Healing Basketball

   Chapter 620 620. The Mamba Strikes

   In the afternoon training phase, Liu Xiu found that Kwame Brown was very frustrated, and it was obvious that he was affected by the announcement of the All-Star starting list.

   During the training interval, Liu Xiu found Kwame Brown and said, "I was defeated by the first pick again, very depressed?"

  Kwame Brown nodded honestly: "It's only less than 100,000 votes, so I'm not reconciled."

   Considering Duncan as a power forward, this year may be the weakest year for a Western Conference center in NBA history.

  Kwame Brown himself recognized this, so he was even more frustrated. God knows if there is such a good opportunity in the future.

  The second place is the biggest loser. It's not what people think, but the second place's own mood.

Also, with Kwame Brown's current ability and performance, just like Kobe Bryant in the second year of his career, it is completely impossible to be selected as an All-Star substitute if he is not selected as a starter. Even if there is no center position, the coaches will choose. A power forward who can play center is a substitute.

  Liu Xiu said in surprise: "Kwa Mei, you can actually calculate the difference in the number of votes!"

  “???”

  Kwame-Brown wanted to roar: Is this the point of your attention?

  Liu Xiu received a system prompt and successfully cured Kwame Brown. He was quite puzzled. Why were these teammates cured recently after disagreement?

   This is not important, he is here to comfort the champion of parallel imports!

  Liu Xiu thought for a while and said, "Kwame, take this in your heart as motivation, and defeat Duncan in a head-to-head match in the future!"

   "He's Tim Duncan! Why should I?"

  Kwame-Brown is so arrogant that Liu Xiudu could only be silent for a while and then replied: "That's right."

  "Huh??" Kwame-Brown was in a bad mood.

   "Cough cough," Liu Xiu coughed twice, and made a sudden turn... there! Said: "Duncan has two or three months to turn 30, and you haven't turned 24..."

  Kwame Brown's eyes lit up: "Yeah! He's getting old, and I'm still young!"

  “Mmmmmmm…”

  …

   In the next training, Kwame Brown returned to a positive and energetic state, and Liu Xiu was very satisfied.

  Although he thinks it’s hard to say who Kwame Brown and Duncan will retire first, but it’s true that Kwame Brown is 6 years younger than Duncan, he’s not talking nonsense…

   It was the next day, the last day of the month.

   After breakfast, Anne Hathaway, who was flipping through the newspaper, said: "Today's basketball-related news is all about the announcement of our game against the Lakers tonight, and the basketball content of my ESPN sports news just now..."

  Liu Xiu remembers that since the game between the Trail Blazers and the Heat the day before yesterday, the major basketball media have been promoting the game, and the NBA officials seem to have spared no effort to create momentum for this game.

  Who doesn't like to be in the limelight, Liu Xiu said with a smile: "They do this, I'm under a lot of pressure! If I don't perform well, it's too embarrassing..."

   After breakfast, Liu Xiu left the house a few minutes earlier than usual and came to the Rose Garden Arena. When parking, he met the patrolling security guards and said hello.

  The security guy complained: "God, I hate the Lakers coming to us to play games."

   Liu Xiu took a careful look at the security guard and replied, "Yes, you were also in charge of security yesterday afternoon, and Kobe made you work overtime again?"

The security guy nodded and complained: "Yeah, every time the Lakers come to play, their 80-point man will come to practice for extra training. Yesterday our team, you and Allen were the last to leave. We could have 6 I got off work before it was o'clock, but he was dragged to 8 o'clock..."

Liu Xiu was ashamed when he heard the words. He remembered that the Lakers arrived in Portland yesterday morning. They came to train for two hours at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. As a result, Kobe Bryant's training was added to 8 o'clock in the evening... Thinking of this, Liu Xiu's eyes lit up. Will this lead to the great God? Become a blacksmith? Really been waiting!

  …

   After chatting with the security guy, Liu Xiu first went to John Nash to get today's tickets, popular games, everyone will come to watch, and go out 10 minutes earlier today, just for this.

  Because of the arrival of the Lakers, Portland was extra noisy today.

   But the Blazers seemed to be outside the hustle and bustle, and the morning preparation training was not affected in the slightest. Even Liu Xiu, only the cameraman in charge of the documentary filming, could shoot on the side, and the reporters accompanying the team could not interview and focus on preparing for the game.

   Of course, Liu Xiu's refusal to accept an interview does not affect the game's popularity as the most-watched game since the NBA entered the mid-season under the media and the NBA's official promotion.

  The time came to 7:40 p.m., in the home and away team player channel of the Rose Garden Arena, the Blazers and Lakers players were ready to go.

   The lights on the scene dimmed, and the Lakers who played away were the first to enter.

  The process is no longer followed, and the fans at the scene are full of boos! From Odom's earliest appearance, every Lakers starter enjoyed the most manic boos from the Blazers fans.

   "Los Angeles Lakers, 25-18, 99.6 points per game, 95.9 points per game allowed..."

"Kobe Bryant, 27 years old, 198 cm, 96 kg, SG/SF, ability rating 100, offense 100, defense 98, three-pointer 86(?), mid-range shot 96, layup 99, speed 92, strength 91 , Bounce 95, Stamina 100...Averaged 38.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.8 steals...shooting 47.1% from the field, 36.3% from three..."

  Liu Xiu twitched the corner of her mouth when she saw Kobe's player detection report. After Iverson's stamina dropped to 99 this season, this seems to be the only one with full stamina.

   Averaged 28.9 shots per game, which is still a decrease in the number of shots in the last 6 games, otherwise it averaged 29+ shots per game.

   Looking forward to God becoming a blacksmith because he worked overtime the day before the competition, it seems impossible.

  After the players of the visiting team finished playing, it was the home team's turn to play. Fans cheered wildly, driving away Liu Xiu's troubles and anxiety.

  Rose Bay Devil's home!

  After the lights came on, Liu Xiu and Kobe walked to the middle circle in unison amid the cheers of the fans.

   The two looked at each other. Kobe, who was a guest, just didn't speak. In his worldview, the one who spoke first at this time was the one who couldn't hold his breath. His aura was shorter.

   But he has a lot to say. He has been writing provocative trash talk in his spare time recently, and preparing for the pre-match confrontation in this game, he can't hold back.

   Just when he was about to be unable to hold back, finally, he saw that the warden on the opposite side opened his mouth first, and he felt extremely excited. In this wave, he gained the upper hand!

   "Bean, can you squat down and talk a little bit? I'm talking to you with my head up and my neck hurts."

   "Huh... Watt?"

   In the moment just now, all the trash talk he prepared during this time appeared in Kobe's mind. No matter which angle Liu Xiu provoked from, he was confident that he could fight back.

   But I didn't expect Liu Xiu to hold back such a sentence for a long time!

   This guy doesn't play cards according to the routine! So angry!

   Kobe became angrier the more he thought about it, he ignored Liu Xiu and left.

  Waiting for Liu Xiu and Kobe after the confrontation, Raheem swallowed a few words with his old friend. He felt that Kobe was miserable...

At this time, Liu Xiu, who was a little confused by Kobe who was thrown away and offered healing points, turned his head to Raheem and said, "Has he reached menopause? God, Kobe Bryant, who is usually so polite, is rude. You can be so rude... By the way, do men also have menopause?"

  Rahim covered his head, the warden's healing power became more and more outstanding, and it has reached the level of natural power!

Raheem thinks that this may be related to the mid-season. Recently, many media have praised Liu Xiu for not being affected in the middle of the season, which is what a superstar should look like. However, in the view of the delicate Raheem, Liu Xiu was also affected. , but their warden himself was not aware of it.

   Watching Kobe walk away angrily again, Wang Zhizhi was very used to it.

   He stepped forward and said to Liu Xiu, "Long time no see, Warden, how unbelievable that you can compare to Kobe like that, and play a month without distinction."

"Is there no difference?" Liu Xiu glanced at Kobe, who was on the sidelines with his hips on his hips, and no teammates dared to step up to answer, and replied, "Including the team's performance, it may be about the same... You are also very good, with Kobe. 88 points combined."

  “…”

  Wang Zhizhi just wanted to praise Liu Xiu for being too modest, but Liu Xiu's last sentence made a black line.

   But he played very comfortable that day. He scored 8 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Many assists were just a transitional pass to Kobe, and it turned into an assist...

"Wang Zhizhi, 28 years old, 214 cm, 114 kg, C/PF, ability rating 79...Averaged 7.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.2 blocks per game...47.2% shooting from the field, 38.6% from 3-pointers, average 3-pointers per game 1.2…”

While chatting with Wang Zhizhi, Liu Xiu looked at the opponent's player detection report.

  Compared with last season, Wang Zhizhi's scoring and rebounding have dropped a bit, but his assist performance is quite good. Liu Xiu has watched several live broadcasts of the Lakers' games, and Wang Zhizhi's co-operation with Kobe Bryant was excellent.

After the    greeting, Liu Xiu returned to the bench and turned on the system screen again.

   "Caron Butler...Ability rating 82...14.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists per game...42.6% shooting, 34.2% three-point shooting..."

   "Lamar Odom...Ability rating of 85(?)...Averaged 14.2 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1 steal, 1.3 blocks per game...48.1% shooting, 37.6% three-point shooting..."

   "Deron Williams...Ability rating 77...Averages 9.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists...shooting 43% from the field, 39.5% from three..."

  Liu Xiu looked at the player detection report of the opponent's five stars, and what he saw was much the same as what he knew in the previous preparation stage.

The biggest advantage of the Lakers is that they are in excellent health and have a very stable lineup. The Lakers are one of the few teams that have not made any trades since the beginning of the new season. Counting them, there are only 4 teams that have not made any transactions. trade.

  The starting lineup except Wang Zhizhi, who missed 5 games due to injury, was full attendance.

   brings, Caron Butler, who has the lowest assists in the top five starting assists, also has 2.6 assists!

   (end of this chapter)