Healing Basketball

Chapter 489 489. Then let's go heads-up!
Back from holiday break.

The Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Fred Jones, outlaws, Randolph, and Kwame Brown.

The Nuggets sent Boykins, Buckner, Anthony, Byron Russell, and Kenyon Martin.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers took the lead.

Randolph low singles Byron Russell to initiate the attack, Kenyon Martin's defense came quickly, Kwame Brown moved one step inside the free throw line to receive the ball, and no one cared about him.

Boykins, Buckner, and Anthony have done a good job of chasing and defending from outside. Kwame Brown didn’t dare to pass casually. When he was changing to the Wizards, he would definitely attack for three seconds with this kind of ball, but now he is much braver. , A mid-range shot like a free throw...Kenyon Martin seized the opportunity to make up for it, Kwame Brown was forced to fall back, and lost any accuracy.

The falling ball just touched the basket and bounced to the left baseline.

Liu Xiu is in this position!He pushed past Buckner to get the ball, dribbled one step towards the basket to grab the ball, and made a three-step layup!

"Good job!"

Liu Xiu patted Kwame Brown's butt when he retreated, and praised him.

Kwame Brown was still a little worried about being blamed, but now he puts his heart in his stomach.

As a single-minded player, even though the probability of this happening is very low, he also chose to keep this approach in mind, just in case.

Offensive and defensive transition, Boykins advances to the frontcourt and continues to attack by breakthrough, Byron Russell covers for Buckner on the flank, at the same time, Kenyon Martin backruns on the flank to attract the defensive attention, Buckner receives the After reaching the ball, he passed back to the top arc, Anthony caught the ball, and Liu Xiu, who switched defenses, pressed up immediately, but Anthony had already lifted the ball and took off, hitting a three-pointer!

29 to 29, the score was tied!
It was Anthony who scored the goal, and Liu Xiu looked at the inside combination of Byron Russell and Kenyon Martin.

There is something for the short insider combination with rich experience in the playoffs and who has played in the finals twice!
Weiping Bryant's evaluation of the three towers of the Nuggets-fancy but not useful.

Nene and Camby are really useless in the first quarter, but Kenyon Martin is still much better than these two. Give him a partner who can really make contributions in the playoffs. The Nuggets are both offensive and defensive. become different!

The two teams continued their singles duel. In the second half of the first quarter, Wesley Persson's flank containment and now Byron Russell played had a miraculous effect. George Karl's coaching ability was displayed at this time Incisively and vividly, after all, he is an old coach at the finals level.

The value of veterans is also demonstrated by Byron Russell and Wesley Person.

Every year, there are always some veterans with higher salaries than their statistics and contributions on the field. This is the reason!

Relying on George Karl's excellent personnel adjustment and tactical response, the Nuggets supported the offense when the track and field style of play was basically abolished.

The infinite rotation defense with Byron Russell and Kenyon Martin as the core also limited the Blazers' offense to a certain extent and did not let the Blazers soar.

The Nuggets in the away game clenched the score!
At 10 minutes and 44 seconds into the second quarter, the Nuggets had a chance. Wesley Persson, who came off the bench, hit a three-pointer, 49 to 48. The Nuggets overtook the Trail Blazers and regained 1 point lead.

This is the first time the Nuggets have taken the lead after being overtaken in the second half of the first quarter!
In this game broadcast live by Time Warner Cable Sports, Hubie Brown commented: "The Trail Blazers' strategy of pulling the Nuggets into a singles matchup, from the current point of view, they are careless. The singles combination of Miller and Anthony will not lose. For any duo."

Indeed, Liu Xiu on the court looked at the overtaken score and felt that their play style tonight was a bit sloppy.

Of course, Liu Xiu didn't think there was anything wrong with the bold coach's strategic intention of 'crushing the Nuggets with strength and dignity'.

Showing off their muscles is very important for them to further build up their confidence and build up their confidence as a strong team in the playoffs!

But for Anthony and Andre Miller, two opponents who are really capable of hitting 50+ in a single game, it is indeed a bit underestimated.

But things have come to this point, seeing that the Nuggets have gained momentum, what we need to do now is not to "summarize the game", but to actively deal with the current problems.

The solution to the problem is quite simple...

Liu Xiu came to the top arc and asked for the ball!

After Payton passed the ball to Liu Xiu, he began to drive his teammates to run.

Players currently on the field, Trail Blazers: Payton, Liu Xiu, Raheem, Van Horn, Kwame Brown; Nuggets: Andre Miller, Wesley Person, Anthony, Kenyon Martin, Nene.

Kwame Brown was going to come out to pick and roll, but Liu Xiu waved him back.

Facing Anthony's defense, Liu Xiu chose to single out!

When defending against Liu Xiu, Anthony's defensive attitude and enthusiasm were completely different from those of defending against others. When playing against James, he was not so invested in both offense and defense.

Facing Liu Xiu's breakthrough in front of the body, Anthony defended very hard. He was not fat and brisk, but he was still deceived by Liu Xiu's fake moves. Liu Xiu's sense of rhythm was excellent. Immediately pressed up, leaning forward to occupy the breakthrough space, Anthony couldn't squeeze back, Liu Xiu jumped out as if about to fall forward, and rushed into the inside!

Nene retracted to the basket, Liu Xiu performed the European step, took a large stride to the right of Nene, wiped the board and made a layup...hit!
Liu Xiu, who stood firmly on the ground, said to Nene: "If it was Camby, my ball would be blocked."

Liu Xiu spoke very sincerely, so Nene was even angrier!
Anthony, who was chasing in, picked up the ball and patted Nene's arm before exiting out of bounds. Nene nodded. He knew to be calm.

The Nuggets players were very excited to get 50 wins for the first time, but soon they found that even if they got 50 wins, the treatment was no different from last season's playoffs. No one cared about them. In the series, people only paid attention to Liu Xiu and Anthony, the two super talents from Syracuse University, and even directly discussed who had the upper hand between the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers in the second round... No one cared about their Nuggets, as if They made the playoffs just to foil the Trail Blazers.

Everyone on the Nuggets was outraged by this, including Anthony, who didn't think it was a thing to be happy about being mentioned when the team was scorned.

They want to win!They want to be on top of each other!

The Nuggets 11 years ago entered the playoffs with 42 wins and eliminated the No. 63 Sonics in the West with [-] wins. This became their source of motivation.

The Nuggets 11 years ago could do it, and they think they can do it now!
There is Payton on the opposite side...

49 to 50, just after Liu Xiu made a layup, the Nuggets were overtaken by the Trail Blazers by 1 point.

When it came to the Nuggets' offense, Anthony singled Raheem with the ball.

Anthony thought the ball had to come from him.

Raheem defended very hard, but defense also requires talent. He was not as good at defending as the 20-year-old outlaw. Anthony seized the opportunity to hit Raheem, turned around and jumped, and Raheem actively rushed In place, but Anthony's take-off was not affected, the take-off height was higher than Raheem's, and the bullet speed was faster. Facing the high position of the defense, he turned around and made a mid-range shot!
51 to 50, the Nuggets regained a 1-point lead!

When it came time for the Trail Blazers to attack, Liu Xiu continued to play singles. Anthony retreated decisively this time. Liu Xiu judged the opponent's defensive intentions and made a two-point jump shot...missed!
Kenyon Martin protected the defensive rebound, and the Nuggets rushed up for a rare time. Anthony caught the ball and attracted the defense, and then distributed the ball to Kenyon Martin who followed up.

With 10 seconds left in the first half, the Nuggets took a 53-point lead 50-3!

From the second quarter to now, the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers have scored 27 to 23, winning the Trail Blazers by 4 points in a single quarter!
On the last attack of the first half, Payton quickly advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Liu Xiu. The Nuggets defended very hard. After receiving the ball, Liu Xiu used Kwame Brown to cover and went straight to the basket, and then expanded to defend the pick-and-roll. Kenyon Martin defended well. Liu Xiu didn't start fast enough, and there was no space for the actual European step, but he didn't choose to pass the ball, and he ran out of time. He came to close range to fight against Kenyon Martin!

Although Kenyon Martin restricted Liu Xiu's acceleration, Liu Xiu got to the basket and forced himself up. He felt like he was going to be unable to stand up as a power forward. In desperation, Kenyon Martin pushed him!
Liu Xiu pushed the ball out before being pushed, the referee blew the whistle, and the ball went into the frame!The referee confirmed to the technical station that Liu Xiu's goal was valid and a penalty was added!

Excitedly, Liu Xiu resorted to a carp kick and jumped up, startled the fans at the bottom line called "Destroy Nice and empty stomach".

American basketball fans have every reason to believe that the warden knows kung fu!
The teammates excitedly rushed up to celebrate with Liu Xiu.

"Warden, you must teach me this trick!" The eyes of the butcher who had a kung fu dream were full of longing.

"Just reduce your body fat to what I am now." Liu Xiu said as she pulled up her clothes, revealing her playoff-limited abdominal muscles, which caused screams from the crowd.

Randolph decisively admitted: "I don't think I'm that interested in dismantling Nice's fasting..."

Liu Xiu and Randolph didn't talk about the ball just now, but said that the carp played well, but the teammates were even more excited. Their anxiety just after being hit by the Nuggets was wiped out by Liu Xiu's ball!
Being tied, overtaken?With the warden here, they are not afraid at all!
The warden didn't take this trivial matter to heart at all!
George Karl complained on the sidelines why he hadn't made a free throw. The opponent had violated the rule, and the referee felt that the Trail Blazers celebrated for too long, so... Hurry up and get Liu Xiu to the free throw line.

Liu Xiu walked to the free throw line and stopped dawdling. Her sore arm recovered from the fall, and she made an extra free throw, raising her personal score to 18 points and helping the Trail Blazers tie the score!

With 1.6 seconds left in the time, the Nuggets sent out the ball before the long whistle sounded.

53 to 53, the Trail Blazers and Nuggets tied for halftime!

(End of this chapter)