Healing Basketball

   Chapter 995 995. Unstoppable Warden (4000 words)

"They are not a run-and-gun team, nor are they a traditional team. They are suddenly no longer strong, but they are not fat. They have no hope, no idea where the future lies, and Zonda has entered an unprecedented stage of confusion in his career. ...Trigger of the Chaos Superstar series missions: four different images."

   "Four alike:

  Goal: Eliminate the Suns and advance to the second round.

Reward: The difference between winning and losing games multiplied by 2000 healing value; if you advance in 5 games, you will be rewarded with 1 random attribute point; if you advance in 4 games, the talent fragments required by the Son of the Wind (talent tendency) -1 (open talent, change talent, All upgrade talents are -1), and the rewards are superimposed. "

   Co-author Nash is not depressed and disappointed now, but confused?

  Liu Xiu thought for a while, and it seemed that being confused was more suitable to describe Nash's current state.

  Nash at the beginning of his career, although he was not taken seriously and was sold as an extra, but at that time he was young and fearless.

   At the stage of the Mavericks, they had the best team + All-Stars. They played very happily, and the requirements were not high. They were willing to stay on the team with an annual salary of tens of millions.

  But now Nash, whose personal ability has reached the peak of his career, has encountered such a terrible situation.

   And he is not young anymore, he is 34 years old, fearless is already 10 years ago...

   As early as the first time he played against the Suns after the All-Star Weekend, Liu Xiu had already regretted it. Now he doesn't have so many artificial emotions. After reading the mission description, he is more motivated!

   It doesn’t matter whether it’s useful or not, just get the rewards if you can.

  Playing against the Suns this season has a bigger advantage than last season, but Liu Xiu still dare not be careless.

   Something happened to the opponent before the start of the playoffs-D'Antoni took leave due to illness, and the famous Terry Porter jointly served as the interim coach.

Terry Porter, the name Liu Xiu is very familiar with. They are the star of the Trail Blazers. In March, his total score rose to the second in team history. Terry Porter surpassed him. Terry Porter was in the Trail Blazers. A total of 11,330 points were scored during the period, and his current regular season total is 11,809 points.

But the familiar reason is not that the score exceeded, but the day before yesterday, Gou Dahu announced at the fan event that he will retire Terry Porter's No. 30 jersey next season. Spent time with the Trail Blazers and was a two-time All-Star.

So Liu Xiu deliberately got to know this famous man who will retire his jersey. After retiring, he served as the head coach of the Bucks. - Saunders as a teaching assistant.

  There are uncertain factors, which cannot be easily ignored.

  …

  Liu Xiu recalled that when he first entered the NBA, he won the first place in the regular season. He was so happy when the flag was raised.

   Now, seeing the division championship flag rising again, he felt nothing in his heart.

   What he thought of was the dozen championship banners at the Staples Center and the North Shore Garden Arena.

  Seeing the division champions above the head, and even seeing the regular season division championship banner... I feel a bit intrusive.

  But the fans at the scene were very happy, and the atmosphere became more and more fanatical.

  Before the start of the game, Liu Xiu copied his talents, Ray Allen's full blood 'speed shot', Nash's full blood 'technical flow'.

   At 8 o'clock in the evening, Kwame Brown beat O'Neal to win the jump ball, and the game began.

   Trail Blazers starters: Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Hill, Randolph, Kwame Brown.

  Suns starting: Nash, Raja Bell, Diaw, Bully, O'Neal.

  Liu Xiu received the ball and advanced quickly. To his surprise, the Suns actively retreated. Relying on the three-way defense of Raja-Bell, Diaw, and O'Neal, he blocked his opening fast break.

  When he came to the top arc, Raja Bell returned to the top arc and expanded the three-point line for half-step defense.

   Actually took advantage of the stage when O'Neill had the most physical strength, and suppressed the rhythm!

  O'Neal's physical fitness is absolutely perfect. At this age, at this weight, and at the stage of sufficient physical strength, his speed at the center position is still top-notch.

  Terry Porter has something...

  Liu Xiu beckoned to Kwame Brown for a pick-and-roll, and used the screen to break through. A very fake fake move made the expanded Xiaoba Dynasty pounce in the opposite direction. He easily came to the free throw line to take off and made a mid-range shot!

   Easy as expected.

  The Suns attacked, Nash advanced to the frontcourt, and gave the ball to O'Neal who was leaning on Kwame Brown in the low post. O'Neal received the ball and took a step, turned around and made a hook.

   Liu Xiu was stunned by this position and style of play...

  After playing a few rounds, Liu Xiu's guess came true.

   Is it true that as long as the offensive coordination is not good, everything can fight alone?

  The Suns gave up running and bombing, and switched to the Mavericks' unlimited singles tactics!

  O'Neal played singles first, then Nash, then Bully...whoever is in good form will come.

  Compared to the Mavericks, the Suns' tempo is painfully slow, which is the other extreme compared to before.

  O'Neal, who has plenty of physical strength, is still very strong in singles, Nash is strong in singles, and the bully is basically at his peak in face-to-face singles. He performed very well in the slow-paced offense at the beginning and took the initiative.

  The reason why the Trail Blazers fell into a disadvantage was that their rhythm was destroyed.

  They knew that the Suns had changed coaches, but normally, they would not change their style of play immediately. Even if they did, they would only adjust the details. After all, when D'Antoni became 'ill', the regular season was over.

   Unexpectedly, Terry Porter directly pressed the rhythm and knocked on the defense. Coupled with the strong singles ability of the three Suns stars and a big center standing under the basket with extremely high restraint, the Trail Blazers were caught off guard.

  The Trail Blazers called two timeouts in the first quarter, plus the official timeout was adjusted a total of 3 times, but they failed to reverse the situation.

   It's not a problem of defense. The Suns play like that. Although the offense is stable, the score is not much higher.

   It was the Blazers' own offensive rhythm that was dragged down.

   Liu Xiu made 3 of 5 shots and scored 8 points in the first quarter, but his teammates only made 3 of 13 shots and 0 of 5 three-pointers...

  20 to 24, the Trail Blazers trailed the Suns by 6 points in the first quarter!

  The Suns players were startled, and light appeared in the dim eyes of Nash and O'Neal!

  The new coach's style of play seems to work!

They executed their tactics very seriously tonight, with 8 people in rotation, and their strengths are all online. They accepted the new tactics very quickly, but it was only because they were about to collapse after the All-Star Weekend. With the new tactics, they were desperate Horse medicine.

   But I didn't expect to play against the Trail Blazers!

  O'Neal had 8 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter, Nash had 5 points and 2 assists, and the bully had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. The three performed extremely well!

   Perhaps, this is the correct answer tonight?

  Nash and O'Neal are veteran players who have played for more than ten years. They know how to adjust their mentality. They chose to believe that this is their correct answer.

  After the start of the second quarter, the three stars of the Suns played even harder.

   O'Neal played 7 minutes in the second quarter, made 2 of 4 shots, made two free throws, scored 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks.

  Nash scored 7 points and 3 assists, and the Bully scored 5 points. The three combined to score 18 points and once again led the Suns to a score of 24-20.

   After halftime, the Suns led the Trail Blazers by 8 points 48 to 40!

  The Suns used O'Neal to squat under the basket, pinch Liu Xiu, and follow up Ray Allen's defensive strategy. They defended 3 out of 5 and let the two of them go wide.

   Liu Xiu made 2 of 4 shots, plus 4 of 4 free throws and scored 8 points. His teammates scored 12 points on 5 of 18 shots.

   They shot a lot in this quarter. Randolph, Birdman, Kwame Brown, and Liu Xiu grabbed 7 offensive rebounds in total, but only 1 offensive rebound turned into a score.

   Entering the intermission, Liu Xiu walked into the player tunnel and looked back at the big shark who was bulging his biceps excitedly...

  The second time he played against O'Neal in the playoffs, Liu Xiu understood why Steve Kerr wanted O'Neal.

  Even O'Neal at this age has a strong defensive role in the playoffs.

  The biggest problem for the Suns in the Western Conference Finals last season was the disadvantage of protecting the frame.

  But Liu Xiu still can't understand that Steve Kerr can actually do this operation of exchanging the peak Marion for the 36-year-old O'Neal.

  …

  Come back from halftime, Liu Xiu, Lou Williams, Korver, Randolph, Chris Anderson play.

   Steady and steady play is not enough, the Trail Blazers have begun to change.

Although the Suns' style of play has changed, they still continue the 8-man rotation of the D'Antoni period. This time they sent a combination of Barbosa, Raja Bell, Kirisek, Brian Skinner, and O'Neal. .

The Suns are in good health. Some players outside the 8-man main rotation only played less than 10 games in a season. The ones who played for a few minutes, the better ones only played a dozen or 20 games. The average playing time of just over 10 minutes per game every day is, to put it bluntly, almost useless.

  The third quarter started and the Suns took the lead.

   O'Neal catches the ball and turns around to push Randolph away, feints a shot to avoid Birdman's supplementary defense, gets up, and hits the basket.

  50 to 40, the Suns lead extended to 10 points!

   Switching offense and defense, Liu Xiu received the serve and advanced quickly, while paying attention to the opponent's defensive position.

  Same as the first half, mainly defending him, shrinking the basket, following Korver... After he advanced to the top arc, he immediately threw the ball to the right, and Reed caught the ball and singled Gordon Kirisek!

   During the regular season this season, Liu Xiu became one of the players with the highest ball possession rate.

  But it didn't really affect his style of play. He should give the ball, but he still chose to give it.

  Morris Cheeks dared to let him 'swipe' the data with confidence, taking this into consideration.

   Facing Kirisek's defense, Lu Wei made a breakthrough and made a two-pointer!

  The warden gave trust, and Lu Wei lived up to this trust!

  Actually, the Suns' lineup, which can defend the rim, keep up with wing shooters, and limit Liu Xiu's shots through flanking, has reached its limit.

  But helplessly, the mid-range and long-range shots from the wings in the first half were really bad. Blake, Ray Allen, and Hill tried to attack with the ball and they couldn't play well.

  Morris Cheeks experimented with a lot of lineups before finally deciding to give Reed a try.

  It worked this time!

  Reed took 6 shots in the third quarter and scored 8 points on 3 of 6 shots, breaking the embarrassment that the Trail Blazers did not have a second stable ball-holding scoring point tonight.

   Liu Xiu scored 6 points, Korver scored 4 points, Ray Allen, who played in rotation, scored 3 points, the insiders scored 4 points together, and the Trail Blazers scored 25 points in a single quarter in the third quarter!

  The Suns still did a good job in basic offense. They scored 20 points in positional battles, but they scored counterattacks in every quarter in the first half. None in this quarter!

   After three quarters, the Trail Blazers chased the score to 65 to 68, narrowing the point difference to 3 points.

  The two teams returned to the same starting line. Although the Suns still lead by 3 points, the Trail Blazers are chasing points fiercely. The one with the upper hand has become the Trail Blazers.

   In the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers took the lead, and Kwame Brown cut into the basket to catch the ball and scored two points.

   McDyess excitedly gave Kwame Brown a high-five to celebrate, and the most difficult time has passed!

   O'Neill turned around a lot slower just now!

   O'Neal, who played 9 minutes in the third quarter, reappeared in the final quarter, without the excellent defense in the previous 27 minutes of playing time.

  Nash also noticed this. Facing Liu Xiu's defense, he chose singles. He made a mid-range shot with horseback archery to stabilize the situation and did not give the Trail Blazers a chance to overtake the score by 1 goal.

   Little Overlord saw Nash playing like this and understood the opponent's thinking. Next, he and Nash started an infinite singles game!

   O'Neill reached the final quarter, except for the usual deterrence and eating cakes, it is difficult to play any role.

However, these two are really fierce. Nash made 4 of 7 shots in the last quarter, plus 3 of 3 free throws. to 11 points.

   Bully made 4 of 6 shots and 2 of 3 free throws to score 10 points.

   With teammates scoring 4 points on 2-of-7 shooting, both Fengzi and Xiaobawang scored in double figures, leading the team to score 25 points in a single quarter.

   On the other side, the Trail Blazers, who have survived O'Neal's explosive period and the cold feeling stage, exploded!

   Liu Xiu made 3 of 3 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers and scored 7 points. They were all goals in the first 4 minutes. In the next 8 minutes, he did not score 1 point, but got 4 assists in a single quarter.

Ray Allen finally made a shot at the end of the quarter. He scored 9 points on 3 of 4 three-pointers in a single quarter. Points, 3 points by Reed, 2 points by the outlaws... The Trail Blazers scored 28 points in the final quarter!

  As Nash's mid-range singles shot was slapped by the outlaw lunatic, the final whistle sounded.

  The Trail Blazers scored 28 to 25 in the final quarter, tied the Suns 93 to 93, and dragged the game into overtime!

   If there was one more counterattack in the third quarter, if there was one more singles defense against the high school student in the third quarter, if O'Neal was one year younger and came to them... Watching the technical table confirm that the game has entered overtime, Nash felt a tightness in his chest!

   Liu Xiu made 10 of 16 shots, including 2 of 4 three-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws. He scored 29 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers.

   Guarded against the warden?

Nash thinks no, they just managed to reduce the number of Liu Xiu's shots. Liu Xiu's shots are very fast and accurate. It's the playoffs. Nash can feel the progress of Liu Xiu's passing. Last season, Liu Xiu's outstanding performance Accurate head + steady pass selection, and the turnover is controlled at a good level.

   Now, Liu Xiu still chooses the ball very well, and his passing accuracy has also improved significantly compared to last season's Western Conference Finals! The error rate is thus reduced!

  (end of this chapter)