Healing Basketball

Chapter 461 461. Active Third!

Bibby guessed right. The Trail Blazers sent Liu Xiu to defend him in order to create more rest time for Payton and reserve energy for the playoffs.

But this is not the main purpose. The main purpose is to transition from Payton to Liu Xiu for the task of defending against the opponent's offensive arrows alone.

Payton is already at this age, and his physical strength is not good enough. The time to maintain efficiency in the playoffs is bound to be shorter. The decline is a matter of time. It is not two years before he retires. Liu Xiu has shown the potential of both offense and defense. It is imperative for the vanguard to transition from Payton to Liu Xiu, and it should be sooner rather than later.

Coincidentally, Payton can't defend Bibby now. The last time the Trail Blazers lost 4 points to the Kings, Payton had to take the blame. In the 23 minutes he defended Bibby that night, Bibby scored 19 points and 7 assists , Bibby played 40 minutes that night and scored a total of 28 points and 10 assists.

When he was young, Payton defended Bibby very well, but as he got older, his speed and resistance declined, and he couldn't defend against Bibby in the past two years.

Moreover, Payton, who was still in his prime, always bullied Bibby, who was white. Now that Payton is old, Bibby sees Payton hitting him once. In the past two years, he has played 6 times. Bibby scored 6 in these 17 games. More than 3 points, 20 times 2+, 30 times [-]+.

That being the case, let Liu Xiu go directly to defend Bibby, and start changing now.

Tried this time at the beginning, and the effect surprised the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers!Peyton was pleasantly surprised and healed...

In the next few rounds, the Trail Blazers were not in a hurry, and continued to test slowly on both ends of the offense and defense.

In terms of defense, although Liu Xiu was pleasantly surprised, she did not have blind confidence and defended cautiously.

Locking up Bibby is impossible. After Bibi no longer underestimated Liu Xiu's defense, Liu Xiu couldn't defend completely like the first round, but the method of defending Bibi learned from Peyton was correct. , Stick, don't reach out to avoid fouls, you can give Bibby quite clear restrictions, of course, this is not easy, Payton can't do these simple things in defense against Bibby, but Liu Xiu can!

Focusing on the improvement of the defensive effect against Bibby, the ball-handling core, the Blazers' overall defense is also better than in the last match.

The extrajudicial lunatics spared no effort to chase Peja, Kwame Brown's close-range and basket protection, Payton's flank assist defense...every point has improved significantly compared with the previous match, and played a significant role in the offense of the Kings. Compared with the last match, there is a qualitative improvement!
Under Liu Xiu's leadership, the Trail Blazers successfully limited the Kings' offense in the first quarter, preventing the Kings from scoring only 22 points in a single quarter!
The Kings are mentally prepared for the limited offense. They expected that the Trail Blazers will definitely start from the defensive end when they meet again. Everyone is a regular visitor to the playoffs. The Kings don’t want to attack like last time, too bad Stable, they are also here to sharpen the position. Although the person who drives the defense is Liu Xiu instead of Peyton or the outlaws, they are a little surprised, but the prediction is correct.

However, the Kings play positional warfare and defense, and their points are also the points that should be scored in positional warfare and defense, but the opponent is not!

The Trail Blazers' style of play is also a style of playing positional warfare and grinding defense, but the scoring is only offensive basketball!
Randolph looked like he was on fire tonight. He did a very good job in singles and rushing. He scored 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter.

Randolph went berserk alone, but Liu Xiu exploded even harder in the first quarter!

开局补篮命中之后，刘秀首节打的9分钟时间里又进了俩中投、一个反击上篮、一次空切造成犯规的两罚全中，单节10分3板1助攻1盖帽！

They all played defense, the Kings scored 22 points in a single quarter, and the Trail Blazers scored 29 points in a single quarter!
...

For the Kings, the terrible thing after the first quarter is not that they are behind by 7 points, but that they have tried their best and are still so far behind.

Liu Xiu is in great shape!

The Kings have made targeted preparations for Liu Xiu's super stability in the second half of the season, but they still can't guard against it!Always close!
Not only was Liu Xiu in good condition, but he also made good use of Randolph's desperate rush. The two cooperated tacitly, and the Kings really couldn't help it. Adelman didn't even know it during the rest of the first quarter. What adjustments should be made.

In this case, the players can only adjust independently.

Bibi's command ability is still good, but in this respect, he and Liu Xiu compare with each other, the gap is quite obvious. Bibi only has leadership ability, and Liu Xiu is called a natural commander.

The lineup is dominant, the back-to-back disadvantages are maximized to make up for it, and the tactical response is more effective... The multi-faceted Trail Blazers made persistent efforts in the second quarter and continued to widen the point difference!

At 11 minutes and 47 seconds into the second quarter, Liu Xiu seized the opportunity to catch the ball around the bottom line, turned around and made a mid-range shot, helping the Trail Blazers to open the point difference to 16 points, leading 58 to 42!

In the last attack of the first half, Kenny Thomas grabbed an offensive rebound and made two free throws for a foul, narrowing the gap by one point, but the Trail Blazers still led the Kings by 58 points 43-15 and entered the intermission.

After halftime, Bibby was frustrated.

Although his self-adjustment ability is not as good as Liu Xiu's, he is not bad. It is the point he wants to take advantage of. Liu Xiu didn't show up after playing for 10 minutes in the second quarter.

Bibi was puzzled—why did Liu Xiu not be mean when he beat them?
When playing against the Spurs and the Suns, Liu Xiuming often rowed like a real first-round [-]th pick without an oar.

But tonight, Liu Xiu just didn't make a fuss, and his condition was obviously better than when he played against the Spurs and Suns, but he chose to play steadily.

The Kings did a good job of cutting off the passes of the singles players. Liu Xiu played without the ball, ran to meet, passed the ball in transit, and took the pot...

The three-point defense is tight, Liu Xiu will not shoot three-pointers, and look for mid-range, cut-in and rush opportunities.

The Kings' three-point defense against Liu Xiu is also very interesting. The strength of Liu Xiu's three-point defense is similar to that of the Supersonics against Thunder Allen, the Pacers against Reggie Miller, and the Grizzlies against Mike-Mike. Miller... One strength, Liu Xiu played the Kings, and his outside running ability was the same as that of the top pitchers.

In this regard, the Kings are also very desperate and helpless. Every time Liu Xiu hits them, the three-pointer is stronger than usual!
Liu Xiu’s style of play cannot be completely restricted by the Kings. Liu Xiu had 6 shots in the second quarter, 5 of which were successful, and 5 of 3 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, and one three-pointer was missed. Made all 3 fouls and scored 10 points in a single quarter again!
半场打完，刘秀12投7中拿到20分6板2助攻2抢断1盖帽！

Not to mention the Kings, even the Trail Blazers didn't expect Liu Xiu to be so fierce tonight, but everyone is already familiar with launching an attack around the runaway warden.

The successful style of play, the Trail Blazers will naturally continue. In the second half, the Trail Blazers continued the previous style of play, playing steadily.

The Kings revived during the halftime break, and launched a fierce counterattack in the third quarter, and their mentality entered the mode of going forward...that is, after the mode of smashing cans and smashing, Peja surged again in the third quarter, scoring 14 points in a single quarter, Help the Kings score 31 points in a single quarter!
Peja fully demonstrated the characteristics of top pitchers raising the upper limit of strength!
However, the steady Trail Blazers scored 7 points in a single quarter, relying on Flying Squirrel's 2 points and 4 assists, Liu Xiu's 4 points and 6 assists, and Kwame Brown's 3 points and 27 rebounds. , but the double-digit lead was maintained. After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Kings by 85 points 74 to 11.

Although I don't know what the result will be if we take an aggressive route in this quarter, the Trail Blazers feel that the situation is not bad now!

It can be clearly seen that at the beginning of the third quarter, the Kings counterattacked very fiercely, but in the second half of the third quarter, the Kings were unable to narrow the point difference to less than 10 points against the steady Trail Blazers. Already getting irritable.

Sure enough, after returning from the intermission, Liu Xiu found an opportunity in the first round. He caught the ball on the right side of the free throw line and turned around and rushed inside. The breakthrough line was smooth, and he entered the three-second zone. Liu Xiu jumped up against Brad Miller and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!The referee blows the whistle, the goal is valid, and a penalty will be added!
Liu Xiu also entered with a penalty!

This ball, Liu Xiu saw it, the king's defense was messed up!The Kings have been insisting on locking his three-pointers before, but now they are gone!Going deeper, the Kings defense lost continuity.

Liu Xiu made a decisive decision and adjusted his style of play. He began to increase his offense with the ball, and tried more counterattacks after defending.

This decision is correct!This time, the 2+1 dunk kicked off Liu Xiu's personal offensive frenzy in the final quarter!
At 1 minute and 09 seconds into the final quarter, Liu Xiu directly scored a three-pointer with a cover. It felt very good, and it went in!His personal score increased to 30 points!
At 3 minutes and 58 seconds of the final quarter, Liu Xiu made a catch and jumper on the left side of the free throw line, and his score increased to 32 points.

At 6 minutes and 08 seconds, the official timeout was entered. Before the timeout, Liu Xiu first used the screen on the wing to catch the ball from Little Flying Squirrel, and hit a three-pointer from the right sideline. In the next round, the Kings were defended. After catching the ball against the defense, Bibby made a layup and caused a foul, stopping the Kings!

Originally, the point difference was only 14 points, and the Kings still had hope, but Liu Xiu's 5-0 wave opened the point difference to 19 points, and Liu Xiu still had to add penalties. With Liu Xiu's consistent free throws, it was already a goal. 20 points difference!
The Kings are desperate from the coach to the players!
...

Liu Xiu wanted to say something to Adelman: Thank you, because of you...

If Adelman calls a timeout to surrender when the point difference reaches 17 points, Liu Xiu may be replaced at that time.

If Adelman waits for Liu Xiu's free throws to end before calling a timeout, and when the timeout comes back, Liu Xiu may not play again.

But Adelman immediately called a timeout after Liu Xiu scored the ball and received an additional penalty.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Xiu added a free throw to increase his personal score to 38 points.

The Kings had replaced Peja and Brad Miller at this time, and only Bibby was still on the court among the three stars. The difference of 20 points was almost equivalent to surrender.

But the warden continued to enter the dare to fight mode at this time.

In the next round, Liu Xiu received the ball from a high position with his back, turned around and rushed to close range, and hit a layup!

26投14中，其中三分球4中2，外加10中10的罚球，刘秀拿下本赛季第13次单场40+！

刘秀超越了02-03赛季的麦迪的12次单场40+，单赛季单场得分40+次数现役第三！

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