Healing Basketball

  Chapter 1001 1001. Legion of bad boys!

   "Jess, why are you biting the bait again? There must be something wrong with your bait!"

   "If you change your bait, you can't catch it even more, no, it's the problem with your rod..."

   "What kind of broken rod are you? It's so heavy, and it's custom-made? What's its use other than looking good... It must be your position."

   "How is it possible! Why do you get fish to bite the bait casually!"

  On a sunny afternoon, Liu Xiu was fishing with Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu from Europe, Anthony, Nash, Nowitzki and others at the fishing ground near Liu Xiu’s home.

   The Warriors had no acquaintances, only enemies; the Spurs did have acquaintances, but Liu Xiu felt that Duncan would not come, so he invited the stars of the other three eliminated teams in the West.

   Today is Nash's irritable day.

   Watching Nash toss for a long time, and finally made himself half dead with anger, Anthony gloated.

  In the summer of 2005, in Los Angeles, Anthony went fishing with Liu Xiu for the first time, and his situation was similar to that of Nash.

  At that time, he also felt that Liu Xiu was lucky, and that Liu Xiu was cheating, but changing the bait, rod, and position... was useless, and he was so angry that he died.

   But later on, as his fishing skills got better and better, he realized that Liu Xiu's fishing seemed casual, but he was professional!

  Last summer, he took a professional fisherman to go fishing with him. The professional fisherman said that Liu Xiu's fishing skills are at the professional level, and he was lucky.

   Now that Nash has the same reaction, Anthony is in a better mood.

   The Trail Blazers playoffs have been over for several days.

  They were eliminated in the second round, but not many media criticized them.

   There are some fans and professionals who have been displeased with them for a long time and have turned on the mocking mode, but they can't bring the heat, just a small group of people's self-satisfied mode.

  ren has just won three consecutive championships, and this season has come to the weakest time, and it is normal to lose.

  Liu Xiu also completed a small achievement.

  In the series with the Lakers, he averaged 44.5 points per game and broke into the top ten scoring averages in the playoff series.

   The one who was squeezed out of the top ten was Jordan in the first round of the 88-89 season.

  That year’s playoffs were recognized as Jordan’s dominance in the playoffs. He played 5 games against the Cavaliers in the first round, and narrowly defeated the Cavaliers 101-100 in the tiebreaker to advance to the second round.

  Jordan averaged 39.8 points in 5 games, which can be called a god.

  Currently, the scoring leaderboard of the playoff series ranks first in the Western Conference finals of the 64-65 season, and the logo man averages 46.3 points per game.

  The second and third are Jordan, averaging 45.2 points per game and 45 points per game.

   Liu Xiu averaged 44.5 points per game and ranked fourth.

  The fifth and sixth are Jordan again, averaging 43.7 points per game and 43 points per game.

   Seventh is Knicks star Bernard King, averaging 42.6 points per game.

  The eighth is still Jordan, averaging 41 points per game.

  Ninth Barry, averaging 40.8 points per game.

   Tenth Elgin Baylor, averaging 40.6 points per game.

  Jordan averaged 39.8 points per game and fell to the eleventh place. It is worth mentioning that the twelfth place was won by Liu Xiu in the first round of this year's playoffs against the Suns, averaging 39.5 points per game.

   Liu Xiu lost in the playoffs for the second time. After the loss, he had negative emotions and emotions...but he was still depressed for several days afterwards.

  During the period of depression, Liu Xiu did not participate in the team's post-season fan appreciation activities. He stayed at home every day painting and fishing, and finally recovered.

   Afterwards, he went to learn about the situation of other teams in this year's playoffs. He mainly focused on Yao Ming's side, and he was stunned!

  The Pistons played against the trend in the regular season this year, slamming defense. At a time when the teams in the West relied on offense to take off, and even the Spurs had countless fans, the Pistons were ridiculed by the crowd.

   Carter and the Pistons have yet to agree on a contract extension. Cousins ​​seem to be the same. No one will be surprised if the Pistons fall apart next summer.

  Combined with the salary level of the Pistons, the free market cannot offer big contracts, and there is no place to spend the money; the draft picks have been overdrawn for many years, and the overdrawn league has changed the rules, limiting the number of tradable first rounds...

   No one is optimistic about the performance of the Pistons in the playoffs this season.

  Even Liu Xiu regretted Yao Ming's Pistons career.

   But in the playoffs, Howard easily crushed the Magic in the first round. Howard was averaged only 15.2 points per game, mainly eating cakes, and his shooting percentage was only 48.4%.

  But Yao Mingke Howard, also failed to attract people's attention at the time.

  The second round is amazing...

  The Pistons' defensive style of play has been very strong in the regular season. Its defensive efficiency ranks first in the league and it is the only team in the league with an average conceded score of less than 90 points per game.

In the second round of the playoffs, in the first game, the Pistons relied on Yao Ming's 29 points and 10 rebounds, Billups' 13 points and 7 assists, Carter's 17 points and 5 assists, and Ben Wallace's 7 points, 10 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks. The Bulls won G1 96-85.

   Except for Pierce who scored 30 points and performed well, the rest of the Bulls did not perform well offensively. Garnett had 13 points and 18 rebounds, and Hinrich had 10 points and 6 assists... The defense couldn't handle Yao Ming's hard work at the basket.

In G2, the Pistons played even better than G1. Carter scored 23 points and 4 assists, Yao Ming had 18 points and 6 rebounds, Billups had 19 points and 8 assists, Prince had 14 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks. RAS 4 points and 14 rebounds...

  Bulls Pierce 19 points, Garnett 15 points, Hinrich 11 points, Okur 14 points...

  99 to 84, the Pistons won two games in a row!

In G3, everyone thought that the Bulls would run wild when they were in such a dangerous situation. Indeed, the Bulls broke out in defense. The two teams tied at 83 in regular time, but Billups made 5 of 7 shots in overtime 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, he beat the Bulls 14 to 9 alone, and beat the Bulls in overtime by himself.

  Billups' strongest traits are revealed—the more he fights, the braver he is!

  He is used to the opponent's defense and knows how to play.

   In G4, the Bulls beat the Pistons 85-64.

   But in G5, the Bulls lost to the Pistons 78 to 84 and were eliminated in the second round.

  In 5 games, Yao Ming performed steadily, averaging 21.4 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.2 blocks per game.

  Ben Wallace played like a fish in water under a purely defensive system, averaging 34 minutes per game, scoring 6 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.6 blocks.

   Carter is the mainstay, averaging 18.4 points per game.

   Billups drove low and went high, he was the best performer in G3 and G5...

  After watching the game report and expert analysis of the Pistons-Bulls series, Liu Xiu finally understood why the Pistons chose to 'go against the trend'.

   This incident proves that in the current era when outside shooting ability is not enough, defense is still king in the playoffs!

   Against the Bulls, it's not a good offense to play, but to play defense... the first-round Cavaliers have proven that this is a good way to deal with the Bulls.

  The Pistons are better defensively than the Cavaliers. On the offensive end, Yao Ming and Billups are stable and the other is more courageous as they fight.

  The Pistons are 'going against the tide' and heading for the playoffs!

  Philip Sanders should be thinking about how to deal with the Bulls after losing to the Bulls last year. The goal at the beginning of this year is to snipe the Bulls!

  …

   The other two teams that advanced to the conference finals were the Jazz and the Pacers.

   The Pacers defeated the Raptors 4-2. The Raptors played very softly. Milicic's big man was very tough at the basket, but from Bosh to Calderon, they were all soft.

   Felton has a tough style of play, but his strength is not enough. He has reached his peak after entering the NBA, but the upper limit is only so high, and he is at the level of an ordinary starter.

  The first 4 games of the two teams were tied 2-2, but in the two tough battles of Tianwangshan and Match Point, the Raptors lost 92-103 and 84-96.

  The Jazz played against the Warriors, 4-1 with ease.

  Paul averaged 25.6 points and 9.4 assists per game, shooting 55.8% from the field and 49% from the three-point range. The Warriors hit the street.

  During the second round, the league announced three best lineups.

   All-Rookie Team.

   One round: Jeff Green, Durant, Yi Jianlian, Horford, Scola.

  Second Team: Landry, Noah, Thaddeus Young, Brewer, Wilson Chandler.

  Liu Xiu saw this lineup, and felt that there was nothing wrong with the "great year in the frontcourt" mentioned in the draft, except that there is currently no guard.

   Best Defensive Team:

   One round: Paul, Kobe, Artest, Garnett, Duncan.

  Second Team: Liu Xiu, Billups, Prince, Howard, Milicic.

   Best team:

   One round: Liu Xiu, Kobe, James, Duncan, Milicic.

  Second team: Paul, Nash, Artest, Garnett, Yao Ming.

   Three Teams: Deron, Ray Allen, Anthony, Stoudemire, Howard.

This year's best lineup is full of slots. Anthony has won more than 50 games in only three games. Garnett and Artest have not made a round. Iverson's offensive efficiency has reached a new high. , but not without arrays...

Neither Billups nor Ginobili was selected to the best team, so Ray Allen was framed and grilled... But the votes of the three are actually not much different, and Paul in the second team is only 10 points less than Kobe, if If Paul gets 1 more first vote, he can be selected together with Kobe, so that one of Billups and Ginobili can enter the best team...

  When it came to the division finals, the strength gap in the Western Conference Finals was more obvious.

  The defensive system of the Kobic Jazz, Deronc Paul, and Sloan all have the heart to kneel when they see the one-sided game.

   Kobe Bryant averaged 34 points per game on 53% shooting, and Deron averaged 22.4 points and 10.8 assists per game.

  G1 score: 114 to 106; G2 score 111 to 98; G3 score 101 to 110; G4 score 125 to 104; G5 score 131 to 92.

  4 to 1, the Lakers gentleman swept and defeated the Jazz and advanced to the finals first.

  …

   After fishing, Liu Xiu brought her friends back home. A friend came from afar. Qing Er and Liu Xiu’s uncle cooked together and cooked a large table of dishes, including Chinese and Western food, as well as American-style Chinese food.

  The richness flattered Anthony and others.

  After dinner, Anne-Hathaway and Qing Er prepared melon seeds, drink, beer and eight-treasure porridge...Leaving a few old men to watch the match between the Pistons and the Pacers at Tianwangshan together.

  Little Jay can be regarded as a "big man". Although he doesn't want to be in the basketball industry, he still likes watching basketball because he thinks his father is so strong that he doesn't even want to try to see if he can surpass him.

  Compared to the one-sided Western Conference Finals, the Eastern Conference Finals were extremely fierce.

  The five generals of the Pistons: Billups, Carter, Prince, Ben Wallace, Yao Ming, with the deepening of the playoffs, gradually have a sense of sight without dead ends.

The five starters of the Pacers: Marquis Daniels, Deshaun Stevenson, Artest, Rasheed Wallace, Jermaine O'Neal, in the playoffs against fierce, also Very tough.

  On the bench, both sides are also full of talents. On the Pacers side, Carlisle has cultivated some high-quality substitutes himself, and the introduction of DeShawn Stevenson has been evaluated as making up for the last shortcoming of the starting lineup on the defensive end.

  The Pistons have been a big contract-spender in the past few summers.

  In the first 4 games, Yao Ming averaged 22 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.5 blocks per game; Artest averaged 22.8 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2.8 steals per game.

   Carter averaged 19.8 points per game, and Jermaine O'Neal averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game.

   Billups averaged 16 points and 5 assists per game, Tianzun averaged 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.8 blocks per game...

Tonight's Tianwangshan battle was very exciting. In the end, Yao Ming scored 29 points on 11 of 17 shots, Carter scored 23 points, Prince 18 points, Billups 16 points and 13 assists... defeated the team with 26 points and 5 rebounds Artest, Jermaine O'Neal with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Tianzun with 18 points and 4 assists...

  96 to 92, the Pistons won the battle of Tianwangshan and got the match point!

Another day later, the Pistons returned to the Palace of Auburn Hills and faced the Pacers in Game 6 at home. With Billups' 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Yao Ming's 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Carter's 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists , Ben Wallace 7 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks, the Pistons beat the Pacers 89-81.

  4 to 2, the Pistons and the Lakers meet in the finals!

  …

   After Liu Xiu was out, he said "Beat-LA" to Yao Ming, which was already popular at the time. At that time, the Pistons had upset the Bulls 4-1.

  But it wasn’t long after the Warriors’ black eight, and everyone was not sure whether the Pistons were as “lucky” as the Warriors.

  Because the Warriors were completely uncompetitive in the second round, they were overthrown by Paul with one hand.

  But after the Eastern Conference finals, the doubts disappeared, and 'Beat-LA' sounded loud again!

   Correspondingly, Liu Xiu is even less popular among basketball fans in Los Angeles and the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.

   Two days later, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the 2007-2008 season finals kicked off.

  The Lakers are undoubtedly the team with the strongest offensive firepower in this year's playoffs. None of the Warriors, Trail Blazers, Jazz, or Spurs can soar.

   The Pistons are also without a doubt the strongest defensive team in the playoffs this year.

   Not surprisingly, the pace of the game was pulled down by the Pistons.

  But the Lakers are so strong offensively that even if the Pistons can hold down the rhythm, they cannot suppress the Lakers. No matter how difficult it is to score, the Lakers can still score.

  G1 The Lakers defeated the Pistons 95 to 82 and defended their first home court.

   But in G2, the Pistons relied on Yao Ming's advantage in the interior to beat the Lakers 94-88 away, tying the score 1-1!

  At the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pistons first defeated the Lakers 100-86 in G3, but the Lakers regained the home court advantage in G4, narrowly beating the Pistons 93-87, tying the score 2-2.

   After two days of rest, the two teams started the battle of Tianwangshan at the Staples Center.

  Philip Sanders chose to smash Yao Ming tonight.

Yao Ming did not let him down. Facing the inside group composed of Wang Zhizhi, David West, Frye, Joe Smith, Odom and others, he made 14 of 24 shots and 9 of 9 free throws. Points, breaking his single-game scoring record in the playoffs!

   Although Kobe Bryant scored 20 points, Deron scored 21 points, David - West scored 22 points, but the rest of the Lakers added up to only 17 points.

   Led by Yao Ming, who scored 37 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks, the Pistons beat the Lakers 96-80 in an away game, 3-2!

  …

  On June 16, Liu Xiu's family came to the Palace of Auburn Hills to watch the game.

  This time, Liu Xiu's arrival, although there were also boos, but more Pistons fans chose to cheer for him.

  According to the warden's auspicious words, they want Beat-LA!

  No unexpected situation occurred. Prince's single defense, Ben Wallace's mid-range and short-range assist defense, and Yao Ming's frame protection still brought huge troubles to Kobe.

  In the first 5 games, although Kobe scored a game-high average of 26.6 points per game, his shooting percentage was only 40%, which was far from the 53% shooting percentage in the Western Conference Finals.

  Although Kobe scored 30 points tonight, he took 28 shots and made 10 of 28 shots. He didn't care about his shooting percentage at all, and successfully lowered his shooting percentage in the finals to below 40%.

  Yao Ming had an explosive performance tonight. He made all 12 shots and made 7 of 7 free throws. He scored 31 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in a single game.

  Add Billups' 18 points and 5 assists, Carter's 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Ben Wallace's 4 points and 12 rebounds, Amir Johnson's 14 points and 8 rebounds...

  98 to 88, the Pistons beat the Lakers by 10 points, and beat the Lakers 4 to 2!

  …

  After the final whistle sounded, Liu Xiu's father stood on the sidelines and clapped his hands frantically, clapping and applauding.

  Yao Ming ran over to give Liu Xiu's father a high-five.

   Liu Xiu resentfully said to her father, "Why weren't you so excited when I won the championship?"

   Liu Xiu's father didn't want to talk to him after hearing this.

  His father would never admit to showing off after returning to China, he was short of writing 'I am Liu Xiu's father' directly on his face.

  But Liu Xiu also applauded Yao Ming's performance.

  Originally, Yao Ming and Billups performed similarly. Yao Ming averaged 18+9+2+2 per game, and Billups averaged 18+4+7+2 per game.

  But in the last two games, Billups still averaged about 18 points and 5 assists per game.

  Yao Ming scored 37 points and 31 points, averaging 23.3 points per game and 10.5 rebounds per game.

   This made Liu Xiu look forward to it.

  Yao Ming is also very nervous now.

  After the game, the celebration time ended, and David Stern and Bill Russell followed the hostesses to the court.

  The Pistons players stood up, and the five starters stood at the front together.

   After David Stern said some words of thanks, he began to announce the awards, and first awarded the championship trophy.

   It was the first time for Liu Xiu to watch another team win the cup live, and he clenched his fists unconsciously.

   Immediately following the final individual awards of the season...

David Stern opened the envelope and looked at the words on it. His expression was complicated for a moment, but he adjusted it immediately, and said passionately: "Ladies and gentlemen, the 2007-2008 season finals are the most valuable Players are...fucking!"

  (end of this chapter)