Healing Basketball

Chapter 594. Chapter 594. The Grizzlies Picking Up the Defense
At 7:40 p.m., at the FedEx Arena, Liu Xiu ran into the field with his teammates.

Unlike the lifeless feeling more than a month ago, the fans at the scene seemed to be revived, and the boos were so loud.

It was the home team's turn to play. Liu Xiu recalled the last time he came here, and the fans cheered even more enthusiastically.

Liu Xiu sighed to Randolph next to him: "Two years ago, people here regarded the man with the logo as the savior. Look at it now, hey, the world is going downhill, and people's hearts are not old."

Randolph complained when he heard the words: "You really said everything. Who was so happy to hear the news that the logo man was fired yesterday?"

Liu Xiu: "Who told him to use me as a bargaining chip?"

Randolph: "Yes, no matter how good he is in this deal"

Liu Xiu: "...Why don't you continue to refute? If you don't refute, how can I continue to argue?"

Randolph: "????"

Liu Xiu looked at the system notification that the healing value was +88, and was satisfied.

During the pre-match preparation stage, Liu Xiu observed the opposite bench. Judging from the rippling smile of his sister-in-law, the opponent will definitely rise up tonight. It is hard to say whether the opponent will explode or not, anyway, he has become vigilant.

Talent duplication. Before he came to Memphis, he wanted to try to copy the former Kobe backline partner Chucky Atkins. Now, to be on the safe side, he chose to copy Mike Miller.

"The Great Mage: Game Status.

Copy objects:

Teammate: Ray Allen, Trait Transformation Talent: Quick Shot…

Opponent: Mike Miller, characteristic conversion talent: catch and shoot expert, bonus effect: if the catch and shoot is not dribbling, the shooting speed will be increased by 25%, and there is an adaptive effect; If you dribble and shoot directly, you must enter a hot state. "

A total of 45% adaptive speed bonus for catch and shoot!The shooting speed is full!
The Grizzlies sent Chucky Atkins, Mike Miller, Battier, Lorenzen Wright and Gasol to the starting lineup.

The Trail Blazers sent Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Raheem, Randolph, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup.

Grizzlies coach Floyd did not abide by the promise made by the logo man to Eddie Jones, and did not continue to let this ineffective veteran start, but put the better Mike Miller back into the starting lineup .

Floyd heard that if it wasn't for the money, the boss wanted to pardon Eddie Jones directly, out of sight and out of mind.

On the Trail Blazers side, the extrajudicial lunatics continued to be absent, recharging their energy for the final battle of this year.

As the starting lineup screw, Raheem's strength implements where there is a shortage of players in the frontcourt.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, as Gasol beat Kwame Brown to win the jump ball, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Grizzlies officially started!
The Grizzlies go first!
Gasol catches the ball in the low post and hits Kwame Brown with his back. After deceiving Kwame Brown with a fake move, he turns around and goes to the bottom line with a one-handed dunk and smashes the ball into the basket!
Tonight's sister-in-law is so hard that the number one parallel importer looks at her!
Offensive and defensive transition, Liu Xiu holding the ball to attack, singles Atkins made a sudden stop jump shot... It was a bit rough, and hit the basket's neck with a "clang".

Randolph grabbed the offensive rebound, and then made a layup..."snap"... Gasol sent a big cap and slapped the ball to the backboard!

Liu Xiu took two steps forward to grab the ball, took another step forward, and succeeded in a layup relying on Lorenzen Wright who was retracted.

After standing firmly, Liu Xiu patted his chest and said to Lorenzen Wright: "Thank you very much, otherwise Paul would have hit me."

Lorenzen Wright turned his head to look at Gasol's tall, long arms, as if he really hindered his teammates' defense.

Gasol didn't say anything, nodded to Lorenzen Wright, and then went to pick up the ball and serve.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Grizzlies attack, Gasol continues to attack, Liu Xiu from the baseline empties Atkins and gets inside, Gasol splits the ball in time, Atkins catches the ball and retreats to the bottom corner, and makes a three-point shot... The basket is on!

But Gasol stretched his arms and hit the ball on Randolph's head. The ball changed its flight trajectory and landed on the neck of the basket and bumped into the frame.

Liu Xiuneng helped defend Gasol by picking up the ball and attacking the frame, but he used his height of 215 cm + wingspan of 230 cm to rush hard inside, so he could only look up at his neck.

Liu Xiu looked at Raheem, and Raheem also looked at Liu Xiu tacitly, and they both nodded at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiu yelled at Randolph: "The point guard on the opposite side can't shoot a goal next to Bryant. He needs to be ready to grab the rebound in advance!"

Randolph yelled back: "I'm stuck early! I'm not stuck!"

"Uh...really? I'm sorry." Liu Xiu received the ball and apologized and pushed forward.

"Huh!" Randolph ran forward quickly.

"..." Ray Allen, who was following the advancing Liu Xiu, had a hint of helplessness on his expression.

It's been a few months since the cooperation, but I still can't guess what the next sentence will be when the two guys communicate.

However, Ray Allen already knew Liu Xiu very well. Even if he couldn't guess what Liu Xiu would say next, he concluded that Liu Xiu should not blame his teammates for not protecting the rebound in the situation just now. right.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Ray Allen looked at Atkins who was guarding the top arc, and then ran to the right sideline, preparing for a tactical run.

Liu Xiu continued to break through in singles. Atkins actively stuck to Liu Xiu and interfered with Liu Xiu's jump shot. Liu Xiu broke into the free throw line and Lorenzen Wright made up.

Liu Xiu scored the ball to the bottom line on the right, and Mike Miller made up in front of Randolph.

Randolph wanted to pass Ray Allen, and saw that Atkins cut off the passing line and moved, didn't get the ball, set up his right elbow, protected the cylinder, and controlled the ball with his left hand to run over Mike Miller into the inside , took off and attacked the frame on the right sideline of the three-second zone... It came so fast!
Gasol quickly moved from the left sideline of the three-second zone to the right side of the reasonable collision zone, successfully interfering with Randolph's layup!
Randolph increased his shot strength to avoid Gasol's block, but the ball hit the basket and fell out in a circle. Gasol protected the defensive rebound!

Bu Shuai on the sidelines said in surprise: "Leonard, is the Grizzlies picking up the defensive system left by Brown?"

Huo Tuo was also very surprised. He analyzed: "The logo man was fired, which brought enthusiasm to the Grizzlies players. Floyd put the seriously degraded Jones on the bench where he should go, which made his teammates more like it." With Miller returning to the starting lineup, their enthusiasm has been further improved, and Miller, Battier, Gasol, and Wright cooperated more tacitly and played a beautiful defense."

Bu Shuai nodded: "It seems that this is true, but it is difficult to guarantee the continuity of the defensive improvement brought about by this."

Huo Tu laughed and said, "It's just that we were unlucky and hit the muzzle of a gun."

Bu Shuai also smiled and said, "Yes, we happened to meet."

The coach interjected: "It shouldn't be bad luck. They may just want to use us to boost morale. They fired the logo man when we came here. If they win today, they can give the players and fans a strong psychological hint. , revive the team."

Bu Shuai asked in surprise, "Are they so confident?"

The coach rubbed his stubble: "It's not that they have self-confidence, but they win and make money, and they don't lose money if they lose."

The situation on the field is unfavorable, the coach and the think tank are actually chatting nonsense, the vice president decisively chooses to join!

The vice president took over the conversation: "That's right, their new general manager Chris Wallace has taken over all the work of the logo man before Christmas, and it should be his handwriting that the Grizzlies are now firing the logo man , He and the logo man are good friends. I heard that their hometown is the same town, or neighbors, so they are not afraid of offending the logo man.

He is the kind of person who dares to bet on low-probability situations. In 02, he dared to bet that Wen Baker was obedient and lost weight, and exchanged Kenny Anderson for Palindrome Baker. "

The three coaches didn't pay attention to the experience of Chris Wallace who worked for the Celtics before, but when they heard the last sentence, they were all willing to give a thumbs up and praise the Warriors!
When Maurice Cheeks took over the Trail Blazers, former general manager Bob West traded Sean Kemp back and triumphantly told Maurice Cheeks that Kemp promised to stop drinking.

Although the relationship between the two is excellent, at the beginning of the new season, seeing Kemp getting fatter, Maurice Cheeks still chased Bob West for three blocks.

When the Trail Blazers coaching staff chatted with the players, the Trail Blazers players on the court were overwhelmed by the aggressive defense of the Grizzlies at the beginning, and gradually played back and forth with the Grizzlies.

The coaches saw the poor start, but no one was in a hurry, and it turned out that they didn't have to.

If you want to beat them by momentum and enthusiasm, unless their condition is really bad, it is unlikely.

The Grizzlies are not a youth team with unlimited potential. They are already a mature team. The three core players of Gasol, Miller and Battier have all started to receive high salaries.

The Grizzlies look very strong, but the Trail Blazers always have a way to counterattack. If the offense cannot be opened, then they will fight against the defense.

After the first quarter, although the Grizzlies played the best defense so far, the Trail Blazers, who defended equally hard, only scored 20 points in a single quarter, but the Grizzlies, who played so lively, only scored 23 points .

20 to 23, the Trail Blazers entered the second quarter only 3 points behind the Grizzlies!

The defense has taken off. After the start of the second quarter, the hand-to-hand combat between the two teams rose to a higher level. Both teams scored less than 20 points. The Trail Blazers scored 4 points with 2 of 3 shots and 3 of 7 free throws. The little flying mouse helped the team gain an advantage, and the Trail Blazers scored 18 to 15 in a single quarter.

After halftime, the score was tied at 38!
At the end of the first quarter, the score was ahead, and the Grizzlies played hard and positively. Negative emotions and conflicts after the start of the new season were all suppressed.

But at the end of halftime, the weak lead was gone, the score was tied, and the negative emotions began to be overwhelmed.

Lorenzen Wright has always felt that Gasol looked down on him, Mike Miller was full of resentment towards coach Floyd for giving Eddie Jones the starting position before, and Atkins has the most amazing brain circuit. Wanting to prove he's better than Kobe...

(End of this chapter)