Healing Basketball

  Chapter 669 669.T-Mac only has the first three sections

   If there is any use, the mobility of these two people is really good.

  Pulzbilla is a 216 cm tall white center, but his mobility is quite good, and he is the number one shot blocker among whites.

  Diop, a man with physical fitness who was selected with the 8th overall pick in the year of the center in 2001, is not as good as Kwame Brown, but he is also one-to-one running and jumping ability.

  The two played together, and the Nets did an excellent job of pressing the rhythm.

  But apart from this, the two of them have no other advantages.

  This is a disaster for the Nets players. After playing well, the coach suddenly had a brain twitch.

   And the reason for Nate McMillan's brain twitch is the same as what Kidd guessed when he complained.

   In the first half, they went all out to attack, but lost by two points in the half. Nate McMillan was discouraged, and then decided to hit the defense with a twitch of his brain.

  If the Nets have played this season in the past two years, it doesn't matter if they take the defensive route.

But after more than a month of competition, they finally decided to attack. They left behind the group of iron-blooded friends in the east and embraced the "gun warfare". Now, after more than four months, they have become the number one offensive force in the east. The team... Predator has long been thrown into the Atlantic Ocean, and suddenly they played defense, and they collapsed!

   Even if McGrady continued to work hard in the third quarter and scored 9 points in a single quarter, the Nets only scored 20 points in this quarter.

And the Nets didn't do a good job defensively. Liu Xiu made 4 of 8 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 1 of 2 free throws. He scored 10 points and 2 assists, leading the Trail Blazers to 27 points in a single quarter. .

  90 to 81, the Trail Blazers' lead expanded to 9 points!

   Nate McMillan is still too young, even though he has been coaching since 2000, from Payton's teammate to Payton's head coach, but this coach is only 41 years old now.

   It is normal to panic when you fall behind when you play so well on offense.

  However, young people also have priority for young people, stand at attention when you are beaten!

   After a quarter of panic, it was time to rest again. Nate McMillan clearly realized the wrong decision in the previous quarter, and regained the "gun tactics" in the final quarter.

   Regarding this, Kidd's anger decreased a lot, and McGrady was also relieved.

  However, after the start of the last quarter, even if the Nets players were united and attacked with all their strength, the efficiency was far lower than in the first half.

It’s not how well the Trail Blazers defended. The Trail Blazers didn’t defend in the final quarter. They first sent a lineup of Flying Squirrel, Ray Allen, Outlaws, Zach Randolph, and Kwame Brown to attack. , Liu Xiu, Raheem, and McDyess were replaced later.

  The Nets’ offensive adjustment is actually very good, and the overall cooperation is quickly recalled. The reason for the decline in performance is that McGrady can’t play in the final quarter!

Although McGrady scored 9 points in the third quarter, he only made 3 of 8 shots. Compared with scoring 25 points on 9 of 15 shots in the first half, his shooting performance has dropped to 12 of 23 shots. to less than 50%.

   McGrady still took 8 shots in the final quarter, but only scored 2 goals, no free throws, and only scored 4 points. His shooting performance became 14 of 31 shots, and his shooting percentage returned to 45% of the season's average performance!

  The biggest impact of McGrady's lack of physical strength is not offense. After all, even if he can't make a shot, the Trail Blazers dare not let him go.

  The biggest impact is defense!

   Without the restriction of fully defending McGrady who has a marginal second defense, Liu Xiu made 5 of 8 shots in the final quarter, including 1 of 2 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 15 points in a single quarter!

  Under the leadership of Liu Xiu, the Trail Blazers scored 29 to 25 in the final quarter.

  In the end, Liu Xiu made 15 of 28 shots, including 4 of 6 three-pointers and 9 of 11 free throws. Hurricane scored 43 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, leading the Trail Blazers to a 119-106 victory over the Nets!

  …

   After finishing the matter after the game, Liu Xiu returned to the hotel and immediately lay down on the bed to enter the simulated training mode to calm himself down.

   "Competition score...comprehensive score A+, congratulations to the host for receiving 850 healing value rewards."

   "Open your eyes:

  Host score: 43 points, Tracy McGrady score: 37 points.

  The host has led the team to defeat the Nets.

  Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: 1 talent fragment. "

Liu Xiu felt lucky to be able to win the game and successfully create opportunities to score points in the final quarter. The opposing head coach became their best sixth man in the third quarter...but being able to seize unexpected opportunities is also a manifestation of strength. He won't belittle himself for it.

   But I really feel lucky. If the Nets keep scoring soaring points and the Nets continue their offensive momentum in the first half, the outcome of the game is really unknown.

  Looking at the 3 talent fragments in the warehouse, Liu Xiu was overjoyed.

  However, troubles also came...

  The talent of 'Sharp Shooter' can be triggered by playing with the three-point leader in the game, and there is no need to activate it for the time being.

  'Giant Killer' is too impractical. Although he is powerful in attacking the frame, he is limited by his height. His main scoring area is in the middle and long distances.

  'Controller' is a good talent, which will greatly enhance the ability to lead weak teams, but it is not so applicable now.

   And it’s not the same as Kidd’s own ability, Liu Xiu feels that his talent as a ‘controller’ has the smell of a sewer...

  'Late Bloom' can definitely be used, but it is the last talent he plans to consider in the future if he hopes to reach a 95+ ability evaluation.

   After struggling for a while, he made a decision—look again.

  Maybe you can get other talents in the future, or you may have targeted needs in the playoffs. For example, if you meet Yao Ming or O'Neal in the finals, wouldn't the "Giant Killer" be easy to use?

   If you meet the Suns in the playoffs and need to enter the sewer, the 'controller' is also good.

  He is 24 years old this year. If his talent comes to an end, he needs to extend the growth period immediately? Although he hasn't felt this yet, he is prepared...

  …

   At noon the next day, the Trail Blazers left Jersey City and flew to Cleveland.

   Liu Xiu noticed that the media's efforts to promote their game against the Cavaliers tomorrow were much greater than their efforts to report that they beat the Nets last night.

  When playing games in the afternoon, he complained about this incident to Randolph and the outlaws. Randolph also complained and expressed his displeasure with James.

The extrajudicial fanatic analyzed it objectively: "Yesterday and tomorrow's game will be broadcast live, and the game that has ended is definitely not as important as the game that has not been played on the TV station, and the warden you and James have always been duel. It's the focus of the fans' attention..."

  Then, the outlaw fanatic was almost kicked out by the two again.

   But when it comes to the confrontation with James, Liu Xiu feels weird, being coerced by public opinion.

   He doesn’t have much preference for James, but he can’t say he hates it either. Although they were in a state of competition in their rookie season, their relationship wasn’t too bad, and they had a lot of communication... But now, at least in terms of public opinion, the two of them are already on fire!

  (end of this chapter)