Healing Basketball

Chapter 995. 995. The Unstoppable Warden (4000 words)
"They are not a run-and-gun team, nor are they a traditional team. They are suddenly no longer strong, but they are not fat. They have no hope, no idea where the future lies, and Zonda has entered an unprecedented stage of confusion in his career. ...The Chaos Superstar series of missions: four different triggers."

"neither fish nor fowl:

Goal: Eliminate the Suns to advance to the second round.

奖励：胜负场之差乘以2000治愈值；若5场晋级，额外奖励随机属性点1个；若4场晋级，风之子（天赋倾向）所需天赋碎片-1（开启天赋、更换天赋、升级天赋均-1），奖励叠加。”

Co-author Nash is not depressed and disappointed now, but confused?

Liu Xiu thought about it, and it seemed that being confused was more suitable to describe Nash's current state.

Nash at the beginning of his career, although he was not taken seriously and was sold as an extra, but at that time he was young and fearless.

In the stage of the Mavericks, they had the best lineup + All-Stars. They played very happily and didn't have high requirements. They were willing to stay on the team with an annual salary of tens of millions.

But now Nash, whose personal ability has reached the peak of his career, has encountered such a terrible situation.

And he is not young anymore, he is 34 years old, and it was 10 years ago that he was fearless...

As early as the first time he played against the Suns after the All-Star Weekend, Liu Xiu had already regretted it. Now he doesn't have so many artificial emotions. After reading the mission description, he is more motivated!
It doesn't matter whether you use it or not, you can get the reward if you can.

Playing against the Suns this season has an even greater advantage than last season, but Liu Xiu still dare not be careless.

Something happened to the opponent before the start of the playoffs-D'Antoni took leave of absence due to illness, and the famous Terry Porter jointly served as the interim coach.

Terry Porter, the name Liu Xiu is very familiar with. They are the star of the Trail Blazers. In March, his total score rose to the second in team history. Terry Porter surpassed him. Terry Porter was in the Trail Blazers. A total of 3 points were scored during the period, and his current regular season total is 11330 points.

But the familiar reason is not that the score exceeded, but the day before yesterday, Gou Dahu announced at the fan event that he will retire Terry Porter's No. 30 jersey next season. Spent time with the Trail Blazers and was a two-time All-Star.

So Liu Xiu deliberately got to know this famous man who will retire his jersey. After retiring, he worked as the head coach of the Bucks. Philip Saunders is an assistant coach.

Uncertainty factors cannot be easily ignored.

...

Liu Xiu recalled that when he first entered the NBA, he won the first place in the regular season, and he was so happy when the flag was raised.

Now, looking at the division championship flag raised again, he felt nothing in his heart.

What he thought of was the dozen championship banners at the Staples Center and the North Shore Garden Arena.

Seeing the division champions above his head, and even seeing the regular season division championship banners... all feel a bit intrusive.

But the fans at the scene were very happy, and the atmosphere became more and more frenzied.

Before the start of the game, Liu Xiu copied his talents, Ray Allen's full blood 'speed shot', Nash's full blood 'technical flow'.

At 8 p.m., Kwame Brown beat Shaquille O'Neal to win the jump ball, and the game began.

Trail Blazers starters: Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Hill, Randolph, Kwame Brown.

Suns starters: Nash, Raja Bell, Diaw, Bully, O'Neal.

Liu Xiu received the ball and advanced quickly. Contrary to his expectations, the Suns actively retreated. Relying on the three-way retreat of Raja Bell, Diaw, and O'Neal, he blocked his opening fast break.

When he came to the top arc, Raja Bell returned to the top arc and expanded the three-point line for half-step defense.

He actually made good use of the role of O'Neill's most powerful stage to suppress the rhythm!
O'Neal's physical fitness is absolutely perfect. At this age, at this weight, and at the stage of sufficient physical strength, his speed at the center position is still top-notch.

There's something about Terry Porter...

Liu Xiu beckoned to Kwame Brown for a pick-and-roll and used the cover to break through. A very fake fake move made Xiao Ba Dynasty pounce in the opposite direction. He easily came to the free throw line to take off and made a mid-range shot!

Easy as expected.

The Suns attacked, and Nash advanced to the frontcourt and handed the ball to O'Neal who was leaning on Kwame Brown in the low post. O'Neal took a step to catch the ball, turned around and hit a hook.

This position, this style of play, Liu Xiu was stunned...

After playing a few rounds, Liu Xiu's guess came true.

Is it true that as long as the offensive coordination is not good, everything can fight alone?

The Suns gave up running and bombing, and switched to the Mavericks' infinite singles tactics!
O'Neal played singles first, then Nash, and then Bully...whoever is in good form will come.

Compared with the Mavericks, the Suns' tempo is ridiculously slow, which is the other extreme compared with before.

The physically strong O'Neal is still very strong in singles, Nash's singles ability is strong, and the bully's face-to-frame singles have basically reached their peak. They performed very well in the slow-paced offense at the beginning and took the initiative.

The reason why the Trail Blazers fell into a disadvantage was that their rhythm was destroyed.

They knew that the Suns had changed coaches, but normally, they wouldn't change their style of play immediately. Even if they changed, it was just a small adjustment. After all, when D'Antoni was 'ill', the regular season was over.

Unexpectedly, Terry Porter directly pressed the rhythm and beat the defense, coupled with the strong singles ability of the three major stars of the Suns, and a big center with extremely high restraint standing under the basket, the Trail Blazers were caught off guard.

The Trail Blazers called two timeouts in the first quarter, plus the official timeout was adjusted a total of 3 times, but failed to reverse the situation.

It's not a problem of defense. The Suns play like that. Although the offense is stable, the score is not much higher.

It was the Blazers' own offensive rhythm that was dragged down.

刘秀首节5投3中拿到8分，但队友们13投仅3中、三分球5中0……

20 to 24, the Trail Blazers trailed the Suns by 6 points in the first quarter!
The Suns players were startled, and there was light in the bleak eyes of Nash and O'Neal!
The new coach's style of play seems to work!

They executed their tactics very seriously tonight, with 8 people in rotation, and their strengths are all online. They accepted the new tactics quickly, but it was only because they were about to collapse after the All-Star Weekend. Horse medicine.

But I didn't expect to play against the Trail Blazers!
奥尼尔首节8分2板、纳什5分2助攻、小霸王6分2板1助攻，三人表现极佳！
Perhaps, this is the correct answer tonight?

Nash and O'Neal are veteran players who have played for more than ten years. They know how to adjust their mentality. They chose to believe that this is their correct answer.

After the start of the second quarter, the three stars of the Suns played even harder.

奥尼尔第二节打了7分钟，4投2中，罚球居然两罚全中，拿到6分3板2盖帽。

纳什7分3助攻、小霸王5分，三人合砍18分，再度率领太阳队打出了24比20的比分。

After halftime, the Suns led the Trail Blazers by 48 points 40 to 8!
The Suns used O'Neal to squat under the basket, pinch Liu Xiu, and follow up Ray Allen's defensive strategy. They defended 5 and 3, and let the two of them go short. They actually defended!
刘秀4投2中，加上4中4的罚球拿到8分，队友们18投5中拿到12分。

They shot a lot in this quarter. Randolph, Birdman, Kwame Brown, and Liu Xiu grabbed 7 offensive rebounds in total, but only 1 offensive rebound turned into a score.

Entering the intermission, Liu Xiu walked into the player tunnel and looked back at the big shark who was bulging his biceps excitedly...

Playing against O'Neal for the second time in the playoffs, Liu Xiu understood why Steve Kerr wanted O'Neal.

Even O'Neal at this age has a strong defensive role in the playoffs.

The biggest problem for the Suns in the Western Conference finals last season was the disadvantage of protecting the frame.

But Liu Xiu still can't understand that Steve Kerr can actually exchange the peak Marion for the 36-year-old O'Neal.

...

Back from the intermission, the combination of Liu Xiu, Lou Williams, Korver, Randolph, and Chris Anderson played.

Steady and steady play is not enough, the Trail Blazers have begun to change.

Although the Suns' style of play has changed, they still continue the 8-man rotation of D'Antoni's period. This time they sent a combination of Barbosa, Raja Bell, Kirisek, Brian Skinner, and O'Neal. .

The Suns are in good health. Some players outside of the 8-man main rotation only played less than 10 games in a season. The ones who played for a few minutes, the better ones only played a dozen or 10 games. The average playing time of just over [-] minutes per game every day is, to put it bluntly, almost useless.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Suns took the lead.

O'Neill received the ball and turned to push Randolph away, feinted a shot to avoid Birdman's supplementary defense, got up, and made a layup.

50 to 40, the Suns lead extended to 10 points!
In the transition between offense and defense, Liu Xiu received the serve and advanced quickly, while paying attention to the opponent's defensive position.

As in the first half, defending him, shrinking the basket, following Korver... He pushed the ball to the top arc and immediately threw the ball to the right. Reed caught the ball and singled Gordon Kilishek!

In the regular season this season, Liu Xiu became one of the players with the highest ball possession rate.

But it didn't really affect his style of play. He should give the ball, but he still chose to give it.

Maurice Cheeks dared to let him 'swipe' the data with confidence, taking this into consideration.

Facing Kirisek's defense, Lu Wei made a breakthrough and made a two-pointer!
The warden gave him the trust, and Lu Wei lived up to the trust!

In fact, the Suns' lineup, which can defend the rim, keep up with wing shooters, and limit Liu Xiu's shots through flanking, has reached its limit.

But in the first half, the mid-range and long-range shots from the wings were really bad. Blake, Ray Allen, and Hill tried to attack with the ball and they didn't play well.

Maurice Cheeks experimented with many lineups before finally deciding to give Reed a try.

This time it worked!
Reed took 6 shots in the third quarter and scored 6 points on 3 of 8 shots, breaking the embarrassment that the Blazers did not have a second stable ball-holding scoring point tonight.

刘秀拿到6分、科沃尔拿到4分、轮换上场的雷-阿伦拿到3分，内线们合力拿到4分，开拓者队在第三节单节拿到25分！
The Suns still did a good job on the basic offense. They scored 20 points in the positional battle, but they scored a few counterattacks in each quarter in the first half. There was not a single game in this quarter!

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers chased the score to 65 to 68, narrowing the point difference to 3 points.

The two teams returned to the same starting line. Although the Suns still led by 3 points, the Trail Blazers were chasing points fiercely.

In the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers took the lead, and Kwame Brown cut to the basket to catch the ball and scored two points.

McDyess excitedly gave Kwame Brown a high-five to celebrate, and the most difficult time has passed!
O'Neill turned around a lot slower just now!

O'Neal, who played 9 minutes in the third quarter, reappeared in the final quarter, without the excellent defense he played in the previous 27 minutes.

Nash was also aware of this. Facing Liu Xiu's defense, he chose singles and hit a mid-range shot with horseback archery to stabilize the situation and not give the Trail Blazers a chance to overtake the score by one goal.

Little Overlord saw Nash playing like this and understood the opponent's thinking. Next, he and Nash started infinite singles with one ball and one ball!

At the end of the quarter, O'Neill can hardly play any role except for the usual deterrence and eating cakes.

However, these two are really fierce. Nash made 7 of 4 shots in the last quarter, plus 3 of 3 free throws. to 5 points.

小霸王6投4中，外加3中2的罚球拿到10分。

With the teammates scoring 7 points on 2-of-4 shooting, both Fengzi and Xiaobawang scored in double figures, leading the team to score 25 points in a single quarter.

On the other side, the Trail Blazers, who have survived O'Neal's explosive period and the cold feeling stage, exploded!
刘秀3投3中，其中三分球1中1拿到7分，都是前4分钟的进球，后面的8分钟时间里他1分未得，但单节拿到4次助攻。

雷-阿伦末节终于投开了，单节三分球4投3中拿到9分、夸梅-布朗3投2中外加1中1的罚球拿到5分、加上兰多夫的2分、芦苇的3分、法外狂徒的2分……开拓者队末节拿到28分！
As Nash's singles mid-range shot was slapped by the outlaw lunatic, the final whistle sounded.

The Trail Blazers scored 28 to 25 in the final quarter, tied the Suns 93 to 93, and dragged the game into overtime!

If there was one more counterattack in the third quarter, if there was one more singles defense against the high school student in the third quarter, if O'Neal was one year younger and came to them... Seeing the technical table confirm that it was going to overtime, Nash felt a tightness in his chest!
刘秀16投10中，其中三分球4中2，外加8中7的罚球，拿到29分9板6助攻3抢断1盖帽3失误。

Guard the warden?

Nash thinks no, they just managed to reduce the number of Liu Xiu's shots. Liu Xiu's shots are very fast and accurate. It's the playoffs. Nash can feel the progress of Liu Xiu's passing. Last season, Liu Xiu's outstanding performance Accurate head + steady pass selection, and the turnover is controlled at a good level.

Now, Liu Xiu's passing selection is still very good, and his passing accuracy has also improved significantly compared to last season's Western Conference Finals!The error rate is thus reduced!

(End of this chapter)