Healing Basketball

  Chapter 688 688. Lock first!

   After defeating the Warriors, the Trail Blazers' record improved to 65 wins and 11 losses.

  Go back to Portland for a night of rest. On April 9, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Sonics.

   It was another soaring point battle. Ridnour, Lewis, and Damir Wilkins felt very good tonight, and they didn't have any flank shots.

   The Sonics led the Blazers by one point 32 to 31 in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, the Blazers maintained their offensive level and the Sonics began to decline.

   In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers and the Sonics scored 32 to 29, and entered the intermission with two points 63 to 61 against the Supersonics.

In the second half, the Sonics only scored 25 points in the two quarters and 50 points in the half, but the Trail Blazers continued their offensive firepower, scoring 28 points in the third quarter and 29 points in the fourth quarter. Open the score and win the game.

   Liu Xiu scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists, and scored a double-double again.

  Ray Allen had 16 points and Payton had 15 points and 4 assists. Both of them performed very well when they met their old clubs.

  Plus Randolph's 20 points and 9 rebounds, Little Flying Squirrel's 12 points, Outlaw Madman's 9 points and 4 rebounds, Kwame Brown's 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks...

  In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Sonics 120 to 111, won 12 consecutive victories, and improved their record to 66 wins and 11 losses!

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  The second day after playing the Sonics, April 10, at 8 pm, the Trail Blazers ushered in their second game within 24 hours, playing back-to-back against the Warriors.

  After the start of the game, some fatigue of the Trail Blazers players could be clearly seen. They only scored 24 points in the first quarter and only 20 points in the second quarter.

   This is still relying on Liu Xiu's 8 of 15 shots in the half, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws to get 24 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. The Trail Blazers only scored 44 points in the half.

   The Warriors seized the opportunity, scored 24 points in the first quarter, 25 points in the second quarter, and led the Trail Blazers 49 to 44 by 5 points at halftime!

  Liu Xiu relied on a large number of shots to support the score and gave his teammates time to adjust.

   His teammates lived up to his expectations. In the third quarter, the Blazers broke out on both offense and defense. The offensive end scored 33 points in a single quarter, and the defensive end limited the Warriors to only 20 points in the third quarter!

  77 to 69, the Trail Blazers overtook the Warriors by 8 points at the end of the third quarter!

   Liu Xiu, who made more than a dozen shots in the first half, only threw 3 times in the third quarter, made 1 of 3 shots, scored only 3 points, and had 2 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals!

  At the end of the quarter, the Warriors picked up their offense and scored 26 points in a single quarter, but the Trail Blazers had opened up their offense and scored 29 points in the final quarter.

Liu Xiu made 11 of 21 shots, including 4 of 8 three-pointers and 9 of 10 free throws. He scored 35 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals in a single game. He led the Blazers to reverse the Warriors 106-95 and won 13 consecutive victories, raising the record to 67 wins and 11 losses!

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   Just minutes before the Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors back-to-back, the Pistons lost to the Pacers on the road and their record became 63 wins and 15 losses.

  Theoretically, the Pistons have lost all hope of surpassing the Trail Blazers. Even if the Trail Blazers lose all of the last 4 games and the Pistons win all, the Trail Blazers can still rank ahead of the Pistons by virtue of the advantage of the match.

  The Trail Blazers secured the first place in the league 4 games ahead of schedule!

Paul Allen excitedly wanted to hold a celebration party for winning the first place in the league. This was the first time that the two teams in his hands won the first place in the league...but all the players refused, and he could only feel wronged Baba's changed the time to after the regular season.

   Indeed, there was no time. After playing the Warriors, the Trail Blazers flew to Salt Lake City the next afternoon.

  The 41st away game of the season, the last away game, played against the Jazz.

   After a night of rest, at 8 pm on April 12th, the Trail Blazers challenged the Jazz in an away game.

The Trail Blazers were showing signs of fatigue when they played the Warriors. That was the 3rd game in 4 days. Today, it is the 4th game in 6 days. Even if Maurice Cheeks worked hard to adjust the rotation , The deep lineup built to maximize the ability to play money is still playing badly.

   Scoring is not bad, the Trail Blazers scored 27 points in the first quarter, but they couldn't control the initiative at all, and were scored 29 points by the Jazz!

  Because the Trail Blazers scored 27 points, Liu Xiu made 8 of 14 shots in the first quarter, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 18 points and 2 assists in a single quarter!

   With Liu Xiu's two assists, his teammates scored a total of 5 points, that is, 23 of the 27 points were scored by Liu Xiu.

  The credit is due to the state continuity and insight improvement of the 'Prisoner Killing'.

  Slapping Xiaopao classmate, the 'Prisoner Kill' was triggered without accident.

   Moreover, facing the Jazz, which is based on iron-blooded defense and has the strongest pick-and-roll offense in the league, the two effects of "Prison Kill"'s "good lower limit" and "significantly improved insight on both offensive and defensive ends" have been brought into full play!

In the second quarter, Liu Xiu made 3 of 7 shots, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 1 of 2 free throws. He scored 8 points and 3 assists. As soon as his score dropped, the Blazers team's score dropped. Down, only scored 21 points.

   Fortunately, the Blazers' defensive performance picked up in the second quarter, and the Jazz only scored 22 points.

  Relying on Liu Xiu's 26 points and 5 assists in the half, the Trail Blazers struggled to hold on to the score, trailing the Jazz by 3 points 48 to 51 and entering the second half.

   In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers began to take the initiative-defense!

  Liu Xiu scored 5 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in a single quarter, leading the Trail Blazers to 19 points in a single quarter while limiting the Jazz to 19 points.

  Although the Trail Blazers were still 3 points behind the Jazz at the end of the three quarters, 67 to 70 behind.

  However, the situation on the field is no longer under Paul's control.

   At the end of the quarter, the Jazz collapsed! There were only 15 successful shots in a single quarter, 5 of 15 shots, all 4 three-point shots were ironed, and 9 of 10 free throws were added to score 19 points, scoring less than 20 points in two consecutive quarters.

  On the other side, Liu Xiu relied on defense to counterattack, scoring 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in a single quarter, leading the Blazers to score 25 points in a single quarter!

   The final score was 25 to 19, and the Trail Blazers reversed the Jazz 92 to 89!

   With 14 consecutive victories, the Trail Blazers' record has improved to 68 wins and 11 losses!

Tonight, it was Paul's first star performance in the game against the Trail Blazers. He made 7 of 15 shots, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, and 7 of 9 free throws. He scored 24 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. The shooting rate is high and the efficiency is high. By the end of the third quarter, they still led the team to lead the Trail Blazers by 3 points.

   But in the end I still lost!

   After the game, he looked at Liu Xiu's data and almost knelt down.

   15 of 29 shots, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, plus 8 of 10 free throws, Liu Xiu scored 41 points.

   Such fierce hand-to-hand combat, and Liu Xiu is the toughest player on the defensive end of the Trail Blazers, but his shooting performance has always been online, and his condition has always been very good!

   Forget it, besides 41 points, Liu Xiu also had 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals and 1 block!

  40+ triple doubles! Paul didn't expect that he could witness a 40+ triple-double with his own eyes!

   It's just such an honor, he would rather not have it!

  (end of this chapter)