Healing Basketball

  Chapter 981 981. The response is effective!

  Appointment is not a big deal. After the teams get the schedule, they will arrange the travel schedule for the entire regular season as soon as possible. There are many teams in the NBA that do not have their own arenas. This is normal.

  But for other teams, even if they don’t have an appointment, as long as they ask the opponent for training, the opponent will not refuse.

  The Clippers are not. Every time they provide a training facility, they have to pay. The venues they rent are paid according to the number of times they are used. They usually have other businesses, but the Clippers have the priority to rent them.

   According to gossip, the owner of the Clippers has calculated that they will spend more money renting a long-term venue for maintenance than paying for the number of times they use it.

   Today the Trail Blazers are doing extra training temporarily. They don’t want to run so far, and they don’t want to work hard to communicate with the Clippers. They just find a place to practice, which is closer to the hotel.

  If the hotel they stayed in had an indoor basketball court, all this would be saved. Unfortunately, the hotel where they signed a long-term contract when they played an away game in Los Angeles during the regular season did not have this facility.

  Liu Xiu used to know that the owner of the Clippers was picky, but he didn't expect to be able to get this job...

  By the way, he also saw the news that Baylor sued Sterling.

  Because Sterling did not buy additional social security and medical insurance for Baylor as promised, but just bought the regular version, which reduced Baylor's monthly money after retirement by one-third, and the coverage of medical insurance was much smaller.

   This was originally supported by relevant departments and courts.

  But Baylor said that Sterling fired him because of racial discrimination, which was rejected by the court because there was no evidence and it was inconsistent with objective facts.

   In turn, lawsuits over retirement security have been affected.

  Bill Duffy and Liu Xiu complained that Baylor's brain is not very useful when talking about this matter. If you want to sue Sterling for racial discrimination, you can just sue Sterling directly, and it should not be related to work-related benefits.

  As far as Baylor's actions in the past two summers, any team will fire him...

  The coach did what he said, and in the two training sessions in the evening, the content of the additional training was to help Liu Xiu grab rebounds and adjust his tactics.

   There is nothing wrong with the content of the adjustment, which fits their style of play this year.

  There are smart people who can see the purpose of the coaching staff, but smart people know what to say and what not to say.

  Like Hill, in addition to training, he took the initiative to teach Millsap and Birdman the blocking skills, and taught them how to prevent the opponent from rushing in from the outside to grab the ball.

   McDyess, who is the main player in the rotation, doesn't need to be taught at all. He has played for more than ten years as an old player. Before, the team didn't need it, but now he needs it. He immediately showed his ability as a forward in training.

  …

   At 7:40 p.m. on the 21st, at the Staples Center, Liu Xiu led his teammates into the field from the visiting team's tunnel.

   There was no particularly strong hostility on the other side, but there was a fiery look from the sidelines.

  It feels very familiar...

  After the players of the two teams finished playing, the lights came on, and Liu Xiu saw the owner of that gaze—the arrogant face of the West Coast God.

  (`へ)

   Just ignore him...

  Kobe put on an arrogant face on purpose, but when Liu Xiu glanced at him, he turned his eyes away... He was so angry!

  [○｀Д○]

   Last time he was complained about being mean, he went back and thought about it, he was a little childish. When someone came, he called to make an appointment for a visit, but he refused to answer the phone, which was very rude.

  So, this time he prepared a big meal, and he also planned to cook spaghetti Bolognese himself, which is the only dish he is good at.

   As a result, this guy didn't go to his house yesterday!

  If Liu Xiu knew what Kobe was thinking, he would only complain—it’s hard to serve a great god.

The Clippers are currently fourth from the bottom in the Western Conference. The Grizzlies, Hornets, and Supersonics are ranked 'ahead' of them, but their four teams have similar records. The current record of the Clippers is 19 wins and 49 losses, ranking first from the bottom. The Hornets are 17-50.

   This year, the Clippers are preparing to compete for the No. 1 pick.

   Rose and Turtle are regarded as defensive point guards in the division stage. Rose was selected to the best defensive team in the AAC league, and Westbrook even won the best defensive player award in the Pacific Ten League.

   But in the third stage of madness, the two suddenly emerged, showing the tyrannical dominance of both offense and defense. Together with the three talents of Beasley, Mayo, and Love, after the NCAA entered the third stage of madness, the bad army became even more fanatical.

   But the Clippers are currently sixth from the bottom in the league...

   They don't want to win more than anyone else!

   If you get the No. 6 pick after a bad year, how bad will it be?

  Now the Clippers management and coaching staff are all thinking about how to lose.

  After the game started at 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers had the upper hand in any casual play.

  A few days ago, the Clippers went to Portland to play an away game and almost won. Dunleavy was so scared that he was in a cold sweat.

  Although they play normally, even if they play well, it is difficult to win against the Trail Blazers, but what if it explodes?

  So, with the Trail Blazers easily gaining the upper hand, Liu Xiu became more difficult to grab rebounds.

  When talking about this with the vice president and the coach on the plane yesterday, they guessed this situation-teams that have already confirmed that they will miss the playoffs may choose to use this method to increase their success rate.

   Players on bad teams, when they have no hope and don’t know what to do other than stats, will also be interested in things like sniping him to average a triple-double.

  I used to think it didn’t matter because no one came up with a good solution, but now I have a solution. Anyway, there is nothing else to do except to brush up the data... The Clippers players are very concerned about this matter.

   However, the Blazers did a much better defensive rebound protection tonight than they did a few days ago!

  Did a good job against Kaman and Tim Thomas' regular slots, and also did a good job against Maggette, Ruben Patterson, Thornton and other outside rushing slots.

  Liu Xiu scored 9 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive rebounds!

  Deng Levy found things for the players to do and increased the rush in the tactics, but he did not expect the Trail Blazers to take the initiative to adjust, which increased the probability of Liu Xiu grabbing offensive rebounds.

  Brand was reimbursed, and the Clippers' defensive rebounds plummeted to 28.9, the second-to-last in the league, and Liu Xiu snatched it unexpectedly.

But Dunleavy didn't try to improve it. He just wanted to find something for the players to do that had nothing to do with winning. The players might be somewhat envious. As a coach, he really didn't care if players from other teams won. what data.

  In the end, Liu Xiu played 36 minutes, scored 29 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, leading the Trail Blazers to a 113-96 victory over the Clippers, winning 6 consecutive victories and improving their record to 48 wins and 20 losses!

  After the game, Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. Things were not as complicated as he thought. Not every team has the frontcourt impact of the Cavaliers!

   A team with the strength of the Cavaliers must be thinking about how to win and not be so 'boring'.

  (end of this chapter)