Healing Basketball

Chapter 120 120. This butcher is the strongest!
It was originally called a timeout and substitutions to interrupt the opponent's rhythm and change tactics to tighten the score, but it turned out to be a wave of climax!
The Trail Blazers coaching staff is very happy!Maurice Cheeks patted Liu Xiu on the shoulder and praised them.

Liu Xiu, who was praised, was very distressed.

He Liu, 2 points.

Opposite Arenas, 9 points!
How can this Nima score more points than Arenas... Wait!
Liu Xiu looked at the task again, it seems that there is no goal that he must score higher than Arenas, but the highest score in a single game needs to be in their team...

Nima, this road is blocked again!

He, Liu, is not the kind who can help a certain teammate score a lot of points.

Liu Xiu looked up to the sky and sighed, is he going to start a fear of generals for one to three years?

No!

Absolutely not, but there is no way... eh?

Liu Xiu, who looked up, saw the data comparison of the best players of the two teams so far on the big screen.

Arenas had 9 points and 1 assist, and Randolph had 6 points and 2 rebounds.

The warden's eyes lit up!

...

After Morris Cheeks praised Liu Xiu a few words, he adjusted the lineup and tactics, leaving the rest of the time for the players.

Randolph was thinking about how to deal with the Wizards Twin Towers when a handsome guy came to his side.

"Butcher, I heard that your No. [-] pick in that class was on the opposite team?"

"to him……"

Before Randolph could finish his answer, the handsome guy asked another question.

"He scored so well! As expected of the No. [-] pick, he was the best scorer in your class?"

"???" If Randolph had hair, it would definitely be tied up at this time, and he said angrily, "The best scorer? Who are you calling the warden?"

"It's the No. 0 point guard!"

"He's not the No. [-] pick! He's just a damn second-round pick! He wasn't the best scorer in my class, I was the strongest!"

Randolph, successfully ignited!

……

The official timeout came back, with 5 minutes and 26 seconds left in the first quarter, the score was tied at 16.

The Wizards sent Arenas, Juan Dixon, Stackhouse, Kristin Laettner and Kwame Brown.

The Trail Blazers sent a combination of Damon Stoudemire, Liu Xiu, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, and Dell Davis.

The Trail Blazers took the lead.

After Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Little Flying Squirrel.

There is no need to pass the ball to Randolph. As a point guard, the court behavior is best within the tactical framework.

As a qualified butcher, Randolph has to find a way to score more points and help the team win at the same time.

It was Arenas who was defending Little Flying Squirrel. After calming down, he had accepted the fact that he was at a disadvantage defending Liu Xiu alone.

Against Flying Squirrel, Arenas did a better job of defending against Flying Squirrel. He has good basic defensive skills, top-level physical fitness, and he doesn't like to jump on the defensive end.

Little Flying Squirrel rushed all the way to close range, throwing shots...

Arenas felt that he couldn't get the shot, so he didn't go for it to avoid a foul. He retreated to the basket and prepared to grab a rebound. open!Kwame Brown was also pushed away with Arenas!

Randolph squeezed away two opponents who were stuck and grabbed the rebound and made a tip-up!
Fierce!

There were no dunks, no big hats, and no rough fouls, but Randolph's ruthlessness can still make people feel what it means to be brutal.

When it comes to the Wizards' offense and limiting Arenas' scoring, Liu Xiu doesn't need to worry about it. Their defensive adjustment during timeouts is to limit Arenas' scoring.

Arenas encountered a pinch, and Stackhouse caught the ball and made a three-pointer...

Iron!

Liu Xiu grabs the defensive rebound!
Even Arenas, who was scolded on the defensive end for grabbing defensive rebounds instead of interfering with opponents' shots, could not compare to this enthusiasm.

Flying Squirrel ran to the frontcourt. After Randolph moved to a suitable position, Flying Squirrel accelerated his movement and received a pass from Liu Xiu. There was only an open space for a moment. Flying Squirrel caught the ball without hesitation and threw it directly...

Already confident in himself, coupled with Randolph's rebound protection, Little Flying Squirrel hit a three-pointer confidently and decisively!

Liu Xiu assist +1!

21 to 16, the Trail Blazers widened the point difference to 5 points!
In the transition between offense and defense, Stackhouse went to the frontcourt and leaned on Travis Outlaw to ask for the ball. Travis Outlaw just let him go to pinch Arenas, which made him angry.

Arenas waved his hand, stopped Stackhouse's singles request for the ball, and passed the ball to Kristen Laettner.

Larry Hughes, an old player, can't command Stackhouse, but Arenas can.

After the ball reached Kristen Laettner, the Wizards team 'live', and Arenas took the lead in running...Stackhouse slipped the baseline and cut, Arenas received the ball in the middle distance on the right and made a second pass , Stackhouse caught the ball behind Randolph and made a layup...

Triangle offense!

Adelman's former assistant coach and a loyal fan of Zen Master-Eddie Jordan's triangle offense!
Compared with Arenas' singles threat to attract pincers and split the ball, using Arenas as a threat to launch a team tactical attack consumes much less energy on Arenas.

Catching teammates will also play better, and the dynamic offense always feels better than standing still and waiting for the ball to shoot.

Compared with the three outside stars in the starting stage who took turns to play singles purely based on their status, the Wizards who have entered the rotation stage are the Washington Youth Army that makes opponents more troublesome.

Laettner, Arenas, Stackhouse, coupled with a coolie center and wing shooters, the triangle offense is standard!

In fact, in the last rotation, there was Blevin Knight, who was also preparing to play a team offense-Princeton, but the Trail Blazers had no choice but to have the little flying mouse, which directly strangled the infinite dislocation brought by Blevin Knight.

This time Eddie Jordan made the right adjustments.

But the Wizards' current lineup is good offensively, but the defense is only supported by the center.

If it was Kwame Brown in the opening stage, it is estimated that the Wizards can play an advantage, but now...

When the Trail Blazers were attacking, Liu Xiu had a chance and made a three-point shot...and missed, but Randolph grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu adjusted and Arenas actively defended. , Liu Xiuxu swung a shot into the inside, attracted the defense and then passed it to Randolph. Randolph caught the ball and made a layup!

Kwame Brown's frame protection efficiency plummeted!The enthusiasm and bravery of the start are completely gone.

Randolph scored in the paint much more easily than in the early stages.

Unlike the Wizards who need the touch of outside players to open up the offensive situation, the Trail Blazers with the twin towers as the core are more likely to open up the situation. Randolph's improved scoring performance inside has brought more opportunities to Xiaomongshu and Liu Xiu on the outside. Shooting opportunities, the two are also more confident in shooting. Travis Outlaw and Dale Davis' rushing opportunities also get more opportunities because of the increased threat of Randolph's offensive rebounds.

Although the triangle offense of Laettner, Arenas, and Stackhouse is running smoothly, both Arenas and Stackhouse have continued their excellent touch in the opening stage, and the Wizards' offensive firepower is very good, but the Trail Blazers performed well. Don't fall behind!

After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Wizards by 32 point 31 to 1 and entered the intermission!
……

Arenas scored 14 points and 3 assists in a single quarter!After scoring like this, they are still behind by 1 point!Eddie Jordan's head is about to explode.

Kwame Brown's defensive performance has declined from a first-class frame-protecting center to an excellent frame-protecting center. This is the real reason why he failed to play an advantage. Eddie Jordan also knows this.

Unless it is a smooth game, otherwise, Kwame Brown's defense is high and low.

The reason Eddie Jordan also understands.

Arenas looked down on Kwame Brown, very targeted.

Heywood often satirizes Kwame Brown.

Stackhouse and Larry Hughes, these two people can't understand each other, but they have one thing in common-both hate Kwame Brown, the parallel import champion has shamed their idol.

In dealing with Kwame Brown, the Wizards showed the most extreme evil on the basketball court.

How to solve this?There is no way to solve it.

Can't even make good use of Kwame Brown's best defense. If you put up the lineup in the second half of the first quarter in the opening stage, you can definitely start the first-class team every night, instead of praying to God before the game starts every night Three outside feel better.

But Arenas, Stackhouse, Larry Hughes, let one of them play as a substitute, who will agree?
As far as Eddie Jordan's cognition of the three of them is concerned, anyone who mentions this matter will be upset.

So Eddie Jordan can only use the twin towers in the opening stage...

If Liu Xiu knew Eddie Jordan's thoughts, he might tell him after the game-you have a good chat with Stackhouse, everything is possible.

But just like Barcelona never thought about asking Messi to play for free for a year...

Complaining about the score for a while, Eddie Jordan comforted himself - as long as the score is still tight, it is not certain who will win in the end!
This idea is right, everyone knows it is right, so Eddie Jordan quickly adjusted and started the next wave of rotation - Arenas, Larry Hughes, Jarvis Hayes, Iraq The combination of Don Thomas and Heywood.

On the other side, the Trail Blazers sent Damon Stoudemire, Ruben Patterson, Wesley Person, Randolph, and Rasheed Wallace.

In the first half of the second quarter, Liu Xiu sat on the sidelines and watched the game.

It is very important for Liu Xiu to observe the characteristics of the opponent's style of play, and to observe the actual performance of the opponent's offensive and defensive ends when they meet their Trail Blazers.

Generally speaking, the second time he plays against an opponent, he plays better than the first time. It may not be obvious from the statistics, but most of the time it is.

Liu Xiu looked at the mission goals, goal 3, to win, this must be hard work; goal 1, the player with the highest score must belong to their Trail Blazers, this, he handed it to Randolph; goal 2, to score , rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks need to be no less than Arenas in three of the five statistics... If this task comes only after the second match, he feels that he will be more confident.

(End of this chapter)