Healing Basketball

   Chapter 582 582. I have never lost against this opponent (5800 words)

   Very skilled triangle offense!

   Liu Xiu suddenly thought of Kobe, Wang Zhizhi, and Butler's three-man teamwork. Although the power was not as strong as Kobe's, the three-man teamwork was much more skilled than that of the Lakers.

   In fact, replacing Wang Zhizhi with Odom, Liu Xiu thinks that the coordination may be better than the three Wizards, but Odom does not play the triangle offense most of the time. I heard that he often gets distracted when playing the triangle offense.

   Liu Xiu glanced at Eddie Jordan on the sidelines when he received the serve.

   The triangular attack of this Zen master's iron fan is quite good!

   Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt and started a pick-and-roll attack with Kwame Brown.

Jarvis Hayes and Haywood flanked Liu Xiu, who broke through, Liu Xiu scored Kwame Brown, Kwame Brown received the ball from the left sideline in the three-second zone, and was blocked by the retracted Jamison, Kwame -Brown then passed to Raheem on the bottom line on the right, Raheem took a step forward to receive the ball and hit a close-range jumper!

  The Trail Blazers, as the defending champions, visited the White House after visiting the Wizards, and they were broadcast live across the United States as usual.

T.N.T Sports is one of the live TV stations in North America. Barkley madly complained about the Wizards' defense, and actually allowed Kwame Brown to complete the ball in the low post. Jamison has the courage to fight against Kwame Brown. Post it, there is a high probability of making a Kwame-Brown error.

On the live broadcast of the court sports channel, Zhang Weiping began to praise Zen master's time again, saying that the offense of the Wizards had the feeling of a triangle offense coached by Zen master, but the defense was far behind the team coached by Zen master. By the way, he felt that others could not notice it. At the time, he praised Kobe a few times, and finally called himself a fan of Zen masters.

   Offensive and defensive transition, it was the Wizards’ turn to attack, Arenas made a high throw to the basket and hit the rebound, fast and accurate!

   "The triangle offense? I don't know, anyway, I know that in the triangle offense, as long as the ball is in my hand, I should play alone, and if I attract the inside or flank, I should pass the ball."

   "But I didn't see you pass the ball."

   "Oh...I just wanted to try to see if I could throw in when a flanking attack came. I found that I could, so I didn't want to pass."

Liu Xiu remembered the conversation in Kobe’s training camp when the Lakers just announced the return of Zen Master. After training, Anthony ran to ask Kobe what was the triangle offense. I don’t know what this pair of Anthony averaged 30+ per game this year. Does the score help?

   Anyway, Arenas in front of him really executed the triangle offense well, not Kobe's 'trial version', but the 'should version' that Kobe said.

   And Arenas is in great shape tonight!

  Comprehensive scoring ability, Arenas is not as good as Kobe Bryant, even if he has an offensive rating of 96, in Liu Xiu's opinion, it is one level worse than this year's Kobe Bryant.

   But Arenas is more willing to accept tactical arrangements than Kobe, and his teammates are better than Kobe!

   After the opening two rounds, Liu Xiu clearly judged that they could not defend the Wizards, an offensive team ranked second in the league in scoring per game.

  Since he couldn't defend, Liu Xiu immediately made strategic adjustments and attacked the bomb!

   Liu Xiu started a pick-and-roll strategy.

  It is not difficult for Jarvis Hayes to play singles, but in the pick-and-roll offense, he can call Haywood out and have better opportunities to work inside.

   After playing the pick-and-roll attack by himself, Liu Xiu understood why James and Wade, the two strongest breakthrough players in the league, actually ran to the pick-and-roll instead of taking turns to break through after joining together. It was indeed a good way to create medium and close space.

   Payton rested tonight. After 9 minutes of playing in the first quarter, Ray Allen was replaced by Momo, Liu Xiu started the auxiliary control play, and ran to respond to shots or setters.

   In the first quarter, Liu Xiu played fully, made 3 of 6 shots, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 9 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, and performed very well.

  Ray Allen scored 9 points in 9 minutes with an efficient performance of 3 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws.

With 16 points from other teammates, the Blazers scored 34 points in the first quarter.

However, on the other hand, Arenas made 3 of 5 shots, including 1 of 3-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored 12 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in a single quarter, plus Peja and 6 points with 7 points and 1 assist. Jamison, who had 2 assists, came off the bench to respond to Antonio Daniels, who scored 4 of 6 shots and scored 9 points... The Wizards scored 41 points in a single quarter in the first quarter!

  41 to 34, the Wizards took a 7-point lead in the first quarter of the confrontation!

   After the inter-season break, Liu Xiu was replaced and rested for a while, and the combination of Momonga, Ray Allen, Stevenson, Raheem, and McDyess was replaced by Maurice Cheeks.

  Maurice-Cheeks did not panic because the opponent scored 41 points in the first quarter. He had a moderate rotation and was calm and patient.

The Trail Blazers’ steady and steady strategy has enabled them to continue their offensive stability. Liu Xiu played on the court after a half-quarter break, and scored 3 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in the half quarter, helping the team to win in more than 5 minutes. With 14 points, in the first half of the quarter, Mumbai Mouse and Raheem led the team, and Ray Allen scored 16 points in the first half. The Trail Blazers scored 30 points in a single quarter and continued to perform wildly.

   But the second quarter for the Wizards wasn't as good.

As expected by the Blazers coaching staff, the Wizards fought too hard in the first quarter. They were weak in the second quarter and only scored 25 points, which is not bad from a direct look, but compared with 41 points in the first quarter, it was called Slipping off a cliff.

   After halftime, the Trail Blazers chased the score to 64-66, and the difference was reduced to two points!

   By the third quarter, the strength gap is coming!

   Liu Xiu ushered in the highlight moment of this game.

   In this section, he mainly played without the ball. Maurice Cheeks stared at Ray Allen when he found out that the opponent had the ball without the ball, and couldn't control others.

Therefore, in the third quarter, Liu Xiu was restrained by Ray Allen, passed by Momoko, Blake, Raheem, Stevenson, etc., with the help of McDyess or Kwame Brown's pick-and-roll...etc. , 5 of 6 shots in a single quarter, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, 14 points in a single quarter, and two setter assists!

   Relying on Liu Xiu's 14 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal, the Trail Blazers scored 32 points in the third quarter!

   And the Trail Blazers soared in the third quarter. In addition to the good teamwork and Liu Xiu's efficient 14 points in a single quarter, there were many counterattacks!

   Liu Xiu's exaggerated 5-for-6 shooting rate has a lot to do with how many counterattacks are there.

  There are many counterattacks, which means the Wizards are shooting irons.

In this quarter, Arenas scored 8 points and 2 assists in 9 minutes in a single quarter, but he only made 1 of 5 shots from the field, and only scored 8 points with 6 of 6 free throws. Under his leadership, the Wizards The team only scored 21 points in the third quarter!

   After three quarters, the Trail Blazers overtook the Wizards 96-87 and entered the final quarter!

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   12 points in the first quarter, 10 points in the second quarter, and 8 points in the third quarter. Arenas' scores in the first three quarters of this game showed a decreasing trend, and the hit rate was the same, getting worse and worse.

  Although he scored 30 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in the three quarters, his shooting percentage has fallen below 40%, and his shooting performance in the first three quarters was 8 of 21 shots.

   Liu Xiu, on the other hand, scored 26 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks in three quarters. He made 9 of 13 shots, including 3 of 4 three-pointers and 5 of 5. The efficiency is amazing!

   There was a topic before the game. Although Liu Xiu didn't score much this year, can Liu Xiu be able to beat the Wizards, a bad defensive team?

   Entering the inter-season break, seeing Liu Xiu who returned to the bench to celebrate with Randolph on the sidelines, Arenas went wild at the end!

However, it wasn't defense that he ran wild. He accepted the fact that he couldn't defend his opponent. He was angry at the media and fans who said that Liu Xiu could beat them up, but he didn't think about changing the fact that he couldn't defend. Is ready to come back on the offensive end! Confrontation with Liu Xiu!

Liu Xiu scored 14 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, Arenas made 7 of 9 shots in the final quarter, made no three-pointers, and made no free throws. Relying on a crazy pull-up jumper, he scored 14 points in a single quarter. The shooting performance in this game became 15 of 30 shots, and a 44 points in a single game.

   But Arenas made 7 of 9 shots in the final quarter, and his teammates combined to only 3 of 14 shots. He scored 14 points alone, and his teammates combined only scored 10 points.

  Yes, this is the distal defensive strategy of the Trail Blazers led by Liu Xiu - Jordan Law!

The Wizards have the ability to score points with the Suns. It's not the credit of Arenas alone. It is true that his key ball is the key for the Wizards to beat the Suns, but the powerful triangle offense is what the Wizards lack. Larry Hughes, a breakthrough master + a defense leader, is the key to being in the ranks of the strong team.

   Arenas was cut off from his teammates. It seemed that his teammates shot as many as 14 times, but in fact, most of them were players who took the pot or were not good at singles and were forced to shoot singles, and only scored 24 points in the final quarter.

The Blazers played 9 minutes by Liu Xiu and felt 2 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Ray Allen's 7 points, Kwame Brown's 6 points and 4 rebounds, Raheem's 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist... Steady play scored 27 points in a single quarter.

In the end, relying on Liu Xiu to play 39 minutes to get 28 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, Ray Allen's 26 points, Kwame Brown 15 points and 15 rebounds, Rahim 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists , Momonga 8 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists... The Blazers reversed the Wizards 123-111, avoiding a losing streak and improving their record to 15 wins and 3 losses!

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   This game is great!

   The final whistle sounded, and Liu Xiu was shaking her fist towards the sky frantically. The last bit of unhappiness from the loss the day before yesterday was swept away with this reversal.

   Sure enough, when I was in a bad mood, I played a game with the NBA's gun king's team, and my mood immediately improved.

   In the past two years, I have played against Arenas for the 7th time, and I have never lost!

   No matter how good or bad the team is, no matter how hard Arenas struggles in the middle of the game, he can always win, and even luck is always on his side.

   Just like the two off-ball moves in the third quarter to respond to three-pointers, both triggered the ‘markers’, and they all made the shot, laying the foundation for a crushing game in the third quarter.

   There is never a win-win situation in the competitive sports arena.

  Some people are happy, and naturally some people are sad.

   15 of 30 shots, Cyclonus made 44 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals, Arenas was about to kneel down, he was like this, he still lost!

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During the trip to Washington, I went to the Internet celebrity attraction, the White House, and won a hearty offensive battle. Liu Xiu adjusted his mood. On December 8, he took the 'Rose Bay Prison' with his teammates. We flew back to the west together and came to Phoenix.

I wanted to ask Nash for some questions, but after reading the Suns schedule, I found that Nash had just played 3 consecutive games and returned to Phoenix. Liu Xiu didn't bother Nash, and the older generation players had to visit and make an appointment in advance. etiquette.

   It was after 11 o'clock in the evening, just past the time of the sage, and Nash, who was lying on the bed in a daze and was about to fall asleep, was woken up by the sound of the phone. When he learned that Liu Xiu had a question to ask for advice, he scolded directly.

   He came home at noon today, and he had nothing to do all afternoon, and nothing to do after dinner. Liu Xiu didn't go to his house to ask for advice in person, nor did he make a phone call, so he actually made a phone call at this time!

However, Liu Xiu was scolded and did not retaliate. Instead, he told the reason why he called so late. He was worried that Nash was too tired during the day, called after dinner, and worried that Nash would accompany his family, so he waited until Nash was done with everything. , I made this call only after the possible activities to explore the origin of life had been completed.

  Nash is so crazy!

   This guy is really polite when he is polite!

   Is this chatting and chatting, or is it his fault that he was woken up at 11:00 in the middle of the night?

   The key is that he found out that he actually had a feeling of guilt!

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   Crazy went crazy, Nash still helped Liu Xiu to answer some basketball technical questions recently discovered, because he found that Liu Xiu really found a lot of problems.

  Men are good teachers.

   Moreover, it is very honorable in Nash's opinion that a genius of Liu Xiu's level asks him to learn.

   Liu Xiu asks for advice everywhere, as long as there is no particularly big grievance, the other party will point out two moves, which is for this reason.

  The thing that Baron Davis hates Liu Xiu the most is that Liu Xiu didn't ask him to change his direction and break through in front of him.

Speaking of which, it has nothing to do with Balon Davis himself, but Liu Xiu Kebi's breakthrough was to seek advice, and what he learned from him was 'learning after two visits', which seemed to be how easy his breakthrough was to learn. Yes, the fact is that his forward body change is no less difficult than Kobe's rhythm breakthrough.

  People are polite, talented, and have really accumulated a lot of questions about the pick-and-roll offense to ask for advice. Nash insisted on being sleepy and answered questions until more than one o'clock in the morning...

   The next day, December 9th, at 7:40 pm, West American Arena, the Trail Blazers and the Suns entered the stadium one after another.

   Looking at the relaxed and still warden, and at the radiant Son of the Wind, Nash and Liu Xiu raised their middle fingers to each other in tacit understanding - "The trick of staying up late really can't deal with this guy."

   "Phoenix Suns, 12 wins and 7 losses, 106.9 points per game (1st in the league), 104 points per game allowed (27th in the league), 25.1 assists per game, 20.1 assists per game limit..."

   Liu Xiu looked at the recent record and average data of the Suns on the system screen, and lamented that Nash is Nash.

   After a dismal start, the Suns' average points per game continued to rise and their average points per game also declined. After November, they returned to the league's No. 1 offensive team, pulling the Wizards and Raptors down.

The    win rate has also returned to a winning rate that can hit 50 wins, which is due to Nash.

"Steve Nash, 31 years old, 191 cm, 87 kg, PG, ability rating 96, offense 95, defense 66, passing 100...Averaged 19 points, 4 rebounds, 11.3 assists, 1 steal...52% shooting, 3 44.3 percent from the point and 91.7 percent from the free-throw line…”

   Under Nash's leadership, the unique-looking man also played his best performance of his career.

"Sean Marion, 27 years old, 201 cm, 103 kg, PF/SF, ability rating 90 (peak), 85 offense, 92 defense...22 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1.9 blocks per game...53 shooting percentage %, 38.7% 3-point shooting…”

   No matter how you look at it, Liu Xiu feels that hackers shouldn't print such data.

It can be 20+ or ​​10+ per game, and both can be combined, but the 53% shooting percentage seems to be the same as the league statistics error for such a player with a single ball-handling and offensive ability. In the 03-04 season, Before Nash came, for most of the season after Marbury left, Marion's shooting percentage was only 41%. Counting the 40 or so games he played with Marbury, the shooting percentage was only 44%.

   It's not that Marion has improved much compared to last season. Marion has reached the ceiling of his talent, and he was really milked by Nash.

   But thinking about it in reverse, you can see how much Nash relied on Marion after losing the bully, and Marion did not live up to Nash's trust.

   Liu Xiu took his attention away from the two and glanced at the other Suns players.

The combination of Son of the Wind + Bully is really miserable, Dior, Kurt Thomas, Tim Thomas, Raja Bell, James Jones, Jim Jackson, Eddie House, Barbosa, Brian Grant, And Marion, Jr. Colangelo used all his contacts in the summer to get back such a lineup with a strong core, enough depth, and poor defense. Even Kurt Thomas spent money to get it back, but the bully was reimbursed !

   This led to the resignation of last season's best manager, Brian Colangelo. His record at the beginning of the season was too bad, and he couldn't last. It didn't take long for him to resign, and his record started to pick up.

   But Colangelo, who has such a wide network of contacts, has no shortage of jobs. As soon as he left the Suns, he received an invitation from the Raptors. He was shocked and went to the north to build a team around Bosh and Milicic.

   After entering the arena, Liu Xiu and Nash chatted a few times. They chatted enough last night, and there was really nothing to chat about today. After two harsh words, they returned to the bench to prepare for the game.

   At 8 p.m., the Trail Blazers' away game against the Suns started.

  Kwame Brown beat Marion to win the jump ball and the Trail Blazers took the lead.

   Blazers starting: Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, extrajudicial fanatics, Raheem, Kwame Brown.

  Suns starting: Nash, Laga Bell, Boris Diaw, Marion, Kurt Thomas.

  Liu Xiu received the ball and quickly pushed forward to find a fast break opportunity. In the end, the fast break failed. He suddenly changed the rhythm and started a positional attack slowly.

  Although I knew this, scouting reports and videos also proved this, but Liu Xiu was still surprised to see it with his own eyes.

   The basic defense of the Suns is OK!

   Laga Bell, Marion, and Kurt Thomas, the three built a very good formation, taking advantage of Nash's speed and Diao's daring to confront the inside line.

   When waiting for his teammates to take positions, Liu Xiu clearly saw the opponent's defense on the passing and receiving lines.

   This must have nothing to do with D'Antoni. Liu Xiu thought of the coach who looked smarter when he was an assistant than when he was a head coach - Alvin Gentry.

   Liu Xiu quickly analyzed the opponent's rather surprising defense, quickly focused his attention, and nimbly fiddled with the ball with his fingertips, avoiding Laga Bell's suddenly outstretched hand without being stolen.

   The ball-handling feeling against the Suns was fantastic.

  “…

Steve Nash, the overall matching degree is 85%, characteristic transformation talent: technical flow (full blood), bonus effect: 1. The ball feel is greatly improved, 2. When the host uses the outside player technology, it is easier to find the rhythm, 3 . There is a certain probability of singles shooting into a hot state. "

   The opponent Liu Xiu copied tonight was Nash, and his teammates chose Ray Allen this time.

  Raja Bell tried to steal the sneak attack and failed, and then pressed towards Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu quickly switched the ball to his left hand, turned left and leaned against Raja Bell with his right shoulder, then continued to turn left, this time with bigger steps, bypassing Kwame Brown who was blocking Raja Bell's left. , Laga Bell tried to use pressure defense to restrict Liu Xiu from playing pick-and-rolls, and failed!

Liu Xiu bypassed Kwame Brown and rushed forward. The defended Kurt Thomas was excellent at preventing pick-and-rolls, but he did not expect Liu Xiu to come in like this. He was caught off guard and failed to occupy Liu Xiu's breakthrough space. , unable to create flanking opportunities for Raja Bell.

   Kurt Thomas didn't give up his defense, and actively pressed against Liu Xiu, but his expectations fell through. Liu Xiu steadily held up his pressing defense and went straight to the basket!

   Liu Xiu hits a layup against Kurt Thomas!

   This ball feel, this rhythm, comfortable! Liu Xiugang was about to blow his palms arrogantly. As soon as his hands were raised to the height of his chest, he hurriedly threw them down, turned around and ran wildly, quickly retreating from the defense.

   He just scored a goal, but he didn't have time to celebrate. Marion, who recovered to make up for the unsuccessful defense, directly picked up the ball to serve, and Nash advanced quickly!

   Nash quickly advanced to the frontcourt, the Trail Blazers retreated in time, and there was no obvious loophole in the retreat, but Nash still found the offensive line and sent a long pass.

Nash's pass tore the Blazers' defense like a scalpel, and sent the ball to Diaw, who turned around the extrajudicial madman and came to the middle of the three-second zone. Diaw received the ball and made a setter, and Marion left. Run back and cut, catch and throw!

   (end of this chapter)