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Chapter 223 Green Army helps set sail again

The first All-Star Weekend that was fruitful and meaningful for Chen Xiao came to an end, and the Bobcats, with 37 wins and 16 losses, continued to embark on a more testing schedule in the second half.

Turning around, the league's schedule for the first battle was very considerate, and an experience pack was given to easily reveal the magic.

After winning the Magic, the Bobcats returned from Orlando. By the way, they kept Varrick, who had shined in several games during Mullens' absence, and took away Josh McRoberts, who had been frustrated with the Magic this season.

McRoberts, who is 2 meters tall, is regarded by the Bobcats management as a replica of Mullens. He was traded to give Mullens, who is often a ghost and sometimes a god, some points to counter. Anyway, after Mullens recovered from injury, Warrick also Almost losing their position, the Bobcats and Magic happened to replace the leftovers in the formation that were no longer useful.

"Hey, Josh, welcome to Charlotte, you'll get familiar with it soon." As the team boss, Chen Xiao friendlyly helped McRoberts, who had just arrived, eliminate the unfamiliarity.

Speaking of which, McRoberts is also Chen Xiao's senior, both from Duke, so he is no stranger to North Carolina.

Henderson, Chen Xiao, and McRoberts, on the Bobcats team of North Carolina senior Jordan, unknowingly became the home base of the Duke Blue Devils.

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They exposed the Magic and narrowly defeated the Pistons. Facing these old guys from the Eastern Conference, the Bobcats still showed no mercy. Their two consecutive wins provided a good start for the second half of the schedule.

But when the Bobcat generals were satisfied and felt that the East was still the same, another old guy from the East gave the cats some color.

The Chicago Bulls, who were close to the top half, got their revenge in Charlotte. They used a trademark defensive battle to limit the Bobcats' shooting percentage to 3%. Joakim Noah, who had just returned from the Houston All-Stars, contributed A near-triple-double performance.

After the game, Chen Xiao looked at his mediocre 20+10 guaranteed data, and then looked at the arithmetic sequence combination performance of his teammates in 1, 2, and 3, as well as the shooting rate of just 35%. You know whether the Bulls defended well or your teammates shot crookedly.

39 wins and 17 losses. This is the number Chen Xiao took a look at after losing to the Bulls. One more win and it would be 40 wins.

However, the 39 wins seemed to have stalled. From Charlotte's home game to another West Coast road trip, the road was running, and the number of wins remained unchanged.

18, 19...22, 23, like an endless river, the number of negative games keeps growing.

From 37 wins and 16 losses to 39 wins and 23 losses, half a month after the All-Star weekend, 9 games, and after two consecutive wins, the Bobcats embarked on the fast track of losing streak. A wave of 7 consecutive losses, directly opened The gap between the Heat and the original second-place team in the Eastern Conference was just widened in the opposite direction.

Obviously, at the end of February that just passed, the Bobcats lost three of their seven consecutive losses, which also brought the winning rate in February to almost half. Chen Xiao, who had 7 wins and 3 losses, had the best three months since the beginning of the season, almost. After achieving a monopoly, it disappeared from the official poster for the first time.

LeBron James finally got his wish to win his own Eastern Conference Player of the Month trophy, but at the same time, Kobe Bryant, who won the Western Conference Player of the Month award, also appeared.

In early March, when the Bobcats were constantly being questioned, the two league traffic leaders were LeBron James, who averaged 3 points per game, 30+7, and led the team to 7 wins and 11 losses last month, and LeBron James, who averaged 2 points per game, 24+6, and last month. Kobe Bryant, who led the team to 6 wins and 9 losses in just one month, once again competed in the public eye.

After losing to the Thunder at home and losing seven games in a row, the Bobcats immediately boarded a special plane to Washington, the capital.

All of a sudden, the losing streak this season was raised from "no more than three things" to "no more than seven things." The previous games were in Denver and Salt Lake City, which did not occupy the advantage, or they faced the thundering Thunder, which did not take advantage of the weather. This time they encountered a wizard who was geographically advantageous but not powerful enough. Chen Xiao and the Bobcat generals vowed to defend "nothing but seven"!
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Raise your right hand high, use your fingers steadily, flick your wrist, and pull out the basketball.

As the basketball flew towards the basket, the home fans at Capital One Arena watched nervously, and the basketball calmly followed its own trajectory as the full-time bell rang.

"Whoa" the basketball hit the net, and the home team Wizards took the lead for most of the game. They were excited and jubilant for most of the game, but then the home fans, who had been worried for a quarter, sighed helplessly and sat back on their chairs.

When I looked up, I saw the dazzling score of 100:101, and when I looked down, I saw Chen Xiao standing like a rock on the court, surrounded by teammates who were excited beyond words.

Alas, they missed the opportunity to add insult to injury and take advantage of his illness to kill him. Wizards fans gathered their spirits and left the game one after another. The players who struggled on the field gave their expectations and then their expectations were extinguished. In Washington, where the wind was still cold and windy in early March, the fans walked out The arena, it feels so cold.

"It's not a shame to lose to second place in the Eastern Conference, right?" "Yeah, they have two All-Stars, but we don't have any, so it's not a shame." While comforting each other, they stepped into their Chevrolets and the two terrified Wizards fans walked onto the road. The way home.

Similarly, Chen Xiao, who completed a hook shot against the familiar Okafor, also embarked on the empty journey back to Charlotte with his teammates.

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A 1-point buzzer beater against the Wizards. They won, but lost by no more than seven points. However, they still fell behind most of the time against a weak team. In the end, they relied on Chen Xiaoqiang to hit a buzzer beater to end the losing streak. The Bobcats, whose overall performance was still weak throughout the game, still made the outside world talk. One after another.

The Bobcats, whose record has skyrocketed since the new season, have been praised by the media and seem to be falling off a cliff at this moment.

Are the Bobcats, who have been strong for three months, going to suffer a big rout at the end of the season?Maybe this is their true level? With 3 wins, they have far exceeded expectations, but that's all.The Heat are the dominant force in the Eastern Conference, and they were only surpassed by the Bobcats by chance before.Our Knicks in the Big Apple may not be ranked below the Bobcats at the end of the season!
The media, which was slightly distracted by Kobe James' rare gathering of the best posters of the month, is once again talking about the ups and downs of the Bobcats.

"Hell, the 40-win Bobcats are currently second in the Eastern Conference. Even if they don't win a game, the Bobcats still have a good chance of entering the Eastern Conference playoffs. Why do you act like the Bobcats are currently at the bottom of the Eastern Conference? Think about the Bobcats last season and this The Bobcats have had Chen Xiaohou this season, and they have far exceeded expectations."

Some of the grievances were extinguished in the media wave.

Media reporters who fear that the world will be in chaos don't care about the long-term record of 37 wins and 16 losses in the Eastern Conference before the All-Star Game, or the previous double-kill of the Heat to suppress the Eastern Conference's powerful players. They only focus on the Bobcats' seven-game losing streak after the All-Star Game.

Chen Xiao, who shined in the Houston All-Stars and even signed a record-breaking 5-year rookie sneaker contract of 9500 million yuan during the All-Star Weekend, became the direct target. With so much money and so many honors, you have to lead the team to win.

ah?You said that Chen Xiao still averaged more than 10 points and 3 rebounds in these 7 games with 25 wins and 13 losses. The team's overall shooting rate is sluggish. Don't make excuses. If you lose, you lose. You Chen Xiao fans can't say " Chen Xiao tried his best, teammate CBA".

Factions abounded on the Internet, and they were criticizing each other. After defeating the Wizards, the Bobcats left Washington and went home to prepare for their third battle with the Celtics.KG, who is active on social media, made wild claims, saying that on March 3, the Celtics would regroup to complete their revenge and put the Bobcats back on the losing streak again.

The Bobcats and Celtics have been at constant friction this season. The Bobcats, who have won 2 games so far, make the Celtics want to avenge their past humiliation.

Especially in early February before the All-Star break, the Celtics, without Rondo, lost to the Hawks in double overtime, and then narrowly defeated the Heat with 30 points in the last 3 seconds of double overtime, starting with a win over the Heat. A long 7-game winning streak, which was ended by the Bobcats led by Chen Xiao on an expedition to Boston.

How can Green Kai, who has lost consecutive games to the Bobcats and Rondo has been reimbursed, get the confidence?

Before the All-Star Weekend, the Bobcats defeated the Celtics again at the Garden Arena, where Rondo had already retired. However, in addition to losing to the Bobcats, despite the lack of engine Rondo, the Celtics' record did not plummet. Instead, they won consecutive games. On the 10th, Before losing to the Thunder, which topped the league, they defeated Salt Lake City, defeated the Warriors, and thrillingly defeated the Pacers. The Celtics had already won another five consecutive games.

It just so happens that the two teams are on opposite sides, with a winning streak and a new loss versus a losing streak and a new win.

Chen Xiao seems to be able to read the subtext of Kevin Garnett's "Winning streak versus losing streak, the advantage is mine!".

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Amid the chaos, on the evening of March 3th at the Charlotte Spectrum Center Arena, Maokai’s third match was staged.

Rondo's reimbursement is a known matter, but Paul Pierce's name is clearly listed on the injured list.

The only remaining giant, KG, brought Jeff Green, Buss, and Bradley to play. On the court at the Spectrum Center Arena, Chen Xiao suddenly felt that the green jersey on Garnett's body had returned to the color of Minnesota.

The quality of the lineup other than the protagonist is similar, but Kevin Garnett is obviously not the same player he was in 10 years.

The narrow victory over the Wizards in the last game relied on Chen Xiao's buzzer beater and Walker's 20+ points. However, this time Walker, who exhausted his energy in Washington, fell asleep, and Henderson broke out against Jeff Green.

Henderson, who scored 20 points in the first half, and Chen Xiao, who also scored 21 points in the first half in response to Garnett's incompetence, led the Bobcats to a half-time lead with both inside and outside play. The Celtics, who had a shooting accuracy of over 5%, People are nearly 10 minutes.

At the beginning of the second half, newcomer McRoberts also showed his value. Today, he replaced Mullens and hit consecutive shots. A 12:3 wave of Bobcats completely established the victory.

At the end of the third quarter, Chen Xiao, who had scored 27 points after a small game, clocked out of get off work. He took a look at the scoreboard of 87:61, sat back on the bench with a smile, and experienced a paid game that he had not seen in a long time.

Henderson, who scored a career-high 35 points, McRoberts, who replaced Mullens as the starter and scored a double-double at halftime, and Chen Xiao, who averaged points per game in the face of Garnett, a tough defensive player.

The two cores and one small core worked together, and the Bobcats defeated the Celtics who came from afar with 30 points, making Garnett's pre-game remarks become nonsense.

"Buzz~~~~"

"KG, congratulations, two consecutive defeats." Chen Xiao, who had been sitting on the bench for a long time, jumped up when he heard the end bell and sent blessings to KG who made 10 of 2 shots today, 5 points and 2 rebounds in front of the technical table. .

KG, who looked unkind, chose to evade: "Damn it, see you in Boston, we are short of people today."

The Wolf King, who was gushing before the game, was very harsh with reporters after the game, "Paul is not here, I feel bad today, wait until the last game, in Boston, we will not be swept by the Bobcats."

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On this day, 315, Chen Xiao led the Bobcats to the exotic northern border to crack down on the "trash brothers" who scored 15 out of 4 counterfeiters.

Coming down from the north, on the way home, we passed by Boston to finish the last battle before the playoffs.

As the Bobcats' army pressed on, news spread in Boston that he had a "left thigh muscle strain" and was exempted from the competition.

Except for Pierce, Garnett, and Rondo in the first game, no one played in the Maokai battle. Rondo was reimbursed in the second game, Pierce was suspended in the third game, and Garnett was injured in the rotation this time.

However, the Celtics had a strong team in the first game, and Chen Xiao still beat Garnett to win the first victory. By the fourth game, when fans may have lost interest in watching the game, there was no strong player behind Chen Xiao, and Pierce was left alone.

Facing Buss, Shafleck Randolph and Chris Wilcox, who are the two behind them? Chen Xiao had everything he wanted from Buss and the two passers-by, making 24 of 17 shots and free throws. He made 15 of 10 free throws and bombarded the Garden Arena basket with 44 points, a career high.

"Congratulations, Chen Xiao, it's another record-breaking game. 44 points is also your career high since you scored 11 points against the Thunder at the end of November last year." The beautiful reporter with beautiful eyes congratulated, "Halfway through the game, did you realize that today could very well be a game that sets new heights?"

In just his rookie season, a career high sounds a bit strange. Chen Xiao smiled and replied: "A career high? I didn't think much about it. I just wanted to put the ball as far as possible into the basket. Fortunately, I felt good today."

Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, wiping sweat while admiring today's new-faced female reporter who does not have rough pores like ordinary white women. Chen Xiao heard these words again. The name of an "old face".

In the history of the NBA, among the young players who scored 44+ points, these three "naturally powerful" scoring monsters were pulled out and slightly surpassed Chen Xiao. However, besides the three familiar superstars who are household names, there is another name that makes Chen Xiao slightly Interested.

Brandon Jennings is still active in the Eastern Conference this season. The Bucks James also won the Player of the Week. He scored 55 points in his rookie season.

No longer "flattered" when his name was mentioned alongside superstars such as O'Neal at the beginning of the season. Half a season later, Chen Xiao, who has at least equaled James Du in terms of achievements in a single season, responded calmly: "Scoring doesn't mean everything. As a center, , rebounds and blocks and support for teammates are all important, but I’m looking forward to the moment when I take the top spot next time.”

Before the end of the season, if Chen Xiao, who is still under 20 and a half years old, wants to climb to the top in one fell swoop, he will face O'Neal with 46 points, Durant with 47 points, Jennings with 55 points, and James with 56 points.

(End of this chapter)