Healing Basketball

  Chapter 635 635. Halfway first!

   Slowed down, Randolph complained: "No wonder Carmelo doesn't like talking about basketball with you... Pierce came to my game that time. I remember that he wanted to recruit me for the University of Kansas."

"you go?"

   "No, I ended up at Michigan State because my idol magician went to college there."

   Liu Xiu asked curiously: "Then why did Pierce give you clothes?"

Randolph thought for a while: "I remember that there was a news report that exposed the fact that I only had two pairs of jeans for four years in high school. I received an admission letter two months before I decided to go to Michigan State University. Hundreds of pants from current or retired players."

   "It's good to live a long time, you can see everything..."

After breakfast, Liu Xiu thought that Randolph was going to catch up on sleep, but Randolph went to play cards with his teammates. When he took the "Rose Bay Prison" to Charlotte in the afternoon, Randolph was still playing dice After playing the game, I went to sleep at the hotel in Charlotte.

  Liu Xiu didn't know whether to say whether Randolph had perseverance or not.

  Anyway, I still had some self-discipline in the past two years, but now it is completely broken.

But with Randolph working too hard and being injured repeatedly in the early part of this season, Liu Xiu will not stimulate Randolph in this regard as before, so he can do whatever he wants. Now Randolph is already strong.

   If a stronger player is needed, he becomes stronger himself...

  In the evening, the second 40-win team of the season was released.

  The Pistons narrowly beat the Heat 104-102. Wade made a three-pointer to pay tribute to Kobe in his rookie season.

  Liu Xiu checked and found that the Pistons played a wave of 4 games in 5 days before the All-Star weekend. It is hard to say whether the number of losses can be kept in single digits.

   Also, as long as the Pistons lose another game, their Trail Blazers can lock the half-time championship.

  Another competitor, the Spurs, has lost 11 games. When their Trail Blazers won their 41st game, they had already secured the Western Conference half-time championship.

  …

   After a night of rest, on February 11, the penultimate game day before the Trail Blazers All-Star Weekend arrived.

   At 5:30 in the evening, at the Time Warner Center in Charlotte, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Bobcats started.

   Trail Blazers starters: Liu Xiu, Fred Jones, Outlaws, Aaron Williams, Kwame Brown.

   Bobcats starting: Blevin - Knight, Matt - Carroll, Gerald - Wallace, Marvin - Williams, Primoz - Brezek.

Tonight, Ray Allen and Randolph took turns to rest, Payton also rested, Blake was injured, and the 4 players could not play. At noon, Lou Williams was called back and entered the activation of the game list.

   Maurice Cheeks made such an adjustment, Bobcats coach Bernie Bickerstaff was upset but there was nothing he could do.

   Bickerstaff looked at his own lineup. The second pick was Marvin Williams. Joe's vision is really good.

   Their lineup, if Paul is selected, they will stand up straight away!

  Okafor was reimbursed for the season after playing more than 20 games, Gerald Wallace suffered a lot of injuries, and the back line was bleak...Matt Carroll can be a starter.

Matt Carroll, with an annual salary of only 1.15 million dollars, averaged 9 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 41%. Well, it's already 10 wins and 40 losses, so don't worry about that much.

  After the start of the game, it was very easy for Liu Xiu to play outside the Bobcats.

  The 178 cm Blevin Knight, Liu Xiu ran over directly;

  Old teammate Matt Carroll, Liu Xiu's technique combined with physical fitness is also easy;

Gerald Wallace is the only one who can withstand it, but he can give Liu Xiu interference from long distance and mid-range, Liu Xiu goes deep inside, he can't stand it, and the Bobcats team doesn't have too many pincers Except for players like Matt Carroll who are struggling at the bottom, everyone else on the Bobcats only thinks about how to get good data and get new contracts.

  In single defense, Liu Xiu can still cover Liu Xiu's long-range shots. After McDyess played and Liu Xiu mainly played pick-and-roll offense, Gerald Wallace was completely helpless.

   Liu Xiu made 4 of 7 shots in the first quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 12 points in a single quarter and led the Trail Blazers to a 23-18 lead over the Bobcats by 5 points into the second quarter.

In the second quarter, Liu Xiu made persistent efforts, making 5 of 7 shots and 1 of 1 free throws to score 11 points. After halftime, Liu Xiu scored 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, leading the team to lead the Bobcats by 7 points 48 to 41 .

In the second half, the Trail Blazers stabilized their offensive performance in the second quarter, scoring 26 points in the third quarter and 27 points in the fourth quarter, and the Bobcats had only 21 points in two consecutive quarters. They scored 53 to 42 in the second half. In the second half, Liu Xiu's scoring was still stable, with 14 points in the third quarter and 8 points in the final quarter.

Liu Xiu made 16 of 28 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers and 10 of 12 free throws. In 37 minutes of playing time, he scored 45 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals, leading the Trail Blazers to easily beat the Bobcats 101-83 , Improve the record to 43 wins and 8 losses!

  …

   Liu Xiu scored 40+ in a single game for the fourth time this season, and the Trail Blazers coaching staff was very excited.

  Although they believe that Liu Xiu can switch back to the scoring mode at any time, stand up and score high when he needs to use scoring to lead the team to win, but after confirming this matter, they are still very happy.

   I will always be a little worried. With Liu Xiu's increasing age and rich experience in the game, it is actually hard to say whether the ability to freely switch modes of play can continue.

  Aura is something that will fade with time.

  Beating the Bobcats, there is one more thing that is exciting for the Trail Blazers coaching staff and players.

   When they beat the Bobcats, the Pistons played the Heat at home.

  The back-to-back home and away games between the Pistons and the Heat are a point of interest for the NBA before the All-Star Weekend. Yesterday the Pistons defeated the Heat in an away game, and today the Heat stole the limelight in the away game...

   The fierce battle between the two major title contenders in the Eastern Conference, the fans were very excited to watch, and the NBA's official goal was achieved.

  The Trail Blazers are also happy. The two rivals in the East consume each other. They benefit from each other. The Pistons' record has become 40 wins and 10 losses.

  The Trail Blazers have now locked the half-time championship!

  The morning after the Bobcats, the Trail Blazers left Charlotte for the last city in their six-game streak, all the way north…

  At noon, Liu Xiu followed the team to Toronto. After arriving at the hotel, he stayed in the room and did not go out.

When the butcher and the outlaws came to Liu Xiu to play CS, Liu Xiu complained: "Why didn't the league arrange our game against the Raptors in April? At least it wouldn't be so cold at that time. They really were targeting Our big prison team!"

   Randolph echoed: "That's right!"

The extrajudicial lunatic analyzed from a professional point of view: "Generally speaking, the team's flight journey will be reduced for the game in April. Portland is too far away from here, so it will not be arranged that way. The best way is to separate it too far. The far teams played together in consecutive away games, just like Charlotte and Boston in our consecutive away games, they are too far away from us.

When the Raptors played against us in an away game, I remember that it was also one of the consecutive away games. In April, there will generally not be more than two consecutive away games, nor will such a single away game spanning the entire United States be arranged. Therefore, In theory, we can't play the Raptors in April. "

  After the analysis of the outlaw lunatics, the warden and the butcher thought it made sense, and they pointed at the door of the room together: "Get out!"

  (end of this chapter)