Healing Basketball

Chapter 587 587. Are you a waste of learning?
Paul is not well.

It can't be said that they are similar, they are exactly the same!
The last time we played against each other, this guy's first attack at the beginning was to hit him from the back, turn around and go to the basket to dunk Okur!
Paul thought that Liu Xiu hit him like this on purpose, and wanted to hit him, and he did hit him.

But in fact, Liu Xiu, who retreated to defense, was fortunate that the "Big Black Bear's Ankle Brace" greatly improved his back attack.

Paul, Kirilenko, Okur, this trio of top-arc single defense, mid-range supplementary defense, and frame protection has taken shape!
After two seasons, Paul has successfully grown to the MVP level. If Kirilenko can maintain his health, Okur can maintain his state for three to five years...

Not to mention waiting for two seasons, this trio is already very difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, the weakest defense among the three is Xiaopao... hit him!
If you don't hammer it now, it will be difficult to hammer it in the future, just like a third-grade classmate whose cheeks can't be hammered anymore.

When it came time for the Jazz to attack, Paul advanced to the frontcourt to launch an attack. Liu Xiu found that Xiaopao seemed to be distracted.

Without hesitation, Liu Xiu struck decisively, quickly reached out...and touched the ball!
Huangshen Paul immediately reacted and wanted to snatch the ball back, but was caught by Liu Xiu's generous body!
Liu Xiu grabbed the ball and counterattacked, Paul stuck to it tightly, and wanted to create opportunities for Kirilenko who was chasing after him.

Liu Xiu rushed all the way to the basket on the opposite side, passed back to the left at a 45-degree angle, Ray Allen followed up and caught the ball, and faced Kirisek's chasing and chasing three-pointer...hit!
Sloan tapped the palm of his left hand with the back of his right hand and yelled at Paul, "Chris, what are you doing? Get down if you don't want to hit me!"

Paul received the serve and advanced, pinching his thigh and waist several times in a row.

He couldn't believe he had lost his mind!Because Liu Xiu started the game with a back hit, a turn and a buckle.

He was very dissatisfied with himself, implying that he should be calm, not distracted, not panic... But Sloan on the sidelines shook his head.

Paul didn't notice that he was pushing faster than usual!

Paul, who kept giving himself positive hints, came to the top arc and began to directly break through Liu Xiu's defense... Liu Xiu's fierce top defense almost made another mistake!
Paul protects the ball and changes direction and rushes in. He is stuck by Liu Xiu and has no chance to shoot. After reaching close range, he is stuck by the shrunken Raheem. It is said that Boozer has no chance and is blocked by Raheem. Fortunately, Kirise Ke ran over to respond, Paul successfully sent the ball to avoid a mistake.

It's a pity that Kirisek made an iron shot in the response, and Rahim protected the defensive rebound.

After Paul failed to rush, he quickly retreated.

Liu Xiu received the ball and advanced quickly, but did not start a fast break. Kirilenko and Okur had retreated to defend, and the fast break formation was set up.

After one offense and one defense, Paul clearly understood one thing - the prison team's welcome ceremony for him was not over yet and was continuing.

Liu Xiu made one thing clear - Xiaopao didn't make much progress compared to the last match, and the more targeted defense he planned was effective!

It’s not that Paul hasn’t made any progress in a month. What he’s talking about is no progress. It’s about his skills and style of play. Paul has made great progress in adapting to the NBA. The delay in the rookie wall is a good proof. In the past month , Under the guidance of Sloan, Paul's physical distribution, tacit cooperation with his teammates... and many other aspects have been steadily improving.

The progress in these areas has allowed Paul to maintain a stable performance after the season has deepened, which can be regarded as a great improvement.

But in this little time, he can only improve in these areas, and there is really no progress in technology and style of play.

Thus, the siege of the Trail Blazers began!

If Paul breaks through, Liu Xiu is the best defense. The second-stage acceleration of the defensive direction change of 'Talent: Blocking Flow', coupled with the 'Talent: No Food' to predict the pass of the ball holder, can block it very smoothly. With Paul's pass control and the tacit cooperation of his teammates, it is difficult for Paul to pass the ball to find open teammates.

Although he didn't have the same configuration as the Suns, and he couldn't play the "Jordan Rule" defense as good as the Suns, but the match against the Suns brought great inspiration to Liu Xiu.

When Paul and Boozer play pick-and-roll offense, they mainly focus on not giving Paul a chance to shoot and a pass to get an assist.

The Trail Blazers players made it very clear, they don't even want to give assists!
The Blazers' defensive execution was smooth. Throughout the first quarter, Paul played 8 minutes and made 3 of 0 shots. He only relied on Kwame Brown's technical free throws to score 1 point, 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 turnovers and 1 foul.

Affected by Paul, the Jazz only scored 19 points in the first quarter, scored only 21 goals in 6 shots, and had 7 fouls and 6 turnovers in a single quarter.

开拓者队则投出了19投10中的高效表现，在8分2板2助攻的刘秀的带领下，单节拿到29分。

29 to 19, the Trail Blazers led by 10 points in the first quarter.

It's a lot of fun to abuse food, just when the five-member team of Payton, Ray Allen, Stevenson, Randolph, and McDyess, who are on the field in rotation, is about to continue to abuse the talented rookies who are not popular this season, they find that Paul, who rested for 4 minutes, did not start the second quarter!
Not only did he not start, Sloan directly benched Paul for an entire quarter, playing the entire quarter with backup point guards Keith McLeod and Milt Peracio.

Mike Leaud, undrafted in 01, entered the NBA at the age of 03 in 24, a very inspirational player, seized the opportunity of the Jazz to sell Arroyo last season, and averaged 7 points and 4.5 assists per game Won the respect of Sloan, won a 2-year guarantee contract of 260 million dollars to stay in the NBA, and is good at playing pick-and-rolls.

The third point guard Peracio is good at defense.

During this period of time, the Jazz's main attack point was Boozer, and Kirilenko connected offense and defense. Relying on Kirilenko's 8 points and 2 assists, and Boozer's 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, they returned the Trail Blazers. 27 points in a single quarter.

The offensive end played well, and the Jazz played hard on the defensive end. Peracio, Ruben Patterson, Kirisek, Okur, Matt Harprin, Geron Collins and others played 2 times in a single quarter. Under the leadership of Kirilenko, who had 2 steals and 2 blocks, the Trail Blazers only scored 18 points in a single quarter!
The main reason is that Sloan did not expect that their talented point guard would sit on the bench for a whole quarter, and the Trail Blazers were caught off guard!

Paul's psychological quality is very tough, and the Trail Blazers players noticed it when they played against each other last time. This made the Trail Blazers players want to bully him even more while he was young, and it also made the Trail Blazers players feel that the Jazz should not Worried about Paul being badly played, the Trail Blazers players felt that Sloan would allow Paul to experience more tempering, so they could have more fun...

But that’s not the way to train newcomers. It’s not necessary to let the genius go up to endure hardships. It’s also very important for the genius to sit on the sidelines and watch how his teammates play.

After halftime, relying on Sloan's unexpected adjustment, the Jazz chased the score to 46 to 47, narrowing the point difference to 1 point!
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When he was benched for a quarter of the game, Paul's mood fluctuated greatly. At first, all kinds of negative emotions were boiling, and then he calmed down later, and then he saw the outstanding performance of his teammates later...he began to think about a problem.

It seems that Kirilenko, Boozer and Okur are all better than him.

He had never noticed this before, and he thought it was over for him, and the Jazz's rise was due to him alone.

It is now discovered that on the way to the team's rise, the contributions of his teammates are no less than his.

Sloan's old-fashioned way of training, met the right person!

During the intermission, Sloan didn't say anything to Paul, and he directly replaced Paul, which was still a way of training "whether you can understand or not depends on yourself".

After the start of the third quarter, Paul once again encountered infinite targets from the Trail Blazers. Seeing Paul playing again, the Trail Blazers players were so excited.

Paul tried it and found that he was not as strong as he thought he was. He began to use his "containment power" to send the ball to Kirilenko or Boozer after the pick-and-roll. Although he has no off-ball ability, he has basic skills He is solid. He has a 40+% hit rate in the NBA and a 32% three-point hit rate.

The Trail Blazers did much better defensively in the third quarter than in the second quarter, but the Jazz still scored 23 points in a single quarter with the help of Paul's active adjustment of play, while limiting the Trail Blazers to only 20 points.

69 to 67, the Jazz overtook the Trail Blazers by two points at the end of the three quarters!

When entering the last intermission, Liu Xiu and the others woke up suddenly.

0 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 foul. Paul played 10 minutes in the third quarter. Although he didn't score, he had zero turnovers. The offense was organized and the defense performed well!
The Jazz are taking advantage of this!
The 10-point lead in the first quarter was overtaken at the end of the third quarter. This will deal a big blow to the morale of the team leading the start.

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers, as the defending champions, have strong self-confidence. During the intermission, Liu Xiu took the initiative to take responsibility and mobilize the morale of his teammates.

Put aside the abuse of food and so on, and pursue victory with all your strength!

Everyone loves the story of 'The Prodigal Son', and in this short 48-minute game, the Blazers players felt the same way, as if they had become the protagonists of the 'Prodigal Son' story.

After the game started in the last quarter, Liu Xiu came up and used the pick-and-roll to score the ball and sent an assist to Randolph. Randolph turned around and went to the basket to catch the ball. The Trail Blazers tied the score as soon as they came up.

The Trail Blazers regained momentum, and the Jazz players who finally overtook the score will naturally not give up.

在基里连科、布泽尔、奥库的带领下，爵士队在接下来的10分多钟时间里打出了20比16的比分，在还剩1分钟的时候，以89比85领先开拓者队4分！
When it was the Blazers' turn to attack, Ray Allen went around the pile to catch the ball. When the opponent switched defenses and rushed up, he jumped up and shot a three-pointer. Compared to 88, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 89 point!
With 55 seconds left in the clock, the Jazz chose to press the time and took the shot when there were two seconds left in the 24-second shot clock, but because of too deliberate pressing the time, Kwame Brown made up for Matt Happ in time for the shot In front of Lin, he successfully interfered with Matt Harprin's shot. The latter made a mid-range shot and Liu Xiu grabbed the rebound and called a timeout!

Maurice Cheeks arranged key ball tactics and replaced the combination of Little Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Randolph, and McDyess.

The Jazz sent a combination of Paul, Ruben Patterson, Kirilenko, Okur, and Geron Collins at the last moment, which is the Jazz's best defensive combination.

Paul played for 30 minutes. He made 5 of 1 shots and 3 of 2 free throws. He scored 4 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. His performance was much worse than the last time he played against the Trail Blazers. In the final moments of the last game against the Trail Blazers, he had to be more focused and work harder.

The Trail Blazers served the ball in the frontcourt. As soon as Liu Xiu stepped onto the court, he was stuck by Paul.

Liu Xiu lowered her head slightly and said to Paul: "Actually, if you didn't waste time, you might have won better. Now you are finished."

Paul ignored Liu Xiu's trash talk, he couldn't say enough, hit... There's no need to ask for a fight.

The referee blew the whistle to continue the game and sent the ball to Randolph. Liu Xiu ran from the free throw line to the top arc under Paul's defense. Paul knew that it would be difficult for him to defend Liu Xiu, so he simply played One-on-one defense.

The moment Liu Xiu received the ball from the top arc and turned around, Paul stuck to Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu turned around to face the basket and took off directly. Paul, who took the initiative to get on top of it, was caught by Liu Xiu's jumping strength. turn!
If you are overturned, you will be overturned. Liu Xiu has already taken off, and the moment Paul loses his balance, he concludes that the opponent's power will definitely be affected by the ball. At this moment, the referee's whistle blew!

Paul didn't see the referee's gestures, and he also judged that the referee called him a foul. He was very keen in this aspect, and he could distinguish the slight difference in the whistle when the referee whistled different fouls.

He couldn't care about the pain from falling down on the floor, so he quickly turned over and got up to ask the referee to reason. Although this is the home court of the Blazers, it would be too inappropriate to call a foul at a critical moment... But he turned over and got up on the way What he saw when he looked up made him stop.

The ball is in!
Liu Xiu scored a three-pointer!

91 to 89, Liu Xiu hit a key three-pointer, and the Trail Blazers overtook the Jazz by two points!
Paul stared dumbfounded, maintaining the half-kneeling posture with his hands propped up and getting up halfway.

How can I enter this?

As for the fact that Liu Xiu was called for a foul, Paul could no longer care about arguing with the referee, and his doubts about life began to emerge again uncontrollably.

Growing up, he was always the best guy on the court, and he was even evaluated when he was with the Wake Forest University Devil Deacon team-no less than the super talent of senior Tim Duncan.

Tonight, he found out that he was the one holding back!

Liu Xiu walked up to Paul and stretched out her hand. Paul stretched out his hand in a daze and pulled Liu Xiu to stand up.

Why did the king of the new generation of players suddenly warm up?
After pulling up Xiaopao, Liu Xiu said to Paul with a warm smile: "The second lesson of the warden's welcome ceremony - the key ball, have you learned it yet?"

(End of this chapter)