Healing Basketball

  Chapter 1074 Chapter 1074. Hang and beat the Thunder Five!

   On the 12th, the Trail Blazers came to Denver, and played back-to-back home and away games alternately with the Nuggets.

   The Trail Blazers lost the first two games against the Nuggets, and the score was still 104 to 111.

  George Karl's track and field style of play can be rushed, and it is indeed very powerful in the regular season.

  The Nuggets continued to blast tonight, rushing very hard.

  But tonight the Blazers' firepower is even stronger!

In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led 34 to 31 by 3 points, and in the second quarter they won 3 points 32 to 26, extending the lead to 9 points. Returned the Nuggets 26 to 21.

  Anthony scored 30 points, Blake had 14 points and 7 assists, JR-Smith had 22 points and 7 assists, Nene had 21 points, and 4 Nuggets scored in double figures.

Liu Xiu scored 29 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, Ray Allen 24 points, Hill 12 points, Kwame Brown 8 points, Gasol Jr. career-high 24 points plus 7 rebounds 3 assists, France Outlaws 14 points…

  115 to 106, the Trail Blazers beat the Nuggets by 9 points!

  Liu Xiu rushed inside tonight and got 10 offensive rebounds, which completely robbed the Nuggets.

  17 rebounds in a single game is also Liu Xiu's single-game rebound high in recent years.

Gasol seized this opportunity. Because of Liu Xiu's rush, the Nuggets put Nene in an area that could block Liu Xiu from rushing to the board. Gasol Jr. chose to press inside and create a dislocation when facing Anthony or Martin. He made 7 of 10 shots in the high and high shots!

  Anthony is depressed. He won the first two matches. He is looking forward to sweeping the **** one, but he has no chance...

After playing back to back, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland for a night of rest. On the 14th, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Kings at home, 108 to 101. The Trail Blazers won calmly. Liu Xiu scored 29 points and Ray- Allen scored 24 points. It seems that the point difference is very small, but the Trail Blazers have been leading by 10 points after the first quarter. desire.

On the 16th, the Trail Blazers came to Sacramento to challenge the Kings away and won another game 110-94. Liu Xiu made 18 of 30 shots, including 4 of 7 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 46 points 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

   On the 17th, the Trail Blazers came to Oakland, another city in California, to challenge the Golden State Warriors back to back.

  Jennings + Ellis, this pair of guns is much more fierce than the Kings. After the first three quarters, they lead the Trail Blazers by 14 points 84 to 70.

  But in the final quarter, the Blazers fought back with a crazy single quarter of 40 to 21!

  Relying on Liu Xiu's 24 points in a single quarter, the Trail Blazers reversed the Warriors 110-105 and won 7 consecutive victories!

Liu Xiu scored 41 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Back-to-back 40+ times, the number of 40+ times in a single game this season has reached 18 times, and the number of 40+ times in a single game in his career has reached 120 times, which is far behind Kobe's 124 times. Shrunk down to 4 times!

After the All-Star Weekend and entering the second half of the season, the teammates’ condition picked up, and there was a period of time for the coaching staff to think about tactical matters and for the players to think about how to play. Very good, the offensive and defensive balance has been done even better.

  Liu Xiu's personal scoring has also declined during this period. Before this back-to-back, he only scored more than 35 points 3 times in 14 games, and only 1 time 40+ in a single game.

   Even with this back-to-back 40+, his scoring average has dropped by nearly 1 point compared to before the All-Star Weekend, and he is currently averaging 33.6 points per game.

  However, his lead is still there. After the All-Star Weekend, Kobe and James completely lost the motivation to chase the scoring champion, and their scoring averages are declining.

Durant's ability is not enough, averaging 31 points per game is already at the limit, he wants to fight, and expects Liu Xiu's scoring average to decline, but in March, he can't keep it up He averaged 31 points per game, tried his best, but his scoring average was still slowly declining.

  So, although Liu Xiu's scoring average is declining, his scoring crown is more stable than it was before the All-Star Weekend.

   Back-to-back away games, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland for two days of rest. On March 20, the Raptors challenged at home.

   Liu Xiu scored 22 points, Ray Allen 20 points, Bibby 21 points, and the three guards of the Trail Blazers scored 20 points!

   At the last moment, relying on Ray Allen's key three-pointer, the Trail Blazers extended their lead to 6 points with 11 seconds left.

  The Raptors made a mistake!

When the Trail Blazers led by 3 points and 30 seconds left in the clock, the Raptors chose to defend Liu Xiu. After Liu Xiu used the pick-and-roll to defend against Hill's cut, Marion ran up to block Liu Xiu and gave Hill's help. Ray Allen blocked the chase, caught the ball and turned to shoot a three-pointer.

  105 to 99, the Trail Blazers beat the Raptors again, completing the sweep of the regular season!

   But more importantly, the Trail Blazers beat the Magic and became the fourth team to win 50 games this season. The current record is 50 wins and 19 losses, and they just hit a wave of 8 consecutive victories!

  Looking at the end of March, the first 10 games after the All-Star Weekend only got 6 wins and 4 losses, which is not very exciting.

   Not only the Trail Blazers, the Lakers, Cavaliers, and Spurs, the three first-tier teams, all had their winning percentages decline after the All-Star Weekend.

  The Cavaliers have played so far, and their record has come to 52 wins and 17 losses.

  The Lakers also only had 53 wins and 17 losses.

  The Spurs are the most stable one, and they have also declined, but they are much better than these two teams. They are currently 55 wins and 15 losses, and they are the first to get 55 wins.

  The records of the strong teams began to increase, which is the trend of the impact stage in March this year.

  People's views on this year's March-very intense, very compact, a season where the strengths of the major teams are very close.

   The Nuggets can drop to eighth in the West, but they have the ability to overwhelm the No. 1 Spurs in the West in one game.

  The competition is fierce, and many games are very interesting.

  The strong teams are getting better and better offensively, but the defense still has the shadow of the iron-blooded era.

   It can be said that this is the season in which the major teams have done the best combination of offense and defense in these years... But!

   No team has played a dominant role, which makes the fans feel bad.

  Yes, the fans say that they like to watch intense games, like to watch strong matchups, like games with suspense, like the ups and downs of the process... The fans are not lying, they really like this.

   But they prefer to have a super strong team that crushes all opponents in such a game atmosphere!

  As March deepened, there has been no dominant team, and fans can only accept the reality with regret.

  But I didn't expect that the Trail Blazers suddenly had a winning streak!

   This winning streak has come to 8 games. Judging from the current record, the Blazers have rushed to the first echelon!

   This is unbelievable in the eyes of the fans! Once again became the focus of the fans at this stage.

   Some media even advocated that the Trail Blazers may directly win the regular season championship with a wave of victories...

On March 23, the Trail Blazers ushered in a game against the Wizards at home, 113 to 98. With Liu Xiu's 28 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, the Trail Blazers easily won the victory and won 9 consecutive games. win!

   This victory allowed the Trail Blazers to further attract the attention of all basketball fans.

   On the 25th, the Trail Blazers played against the Suns at the American West Arena in Phoenix. This game was broadcast on multiple TV stations.

  After a fierce battle, the Trail Blazers failed to hit 10 consecutive victories and lost to the Suns 107 to 113.

Little Overlord had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Nash had 12 points and 15 assists, Sister Shen-You got 16 points, Rudy Fernandez got 17 points, Lopez Jr. 12 points, Dudley 10 points, Frye 11 points... Seven Suns scored in double figures!

  Liu Xiu 33 points, Ray Allen 22 points, Kwame Brown 16 points, outlaw lunatics 18 points... The Blazers' four major scorers have performed very well, but they still failed to win 10 consecutive victories.

   The Trail Blazers' winning streak failed to continue, and many fans regretted it, including some of their black fans.

   As the saying goes, black to deep natural powder...

  But it is also good to have the Trail Blazers give a wave of stimulation at this time, to excite the fans who are a little tired of the overly intense situation.

On the 27th, the Trail Blazers returned home and narrowly beat the Mavericks 91 to 89. This was a fierce and compact defensive battle. Did not enter, the Trail Blazers defended the victory and also stabilized the record of the 'first echelon' strong team.

   After 72 games, the Trail Blazers have a record of 52 wins and 20 losses!

After a two-day break, the Blazers first came to Oklahoma City on the 30th for a 113-101 victory over the Thunder, and then came to New Orleans on the 31st to narrowly beat the Hornets 112-108 to improve their record to 54. 20 wins and 20 losses!

  Having hammered the schoolbag and Guigui continuously, Liu Xiu was very satisfied. Although the two were not in the same team, after hammering the schoolbag, she felt that something was wrong without hammering Guigui again.

   It will be difficult to hammer in the future. Look at Xiaopang, it is difficult to fight every time.

   If it weren't for the "prison killing" that can be triggered by a small cannon, it would be very difficult to do. Now there is no advantage in the inside line.

  After another month of competition, each team has at most 10 games left in the regular season, and at least 8 games left, entering the final sprint stage.

  April 1st, a new month came. At noon when the Trail Blazers returned to Portland, Liu Xiu received a call from John Nash—the best trophy of the month is here!

  In March, their Trail Blazers played 15 games and won a two-game winning streak, a seven-game winning streak, and an ongoing three-game winning streak, with 12 wins and 3 losses!

   He averaged 28.8 points, 11.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 3.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, shooting 54% from the field, 44.1% from the three-point range, and 88% from the free throw line!

   When the fans saw Liu Xiu winning the award, they suddenly discovered that the Trail Blazers had the best record in March! This data, if it weren't for the free throws that slowed down a bit, it would have been 180 in a single month!

  Since the second half of the season, his shooting percentage has reached 49.1%, an increase of more than 1 percentage point.

In the East, the best KING classmate for 4 consecutive months did not perform well in March. In the middle of the month, he suffered a 4-game losing streak. He was defeated by the Nuggets led by Dong Ge 118 to 105, and by the Magic led by Beast. Defeated 101 to 95, defeated by the Spurs led by Stone Buddha 121 to 91, and defeated by the Mavericks led by Silver Horn King 102 to 95.

   This wave of 4-game losing streak caused the Cavaliers to only have a record of 9 wins and 7 losses in March. At present, the Cavaliers have played 73 games and their record is 54 wins and 19 losses.

   Randolph won this month's Eastern Conference player of the month, 11 wins and 5 losses, averaging 22.5 points, 14 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. The most eye-catching is his average of 5.4 offensive rebounds per game.

By this time, Randolph averaged 5.2 rebounds per game, and he was basically sure to end the season with an average of 5+ offensive rebounds per game, becoming the first single-season average of 5+ offensive rebounds since Rodman The super offensive rebounder in offensive rebounding.

  However, Randolph changed teams and won the best of the month, which makes people really understand how much the Trail Blazers have lost this season!

   Butcher went to the Eagles. At the beginning of the season, he only had the advantage of offensive rebounds, but in the middle and late stages, he became the strongest star of the Eagles.

   But without the butcher, the Trail Blazers could still get a record of 12 wins and 3 losses in March... The performance of the Warden and the three-point leader this month has been double recognized.

  Best coach of the month, East: Mike Woodson of the Eagles, West: Maurice Cheeks of the Trail Blazers.

  Most Rookie of the Month, in the West, Evans won 4 consecutive victories.

  In the East, Jerebko of the Pistons won the Rookie of the Month again, averaging 7 points and 7 rebounds per game.

  Liu Xiu reviewed the distribution of outstanding rookies in the past two years, and felt that the Eastern Conference was really disappointing!

  In recent years, so many western superstars have traveled eastward, and they have gathered many championship-level teams, but when it comes to such an important thing as the draft, the east just can't win the west!

  Freshman 2009, the best-performing rookie selected by the Eastern Conference is actually Jerebko in the second round!

   Of course, potential rookie point guards like Teague and Holiday still have a bright future, but the 2009 class is full of talented talents who can quickly exchange their talents.

However, this has a lot to do with Eastern teams spending too many draft picks to trade back Western stars. For example, the Timberwolves have four or five first-round picks in their hands. 3 different types of point guards, extravagant to the extreme!

And there are many teams in the Eastern Conference who split one draft pick into two and pick and search. For example, the Pistons that selected Jerebko in the second round, Joe Dumars would mention this second-round pick every time he was interviewed. Arrived baby...

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   Winning the best of the month for the second time this season, Liu Xiu's fighting spirit was burning. After a day's rest, on April 2, they beat the visiting Knicks 118 to 111 at home.

   McGrady scored a game-high 38 points tonight, and David Lee scored an inside-high 27 points and 11 rebounds, but they were still powerless.

   Liu Xiu scored 37 points, Ray Allen 23 points, and the two teamed up to lead the team to victory!

   McGrady and David Lee cooperated so closely to win, Liu Xiu really didn't expect it.

   But after seeing it, it is not difficult to understand.

   McGrady wants to play a personal performance, lead the team to victory, and attract stars to join.

  David Lee wants to use data and results to win a big contract for himself, whether the Knicks want to keep him or change land.

   On April 4th, the Trail Blazers came to Denver and narrowly beat the Nuggets 109 to 102. After losing two consecutive games to the Nuggets, they won two consecutive games and tied the regular season!

   On April 5th, the NBA was suspended for one day, and the NCAA basketball championship finals arrived.

  The Trail Blazers changed their flight to the evening to save time for watching the live broadcast in the afternoon.

  Although she was very disappointed last year, this year Liu Xiu brought the outlaws to Anthony's house to watch the live broadcast together.

This year's game finally did not disappoint. After a fierce battle, Duke University narrowly beat Butler University 61 to 59. On the 30th anniversary of Krzyzewski's coaching, Duke University won the fourth NCAA Basketball championship trophy!

   The one who won the MOP in the semi-finals was finally not an unknown player, but the hope of the 'white striker' - Kyle Singler.

  This white forward, currently a junior, has been the best forward in the Atlantic Division since his freshman season, the third team in the division, and the rookie team in the division. He has attracted much attention.

  But he didn't participate in the 2008 draft, and now he's a junior. The prospect of entering the lottery from his freshman year in the draft has turned into the end of the first round, which is also miserable.

   Blame Adam Morrison for blocking the way for "older, more skilled, less athletic white forwards."

   On the 6th, the Trail Blazers came to Sacramento and slaughtered the Kings 108 to 87, winning 6 consecutive victories! The record came to 57 wins and 20 losses.

On the 8th, the Trail Blazers came to Los Angeles and defeated the Clippers 103-85, improving their record to 58 wins and 20 losses. Liu Xiu scored 45 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in this game. For the 19th time this season, a single game of 40+!

  After this wave of 7 consecutive victories, the Trail Blazers tied the Lakers with a record of 58 wins and 20 losses. However, because of the relationship with the Lakers with 1 win and 2 losses, the Trail Blazers still temporarily ranked third in the West.

  However, the two teams will soon decide who is the second. On April 10, the Trail Blazers will come to the Staples Center again for the last game of 4 consecutive away games to challenge the Lakers away!

  After the game started at 8 o'clock in the evening, both teams started on defense, but they collided.

In the first quarter, the Lakers led 23 to 20 by 3 points. In the second quarter, the Blazers recovered two points 25 to 23. In the third quarter, the Blazers lost 24 to 25 by 1 point. Kobe began to feel cold, the former was 0 for 2 in a single quarter, the latter was 2 for 6, David West was even worse, 2 of 7 shots... The Lakers only scored 17 points in the final quarter!

For the Blazers, they only scored 17 points in the first 11 minutes of the last quarter, but Ray Allen hit a three-pointer unexpectedly, and Liu Xiu followed up with a steal and chased a three-pointer, playing a wave of 6-0, killing the game .

  92 to 88, the Trail Blazers narrowly beat the Lakers by 4 points, improving their record to 59 wins and 20 losses. At the same time, they gave the Lakers their 21st loss this season and surpassed the Lakers to come to second place in the West!

  The Lakers and the Spurs have been competing for the No. 1 spot in the Western Conference for a season, but at the last moment, they were actually stolen by the Trail Blazers!

  The warden who killed thousands of knives really couldn't relax his vigilance against this **** for a moment!

However, the Trail Blazers failed to secure their second position. On the 13th, after returning to Portland for two days of rest, the Trail Blazers lost 104 to 112 at home to the Mavericks. Failed to prevent defeat.

  Terry scored 16 points in the final quarter, Nowitzki scored 11 points, and Terry scored 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, which was impossible to defend!

  4 times against the Mavericks, the Trail Blazers 2 wins and 2 losses, and the same as the Lakers, it is another opponent to a tie.

   This victory allowed the Mavericks to stabilize the fifth place in the Western Conference and stabilize the Suns.

   And this defeat also brought the Trail Blazers back to third.

   On the 15th, the Trail Blazers beat the visiting Warriors 111 to 99 at home, becoming the fourth team to win 60 wins this season!

  Liu Xiu scored 55 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals tonight, winning the third 50+ in a single game this season!

   But even if he won and got 50+, he was still very depressed. He wanted to rush to the second place in the West, but the two bugs of the Mavericks made him lose his chance.

  According to the current situation, there will be no fifth team to win 60 games. The Magic, the second in the East, has lost 25 games, and the Timberwolves, the fourth in the West, have lost 27 games.

The Trail Blazers played 81 games. After beating the Warriors, they got two days off. The last game was on April 18, the last game day of the regular season, and it started at 9 o'clock in the evening. The last game of the regular season.

  The opponent is the Thunder, the 'new team' touted by the league.

  Liu Xiu is not interested in the last game anymore. He won 60 wins and locked in the top three. He is considering whether he should take a break in the final game.

  However, he did not expect that on the 16th, the Spurs lost 95 to 101 at home to the Mavericks, and the record came to 61 wins and 20 losses!

   Isn't this opportunity coming!

   The opponent of the Spurs in the last game of the regular season is the Lakers!

  …

   Liu Xiu felt that the opportunity had come, and Kobe also felt that the opportunity had come!

  The Trail Blazers and the Lakers tied 2-2. Both teams are currently 60 wins and 21 losses.

The Lakers and the Spurs are 2 wins and 1 loss, and the Lakers lead. If the Lakers beat the Spurs in the last game, it will be 3 wins and 1 loss, and the Spurs record will be 61 wins and 21 losses, which is also 61 wins and 21 losses. The losing Lakers will surpass the Spurs and rank higher!

   Even if the Trail Blazers win the last game, the Lakers may be number one in the Western Conference based on their 2 wins and 2 losses against the Trail Blazers.

   But the Spurs obviously don't want to see this happen. They played against the Trail Blazers three times in the regular season and lost all. Losing to the Lakers, they will directly fall from the first place in the West to the third place in the West!

   However, the outcome of the two teams has nothing to do with the Trail Blazers. At most, the opponents in the second round will be changed.

  The Spurs lost in the penultimate game. For the Trail Blazers, it means that the Spurs will definitely not disgust them by deliberately losing to the Lakers in the last game.

   It also means that as long as they don't lose the last game against the Thunder, they can lock in the second place in the Western Conference!

   April 18th, the last game day of the regular season arrived.

  Liu Xiu suppressed the joy in his heart and prepared patiently for the one-hour Sanda training from 1:00 to 2:00 in the afternoon. His seriousness made the Thunder Five who secretly came to watch tremble.

   Is this trying to kill them?

  The volley kick, as if the whole person is stagnant in the air, they have seen it in the top Muay Thai fighters, they have seen it when watching kangaroos fight...

  In the evening, after concentrating on warming up, Liu Xiu will ask the staff about the situation at the Staples Center at the end of a preparation.

   At 7:22 in the evening, the game between the Lakers and the Spurs was decided.

   After learning the result, Liu Xi lamented that chattering was not enough!

Parker scored 31 points, Duncan scored 22 points, Luis Scola scored 18 points, and Ginobili scored 18 points. Four of the Spurs scored in double figures and narrowly beat the Lakers 105-100. Win the regular season championship!

  The Lakers suffered their 22nd loss of the season, with a record of 60 wins and 22 losses.

   Liu Xiu wants to play against the Spurs in the second round. His style of play is more restrained against the Spurs, while the Lakers' triangle offense is relatively not so easy to play.

   Especially after the Lakers signed Brad Miller, who was bought out by the Kings, in mid-March.

  The Trail Blazers beat the Lakers 2 wins and 1 loss after the All-Star Weekend. In Liu Xiu's view, state and momentum are the key. Their two consecutive victories were really fierce, and the momentum felt like a youth army.

  The time came to 9 o'clock in the evening, and the game between the Trail Blazers and the Thunder started!

  This is the fourth time they have played against the Trail Blazers this season. The Thunder's other four young players have also lost the idea of ​​wanting to fight against the Blazers and make a name for themselves when they first saw the Trail Blazers.

   Especially seeing the wide-open eyes of the warden opposite.

  Little Rose, School Bag and others have already learned that the Trail Blazers must win this game to lock in the second place in the Western Conference, and they all want to cry.

  Why did this happen to them?

   Why should they be one of the two warring parties in the final game of the regular season this season?

   As for their excitement last September when they saw their team start and end the season against the defending champions and play the regular season finale, they said that group of people was not them...

  However, the Thunder Five thought that the warden would go crazy and that they would be miserable, but they didn't expect the warden to be so cruel tonight, and they didn't expect them to be so miserable!

   The score was 106 to 122, and the Thunder Five worked hard to make the team only lose 16 points.

   But this is because the Trail Blazers have given up on defense, creating more shooting opportunities for the warden.

  The more they chased, the more desperate they became, and the more they chased, the more they wanted to take the ball home...

  Liu Xiu played 42 minutes tonight and took 40 crazy shots! And there are 40 successful shots, 27 of 40 shots, including 8 of 14 three-pointers.

   With the goal scored, Liu Xiu scored 62 points!

   In addition, Liu Xiu also made 14 of 16 free throws...

  76 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 steals!

  Durant scored 32 points tonight, Bargnani 13 points, Rose 18 points, Ibaka 7 points, Harden 5 points...

  The warden's score alone is 1 point more than the combined total of the Thunder Five!

  The warden slapped the Thunder's five young men and led the team to the 61st victory of the season! Won the second place in the Western Conference and the second place in the league to advance to the playoffs!

  (end of this chapter)