Healing Basketball

Chapter 585. The Devil in the Heart of Agent Zero

At 2005 a.m. on December 12, 15, Liu Xiu thought it was a memorable time.

When he woke up in the morning, he received such a series of reminders.

"Congratulations to the host, the three-point shooting rating has increased from 80 to 81."

"Congratulations to the host, the shooting after dribbling has increased from 84 to 85, reaching a first-class level."

"Congratulations to the host, the application of post-up singles skills has increased from 74 to 75."

"Congratulations to the host for accumulating through actual combat. The comprehensive ability evaluation has increased from 89 to 90."

"Because the host's comprehensive ability evaluation has reached the top level, congratulations to the host for getting 1 talent opening quota."

"Name: Liu Xiu, English name: Jess.

Age: 23 years old (February 1982, 2)
Net height: 188 cm, wingspan 203 cm, weight: 100 kg.

Team: Portland Trail Blazers.

Ability evaluation: 90.

运动能力：速度94（爆发加速82），力量94（爆发力79），弹跳90（弹速79），灵活性94，体力92。

Basic skills: 81 three-pointers, 88 mid-range shots, 94 layups, 93 ball control, 89 passes, 84 turns, 80 strides, 79 turns, 84 emergency stops...

Skills: 90 low post shots, 64 high post shots, 85 shots off the dribble, 85 acceleration layups on the move, 72 European steps, 74 fadeaway jump shots, 87 rhythm flow breakthroughs, 84 front-to-back breakthroughs, and 79 emergency stop jump shots , 70 in emergency stop catch and shoot, 75 in post-up singles application skills, 69 in pick-and-roll with the ball, 69 in pick-and-roll techniques..."

Last night, less than two hours of simulated training on basic shooting skills were arranged. When I woke up, my comprehensive ability evaluation broke through. It was an absolute surprise!

But after the surprise, he looked at the vacant talent quota and the empty talent fragments.

Egg pain is no less than surprise!
Asked how worried you are, just like a group of eunuchs going up to the brothel.

He can feel and 'see' the progress he has made so far this season.

The ball pick-and-roll and pick-and-roll application skills are infinitely close to a good level. Counting the preseason, the 30 or so games have been improving.

The application skills of post-up singles have also come to a good upstream. The emergency stop jump shot has improved slightly, the shooting after dribbling has improved significantly, and the breakthrough of rhythm flow has also greatly improved.

Although I haven't formally learned off-ball running from Ray Allen, but with such a good off-ball running partner, as long as you have the heart, you can make some progress when training and playing together.

He has finally reached the top level, and it is still the top level calculated by the system purely based on three indicators. The performance on the court is far more than that!

...

At noon, the USS Rose Bay Prison flew back to Portland.

The teammates could clearly feel that the warden was in a happy mood today, and they all thought it was brought about by the butcher's outstanding performance last night, and Randolph himself was very happy.

The stars inside and outside the team are all happy, and the atmosphere of the teammates is much better than the previous one-win-one-loss stage.

Liu Xiu looked at the upcoming schedule in the team manual. This time, there will be only one away game, followed by 5 consecutive home games. There will be no away games until after the Christmas game.

Randolph leaned next to Liu Xiu: "This schedule is awesome, with 5 consecutive home game adjustments to welcome the middle of the season."

Liu Xiu responded: "Yes, such a good schedule, don't hold back."

Randolph was furious: "Who is holding back?"

The corners of Liu Xiu's mouth were upturned, with three parts of contempt, three parts of ridicule, and four parts of indifference, Randolph was so angry that he didn't want it.

He didn't continue to tease the butcher's little heart, and now his warden is a top player.

Look at Butcher, he is not in his best form yet, with a comprehensive ability evaluation of only 88, which is quite far from last season's ability evaluation of 91.

As a mature warden, a small wave of healing is enough.

After returning to Portland for a night's rest, the Trail Blazers once again ushered in a back-to-back game, with the Wizards and Sonics attacking one after another!

At 17 pm on the 7th, the Trail Blazers played against the Wizards at home.

Arenas came aggressively, and with the help of Jamison and Peja, he once again set off a triangle offensive!

37分钟出场时间里，阿里纳斯21投11中，其中三分球8中3，外加5中4的罚球，狂飙29分16助攻。

Adding Jamison's 17 points and Peja's 24 points, the Wizards' three musketeers scored 70 points together, leading the team to 112 points in a single game!
开拓者队方面，兰多夫今晚继续替补登场，9投5中拿到14分8板4助攻。

雷-阿伦8投5中，拿到12分3板10助攻。

拉希姆9分、小飞鼠7分6助攻、夸梅-布朗11分7助攻、法外狂徒10分、麦克戴斯9分、莫宁5分……

外加刘秀26投16中、其中三分球4中1、外加7中7的罚球狂飙40分7板5助攻3抢断，开拓者队单场拿到117分！
117 to 112, the Trail Blazers narrowly beat the Wizards by 5 points, improving their record to 18 wins and 5 losses, continuing to cling to the Spurs and tied for first place in the Western Conference!

After the game, in a bathroom near the locker room of the visiting team in the Rose Garden Arena, staff members who passed by heard crying, and in the middle of the night they thought it was haunted.

Arenas almost knelt on the court and cried when Ray Allen responded to Liu Xiu's pass and scored a key three-pointer.

He changed his style of play tonight, playing more team and more difficult to defend. At the same time, he participated more actively in the team's defense and made a more targeted defense against Liu Xiu's organized offense.

He set a new record for assists in a single game tonight, with 16 assists, which can be said to be his best game of the season.

However, Liu Xiu seized the breakthrough gaps revealed by their Wizards defense team, and broke through to the inside again and again to force the score, treating the inside as a back garden, and scored 40 points!
This is Liu Xiu's first 40+ in a single game in the new season, and he got it on the head of his No. [-] agent!

Arenas felt that the game was not like this!

Isn't the warden a traditional organizational point guard?Isn't the degree of selflessness comparable to Nash and Kidd?How can you vote like this?
The image of the devil in Arenas' mind has already taken shape, and the outline looks a little handsome...

...

Liu Xiu didn't know why, but he was in a good state when he played against the Wizards. It felt as comfortable as when he played against Nash when he was full of blood and "skilled flow".

He felt that maybe he got the title of Great General, and when he met the original Great General, he should be in good shape.

Although he has experienced some labor pains, the negative impact of Randolph's injury and comeback has almost survived.

On the second day, in the morning of the back-to-back second game, Liu Xiu talked to the coaching staff about Randolph returning to the starting position.

Although Randolph didn't take the initiative to say it, he could see that he was a little restless. After all, he wasn't really a big-hearted person.

The main reason is that when Randolph quickly found the feeling of the game and actively reintegrated into the team's offense and defense at the psychological level, Raheem really couldn't compete with Randolph.

Randolph is not in his best form now, but he is already stronger than Raheem in his best form.

The vice president and Huo Tu were also worried about Randolph's temper, and suggested that Randolph could be brought back to the starting position.

But the coach said to wait and grind Randolph's restlessness. Randolph lost his temper and asked Randolph to find him.

At the team meeting in the afternoon, after the coach announced that Raheem would be the starting power forward tonight, Randolph was very upset, but he didn't really lose his temper.

After the meeting, Liu Xiu approached Randolph and asked, "It's strange, you didn't make a fuss about asking the coach to give you the starting position?"

Randolph responded with a loveless expression: "Didn't I tell you? Our head coach has nothing but a tough personality. Paul Allen is yelling at him to fire him and let him freeze Wells." If he doesn't agree, let alone me?"

Liu Xiu remembered that he had asked a similar question at this time the year before last. At that time, Randolph dared to offend anyone on the team, and he was the most polite when talking to the coach.

Thinking of the coach's sloppy appearance and salted fish style of doing things, he is completely out of character!

Liu Xiu didn't think about it if he didn't understand it. Anyway, he knew that the coach could control the butcher, so that was fine, and he didn't need to work hard.

...

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers ushered in back-to-back challenges from the Sonics at home.

Ray Allen left, and Lewis was very unhappy with Howard Schultz over the issue of contract renewal and threatened to let the Sonics trade him away.

Radmanovic had already had a falling out with the Supersonics management and signed a one-year qualification contract of $1 million with the Supersonics. He even rejected the Supersonics' trade to the Bobcats and waited. After this season, he will become a completely free agent.

The three major scorers of last season are all like this, and the entire Sonics team is now a mess.

The Supersonics, Hornets, and Timberwolves are fighting for the last place in the Western Conference.

The Wizards are really a treasure of experience for the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers' offensive rhythm was messed up in the first few games.

今晚刘秀14投9中，其中三分球4中3，外加4中4的罚球拿到25分7板10助攻。

Ray Allen didn't change because of playing his old club. When Randolph came back, he returned to the third scoring position and scored 12 points on 5 of 16 shots tonight.

Randolph, who came off the bench, scored 15 points and 7 rebounds on 18 of 8 shots.

加上小飞鼠全场最高的27分、拉希姆的11分，开拓者队4人得分上双，以111比99击败超音速队，将战绩提升至19胜5负！
...

Just when Liu Xiu was happy that he was clinging to the Spurs and did not lose the No. 9 in the Western Conference, he learned in an interview after the game that the Pistons had won 20 consecutive victories, and their record had improved to 4 wins and 20 losses, becoming the leader of the team. The first team to win [-] games this season.

In other words, since losing to the Trail Blazers in the last game last month, the Pistons have not lost a game so far!
20胜4负的战绩，也刷新了活塞队最快拿到20胜的队史纪录，1988-1989赛季活塞队开局20胜5负，那年活塞队最终拿下了常规赛冠军，63胜。

The Pistons' record is heading for 65+ wins!

Think about it, if they really come to the end with the Pistons, it is indeed a scalp-numbing thing.

Who wants to play a series with a team like the Pistons!

But, if he can fight Yao Ming on the highest stage...

On the second day, December 12, the Pistons, which had won nine consecutive victories, announced two things.

One is to sign a contract. Lynch Hunter, who was injured for two months, came back, and finally chose to return to his old club.

As soon as this news came out, many people ridiculed Lynch Hunter for two consecutive championships across teams.

Another news is the transaction. The Pistons took the remaining two years of Dale Davis's contract totaling $700 million, and got a future second-round pick from the Pacers as compensation.

The Pacers spent two years and 700 million to keep Dale Davis during the offseason, but they didn't expect that without Reggie Miller's mediation, Dale Davis had conflicts with his teammates every day, and was dissatisfied with Carlisle's failure to Give a decision on playing time.

For such a thorny player, he is still a 36-year-old veteran, and his salary is not low. No team is willing to take over. In the end, the Pistons used Derek Coleman and Alex Allen to partially guarantee Dell. -Davis took it, strengthened the inside bench lineup, and got the draft pick.

When Liu Xiu heard the news of the Pistons' reinforcements, she complained to the point guard teammates beside her: "Is there something wrong with the Pacers? Can't they just buy out or let Dell go home to rest? Do they have to go to the Pistons? They Didn't know the Pistons were their biggest championship contender in the East?"

Little Flying Squirrel nodded in agreement, and complained together.

There are not many training arrangements this afternoon. After the training, Liu Xiu, Little Flying Squirrel, Payton, and Blake got together to discuss tactical issues. Randolph came to talk about the trade and signing of the Pistons.

When Peyton and Blake heard Liu Xiu and Xiao Feishu's words, they felt inexplicably crazy.

No money to buy out?The Pacers' operation seems to be to pay less luxury tax!
And if you buy out Dale Davis, you won't go to the Pistons?
But in Payton's view, they also think that the Pistons are very suitable for Dale Davis. Dale Davis' biggest flaw, that is, his personality problem, will not be a problem in the Bad Boys Corps, just like in their prison. Same with the team.

...

After a day off, on December 12, the Trail Blazers ushered in their third opponent, the Grizzlies, in five consecutive games.

The Grizzlies are currently 12 wins and 13 losses, and they can't make it up, and they are not bad.

The point guard that head coach Mike Floyd is thinking about is here. Chucky Atkins, who averaged 14 points and 4 assists per game with the Lakers last year, played at the peak of his career!

Relying on his performance last season, Atkins got a four-year long-term contract of $4 million in the offseason. He scored 1400 points and 18 assists in the first 6.6 games of the Hornets, shooting 2.5% from the field. Everything is back to how it was before going to the Lakers.

Although after coming to the Grizzlies, Atkins' performance was much better than before. In a stable system, he averaged 10 points and 4 assists per game, but he was only a backup point guard. The Grizzlies' starter ... Gasol felt what Kobe felt.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Blazers played against the Grizzlies at home.

首节靠着雷-阿伦的10分1助攻、刘秀的6分4助攻，开拓者队以31比23领先灰熊队8分。

第二节开拓者队主攻防守，单节打出了20比15的比分，半场以51比38领先灰熊队13分。

In the third quarter, Battier made 5 of 3 three-pointers, which drove Gasol's performance. Gasol scored 10 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. The team was caught off guard.

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers had confidence in themselves and played steadily. They scored 28 points in a single quarter and were not overwhelmed by the Grizzlies. After three quarters, the Trail Blazers still led the Grizzlies by 79 points 73 to 6.

In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers regained the initiative. Although the Grizzlies continued part of the third quarter in the final quarter and had a good shooting feel, the Trail Blazers did a better job defensively and performed steadily on the offensive end. They scored 26 games. 24 score.

雷-阿伦拿到22分、刘秀拿到20分4板13助攻、兰多夫替补登场拿到20分13板。

Kwame Brown was miserable tonight. He was abused by Gasol on both ends of the offense and defense. Gasol scored 28 points, 7 assists and 4 blocks. The second offense or the cake was blocked, but he got 7 rebounds, and he teamed up with Randolph to grab Gasol's only 1 rebounds! 2 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assist and 2 block. The overall performance in 10 minutes of playing time was not bad.

The whole team worked together, and the Trail Blazers withstood the Grizzlies' counterattack and steadily defeated the Grizzlies 105 to 97, becoming the third team to win 3 wins after the Pistons and Spurs!

Everyone can see that the Grizzlies point guard position is a problem. After the game, a reporter from Time Warner Cable Sports' state broadcast asked Liu Xiu about this matter.

As the reporter expected, the broad-minded warden replied: "If they hadn't exchanged me for Wells, they would have become the biggest favorites to win the championship.

Eh?What about Wells?Why didn't I see him tonight?oh!I remembered.

The Grizzlies gave Wells to the Kings for free in order to save money, what a pity, I remember when I came to Portland, our team’s revenue growth was greater than the total salary of the Grizzlies this year...”

(End of this chapter)