Healing Basketball

Chapter 1042 1042. Competing (seeking monthly pass)

On the evening of December 2008, 12, the Cavaliers staged a big deal of the year.

They first used Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, the 2009 first-round pick, and Eric Snow's expiring contract for a three-way big deal, in exchange for the Jazz's Szczerbiak , Ben Wallace of the Pistons.

Then use the Big Z and the Wizards for Antawn Jamison.

The five-member group of Mo Buchuan, Szczerbiak, James, Jamison, and Ben Wallace was born!
Entering the middle of the season, apart from the All-Star voting, fans' enthusiasm for watching games and discussions are declining.

The Cavaliers detonated public opinion!
Qing'er and Anne Hathaway were chatting on the sidelines about the Cavaliers lineup.

When discussing, think of Szczerbiak, Jamison, and Ben Wallace as their peak periods.

It feels like saying that the Cavaliers got a pitcher who averaged 20+ per game, a super panacea who averaged 25 points per game, and a super defensive player who was the best defensive player in 4 years and 3 times, and it was directly added kind of.

The same goes for TV commentators, online pundits and fans.

Facing the inquiries from the two, Liu Xiu replied with a false statement: "Their boss is really willing to spend money."

Anne-Hathaway and Qing'er were taken aback, her husband (brother)'s focus was always different from others!

Seeing that the two did not respond, Liu Xiu continued: "The Cavaliers sent out a contract of almost 3600 million yuan, but the salary in exchange reached 4300 million yuan. They took advantage of the rules of the mid-term transaction-the salary of the players sent out exceeded the salary cap by 30 million yuan. %, the total salary of the returned players can be increased by up to 25% compared to the sent players.

This rule was originally intended for those teams that could not keep their stars in the contract year. Some players are extremely valuable. If players with the same salary are traded, the home team will always suffer. Therefore, the rules specified by the league allow the home team to get more. With the possibility of some returns, players will generally agree to renew their contracts and get higher salaries.

The Cavaliers added millions in salary this season, plus the luxury tax expense..."

Qing'er's attention was diverted, but she asked: "Our salary expenditure is much higher than that of the Cavaliers, right?"

"Our team makes more money, the city is better, and the ball market is better. Cleveland, the city environment and the ball market environment are far worse... But they have James, so they must be very profitable, but a different owner, Even if you rely on James to make money, you can't bear to spend it."

Anne Hathaway asked: "Like Alexander exploiting little giants?"

"Yes, the NBA has bosses who love basketball like Gilbert, and there are many people like Alexander..."

Liu Xiu successfully changed the subject and discussed the matter of the Cavaliers' Super Five, just like in 2013, the Nets group of "old, weak, sick and disabled" were said to be the Big Five, all of whom are about to retire Pierce, Garnett, Kirilenko, plus Lopez who was reimbursed for the season, and Deron who ruined himself...

People's attention is on the Cavaliers who get the most stars.

On Liu Xiu's side, it was the same at the beginning, but then he focused on the other three teams.

Liu Xiu wondered if Big Z and the Cavaliers would still play tricks like in the original time and space—first let Big Z go to the Wizards for a physical examination, and then refuse to play for the Wizards after the deal was approved, forcing the Wizards to buy out the contract.

By then, the Cavaliers will be the 'Super Six'.

On the Jazz side, trade Szczerbiak back for Larry Hughes, rubbish contract for rubbish contract.

Paul has a lot of injuries, and Larry Hughes should be better than Szczerbiak. In terms of health, the latter two are almost the same glass.

For the Pistons, Liu Xiuzhen didn't expect Ben Wallace to be sent away!

In the second year after winning the championship, Joe Dumars was more ruthless than he thought.

He also exchanged Gooden and a first-round pick... Snow, the follow-up news is that the Pistons will directly buy him out without passing the health check.

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These two big deals of the Cavaliers stole the limelight from the "New Year's Eve War" between the Lakers and the Jazz.

When Liu Xiu thought that there was still this game, the game was over.

Kobe played the Jazz like playing for fun, and Deron also hammered small cannons every day.

在德隆19分3板13助攻的帮助下，科比23投13中，其中三分球3中2，加上14中12的罚球，拿到40分7板4助攻2抢断。

With David West's 21 points and 10 rebounds, the Lakers beat the Jazz 113-100.

On the second day, January 2009, 1, the new year came.

After a day's rest, Liu Xiu went to the team in the morning and participated in a light training session.

The morning training is over, and the team's training schedule for today is over.

The Noon League announced last month's Best of the Month awards.

Best rookie of the month, East: Chalmers of the Heat, averaging 12.5 points and 5.5 assists per game; West: Greg Oden of the Grizzlies, averaging 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game.

Coach of the Month, East: Cavaliers' Mike Brown; West: Hornets' Byron Scott.

player of the month,
东部：骑士队的勒布朗-詹姆斯，12胜4负，场均28.5分7.5板7.8助攻1.7抢断1盖帽。

西部：开拓者队的刘秀，12胜3负，场均35.2分7.6板8.4助攻2.8抢断1.4盖帽。

Liu Xiu was very pleasantly surprised when he learned that he won the award. In November, he was looking forward to it. He won 11 consecutive victories at the beginning, but he didn't get it.

He didn't care about this at all last month, he didn't expect to win an award!
In the afternoon, instead of practicing more, he went to Anna and Jaylen's school to hold a parent-teacher meeting for the first time in his life and hold New Year's activities together.

This afternoon was the highlight moment of Anna and Jay's kindergarten life. Handicrafts, finger cakes, pancakes, cakes, snacks... They could do everything, and the parents and teachers who watched were stunned.

It has been rumored in the NBA that the warden is the best cook in the league, but I didn't expect it to be true!

Liu Xiu, who loves to show so much, has the opportunity to show decisively...

After working all afternoon, Liu Xiu brought the two cubs back home in the evening.

Before Christmas, the holiday started, and it lasted for 8 days. Now the holiday continues, on the 15th. Today I go to school, just to do some activities.

Liu Xiu wanted to complain that it was too formalistic, but she had a good time playing, so she didn't complain.

The cubs look so happy, so don't spoil them.

After dinner, Liu Xiu stayed in front of the TV, watching the New Year's game between the Cavaliers and the Pistons that he was looking forward to.

This morning, several players who were traded have passed the physical examination, and each went to the new team.

The troublemaker Liu went to his agent to inquire about it. Sure enough, after passing the medical examination, Big Z asked for leave and went back to Cleveland on the grounds that he wanted to move.

The Wizards are now foolishly waiting...

But the game between the Cavaliers and the Pistons tonight was very peaceful.

Liu Xiu's expectation that she didn't have any malicious intentions fell through, and she thought there would be some conflict or something.

Think about it, even if Ben Wallace is unwilling and angry, he is still reluctant to part with the Pistons management and his old teammates who just won the championship together.

Yao Ming has played against James 22 times in his career so far, Yao Ming has won 16 times, and James has won 6 times.

Ushered in Jamison, Szczerbiak, and Ben Wallace. The Cavaliers' offense did not immediately improve immediately. Instead, Gooden, Larry Hughes, and Big Z left. , the defensive end was still affected, and the newcomer couldn't integrate at once...

As for the Pistons, the past two months have been weakening the role of Ben Wallace at critical moments, and their transaction is relatively simple. Buying out Snow directly is about the same as Ben Wallace trading for Gooden alone. Deng just came and didn't play a role in strengthening the offensive end, but he did a good job as a substitute catch and shoot, at least not slowing down.

詹姆斯今晚虽然拿到33分14板6助攻，但31投仅13中，骑士队全队进攻也被防得很惨，只拿到84分。

活塞队方面，姚明18分、比卢普斯19分7助攻、卡特15分、普林斯14分、詹姆斯-琼斯13分、马克希尔12分……六人得分上双，以103比84大胜骑士队。

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After watching the excitement for two days, on January 1, Liu Xiu also ushered in the first game of the new year, against the Warriors.

首节开拓者队21投7中，刘秀也只有8中3，全队只拿到16分。

In terms of defense, although the positional battle was well defended, the bearded man counterattacked a lot. The Warriors scored 25 points in a single quarter!
In the second quarter, Liu Xiu didn't play in the first half of the quarter. He felt that tonight's game was going to be tough. As a result, the extrajudicial lunatic made 6 of 4 shots in the half quarter, including 3 of 1 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws. , scored 6 points in just over 11 minutes!
The extrajudicial lunatic who yelled "I jump up is open" led the team to a half-quarter score of 22 to 11. The Trail Blazers overtook the Warriors by 38 to 36 and entered the official timeout period.

In the second half of the quarter, Liu Xiu took over the offensive banner and led the team to a score of 17 to 13, continuing to maintain suppression.

单节39比24，开拓者队以55比49反超勇士队6分进入中场休息。

When the situation returned, the Warriors were not allowed to take the initiative back.

The score was 28 to 21 in the third quarter and 30 to 30 in the final quarter.

最终靠着刘秀的26分、兰多夫的19分、雷-阿伦的15分、夸梅-布朗的10分8板、法外狂徒的31分……开拓者队5人得分上双，以113比100逆转勇士队拿下6连胜，战绩提升至27胜5负。

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After the 4 consecutive main games, on the second day, on January 1, the Trail Blazers went to the East to start a wave of 3 consecutive away.

After arriving at the hotel in Chicago, Liu Xiu used her newly bought smartphone to connect to a hotspot to read the news.

Last year's first-generation smartphones were really not easy to use, but the second-generation smartphones are slightly better.

After browsing the simple mobile website for a while, he still chose to use a PC.

Smartphones should wait another two years for their functions to be more perfect before using them as the main tool. Right now, they mainly answer the phone and send emails.

He was interrupted for 10 consecutive 30+ games, which caused a wave of heated discussions.

The Trail Blazers fans are more concerned about the outlaws. Their high school students applied to play as a substitute, let themselves go, and brought his functionality to the extreme. This year's performance is getting better and better.

The hottest news today is the announcement of the penalties for Arenas and Crittenton.

After the investigation, Fobole handed over the evidence to the local police station, and the two were detained. After paying a high security deposit, the two were released on bail, but the prosecution has formally prosecuted the two.

Liu Xiu remembers that the final outcome of the two was a fine + community labor. The lawyer Arenas spent 100 million dollars on was not just for nothing, and the lawyer's fee must have been more than the fine.

What matters is the league's punishment.

The pair's indefinite suspensions ended, but they were suspended for the rest of the season.

Both were suspended for 50 games from the time they were initially suspended to the end of the season.

Crittenton was waived by the Wizards, and he will get all the salary for the last year of his rookie contract next season. There will be no money for this season, and no salary for the suspension.

But Crittenton is okay, just a rookie contract.

Arenas has lost a lot. His average salary per game this season is 18.4 dollars, and his total loss is about 920 million dollars.

But this is the first year of his 6-year maximum salary contract, and there are still a full $5 million in salary for the next 1 years.

The one who should be desperate, Liu Xiu thinks it should be the Wizards.

In the evening, after the Lakers defeated the Rockets 92-88 at home, their record improved to 27 wins and 7 losses, winning 10 consecutive victories, becoming the second team to win 2 consecutive victories this season!
This made Liu Xiu call me 豮艸芔茻 directly, and it also stimulated the players of the Trail Blazers.

The next day, Jan. 1, the Trail Blazers traveled to the United Center to challenge the Bulls.

The hatred of the last home loss and the sense of urgency brought by the Lakers' 10-game winning streak made the Blazers players explode tonight!
At 8:58 p.m., the two-hour, 2-minute race came to an end.

开拓者队进攻方面，刘秀14投9中，其中三分球5中4，加上11中11的罚球，拿到33分7板3助攻3抢断1盖帽。

希尔10投6中，拿到15分6板10助攻。

夸梅-布朗7投5中加上9中7的罚球拿到17分13板1助攻3盖帽。

雷-阿伦6投3中，其中三分球1中1，加上4中4的罚球，拿到11分3板3助攻。

兰多夫8分6板4助攻、迪奥8分3板3助攻、法外狂徒13分……

The Trail Blazers scored 109 points!
防守端开拓者队表现也很好，公牛队最稳定的是加内特，到了需要他得分的时候，他20投10中加上2中2的罚球拿到22分9板3助攻2盖帽。

但其他人，皮尔斯12投5中拿到17分7板3助攻；辛里奇14投5中拿到13分10助攻，奥库拿到14分5板1助攻……全队被防得只拿到95分！
109 to 95, the Trail Blazers avenged the Bulls and won 7 consecutive victories!

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After avenging the last fight, and accumulating some training materials for retreating and changing direction while walking, Liu Xiu was still humming happily when he was eating breakfast the next day.

He reads the newspaper daily over breakfast, and the basketball headlines are the longest winning streak.

It's not that the Lakers may surpass their 11-game winning streak, a topic that was fired yesterday.

The topic of speculation today is that they, who have only won 7 consecutive victories, compete with the Lakers, who have won 10 consecutive victories, for the longest winning streak.

As far as speculation is concerned, whether they can win 10 consecutive victories is not a question, and there are still 3 away games.

Liu Xiu felt that this should be Stern's helpless move.

The early part of the season was fine, and the main support for James can be moved.

But by the middle of the season, James was unable to compete with the NFL playoffs.

James is also very popular, but the honor is not strong enough. There are many fans in the basketball fan group, but he has not been able to break the circle.

Kobe had broken the circle as early as the OK Dynasty, and his warden also broke the circle by relying on the championship.

Champion...

On the 6th, the Blazers came to Philadelphia to beat the 110ers 99-76 at the Wachovia Center.

Liu Xiu scored 31 points, Randolph 17 points, Hill 15 points, Kwame Brown 15 points, 12 people played, 10 people scored, Gasol Jr. who did not score also had 2 points and 4 assists, but Ray- Allen played for 2 minutes when he stepped on the ball while fighting for the floor ball, fell down and was injured, and left the field without a point. Fortunately, he finally won the game with his strong overall strength.

The 76ers are also heartbroken this year-Iguodala, who is only 24 years old, seems to have reached the end of his talent.

As the absolute core of the 76ers, Iguodala, who has unlimited firepower, has averaged 18.9 points per game this season.

这场比赛11投5中拿到12分5板6助攻，只能说是一个防守好的组织前锋。

This is not a problem of too few shots. Iguodala averages 45 or [-] shots per game, and he still has a shooting rate of about [-]%, which is quite stable.

But after more than 15 shots, the efficiency plummeted.

To put it simply, Iguodala does not have the ability to guarantee the efficiency of his subordinates.

And in Liu Xiu's memory, as opponents become more and more familiar with Iguodala, the FMVP with the most underwhelming statistics will average lower and lower points per game.

On the 7th, the Trail Blazers came to the Army Aviation Center in Rutherford Township, New Jersey, to defeat the 105ers 99-76 back-to-back.

Ray Allen sprained his ankle. He became a pure stand-up shooter tonight, and the defensive end almost became a traffic commander.

但表现还可以，9投4中，其中三分球7中3，加上3中2的罚球，拿到13分1板1助攻。

兰多夫拿到29分，刘秀29投16中，其中三分球11中5，加上6中6的罚球，拿到43分8板5助攻5抢断。

After defeating the Nets back to back, the Trail Blazers have won 9 games in a row.

At the same time, the Lakers beat the Magic 97 to 92 in an away game and won 12 consecutive victories, surpassing the 11 consecutive victories set by the Trail Blazers at the beginning of the season!

...

When the staff handed the towel to Liu Xiu after the game, they told him about the Lakers' victory over the Magic.

The Trail Blazers opened the locker room interview tonight. When asked about the Lakers' 12-game winning streak, he replied: "They are playing very well. They are the best team currently. Wouldn't be surprised."

Asked about competing with the Lakers for the longest winning streak, he replied: "We don't care about winning streaks, and we won't focus on such insignificant things."

This answer was very unreasonable to the warden, and the reporter couldn't help asking: "Really?"

Liu Xiu replied without hesitation: "Fake."

Hearing this answer, the reporter immediately felt relieved.

The topic is heated up!

The teammates booed when they heard this, and the management of the coaching staff didn't think there was anything wrong.

This is their warden, they are used to it.

Even if Liu Xiu says now that he wants to win another 70 wins, his teammates will follow him crazy instead of feeling the pressure.

Even the vice president can only mutter a few words now, wanting to remind Liu Xiu not to drift, but he is used to it and accepts it in his heart.

He even felt that what Liu Xiu said might cause some trouble for the Lakers.

Who would want to lose?
To judge others by themselves, if they have more than ten consecutive victories, and a team with 9 consecutive victories provokes them, they will definitely fight the opponent.

Of course, ordinary people can't do the thing of winning 9 consecutive victories and provoking 12 consecutive victories.

On the second day, the Trail Blazers came to Charlotte. After a night's rest, they came to the Time Warner Center to challenge the Bobcats.

At 9:4 p.m. on the 40th, Liu Xiu led his teammates into the stadium, and the fans at the scene were quite enthusiastic about him.

The only player on this team that Liu Xiu is familiar with is Matt Carroll, who was the member of the "Rose Bay Seven".

The rookies of the same class, and the Trail Blazers together.

Carol is a sure winner in life.

In the peak period of the past two years, he averaged 12 points per game and 9 points per game respectively, and his three-point shooting percentage was over 4%. After finishing the contract, he couldn't find a job, and his total career salary has reached 2000 million US dollars.

That's right, this guy has just completed the early contract renewal, and the new season withered.

But it's really not like taking a long-term contract, not having faith and not pursuing it, and making bad money.

But the Bobcats ushered in a new head coach - Larry - Brown.

Last year the Pistons relied on defense to win the championship, and Larry Brown became a favorite again.

Bobcats executive vice president Michael Jordan had no problem re-signing a wing shooter who averaged 1.8 threes per game on 43.6 percent shooting, and he had no problem signing Larry Brown.

But two hypes come together... Carroll is forced to make a bad contract.

For this situation, Carroll is not in a hurry. He has been in the NBA for less than 6 years, and he has drifted to 4 teams, so it doesn't matter.

Liu Xiu looked at the four-person team of Raja Bell, Gerald Wallace, Marvin Williams, and Okafor on the opposite side, and felt that Jordan did a good job in building the team this time. The Bobcats currently have 14 victories With a record of 19 losses, it has also left the ranks of bad teams.

At 5 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Bobcats started.

Trail Blazers starters: Liu Xiu, Novak, Hill, Randolph, Kwame Brown.

Bobcats starting: Randy - Foye, Raja - Bell, Gerald - Wallace, Marvin - Williams, Okafor.

Ray Allen was injured tonight, playing against the Nets team that had no defense after Richard Jefferson left, the coaching staff let Ray Allen continue to play, and playing the Bobcats will not work.

Although he hasn't played against the Bobcats this season, Larry Brown's team knows what type it is without having to play against it.

Liu Xiu copied Korver's residual blood 'turning killer' and Raja Bell's 'fighting'.

"Fighting: After applying confrontation in the defense, if the opponent retreats or changes direction to create space, the host's sideways or press-up start will not be affected by the previous confrontation, and it will start in the best state."

After the start of the game, the Bobcats started the defensive hand-to-hand combat mode. Ray Allen couldn't fight. This was what the coaching staff revealed in their interview the night before. The Bobcats made targeted defensive preparations based on this, but the Trail Blazers The impact on the offensive end is not great!
The operation of exchanging reeds for Novak worked!
Ray Allen was injured, Novak was never activated on the roster and went directly to the top of the starting lineup, playing the role of wing and top arc shooter very well.

The Blazers' tactics were operating normally, and Novak also scored a three-pointer to maintain the offensive threat.

Under the high-tempo and high-confrontation defense of the Bobcats, the Trail Blazers scored 24 points steadily in the first quarter.

But the Trail Blazers collapsed on the defensive end!
Ray Allen's defense without the ball, and defense with the ball when necessary, did not hold back, and Novak, both slowed down... The Bobcats scored 25 points in the first quarter!
In the second quarter, the scores of the two teams continued to be anxious. The two teams tied at 23 to 23. The Bobcats led the Trail Blazers 48 to 47 and entered the intermission by 1 point!
This situation made the Bobcats players extremely excited and felt like they were going to be upset... Then, they were beaten 29 to 22 by the Trail Blazers in the third quarter...

刘秀第三节10投8中，其中三分球2中2，加上3中3的罚球，单节21分！
If it wasn't for DJ Augustin who came off the bench to score two points at the buzzer, Liu Xiu would be able to beat the opponent's team by himself...

In the final quarter, the Bobcats scored 27 to 26. Not reconciled to being overthrown by Liu Xiu alone, they played hard, but they still failed to regain the situation.

33投19中，其中三分球10中5，外加12中10的罚球，刘秀拿到53分11板3助攻1抢断2盖帽，率领开拓者队以102比97险胜山猫队，拿下10连胜！

At this time, on the South Coast, a star of a 12-game winning streak team who did not want to be named is facing off against Dwyane Wade, the No. [-] shooting guard in the East.

Entering the inter-section break, when the head star went to the technical table to polish the chalk, he heard the league officials say that the warden led the team to 53 consecutive victories with 10 points in a single game, and his neck straightened instantly.

Wade on the side originally wanted to say a few words to the opponent before going on the court, but the opponent played better at the start tonight.

But I didn't expect to hear the official of the technical station say this!
Desperate for work, this is it!
Wade looked at the big god's expression as if he was about to bite someone, heard the "hissing" sound, and quickly returned his attention to the game.

Originally, there was a big gap in the team's strength, and there was no advantage in personal ability. The opponent's murderous look, if he was not careful, his cheeks would be ashamed tonight!

(End of this chapter)