Healing Basketball

Chapter 99 99. Easy Victory

"Wow! Live Yao Ming!"

"..."

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Yao Ming was speechless at the gate of a small villa in the suburbs of Houston.

The Chinese defender in front of him looked very excited with glowing eyes, which greatly benefited Yao Ming.

But saying this...

Even if he has some understanding of Liu Xiu from Bill Duffy and has psychological construction, Yao Ming still doesn't know how to answer Liu Xiu's words!
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the overly excited Liu Xiu recovered and apologized quickly, "Hi, Brother Yao, my name is Liu Xiu, and my English name is Jess."

Brother Yao!

Yao Ming likes this name, but to Wang Zhizhi, he is just Xiao Ming...

Bill Duffy's evaluation of Liu Xiu - polite, right on!

"What's your name, Brother Yao, just call me Dayao, and I'll call you Jess."

"Alright Brother Yao."

"Hey, you really... come, come in and sit down." Yao Ming cheerfully greeted Liu Xiu to enter the door.

"By the way, Brother Yao, this is a gift."

"Come here, why don't you give me a gift..."

He said so, but Yao Ming took the gift without any hassle (*^▽^*).

It is this familiar rush, Chinese characteristics!Liu Xiu followed Yao Ming into the living room and felt quite good.

My uncle and aunt's house is my own, and I don't have this feeling of being a guest, which is only available at Yao Ming's house.

Entering the living room, Yao Ming wanted to find a place to put the gifts away, but he glanced at the inside of the gift bag...is it an arm guard?
Yao Ming curiously took out the basketball equipment, looked at it, and said pleasantly, "Jess, this armguard is so beautiful!"

"It's fine if you like it. Your center has great confrontation. If you wear it on your non-dominant hand, it can play a certain buffer role in confrontation..."

Liu Xiu asked the system, in addition to boosting confidence and increasing arrogance step by step, this arm guard is just an ordinary arm guard.

"It's still your thoughtfulness..." Yao Ming said and put it on, the size is right and it's comfortable to wear!
Yao Ming was sure, it wasn't that Liu Xiu bought it and didn't want it as a gift.

Don't ask, the question is that I have received such a gift after arriving in the United States.

……

Although very vulgar, giving a small gift is definitely a good way to get closer.

Liu Xiu came to Yao Ming's house as a guest, and the host and guest had a great time.

The two chatted about some things related to the game and learned about each other's basketball experiences.

Although Liu Xiu's reputation is not good, Yao Ming knows very well that this is not the case.

Here in the United States, a team like the Trail Blazers, if Liu Xiu didn't have these behaviors and titles, he would definitely be bullied.

As he expected, Liu Xiu, whom he really knew, except for mentioning basketball matters too much...

In other respects, everything is fine, good-looking, polite, honest...

After having dinner at a nearby family restaurant in the evening, Yao Ming drove Liu Xiu back to the hotel.

Of course, don't drink while driving.

When meeting Yao Ming for the first time, Liu Xiu and Yao Ming only talked about their basketball experience, and that was the only thing they could talk about, they just met each other.

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On November 11, the third game day of the Trail Blazers' four-game streak arrived.

At 9:[-] in the morning, the Trail Blazers had a very targeted training session at the Toyota Center.

Today and tomorrow, play the Rockets and Spurs back to back.

The coaching staff has a choice-the Rockets must win, and the Spurs can win if they can win, and they can't win.

Also, starting from the hotel this morning, there are cameras shooting for the game between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets tonight. Paying attention to this game, maybe I can help Liu Xiu something... Coaching is a job , but coaches and players are worldly.

After the morning's practice and technology, Kevin - Pritchar did not go.

Whenever the prep drills for practice days are over, Kevin Pritchar is spying on their rookies... y'all!

Yes!Not a certain person.

'This kid really didn't leave...Huh?He's not going to the gym! '

Kevin Pritchar pretended to flip through the materials, and approached Liu Xiu and Randolph on the training ground, his ears almost pricked up.

"...I'll show you a demonstration!"

Kevin Pritchar only heard this sentence, and then saw Liu Xiu dribble with his back in the low post... Turn over and shoot!
The movements are slow and not very smooth, but as a professional coach, Kevin Pritchar can feel the cohesion of each movement, which is very suitable for Liu Xiu!

But when was it developed?

As a post-up genius, Randolph also saw it, and asked Kevin Pritchar what he wanted to ask: "Jess, did you fix the turn-around jumper?"

"Yes! Want to learn? I'll teach you, and I won't charge you."

"Is this a question of whether to charge money or not? I taught you the back shot! I have been trying to expand the back shot this summer, and I have found three trainers to work with me to find a way, but I haven't turned over the jumper yet. Get it done... when did you get it done?"

"Just these two days."

Randolph is going to crack—I was the teacher first!

Liu Xiu looked indifferently at Randolph who was about to die, and asked, "Do you want to learn?"

"Learning...but it may not be suitable for me."

"Try without losing a piece of meat."

"That's right, then try!"

Just after training, the two moved their joints and started practicing directly.

"Zach, when we exert strength like this, our strength is usually stronger than that of our opponents, so we don't need to worry about the take-off space. We can definitely hit the space. When we turn around, our body is like this when we take off with strength..."

Liu Xiu demonstrated again, moving more slowly, dismantling each movement one by one.

After reading it, Randolph followed Liu Xiu's movements and tried it out... I was thinking about the unsmooth place when I turned over and made a jump shot, and it went smoothly!
There must be some details to adjust, but that's not the point. The point is, an extended difficulty in his back-playing, it's done!
For things like skill training, you can reach a certain level through hard work, but it's even higher, high enough to satisfy a genius like Randolph.

Randolph was surprised, Kevin Pritchar was surprised + confused + angry + upset + happy + self-pity +...

"Healing value +67, from Kevin Pritchar."

"Healing value +42, from Kevin Pritchar."

"cure……"

"..."

'? '

Liu Xiu turned her head to look at the chief teaching assistant of the onlookers who had taken all the materials down. What's wrong with this guy?
……

As Kevin Pritchar expected, he taught Randolph two back-ups in the morning, and then called the trainer in charge of the inside technique, and asked the cameraman from the imperial court to help shoot... After lunch, Liu Xiu went to I spent two hours in the gym...then slept for an hour at 3:[-], woke up, ate something, warmed up...I didn't practice the low back turnaround jumper.

If you have that time to practice boxing, wouldn't it be good to practice your technique more?

Also, the cameras of your country's TV station are filming it!
The warden doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and it's useless for the chief assistant to get angry.

Not to mention, even the people in the TV station felt that Liu Xiu was not doing his job properly, but he was only in charge of filming.

Moreover, the people in the imperial court have heard a rumor in the past few days that Liu Xiu can improve faster than others if he practices casually, so he is very lazy.

In this way, the embarrassment of the people on the TV station has become "I'm not happy".

Liu Xiu didn't care too much here. She got up at 4:5, ate a strawberry-flavored candied haws, and started warming up at [-]:[-].

At first, he thought about showing how hard he worked in front of the cameras of the imperial court, but after thinking about it, he could forget about it. He could pretend for a day or two, or a year or two. How about ten years or eight years?It might as well be like this.

If you insist on making a perfect character design, it will be even worse if it collapses. Everyone, there are many things that you don't know.

Basketball fans follow him, watch him play, buy his endorsements because of how hard he works?Playing well brings those.

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2003年11月30号晚上7点10分，休斯敦丰田中心球馆，比赛双方开拓者队和火箭队入场了。

The game was broadcast live by two domestic TV stations, Imperial Sports Station and Guangdong Sports Station, and there were also live broadcasts by TV stations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the island countries. The title of the promotion was - China Derby.

The other TV stations are not important. The court sports station said this, which means that this is the first NBA "China Derby" certified by domestic official media.

Tonight, Liu Xiu made his debut again. After entering the arena, he shook hands with Yao Ming, communicated with Yao Ming, and took photos with Yao Ming according to the established procedures.

As for squatting?

Fortunately, it's just a few minutes. In order to end the live broadcast of the "Chinese Derby" quickly, even if it was broadcast live on the court station, the league would not let them delay the game, no.

Entering the final preparation stage, Liu Xiu looked at the Rockets' player detection report...'Is it so outrageous? '

Liu Xiu knew that the Rockets' lineup was poor, and the inside lineup was extremely poor, but she didn't expect it to be so bad.

"Yao Ming, 23 years old, height 226 cm, wingspan 220 cm, weight 133 kg, C, ability rating 88... averaged 31 minutes per game, 17.2 points, 9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2 blocks...

Shooting 52% from the field, 73% from the rim, 42% from close range, 41% from the mid-range..."

Yao Ming, a sophomore, is already at the All-Star level and is expected to compete for the best team.

In Liu Xiu's impression, Yao Qingming was actually selected to the third team in the second grade, and since the second grade, he was selected to the best team five times in 6 years, but at the age of 5, the theoretically peak age when he was selected to the second team, he was reimbursed.

The reason may be that the national team's game is really not particularly tiring.

No matter how tiring the national team is playing, can the NBA play more than 5 games every season for more than 80 months, which is tiring and exhausting?

"Kevin Cato, 29 years old, 211 cm, 116 kg, PF/C, ability rating 70, offense 62, defense 79... averaged 6.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game..."

"Morris Taylor, 27 years old, 206 cm, 114 kg, PF/C, ability rating 71, offense 79, defense 60... averaged 10.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game..."

Coincidentally, both of them were in the class of 97. Morris Taylor was the 14th pick in the first round, and Kevin Cato was the 15th pick in the first round.

Liu Xiu carefully looked at the detection reports of other insiders of the Rockets, and then looked at the inside players on the opposite side.

It's outrageous!
These two are Yao Ming's best partners inside!

On the other side, Yao Ming, who was adjusting the armguard on his left arm in a happy mood, also took a look at Liu Xiu, and happened to meet Liu Xiu's gaze.

Yao Ming felt that Liu Xiu's eyes were strange, as if they were-sympathy?
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At 7:[-] in the evening, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets started.

Rockets starting: Francis, Mobley, Jim - Jackson, Cato, Yao Ming.

Trail Blazers starters: Liu Xiu, Ruben Patterson, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, Rasheed Wallace.

In the opening stage of the game, the Rockets used Yao Ming as the main attack and quickly opened up the situation. The physically strong Yao Ming easily entered the basket to score two consecutive goals with his huge body and flexible feet, forcing the Trail Blazers to attack.

At this time, Yao Ming passed the ball to three outside teammates. Although he could not directly get assists, Francis, Mobley, and Jim Jackson all had the ability to average 3+ assists per game. Passed out, the outside line can easily attack.

Not only that, on the defensive end, Yao Ming also let Randolph suffer, Cato's defense is close to an excellent level, and Tianzun, who is functional on the offensive end of outside defense, has done a good job.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers 14-7!

But after the official suspension of the first quarter, the situation changed suddenly.

After Yao Ming was replaced by Van Gundy, the Rockets' inside combination became Cato and Maurice Taylor.

The Trail Blazers did not replace Randolph, the two felt what cruelty was...

Not only that, but the Rockets' offensive performance plummeted.

The Rockets' internal and external strength is unbalanced, and their internal capabilities are poor in all aspects. After the outside line breaks in, they fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness.

It's true that Francis is a cross-generation point guard, and Cutino Mobley is also a scorer averaging 20+ per game, but the opponent's strength exceeds the level that they can deal with alone.

Compared to playing the Grizzlies the day before yesterday, playing the Rockets tonight is much easier.

Even if Liu Xiu didn't break out, it was just a regular style of play, sorting out tactics, playing singles if necessary, shooting when possible, making up defenses and assisting defenses, shrinking the guards... The Trail Blazers also played quite easily.

The difference lies in the centers of the two teams.

Gasol can play more than 40 minutes, but Yao Ming under Van Gundy has protected him very well, averaging 31 minutes per game so far this season.

At 10 minutes and 51 seconds into the first quarter, the Trail Blazers went 11-5 and chased the score to 18-19, narrowing the point difference to 1 point. Van Gundy was forced to replace Yao Ming.

The Rockets' substitution immediately brought the situation under control, but this is exactly what the Trail Blazers wanted!
When Yao Ming went up, the Trail Blazers put on a combination of grinding and playing, and tried their best to hold it back. Yao Ming went down, let Little Flying Squirrel and Randolph attack fiercely, and forced Yao Ming to come up.

Generally speaking, Yao Ming takes a 15-minute break in the first three quarters of a game, and two to three minutes in the last quarter. Tonight, the first three quarters added up to only 3 minutes of rest.

Playing intermittently has greatly affected Yao Ming's performance, which in turn affected the performance of the Rockets when he was on the court.

The Trail Blazers' tactical execution went well...

After 2 hours and 22 minutes, at 9:52 p.m., the game was over.

靠着兰多夫的21分、小飞鼠的14分4助攻、天尊的16分、刘秀的12分6板3助攻1抢断……开拓者队以98比91逆转火箭队，拿下胜利！

(End of this chapter)