Healing Basketball

Chapter 710 710. Public Enemy of Los Angeles

The series between the Trail Blazers and the Clippers showed a one-sided trend. The Trail Blazers were more stable against the Clippers than against the Lakers.

The Lakers have what the Trail Blazers don't have, and what the Clippers have, the Trail Blazers have, and they're better.

After watching the first two games of the Trail Blazers-Clippers series, Kobe had the idea of ​​'what if I replace Rose'. . . .

Quinton Rose, the starting shooting guard for the Clippers, averaged 4.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.

The 04 draft pick is not completely incompetent. The Clippers' top defensive engineer on the outside line got a four-year, $4 million long-term contract with one-handed defense, but he just defended.

On May 5, the Trail Blazers came to the Staples Center again after more than ten days.

Back home, the Clippers played very well, 22 to 26 in the first quarter. Although they were hammered in the second quarter, Liu Xiu scored 9 points and 5 assists in a single quarter, and Ray Allen scored 10 points in a single quarter. The Clippers Lost by 22 points in a single quarter 35 to 13, but in the third quarter the Clippers returned a score of 31 to 16 to the Trail Blazers, winning by 15 points in a single quarter. After three quarters, the score was 75 to 77. The difference was reduced to two points!

In regular time, the Clippers and the Trail Blazers really played back and forth, and it is not easy for the Trail Blazers to widen the point difference.

But at the critical final quarter, the Clippers still lacked something.

刘秀7分2助攻、雷-阿伦6分，两人带队单节拿到21分，死磕防守限制得快船队只拿到17分。

In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Clippers 98 to 92, with a big score of 3 to 0!

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On May 5, the fourth game of the series between the Trail Blazers and the Clippers arrived as scheduled.

Unlike most of the Lakers players who almost gave up in G4, the Clippers still did not give up in G4.

It’s been more than ten years since they finally made it to the playoffs once, and even reached the second round. They don’t have much ambition to comeback 4-3, but they want to do better than the Lakers, as long as they can beat the Trail Blazers 1 Game, even just one game, they think they have surpassed the Lakers.

There is also the ability to control the field. In this regard, Cassel is much better than Kobe. In terms of field control, there are not many players in the entire league who are better than Cassel.

在卡塞尔的带领下，快船队首节以23比22领先开拓者队1分、第二节以24比22又赢了两分，半场打完时47比44领先开拓者队3分！
In the third quarter, the Clippers' defense was still very good. The Trail Blazers only scored 22 points in three consecutive quarters, but this time the Clippers scored lower than the Trail Blazers, only scoring 20 points.

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 1 point, 66 to 67 behind.

At the end of the quarter, Liu Xiu used the pick-and-roll to go straight to the basket and hit the ball into the basket through Kaman to score 2+1, setting off a counterattack horn.

Liu Xiu has 10 points and 1 assist in a single quarter. If the opponent restricts him to organize an offense, he will give up the ball. Payton or Ray Allen will take the lead, and he will play alone. When he needs to slow down, he will not have the ball.

Relying on Liu Xiu's impact, the Trail Blazers opened up the situation and scored 31 to 23 in the final quarter.

靠着刘秀的27分8板6助攻3抢断、兰多夫的16分19板、雷-阿伦的19分3助攻、佩顿的14分8助攻……开拓者队以97比90力克快船队，大比分4比0，横扫晋级西决！
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Seeing that the Clippers are so useless, the Spurs and Suns are all scolding Los Angeles, but none of them can play.

But the Trail Blazers can sweep the Clippers, people have already guessed after watching G1.

Just like G4, the Clippers played so well in regular time, the urgency of the back-to-back fight, and the momentum to win the game... all overwhelmed the Trail Blazers.

But after halftime, they got a 3-point lead. After the Trail Blazers found a way to deal with it in the third quarter, they immediately took the initiative back.

Despite the Clippers' stubborn resistance, they were no match for Liu Xiu's personal ability in the final quarter.

However, after this playoffs, the Trail Blazers and Liu Xiu have become the public enemies of the basketball community in the greater Los Angeles area!
Facing the Los Angeles team's 8-game winning streak in the playoffs and sweeping the Lakers and Clippers in a row, this Liangzi has a big knot!
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Advancement to the Western Conference Finals, great joy, come to Los Angeles to play, only a few times a year, like a dead house like an outlaw lunatic, will not leave Portland without a game, and will not go back to his hometown in the summer and the All-Star weekend, but take the Parents, relatives and friends came to Portland to play for a few days... The most important thing was that the Spurs and the Suns couldn't tell the winner for a while.

Liu Xiu was surprised when he learned that the Suns led the Spurs 2-1!
In the first game of the series, the Suns played away with the Spurs until overtime, and scored 17 points in overtime, scoring 17 to 10, and finally beat the Spurs 130 to 123 to take the home court advantage.

Then, in G2, the Spurs beat the Suns 122-97.

Then the Suns, who returned to the home court, defended the home court advantage they had grabbed with 3 to 114 in G107.

If the bully hadn't been reimbursed, Nash, who was at his peak this year, led the Suns to run and bomb...

In the evening, Liu Xiu watched Game 4 between the Suns and the Spurs.

The Suns had the upper hand in the first three quarters, leading the Spurs by 84 points 77 to 7 at the end of the three quarters.

But at the end of the quarter, Ginobili went berserk, making 11 of 7 shots, scoring 20 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, leading the Spurs to 33 points in a single quarter, and limiting the Suns to only 24 points in a single quarter.

110 to 108, the Spurs narrowly beat the Suns by two points, tied the score 2-2, and regained the home court advantage.

In the situation of the two teams, Liu Xiu really couldn't tell who would win.

Originally, in 07, the Spurs were no longer the opponents of the Suns, but in 06, the Suns did not have Amare Stoudemire, nor did they meet the Spurs in the playoffs...

But no matter who the opponent is, Liu Xiu is excited about the competitive state of the two teams in the second round.

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After a day of rest, Liu Xiu returned to Portland with the team on May 5th. The coaching staff announced a two-day holiday to prepare for the battle after the Suns and Spurs Tianwangshan battle.

In the evening, the NBA's annual draft lottery came.

Liu Xiu watched the live broadcast, and the Hornets won the No. [-] pick for two consecutive years.

Liu Xiu saw the news in the past two days, saying that the owner of the Hornets was disappointed with Bogut because he could not see the hope of the team's rise, and wanted to sell the team.

The second pick was drawn by the last-to-last Knicks, and the No. [-] pick was drawn by the Bobcats.

The Timberwolves, Sonics, Eagles, Celtics, Bucks, Warriors, Rockets, Magic, 76ers, Kings, and Jazz each received first-round draft picks from 4th to 14th .

Liu Xiu remembers that there are not many talented people in this year's draft. The NBA does not accept high school students to participate in the draft. The three talented high school students Oden, Durant, and Conley can only go to college. Horford, Noah, Jeff Green, etc. Several college talents stayed in school for another year.

The Trail Blazers have three draft picks this year, the 30th, 40th, and 60th picks. Even if he opened his eyes, he didn't know which of the three picks would be able to have immediate combat power...

(End of this chapter)