Healing Basketball

Chapter 793 793. One section spoils the game!

The referee signaled Liu Xiu to touch the ball out of bounds, and the Cavaliers played the ball in the frontcourt.

The Cavaliers continued to attack, with 9 seconds left, James ran outside to catch the ball, and was stuck by Liu Xiu to prevent interference.

James did not give up, turned around and ran inside, received the ball during the cut, but lost the sprint distance, entered the basket and was pinched by Liu Xiu and Millsap to stop the ball.

Looking at the high position, there is no teammate to respond, James forced a throw... It's iron!
Millsap grabbed the defensive rebound and James rushed to grab it. Millsap protected the ball and was not intercepted. After James backed away, he gave the ball to Liu Xiu.

When Liu Xiu received the ball, he praised Millsap, "He did a good job protecting the ball."

If the counterattack opportunity is gone, it will be gone. With Snow and Larry Hughes, it is difficult to rush for a fast break alone.

And although James is not good at defense, he has no lack of attitude and talent at present, and there is nothing wrong with Millsap's steady choice.

Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt to look at the defense on the opposite side, and then looked at his three teammates in the frontcourt. This offense is not easy to play!
No one in the Cavaliers asked James, a super genius who is not yet 22 years old, to practice defense. James himself has never suffered a real blood loss and has no motivation to practice defense. There is a reason. James entered the NBA at the age of 18. Now less than 22 years old, at this age, the offense has not yet been developed, so there is no time to strengthen the defense.

The other is the defensive lineup of the Cavaliers. For the time being, James doesn't need a good defense.

It's not easy to play offensively, it doesn't matter, just defend!

Facing Larry Hughes' defense, Liu Xiu thought about it, raised her left hand and made an '8'.

Larry Hughes has a flash of confusion—does the Trail Blazers have this tactical gesture?
Thanks to his strong offensive reading ability and keen defensive sense, from the small movements of Liu Xiu's body, it can be seen that Liu Xiu is still playing pick and roll!
The warden is so mean!

Larry Hughes moved quickly, not giving Liu Xiu a chance to sneak attack.

Liu Xiu rushed to close range, leaped sideways and made a stride throw...Missed!
Big Z protected the defensive rebound, and Liu Xiu clapped his hands and retreated quickly.

The shot just now was already the best offensive line he found with the improved defensive reading ability of 'Prison Kill', but it's a pity that the step throwing shot was a little bit close.

When retreating, Liu Xiu wondered if he would have time to learn this trick from Nash or Iverson. Parker is the strongest, but they and the Spurs have become sworn enemies...

The Cavaliers started to attack, Liu Xiu put aside distracting thoughts, and devoted himself to the iron-blooded defensive battle with the tough frontcourt trio!
In the next few rounds, Liu Xiu hit the iron and hit the ground, which was worse than he expected. He missed all 5 shots in the first half of the first quarter and scored no points.

Fortunately, the teammates performed well. Ray Allen scored a counter-attack layup, Kwame Brown had a supplementary dunk, Millsap had a catch and dunk, and the Trail Blazers scored 6 points in the half quarter.

There are only 6 points but it is still possible because the Cavaliers only scored 6 points.

James' 4 shots in half a quarter are all irons!
Moreover, James performed worse than Liu Xiu, and he made two mistakes!

詹姆斯半节0分2板1助攻2失误，刘秀半节0分3板1盖帽。

However, some people become determined, and they remain determined.

After returning from the official timeout, James took another 4 shots in the second half of the first quarter.

There is really no way for James to take 8 shots in a single quarter. The Trail Blazers did a very good defense.

With Liu Xiu around, there is no need for a mid-range delay to defend James. Although Liu Xiu can't carry James hard like last season, he can slow down James' breakthrough speed and guide James' breakthrough direction.

Afterwards, the inside line cut off the pincer attack of the pass, and the Trail Blazers did a very good job.

整个首节，詹姆斯8投1中，外加2中1的罚球，拿到3分3板1助攻3失误。

On the other side, Liu Xiu also kept irons at the beginning. Under the infinite siege of the opponent at the beginning, he hit 7 irons in a row, and once made 7 of 0 shots.

But playing, when the big Z was replaced, and the inside twin towers became Donyell Marshall and Drew Gooden, Liu Xiu began to score!

After Liu threw in a breakthrough throw, he decisively issued an order... Although he failed to trigger the 'Kobe time', his confidence or paranoia in shooting became stronger.

刘秀后半节7投4中，半节拿到10分，替补上场的拉希姆也抓住机会半节抢了3个进攻篮板球拿到4分1助攻，助攻是给雷-阿伦投进了一个三分球。

In half a quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 17 to 8.

After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Cavaliers by 23 points 14 to 9!
...

Liu Xiu is strong and performs well, and the Cavaliers don't think there is anything from the coaching staff to the players.

In the first 8 minutes, Liu Xiu was defended with 7-for-0 shooting. Under the defensive formation built around Big Z and Larry Hughes, Liu Xiu wasted 8 minutes. At this time, it’s okay to replace Big Z and rest, right?
At this time, Liu Xiu's touch should be almost exhausted, right?
In the next 4 minutes, Liu Xiu scored 7 points on 4 of 10 shots, which is too much!
In the second quarter, Big Z still had to rest at the beginning, and the Cavaliers were full of concerns about defense.

Their fears became reality!

In the second quarter, although the Blazers' offensive performance has declined, it is not as good as the last 4 minutes of the first quarter, but it has improved a lot compared to the first half of the first quarter!

好在这一节詹姆斯表现还可以，虽然4投仅进了1球，但打了10分钟得到6次罚球，6罚4中，三节拿到6分3助攻。

达蒙-琼斯半节三分球2投2中，加上4中3的罚球拿到9分、第二节后半段上场的大Z半节在中距离4投2中，加上2中2的罚球拿到6分……

In the second quarter, the disadvantage of the Cavaliers did not continue to expand, but narrowed the difference by 1 point, beating the Trail Blazers 25 to 24 in a single quarter.

But the TV commentators are saying that the Cavaliers have a lot of free throws in this quarter!

The Cavaliers made 15 free throws in a single quarter and scored 9 points in free throws alone.

The Trail Blazers team only made 5 free throws in a single quarter, and only relied on free throws to score 4 points.

After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Cavaliers by 47 points 39 to 8!
The Cavaliers made more free throws in the second quarter, which is one reason for their high score, and there is another more important reason-when James rushes in and can cause a foul, the Trail Blazers shrink their defense tighter, Damon Jones and Big Z Catch and shoot can make it!
In the third quarter, when the Cavaliers' outside shooting touch was exhausted by the Trail Blazers, the bloody moment came...

詹姆斯第三节8投2中，其中三分球5中1，单节打了9分钟拿到5分2板4失误无助攻，而这5分，已经超过了骑士队单节得分的一半！
刘秀第三节打满，拿到13分2板1助攻2抢断1盖帽……率领开拓者队打出了18比9的单节比分！
(End of this chapter)