Healing Basketball

Chapter 1031 1031. Hot start
Facts have proved, people, you have to force him!
Xiao Huzi suddenly received a task, asking him to launch a tactic of X-running interspersed around high position singles and 45-degree angles on both sides. He had never played such a tactic before, and he really figured out a way.

Gasol slipped the bottom line and moved to the opposite side of Liu Xiu to meet or respond in the three-second zone. At the same time, he sent Korver and Ray Allen. Breaking through the zone, Gasol Jr. will cover for the pitcher on the other side, and the outsider will play power forward, filling the wing pitcher position and cutting into the offensive frame.

Liu Xiu felt comfortable with this style of play. After threatening the mid-range shot, he continued to attack the basket and made a kill.

他在第二节单节7投4中，外加5中5的罚球，单节拿到13分！
The teammates made 7 of 3 three-pointers in this quarter, plus the cut and Ray Allen's long two points, scored 17 points, and the team scored 30 points in a single quarter!
But against the Spurs' defense, the Trail Blazers just didn't do well.

邓肯8分、帕克6分3助攻、芬利3分、乌度卡3分、邦纳3分、科特-托马斯5分，马刺队单节拿到28分，延续了首节的得分稳定性！
After being hacked last year, the Spurs system has been evaluated as a 'regular season system'. There may be a situation where no matter how well they play in the regular season this season, the playoffs will be underestimated.

But Liu Xiu discovered the difference between the Spurs and last season - regained their former stability!
No matter how fierce the opponent's performance is, I will stand still.

This is Duncan's strongest trait in the NBA for many years.

This is not important anymore, the important thing is to play well for tonight's game first!
After returning from the intermission, the two teams played more intensely.

After the Trail Blazers found a breakthrough in offense, they began to try to increase the output of the defensive end.

The effect is quite good. The defensive system that Bu Shuai and Mark Jackson have figured out is quite powerful.

But the changes in the lineup have affected Mustache's offensive strategy.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers and the Spurs tied 25-25. Although they successfully suppressed the rising offensive momentum of the Spurs, the Blazers' own offensive performance was also affected by it.

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers were still 4 points behind the Spurs, with a score of 76 to 80.

Entering the intermission, Maurice Cheeks hesitated for a long time, and finally made a decision-the main offense!
Morris Cheeks made the right bet this time. The Spurs also played defensive counterattacks at the beginning. If the Trail Blazers played defensively, they would enter a state of mutual consumption with the Spurs.

Although the Spurs are a 'star system disguised as a team play', it is undeniable that Popovich has really played the role players. Tonight Ginobili is injured and can't play. George Hill The rookie scored 10 points and 3 assists in three quarters, and Desmond Farmar, who was signed from the Development League and topped the top, scored two arc-top three-pointers.

Falling into mutual consumption, the one who suffers is naturally the Trail Blazers.

Fighting to attack, let the two teams play back and forth!
At 11 minutes and 33 seconds into the game, Ray Allen scored the second three-pointer of the night, a key three-pointer, helping the Trail Blazers chase the score to 107 to 109, with two points left!
Then the Spurs called a timeout and played a time-consuming tactic. The tactic was really bad. Popovich's temporary tactic was as bad as ever.

The Spurs almost used up 24 seconds after this offense. When Liu Xiu took off the defensive rebound, there were only 3.6 seconds left in the game!

There was no time to counterattack, and Maurice Cheeks called a timeout immediately after Liu Xiu took the ball.

Another nickname for Liu Xiu is 'The King of Overtime'.

Based on this, Popovich's defense during the timeout is the main defense of two points.

On the offensive end, Popovich's on-the-spot response is surprisingly bad, but his defensive response is always excellent.

His prediction was successful, and the Trail Blazers deployed a tactic of attacking the frame, sending a combination of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Randolph, Kwame Brown, and Gasol.

Kwame Brown served the ball out of bounds, Gasol Jr. used his height and wingspan to receive the ball from the free throw line, Ray Allen and Liu Xiu moved to contain it, and Randolph cut into the frame.

Sending three towers, using two super pitchers on the back line, and letting a power forward shoot key shots, this tactic is really not a tactic that ordinary people dare to deploy.

But coincidentally, Popovich really remembers a similar tactic. In the first round of 2003, the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks G5, the Trail Blazers sent the three towers of Randolph, Tianzun, and Sabonis. Derek Anderson, two guards who made good three-pointers that night, relied on Randolph to hit the Mavericks twice at the critical moment, and finally beat the Mavericks 103 to 99 to drag the game into G6.

What Popovich arranged was to defend against this tactic.

Therefore, Kwame Brown, who saw the Spurs' defensive movement, did not dare to send the ball immediately after receiving the ball from the referee!
Maurice Cheeks was not angry when he saw Kwame Brown hesitating. Instead, he was relieved that the defensive analysis ability of the parallel importer was getting better and better. When he was about to call a timeout again, Kwame Brown suddenly made a quick serve!

The Spurs' defense started to run, blocking Randolph from receiving the ball and interfering with Gasol's turning and shooting.

But Gasol didn't turn around after receiving the ball, didn't look at Randolph, but 'passed the ball back' in the direction of Kwame Brown's out-of-bounds serve.

And Kwame Brown immediately entered the boundary after serving the ball, blocked George Hill on the right sideline, Liu Xiu circled the pile, received the ball from Gasol Jr., took off quickly, turned around and shot a three-pointer...

The moment Liu Xiu threw the ball, a long whistle sounded.

With the long whistle, Liu Xiu hit a three-pointer at a critical moment!

The reaction of the people on both sides was completely opposite. A group of people from the Spurs surrounded the referee, emphasizing the timeout.

On the Trail Blazers side, they celebrated with the fans at the scene.

However, Liu Xiu couldn't say whether the ball was timed out. He used the fastest speed to complete the shot on the basis of ensuring the power of the shot, and tried his best.

The referee watched the replay repeatedly, but it was hard to be sure!

Finally, I found an angle and saw the moment when the ball separated from Liu Xiu's fingertips. There were 0.2 seconds left in the countdown!
The referee confirmed to the technical station that Liu Xiu's goal was valid, and the outside referee confirmed that Liu Xiu's foot was outside the three-point line when he took off. The technical station confirmed the score, 110 to 109, and the Trail Blazers won!

刘秀今晚拿到33分5板7助攻2抢断1盖帽、雷-阿伦20分3板3助攻、兰多夫17分9板3助攻，三大球星表现出色！
除了他们俩，开拓者队还有两人得分上双，9投5中拿到12分3板1助攻1盖帽的法外狂徒、6投4中拿到10分8板2助攻2盖帽的夸梅-布朗。

The outstanding performance of the extrajudicial fanatics in the first two games dispelled the concerns of the Blazers management and coaching staff.

They were very hesitant about trading Lu Wei at first. Raheem and Little Flying Squirrel retired successively, and they wanted a real substitute.

Reed was their initial choice. Last season, Reed began to get more playing time.

However, Lu Wei's characteristics are destined to make it difficult to make much contribution in the playoffs. Sometimes the regular season is quite difficult, and the shooting rate is still low.

So the coaching staff was very tangled and hesitant to send Lu Wei away, and because of this, their first transaction partner was Lu Wei, and they chose to deal with it when it was broken.

The disadvantages are so great, and they who aim to compete for the championship should not worry about Lu Wei's scoring talent, big heart and other things that are not uncommon for their Trail Blazers.

The expectation of the coaching staff fell on the extrajudicial fanatic who took the initiative to play as a substitute.

That high school student was sent away, and this high school student did not disappoint.

Extrajudicial lunatics play as substitutes, with more freedom of position, more opportunities to make calls, and a stable ability to average 10+ points per game!
Moreover, this guy is also a top 'interference flow' defensive master!
Although the outlaw lunatic lacks the ability to attack independently, his relative advantage is the same. When reed is the main attack point, there is no strategy at all, and the outlaw lunatic can be used as the end point of tactics.

As for scoring in singles... isn't there a warden?
...

With two consecutive victories at the beginning, the curtain of the Trail Blazers' new season has begun.

At noon on the second day after playing the Spurs, the Trail Blazers left Portland and started two consecutive away.

Liu Xiu flipped through the news and was in a happy mood. Yesterday's basketball headline was his game-winning shot against the Spurs.

His number of true lore in the regular season has reached 13 times!

This is the official count of the number of kills. If ESPN calculates the number of kills, the ball that equalized the score at the last moment and dragged into overtime, the ball that was overtaken after an overtake, or the opponent did not make a shot... all of them are counted. He has a total of 25 times.

The coaching staff is discussing whether to integrate Liu Xiu's singles offense into the team system.

The creation of the offensive and defensive system, at the beginning, is to build a "trunk", after confirming that it is feasible, add "branches" to gradually enrich the tactical system.

Just like the triangle offense, it seems to be a pitcher, a top-arc support point, two singles strong points, and a pie-eating player. It's very simple.

But only Zen Master can play the triangle offense well.

The torso is available to any coach, and the various tactical details are key.

Also playing away and bombing, the mad scientist and the mustache are completely two ways of playing.

Now the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers is most troubled by Mustache. He had a flash of inspiration last night and came up with a team tactic for Liu Xiu to launch an attack in singles, but he felt that the probability of such a play being replicated was too low. Only Liu Xiu in their team can play like that, and no one else can.

But I want to keep this tactic.

In the end, the coach made a decision: "Let's keep it first, we will continue to polish the tactical system as the first goal, and look for more possibilities. If there are many cases where the warden is required to attack alone, we can also use this as the main tactic.

Mike, don't worry about putting too much pressure on the warden, and don't worry about other people being dissatisfied..."

After hearing the words, Mustache no longer struggled. Indeed, this is not something that needs to be decided immediately. It is an easy way to play, and you can't give up just by saying give up.

But recognition is recognition, but he still feels that the team's style of play is not the same as the team basketball he wants.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, it is to buffer for a year and adjust the mentality.

I also learned some basketball concepts that I didn't think of before, and I won't lose money... It's just a bit tiring to know too much!
...

At 11 o'clock in the evening on November 4th, the Trail Blazers came to the American West Arena in Phoenix to challenge the Suns away.

The Suns have played 3 games, and a strange situation has appeared-the Suns scoring leader is the big shark with an average of 23.7 points per game!
Terry Porter continues to serve as the Suns' interim head coach.

With O'Neal recovering from health, the Suns' tactic is a slow-paced positional battle, surrounded by a bunch of shooters, and the game is naturally very comfortable.

Even Xiaobawang's mid-range shots have been developed. Last season, Xiaobawang's close-range mid-range shots were 46%, regular mid-range shots were 53%, and long-range shots were 42%. Although the number of shots was not too many, they were stable .

This allowed O'Neal to recover successfully at the beginning of this season!

Liu Xiu remembered that the Sharks this season averaged 20+9 per game before the All-Star Weekend, and their shooting percentage was a career-high 65%.

现在就看出来了战绩不行，太阳队开局三连败，101比107输给了马刺队、102比105输给了小牛队、昨晚以101比109输给了湖人队。

O'Neal likes to play the floor game, but the rest of the Suns are not suitable for this, and they can't defend.

Steve Kerr's operation was confusing. He said he felt that the fast break could not win the championship, so he exchanged Marion for O'Neal. Otherwise, he didn't renew his contract and signed a bunch of pitchers and physical fitness men.

Now the offensive in positional warfare is quite awkward, and the traditional offense around O'Neal cannot be defended on the defensive end.

Perhaps as the season progresses, the offensive end will be better after a tacit cooperation, anyway, it's enough now...

Regarding Steve Kerr's operation, Liu Xiu and his teammates complained-another year of wasting Nash's peak period.

今晚刘秀打了30分钟，9投6中，其中三分球2中2，外加罚球6中6，拿到20分3板7助攻2抢断1盖帽，希尔20分5板3助攻、夸梅-布朗7分13板、兰多夫16分8板、雷-阿伦拿到全场最高的23分……

106 to 97, the Trail Blazers beat the Suns to win.

奥尼尔今晚13投8中拿到20分9板3助攻2盖帽。

O'Neal, who weighs 147 kilograms and is healthy, is very powerful even at the age of 36!Only 10 of 4 free throws slowed down, otherwise he might score more than Ray Allen.

At the stage of sufficient physical strength, I can't defend in singles, and I have accepted that I am getting older. I can't play singles anymore. I am willing to move and adjust my position at close range to find opportunities to eat cakes... It is said that the Suns finished the preseason. , the Bulls offered to the Suns to trade O'Neal with Okur, but was rejected by Steve Kerr.

The reason is that they don't want to make their championship competitors stronger.

After the start of the regular season, O'Neal was visibly healthy and in such a good state. Steve Kerr's reason for refusing to trade was recognized by many people.

But Liu Xiu thinks that Steve Kerr doesn't want Okur, who can protect the frame, shoot three-pointers and play singles... Nash is miserable!

...

On the 6th, the Trail Blazers came to Salt Lake City, and the league announced the best awards for the first week.

东部：尼克斯队的麦迪，3胜0负，场均29分4板4助攻。

West: Danny Granger of the Rockets, 4 wins and 0 losses, averaging 26 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

After a night of rest in Salt Lake City, the next day, the Trail Blazers played away to the Jazz.

The Jazz have had bad luck this year.

Kirilenko continued his poor state in the Olympic Games. His performance in the preseason was poor, and he was sent to the bench in the regular season.

Also put on the bench was Tyson Chandler.

Chandler was rejected, another summer passed, and there was still no progress.

It is very good to help defend Chandler, but he is not as effective as the 23rd pick in the first round of this year's rookie Costa Koufos in the frame protection that the Jazz need most.

However, in overall strength, Chandler must be much better than Koufos. It is rumored that Sloan wants to stimulate Chandler to see if he can make Chandler stand up.

But as far as Liu Xiu has learned about black athletes over the years, whether it can be supported, such incentives are useless, and it is not as strong as the incentive when the contract year is over.

The unluckyness of the Jazz does not stop there. Paul, Boozer and Szczerbiak, the top three players in the Jazz's scoring average, are also plagued by injuries. They began to be injured in the preseason. The Jazz started In the 3 regular season games, the three brothers played 1 game each.

At 7:40 p.m., after Liu Xiu and his teammates entered the energy solution arena, they saw the opposite starting lineup——Jarrett Jack, Ronnie Brewer, Jason Kapono, Chandler, Ku foss.

Paul's weak hamstring...does not consider character, such an opponent has been eroded by injuries, and Liu Xiu feels very sorry.

Paul continued to be troubled by hamstring injuries early in his career, and it wasn't just this one injury. He suffered a cruciate ligament injury in college, an ankle injury in his second year in the NBA... this year he began to suffer from hamstring injuries again.

Paul, who was only 22 years old last season, was evaluated by the magician as synonymous with talent. How strong should he continue to play the previous season and grow to the peak of 26 and seven years old?
But maybe because of this style of play, Paul's hamstrings, knees, and ankles have been under undue pressure?

Before the game, Liu Xiu felt sorry for Paul, but after the game started, she played hard.

The opponent's five starters were injured and three were injured. If they lose, where will they lose face?

But the coaches didn't pay much attention to this, and focused on playing tactics.

On Sloan's side, although the battalion is full of wounded soldiers, they are still doing what they should do - knock down the defense and test the offensive stability and adaptability of the Trail Blazers.

Although the Jazz lacked Paul, they still did a good job defending. The Blazers' not-so-perfect offense was hindered.

Then, Sloan swears.

Adjustments for the Trail Blazers when they encountered problems-the warden strikes!

刘秀全场打了41分钟，27投17中，其中三分球4中1，外加7中7的罚球，拿到42分9板4助攻3抢断。

加上17分6板的兰多夫、16分4板2助攻的雷-阿伦、10分6板的法外狂徒，还有6分17板4助攻1抢断4盖帽的夸梅-布朗撑起防守……103比96，开拓者队开局4连胜！

Although Sloan scolded the street, he had to admit that the opponent's new system had a high probability of success!
Playing very flexibly, not sticking to the system itself, trying to rely on the ability of the stars as far as possible...

This made Sloan think of the Zen Master in the three dynasties. At that time, the Zen Master's triangle offense never played a double-forward swingman without a center, and adjusted to a super center-based play with one inside and one outside. In 3 In the summer, when Zen Master joined the Lakers, not many people really thought that Zen Master could succeed, but it is unbelievable that he directly led the team to complete the dynasty.

However, Zen Master, who had to think carefully about every tactical detail at that time, no longer has that kind of motivation. After integrating Deron into the triangle offense, he did not polish the tactical details as carefully as he polished the details of the OK combination tactics. Became 'enough is enough'.

The Zen master is no longer the Zen master he used to be, but the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers. His unrestrained ideas and novel tactical ideas that day... Sloan felt that he was miserable.

Why is his coaching career so bumpy?
Formidable opponents one after another...

...

Back at the hotel after beating the Jazz, the Trail Blazers coaching staff gathered in the vice president's suite for a meeting.

The vice president looked at this group of people and wanted to give up the treatment that he could live in a suite like Liu Xiu.

Come to him every meeting!
But it really made him give up... Ahem, this is a symbol of the status of the team.

Neither the general manager nor the coach has this kind of treatment. The vice presidents of the team and the wardens who have added this clause to their contract renewals only get this kind of treatment when they stay in a hotel.

But the content of the meeting, the vice president is very happy.

Sloan felt that the new system of the Trail Blazers could work, and the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers felt the same way.

The performance of the first 4 games was much better than they expected!
Mustache said excitedly: "The butcher is not as lazy as you say, is he? I am most worried about him. I am worried that he is unwilling to play pass and cut cooperation, so I deliberately added mid-range and short-range singles to him. I didn't expect him to cut in. It was done very well, and the counterattack was also very active. The deterrent force of a 120kg player rushing up..."

After the mustache finished speaking, the intern assistant echoed: "Yes, I was worried at first that he would serve as a center on the defensive end and switch defenses under the basket, but his enthusiasm is far better than I imagined. He is so strong and so agile. , It's a pity that the awareness of the defensive end is not good enough. Mark is better at this point, as are support and pick-and-roll... But Butcher's personal offense is too good to make up for those shortcomings. He has hit 40% in almost every mid-range area this year , the mid-range catch and singles are so good..."

Seeing that the two were so excited, the vice president didn't know whether to say that this was the power of a "contract year". In previous years, if he didn't gain 30 pounds to start the new season, that guy wouldn't be called Zach Randolph.

In the end, the vice president decided not to talk about it. Anyone who understands will understand.

For example, Bu Shuai, who loves money as much as Randolph, doesn't think it's strange that Randolph started this year with a perfect weight.

In fact, in terms of the starting lineup, the only worry is Randolph, but in the regular season, Randolph's performance made the coaches feel at ease.

What surprised them was that after 4 games, Gasol Jr. was the one who integrated the tactical system the fastest.

Gasol's tactical understanding ability is really the best in the team. In the eyes of the coaches, even the warden can't match him in this aspect.

However, it is surprising that Gasol is the fastest one to integrate into the system, but he only has so much playing time, and his weight limits what he can do, which is not so eye-catching in the eyes of fans.

For other substitutes, the better the better, the more marginal.

This is the characteristic of Mustache's tactics-the playing time is concentrated on 7-8 main players.

For this tendency, the coaches are unanimously thinking of ways. For example, after the start of the training camp, they have strengthened the training of Korver's running position, and now they are also cultivating Novak's ability in this area.

The combo guard Dragic, who plays somewhat similarly to Liu Xiu and is keen on scoring, also played a lot of time. He averaged 4 minutes per game in 13 games, averaging 4.5 points, 2 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

In the coach's view, any system must have functional players, even the triangle offense, which claims to be free to play, also has a fixed role.

Since there are at most 8 main players, one of them is a role that is close to panacea. The Trail Blazers don't have it yet... The current coach's idea is to reduce unnecessary roles and increase the same type of players who need roles.

This idea was confirmed by the coach and Liu Xiu after many discussions, and the reference object was the Spurs.

As the saying goes, the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade...

...

After returning to Portland for a day of rest, the Trail Blazers ushered in the first back-to-back of the new season.

On the 8th, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Rockets at home.

The game was very intense. The twin towers of Bynum and Varejao, one attack and one defense, were not weaker than Randolph and Kwame Brown.

Hamilton and Granger's front-back combination is also quite powerful.

The main thing is defense. Former Rockets defensive assistant Tom Thibodeau helped Granger and Bynum lay a solid defensive foundation.

With Granger on the outside, Bynum at the basket, plus the assistance of Hamilton and Varejao, plus Darius Miles, Landry, Alston and other good defensive players, the Rockets have a strong defense this season. It has become another... To put it mildly, it is called the Jagged Brigade.

今晚格兰杰25分、拜纳姆17分10板、阿尔斯通10分4助攻、汉密尔顿14分……

开拓者队方面，刘秀拿到27分7板8助攻5抢断1盖帽、兰多夫17分7板、雷-阿伦15分、夸梅-布朗14分15板、法外狂徒8分5板、希尔8分3板8助攻……

99 to 94, the Trail Blazers narrowly beat the Rockets by 5 points.

On the second day, the Trail Blazers ushered in back-to-back challenges from the Timberwolves at home.

The Timberwolves traded Oden back for Pau Gasol. Even if Oden made it later, no one would say that the Timberwolves were losing money.

It's not a loss to use a talent that was reimbursed if he didn't play in his rookie season to exchange for an All-Star player who is in the golden period of his career.

But the Timberwolves did not take off as expected at the beginning of the new season, but started badly.

Because their starting point guard Marko Jaric joined Real Madrid in La Liga for 3 million euros in three years last season, the Timberwolves offered the full middle class, but was rejected by the opponent.

The European League is different from the NBA. The salary there is after-tax. Jarich's new contract is calculated based on the tax rate of Minneapolis' economic downturn in recent years, which is equivalent to an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars.

And last year's power forward Anthony Walker yelled at being rejected for a long-term contract.

Neither player is the core, but a puzzle. The Timberwolves management didn't care and let them go.

Anthony Walker couldn't find a contract, and the Timberwolves boss was still mocking the veteran who made a lot of contribution to their rise last season when participating in the recording of the show...

Unexpectedly, puzzles are so important!
Yaliqi's distribution of ball rights, Fat Toutuo's connection with teammates like a hub...Now the Timberwolves have a stronger lineup, but the two outside stars seem to not know how to play.

Only then did Roy realize that he was so dependent on the ball-distributing point guard.

Another problem is that their head coach Randy Whitman is really average.

Now there are black dealers on the Internet, betting on when the Timberwolves owner will pull Randy Whitman out of the blame, this is the most routine operation of the Timberwolves.

Regarding the current situation of the Timberwolves, after understanding the situation, Liu Xiu was not surprised to see the scout report when preparing for the game.

The tactics are not suitable, the lineup is not suitable, even the combination of Nash + Kobe + Artest + Gasol + Howard almost failed to make the playoffs.

The Trail Blazers performed very well on the defensive end tonight, preventing the Timberwolves from making 84 of 29 shots, shooting only 34%, and scoring only 68 points.

Roy 14 points, Gasol 12 points, sixth man Mike Miller 11 points...Mike Miller wanted to cry, accepted the identity of the sixth man, and joined the Timberwolves for $2 million in two years Team, he came here because of the potential of the Timberwolves, but the result was so miserable.

开拓者队这边，刘秀打了18分钟，10投7中拿到20分3板3助攻，雷-阿伦15分2助攻、兰多夫10分10板、夸梅-布朗8分7板、希尔5分1板3助攻……开拓者队五个首发下半场都没打。

但替补席的德拉季奇4分3板11助攻、法外狂徒15分5板2抢断2盖帽、鸟人17分、科沃尔13分、小加索尔5分4板2助攻2盖帽……

114 to 68, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the Timberwolves.

The scene that impressed Liu Xiu the most in the whole game was a scene of brothers and sisters respecting each other - Gasol blocked the big Gasol twice in one round and then laughed wildly...

Before the game between the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves, the Magic lost to the Pistons 84-91 in an away game. The record became 6 wins and 1 loss. The Trail Blazers, which won 6 consecutive victories, topped the league!

(End of this chapter)