Healing Basketball

Chapter 508. 508. The strongest finals debut
Offensive and defensive transition, Payton advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Randolph, Randolph turned low on the right side of the three-second zone and went to the bottom line to enter the basket. McDyess on the bottom line on the left side of the ball, Kidd made it in place at the first time, McDyess made another pass, Liu Xiu used Payton to cover and came to the free throw line to catch the ball, McGrady defended it very hard, and chased after him!

After receiving the ball, Liu Xiu turned her body to face the basket and jumped!
When McGrady came up to defend, Liu Xiu was ready to lean back when he took off, and successfully avoided McGrady's block and shot the ball... Unfortunately, his strength was weak, and he hit the front of the basket, but!The referee whistled, McGrady violated Liu Xiu's shooting cylinder, and fouled Liu Xiu's shooting!
McGrady heard the whistle and thought it was an offensive foul by Liu Xiu, but when he saw the referee signaled him to foul, when Liu Xiu got two free throws, he yelled at the referee: "He kicked me! He kicked me! He kicked me you Call me a foul?"

The referee's whistle was actually half a beat too late, and he didn't expect such an operation, so he explained: "Lou, what I saw was that you bumped into his raised leg, destroying his shot."

"..."

McGrady recalled the scene just now, it really seemed that he bumped Liu Xiu into a stagger.

However, looking at Liu Xiu walking to the free throw line, McGrady recalled the posture of Liu Xiu's backward jumper and stretching his feet forward.

You call that a shooting cylinder?

As a point guard, no matter how strong you are, can your cylinder be wider than O'Neal?

Liu Xiu made two free throws and felt good. It's a pity that he didn't make it just now. McGrady has a big advantage in height and wingspan.

When retreating, he has already calculated, next time he faces McGrady with a fallback jumper, how much strength should be used at such a fallback angle.

After the second round, it took a few days to practice the golden rooster's independent movements, and it was not in vain!Although it was useless against the Spurs, because the Spurs' defense was so good and their defense was very targeted, he didn't have a chance to use his basic skills, which had not reached the qualified level.

But he didn't have any hope for this move at the beginning. When he practiced the move, he thought that it would be enough if he could make this shooting move smoothly under certain circumstances... No, it's just this time. made money!
The Nets attacked, and McGrady came to the frontcourt with a murderous look. Seeing the despicable warden following Richard Jefferson, he immediately beckoned for the ball.

Continue to attack!
With the defense of the previous round, the Blazers have more experience in defense this time.

When McGrady burst into close range, the Trail Blazers once again successfully cut off the connection between McGrady and his teammates!
The opportunity to pass and catch the ball is in the blink of an eye. After missing the good time to pass the ball, McGrady can only shoot by himself.

This time Liu Xiu's flank block was very stable, McGrady was greatly disturbed when he took off, and his shot was short!
Randolph retracted and grabbed a defensive rebound and passed it to Payton. Liu Xiu rushed forward a few steps and then slowed down. Payton did not continue to counterattack, but pressed the rhythm and advanced.

Due to Liu Xiu's counterattack deterrence, the Nets gave up the offensive rebound!When McGrady threw the ball, the rest of the Nets retreated directly!
Richard Jefferson, Clifford Robinson, Mourning are all good offensive rebounders, especially Mourning, who averaged 6.9 rebounds per game, 2.7 of which were offensive rebounds, and 25 offensive rebounds per 2.7 minutes , and the efficiency is slightly higher than Randolph.

Therefore, Liu Xiu was not discouraged. Although his counterattack scoring was greatly restricted, their team's defense was greatly enhanced!

Falling into a positional battle, the ball was handed over to Randolph, Randolph attacked the basket from close range, Mourning did not make up, Randolph forced Clifford Robinson to score two points.

Randolph's rough style of play won cheers from the fans, 66 to 63, and the Trail Blazers regained a 3-point lead.

Back in the backcourt, seeing the impatience on McGrady's face at the top, the butcher was really convinced by the warden's ability to judge!

Their defense really works!McGrady's ability to lead the team is really not that good.

He also often has a pair of dead fish eyes, but in terms of psychological quality, even McGrady can't keep up with the warden!
The attack was blocked for several consecutive rounds, and their warden was changed. They definitely changed their style of play immediately and solved the problem together with their teammates.

But McGrady did not rely on Kidd, who is much better than him in leading the team. The two-time scoring champion continued to choose to attack!
After three rounds of effective defense, the players of the Trail Blazers with excellent tacit understanding did a better job defensively.

Cut off the connection between McGrady and his teammates, and increase the difficulty of McGrady's shooting... At this stage, McGrady can still rely on his personal ability to have a certain scoring efficiency and occasionally have opportunities to score.

But after playing 4 minutes in the third quarter, after the Trail Blazers sacrificed the frontcourt trio of outlaws, Kwame Brown, and McDyess, McGrady entered the bloodbath stage!
At 6 minutes and 26 seconds into the third quarter, the official timeout was entered. The Trail Blazers led the Nets by two points 74 to 72. At this time, the Nets were still able to hold on. The Nets also scored 6 points during this period, biting the situation.

But in the second half of the third quarter, the Nets hit more irons, mainly because McGrady hit more irons and did not do well in scoring. By 5 points, the efficiency of the whole team collapsed along with McGrady's efficiency!
When the Nets hit more times, Liu Xiu's counterattack opportunities have also become more!
The Nets attach great importance to retreating defense, but there are always times when retreating is not timely, and the number of strikes is too high, and the number of times of not retreating in time will also increase. Liu Xiu scored 4 points and 1 assist by counterattacking in the second half of the third quarter!

In the second half of the third quarter, although the Trail Blazers defended against the Nets' positional attack, the frontcourt trio of the outlaws, Kwame Brown and McDyess can be imagined how urgent the offensive ability is. As we all know, the offensive performance in positional warfare is actually slightly worse than that of the Nets.

But relying on Liu Xiu's counterattack, the Trail Blazers scored another 5 points in the last 34 minutes and 14 seconds of the third quarter!
靠着这波14比9，开拓者队以88比81领先篮网队7分进入末节！
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7 of 4 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, Liu Xiu seized the advantage of the counterattack and did not let go.
This is not only his wish, but also the arrangement of the coaching staff.

A series, a very powerful but very simple way of scoring, must be conquered by the opponent.

Defensive counterattack is a scoring method that is very powerful but very simple and easily restricted by a strong defensive team.

After that, it doesn't mean that Liu Xiu won't be able to fight back like this, but the chances will definitely decrease.

Especially the opponent is Kidd, a seasoned veteran in the Finals.

30分、30分、28分，开拓者队前三节靠着刘秀的反击得分保持着超强的进攻延续性，他本人也靠着反击打出了相当出色的个人表现，三节18投10中外加9中7的罚球拿到27分6板7助攻！

On the opposite side, McGrady scored 14 points and 8 assists on 22 of 6 shots in the first half. During the intermission, the TV commentator commented that McGrady's performance beat everyone in the Trail Blazers.

But after the three quarters, although McGrady's data increased to 34 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, which was even more brutal, the evaluation he received was a decline in performance!
第三节麦迪11投仅4中，投篮表现变成了25投12中，命中率跌至50%以下。

Liu Xiu's evaluation is already higher than that of McGrady!

For the Nets, the most frightening thing is not McGrady's decline in the third quarter, but the seemingly irreversible tendency of this decline, and this is the reality.

At the end of the quarter, McGrady's iron strike was louder than in the third quarter!

McGrady hit two irons in a row. Although Liu Xiu did not counterattack, Randolph scored 4 points in a row and played a wave of 4-0, helping the team to score 92-81. 11 points!
This made the Nets players unable to hold back. Richard Jefferson, Juwan Howard, and Jason Collins had no patience to continue Kidd's quick retreat strategy in the next time. Instead, he actively rushes to grab offensive rebounds.

Active scrambling is not a bad thing, but it is very inappropriate for the Nets tonight!
Liu Xiu made a response, Randolph and McDyess worked hard to get in position, Liu Xiu grabbed the board and pushed to counterattack by himself!
At this time, it is no longer necessary to pull the speed to 99, and you can counterattack smoothly. The talent of 'Flying Squirrel' is enough to pull the speed beyond the top.

Liu Xiu rushed up in the last quarter!
By this time, McGrady knew he had screwed up.

However, don't lose face!He doesn't want to admit his mistake!
Moreover, he is very confident in himself, and he is still looking forward to his explosive touch to overturn the Trail Blazers, but unfortunately, he only scored two goals in 7 shots in the final quarter, and he did not get free throws. 10 points!
The rest of the Nets played very hard, and Kidd also reduced the number of times he gave the ball to McGrady, but it was impossible to change his style of play temporarily.

At 10 minutes and 10 seconds into the fourth quarter, Randolph missed a shot from the bottom line on the right side. Liu Xiu jumped up from the basket, grabbed the ball before Mourning, and made a tip-up. The fans who had been waiting for a long time erupted Cheers and screams from the vent.

This time, Liu Xiu's data in a single quarter increased to 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. The Trail Blazers scored 30 points in a single quarter. The last quarter has now played a wave of 30 to 18 against the Nets, and the score is 118. Compared with 99, the lead came to 19 points!
In less than 2 minutes, with a 19-point difference, even Kidd, who has experienced countless blows and his heart is rock-solid, exploded in mentality.

At the beginning, Kidd wanted to let McGrady have a try. It would be good if he really won the game. Otherwise, it would be a good thing to use this game to let McGrady understand what the finals are.

But I was really going to lose, especially when I really turned the situation around at the beginning and felt that I was going to win tonight. In the end, the opponent scored 58 points in the half, but I only scored 38 points in the half. ... In this situation, who can bear it?

In the last 2 minutes, Kidd threw 3 three-pointers against Payton's defense, and even scored 110. In the last 6 seconds, he beat the Trail Blazers 2-[-]...but it didn't work.

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

基德拿到了19分7板7助攻2抢断、麦迪32投14中拿到39分5板9助攻1抢断3盖帽、理查德-杰弗森11分4板，篮网队三人得分上双。

Although Liu Xiu didn't score in the last 110 seconds and only got 1 rebound, he already surpassed McGrady in scoring by relying on the tip-up in front of him, scoring 40+ points in a single game in the finals debut!Leading the Trail Blazers to a 120-105 victory over the Nets, leading 1-0!

After the final whistle sounded, McGrady looked at Liu Xiu's data on the big screen, he was going crazy!

26投15中、其中三分球3中1、外加12中10的罚球，拿到41分12板11助攻3抢断，刘秀总决赛首秀40+三双！

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