Healing Basketball

Chapter 1074 1074. Hang and Beat the Thunder Five!

On the 12th, the Trail Blazers came to Denver and played back-to-back home and away games against the Nuggets.

The Trail Blazers lost the first two games against the Nuggets, and the score was still 104 to 111.

George Karl's track and field style of play can be rushed, and it is indeed very powerful in the regular season.

The Nuggets continued to blast tonight, rushing very hard.

But tonight the Blazers' firepower is even stronger!
首节开拓者队34比31领先3分，第二节32比26再赢3分，将领先优势扩大到9分，尽管掘金队第三节打出了28比23的，但末节开拓者队还了掘金队一个26比21。

安东尼拿到30分、布雷克14分7助攻、JR-史密斯22分7助攻、内内21分，掘金队4人得分上双。

刘秀拿到29分17板6助攻1抢断2盖帽、雷-阿伦24分、希尔12分、夸梅-布朗8分、小加索尔生涯新高的24分外加7板3助攻、法外狂徒14分……

115 to 106, the Trail Blazers beat the Nuggets by 9 points!
Liu Xiu rushed inside tonight and got 10 offensive rebounds, which made the Nuggets go crazy.

17 rebounds in a single game is also Liu Xiu's single-game rebound high in recent years.

Gasol seized this opportunity. Because of Liu Xiu's rush, the Nuggets put Nene in an area that could block Liu Xiu from rushing to the board. Gasol Jr. chose to press inside and create a dislocation when facing Anthony or Martin. He made 10 of 7 shots in the high and high shots!
Anthony was depressed. He had won the first two fights. He was looking forward to sweeping the damn one, but he had no chance again...

After playing back to back, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland for a night of rest. On the 14th, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Kings at home, 108 to 101. The Trail Blazers won calmly. Liu Xiu scored 29 points and Ray- Allen scored 24 points. It seems that the point difference is very small, but the Trail Blazers have been leading by 10 points after the first quarter. desire.

到了16号，开拓者队来到了萨克拉门托，客场挑战国王队，以110比94再胜一场，刘秀30投18中，其中三分球7中4，外加6中6的罚球，拿到46分11板6助攻3抢断1盖帽。

On the 17th, the Trail Blazers came to Oakland, another city in California, to challenge the Golden State Warriors back to back.

Jennings + Ellis, this pair of guns is much more fierce than the Kings. After the first three quarters, they lead the Trail Blazers by 84 points 70 to 14.

But in the final quarter, the Blazers fought back with a crazy single quarter of 40 to 21!
Relying on Liu Xiu's 24 points in the final quarter, the Trail Blazers reversed the Warriors 110-105 and won 7 consecutive victories!

刘秀拿到41分8板7助攻2抢断2盖帽，背靠背40+，本赛季单场40+次数来到18次，生涯单场40+次数来到120次，与科比的124次的差距，缩小到4次！
After the All-Star Weekend and entering the second half of the season, the teammates’ condition picked up, and there was a period of time for the coaching staff to think about tactical matters and for the players to think about how to play. Very good, the offensive and defensive balance has been done even better.

Liu Xiu's personal scoring has also declined during this period. Before this back-to-back, he had only scored more than 14 points in 3 times in 35 games, and only 1 time with 40+ points in a single game.

Even with this back-to-back 40+, his scoring average has dropped by nearly 1 point compared to before the All-Star Weekend, and he is currently averaging 33.6 points per game.

However, his leading edge is still there. After the All-Star Weekend, Kobe and James completely lost the motivation to chase the scoring champion, and their scoring averages are declining.

Durant's ability is not enough, averaging 31 points per game is already at the limit, he wants to fight, and expects Liu Xiu's scoring average to decline, but in March, he can't keep it up He averaged 31 points per game, tried his best, but his scoring average was still slowly declining.

Therefore, although Liu Xiu's scoring average is declining, his scoring crown is more stable than before the All-Star Weekend.

Back-to-back away games, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland to rest for two days. On March 3, the Raptors challenged at home.

Liu Xiu scored 22 points, Ray Allen 20 points, Bibby 21 points, and the three guards of the Trail Blazers scored 20 points!

At the last moment, relying on Ray Allen's key three-pointer, the Trail Blazers extended their lead to 11 points with 6 seconds left.

The Raptors made a wrong choice!

When the Trail Blazers led by 3 points and 30 seconds left in the clock, the Raptors chose to defend Liu Xiu. After Liu Xiu used the pick-and-roll to defend against Hill's cut, Marion ran up to block Liu Xiu and gave Hill's help. Ray Allen blocked the chase, caught the ball and turned to shoot a three-pointer.

105 to 99, the Trail Blazers beat the Raptors again, completing the sweep of the regular season!
But more importantly, the Trail Blazers beat the Magic and became the fourth team to win 4 games this season. The current record is 50 wins and 50 losses, and they just hit a wave of 19 consecutive victories!

Looking at the end of March, the first 3 games after the All-Star Weekend only got 10 wins and 6 losses, which is not very exciting.

Not only the Trail Blazers, but the Lakers, Cavaliers, and Spurs, the three first-tier teams, have seen their winning percentages decline after the All-Star Weekend.

So far, the Cavaliers have a record of 52 wins and 17 losses.

The Lakers also only had 53 wins and 17 losses.

The Spurs are the most stable one, and they have also declined, but they are much better than these two teams. They are currently 55 wins and 15 losses, and they are the first to get 55 wins.

The record of the strong teams began to increase, which is the trend of the impact stage in March this year.

People's views on this year's March-very intense, very compact, a season where the major teams are very close.

The Nuggets can drop to eighth in the West, but they have the ability to crush the No. [-] Spurs in the West in one game.

The competition is fierce, and many games are very interesting.

The strong teams are playing better and better offensively, but the defense still has the shadow of the iron-blooded era.

It can be said that this is the best season for the combination of offense and defense of the major teams in these years... But!
No team played dominant, which made the fans feel bad.

Yes, the fans say that they like to watch intense games, strong matchups, suspenseful games, ups and downs... The fans are not lying, they really like this.

But they prefer to have a super strong team that crushes all opponents in such a game atmosphere!

With the deepening of March, there has been no dominant team, and the fans can only accept the reality with regret.

But I didn't expect that the Trail Blazers suddenly had a winning streak!
This wave of victories has come to 8 games. Judging from the current record, the Trail Blazers have rushed to the first echelon!
This is unbelievable in the eyes of the fans!Once again became the focus of the fans at this stage.

Some media even advocated that the Trail Blazers may directly win the regular season championship with a wave of victories...

到了3月23号，开拓者队主场迎来和奇才队的比赛，113比98，开拓者队靠着刘秀的28分10板13助攻3抢断1盖帽，轻松拿下胜利，豪取9连胜！

This victory allowed the Trail Blazers to further attract the attention of all basketball fans.

On the 25th, the Trail Blazers played against the Suns at the American West Arena in Phoenix. This game was broadcast on multiple TV stations.

After a fierce battle, the Trail Blazers failed to hit 10 consecutive victories and lost to the Suns 107 to 113.

小霸王18分14板、纳什12分15助攻、姐深-你插得深拿到16分、鲁迪-费尔南德斯拿到17分、小洛佩慈12分、杜德利10分、弗莱11分……太阳队7人得分上双！
刘秀33分、雷-阿伦22分、夸梅-布朗16分、法外狂徒18分……开拓者队四大得分手表现已经很出色，但还是没能拿下10连胜。

The Trail Blazers' winning streak failed to continue, and many fans regretted it, including some of their black fans.

As the saying goes, black to deep natural powder...

But it is also good to have the Trail Blazers give a wave of stimulation at this time, to excite the fans who are a little fatigued by the overly intense situation.

On the 27th, the Trail Blazers returned home and narrowly beat the Mavericks 91 to 89. This was a fierce and compact defensive battle. Did not enter, the Trail Blazers defended the victory and also stabilized the record of the 'first echelon' strong team.

After 72 games, the Trail Blazers have a record of 52 wins and 20 losses!
After a two-day break, the Blazers first came to Oklahoma City on the 30th for a 113-101 victory over the Thunder, and then came to New Orleans on the 31st to narrowly beat the Hornets 112-108 to improve their record to 54. 20 wins and [-] losses!
Liu Xiu was very satisfied with hammering the schoolbag and Guigui continuously. Although the two were not in the same team, after hammering the schoolbag, she felt that something was wrong without hammering Guigui again.

It won't be easy to hammer in the future, look at Xiaopang, it's difficult to fight every time.

If it weren't for the "prison killing" triggered by the small cannon, it would be very difficult to do. Now there is no advantage in the inside line.

After another month of competition, each team has at most 10 games and at least 8 games left in the regular season, entering the final sprint stage.

On April 4st, a new month came. At noon when the Trail Blazers returned to Portland, Liu Xiu received a call from John Nash——The best trophy of the month is here!
In March, their Trail Blazers played 3 games and won a two-game winning streak, a seven-game winning streak, and an ongoing three-game winning streak, with 15 wins and 12 losses!
他场均28.8分11.2板5.8助攻3.4抢断1.2盖帽，投篮命中率54%，三分命中率44.1%，罚球命中率88%！

When the fans saw Liu Xiu winning the award, they suddenly discovered that the Trail Blazers had the best record in March!This data, if it weren't for the free throws that slowed down a bit, it would have been 3 in a single month!
Since the second half of the season, his shooting percentage has also reached 49.1%, an increase of more than 1 percentage point.

东部那边，4连月最佳的KING同学，3月份表现不佳，月中遭遇了一波4连败，被东哥率领的掘金队以118比105击败、被兽兽率领的魔术队以101比95击败、被石佛率领的马刺队以121比91击败、被银角大王率领的小牛队以102比95击败。

这波4连败，导致骑士队在3月份只打出了9胜7负的战绩，目前骑士队打了73场比赛，战绩是54胜19负。

Randolph won this month's Eastern Conference player of the month, 11 wins and 5 losses, averaging 22.5 points, 14 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. The most eye-catching is his average of 5.4 offensive rebounds per game.

By this time, Randolph averaged 5.2 rebounds per game, and he was basically sure to end the season with an average of 5+ offensive rebounds per game, becoming the first single-season average of 5+ offensive rebounds since Rodman The super offensive rebounder in offensive rebounding.

However, Randolph changed the team and won the best of the month, which made people really understand how much the Trail Blazers have lost this season!

Butcher went to the Eagles. At the beginning of the season, he only had the advantage of offensive rebounds, but in the middle and late stages, he became the strongest star of the Eagles.

But without the butcher, the Trail Blazers still achieved a record of 3 wins and 12 losses in March... The performance of the warden and the three-point leader this month has been double recognized.

Coach of the Month, East: Mike Woodson of the Hawks, West: Maurice Cheeks of the Trail Blazers.

Rookie of the Month, in the Western Conference, Evans won 4 consecutive victories.

In the East, Jerebko of the Pistons won the Rookie of the Month again, averaging 7 points and 7 rebounds per game.

Liu Xiu reviewed the distribution of outstanding rookies in the past two years, and felt that the Eastern Conference was really disappointing!
Over the years, so many western superstars have traveled east, and they have gathered many championship-level teams, but when it comes to such an important thing as the draft, the east just can't win the west!
In the 09 freshman year, the best-performing rookie selected by the East is actually Jerebko in the second round!
Of course, potential rookie point guards like Teague and Holiday still have a bright future, but the 09 class is full of talented talents who can quickly exchange their talents.

However, this has a lot to do with Eastern teams spending too many draft picks to trade back Western stars. For example, the Timberwolves have four or five first-round picks in their hands. 3 different types of point guards, extravagant to the extreme!
And there are many teams in the Eastern Conference who split one pick into two and pick and choose. For example, the Pistons that selected Jerebko in the second round. Joe Dumars always mentioned this second-round pick in every interview. Arrived baby...

...

Winning the best of the month for the second time this season, Liu Xiu's fighting spirit was burning. After a day's rest, on April 2, they beat the visiting Knicks 4 to 2 at home.

McGrady scored a game-high 38 points tonight, and David Lee scored an inside-high 27 points and 11 rebounds, but they were still powerless.

Liu Xiu scored 37 points, Ray Allen 23 points, and the two teamed up to lead the team to victory!

McGrady and David Lee cooperated so closely to win, Liu Xiu did not expect it.

But after seeing it, it is not difficult to understand.

McGrady wants to play a personal performance, lead the team to victory, and attract stars to join.

David Lee wants to use statistics and results to win a big contract for himself, whether the Knicks want to keep him or change land.

On April 4th, the Trail Blazers came to Denver and narrowly beat the Nuggets 4-109. After losing two consecutive games to the Nuggets, they won two consecutive games and tied the regular season!
On April 4th, the NBA was suspended for one day, and the NCAA basketball championship finals arrived.

The Trail Blazers rescheduled their flight to the evening to save time for watching the live broadcast in the afternoon.

Although he was disappointed last year, this year Liu Xiu brought the outlaws to Anthony's house to watch the live broadcast together.

This year's game finally did not disappoint. After a fierce battle, Duke University narrowly beat Butler University 61 to 59. On the 30th anniversary of Krzyzewski's coaching, Duke University won the fourth NCAA Basketball championship trophy!
The one who won the MOP in the Final Four was finally not an unknown player, but the hope of the 'white striker' - Kyle Singler.

This white forward, currently a junior, has been the best forward in the Atlantic Division since his freshman season, the third team in the division, and the rookie team in the division, and has attracted much attention.

But he didn't participate in the draft in 08, and now he's in his junior year. The prospect of entering the lottery from his freshman year in the draft has turned into the end of the first round, which is also miserable.

Blame Adam Morrison for blocking the way for 'older, more skilled, less athletic white forwards'.

到了6号，开拓者队来到萨克拉门托，以108比87屠杀国王队，拿下6连胜！战绩来到57胜20负。

8号，开拓者队来到洛杉矶，以103比85击败快船队，将战绩提升至58胜20负，刘秀在这场比赛中拿到45分7板5助攻3抢断2盖帽，拿下本赛季第19次单场40+！

After this wave of 7 consecutive victories, the Trail Blazers tied the Lakers with a record of 58 wins and 20 losses. However, because of the relationship with the Lakers with 1 win and 2 losses, the Trail Blazers still temporarily ranked third in the West.

However, the two teams will soon decide who is the second. On April 4, the Trail Blazers will come to the Staples Center again for the last game of 10 consecutive away games to challenge the Lakers away!

After the game kicked off at 8 p.m., both teams started on defense, only to collide.

首节湖人队23比20领先3分、第二节开拓者队25比23追回两分、第三节开拓者队24比25又输了1分，但到了末节，湖人队从德隆和科比开始手感冰凉，前者单节2中0、后者6中2，大卫-韦斯特更糟糕，7投2中……湖人队末节只拿到17分！
For the Blazers, they only scored 11 points in the first 17 minutes of the last quarter, but Ray Allen hit a three-pointer unexpectedly, and Liu Xiu followed up with a steal and chased a three-pointer, playing a wave of 6-0, killing the game .

92 to 88, the Trail Blazers narrowly beat the Lakers by 4 points, improving their record to 59 wins and 20 losses. At the same time, they gave the Lakers their 21st loss this season and surpassed the Lakers to come to second place in the West!
The Lakers and the Spurs have been competing for the No. [-] spot in the Western Conference for a season. Unexpectedly, at the last moment, they were actually stolen by the Trail Blazers!
The warden who killed a thousand swords really couldn't relax his vigilance against this bastard for a moment!
However, the Trail Blazers failed to secure their second position. On the 13th, after returning to Portland for two days of rest, the Trail Blazers lost 104 to 112 at home to the Mavericks. Failed to prevent defeat.

In the final quarter, Terry scored 16 points, Nowitzki scored 11 points, and Terry scored 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, which was impossible to defend!
Playing against the Mavericks 4 times, the Trail Blazers have 2 wins and 2 losses. Like the Lakers, they are another opponent to a tie.

This victory allowed the Mavericks to stabilize the fifth place in the Western Conference and stabilize the Suns.

And this loss also allowed the Trail Blazers to return to third.

到了15号，开拓者队主场以111比99稳稳的击败来访的勇士队，成为本赛季第4支拿下60胜的球队！

刘秀今晚拿到55分11板2助攻4抢断，拿下本赛季第3次单场50+！

But even if he wins and gets 50+, he is still very depressed. He wanted to rush to the second place in the West, but the two bugs of the Mavericks ruined his chance.

According to the current situation, there will be no fifth team to win 5 games. The second-ranked Magic in the Eastern Conference has lost 60 games, and the fourth-ranked Timberwolves in the Western Conference have lost 25 games.

The Trail Blazers played 81 games. After beating the Warriors, they got two days off. The last game was on April 1, the last game day of the regular season, and it started at 4 o'clock in the evening. The last game of the regular season.

The opponent is the Thunder, the 'new team' touted by the league.

Liu Xiu has no interest in the last game. He has won 60 games and is locked in the top three. He is considering whether he should take a rest in the final game.

However, he did not expect that on the 16th, the Spurs lost 95 to 101 at home to the Mavericks, with a record of 61 wins and 20 losses!
Isn't this opportunity coming!

The Spurs' opponent in the last game of the regular season is the Lakers!
...

Liu Xiu felt that the opportunity had come, and Kobe also felt that the opportunity had come!

The Trail Blazers and the Lakers tied 2-2. Both teams are currently 60 wins and 21 losses.

The Lakers and the Spurs are 2 wins and 1 loss, and the Lakers lead. If the Lakers beat the Spurs in the last game, it will be 3 wins and 1 loss, and the Spurs record will be 61 wins and 21 losses, which is also 61 wins and 21 losses. The losing Lakers will surpass the Spurs and rank higher!
Even if the Trail Blazers win the last game, the Lakers may be number one in the Western Conference based on their 2 wins and 2 losses against the Trail Blazers.

But the Spurs obviously don't want to see this happen. They played against the Trail Blazers three times in the regular season and lost all. Losing to the Lakers, they will directly fall from the first place in the West to the third place in the West!

However, the outcome of the two teams has nothing to do with the Trail Blazers. At most, the opponents in the second round will be changed.

The Spurs lost in the penultimate game. For the Trail Blazers, it means that the Spurs will never disgust them by deliberately losing to the Lakers in the last game.

It also means that as long as they don't lose the last game against the Thunder, they can lock in the second place in the Western Conference!
On April 4, the last game day of the regular season arrived.

Liu Xiu suppressed the excitement in his heart and prepared patiently for the one-hour Sanda training from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the afternoon. His seriousness made the Thunder Five who secretly came to watch tremble.

Is this trying to kill them?

The volley kick, as if the whole person is stagnant in the air, they have seen it in the top Muay Thai fighters, they have seen it when watching kangaroos fight...

In the evening, after concentrating on warming up, Liu Xiu will ask the staff about the situation at the Staples Center at the end of a preparation.

At 7:22 p.m., the game between the Lakers and the Spurs was decided.

After Liu Xi learned of the result, he lamented that chattering was not enough!

Parker scored 31 points, Duncan scored 22 points, Luis Scola scored 18 points, and Ginobili scored 18 points. Four of the Spurs scored in double figures and narrowly beat the Lakers 4-105. Win the regular season championship!

The Lakers suffered their 22nd loss of the season, with a record of 60 wins and 22 losses.

Liu Xiu wants to play against the Spurs in the second round. His style of play is more restrained against the Spurs, while the Lakers' triangle offense is relatively not so easy to play.

Especially after the Lakers signed Brad Miller, who was bought out by the Kings, in mid-March.

The Trail Blazers played against the Lakers 2 wins and 1 loss after the All-Star weekend. In Liu Xiu's view, state and momentum are the key. Their two consecutive victories were really fierce, and the momentum felt like a youth army.

The time came to 9 o'clock in the evening, and the game between the Trail Blazers and the Thunder started!

This is the fourth time they have played against the Trail Blazers this season. The Thunder's other four young players have also lost the idea of ​​wanting to fight against the Blazers and make a name for themselves when they first saw the Trail Blazers.

Especially seeing the wide-open eyes of the warden opposite.

Little Rose, School Bag and others have already learned that the Trail Blazers must win this game to lock in the second place in the Western Conference, and they all want to cry.

Why did this happen to them?

Why should they be one of the warring parties in the final game of the regular season this season?

As for their excitement in September last year when they saw their team start and end the season against the defending champions and play the regular season finale, they said that group of people was not them...

However, the Thunder Five thought that the warden would go crazy and that they would be miserable, but they didn't expect the warden to be so cruel tonight, nor did they expect them to be so miserable!

With a score of 106 to 122, the Thunder Five worked hard to make the team only lose 16 points.

But this is because the Trail Blazers have given up on defense, creating more shooting opportunities for the Warden.

The more they chased, the more desperate they became, and the more they chased, the more they wanted to take the ball home...

刘秀今晚打了42分钟，疯狂出手40次！而且是成功出手有40次，40投27中，其中三分球14中8。

With the goal scored, Liu Xiu scored 62 points!
In addition, Liu Xiu also made 16 of 14 free throws...

76 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists and 4 steal!

杜兰特今晚拿到32分、巴尼亚尼13分、罗斯18分、伊巴卡7分、哈登5分……

The score of the warden alone is 1 point more than the combined total of the five thunderbolts!
The warden slapped the Thunder's five young men and led the team to the 61st victory of the season!Won the second place in the Western Conference and the second place in the league to advance to the playoffs!

(End of this chapter)