Healing Basketball

   Chapter 663 663. I think there are

   On March 11, the game day for the Trail Blazers vs. the Suns arrived.

  It was noon before the Suns came to Portland, because the Suns just played the Jazz last night, and today is the second back-to-back game.

In the game between the Suns and the Jazz last night, Paul scored 14 points and 11 assists. Facing the MVP, Xiao Cannon performed brilliantly, but Nash scored 11 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, and his performance looked better. The Suns also Defeated the Jazz 101-95.

   At 8:00 p.m., the game between the Suns and the Trail Blazers, who had been resting for an afternoon, started at the Rose Garden Arena.

  After 2 hours and 17 minutes of the game, the two teams decided the winner.

   Nash played 42 minutes, made 5 of 9 shots, scored 13 points, 7 rebounds and 16 assists, showing a violent performance.

  Diao 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Marion 20 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Raja Bell 19 points, Tim Thomas and Barbosa both scored 11 points, and James Jones scored 7 points.

   Tianyang team played a total of 8 times, only Eddie House did not score, and the others scored very well. The team's shooting rate was as high as 50%! 42 of 84 shots! Among them, 13 of 30 three-pointers were made, and the shooting percentage was as high as 43.3%, which was also 6 of 13 free throws.

  For the Trail Blazers, Randolph only played 26 minutes tonight, made 8 of 12 shots, and made 4 of 5 free throws. He scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, with extremely high efficiency.

  Ray Allen played 27 minutes, 5 of 9 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

  Raheem scored 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 4 of 7 shots; Blake scored 18 points on 5 of 7 three-pointers; Little Flying Squirrel scored 6 points and 4 assists; Kwame Brown scored 11 points and 14 rebounds...

   Liu Xiu played 44 minutes tonight and made 11 of 24 shots, including 2 of 3 three-pointers and 8 of 10 free throws. He scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, 15 assists and 4 steals.

  The Suns have a high shooting percentage, and the Trail Blazers are even higher! Under the leadership of Liu Xiu, the Trail Blazers made 46 of 86 shots, and the shooting percentage was as high as 53.5%!

   Both teams played a very good offensive performance tonight, but the Suns drove high and low. They scored 27 points, 26 points, and 29 points in the first three quarters, but only scored 19 points in the final quarter.

  The Trail Blazers lost to the Suns with 22 points in the first quarter.

  But Maurice Cheeks made a mistake and corrected it. He was not stubborn, and scored 28 points, 30 points, and 31 points in the next three quarters.

  However, the Suns also had an 8-man rotation in the back-to-back second game, which made the Trail Blazers very puzzled.

Kurt Thomas, Brian Grant, and Jim Jackson have not reported any injury problems. They all played in the last game of the Suns against the Nuggets, and Kurt Thomas also won It's a double-double, but this time it's back-to-back, the three of them guard the drinking fountain all the way.

  Obviously, in the final quarter, the Suns team's physical strength declined, and the 8-man rotation could no longer hold up, but D'Antoni still insisted on the 8-man rotation. The Trail Blazers used this to score 31 to 19 in the final quarter.

  In the end, the Trail Blazers relied on Liu Xiu's large double-double to reverse the Suns 111 to 101!

  …

  Beating the Suns, Liu Xiu was very happy.

   Nash is really fierce this year! After the absence of the Bully, the Suns have been in decline for a few months. Since December, the performance of the Suns has risen to the first-class level. By the middle of the season, the Suns have already performed at the top. The best performance in the league with 1 win and 1 loss, and now the strength has already ranked among the first echelons of the league.

  So being able to beat Nash in a direct match is very important for him to compete for the MVP.

   But the competition may continue until the last game, which is unfortunate. Last season, the Suns ranked first in the Western Conference and their Trail Blazers ranked second in the Western Conference. This season, the two teams are scheduled to play the curtain call.

  In addition to Nash, there is another competitor that needs attention. Last night, that man scored 40+ for the 24th time this season, far ahead of the single-season 40+ times record of all scorers in the league.

  The only thing that came close was Liu Xiu’s 21 times of 40+ in a single game last season...

   On the morning of March 12th, Liu Xiu left Portland with the team and started a 4-game streak in the Eastern Conference.

   On the plane, Mourning said to Payton with emotion: "After these 4 games, we will not have a game against the Eastern Conference this year."

   Payton sneered: "I think there are 4 games."

  Payton's consistent yin and yang ambiguity not only did not make Mourning angry, but made Mourning laugh out loud and apologize repeatedly.

  In the afternoon, the Trail Blazers arrived in Jersey City, and then took the bus for more than an hour to live in the villa area near Rutherford Town.

  In the evening, the vice president took Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Payton, Mourning and others to a nearby golf course to participate in a non-public and informal golf game.

   Unsurprisingly, Liu Xiu won in a crushing manner, allowing Ray Allen, Payton, Mourning and others to call out 'I'm so stupid', earning enough face for the vice president.

   In this private game, Liu Xiu knew at a glance that the vice president wanted to show off, so he must help. The team can heal and heal the vice president. Externally, he has to save face.

  …

   After a night of rest, the next day, March 13, the Trail Blazers arrived at another game day, and came to the Army Aviation Center at 10 am to prepare for the game.

  It was 5:10 in the evening. After warming up, Liu Xiu led his teammates into the stadium first, and was greeted with wild boos from the fans.

   After entering the arena, Liu Xiu said to Payton next to him: "I remembered the scene of winning the O'Brien Cup here last year."

   Payton nodded: "I think of the picture of me beating Kidd here all these years."

  At this moment, the two looked at each other, feeling sorry for each other...

   Immediately afterwards, the lights on their side went out, and the spotlight hit the opposite player's tunnel.

The eyes of more than a dozen players of the Trail Blazers were focused on the past. When the players of the Nets came out, they felt strong hostility. After their starting game was over and the lights came on, they also responded to the unfriendly eyes on the other side. .

   The Trail Blazers players want to avenge the last time they played against each other at home. The Nets players are even more hostile, revenge for the finals!

  However, even though the two teams had already become rivals, Kidd still exchanged warm greetings with Payton and Liu Xiu before the game.

Payton grew up watching Kidd, and Liu Xiu is Kidd's favorite star of the new generation. At first, Kidd thought Liu Xiu was his type of player. Although Liu Xiu became the scoring leader later, Kidd also That appreciation was not taken back.

   After exchanging pleasantries, it was natural to talk trash. Peyton and Kidd were skilful at each other, and Liu Xiu was left alone.

   Liu Xiu is not happy about this, but he is not familiar with Kidd, and the number of fights is only 10 times including the playoffs, and he really likes Kidd... Hey, there is it!

  (end of this chapter)