Healing Basketball

Chapter 430 430. Instant Kill! (6800 words)
Artest came to the frontcourt with an 'I'm angry' expression.

In the past, when he was angry, his opponents would be afraid of him, but this is not the case tonight. The warden bird on the opposite side didn't even bother him, and he became even angrier.

Artest asked for the ball from Mr. 800 million points, and the latter quickly passed it.

Opponents are not afraid, but teammates who have no team status are very afraid.

The furious Artest, in singles, definitely didn't show his toughness with a "bang" three-pointer from the outside.

Tank breakthrough!
The fans started screaming.

The screams were naturally not for Artest.

Hold it!
Liu Xiu confronted Artest near the top corner on the right side of the free throw line and held it!
The screams at the scene immediately boiled!

Raheem, who was standing on the sidelines, shook his hands and jumped to cheer for the warden!

You know, they can guard against this kind of brutal and aggressive player!
Liu Xiu's footsteps were much faster than Raheem's. Artest's semi-finished European step application skills were not enough to get rid of Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu stuck to him.

What made Artest most confused was that the strength of the warden on the opposite side seemed to be no less than him!
Artest, who failed to change direction, panicked and was forced to stop the ball on the right sideline of the three-second zone. McDyess' pincer attack arrived in time.

The Trail Blazers' defense started to work. Fred Jones and Derek Anderson cut off the passing line from the wing. Artest actually didn't have the idea of ​​​​distributing the ball to the wing. A ball hit the backboard, butcher beat Tianzun to defend the rebound!

In the transition between offense and defense, amidst the wild cheers and screams of the fans, Liu Xiu came to the frontcourt. It was not Anthony Johnson, but Artest, who stood between Liu Xiu and the basket!

Without Raheem, Artest will definitely switch over, and Liu Xiu is mentally prepared for this.

But it's impossible to keep Raheem on the court. You can't let Raheem defend the guards, it will be much worse than defending Artest.

What should come will always come, little Ci Shiping, this warden is fearless!

After receiving a pass from Derek Anderson, Liu Xiu gestured—Brother McDyess, help!
Liu Xiu used McDyess' pick-and-roll to launch an offense.

McDyess has a solid pick-and-roll and has a strong ability to break apart and find lines.

After Liu Xiu used the pick-and-roll to break through, he met Tianzun and changed his defense. Mr. 800 million points on the flank was shrinking. Liu Xiu chose to speed up and rush to the depths to score the ball!
McDyess came to the left sideline of the three-second zone and received the ball!

Artest was dismantled by McDyess and turned around and got stuck behind him. Crohill made up for it. McDyess scored the ball head-on, butcher caught the ball with both hands and dunked the ball into the basket!
Finally, there is such a catch-and-roll attack, not an ordinary pick-and-roll and then an open shot, but a continuation of the pick-and-roll attack. McDyess was so moved that he was about to cry.

Tianzun also scolded Street, but Liu Xiu's pick-and-roll made rapid progress, but he was not surprised. This is the warden he is familiar with.

Tianzun misses Jermaine O'Neal now. If he and Jermaine O'Neal have unlimited defenses on the inside, how can the warden threaten the insider so wantonly?
Kobe couldn't score in the three-second zone in the finals last season!

But Jermaine O'Neal is not here now!
Not only did the overall defensive level of the inside drop by a notch, but the offense was also affected.

When the Pacers attacked, Tianzun caught the ball and singled McDyess, turned around and missed a straight-arm jumper, Randolph protected the defensive rebound!

Now a star is needed to open the situation with singles. Artest was restrained by the warden, and O'Neal was not there, so Tianzun could only give it a try.

It's a pity that Tianzun can no longer rise up on the offensive end.

Last season, he was able to get up to C. Tianzun's singles score at the necessary moment in the finals last season helped the Pacers win the championship and also helped him win the finals MVP.

However, last summer, Tianzun noticed that when the new season started, O'Neal was just turning 26 years old, Artest was just turning 25 years old, and O'Neal was already averaging 20+ players per game. It's a bit broken. Last year's playoffs only shot 42%. He needs to come to C, but there is Artest on the outside who has a better offense in the playoffs than the regular season and a more stable scoring performance. These two have already Enough is enough, the two continue to improve, and the third main scoring point will come, and the ball will not be enough.

At that time, Tianzun, who was about to turn 30 years old, chose to simplify the offense and completely devoted himself to the great cause of defense.

At his age, he has been practicing simple offense all summer, and he has firmly implemented this style of play in the first 50 games of the new season. Although he helped the Pacers play a more stable defense, O'Neal was injured again and again, and Tianzun also supported him. Inside defense, but on the offensive end, although the technical moves are still there, the offensive efficiency has plummeted!
This is different from the same functional Raheem. Raheem's functional positioning is to support the scorer + singles when necessary, but the shooting rights are reduced, the opportunities are reduced, and the focus of the scoring method is adjusted.

Tianzun's singles has really degenerated.

In the transition between offense and defense, Liu Xiu's jump shot from the top arc to the right of the free throw line was ironed out, and the Pacers avoided the dilemma of being pulled to 10 points.

It was the Pacers' turn to attack. Artest and Tianzun couldn't do anything in singles. Anthony Johnson tried to organize a team attack. The tactical movement was smooth and the execution was excellent. As a result, the ball finally came to the middle distance of the left baseline After helping his teammates to cover, he was vacated in the hands of Crozier.

Although he is a white player, Crozier has shot an astonishing 21 percent from mid-range this season.

That's better than last season, when he played 77 games and shot 11.1 percent from the field.

O'Neal has a 23.2% hit rate from the field.

After receiving the ball from the middle distance, Crozier short-circuited for a while. He didn't know what to do, so he hesitated for a while, and the ball was taken away!
Liu Xiu, who quietly came in from the left sideline, completed the steal!

Liu Xiu had to fight back after grabbing the ball. Crozier's offense was astonishingly rough, with a 41% shooting rate so far in his career, but he defended very well and reacted quickly. He immediately hugged Liu Xiu and made a tactical foul.

Carlisle called a timeout again!

...

After several rounds without scoring a point, Carlisle had a big head.

It was an accident that Artest's breakthrough was blocked by Liu Xiu, but most importantly, Carlisle believed that it was due to the aging role player lineup + not adapting to the accelerated game style.

This season can still make a difference. If O'Neal and Artest remain healthy in the playoffs, Carlisle is confident that they will be the best team in the league...as long as Artest doesn't get ahead.

But after this season, they have to make changes. This is why Bird and Jim Carrey did not persuade him to play for two more years when Reggie Miller chose to retire, even if Reggie Miller is still in the league. Top pitcher.

Reggie Miller's retirement represents the signal of the team's "change of dynasty". Not all teams can complete the inheritance like Robinson and Duncan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magician. Most teams need a clear signal at this time .

Only with such a signal can the players in the team understand that the team is now built around who and who.

Just like now, although Tianzun is the FMVP, everyone thinks that the Pacers are Reggie Miller's team, and the same is true within the team.

It is imperative to rejuvenate the team's role players. Tianzun is at the peak, O'Neal and Artest have entered the golden period of their careers, and they must seize the opportunity.

It takes three to five years to train a few core players, so it can't be wasted.

When entering the timeout, Carlisle's thinking diverged for a while. When the players returned to the bench, he recovered and regained his attention. If he couldn't handle the offensive end, he strengthened his defense and added players who could shoot unreasonably.

Drag and beat!
The game time is still long, you can slowly look for opportunities.

After winning the championship, Carlisle became more stable in coaching.

After the timeout, the Pacers sent a lineup of Tinsley, Anthony Johnson, Artest, Rasheed Wallace, and Jeff Foster.

Abandoned Crohill's wing cover, offensive rebound rush, cutting response and fast break ability, and replaced Jeff Foster to enhance the frame protection. It is estimated that Dale Davis will be replaced later Further strengthen the defense... Liu Xiu saw through the opponent's adjustment thinking at a glance when he stepped onto the court.

It is easy to understand the opponent's adjustments, but Liu Xiu thinks this is a very good operation, there are no obvious flaws because there are no bright spots.

But... Liu Xiu looked at Little Flying Squirrel.

Fred Jones was replaced, and the little flying mouse played early!
The Trail Blazers continued to attack, and the Flying Squirrel held the ball to attack, facing Tinsley's defense and made a strong three-pointer!
23比12，开拓者队领先优势扩大到11分，打出了一波7比0！

In the transition between offense and defense, Tinsley advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing Tianzun against McDyess and Artest against Liu Xiu, he chose to play by himself.

Facing the defense of Little Momonga, Tinsley rushed to the left side of the three-second zone without hindrance and hit a big throw!
Momonga, who claims to be the strongest substitute in history, is dueling with the Miami Streetball King!
The Flying Squirrel defended Tinsley, which was a disaster. Tinsley played the performance of a scoring star.

But that's exactly what Maurice Cheeks wanted.

Beat the Pacers to death with one stick... Even if Jr. O'Neal can't play tonight, it will be enough for the Trail Blazers, unless the opponent's state is poor + they explode.

The opponent seeks stability and waits for an opportunity. Maurice Cheeks can guess that the Pacers' tactical system is very sophisticated and their style of play is upright. .

Carlisle wanted to reduce the offensive pressure of Artest and Tianzun by strengthening the defense. Maurice Cheeks chose to help Carlisle, giving the opponent an offensive breakthrough, allowing Tinsley to score in singles, allowing Artest Ster and Tianzun can 'rest' better offensively.

Although Little Flying Squirrel can't guard against Tinsley, but Tinsley can't guard against Little Flying Squirrel either!
The game has entered the stage where the two point guards are facing each other!

Maurice Cheeks' bold adjustment caught Carlisle by surprise.

Carlisle really didn't expect that the opponent would choose to fight like this, but he really didn't know how to respond for a while.

When Little Flying Squirrel was scoring well in singles, Tinsley took advantage of Little Flying Squirrel's point to play, propped up the offense, and played not badly. Carlisle really couldn't think of a better way to deal with it.

Momonga and Tinsley are evenly matched, but they're not the ones making the difference.

The shooting success rate of wing shooters, the lethality of cutting players, and rebounding and protection... are the most important!
The Pacers have a better three-point shooting advantage, but the Trail Blazers do a better job cutting into the frame!

The advantage of the Trail Blazers-Liu Xiu!

In terms of impact, Artest must be stronger, but Artest can't take advantage of his advantage without the ball.

Players in the hexagram of Artest, James, and Maggette have a common problem-poor off-ball awareness.

When there is no ball in his hand, Artest can only stand outside the three-point line and wait for the ball to catch and shoot, or move to close range to rush for offensive rebounds. He cannot cover the flanks like Liu Xiu, and go around the post to assist. Controlling, cutting into the frame, running to meet shots...

In the second half of the first quarter, Liu Xiu scored another 2 points and 1 assist. An unreasonable cut into a violent layup made the Pacers only shrink more actively.

After the first quarter, relying on Reggie Miller's three-pointer at the buzzer at the last moment, the Pacers chased the score to 24 to 31, maintaining a not-so-dangerous point difference.

In the second quarter, the situation remained deadlocked, and the coaches of both teams were waiting for someone to break the deadlock.

Carlisle didn't wait, Maurice Cheeks did!

In the second half of the second quarter, the Pacers missed two consecutive outside three-pointers. The Trail Blazers missed the first counterattack opportunity, but the second time, Liu Xiu came by himself and received the ball in the counterattack. The blocking defense did not choose to pass the ball, but rushed to the basket with the ball and scored the ball. At the same time, it also caused a foul by Tianzun who retreated back. 2+1 scored, helping the Trail Blazers to close the 11-point difference Open to 14 minutes!
At 9 minutes and 11 seconds into the second quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Pacers 51-37!

Liu Xiu scored 7 points in the second quarter!
Before, every time the point difference exceeded 10 points, the Pacers were able to recover the point difference. The Trail Blazers did not forcefully launch an attack. They waited slowly, slowly consumed, and finally waited for this wave of opportunities!
For the rest of the second quarter, under the leadership of Liu Xiu, the Trail Blazers regained their composure, still slowly simmering and consuming, following Carlisle's upright style of play.

Carlisle really didn't have any good ideas. He also knew that his style of play was too upright. When he had a strength advantage, this open and close style of play, coupled with exquisite tactical coordination and strong defense, was super deterrent. None of the conspiracies and tricks worked.

But when a trick is needed, there is no way.

The main reason is that there are no players. He looked at the little flying mouse opposite him: If only I had such players... Hey!

Little Flying Squirrel's contract seems to be expiring this summer, dig him!

...

In the last two minutes of the first half, the two teams entered into an anxious tug-of-war. The difference was that the point difference fluctuated from 10 points to 15 points, and the Trail Blazers further expanded their advantage!
After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Pacers by 58 points 43 to 15 and entered the intermission!
首节8分，第二节7分，刘秀半场拿到15分，外加4个篮板球和6次助攻2抢断！9投5中，外加5中5的罚球，效率相当高。

It was Liu Xiu's impact + off-ball skills that helped the Trail Blazers expand the point difference to 15 points little by little in the first half.

On the other hand, Artest did not take many shots in the first half, and he made as many as 10 successful shots, but he only made 10 of 4 shots, plus 4 of 2 free throws, he will get 10 points.

TV commentators were saying that Artest had blood mold, and his body was so suitable for the NBA under the new rules, but he met the warden.

The player in this situation, Liu Xiutianke!

During the halftime break, the Trail Blazers' arrangement was still steady and slow, and the tactical plan tonight was successful, so it will naturally continue.

In the third quarter, as Maurice Cheeks expected, the Pacers did not send Artest on at the beginning, nor did he replace Liu Xiu. The Pacers, Raheem, Kwame Brown, and the Pacers sent Anthony Johnson, Reggie Miller, James Jones, Crohill, and Jeff Foster to play a team offensive and defensive battle .

The rotation of the two teams played for more than 4 minutes. The Pacers played a wave of 9 to 6, and the score came to 52 to 64. The Pacers narrowed the point difference to 12 points and had a chance to narrow the point difference to 10 points. within minutes.

Maurice Cheeks called a timeout in time and replaced with a combination of Little Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Outlaws, Randolph, and McDyess.

Maurice Cheeks reacted so quickly and decisively, and Carlisle regretted it, but he could only make substitutions, including Tinsley, Reggie Miller, Artest, Dale Davis, Lahi De Wallace's combination was replaced.

Back from the timeout, Liu Xiu used the threat of a cut to run back. With the cover of Randolph who pulled to the middle distance, he received a pass from the flying mouse on the right sideline and hit a three-pointer. 67 to 52, the point difference came to 15 points again!
stable!
The use of threats, the selection of opportunities, the grasp of timing... The Blazers have done a very stable offense in this wave. With the experience of the first half, Liu Xiu played better.

Liu Xiu's three-pointer destroyed the Pacers' chance to start, and the two teams entered the tug-of-war again.

Just as Liu Xiu came back from a timeout and used threats to create three-point opportunities, the Trail Blazers as a whole seemed more comfortable than in the first half.

接下来的时间里，刘秀拿到了6分1板1抢断，帮助球队打出了一波11比9，打到第三节10分55秒的时候，开拓者队将比分打成了78比61，领先优势扩大到17分！
It's the Pacers' turn to attack.

The Trail Blazers are particularly active in this wave of defense, and the opportunity is here!If this ball is defended, they will have a ball to open the point difference to 20 points!Have a chance to beat the game!

Facing the Flying Mouse, Tinsley chose to break through and launch an attack. The opportunity came to Reggie Miller. Maurice Cheeks saw Reggie Miller receiving the ball and thought that the opportunity was about to be missed again. Get ready While waiting patiently, Reggie Miller made a three-pointer!

Maurice Cheeks stood up from his chair excitedly, but the ball bounced far and was grabbed by Artest.

After Artest grabbed the offensive rebound, he crossed his arms and broke through towards the basket. When Reggie Miller caught the ball and shot it, Liu Xiu retracted the inside card to grab the rebound. No one dared to rush Artest. Blocked, Maurice Cheeks sat down disappointed, not wanting to watch Artest's violent layup...

"Snapped"

The clear sound of blocks and the screams of the fans reached Maurice Cheeks' ears. When he looked up, the ball was out of bounds, and the referee signaled the Pacers to go forward.

Listening to the cheers of the fans, seeing the team members surrounding Liu Xiu chest-bumping and high-five, Maurice Cheeks wanted to vomit blood - he was on the scene, but he didn't see the warden seal build!
Fortunately, the big screen soothed his wounded heart a little and played it back.

Artest grabbed the offensive rebound and cut into the basket, and no one dared to block it. The warden jumped up from the crowd. As soon as the ball left Artest's hand, Liu Xiu slapped it.

This time the block cap was clean!

Generally speaking, when a player breaks into the offensive frame from the outside line, his teammates inside will help to fight against the opponent next to him and interfere with the opponent's inside player taking off. This is the case for a team like the Pacers, and McDyess is unable to move over inside. interference.

It's also a coincidence that Liu Xiu went to the block to grab the rebound, which triggered the "rock-solid" effect. After a block, the jump greatly reduced the bonus of the impact of the confrontation. When Artest rushed in and flew to the layup, Liu Xiu's The bonus is still there!
And Artest didn't even notice that there was a warden under the basket!
The Pacers continued to attack.

Reggie Miller's [-] hit the rim and the Pacers had a full offensive possession.

But Tinsley played impatiently this time, he rushed to singles after receiving the ball, retreated against the Flying Squirrel's defense and made a three-pointer...Miss!
Fortunately, Dale Davis dialed the ball out, Reggie Miller grabbed the ball, was stuck by Liu Xiu who was defending, and Reggie Miller immediately passed it to Artest.

Finally, Artest's chance came, and there was no Liu Xiu in front of him again!

Keep breaking through!

This time Artest was ruthless, went straight to the basket, jumped hard, and smashed the ball to the basket...

McDyess actively defended and was dunked!
Artest hit McDyess and smashed the ball into the basket!

The referee's whistle came in time, McDyess blocked the foul, and Artest's goal was valid and a penalty was added!

Maurice Cheeks sat down, the ball was not controversial, and the dunk was beautiful, but in just a few tens of seconds, he felt like he was on a roller coaster, and the ups and downs were not too exciting.

The voices of the fans at the scene also suddenly became quieter at this moment. It’s not particularly good to boo at this time. It feels like booing one’s own veteran. It’s better to rest your throat and shout louder when your own players perform well.

But after Artest landed and stood firmly, he shook his head and screamed wildly while pulling his jersey, and the boos of the fans immediately sounded!
At this time, the screen on the big screen at the scene switched to a camera looking up. From this angle, Liu Xiu, who was puffing out his mouth, and Artest, who was screaming wildly while pulling his jersey, could be photographed together.

Originally, what the director meant was—fans, don’t panic, we still have the warden, and the warden doesn’t care about the opponent’s dunk.

However, the scene in the camera suddenly became horrifying - the left elbow of Artest, who was beating his chest and roaring, suddenly swung towards Liu Xiu's head!
Looking at the fans on the big screen, some were stunned, and some reacted quickly and immediately screamed heart-piercingly!

The referees are really professional at this time, Artest is so crazy, they have been staring at Artest, just in time to see this scene, but even if they know how perverse Artest's personality is, they didn't expect Ahest Tester will do it!
It's simply not something that normal people can do, okay?
The referee has no chance to stop it!
The eyes of the players on the field were also on Artest. After all, they had just dunked and the celebration was still so crazy.

Seeing this scene, the players on the field had no time to react, they could only watch Artest swung his elbow towards Liu Xiu...just when Artest's elbow was about to hit Liu Xiu's head , Liu Xiu dodged Artest's elbow with a cat waist.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiu stretched her left hand upwards, grabbed Artest's bent left elbow, swung her right elbow to the upper right, and slammed her elbow hard on Artest's stomach!
Artest, who was about to struggle after being pulled by his arm, spewed out a mouthful of saliva forward, completely unable to control his body, and temporarily lost his ability to move!
Liu Xiu's movements did not stop, her right leg was stretched between Artest's legs, and Artest's abdomen lost his balance and fell down.

Liu Xiu took advantage of the opportunity to pull Artest's elbow, his leg knocked Artest's leg away, and pushed Artest to the ground with force from his back, and then Liu Xiu pressed Artest's leg with his leg The arm completes the uniform!

This set of actions was so smooth and smooth that the referee hadn't had time to come up with the idea of ​​"my career will come to an end" when he saw that Artest had been subdued.

The frightened and screaming fans seemed to have their throats choked at this moment, and they didn't know how to react.

Spike!

The other eight players on the field looked at each other, not knowing how to react at this time... Let's fight!

Yes, pull up!

Teammates think this is a neurosis!Elbow the opponent after the dunk?There is a bit of a problem specifying where.

The referee was the first to react, and was just relieved, but before he had a headache, how should he call the penalty, the scene that made them terrified came again!

They saw Liu Xiu put his leg on the struggling Artest and raised his right hand!
The referee hurried over and shouted: "Leak! Don't!"

Just now Artest wanted to elbow him, of course he had to return it!If he hadn't been prepared when he saw Artest's crazy look, he was the one lying down!

Bring down the uniforms... not enough!
Liu Xiu ignored the referee's stop, swung his elbow round and hit Artest's cheek.

Artest shot out two big teeth, his mouth opened in a strange shape, he couldn't close it, his jaw was dislocated, and he passed out on the spot!
Liu Xiu stood up, patted her elbow, it hurt a little, but her expression was tense.

He spread his hands and shrugged towards the people on the court and said: "He elbowed me once, and I returned him once. It's fair, right?"

(End of this chapter)