Healing Basketball

Chapter 232 232. See you in the playoffs

It’s different from when we played against the Kings. When we played against the Kings, Liu Xiu was so concerned about it. Looking back, the first quarter of that game was actually quite dangerous. Thanks to the team’s hard work on defense, the Kings didn’t play well. Otherwise, it would be considered internal strife in the Kings , the foundation of cooperation and strength is still there.

In that match, he clearly understood his strength, so tonight, his heart really sank.

Although Liu Xiu's performance of 7 of 4 shots in the first quarter tonight was not as efficient as that night, but he played more suitable for their team as a whole and played a complementary role. Therefore, they carried the fierce first quarter performance of the Timberwolves.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Flying Squirrel, Harrington, Raheem, and Spantinia.

The Timberwolves sent a combination of veteran point guard Darrick Martin, Trenton Hassel, Madman, Garnett, and Mark Jackson.

Liu Xiu's performance of 11+2+3+2 in the first quarter made the Timberwolves extremely afraid.

Since Liu Xiu's outbreak is purely due to his good competitive state, then just defend Liu Xiu with the attitude of treating a superstar. As a top team, the Timberwolves have this ability.

However, Little Flying Squirrel seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer from Darrick Martin in singles, which also caused a foul and added a penalty, kicking off the second quarter with a 3+1!
The Timberwolves played very steadily tonight. The impetuous feeling of the last game, in this game, the center forwards returned to sit at home, and the feeling of panic after encountering troubles disappeared.

Even though Little Flying Squirrel scored 6 points in a row to tie the score, the Timberwolves were not in a hurry and played steadily.

As long as they play steadily, the Timberwolves will perform better than the Trail Blazers!

If the Trail Blazers can rely on the two point guards to keep shooting and win the game, the Timberwolves coaching staff and players will recognize it.

After the center forward came back, the confidence of the Timberwolves' top team was fully demonstrated tonight.

With the deepening of the second quarter, the two teams have played with the goal of strengthening confrontation and improving defense, and both have shown results.

The impact on the Trail Blazers is greater!
Throughout the game, the Trail Blazers relied on Liu Xiu's containment to score, but after a 3+1 start, the Trail Blazers only scored 11 points in the next 17 minutes.

The Timberwolves scored much lower in the second quarter than in the first quarter, but scored 23 points in a single quarter.

In other words, after the score was tied, the Timberwolves scored 23 to 17.

54 to 48, the Timberwolves lead the Trail Blazers by 6 points and enter the intermission!
……

The initiative of the game has been controlled by the Timberwolves, but Garnett feels full of crisis.

The main reason is the spirit of the opponent. After finally tying the score and being beaten, whoever encounters this situation will be annoyed and their morale will be hit, right?

But the Trail Blazers became more resilient the more they played, and the more they fought, the more vigorous they were!
Needless to say, Garnett was a little impressed again.

But because of this admiration, he hated this opponent even more!I hate Liu Xiu even more!

Because of this indomitable quality, he didn't have it back then, and neither did the first generation of three wolves back then.

Garnett, who was keenly aware of the opponent's toughness, bluffed and urged his teammates during the halftime break.

This helped a lot!
Back from the halftime break, Liu Xiu first received a point from Raheem and made a layup, and then relied on the "roaring" betting touch, and hit a jumper with an emergency stop in singles. While his personal score increased to 21 points, he helped the Trail Blazers play a wave 4 to 0, narrowing the point difference to 2 points, shattering the Timberwolves' idea of ​​​​opening the point difference at the beginning of the second half and smashing the score.

Not only narrowed the point difference, but also continued to drive the emotions of the teammates to keep rising!

But under Garnett's reminder, the Timberwolves were mentally prepared, and they went 14-for-12 in a half-quarter and halfway through three quarters. The Timberwolves led the Trail Blazers by 68 points 64-4.

……

比赛打到现在，表现最好的，无疑是今晚已经拿到17分8板6助攻2抢断1盖帽的加内特。

He made 12 of 7 shots and 3 of 3 free throws, which is extremely efficient.

The team's offense is organized in an orderly manner, and the defensive end also takes on the most important role. The MVP's strength is fully demonstrated.

But the most impressive thing is Liu Xiu!

Too hard!
Too tenacious!

And it's in great shape!
21投10中，其中三分球5中2，加上4中3的罚球，刘秀两节半时间拿到了25分！
However, there is a limit to the improvement brought about by resilience and tenacity.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers seemed to narrow the point difference by 2 points, but in fact, after Liu Xiu raised morale again, they only scored 12 points, and they couldn't defend themselves. Scoring 14 points, the efficiency is far less than the second quarter, limiting the opponent to only 23 points.

In the first half of the third quarter of the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu got half of the 16-14 wave!
In the second half of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers still couldn't hold on.

The Timberwolves are not vegetarian, they are also resilient, and they have hatred for the Trail Blazers and a certain rookie.

This time Garnett really dared to say-I dare not fight, but I am afraid that you will not succeed in playing basketball?

一波13比7之后，森林狼队以81比71领先开拓者队10分进入末节！
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At the end of the quarter, the combination of Liu Xiu, Flying Squirrel, Harrington, Raheem, and Randolph tried to make a rush, but failed.

The Timberwolves failed to close the game, but they also did not allow the Trail Blazers to narrow the gap to dangerous levels.

最终，在拿到26分15板8助攻3抢断1盖帽的加内特的带领下，森林狼队以103比95终结开拓者队连胜！

30投14中，其中三分球6中2，加上7投6的罚球，刘秀狂砍36分7板7助攻2抢断！

But still lost.

From his game experience, it was more difficult than the Spurs game.

Perhaps for their team, the Timberwolves are indeed stronger than the Spurs this season.

The troika is still in its infancy, and the Spurs are essentially Duncan's one-man team.

The three-headed monster is the strongest period after their formation.

Just as she was about to leave, Liu Xiu found that the lights were blocked...

This uncomfortable feeling, who is it!
Liu Xiu looked up and saw that it was Garnett.

This guy, is he looking for him again?

Liu Xiu subconsciously touched her waist... I made a mistake, I didn't wear a belt tonight!
Garnett was so angry that he retreated half a step subconsciously, almost shouting, but held back.

Suddenly, Garnett felt a light on his back...

Looking around from the corner of the eye, although the Blazers players did not surround him, it seemed that everyone was staring at him.

Ah, the damned feeling of jealousy is here again!

When he was a wolf cub, he didn't have such leadership ability!

Garnett said: "Rookie, we are endless! See you in the playoffs, I hope you don't get eliminated in the first round."

Although they lost, the Trail Blazers players also won the respect of their opponents.

No matter how much you don't like this team, the Timberwolves as their opponents also feel tremendous pressure on the Trail Blazers.

This feeling is very special. They feel the huge pressure when they know that their own strength is relatively large.

Garnett does not intend to have a conflict with Liu Xiu outside of the game under any circumstances.

But the competition itself... one hammer is not enough!

Liu Xiu heard that most of the depression of losing the game had dissipated, and replied, "Thank you for your blessing."

bless?

When Garnett thought about it, his words were really similar to blessings!

Mare Facco!

Garnett turned around and left to provoke him. He was not beaten or scolded. Why did he still feel so irritating?

……

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The Trail Blazers lost to the Timberwolves, and their record fell to 54 wins and 21 losses. When they saw the battle report, the big bosses on the forum who used black Liu Xiu as the attraction to recover this season were gearing up, ready to wave their keyboards and show off their talents. When they opened the detailed battle report , saw Liu Xiu 36 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, scolding the street...

This performance, put it on a rookie, really sucks!
But it is still possible to pick thorns, such as too many shots.

It's just that this spraying method is usually ridiculed by the crowd...

At noon on the second day of the game against the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers came to Denver.

Coming to Denver for the second time in this life, Liu Xiu still felt a little uncomfortable, not only him, but a lot of teammates in the team felt uncomfortable, but it didn't matter, with their physical fitness, and the team doctors and trainers' rich experience Dealing with experience, it is not difficult to deal with this.

The first thing to do is - rest.

Just played an away game yesterday. After the Trail Blazers players arrived at the hotel in downtown Denver, most of the players chose to continue to sleep.

Liu Xiu also wanted to lazily watch TV in the room, but just after putting away her luggage and before turning on the TV, she was called out by a phone call...

……

"Jess, the butcher, the outlaw, the thug, the little flying squirrel... what about them?"

"They are sleeping and can't wake up, what's wrong?"

"Ah...it's okay, just come here."

Anthony said so, but Liu Xiu saw regret on his face.

Thinking about the society, my brother Dong is really enthusiastic, Liu Xiu said: "Melo, you don't have to be so polite, how about this, when you come to Portland next time, I will let all of them have dinner with you."

"Okay..." Anthony tried hard to put on a happy expression.

Liu Xiu and Anthony walked the streets of Denver, heading for a restaurant.

Anthony actually drove to the hotel where the Trail Blazers stayed to pick up Liu Xiu, but he said that the restaurant was very close and he wanted to walk with Liu Xiu, just like going to a family restaurant with pocket money in college.

But after walking for a long time, Liu Xiu asked, "Mei Luo, how far is it? Didn't you say it's not far?"

Anthony did not answer but asked instead: "Are you tired?"

Liu Xiu responded, "It's kind of..."

"That's good."

"what?"

"It's nothing, it's just ahead, it's not far away, we'll be there after a while..."

Liu Xiu can't help it, it's all here, what else can I do, keep going!

……

Anthony took Liu Xiu on the streets of Denver Plateau for more than half an hour.

Slow down, adapt to the environment, take some medicine, and do some simple training with the help of the trainer. For professional basketball players, this amount of exercise will not have any effect.

But Liu Xiu flew to Denver, took a bus from the airport to the hotel, and was called out before she started to rest. When she arrived at the restaurant, she was extremely tired.

After dinner, when Anthony sent Liu Xiu back to the hotel, he forced Liu Xiu to go back abruptly through verbal stimulation, and sent Liu Xiu back to the room. After driving out of the hotel, Anthony drove the car on the streets of Denver Highlands, making loud noises. Laughing—the hangover pays off!

Then, at 6:10 in the evening of the second day, Anthony saw Liu Xiu running out of the opposite player channel full of energy...

"This is impossible!"

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(End of this chapter)