MTL - Healing Basketball-Chapter 1049 The key ball is invincible!

  Chapter 1049 1049. Invincible key ball!

  In the past 5 seasons, Liu Xiu has won the Player of the Month Award in January 4 times.

   There is nothing wrong with saying it is a 'mid-term overlord'.

   This time I got the best...

   Kobe also won a lot in January, with 15 wins and 2 losses, an average of 31+6+4+2+0.7 per game, and a shooting percentage of 50+38+88. Switching to the East is definitely the best of the month.

  Being pressured by such a performance of Kobe to win the award, Liu Xiu was happier than the previous 15 best of the month awards.

  In the evening, the Trail Blazers came to Oklahoma City and rested for a night. On the second day, they only went to the Ford Center for training in the afternoon.

   At 7 pm on February 3, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Thunder started.

  In the first three quarters, the Trail Blazers suppressed the Thunder 23-20, 27-26, and 30-28 respectively, but the point difference was not completely widened. At the end of the three quarters, the Blazers led the Thunder 80-74 by 6 points.

   And it can be seen that the Thunder's offense is getting better and better. The Trail Blazers only rely on offensive firepower to suppress the Thunder, and their defense in the first quarter can be called good.

  Just when the Thunder players were expecting their upset, the Trail Blazers suddenly raised their defense in the final quarter. Liu Xiu scored 14 points in a single quarter, and the Thunder scored 18 points in a single quarter...

  26 to 18, the Trail Blazers widened the point difference in the final quarter.

  Liu Xiu scored 34 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, leading the Trail Blazers to a 106-92 victory over the Thunder.

  Looking at the overall performance of this game, Liu Xiu felt that they didn't play very well.

   But the rhythm is well controlled, loose when it should be loose, tight when it should be, not tense, but not completely sloppy, and when the overall state of the team is good in the final quarter, they beat the opponent in one fell swoop.

  With the coaching rhythm of the coaching staff, at this point in time, Liu Xiu feels very comfortable, and so does the feedback he gets from his teammates.

  It’s reached this point in time, and they insist on ‘preventing well’, ‘seriously’, and ‘rushing’... the coaching staff will be hated by the players like Larry Brown.

  After the three consecutive away games, the Trail Blazers returned to the home court and rested for a night. On the 5th, the Raptors ushered in a challenge at home.

  What does it feel like to score 10 points in a single quarter? Liu Xiu enjoyed it, not because he scored 12 points in a single quarter, but because the whole team...

  Facing the defense of the Raptors, which is the third in the league in defensive efficiency, go all out and even play desperate defense, the Trail Blazers trailed 10 to 26 by 16 points in the first quarter.

  Morris Cheeks knelt down and begged the warden to do it directly.

Liu Xiu didn't refuse either. He played 46 minutes, made 40 wild throws, and made 17 of 40 shots, including 4 of 12 three-pointers and 9 of 12 free throws. He scored 47 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 3 cap.

  But unfortunately, apart from him, only Ray Allen scored 11 points and 8 assists in the team, and the outlaw lunatic had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal.

  93 to 101, the Trail Blazers lost to the Raptors at home.

  Milicic 32 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, Artest 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Jermaine O'Neal 16 points and 10 rebounds, Calderon 12 points and 7 assists, defended the victory without any risk.

  Farmer is pure joy in defeating the Warden.

  World peace is about to cry. I have been bullied all the time, and finally let out my breath.

  Fei Dun had mixed feelings, happy and depressed.

   His teammates were showing off, but he was the only one being beaten, not to mention Liu Xiu scored 47 points, and was defended by Liu Xiu with 0 of 5 shots and only got 2 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists...

  …

  Eating the 7th loss of next season, the Trail Blazers' record became 43 wins and 7 losses, still ranking first in the league.

  Liu Xiu is a bit of a pity, the chance to tie the second half of history with 46 wins and 6 losses in the half is gone.

   But the best half-time record of 47 wins and 5 losses has long been out of reach. 46 wins and 6 losses are maintained by themselves, and it is not a big deal if they fail to catch up.

   After a day off, on the 7th, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Knicks at home.

  East Nursing Home and West Mosaic are the weirdest teams this season.

  Even the top five teams, the Trail Blazers, Lakers, Bulls, Spurs, and Magic, all have a higher home win rate than an away win rate.

  But nursing homes are different from Mosaics... Once the Knicks leave the holy land of basketball, it seems as if the "seal of the holy land" has been released, and their strength seems to increase suddenly.

   This is most evident when facing the Trail Blazers!

  In the holy land of basketball, when the Knicks met the Trail Blazers, it was like giving up the game.

   But when they came to the Rose Garden Arena, the Knicks were only 1 point behind the Trail Blazers 26-27 in the first quarter, and directly overtook the Trail Blazers by 3 points 36-32 in the second quarter!

   McGrady made 6 of 9 shots in the second quarter, including 5 of 7 three-pointers, plus 2 of 4 free throws, 19 points in a single quarter! If the free throws are more accurate, it will be 20+ in a single quarter!

   In the third quarter, the two teams tied 27-27. Harrington, McDyess, and David Lee all scored 5 points in this quarter.

  McDyess had a two-handed alley-oop dunk on McGrady's lob, which also won the cheers of the fans at the scene.

   Even if he leaves the Trail Blazers, McDyess, a veteran who made great contributions and sacrifices during the three consecutive championships, is also one of the favorite inside players of this generation of Trail Blazers fans.

At the end of the quarter, the offensive efficiency of the Knicks, who had been fighting for three quarters, finally declined. The Trail Blazers seized the opportunity to start from defense, relying on Gasol to protect the frame, Liu Xiu, Kwame Brown, and Ray Allen The Knicks only scored 19 points in more than 11 minutes due to the switch defense and the one-on-one defense of McGrady by the outlaws. During this period, the Trail Blazers scored 20 points.

  At 11 minutes and 49 seconds of the final quarter, McGrady chose to defend the outsider with a key shot and made a three-pointer... After playing for 40 minutes, he was exhausted at the critical moment, and the three-pointer was short!

Liu Xiu grabbed the defensive rebound and started a counterattack. The Knicks retreated quickly this time. They currently lead the Trail Blazers by two points 108-106. very hard.

  Liu Xiu didn't slow down, and rushed directly to the frontcourt. The Blazers' overall pressing speed was also very fast at this time. After Liu Xiu arrived in the frontcourt, he quickly started a pick-and-roll with Kwame Brown.

McGrady and McDyess directly chose to pinch, but McGrady, who was blocked by Kwame Brown, came around and had no time to press up. Liu Xiu had already used the cover to take off to face the outlaw lunatic who jumped out. McGrady was the first to see this scene. Time came to mind—McDyess is indeed the warden's old teammate, and he is really familiar with this guy's style.

   McDyess fought hard to defend, relying on his height and wingspan to cover Liu Xiu's shot line, but Liu Xiu did not waver, avoided McDyess's block with a more than 45-degree lean-back, and made a three-point shot...hit!

  109 to 108, the Trail Blazers overtook the score at a critical moment, with 4.6 seconds left! The Knicks called a timeout.

   "Antonio, what are you doing in vain?" Liu Xiu turned and walked to the bench after speaking.

   With the two talents of 'Mai Mang' and 'Son of the Wind', plus the buff of 'General', he has as much confidence in this ball as he wants.

   McDyess shook his head with a wry smile on his hips, the warden's key ball ability is simply invincible!

Soon, after a short 20-second timeout, the Knicks' key ball tactics... didn't play out. Michael Curry's final tactic was the 'public version' key ball tactic, which means that there is absolutely no mistake in that arrangement. But every coach knows the tactics that are not very feasible.

Duhon's three-pointer hit the neck of the basket with a "bang" and popped out. Gasol caught the rushing opponent, watched the ball land a little inside the baseline, bounced it, and the final whistle sounded …

Liu Xiu made 12 of 22 shots, including 4 of 7 three-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws. He scored 33 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. Narrowly defeated the Knicks by 108, and the record improved to 44 wins and 7 losses!

Gasol Jr. performed outstandingly tonight. He played 28 minutes off the bench, made 7 of 11 shots, and made 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 blocks. He overwhelmed Randolph, who scored 23 points. , Ray Allen with 18 points, and Kwame Brown with 8 points and 8 rebounds.

  Pau Gasol, who has an absolute advantage in tonnage and height and wingspan, is better at playing the Knicks inside.

   McGrady scored 39 points tonight and performed very well. If the last three points were scored, it would have been all done, but it was a pity that he did not score.

  The shooting percentage, which was too good, was also pulled down in the final quarter. The three-pointer missed, and his shooting performance dropped to 14 of 29 shots. He abruptly missed 50% of his shooting...

  …

  After playing the Knicks, the Trail Blazers got two days off. After the game on the 10th, they will enter the All-Star weekend.

   On the morning of the 8th, the league announced the complete list of participants for the All-Star Weekend.

This year's rookie game changed sponsors, and it was replaced by the Golden Arches. There were two games on the rookie game day, and the All-Star Charity Game in the afternoon. The rich and powerful Golden Arches invited many Hollywood stars, retired NBA stars, and active WNBA players. There are 20 people in total.

In the rookie game, the first-year team consists of Oden, Gasol Jr., Lopez, Love, Eric Gordon, Beasley, Mayo, Rose, and Westbrook; the second-year team consists of Duran Te, Horford, Conley, Scola, Thornton, Stuckey, Thaddeus Young, Wilson Chandler, Yi Jianlian.

   Seeing this list, Liu Xiu felt that the first-year team's insiders probably couldn't touch the ball, and the outsiders...

  The second-year team looked so broken in the rookie season, but in the second year, one by one is stronger than the other!

   There are still a lot of selfless players.

There are more arrangements for the rookie game day. It is said that in order to attract more attention to the rookie game day, more public activities are arranged in the morning-the training of the All-Star game players is arranged from 9:00 to 12:00 in the morning point.

   On the day of the comprehensive competition, the alliance promoted him as the warden for a long time, but in the end he didn't have his name...

   Shooting Star Challenge, the Trail Blazers, Lakers, Pistons, and Suns were selected.

   It was Dragic who replaced Liu Xiu in the competition.

  Skills Challenge entry list: Ross, Harris, Mo Williams, Parker.

   Three-point contest entry list: Bibby, Dai Quinn - Cook, Granger, Kapono, Lewis, Rudy - Fernandez.

   Slam dunk contest entry list: Howard, Nate - Robinson, JR-Smith, Rudy - Fernandez.

  All-Star main game substitute list:

  East: Howard, Milicic, Garnett, Lewis, Pierce, Joe Johnson, McGrady.

   These 7 substitutes and the 5 starters including Billups, Wade, Artest, James, Yao Ming and other five major starters form the Eastern All-Star team.

  West: Ray Allen, Kwame Brown, Randolph, Paul, Bynum, Deron, Nowitzki.

   These 7 substitutes and Liu Xiu, Kobe Bryant, Anthony, Duncan, O'Neal and other 5 starters form the Western All-Star team.

  Zonda and Xiaobawang really didn't make the All-Star selection!

  In the original time and space, the Suns ushered in the big sharks. The 2008-09 season was particularly tragic.

  But in this time and space, the competition for the forward position is fierce. Anthony has countless fans of the gangster image. Duncan's popularity just began to decline in the middle of his career, and he soared to become the most popular forward in the West by reaching his peak again.

   Xiaobawang, not to mention competing with these two for the starting lineup, is much less popular than Silver Horn King, who is sympathized by domestic fans.

   Instead, it was the Sharks, because Yao Ming left the West and regained his starting position after playing the 'No. 1 Center in the West' at the end of his career.

  It is a pity that there are many unselected players in the east and west. Most of the unselected players are related to age.

What Liu Xiu regrets the most is Iverson, who averaged 24.8 points per game. His performance is good, but the ups and downs are too high. He can score 53 points in a single game, and he can also score 8 points. His shooting percentage has dropped to 41.6%. The continuous record decline, and the decline in Iverson's data are also related to the absence of Anthony as a restraint point in most games. Now Iverson can no longer support the offense alone.

   Iverson is in the wild west of the guard group, and it is indeed difficult to be selected as an All-Star.

   Not to mention being in the west, it is difficult to rely on strength in the east, and you can only rely on popularity to be selected.

  Roy was also dragged down by a poor start record, Parker and Ginobili were not enough places...

  However, Liu Xiu also regrets that these people's failures have a direct relationship with their Trail Blazers—there are 3 All-Star substitutes!

   There are 7 places, and their team accounts for nearly half of them. It is naturally difficult for people from other teams to be selected.

  However, they have won 20 consecutive victories and occupied the top of the record list for a long time, as it should be.

  …

   After a day off, on the 9th, the Trail Blazers prepared for the mid-term final game.

   Liu Xiu felt that his teammates were extraordinarily excited.

  Injury problems and physical problems hit one after another. Although everyone is competitive, they are all very slack.

After Randolph suffered a fatigue injury in front of him, even the vice president didn't try to correct the team's slackness. He was suffering from a wave of injuries, but it was really a serious injury because of too much effort... They are already the first in the league. Necessary, but can't reach the 0th place.

If there are a few more games in the middle of the season, Liu Xiu is sure that his teammates will continue to "lay corpses", but it is the last game, and it will be a holiday soon, just like Fridays when school or work, collectively "cheat corpses" ...and then 'Weekend' followed.

  While the Trail Blazers players were preparing for the game full of energy, their mid-term opponents, the Cavaliers, came to Rose City.

  A certain player No. 23, who did not want to be named, arrived at the hotel, put on a windbreaker, sunglasses and a mask and came outside the Rose Garden Arena.

  Thinking that Kobe, Duncan, and Garnett were still standing before him, while Liu Xiu and Milicic were flourishing in the same period, and the new generation of Paul and Oden were ready to go, he felt that life was really too difficult.

  By the way, that guy from the Grizzlies can easily become a brother.

  He decided not to think about it, and sneaked in to watch the prison team training?

good idea!

Before he could move, the security trotted up to him, "Mr. James, our non-match day training venue is the Willamette Garden Training Hall. You won't see the warden training here. If you want Visit the warden training, we can arrange a car to take you there."

   "..."

  A No. 23: Can you recognize me?

   I want this disguise for what use!

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  (end of this chapter)