Healing Basketball

Chapter 667 667. The Warden Opens His Eyes

The coach said that, as the head of the team, he must be the warden, at least he must take the responsibility.

And it's true that he took the responsibility, he could feel the emotions of his teammates obviously rose after he nodded.

But just as he nodded, a task came, and he almost cursed.

The game is already tough, and there are missions that add extra pressure!

When he saw the goal of the mission, he felt even more distressed...

"Open your eyes:
Goal 1: The host needs to score higher than Tracy McGrady in this game. (Host score: 11 points, Tracy McGrady score: 20 points.)
Goal 2: Win the game.

Reward: talent fragment*1. "

When he finished watching the rewards, his pain became even worse!
If this fails, how crazy is it?
He already has two talent fragments, and one more call can unlock the second talent!
He didn't expect to be able to trigger other tasks related to talent fragments before, because there were already unfinished tasks for obtaining talent fragments.

Now he understands, perhaps, just possible, there will be surplus talent fragments in the end, after all, some tasks just cannot be completed.

My heart hurts. On the surface, he still has the loose look of everything under control, stabilizing the emotions of his teammates and reducing the impact of McGrady's two consecutive three-pointers.

Maurice Cheeks finally performed a lineup rotation. Ray Allen, Stevenson, and Raheem were replaced, and Liu Xiu and McDyess continued to play.

For the Nets, the combination of Kidd, McGrady, Richard Jefferson, Clifford Robinson, and Krstic played.

Liu Xiu took a deep breath and looked at Kidd, who was on the opposite side. Just now, the Trail Blazers seized the opportunity to overtake the score because Kidd was replaced and rested for 4 minutes.

Kidd controls the field, and many people can pass the ball. McGrady, Richard Jefferson, Juwan Howard, Krstic...etc. maintain regular scoring and when individual abilities are needed, McGrady can stand up.

Liu Xiu felt that it might be difficult to say in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the Nets are still stronger than the Suns.

After a timeout, the Trail Blazers served in the frontcourt, and the referee blew a short whistle. Liu Xiu immediately focused on the game, ran back two steps to trap McGrady, and easily received the ball from Raheem.

Nate McMillan made targeted defensive adjustments during the timeout to address the Blazers' offense surrounding Raheem.

Whether the effect is good or not is hard to say, because Liu Xiu didn't pass the ball to Raheem, but picked and rolled with McDyess to attack!
After the pick-and-roll, Liu Xiu went straight to the basket, took off against Krstic's supplementary defense, confronted Krstic who jumped up and pressed up in the air, and threw the ball into the basket with the sound of the referee's whistle.

The referee signaled that the goal is valid and there will be an additional penalty!
Liu Xiu also made an extra penalty, the score was 56 to 56, and the Trail Blazers tied the score again!

It was the Nets' turn to attack. McGrady received the ball from the high position on the right side of the free throw line and singled Stevenson, standing in a three-threat position.

Respond to the ball!
McGrady responded to the opposite warden's score, and the fans at the scene were boiling!

The reason why Nets fans love McGrady so much is because they like McGrady's ability to compete with any super scorer.

During the two consecutive championships, they were strong and strong, but they were always weak when the game was anxious.

Now no more this problem!
When it came time for the Trail Blazers to attack, Liu Xiu continued to play pick-and-roll breakthroughs. Not surprisingly, the opponent shrank the middle in advance to prevent him from picking and rolling. He scored the ball from the right corner.

Stevenson received the ball, Raheem tried to rush, McDyess was about to retreat, Liu Xiu was looking forward to the ball...Liu Xiu was not disappointed, Stevenson hit a three-pointer with a wide gap, 59 to 58, the Trail Blazers once again lead by 1 point!
This three points is too important!

When it came time for the Nets to attack at a high speed, McGrady caught the ball and played singles. Before the three-threat stance had completed the function of deceiving Stevenson to take off, he hurriedly pulled up the mid-range shot... Iron!
There was less and less time left in the second quarter. At this time, the score was overtaken. McGrady was obviously more impatient than when the score was overtaken a few minutes ago. Stevenson's chattering mouth also contributed.

McDyess was stuck, Liu Xiufei grabbed the rebound and counterattacked!
Seeing Liu Xiu grab the rebound, the fans screamed one after another.

Not excitement, but fear!
Sure enough, the scene they didn't want to see came!

Liu Xiu was as fast as lightning, starting from the reasonable collision zone, from the rearmost position, surpassing the other 9 people all the way to the front!

Due to McGrady's hasty shot, not only did the Nets fail to grab the opportunity, but even the defensive formation was messed up.

Liu Xiu went straight to the basket, flew up and made a layup!
61 to 58, the Trail Blazers led by 3 points!
When it came time for the Nets to attack, McGrady asked for the ball directly at the top arc, and Kidd of course had to give it.

Stevenson's defensive shot was not anti-burst, and he stuck to McGrady.

McGrady forcibly took off during the confrontation, was strongly disturbed, the jump height was seriously insufficient, and his shooting posture was crooked. The shot flew straight towards the basket...and then scored!
Stevenson is numb, this shit can get in too!

The Trail Blazers players thought of the two three-pointers that McGrady scored 6 points in a row to disrupt their counterattack wave, and the pressure hit instantly.

However, seeing Liu Xiu's eyes wide open and urging for a free throw excitedly, the pressure of the teammates dissipated instantly.

They have a warden!

In the transition between offense and defense, Liu Xiu continued to attack with the ball, picking and rolling with McDyess.

McGrady didn't care about McDyess, and went back directly after being blocked. Liu Xiu used the pick-and-roll to break through, easily passed Juwan Howard, and was blocked by McGrady on the right side of the free throw line!
Liu Xiu didn't pass the ball, but leaned sideways towards McGrady actively. During the confrontation, he inserted his foot between McGrady's legs. During the confrontation, McGrady fell backwards as if flying.

Both of them were on the move. Although the fans on the sidelines were shouting "offensive foul" and many people made boxing gestures, the referee did not blow the whistle this time!

With the strength of the feedback, Liu Xiu stopped, turned over, took off, and shot... a mid-range shot was made!
63 to 61, with 7.7 seconds left in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers led by two points again!

McGrady was knocked over and sat on the ground. The pain was unbearable, but the confrontation at the waist and abdomen hurt even more. He was almost hit by Liu Xiu and held his breath!

However, the defensive operations of the old teammate really suffocated McGrady.

After Zhuwan Howard was passed by Liu Xiu just now, he didn't turn around to chase after him. After seeing that McGrady was about to block Liu Xiu, he turned around and went after McDyess.

I was blinded by McGrady's textbook-level retreating two-man defense pick-and-roll ball-handler's movement just now!

Seeing the Blazers players retreat and celebrate around Liu Xiu, McGrady was even more angry.

In the last 7.7 seconds of the first half, the Nets failed to finish a team attack. Richard Jefferson had no time to receive the ball and had to throw it instead of making a shot.

Relying on Liu Xiu's 7 points and 1 assist, the Trail Blazers overtook the Nets 63 to 61 and entered the intermission by two points!
(End of this chapter)