Healing Basketball

  Chapter 630 630. Don't Let Loyalty Harm You

After breakfast, Liu Xiu went online to read the discussions on ESPN's latest MVP prediction rankings on the Internet. There was a lot of controversy. The biggest point of controversy was that Nash lacked Stoudemire as a teammate and that Kobe Bryant had the best performance. The stable teammates are Wang Zhizhi and Butler, and he is the warden.

   Seeing such public opinion, Qing Er was beside her indignantly: "If they can do it, they will do it!"

  Anne Hathaway said: "In fact, this is a good situation. The only place they can attack is the lineup. Jess's personal performance and team performance have been recognized."

  Qing'er got up when she heard the words, and chatted with Anne Hathaway about it.

   After a while, after 8 o'clock, Liu Xiu set off to the arena. Anne Hathaway sent Qing'er to school, and then went to school herself.

  During the tactical meeting in the morning, the coaching staff announced good news—Mourning's suspension is over and he can come back!

  After the meeting, Liu Xiu chatted with the vice president and learned that they would get a player from the Hornets.

  Hornets inside, Liu Xiu can think of only three names, certainly can not be David West or the No. 1 pick, so only that one...

Then at noon, Liu Xiu saw the news that Chris Anderson was arrested by the police for holding a gun and taking a large amount of prohibited drugs. The prosecution provided relevant evidence to NBA officials and confirmed that it was true. David Stern announced that Chris -Anderson was suspended for two years.

  Liu Xiu uttered a sentence of 'fuck' on the spot, and hurried to the coach's office.

It happened that the coach and the vice-president were going out for lunch together, and they were taken aback when they heard Liu Xiu say that their signing target had been suspended for two years. After learning that it was Birdman, the vice-president said angrily, "How about the Hornets? We may send Anderson to us, our goal is not him, but I did not expect Anderson to be suspended for two years, although it is self-inflicted, but it is really a pity, if only we had such a backup insider."

   "Not Anderson?" Liu Xiu thought for a while, and said, "That's right, Anderson's contract is 7 million for two years. If we trade, we can't afford it, so who are we going to trade?"

  The vice president said: "It's not a deal. The Hornets are planning to lay off a player in order to save money. We have already negotiated. We will pay part of the basic salary for the remaining games. The Hornets will pay less when they negotiate a buyout."

   Liu Xiu started complaining mode: "The salary of the Hornets has dropped to less than 40 million, right? It's not as high as our substitute's salary, and it's still falling? Regardless of this, who is the new aid?"

   "A player that will please teammates and coaches, Aaron Williams..."

"never heard of that…"

  …

   After lunch, Liu Xiu went to look up the player he had never heard of. When he saw the photos on the NBA official website, he found that he had played against him, so he had a little impression.

Liu Xiu looked at the official profile of Aaron Williams. As an undrafted pick, it is the 13th season of his career, and he has played for as many as 9 teams. The statistics are common, but the salary is not low. The time is between 2 million and 3.5 million. The mainstay player. This year is the last year of the 4-year 12.6 million dollar contract signed by the Nets. The data in the past two years has been extremely poor, and he has almost no chance to play. The Hornets can't sell the draft picks upside down.

  But in the 03-04 season, the veteran averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds in 18 minutes per game.

Liu Xiu's impression of Aaron Williams comes from a match in his rookie year. The picture he remembers is Randolph rushing up. Was knocked over, but caused an offensive foul by Randolph.

   That offensive foul was very controversial, and it was more about the notoriety of the Trail Blazers and the size difference between Randolph and Aaron Williams, which made the referee feel that the latter was a "vulnerable group."

   But Liu Xiu didn't remember the name of that desperate effort, but she really remembered the scene.

   Liu Xiu didn't investigate this potential signing target in depth. After simply looking at the official information, he left it behind. He punched for a while, took a nap... and entered the regular preparation process for the home game.

   At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Timberwolves at home.

  After the start of the game, the Trail Blazers started the slow heat mode again, 19 to 22 in the first quarter, 22 to 24 in the second quarter. At halftime, the Trail Blazers trailed the Timberwolves by 5 points 41 to 46!

However, in the second half, the situation changed 180 degrees. In the third quarter, Randolph's 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Ray Allen's 8 points, Liu Xiu's 5 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Raheem's 6 points ... The Trail Blazers outscored 24-21 to cut the deficit to 65-67 to two points.

In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers continued their offensive performance in the third quarter and scored 24 points in a single quarter again. At the same time, relying on the defense that entered the state, they limited the Timberwolves to only 18 points, giving back the lowest score in a single quarter of the game. Timberwolves.

In the end, with Randolph's 14 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, Ray Allen's 19 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Liu Xiu's 19 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Raheem's 12 points, Kwame Brown's 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks... The Trail Blazers reversed the Timberwolves 89 to 85 and improved their record to 39 wins and 7 losses!

  But the most dazzling player tonight is not Liu Xiu, who won his 9th triple-double of the season, but Garnett, who made all his first 12 shots!

   Garnett played 44 minutes in this game. In the first 43 minutes, he made 12 of 12 shots and scored 27 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 steals and 3 blocks. 7 steals tied his career high.

But when the score came to the Trail Blazers overtaking the Timberwolves 87-85, Garnett broke through the outsider with the ball and avoided Kwame Brown for a layup. The big hat behind Xiu flew, and the 100% hit rate was broken.

  After the game, Liu Xiu accepted a post-match interview.

  Before the start of the game, the Trail Blazers were first in the league with 37 wins and 7 losses, and the Timberwolves were second to last in the West with 13 wins and 30 losses, but they still got the live broadcast. The Timberwolves also had Garnett, a popular king player.

  The reporter of ESPN said: "Warden, congratulations, you have won 9 triple-doubles this season, only 1 time away from the 10 triple-doubles in your rookie year!"

  Liu Xiu responded: "Thank you, I will work hard to get my 10th triple-double before the All-Star weekend."

  This reporter Liu Xiu often sees that the other party has become accustomed to this way of answering and started to ask questions. At the beginning, he asked two routine questions, and Liu Xiu also gave an official answer.

  "Warden, Garnett once again played an amazing personal performance tonight. As an opponent, how do you think his data does not match the team's record?"

  Liu Xiu knew that there would be a difficult problem, but he didn't expect it to be this. Let him, an opponent who had "fighted" with Garnett, evaluate this matter... Yes!

   "I hope he can make the choice to follow his heart, and don't let his loyalty hurt him..."

  (end of this chapter)