Healing Basketball

Chapter 496 496. I'm Already Thinking About My Opponent in the Next Round (5800 words)
Nowitzki played normally, even if he missed the shot, the Mavericks' offense was at least functioning normally.

Moreover, Nowitzki did not shoot well because he was guarded by the best single defender inside or outside the Trail Blazers. Jin, he also played his due role.

But when Nowitzki didn't dare to shoot, the Mavericks' offense completely collapsed!
At this time, the little general really realized that the team he coached was not a group-core team at all. Their unlimited singles tactics were based on an inside player who averaged 25+ points per game like Nowitzki.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers made persistent efforts and scored 28 points in a single quarter, while the Mavericks only had 15 points in a single quarter. The Trail Blazers opened the gap to 26 points in one fell swoop, and entered the intermission 64-38!

The game was spent before halftime!

Both Barkley and Kenny Smith were stunned by the Trail Blazers' dominance in this round of the series!

Even if the Mavericks were beaten by the Trail Blazers in the first two games, neither of them felt that the Mavericks were completely hopeless. After all, they lost two games on the road.

The Mavericks also played poorly in the first round, and they almost cried when they were hammered by the Kings, but the subsequent four-game winning streak directly overturned the Kings.

This is the top team that almost ended with an 18-game winning streak!It is not impossible to face the Trail Blazers to complete the performance of the first round again.

And the Mavericks really won G3, and the media roared out for another major reversal.

As a result, the Mavericks were beaten by the Trail Blazers in G4!

Nowitzki's current technical flaws were thoroughly exposed in this game.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers played very relaxed, the score was 25 to 23, and the point difference was widened to 28 points. Liu Xiu played 27 minutes in the third quarter and scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. He did not play again in the final quarter. Little Flying Squirrel, Fred Jones and others went up and played blindly, only scoring 22 points, and the Mavericks scored 26 points, but it didn't affect the overall situation.

111 to 87, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the Mavericks and scored a big score of 3 to 1, entering the match point!
刘秀准三双、兰多夫23分16板、夸梅-布朗11分8板4盖帽、拉希姆15分6板、法外狂徒11分3板1助攻2抢断1盖帽、小飞鼠15分……开拓者队表现好的人非常多，但赛后人们注意的不是他们的表现，而是诺维斯基……

今晚诺维斯基打了29分钟，13投2中，5次三分全部铁了，加上6中3的罚球，拿到7分7板1助攻1盖帽5失误……

In G1 and G2, Nowitzki played badly.

Nowitzki is still an absolute contributor to the Mavericks' victory in G3.

But tonight, even the word rotten is not enough to describe how poor Nowitzki performed!
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The Trail Blazers defeated the Mavericks in this series, and the media didn't report this incident until after a big score of 3 to 1.

It's not that the media and experts have no vision, but who would have thought that a team with 62 wins would be beaten by a team like this?
After all, it is a 62-win team. This strength means that it is possible to win against anyone. Even if it is against the 72-win Bulls in a series, it is not a big problem to win one or two games.

So the media have been hyping the Mavericks early in the morning because their physical strength has been affected and their condition is not good. They are adjusting and will repeat the reversal of the first round.

But the reality is even more outrageous than the news that the media blew up!
Now it seems that if it weren't for Nowitzki's hot G3 touch, the 62-win team would have been swept away!
Barkley commented after the game-"The Mavericks will no longer be a strong team in the playoffs after this series. Their shortcomings are too obvious. The Trail Blazers have perfectly demonstrated how to deal with the Mavericks. Other teams are in the playoffs. When Sai meets them, he just needs to copy his homework..."

When Liu Xiu read this report, she felt that Fliggy's speculation was not bold enough.

He remembered that when the Mavericks won 67 wins and Nowitzki was hacked in the MVP season, the Mavericks' regular season record collapsed in the second year, from 67 wins to 51 wins, and the speed of regression was comparable to that of a bad team. Everyone knew how to deal with them. After the playoffs, they were beaten 4-1 by Cannon Hang, and they continued to be eliminated in the first round.

08-09赛季常规赛更惨了，只拿到50胜，到了季后赛第二轮被有着一堆身体素质男的掘金队4比1淘汰。

In the 09-10 season, Carlisle's Mavericks system was completed, with 55 wins in the regular season and the second place in the West, but Nowitzki's technical adjustments were not yet perfect, and he was blacked out by the Spurs in the first round.

The reason why the Mavericks won the championship in the 10-11 season was so shocking, not only that Nowitzki's personal performance was like a god, but more importantly, in the three years before the championship season, Nowitzki was ridiculed for three consecutive years, counting the MVP season, In the regular season of the championship season, Nowitzki was ridiculed and scolded as a softie at his peak. The public opinion about him seemed to have been expelled from the game...

Therefore, the story of Nowitzki's self-salvation will become a classic scene in basketball history.

But now, Nowitzki's tragic period has just begun!
On the morning of the second day of G4, Liu Xiu was reading the newspaper while eating breakfast, and felt that the media really didn't think it was a big deal to watch the fun!
This is Dallas, but even the Texas Freelancer is analyzing the Mavs' holes.

It's not just the media who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, but the netizens are even more so.

The major portals and forums are all talking about the Mavericks' loopholes, and even analyzing what other points the Blazers can take advantage of!
Liu Xiu felt that the whole world was fans of their prison team at this moment, as if everyone was worried about the Mavericks coming back...

When returning to Portland in the afternoon, on board the "Rose Bay Prison Team", Liu Xiushun told the vice president about it.

After returning to Portland, the vice president called all the coaching staff to surf the Internet together.

Most of the discussions among fans are meaningless, or whimsical.

In terms of news, they have taken advantage of the advantages and grasped the loopholes accurately. Those so-called experts have repeatedly analyzed them. If you change the title and change a few words, it will be another new piece of news. News that they quarreled or discussed more lively.

However, there are always some omnipotent netizens who can really express their views that make professional coaches shine.

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3 to 1, promotion is in sight, Liu Xiu, his teammates, his coaches, team management, fans... everyone in the Trail Blazers team is very happy...not.

In Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, the seaside weather in May is extraordinarily pleasant.

Usually when Paul Allen comes here, the swimsuit parties don't stop.

But this time, in his several thousand square feet yard, he was alone, standing alone with a basketball in his arms.

He can’t say he’s not happy, he’s in the Western Conference finals, and this year he’s making progress compared to last year. Regardless of whether he wins the championship or not, it’s good to be improving every year. Wardens, butchers, outlaws, parallel importers. The core group is so young...

But while he was happy, his heart was filled with sadness.

He played 4 games in the second round, and he lost the one he watched!

Liu Xiu's triple-double can actually lose!
He didn't look at G4, his team members started hunting mode...

He bought tickets to watch the game. He bought tickets for both games G3 and G4. After they led by more than 4 points at halftime in G20, the live broadcast camera showed that empty seat from time to time. He was ridiculed after the game. If he didn’t go to watch In G3, the Trail Blazers have already swept and advanced.

Some media even said that he deliberately went to watch an away game, so that the Trail Blazers would not have to advance so early. G5 is his home game, and he can sell tickets for another game.

Seeing the news, he cursed for several minutes.

Seeing that the boss is so sad, the secretary should not have stepped forward to disturb him, but should have given the boss a time to enjoy solitude.

But now something happened, the secretary walked into the yard, came to Paul Allen, and said, "Boss, it's almost time for dinner with Ms. Aniston. Shall we set off now, or should we make another appointment?"

Σ(⊙▽⊙"a, Paul Allen, who was in a deep state, suddenly woke up, looked at his watch, and said, "It's already this time? I'm going to change clothes and leave immediately!"

"John just asked me, should I still leave a ticket for the boss according to the old rules?"

Paul Allen stopped when he heard the words, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "No, help me arrange work at that time!"

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In the evening, Liu Xiu watched this year's draft lottery.

This has nothing to do with their Trail Blazers. They don't even have a lottery pick this year. They don't even have a first-round pick. The round pick has been determined to be the 34th overall pick in the second round.

He just wanted to watch the draft lottery. He wanted to see how many picks the Lakers, which showed the strongest ability to perform poorly, could get. He didn't expect to see the most unlucky scene in the history of the draft lottery— —The Eagles with the last record only got the fourth overall pick!

The Hornets won the No. [-] pick, the Bobcats No. [-] pick, the Lakers No. [-] pick, the Eagles No. [-] pick, and the Jazz No. [-] pick.

In the TV screen, although Steven Price, the rich second-generation owner of the Eagles, did not curse out loud, the shape of his mouth is obviously a word starting with F.

Liu Xiu also felt that this prodigal rich second generation couldn't be more unlucky!
In the earliest draft, there was no lottery. There was only a ceremony for the ownership of the No. [-] pick. The bottom one in the East and the bottom one in the West were decided by randomly selecting envelopes, drawing lots, tossing coins, or even punching. The team gets the No. [-] lottery, and the losing side will get the corresponding lottery lottery according to the actual record.

In the 1985 draft, it is said that David Stern put the envelope containing the "first pick" in the refrigerator for a day, and he took the cold envelope when he helped the Knicks choose the envelope, and sent Ewing to New York , This made the Clippers owner Donald Sterling go crazy and curse the NBA, and organized the owners of many teams to protest.

More and more teams participated in the protest. Even the strongest teams at the time, such as the Lakers and Celtics, joined the protest. In terms of the basketball market, New York is still at the leading level in the fault line. It was even more so in the 80s. Needless to say, if the same thing happens to me in the future, it will be miserable. The Clippers, the Los Angeles team, have suffered...

This incident broke the unreasonable allocation rules for the number one pick that had lasted for decades. It changed from being exclusive to the bottom one in the east and west of the league to the fact that every team that did not make the playoffs has a chance to get the number one pick. In 1995 In the 1995 labor agreement, the draft lottery has been optimized again, and teams that did not make the playoffs have a chance to draw the top three picks. Now, the [-] draft lottery rules are implemented.

The team with the worst record, under the current rules, has an 82.6% probability of getting the top three picks, but the Eagles only get the fourth pick...

After three seconds of sympathy for the Eagles, Liu Xiu looked at the top three picks on the TV screen, the Hornets, Bobcats, and Lakers. These three teams, should they take down all three point guards? ?
No, Marvin Williams is also from North Carolina, and the Bobcats may be selected. Marvin Williams' draft price is the best among North Carolina's candidates.

The Hornets are also more likely to pick a center than a guard. They sold Magloire in anticipation of a real superstar center, such as Duncan from Australia.

In other words, it is possible that the three talented point guards, Xiaopang, Xiaopao, and Xiaopang, can be randomly selected in front of the Lakers!
Liu Xiu recalled the defense of the three brothers, his style of play, the three brothers seem to be very good at hammering...

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With the promotion in sight, Liu Xiu paid more attention to the other three series today.

The 76ers trailed the Pistons 0-2.

Sufficient defensive strength + sufficient lineup depth, it is difficult for the 76ers to deal with such an opponent, because they really have nothing to show for players except Iverson.

Webber played well against the Heat in the first round. Now he mainly works in the mid-to-long range, playing against Haslem, Michael Doriak, Laettner, Sgotishvili and others, averaging 19 points and 7 rebounds per game 2.7 assists, 46% shooting, brought enough help to Iverson.

But against the Pistons, under the defense of Ben Wallace, Webber's shooting percentage plummeted to 39%.

艾弗森延续了首轮的火爆状态，第一场20投9中，拿到30分2板10助攻，但76人队以86比99输给活塞队13分；第二场艾弗森24投11中，拿到36分5板8助攻，76人队以87比95再次败北。

The word isolating has been captured so well by Iverson.

On the Nets and Pacers side, the Nets won 3 games in a row and scored 3-0, but failed to complete the sweep. In G4, Artest made 24 of 10 shots and 17 of 15 free throws. Crazy breakthrough, scored 35 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, helping the Pacers avoid being swept.

The pattern of the East, in line with Barkley's prediction - Carter and Tracy McGrady will join forces.

Liu Xiu had a general understanding of the two series in the Eastern Conference, and his focus was on the opponents in the Western Conference Finals.

Seeing the performance of the Spurs, Liu Xiu was under pressure!

At the beginning of the first round, the Spurs did not figure out how to play the playoffs under the current rules. After experiencing the series with the Sonics and having more targeted preparations, they showed their strength in the second round. The most popular strength of the championship!

The Spurs won both away games, leading the Suns 2-0!
Liu Xiu read the detailed battle reports of these two games, and sure enough, the Spurs also defeated the Suns by relying on their star singles.

G1，帕克29分、邓肯28分20板、吉诺比利20分，三人合计拿到18次助攻，马刺队以121比114飙分大战击败太阳队。

G2, Duncan 30 points and 15 rebounds, Ginobili 24 points, Parker 15 points and 10 assists, the Spurs narrowly beat the Suns 111 to 108, in the last 71 seconds, Ginobili scored two three-pointers, and the same Nash, who scored two three-pointers in a row at the last moment, faced off and defended the victory.

In addition to feeling the pressure because the Spurs found the rhythm of the game, Liu Xiu also thought of Yao Ming.

In these two games, Duncan's performance was actually not as brutal as Yao Ming's performance against the Suns in the first round.

But with Parker, Duncan can play on par with the Suns, and with Ginobili, he can play exactly as the Suns.

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After a day of rest, on May 5, the second rest day between G17 and G4, the Trail Blazers continued their methodical preparations.

Not arrogant in victory, not discouraged in defeat, serious in preparing for the game, and positive in attitude... The vice president feels the team's thriving atmosphere and is very satisfied.

Maybe the boss will raise his salary again after this season.

As for why again, because when he was promoted from teaching assistant to vice president, his salary had already been raised.

With a big score of 3 to 1 and the advantage of flying dragons riding on their faces, they did not show obvious impetuous emotions, which is related to the lessons learned by the Kings in the first round.

But the most important thing is Liu Xiu's leadership ability!
After Liu Xiu entered a round of the series, he put everything aside and focused on the game in front of him. Whether he lost or won, he put aside the previous game and put it into the next game after finishing the summary. This was the case when he played against the Nuggets in the first round. Even with a 3-0 lead, Liu Xiu never slacked off preparing for the game. All of this affected and drove his teammates.

In the view of the vice president, it is precisely because of Liu Xiu's leadership that they can better avoid the situation of the Kings.

By the way, what about that kid?
The team training ended at 3:[-], but no player left first, and they all stayed to practice or discuss the game. Even if they stayed to play a game of poker, no one left first. In the playoffs, the team's cohesion was leveraged.

The main reason is that even that kid didn't leave!After the training arranged by the team is over, Liu Xiu will stay to help his teammates train, or participate in small-scale cooperative training.

The warden of the playoffs, the vice president loves love...

When the vice president came to the second training ground, he still couldn't find Liu Xiu. He only saw Kwame Brown, the outlaw lunatic and others practicing free throws.

Watching Kwame Brown honestly doing boring free throw practice with the help of shooting coach Chris Irving, the vice president didn't bother.

He knew that this was arranged by Liu Xiu. Generally speaking, defensive physicality is the inside line, and few like to practice shooting. Over time, it gives people the impression that the muscular blue-collar line cannot practice free throws. There are many reasons. For example, their muscles are too stiff, and their muscles are congested during the game and they cannot make a penalty... The vice president also felt the same way before.

But now he sees it differently.

Yes, there must be those who have such poor shooting talent that they can't practice free throws well, those whose muscles are too stiff, and those who are particularly nervous in the game and make free throws unreasonable... But those may be individual cases.

The actual situation may be that those insiders who have not practiced free throws for ten or eight years are just lazy!At least most of them are.

Like Kwame Brown, there are professional shooting coaches who insist on practicing hundreds of free throws every day. There are really not many blue-collar insiders who can make a lot of money just by physical fitness are willing to do it.

Kwame Brown this season went from 57% free throw shooting in the first month of the game to 4% free throw shooting in April. After half a year of hard training, the effect is remarkable!

Although the speed of improvement has slowed down significantly after passing 70% of his free throws, no one will use the shark-slashing tactic against him. Moreover, he is only 23 years old, and he has plenty of time to continue to improve his free throws.

Of course, if you want to improve, you have to go through more boring training.

The vice president is not worried about Kwame Brown's patience. He talked about Kwame Brown when he was chatting with Liu Xiu.

The two have a consensus - Kwame Brown's experience in the Wizards and the past events of being trampled by Jordan on his self-esteem. If there is any help to Kwame Brown, it is to make Kwame Brown no longer naive. When an opportunity presented itself to Kwame Brown, he would jump up desperately like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.

Just don't run into another Jordan.

After wandering around the arena for a while, the vice president finally found Liu Xiu who was being interviewed in the reception room.

The vice president was a little surprised. During the series, Liu Xiu rarely accepted such private interviews. Some of them were also the kind that the Chinese media had to accept.

Of course, there is no rule that Liu Xiu is not allowed to accept interviews. On the contrary, the press officer hopes that Liu Xiu will accept more interviews to increase the exposure of the team.

But Liu Xiu is very egotistical in this regard, and always makes decisions according to his own mood. The key is that the boss does not have to ask Liu Xiu to accept interviews and participate in team activities as a star of the Trail Blazers. There is absolutely no way.

The vice-president became a crowd of onlookers, and went up to listen to what Liu Xiu was saying.

As soon as I got close, I heard an unlucky word!

"I'm already thinking about my opponent for the next round..."

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I'm a little busy today, so this chapter will continue tomorrow, good night, thank you!

(End of this chapter)