After the Eastern Conference Finals, he announced that he would retire after the finals of this season.

Chen Xiao's words cannot be described as a way to stir up a thousand waves in the entire NBA, the sports world, and even the entire world.

For fans, for most media, it is really too sudden.

Because even if a player of Chen Xiao wants to retire, he has to handle it in the way Jordan once retired, that is, he has to hold a grand parade across the United States.

But Chen Xiao did not plan to conduct a grand parade across the United States at all, but announced his departure directly.

Regarding Chen Xiao's choice, during the TNT's studio battle, Chris Webber said: "For God, the so-called parade is an insult to him. Even Jordan, I think if I can, he will choose to turn around and leave at his peak. This is the most dignified way to leave. I am very reluctant to leave God, but I support his choice. The finals are the best stage. Whether it is to come to the NBA or leave the NBA, it is the best stage!"

Chris Webber's words are a bit of a pun. As a rookie, Xiao Xiao Chen can play in the finals in his rookie season, which is the best way to come to the NBA.

Chen Xiao played in the finals in the last game of his career, which is also the best way to say goodbye.

Soon, Chris Webber's speech was recognized by most people.

Indeed, for Chen Xiao, this is indeed the best way to leave.

Moreover, as the incident fermented, more and more insider news about Chen Xiao’s announcement of his retirement also spread.

For example, the question of the timing of Chen Xiao’s announcement of retirement is known to the whole world. Chen Xiao actually had plans to retire long ago, but many stakeholders did not want Chen Xiao to retire. In this case, the stakeholders basically reached an unofficial oral agreement with Chen Xiao.

That is, as long as Chen Xiao returns to the Nets, they will no longer persuade Chen Xiao.

According to these people's idea, it will take at least three years for Chen Xiao to win the championship at the Nets, right?

Chen Xiao is in NBA, and it is really OK to fight until she is 43 or 44 years old.

But unexpectedly, Chen Xiao led the team to the finals in his first season at the Nets.

As for the announcement of his retirement directly when entering the finals, this is indeed inconsistent with everyone's tacit understanding, but these people did not think there was any problem.

Chen Xiao won all the 11 finals in the first 11 career games.

Can this 12th time in your career still fail?

Although the Lakers are very strong, Chen Xiao is indeed qualified to make his decision so confidently.

Therefore, after Chen Xiao’s retirement conditions were revealed, although most people felt that it was okay for Chen Xiao to say so, and he probably couldn’t lose this finals, Chen Xiao’s idol and good friend Ke would not think so.

Ke Boss smiled and said in an interview: "I will keep the god for everyone."

Of course, no matter how much you joke, Ke Boss also knows that the finals with the Nets are indeed very difficult to play.

Chen Xiao is a veteran player. If such a player still has extremely strong strength and put him on a stage like the finals, it would be really dangerous.

Although the Lakers have the strongest defense in the entire league, everyone actually says that the Nets have strong offense, and in fact their defense is also very powerful.

Chen Xiao, Ingram, Jimmy Butler, Bruce Brown, Xiao Xiao Chen.

This is the starter of the Nets. These five starters are actually players with both offense and defense.

Including Chen Xiao, what went wrong with Chen Xiao’s defense after he was old was his assisted defense, not his single defense. His single defense was actually the top-notch of the entire league, especially standing single defense.

In the playoffs last season, Jokic even played singles at the basket, but he couldn't push Chen Xiao. Who would you like to make sense of this?

Now among the big centers in the entire league, only Oden is left after Milicic retires.

But if the Lakers want to take advantage of the Nets' loopholes in assisting defense, they will have to return to the Nets' starting lineup, both offense and defense.

Ingram, Jimmy Butler, Bruce Brown, and Xiao Xiao Chen can all move, fill up and run.

And these four people are all about 2 meters away.

Except for Bruce Brown, the other players are above 2.01 meters. In fact, the Nets' lineup is not short.

It can be said that this Nets is definitely a team composed of five players who are about 2 meters long in the ideal offense and defense.

Pat Lailly also organized such a team at the Nets, but Pat Lailly's Nets led by Carter are actually not as powerful as this Nets.

Because the Five Strangers Nets lacks a tactical core like Chen Xiao, or axes!

The Nets' five forwards were Carter, Marion, Joe Johnson, Richard Jefferson and Martin. This lineup is very strong and is also five players with both offense and defense, but the organizational ability of these five people did not meet the standards.

Even if Carter has a slightly stronger organizational ability, he cannot become the team's axe.

The Nets brought by Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao and Xiao Xiao Chen can both become the core of the team's organizational core, so the Nets are not a little better in chemical reaction than the Five-Fight Nets brought by Pat Lailly before.

So, before the Finals began, many experts said that the Lakers were the only team in the entire league that could block the Nets' offense.

This is indeed a confidence in the Lakers, but for Kobe, the Lakers head coach, this confidence is actually a bit over the Lakers.

If the Lakers' starting center is Jokic, the Lakers' defense may not be able to keep up with the Nets.

If the Lakers starter replaces Jokic, then Rowe, Siakam, Leonard, Paul George and Wade Jr. will play five-forward with the Nets.

The Lakers' five-face forwards actually look very strong, but if the Lakers really play the five-face forward, it will have the same problem as Pat Lail's Nets back then, that is, they are strong, but the chemistry will not be so outstanding, and the organization and integration are a little worse.

But no matter what, the Nets are standing here now, and the Lakers certainly hope to defeat Chen Xiao and the Nets.

On June 1, 2023, the first finals between the Nets and the Lakers started in Staples in Los Angeles.

Because Chen Xiao issued his retirement declaration before the start of the finals, although this game was a away game for the Nets, Staples' on-site and off-field can be described as Chen Xiao's charming and crowded.

After all, Golden State is also from California. Chen Xiao has played in California for 10 years, not only Golden State, but even Los Angeles, there are Chen Xiao’s fans everywhere.

What's more, after Chen Xiao's retirement declaration was released, fans of Chen Xiao across the United States were rushing to Los Angeles or New Jersey.

So, although it was a home game, Lakers players felt like they were surrounded by fans of the Nets and Chen Xiao at their home court.

So much so that the TNT's commentator Maizi smiled and said, "Tonight, the actresses in Hollywood are all god-like."

Yes, even Hollywood actresses who used to be crazy about the Lakers on the sidelines wore Chen Xiao's jerseys, the Nets' black jerseys, the Cavaliers' dark red jerseys, the Warriors' gold jerseys, the Bobcats' blue jerseys, and even the gold jerseys of Marquette University were worn by people in this game.

Even during the game, when Chen Xiao assisted or scored in the game, many excited Hollywood actresses on the scene would wipe their tears while being excited.

Everyone looks like an old Chen Xiao fan who has been around for decades.

Kobe was actually helpless about the fact that Staples had poured into the scene in this game.

There is no way, Chen Xiao’s move is indeed amazing.

After all, this finals is the last series of Chen Xiao’s career. Chen Xiao will not have a parade with him and Jordan in his career. Fans who want to watch Chen Xiao play can only watch this finals.

According to him, many senior Lakers fans wore Chen Xiao's jerseys on the spot.

Not to mention others, just talk about his son Kobe Jr. Kobe Jr. This game was wearing Chen Xiao’s Nets No. 7 jersey.

Even his son is like this, what else can he and the Lakers do?

The Lakers are there every year, but Chen Xiao, after this finals, he really can't see it.

Therefore, this finals, the right time, place, and people are actually all on the Nets.

However, Kobe is not a coach who can surrender. In fact, in terms of coaching style, Kobe and Jordan are very similar. Both are head coaches who are very good at playing psychological warfare and gambling.

When Jordan played against the Nets in the Bobcats, he took the initiative to kill Pat Lailly and his five-finals.

In this finals, experts and fans both think that the Lakers will not change the formation in G1. Even if they want to change the formation, they will have to reach G2.

But what is surprising is that Kobe changed the formation directly in G1 in this game.

The team's starting center Jokic is substitute, and Wade Jr. is mentioned as the starting position.

It has to be said that Kobe and the Lakers' move really caught the Nets off guard.

Kidd actually did not focus on the Lakers playing against the Five Fronts in this game.

Although Kidd has such an arrangement, most of them are still targeting Jokic's lineups for the Lakers.

So after the first quarter, the Nets, which had the right time, place and people away, were 6 points behind 26-32.

To be honest, for two extremely powerful teams like the Lakers and the Nets, they are still a lot behind 6 points in the first quarter.

And more importantly, Jokic will amplify the Lakers' advantages during the rotation stage.

If the starter leads, Jokic will also be the preponderance of the Lakers, which is a matter that will affect the whole body.

Therefore, many experts said at the end of the first quarter that the Lakers may unexpectedly win their home court in this game.

Faced with such an unfavorable situation, Kidd was not panicked, but he had no intention of giving up the victory of the game.

So, in this finals, Kidd let Chen Xiao play 48 minutes of the game.

Although the Nets were unable to win the game back in the end, and the final score was 119 to 123. The Nets lost 4 points, Chen Xiao, who had 48 minutes in the game, really scared the Lakers and Boss Ke in a cold sweat.

When the Nets players were not used to the Lakers' five-forward attack, Chen Xiao made 16 of 38 in this game, 8 of 20 three-pointers, 12 of 12 free throws, and scored 52 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in the whole game.

Regarding Chen Xiao's strong attack in this game, he said he was a 41-year-old player. To be honest, do you believe it?

On the stage of the finals, facing single defenses of Siakam, Leonard, Rowe, Paul George and other extremely strong defensive players, can this be scary?

Although Chen Xiao's shooting percentage in this game was not very high, only about 42%, which was almost a cliff-like decline compared to his shooting percentage of nearly 60% in the regular season.

This also shows that the Lakers' defense is indeed very effective against Chen Xiao. If Chen Xiao's teammates can defend against him, let Chen Xiao play one-on-one singles and his own defense be stronger, and Chen Xiao's shooting rate may not be that good.

But the key is that Chen Xiao can really attack!

Even if the shooting rate is not that high, a player who can attack can still kill people.

In particular, the Nets' defense is also very strong, and the Lakers' singles shooting percentage in this game may not be that high.

It can be foreseen that in the future finals, both teams may not be easy to play. In this case, the Nets, which have a stronger organization and a stronger Nets, have an advantage.

After all, the Nets cannot be so hard-working every game.

So, after G1, although the Lakers won, Ke Boss was still very cautious and careful: "We did not win the series. We need to fight one game after another. I think anyone who has watched the game can understand the difficulties of the Lakers now."
To be continued...