Healing Basketball

Chapter 951
As the defending champion, Liu Xiu accepted the slam dunk contest. His three opponents were Flyer Carter, Beast Howard...and Rudy Gay.

Gay has good physical fitness and dunks well.

But seeing Gay's name at this time... I felt something strange.

Didn't Nate Robinson refuse the invitation?

During the offseason, James was asked about the slam dunk contest, and he said he would definitely participate.

Carter has joined the competition again, and Liu Xiu really thinks that James may participate.

As a result, this product released pigeons...

Liu Xiu went to the forum, and sure enough, the fact that James released the pigeon in the dunk contest aroused heated discussions among fans.

A highlighted comment caught Liu Xiu's attention, saying that James had stabbed a finger on his left hand not long ago.

What do the fingers of the left hand have to do with the dunk contest?
The relationship is getting bigger!James is left-handed!

Liu Xiu thinks this argument makes sense...

On Carter's side, Liu Xiu guessed that he and his team were really in a hurry, and took the slam dunk contest as a life-saving straw, trying to regain their former popularity.

Last year, he was not selected as an All-Star. By last summer, Carter lost most of his endorsements. Hook’s Shox VC series was also cut off due to poor sales. Hook no longer made signature shoes for Carter. The sneakers he was responsible for endorsement became those basic models. Cheap shoes.

Carter, who used to earn more from endorsements than the NBA salary, now earns only a fraction of the NBA salary from endorsements.

When you have it, you don’t know how to cherish it, and you will never lose your confidence. After you really lose it, the Carter team, who paid no attention to this aspect at all and made sarcastic remarks everywhere, is now more anxious than anyone else.

The next day, Feb. 2, the Trail Blazers came to Toyota Center to challenge the Rockets.

Before the game, Liu Xiu accepted an interview with Barkley.

"Warden... oh, no, Stern let us try to call you Senator Jess, well, Warden, what do you think about LeBron James not participating in the slam dunk contest?"

"Everyone has the right to do what they want, as long as it doesn't break the law or violate social morality, I'm afraid it's normal. After all, I'm too good at dunking."

Still familiar and direct, Barkley was relieved.

When he came to interview Liu Xiu, he didn't prepare many twists and turns to induce Liu Xiu to say something.

Anyway, what Liu Xiu said must be more topical than he imagined.

"I heard that the league invited Kobe. He said that the slam dunk contest is something for young people, so he refused."

"Well, at least his perception of him is correct. He is about to be 30 years old. He is old and really shouldn't do such strenuous exercise."

"Pfft..." Barkley couldn't hold it back: "Hahahaha... Warden, you are too bad!"

"I'm not that good either..."

...

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Rockets started!

Trail Blazers starters: Liu Xiu, Korver, Hill, Millsap, LaFrentz.

Rockets starting: Alston, Hamilton, Granger, Varejao, Bynum.

The last time they played against each other, there was nothing too special. This time, Liu Xiu felt that the opposing lineup was beeping!
Hamilton does not occupy the ball, and he can hold the ball if he needs him to hold the ball.

Granger has strong leadership skills and accurate shooting.

Varejao has excellent defense and rich game experience.

拜纳姆天赋卓越，作为NBA有史以来最年轻的新秀，07年10月底才刚满20岁的他，已经在场均31分钟出场时间里打出了场均15.8分10.2板2.2盖帽的数据。

However, with such a powerful four starters, the point guard is the streetball king Alston...

The backup point guards are Luther Hyde and Aaron Brooks...

The other four starters are really fierce, and the Rockets point guard is also really slowing down.

Alston, a point guard whose career shooting percentage is less than 39% and no one cares about his playing, as a teammate, can only expect his touch to explode.

Let's put it this way, Alston averaged 11.6 shots per game this season, and Bynum averaged 10.6 shots per game.

But tonight, under the defense of Liu Xiu and the outlaws, Alston made 9 shots and only hit 2 times, scoring 5 points, 5 assists and 5 turnovers!

Rockets defense is good, their new head coach Rick Adelman didn't beat Princeton on this team, this group is not suitable for that at all, but the defense is getting the bonus left by Van Gundy Jr. , The Blazers only scored 19 points in the first and second quarters.

但火箭队没抓住机会，首节和第二节分别只拿到21分和22分，半场仅以43比38领先开拓者队5分。

到了第三节，刘秀9投5中拿到12分3板3助攻，率领开拓者队打出了28比18的单节比分，以66比61反超火箭队5分！
At the end of the quarter, Bynum punched the inside line, making 6 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 10 points in a single quarter and helped the Rockets score 27 points in a single quarter.

But the Trail Blazers also scored 26 points in a single quarter.

With Korver's final three-pointer to maintain the point difference at 4 points, the Rockets failed to comeback in the end.

刘秀26投12中，其中三分球8中3，加上5中5的罚球，拿到32分12板11助攻3抢断2盖帽，率领开拓者队以92比88击败火箭队！
The Trail Blazers improved to 34 wins and 15 losses!
...

On February 2th, the second day after the Rockets, the Trail Blazers came to Dallas and challenged the Mavericks back to back at 9 pm.

After 2 hours and 28 minutes of play, the two teams decided the winner.

Liu Xiu made 14 of 9 mid-range shots tonight. His mid-range performance was violent, and the Mavericks couldn't defend at all.

他29投16中、其中三分球5中2，外加11中11的罚球，单场拿到45分6板10助攻2抢断，率领开拓者队拿到116分。

但诺维斯基37分、约什-霍华德24分、特里14分、斯塔克豪斯16分、德文-哈里斯12分10助攻……小牛队全队拿到126分！
116 to 126, the Trail Blazers lost to the Mavericks by soaring points, eating the 16th strength of the season, and the record dropped to 34 wins and 16 losses!
With a winning rate of 68%, Liu Xiu counted on his fingers, 55 wins at the marginal level.

Tonight's defense is actually not bad. The center position cannot withstand the impact of Josh Howard, Harris, and Stackhouse. There is no way to do this.

It's mainly about Nowitzki. After a few years, this guy seems to be really adjusting!

Nowitzki is very excited!

Tonight, he scored 18 points without the ball, mainly catching and shooting, and eating cakes. This is his response to singles being targeted by the defense of the strong teams in the past two seasons. It is what he is best at now In the way of scoring, he abruptly trained himself to be the top off-ball player.

The other 5 points were scored by the second offense. The Trail Blazers' twin towers were not there. He got 14 rebounds tonight, including 4 offensive rebounds.

There are 14 points in singles!
It's not enough to beat the outlaws, and Kwame Brown didn't play on the opposite side, and the Trail Blazers didn't have enough continuity to defend against him.

But he scored 8 points in singles against outlaws, and he can already score normally!

Everyone else is fine, outlaw lunatics, to King Silver Horn, are demons and darkness.

Three years!It's been three years!
It's almost dawn!

(End of this chapter)