Healing Basketball Chapter 502

Chapter 502 502. Faith built up (7000 words)

The Blazers narrowly beat the Spurs. The Blazers' tenacious fighting spirit was touching. After the game, Liu Xiu praised the 11 teammates who played. Lynch Hunter, George Lynch, Van Horn, all played an important role in the preparations...

But no matter how low-key Liu Xiu praises others, his conspicuous figure like a firefly in the dark night cannot escape people's praise.

In the last 29 seconds, Liu Xiu played a wave of 5-0 alone, as if putting his hand into the throat of the Spurs, and forcibly took out the victory that the Spurs had swallowed!

If these reporters fight against each other again, they can only be called pure laughing stock.

"Thank you for your hard work, leave it to me next."

The documentary filming team of the Imperial Court released this scene when the game entered the pause with 29 seconds left. Combined with Liu Xiu killing the game later, this scene is awesome!

For a time, this scene often appeared on the streets of China and the United States—

pretender: "Thank you for your hard work..."

Teammate: "You should have thanked us well, you rookie! (A series of friendly words such as stupid *, stupid *...)."

Tonight became the background, not only the stone Buddha who was detained several times, but also the handsome demon sword who was finally played by the warden.

In addition to these, Liu Xiu and Bowen spat each other with a few brief trash talk on the court, and it became popular!

What is even more popular is that Liu Xiu said to Bowen, "I will step on my feet", but a player who jumped out of the contract and did not intend to renew was moved by another sentence...

"My dear, I read that right, these reporters praised you so much! They weren't like that yesterday."

"They want to make us a villain, but the opponent is the Spurs, and the reporters probably have a hard time. This time we have come back from a desperate situation. They can't help the Spurs players.

"It's still you who are great. We won G1. Can such a victory destroy the Spurs?"

"It's very difficult...Impossible. It's hard to say whether G2 will win or lose tomorrow. I think they are stronger than us."

Seeing Liu Xiu saying that the other party is stronger, but her eyes twinkling, Anne Hathaway replied: "I believe that you will win in the end, come on!"

Liu Xiu was about to respond when Little Jay shouted, "Kill Texas!"

Liu Xiu asked in surprise: "Who did you learn this from?"

Little Jay: ? ?

Liu Xiu:…

Anne-Hathaway looked at the big-eyed and small-eyed father and son, very speechless, and replied: "Yesterday afternoon, Miss Linda and I went to buy tissues. There was a big sale in the supermarket. I bought a dozen boxes and brought Jaylen and Come with Anna, your fan base is recruiting, that's the slogan these days."

Liu Xiu nodded, not surprised.

The American sports world, California is hostile to New York, Florida is hostile to North Carolina... The whole United States is hostile to Texas.

Liu Xiu rested at home for the morning, soothed the excitement left over from last night's game, and went to the Rose Garden Arena after lunch to prepare for the game.

Last night's game, regardless of the victory, the Blazers learned two things.

One, it's a good thing. They have a clear understanding of how the Spurs will play in this round of the series, and with the characteristics of the Spurs, there won't be much changes. Looking at the first two rounds, and the years after Duncan entered the NBA The performance of the Spurs in the playoffs, can be sure of this; the other, it is not a good thing - the Spurs are super strong.

This is a division of the king!

But with the last 29 seconds last night, when the teammates saw Liu Xiu coming to the training ground, the pressure and so on were all turned into motivation!

The G1 opponents played like that and failed to knock them down. No matter what situation they encountered in the future, they could always maintain hope!

In the evening, the Eastern Conference finals kicked off.

After 2 hours and 29 minutes of the game, the Nets defeated the Pistons 90-81 to hold their first home game.

McGrady scored 20 points and 10 rebounds, Richard Jefferson scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, Kidd scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Krstic scored 13 points, Mourning scored 10 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks... A mere 90 points, the Nets The team actually had 5 players in double figures! All 9 players on the field scored!

On the other hand, the Pistons played 11 times tonight, and only 5 players scored.

Carter 30 points, Hamilton 26 points, Billups 16 points and 6 assists, Ben Wallace 5 points and 20 rebounds, Prince 4 points, no one else scored!

In a head-to-head matchup in the playoffs, Billups was hanged by Kidd again. Kidd's most famous incident of hanging Billups was in the 2003 Eastern Conference Finals. The Nets swept the Pistons, and Billups 4 games The game was guarded by Kidd with only 27.5% shooting rate, averaging only 9.8 points and 6 assists per game, while Kidd averaged 23.8 points, 10 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.8 steals per game in the Eastern Conference finals, and only broke the Pistons with one hand.

However, this time the Pistons lost, and it was accused that the problem was not on the outside. Billups faced off against Kidd head-on. The disadvantage was too great. Kidd was too good at defending players of this type. He did a good job. He didn't shoot very well, but he distributed the ball well. Carter and Hamilton both got enough shots, and the two men's points did not fall off the chain.

The reason for the loss is inside!

Is the Nets weak enough inside? Still better than the Pistons' inside scoring ability!

A team has 5 inside players, and they only get 5 points in total, and they are all scored by Ben Wallace alone. It is too difficult to win.

From another angle, it can be said that the Nets' defensive selection is really good!

Carter and Hamilton both made great pitches. McGrady and Richard Jefferson still mainly blocked the Pistons' inside score and won the victory.

Liu Xiu watched the live broadcast of this game. He didn't think about the future, but only looked at the present. He felt that for the current Pistons, the role of Tianzun would be greater than Carter!

Score, Tianzun is naturally inferior to Carter.

But with Tianzun protecting the frame, Big Ben's ability to assist in defense and defense can be fully released. With a single protective frame, Big Ben's height suffers, and the limitations are actually quite large, and it is impossible to perfectly implement Larry Brown's defensive system.

This seems to be 'blame' on his warden.

During the All-Star Weekend last year, the boss cleaned up their team's most disreputable inside players. This is not much different from the original time and space, but because of the good record, when the general manager traded for Tianzun, he asked for a higher return. Originally, there was more time and space, and there was a multi-party trade offer. John Nash asked the Pistons to give Milicic. The Pistons refused, and finally the Pacers who were willing to give a lot of talent and were willing to overdraw the future got Tianzun.

I heard that last summer, the Pistons also competed for the second center in the West. Liu Xiu thinks this is also a good choice for reinforcement, but the Mavericks have a lot of money and gave Dampier a 6-year annual average of a little more than ten million. About, the Pistons simply can't compete.

But the current Pistons have a good future. Milicic was replaced by Carter, who was 28 years old, and was well protected by Ben Wallace...

In this Eastern Conference Finals, Liu Xiu watched G1 and felt that the Nets and the Pistons were 73 or even close to 82.

The variable may depend on whether Billups can make some changes under Kidd's dominance.

On the second day, on May 27, G2 of the Western Conference Finals came.

After Liu Xiu arrived at the arena in the morning, the topic that led the teammates to discuss is which opponent is more likely to meet in the finals.

Hearing what the players discussed, the coach said to the vice president: "The warden is really amazing, he didn't say anything about confidence and fighting spirit, and didn't give any speeches in this regard, but our confidence and fighting spirit are all under his guidance. Lift down."

Vice President: "Huh? Is it?"

"Kevin, don't you feel that those boys are more emotional?"

"Like yes, what's going on here?"

Looking at the questioned expression of the vice president, the coach was speechless. This is more expensive than the vice president of the team. This aspect is still as insensitive as when he was an assistant coach.

The coach complained: "You really don't have the potential to be a coach. The warden opened the topic with 'Do you think we will meet the Nets or the Pistons in the finals', which is to imply that our teammates will win the Western Conference and enter the finals. …”

"..." The vice president took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "You don't want to increase your salary when you renew your contract!"

Coach: ? ? ?

I didn't hear anything else, the vice president's mind was full of the first words of the coach!

At 8 p.m., the Trail Blazers ushered in the second game of the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs at home.

After the game started, the Spurs continued to show their super dominance, beating the Trail Blazers 25-19 in a single quarter in the first quarter.

Powerful!

Stable and powerful!

In the second quarter, the Blazers' adjustment was effective, and the offensive and defensive ends improved significantly. While scoring 23 points, the Spurs' offensive momentum was also limited. The Spurs only scored 23 points, stabilizing the situation. .

Break the score even if they can't beat it. Compared with the last game, the Blazers players have been able to calmly view the score behind. After halftime, the Blazers trailed the Spurs 42-48 by 6 points.

But in the third quarter, the Blazers who tried to attack were beaten by the Spurs. They only scored 13 points in a single quarter, while the Spurs took the opportunity to score 26 points in a single quarter. On the offensive end, it's the demon sword that runs wildly!

After three quarters, the Spurs scored 74 to 55, with a 19-point lead!

The Trail Blazers scored 22-14 in the final quarter and were still powerless.

77 to 88, the Trail Blazers lost to the Spurs by 11 points, and the home field advantage was still snatched by the Spurs, with a big score of 1 to 1!

"In the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals, the 76ers lost in G2 and drew 1-1 with the Bucks, but the 76ers won in the end..."

"Butcher, the 76ers finally lost the championship!"

"Do you believe I kicked you to death?"

The champion of parallel imports quickly shut up, the butcher is always so irritable, don't interrupt in the future.

This is the 100th time that the champion of parallel imports has thought so.

On the afternoon of the second day of G2, the Trail Blazers were flying to San Antonio. Butcher took on the responsibility of being second in charge, channeled the emotions of his teammates, and quoted some previous examples, which was very heartfelt.

They came to accept the fact that they were indeed inferior to the Spurs.

The impact of real superstars in the playoffs, they saw it.

But they were not discouraged! Because they have that man - the warden who sits in the corner and looks out the window at the white clouds!

As a newly promoted team in the playoffs, as a team with a very young core team, they can simply admit their shortcomings, admit that they are not as experienced as the Spurs, and they are not as terrible as Duncan in the playoffs. The MVP of the game is a superstar who hangs up and plays. Therefore, when they lose the game and lose their home game, they sometimes don't feel so emotional, but they have a lot of sense of crisis and urgency, which drives their fighting spirit and motivation.

After arriving in San Antonio, the Trail Blazers had a good night's rest and a day of preparation. On May 30th, the Trail Blazers played the third game of the series away to the Spurs and started at the ATT Arena.

At the beginning of the game, the ability of the Blazers coaching staff was displayed.

Maurice Cheeks always looks so good in the 2003 playoffs, going from 0-3 to 3-3 in the playoffs.

When he was devastated by the Lakers in the second round last year, his response was actually quite in place, but the player's ability couldn't keep up.

But this time, his abilities showed!

Liu Xiu and Rahim both scored 6 points and 2 assists in the first quarter, leading the Trail Blazers to 23 points in a single quarter, and limiting the Spurs' score to 23 points, tied with the Spurs!

The series is in Game 3, and the Trail Blazers tied the Spurs for the first time in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Blazers scored 25 points in a single quarter thanks to the excellent staffing and tactical changes of the coaching staff and the efforts of the players!

Liu Xiu got a lot of opportunities to catch the ball after the flank pick-and-roll, 3 of 6 mid-range shots, 0 of 1 to break through the frame, 1 of 1 to counterattack, plus 3 of 3 free throws, scored 11 points in a single quarter!

Under Liu Xiu's wonderful performance, while the Trail Blazers scored 25 points on 10 of 21 shots in a single quarter, the Spurs were limited to 7 of 18 shots in a single quarter and scored only 20 points.

After halftime, the Blazers led the Spurs by 5 points 48-43!

In the third quarter, the performance of the Spurs recovered, Ginobili scored 7 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, Duncan scored 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, and the Spurs scored 24-23 in a single quarter.

After three quarters, the Spurs narrowed the difference by 1 point, trailing the Trail Blazers 67-71 by 4 points into the final quarter.

At the end, Morris-Cheeks made a bold move - using Liu Xiu's end deterrent to make a fuss!

To put it simply, it is about helping Liu Xiu to create scoring opportunities to create scoring opportunities for others!

In the face of a strong defensive team like the Spurs, the deterrent force of the surrounding object must be strong enough. It just so happened that the warden who killed the game in 34 seconds, 13 minutes and 29 seconds, for the Spurs, the final deterrent force was full!

Of course, it is not players like Randolph and Raheem who have the same high restraint power, but Kwame Brown and Momo!

Kwame Brown scored 7 points in the last quarter, Momoko scored 6 points in the last quarter, Liu Xiu was in good spirits in the last quarter, scored 6 points on 2 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, and maintained its deterrence. The three teamed up to lead the team and scored 24 in a single quarter. point.

Because the offense was simple, the Blazers mainly focused on defense, and the Spurs only scored 19 points in a single quarter!

With 35 seconds left, the Blazers led the Spurs by 9 points 95-86!

It gave the Spurs enough time to come back, but the Spurs didn't score a point in the last 35 seconds. The Blazers didn't want to attack at this time. Liu Xiu, Payton, Extrajudicial Fanatics, Kwame Brown, McDyess' lineup started.

In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Spurs 95-86 away to regain their home-court advantage and lead 2-1!

The victory of G3 brought a great confidence boost to the Blazers players and a great motivation to fight!

In front of them, although they have endless imaginations about the future, they always feel that 'we are still young' and do not have that sense of belief.

Now, they have!

With a strong sense of belief, in a new month, on June 1st, the Blazers players once again came to the ATT Center to challenge the Spurs away.

In the first quarter, the Spurs led 23-21 by two points, and in the second quarter, the Spurs led 26-21 by 5 points. At the end of the half, relying on Duncan's 15 points in the half and Ginobili's 16 points in the half, the Spurs led by 49 points. 7 points ahead of the Blazers than 42 into the second half!

In the third quarter, although the Trail Blazers narrowed the three-point difference by 22-19 and entered the final quarter by only 4 points behind the Spurs 64-68, the Spurs came up with a wave of 9-0 in the final quarter and defended in the first 5 minutes. The Blazers ate duck eggs, 77 to 64, and the Spurs had a 13-point lead. At this time, it was the belief that supported the Blazers' fighting spirit!

Popovich was worried that Maurice Cheeks would take care of him in the last quarter, so he tried his best to come with a wave of ruthlessness. At this time, if the Blazers are destroyed, Popovich will be fine. , but if not...

From 5 minutes 08 seconds to 9 minutes 22 seconds in the final quarter, the Blazers played a wave of 11 to 3!

That wave was 9-0. The Spurs fought too hard. Popovich did not expect that a young army like the Blazers could withstand such a blow.

The Blazers are very tenacious, but the first three games did not seem to be so tenacious, and more depended on the strong charisma of their Warden.

With two and a half minutes left, the Blazers chased the score to 75-80, and the difference was reduced to 5 points. The Spurs called a timeout!

After entering the timeout, Popovich looked at Liu Xiu, who was moving on the sidelines, and resisted the urge to arrange a pincer attack like the previous game.

After the timeout came back, in the next two minutes, the two teams played a 4-4 score.

The Spurs' regular defense has paid enough attention to Liu Xiu. Under such defense, Liu Xiu did not have any achievements in scoring during this time period, so the Blazers scored twice because he initiated the offense or he did not assist. of the kind.

This made the Spurs' attention lower. Popovich smiled, feeling that he really thought too much in the last game, otherwise he would not lose, how could someone go berserk at the critical moment of every game...

Then, in the last 31 seconds, Liu Xiu made a two-point hollow hit after a pick-and-roll, and then the Spurs missed a shot from the outside. Liu Xiu made a sudden stop in the counterattack, tricked the defender from the three-point line, and rushed to the top of the basket. Parker, who was chasing defense, made a layup and caused a foul and a penalty.

At the critical moment, Liu Xiu played a wave of 5-0, tying the score to 84!

At the last moment, God of Luck was on the side of the Trail Blazers, Horry missed a key three-pointer, and the Trail Blazers relied on Liu Xiu's critical moment to run wild and drag the game into overtime!

In overtime, Horry began to show his power and scored 5 points on 2 of 2 shots at the start, and later became the strongest containment point on the top arc, helping his teammates create a lot of good shooting opportunities. However, the Spurs team Didn't get in! Horry scored a three-pointer and a long two in overtime.

As for the Blazers, Liu Xiu scored 9 points and 1 assist in overtime, and led the team to 12 points!

Tonight, Liu Xiu played 51 minutes, made 11 of 26 shots, including 2 of 7 three-pointers, plus 10 of 11 free throws, hurricane 34 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals!

Although Ginobili scored 28 points, Duncan scored 26 points and 19 rebounds, Parker scored 12 points and 7 assists, and Horry scored 15 points, all of them performed exceptionally well, but they were overturned by the warden at the critical moment!

96 to 89, the Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Spurs in an overtime game, and the score was 3 to 1!

The Blazers and the Spurs are in G1 like that. The Blazers only won by 1 point on Liu Xiu's key ball, and the Spurs have a strong advantage.

Everyone thinks that the Blazers may be beaten miserably by the Spurs, and they say that Liu Xiu's performance in the first game is no problem.

But at that time, everyone really thought that the Spurs were the stronger one, and the best title favorite was well-deserved.

In the Eastern Conference finals, the Nets have obvious advantages in G1. Kidd beat Billups every time in the playoffs. The Nets can still have an advantage in scoring on the inside. With the strongest outside line, it seems that they are hammering the Pistons. Teams 4-1 or even 4-0 are not a problem.

As a result, on June 4th, the first 4 games of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals were played, and the Pistons tenaciously tied the Nets 2-2.

The Nets won the first two home games, and the advantage is indeed quite obvious. The G2 Nets won 86-67 by 19 points.

But people underestimate Larry Brown so much that when they think a person is overrated, they may actually be underestimating that person.

Defense, Larry Brown is a professional! When the Jagged Age just ended but not completely over, he might be the strongest!

In G3, the Pistons who returned to the home court narrowly beat the Nets 79-74. In G4, with Carter's dunk, the Pistons narrowly beat the Nets 81-80 again, tying the big score at 2-2!

However, although the Pistons' performance was surprising, compared to the Trail Blazers, it was still insignificant.

G1 was almost robbed of home field advantage, and G2 was really robbed of home field advantage. Such a miserable start to the Western Conference finals made people think that the Trail Blazers' progress this year ended here.

As a result, the big score is now 3 to 1, and the Blazers got match point!

Liu Xiu averaged 23.75 points, 7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 0.5 blocks per game in 4 games, making him invincible at critical moments!

The Western Conference finals hit this point, which is indeed beyond people's expectations, the Spurs are going to be swept by the gentlemen!

Never underestimate Tim Duncan!

When the wind of public opinion fell to the Blazers, the Spurs remained stable.

This is the attribute Duncan brought to the Spurs. Although Duncan doesn't know what else to do besides stability, he knows it is very strong.

And he is really strong!

After a two-day break, the Portland Rose Garden Arena, the Trail Blazers and the Spurs series game 5 came.

The Blazers naturally don't want to give the Spurs another chance to sell tickets, but they wanted to force the Spurs, but this time they failed.

Popovich came to a painful conclusion. During the two-day break, he recalled the reason for being behind 1-3 and found that there was a problem with his adjustment.

G3 paid too much attention to Liu Xiu at the end, and G4 did not pay enough attention to the critical moment. His pre-judgment adjustment was really bad.

He remembered his adjustments at key moments in the past few years, and it seems that few of them are correct. As long as the game hits a critical moment, it is likely to become the background, and it will be better with Manu Ginobili, but the overall critical moment is still at a disadvantage.

So, in this game, he played steadily and gave the players full power to attack... At this time, Popovich's offensive coaching actually had the feeling of a Zen master!

Duncan's stability and Popovich's delegating power allowed the Spurs to re-show their strength as the first contender for the championship. The Spurs defeated the Trail Blazers away 87-75 and tied the score to 2-3!

Duncan scored 25 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 5 blocks. In this game, it was Duncan! Not Ginobili!

For the Spurs, this is just a headwind, not a desperate situation!

On June 8th, the Spurs will return to the home court to play the Blazers again. Stable, you can always trust Tim Duncan!

With 9 of 20 shots and 7 of 10 free throws, Duncan once again scored 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Although Parker only had two assists tonight, he scored 18 points on 8 of 20 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, which was already Parker's best performance in this series.

Coupled with Manu Ginobili's 19 points and 6 assists, the Troika led the team to 101 points in a single game and limited the Trail Blazers to 91 points!

Although Liu Xiu scored 25 points and 9 assists on 9 of 20 shots tonight, Randolph had 20 points and 16 rebounds, and Raheem had 24 points, the outside shots were limited by the Spurs. The three of them scored 20+, but other points The highest player only scored 8 points, 91 to 101. The Trail Blazers lost to the Spurs on the road, and the big score was chased into a 3-3 draw!

On June 9th, the Nets and Pistons series was decided.

The Nets, who won the battle of Tianwangshan the day before yesterday, did not give the Pistons another chance. With Tracy McGrady scoring 28 points on 10 of 16 shots, Kidd scored 13 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, and defeated the Pistons 88-80. 4-2 to advance to the finals.

Five days ago, on June 4th, few people could have imagined that the Eastern Conference finals would be the first to decide the winner!

The Trail Blazers, leading 3-1, were tied by the Spurs!

The media looked back again, and the Spurs' strongest remarks reappeared!

The Trail Blazers have been crushed by the Spurs, and the Spurs are about to complete an amazing comeback from a 1-3 deficit... When the Spurs tied the score, this view became the mainstream, and people felt that the confidence of the Trail Blazers had been lost by the Spurs. The team collapsed, powerless to stop the Spurs from coming back.

From a 3-1 lead to being chased to a 3-3 draw, the impact on the Blazers players was indeed great, but their confidence and belief did not collapse!

After returning to Portland at noon on the 9th, the Blazers players discussed that they would go home and have a good rest, and after recovering enough energy, on June 10th, with a still positive and indomitable spirit, the home court ushered in. Game 7 with the Spurs!

(end of this chapter)

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