Healing Basketball

   Chapter 48

   Offense and defense transition, Liu Xiu tried to organize the offense and directly expanded the lead to double digits in one breath.

   But unfortunately, Liu Xiu's pass was seen through by Kobe, who was starting to play **** the defensive end. Kobe flew and slapped Liu Xiu's pass away, and Payton grabbed the ball.

The Lakers didn’t fight back. They basically gave up on counterattack now. Except Kobe Bryant’s counterattack alone, they have almost no ability to counterattack for the time being. Even Fisher, who was said to be flexible like a fish back then, has gradually slowed down. .

   Payton gave the ball to Kobe after advancing the ball into the frontcourt.

   Kobe just received the ball, and most of the fans at the scene shouted "Give the ball to Malone" again.

  Malone himself didn't know he had so many fans, and he couldn't help feeling a little complacent for a while - the 2018 NBA was not for nothing.

   For a time, Malone couldn't help moving to the left elbow of the three-second zone and leaned against Randolph to ask for the ball.

   In the first game of the new season, Kobe still has to give face. Malone didn't ask for it in the last round, but this time he asked for it. Kobe chose to pass the ball.

  However, Malone just wanted the ball on impulse, and his physical strength couldn’t keep up! And he is no longer young, not the age where he can rush out like a chicken blood with excitement. After faking Randolph's shot, his shots are exhausted, and his mid-range shots are short!

  O'Neal was covered in big men rushing to no avail. Rasheed Wallace guarded the defensive rebound and passed it to Liu Xiu. Kobe rushed to make a steal and had to retreat.

   Kobe is really **** off now, he thought Malone could score one, but it didn't, he might as well come.

   There is no doubt that O'Neal is more familiar with his blacksmithing.

   If he played the iron just now, O'Neal might have grabbed the offensive rebound!

   There is Liu Xiu who is steadily advancing. Kobe hates playing against such an opponent too much.

He is neither impatient nor impetuous, he does not make mistakes because of impulsiveness, he makes few mistakes, does not seek merit but seeks perfection, but he has a very good team attacking ability... Moreover, this guy does not seem to be such a calm person at all, Playing so calmly...

   Coupled with a sloppy expression, and a jersey from time to time...

   Even the No. 9 jersey this guy was wearing made Kobe feel uncomfortable!

   Liu Xiu felt Kobe's hostility, even if these emotions were basically unrelated to basketball itself, and only occasionally gave healing values, but the look and expression could explain everything.

   But Liu Xiu is not afraid, his style of play does not make much difference whether Kobe is dead or not... When he got to the three-point line, he passed the ball to Randolph who was leaning against Shaquille O'Neal in the low post.

The Lakers defense has changed. Liu Xiu cuts in and out of the middle, Kobe is gone, and the defender becomes Malone. Kobe pulls out to replace Rasheed Wallace. Seeing this, Liu Xiu decisively clapped his hands and went to the free throw line. The position was pulled, and Travis Outlaw, who cut in and received the ball, leaned on his wingspan and passed the ball to Liu Xiu on Rick Fox's head.

Liu Xiu received the ball, hit Malone with a small hit and a big single, made a breakthrough on the right side, Malone pushed up fiercely, Liu Xiu took off from a step inside the right sideline of the three-second zone, and threw the ball when he was against Malone... Liu Soo was knocked over, but! Before falling, Liu Xiu kept his balance, and his best shot hits!

  91 to 81, the referee whistle blows when the goal is scored, and the goal is valid and additional penalties are imposed!

The Lakers called a timeout with 5 minutes and 38 seconds left in the game. After the Lakers played a wave of 11 to 5, the Trail Blazers returned a wave of 15 to 6. After the point difference was reduced to 1 point, the score was redrawn. Pulled, and pulled to double digits!

Zen master stared at Liu Xiu for a while after calling a timeout. He remembered that general manager Mitch Kupchak once mentioned that he wanted to select the point guard of Syracuse University with the 24th overall pick in the first round. I like this point guard...' It seems that this is the rookie, right? It’s really suitable for us. If there is no chance, we will not vote. If we have the opportunity, no matter which superstar the opponent is, we will not be stage fright. When the opportunity comes, we will play.

  The Zen master also thought about it. He didn't care much, and what he had in his own hands was the best.

  The situation is unfavorable. If it seems that the team members have their own way to solve the trouble, the Zen master will not call a timeout. He waited patiently just now.

  Master Zen made a very clear adjustment, replacing Rick Fox with Brian Russell, letting Payton take the lead and sort out the team's offense.

  …

After the suspension came back, the Lakers carried out a lineup rotation at the small forward position, the Blazers did not make any substitutions, Liu Xiu, Ruben Patterson, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, Rasheed Hua Lace's combination continued to play.

  Liu Xiu walked to the free throw line, first stretched, then smiled and said to the referee, "Sir, I'm ready."

   The referee looked at Liu Xiu's stretching and wanted to give a whistle, but it was so polite... I endured it.

  It is rare to have such a polite person on the NBA court. For a time, the referee forgot the scene in front of him that brought O'Neal down.

   Liu Xiu patted the ball and hit a penalty.

   92 to 81, 5 and a half minutes left, the difference is 11 points!

but! The Blazers did not dare to be careless, and the Lakers did not panic.

   11 points difference, the Blazers do not think it is very safe, and the Lakers do not think it is a big difference.

   Zen Master! Counting the championship ring in the player era, the championship ring in the safe at home can no longer be worn on both hands.

   Payton, Brian Russell, Malone, O'Neal are all confident about such a coach's tactics after calling a timeout... Kobe is also very confident, but he wants to do it himself now!

   Payton saw Bryant asking for the ball after advancing halftime. This is not the case in tactics!

   But, the first game of just forming a team, just like Kobe just passed to Malone, Payton passed the ball to Kobe.

   Kobe received the ball, and the Blazers' defensive position immediately adjusted.

   During the timeout, Morris-Cheeks made detailed adjustments to Liu Xiu’s previous effective defensive strategy.

   Liu Xiu emptied Payton to the left of the free throw line, and Ruben Patterson was also ready to make up defenses.

Although Kobe was in a rage right now, he was very irrational and had to come by himself regardless of the team, but he also saw the opponent's defensive intentions - using Travis Outlaw's height, wingspan and bouncing speed to interfere with his perimeter shooting, the inside line Blocking and shorting the wing, Payton was even willing to short Brian Russell.

   In contrast, Kobe chose to shoot from the outside!

At this time, others will most likely choose to pass the ball out or break the ball to Payton or Brian Russell, but Kobe's choice is limited to 'better individual shooting opportunities', and the pass button is at this time. It's broken!

   Travis Outlaw's defensive style is very firm. He only cares about Kobe's mid-range and long-range shots, and he doesn't consider things like being passed.

   This made most of Kobe's fake moves ineffective. Kobe once again took off against the defense, leaned back and shot two points long... or not!

  Randolph protected the rebound and quickly passed it to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu received the ball based on the current position and analysis of the game, and immediately chose to advance quickly!

   Impulsive? No! If there are people around, Liu Xiu will choose to advance steadily, but the Lakers are used to him not being able to fast break in the previous rounds. This time Liu Xiu beat the Lakers by surprise!

   After the Lakers reacted, they tried their best to retreat, but they still failed to defend.

   Randolph threw the ball after receiving the ball at the free throw line. Rasheed Wallace followed up and took off, flew to the air, and scored two points with a split and dunk!

  94 to 81, the Trail Blazers' lead extended to 13 points!

  The tactics didn't come out, and the Lakers didn't call a timeout.

  Because it wasn't that the tactics didn't work, but Kobe was out of his mind and the tactics didn't come out, so the Zen Master stopped calling timeout, and calling Kobe couldn't make sense.

  But on the field…

  O'Neal yelled at Kobe after Rasheed Wallace's dunk: "Can you pass?"

   Kobe shouted back without even thinking about it: "No!"

  "..." Rao knew Kobe so well, O'Neal was choked, and continued to roar after a second: "Then can you find a way to put that **** ball into the basket?"

   Kobe shouted back without hesitation: "Of course!"

  The conversation between Kobe and O'Neal ended, and those of both teams who heard the content of the conversation between the two didn't know what to say.

   In the referee's 5-second countdown urging, O'Neal sent the ball, and the Lakers continued to attack.

   Payton received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. Kobe was asking for the ball again, so he could only pass it helplessly.

   But this time, Kobe made a tactical gesture after asking for the ball!

   The tactics arranged by the Zen master are different, but there are tactics!

  O'Neal said to Payton that when they come to their team, on the court, the priority of the players' choice of tactics is higher than the tactics arranged by the coach, even at critical moments.

   Kobe's singles, this time he chose a sudden point play!

   Both Brian Russell and Payton on the flank have opportunities. As long as Kobe makes a breakthrough, he can create open shooting opportunities for the two, but Kobe chose to go straight to the basket!

  The 25-year-old Kobe, like a smart snake, shuttled between the defensive players, tearing the Blazers' defense into a close quarter in one fell swoop!

   At close range, Kobe was surrounded.

  Randolph, Ruben Patterson, and Liu Xiu attacked!

   Kobe passed the ball back, and there was someone at the free throw line... It was Payton!

   Travis Outlaw, who was chasing after Kobe Bryant, went to switch to defend Malone who came out from the right side of the basket, but I didn't expect Kobe's tactical goal to help Payton get a chance to shoot from the free throw line!

   Payton catches the ball from the free throw line and hits an open jumper!

  83 to 94, the Lakers finally started scoring.

   Kobe's ball gave Liu Xiu the feeling that he was flying in the air and chose to pass the ball according to the actual situation on the field!

   Travis Outlaw can do a good job of passing a pitcher to both wings after receiving a certain level of training, but it is much more difficult to pass to the basket and to the high post!

   Buddha said, put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot.

  When Kobe was playing like that and almost ruined the team’s mood, he suddenly started to implement tactics and cooperate well. At this time, teammates would feel that even Kobe started to play well, and we had to cooperate well.

   This effect is not only on the offensive end, the Lakers defense is also doing better than the previous few possessions.

   In the first few rounds, as Kobe hit more irons and the Trail Blazers opened up more points, the Lakers' defensive enthusiasm has been declining, and they are close to collapse... Now they are active again!

   In the next few rounds, the Lakers stepped up their confrontation with the Blazers.

   A superstar is a superstar. In a situation where both sides are fighting for their lives, it is difficult for the Blazers to guarantee the success rate, but the superstar of the Lakers can!

   The situation took a turn for the worse, during which the Trail Blazers also called a timeout, but it did not serve the purpose of delaying the Lakers’ pursuit of points.

   The Lakers attacked again. Kobe cut in and received a pass from Malone, who was in high position, and then passed it to O'Neal.

   The game reached 10 minutes and 14 seconds, and the Lakers chased the score to 94 to 98, with only 4 points left!

   The Trail Blazers finally managed to make a 13-point difference, and they were beaten 13 to 4 in more than three minutes!

   After being behind by a big score and catching up, it was only 4 points away. When the Lakers players retreated, their faces were full of joy and unabashed smugness.

   And the Blazers players, running to the front court have slowed down.

   "We are still ahead, don't worry, we seize every opportunity, even if we only win by 1 point, we will win!"

The voice is gentle and the words are motivating... But Ruben Patterson, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, Rasheed Wallace, the four teammates who have been fighting together for almost a whole quarter, have I heard the disgust in Liu Xiu's tone.

   These three feelings, taken apart, do not have much effect, but when combined together, several teammates were stimulated - 'It's like we give up the game, as long as you work hard, you are tenacious? ’

  Because the big lead was narrowed, and the difference in strength was felt... As a result, the fighting spirit of the Blazers, who had been fighting for an entire quarter, gradually declined, and the physical consumption was also exposed.

At this moment, the Blazers players were enthusiastic, the offensive movement became active, and the impact of the cut became sturdy... Liu Xiu slipped to the bottom line, received Randolph's point, and hit the bottom line. !

   This ball is because Liu Xiu hasn't shot for a long time, and his sense of existence has been reduced to a chance after he is left unattended!

  100 to 94, the score difference came to 6 points.

   The point difference was widened again, but the Lakers did not have the slightest confusion.

  When the Lakers attacked, Bryant moved, received the ball from Malone's high position on the flank, received the ball and stepped out of the three-point line, turned around and took off, and made a three-pointer with a back...

   When Kobe shot, his body had already flown out of bounds.

  This goal is surprisingly difficult, but it is in!

  The old fans at the scene thought of the tiebreaker of the Western Conference three years ago, Kobe's lore...

   97 to 100, the point difference just widened to 6 points, but Kobe made a strong three-pointer and narrowed it to 3 points!

   The Trail Blazers wanted to score another goal to stabilize the situation. Randolph took the initiative to ask for the ball, but he couldn't hit O'Neal with his back. He could only open a face-frame singles, and made a strong throw...O'Neal pressed it down!

   Kobe grabbed the ball and counterattacked and scored two points, 99 to 100, Kobe scored 5 points in a row, raised his personal score to 30 points, and helped the Lakers narrow the difference to 1 point!

   The game has reached 11 minutes and 34 seconds, and there are 26 seconds left!

The Lakers have already seen the hope of a lore comeback. There were cheers of celebration when they retreated, but the Blazers did not call a timeout. Liu Xiu waved to the bench after Kobe dunked and ran up to pick it up. The ball was sent to Ruben Patterson, who just followed Kobe back from the defense!

   Ruben Patterson passed the ball out immediately after receiving it. Rasheed Wallace, who was a step beyond the three-point line, received the ball. The Lakers reacted only then. The opponent did not call a timeout at this time!

   In the past half of the quarter just now, the Lakers' defense was a disciplined, well-balanced defense, but this is a mess!

The Lakers did not have a tacit understanding in blocking defense this time. Although the Blazers successfully blocked the players who had already arrived in the frontcourt, that is, who did not fully participate in the defense, the players who followed up did not defend well and tried to steal. ... Liu Xiu ran towards the front court with all her strength after serving, followed up in the middle, received a pass from Randolph, jumped from the free throw line, and was knocked down by the rushing Kobe.

   "beep"

   The referee's whistle blew, and Liu Xiu got two free throws!

   Kobe's few **** just now silenced the home team fans at the scene, as if only the five or six thousand non-Trailblazers fans in the frontcourt could be heard cheering for the Lakers.

   At this moment, the scene is boiling!

   With 18 seconds left, he gets two free throws, as long as both are made, you will be invincible!

Maurice Cheeks did not call a timeout, but ordered several players to prepare for overtime; Zen master did not call a timeout, taking advantage of the dead ball, Zen master replaced Payton with Fisher and Rick Fox. Replaced Brian Russell.

  Liu Xiu walked to the free throw line with his jersey in his mouth. The second effect of Kobe's "Physical Rush" was fast recovery and calm thinking in a single round.

   Liu Xiu's most basic basic skills - basic ball control, passing accuracy, free throws... very solid!

   Now he is excited, but his mind is very calm, two free throws...all in!

  102 to 99, 18 seconds left, 3 points difference!

   Unless the Lakers play a 3+1, otherwise, the Lakers will drag the game into overtime at most!

   After Liu Xiu made two free throws, the Lakers still did not call a timeout and served directly. Fisher advanced from the backcourt.

   After halftime, Fisher hoisted the ball to Kobe high on the left side of the free throw line, and Kobe received the ball with his back to Travis Outlaw.

Liu Xiu followed Fisher to the left bottom line, and saw Rick Fox moving towards the top arc, Ruben Patterson, who defended Rick Fox, was shrinking towards Kobe, and Kobe was also looking at the top arc... Liu Xiu double-teamed from the side, and Ruben Patterson stopped his footsteps when he saw this, but Kobe saw Liu Xiu's movement, and when Liu Xiu moved, Kobe made a pre-judgmental shot!

   This ball, Liu Xiu wanted to make a sneak attack that Kobe didn't pay attention to, but Kobe found it!

   Liu Xiu also noticed Kobe's pass, and quickly turned around and rushed in the direction of the pass, but he was far away from Fisher.

  The ball thrown by Kobe hit Liu Xiu more than a meter in front of Fisher, but Liu Xiu didn't have time to steal it. In a hurry, Liu Xiu kicked it...

   At this moment, Liu Xiu got rid of the tradition of Chinese men's football... kicked!

  Liu Xiu kicked the ball with big feet. The ball flew past the bottom line referee and plunged into the audience, causing the audience to panic.

   The referee was shocked for a while before sounding the whistle - kicking the ball was illegal, and the Lakers continued to attack!

  Liu Xiu's kick, teammates, teammates, fans and others are definitely not as professional as the referee, and it took a while to react - it's awesome!

   This kick has abolished the tactics that the Lakers just ran out!

   Even if according to the rules, the defender deliberately touches the ball with his foot, which is a violation, the attacking time of the attacking side will be returned to the table, but! Now, there are only 5 seconds left in the attack time for the entire game!

  Return to the table or not, there is no difference... There is a difference! There is no time for the Lakers to run another offensive play!

   Moreover, this is a dead ball, Maurice Cheeks called a timeout in a big way, and let the Lakers prepare for the tactics of the last attack.

Liu Xiu, who kicked the game, was replaced, Randolph was also replaced, and Maurice Cheeks was replaced by Derek Anderson, Dale Davis, and Ruben Patterson, Rashid Combination of De Wallace and Travis Outlaw.

  Liu Xiu was replaced. He has no opinion. He defends like that. Now he mainly defends three points. His role is definitely not as good as the taller Derek Anderson.

   Liu Xiu, who was replaced, heard so many people shouting his name... I felt a little cool!

   came back from a timeout, and there were no substitutions on the Lakers side.

   At times like this, for the Lakers, it might be better without this timeout.

   At that time, the ball was sent directly to Fisher and Kobe, and the two of them threw it directly.

   Now, play tactics…

5 seconds of running and serving tactics, all five Blazers players left the inside line, Rasheed Wallace went to try to steal Malone's serve, Dale Davis, Travis Outlaw, Derek - Anderson went to flank or go around former Kobe and Fisher. O'Neal received Malone's serve at the free throw line. After receiving the ball, he couldn't throw it, but passed it out. Only Rick Fox has a chance to catch the ball!

   When Rick Fox received the ball, Ruben Patterson chased and defended in place...Rick Fox missed a key three-pointer!

   The ball bounced, O'Neal rushed to no avail, the ball bounced far, and when it popped up and was grabbed by an aggressive Kobe, the final whistle had already sounded!

  Although it was only a preseason game, when the final whistle sounded, the whole scene was boiling!

Relying on Rasheed Wallace's 29 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Randolph's 17 points and 14 rebounds, Liu Xiu's 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals... The Blazers won 102-99 with four Giant Lakers!

   6000 words asking for a monthly ticket, asking for a recommended ticket~

   (end of this chapter)