Healing Basketball

   Chapter 604 604. Dallas Limited Devil's Home

When the task of   'Recapture the Lost' came, Liu Xiu was not surprised.

   If there is no such task in front, he will not be surprised if he comes directly to the task of 'opening up a new track'.

   But they all trigger, which is really a bit unexpected.

   But these two tasks are not in conflict...

   On the afternoon of the second day, Liu Xiu followed the team away from Portland, followed by three consecutive visitors from the Southwest Division. The terrible schedule is coming!

  The first stop, the Blazers came to Dallas.

After    arrived at the hotel, Stevenson and the extrajudicial fanatics rushed to help Liu Xiu drag the luggage to the room.

  Randolph complained to Liu Xiu: "The team is really, why should the high school student go to the Development League? This way I don't even have a rookie to call."

  Liu Xiu pouted towards the elevator: "Isn't Kwame listening to you very much? It's enough to ask him."

   "Good idea... Forget it, he is a Mesozoic player like me, and he needs to save face." Randolph waved his hand depressedly.

  Liu Xiu joked: "I really can't see that you are still a gentle butcher."

  Randolph rolled his eyes and changed the subject: "Warden, is our goal now to surpass the Pistons?"

  Liu Xiu nodded and replied: "Yes, our small goal now is to get 16 consecutive victories."

   With a heart as big as Randolph, the corners of his mouth could not stop twitching: "Is 16 consecutive victories a small goal?"

  …

After    came to the room, Liu Xiu took a short rest. Like when he came to Dallas before, he set off at 4 pm to the agreed park.

   As soon as he arrived at the familiar area, a soft exchange came from above Liu Xiu's head: "The warden..."

   Liu Xiu turned his head and saw a tall man with two hamburgers... Looking up, it was the King of Silver Horns.

The King of Silver Horn asked in confusion: "Why are you dressed like this, warden? You might be regarded as a suspicious person, do you know, I didn't recognize you, I searched around and didn't find you, and you never Don't be late, I really dare not come up to say hello to you."

   Liu Xiu replied: "It's winter, I'm afraid of the cold, so wrap up tighter."

   "Is it cold today? I saw the temperature was 20 degrees when I went out..."

  Nowitzki looked at the other people in the park. Most of them were wearing single shirts. The more energetic guys even wore short-sleeved shorts, and none of the girls wore long pants.

   The one in front of me has a black trench coat, a hat, and sunglasses!

   As usual, the two came to a stadium, found an empty bench and sat down, while watching the people on the court playing dam balls, chatting and eating hamburgers.

   Liu Xiu likes to make friends with Dirk Nowitzki. Things on the court, Dirk Nowitzki will not take out of the court...

   Of course, if Nowitzki encounters his 'Ray Allen and Bowen' situation, it will certainly be taken off the field.

Looking at the people sweating on the court and the lively atmosphere around, Liu Xiu couldn't help but sigh that Dallas people call themselves the kingdom of sports, which is not arrogant. enthusiasm.

   In the universities here, people can endure and reduce expenditure on education, and they can accept the outflow of teachers due to salary cuts for teachers, but which principal dares to propose to cut the funds of sports clubs, it is basically not far from the end of the get out of class.

   The easy rest time passed quickly. On the second day, on January 6, the Trail Blazers three consecutive visitors kicked off.

   At 7:10 p.m., at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Liu Xiu led his teammates into the stadium.

   The wild boos from the fans on the scene reminded the Blazers that they had reached the devil's home level when they played the Jazz and Pistons away!

   However, although Dallas is a sports kingdom and the Mavericks are very welcoming and enthusiastic to the fans, they have not reached the level that they can form the devil's home field.

   After entering the stadium, Liu Xiu teased to his teammates: "Is this our exclusive version of the Dallas Devils home?"

  Randolph followed Zazafu and said, "Yes, it's very lively, I like the atmosphere here."

   The Blazers players were not at all surprised by the atmosphere at the scene. The jokes of Liu Xiu and Randolph made the teammates feel very proud.

   Opposite the strong team with 60+ victories last season, they were the ones who collapsed!

   They exposed the fatal flaws of the Mavericks' star, which directly caused the Mavericks' performance to fluctuate greatly this season. Players' confidence fluctuated, and their strength and record plummeted by more than one grade.

   Liu Xiu and Randolph successfully used this incident to arouse the emotions of their teammates, and the two looked at each other - the middle of the season is really not easy, and every day has to change and find ways to motivate teammates.

   After the Blazers players finished playing, the Mavericks players started to enter the court one after another, and it was the last Nowitzki's turn to enter.

  Stevenson leaned next to Scotishvili and said loudly: "Temporary worker, look, your draft template is out. He's not doing well this year. You should have a lot to talk about."

   Liu Xiu glanced at Stevenson speechlessly. The good impression this guy brought to his teammates on the training ground and in the game was not enough to defeat his mouth.

   Liu Xiu turned his attention to the opponent on the opposite side.

   "Dallas Mavericks, 20 wins and 14 losses, 101.4 points per game, 99.8 points per game, 46.1% shooting from the field, 45.6% from the field, 18 assists per game..., 17.9 assists per game..."

   The Mavericks averaged 103 points per game in the regular season last season and allowed 95 points per game. The offense and defense were integrated, and they dared to shout "invincible in the world".

   This year has declined a lot, but when Liu Xiuchu read the scouting report of the Mavericks after two months of playing, he was surprised to find that the Mavericks' biggest decline was not on offense, but on defense.

"Dirk Nowitzki, 27 years old, 213 cm, 111 kg, PF/C, ability rating 91, offense 94...23.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists per game...46.1% shooting, 35.9% three-point shooting …”

Nowitzki's personal offense has really plummeted. Although he still has a top performance, he has dropped from a career-high 50.2% shooting rate last season to 46.1%. As a shooting-oriented power forward, this shooting rate is not bad. , but not at the same level as last season.

   At 7:28 p.m., the starting lineups of the two teams came to the court.

   Blazers starting: Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, extrajudicial fanatics, Randolph, McDyess.

   Mavericks starting: Terry, Adrian - Griffin, Josh - Howard, Nowitzki, Ratliff.

  Tonight, Kwame Brown got permission to play, but he was still put on the bench to reduce the matchup time with the opponent's strongest insider, because he has not yet recovered and is healthy.

   When the two teams started to play, the Fox Sports commentator who broadcast the game shouted that this was a matchup between the two most luxurious teams in the NBA lineup.

The live footage swept the starters of the two teams, and then swept the Mavericks bench Marquis Daniels, Stackhouse, Devin Harris, Dampier... The Blazers bench, Momoko, Rashi Tom, Kwame Brown, Peyton, Mourning... The fans in front of the TV felt that there was nothing wrong with this evaluation!

   This game was originally an established live game before the start of the season, and because Kobe was doing something not long ago, it is now attracting more attention!

  The fans booed the Blazers so fiercely, except that Dirk Nowitzki was 'played bad' by the Blazers, and they were afraid that Liu Xiu would also hit them.

  At 8:00 p.m., under the spotlight, the Blazers' away game against the Mavericks started!

   McDyess narrowly beat Ratliff on a jump ball, and the Trail Blazers took the lead.

   The Mavericks did a good job of retreating at the start. Kwame Brown was not there, and the Blazers did not rush.

Liu Xiu quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and then suddenly slowed down. Josh Howard was prepared, guarding carefully, paying attention to McDyess who was pulling out of the top arc, getting ready to defend against pick-and-rolls with Ratliff... Turning his head When looking at McDyess, I saw a circular object flying towards the rim...into the rim!

  Liu Xiu dribbled the ball a few times in the top arc and threw it directly, and even scored, making a three-pointer in the opening wave!

  Josh Howard is stunned, what's the situation?

  Is this the warden's style of play? Or did Momonga put on the warden's vest to play? its not right! Momonga is even shorter than Iverson, more than ten centimeters shorter than the one in front of him!

   But then, Josh Howard thought about that terrible night, not just him, the Mavericks players collectively thought about that night as the game started!

   Kobe scored 30 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and their team scored 29 points in a single quarter that nightmarish night!

   The reason why they thought of this directly is because there are only two players in active duty who can play 70+ in a single game, and the other is the warden who just dribbled and threw the ball directly after half court for no reason!

   On the other side, Ray Allen and Randolph quickly retreated to the backcourt and gave Liu Xiu a high five at the same time. Liu Xiu said to the two before the opposing player ran over, "It's up to you next!"

   (end of this chapter)