Healing Basketball

Chapter 122 122. The time has come!

Maurice Cheeks chooses to give it a go!
However, in the face of Kwame Brown's defense, the team's most stable offensive method - Randolph's low post play, is not easy to use.

Kwame Brown has lost his motivation, but the last dignity on the defensive end remains -- the low post.

Back up against Kwame Brown, only Shaquille O’Neal and Yao Ming can crush it. Duncan’s low-post attack on Kwame-Brown is enough. -Brown, why bother.

Randolph might have had no problem dealing with Kwame Brown if he had mastered his turnaround jump shot, but now...

Then let Tianzun come?
It used to be a good idea, but as the season progressed, Maurice Cheeks clearly felt that Tianzun's offensive strength was declining.

After playing for a month and a half, Tianzun's 3D + support + counterattack style of play has become more and more comfortable, and singles are gradually being abandoned...

Liu Xiu's calm reception and advancement not only calmed Morris Cheeks, but also calmed down his teammates who were in a panic.

The reliability on the field and the temperament of a big man off the field, the two combined at this moment, played a very important role.

After Liu Xiu advanced to the front court, he made a gesture, and Travis Outlaw came to the top arc to catch the ball.

Morris Cheeks' eyes lit up when he saw this-reliable!
Arenas followed Liu Xiu to the low position and watched Liu Xiu come up...how could he not know what Liu Xiu wanted to do.

The opponent wants to hit back!Arenas was shocked!He is also a good backhander!

His defense is not bad, but he can't be said to be excellent. This is determined by his personality. He is not a player who is willing to die on the defensive end.

But he really has a very good defense-defense against backs!

When Liu Xiu received the ball, Arenas tried to go around the front and cut it off, but he didn't lose his position. With excellent defensive back and footwork, he returned to the defensive position as soon as Liu Xiu received the ball and lowered his center of gravity.

'come on!turn around?retreat?Turn over?The footsteps of turning the back frame to the front frame... Come here! '

Arenas was so excited. With his height, wingspan, strength, mobility, and back-up defense skills, he can defend Andre Miller to 7 of 2 back-ups!

but……

Unlike Andre Miller who relies on his big butt to squeeze the opponent into the right position, and then uses his big butt to open up a little space before turning around or turning over to shoot, Liu Xiu relies purely on top-notch strength and puts the opponent in the shooting guard. The striker is not at a disadvantage because of his weight!
Liu Xiu made a rough push, knocked Arenas into the basket with several consecutive steps, turned right and walked to the baseline, moved away from Arenas, wiped the board and made a layup!
Liu Xiu was a little surprised that the opponent had no one to defend him.

The opponent didn't expect Liu Xiu to fight like this, and so fiercely!
In their minds, no point guard's post-up can take advantage of Arenas, neither Payton nor Andre Miller.

This goal did not play a role in curbing the momentum of the Wizards, and the next offense of the Wizards is still fierce.

The main reason is that Arenas played harder after being beaten by Liu Xiu.

He can accept the reality of being hammered by the opponent, but he only accepts it while defending. If he fails to defend, he will definitely return it!

Being raped like that is as humiliating as being knocked down!
The Trail Blazers can only try their best to pinch Arenas, make more defenses and help defenses, and then try to defend the opponents who are vacated.

The way the Wizards play is different from what their head coach Eddie Jordan set up at halftime...but Eddie Jordan is used to it and does his best at the next dead ball, timeout, official timeout, etc. Able to adjust the lineup and tactics, and launch an attack around Arenas' ferocious performance.

But under the leadership of Arenas with 8 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, the Wizards scored 30 points in a single quarter!
The Trail Blazers scored much less efficiently than the Wizards. By the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers only scored 22 points in a single quarter.

After three quarters, the Wizards led the Trail Blazers by 85 points 81 to 4 and entered the intermission.

The third quarter started with a 4-point lead and ended with a 4-point deficit. The fans at the scene were in a low mood.

After three quarters, Arenas has 28 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Randolph only had 24 points, and Liu Xiu had only 9 points and 6 assists.

But the current mentality of the Trail Blazers players has not collapsed, and the coaching staff feels that the opportunity is coming!
They lost 8 points in a single quarter, but they were not defeated by the Wizards who were so hot in the third quarter. They were still within a controllable range. They have been steadily competing with the Trail Blazers.

After Blake was replaced, he threw three long two-pointers. Liu Xiu led his teammates to deal with it steadily; The Trail Blazers are still coping steadily...

The Wizards, who dominated the third quarter, actually scored very concentrated.

And in the final stage of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers played a wave of 7 to 3, reducing the maximum difference of 8 points to 4 points.

This is because the Wizards were 4 points behind to start the single quarter and ended the quarter with a lead of 4 points. Not many people noticed.

But the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers noticed that Maurice Cheeks sputtered to mobilize the enthusiasm of his teammates, and successfully convinced the players who were not defeated that they had hope of reversing the opponent's reversal!

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After eating a blueberry-flavored candied haws, Liu Xiu felt that the taste could not be said to be unpalatable, but it felt a little dark...

Recently, candied haws have been sold on the streets of Portland!
The place most people go to buy candied haws is the basketball court.

It seems that the task will fail all the way, but there is still a chance for all of them, Liu Xiu can only continue to fight now!
The intermission is over, and the two teams put on the starting lineup for the final quarter.

球迷们只注意到刘秀9分6助攻的表现，看起来与18投10中拿到28分6助攻的阿里纳斯差远了。

But Liu Xiu still has 10 rebounds and 2 steals...

Liu Xiu continues to start at the end of the quarter!

He played with Damon Stoudemire, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, Rasheed Wallace.

The Wizards sent a combination of Blevin Knight, Arenas, Larry Hughes, Kwame Brown and Haywood.

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Wizards took the lead.

After Blevin Knight passed the ball to Arenas, Princeton's run started again.

This tactical choice proves that Wizards coach Eddie Jordan lacks coaching experience.

Liu Xiu clung to Arenas, and when Arenas broke through, Little Flying Squirrel emptied Blevin Knight and charged Arenas!

Completely different from the tactical plan, Arenas was forced to stop the ball and failed to play the ball in the first time. Blevin Knight was in a position where Arenas could not pass.

In order to avoid Little Flying Squirrel's rush and grab the ball, Arenas pulled it towards Zola... Liu Xiu, who happened to be chasing back, dropped the ball!
Little Flying Squirrel grabs the ball, and Liu Xiu completes the third steal!
9分10板6助攻3抢断0盖帽，对比阿里纳斯28分4板6助攻3抢断1盖帽，有三个数据不落下风了！
After the flying mouse grabbed the ball, he immediately counterattacked. He rushed up at full speed, even though he was 30 years old, Arenas couldn't catch up.

Little Flying Squirrel made a layup and scored two points, leading the score to 83-85.

When the Wizards attacked, Arenas, who was cut off, rushed to feed the ball angrily. Haywood caught the ball and made a dunk with both hands... Arenas is still in shape!

When it came to the Trail Blazers' offense, looking at the posture of Little Flying Squirrel, the Wizards thought that Little Flying Squirrel was coming directly, but he didn't. He suddenly split to the right baseline in singles, Liu Xiu received the ball, Kwame Brown and Ali Nas switched defenses to Liu Xiu.

Kwame Brown seems to be positive, but this clumsy inside switch, not to mention the top-notch frame-protecting center at the beginning, even a center with an excellent defensive rating of 84 defensive ratings judged by the system, would not switch defenses like this.

Liu Xiu easily passed the ball from the right side to the basket. Randolph caught the ball and hit it high. Before Heywood recovered, Randolph wiped the board on Arenas' head and made a layup!

The Trail Blazers continue to bite the score!

The players and coaches of the Wizards, in fact, have not been very active after gaining the lead.

But they have been leading and their form has been excellent, and they can't tell what's wrong.

But the feeling is always there.

In fact, they are in good condition, but they have been unable to play a real clear lead.

In the third quarter, the Blazers were overthrown by the Wizards, but they were not beaten to death, just like ghosts, biting behind the Wizards.

The arrangement made by the Wizards during the intermission, although they did not really realize that they made tactical emphasis because of this feeling, such as shooting more decisively, believing in their own abilities...etc., but the adjustments and psychological emphasis , I just want to get rid of this feeling at the beginning of the last quarter!The way to eliminate it is to play a truly clear lead.

In the next three minutes or so, the two teams played a wave of confrontation. At 5 minutes and 06 seconds of the fourth quarter, Liu Xiu ran back and cut in to catch the ball against Heywood's confrontation and hit a layup. The score was 92. Compared to 94, the two teams scored 9-9 in more than three minutes!
Nearly half of the last quarter has been played, and the score is still not opened. The feeling of a car chasing in the rearview mirror has already driven the new star of the Wizards, Arenas, almost crazy!
Arenas' receiving and advancing speed this time was significantly faster than before, and Liu Xiu pressed down as soon as Arenas entered the shooting area.

Arenas broke through to the inside and was defended in the middle distance, but he flashed nimbly and entered the inside without a chance to make a mid-range shot!Facing the shrinking Travis Outlaw's supplementary defense, he avoided Travis Outlaw's long arm, tilted his body and forced a layup... "snap"... Liu Xiu caught the ball!

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