Healing Basketball

   Chapter 997 997. Triple MVP (4000 words)

   "111 to 109, huh! Awesome, Ellis, three-pointer is a lore!

  Yao Dao is really flamboyant. With 2.6 seconds left, he received the ball and turned around. The bearded man broke through for a layup and timed out... Haha, look at Duncan's expression, where is Crawford? Come to the technical offender..."

  Looking at Liu Xiu's schadenfreude, Qing'er asked, "Brother, didn't you say that you want to cut off news from the outside world to avoid being affected?"

   "Yes, what you said is correct, but watching the excitement... no, it is a major event related to the strongest competitor, I still have to pay attention!" Liu Xiu looked sincerely.

  Qing'er feels that her brother is fooling her again, but there is no evidence, her brother's eyes and expression don't seem to be lying, the scene is really good!

   "Jess, do you think the Spurs will be hacked?"

   "Yeah, brother, the Spurs won't be gone like this?"

   "It shouldn't be so miserable, right? Apart from their lack of offensive strength and their tendency to be passive during the anxious stage, they seem to have almost no shortcomings..."

   After watching the excitement, we chatted for a while, and then went back to our rooms to sleep.

  Liu Xiu and Anne Hathaway's interest was ruined, but there were other things to do, Liu Xiu's favorite little interaction—letting Anne Hathaway scratch his back.

   While scratching, chat about children.

   Liu Xiu expressed concern for his son's future.

  Anne Hathaway asked in surprise: "Isn't Jaylen very talented? His football coach spoke highly of him, saying that he is a rare super genius."

   "Of course, he is my son, but his dream is a bit too great... But the American football coach, how many geniuses has he seen?"

"He should be capable. He used to work for the Los Angeles Galaxy and was Beckham's trainer. Because of the financial crisis, the Galaxy loaned Beckham to Milan and fired many support staff. Your boss In the process of preparing to form a football team called the Portland Timbers, they took the opportunity to sign a lot of talented people with low salaries.

I heard that Portland was going to build a new Major League Soccer team and went to find out. Allen learned that Jaylen likes to play football and sent the best trainer in his team to Jaylen. Coach, the football team will only officially operate next year, so there will be no delay. "

   "Wow! The big dog is really rich!"

   "..."

  …

   After a day of preparations, the game day for the second game of the series between the Trail Blazers and the Suns arrived.

   In the morning, the league announced the best coach award.

   Warriors head coach Don Nelson beat Popovich, Carlisle, Phil Jackson and others to win the award.

   This is the 4th time in his coaching career that he won the best coach award.

  Before taking a nap in the afternoon, Liu Xiu heard about this from an outlaw lunatic, and felt that the mad scientist is really awesome!

  He remembers that Mad Scientist has been coaching for 30 years. The probability of making the playoffs is actually not high among famous coaches. The coaching record in the playoffs is also average, with a winning rate of less than 50%.

   But this guy has the ability to conquer the judges in every era and every stage of the NBA.

   In a few years, the mad scientist's coaching career evaluation will increase. He has created a template for the future small ball era.

This is the current Warriors team. They don't have the inside strength of Little Overlord, and they don't have super organizational offensive masters like Nash who can support the running and bombing system by themselves, but the Warriors can still play the strongest firepower in the league, which proves that A top organizational point guard is not a necessary condition for running and bombing, but tactics are.

   At 8 o'clock in the evening, the second game of the series between the Trail Blazers and the Suns started.

In the first quarter, Bully had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Nash had 4 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, O'Neal had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block, and led other teammates to score 10 points. The Suns scored 25 points in the first quarter, continuing the previous game Excellent offensive and defensive performance in positional warfare.

  The opponent had Shaquille O'Neal press the tempo, and the Trail Blazers had no good way to increase the tempo. After discussing with the coaching staff and the players, they decided not to rely on the transition of offense and defense, but to increase the tempo in the positional battle.

  With the experience of the previous game, the Blazers adapted well on the offensive end tonight. Liu Xiu scored 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in the first quarter, and his teammates scored 18 points.

  26 to 25, the Trail Blazers led the Suns by 1 point in the first quarter!

In the second quarter, the situation was almost the same. The two teams played back and forth, and it was difficult to distinguish between top and bottom. The bully had 11 points and 4 assists, Nash had 6 points and 4 assists, O'Neal had 4 points and 4 rebounds, and Raja Bell scored a three-pointer. , Diaw made a tip-up, and the Suns scored 26 points in a single quarter.

   For the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu made 4 of 8 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers and scored 9 points. His teammates scored 19 points.

   After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Suns by 3 points 54 to 51!

Unlike the previous halftime shooting rate of less than 40%, the Trail Blazers shot 48.9% in the first half tonight. The defense was not considered to be defensive. There were not many rounds, and the Suns scored 51 points. But the offense has found the feeling of the league's top five offensive teams in the regular season!

  With a 3-point lead, it can only be said that they played on par, and the Trail Blazers' advantage is not obvious.

   Now we are carrying it and see which side's offensive efficiency will come down first.

   In the third quarter, the Suns attacked Liu Xiu and Randolph frantically!

Liu Xiu made 0 of 3 shots in a single quarter, only relied on 1 technical foul free throw to score 1 point, plus 3 rebounds and 1 assist, the ball holding was reduced, and if he was attracted to a pinch, he would first give the ball to the most stable point of contact, trust his teammates , The 3 shots were all catch shots.

   Randolph grabbed 4 offensive rebounds in a single quarter. Although he only scored 2 points, he got 3 assists, 2 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter.

All the scorers in this quarter were wing pitchers, Ray Allen 8 points, Reed 4 points, Korver 4 points, outlaws 6 points, Blake 2 points and 3 assists... The Trail Blazers scored 28 points in the third quarter. point!

   On the other side, the Suns failed to hold out in this quarter, and the offense collapsed!

   6 of 18 shots, including 2 of 8 three-pointers, plus 7 of 11 free throws, scored 21 points in a single quarter.

  82 to 72, the Trail Blazers widened the point difference to 10 points!

In fact, the Trail Blazers actually still had the opportunity to completely open the score. They seized the opportunity and carried out 4 shark-slashing tactics after the official timeout, but O'Neal made 8 free throws and made 6 of 6 free throws in a single quarter... Liu Xiu was puzzled. Shark tactic didn't work for Shark when it came to Beast, and it really didn't work for Mad Scientist in the playoffs.

   As for the use of the shark-slashing tactic in Beasts... In Liu Xiu’s view, the Pistons are not afraid of Howard whether they use the shark-slashing tactic or not.

   Just used the shark-cutting tactic, which can make Yao Ming play more easily. Their head coach Philip Saunders, who seems not to be messed with, decisively chose to protect Yao Ming.

   But it doesn’t matter that the shark-killing tactic is useless, it’s just a try. The teammates performed well in catching and shooting this time, establishing a clear lead!

  At the end of the quarter, the fiery feeling of the teammates cooled down. They only scored 4 goals in 11 shots and scored 11 points. The performance was quite poor.

Liu Xiu stood up and made 4 of 7 shots, including 0 of 1 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter, leading the team to 21 points in a single quarter, which was within the acceptable range !

  The Suns made a rush in the final quarter, but failed to make it up. Although they scored 24 points in a single quarter and beat the Trail Blazers by 3 points in a single quarter, they failed to make a comeback.

   Liu Xiu scored 28 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Randolph had 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and Ray Allen had 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

  The three joined hands to lead the team and defeated the Suns 102-96 with a big score of 2-0!

   Nash made 10 of 15 shots, scored 23 points, 1 rebound and 10 assists, the bully had 33 points and 7 rebounds, O'Neal had 19 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks... The three stars performed very well, but they were just a little bit worse.

  …

   On the afternoon of the second day of G2, the Trail Blazers came to Phoenix.

   Two days of rest time, based on their experience in the previous two games, they made targeted preparations for the current offensive and defensive strategies of the Suns.

   At 8:30 p.m. on the 27th, the third game of the series between the Trail Blazers and the Suns kicked off at the American West Arena.

  In addition to making targeted preparations based on the Suns' style of play in the first two games, the Trail Blazers also made two preparations.

  But although Terry Porter has a good coaching ability, he has no flexibility. The style of play has not changed much from the previous two games, and there are only some detailed adjustments based on the actual situation of the first two games.

  From this point of view, even Liu Xiu feels that the third player in the history of their team does not have the resilience that a head coach should have.

  After the game started, the Trail Blazers quickly beat the Suns.

   Liu Xiu scored 13 points and 6 assists in the first quarter, Randolph scored 6 points, Ray Allen scored 7 points, Kwame Brown scored 2 points, and the outlaw lunatic who came off the bench scored 5 points... 33 points in a single quarter!

   And relying on an excellent flanking strategy, the Suns only scored 19 points in the first quarter!

  G1 of the Suns exposed the problem of too many passes and easy mistakes in slow-paced positional warfare. Although the Suns are team basketball, they play the ball quickly and shoot quickly.

   The 8-man rotation of the Suns goes without saying. Nash's pass is either a pass that directly guides the shot, or after the pass is passed, and then the ball is transferred, there will be a direct shot.

   Playing positional warfare is not the case. It requires more passes, even some meaningless passes. This is not what the Suns are good at.

  But after G1, the Trail Blazers mainly adjusted their offense, and the defense has not had time.

  With two days of preparation time this time, the Trail Blazers are ready for everything.

  The Suns made 4 pass errors in the first quarter tonight!

  However, the three stars of the Suns are really capable. Terry Porter did not have the guts to abandon O'Neal, but he knows how to play positional warfare-if the team can't play well, they will dig out stars!

  With stars in hand, if you encounter problems, find them to solve!

   In the second quarter, the twin towers showed their power, and the bully and the big shark led the team to a 28 tie with the Trail Blazers!

  In the third quarter, the Suns scored 27 to 24, but even so, the point difference was still as high as 11 points.

The Trail Blazers did not give the Suns any chance to chase points in the final quarter. Liu Xiu made 5 of 9 shots in the final quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointers and 2 of 3 free throws. He scored 13 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 block, leading the team to a single Get 30 points in the first quarter!

  The offense of the Suns could not be completely suppressed. In the final quarter, Nash scored 6 points and 3 assists, and the Bully scored 8 points, but they only guaranteed the basic offense. The two scored 14 points, the others scored 11 points, and 25 points in a single quarter.

Liu Xiu made 15 of 26 shots, including 4 of 7 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 41 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. He led the Trail Blazers to a 115-99 victory over the Suns. 3 to 0 lead!

The Son of the Wind with 21 points and 12 assists, the bully with 28 points and 6 rebounds, the big shark with 19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. The three of them watched the performance of the opposing players. Except for Liu Xiu, the three of them were confident. Any one of the three will perform better than the rest of the Trail Blazers.

Randolph 13 points and 10 rebounds, Outlaws 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks, Kwame Brown 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, Ray Allen 17 points, Reed 10 points, Blake 6 Points and 3 assists... Except for Liu Xiu, the Trail Blazers did not perform as well as the three stars of the Suns.

   But apart from the three of them, their team didn't have any other outstanding performances tonight.

   Know that they have been called the team with the best offense in recent years, but this time...

  …

   Leading 3 to 0, the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers didn't care, and called the players up at 10 o'clock the next morning for an hour-long meeting, repeatedly emphasizing the adjustments to be made next.

According to what Liu Xiu said, Huo Tu mentioned that "you can rest for a few days if you beat your opponent tomorrow" every once in a while. At first, he thought it was bad to say this, but seeing the irritability of the early morning meeting after hearing this, the team members Feeling much less, he chose to say it a few times.

  Although most of the coaches of the team were former professional players and can understand the players in many things, Liu Xiu can still feel that they are different from the players after sitting in the coaching position for a long time.

   For example, I like to shout slogans and say some scene words.

   But at this time, they need more practical benefits-rest time.

   It's better to say it directly, he has long understood that his teammates are not a group of people with high IQ, and if they don't say that they really only complain about being tired in private.

  At the end of the team meeting, we discussed the tactical adjustments for tomorrow's game. There was no team training in the afternoon and the players were allowed to rest.

   Nothing happened overnight, on the 29th, the fourth match day of the first round of the Trail Blazers arrived.

  Liu Xiu was a little absent-minded in preparing for the battle this morning. After the preparation training, she didn't continue to practice, but went to the chess and card room to play small marbles.

  Morris Cheeks guessed that this might happen, and this morning he only arranged basic tactical running training.

  G3’s tactical adjustments were very successful, and there is no better adjustment now. They are the winners, and the current ‘disadvantage’ is to deal with the opponent’s more active adjustments.

   But every team wants to be such a 'disadvantaged' side.

  At noon, the Trail Blazers players gathered in the visiting team lounge, and the boss and coaching staff also came.

  As the first round progresses, the regular season individual awards will be voted one after another. The day before yesterday was the regular season MVP vote, and the awards will be announced at noon today.

  Stern thanked the sky, thanked the ground, and thanked the sun for shining on the earth... After that, he read the name of the MVP winner, and all the members of the Trail Blazers had a carnival!

  Randolph and the extrajudicial lunatic rushed out of the waiting room excitedly and came to the chess and card room, wanting to tell the Rose Bay reporter the good news.

  However, the warden had already heard the carnival of his teammates. When the two came to the door of the chess and card room, they heard the warden singing "Gasbyle" at the top of their voices and dancing with McKuel...

  Other teammates also followed the two to the door. The old teammates were okay, and they saw it occasionally before.

   But the new teammate...

No! This is not our warden!

   Isn't our warden the legendary Portland singer?

  (end of this chapter)