Healing Basketball

   Chapter 649 649. He suddenly stopped working hard

   After resting for an afternoon, after eating a nutritious meal at 5 o'clock in the evening, the rest of the Trail Blazers came to the Staples Center to warm up and prepare for the game.

  Although back-to-backs are tiring, compared to when they played back-to-backs in January and early February, the state of the Trail Blazers players is obviously much better.

   The effect of rest during the All-Star weekend is very obvious.

   That's right, when it was time to warm up, the teammates found that the warden seemed extraordinarily restless.

   At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers played the second back-to-back away game against the Lakers.

  Although the record of the Lakers declined in February, without the continuity of those real first-class teams, but with Kobe, they can win any game, and the Lakers players dare not slack off.

  With tyrannical strength and brutal physical strength, Kobe has the ability to destroy the entire opponent's team with one person.

   For such an opponent, the Trail Blazers players pay special attention to it, because there is someone around them who often does this...

   And their Trail Blazers are back-to-back second games tonight. Although their physical reserves are not bad after rest during the All-Star Weekend, and they have a good rest during the day today, it is inevitable that their physical strength will be affected.

but!

  After the game started, the situation was very different from what the Trail Blazers expected.

   Kobe collapsed at the beginning!

   In the first quarter, Kobe made 1 of 8 shots and 2 of 4 free throws to get 4 points and 2 assists. As a result, the Lakers only scored 15 points in the first quarter.

  The Trail Blazers performed steadily. Liu Xiu scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 3 of 4 shots in the first quarter, leading the team to 26 points in a single quarter.

  26 to 15, the Trail Blazers opened the point difference to double digits in the first quarter!

  Tonight's game was broadcast live by many TV stations. Kobe's performance was astonishing. In the words of Yang Jian, the commentator of the imperial court, those who didn't know thought Kobe was playing back-to-back.

In the second quarter, Kobe's performance picked up. He scored 8 points on 3 of 7 shots in a single quarter, but did not assist 1. In the first quarter, he had already brought down the offensive rhythm of the Lakers. The Lakers only scored 20 points. point.

  The Trail Blazers performed quite well in the second quarter, scoring 24 points in a single quarter.

   After halftime, the Trail Blazers opened the point difference to 15 points, leading the Lakers 50 to 35!

  In the third quarter, Kobe finally got over his nerves. He threw 13 times in a single quarter, scored 18 points on 8 of 13 shots, and led his teammates who had been adjusted by the intermission to score 35 points in a single quarter.

  But the Trail Blazers also played well in the third quarter. Liu Xiu made consecutive mid-range shots and scored 11 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, leading the team to 30 points in a single quarter.

   After three quarters, the Trail Blazers still lead the Lakers by 10 points 80-70.

  At the end of the quarter, Kobe still couldn't hold back his physical strength. He only scored 3 goals in 9 shots, and missed 3 free throws, and only scored 6 points.

  The Lakers' scoring also collapsed, scoring only 18 points in a single quarter.

The performance of the Trail Blazers returned to normal in the final quarter. The Lakers players did a good job of pressing down under the coaching of Zen Master. The Trail Blazers scored 24 points in the final quarter. It is difficult to score high points under the rhythm. As the season progresses and the number of matches increases, Zen Master has more ways to defend the Trail Blazers.

   Made 11 of 19 shots, including 2 of 5 three-pointers and 7 of 7 free throws. Liu Xiu scored 31 points, 6 rebounds and 14 assists. He led the Trail Blazers to a 104-88 win over the Lakers and refused to lose the 10th game!

  After the game, Kobe walked into the tunnel cursing.

  He felt that Liu Xiu afternoon deliberately lured him to shoot hundreds of times to consume him!

   But this is not the place where he is most angry, there is no way, he is stupid, and he has been fooled by the warden.

   What made him most angry was Liu Xiu's statement that 'this effort is over'.

  He really saw Liu Xiu's leapfrog progress!

   During the All-Star Weekend, Liu Xiu didn't shoot much. Kobe's impression of Liu Xiu's mid-range shooting ability was from the match in January.

   In Kobe's view, Liu Xiu's CIC has improved in quality in tonight's game compared to more than a month ago!

   This kind of person who has made such a big improvement with just a little hard work is so annoying!

   On the other side, Liu Xiu failed to talk to Kobe before and during the game tonight, and the other party ignored the trash talk, and wanted to chat after the game, but the other side just walked away...

   But Kobe made 15 of 37 shots and 22 irons in a single game. As an opponent, Liu Xiu was really shocked by seeing so many irons! He remembered that he also had such a blacksmithing feast, and it turned out that the opponent felt this way...

  Why Kobe became unhappy, Liu Xiu didn't think deeply.

   This guy has always been like this. No one looks down on him when he is a master, and he is unhappy when he is a little blacksmith.

  …

  The next afternoon, the Trail Blazers left Los Angeles and came to San Antonio.

   After a night of rest, on March 3, another game day for the Trail Blazers arrived.

  At 8:30 in the morning, the Trail Blazers set off to the ATT Center to prepare for the game against the Spurs tonight.

   On the bus, the vice president looked back at the last row of windows on the left from time to time.

  The coach on the side asked strangely: "What's wrong, Kevin?"

  The vice president responded, "Jess is sitting there."

   "The warden isn't sitting there, could it be that he is running outside?"

"Stop talking!" the vice president said angrily, "Shouldn't Jess be training more at this time? In order to adapt to his training intensity, I have raised the salaries of the trainers, and recruited 3 new trainers with a basic salary. It's also gone up!"

  The coach asked: "So what? Do you want to pay your salary?"

  The vice president was stunned, and replied: "It doesn't matter."

   "That's right, and you don't want to pay your salary, why are you worrying about this?"

   "That's right..." The vice president felt that this was the reason...

   No! The vice president reacted abruptly: "Am I talking about the trainer's salary?"

  The coach leaned on the back of the chair and asked, "What are you talking about?"

   "I mean the warden suddenly doesn't work hard again!"

   "Isn't this normal? He worked hard suddenly, and of course it would happen suddenly if he didn't work hard. Didn't you worry about his injury a few days ago? You don't have to worry about it now, that's great."

   "..."

   "Besides, look at how happy the trainers are, why don't you be happier too, and also, I found that the warden has made great progress after working hard this time!"

"real?"

   "Why are you lying to me, let's practice a few sets of basic skills first..."

  The Trail Blazers live not far from the ATT Center, and they arrived at the training ground of the ATT Center in about ten minutes.

  After the players changed into their training uniforms and came to the training ground, the coach really asked the players to warm up and practice basic skills first, and then start the pre-match meeting after the training.

  This is different from the rhythm the players are used to, but it is not a big deal. Everyone warms up actively and trains actively with the help of the trainer.

A team built around the superstar Warden, others, even Randolph's poor performance, will be put on the bench to reflect. This is a precedent, and it also means that if others perform well , it is possible to push the starter down!

  (end of this chapter)