Healing Basketball

  Chapter 661 661. Potential aristocratic disease

  During the inter-section break, Maurice Cheeks adjusted his lineup and style of play as discussed with the coaches.

  The players who are going to play are making their own preparations, and the coaches stand together and chat.

Huo Tu was very excited: "The warden's breakthrough is getting better and better, and his use of physical fitness is getting better and better. He breaks through in singles, and Bibby, Martin, and Garcia can't guard against him. Waiting for him to play pick-and-roll When fighting against such an opponent, the warden alone can defeat the opponent's defense."

The coach responded: "Yes, he can attack the inside like Francis, he can cooperate with pick-and-roll masters like Marbury, and he has the overall view of Davis. He seems to combine the advantages of the three. Super genius."

"That's right," the coach said in agreement, "but our defense in the first quarter was very poor. Morris, our defense in the opening stage has not been good all along. We have to play until the middle and late part of the first quarter. We can only be compact, and now we have to rotate without waiting for the starting defense to play, our defense will face a greater test, just like just now, we were easily scored 29 points by the Kings."

The coach nodded: "Yes, we will inevitably face such a dilemma, but Ray is too tired this season. When the butcher is not in good form at the beginning, he needs to play for a long time. After the butcher's injuries increase, he Still have to assume the responsibility of the team's second-leading scorer, and sometimes the leading scorer, and now it's time to give him more rest time.

  And since the poor defense at the beginning is our defect, we have to find a way to change it. Now is a good opportunity, Jeff, and I will leave it to you. "

  Bu Shuai felt the strong trust from him, and patted his chest to express that he had given it to him.

  The vice president watching this scene was deeply moved. His grades can really help a person improve. After the coach became the champion coach, his vision and overall situation improved obviously, and his speech became better.

  While several coaches of the Trail Blazers were talking, the game on the field had already begun.

  The Trail Blazers sent a lineup of Payton, Stevenson, outlaws, Kwame Brown, and Mourning. After the defense tasted the sweetness, the coach suggested that the coach should play more like this.

   After defending for a few minutes to suppress the rhythm, Liu Xiu, who had rested for more than 4 minutes, was replaced.

Liu Xiu's 11-point performance in the first quarter put a lot of pressure on the Kings. In the remaining 7 minutes of this quarter, although he only made 1 of 3 shots, and 2 of 4 Only got 4 points from free throws, but as many as 3 assists!

  Under his leadership, the Blazers' offensive performance began to pick up, while the Kings did not have such a player who turned the situation around.

  Led by Liu Xiu with 4 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, the Trail Blazers scored 25 to 23 in the second quarter. After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Kings by 3 points 55 to 52.

In the third quarter, Liu Xiu played 9 minutes and scored 9 points and 4 assists, helping the Trail Blazers score 29 points in a single quarter. However, the Kings failed to adjust the affected offensive rhythm during the halftime break. Instead, they played worse and worse. Only scored 21 points.

   At the end of the three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Kings by 11 points 84 to 73 and entered the final quarter.

Although Bunch Wells scored 16 points on 6 of 8 shots in the final quarter, he played the inside line of the four-person rotation of Raheem, Aaron Williams, Mourning, and McDyess. Leading the team scored 29 points in a single quarter, but Liu Xiu performed steadily and played a full final quarter, scoring 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, leading the team to score 25 points in a single quarter.

Liu Xiu played 41 minutes and made 12 of 23 shots, including 2 of 5 three-pointers and 7 of 10 free throws. He scored 33 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals. He led the Trail Blazers to a 109-102 victory over the Kings. The record has improved to 51 wins and 10 losses!

  …

   On the second day, the Trail Blazers did not arrange training in the morning. There was a preparation meeting and two tactical training sessions at two o'clock in the afternoon, but Liu Xiu came to the arena in the morning.

   Come together, there are Payton, Ray Allen, Kwame Brown, Mourning...etc.

  The team meeting held by the coaching staff to discuss issues about last night's defense.

Shuai finished the analysis last night, opened the PPT and compared it and said: "Last night, we did a good job defending in the second and third quarters, and finally won the game with our defense in these two quarters, but There are still many questions.

  Leaving aside the topic of insufficient defense in the opening stage, we need to improve our defense in the final quarter last night. Although the defense in the second and third quarters is good, there are still problems. "

Payton took over the conversation: "Yes, we fouled too much on the defensive end in the second and third quarters. Before the starting lineup played more time, the problem of substitute players fouling more was not obvious, but now the starting time is reduced. We're getting significantly more fouls and that's having a big impact on our defense..."

When Payton was talking, the coach cut the PPT to Payton's career data. Payton only had 3 fouls in the first 3 years of his career. Since the 4th year, he has never exceeded 3 fouls. Since 4 years, Payton has been selected for the first defense for 9 consecutive years.

  In the past 10 seasons, Payton averaged less than 2.5 fouls per game, and in these 10 seasons, Payton averaged more than 40 minutes per game in most seasons.

"...There will definitely be fouls, and sometimes active fouls are required, but they are not meaningless fouls, like Deshaun and Fred, they always continue to press after the opponent has completed the shot Actions, confrontation with the opponent, we have such fouls in almost every game... This is my suggestion for improvement from the aspects I am good at." Payton sat down after speaking.

   Liu Xiu looked at Payton sitting upright, and couldn't help but slander: Is this learning the nobility and glamor of the three-point king? Don't turn up the corners of your mouth! Who can't see that you are shy?

   After listening to it, Shuai praised Payton a few words, and then said: "Our problem in the final quarter is even bigger. In the final quarter, our defensive performance has seriously declined..."

   Liu Xiu was puzzled when he heard this. Is this the end of the second and third quarters? It's not just about fouls!

  Then he quickly realized that the defensive assistant had already found a problem that required energy to solve in the second and third quarters, so he didn't take this game to toss.

  And judging from what Bu Shuai said, the issue in the final quarter is more complicated, and it feels like it involves all aspects.

  But it seems very simple to Liu Xiu...

   Liu Xiu waited for Shuai to finish speaking, and responded: "Our problem in the final quarter and the problem in the opening stage of the first quarter can be regarded as the same—we always tend to underestimate our opponent after we beat some opponents and gained a clear lead..."

  (end of this chapter)