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Chapter 187 Auden Scrapped
Batum didn't say a word, just looked at Totoro seriously, trying to figure out where he was going to attack the ball from every detail of his body.

The body is the most honest part of a person. Even a person with a good heart will inevitably show certain signs when encountering certain things. For example, when someone is lying, he will involuntarily look left and right. Can't help but move in that direction, a strong defender can always read the attacker's information on it, analyze their intentions and then predict in advance to prevent the opponent's attack.

I have to say that this should not be a skill that only a rookie can master. It would be fine if Battier, a defensive master who has been in the league for several years, has these skills, but Bartom and Totoro are in the same year, and his growth this year is too fast.

However, it is not only him, but also the rookies who are ahead of him. Although the No. Maintained at 20+ and 5+, Westbrook and Durant have been called the Thunder's twin stars, Westbrook's first-year statistics are not amazing, but his explosive dunks can always make fans remember him, People have many wonderful goals, and the opposite of Westbrook is Love of the Timberwolves.

This white forward is not tall, his jumping ability is not good, and his body is not strong. The only rookie who averaged a double-double in one season, not even the Totoro.

He has 5 times 20+10, and once 20+15. Love has no sense of presence on the court. I am afraid that the most eye-catching scoring method is the precise three-pointer, but this guy somehow always Can get so many rebounds, could it be that he has a magnet installed in his palm?
Gordon of the Clippers is the scoring representative of this year's rookie. Maybe it's because the Clippers team is weak, and no one can compete with him as a rookie. But even so, this guy still got 6 times of 30+, which is enough Let people see his talent on the road of scoring.

There are others, such as Augustin, Lopez and others, who have also performed well one after another, securing the starting position in their own teams. This is enough to show how good the quality of this year's draft is. .

It can also be predicted from this point how abnormal Totoro is this year's ability to overwhelm so many outstanding rookies.

Totoro also knows the defensive skills used by Bartom, because there are so many excellent defenders in his team, such as Mutombo, Battier, Iguodala, just pull out one is decathlon Defensive experts, the shortest time these people get along with Totoro is half a season. Will Totoro learn a trick from them?

Therefore, in order to deal with them defensive experts, Totoro has also developed a deceptive ability. Before he breaks through, his body will have some omens, but if he realizes this himself, and then add a little bit to it. False moves, those who defend him are probably going to be unlucky.

My Neighbor Totoro moved its pivotal foot slightly back, quietly shifted its center of gravity a little to the right, raised its left shoulder, and Bartom immediately focused his attention on his right side.

Then there was no more. Totoro relied on his super fast first step to get stuck on the Frenchman's right step. With a sudden force from his body, Bartom couldn't even react to keep up with Totoro. When it was charged by the chinchilla, it hit the ground with a huge force.

This ball is definitely a blocking foul, because when Bartom fell to the ground, he faced Totoro sideways. The referee didn't judge it because of the Frenchman's misery, but the referee would not go to the ball anyway. Blowing Totoro dribbles into someone.

When the two big black men Aldridge and Oden on the inside reacted, Totoro rushed to the small penalty area at a high speed. The smart black Ade gave way to the side when the situation was not good, while the lifeless Oden Jump up to block Totoro.

"Oh!"

The result can be imagined, Oden was knocked out by the Totoro in the middle of the jump. Although Oden was heavy enough, the tonnage of the Totoro was not small. Coupled with the addition of explosive power and impact, I am afraid that in this league No one can stop Totoro except Shaquille O'Neill. The consequence of forcibly blocking is like a car crash like King Oden.

The referee also didn't call Oden to block the foul, because poor Oden hugged his knees and screamed after landing. He was quite young, but his knees were as old as his appearance. Last season, he He had just undergone minimally invasive surgery, and this time the regular season was finally full. Before the Trail Blazers fans came and took out the firecrackers stored at home, what happened on the TV screen made them feel chilled.

The Trail Blazers' inside line is not considered strong. Now that they lack a champion, how can they defend the little giant of the Rockets?
After the blue dunk, Totoro hanged himself on the basket for a while, and condescendingly cast a condescending glance at Oden, who was still screaming, and enjoyed the victor's feeling for a moment before getting down from the basket.

If he does this, there will definitely be a virgin bitch who will condemn him for being immoral after the game. In the stadium, friendship comes first and games come second. If you knock him out of trouble, it’s okay not to care about and condolences to the other party. It's not grand enough to win like this.

But Totoro is right to think that those people are farting. The principle of friendship first and competition second may be applied to other sports, but it may not be suitable for nba. Those benevolent and moral people do not know where to die. There is an award called the Professionalism Award, but none of the people who received this award has ever won a championship. It just means that you played the game fairly and openly, and then lost the game fairly and openly.

The last point is also an old saying. These people, including Totoro himself, are millionaires. They earn one hundred times and one thousand times the wages of ordinary people. They don’t need sympathy at all. The law of the jungle in the NBA arena, Winners and losers, it doesn’t matter who loses, sometimes you feel sorry for those players in front of the TV, but those players don’t know how happy they are in private, private jets fly, private yachts sit, private Living in a villa, going to a nightclub to watch a strip show, or betting millions of dollars in Alaska, do they still need sympathy?
The team doctor of the Trail Blazers quickly carried Oden off the field. The knee injury is the most difficult injury to judge. According to the reaction, this problem should not be trivial.

The momentum that the Blazers had finally accumulated was shattered by Totoro. Totoro has often done this kind of thing recently, and he is also very suitable and very fond of doing this kind of thing, because it can only be done by a dominant player Yes, Totoro felt that he traveled to rule an era.

The Blazers' offensive end was weak, and the defensive end also began to be perfunctory. Especially when the Totoro broke through, the Blazers' inside players dodged one after another. Except for Oden, their backup center had only one nameless center. The big soft white man, as soon as Totoro came in with the ball, he immediately backed away. His soft appearance made Rockets fans laugh at him one after another.

But even in this situation, the Rockets are still not leading the Trail Blazers by more than double digits, because even if the whole team sleepwalks, even if the coach also sleepwalks, there is still a man in the Trail Blazers team who will never be defeated. Brent Roy.

This guy known as the Yellow Mamba is not simple, or all the guys who are dubbed "Viper" are not simple. If Kobe is the kind of fighting spirit that is always visible to others, Roy is hiding under the surface , calmly and tenaciously.

It doesn't matter if the offensive teammate can't shoot, he comes alone, and the defensive teammate is distracted, no problem, he takes the lead and runs in a wide range to make up for the defense. His strength alone has not yet reached the point where he can shake the strength of the Rockets team. But it doesn't matter if he doesn't score a goal this time, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't succeed in defense this time. He will continue to attack and defend next time as always.

"Did you make such preparations to come to the playoffs? Don't you admit that you have failed? The first quarter of the game is not over yet, we are behind by less than double digits, you are looking like the end of the world Look, do you really want your opponents to be wildly proud and let them advance easily? If that's the case, why are we still in the playoffs?"

When the first quarter was interrupted, Roy took the initiative to ask the referee next to him for a timeout, and then ended up spraying a few of his players and the coach together.

They have no reason to refute. One is that the Saint Seiya has too much aura, and the other is why they refute, what position do they have to retort?They all put their best efforts into the competition, so is it reasonable for them to paddle?

"Roy is right. We should cheer up our fighting spirit. The Portlanders are not cowards. We have no reason to watch them enter the second round of the playoffs. Even if I lose this series, we have to let The fans see our fighting spirit, we also need to learn the experience of the playoffs, instead of playing four games like traveling here, do you remember the Rockets in 94? They are the eighth in the West. To win the O'Brien Cup in the end, we are all professional players, and we must always have a championship heart!"

Nate McMillan was also awakened by Roy's leadership qualities, and immediately cooked a pot of chicken soup for the players.

Their ancestors of the Trail Blazers are very beautiful. Although there is no championship, they can enter the playoffs every year, but the team fell into a sudden decline after 2000. The purpose of his appointment in 05 is to correct and rectify the Trail Blazers. The corrupt atmosphere in the team, if they give up in the first quarter of the first game of the playoffs, will this self-built team still be the same as before?

After being told by the core and the coach, the Blazers' players immediately regained their spirits, and their offense and defense on the court became more impressive. At the end of the first quarter, they even pulled in a few points.

"Damn it, sure enough, this is the playoffs. I thought I could beat them with that dunk."

Totoro played a full first quarter and scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. However, after a timeout, the opponent seemed to have taken medicine. Not to mention their own defense, they also started to attack hard. , 12 of his 6 points were scored at the free throw line.

The little giant laughed and said nothing when he heard Totoro's complaints. This little guy just has little knowledge. How can this be called the intensity of the playoffs?It's just that the Blazers have increased their defensive strength a little bit, which is far from the real playoff strength.

The main reason is that the Blazers are a new force. Roy, their top card, will enter the playoffs for the first time. The status of other players below can be imagined. The intensity of the playoffs, in Yao Ming's eyes, he didn't take the group of kids on the other side too seriously. The real test was on the Spurs and Jazz after advancing to the second round. These two teams are regulars in the playoffs. up.

These guys are just trying their best now, which is why playoff experience is very important to a team. If you want to win, you don’t just pass it off like this. People’s physical fitness is limited. The team has a reasonable division of labor and clear responsibilities. They can do what they can do to ensure that the quality of the team's offense and defense does not decline while saving their own effort. These young players usually do not know this high-end style of play. They blindly played in the first three quarters. The tactics of rushing and hitting are indeed very powerful, with the momentum of punching the master to death, but if they don't kill their opponents in the first three quarters, they can easily be taken away by experienced veterans in the fourth quarter.

Of course, this set of theories is limited to ordinary players. When he was young, James could definitely play for four quarters, and Westbrook might also be able to challenge him when he was young. The little giant even felt that if Totoro wanted to, he could play the full 48 minutes without rest.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets sacrificed Yao Ming as a big killer. In the past, Ashuai was always cautious when using Yao Ming, because Yao was the last trump card in the Rockets' hands. I was afraid that he would use too much at the beginning. As a result, Yao Ming has no physical strength and so on, but now the old coach doesn't have so many scruples. Anyway, if Yao is dying, he still has another king in his hand. With a pat in his hand, it is much easier to fight.

The Rockets have a large number of generals, and they can make random deployments in the rotation. The Trail Blazers can't do it. In addition to the main lineup, they can only be regarded as the league's dirty lineup. When they meet Dayao and David Lee The combination of technical insiders persisted in the first quarter, and the Portlanders finally reached the brink of collapse.

(End of this chapter)