Healing Basketball

Chapter 495 495. Boss, go away! (5000 words)
After the final whistle sounded, Liu Xiu excitedly hugged and celebrated with his teammates and coaches.

correct!

His strategy is right!His guess is also right!

When he discussed with the coaching staff, he expressed his speculation that the general had drained the energy of the Mavericks players after the All-Star break.

Even with the first-round adjustments, the Mavericks were lucky enough to get a 76-day break between the first and second rounds thanks to the 3ers and Heat dragging them to the tiebreaker, which is just a drop in the bucket for the overall consumption.

Because of this problem, the Mavericks will definitely not be able to return to the state during the 16-game winning streak this season.

More importantly, it is his strategy against the Mavericks!

When he played against the Mavericks for the last time in the regular season, his strategy was not so effective. He still relied on his personal ability to hold back the Mavericks' counterattack, which consumed the Mavericks' physical strength, and he won the battle of attrition. Luck component.

However, that was because at that time, although the physical pressure of the Mavericks had reached its limit, the invincible state of the Mavericks players' crazy winning streak was still there. Although the outsiders and Kwame Brown were effective in defending Nowitzki, However, the restriction effect has not reached the ideal state.

现在不同，从诺维斯基首轮47%的命中率场均拿到24.5分就可以看得出来，诺维斯基状态与16连胜期间51+44+91的命中率场均30多分完全不在一个水平线上。

In the regular season of this season, after discovering that the Mavericks began to focus on unlimited singles offense, Liu Xiu was discussing the countermeasures with the coach. At that time, what he thought was that maybe next year, the year after, anyway, they might meet in the playoffs in the next two or three years. It's a pleasure to think about giving the Mavericks a hard time before the old Nelson's Warriors.

As for why I didn't expect to meet in the playoffs this year, because the Mavericks were still wandering in the second half of the playoffs during the adjustment period at the beginning of the season. Fourth in the West, Liu Xiu's imaginary opponent in the second round was Duncan.

Who would have thought that the Mavericks would almost win second place in the Western Conference with a 16-game winning streak?

But, it's cool to meet you early!
The experience of the 3 matches in the regular season this season and the early promotion in the first round can be used to observe and study the Mavericks' play style and current state in the playoffs... I have made enough preparations, the right time, the right place, and the people are all in place. Watching the opponent fight, this feeling is really cool!
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The Trail Blazers and the Mavericks, two teams with 60+ wins, met. The games of the two teams are not bad. Even if there is Iverson who steals the limelight, it will not affect the pretty good ratings of this game. .

Everyone thinks that this is a strong duel of comparable strength, with the same record. In the last match of the regular season, they played inextricably. Played a little advantage in the game, and the Trail Blazers played steadily against the Mavericks in the other three quarters!

诺维斯基的表现令人大跌眼镜，虽然有15板4助攻1盖帽，但16投4中、三分球4中0、外加7中6的罚球，打了39分钟只拿到12分！
就算特里17投8中拿到21分、约什-霍华德18投8中拿到19分、斯塔克豪斯9投5中拿到10分，也没带得动诺维斯基。

For this situation, the conclusion of the media's analysis is that the Mavericks have another physical problem.

Let’s make a conclusion first, and the media’s analysis will be logical and logical.

Anyway, when Liu Xiu saw the media's analysis the next morning, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Better yet, the Mavs think so too.

But unfortunately, the Mavericks didn't think so. After a day's rest, on May 5, the Trail Blazers ushered in the second game of the series against the Mavericks at home.

The Mavericks made a very useful adjustment -- putting Finley back in the starting lineup.

Devin Harris, a rookie, was able to average 9+3 per game in the first round against the Kings because he was always playing against the opposite bench, and he couldn't start at all. It has not played a role in strengthening the strength of the bench lineup. The aging Finley is not much better than Marquez Daniels on the court.

Putting Finley back into the starting lineup gave the starters a more experienced teammate. The key is that the ball returned to Terry in the starting stage.

The direction of the little general's adjustment in this game-the opponent can't defend against Terry, so use Terry as the first main attack point!
This decision was very effective in the early stage of the game. Terry made 6 of 3 shots in the first quarter, scored 8 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the Mavericks lead the Trail Blazers by 28 to 26 in the first quarter by two points!

But as the game progressed, after the Trail Blazers gave Nowitzki enough confrontational influence and safely handed Nowitzki over to Delfino or McDyess to deal with, let the extrajudicial lunatics, Liu Xiu, Pei When Duncan fights against Terry, use whoever has the best effect.

What is more effective is the interference flow defense of outlaws and Liu Xiu's blocking defense. Payton has not been good at dealing with Terry's wave-like opponents for ten years.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers were in a semi-paralyzed state on the offensive end. With Liu Xiu throwing outside and his teammates rushing, they only scored 22 points.

but!

The Trail Blazers relied on effective defense to prevent the Mavericks from scoring only 20 points in the second quarter!
After halftime, the Trail Blazers chased the score to 48 to 48, a tie!

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers had the advantage!

In this quarter, they continued to limit the scoring of the Mavericks. The Mavericks’ offense was launched by singles and scoring. Assists are ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the league, and this quarter is not in the middle and lower reaches. The Mavericks' passing is extremely bad!Only 18.6 assist in a single quarter!
The little general panicked during the halftime break. He kept emphasizing offense and strengthening singles. The anxious mood affected the players. The players only cared about shooting. The team scored 21 of 8 shots in a single quarter, including 3 three-pointers. 1, plus 10 of 6 free throws, scored 23 points.

This is not the biggest mistake of the little general. He really has a lot of scorers under his hands. He scored 23 points under the defense of the Trail Blazers in a few blind plays. The depth of the lineup and the strength of the stars have been well demonstrated.

The little general's biggest mistake was that he was so focused on offense, his narrow field of vision was highlighted again, and he forgot about defense!
刘秀5分3助攻、兰多夫7分、小飞鼠打了5分钟拿到7分、佩顿4分3助攻……开拓者队第三节全队单节10个助攻，狂飙32分！
After three quarters, the Trail Blazers almost opened the point difference to double digits with 80 to 71!

It didn't take long for the double-digit point difference. At the end of the quarter, Kwame Brown scored 2+1 with a supplementary dunk at the start, and added penalties, which opened the point difference to 12 points in one fell swoop!
In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers played against the Mavericks throughout the game, with a point difference of more than 10 points. Although they failed to win directly, they did not give the Mavericks a chance to comeback.

By the middle of the fourth quarter, the Blazers vice president and the coaching staff were already chatting.

Coach: "Our warden is still very good. The little general's tactical reserves and ability to build a team system may be better than me. Probably only Lionel can compare with him on our team, but his coaching ability... hehe , let the warden adjust on the spot, it must be better than him."

This time it was the vice president who was more direct: "The little general's ability to build a system is really powerful. He uses a lineup that even mad scientists can't handle. He uses it very well. Limited to the lineup of the Mavericks, we can no longer find a team like the Mavericks, even our [-] million lineup will not work.

Coaching ability... is it my illusion?Little General’s system obviously maximizes BIG-King’s personal ability, but he doesn’t seem to know that his infinite singles tactics revolve around BIG-King, and he doesn’t know that they rely on BIG-King’s personal ability to play so well , maybe he thinks his system is a multi-core system where all the people are soldiers..."

The coach immediately answered: "Yes, that's it. He used Terry to replace BIG-King's first core tonight, trying to use Terry to win the game. I really didn't expect this. If someone asks me to use Little Flying Squirrel To replace the warden as the first main attack point outside, I will definitely think he is crazy..."

Suddenly, a voice came out: "Coach, have you forgotten that I am sitting next to you?"

The coach turned his head and saw Little Flying Squirrel's resentful face, and he immediately fucked up!Is this the legendary behind-the-scenes bad-mouthing being discovered?

Gotta ease the embarrassment!
The coach said, "Oh, Damon, when did you sit next to me? I didn't even see you."

"It was you who asked me to sit next to you, saying that you might need me to play at any time!"

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The more and more handsome coach made Little Flying Squirrel's mentality explode. At the end of the fourth quarter, Little Flying Squirrel went up and made two three-pointers, helping the Trail Blazers to score 1 with more than 105 minute left. With a score of 88, the Trail Blazers secured the victory!

1 minute and 33 seconds, 17 points difference, even if the Warden and Miller come, the Trail Blazers are not afraid, they don't defend, they can let the opponent throw.

At 10:25 p.m., the final whistle blew.

小牛队方面，特里17投8中，其中三分球7中4，外加5中4的罚球，拿到24分3板5助攻。

Nowitzki made active adjustments and scored 16 points and 7 rebounds on 20 of 12 shots. In fact, he played well, but tonight was not the main attack point of the little general, wasting his self-adjustment in vain.

In addition to the two of them, Josh Howard with 10 points and Stackhouse with 10 points scored in double figures.

But their team only scored 91 points, and the worst thing is that their team only had 11 assists.

And the Trail Blazers team had 31 assists!
刘秀18投9中拿到24分7板5助攻2抢断、兰多夫19投12中拿到30分10板、小飞鼠16分、拉希姆14分、佩顿10分10助攻、夸梅-布朗和法外狂徒都拿到7分……全队爆砍109分！
109 to 91, the Trail Blazers defeated the Mavericks and made the big score 2 to 0!

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One game, it could be an accident, it could be an overachiever, but both games were played against each other, Paul Allen believed what his vice president said-they have a perfect way to deal with the Mavericks, they just Finish the Mavericks!

After the two home games, when the home and away games alternated, the 'New Paul Allen' and the 'Rose Bay Prison' set off for Dallas!
On the preparation day, Paul Allen personally came to the training ground to cheer for the players, and the players were extremely excited when they saw this.

On May 5th, after the two-day rest day, the Trail Blazers, with a 13-2 lead, came to the American Airlines Center to challenge the Mavericks. Paul Allen sat directly opposite the technical table When the camera is shown on him, every cell in his body seems to be filled with pride and arrogance...

Then, the Trail Blazers were beaten 38 to 28 by the Mavericks at the beginning... Paul Allen's mentality collapsed!Going to the toilet during the break between festivals doubts life.

The Trail Blazers scored 28 points in the first quarter, which is pretty good. The Mavericks' defense was messed up, and there was only one goal—to block the Trail Blazers' singles, especially to block the two points of Liu Xiu and Little Flying Squirrel. A total of 9 players played on the Jazz team, except for Fred Jones who did not score, the other 8 scored.

But for the Mavericks, Nowitzki's touch exploded in the first quarter, and he threw a strong throw against the defense. When he was seriously disturbed, he made 4 of 2 shots and 4 of 4 free throws in face-to-face singles, scoring 8 points and 3 assists.

Terry also had 8 points and 2 assists.

Under the leadership of the two, the Mavericks had 8 assists in a single quarter, the highest assists in a single quarter after they entered the second round.

This is purely a feeling of explosion after returning to the home court!

Because in the second quarter, Nowitzki returned to normal, and was defended 7 of 2 in a single quarter. Although he scored 6 points, his singles scoring effect plummeted, and the Mavericks team's assists also fell in the first quarter. In the half, there were only 4 assists in a single quarter, and the team's scoring plummeted to 24 points.

而开拓者队第二节得分依旧稳定，刘秀单节2分3板5助攻，帮助兰多夫拿到7分、拉希姆拿到9分，全队单节拿到27分！
在刘秀半场6分5板8助攻的带领下，开拓者队将比分追至55比62，强势遏制住了小牛队拉开分差的势头。

In the third quarter, the Mavericks' offense picked up. They made 21 of 10 shots in a single quarter and scored 28 points.

However, under the leadership of Liu Xiu, who scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 32 points in a single quarter!
87 to 90, after three quarters, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 3 points!
Paul Allen, who sat in the toilet for a long time and doubted himself for a long time, answered the phone call from the secretary who had called more than 100 times. When he learned that the game was about to come back, he hurried out of the toilet and went back to watch the game.

It's really about to turn around!

At the end of the quarter, the Trail Blazers continued their efforts and came back from the official timeout. Liu Xiu scored a three-pointer and fed Kwame Brown two consecutive balls. They played a wave of 7-2 and chased the score from 98-104 to 105-106. , The point difference was reduced to 1 point!
Just when Paul Allen felt that the time was turning, Nowitzki scored two three-pointers in a row, faced the defense and made two three-pointers with a forced fallback jumper, and played a wave of 6-0 alone to tie the score. 112 to 105, the point difference widened to 7 points!
The Trail Blazers re-launched an onslaught and scored 2 points in the last 7 minutes. At this time, Stackhouse stepped up to defend the victory and scored 4 points and 1 assist, helping the Mavericks to score 6 points at the critical moment and hold on. The Blazers' counterattack.

In the end, Liu Xiu, who scored 23 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists, entered the empty cut group. The Trail Blazers failed to comeback. The Mavericks narrowly beat the Trail Blazers 118-112, chasing the big score to 1-2 and avoiding the absolute 0-3. Desperate score!
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Nowitzki made 19 of 9 shots tonight, and many of the goals were strong shots. After returning to the home court, he was really encouraged by the fans and exploded, scoring 30 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.

特里的23分7助攻、约什-霍华德的16分11板、拉特利夫的11分7板2抢断2盖帽、斯塔克豪斯的15分……当诺维斯基表现出色的时候，小牛队的无限单打流进攻是真的强！
Although Nowitzki's performance is obviously a burst of touch, but he has played such a performance, and the Mavericks' infinite singles offense has really opened up.

If you lose, you have to sum up. The next morning, when most of the Blazers players were still sleeping late, Liu Xiu, who got up early and had breakfast, was called away by the coaching staff who happened to meet, and they analyzed the reasons for last night’s loss together, and came to a conclusion Such a conclusion.

In the afternoon training stage, Maurice Cheeks expressed the conclusion of the analysis, stabilizing the confidence of the players.

They only lost 6 points, and when they were the most behind, that is, 12 points after the Mavericks scored a goal at the beginning of the second quarter. If it weren't for Nowitzki's two three-pointers against the defense, they really It was a comeback, and when such a conclusion was drawn, the negative impact on confidence brought about by the loss was swept away!

In fact, the Trail Blazers coaching staff is not so sure about the correctness of this conclusion, but it doesn't matter whether it is correct or not, it is important to stabilize confidence.

What is the specific situation, we will talk about it after finishing G4!

Now it's time to adjust blindly, it's better to come steadily!
The one-day rest time passed quickly, and on May 5, the Trail Blazers came to the American Airlines Center again to start the fourth game of the series away with the Mavericks.

Directly opposite the technical table, the seat Paul Allen sat the night before, was still empty after the game started.

This made the Trail Blazers players lose face and run away collectively!
This time, it was the Trail Blazers' turn to go crazy in the first quarter!

刘秀6投4中，外加7中7的罚球，单节拿到15分3助攻，帮助开拓者队在首节拿到36分，同时将小牛队的得分限制在23分！
36 to 23, the Trail Blazers lead the Mavericks by 13 points at the start!
The Mavericks went on a rampage the night before, relying on Nowitzki's hot touch.

The Mavericks' offensive collapse tonight was also affected by Nowitzki.

Nowitzki, who had a good shot the night before, faced a tighter defense tonight, but he shot confidently. He scored 6 for 0 in the first quarter and scored 2 point only by making 1 of 1 free throws!
Nowitzki's failure to make a shot is not the most terrifying situation for the Mavericks. The most terrifying thing is that Nowitzki began to doubt himself because of his 10-for-6 performance in 0 minutes. Ski, only made 2 shots in the whole quarter. He hesitated when he received the ball and dared not throw it!
(End of this chapter)