Healing Basketball

Chapter 62

During the preseason, after lunch on game days, Liu Xiu would always say to Travis Outlaw, 'I'll sleep for an hour, call me when it's time', and then take a nap in the lounge.

Travis Outlaw has never refused since the first time. Every time he plays Zelda with Nintendo's first-generation handheld, he stays by the sofa and waits for the hour to wake Liu Xiu up.

It was clear that Travis Outlaw was Liu Xiu's bodyguard when he was asleep.

But today Liu Xiu just wandered around the arena after lunch.

It can be seen that it is because the first game of his career is about to be played, and he is too excited!
People who have a bad relationship look really annoying.

Randolph found Liu Xiu when Liu Xiu was wandering back to the training ground and said: "Jess, don't walk around, don't you like to study the opponent's information? I have the game between us and the Pistons last season." Video!"

"I've read it all, and I don't think it's very effective. Their coaches have changed, and the players have also changed..."

"..."

Well, Randolph didn't care, he did what he needed to do anyway.

Moreover, it's normal to be a little excited for the first show of his career, and it will be difficult to see Liu Xiu like this in the future.

But there was still something that made Liu Xiu stop pressing the road—an interview from a domestic TV station came.

Finally, the game was about to start in a few hours, and Liu Xiu became the protagonist that the imperial court valued.

Liu Xiu learned from Bill Duffy that at 10 o'clock this morning, the filming team of the court station was still in Houston, and now they ran from Houston to Portland without a break, and started shooting as soon as they put the camera on.

During the interview, there was nothing wrong with the questions the reporter asked, and Liu Xiu was naturally gentle and polite.

After the interview, Bill Duffy saw Liu Xiu's rare expression without a smile, and comforted him: "Jess, don't get emotional because of this matter, there are only so many reporters sent by the TV station to the United States. The time has come..."

Liu Xiu finally stopped keeping a cold face, and said with a smile: "I understand, each of them worked very hard, and I didn't vent my unhappiness on the interviewing reporters, did I? As long as the questions they ask are normal questions, My answer would be normal as well.

I know that the arrangement of the interview is decided by their leaders, no wonder they.

I can also understand that their leaders made such an arrangement, which is determined by attention and influence.

But even though I look at all this calmly, I still have negative emotions... Maybe I should thank the person who made this distinction.

I didn't think I would care about this before, but now I know, I do, and I want to succeed more than ever! "

In just a few tens of seconds, Bill Duffy saw a Liu Xiu he had never seen before.

Although he immediately changed back to his gentle smile and exuding a loose atmosphere, Bill Duffy was deeply impressed by the sharpness at that moment!

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I have been impetuous for a few days, I have been looking forward to it for a few days, and I have been preparing for more than a year... Liu Xiu's career debut is finally coming!
At 2003:10 p.m. on October 31, 5, at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Liu Xiu stood in the tunnel of the home team, extremely excited.

Everything off the pitch doesn't matter when on the pitch.

Looking at the familiar Piston Five Tigers——

After drifting for many years, he finally found a foothold in last season, the 97-year third-round pick-Chauncey Billups who gained a foothold.

The second-genius high school student in Pennsylvania in the 90s, born in a sports family, became a top scorer in the second year of entering the NBA, and was also a teammate with Jordan-Richard Hamilton.

The most stable star in the history of the University of Kentucky team, he became the team MVP three times in four years, and led the team to the top 4 of the NCAA National Basketball Championship every year-Tyshaun Prince.

It may be the strongest undrafted pick. It was the first time to get a fully guaranteed contract in the fourth year of his career. Then he got out of control and won the best defensive player for two consecutive years-Ben Wallace.

The fifth tiger...

Oh, the fifth tiger is in the deepest part of the home team's player tunnel, and the strongest player of their Trail Blazers, Tianzun, hasn't gone to the opposite side yet.

Looking at those familiar faces, it seemed like all the blood in his body was boiling!
His NBA career, right now, right now, is about to start!

Every time Liu Xiu steps on the field, her fighting spirit is very passionate, but compared with now, it is far behind.

At this time, he really understood how much he loves this sport, and how much he wants to succeed when it is possible!

The only pity-in the Rose Garden Arena, the fans' emotions were not so high.

But it doesn't matter, Liu Xiu now has a goal - to make the fans cheer for them!Crazy for them!

Of course, it is not to do this right now, but to set such a goal.

Just like now... After the visiting team players finished playing, the DJ's deep voice became high-pitched, trying to guide the enthusiasm of the fans, and it did have some effect. When the DJ called the players to enter the field, the spotlight hit the entrance of the home team players , when Liu Xiu and Travis Outlaw rookies appeared in the spotlight, there were cheers...but more boos!Especially when the big screen showed Liu Xiu a close-up, the boos obviously overshadowed the cheers!

Although he is now emotionally high and has a strong desire, he can still judge the current situation calmly. Now he is far from making the fans crazy for them.

He also expected this booing. He could receive so many boos from home fans in the preseason. In the regular season, the 20630 seats in the Rose Garden Arena are all full, and he will definitely receive more boos.

Among other things, after the end of the preseason, those topics that were fired after the draft were fired again, which is bound to arouse fans' nostalgia for Bunch Wells.

Although this talented star only works hard for a contract year, he is really strong when he works hard.

And Liu Xiu, in the eyes of Trail Blazers fans, is nothing but a good-looking face.

In the opening match, Liu Xiu's beauty fans and the small group of back-playing technical fans had no sense of presence at all.

It's not that he doesn't care about this, but he has built up his mind. When the booing comes, he has a kind of "Look, I can guess right?" 'The little pride.

Humans, there are always so many things that you can't control, most of which you don't like, and you can only have some fun.

The rookies Liu Xiu and Travis Outlaw ran out first, and the other seven non-starters ran out behind them, forming two rows.

After entering the stadium, Liu Xiu felt that this stadium was a bit different from the previous preseason games.

It's not because there are more fans at the scene, but in different places, Liu Xiu feels that it comes from himself...

In the opening game, DJ introduced each of the substitute players one by one. It was not the kind of name that was read during the regular season, but an introduction.

When Liu Xiu was introduced, there was another wave of boos.

Again and again... Liu Xiu has really quickly gotten used to booing.

Xiu didn't know, when the lights and big screens in the opening match had a lot of shots for the substitutes, on the domestic side, in the live broadcast of the court TV, the commentator was passionately introducing his college resume, summer league and preseason. Highlight moment.

Indeed, Liu Xiu is not very popular in China, but domestic basketball players are full of expectations for him!

Before Liu Xiu, there were three Chinese players who played NBA games, Wang Zhizhi, Battelle, and Yao Ming. They were all insiders. Now they finally have an outsider!

Although the leaders don't pay much attention to Liu Xiu's bad reputation, the commentators who have been traveling in the United States all the year round don't care about the "reputation" that the domestic leadership group cares so much for some reason. They know very well that if Liu Xiu doesn't have these Notoriety, in the American basketball world, does not know how difficult it is.

The leadership team didn't give Liu Xiu resources, so they praised Liu Xiu vigorously with limited resources!
Liu Xiu didn't even know about this. At the scene, when the spotlight was removed from the non-starters and the camera on the big screen was aimed at the home team's tunnel, Liu Xiu squatted down in the dark and touched the floor under his feet.

'It turns out that, as a player, there is a real sense of loyalty...not to the team, not to the fans, not to the jersey...but to the stadium! '

After touching it, Liu Xiu stood up, with a smile on her face, waiting for the entrance ceremony belonging to the top five starters to end.

Xiu didn't know that the scene of him squatting just now was photographed. Although the diffuse light from the players' tunnel was dim, his handsome face was clearly photographed by a female fan...Treasure the album, I have already figured out how to write the label—the 2003th pick in the first round of 13, Jess Liu, made his first appearance on the field and touched the floor.

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After the players of the two teams entered the arena, the lights on the scene were turned on. The two teams were actively engaged in the final preparations before the game, and there was no communication.

Neither side looked like a good guy, and ESPN Sports, which broadcast the game live, teased the opener between the two teams as if it were a gang fight.

At 5:58, the first two teams came to the court.

Pistons starters: Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Ben Wallace, Okur.

Trail Blazers starters: Damon Stoudemire, Ruben Patterson, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, Rasheed Wallace.

Ben - Wallace and Rasheed - Wallace came to the center circle.

The players of the two teams did not have any kindness towards each other. When they faced each other on the court, the tense atmosphere immediately appeared.

Facing Ben Wallace, who was much shorter than himself, Tianzun did not dare to be careless, and actively used the last time to make physical adjustments, trying his best to win the jump ball and make a good start.

If you want to win, Tianzun is serious!
At 6 o'clock in the evening, the unpopular regular season opener between the Trail Blazers and the Pistons, which was broadcast live by ESPN Sports in the United States and China by Chaoting Sports Station, began!

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Rasheed Wallace took off vigorously and narrowly beat Ben Wallace to win the jump ball. The Blazers went first!

Liu Xiu sat on the sidelines, staring at the Pistons' defensive formation.

The first thing Kevin Pritchar looked at after the start of the game was not the field, but Liu Xiu...

Liu Xiu's face was still smiling + loose, but his eyes changed with the change of the situation on the field, sometimes widening and sometimes narrowing.

Get into the observation game!
Even if he is not a starter, even if he won't play a lot of time, this rookie will do everything he can...too good!
Kevin Pritchar was very satisfied with Liu Xiu, but the situation on the field, Kevin Pritchar took his eyes off Liu Xiu, put him back on the field, and after a while, he had a fight with coach Morris - Like Cheeks, got a headache.

'The mouse can't fly anymore, but it doesn't listen to advice at all! '

In the past few days, at the behest of Maurice Cheeks, Kevin Pritchar gave Little Momonga a last chance, and he has been communicating with Little Momonga these days.

But it doesn't look like the guy has changed his mind at all, yes, more unique than the last game of the preseason.

It can even be seen that the mouse that can't fly has a desperate feeling.

The brain is really a good thing!It would be a headache if you didn't.

It doesn't matter if you play casually when you are playing against a weak team, but the opening game!The opponent is the Pistons!
Little Momonga's sharp breakthrough was strangled by the defense of Ben Wallace and Hamilton. At 3 minutes and 51 seconds into the game, the Trail Blazers scored zero in sports games!Only relying on Rasheed Wallace to receive Randolph's offensive rebound and score the ball and cause the opponent to foul and get two points.

The Pistons only scored 4 points in nearly 6 minutes, which is considered a rather low score. If converted to 48 minutes, the rhythm of scoring less than 80 points in the game.

But after playing like this, the Trail Blazers were able to fall behind 2 to 6 by 4 points, and Maurice Cheeks called a timeout!

Liu Xiu watched the game with sharp eyes, he chose to change the angle - to appreciate the Pistons' defense... the same ugly.

Apart from ugly, he couldn't think of any adjectives to describe this nearly 4-minute game.

Liu Xiu recalled the successful team that Jim Carrey built—the Pacers. Although they collapsed after no results, they were built well, with a combination of offense and defense. The Mavericks, Jim Carrey is fully mature, with a gorgeous offense and a top-notch defense. ,Perfect.

But for the first time when Jim Carrey was the coach, the team that was almost completed fell into the hands of Larry Brown. This style of painting...

Not to mention, Liu Xiu thinks the Pistons are really strong!Even without Tianzun, this Pistons team is very strong!

Liu Xiu closed her eyes, took advantage of the timeout, and reviewed the Pistons' defense just now, then continued to study and prepare for playing.

At this time, a person sat next to him and asked, "Jess, do you want to play?"

"think."

She answered like this, but Liu Xiu didn't even open her eyes.

Maurice Cheeks did this a few times in the preseason, but it was just to tease him, and he would wait until the end of the first quarter or even the second quarter, the second half of the second quarter before letting him play...

"I think you haven't stood up yet, do you want me to help you on stage?"

With this unfriendly tone, Liu Xiu quickly stood up, as if he was really wanted to play!

Given a chance to a player full of uncertain factors, there is a high probability of encountering accidents. The Trail Blazers encountered it this time-the flying mouse is even more cancerous than the preseason stage!

Originally, he wasn't in such a hurry, but he was too afraid of Liu Xiu.

From a certain point of view, Little Flying Squirrel's recognition of Liu Xiu's talent is no less than that of the team's two major coaches.

This was also an unexpected situation for Liu Xiu, but after the initial confusion, he immediately calmed down, stood next to the coach, and waited for the arrangement.

Maurice Cheeks was very satisfied, so satisfied that he was surprised, so he gave it a try on a whim. He originally planned to send Derek Anderson for stability... After the words were spoken, let this rookie do it!

After listening to the tactical adjustments made by coach Morris Cheeks according to the rotation lineup, Liu Xiu came to the sidelines, and the boos came again... His heart is clear now.

The moment he walked onto the court, the system prompt came...

"The great magician:
Game status:
Copy objects:

Teammate: Zach Randolph, technical expertise into talent: low post singles...

Opponent: To be selected..."

I originally planned to study it carefully, observe the strengths of the opponent's players with my own eyes, and guess what might be copied... This is also a kind of fun.

Now, multiple choice questions are easy.

'Boss of the system, copy Hamilton! '

"...The host has successfully copied Richard Hamilton's characteristic transformation talent: pursuit.

Chase: In a single round of attack, the negative impact of the host's stamina consumption on shooting has been greatly weakened..."

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It's more than 8000 words again, let's order a monthly ticket recommendation ticket, thank you.

(End of this chapter)