Healing Basketball

Chapter 45 45. What are the Big Four?

O'Neal, who was 216 centimeters tall and over 150 kilograms out of control at the start of the new season, was brought down, first fell sideways on the floor, and then was lifted and lay on the floor.

This scene is eye-catching!stare!mouth!stay!

The whole scene was quiet for a while, and then ferocious cheers erupted from the scene!

Liu Xiuzheng habitually pressed his knees on O'Neill's back, locked his arms, pressed... and other tricks three times, suddenly reacted and stopped the next move.

Kobe rushed towards Liu Xiu immediately, but was easily stopped by Dale Davis.

Although the fighting power is not good, Kobe was the first one to rush up when Ao Pang was beaten, almost an instinctive reaction.

Even if the two of them can't speak a few words a day now.

Malone froze for a moment on the sidelines and rushed towards the court, but was blocked by Randolph, who reacted quickly.

When O'Neal turned over and got up, Ruben Patterson and Dale Davis were already standing in front of Liu Xiu.

No matter what you think about Liu Xiu before, no matter how good or bad you will get along with Liu Xiu in the future, at this moment, the teammates want to stand in front of Liu Xiu, the Lakers off-court players rush in, and the Trail Blazers also rush in .

O'Neal, who had just pushed Randolph to cause a conflict, saw these familiar faces, and remembered that this was the Portland Trail Blazers... the blood on them immediately drained.

These people clashed and fought desperately, and even fought in team training games, but he was so desperate for his life!

O'Neill went to grab Malone and Kobe, stepped aside, and Liu Xiu also pulled Randolph back.

Finally, the referee had the opportunity to separate the two sides.

Seeing that the referee was about to make a penalty, Liu Xiu immediately said to the referee, "I didn't do it on purpose... I was just fighting!"

Everyone looked at Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu looked innocent, and the others were speechless.

O'Neill, who weighed just over 150 kilograms in the new season, was knocked down... If it was accidental, is it still intentional?

When the referee heard the phrase 'I didn't mean to', he really wanted to kick the rookie off the court directly.

The first time she set foot on an NBA court, Liu Xiu successfully attracted everyone's attention.

The latter sentence is not human-like, the frame is pulled so far, is it called a frame?Just to help fight!

But this was a preseason game, and the eccentricity really stopped the conflict. The scene was eerily quiet, and the coaching staff of the two teams called the players of their respective teams back to the bench.

The referee summed it up and gave O'Neal a technical foul, Liu Xiu and Dale Davis each a technical foul.

O'Neal's rebound foul was confirmed. After the two teams offset a technical foul, the Lakers executed a technical free throw and the Blazers re-attacked.

After the penalty was determined, the Trail Blazers called a timeout.

Liu Xiu was surrounded by his teammates. Randolph put his arms around Liu Xiu and patted Liu Xiu's shoulder: "Jess, you are so fucking, that's O'Neill! I can't even hug him!"

Liu Xiu shook her head, and said honestly, "I just used some tricks in wrestling, so I definitely can't do it head-on."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, you hugged O'Neill!"

It's cool, Liu Xiu thinks this choice is definitely right, but she is still very worried about the current situation - the first NBA game is still a preseason game, just played, less than 1 minute, and played a hug for the opponent... …

Randolph could see what Liu Xiu was thinking at a glance, and said, "You don't have to worry."

Liu Xiu rolled her eyes, why don't you worry?I couldn't help complaining: "If I knew I would let him beat you up, I wouldn't have so much trouble."

"Who wants your help! It's not like I can't beat him!"

Roar is like this, Randolph's expression is very happy.

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Back from the timeout, for the Trail Blazers, Maurice Cheeks did not take Kevin Pritchar's suggestion and let Liu Xiu continue!
The combination of Liu Xiu, Matt Carroll, Quintel Woods, Zach Randolph and Rasheed Wallace was replaced.

Liu Xiu was mentally prepared to be replaced without finishing the first round, but the coach asked him to continue playing!
Looking at the opposite side, the Zen master directly replaced O'Neill.

Thinking of what Randolph said just now... Liu Xiu has a new understanding of Morris Cheeks' coaching style.

Kevin Pritchar wanted to replace him. The fans at the scene were excited and cheered wildly. The players of the two teams wanted to bite each other. It is a very routine operation to replace the player who conflicted. It was just a preseason game.

But Maurice Cheeks just no!

On the other side, although the Zen master replaced O'Neal, he replaced Malone, Fisher, Kobe, Devin George, and Medvedenko.

The outcome of the preseason itself is definitely not important.

But with the current situation, such attention, and such a game situation, the arrow has to be launched.

Kobe executed the technical free throws. As the best free throw player of the Lakers, Kobe made the technical free throws steadily.

39 to 31, the point difference came to 8 points.

The game continued, the Trail Blazers attacked, and Liu Xiu received the serve and advanced halfway...a curse word almost spewed out.

Kobe beckoned to Fisher to guard against him, a rookie!
If you can't beat Kobe in a fight, then play basketball!

"Kobe Bryant, 25 years old, SG/SF, ability rating 97, offense 96, defense 98..."

Kobe's player detection report floated in front of Liu Xiu's eyes, which made Liu Xiu's liver ache.

Challenge impossible?Of course not, Liu Xiu protected the ball.

"Rookie, come and challenge me."

"Kang busy, hit me!"

"Don't dare to hit me? Are you so timid?"

Listening to Kobe's trash talk, Liu Xiu thought he wanted to play, but he didn't want to play.

This rubbish talk is not as good as the 'happy' and 'rebound' of the two primary school students...

Liu Xiu has no other advantages. There is nothing to say about the stability of ball control. Kobe was spouting trash talk while pressing and defending. He didn't find a chance to steal the ball or make a mistake!

Large tonnage, excellent height and wingspan difference, and greater strength than people of the same size... Kobe even felt that his strength was slightly inferior to this rookie!
Liu Xiu dawdled to the right of the free throw line, turned his back and leaned against Kobe.

A question mark appeared on Kobe's head-is this going to hit him back?
Of course not, Liu Xiu made a tactical gesture before turning his back to Kobe, and saw his teammates move, pushed behind his back, hit the ground and passed the ball!

Randolph pulls out to attract Malone away, Rasheed Wallace cuts to catch the ball, leaps up, lifts the ball straight up in the air, and scores two points with a split dunk!
With this Tomahawk, Rasheed Wallace showed off his physical fitness, which made Liu Xiu, who was passing the ball, very envious.

Liu Xiu overturned O'Neal and Rasheed Wallace made a violent tomahawk dunk, kicking off the next wave of offensive climax for the Trail Blazers.

In the second half of the second quarter of the Trail Blazers, the offense played very comfortably!
First of all, there is no O'Neal on the opposite side, and Randolph alone is enough to contain the 40-year-old Malone.

The most important thing is that the team's offensive tactics have been played out!

Instead of the Damon Stoudemire style of playing everything, Rasheed Wallace felt the way Pippen felt in his first year...it made him feel incredible!

The twin towers offense is one of the traditional tactics of the Trail Blazers, but after Sabonis retired, he hasn't played it. Now that there are new twin towers, Pippen has left again.

I didn't expect to see this kind of trait in a rookie!

Liu Xiu did not deliberately show himself in the game, he controlled the ball steadily, and sent the ball to the receiving point in the tactics reasonably. Relying on his generous body, he almost made no mistakes during the ball protection period.

After half the game, the Trail Blazers played very well offensively, scoring 16 points in half the game, but Liu Xiu only had two assists, but with these two assists, Liu Xiu revitalized the offense!

The one that hugged O'Neill had a huge effect!

Liu Xiu saw a lot in that quarter and a half. The Trail Blazers players really wanted to win, but most of them wanted to show themselves. Derek Anderson is also a very good point guard who sorts out the team's offense. Not particularly strong, but very comprehensive.

However, when Derek Anderson had the ball, Randolph wanted the ball for singles, and Rasheed Wallace wanted the ball for singles... Derek Anderson couldn't command the team's offense at all.

Liu Xiu also has a good relationship with Randolph, and Dale Davis is convinced of him. Only the lineup he played in the beginning can command him well.

For Rasheed Wallace, he may not be able to command. He is a rookie, and Rasheed Wallace has every reason to believe in his singles.

The situation is different now. Hugging and defeating O'Neill gave Liu Xiu the opportunity to show his strongest traits - combing the team's offense within the tactical framework!

The tactics around Rasheed Wallace's scoring can be played out, and the effect is quite good. Of course, he will play well. His comprehensive scoring methods are the key to supporting the tactics.

After halftime, the score was 47 to 50. After Kobe executed a technical foul free throw, the Trail Blazers scored 16 to 11, narrowing the difference to 3 points and entering the intermission!
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During half a quarter of the game, Liu Xiu made Rasheed Wallace have a strong interest in him.

Liu Xiu also has a strong interest in Rasheed Wallace-how does this guy achieve a seamless switch between the inside frame protection gate and the defensive vacuum?
If it wasn't for this guy playing defense and not moving his feet, Kobe beat him 2+1, they would have tied the score at halftime!

Regardless of this, after playing for more than 5 minutes and scoring 1 point, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Liu Xiu felt that he played well, and made Roaring Tianzun willing to cooperate well in tactics.

Back from the intermission, as Liu Xiu expected, Maurice Cheeks did not have him in the starting list sent in the third quarter.

On the opposite side, the Lakers replaced O'Neal.

In the first half of the third quarter, Liu Xiu saw that Rasheed Wallace switched his style of play again, and together with Dale Davis caused a lot of trouble for O'Neal.

but!Liu Xiu found that Rasheed Wallace's presence on the offensive end has almost disappeared after entering this state!

'Let me see...that's how it is!Physical strength! '

"Rashid Wallace, 29 years old, PF/C, ability rating 91...physical strength 89..."

As the tactical core of a team, Rasheed Wallace's physical strength is appallingly poor.

Liu Xiu's physical strength is worse than that of Rasheed Wallace, but he is a rookie and is a substitute. He does not rely on him for scoring and defense. His physical strength of 87 is definitely enough now.

Roaring Tianzun is very miserable here.

Back then, Sabonis and Pippen carried people on the front line and at the basket. Rasheed Wallace did not expose this problem. Now in a preseason game that is trying to win, facing an opponent like the Lakers, It's obvious!
However, after the start of the second half, the Lakers also played very uncomfortable. Their preparations were based on Rasheed Wallace's 7 points in the half quarter. Now Rasheed Wallace didn't score. Bian is ready to start with defense first. Zen Master's defensive coaching accomplishments are definitely among the top five in the league, but now his efforts are in vain.

After more than 5 minutes, the score was 8 to 7. The Trail Blazers chased the score to 55 to 57, narrowed the point difference to two points, and entered the official timeout stage.

The cheers from the home team fans on the scene are now firmly over the Lakers fans who are coming to the away game. Obviously, the current situation, the Trail Blazers fans are very satisfied.

But Maurice Cheeks is under a lot of pressure now. If the game has reached this level, if they fail to complete the comeback and lose the game, it will be a big blow to their first start in the new season.

In just over 5 minutes, their Trail Blazers seemed to have taken the initiative, but... on the opposite side, only Payton and O'Neal led the team just now!

What do the Big Four represent?
It means that even if Payton and O'Neal are replaced to rest, there will still be two superstars Kobe and Malone!
Maurice Cheeks turned his head and thought—"If you fail to start, you will fail, and you will gain a lot tonight!" '

Thinking about it, Maurice Cheeks set his sights on Liu Xiu, who was eager to try.

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The long-awaited Liu Xiu was replaced, and the combination of Ruben Patterson, Travis Outlaw, Zach Randolph and Georgia center Vladimir Spantinia was replaced.

the other side……

"Derek Fisher, ability rating 78 (peak)...

Kobe Bryant, ability rating 97...

Brian Russell, ability rating 70...

Karl Malone, ability rating 88...

Vladimir Medvedenko, ability rating 68..."

'O'Neal with an ability rating of 95 was replaced, Payton with an 87 was replaced, and there are two stars! '

Liu Xiu looked at her side, Randolph with a 90 ability rating, and Rasheed Wallace with a 91 ability rating are already very strong, but there is a real gap between the Lakers who can make it to the finals purely with F4. Not your average size.

Back from the timeout, the Lakers go first.

Kobe's finisher Ruben Patterson single-handedly defended Kobe who was attacking with the ball, and shouts of 'Kobe-stopper' sounded on the scene, which made Liu Xiu very curious...too early.

Kobe changed direction with a fake move, shaking Ruben Patterson away, and made a direct hit with a three-pointer from the left side of the top arc of the retreat!

60 to 55, Kobe helped the Lakers widen the point difference to 5 points!
Liu Xiu thought of many ways to restrict Kobe in his mind just now. It is hard to say whether it will be successful, but he has thought of many ways.

However, in terms of Kobe's style of play, what kind of defensive strategy makes sense?

Kobe's sudden exertion had a strong impact on Liu Xiu. From tonight's point of view, one-on-one, Kobe was the best in the game!
When O'Neal loses some weight, he may regain the title of the Lakers' strongest singles, but now, Kobe's one-on-one singles are the strongest in the game.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Blazers attack.

Liu Xiu adjusted the pressure brought by Kobe's strength, received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. It was no longer Kobe who defended him, but Fisher!
Fisher, who is at his peak, is actually pretty good defensively, with enough speed, strength, and good attitude... But Liu Xiu can see the adjustment of the opponent's defensive strategy at a glance-Kobe no longer hates him one-on-one Single defense, but want to defeat the team attack he launched!

Obviously, Kobe has realized the defensive error in the second half of the second quarter. It may be the adjustment of Zen Master, or it may be discovered by Kobe himself.

Liu Xiu was able to sort out the offense smoothly in the second half of the second quarter. The very important point is that Kobe stared at him without causing substantial interference to him, but Kobe's assisting defense was different.

For Liu Xiu, there is not much difference between Kobe defending him and Fisher defending him.

And Kobe's supplementary defense and assistance defense, a master of first defense, even if he is not proficient in supplementary defense and assistance defense, is not comparable to Fisher!

Liu Xiu advanced from the middle circle to beyond the three-point line, sorted out the current situation in just two seconds, raised his left hand, and made a '2' to Randolph, who was fighting Malone, and moved to the bottom line on the right Pulled away, Travis Otterlo, who was notified by the tactics, pulled to the top arc, Liu Xiu passed the ball to Travis Otterlo, and took Fisher to the low post on the left side of the three-second zone!
Liu Xiu and Randolph's low post tactics on the court at the same time! '1' is Randolph, '2' is Liu Xiulai!
A rookie point guard can play with his back!
The Lakers didn't expect that.

And coincidentally, Fisher is very good at defending against low post-ups. In the 98 playoffs, Fisher defended Payton's back-ups very well, with excellent footwork and sufficient tonnage...

The Lakers players were watching a good show, watching how Fisher defended Liu Xiu... As a result, Liu Xiu received the ball and directly chiseled Fisher back!

Unlike Payton's back attack, which is exquisite in technique and relatively graceful in posture; unlike Mark Jackson and Andre Miller's vision and six-way vision, Liu Xiu relied on brute strength to knock Fisher back to a reasonable level. On the left side of the collision zone, before Kobe could shrink in place, Liu Xiu turned around and hit the throw!

Kobe has sharp eyes. Seeing Liu Xiu and Randolph high-five to celebrate, Kobe immediately thought that this is one of Randolph's back-up methods, and it is also one of O'Neal's back-up methods, forcibly crushing!
Based on a variety of factors, Kobe looked at Liu Xiu, no matter how he looked at it, he was not happy.

Especially that sloppy expression...

Just a rookie with the [-]th overall pick in the first round, who actually has the same expression as that man!

In Kobe's view, except for that man, no one else is worthy!

But the more this is the case, the more Kobe pays attention to Liu Xiu tonight, and realizes that Liu Xiu really has many advantages... the interest is getting stronger and stronger!
On the other side, Liu Xiu hit a back and scored two points. Just as he was happy, a system notification came!
"The host has aroused Kobe Bryant's interest, task: my surname is Liu Trigger..."

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I got two good news today. One is about the illness. After a detailed examination, it was confirmed that it was a viral cold, accompanied by inflammation. I took medicine, took more protein, refused to be spicy, and did not drink or smoke. I will recover soon.

One is on the shelves on March 3~
In this way, if I feel unwell these two days, I can write as much as possible, keep updating, take care of my body early, and prepare for the shelves~
Thank you guys for your support!
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