Healing Basketball

Chapter 608 608. A Little Handsome General
Josh Howard felt that the superstar duo on the opposite side was playing him!He ran to the front court angrily, and his eyes lit up when he saw the defender!When he came to the right side of the three-second zone, he leaned against Liu Xiu and asked Terry for the ball!

It's not easy for two ugly people to beat the warden, right?Big ugly, does this have any special tricks... Although Terry was confused, he still passed the ball.

Josh Howard is full of confidence. This season, he has entered the golden period of his career. He has made great progress. He has averaged 16 points per game so far this season. Some experts say that if he switches to a team that can be the main scorer, he can average 20 points per game.

When talking with Cuban about renewing the contract in advance, he boldly proposed an average annual contract of [-] million yuan that Nash didn't even want. Cuban didn't refuse but said that he needed to think about it...

But after receiving the ball, he suddenly didn't know how to play it!

Don't think so much, just do it!Josh Howard was heartbroken, trying to force out the space through confrontation just like Thunder Allen did just now, and then took advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's retreat and lateral movement to make up for it, changing direction and advancing.

But he squeezed Liu Xiu and beat him, but he couldn't move!Instead, under the guidance of Liu Xiu, he rushed out of the right sideline of the three-second zone and was double-teamed by McDyess!

The high pass line was cut off by McDyess.

Seeing that he was about to make a mistake, Josh Howard quickly raised the ball and threw it to the basket... "Kang"... Iron, Randolph protected the defensive rebound.

Josh Howard, who was full of confidence, was beaten back to his original form. Only then did he realize that the outside line like Liu Xiu, who is full of tonnage, strong confrontation, quick feet, and active defense, is the worst he is good at dealing with. In the past two years, he has encountered Liu Xiu did not play well.

It's just that he has made great progress this year, which gave him some illusions, and the last time they played against each other, they had no experience in the game. That time, their whole team was afraid of Liu Xiu's high points, and they played badly.

Offensive and defensive transition, Liu Xiu advanced to the front court and gave the ball to Ray Allen, Ray Allen immediately started to catch the ball, and the beautiful horizontal pull changed direction to accelerate past Adrian Griffin and burst to the left of the three-second zone An emergency stop jumper made within one step of the side free throw line!

Liu Xiu's eyes lit up, this is what he wanted to control the distance and rhythm of the emergency stop.

When it came time for the Mavericks to attack, Nowitzki ran back and forth for a few rounds, and finally started to catch the ball. The lunatic jumped up like a spring on his leg and covered the line of Nowitzki's shot, forcing Nowitzki to lean back when he shot... the force was a little weaker, the ball hit the front of the basket, Iron!

Josh Howard and Adrian Griffin aggressively rushed to no avail, Randolph and McDyess got stuck, and Liu Xiu grabbed the defensive rebound.

Using the players on the front and back lines to rush for rebounds, Liu Xiu saw that the opposite twin towers had withdrawn from the center line, and expressed appreciation for the opposing coach's coaching philosophy of focusing on defense.

But ideas belong to ideas, and competitions are two different things.

After playing a few rounds, Liu Xiu was sure that even if the Mavericks were no longer frightened and would not be as impulsive as their defense in the last match, their defense had declined due to various reasons and had not changed.

Liu Xiu played more decisively, using the cover of McDyess to rush inside, Adrian Griffin and Terry both shrunk to close range, Liu Xiu scored Ray Allen, and Ray Allen made a three-pointer... It's a pity I didn't enter.

But even if he didn't enter, the little general was scared to stand up.

Their defense tonight was even worse than usual!
Using Terry to defend Liu Xiu is a disaster. Adrian Griffin can’t defend against Thunder Allen’s breakthrough. Only Josh Howard can be used to defend Liu Xiu’s top arc shot and one-on-one breakthrough. But Ratliff's state is in an avalanche, and Liu Xiu's pick-and-roll progress is so great... Just like the little general feared, in the next three rounds, under Liu Xiu's pick-and-roll attack, the Blazers scored three goals in a row !

Ray Allen didn't get flustered because of the first ball, and his shot was still stable, and he scored the second catch and shot; Randolph scored a catch and turn hook. Although Liu Xiu didn't get an assist, Randolph It was easy to rely on Liu Xiu to pull Dampier out and pass the ball steadily to him; another ball was passed back to McDyess and made a high mid-range shot.

开局的6比2之后，开拓者队又打出了一波7比3，开局13比5打停小牛队！
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Entering the timeout stage, the opening game was played for 4 minutes, and the opponent scored 7 points on 6 of 13 shots. The little general saw the frustrated expressions of the players walking back to the bench, and at the same time felt the mocking eyes of the clown again.

Normally, the little general would be angry, but tonight, he is now unwilling.

Like the players, the last time they played against each other, because Kobe had just scored 75 points, when he met Liu Xiu, the little general was also frightened.

But this time it was different, and this time he was angry from the start, eager to seize the opportunity to pummel the Blazers.

This is the opponent!

He just became the head coach last season and is in the rising stage, but in the playoffs last season, the opponent in front of him gave him a blow in the middle, and his coaching career was almost ruined by this opponent!
In fact, he did not give up this season. Instead, he has been working hard. Just like Liu Xiu, he clearly felt that the Mavericks' offensive and defensive strategy this season is based on defense. The strategy of playing defense at the beginning, the tactics have always been like this, but they didn't play well.

In addition to objective reasons, there are also personal problems of the little general.

For example, the adjustment of the lineup, he hopes that the Mavericks this season will have a stronger bench lineup like the Trail Blazers, so he did not start Dampier, who is obviously in better shape, but continued to let Ratliff play the bench seat.

In addition, last season he promised to let Daniels start the new season, but in order to ensure the firepower of the bench, he did not mention Daniels to the starting position, which made Daniels feel betrayed.

Daniels is a guy who has everything written on his face and doesn't work hard. Anyway, after his rookie year, he got a full middle class salary of 6 million US dollars for 3400 years, and often made words to mock the little general.

The little general has only retired for two years, and he is only in his 40s, and his life is not going well, so he got into a fight with Daniels without explaining.

It wasn't until he met the Trail Blazers again a few days ago, and after another loss, the little general was called by Cuban to talk all afternoon, that he really realized the seriousness of the matter.

He doesn't want to give up, he has his coaching dream, he has his ambition, he has been working hard...

At this moment, he made up his mind and took the initiative to come to Daniels.

Daniels looked at the little man in front of him, with a more mocking look on his face, as if eager to fight.

"Marquez, I'm sorry, I broke my promise and didn't start you."

The little general's voice was not low. When the team members heard this, they all focused their attention on him and Daniels.

Daniels seemed to have changed his face, and his expression was one of astonishment.

Face or something, the little general threw it away first, and continued to say regardless of the strange eyes of others: "I actually plan to strengthen the strength of the bench lineup. I think you are the most perfect candidate. Your ability is no worse than any team's starting guard. I think our loss in the playoffs last season was related to the weak strength of the backup guards. No one is the opponent of Little Flying Squirrel.

Jerry has had a hard time dealing with Raheem on the front line, can't bring more help to the back line...but I feel now, I shouldn't think so much, we have more problems to solve, and strengthening the bench lineup It's not the most important thing to us right now.

The most important thing for us tonight is to beat the Trail Blazers!

I promise that starting from the next game, Marquez, you will return to the starting position. We have many difficulties this season, and we will overcome these difficulties together! "

Daniels stared blankly at the little general. He is a straight-hearted man, and he can just talk about some things.

He thought the little general was disgusting before, but at this moment, he actually felt that the little man was a little handsome!

Before the other players could react, Nowitzki took the initiative to step forward and said, "Marquis, go up and form the strongest perimeter combination with Jason and Josh. I will help you open up space on the perimeter, throw in and you pass out." the ball!"

He was just stunned before, but when Nowitzki said this, Daniels went down immediately.

Soon, the restarted Daniels ignited directly, his thinking became more agile, and he said: "Dirk, you can wait patiently, in case that high school student of yours is tired, you will have a chance, and they will have another chance tonight. A high school student is not around, there is no second person to defend you, you weigh 20 pounds more than him, you can actively consume him..."

As a player with a straight personality, Daniels said that he will be on the line when he goes online.

The little general stepped back silently, as the head coach was so submissive, he really couldn't hold back his face.

But fortunately, the clown's aura was full, and he attracted the attention of the players.

The little general looked at this group of players, and he had a headache - the most powerful bosses in the team were actually Daniels and Terry...

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After the timeout, Liu Xiu came to the field with his teammates after the rotation.

The start was easier than expected. The Trail Blazers were quite surprised, to be precise, it was a surprise.

Starting today is a wave of 5 days and 4 games. Their goal is not only to beat the Mavericks tonight, but also to start with such a big advantage. Maurice Cheeks replaced Ray Allen and McDyess. Fred Jones and Raheem, Randolph moved to center with a stubborn look on his face.

Liu Xiu looked at the players on the field opposite, Terry, Daniels, Josh Howard, Nowitzki, Dampier... the strongest players in each position of the Mavericks were replaced.

Daniels is not Adrian Griffin's kind of guard who only needs an inside move to defend and cut in advance, but their prison captain's sloppy coach predicted the opponent's rotation and replaced him with a small forward. Raheem, can put his warden back on the line of defense.

Liu Xiu's current feeling is just one word - stable!

Teammates, too, feel like victory is just around the corner.

With 14 consecutive victories, they beat the Mavericks just a few days ago, and led 13 to 5 in the start by 8 points. The Trail Blazers were a little flustered from top to bottom.

Then, in the next 5 minutes or so, the Mavericks went berserk!

Under the defense of Liu Xiu, Terry scored two three-pointers in more than 5 minutes, got 6 points and 1 assist; Nowitzki scored a 1-pointer from the flank; Josh Howard and Dampier ate cakes Get two points each.

The Mavericks got the 13 points, and the Trail Blazers were not surprised.

But the person who helped his teammates score 5 points in more than 13 minutes surprised the Trail Blazers-it was Daniels!

The clown Daniels, one of the Dallas double clowns who was criticized by the media as a 'tumor' this season, was blind in the last match!
丹尼尔斯拿到4分1板2助攻1抢断，5分多钟时间帮助球队拿到17分！
This is not the biggest help Daniels brought to his teammates after he came on the field. The biggest help is the actual role of defense.

With Daniels to defend Liu Xiu, Josh Howard was liberated.

Josh Howard's ability to assist defense and supplement defense was compared by Popovich with Sean Marion, and the strength of his ability can be seen.

The reason why the Mavericks were overwhelmed by Liu Xiu’s pick-and-roll breakthrough in the opening stage. Liu Xiu easily scored 4 points and 4 assists in 2 minutes was because Josh Howard was forced to defend Liu Xiu in the top arc. Can't stop Liu Xiu from breaking through directly. Liu Xiu doesn't need a pick-and-roll against those two at all, and doesn't even need too much change of direction. Outside the madman or Ray - Allen open shot opportunities.

It's different now. Although Daniels can't defend Liu Xiu, he can give Liu Xiu the minimum limit. Josh Howard has the opportunity to defend in the middle distance, making it more difficult for the Blazers to play.

Terry's supplementary defense on the flanks, Dampier's supplementary defense in the three-second zone, Nowitzki's frame protection...all were ignited.

The Mavericks have always had these abilities, but because of the record, conflicts within the team and other reasons, they didn't develop them. Now, at least at this moment, they are all back!
In addition, the contempt after the Trail Blazers led by 8 points at the beginning also gave the Mavericks players a chance to regain their self and confidence.

In the past 5 minutes, the Trail Blazers not only failed to defend the opponent, but were scored 17 points by the opponent, and they only scored 8 points.

打到9分52秒，小牛队以22比21反超开拓者队1分，打停开拓者队！

(End of this chapter)