Healing Basketball

   Chapter 538 538. Next time definitely

   "If you lose, you will be sprayed. If you win a little more, you say that we are so serious in the preseason. What's wrong with these reporters?"

   "Aren't all journalists like this? They are afraid of being slapped in the face, so they write news like this. What we have to do is to keep hitting them in the face!"

   "You're right... I'm going to the gym, together?"

   "I have something to do, next time, next time..."

   After the two consecutive main games, the Blazers started a wave of three consecutive visitors. On the afternoon of the 15th, the Blazers came to Sacramento.

   They slaughtered the Timberwolves by 50 points last night, which attracted the attention of the fans, but the evaluation...

Think about how the new season began to be highly praised after the Pacers won the championship last year; the Lakers were touted at the beginning of the 2002-03 season. At that time, Liu Xiu saw news related to the Lakers. OK, only Xiaoyu can play. He really thought the Lakers were going to win four consecutive championships.

   And their Trail Blazers, as the defending champions, have not yet started the new season, and the public opinion trend of 'whatever you do is wrong' has already begun. This environment reminds Liu Xiu of the Spurs at the beginning of last season.

But Liu Xiu is used to this situation. He sees that most of the old teammates don't care about it. The new Ray Allen is indifferent, Mourning doesn't care about it, Blake is calm, and Reed has no sense of existence. ...and also Randolph was stimulated.

Liu Xiu sent Randolph out of the room and watched Randolph walk in the direction of the elevator. He couldn't help but sigh. The butcher is so foolish now. After a few years, he will become an old fried dough stick. Now he can fool and squeeze. Just fool around.

  After a night of rest, on October 16th, Liu Xiu followed the team to Arco Arena to challenge the Kings away.

Bibby, Kevin Martin, Stephen Jackson, Bunch Wells, Brad Miller, Juan Dixon, Kenny Thomas, plus a random substitute on the bench is enough Adelman, who likes the 8-person rotation, was tossed.

   When the Blazers were preparing for the game, they regarded the Kings as their imaginary opponents in the first or second round.

In fact, the original Kings also had a 'powerful backup'. One of the additions that was exchanged for Webber last season, Collis Williams of the 1995th, averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds per game after joining the Kings last season. The Kings in the offseason Renewed the contract with $12.5 million for two years, but came back from the offseason... Anyway, after the players of the two teams entered the stadium, the eyes of the fans on the scene unconsciously lingered on Randolph and Collis Williams. Want to know who is fatter.

   What Liu Xiu sees is that Collis Williams is fatter.

   "Collis Williams, 32 years old, 201 cm, 135 kg, SF/PF, ability evaluation—…"

   Fat has become a ball!

  A role player, after the peak age of twenty-eight or nineteen, may collapse at any time. There are various reasons, and Collis Williams collapsed on his appetite.

   But it was a stumbling block, Collis Williams collapsed, and Francisco Garcia, an older rookie selected by the Kings at the end of the first round, played very well in the summer league and the first two preseason games.

Garcia, an older rookie who will turn 24 in December, has solid skills and strong leadership skills. When Liu Xiu watched the video of Garcia's first two preseason games obtained by the team, he thought of Nick Cole of the Sonics. Lisson is excellent. If he is in a championship team, he is definitely an important booster. In a playoff-level team like the Kings, his role is also very prominent.

   At 7:30 p.m., the Trail Blazers' away game against the Kings started.

  Randolph still played hard tonight, having an unfriendly contest with his former teammate, Bunch Wells, and the two continued to swear.

As for the performance, Bunge Wells is better. Randolph's excess weight has had a great impact on his strength, but the more important thing is that Bunge Wells has reached his contract year and has played that well. Calling a player role model is even better than Randolph.

  Randolph and Bunch-Wells motivated their teammates, making it a real win-lose game.

After 1 hour and 55 minutes of the game, relying on Randolph 15 points and 9 rebounds, Liu Xiu 17 points and 6 assists, Momo 13 points and 3 assists, Ray Allen 12 points, Kwame Brown 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks... The Trail Blazers narrowly beat the Kings 94-89, two straight preseason victories!

  …

The two games between the Timberwolves and the Kings are very different from the preparation games that the Blazers coaching staff wanted. It was too easy to play against the Timberwolves and too nervous against the Kings. They prefer the calmness of the Warriors. Matches with lineup adjustments and tactical polishing.

  Finally, it’s time to play against the Warriors again! On October 18, the Blazers came to Oakland Arena in Oakland to challenge the Warriors away.

   The Blazers coaching staff thought that they could finally polish their tactics, but the players played extraordinarily hard, and they all wanted revenge in the preseason!

   Liu Xiu played very well in the first three games. He tried a few rushes at the beginning, and then he had a good running tactics. Now Liu Xiu is also driven by Randolph to play harder.

   The game was intense and intense, and the fans on the scene also threw themselves into the game, fighting and fighting. The players of the two teams and the fans on the scene forgot that this was just a preseason game.

  Morris-Cheeks is a little helpless, the warden's leadership is too good, and occasionally there will be such troubles.

   But he didn't get too entangled. Since he has entered the stage of hard competition, let's fight hard!

   By 8:55 p.m., 1 hour and 55 minutes into the game, the Blazers trailed the Warriors 103-104 by one point with seven seconds remaining.

The Warriors players were ready for victory, but Liu Xiu showed his power at the critical moment, cut in without the ball, received Raheem’s high post to help score the ball, made a close throw, and the long whistle at the end of the game when the ball was flying in the air. The sound has already sounded, and the fans on the scene screamed, booed, and cheered. The whistle sounded, but the ball did not stop and plunged into the basket!

   The Chinese fans, Chinese and Asian fans who came to watch the ball jumped with excitement!

   Lore! Whistle lore!

   We actually saw a lore in the preseason! Still this kind of standard buzzer lore, not even giving the opponent a chance of 0.1 seconds!

Liu Xiu made 8 of 15 shots, including 2 of 5 from three-pointers, plus 3 of 4 free throws, scored 21 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and hit the buzzer to help the Blazers win. The Warriors beat the Warriors 105 to 104, improving their preseason record to 3 wins and 1 loss.

  …

The afternoon after    beat the Warriors, the Trail Blazers left Oakland for Phoenix, the final leg of a three-game series against the Suns.

When    left the hotel and went to the airport, Liu Xiu noticed that the three teammates with training camp contracts, Sergay Monnia, Brian Skinner, and Rick Bronson, did not start together. Obviously, these three were fired.

   We talked about this when Liu Xiu was chatting with the coach on the plane, only to realize that it was because of the actual situation of their past 3 games, the coaching staff chose to give up the slow polishing of tactics and adjusted the goal of the preseason.

  The plan can’t keep up with the changes. The coaching staff’s initial goal was to improve the team’s new system and the accumulation of new players’ tacit understanding to a certain extent during the training camp + preseason. As the defending champion, it is inevitable that there will be some inflation in confidence.

   But at the training camp stage, the coaching staff discovered that it seemed impossible.

It's not hard to take advantage of a top pitcher, but it's hard to take advantage of Ray Allen's 3-pointer.

  Based on the principle of tactical priority and tacit understanding with time, before the start of the pre-season, the coaching staff decided to experiment with tactics first, and then talk about the tacit cultivation later.

   Now the latest plan is to not conduct tactical experiments, to focus on clear and playable tactics, to strengthen actual combat defense training, and to strengthen defensive counterattacks.

  Who knew Randolph suddenly made such a big decision to lose weight?

  Randolph lost only 5 pounds in two weeks from September 24th to October 7th. This is because he was banned from eating high-fat and high-salt foods such as barbecue. He did not work hard at all in weight loss training.

   But now weight loss training is called a positive!

At the beginning of the regular season, the coaching staff felt that it was a bit difficult for Randolph to lose weight between 115 and 118 kilograms in the playoffs, with both strength and speed. Not much.

   Tactics are gradually added, and it is important to first come up with a stable basic play style to enter the regular season.

   Therefore, training camp contract players are not needed. These people are not suitable for their Trail Blazers. It is better to let the trainer spend more time training Louis Williams.

Liu Xiu sighed that the NBA is really cruel. Bronson and Skinner have played in the NBA for a few years, and Monya was the rookie at the end of the first round last season. Good defensive potential, but after playing more than 20 games, he was seriously injured and his athletic ability was seriously affected. In the offseason, the Cavaliers chose to amnesty for Larry Hughes to make room for him.

   After arriving in Phoenix, Liu Xiu didn't have an appointment with Nash. Last night, the Suns played a preseason game with the Clippers in Los Angeles. They only returned to Phoenix this afternoon, and they will play tomorrow. It's not bad to see this side.

   After a night of rest, the Trail Blazers came to the US West Arena early the next morning to prepare for the game. Liu Xiu and his teammates were very excited to play against the most gorgeous running and gun team in the new era.

   However, there was bad news during training in the morning, Xiaobawang may be reimbursed for the season!

In the Suns' away game against the Clippers the night before, the bully defended Maggette's breakthrough. The two faced each other in the air. When he landed, the bully twisted his knee. It didn't seem that serious at the time, and he still played in the fourth quarter. After a few minutes, I did not expect that the cruciate ligament of the left leg was damaged and the soft tissue was torn!

   After a day of follow-up and consultation, the Suns and the Bully decided unanimously that they will undergo minimally invasive surgery and will be absent for at least 4 months.

   (end of this chapter)