Healing Basketball

Chapter 914 914. The Shock Begins!
After returning from the intermission, Liu Xiu took a break of more than 3 minutes to play as usual.

The two teams continued to attack aggressively, and the Nuggets continued to speed up, leading the Trail Blazers to follow suit.

The Trail Blazers insisted on the inside to ensure one offense and one defense, and the defensive end tried their best to suppress the positional battle, making good use of the frame protection ability of Kwame Brown and McDyess.

In the second quarter, the Blazers' offensive firepower dropped a lot. They only scored 28 points in a single quarter. It is definitely not enough to score only this score against the Nuggets when they feel good... Score 35 points in two quarters!
After halftime, the Nuggets overtook the Trail Blazers by 72 points 68 to 4!
Liu Xiu felt the gap in experience.

The Nuggets have always played track and field style of play, and this year there has been a huge improvement because Iverson is more adaptable to the style of play, and Nene last season was not as good as Kenyon Martin, even if he has big knees After the injury, Kenyon Martin also unearthed a tactical engine suitable for track and field play like Anthony Carter, and the continuity is very strong.

But their Trail Blazers have just officially decided to follow the trend to play offense, and the continuity is obviously not as good as the more experienced Nuggets.

But after halftime, Liu Xiu discovered something.

In his impression, the media and fans in the original time and space commented on the Nuggets' double guns, saying that this is a failed combination, because there is little progress in the playoffs.

But it was actually called waiting, and he found that it was not the case.

The Nuggets' double guns are really the most suitable duo for George Karl's track and field style of play. If they can't pass the first round, it's not the two players' problem, but George Karl's problem.

As for the 08-09 Nuggets' ability to reach the Western Conference Finals, Liu Xiu felt that it wasn't because George Karl was so good at coaching, but because Billups was too good.

George Karl was still very good in the iron-blooded era and could reach the finals, but Liu Xiu left three impressions in the offensive era——

In the 93-94 season, he led the Sonics to 63 wins and ranked first in the league. They were blacked out by the Nuggets in the first round.

94-95赛季率领超音速队拿到57胜排在西部第四，首轮被48胜的湖人队下克上，还是被3比1的下克上。

In the 12-13 season, he led the Nuggets to 57 wins and ranked third in the Western Conference. He was beaten by the 47-win Warriors in the first round, and he couldn't afford to lose. He became angry and instigated Iguodala to step into Curry, but was rejected.

To put it simply, outside of the iron-blooded era, George Karl is a head coach who is sad for the first round no matter how good the lineup is.

However, outside of the iron-blooded era, George Karl's coaching ability in the playoffs is not good, and the regular season is terrible!
Suppressed again!
The two guns of the mine bandits fully demonstrated the unreasonable style of play!
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Back from the intermission, the Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Louis Williams, outlaws, Randolph, and McDyess.

On the other side, the Nuggets sent a combination of Iverson, JR-Smith, Linas Kleiza, Edondo Najera, and Kenyon Martin.

After the start of the third quarter, in the face of JR-Smith's defense, Liu Xiu started to break through to attract pincers and then divide the ball. He believed in his teammates' COS shots.

When he gets tired of scoring all the time or in the pick-and-roll and needs to take a break, let Lou Williams play singles.

On the Nuggets side, Iverson played in the same way as Liu Xiu.

But it's not Iverson learning from Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu is directly copying the Nuggets' rotation.

The other teammates, Liu Xiu, were not worried, but worried about whether the high school students on their team could outperform the high school students on the opposite side.

Louis Williams did not let him down. He scored 4 points and 2 assist on 5 of 1 shots in the half quarter. JR-Smith scored 6 points in the half quarter.

Liu Xiu and Iverson's sudden point confrontation also played equally well. Iverson's breakthrough was better, but Liu Xiu had a pick-and-roll offense and a much better three-pointer than Iverson, so he also played a bit. Evenly matched, the Trail Blazers scored 13 to 12 in the half quarter.

When the official timeout came, the Nuggets maintained their lead 84-81.

Back from the official timeout, the Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Hill, Millsap, and Kwame Brown; the Nuggets sent Anthony Carter, Iverson, Linus Clay Zha, Anthony, Kenyon - Martin combination.

At this time, Liu Xiu couldn't continue to imitate Iverson's style of play. He didn't have an offensive engine like Anthony Carter next to him, so he had to fight!
After a few rounds, the two teams played back and forth. The Trail Blazers and the Nuggets played a wave of 8-9, and the score came to 89-93. The Trail Blazers trailed the Nuggets by 4 points.

The point difference is not too big, but Liu Xiu feels very bad!

Now they have sent the team with the best offensive lineup tonight, and they just played back and forth with the Nuggets. When their offensive climax is over and they continue to attack, it is very likely that it is not the Nuggets opponent.

The point difference seems to be only hovering between three and four points, but the Nuggets have an average margin of 4 points per game.

The Nuggets relied on an unstoppable offense to fight a war of attrition and consume opponents one by one.

When it was time for the Trail Blazers to attack again, Liu Xiu decided to give it another go, and the command 'Kobe time' was issued.

Why do you say again?Because he also won in the first two quarters, but the opponent's attack was severe, he missed a shot once, and once his teammates had a chance to directly catch the ball and dunk, he passed it.

Pushing forward to the frontcourt, Liu Xiu was stuck by Iverson.

Many people only remember Iverson's gambled steals, but they ignore that although Iverson's small body can't prevent breakthroughs, he is very powerful when he sticks to the defense and interferes with the opponent's take-off and strength, especially in the years at his peak. The rush even allowed him to get up to 2.75% of the total score of the best defensive player, ranking first in the best defensive player before Bowen, who got the second defense, and Kobe, who got the first defense that year. 6.

Now Iverson only sticks to Liu Xiu's shots and does not care whether Liu Xiu breaks through or not. He is doing quite well.

Liu Xiu didn't rush in, but chose a three-pointer with a fake breakthrough... Unfortunately, he didn't make it.

But Millsap relied on Hill and Kwame Brown's rushing threat to grab an offensive rebound!

Hill stepped back after landing and tossed the ball towards the hoop...not a shot!
The ball flew to the right side of the hoop, and was pressed into the hoop by a white hand!
Liu Xiu went straight to the basket with an alley-oop dunk and scored two points!
This ball lifts the gas!

When the Nuggets attacked, the Trail Blazers defended very fiercely. Anthony Carter didn't find a good time to play the ball, and was forced to stop the ball by Ray Allen.

Iverson pulled out to respond, Anthony Carter found a savior, and quickly played the ball. Wearing the "answer wristband", Liu Xiu seized the opportunity, fought again, and rushed to grab it!

The explosive speed was +5, and the explosive acceleration was temporarily increased to 93. Liu Xiu made a quick start and rushed forward, stabbing Anthony Carter's pass before the responding Iverson!
(End of this chapter)