Healing Basketball

Chapter 882. 882. The Most Powerful Forward
Lost two points in the first quarter, lost one point in the second quarter, and lost one more point in the third quarter... still in the case of going all out.

Faced with this debilitating situation, the Trail Blazers collapsed.

末节开拓者队只拿到15分，刘秀6中1、兰多夫3中1、雷-阿伦4中1，风声雨声打铁声，声声致敬洛杉矶。

The Bulls and the Trail Blazers scored 21 to 15 in the final quarter.

最终，靠着加内特的24分13板6助攻、辛里奇的15分7助攻、本-戈登的22分、诺西奥尼的19分……公牛队4人得分上双，以98比88稳稳地击败开拓者队，守住第一个主场！
打了44分钟，26投8中，其中三分球6中2，加上8中6的罚球，拿到24分8板6助攻2抢断1盖帽……

Liu Xiu's G1 data is not bad, but his hit rate is very low.

其实前三节20投7中虽差，但也还勉强过得去，毕竟开局8中2，也就是第二节和第三节有12中5的不错表现，但末节6中1……

After the game, he became the object of siege by the media.

Although he refused to take the initiative to accept information from the outside world, he still learned about this situation during the video chat with Anne-Hathaway.

There are negative emotions, but he feels that the situation is good.

If he lost, he still couldn't make the bet, and of course he had to shoulder the responsibility.

Anyway, he doesn't watch the news.

But his teammates will watch the news. Now that the media is attacking him, the pressure on his teammates will be less.

As he expected, with such a public opinion environment, and the fact that they are starting the finals away this time, it is normal to lose in G1. When preparing for the game the next afternoon, Liu Xiu felt that his teammates were not affected, and actively prepared for the game.

Unlike playing the Suns, playing the Bulls, although the Trail Blazers players have the confidence and belief to win, they are mentally prepared to lose.

As for Liu Xiu... He doesn't read the news, and the media likes to talk about it.

As long as you can win in the end, flowers and praise will come.

What he felt distressed about was the loss of his natural tendency of 'roaring'.

...

After a day's rest, at 6:8 pm on June 7, the second round of the finals kicked off.

The Trail Blazers adjusted their style of play and no longer used Liu Xiu's mid-range shot to open up the situation.

That's a safe way of playing. Judging from his performance in the last game, when he played like that, he could clearly disrupt the Bulls' defense and give Randolph, Ray Allen and others more opportunities to perform.

上一场兰多夫拿到25分、雷-阿伦19分，而且效率都很好，兰多夫20中10、雷-阿伦14中6。

But he wanted to bet on the feel, which didn't fit Morris Cheeks' style, so he chose to change!

It was still Liu Xiu and Kwame Brown playing the pick and roll, but after the pick and roll attracted Garnett, Liu Xiu handed a pass to Kwame Brown in the high post, Kwame Brown passed from the high post to the right of the three-second zone, and Randolph was close Chandler launched the attack from a distance, and Liu Xiu assisted in organizing the attack.

This style of play is familiar to the Trail Blazers!
This is how they played against the Nets in the 04-05 season finals.

This change caught the Bulls by surprise, not because of how aggressive the offense was, but because of this change, it affected the Bulls' rhythm.

首节打完，靠着刘秀的3分1板2助攻、雷-阿伦的6分、兰多夫4分3板2助攻……开拓者队与公牛队打成22比20平！
But in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers slumped...

Compared with two years ago, Randolph has improved a lot in strength. He can play well against the Bulls with Garnett and Chandler.

But with his style of play, playing inside the Nets two years ago, it was no problem to play for 40 minutes in a game. Facing the Twin Towers of the Bulls... he withered in the second quarter.

Not to mention him, O'Neal couldn't keep digging this kind of play to open up the situation.

With their body type, it is the best choice to play a few singles occasionally, eat cakes, and rush.

The Trail Blazers only scored 19 points in the second quarter. The offense did not play well and failed to continue to disrupt the Bulls' rhythm. Instead, they were busy adjusting the offense and the defense was affected... 19 to 29 in a single quarter, and the Bulls overtook it by 8 point.

In the third quarter, the bad situation of the Trail Blazers continued. The Bulls took advantage of the victory to chase after the score and scored 25 to 20, opening the point difference to 13 points!
In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers broke out. To be precise, Liu Xiu broke out. In the middle of the game, he scored 7 consecutive hits, 13 of 9 in a single quarter, including 6 of 4 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. 26 points, leading the Trail Blazers to score 41 points in a single quarter.

但可惜公牛队在第二节和第三节也打出了状态，本-戈登末节6投3中拿到10分、辛里奇进了俩三分球和一个中投拿到8分3助攻、加内特7分4板2助攻……单节拿到34分！
刘秀29投14中拿到39分4板7助攻、兰多夫17分10板4助攻、雷-阿伦23分……不敌28分的本-戈登、21分14板6助攻的加内特、17分16助攻的辛里奇。

108 to 102, the Bulls won two games in a row, leading 2 to 0!

……

……

Coming aggressively, leaving in a hurry...they are talking about the current Trail Blazers.

Liu Xiu was also quite frustrated. It turns out that this is how it feels to be behind 0 to 2!
There was also a 0-2 experience before, but that was already a rookie season.

However, after arriving at Portland International Airport on the 'Rose Bay Prison', he shook off such emotions.

Such negative emotions are meaningless to the next preparations, only negative effects.

The first two games were not all fruitless, on the contrary, they gained quite a lot.

First of all, they are capable of winning, which is very important.

They have a way to limit the Bulls' offense, have the ability to score steadily when the Bulls are full of defense, and also have the ability to score explosively. They have advantages inside and outside...

It's just that the overall strength of the opponent is also very strong, and the stars are also very powerful.

Mostly Garnett...

When Garnett has good teammates, the auxiliary ability is too strong!
Ben Gordon was brought up by Garnett to look like Jordan.

The most important thing is that Garnett has his own defensive system, coupled with the lineup accumulated by the Bulls for 6 years, it fits perfectly and seamlessly...

In Liu Xiu's opinion, Duncan should be regarded as a center, and Garnett...is really the most powerful forward in active service!

Before the finals, Liu Xiu felt that this trip to the playoffs was very difficult. There was a risk of being upset in the first round, but she encountered a real challenge in the second round.

Only now did he realize that those were just appetizers!

The Bulls in front of him reminded him of the Pistons who played against each other in the Finals last year, and the Spurs who reached the tiebreaker in the Western Conference Finals the year before last.

Lamenting that the dynasty was not easy, Liu Xiu put her things away, threw her backpack to the outlaw lunatic, got up and walked towards the cabin door.

I didn't take a few steps out of the hatch, and saw my teammates gathered at the exit of the corridor bridge.

Liu Xiu went up and asked, "What's the matter? Has something happened ahead... You're on a horse!"

Liu Xiu looked at the advertisement on the wall outside the covered bridge, and got messy with his teammates...

(End of this chapter)