Healing Basketball

Chapter 878 878. Hanging!

It's not Nash who is floating, but the whole Suns team.

The reason for the drift is quite simple-they overturned the Spurs.

The Trail Blazers were beaten by the Spurs in the regular season and were swept by the Spurs.

In addition, the Suns were killed by the Spurs in the second round for two consecutive years, and now they have finally completed their revenge...

In addition, the Trail Blazers played hard against the Nuggets, Liu Xiu broke out in G6 to advance, and the second round against the Lakers was also difficult, and it was only because of Liu Xiu's 6 points in G40 that he advanced...

Influenced by a series of comprehensive factors, Nash and his seven core teammates feel that they have become the strongest in the Western Conference and can easily end the Trail Blazers' two consecutive championships and become the new overlord.

As a result, as soon as the Western Conference Finals started, they received a loud slap in the face.

...

After a day off, on May 5th, the Trail Blazers once again faced the challenge of the Suns at home.

This time the Suns were much more low-key and calm than the previous game, and they wanted to play well in every round.

But the performance is average, and there are many reasons.

The main reason is that the Trail Blazers played well!
首节刘秀4分3助攻，帮助拉希姆拿到10分1板，雷-阿伦和兰多夫都拿到4分、夸梅-布朗2分、节末替换刘秀上场的布雷克进了一个三分球……单节稳稳拿到27分。

The Suns did not counterattack much, and the score dropped.

However, the Suns didn't shoot well in positional battles. The bully couldn't get into the inside line in positional battles, and shot from the outside. He scored 9 points and 3 rebounds on 8 of 2 shots in a single quarter.

This is basically the case for the entire Suns team, only scoring 23 points in the first quarter!
In the second quarter, the Suns still performed poorly and only scored 23 points, but the Trail Blazers became more and more courageous. Liu Xiu had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Randolph had 9 points, and Ray Allen had 7 points. The three joined hands to lead the team to score 31 points in a single quarter!
After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Suns by 58 points 46 to 12!
After returning from the intermission, the Suns' offense finally started to pick up. They scored 26 to 24 in the third quarter and 31 to 29 in the final quarter. They played better and better, but it was too late.

刘秀拿到18分11板14助攻、兰多夫30分、雷-阿伦22分、拉希姆17分，开拓者队4人得分上双，以111比103击败太阳队，将大比分打成2比0！

Tonight's Nash, like the previous game, is very different from his usual one.

今晚纳什21投9中，其中三分球6中4，外加6中6的罚球，拿到太阳队最高的28分，但助攻只有8个。

...

On May 5, after two days of rest, the third game day of the Western Conference Finals arrived.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Suns started.

Unlike the Lakers who were not discouraged after losing two games, but played better and crazier in G3, the morale of the Suns was low tonight.

The Lakers are playing with the mentality of the next game. It is normal to lose, and the confidence will be doubled if you win a game.

At the beginning, the Suns wanted to sweep the Trail Blazers 4-1, but they were forced to play two games. This gap can be imagined.

The Trail Blazers played it simple tonight - singles, singles, singles!
首节比分29比24、第二节比分29比26、第三节比分31比17……前三节打完，开拓者队以89比67领先太阳队22分。

Liu Xiu clocks out of get off work in three quarters!

In the final quarter, the Suns played a 29-22 single quarter against the Trail Blazers, narrowing the 7-point difference, but it had no effect on the whole game.

刘秀12投8中拿到23分4板6助攻1抢断2盖帽，兰多夫28分、雷-阿伦20分5助攻、拉希姆16分、夸梅-布朗10分……

111比96，开拓者队15分的优势击败太阳队，将大比分打成3比0！

...

If, at the beginning, he didn't feel like he was going to sweep the Trail Blazers, even if he was at a disadvantage, it wouldn't be as bad as 0-3.

But there is no medicine for regret in the world, and it is already on the verge of being eliminated...

On May 5, the Suns once again ushered in the challenge of the Trail Blazers at home.

Nash regrets it now, but so far in the series, he has nothing to do.

He didn't see his determination to fight to the death from his teammates.

The underdogs must win, and they are not talking about the team that was hammered after drifting away.

Only fight!

At 8 o'clock in the evening, after the game started, the Blazers once again had the upper hand.

The Suns are in good form tonight, but they are really not working hard enough. Nash can only play life-saving shots, resorting to the style of play of the Mavericks, and constantly playing singles.

首节纳什8投4中，其中三分球3中1，加上2中2的罚球，单节拿到11分1助攻。

The Trail Blazers sent 8 people in the first quarter, and everyone scored. At the end of the first quarter, they led the Suns by 32 points 26 to 6!
Nash tried his best, but the Suns were still so far behind, but his efforts were not in vain, he successfully ignited the hard work of his teammates!
第二节小霸王和巴博萨双双暴走，前者拿到11分、后者9分，纳什单节2分6助攻……太阳队单节拿到30分！
The Trail Blazers scored 29 points in the second quarter.

After halftime, the Suns narrowed the point difference to 5 points, trailing the Trail Blazers 56 to 61.

In the third quarter, the two teams soared even harder. Liu Xiu scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, and Randolph scored 9 points in a single quarter, leading the Trail Blazers to 33 points.

But the Suns scored 32 points in the third quarter, biting the situation!
88 to 94, the Suns trailed the Trail Blazers by 6 points after three quarters.

However, although the point difference was opened by 1 point, the Suns saw hope!
Rush!
They now understand where they lost.

It is only an objective condition that the style of play is restrained. The most important thing is that they lost themselves after G1, afraid of this and that.

Now they understand that they are the strongest Suns team if they charge forward fearlessly and with the pride of Phoenix City!
At the end of the quarter, the Suns had the upper hand and once played against the Trail Blazers.

At the end of the game, the Trail Blazers took advantage of the decline in the physical strength of the Suns' 8-man rotation to bring the situation back.

At 11 minutes and 29 seconds into the game, Ray Allen hit a three-pointer, and the Trail Blazers overtook the Suns by two points, the score was 109 to 107!

When it came to the offense of the Suns, after scoring 11 points in the first quarter, Nash only scored 9 points in the next three quarters, but at the critical moment Nash stood up and made a three-pointer shot from the back of the outlaw lunatic...hit!
110 to 109, the Suns overtook the Trail Blazers by 1 point!
With 11 seconds left in the clock, the Trail Blazers did not call a timeout.

When it came time for the Trail Blazers to attack, Raja Bell defended Liu Xiu alone, and the rest of the Suns focused on Ray Allen and Randolph. up.

Liu Xiu didn't pass the ball, and there were only 6 seconds left after advancing to the frontcourt. After his teammates quickly opened up the space, he directly started singles.

Facing Raja Bell's defense, Liu Xiu jumped to the free throw line and took a step to the right, leaned back to avoid Marion's supplementary defense, and made a mid-range shot...

By the time the ball left Liu Xiu's hands, the final whistle had already sounded.

When Nash saw Liu Xiu's posture and the arc of the ball flying out, he knew that unless the ball was timed out, otherwise... Sure enough, the ball went in!

D'Antoni and the Suns players demanded to see replays.

If there is doubt about the key goal, even if the referee is confident in confirming that the goal is valid at the first time, he must watch the replay.

The replay proved that the referee was professional. Liu Xiu threw the ball, and when there was a clear distance between the ball and his fingertips, there was 0.4 seconds left in the countdown.

The referee confirmed again that Liu Xiu's CIC is valid!

尽管纳什今晚拿到23分15助攻、小霸王拿到28分、马里昂14分、拉加-贝尔11分、巴博萨13分……太阳队还是输了。

刘秀24投13中其中三分球7中3，加上6中6的罚球，拿到35分6板7助攻2抢断，刘秀绝杀太阳队，开拓者队111比110获胜！

With a big score of 4 to 0, the Trail Blazers swept the Suns and advanced to the finals!
(End of this chapter)