Healing Basketball

Chapter 446. 446. Taking the Mosaic Lightly

Now, and for a long time to come, go to the street and ask a passerby. They may not watch the NBA, but they may know 34 seconds and 13 minutes.

'Let the ball fly a little longer', this sentence has become the most popular saying in basketball.

Yes, Liu Xiu has 'famous quotes' now.

This is the public opinion environment that he feels belongs to him now.

With the entry of sponsors and league officials, he has been praised to the sky.

This is only the public opinion environment in the United States. The domestic side is even more exaggerated. Liu Xiu feels that the way the domestic media is touting him is trying to trick him. A time of 34 seconds and 13 minutes is touted by the domestic media as if he is two times taller than Jordan. Three consecutive championships are even more awesome.

But who doesn't like nice words?
He also felt unprecedented satisfaction from it.

He is very confident, and he is calmer than most NBA players, but in such a public opinion environment, he still can't help but think 'I'm so awesome'.

This is still him who has not won too many substantive honors. If we really want to talk about hard honors, he is actually only selected to the third team in his rookie season.

Replace it with a superstar who has been selected to the best team for four consecutive years at the age of only 25, twice in the first team, twice in the second team, and just two consecutive scoring champions?
That must not float into the sky!
Before, Liu Xiu didn't understand why some McGrady fans in time and space thought that 35 seconds and 13 minutes ruined McGrady. Although he still doesn't understand it very well, he understands their logic.

This logic is - after playing 35 seconds and 13 points, McGrady lost the willpower of being "forced to be a super giant" during the Magic team, and lost the desire to be "Pippen next to Hill" when he first joined the Magic team Team spirit, lost the spirit of sacrifice willing to assist Hill and Duncan, and became more and more mediocre.

平庸指的不是实力，07-08赛季伤病缠身的麦迪依旧打出了场均21+5+5的数据，出战66场打出了46胜20负的表现，入选三阵。

Mediocrity refers to character!

After 35 seconds and 13 minutes, McGrady felt that he was invincible in the world, no one could match him, no teammate was worthy of him, and all problems belonged to others... Thus he lost his aura and became a mediocre self. crazy.

If it's just an injury, it can't annihilate the aura that rises from the bones. For example, Hill and Penny, even if you play against them now, their strength will definitely not be comparable to that of the past, but when you play against them, you feel that they are still them.

After scoring 35 seconds and 13 points, McGrady obviously has a better partner than he did in the first 7 years of his career. With a second-team center he has never had before, he is the first superstar to average 25 points per game since O'Neal. As a center, he still felt that it wasn’t enough, and complained all day about the injustice of God. Others have good teammates, but he didn’t. As for Iverson, Kobe, and Carter, they all had more difficult times, and he didn’t care. He was 35 seconds and 13 minutes...

The matter of killing people came very suddenly, and at that time, they might not have felt that they were being killed.

If it weren't for Liu Xiu's calmness in this regard, and his clear understanding of popularity and attention, without the support of achievements and honors, he is just a rootless duckling, he might also drift away.

Of course, he didn't think there was anything wrong with getting 34 seconds and 13 minutes this time.

Is McGrady moment really a bad thing for McGrady himself?

Anyway, if Liu Xiu were to be re-elected, he would still need 34 seconds and 13 minutes.

Although he is already a very popular king of popularity, these 30 seconds still gave him the feeling of "becoming famous all over the world"!

……

……

On March 3th, Liu Xiu woke up on time as usual to extract the simulation training results.

"Congratulations to the host for raising the three-point evaluation to 75, and the rhythm flow breakthrough (Kobe Bryant version) to 83."

A little progress has been made!

After Liu Xiu was happy for a while, she opened the task section.

"Giant Slayer:
Target Completed: Tim Duncan..."

"Get rid of silver-white fear (advanced):

The host has led the team to sweep the Spurs in the 2004-2005 regular season.

Congratulations to the host, the Ginobili version of the Eurostep training method has been upgraded to the highest top level (90). "

He was touted by the public for a day yesterday. Today, although the tout has not declined, and the league and sponsors are still working hard, he himself has put this matter aside and began to calmly think about today's game and analyze long-term issues.

Yesterday, I couldn't even calm down to read the task reminder, but today I can finally think calmly.

There is no need to worry about the Eurostep training method for a long time now. According to his personal experience, even if all the rest of this season is used to simulate the Eurostep training, this training method will not be enough.

The objective of Duncan in the mission 'Giant Slayer' has been completed, but the follow-up mission of Duncan has been started, but it has not been triggered yet.

These two things are nothing to worry about. When the European step is really at a bottleneck, think of a solution, and when Duncan's mission comes, then think about it. Liu Xiu put this matter aside first.

It will be the last game of the 4-game streak, against the Rockets.

If this opponent is playing against the opponent at home, Liu Xiu will have a lot of pressure. Every time he plays against the Rockets at home, it is very frustrating.

But if it's an away game... you can't be careless, you can't be careless!
...

The coaches were very relieved to see that Liu Xiu had returned to his usual calmness, but at the same time they were also severely healed.

Coaches learn what it means to say 'people may be more different than people from dogs'.

As coaches, as colleagues, they are still excited about the 34 seconds and 13 minutes of the night before yesterday.

But the person concerned has treated this matter calmly, as if it was just an ordinary game in his career...

Today, there are still media requests for interviews, but Liu Xiu refused to accept all interviews except for the daily shooting of the documentary of Chaoting TV and the pre-match publicity shooting of Chao Ting TV.

The press officer Kyle asked worriedly: "Will the warden, won't this offend those media?"

Liu Xiu was speechless for a while, and replied: "I, the warden, our team, the prison team, they all said that I was possessed by Satan at 34. Are you afraid of offending them?"

Looking at the warden's eyes as if he was looking at a fool, the news officer also felt that he was mentally retarded...

The day's preparation time passed quickly, and at 8 o'clock in the evening, the third Chinese Derby in the 2004-2005 season started at Yao Ming's home court!

From the very beginning of the game, the characteristics of the Rockets' home worm were fully displayed.

首节刘秀单节7分、替补上场的法外狂徒半节8分，靠着两人出色的表现，开拓者队以24比19领先火箭队5分进入第二节。

Compared with the last time they played against each other, the Rockets' fighting spirit and confidence tonight are seriously lacking, and the mood of slack is obvious.

Such emotions in the home game are really incredible.

But when it fell on the Rockets, the opponents and the fans watching the live broadcast in front of the TV really got used to it!

In addition, the Rockets players were extremely impatient when defending Liu Xiu tonight, as if they wanted to prove something, but the impetuous defense made Liu Xiu shoot 4 of 3 shots in a single quarter.

However, the offense was broken, there was no fighting spirit, and no momentum, but the Rockets' defense was still very good. Liu Xiu and the outlaws combined to score 15 points in a single quarter, and the Trail Blazers only scored 24 points.

In the second quarter, the Rockets' defense against Liu Xiu became normal, and the influence brought to them by 34 seconds and 13 points finally got rid of.

The Rockets also managed to limit the Trail Blazers to 20 points in the second quarter.

However, the Blazers' defense also continued, and the Rockets still only scored 19 points in the second quarter!
After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Rockets by 44 points 38 to 6!
In the third quarter, the Rockets tried to counterattack, but failed, and did not have a substantial impact on the Trail Blazers.

靠着刘秀单节3分2板4助攻1抢断，开拓者队在主打防守的情况下，单节拿到23分，并且限制得火箭队只拿到21分。

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Rockets by 67 points 59 to 8!
In the final quarter, the Rockets tried to counterattack again, but it was still fruitless. In the final quarter, the Blazers' defensive performance declined slightly, but after Yao Ming's physical strength declined, in order to ensure the defensive effect, he narrowed the defensive range. Living.

Yao Ming made 5 of 3 shots in the final quarter, all of which were mid-range shots, plus 4 of 3 free throws, scoring 9 points. The Rockets scored 25 points in a single quarter.

But the Trail Blazers scored 6 points with Randolph's mid-range shot, Liu Xiu's 5 assists in a single quarter, and Flying Squirrel's two three-pointers... also scored 25 points in the final quarter!
Yao Ming played 35 minutes tonight, made 18 of 11 shots, and made 9 of 8 free throws. He scored 30 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks. He was almost bleeding, but he still failed to lead the team to complete the comeback.

At 10:22 p.m., the final whistle sounded, and the Trail Blazers won the defensive battle 92-84!
...

After the final whistle sounded, Liu Xiu received a system prompt.

S-rated for the second game in a row!

His S-level rating has reached 11 times, which is only 12 time away from the 1 S-level ratings last season.

He played 36 minutes tonight, below his season average, with a break every quarter.

It seems that the score is very close, but in fact there is not much pressure tonight. The Rockets have not shown a real counterattack ability tonight.

In 36 minutes of playing time, Liu Xiu made 17 of 9 shots, including 3 of 1 three-pointers and 8 of 6 free throws. His performance was still very stable. He scored 38 points against the Spurs the day before yesterday and scored 25 points against the Rockets today. 30 points, continuing to maintain an average performance of just over [-] points per game.

Liu Xiu can get an S-score, not only 25 points, but also 11 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals!

5th triple double of the season!
People were very surprised about Liu Xiu's triple double.

Liu Xiu, who had 10 triple-doubles in his rookie season, was predicted to become the next generation triple-double king of the NBA before the start of this season. Unexpectedly, by this time, he only had 5 triple-doubles!
(End of this chapter)