huge failure!

Jordan's coaching style is to believe in his players.

This time, he immediately replaced Gortat after using him for half a quarter.

However, the disadvantage suffered in this half of the game is not so easy to recover.

Jordan's winning change in this game was actually forced by the Lakers and Phil Jackson.

The Lakers really put a lot of pressure on the Bobcats in their last game.

Jordan felt that he was not as good as Phil Jackson in adjusting the rotation.

In this case, it is understandable that the adventurous Jordan made such a choice.

Gortat was good to Gasol during the rotation. What's wrong with him being the starter?

But who would have thought that the starting environment and the rotation environment are completely different.

Gortat's starting failure this time not only affected the Bobcats' starting lineup, but also affected the Bobcats' rotation.

After Jordan changed his lineup in this game, the Bobcats played very chaotically throughout the game.

"If you often walk by the river, your shoes won't get wet."

Watching Jordan's failure in this game, Teacher Zhang and Xiao Su on the sidelines kept shaking their heads.

In this game, because the Bobcats fell behind so much when they came up, Chen Xiao played much more fiercely in this game than the previous game.

Although Chen Xiao played very hard in this game, Gortat's starting was really too undercover.

The starting lineup was useless, and it also ruined the team's rotation. Gortat, who lost his trust in this game, could not be used at all. After losing Gortat in the Bobcats' rotation, Gasol had no way to limit it.

If he had known this, Jordan felt that it would be better to let Bynum be abused by Gasol in the starting lineup. In other words, when the Lakers' starting lineup is Kobe, how much can Gasol abuse Bynum?

To be honest, the points that Bynum lost to Gasol are acceptable, because with Bynum, the Bobcats' defensive system is complete.

In the end, in G2 of the Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Bobcats 103-99 away.

In the first quarter, when the Lakers led 38 to 23 by 15 points, in the next three quarters, Chen Xiao led the Bobcats to chase 11 points crazily. This is really not easy.

In the whole game, Chen Xiao made 14 of 27 shots, 4 of 11 three-pointers, 10 of 12 free throws, and scored 42 points and 8 rebounds.

Kobe contributed 37 points for the Lakers in this game, 13 of 30, 5 of 13 three-pointers, and 6 of 8 free throws.

In this game, Chen Xiao still performed slightly better than Kobe.

But the first quarter hurt too much.

Kobe Bryant scored 15 points in the first quarter and Gasol scored 9 points. For the Bobcats, it is not an exaggeration to describe the Bobcats' defense in the first quarter as being collapsed both inside and outside.

So much so that at the end of the game, Barkley, the on-site TNT commentator, joked about Jordan: "If the Lakers who lost the last game did not have war criminals, then there is no doubt that Michael must be the war criminal who lost the Bobcats in this game. , this is Michael’s most normal game this season.”

"Not even the Wonder Boy can save Michael like this."

With the Bobcats losing like this in this game, how could it be possible that Barkley was the only one complaining.

After G2 of the Finals, the entire NBA was complaining about Jordan.

In this year's playoffs, Jordan's performance was outstanding.

Whether it was against D'Antoni of the Raptors, Pat Riley of the Nets, or Rivers of the Magic, they never fell behind.

He even looked more surprised.

But using Gortat to replace Bynum in the starting lineup in G2 of the finals was indeed a failure.

However, after the game, as the head coach of the Nets, Pat Riley spoke for Jordan in an interview: "This is Michael's coaching style. His style helped the Bobcats defeat the Raptors and beat the Raptors. The Nets defeated the Magic. He has always been the winner. This failure is just a burden that his style must bear. I don't think Michael needs to be responsible for a failure. He just needs to stick to his coaching style.

Because a winner does not need to win every game, as long as he can become the final winner, he can lose. "

It has to be said that Pat Riley is still a very high-level head coach in this regard.

By the way, Michael, who was criticized as an amateur by the entire NBA, was actually in a very good mood.

"At the end of the first quarter, I thought I was going to lose by 58 points, but in the end I only lost by 4 points, which is amazing."

Well, Michael, didn't you see that the little cannon next to you didn't look so impressed?

Xiaopao is really smiling now and feels MMP in his heart.