Healing Basketball

Chapter 107.
"I want to be the strongest one, yes, I am not yet."

"LeBron James is not the best."

"I think the strongest should be Melo...Why? He is the only rookie who averaged 4+ per game in four years."

"52 points in a single game is the best performance of our rookie class in the rookie season."

"Getting a triple-double is not what I want to pursue. I will not try to chase the 7 triple-doubles in Magic's rookie season. It is too stupid to pursue a triple-double at the expense of living up to the efforts of my teammates."

"The person I want to play the most is Dwyane Wade. Melo and James are not point guards. Defeating them is not as meaningful as defeating Dwyane Wade."

"..."

"..."

On December 12, the game day for the Cavaliers to challenge the Trail Blazers away came.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Liu Xiu ate breakfast and watched his exclusive interview yesterday evening that was being broadcast on the 8 o'clock news program of the ESPN sports channel.

Not surprisingly, after more than half an hour of the interview, after being edited to 5 minutes, Liu Xiu could only give one comment—exquisite knife skills!
The screen switching and the tone of voice are very smooth. These words, it is true that he said every sentence.

But he remembered that what he meant didn't seem to be the case.

But it doesn't matter. Compared with other TV stations, ESPN's knife work is already much gentler.

Liu Xiu knows the reason—Sports Illustrated and TNT are the media that stepped on their Trail Blazers and him, and ESPN will not step on it so hard.

An enemy of an enemy is a friend.

I don't know how James will react when he sees the news...

The edited sentence "It's stupid to pursue a triple-double at the expense of letting down your teammates' efforts" seems to be mocking James.

因为过去两场比赛，詹姆斯的数据分别是13分11板8助攻、16分7板11助攻，这两场比赛骑士队都输了。

If James' mood swings are violent, Liu Xiu...will be very happy!
As for the hatred for Antony... It's okay, he thinks that my Dong brother's hatred in society can still bear it.

My aunt went to rest after breakfast. Pregnancy care is very important. Portland is a really good living environment, among other things.

The work of washing dishes naturally fell to the cutest sister in the world.

After washing the dishes with grief and indignation, Qing'er ran upstairs. After a while, she responded to Liu Xiu's urging twice, and after a while, she ran down.

Looking at her beautifully dressed younger sister, Liu Xiu asked, "Qing'er, why did you change into new clothes? Didn't you say you bought them for Christmas?"

"I still have money, I can buy new ones... Brother, do you think I look like a little princess today?"

Sensing the look in her younger sister's eyes, Liu Xiu responded decisively: "Our family's Qing'er was originally a little princess...but why did you suddenly dress like this today?"

Qing'er snorted: "My classmates say I'm a female barbarian, I want to show them that I'm also a lady!"

"Huh? Why do they call you a savage?"

"Because they can't beat me!" Qinger<(￣v￣)>.
"..."

"..."

This is something to be proud of!
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Today's Rose Garden Arena is extremely lively.

The Trail Blazers' game against the Cavaliers was well publicized.

The gimmick used by ESPN to promote this game-the battle for the best rookie of the new century.

This hits right on the spot for Trail Blazers fans who are in the process of 'new and old'.

Regardless of whether those fans who claim to "never watch it again" really don't watch it, or silently join the "prisoner" group, the Blazers' current market is obviously better than the same period last season.

Compared with the fans who left who really didn't watch, there were more fans who returned to the sidelines and in front of the TV because of Liu Xiu, as well as new fans.

All major media can see this, but they won't publicize it in the news.

Local news in Portland and Oregon began to change after Liu Xiu got another triple-double, but in the United States, negative news about the Trail Blazers and Liu Xiu is still the mainstream, and this kind of news is more likely to attract fans. The 'resonance'.

However, regarding tonight's game, in addition to ESPN's "business as usual", other media suddenly recognized the strength of the Trail Blazers and Liu Xiu's previous performance.

The reason is also simple, Liu Xiu's opponent tonight is James!
The relationship between James and ESPN can be called a 'strategic partner'.

ESPN praised James crazily, which helped James quickly expand his popularity, but it also attracted a lot of black fans to James, and many things were overblown.

James also gave ESPN the most time, from follow-up filming, to exclusive interviews, to the choice of magazine shooting, almost all of them were given to ESPN, and other media could not get a share.

Since we can't share the ratings, traffic, and newspaper sales brought by James fans, then go for the fans who don't like James and hate James.

But Liu Xiu felt that James really knew how to behave.

ESPN also broadcast an interview with James today.

"I'm so excited, I'm going to fight Jess soon."

"This is a talented scorer with 52 points, and I'm a big fan of him."

"He plays smart and unselfish, a teammate that anyone would love, and he's the best glue on a team."

After Liu Xiu saw James' exclusive interview, she wished she could beat James every day...

Compared with the news released by ESPN, it seems that Liu Xiu is so vitriolic!

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At 7:10 p.m., the game between the Trail Blazers and the Cavaliers was about to start, and players from both teams entered the field.

James, who entered the field first, enjoyed the enthusiastic boos of the fans.

A rookie is inherently competitive.

James is definitely the top rookie in the 03 class. He has played 18 games so far this season, and only 3 games have not scored in double figures.

The highest score in a single game was 36 points, second only to Liu Xiu's 52 points among rookies.

Liu Xiu has played 13 games so far, with 52 points and two triple-doubles, which is the key to reactivating the Trail Blazers market and allowing Trail Blazers fans to start iterating.

Although the overall statistics are not as good as James and Anthony, Trail Blazers fans believe that Liu Xiu will not lose to these two in the future.

In this way, the competitive relationship between Liu Xiu and James... Trail Blazers fans thought of Kobe and Iverson!
James has naturally become a thorn in the side of Trail Blazers fans.

James feels the atmosphere of the Rose Garden Arena, which is very different from what he has heard, but it is similar to what he imagined.

How can a team have such a rookie, and the local market is still bleak.

The Bad Boys made Detroit a crazy city!

When the players of the home team entered the field, James watched Liu Xiu run out and the starters who came out from behind...so envious!

The gap between teammates is too great.

But let him pick the No. 13 pick or the No. [-] pick, and he will definitely pick the No. [-] pick.

After Liu Xiu entered the field, his attention was on James who was staring at him.

"LeBron James, 18 years old, 203 cm, 113 kg, PG/SF, ability rating 81... averaged 17.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game... shooting 40.6% from the field and 30.4% from the three-point range..."

Great!

Liu Xiu is the only rookie who has reached the NBA's excellent level, which can be called a star level.

Anthony should be stronger, right?

There was a match in the preseason, but that time Anthony was both foody and fond of drinking. Apart from showing a wave of caps, he didn't show anything.

After entering the arena, Liu Xiu and James came to the middle circle under the signal of the TV staff.

"Hi, long time no see." James greeted first and made a hug gesture. Liu Xiu also took action, but it was a handshake gesture.

Both of them were speechless for a while, and James broke the embarrassment: "Jess, we should discuss in advance whether to hug or shake hands in front of the camera."

Liu Xiu nodded: "This is a good idea, but I don't have your email address or your mobile phone number."

"..." James was speechless.

Can you stop being so real!The look he made just now that he and Liu Xiu seem to know each other very well... Can you retake it?
I can't retake it!This is live!

This time it was Liu Xiu's turn to break the embarrassment: "We haven't seen each other for a long time, I remember the last time we met..."

James' brains turned very fast, and he had already come up with several directions to continue the topic, just waiting for Liu Xiu to finish speaking...

"...It was last time."

"..."

James thought of a lot of directions to continue the topic, all of which broke down.

This is poisonous!

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At 7:[-] in the evening, amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Trail Blazers played against the Cavaliers at home.

Tonight, the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene has increased a bit. The night before yesterday, Liu Xiu scored a triple-double, and the support rate of local fans continued to increase.

Liu Xiu is still on the bench tonight, he likes this arrangement.

After the game started, the Trail Blazers quickly gained the upper hand.

Cavaliers played a mess, to the national broadcast, Cavaliers 'boss' Ricky - Davis to prove his strength to the national basketball fans.

Once the ball was in Ricky Davis' hands, it couldn't get out.

In fact, this season Boozer has progressed to become a power forward with an average of 14+10 per game. Big Z has averaged 13 points, 9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game since his return from injury. With Ricky Davis as the core leader, the Cavaliers The strength of the team must have improved a lot compared to last season.

As a rookie, James didn't grab the ball with Ricky Davis at this moment, but James wouldn't play without the ball, and he didn't even have spot-up shots.

Ricky Davis took a few shots to slow down, and it was James' turn to attack. At this time, the situation of the Cavaliers was no different from when Ricky Davis was holding the ball.

At 4 minutes and 37 seconds into the first quarter, the Cavaliers called a timeout. The score was 7 to 11. The Cavaliers trailed the Trail Blazers by 4 points.

James looked at Liu Xiu, who was taking off his training uniform, and then at Ricky Davis, who was putting on his training uniform...'The outside partner like the warden is more suitable for me! '

"Heal value +11, from LeBron James."

"Heal value +6, from LeBron James."

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"..."

In the communication before the game, James provided Liu Xiu with 4 healing values.

That is, during the communication process, James had 4 mood swings involving basketball.

But Liu Xiu looked at the highest healing value of 11...'James is not suitable to be my teammate, brother basketball is impossible...'

(End of this chapter)