Healing Basketball

Chapter 512. 512. Superstar Awakening
Besides, the Trail Blazers are not very hard on offense or defense, but on both ends of the offense and defense!
Maurice Cheeks felt that Bu Shuai was overthinking and was as bold as he was. He liked the hard work of the team members. He felt that the words of the warden were right—strengthening makes miracles.

Perhaps, as Bu Shuai said, this kind of play does not have enough continuity.

However, in Morris Cheeks' view, they should take advantage of the momentum of the start and directly destroy the Nets!
So when the Nets called a timeout in the first half of the game, Maurice Cheeks continued to encourage the momentum of the players. Following this momentum, the Trail Blazers really beat the Nets. It wasn't that Liu Xiu hit a three-pointer after the top pick-and-roll, and the point difference reached double digits.

The coach did not vehemently correct Maurice Cheeks' thoughts. He also felt that the Nets should have no chance of struggling. He just saw this problem and reminded him.

But, this worry has become a reality!
The Nets were indeed defeated by the high-spirited Trail Blazers in the first half of the first quarter, but they did not give up!
After surviving the first half of the quarter, when the official timeout came back, the Nets regrouped and launched a counterattack!
Kidd sits in the center, Richard Jefferson is the forward arrow, McGrady receives the shot and the necessary singles, coupled with Clifford Robinson's high post support, Mourning has outstanding ability to eat cakes... the next 5 points 38 In seconds, the Nets scored 16 points!
The Nets took advantage of the weakness of the Trail Blazers after the climax, and the offensive end soared!
Not only that, but the Nets have done a very good job on the defensive end, blocking the basket, defending three-pointers on the flanks, and defending against fast breaks. Board-based... This highly targeted adjustment prevented the Trail Blazers from scoring only 5 points in the 7 and a half minutes of the second half of the first quarter. The recovered Liu Xiu got it!
After the first quarter, relying on this wave of 16 to 7, the Nets overtook the Trail Blazers 26 to 24 and entered the second half!
回归正常打法的麦迪，首节5投3中，其中三分球1中1，外加2中2的罚球，拿到9分1板1助攻！

But the most dazzling thing is Kidd's 5 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in a single quarter!

When entering the intermission, Barkley was chanting - Kidd, the king of the East, is back!

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When the Nets played against the Nets in the first half of the first quarter, no one on the Blazers side noticed how the Nets played, and even the coaching staff didn't care about it.

Although the preparations were not careless and the players went all out for the game, in terms of details, it can still be seen that the Trail Blazers did carelessly underestimate the enemy, including Liu Xiu.

After entering the official timeout, recalling the performance of the Nets in the first quarter, Liu Xiu suddenly found that even in the 17 minutes when they started 10-6, the Nets were always so firm on both offense and defense.

The Nets relied on the continuity of play to overtake the score in the second half of the first quarter.

After Liu Xiu communicated with his teammates, the Trail Blazers re-emphasized this opponent.

Surprisingly, McGrady made Kidd like that in the first two games, and now the two have become more inseparable!
Kidd is easy to understand, old player.

But McGrady actually let go of his unfounded conceit, let go of his face, and became a tactical puzzle again, which surprised the Trail Blazers.

This opponent is hard to deal with!

Back from the intermission, the Trail Blazers regrouped and re-attacked the victory in the second quarter!

Throughout the second quarter, the Trail Blazers played very well offensively. The team got 10 assists and the team cooperated well. Liu Xiu had 2 offensive rebounds, Randolph, Kwame Brown, and McDyess each had 1 offense Rebounds, the team's 5 offensive rebounds in a single quarter are the guarantee of shooting, the team made 23 of 11 shots, with a high shooting rate of 47.8%, scored 29 points in a single quarter, but...

基德单节4分7助攻，理查德-杰弗森单节6投5中外加1中1的罚球拿到11分，纯吃饼得分，加上麦迪单打5投3中拿到8分……篮网队单节狂飙32分！
The team instigated by Kidd has excellent cooperation, McGrady did not lose the chain when competing for the star's personal ability, and Richard Jefferson seized the opportunity to eat cakes... The Nets, which rose in the second half of the first quarter, played at halftime. At the end, the Blazers led the Trail Blazers by 58 points 53 to 5 and entered the intermission!
In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers relied on the momentum brought by "re-acquainting the Nets", and they were unwilling to overtake the score of 7 to 16 in the second half of the first quarter. They played very hard throughout the whole process. What's the difference, it's just that he didn't beat the Nets.

But after returning from the intermission and relaxing for 20 minutes, the sequelae of playing too hard in the first half finally appeared!

In the third quarter, when Liu Xiu faced Richard Jefferson, it was extremely effective to break through singles. Facing Kidd, the back play effect was also good. Slow down, save your energy until the fourth quarter, so Liu Xiu made 9 of 5 shots in a single quarter, including 2 of 1 three-pointers and 3 of 2 free throws. He scored 13 points in a single quarter, but only had 1 assist!
It's not that he played alone, he scored all the points he could, but his teammates just couldn't make the shots. All the teammates added up to only 12 of 3 shots in this quarter, and they only scored 7 points in total!
Although the Nets only scored 24 points in the third quarter, which was far lower than the 32 points in the second quarter, but at the end of the three quarters, the Nets still opened the point difference to 9 points, 82 points. 73 to lead the Trail Blazers.

Needless to say, Maurice Cheeks deserves to be the miraculous coach who can make the team win 0 games in a row and make the score 3-3 even when they are behind 3-3. In the fourth quarter, Maurice Cheeks directly let Randolph, Kwame Brown, and Raheem rest, and played the fourth quarter with role players such as Delfino, McDyess, Varejao, and Outlaws. The characteristics of these people are that they did not show a tendency to be affected by physical strength in the third quarter or did not get a chance to play at all in the first three quarters.

The frontcourt rotation of these four people, plus Liu Xiu's rush, resulted in the Trail Blazers grabbing 10 offensive rebounds and taking 29 shots in a single quarter in the final quarter!
However, there are so many offensive rebounds, which also means that the Trail Blazers are really good at the end of the quarter, and the success rate of the second attack is not high. They only hit 29 goals in 10 shots. There were fewer fouls, and the Trail Blazers made fewer free throws. There were only 3 free throws in a single quarter, and they only made 1 goal. They made 8 of 1 three-pointers and made 29 shots. They only scored 22 points in total!
Mourning showed great power in protecting the frame in the final quarter, blocking 3 shots in a single quarter, helping the Nets prevent the Trail Blazers' impact in the final quarter.

While defending well, the Nets scored 26 points steadily in a single quarter!
At 8:53 p.m., the final whistle blew.

尽管刘秀打满全场，32投14中，其中三分球10中3，外加9中7的罚球拿到38分13板5助攻1抢断，开拓者队依旧以95比108客场告负。

The Nets chased the big score to 1 to 2 and refused to go 0 to 3!

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When the game first started, Nets fans were hopeless.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Nets fans thought they knew this.

At the end of the first quarter, the fans of the Nets asked the people around them in a daze: "What's the situation?"

At halftime, the fans were rekindled when they saw that their team had an advantage in the second quarter despite the Blazers' fierce performance...

In the end, after the Nets held their first home game with a 13-point advantage, the Nets fans went crazy!
This feeling is like being rescued from a desperate situation!

Score less than 32 points in 40 shots. This attack point can also be used by Nets fans!

Tracy McGrady, who was scolded so much in the first two games, played 41 minutes tonight. Under Kidd's command, he responded to the shot when he should catch the shot, restrained the shot when he needed it, and played the singles when he needed it. Excellent shooting performance, 21 of 11 shots, including 7 of 3 three-pointers, plus 10 of 7 free throws, scored 32 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks!

But the most dazzling performance tonight is still Kidd!
尽管14次出手只进了5球，得分只有13分，但还有11个篮板球和20个助攻以及3次抢断！
Kidd set a new record for assists in a single playoff game by an active player. In the 2002 playoffs, Kidd had 19 assists in a single game, and now it has increased to 20!
Moreover, 20 assists in a single game this time is not as simple as the record of assists in a single game by active players in the playoffs. It is also the second most assists in a single game in the Finals in NBA history!Second only to the Finals record of 1984 assists in a single game set by the Magician in the 21 Finals!
Since there are detailed statistics, before tonight, only the magician got 20 assists in a single game in the finals, and Kidd did it tonight!
Barkley teased in the post-match analysis that in the first game of the finals, Liu Xiu made the logo man's 40+ triple-double in the finals no longer the only one, and now Kidd made the magician's 20 assists in a single game in the finals no longer the only one, Liu Xiu Show and Kidd, the two superstars, turned their heads against the Lakers.

Originally, after G2, most fans felt that there was no suspense in the finals.

Even McGrady's fans, most of them are busy with the black fans, and have no time to care about the championship. In fact, they subconsciously feel that there is no hope. They just don't want to admit it. If they ignore it, they can treat it as nothing. Such thoughts.

But now, the hopes of Nets fans are rekindled!The backs of McGrady's fans are hardening again!
There is an interesting situation. McGrady didn’t stand up and apologize publicly. Of course, it’s not necessary. He can let go of his figure, let go of his damn conceit, apologize, and play well, which is already very valuable for the Nets... But His fans apologized to the public on his behalf and sincerely recognized the mistake...

When Liu Xiu saw this scene, he felt that the fans had a deep sense of substitution. He remembered that when he was a fan in his previous life, he also had such a deep sense of substitution, and he actually had a little sense of identity with McGrady fans.

(End of this chapter)