Healing Basketball

Chapter 492. The Musketeers Who Annihilated the Army (492 words)
Liu Xiu successfully found something for Peyton to do, so that the big mouth had no time to bother him.

As for whether his teammates will be annoyed to death, he doesn't care about it, dead friends don't die poor.

After the first two home games, the Blazers took a 2-0 lead.

On the afternoon of the 26th the next day, the Trail Blazers left Portland for Denver aboard the 'Rose Bay Prison'.

For other teams, if it is a city that is not as good as Portland, they may go the day before the game and stay at home to prepare for the game, but they have to go early to play against the Nuggets. The Denver Plateau will have some impact on the players. You have to get used to it.

In fact, I have played here twice during the regular season, and I am quite used to it. The negative impact will not be particularly large, but the lower the negative impact, the better.

After a night's rest, on the 27th, the Trail Blazers came to the basketball hall they borrowed in advance to prepare for the game.

Occasionally, there will be some special circumstances in the playoffs. For example, the Pepsi Center, the home stadium of the Nuggets, will not be provided to the visiting team for training in the playoffs, except on the day of the game. Of course, the Nuggets will arrange training venues for the visiting team, but training As for the environment, it can only be said to meet the league's regulations.

Some teams will choose to endure it, but the owner of the Trail Blazers can't bear it.

Paul Allen’s foundation has shares in the basketball stadium at the University of Colorado. The NCAA season has long since ended. Although there are other arrangements for use, it’s okay to rent out for a few days. After the regular season is over and the first round schedule is confirmed, you can book in advance. Well here's to training.

During training, Payton sternly urged his teammates to prepare for the game, warned his teammates not to be careless, repeatedly talked about Anthony's threat, and repeatedly emphasized that the Nuggets are also a 50-win team with excellent lineup depth and super talent. Level strong team...

Everyone was not careless at first, and although Peyton repeatedly emphasized it, although it was annoying, no one thought there was a problem.

Because Peyton has been hacked, he expressed that feeling vividly, and everyone became vigilant. Everyone is used to Peyton's broken mouth, and it is annoying, but everyone is more active and focused on training because of it.

Liu Xiu was shocked when she saw Payton's operation!

Let's put it this way, if he didn't know the big score, he would have thought that they were 0-2 behind and would be swept away by the Nuggets!
He just wanted to help Payton find something to do. After entering the playoffs, Payton's conversation became more dense, and he loved to chat with his warden, which was a bit annoying... for some reason, he hit Payton. That point!
Seeing Payton who is so serious and seeing the teammates motivated by Payton, Liu Xiu felt that his brother Dong was in danger!

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As the playoffs deepened, individual awards for the regular season began to be announced one after another.

On the morning of the 28th, the league announced the best coach award.

Trail Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks lost to Suns coach Mike D'Antoni and failed to become the first consecutive best coach in NBA history.

Although the Trail Blazers have a bad reputation, their performance is not bad. They played a crazy performance of 4 wins and 10 loss in April, and finally achieved a good record of 1 wins and 62 losses, making Maurice Cheeks the best coach in the routine When the final moments of the game sounded, he and his team this season were really amazing.

But the performance of the Suns is even more shocking!From 29 wins to 65 wins, only Nash was added!

D'Antoni received 81 first votes, 17 second votes, and 3 third votes, and was elected the best coach with a total score of 458 points.

Maurice Cheeks only got 17 first ballots, 55 second ballots and 20 third ballots, ranking second with a total score of 270 points.

Without Lianzhuang's best coach, Maurice Cheeks is mentally prepared.

But the difference in the number of votes is so big, even if you are mentally prepared, you will be angry!

I must find something to vent my anger on!
It just so happened that there was a game today, and at night, after the warm-up and before the start of the game, Maurice Cheeks strongly urged the players not to be careless tonight, and to win the game... There are gloves in the front, and the coach in the back. Liu Xiu has This kind of illusion - 'We will be black seven if we lose tonight's game, we are fighting with our backs'.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers challenged the Nuggets in the third game of the series.

In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers directly beat the Nuggets 32 to 20. In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers gave the Nuggets another 33 to 24, leading the Nuggets 65 to 44 by 21 points at halftime !
The point difference was not as big as G2, but the Trail Blazers played better on offense and defense than G2. The point difference in the first half was not as big as G2, because the Nuggets really worked hard when they returned home.

It is true that Anthony actively urges his teammates, and he is also a player with a strong atmosphere.

But it is quite sad to have a bossy temperament and no leadership ability.

In the original time and space, the Nuggets were weak and weak in the playoffs, and everyone was bullying. It really wasn't Anthony's problem, but the whole team was like that.

And the direction of their efforts tonight is wrong. Facts have proved that they play positional warfare against stars, and the effect is quite good.

But what George Karl is thinking about is his high-speed rotation defense + track and field fast break, as if he wants to dream back to the era of fast offense in the late 80s and early 90s.

Not to mention now, even when the era of small ball is approaching seven or eight years later, his move is only good in the regular season, very good, but in the playoffs, in 2013, he won 57 wins They can all be defeated by the 47-win team.

Some people ridiculed that George Karl was stunned by God in the 96 Finals. He felt that his star style of play was not good enough, and he had to play as a team in the playoffs. As a result, he could only rely on Billups for more than ten years Break through the first round once, and all other seasons are eliminated in the first round.

It sounds magical, but the reality of George Karl is so magical.

In the second half, originally, the lead of 21 points at halftime was a score that could be relaxed.

But the glove and the coach have been talking about 'can't be careless, can't relax' for the past two days. In the third quarter, the Blazers continued to fight on both ends of the offense and defense. Crash, the performance of the Trail Blazers looked extremely wild... with a score of 27 to 12!
14投8中，其中三分球5中3，外加12中12的罚球，刘秀三节拿到31分5板3助攻2抢断，夸梅-布朗三节5投4中外加6中4的罚球，拿到12分14板1助攻2抢断5盖帽，生涯首次季后赛得分上双，两人携手带队三节以92比56领先掘金队36分！
In the fourth quarter, both sides did not start, and they were pure substitutes, that is, the pure substitutes of the Trail Blazers were a bit wild, with Little Flying Squirrel and Raheem holding the lineup.

At the end of the quarter, live TV shots were given to the Nuggets bench from time to time. Anthony still smiled as before, but the sadness and despair in his smile had never been seen before, as if he looked down on the warmth and coldness of the world...

In the first three quarters tonight, Anthony only made 26 of 10 shots. The shooting rate is not good, but the low shooting rate has something to do with the fact that he missed all five three-pointers in the third quarter. At that time, he played until 5 minutes into the third quarter. Well, the Nuggets haven't scored in double figures yet, and the point difference has been widened by the Trail Blazers.

Aside from shooting 7 of 1 three-pointers, Anthony's performance of 19 of 9 shots in the first three quarters was not bad, and he got 5 offensive rebounds in the three quarters. He scored 15 free throws, and his performance of 13 points in three quarters couldn't be better. You must know that the Nuggets only scored 34 points in three quarters.

In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers didn't go crazy anymore and played very casually, but they still scored 24 to 20. The Nuggets' substitutes were not in a high mood to score points.

In the end, under the joint promotion of Mitt and the coach, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the Nuggets 116 to 76 by 40 points, a big score of 3 to 0, and the series entered the match point!

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A super scorer who made the playoffs, was in the bottom half, was out in the first round, and his scoring performance was generally the best in the series.

Anthony exemplifies this very well.

Liu Xiu is not bothered about scoring and offensive rebounds without Anthony now. He also saw Anthony's look of indifference to the world, and wanted to comfort Brother Dong, but after the game, Anthony said to him " Congratulations on entering the second round", Liu Xiu did not comfort her, but replied, "You really can't win without me leading you".

Men don't need comfort, just need time to hide and lick their wounds.

Liu Xiu knows that the Anthony here is very different from the original time and space, but his ego, pride, and open-mindedness have not changed, and these are the reasons why he admires Anthony.

However, the shortcomings in his bones have not changed. Although Anthony is more competitive and more desperate in the game, so compared to the original time and space, his talent is realized earlier, but he is willing to accept failure when he really encounters a big setback. Giving up at the last moment, this character defect is still there...

On the second day, the preparation day between G3 and G4, this time, it was Liu Xiu who urged the teammates.

There has never been a 0 to 3 comeback in the entire NBA history, but 0 to 3 catch up to 3 to 3, this situation still exists, and their Trail Blazers did it two years ago.

If there is a loss ahead, Liu Xiu may not particularly care about the big score, and it is fine to advance, but it is 3 to 0, and it is close to the goal, so there should be no surprises.

Although the opposing star seems to have given up, what if?What if the opponent feels so good that they throw in from outside?What if the Trail Blazers themselves are not in good shape?
But Liu Xiu's urging was not about the glove and the coach's random thoughts, but a sentence in the preparation meeting before training in the afternoon-"The first round will end tomorrow, go home and rest."

With just a few words, the effect is no worse than the supervision effect of gloves and the coach's continuous bombing, and the two of them have provided the warden with a lot of healing value...

At 4:30 p.m. on April 7th, the Trail Blazers challenged the Nuggets in the fourth game of the series.

After 2 hours and 19 minutes, the game was decided.

Anthony obviously lost his energy tonight. He made 19 of 9 shots and 8 of 7 free throws. He scored 25 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. Give it a shot and know he's in 'acceptance' mode.

刘秀17投8中、其中三分球2中1、外加5中4的罚球，拿到21分7板5助攻2抢断，率领开拓者队以99比89稳稳的击败掘金队，4比0横扫晋级！成为本赛季第一支晋级第二轮的球队！
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"Friends come from far away:
Goal 1: Host series total points: 97 points, total offensive rebounds: 9, Carmelo Anthony series total points: 130 points, total offensive rebounds 16, not completed, no rewards sent.

Goal 2: The host leads the team to defeat the Nuggets 4-0. Each victory will reward 2000 healing points, and the total reward will be 8000 healing points. "

His warden has a lot of offensive rebounds, averaging 2.25 per game, but Dong Ge averages 4 per game!Moreover, in the case of only grabbing 4 offensive rebound in G1, they averaged 5 offensive rebounds per game in the first three games. Randolph and Kwame Brown both had headaches seeing the enthusiasm for rushing.

Thin melon is really wild when put together.

At noon on the second day after the promotion, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland on the 'Rose Bay Prison'.

Man, what a creature of habit.

Now Liu Xiu and his teammates are used to the special plane style of "a big friendly family inside a prison on the outside".

After sweeping the promotion and returning to Portland, everyone really went home to rest.

During the two consecutive aways, I was squeezed by the team's three major villains. It was still in the Denver Plateau. I was very tired and had to recharge my batteries for the second round.

Liu Xiu came home and saw the news. At noon, the league announced the winner of the Most Improved Award—Bobby Simmons of the Clippers.

鲍比-西蒙斯从场均7.8分4.7板1.7助攻0.9抢断，提升到16.4分5.9板2.7助攻1.4抢断，投篮命中率提升到了46.6%，力压众多竞争者，拿下最快进步奖。

Liu Xiu had an impression of the most improved player in the new division in his previous life-relying on the most improved award to get a 5-year 4700 million dollar fat contract, but after receiving this contract, he has not played in 5 seasons. In 3 and a half seasons, one year was reimbursed, and one year only played more than 1 games, and only one of the five seasons scored in double figures. On the list of the worst contracts in history, even after 1 years, there have always been This name, this contract will look so bad 20 years later.

But this is not important. Anyway, their team will not be so stupid as to compete for the most improved player. With that spare money, it is better to try to keep Raheem. This is the kingly way.

The reason why Liu Xiu cares about this award is because he is the second most improved award!He got 22 first ballots, and Bobby Simmons only got 29 first ballots, and the total score was only 22 points away.

The other candidates are also very interesting. They are all top talents who have entered the NBA in the past three or four years.

Wade, James, Little Bully, Anthony, Bosh, Yao Ming, Milicic, these people all have between 4 and 10 first votes, that is to say, more than one voter thinks they are eligible to win the Most Improved Award .

By the way, the separated OK group each got 1 first ballot...

This year's Most Improved Player candidate lineup is luxurious!
This made Liu Xiu feel a little regretful, he wasn't the one who won, it didn't matter if there were no competitors of the same age, if there were, he really wanted to win this award.

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It was a bit of a pity that he missed the award by 22 points, but it was not a big award. Liu Xiu put it aside after a moment of regret, and went to the study to read the news of the past few days summarized by Anne-Hathaway and Qing Er.

Finally have time to watch the news and relax.

The news about their series between the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets is very interesting. At the beginning, the Nuggets were inexplicably bloody, and at the end they predicted how many points they could abuse the Nuggets.

Indeed, no one could have imagined that the Nuggets, a team that looked promising in the regular season, would be so weak in the playoffs. Except for Anthony and Kenyon Martin, none of the other young players could harden up.

other series.

Their direct rivals, the series between the Mavericks and the Kings, was tied 2-2 last night.

The Mavericks lost two games in a row at the beginning, and lost two home games. Everyone thought that the Mavericks would have their heads shaved. The Kings also thought they would win. They were so excited, but in Game 3, Mavericks outside general Terry made 13 of 8 shots. Scoring 20 points in the middle, the team's leader Nowitzki scored 15 points on 9 of 28 shots, the best sixth man favorite Stackhouse scored 15 points on 7 of 22 shots, three 20+, with 116 Stronger than 112 to regain a victory.

Last night, the Mavericks made persistent efforts. Terry scored 6 three-pointers in a single game. Stackhouse and Finley scored 15 points each. The home court advantage has been regained!
Liu Xiu looked at the scores of the four games, and felt that the Kings' G3 was floating!Actually let the Mavericks soar points, and against the Mavericks.

Is this too confident and wants to challenge the difficulty?

After staying at home for a few days, the Mavericks gradually recovered, and the physical crisis was relieved. At this time, they dared to give the Mavericks a team with multiple singles cores to soar points. Isn’t this looking for abuse? ?
The Kings in G4 looked like they were recovering from a dead sheep and regained their defense, but it was too late, and the Mavericks had regained their sense.

It's really useless to give a chance!It's better to give it to Brother Dong. If the Nuggets win two games in a row, this tailwind team will definitely be able to rush.

It's really a pity.

But it doesn't matter, Liu Xiu is looking forward to the opponent, which is the Mavericks.

The series between the Nets and the Celtics, and the series between the Pacers and the Wizards all ended 3-1.

The strength of the Nets was overwhelming, and the only game the Celtics won was when Pierce scored 30 points on 16 of 45 shots. In the other three games, the point difference was more than 92 points. The difference in strength was quite large, and the overall game was played quite harmoniously.

The Pacers and the Wizards were not very harmonious. Artest and Stephen Jackson were constantly at odds, but Wu Sheng generally did not take the initiative to do anything. Artest began to believe in world peace, talking constantly, making small moves, The smell of gunpowder is heavy, the conflict is constant...but no real trouble is caused.

Although the game was stumbling due to insufficient lineup depth, the Pacers' core lineup has an obvious advantage, and Artest's defense is too restrained by Arenas. After four games, Arenas shot 37%. Unexpectedly, the Pacers 3-1 Wizards came to the match point.

In the 4 series that started first, except for the Mavericks that started sluggishly due to their own reasons, the other three series were crushed. After the Mavericks cheered up, their suppression of the Kings became more and more obvious.

The next four series will be very interesting

The 76ers led by Iverson snatched the home court advantage when they came up, and defended the home court advantage after returning to the home court. They currently lead the Heat 2-1.

艾弗森3场比赛，命中率是48%，场均31.3分10助攻4抢断。

Bulls and Pistons, no team scored more than 3 points in 90 games, the Pistons lead the Bulls 2-1, and there is a series of contemporary trappers, Jordan on the bench, and Jordan of the United Kingdom. , is also surprising.

In the series between the Suns and the Rockets, the Suns led 3-0. They are the only team other than the Trail Blazers that has a chance to sweep the promotion. This big score is not surprising.

It is no surprise that Yao Ming smashed the Suns in a series.

姚明季后赛首秀30分15板，G2更是拿到35分，G3拿到21分20板，3场都输了，但数据狂暴无比。

In such a series, Mobley only shot 40% from the field, averaging 13 points and 4 assists per game, and Desmond Mason averaged 41 points per game on 19.2% shooting, which is quite surprising. Yao Ming received less help in the playoffs than in the regular season.

This 7-group series has more to watch than expected before the start of the playoffs, and another group is very special.

The other series are all about basketball, but when it comes to the Sonics and Spurs, it's not all about basketball.

Earlier, Liu Xiu heard that someone on the Sonics was injured, but at that time he chose to exclude outside interference, and did not inquire carefully, nor did he take the initiative to check the news. There are still benefits in this age, and I really don’t want to know something , You really don’t have to know, unlike in the future, the mobile phone seems to be bugged.

The series between the Sonics and the Spurs was extremely gunpowder, and there were conflicts in all three games. It was different from the conflict between the Pacers and the Wizards that was related to the game itself. The Sonics and the Spurs were artificial. A conflict that is actively created!

In G1, the Sonics broke out at the start, leading the Spurs by 35 points 22 to 13 in the first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, Radmanovich caught the ball and shot, stepped on Bowen's feet and fell on the ground when he landed, and landed on his knees , Tibia fracture, reimbursement, he played 9 minutes in the first quarter, made 3 of 3 three-pointers, and finally the Spurs came back 101 to 89.

G2 was okay. The Spurs crushed their opponents from the beginning, and finally beat the Sonics 109 to 88, with a big score of 2 to 0.

In Game 3, the Supersonics returned to the home court to regain their strength. Relying on their excellent long-range shots, they played back and forth with the Spurs. Therefore, at the end of the third quarter, Lewis also stepped on Bowen's goal. Foot, fall, toe dislocation, when the commentator heard the injury, he immediately concluded that he would be reimbursed, and the Sonics confirmed this after the game... This time it almost started a fight.

最后超音速队很硬气，靠着安东尼奥-丹尼尔斯末节11分、雷-阿伦末节9分，两人携手带队最终以94比92险胜马刺队，将大比分追到了1比2。

Liu Xiu's eyes widened after reading the news related to the Spurs and Supersonics.

black!
Really Nima black!

The three musketeers were replaced by two!
Bowen really knows how to pick a team. The Sonics are gentlemen, gentlemen, soft, and timid... Bowen didn't get beaten!

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In the evening, the much-anticipated Spurs and the Sonics played the fourth game of the series.

Onlookers Liu Xiu brought his girlfriend, sister, son and daughter to watch the live broadcast together.

I really didn't expect that the series with the most attention in the first round was actually the Spurs' series.

After the game started, the Sonics and the Spurs played on par!

Liu Xiu was very surprised. He originally thought that Bowen had some kind of mental illness, but found out that without him, the Spurs might really be hammered!
Are the Spurs not strong?Of course it's impossible, it's just that the Spurs are very uncomfortable with the playoff whistleblowing scale under the current rules!

To put it simply, the scale of whistleblowing in the playoffs is tighter than the Spurs expected.

Temporary adjustments are not so easy for the Spurs, and being too steady is also a troublesome thing at this time.

In the first quarter tonight, without Radmanovich and Lewis, the Sonics actually lead the Spurs by 28 points 26-2 in the first quarter!
In the second quarter, the confrontation was finally pulled up by the Spurs, but the Spurs forced the confrontation, but their offense was more affected, and the Spurs only scored 14 points!
超音速队第二节打出了18比14的比分，半场以46比40领先马刺队6分！
In the third quarter, the Sonics made persistent efforts and scored 11 to 36 in the first 23 minutes, widening the point difference to 19 points!
At this moment, an unexpected situation came... Ray Allen used a three-point threat to break through and dunk and scored two points. Bowen, who was chasing and coming in, stretched his feet again!
Ray Allen was prepared and hung on the basket without falling. When he saw Bowen who took the initiative to put his body under him, for fear that he would fall and not die, he lost his mind instantly and hung on the basket. He kicked towards Bowen.

After landing, Ray Allen continued to pounce on Bowen. Bowen reacted quite quickly, got up and ran, and was chased and beaten by Ray Allen.

Bowen stepped on the foot, the referee was not so surprised by this matter, Ray Allen chased Bowen to fight, this matter can't be more unexpected!

How could Bowen run past Ray Allen? After being chased and punched several times, the referee stopped Ray Allen and expelled Ray Allen from the field.

Anne Hathaway said in surprise: "It's surprising that Allen actually fought."

Liu Xiuying said: "Allen and Bowen seem to have grown up in the same city. Allen helped Bowen many times before. At the beginning, Bowen could only go to Europe to play. It was Allen who introduced him to trial opportunities. I took Bowen to play in the summer league, and finally Bowen got a 96-day short contract and entered the vision of NBA teams."

Anne Hathaway was stunned, and rarely swears: "Bowen is really not a thing... Cough cough, Claire, you are not allowed to learn this sentence!"

Qing'er: What's the matter?Is it a dirty word?

Anne Hathaway asked: "Jess, will Bowen be suspended?"

Liu Xiu shook her head: "No, Allen will definitely be suspended."

"This is so unfair!"

"Bowen is ready to be beaten. Whether he succeeds in stepping up or fails in stepping up and gets beaten, it is the opposite side who suffers."

"There's nothing you can do with him?"

"That's the rule."

"I buy it...Jess, you have to be careful when you play against him!" Anne Hathaway was very worried.

Qing'er interjected, "Don't worry, Annie, he doesn't dare step on brother."

Anne Hathaway asked curiously, "Why?"

Qing'er: "..."

Liu Xiu: "..."

Anne-Hathaway saw that the two did not answer, a question mark popped up in her head, but she quickly put the question mark back.

It's a bit stupid to ask this question...

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A generation of sharpshooter Ray Allen has become a man of the moment in basketball.

98 to 89, the Sonics defended both home games and tied the big score 2-2. However, Ray Allen did not make headlines because he scored 20 points on 12 of 31 shots. Relying on him to chase Bowen and become the most popular star at the moment!
Early the next morning, the league made a penalty decision, and Ray Allen was suspended for 5 games.

There was a topic that became popular at this time-I never saw news of Bowen fighting with anyone, but all I saw were so and so chasing, beating, and violently beating Bowen in anger.

However, no matter how many times they are beaten, Bowen and the Spurs are the ones who really take advantage!
Just like now, the three musketeers of the supersonic team were injured and suspended. Even after Ray Allen was sent off last night, the rest of the supersonic team fought hard to hold on to the victory and tied the big score to 2-2 Ping, everyone felt that the Sonics would definitely be gone in this series.

The three musketeers were wiped out under Bowen's iron hoof!
(End of this chapter)