Healing Basketball

Chapter 478 478. Why not?

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers dominated the offensive rebounds, but in the third quarter, it was the bully who took off first!
The two teams were playing back and forth, inseparable, and when the two teams were at a stalemate, the bully broke out!

The Bully grabbed offensive rebounds for three consecutive rounds, completed a 2+1 dunk, and gave a three-point assist to the big Q on the wing. The Trail Blazers also misfired in two rounds and scored 8 points. They were only two points behind by the Suns.

73 to 75, until 7 minutes and 23 seconds into the third quarter, the Suns are in sight!
The point difference was chased to two points, Maurice Cheeks held on and did not call a timeout, pinning his hopes on the players.

When the Trail Blazers attacked, Liu Xiu continued to play without the ball.

Currently, the Trail Blazers lineup: Payton, Liu Xiu, outlaws, Randolph, McDyess; Suns lineup: Nash, Big Q, Jim Jackson, Little Bully, Steven Hunter.

As the third quarter progressed, Liu Xiu and Nash's singles chances were not as good as they were at the beginning. The flanking was always very strict, so the two always drew the ball after the flanking, and started the containment mode.

Although not as accurate as Nash's ability to respond to mid-range and long-range shots from the flanks, Liu Xiu's off-ball style of play is more comprehensive. This time he chose to slip to the bottom line and use McDyess to cover!
Coming out from under the basket, Liu Xiu immediately yelled 'air hostess' towards the outside.

The extrajudicial lunatic who cut around the middle and received the ball tacitly played the ball. If you change someone, you may not understand it. Anyway, the bully under the basket didn't understand. When the bully subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, he saw Liu Xiu jumped up quickly.

Little Overlord didn't even realize what happened, and stretched out his hand involuntarily to stop it...

Accompanied by the wailing of the basket, the referee blew the whistle, and the little bully fouled the shot. Liu Xiu's dunk was valid and an additional penalty was required!

After the confrontation, Liu Xiu took two steps back when he landed, and the bully who was being held back took three or four steps!

No one thought that Liu Xiu would ask for an alley here, and no one thought that an outlaw would dare to pass such a ball!
Nash was dumbfounded.

Everyone is a point guard, why is this guy's painting style different from all point guards?
If he slipped the bottom line, this is not an opportunity at all.

No, he felt that if he changed any point guard, the ball just now would not be called a chance.

But when it comes to Liu Xiu...

There is no time to worry about this now, and Nash, who reacted, hurriedly patted the bully's ass to comfort the little brother: "Amale, cheer up, don't be influenced by that guy."

The bully took a deep breath, nodded towards Nash, and walked to the side of the three-second zone to grab a free throw rebound.

Nash was very surprised, Xiaobawang is not so calm usually, he is the most likely person in the team to be irritated by opponents.

It can be said that if it is not for the sensitive character of Xiaobawang, they are estimated to be able to win 65 games two or three games ahead of schedule.

Nash looked at Liu Xiu, at the No.1 of the new generation who admired each other with him.

Although Xiaobawang is bullied by this guy every time, but every time Xiaobawang is bullied, he will make some progress.

No, Xiaobawang's psychological quality has been honed again.

However, Xiaobawang's journey to hone his mental quality is not over tonight!

Liu Xiujia's punishment was a little bit harder, it was tough.

Randolph savagely squeezed into the inside line, pushing away the bully and making a tip-up!
The butcher who was grabbed by the bully for three rebounds in a row went berserk!
2+1 turned into 2 points+1 rebound+2 points. Before the regretful voice of the fans on the scene came out, the excitement came out. Many people choked when they wanted to cheer and scream. ...

When it came time for the Suns to attack, Joe Johnson scored two points in a single and he was determined again!
Being dunked one by one, being squeezed out for a tip-up... Xiaobawang was particularly aggressive in rushing for offensive rebounds this time.

But Liu Xiu retracted and got stuck in front of the little bully. It seemed that it was purely for the purpose of securing a position. This is what Liu Xiu often does.

Just like how teammates often help Liu Xiu get stuck and grab the rebound, Liu Xiu helps carry the opponent's inside rush when encountering an opponent with strong rushing ability. This is nothing new in the Trail Blazers, and everyone is used to it.

The bully's aggressive rush was in vain, the ball bounced far away, but the good news is that the big Q was in that direction and grabbed the ball before Payton... "beep"... the referee's whistle sounded!

Who fouled?Payton and Big Q should have no problem competing for rebounds, right?The bully looked at the referee, who pointed at him and gestured for a foul.

Wait, where's the warden?
Xiaobawang suddenly remembered that he had spotted Liu Xiu and jumped forward two steps...

The little bully exploded immediately, and shouted at the referee: "Sieite, how can I push him?"

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The Suns players, Trail Blazers players, and referees collectively didn't know what to say.

Is this what a player playing center should say?
Looking at Liu Xiu, who drew her arms in circles and moved her shoulders, that body that was so thin at the end of the season that she was at the peak of her appearance and figure, and her body was full of explosive muscles... The referee actually didn't believe that the little bully was stuck just now. The dead warden can be pushed away.

But Xiaobawang did push the ball the moment it hit the basket. The warden was focusing on the ball at the time and forgot to exert force to get in position, which is very reasonable... mainly because he saw Liu Xiu being 'pushed' Going out, the referee subconsciously blew the whistle. There is a huge difference in size between a physically fit center who is close to 1.9 meters and a point guard who is [-] meters tall. This is still the home court of the Trail Blazers.

If Xiaobawang is dunked by Liu Xiu, bullied by Randolph with brute force, or blocked by Kwame Brown, he can now turn his grief and anger into motivation.

However, the referee ignored his complaints from the self-confessed superstar, and Liu Xiu frowned at him. His frustration burst forth and he kept complaining to the referee.

Just now, the bully was swearing in the street, the referee had endured it, and now he is still chattering to affect the progress of the game, the referee immediately gave a technical foul!
Liu Xiu went to the free throw line to execute the technical free throw and made a steady hit.

80 to 73, the Suns finally narrowed the point difference to 2 points. In just one round, they returned to 7 points, and the Trail Blazers will attack next!

Payton receives the serve and advances to the frontcourt, and Nash hits the high post to attack.

Nash was pushed to the free throw line by Payton with his butt pouted. All he could do was stick to Payton and interfere with Payton's shooting. Payton turned around and broke through. Nash had nothing to do.

Payton, who broke into the inside line, attracted the little bully to attack and split the ball to the flank. McDyess made a two-point catch from the bottom corner and made a mid-range shot...Missed!
but!Randolph grabs the offensive rebound!The ball is in the middle distance on the right side, Liu Xiu catches the ball and goes straight to the basket, the little bully sees this and rushes forward actively, Liu Xiu takes off to meet the bully, pulls the bar and makes a layup... "beep"... With the whistle of the referee, the ball fall into the box.

The referee signaled that Liu Xiu's goal was valid, and an additional penalty was required. The bully's rough defense against Liu Xiu's shooting foul!

Liu Xiujia made a free throw. With 6 points in these two rounds, he scored 10 points in a single quarter, helping the team to score 83 to 73, and the lead expanded to 10 points again!
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After working so hard for so long, the score did not move!This is tantamount to a crit for the Suns players!
For the rest of the third quarter, the initiative returned to the Trail Blazers again.

The Trail Blazers continued their efforts under the leadership of Liu Xiu and Randolph, and scored 10 points in the remaining time, while the Suns' offensive momentum obviously stagnated. This is really not how good the Trail Blazers defended, but the confidence of the Suns After being frustrated and suppressed, he played impatiently and only scored 7 points.

靠着刘秀单节14分2助攻，开拓者队第三节打出了30比27的比分，三节打完，以93比80领先太阳队13分！
31分5板8助攻2抢断1盖帽！刘秀力压三节拿到22分11助攻的纳什一头！
At the end of the quarter, the Suns regained their strength and launched a fierce counterattack.

The Suns are worthy of being the league's number one offensive team. In the final quarter, they blasted the highest score in the game, scoring 35 points, surpassing the Trail Blazers' 34 points in the second quarter.

However, the Trail Blazers relied on unlimited singles scoring tactics against the Suns. Under the leadership of Liu Xiu, who scored 11 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, the team scored 28 points. Although it was their lowest scoring quarter of the game, Enough too!

At 10:27 p.m., the final whistle blew.

42分6板11助攻2抢断1盖帽，刘秀力压拿到29分2板18助攻的纳什，率队以122比114力克太阳队！
At the moment when the final whistle sounded, the scene erupted into violent cheers, and the fans started to celebrate wildly. Many hot girls lifted up their clothes just like Hot Dog sang...

60 wins!

They surpassed the record of 59 wins and 23 losses in the Twin Towers era of Tianzun and Sabonis, creating a new high for their number of wins in the 21st century!

The fans wanted to surpass their past performances, and the players were even more so. After the game, the teammates surrounded Liu Xiu and celebrated excitedly.

60 wins!Even Payton is thrilled right now.

It's not that he hasn't won 60 wins. On the contrary, he is the player with the most 60 wins in active service. Before this time, he had 3 60+ win seasons.

But this time is especially special!
Joining the Trail Blazers in the middle of the season, he is passive and does not have any power to choose.

But here, he rediscovered his love for basketball and the pride and confidence he should have as the player with the most first-defense times in history.

Payton looked at Liu Xiu who was immediately surrounded by reporters after celebrating with his teammates. He first cursed to express his respect.

Seeing with his own eyes that Liu Xiu's performance in the middle of the season was better than that in the early season of the competition, and his performance in March was even better than that in the middle of the season.
He didn't want to admit it, but he thought 'it's a good thing he and I are teammates'.

After regaining his confidence and enthusiasm for basketball, Payton played very hard, but his idea was actually to play better in the Trail Blazers, to prove to those championship teams that he still had gas in the tank, although he liked it here , but for the championship dream, he still regards this place as a springboard.

But he wants to stay now. He thinks that maybe in the next few years, they will be the most promising team to compete for the championship... Or, they have already started to compete for the championship now!

Payton remembered what Liu Xiu said the night before when he was asked whether he could break Kobe's record of 19 40+ games in a post-match interview.

"why not?"

(End of this chapter)