Healing Basketball

Chapter 172 172. The Situation Sudden Change!

I was discussing how to deal with the Timberwolves, thinking that it would be fine if the Spurs lost to the Pistons the day after tomorrow, and it would not matter if they lost the day after tomorrow...

As a result, both the Timberwolves and the Spurs lost!

The Trail Blazers locked in the second place in the Western Conference one game ahead of schedule!
After listening to his teammates chatting and discussing, Liu Xiu said: "I really want to enjoy the feeling of competing with them until the last moment. It's a pity. Well, let's accept this fact helplessly."

"..."

The teammates were collectively speechless. Although they didn't know the phrase "get cheap and be good", they felt the meaning.

Of course accept!

Although, everyone is a strong fighter with endless fighting spirit, never fearing life and death on the court, just to fight for breath and face... But it is better to have less trouble than one more trouble.

Little Flying Squirrel has a question: "Warden, do we want to congratulate the head coach for being an All-Star coach?"

The teammates just remembered this, what should we do?Everyone focused on Liu Xiu.

This is called status.

Liu Xiu thought for a while, then shook her head: "Forget it, we didn't want to hear his praise, we enjoyed the process, and we hid our achievements and fame."

"Hide credit and fame where others don't know? Cool!" Tianzun's eyes lit up!

The warden has said so, so let's put this matter aside.

They're thinking the same way as Celestial - it's cool to do that!

On the other side, the head coach's office.

The coaching staff is also discussing this matter.

Kevin Pritchar said: "Morris, I didn't expect this group of boys to really rush to second. It's incredible."

"Yeah, in fact, after we won the Jazz today, I was a little afraid that we would lose to the Timberwolves the day after tomorrow. I was very nervous..." Maurice Cheeks said with a wry smile.

Not the usual manager, but Kevin Pritchar understands.

There are only two All-Star coaches every year, and this position is usually held by those coaches who take turns taking turns. Most of the coaches have nothing to do with that position.

The coaches of teams like them who are not of the highest strength don't think about it at all.

The media and fans don't care much about this position.

But this position is really in front of me, of course I want to win it!
Kevin Pritchar asked: "The group of boys haven't left yet, you go and thank them? They have really worked hard during this time."

Morris Cheeks shook his head: "No need, with their character, they don't like that kind of hypocritical scene."

……

The two No. 21s have such a tacit understanding after losing consecutive games. At the same time, they lost the chance to be second in the Western Conference. The Western All-Star head coach has confirmed it.

The head coach of the Eastern All-Star team has long confirmed that the Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has locked the Eastern All-Star head coach before he finished the game in January.

The All-Star head coach confirmed that there were news reports on the night of the 6th, but no one paid attention.

The two things that continue to be hot are still the two things of "the warden buckles the shark" and "the warden runs and spits KB8".

On the league side, they worked hard to create the topic of the All-Star Weekend, and warmed up all kinds of things.

The result was not as effective as Liu Xiu's one-time dunk and Kobe's tired vomiting.

In fact, Liu Xiu got the credit of the OK group.

"Dunk, starting from the dunk OK combination"

If you change the target of the dunk, you may score the top five goals of the day at most, and there will be no more.

Beat the OK combination?

OK!Liu Xiu has gained a lot of fans among non-Lakers fans.

On February 2, the Trail Blazers, who relaxed their minds and prepared for the game, ushered in the last game of the first half of the season at home.

It is a very cool thing to fight for a goal at the last moment, and decide whether the goal can be achieved in a game.

But there is no extra pressure, and it is also a very enjoyable thing to go to the court to play happily and enjoy the purest basketball.

At 7:40 in the evening, the Rose Garden Arena, the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers entered the stadium successively.

After Liu Xiu led his teammates out of the player tunnel, the lights came on.

When he came to the bench and saw the coach, Liu Xiu said in surprise: "Coach, you shaved!"

"He even cut his hair!"

"Also changed into a new suit? This...was custom-made at my house? It cost a lot of money, right?"

Liu Xiu looked around beside Morris Cheeks, amazed.

Teammates also noticed the difference of Maurice Cheeks. His hair seemed to be ready when he was warming up, and his beard was shaved, but he even changed into the same suit as the 'Rose Bay Seven'!
As the saying goes, a man depends on his clothes and a horse depends on his saddle.

Only then did the team members realize that their coach can also dress up like a dog.

"Yeah, your custom-made clothes are too expensive, and there are still a lot of custom-made people, but the production capacity can't keep up. If I'm not your head coach, I have to wait until the second half of the year."

After Morris Cheeks complained a lot, he motioned the players to look at the other side: "Look, I'm not worse than that guy who loves to pretend!"

Next to the visiting team's bench, stood a delicate middle-aged man.

Tailor-made suits, meticulous ironing, handkerchiefs around collars, exquisite brooches, and hairdos are also meticulous.

There was no expression on his face, but he looked very fierce, as if he was speaking to order people to do bad things.

In the movie, it is definitely the kind of BOSS.

After the South Coast oil head gave up the head coach position to the students, the only head coach in the league with godfather temperament-Philip Saunders.

The players glanced at the opposite side, then at their coach, and praised their coach one after another.

It's not a matter of a day or two for your own head coach to be unscrupulous.

Maurice Cheeks was satisfied, vanity gratified... except for a certain rookie!
"Warden, what do you think?"

Morris Cheeks asked questions by name.

Liu Xiu looked at the opposite coach again, and then at his own coach.

The spontaneous temperament revealed from the bones, and the hard concave shape are no less than no feeling. Comparing... "Coach, you are more like an excellent NBA head coach than the opposite coach."

"What I want you to praise is your appearance and temperament! Who looks more handsome, me or him?"

"Coach, are you so superficial?"

"..."

Maurice Cheeks is pissed!
This brat is telling the truth again!

Can't you pick up something nice to say at this time?
Well, this kid has picked up something nice to say.

sad……

Well, he just wanted to compare himself with Philip Sanders on a whim.

Maurice Cheeks saw a not-so-hot news a few days ago-the Timberwolves coach Philip Saunders' gangster godfather temperament is very suitable for controlling the prison team.

So he changed his look on a whim...

……

After Liu Xiu successfully healed the coach, he happily went to discuss the details of the opening stage with his teammates.

At 7:58 in the evening, the two teams started playing.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup remained unchanged, and the Timberwolves sent out the starting lineup of Cassell, Trenton Hassel, Sprewell, Garnett, and Irvine Johnson.

When Tianzun and Wolf King came to the middle circle, they roared at each other if they disagreed.

Top talents in the same class and at the same position have never been able to deal with them since they entered the NBA, and they are becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Blazers played against the Timberwolves at home.

The Wolf King overwhelmed Tianzun to win the jump ball, and the Timberwolves went first!
Up, Sprewell missed two points in singles.

Garnett interfered with Tianzun's quick down, preventing Ruben Patterson and Tianzun from pushing for a counterattack.

Usually, Garnett looked down on Olowokandi, the former top pick, and cursed him a lot.

But during the period when Sugar Man was injured, he discovered the importance of this teammate again.

When they played against the Lakers last time, Olowokandi scored 8 points in the opening game against O'Neal, and they exploded with O'Neal. They withstood O'Neal's opening onslaught and laid the foundation for the Timberwolves' final victory.

Although Olowokandi only had 8 points and 3 rebounds in the game that night.

Looking back, falling into a positional battle, Randolph singled Elvin Johnson in a low-post face-up, and made a strong layup.

Irvin Johnson is enough to beat most opponents, just hold the game for a few minutes, but Irvin Johnson can't handle a beast-level insider like Randolph, and he can't play the role of the 123 kg Olowokandi , Unable to create defensive opportunities for Garnett.

Just played the Jazz the day before yesterday, and the Trail Blazers are still in a defensive state.

It can be said that the Trail Blazers played against the Jazz to prepare for tonight's game, which seems to be nonsense.

In the opening stage, the Timberwolves' offensive firepower started slowly, and they only scored 6 points in 5 minutes of the first half!
尽管首节后半段打出了12比11的比分，但因为首节前半段5比13的比分，首节打完，森林狼队依旧以17比24落后开拓者队7分！
During the intermission, the Trail Blazers made adjustments-strengthened perimeter shooting!
Last summer, the Timberwolves let go of Rasu Nesterovic in order to win Olowokandi.

Last season, Sugarman averaged 12 points, 9 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. The agent asked for a 3-year mid-level start.

内斯特洛维奇场均11.6分6.5板1.5盖帽，马刺队毒药式报价6年4200万美刀。

Who to sign was a very simple matter at the time.

but now……

In the first year of Olowokandi's new contract, his overall performance was slightly better than that of Nesterovic last season.

But the latter is healthy, active, and has not missed a game.

Olowokandi has missed 20 games intermittently.

Tonight, without Olowokandi, Randolph killed all directions, making the Timberwolves shrink more, and the Trail Blazers have a lot of opportunities to shoot in the long-term!
Timberwolves try to replace Oliver - Miller, but the speed can not keep up with Randolph.

It's not because the Clippers are blind that Olowokandi can become the No. [-] pick. The Lakers' famous picks have a good vision. His physical fitness was compared with Duncan and Olajuwon in college.

If it weren't for Flying Squirrel and Liu Xiu's three three-pointers in the second half of the first quarter, the point difference might not be more than double digits. When Liu Xiu made a three-pointer, Garnett completed the counterattack and scored.

……

The inter-section break is almost over, and the lineups of both teams have been adjusted.

The Timberwolves sent Fred Hoiberg, Sprewell, Gary Trent, Mark Madsen, and Garnett.

The Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Ruben Patterson, Wesley Johnson, Randolph, and Dale Davis.

Liu Xiu took a look on the court, good guy, the opposite side directly asked Garnett to go to the basket to protect the frame!
Then the pressure on Randolph will be great.

As for Liu Xiu himself, facing the other party's adjustment, he was calmly thinking...

"The great magician:
...

Opponent: Sam Cassell, characteristic conversion talent: alien thinking, bonus effects: 1. When attacking in positional warfare, the host will always be calmer and clearer in thinking; 2. The ability to withstand other people's malicious remarks is enhanced, Minimize the psychological impact of malicious speech. "

Liu Xiu and Kassel have a high degree of matching, but the copied talent and strength have nothing to do with it, but Kassel's strong psychological quality after having tasted all kinds of things in the world.

After the start of the second quarter, the Timberwolves stepped up their offense.

Gary Trent, who is also from the class of 95, was a talented striker cultivated by the Trail Blazers back then. He has a large tonnage and fast speed... He just came out and was used by the Trail Blazers as a bargaining chip for trading the little flying mouse. The Raiders have always held a high level of resentment.

Gary Trent did a great job cutting to the rim tonight.

At the same time, the Timberwolves' defensive efficiency suddenly improved in the second quarter, Tianzun was replaced to rest, and Randolph was more difficult to single Garnett... But, an unexpected situation came!

韦斯利-佩尔森在第二节4分45到6分07秒，不到90秒钟时间里连续投进3个三分，独自打了森林狼队一波9比2！

本来森林狼队在第二节前面不到5分钟时间里以12比7领先开拓者队5分，结果到了官方暂停的时候，以14比16落后开拓者队两分！

The score was 40 to 31, and the Trail Blazers' lead expanded to 9 points!
Just like Liu Xiu calmly commanded the whole team after playing in the second half of the first quarter and created more shots for Randolph in the tactics. Now, he is also immediately determined to help Wesley Persson Create opportunities.

Make the decisions that the commander should make more calmly and with clearer thinking!
Wesley Persson scored consecutively in this wave, which severely hit the morale of the Timberwolves.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Timberwolves' scoring efficiency dropped a lot, only scoring 12 points, while the Trail Blazers scored 13 points.

After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Timberwolves by 53 points 43 to 10!
Randolph scored 14 points in the half and Wesley Pearson scored 13 points in the half, becoming the backbone of the team in the first and second quarters respectively!
……

After playing 17 minutes in the half, Liu Xiu scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Liu Xiu was touched——assists are not the lowest among the three main statistics!

In the third quarter, the situation changed suddenly!

Randolph scored 10 points in a single quarter in the first quarter, and Wesley Persson scored 9 points in 13 minutes in the second quarter.

In the third quarter, it was finally the Timberwolves star's turn to go crazy.

加内特单节5投4中，加上2中2的罚球，单节拿到10分，除此之外，还有5板5助攻2抢断2盖帽！

单节10+5+5+2+2的疯狂表现，并且只有1次失误。

What is MVP, the wolf king showed his super strength to everyone on the scene.

After sorting out his 5 assists, all players on the Timberwolves scored, and the Timberwolves scored 31 points in a single quarter!
At the same time, the Timberwolves did better defensively than in the first half, limiting the Trail Blazers to only 22 points in a single quarter!
After three quarters, the Timberwolves chased the score to 74 to 75, with only 1 point left!

The 10-point difference was narrowed to 1 point, and it might panic if you change someone.

But Liu Xiu didn't. He kept trying to find a way during the game.

It's just that it's not that you can think of a solution immediately if you are calm and clear in your thinking.

After thinking + being replaced for more than 3 minutes in the third quarter and sitting on the sidelines to think from the perspective of an 'outsider', Liu Xiu once again put forward his immature suggestion...

An immature field commander, a bold head coach, and a cautious chief assistant cannot stop him.

In the final quarter, Liu Xiu and Randolph took turns to attack in low-post singles, and played against each other!

Need to be able to shoot from the outside!

Tianzun and Wesley Persson completed the task very well.

Tianzun made 5 of 3 shots in a single quarter, and scored 2 points with 2 of 8 free throws. Persson scored two more three-pointers in the final quarter, plus a mid-range shot from the baseline, and also scored 8 points.

The two led the Trail Blazers to 26 points in a single quarter.

In the third quarter, the Timberwolves, who scored 20 points on 12 of 31 shots, scored only 18 points in the final quarter.

The problem with the Timberwolves is that they didn't make shots. In the final quarter, the Timberwolves only made 25 of 7 shots and grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds, but they couldn't make the shots when they passed out.

靠着刘秀的12分4板6助攻、兰多夫的22分8板、天尊的15分11板3助攻、韦斯利-佩尔森17投12中拿到赛季新高的单场30分……开拓者队以101比92击败森林狼队，将战绩提升到了37胜13负！
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After the game, veteran player Wesley Pearson participated in an on-site interview on behalf of the Trail Blazers.

Time Warner Cable sports commentator Bill Walton asked: "Wesley, you became the team's savior tonight. Whenever the team was in danger, you stood up, and your previous playing time has been doubled. What motivated you to play such a wonderful performance tonight?"

Wesley Persson responded: "People will grow old one day. I was also called a shooting genius back then, but now I have reached the tenth year of my career. I will be 33 years old. I am no longer the one who can be in every night. A player who shoots five or six times from outside the three-point line and still plays the ball is a very happy thing for me.

I was in good shape tonight, but I have to thank our warden, the general, who even found out that I was in good shape before me, and was always trying to find ways to create open opportunities for me, pass the ball to me or comb The offense directed the teammates to pass the ball to me, he had full trust in his teammates, and when I made the third consecutive three-pointer, I realized, oh, tonight is my show time. "

Bill Wharton praised this answer in his heart. Just as he was about to continue asking questions, a voice came from his headset...

Quickly signaled to Wesley Pearson that the interview was over, and ran to the Trail Blazers bench with the cameraman.

Those people haven't left yet, and...obviously, they don't know what happened!
Liu Xiuzheng, Tianzun, the butcher, Little Flying Squirrel, outlaw lunatics, unscrupulous coach... were discussing the cruise ship on the seaside tomorrow afternoon, taking the sea route from the northwest coast of the United States to the west coast, and saw the famous commentator with a video camera The teacher rushed over...to catch the cruise ship?

If the star of the team has this request, his warden will agree.

Unexpectedly, Bill Walton put a microphone in front of Tianzun: "Rashid, the league just approved your trade application, and you have been traded to the Pacers. Do you know about this?"

The few people who were talking and laughing happily, their expressions were bewildered or unbelieving... Before they could react to what to say, Kevin Pritchar, the chief assistant coach who went to the technical desk to check the data with the league officials and confirm the results of the game, was also in a hurry ran over.

No need to ask, the answer is obvious.

The expressions of several main players and coaching staff of the Trail Blazers were sent to thousands of households through the live broadcast.

At 2004:2 p.m. on February 8, 10, after the game between the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves, the league approved the trade applications submitted by the three teams in the middle of the game.

The Pacers sent Jonathan Bender, Al Harrington, Scott Pollard, three first-round picks in 2004, 2006, and 2008, all unprotected, and the trade got the Trail Blazers Rasheed Wallace.

Hawks send Sherif Raheem to Portland for Matt Carroll, Pacers for Jonathan Bender, Scott Pollard, two unprotected first-rounders in 2004 and 2006 picks.

The Trail Blazers sent Rasheed Wallace and Matt Carroll to the Hawks for Shareef Rahim, the Pacers' Al Harrington and an unprotected 2008 first-round pick.

(End of this chapter)