Healing Basketball

Chapter 463. Chapter 463.

Although Liu Xiu stole a lot of the limelight in March Madness, and even played the topic of "The Warden's March Madness", the NCAA basketball championship game is still the most watched feast in North American basketball, and Liu Xiu himself watched it. Very exciting.

In the end, the North Carolina Wolfpack narrowly defeated the Illinois Warriors by 5 points. After a lapse of more than ten years, they reached the top of the NCAA again. Sean May won the MOP of the Final Four.

Carter was interviewed after winning the championship in North Carolina, saying that he would fulfill his promise to hold his saxophone recital this summer.

When Liu Xiu saw the news, she thought that Carter was here to make a joke, fulfilling the spoofed request of some fans.

As a result, Van Horn, who had a good personal relationship with Carter, told Liu Xiu that Carter studied saxophone at University and was also an alternate conductor of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, and he won a scholarship with this instrument.

Liu Xiu knew that McGrady could play the drums, Kobe learned the piano to chase Vanessa, and Carter was also good at musical instruments, so the pressure was all on Iverson, the only MVP of the four shooting guards...

On the 4th, Liu Xiu spent a completely private day.

On the 4th and 5th, the Trail Blazers ushered in the last two rest days of the regular season this season. The coaching staff deliberately did not arrange any work today, so that Liu Xiu could have enough time to spend with his children on his birthday.

On the morning of the 5th, the Trail Blazers set off for Indianapolis, and tomorrow they will play the last game of the season against the Eastern Conference team.

Trail Blazers VS Pacers is now a popular game.

Originally, the league arranged the Pacers as the last opponent of the Blazers in a different division in the regular season, but it just happened to be arranged this way. Now, this matter is being promoted as a gimmick.

And what really attracted people's attention in this competition was, of course, the follow-up to the "Demonstration of the Warden's Self-Defense"!

Ron Artest, a well-known villain, was trained by Isaiah Thomas and Larry Bird, with a perverse personality and the bad temper and publicity learned from those two people, It is an opponent that most players don't want to mess with.

Artest suffered such a big loss last time, will he wait for an opportunity to retaliate this time?

If the warden is retaliated against, can he react?Will it be KO again... no, it's self-defense?
No one thought that after the NCAA basketball championship game, the next hottest game in the North American sports world would be this... But the league is also secretly using this topic as a publicity point, so as to maximize the absorption of the NCAA Crazy Three Basketball fan with no ball to watch after the month is over.

There are quite a few college basketball fans who don't watch professional games, look down on 'commercial basketball', and feel superior to watching college games. These basketball fans have always been the ones the NBA wants to recruit.

David Stern is also afraid of fighting again, but wealth is in danger, and with such a high degree of attention, it will be a blood loss if you don't make good use of it.

...

The league uses the 'Warden KO' incident as a publicity point, and the game preparations are also carried out at the same time, reducing the possibility of conflict between the two teams in the second game.

After the Trail Blazers arrived in Indianapolis, they received a notice from the league, try not to leave the hotel, it is very dangerous outside.

This Liu Xiu and others have experience, so they will not go out easily.

I had a fight with the Pistons in the opening game of last season. When I went to Detroit later, the fans of the Pistons were so enthusiastic. From the airport to the hotel, there were scolding and unfriendly eyes.

Indiana is not a safe place. The crime rate is three times that of the entire United States. In 2004, the safety of all states in the United States ranked 38th, worse than Michigan, where Detroit is located. Michigan is still ranked 29th. .

The league notified this, it was just a notification, the more important thing was that the players of the two teams were prohibited from being interviewed before the game, and the pre-match press conference was also canceled for reasons, so as to avoid the two teams from having a hostile escalation or something...

In this regard, the Trail Blazers coaching staff is very happy, they can't stand the toss now.

However, seeing the warden's regretful look, Huo Tu and the vice president immediately sent a wave of healing value to the warden, and then became vigilant.

The coach knew at a glance that the warden was deliberately teasing the vice president and Huo Tu, but both of them were fooled. As the coach, it felt really... so interesting!
It's a pity that he doesn't have the ability in this area, otherwise he would follow suit.

Refusal to interview will not reduce the attention and topic of this game, and the players also get a quieter preparation environment.

At 4:6 p.m. on April 5, amidst the boos of the fans in the Conseco Arena, Liu Xiu led his teammates and ran out of the player tunnel.

When the Pacers players of the home team came out, there were cheers!The game atmosphere is very good!
When Artest was the last to run out of the player channel wearing a transparent mask, the cheers on the scene can be described as deafening.

"Ron Artest, 25 years old, 201 cm, 111 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 93, offense 90, defense 98... averaged 23.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2.2 steals and 1 block per game... shooting percentage 49.6%, 36% three-pointers, 71% free throws..."

Longevity!Offensive rating went from 89 to 90!
After being injured for three weeks, Artest came back from a complete recovery. After his comeback, he scored 40 points in one game and 36 points in one game. His subsequent performance stabilized, but his offensive performance was obviously better than before.

Looking at Artest's evaluation of his ability, Liu Xiu fell into deep thought... This guy, is he really enlightened?

They are all men with full defensive talent, Liu Xiu looked at the No. [-] pick who was about to throw away his parallel import hat...

Kwame Brown feels the danger!

Mortal danger!
...

Artest is already the strongest player on the Pacers, with top offense and historic defense.

But what makes Liu Xiu more afraid of the Pacers is their inside twin towers - O'Neal + Tianzun!

"Jermaine O'Neal, 26 years old, 211 cm, 120 kg, PF/C, ability rating 90... averaged 17.9 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.2 blocks per game..."

"Rashid Wallace, 30 years old, 211 cm, 109 kg, C/PF, ability rating 88... averaged 13.6 points, 8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.7 blocks per game..."

The twin towers paired with Artest... Liu Xiu silently wished the butcher and the bishop good luck.

After the appearance ceremony, the players of the two teams did not communicate much.

Tianzun and the gold medalist greeted Liu Xiu and others briefly, and then went back to hurry up and make the final preparations before the match.

The relationship will inevitably fade with the passage of time and the distance. This is for sure, except for Tianzun's teammate Liu Xiu. In his cognition, Liu Xiu is the one who saved his career, but the relationship Well, only for personal purposes.

The relationship on the court, with the conflicts between the two teams many times in the game, the sense of hostility has become stronger and stronger.

If one day they really played against each other in the finals, the players of the current generation of the two teams would definitely become mortal enemies on the court.

Now, the atmosphere of the game between the two teams can already be described as tense, and neither of them can understand each other.

At the end of the pre-match preparation time, Liu Xiu received a reminder to choose to copy his talent, teammates, and of course Payton, to strengthen the defense against breakthroughs; the opponent...Artest!
"...

Opponent: Ron Artest, matching degree 60%, characteristic conversion talent: beast, bonus effect: 1. Power +2, 2. It is determined that the host's explosive power is lower than the static power, and the static power reaches the top level, and the explosive power Below the top level, the explosive power of the host is temporarily increased to the top level (90). 3. When the single defense force is dominant, the defensive deterrent power is greatly improved. "

"...Strength 96 (temporary), explosive power 90 (temporary)..."

Power beyond the pinnacle!

Liu Xiu moved his arm, raised his elbow unconsciously, and looked back and forth between Artest and Kwame Brown.

The coaches of the two teams, some players, referees, technical officials, etc. were very nervous after the players entered the field, for fear that something would happen before the game started. However, the players of the two teams did not do extra things and prepared well for the game. At 5:30 in the evening, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Pacers started!

Trail Blazers starters: Payton, Liu Xiu, Raheem, Randolph, Kwame Brown.

Pacers starters: Jamal Tinsley, Reggie Miller, Artest, Jermaine O'Neal, Rasheed Wallace.

Tianzun narrowly beat Kwame Brown to win the jump ball, and the Pacers went first!

Tinsley advanced slowly, pressed the rhythm, and passed to Artest in the frontcourt.

Facing Raheem's defense, Artest showed a flexible change of direction, broke into the inside, wiped the board and made a layup!
Rahim, who patted his chest before the game to ensure that he would not lose the chain this time, immediately waved to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu pursed her lips and snorted, picked up the ball and sent it to Payton, and ran to the frontcourt.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Trail Blazers attacked, and the Trail Blazers players ran to the frontcourt and encountered the opponent's defense and melee consumption. The Pacers also started a hand-to-hand fight!
Why do you say it... because the Trail Blazers have already started hand-to-hand confrontation for the first defense just now.

The opponent is good at strengthening the confrontation and grinding battles, and this kind of play cannot be rejected by the opponent. They are not the Suns or the Sonics, and their play is still the traditional play. It is preparing for the iron-blooded defense towards grinding the ground!

However, at this time, Maurice Cheeks insisted on using Raheem as the starter tonight. The Pacers must use Artest to defend Raheem!

Liu Xiu ran to the frontcourt, and it was Tinsley who defended him!

The Pacers also know this is an impossible matchup, but it's impossible to let Reggie Miller guard Liu Xiu...

However, Jermaine O’Neal can play tonight. The Pacers have prepared the most terrifying twin towers in the league for Liu Xiu. Jim Carrey is very confident in Tinsley. The biggest advantage of Tinsley's defensive end is that he is active. He is very good at defending against perimeter singles...

Then, Liu Xiu received the ball, pulled it straight across, knocked Tinsley away with the advantage of half his body, and shot a jumper with an emergency stop at the free throw line...hit!
(End of this chapter)