Healing Basketball

Chapter 1049 1049. Invincible key ball!
In the past five seasons, Liu Xiu has won the Player of the Month Award in January four times.

There is nothing wrong with saying it is a 'mid-term overlord'.

This time I got the best...

Kobe also won a lot in January, 1 wins and 15 losses, averaging 2+31+6+4+2 per game, shooting 0.7+50+38, switching to the East, definitely the best month.

With such a performance of Kobe winning the award, Liu Xiu was happier than winning the best of the month in the previous 15 times.

In the evening, the Trail Blazers came to Oklahoma City and rested for a night. On the second day, they only went to the Ford Center for training in the afternoon.

At 2 pm on February 3, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Thunder started.

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And it can be seen that the Thunder's offense is getting better and better. The Trail Blazers only rely on offensive firepower to suppress the Thunder, and their defense in the first quarter can be called good.

Just when the Thunder players were expecting their upset, the Trail Blazers suddenly raised their defense in the final quarter. Liu Xiu scored 14 points in a single quarter, and the Thunder scored 18 points in a single quarter...

26 to 18, the Trail Blazers widened the point difference in the final quarter.

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Looking at the overall performance of this game, Liu Xiu felt that they didn't play well.

But the rhythm was well controlled, loose and tight when it should be loose, not tense, but not completely sloppy, and when the overall state of the team was good in the final quarter, they defeated the opponent in one fell swoop.

With the coaching rhythm of the coaching staff, at this point in time, Liu Xiu feels very comfortable, and so does the feedback he gets from his teammates.

It's already at this point in time, and you insist on 'preventing well', 'seriously', and 'rushing'... the coaching staff will be hated by the players like Larry Brown.

After the three consecutive away games, the Trail Blazers returned to the home court and rested for a night. On the 5th, the Raptors ushered in a challenge at home.

What does it feel like to score 10 points in a single quarter?Liu Xiu enjoyed it. It wasn't him who scored 12 points in a single quarter, but the whole team...

Facing the defense of the Raptors, which is third in the league in defensive efficiency, going all out and even playing their lives, the Trail Blazers trailed 10 to 26 by 16 points in the first quarter.

Maurice Cheeks knelt down and begged the warden to do it straight away.

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93 to 101, the Trail Blazers lost to the Raptors at home.

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Farmer is pure delight in defeating the Warden.

World peace is about to tear up, I have been bullied all the time, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

Fatton had mixed feelings, happy and depressed.

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After losing the 7th game next season, the Trail Blazers' record became 43 wins and 7 losses, still ranking first in the league.

It's a pity for Liu Xiu, the chance of tying the second half of history with 46 wins and 6 losses in the half is gone.

But the best half-time record of 47 wins and 5 losses has long been out of reach. 46 wins and 6 losses are maintained by themselves, and it is not a big deal if they can't catch up.

After a day of rest, on the 7th, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Knicks at home.

East Nursing Home and West Mosaic are the weirdest teams this season.

Even the Trail Blazers, Lakers, Bulls, Spurs, and Magic with the top five records all have a higher home win rate than an away win rate.

But the nursing home is different from the mosaic... Once the Knicks leave the holy land of basketball, it seems that the "seal of the holy land" has been untied, and their strength seems to increase suddenly.

This is most evident when facing the Trail Blazers!
In the holy land of basketball, when the Knicks met the Trail Blazers, it was like giving up the game.

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In the third quarter, the two teams tied 27-27. Harrington, McDyess, and David Lee all scored 5 points in this quarter.

McDyess had a two-handed dunk on McGrady's lob, which also won the cheers of the fans at the scene.

Even if he leaves the Trail Blazers, McDyess, a veteran who made great contributions and sacrifices during the three consecutive championships, is also one of the favorite inside players of this generation of Trail Blazers fans.

At the end of the quarter, the offensive efficiency of the Knicks, who had been fighting for three quarters, finally declined. The Trail Blazers seized the opportunity to start from defense, relying on Gasol to protect the frame, Liu Xiu, Kwame Brown, and Ray Allen The Knicks only scored 11 points in more than 19 minutes due to the switch defense and the one-on-one defense of McGrady by the outlaws. During this period, the Trail Blazers scored 20 points.

At 11 minutes and 49 seconds of the final quarter, McGrady chose to defend the outsider with a key shot and made a three-pointer... After playing for 40 minutes, he was exhausted at the critical moment, and the three-pointer was short!
Liu Xiu grabbed the defensive rebound and started a counterattack. The Knicks retreated quickly this time. They currently lead the Trail Blazers by two points 108-106. very hard.

Liu Xiu didn't slow down, and rushed directly to the frontcourt. The Blazers' overall pressing speed was also very fast at this time. After Liu Xiu arrived in the frontcourt, he quickly started a pick-and-roll with Kwame Brown.

McGrady and McDyess directly chose to pinch, but McGrady, who was blocked by Kwame Brown, came around and had no time to press up. Liu Xiu had already used the cover to take off to face the outlaw lunatic who jumped out. McGrady was the first to see this scene. Time to think of it - McDyess is indeed the old teammate of the warden, and he is really familiar with this guy's style.

McDyess fought hard to defend, relying on his height and wingspan to cover Liu Xiu's shot line, but Liu Xiu did not waver, and used more than 45 degrees of receding to avoid McDyess' block, and made a three-pointer...hit!
109 to 108, the Trail Blazers overtook the score at a critical moment, with 4.6 seconds left!The Knicks called a timeout.

"Antonio, what are you doing for nothing?" Liu Xiu said and turned to the bench.

With the two talents of 'Maimang' and 'Zon of the Wind', plus the buff of 'General', he has as much confidence in this ball as he wants.

McDyess shook his head with a wry smile on his hips, the warden's key ball ability is simply invincible!
Soon, after a short 20-second timeout, the Knicks' key play tactic... didn't play out. Michael Curry's final tactic was the 'public version' key play tactic, which means that there is absolutely no mistake in that arrangement. , But every coach knows how to use tactics that are not very feasible.

Duhon's three-pointer hit the neck of the basket with a "bang" and popped out. Gasol caught the rushing opponent, watched the ball land a little inside the baseline, bounced it, and the final whistle sounded ...

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Gasol, who has an absolute tonnage advantage and an advantage in height and wingspan, should be better at playing the Knicks inside.

Tracy McGrady scored 39 points tonight and performed very well. If the last three points were scored, it would have been all done, but it was a pity that he did not score.

The shooting percentage, which was too good, was also pulled down in the final quarter. The three-pointer missed, and his shooting performance dropped to 29 of 14 shots. He abruptly missed [-]% of his shooting...

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After playing the Knicks, the Trail Blazers got two days off. After the game on the 10th, they will enter the All-Star weekend.

On the morning of the 8th, the league announced the complete entry list for the All-Star Weekend.

This year's rookie game changed sponsors, and it was replaced by the Golden Arches. There were two games on the rookie game day, and the All-Star Charity Game in the afternoon. The rich and powerful Golden Arches invited many Hollywood stars, retired NBA stars, and active WNBA players. There are 20 people in total.

In the rookie game, the first-year team consists of Oden, Gasol Jr., Lopez, Love, Eric Gordon, Beasley, Mayo, Rose, and Westbrook; the second-year team consists of Duran Te, Horford, Conley, Scola, Thornton, Stuckey, Thaddeus Young, Wilson Chandler, Yi Jianlian.

When Liu Xiu saw this list, he felt that the insiders of the first-year team might not be able to touch the ball, and the outsiders...

The second-year team looked so broken in the rookie season, but in the second year, one by one is stronger than the other!

There are still a lot of selfless players.

There are more arrangements for the rookie game day. It is said that in order to attract more attention to the rookie game day, more public activities are arranged in the morning-the training of the All-Star game players is scheduled from 9 o'clock in the morning to 12 o'clock.

On the day of the comprehensive competition, the alliance promoted him as the warden for a long time, but in the end he didn't have his name...

Four teams from the Trail Blazers, Lakers, Pistons, and Suns were selected for the Shooting Star Challenge.

It was Dragic who replaced Liu Xiu.

Skills Challenge roster: Rose, Harris, Mo Williams, Parker.

Three-point contest entry list: Bibby, Dae Quinn - Cook, Granger, Kapono, Lewis, Rudy - Fernandez.

Slam dunk contest entry list: Howard, Nate - Robinson, JR-Smith, Rudy - Fernandez.

All-Star game substitute list:
East: Howard, Milicic, Garnett, Lewis, Pierce, Joe Johnson, McGrady.

These 7 substitutes and Billups, Wade, Artest, James, Yao Ming and other 5 starters form the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

West: Ray Allen, Kwame Brown, Randolph, Paul, Bynum, Deron, Nowitzki.

These 7 substitutes and Liu Xiu, Kobe Bryant, Anthony, Duncan, O'Neal and other 5 starters form the Western All-Star team.

Feng Zi and Xiaobawang really didn't make the All-Star selection!

In the original time and space, the Suns ushered in the big sharks, and the 08-09 season was particularly tragic. The Son of the Wind lost the All-Star selection, and the bully was selected as a starter due to his high popularity.

But in this time and space, the competition for the forward position is fierce. Anthony's bandit image circle has countless fans. Duncan's popularity just began to decline in the middle of his career, and then he reached his peak and soared to become the most popular forward in the West.

Not to mention competing with these two for the starting lineup, Xiaobawang is much less popular than Silver Horn King, who is sympathized by domestic fans.

Instead, it was the Sharks, because Yao Ming left the West and regained his starting position after playing the 'No. [-] Center in the West' at the end of his career.

It is a pity that there are many unselected players in the east and west. Most of the unselected players are related to age.

What makes Liu Xiu most regretful is Iverson, who averaged 24.8 points per game. His performance was good, but the ups and downs were too great. He could score 53 points in a single game, and he could also score 8 points. His shooting percentage dropped to 41.6%. The continuous record decline, and the decline in Iverson's data are also related to the absence of Anthony as a restraint point in most games. Now Iverson can no longer support the offense alone.

It is indeed difficult for Iverson to be selected as an All-Star in the wild west of the guard group.

Let alone in the west, it is difficult to rely on strength in the east, and can only rely on popularity to be selected.

Roy was also dragged down by a poor start, and Parker and Ginobili were not enough places...

But Liu Xiu regrets that these people's failures have a direct relationship with their Trail Blazers - there are 3 All-Star substitutes!

Of the 7 places, their team accounted for nearly half of them, and it was naturally difficult for other teams to be selected.

However, they blasted 20 consecutive victories and occupied the top of the record list for a long time, as it should be.

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After a day of rest, on the 9th, the Blazers prepared for the mid-term final game.

Liu Xiu felt that his teammates were extraordinarily excited, to put it bluntly, it was just a flashback.

In the previous period, injury problems and physical problems came one after another. Although everyone was competitive, they were all sloppy.

After Randolph suffered a fatigue injury in front of him, even the vice president didn't try to correct the team's slackness. He had already suffered a wave of injuries, but it was really caused by too much effort...they are already number one in the league. It's not necessary, and I can't reach the 0th place.

If there are a few more games in the middle of the season, Liu Xiu is sure that his teammates will continue to "lay corpses", but it is the last game, and it will be a holiday soon, just like Fridays when school or work, collectively "cheat corpses" ...and then 'weekend' followed.

When the Trail Blazers players were preparing for the game full of enthusiasm, their opponents in the mid-term final game, the Cavaliers, came to Rose City.

A certain player No. 23, who did not want to be named, arrived at the hotel, put on a windbreaker, sunglasses and a mask and came outside the Rose Garden Arena.

Thinking of Kobe, Duncan, and Garnett standing still in the past, Liu Xiu and Milicic flourishing in the same period, and the new generation of Paul and Oden ready to go, he felt that life was really too difficult.

By the way, that guy from the Grizzlies can easily become a brother if he can get acquainted.

He decided not to think about it, and sneaked in to watch the prison team training?

good idea!
Before he could move, the security trotted up to him, "Mr. James, our non-match day training venue is the Willamedy Garden Training Hall. You can't see the warden training here. If you want Visit the warden training, we can arrange a car to take you there."

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A certain number 23: Can you recognize me?

I want this disguise for what use!

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(End of this chapter)