Healing Basketball

   Chapter 29 29. Prefer male fans?

   "Jace, you're really on fire!" Travis Outlaw was as excited as if he was famous.

   "Cough, keep a low profile..." Liu Xiu said so, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help turning upwards.

  The game is about to start, Liu Xiu entered the stadium with his teammates, and saw that the more than 5,000 seats in the Pepsi Center in Salt Lake City were almost full!

   Originally, there were only a sparse group of people shouting 'Jess', and soon the voices of Liu Xiu came one after another.

  Liu Xiu knew that these people were not really his fans, and obviously many people followed suit.

   Based on the average ticket price of 10 dollars, if the ticket price is a little more expensive, there may not be so many curious people who follow along to watch the game.

   However, with so many people calling out his name, he still felt very honored.

  Although his personality has become more and more lazy, he will not slack off on the court.

   Of course he also wants to be a star!

  I like to play basketball, when my hobby becomes a career, and there is a rising trend... What a beautiful thing.

   He wants to be a big star, he wants to make a lot of money…

  After a rush of emotions, Liu Xiu calmed down and returned to normal.

   Looking at himself in the Rocky Mountain Summer League, he only had a first-class ability evaluation. It was completely cool and very calm.

   At 6:30 in the evening, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers started.

The Trail Blazers' starting center is Andre Dion, a jumping center from Westminster University, with a limit of more than 370 centimeters. He easily won the jump ball from the Lakers' Valley University center Jimmy Webber. .

   Liu Xiu received the ball and advanced, another wave of cheers sounded.

   A lot of female fans came to the scene, some of them were not fans, they were only interested in Liu Xiu, and the ticket price was cheap, so they came. Seeing Liu Xiu's skillful advancement... I cheered first.

   In fact, among the cheering fans, there are many male fans, but these people are really pure to join in the fun, some are called by their female companions, and when they join in the fun, some people look down on this kind of flamboyant athletes.

   But all came, and all the money was spent. It must be to watch the game.

Liu Xiu must be the protagonist tonight. Under everyone's attention... Liu Xiu passed the ball to Travis Outlaw who pulled the ball to the top arc, and then ran to the low post on the left side of the three-second zone without the ball. The college point guard of the Lakers wants the ball.

   The back play process was very smooth. Liu Xiu easily and strong eat, purely relying on strength, carried into the three-second zone, as close as possible to the basket before the supplementary defense was in place, and finally threw the ball out before the supplementary defense was in place, and easily made a layup.

   In the first round, Liu Xiu's singles were different from what many people expected and imagined.

Female fans are somewhat disappointed. Although most of the female fans are rushing in the face, if they really sit down and watch the ball, female fans prefer to watch the most explosive dunks, gorgeous breakthroughs, sharp fast breaks, fierce muscle collisions... This is Instinct yearning as a woman.

   However, there were some male fans who had looked down on Liu Xiu, who was relying on his face to eat, but at this time, he became interested.

  The offense and defense were converted, the Lakers attacked, and Luke Walton advanced to the frontcourt.

  Old Wharton is a center. Although he is white, he has first-class bounce and top-level explosiveness. Before the major injury, he completed the dunks on top insiders such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Moses-Malone, known as the red-haired monster.

   But Luke Walton is a point forward... If it weren't for the basically the same face, the old Walton would definitely be suspected of having grassland on the top of his head.

Luke Walton has poor athletic ability and poor personal offense, but he is very good at combing his offense, advancing the ball in time for the half court, and the 'all-round insider' Brian Cook, who was selected by the Lakers with the 24th overall pick in the first round, made a free throw One step inside the line to receive the ball, and then pass the bottom line, the Great Salt Lake Institute of Technology shooting guard Roel Lopez hit the ball and dropped.

   The Blazers coaching staff saw Luke Walton's ball, and their eyes lit up, thinking of Liu Xiu of their own team.

   From the point of view of the organization and attack alone, this is obviously a quick break from the opponent's unsteady position in the offense and defense transition outside the tactics. This son of Su's organization and attack ability is better than Liu Xiu...

   However, Maurice Cheeks doesn't think Luke Walton can match Liu Xiu at all.

   When the Trail Blazers attacked, Liu Xiu continued to go low... or back! The Lakers guard is Utah State University's small guard Tom Persson, a point guard of 183 cm and 81 kg, who can't handle it at all.

   The Lakers attacked faster, the center quickly attacked, Liu Xiu didn't get stronger, and seized the opportunity to score the ball... lob!

  The ball was thrown to the other side of the basket by Liu Xiu, and Andre Gion, who was slender and had the best jumping height, jumped high and smashed the ball into the basket!

  Randolph's excellent low-post rhythm of back-playing and passing inside, this, when Liu Xiu's back-playing practice is close to a good level, it will come naturally.

   These two goals, the female fans felt that Liu Xiu's game was not the same as what they expected, and there was a loss in this aspect.

However, most of the people came to see the face. The big screen behind the technical desk showed a close-up of Liu Xiu who just sent an assist... Watching the picture of Liu Xiu and Andre Gion high-five with their heads tilted and looking up... Continue to cheer !

  The 'expectation' of the male fans has also failed, but it is not lost. Some people don't care, but there are also many male fans who are pleasantly surprised!

  Technical flow control guard!

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  There is a chain of contempt in the fandom.

   Favorite star, who has the trinity of physical fitness, technology, and ball intelligence, has the most sense of superiority. If you can also integrate offense and defense, then the sense of superiority will reach the extreme.

  A man of pure physical fitness. If a fan says he likes such a player, it will be regarded as a joke.

  Beyond the contempt chain, there is one type of player who is very detached - technical flow!

   This technical stream is not equivalent to 'attacking the kaleidoscope'.

   But there are limited conditions - technical players who are not very athletic, have high IQ and good skills, preferably some difficult skills.

Players like    will give supporters an inexplicable sense of pride and high-level.

   Post-up singles is undoubtedly a very difficult technique.

   At the beginning, Liu Xiu surprised some fans, but the surprise just came suddenly.

After   , Liu Xiu fell to the low position 5 times in the first quarter to attack, 3 times in the second quarter, and 4 times in the third quarter. He played for 23 minutes in the three quarters, and a total of 12 times in the low position to attack.

12 low-post offenses, 6 field goals, 4-for-6, 14 points plus other points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, 2 of which came from post-up offenses of.

   Liu Xiu practiced all the low-post skills he learned from Randolph without hesitation in these 12 low-post offenses.

   Strong eating, footsteps, turns, low back pass, inside pass, lob, outside line... Randolph's low post skills are not superb, he is only at an excellent level now, but his basic skills are comprehensive! When you learn the basics, you have a good foundation... Liu Xiu also has these advantages!

   When Liu Xiu showed his already excellent low-post skills, the fans who were surprised and engrossed in watching the game began to really pay attention to Liu Xiu as a player.

   However, although Liu Xiu used him as the starting point to launch tactical attacks more than a dozen times, he spent more time doing what he was good at - combing the attacks within the tactics.

   Travis Outlaw, Matt Carroll, there are tactics around them too.

The coaching staff doesn't care about the outcome of the game. If the players want to win, they have to play good tactics, throw the ball, and defend well on the court. If they have the ability to adjust themselves on the court, they will win the game. The probability will be higher.

The Trail Blazers’ tactics have priorities. No matter whether the back is good or not, as long as Liu Xiu has the most physical strength and comes back from a rest, they will attack Liu Xiu’s back. Travis Outlaw The main attack ranked second, Matt Carroll was third, and other tactics also revolved around the ability to exercise certain aspects of the three people.

  The Lakers are similar, around Luke Walton's organization offense, around Brian Cook's comprehensive skills...

  The strength of the role players of the two teams is the first-class level of the NCAA, and the characteristics of the players revolve around the selection of several rookies... Based on this, the strength gap between the two teams is quite obvious.

   The Blazers are far better than the Lakers!

With Liu Xiu's 14 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Travis Outlaw's 21 points, and Andre Dieng's 15 points, the Trail Blazers led the Lakers 77-60 by 17 points in the third quarter. Check in to get off work.

   In the end, the Trail Blazers beat the Lakers 99-88 and won the first Rocky Mountain Summer League victory!

   After a game, the situation is not the same as Liu Xiu imagined...

   After the game, Liu Xiu said to the two teammates: "Matt, Travis, I suddenly found that the three of us can play very well! Maybe we can rush to the rankings?"

   "It's all up to you, Jayce, when we play team tactics, our performance is a little bit worse than the Lakers, but every time you hit the low post and attack, you can take advantage!"

  Travis Outlaw is very excited tonight to finally become the team's scoring leader!

   "Yes, this is the change I brought, you just got lucky and followed me to score." Liu Xiu poured cold water decisively.

   Travis Outlaw was stunned for a while, and after a pause, he said with a wry smile: "Jace, I know, can't you make me happy for a few minutes and then remind me?"

   This time, it was Liu Xiu's turn to have an accident, but he didn't say anything, just smiled and walked to the player tunnel.

   Travis Outlaw scored 21 points in the first three quarters tonight, 7 points in the final quarter, and a game-high 28 points in a single game. He was interviewed after the game as the MVP of this game.

  Liu Xiu's data is really not outstanding, and the media don't care about his performance, they just want to make black material... Of course, he doesn't care about it now, his attention is all on the system prompts in the game.

  From the beginning of the game, after forming a competitive relationship with the Lakers summer league team, Liu Xiu began to receive healing points from Lakers players.

  In the beginning, when the female fans cheered the most enthusiastically, every time the cheers appeared, Liu Xiu could see the healing value increasing.

However, in the middle of the game, in the second and third quarters, most of the female fans really couldn't appreciate his style of play, and after the cheers decreased, the fewer male fans cheered and the applause became more enthusiastic. , At this time, the Lakers players seem to get more stimulation, and the healing value given is generally a few points higher!

   After returning to the locker room, Liu Xiu was doing physiotherapy, looking at the prompts for the increase in healing value, and thinking... He came to a conclusion that he felt incredible but seemed to be fine - 'Basketball players pay more attention to male fans? ’

   (end of this chapter)