Healing Basketball

Chapter 191 191. Another giant! (6000 words, 1015 supplements)

In the commentary seat of the court platform, Sun Zhengping and the exhausted Su Qun all entered the state of bean eyes.

I thought the two had conflicts because of the game, but I didn't expect to see such a scene.

The live broadcast screen repeatedly played back Liu Xiu's bewildered expression when Yao Ming snatched Liu Xiu's candied haws, and the fans in front of the domestic TV burst into laughter.

On the court, the intermission was over, and the players from the two teams who started the final quarter came on the field.

Trail Blazers lineup: Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, McDyess.

Rockets lineup: Francis, Adrian - Griffin, Jim - Jackson, Cato, Yao Ming.

Liu Xiu was murderous when he came on stage!
He can share what he eats with others.

But if he doesn't give it, others can't grab it!

After receiving the serve, Liu Xiu pushed forward angrily...and gave the ball to Little Flying Squirrel.

The Rockets thought that Liu Xiu was going to get tough.

After all, he is a rookie with 52 points in a single game, and Liu Xiu is a strong player in singles. The Rockets focused on him.

Unexpectedly, it was just a feint.

Flying Squirrel is still playing smartly, he is already excited, he doesn't care whether he should be steady in chasing points at the end of the quarter, he catches the ball and makes two strides, Mobley rushes up and jumps over his head, Flying Squirrel stops suddenly and makes a two-point shot!
Scored 11 points in a row, and the point difference came to 7 points!
The Rockets attack, Yao Ming catches the ball and is flanked by three people!
Randolph tops the back, McDyess presses up on the flanks to block the turn, and the outlaw lunatic prepares to block the shot.

Yao Ming points to Jim Jackson, and Jim Jackson catches the ball and shoots a three-pointer...

This year, Jim Jackson's three-point performance is excellent, with a 40.6% three-point shooting rate and an average of 2.1 three-pointers per game. There are Yao Ming and Francis. Although he mainly scores in singles, he often has big open shots.

But before it was time for him to play in the third quarter, the game was wasted, that is to say, he didn't play in the whole third quarter!
Hands are cold!
Jim Jackson missed a three-pointer with a big gap!

Francis actively interfered with Liu Xiu to grab a defensive rebound as instructed, and the interference was successful.

However, this actually weakens the Rockets' offensive rebounding impact. Francis is the Rockets' offensive rebounding player second only to Yao Ming.

The outlaws protect the defensive rebounds.

The Rockets have a very good defensive discipline. After making a mistake just now, they immediately focused.

Some players on the offensive end were affected because they hadn't played for too long, but it is good to have a long rest on the defensive end.

Liu Xiu received the ball on the right side of the three-second zone. He judged that the pass would not be better. Facing Jim Jackson who switched defenses, he made a mid-range shot...it missed!
Cato protects the defensive rebound.

At the transition of offense and defense, Yao Ming received the ball at close range. Before the three of them pinched in place, he flexibly turned right to face the baseline, and made a hook shot with his left hand...hit!
80 to 71, the Rockets lead back to 9 points.

TV commentators are now saying that the Blazers should switch to a big center guard, but Maurice Cheeks doesn't!

They recovered the score, not relying on that...

No, as soon as Yao Ming scored a goal, Randolph picked up the ball and exited the baseline and handed it to Little Flying Squirrel!
Randolph has to take care of the blocking position. The first choice is to go to Liu Xiu when the outsider or McDyess grabs the defensive rebound. They don't have enough vision and ability to pass the ball to the flying mouse, so they don't do it every time.

But the opponent scored a goal, and Randolph served the ball, so he could speed up!

Don't worry about him, just say it to him!
Little Flying Squirrel rushed to the frontcourt and was blocked. It was distributed to the follow-up outlaws. The outlaws cut in the middle. The Rockets retreated well, so Yao Ming did not retreat. The outlaws were flanked in the middle. , divided into flanks...

Liu Xiu followed up to catch the ball, cut to the basket, made a diving layup, and sent the ball into the basket before Mobley pounced.

73 to 80, the Trail Blazers maintained the possibility of catching up with the point difference.

When the Rockets replaced Yao Ming, who only played 20 minutes before and rested for most of the quarter, the Rockets' defense immediately rose to the top level.

Francis' bravery, Mobley's skills, Cato's help defense, Yao Ming's frame protection, four drags and one lead Jim Jackson, and Van Gundy Jr.'s defensive coaching is really great.

The Blazers' scoring efficiency plummeted, but they didn't give up, trying to seize every opportunity they realized.

On the Rockets side, the shooting from the wing was not very good, relying on the star, Francis once again started the mode of rushing to the inside with determination.

Yao Ming, who didn't play much singles in the first three quarters, increased his singles. Jim Jackson couldn't make a shot and started to cut inside.

The scores of the two teams were not high, and there was a stalemate for a while.

比赛打到第6分47秒进入官方暂停的时候，火箭队以88比80领先开拓者队8分，半节多时间时间，开拓者队只缩小了1分分差。

The mentality during the game is not only determined by the present, but also by past experience.

The current mentality of the Rockets players is to wait until the end of the game, and winning by 1 point is also a win.

The Trail Blazers players didn't think so much, they were behind, and they just went up and did it!

If you can catch up with the points difference, you will catch up.

If they can't catch up, they have already earned back their face from falling behind by more than ten points, at least in their own minds.

When the Rockets and their opponents are at a stalemate, the problem for the Rockets comes.

Even if the Rockets are in the lead...

After the official timeout came back, the Trail Blazers sent a combination of Little Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Miles, Harrington, and Randolph.

The Rockets sent a combination of Francis, Mobley, Piakowski, Witherspoon, and Yao Ming.

The Trail Blazers attacked, and Randolph made a face-up single and hit the bottom line.

When the Rockets attacked, the Trail Blazers defended the basket, Yao Ming pulled out to catch the ball and shot, Miles made up the defense in time, Yao Ming was interfered and missed the shot.

Harrington grabbed the rebound, and Francis and Mobley strengthened their defense against Liu Xiu and Little Flying Squirrel, actively moving forward.

Harrington advanced to the frontcourt by himself and passed to Little Momonga. Little Momonga didn't play singles, but passed again...

Liu Xiu used Miles to cover on the right sideline, caught the ball and swayed a shot, and Piakowski, who switched defenses, flew away.

Liu Xiu patted the ball, went outside the three-point line at a 30-degree angle to the right, and made a three-point shot...

This is the most accurate position for his three-point shooting, and he made it!

一波5比0，开拓者队将比分追至85比88，将比分缩小至5分以内！
A very big difference between the two teams appeared again!
When the score is tight, the Trail Blazers have the ability to burst into waves.

And the Rockets didn't!

Yao Ming, Francis, Mobley, etc. have one thing in common. They are all "basic" players, and basically they don't have the ability to raise the team's upper limit.

After the 5-0 wave of the Trail Blazers, they played anxiously with the Rockets again.

The Trail Blazers failed to overtake the score in one fell swoop, but the Rockets could not widen the point difference either.

At 10 minutes and 44 seconds into the final quarter of the game, Liu Xiu and Flying Squirrel cooperated tactically and went around the top arc to catch the ball. The current score is only 91 to 94, and they are still 3 points behind.
However, Randolph squeezed into the basket from Yao Ming's side and made a putback!

93 to 94, the point difference narrowed to 1 points!
The Rockets didn't call a timeout!In the second half, the Rockets used up the timeout first!
At the critical moment, Francis handed the ball to Mobley for singles. The two who grew up together trust each other.

Mobley faced Miles in singles, stepped back and made a three-pointer...

Did not enter!

Randolph protected the rebound and gave it to the flying mouse.

The fast break didn't come out, the Rockets struggled to retreat, and the Blazers fell into a positional battle.

There were more than 30 seconds left in the game, and the little flying mouse advanced to the frontcourt to dribble the ball and wasted time, so he didn't plan to pass.

Mobley kept confronting the little flying mouse, and the little flying mouse didn't make a mistake because of this, protected the ball well, and started a single with 24 seconds left in the 10-second attack time.

The cross step changes to a breakthrough, rushes to the free throw line, retreats, and takes off... Little Flying Mouse has a beautiful singles process, and Witherspoon pounces on it.

After Witherspoon threw out, Yao Ming stood on the arc of the reasonable collision zone, protected the rim, protected the defensive rebound, and avoided the situation two rounds ago... Winning by 1 point is also a win, and 1 point is enough up...

Just when Yao Ming turned around, he saw the terrified expressions of the fans on the bottom line, followed by screams, bumps from behind, and a "bang"...

The pressure of nearly 200 catties on his back let Yao Ming know that he was in the background again...

Little Flying Squirrel jumped up to score the ball, Liu Xiu used Harrington's pick-and-roll to cut in from the flank, and sprinted to catch the ball with all his strength. Seeing Yao Ming's upturned buttocks, he couldn't help it, and dunked!

Buckle in!
95 to 94, the Trail Blazers lead by 1 point!
14 seconds left!
After landing, Liu Xiu immediately ran out of the three-point line, and then resumed her sloppy look, and high-fived with her extremely excited teammates.

Yao Ming turned around and saw Liu Xiu who had regained his laxity.

But he didn't have time to think about this, so he hurried to the frontcourt.

The Rockets don't have time!

Mobley, who served the ball, was experienced and calm at the critical moment. He served the ball in 5 seconds, and the referee counted to 4 before he sent it to Francis.

Harrington and Little Flying Squirrel failed to defend the serve, so they retreated quickly. By this time, Yao Ming was already at close range.

Randolph struggled to fight against Yao Ming, put the ball in front, and Yao Ming would be fine with the ball.

Yao Ming has only played less than 32 minutes tonight...but!He didn't rest in the final quarter!
There were two goals in front of him, and he missed two post-up singles.

Francis quickly advanced to the frontcourt with only 10 seconds left. Seeing that Yao Ming did not squeeze in and failed to get in position, Francis gave the ball to Mobley.

How will Francis play at the critical moment?Normally, he really doesn't know, usually he would either attack by himself, or watch Mobley fight, but tonight he has a way, imitating Liu Xiu, and cutting in around the pile!
Mobley singles Miles, Miles is 206 cm tall and has a wingspan of 220 cm. He is really difficult to play, and he missed the last goal.

Seeing Francis going around the pile, he understood what Francis was thinking. He ran out of time, so he passed it on immediately...

However, Francis learned a trick, and Mobley also passed it on, but that 'pile' was Witherspoon, and he didn't block anyone!
Liu Xiu chased Francis to the three-second zone, and when the ball came in front of him, he patted it down.

Steal!

so surprised!
The ball was passed, but he couldn't pass it anyway.

But he fights back right away...and gets hugged by Witherspoon...

This movement is a little big, very big.

An act of serious violation.

Liu Xiu immediately flung his elbow back and hit Witherspoon's ribs. Witherspoon immediately let go, stepped back a few steps and hugged his stomach. After a while, he immediately wanted to move towards Liu Xiu He jumped on it, but was stopped.

Players from both teams are blocking...

The scene was chaotic for a while, but fortunately, people from both teams were more restrained. There were a few interviews together this season, and most of them had a good relationship. For example, Francis' displeasure with Liu Xiu was limited to the game itself and the All-Star starting.

Witherspoon must have done something.

But people mainly stopped Liu Xiu!

Fortunately, Liu Xiu didn't make any next move.

Most people were very restrained, and the referee also smoothly separated the two sides.

After watching the replay, when Witherspoon hugged Liu Xiu for a foul, he strangled Liu Xiu, and then was hit by Liu Xiuyi's arm in the ribs.

The referee discussed it and gave Liu Xiu a technical foul and Witherspoon a first-degree malicious foul. The Rockets made one free throw and the Trail Blazers made two free throws and one throw.

By this time, Witherspoon had regretted it.

When fouling, he first wanted to make a tactical foul to gain opportunities, and second, he wanted to vent his unhappiness about losing.

But now that he has calmed down, he remembered who the criminal he committed just now...

My ribs are still hurting!

Yao Ming was affected, and what he was dissatisfied with was Witherspoon!

Knowing Liu Xiu for so long, having been in contact with him so many times, Yao Ming knows that Liu Xiu can only "defend and counterattack" and take the initiative to cause trouble?Difficult, the warden finds it bothersome.

But Witherspoon is indeed his best backup striker teammate in almost two seasons in the NBA.

Emotional fluctuations caused Yao Ming to miss a technical free throw!

Yao Ming became annoyed when he made a free throw, and if he made the free throw, he would tie the score!You can still expect Liu Xiu to miss both free throws!

At this time, Yao Ming looked at Liu Xiu applauding beside him...屮!

I was still thinking about this kid just now, but now I realize that this fellow rookie NBA player really deserves a beating!
When it came to Liu Xiu's free throw, he returned an arm, which was already a bit of vent.

Subconsciously, I used the basic movements of the Bajiquan I just learned just now, from the knees up, to the waist, and the back drives the arms... I guess that 'little Buckley' felt better, the warden himself My arms ached for a while.

Go to the free throw line, pat the ball, and slowly adjust, the referee is urging, Liu Xiu feels better, and then starts to execute malicious foul free throws.

Standing at a fixed distance and slowly adjusting the free throw, Liu Xiu was very steady and made two free throws!
97 to 94, the point difference came to 3 points, and there were 4.9 seconds left in the time!
If Witherspoon fouls normally, the Rockets still have the hope of giving it a go. They can throw a long pass and throw a three-pointer.

But now the ball is owned by the Trail Blazers...

The Rockets took advantage of the dead ball to replace Yao Ming and Witherspoon during Liu Xiu's free throw, and replaced them with a combination of Francis, Mobley, Jim Jackson, Piakowski, and Scott Padgett , to prevent the Blazers from receiving the serve.

The Trail Blazers also made personnel adjustments, and the combination of Liu Xiu, Little Flying Squirrel, Wesley Persson, Harrington, and Randolph was replaced.

Harrington successfully sent the ball to Randolph, Randolph protected, and the Rockets did not continue to foul.

No need, Randolph received the ball, the time has already begun to run out, and there is not much time left for another foul.

The final whistle sounded at 9:29:31 p.m.

competition is over!

Relying on Flying Mouse's 30 points and 6 assists in a single game, mainly because Nabo scored 9 points in a row at the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers started the road to reversal. They reversed the Rockets 97 to 94 and won their 40th victory of the season!
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"Match Rating:
Game type: regular season.

数据：出场41分钟，20投8中，其中三分球3中1，罚球6中5，22分7板6助攻3抢断……

...

Overall score A.

Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: 800 healing value. "

With 6 assists, Liu Xiu thanked Little Flying Squirrel for receiving the ball twice and throwing it directly!

Counterattack scoring Tonight, he didn't start much, but got beautiful statistics in the positional battle.

Plans don't always keep up with changes.

Flying Squirrel accepted the post-match interview, and the MVP of this game must be Flying Squirrel.

Randolph's 13 points and 14 rebounds are actually very powerful, with key shots and high rebounds.

Yao Ming came to find Liu Xiu after the game: "Jess, you don't need to be as knowledgeable as him, he is very impulsive..."

Yao Ming came to intercede for Witherspoon, whom he didn't know well, lest Liu Xiu hate his teammates.

Watching the replay, I can see that Liu Xiuna's movement can even be said to be "breaking free", but the movement is a bit big.

Liu Xiu naturally wanted to show Yao Ming face: "I know, I used a little force in that blow, Brother Yao, please apologize for me."

Yao Ming heaved a sigh of relief. The warden said so, so he definitely won't take it to heart.

And, aside from being irritating at times, the countryman was polite.

The court station quickly finished interviewing Little Flying Squirrel, and then came to Liu Xiu and Yao Ming.

The two here are the key.

Most of the questions asked were very harmonious and full of flattery... Live broadcast, so those newcomers would not be invited to come.

But it was unavoidable to ask about the final conflict. Liu Xiu took the initiative to say that he also had a problem, and Yao Ming helped his teammates to excuse him. Yao Ming was very concerned about things like teammates.

……

After the interview, Yao Ming felt very tired.

After getting acquainted with Liu Xiu, Yao Ming felt that his off-court life became more tiring.

Need to communicate with domestic officials, need to speak for Liu Xiu in front of the domestic media...

The most important thing is that the match with Liu Xiu was lost again!

After the interview, Yao Ming returned to the locker room, and now he thought about today's game.

It's off the charts!

In the last 2 minutes, their team seemed to have not scored a single point!

His technical offender hit the iron with a free throw...

But at the critical moment, none of them could make a goal.

Francis trusts Mobley, not to say that Mobley is such a good key player, but he dares to throw at critical moments, and has thrown in, and he is very confident in shooting.

Really say how many lore shots he made... Anyway, none this season.

Started to envy Liu Xiu's teammates again.

The opponent still has Rahim injured!

The two substitutes, Little Flying Squirrel and Harrington, are extravagant!

Just when Yao Ming was about to explode emotionally, he heard roars from outside the locker room.

When I came to the training ground, it was Jeff Van Gundy roaring and smashing the tactical board...

Yao Ming asked the people nearby: "Tracey, what's wrong?"

Tracy Murray, one of the pure role players who scored 50+, has a career landmark performance of 50 points and 0 assists in a single game, and has been teammates with Liu Xiu for more than half a month. This season, he joined the Trail Blazers in the training camp Signed up the training camp contract, was abandoned before the preseason was finished, and announced his retirement.

He played with the Rockets for half a season, followed Olajuwon to get the championship ring, and found a job as a shooting coach with the Rockets after retiring. He was once regarded as one of the most accurate role player pitchers in the league.

Tracy Murray and Yao Ming talked a few words, and Yao Ming's emotions, which had just been calmed down because of the diversion of his attention, exploded...

There was a roar at the home team training ground of the Toyota Center that no one could understand——

"God damn warden, I finally had a better power forward backup teammate, you broke his ribs!

etc!This murderer also detained me!Didn't it just grab you a bite of candied haws? "

……

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"You said, is it possible that his bones are weak, I just hit him lightly... No, just touched him lightly, and he cracked?"

Xu Jicheng from the Sports News Department of Xinhua News Agency looked at Liu Xiu feeling guilty and still kept his mouth open, not knowing what to say.

Randolph didn't get injured when he switched defenses, but if you touch him lightly, it will crack?

That inch strength is too obvious, right?
But Liu Xiu's guilt is not pretended, it just makes people feel inferior when he speaks.

Fortunately, there was the topic of Liu Xiu dunking Yao Ming to overtake the score at a critical moment yesterday to help the Trail Blazers secure the victory...

On February 2, the Trail Blazers came to live in a hotel in San Francisco next to Oakland in the Bay Area.

At noon, some media broke the news that Rockets player Clarence Witherspoon had two fractured ribs and would be absent for 3-12 weeks.

That is to say, depending on the recovery situation, it will take a month to recover, and it will take a quarter to recover quickly.

As soon as this news came out, it was linked to Liu Xiu's elbow strike last night.

The American media is very humane, and immediately began to sympathize with Witherspoon.

Previous attack on Witherspoon was nursing home...does it matter?
Witherspoon is a villain player, and he has committed more than a dozen malicious fouls so far in his career. Does it matter?
Liu Xiu counterattacked subconsciously after being fouled maliciously. Is it important?
Liu Xiu hurt someone, that's the most important thing.

The Sports News Department of Xinhua News Agency has made an appointment for an interview this afternoon, and this matter has hit me, so I have to ask.

Liu Xiu really feels guilty...

But to be precise, he should call it sympathy.

There is always sympathy when someone attacks you and you respond, and you are better than the other person and hurt the other person.

Yes, the warden is a kind man.

Sympathizing with Witherspoon, Liu Xiu turned her attention to tomorrow's opponents, the Warriors.

Is this the end of kindness?
of course.

Is it possible to give Witherspoon an elbow?
It's okay, but the warden will definitely fight back later. As for whether the people around him can stop him like Witherspoon, it's hard to say.

The Master said: To repay grievances with virtue, Liu Xiu hopes that others can use noble virtues to alleviate negative emotions towards his warden.

After a night of rest in San Francisco, on the morning of February 2, the Trail Blazers went to the Warriors' home court to prepare.

Just outside the arena, booing started on the bus.

Looking at the slogans held by the fans around outside the arena, and listening to the booing of his teammates, Liu Xiu had black lines.

"The warden is coming, warriors, please wear protective gear!"

(End of this chapter)