Healing Basketball

   Chapter 508 508. The strongest finals debut

Offensive and defensive transition, Payton advanced to the front court and passed the ball to Randolph. Randolph turned from the low position on the right side of the three-second zone and walked to the bottom line to enter the basket. McDyess on the bottom line on the left side of the ball, Kidd made it in place immediately, McDyess made another pass, Liu Xiu came to the free throw line to catch the ball with Payton's screen, McGrady defended very hard, and caught up with the pile!

   Liu Xiu, who received the ball, turned his body to face the basket and took off!

   McGrady came up to defend, Liu Xiu was ready to back up when he took off, and successfully avoided McGrady's block and threw the ball out... It's a pity that the strength is small, and he hit the front of the basket, but! The referee's whistle sounded, McGrady violated Liu Xiu's shooting cylinder and fouled Liu Xiu's shooting!

McGrady heard the whistle and thought it was an offensive foul by Liu Xiu. When Liu Xiu got two free throws, he yelled at the referee: "He kicked me! He kicked me! He kicked me and you. Call me a foul?"

   The referee's whistle was actually half a beat too late. He didn't expect this action, and explained: "Fuck, what I saw was that you hit his raised leg and ruined his shot."

  “…”

   McGrady recalled the scene just now, and it really seemed that he bumped Liu Xiu into a stumble.

   However, watching Liu Xiu walking to the free-throw line, McGrady recalled the posture of Liu Xiu’s stepback jumper and his feet stretched forward just now.

  You call that thing a shooting cylinder?

  伱A point guard, no matter how strong you are, can your cylinder be wider than O'Neal?

  Liu Xiu made two free throws and felt good. It's a pity that he didn't make it just now. McGrady has a big advantage in height and wingspan.

   When he retreated, he had already figured it out. Next time, if he faced McGrady with a fallback jumper, how much force should he use at such a fallback angle.

   After the second round, it took a few days to master the independent movements of the golden rooster, and it was not in vain! Although he didn't use it when he was playing against the Spurs, because the Spurs defended so well and targeted his defense very well, he didn't have the chance to play the basic skills that he didn't meet the qualification level of this move.

But he didn't have any hope for this move from the beginning. When he practiced the action, he thought that it would be enough to make it smoothly if the shooting action was needed in a specific situation... No, this time I will earn !

  The Nets attacked, McGrady came to the front court with murderous intent, and when he saw the despicable warden following Richard Jefferson, he immediately waved for the ball.

  Keep attacking!

   With the defense from the previous round, the Blazers have more experience on defense this time.

   When McGrady came to close range, the Blazers successfully cut off McGrady and his teammates again!

   The opportunity to pass and catch the ball is in the blink of an eye. After missing a good opportunity to pass the ball, McGrady can only cast by himself.

   This time, Liu Xiu's flank blocking was very stable, McGrady suffered a lot of interference in taking off, and the shot was short!

  Randolph retracted and grabbed the defensive rebound and passed it to Payton. Liu Xiu rushed forward a few steps and then slowed down. Payton did not continue to counterattack, but suppressed the rhythm and pushed forward.

  The Nets gave up offensive rebounds due to Liu Xiu's counterattack deterrence! When McGrady threw the ball out, the rest of the Nets retreated directly!

Richard Jefferson, Clifford Robinson, and Mourning are all good offensive rebounders, especially Mourning, who averages 6.9 rebounds per game, of which 2.7 are offensive rebounds and 2.7 offensive rebounds per 25 minutes , the efficiency is slightly higher than that of Randolph.

   Therefore, Liu Xiu is not discouraged. Although his counterattack score is greatly limited, their team's defense has been greatly enhanced!

   fell into a positional battle, the ball was handed over to Randolph, Randolph stormed the basket from close range, Mourning did not make it up, Randolph forced Clifford-Robinson to score two points.

  Randolph's rough play won the fans cheering, 66 to 63, the Blazers regained a 3-point lead.

   Back in the backcourt, seeing the impatience on Maddie's face at the top, the butcher was really convinced by the warden's judgment!

   Their defense really works! McGrady's ability to lead the team is really not that good.

   also often has a pair of dead fish eyes, but in terms of psychological quality, Maddie can't keep up with the warden!

  The attack is blocked for several rounds in a row. Change their warden, change the style of play immediately, and solve the problem with your teammates.

   But McGrady did not rely on Kidd, who was much stronger than him. The two-time scoring champion continued to choose to attack!

   After three possessions of effective defense, the Blazers players who had a good tacit understanding did a better defense.

   Cut off the connection between McGrady and his teammates and increase the difficulty of McGrady's shooting... At this stage, McGrady can still rely on his personal ability, have a certain scoring efficiency, and occasionally have opportunities for scoring.

   But after 4 minutes in the third quarter, after the Trail Blazers brought out the frontcourt trio of Outlaws, Kwame Brown, and McDyess, McGrady entered a bloodshed stage!

The third quarter entered the official timeout at 6 minutes and 26 seconds. The Trail Blazers led the Nets by two points 74-72. At this time, the Nets could still hold on, and the Trail Blazers scored 14 points in 6 and a half minutes. The Nets also scored 11 points during this period, biting the situation.

But in the second half of the third quarter, the Nets hit more iron, mainly because McGrady hit more iron, and the scoring was not good. To 9 points, the team's efficiency collapsed with McGrady's efficiency!

  When the Nets strike more times, Liu Xiu has more opportunities to counterattack!

   The Nets attach great importance to retreating defenses, but there are always times when the defenses are not retreated in time. The number of strikes is high, and the number of times the defenses are not retreated in time will also increase. Liu Xiu scored 4 points and 1 assist by counterattacking in the second half of the third quarter!

Although the Trail Blazers defended the Nets' positional attack in the second half of the third quarter, the frontcourt trio of the extrajudicial fanatics, Kwame Brown and McDyess had an unpredictable offensive ability. It is known that the offensive performance of positional warfare is actually slightly worse than that of the Nets.

   But relying on Liu Xiu's counterattack, the Blazers scored another 14 points in 5 minutes and 34 seconds after the third quarter!

   Relying on this wave of 14-9, the Blazers led the Nets 88-81 by 7 points and entered the final quarter!

  …

   4 of 7 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, Liu Xiu seized the advantage of counterattack and will not let go.

   This is not only his will, but also the arrangement of the coaching staff.

   A series, a very powerful but simple way of scoring, will definitely be conquered by the opponent.

  Defensive counterattack is a way of scoring that is very powerful but easy to be restricted by a strong defensive team.

   After that, it's not that Liu Xiu can't fight back like this, but the chances will definitely decrease.

   Especially the opponent is Kidd, the seasoned veteran of the finals.

With 30 points, 30 points, and 28 points, the Blazers relied on Liu Xiu's counter-attack to maintain super offensive continuity in the first three quarters. He also played a very good personal performance by relying on the counter-attack. He made 10 of 18 shots in the three quarters. 27 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists on 7 of 9 free throws!

The opposite McGrady scored 22 points and 6 assists on 8 of 14 shots in the first half. At halftime, the TV commentator commented on McGrady's performance and beat everyone on the Trail Blazers.

   But after the three quarters, although McGrady's data increased to 34 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, which was more brutal, the evaluation was a decline in performance!

   In the third quarter, McGrady made only 4 of 11 shots, and his shooting performance became 12 of 25 shots, and the shooting rate fell below 50%.

   Liu Xiu's evaluation is already higher than Maddie!

   For the Nets, the most terrifying thing is not that McGrady's state slipped in the third quarter, but the tendency of this slippery **** to seem irreversible, and this is the reality.

   At the end of the quarter, McGrady's iron was louder than the third quarter!

McGrady even hit two irons when he came up. Although he was not counterattacked by Liu Xiu, Randolph scored 4 points in a row and played a wave of 4-0, helping the team to tie the score to 92-81. 11 points!

This made the Nets players unable to hold back. Richard Jefferson, Juwan Howard, and Jason Collins did not have the patience to continue to implement Kidd's quick defense strategy in the next time. Instead, actively rush to grab the offensive rebound.

   Active scramble is not a bad thing, but it's not suitable for the Nets tonight!

   Liu Xiu responded, Randolph and McDyess worked hard to get into position, Liu Xiu grabbed the board and pushed back!

   By this time, it is no longer necessary to increase the speed to 99, and he can also counterattack smoothly. The talent of 'Moonga' is enough to pull the speed beyond the top.

   Liu Xiu rushed up in the last quarter!

   By this time, Maddie already knew he screwed up.

   However, you can't lose face! He doesn't want to admit he's wrong!

Moreover, he is very confident in himself. He still expects that he can overturn the Blazers with an explosion of touch, but unfortunately, he only scored two goals in 7 shots in the last quarter, and he did not get free throws. He only scored 10 minutes after playing. 5 points!

   The rest of the Nets played very hard, and Kidd also reduced the number of times he gave the ball to McGrady, but it was impossible to change his style of play temporarily.

The game reached 10 minutes and 10 seconds into the fourth quarter. Randolph missed a shot from the bottom line on the right side. Liu Xiu jumped up at the basket, grabbed the ball before Mourning, and hit a tip. The fans who had been waiting for a long time broke out. Cheers and screams from the air vents.

This time, Liu Xiu's single-quarter data increased to 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. The Trail Blazers scored 30 points in a single quarter. They have played the Nets 30-18 in the last quarter, and the score has reached 118. Than 99, the lead came to 19 points!

   In less than two minutes, with a score difference of 19 points, even Kidd, who has experienced countless blows, has a mental explosion.

   At first, Kidd thought about letting Tracy McGrady give it a try. It would be nice if he could really win the game. Otherwise, it would be a good thing to use this game to let Tracy McGrady know what the finals are.

But I really want to lose, especially when I really turned the situation around at the beginning and felt that I was going to win tonight, I was finally beaten by the opponent with 58 points in the half and only 38 points in my own half. ... Who can stand this situation?

   In the last two minutes, Kidd threw three three-pointers against Payton’s defense, and even scored two. In the last 110 seconds, he beat the Blazers with a wave of 6-2… but it didn’t work.

   At 10:27 p.m., the final whistle sounded.

Kidd scored 19 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, McGrady scored 39 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks on 14 of 32 shots, Richard Jefferson had 11 points and 4 rebounds, and the Nets scored three points. pair.

  Although Liu Xiu didn't score in the last 110 seconds and only got 1 rebound, he relied on the tip-up in front of him and scored more than Tracy McGrady, and his debut in the finals was 40+ in a single game! Led the Blazers to a 120-105 victory over the Nets, leading 1-0!

   After the final whistle sounded, McGrady looked at Liu Xiu's data on the big screen, he was going crazy!

   15 of 26 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 10 of 12 free throws, scored 41 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals, Liu Xiu's first show in the finals 40+ triple-double!

   (end of this chapter)