Healing Basketball

Chapter 155 155. Get up, Butcher
January 2004, 1, Portland, Rose Garden Arena home team training ground.

"Why do I have to come to the arena early in the morning on the rest day?"

"Training! I learned your technique so easily. Don't you feel the pressure?"

"Why should I be under pressure? Anyway, no matter how well I practice, you can learn it by just looking at it."

"You make a lot of sense, but they're all here, so let's practice. See how happy they are."

"...You're right, here we come."

Yesterday, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland, from the 21st to the 23rd, with a three-day rest.

Just returned from consecutive away games, the coaching staff arranged a rest for the first two days.

After a day off yesterday, Liu Xiu called Randolph, two high school students, and Matt Carroll to train together early this morning.

He said no, but Randolph did not sloppy in warming up.

This is one of the amazing things about Randolph. He is lazy, but he pays special attention to his health.

After the warm-up, Randolph put into back training.

He wants to train his back to be stronger!

The purpose is to continue to lead Liu Xiu in this respect!

He was the one who developed the back attack first!

In fact, he has improved to the point where he is obviously stronger than Liu Xiu.

But Liu Xiu's talent is too scary!

It took Randolph a long time, based on what Liu Xiuyi taught at the beginning, and constantly adjusting the training details with the trainer, coupled with the tempering of the game, he improved to the current level.

As for Liu Xiu, during the consecutive away games a few days ago, he watched it a few times and practiced a few times, so he improved his training method.

Training limit is a first-class (85) training method, and training limit is a top-notch (90) training method, laymen can't see the difference, but those who know it, the more they know, the more they understand, the more they can see which one can determine the final result. level of difference.

Randolph is the one who can clearly see the difference between Liu Xiu's improved training method and the previous technical movements at a glance.

Fortunately, he heard from the trainer that his back hitting has reached a stage where he cannot continue to improve with the help of the trainer to adjust the details. He needs to rely on training and competition to comprehend the adjustment of the details.

In addition, it is to practice the basic skills of turning over jump shots more accurately, hooks, turnaround jump shots... and other basic skills.

As for the warden, he has reached his level at the beginning of the butcher season.

Randolph is confident that by the time Liu Xiu reaches his current level, he may have improved again.

After Randolph started training, Liu Xiu went to guide the training of outlaws.

Dale Davis' supplementary defense and defense, Derek Anderson's comprehensive basic skills and techniques that can be used by forwards, and Little Flying Squirrel's layup skills... all taught.

If it weren't for the fact that Tianzun, Randolph, Kobe and others needed basic skills to support their backs, he would be willing to teach them.

But the high school student, the extrajudicial lunatic, is only a male with physical talent, and he has very few skills-inaccurate pull-up shots, good cut-in shots, qualified single-handed defense against players with the ball...

Then the standard cramming teaching will start.

How much can be learned.

In fact, Miles wasn't called by Liu Xiu, but the high school student, the extrajudicial lunatic, who showed off that he wanted to train with Liu Xiu and Randolph, so Miles came over on his own initiative.

This person has to be able to put himself as low as possible.

Miles was woken up by being poked before, but in fact, what he thought was his 'dignity' had been stepped on.

Now he finds that stuff is not called dignity.

When he came to his senses, he found that as the No. [-] pick, he had never done anything that made others think he was dignified.

That being the case, put yourself to the bottom.

Whether he can learn something is one thing, letting the team see him is the most important thing.

Liu Xiu could tell that this 23-year-old high school student was not as pure-minded as an outlaw fanatic, but he didn't care about it.

Anyway, it's all cramming teaching, one more is one more.

Matt Carroll is easy.

Just ask the trainer to help him strengthen his catch-and-shoot wings.

His shooting talent is very good, but that thing needs a long time of training and accumulation slowly.

Liu Xiu taught the outlaw lunatic and Miles some training methods of technical movements. After the two remembered to start training, Liu Xiu went to the lounge to read the information of the next four opponents.

The day after tomorrow, on the 24th, I played the Warriors at home; on the 26th, I played the Wizards;

After looking at the recent matches of these four opponents, Liu Xiu looked at the upcoming schedule...

The people who arrange the schedule are really not human!

Just as he was muttering, someone came into the lounge.

It was Randolph who had just changed into civilian clothes.

"Warden, what are you looking at?"

"Our schedule, we have five consecutive home games in the first half of next month and six consecutive away games in the second half of the month."

Seeing Liu Xiu's loveless appearance, Randolph complained, "Does this affect you? You have strange physical strength."

I never thought that one day I would be called a stamina monster...

But it's cool!

and many more!

"Zach, aren't you training? How long have you been training?" Liu Xiu's tone was a coach-like complaint.

"I've been practicing for more than two hours! It's already 11:[-], why don't you eat lunch, take a nap, take a nap and continue practicing?"

Liu Xiu looked at the clock on the wall, wow!

It's really 11:35.

At 9:05, he finished teaching the outlaws and Miles the training methods and came in to read the materials, and two hours passed in a flash.

Work hard, time flies.

Just as he was talking, the other three teammates who took a shower and changed their clothes also came.

Liu Xiu nodded: "Okay, let's go to lunch first."

When the group left the lounge, Randolph suddenly thought of a question: "Warden, why do you only ask us for training?"

"Because we're geniuses."

"Oh... wait, he's a genius?" Randolph pointed at Matt Carroll.

Matt Carroll: "…"

"Uh..." Liu Xiu responded, "Matt trains with us, we feel more fulfilled, right?"

Matt Carroll: "!"

Randolph, Outlaws, Miles—"It seems to be true."

Matt Carroll: "!!!"

"Wait!" Randolph suddenly reacted: "You called us here, why are we practicing and you are not practicing?"

"Don't worry about such details..."

"No! You have to explain it to me!"

"..."

...

Kevin Pritchar looked at the players leaving downstairs in the coach's office on the second floor, still in disbelief.

Maurice Cheeks said to the chief assistant standing at the window: "Kevin, do you think that brat wants to steal our jobs?"

Kevin Pritchar rolled his eyes: "It's possible, but you don't have to worry too much, he probably doesn't bother to do it...I didn't expect him to bring a few young teammates to train on the rest day."

"Chris said that our warden wanted to help Travis, Darius, and Matt prepare for training during the All-Star Weekend. Didn't expect Zach to actually come to practice."

Kevin Prittcha nodded, that should be it.

This is what a leader should do, even if the leader is just a rookie.

But it is not a rare case for a rookie to become a leader.

It's just that Kevin Pritchar thinks what Randolph said is right...

"Morris, this bastard called his teammates to train, but he was lazy. You said he came here, so he can't practice? It's going to piss me off!"

……

……

In the basketball circle, the hottest stars right now... are the guys from the Lakers.

But the most talked about player at the moment is Liu Xiu.

Now basketball news, except for the game of the day, the wonderful performance of a certain team or a certain star that day, everything else is related to Liu Xiu.

Basically, there are two topics-how bad Liu Xiu is, and how good Liu Xiu performed in his rookie season.

Prison team, warden, these two words, if the search engine has a hot search ranking now, it will definitely be on the list.

None of this affected Liu Xiu...he already knew about it.

The effect of AJ's draft.

What supported the effect was his previous performance.

If he wants to continue this enthusiasm, he has to play at least not badly.

On January 1, the Trail Blazers ushered in a game against the Warriors at home.

The Warriors have played 42 games so far, with 17 wins and 25 losses. The Trail Blazers did not care about this opponent, and made full preparations yesterday.

Then, the Trail Blazers beat the Warriors 26-9 in the first quarter.

The Warriors did not score in double figures in a single quarter!

That bad touch made the Blazers players who were pressing the rhythm call my God!
Seeing that Liu Xiu made 4 of 3 shots in the second half of the first quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointers and 2 of 1 free throws to score 8 points, the teammates discussed it during the break...Taking this opportunity, Help the warden to score!
Liu Xiu didn't want to agree, but there was no other way, the team members had to ask for this...he immediately complied.

You can't live up to the kindness of your teammates, no.

And the opponent played really badly!

So, the warden proved one thing - he is the No.13 player selected in the first round!
Liu Xiu made 4 of 3 shots in the first quarter. Liu Xiu seized the opportunity to shoot. As a point guard, he stepped onto the court. His first goal was to help the team play more smoothly.

The low score of the Warriors is directly related to the good defense of the Trail Blazers. However, the Trail Blazers suppressed the rhythm and only scored 10 points in the first half of the first quarter. Liu Xiu scored 8 points in the second half to help the team. A wave of 16 to 5 was played, extending the lead to 17 points.

It's also thanks to a crippled version of Dunleavy's talent for 'shooting off screens'.

From the second quarter, Liu Xiu's first goal for each ball was to score a field goal, and his efficiency plummeted...

第二节刘秀打了8分钟、第三节打了9分钟、第四节达到了4分11秒，21分多钟时间，刘秀怒打15铁!
At 4 minutes and 11 seconds into the final quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Warriors 92-70. Liu Xiu hit the second three-pointer of the game, helping the team widen the point difference to 22 points. The Warriors attacked Maurice Cheeks replaced Liu Xiu after a wrong pass and went out of bounds.

28投12中、其中三分球6中2，加上6中5的罚球，刘秀狂飙31分6板4助攻2抢断！

Looking at the shooting percentage of 28 of 12 shots alone, Liu Xiu's performance is still quite good. The average shooting percentage of Ren Xiaohuang so far this season is two percentage points lower than this.

But just looking at the next three quarters, Liu Xiu made 24 of 9 shots...

But it doesn't matter, the Trail Blazers won!
In the end, the Trail Blazers beat the Warriors 105 to 87, improving their record to 30 wins and 12 losses.

With 21 points and 21 rebounds, Randolph scored his third double-3 of the season and became the best player of the game.

12 of those offensive rebounds couldn't have been more eye-catching.

……

Defeating the Warriors, Liu Xiu scored 4+ in a single game for the fourth time this season.

At present, Anthony has scored 8+ in a single game 30 times, James has 7 times, Liu Xiu has 4 times, ranking third, and Wade has 3 times in fourth.

Liu Xiu was 30+ this time and was criticized after the game.

Then, the classic scene of the little emperor saving the warden appeared for many years to come!
Liu Xiu has shot 46.3% so far this season, James 40.7%.

There was a lot of hype from the outside world. On the morning of the 25th, Liu Xiu followed the team to Washington, D.C., the imperial capital of the United States.

Next, they will challenge the Wizards away.

Arriving at the hotel in the Imperial City, Liu Xiu looked at the task, wishing that the game would come directly tonight... In that case, the Wizards would go back to back, and the Blazers would take advantage of back-to-back...

"The name of the general:
Objective 1: Before the second match against Gilbert Arenas, the five indicators of the host's highest score in a single game, highest rebounds in a single game, highest assists in a single game, number of triple-doubles, and number of wins in a single game this season need to be Higher than Gilbert Arenas.

（宿主最高数据：52分、18板、12助攻，三双次数：5次，胜场数29胜。

吉尔伯特-阿里纳斯最高数据：36分、12板、10助攻，三双次数：0次，胜场数13胜。

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Goal 1, good luck is accomplished!
He has an absolute advantage in points, rebounds, triple-doubles, and records.

But the highest assist in a single game, he only had 12 times!
Fortunately, Arenas is not known for passing the ball. The number of assists in double figures in the first two years of his career added up to 9 times, but this season there are only 3 times, and they are all exactly 10 assists.

Goal 2 is now left.

Goal 2 is to complete the task of 'Hang Dao Li Ma' that was completed in the last match against the Wizards.

"Hengdao immediately:

Goal 1: The host needs to ensure that the player with the highest score in the game is on the host's team.

Target 2: At least three of the five statistics of the host, including points, assists, rebounds, steals, and blocks, are higher than or equal to Gilbert Arenas.

Goal 3: Win the game.

Reward: 3000 healing value.

Failure Penalty: For every missed goal, the Overlord will have a season of extremely low form against Gilbert Arenas. "

If objective 2 is completed, he will be given the title of 'Great General'... Originally, he was not interested in this nickname.

but!Now that the nickname 'Warden' is getting more and more popular, he wants to see if the nickname 'General' can steal a bit of the limelight...

Of course, the most important thing is another reward - first-class training card for leg explosive power (emergency stop braking skills)!

The power of his breakthrough in front of the body is not great, because his offensive choice after the breakthrough is to hit the basket. If he hits twice more, the opponent will be able to defend himself.

But if you practice the pull-up jump shot well...

But that thing relies heavily on athletic ability.

That stop-and-brake is what keeps him from being a great pull-up jumper.

But with this training card...

The training cards obtained directly from these rewards have a common hidden effect-adaptive adjustment!

Just like how he got Baron Davis' front-body change direction breakthrough and other aspects from relying on athletic ability to using inertia and other aspects of technology.

……

In the middle of the season, it is normal to broadcast games.

The Trail Blazers challenged the Wizards in an away game. Because of Liu Xiu's performance in the last match against the Wizards, and because of Arenas' strong hostility towards Liu Xiu, this game was added!
Arenas' quasi-lore turned around early to celebrate and gave Liu Xiu a triple-double. That game is now being brought out for speculation.

In terms of topicality, the hype for that game will not be lower than Liu Xiu's 52 points!

It didn't get too much hype before, but now, with a sponsor, the draft is ready to go!

Negative news accelerates the expansion of popularity, and the world's best personal highlight performance wins fans... Liu Xiu is painful and happy.

But some people are happy and some are sad. Arenas is not sad anymore, he is simply desperate!
But he never believed in fate!
Arenas said in an interview: "It was just an accident. I regret it. I was careless. I still think he was just lucky. I will never lose again this time!"

Liu Xiu responded in an interview with Time Warner Cable Sports after the morning's practice: "He wants to win me? Dreams are there...but dreams and delusions, I hope he can distinguish."

Liu Xiu, the rookie with the most attention and controversy this season, has become the most popular rookie king in the All-Star starting voting stage.

Arenas, after falling to the second pick in the second round in his rookie season, bluntly said that he would make all the teams that did not choose him regret it. Up to now, he has basically completed his rhetoric. Except for the Grizzlies, other teams have The first-round pick of the team probably regretted it.

Arenas, who has a great personality, has also become a popular new star after entering the NBA for more than two years.

In the All-Star voting, among the guards in the Eastern Conference, Arenas ranked fifth, and the top four were Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Kidd, and James.

Just like when Liu Xiu and James played against each other, the enemies became friends.

Arenas and Liu Xiu played against each other, and the media that usually couldn't understand the full-bodied Arenas seemed to have become his fans...

The mutual choking between the two led to media hype and fans' arguments...

This game, which was completely ignored at first, became a popular game in the middle of the season!
David Stern did not expect that in the middle of this year's season, in the list of players who contributed the most to the NBA's attention and ratings, Liu Xiu would actually be in the top five!

……

At 5:10 in the evening, the players of the Trail Blazers first entered the stadium at the MCI Center.

Watching Liu Xiu take the lead, 14 players of the Trail Blazers ran out one after another amidst the boos of the fans at the scene...

Arenas seemed to have seen the first appearance of the "Rose Bay Seven" more than a month ago.

The lineup on the opposite side is very strong, but Arenas is not afraid!
Sometimes it is a good thing to be single-minded. He firmly believes that if he almost beat the Trail Blazers last time, he will do it this time!
The home team enters!

The first four runners were Larry Hughes, Juan Dixon, Ethan Thomas, and Brandon Haywood.

Arenas was the last to run out of the tunnel.

The arrogant eyes, the unruly neck, the crooked mouth, the corners of the mouth turned up... The fans at the scene saw the close-up of Arenas on the big screen, and gave out enthusiastic cheers!

Jordan, still brought a lot to the Wizards.

It can be regarded as abolishing the Wizards' No. [-] pick, but he brought more things!
For example, the popularity of this team has never been seen before in team history.

Everyone loves the Hoyas, who believes in the Wizards?
Even in their only championship season in team history, their head star Elvin Hayes is not an All-Star starter.

But the addition of Jordan has allowed them to compete with the Georgetown University Hoyas in the past two seasons.

And most of this was inherited by Arenas.

Who doesn't like a star who is only 22 years old and already has an average of 22+4+5 per game?
At the end of last year, after Stackhouse was reimbursed for the season, Arenas' performance improved significantly!
Also benefited, and Larry Hughes.

Wizards fans did not expect that Stackhouse was reimbursed, but instead they saw hope from their own team.

If there is any concern... Arenas and Larry Hughes have been quite glassy this season. Just halfway through the regular season, both have missed more than 10 games.

Liu Xiu felt the fans' love for Arenas.

But looking at Arenas on the opposite side, Liu Xiu remembered seeing this guy last time, and this guy seemed to have this expression.

Liu Xiu thought of a species...the crooked mouth dragon king...this smile can be called evil!
Shivering, Liu Xiu stopped looking at the other side and ran to the butcher.

The warden's bewitching (strike out) begins...

"Butcher, I saw a piece of news."

"What news?"

"Sports Illustrated under Time Warner Cable Sports, which broadcast the game live, wrote that the team that didn't pick Arenas in the first round regretted it."

"What do you mean?"

"Are you a first-round rookie in 01?"

"Of course it is...******, those teams should regret not choosing me!"

……

Near 5:[-], the two teams started playing.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup remains the same.

The Wizards sent Arenas, Dixon, Larry Hughes, Ethan Thomas, Haywood's starting combination.

Heywood came to the middle circle, as if being stared at by a hungry bear, feeling a chill down his back.

Follow your eyes... Randolph!

Have the same feeling, and Arenas.

Both of them couldn't figure it out—what's wrong with this fat man?

It's not just Arenas that Randolph is eyeing tonight... mainly because of misalignment, it's useless to stare at Arenas.

In addition to competing with Arenas who is stronger, he also has to beat other players in the same class.

Fortunately, Kwame Brown was not there, otherwise he would be frightened by the banditry of the butcher at the beginning.

At 5:30 in the evening, the referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the game began!

Tianzun took Heywood lightly to win the jump ball.

Randolph goes upfield, gets a lob from Derek Anderson...

Some defensive players are strong but not skilled. Randolph chooses to use face-up technique for singles.

Some opponents have outstanding skills but insufficient strength, and Randolph chooses to play back.

Some defensive players have excellent skills and strength. Randolph has learned to trust and cooperate with his teammates this season.

But Heywood...

Randolph catches the ball and takes a strong step, catches the ball and makes a jump layup!

Heywood was squeezed away.

He has physical fitness and skills, but the combination can't reach the level that Randolph is afraid of.

"Let the parallel import champion guard against me, you are not even as good as him..."

Randolph yelled at Heywood, twisted his hips, and retreated amidst the boos that detonated on the scene.

Liu Xiu sat on the sidelines, speechless.

It seems that after playing later, if there is a goal, they will have to be forced to open again.

Since playing the Kings, their team seems to have liberated their nature...

Such them, when they win, are very happy.

But losing, like the back-to-back losses to the Clippers, looks like a group of smart people.

However, Randolph's arrogance also has its own capital.

He has made great progress this season. He was originally a top-notch front frame and an excellent back-up player, but was forced by Liu Xiu to become a top-notch back-up player and a first-class front-up frame player.

That is to say, the basic shooting skills are not solid enough, and its offensive power is limited to short distances.

But against Heywood or Ethan Thomas, it's easy!

If he pinches, he can still pass the ball!

Arenas Honey is confident that they can fight back and forth with the Trail Blazers like last time. Facts have proved that his thinking is really confusing...

Halfway through the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Wizards by 14 points 8 to 6.

Without Stackhouse's containment, Larry Hughes of the Wizards played suddenly and dominated the game. When he met the Trail Blazers, he was locked up by the outlaw lunatics and Tianzun.

Playing and playing, the Wizards became a one-on-one play. Among the 8 points in the half quarter, 5 points were scored by Arenas.

Entering the rotation stage, Liu Xiu is about to play.

"The great magician:
...

Opponent: Gilbert Arenas, who is good at technical conversion talent: perfect braking.Bonus effect: When emergency stops are required in technical actions such as breakthroughs and direction changes, the strength of the host's ankles, knees, waist, etc. will be greatly enhanced. "

I chose Arenas without any suspense. The last time I used Arenas' talent for technical transformation, I used it very well.

It's a pity that the matching degree is not enough, otherwise, if you add bonuses such as emergency stop and jump shooting skills, it will not go to heaven.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiu really wants to hit the Hornets...

……

The Trail Blazers sent a combination of Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Miles, Randolph, and Dale Davis.

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

Randolph saw Kwame Brown get on, fueled up.

When Arenas saw Liu Xiu going up, his whole body was on edge, he was about to go crazy!

But the former, after fighting with Kwame Brown in the low post, felt a low post defense that was more oppressive than Gasol... It was just a low post defense. like.

Randolph chose to trust his teammates...

Arenas is really backing up!Really soared!
Arenas scored 12 points in a single quarter in the first quarter, but unfortunately, the Wizards only scored 18 points.

25 to 18, after the first quarter, the Trail Blazers easily gained a 7-point lead.

Wizards coach Eddie - Jordan does not seem to care about winning the game, more concerned about how Arenas can get more exercise.

As opponents, the Trail Blazers are naturally happy and relaxed. After everyone scores a goal, they are very flamboyant...

Liu Xiu also felt that it was very beneficial.

However, Randolph scored 7 points in the first quarter and Arenas scored 12 points!

The gap of 5 points was opened!

His warden tried, worked hard, and scored 4 points in half a quarter...

Two games, the same task, Liu Xiu enjoyed two different levels of difficulty!
Gotta figure it out!

There are always more ways than difficulties.

With a clear goal and enough understanding of the opponent and your own team, the solution will be there at once.

First, the butcher must be ferocious!
...

With 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, Randolph was very satisfied with his performance in the first quarter.

At this time, the warden's voice reached his ears: "Butcher! Your score can't be lower than that guy wearing the number 0! You helped me the day before yesterday, and I will help you this time!"

……

……

I would like to mention the second round of nucleic acid this afternoon. I heard that there will be a third round. I hope the epidemic will pass soon.

Today, the nucleic acid queue circled around a building several times, and the queue lasted for more than two hours.

He also said that the update will be resumed, and today there is only a guaranteed update, and we will try to resume the update tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)