Healing Basketball

Chapter 814. 814. Dragon Slaying Warrior Part [-]
Although Liu Xiu scored 34 points in the first half, the Blazers trailed the Raptors by 49 points 63-14.

With such a score, the overall mood of the Trail Blazers was quite unstable when they came back from the halftime break, and neither Liu Xiu nor Maurice Cheeks could suppress the instability.

As for the Raptors, the morale is high and the fighting spirit is high!
On this basis, Sam Mitchell was still very cautious. At the beginning of the third quarter, Sam Mitchell sent the twin towers together.

The outside trio sent the steady Calderon, Anthony Parker, who has the most accurate shooting from the back line tonight, and Joey Graham, who has done the best defense on the front line.

Taking advantage of the impatience and instability of the Blazers, the Raptors scored 14 to 7 in the first half of the third quarter.

77 to 56, the Raptors extended their lead to 21 points!
At this time, Sam Mitchell finally dared to replace Milicic, who had played for 30 consecutive minutes without rest, to rest for a few minutes, but Bosh, who played 24 minutes in the first two and a half quarters, still stayed on the court. Playing Nesterovic partner.

Felton, Maurice Peterson, and Joey Graham were sent on the outside to strengthen the defense.

The Trail Blazers sent a combination of Blake, Liu Xiu, outlaws, Kwame Brown, and McDyess.

Liu Xiu was not replaced because the point difference had reached the point of 'garbage time'. Seeing Milicic sit down on the opposite side, he knew that there was finally some hope.

The opponent is so well prepared for the battle, in such a good state, and has such a strong desire to take revenge on him, and is extremely firm... Their 'papery' empty shell of '11 consecutive victories and powerful' was suddenly punctured.

However, he himself realized how 'hollow' their 11-game winning streak was.

But in the game, he didn't think about it deeply, but focused on finding ways to find opportunities to win.

Whether you can succeed is one thing, and you can't give up the opportunity if you have a chance.

After a timeout, the Trail Blazers attacked. Liu Xiu changed direction and passed Felton, went straight to the basket and made a layup against Nesterovic, causing a foul!
After Liu Xiu broke through and beat Felton in singles, his speed immediately exploded. Bosh + Milicic can defend well. After all, Liu Xiu's height is there. The two have both speed and height, and their defense is online.

But becoming Nesterovic... Liu Xiu was finally able to dig inside!
He also scored additional penalties, and his personal score increased to 6 points in a single quarter, and his overall score increased to 40 points!
59 to 77, the point difference narrowed to 18 points!
When it came time for the Raptors to attack, Bosh scored with a face-up singles breakthrough throw, 79 to 59, and the point difference came to 20 points again.

Offensive and defensive transition, Blake advances with the ball, Liu Xiu moves without the ball, Blake organizes the offense.

When Liu Xiu ran back and used McDyess to cover and run out of opportunities, Blake passed the ball in time!

Liu Xiu caught the ball from the right corner, turned around and took a step up the line, and made a two-point shot...and hit it again!
Next, although Bosh's singles retreat and mid-range shot technique is very beautiful, it is iron.

Liu Xiu's high back hit on the right side of the free throw line turned around and broke through, and then hit a short-range emergency stop jumper!

Liu Xiu scored three goals in a row, and the Raptors players panicked, but with a score of 79 to 63 and a 16-point lead, the Raptors quickly calmed down.

It's just that the scoring pressure is still coming. After they lost to the Trail Blazers last time, they almost watched all the Trail Blazers games this season. And out of control!
Felton felt that he could do it again, and forced Blake to enter the inside line. Before reaching the close range, Felton suddenly accelerated and threw Blake away, and flew to the basket... "Crack"... Kwame Brown shot Ball block!
Liu Xiu came back to grab a defensive rebound and counterattacked!

Capped, Felton immediately turned around and chased after... The distance between the two was getting farther and farther...

Felton felt as if he saw Ford galloping ahead, but the guy on the opposite side weighed more than him!
As Liu Xiu made a counter-attack layup, 'Kobe time' started!
This is the third ball of his 'Kobe time' command!
65 to 79, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 14 points!
Every 5 points is a "hurdle". When the point difference changed from 16 points to 14 points, the feeling of the Raptors players changed immediately, as if the point difference was about to be reduced to less than 10 points.

After the Raptors players opened the point difference to 21 points, their mentality had already relaxed, but suddenly tightened up and became extremely nervous.

So, in the next 4 minutes, the Raptors only scored 6 points!
On Liu Xiu's side, after opening the 'Kobe Time', he only persisted for two rounds. In the third round, he failed to score because of the opponent's pincer attack, but he also scored 3 difficult points by relying on 'Kobe Time'.

但在后面的时间，刘秀4投2中加上2中1的罚球又拿到了5分，加上布雷克进了一个三分球。

In these 4 minutes, the Trail Blazers played another wave of 13 to 6 climax!
In the third quarter, Liu Xiu made 14 of 9 shots, including 3 of 1 three-pointers, plus 5 of 3 free throws. He scored 22 points in a single quarter. One person scored as much as the opposing team!

单节29比22，开拓者队将分差缩小至7分，78比85落后猛龙队！
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The fans at the scene had already recognized it and had to accept this fact.

The opponent is really strong. They have won 11 consecutive victories, and they may lose at any time. It is not shameful to lose to such a talented team.

Blazers fans already have 'team confidence'.

But I didn't expect that they would turn the situation around!
After chasing 14 points in the half quarter, they scored 22 to 8 in the half quarter!
Of the 22 points, 19 points were obtained by the warden alone!
The three-pointer that Blake scored was still a pass from Liu Xiu. It has to be said that the Raptors' defense is really good.

After entering the intermission, Sam Mitchell is also emphasizing the need to stick to team defense.

"We want to lock up the rest of the Trail Blazers! We can't defend like we gave Blake the opportunity just now! The warden is very good at scoring consecutively, but he can't keep scoring! Stick to the defense, play the team's offense well, and we can't be chaotic. With this 21-point lead, we can now regain the advantage..."

Sam Mitchell was actually stunned by Liu Xiu in the third quarter. He was in a hurry for a while and didn't know how to deal with it, and he didn't make a good substitution... Now he finally calmed down and chose to emphasize stability after careful consideration.

The assistants felt that there was no problem with his adjustment. After a period of disorder, the best adjustment for a team is to stabilize again.

If you don't even have this, let alone a good response.

Then, after returning from the break, the fourth quarter started. Liu Xiu came up and saw that Fred Jones was defending him, so he pulled up and shot a three-pointer without hesitation...

hit!

59 points!

(End of this chapter)