Healing Basketball

Chapter 375 375. A Brilliant Start!

While the Trail Blazers were preparing for the game in their own way, their first opponent of the new year came to Portland.

Strong teams always have a way to deal with the physical or psychological fatigue of the players in the middle of the season. The Trail Blazers spent last season relying on the momentum of their rise. This season is a more interesting way to relieve the mental fatigue of the players.

The team visiting Portland is much simpler, they rely on - discipline!
If there's ever a team that doesn't have ups and downs from start to finish and doesn't encounter too many waves, it's them -- the San Antonio Spurs.

After a day of preparations, at 1:4 pm on January 7th, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Spurs at home.

Amid the frantic boos at the scene, the Spurs' substitute players stood on both sides of the player tunnel without changing their expressions. Parker, Ginobili, Nesterovic, Bowen, and Duncan appeared one after another.

"San Antonio Spurs, 25 wins and 7 losses, averaging 97.5 points per game, conceding 89.1 points per game; averaging 78 shots per game, limiting opponents' average shots per game to 77.5 times; shooting 45.3% from the field, limiting opponents' shooting percentage to 42.9 %; 20.8 assists per game, 17.2 assists per game; 42.2 rebounds per game, 41.6 rebounds per game; 6.2 three-pointers per game, 3.6 three-pointers per game ..."

Liu Xiu's scalp felt numb looking at the Spurs' data report!

In the first 30 games of the Trail Blazers, they averaged 104.1 points per game, the third highest in the league, and averaged 3 points per game, the 97.7th lowest in the league.

But this is too much for the Spurs. All the positive data of the Spurs' 32 games so far this season are higher than their opponents, and their negative data such as fouls and turnovers are lower than their opponents.

After Duncan ran out of the player tunnel expressionlessly, the lights on the scene dimmed, boos turned into cheers, DJ turned into a rapper, and quickly called out the names of 14 players, Liu Xiu led his teammates from the players in a long dragon The channel ran out...

Tonight, George Lynch and Lynch Hunter were placed on the inactive list. Varejao got permission from team doctor Thomas Carter to play. The Trail Blazers coaching staff still showed certain The talent Delfino is put into the activation list.

After the Blazers players enjoyed a few seconds of cheers in the spotlight, the lights came on.

The sudden light on made Shi Buddha squint his eyes to get used to it. He opened his eyes and looked at the opposite prison warden for the first time, wanting to go to say hello and get close to him.

When they came to the Rose Garden Arena at 2:[-] pm yesterday, he heard the bustling voices from the home team when he was at the entrance of the T-shaped corridor leading to the training ground from the parking lot and wanted to go and watch.

But no.

The other party seemed to dislike him very much, and every time he approached the warden, he was almost beaten.

And what about the things their team's strongest perimeter defensive players do...

Duncan thought of this, and the commentator of TNT Sports, which broadcast the Trail Blazers' first game of the new year, was also discussing this topic-would Bowen dare to step on the warden?
Barkley took out a $100 bet—a bet that Bowen would be beaten by several people if he stepped on his feet.

Regarding the game itself, not to mention Barkley, even Kenny Smith felt that there was nothing to say.

The Suns are the league's No. [-] offensive team this season, and the Spurs are the league's No. [-] defensive team.

Under the new rules, top defensive teams like the Pistons and Pacers can only limit their opponents to just over 90 points per game. When it comes to the Spurs, even the new rules can't stop the Spurs from averaging 90 points per game. Score is limited to [-] points or less!
In Barkley's words, when you encounter the Suns and Spurs, you can only pray to God to bless you to shoot more accurately than the opponent.

……

"The great magician:
game status.

Copy objects:

Teammate: Peyton, characteristic conversion talent: block type (residual blood), bonus effect: when the host's outside defense changes direction and breaks through, if the opponent's direction is successfully judged and the defense is in place, the opponent's second change of direction can be ignored Inertia brought by one traversing, full speed traversing.

Opponent: Manu Ginobili, matching degree 45%, because the host has learned Eurostep, matching degree +15%, characteristic conversion talent: snake step, bonus effect: when the host uses Eurostep to end the attack, every time The stride can always be started in the best state; if the host uses the Eurostep and finally chooses to complete the Eurostep attack frame with a dunk, the bounce +3 and bounce speed +3 when the final jump. "

The pre-match preparation time is over, and the game is about to start. Liu Xiu has completed the copying of his talent. He originally wanted to copy the double-edged demon sword. If the situation is not good, he will give it a go.

Well, after the matching degree increased by 15%, I randomly got a safe talent "Snake Step", which is also very powerful, but there is definitely a gap in the state of "Basketball in hand, I have the world" with the positive bonus of "Double Blade".

But steady improvement is also good.

Liu Xiu wiped the powder on the court, and Duncan and Kwame Brown, the two top picks with full physical fitness, came to the middle circle to jump the ball.

At 8:[-] p.m., the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Duncan struggled to take off... very hard, but the ball was taken away by Kwame Brown, and the Blazers went first!

Duncan's jump ball suddenly fell, and he was no longer the opponent of the top jumpers. The Spurs players are used to this matter.

The Spurs were a little panicked at the beginning-Duncan, who was only 28 years old, was about to collapse?

But...

Payton lobs to Raheem who cuts in, and Raheem makes a layup and is shot by Duncan who shrinks from the bottom line!
Ginobili, who was bullied by Raheem with his body, grabbed a defensive rebound. When Liu Xiu rushed, Ginobili quickly passed the ball to Parker. Parker protected the ball and pressed the rhythm to advance.

"Tim Duncan, 28 years old, 211 cm, 115 kg, C/PF, ability rating 97, offense 95, defense 98, rebound 96..."

Liu Xiu's steal was fruitless and he retreated angrily.

The promised explosive power was destroyed due to injury?It is from 100 ratings to 97, which is no longer the strongest in the league, but 97 and 100, for their prison team, it seems that there is not much difference... Duncan didn't seem to take off when he blocked Raheem just now, it was just when Raheem lifted I dropped the racket before the ball jumped up...

When Duncan was young and able to dance, of course he wanted to dance as he wanted. The brutal blood cap and explosive dunks were once his labels and the demonstration of his deterrent power.

But now, he no longer needs to show deterrence by jumping up and doing homework. If he is injured, suffers from plantar fasciitis, and suffers a devastating blow from bouncing, he will not jump.

How to sustain superstar power in the face of yet another career-destroying injury?Duncan used practical actions to show that this matter is that simple.

In the transition between offense and defense, it took Parker 7 seconds to advance through the half, stepping on 8 violations to cross the half.

Parker was still slow after halftime, and when there were 12 seconds left in the shot clock, he was still a long way from the three-point line, and then he started to speed up!

Parker started to accelerate from just a little past the middle circle, and when he was close to the three-point line, his speed had increased to the fastest, and he broke through to the front right!
Liu Xiu moved ahead of time and moved forward to the left. Parker quickly dribbled the ball under his crotch and pulled the ball to the left before he was about to contact Liu Xiu, changing direction and breaking through!
Parker is already thinking about how to deal with the next opponent who defends up...

Parker, who had just entered the three-point line after changing direction, was held back by Liu Xiu!
Parker didn't get a good breakthrough space, and was stuck by Liu Xiu, so it was difficult to get up to speed!
Not to mention Parker, even Rahim, who was preparing to defend, was surprised that Liu Xiu actually prevented Parker from breaking through!
Parker withdrew and exited the three-point line. Liu Xiu didn't keep up. Parker accelerated his breakthrough again and changed direction...and was caught by Liu Xiu again!
This time, Parker gained a half body advantage, but still couldn't get rid of Liu Xiu, and there was not much time left in the attack, so he could only rush all the way to the inside to throw...Kwame Brown's blood cap was delivered, Returned one of the champions on the opposite side!
For Parker's breakthrough, the Trail Blazers' defense is siege + guards, and Raheem guards the defensive rebounds well.

The players of both teams were very surprised. Liu Xiu blocked Parker's breakthrough with his single defense!

Liu Xiu was very excited, just as he expected.

The talent of 'blocking flow' is an artifact against Parker!

"Tony Parker, 22 years old, 188 cm, 84 kg, PG, ability rating 82, offense 87, defense 72, three-pointer 65, mid-range shot 73, layup 95, speed 97... averaged 16.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 6 assists per game ..."

The 22-year-old Parker is still far from the future FMVP.

The pinnacle sports car must be difficult to deal with, but the current small sports car, how to deal with it!

...

When the Trail Blazers attacked, Payton advanced to the frontcourt.

The first attack of both sides failed, the atmosphere of the game has changed, and the Spurs' defensive actions have become rough.

Payton knows how important it is to play against top teams, and he wants to help the team score the first goal of the game.

Liu Xiu encountered Bowen's defense and couldn't play in singles; Duncan + Nesterovich protected the frame, Raheem and Randolph were not good in singles; Kwame Brown worked hard...

Payton made a tactical gesture, Rahim pulled the ball to the top arc, Payton came to the high position on the right side of the free throw line, hit Parker with his back, turned around and broke through to launch an attack!

The Blazers' offense went smoothly, but the Spurs deserved to be the strongest defensive team this season. The defensive rotation was too strong. Randolph's mid-range shot was interfered by Ginobili's swoop, and the shot missed!

but!

Kwame Brown grabs the offensive rebound!
Duncan's failure to grab a rebound without any pause covered Kwame Brown's jumping high and hitting space, the No. Seeing a passing line pass it immediately, the reaction was so quick that even Duncan couldn't complete the interference with the pass.

Liu Xiu received the ball, and Bo Wen made up for it immediately. After receiving the ball, Liu Xiu broke through directly, leaving Bo Wen behind!Duncan made up the defense in time, but Liu Xiu's breakthrough in the second attack had a starting space, and the European step was sacrificed!

In the face of Liu Xiu's astonishing European step change, Duncan did not lose his position, but!When Liu Xiu landed on the second step, he was already in the attacking frame position. After landing, he quickly bounced up and smashed the ball into the basket through Duncan who worked hard to make up for it!

(End of this chapter)