MTL - Healing Basketball-Chapter 1031 1031. Hot start

  Chapter 1031 Chapter 1031. Hot start

  Facts have proved that people, you have to force him!

  Miao Huzi suddenly received a task, asking him to launch a tactic like a high-post singles with X running interspersed and 45-degree angles on both sides. He had never played such a tactic before, and he really figured out a way.

Gasol slipped the bottom line and moved to the opposite side of Liu Xiu to meet or respond in the three-second zone. At the same time, he sent Korver and Ray Allen. Breaking through the zone, Gasol Jr. will cover for the pitcher on the other side, and the outsider will play power forward, filling the wing pitcher position and cutting into the frame.

   Liu Xiu felt comfortable with this style of play. After making a threat from the mid-range shot, he continued to attack the basket and made a kill.

  He made 4 of 7 shots in the second quarter, plus 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 13 points in a single quarter!

  Teammates made 3 of 7 three-pointers in this quarter, plus a cut to eat pie and Ray Allen's long two points, scored 17 points, and the team scored 30 points in a single quarter!

   But against the Spurs' defense, the Trail Blazers just didn't do well.

Duncan scored 8 points, Parker scored 6 points and 3 assists, Finley scored 3 points, Udoka scored 3 points, Bonner scored 3 points, and Kurt Thomas scored 5 points. The Spurs scored 28 points in a single quarter, continuing their scoring stability in the first quarter !

  Being hacked last year, the Spurs system has been evaluated as a 'regular season system'. There may be a situation where no matter how well they play in the regular season this season, the playoffs will be underestimated.

  But Liu Xiu discovered the difference between the Spurs and last season—they have regained their former stability!

  No matter how fierce the opponent's performance is, I will stand still.

   This is Duncan's strongest trait in the NBA for many years.

   This is not important anymore, the important thing is to play well for tonight's game first!

  After returning from the intermission, the two teams played more intensely.

   After the Trail Blazers found a breakthrough in offense, they began to try to increase the output of the defensive end.

  The effect is quite good. The defensive system that Bu Shuai and Mark Jackson have figured out is quite powerful.

  But the changes in the lineup have affected Mustache's offensive strategy.

  In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers tied the Spurs 25-25. Although they successfully suppressed the rising offensive momentum of the Spurs, the Blazers' own offensive performance was also affected by it.

   After three quarters, the Trail Blazers were still 4 points behind the Spurs, with a score of 76 to 80.

   Entering the intermission, Maurice Cheeks hesitated for a long time, and finally made a decision-the main offense!

  Morris Cheeks made the right bet this time. The Spurs also played defensive counterattacks at the beginning. If the Blazers play defense, they will enter a state of mutual consumption with the Spurs.

Although the Spurs are a 'star system disguised as a team play', it is undeniable that Popovich has really played the role players out of play. Ginobili is injured and can't play tonight. George Hill The rookie scored 10 points and 3 assists in three quarters, and Desmond Farmar, who was signed from the Development League and topped the top, scored two arc-top three-pointers.

   Falling into mutual consumption, the one who suffers is naturally the Trail Blazers.

  Fighting offense, let the two teams play back and forth!

   At 11 minutes and 33 seconds into the game, Ray Allen scored the second three-pointer tonight, a key three-pointer, helping the Trail Blazers chase the score to 107 to 109, with two points left!

   Then the Spurs called a timeout and played a time-consuming tactic. The tactic was really bad. Popovich's temporary tactic was as bad as ever.

   The Spurs almost used up 24 seconds after this offense. When Liu Xiu took off the defensive rebound, there were only 3.6 seconds left in the game!

   There was no time to counterattack, Maurice Cheeks called a timeout immediately after Liu Xiu took the ball.

   Another nickname for Liu Xiu is 'The King of Overtime'.

  Based on this, Popovich's defense during the timeout is the main defense of two points.

   On the offensive end, Popovich's on-the-spot response is amazing, but his defensive response is always excellent.

  His prediction was successful, and the Trail Blazers deployed a tactic of attacking the frame, sending Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Randolph, Kwame Brown, and Gasol.

  Kwame Brown served the ball out of bounds, Gasol Jr. used his height and wingspan to receive the ball from the free throw line, Ray Allen and Liu Xiu moved to check, and Randolph cut into the frame.

   Sending three towers, two super pitchers on the back line, and letting a power forward shoot key shots, this tactic is really not a tactic that ordinary people dare to deploy.

But coincidentally, Popovich really remembers a similar tactic. In the first round of 2003, the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks had G5. Derek Anderson, two guards who made good three-pointers that night, relied on Randolph to hit the Mavericks twice at the critical moment, and finally beat the Mavericks 103 to 99 to drag the game into G6.

   What Popovich arranged was to defend against this tactic.

  So, Kwame Brown, who saw the Spurs' defensive movement, did not dare to send the ball immediately after receiving the ball from the referee!

  Morris Cheeks was not angry when he saw Kwame Brown hesitated. Instead, he was relieved that the top player's defensive analysis ability was getting better and better. When he was about to call a timeout again, Kwame Brown suddenly served the ball quickly!

  The Spurs' defense started to run, blocking Randolph from receiving the ball and interfering with Gasol's turning and shooting.

  But Gasol didn't turn around after receiving the ball, and didn't look at Randolph. Instead, he 'passed' the ball back to the direction of Kwame Brown's out-of-bounds serve.

   Kwame Brown immediately entered the boundary after serving the ball, blocked George Hill on the right sideline, Liu Xiu circled the post, received the ball from Gasol Jr., took off quickly, turned around and shot a three-pointer...

  The moment Liu Xiu threw the ball, a long whistle sounded.

  Accompanied by the long whistle, Liu Xiu hit a three-pointer at a critical moment!

  The reactions of the people on both sides were completely opposite. A group of people from the Spurs surrounded the referee, emphasizing the timeout.

   On the Trail Blazers side, they celebrated with the fans at the scene.

  However, it is hard for Liu Xiu to say whether the ball was timed out. He used the fastest speed to complete the shot on the basis of ensuring the power of the shot, and tried his best.

  The referee watched the replay repeatedly, but it was hard to be sure!

  Finally, I found an angle and saw the moment when the ball separated from Liu Xiu's fingertips. There were 0.2 seconds left in the countdown!

  The referee confirmed to the technical desk that Liu Xiu's goal was valid, and the outside referee confirmed that Liu Xiu's foot was outside the three-point line when he took off. The technical desk confirmed the score, 110 to 109, and the Trail Blazers won!

  Liu Xiu scored 33 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block tonight, Ray Allen had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Zach Randolph had 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. The three stars performed outstandingly!

In addition to the two of them, the Trail Blazers also had two players who scored in double figures. They scored 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block on 5 of 9 shots and scored 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks on 4 of 6 shots. Kwame Brown.

  The outstanding performance of the outlaw lunatics in the first two games dispelled the concerns of the Blazers management and coaching staff.

  They were very hesitant about trading Lu Wei at first. Rahim and Little Flying Squirrel retired successively, and they wanted a really strong substitute.

  Reed was their initial choice. Last season, Reed began to get more playing time.

  However, Lu Wei’s characteristics make it difficult for him to make much contribution in the playoffs. Sometimes the regular season is quite difficult, with high-volume shots and low shooting percentage.

  So the coaching staff was very tangled and hesitant to send Lu Wei away, and because of this, their first transaction partner was Lu Wei, and they chose to deal with it when it was broken.

  The disadvantages are so great, and they who aim to compete for the championship should not worry about Lu Wei's scoring talent, big heart and other things that are not uncommon for their Trail Blazers.

  The expectation of the coaching staff fell on the outlaw fanatic who took the initiative to play as a substitute.

   That high school student was sent away, this high school student did not disappoint.

   Extrajudicial lunatics play as substitutes, with more freedom of position, more opportunities to make shots, and a stable ability to average 10+ points per game!

   Moreover, this guy is also a top 'interference flow' defensive master!

  Although the outlaw lunatic lacks the ability to attack independently, his relative advantage is also this. When the reed is the main attack point, there is no strategy at all, and the outlaw lunatic can be used as the end point of tactics.

   As for scoring in singles... isn't there a warden?

  …

   With two consecutive victories at the start, the Trail Blazers' new season has begun.

   At noon on the second day after playing the Spurs, the Trail Blazers left Portland and started two consecutive aways.

  Liu Xiu flipped through the news and was in a happy mood. Yesterday's basketball headline was his lore against the Spurs.

  His regular season-true lore times came to 13 times!

This is the official count of the number of kills. If ESPN calculates the number of kills, the ball that equalized the score at the last moment and dragged into overtime, the overtake after being overtaken, or the opponent's missed shot... all of them are counted. He has a total of 25 Second-rate.

  The coaching staff is discussing whether to integrate Liu Xiu's singles offense into the team system.

  The creation of the offensive and defensive system, at the beginning, is to build a "trunk", after confirming that it is feasible, add "branches" to gradually enrich the tactical system.

  It’s like a triangle offense. It seems to be a pitcher, a top arc support point, two singles strong points, and a pie-eating player. It’s very simple.

  But only Zen Master can play the triangle offense well.

  The torso can be used by any coach, and the various tactical details are the key.

   Also run away and bomb, the mad scientist and the mustache are completely different styles of play.

Now the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers is most troubled by Mustache. Last night, he had a flash of inspiration and came up with a team tactic for Liu Xiu to launch an attack in singles, but he felt that the probability of such a play being replicated was too low. Only Liu Xiu in their team can play like that, and no one else can.

  But I want to keep this tactic.

  Finally, the coach made a decision: "Retain it first, we will continue to polish the tactical system as the first goal, and look for more possibilities. If there are many cases where the warden is required to attack alone, we can also use this as the main tactic.

  Mike, don't worry about putting too much pressure on the warden, and don't worry about other people being dissatisfied..."

  Moustache no longer struggles when he hears this. Indeed, this is not something that needs to be decided immediately.

   But recognition is recognition, but he still feels that the team's style of play is not the same as the team basketball he wants.

   But it doesn’t matter, anyway, it’s a buffer for a year to adjust my mentality.

  I also learned some basketball concepts that I didn’t think of before, and I’m not losing money... It’s just a bit tiring to know too much!

  …

   At 8:00 pm on November 4th, the Trail Blazers came to the American West Arena in Phoenix to challenge the Suns away.

  The Suns have played 3 games, and a weird situation has emerged—the Suns scoring leader is a big shark with an average of 23.7 points per game!

   Terry Porter continues to serve as the interim coach of the Suns.

  O'Neal is back to health, and the Suns' tactic is a slow-paced positional battle, surrounded by a bunch of shooters, and the game is naturally very comfortable.

Even Xiaobawang's mid-range shots have been developed. Last season, Xiaobawang's short-range mid-range shots were 46%, regular mid-range shots were 53%, and long-range shots were 42%. Although the number of shots was not too many, they were stable .

  This allowed O'Neal to recover successfully at the beginning of this season!

  Liu Xiu remembers, it seems that the Sharks of this season averaged 20+9 per game before the All-Star Weekend, and their shooting percentage was a career-high 65%.

   Now it can be seen that the record is not good. The Suns lost three games in a row, 101 to 107 to the Spurs, 102 to 105 to the Mavericks, and 101 to 109 to the Lakers last night.

   O'Neal likes to play positional warfare, but the rest of the Suns are not suitable for this, and they can't defend.

Steve Kerr's operation was confusing. He said he felt that the fast break could not win the championship, so he exchanged Marion for O'Neal. Otherwise, he didn't renew his contract and signed a bunch of pitchers and physical fitness men.

  Now the offensive in positional warfare is quite awkward, and the traditional offense around O'Neal cannot be defended on the defensive end.

  Maybe as the season progresses, the offensive end will be better after a tacit cooperation, anyway, it’s enough now...

  For Steve Kerr’s operation, Liu Xiu and his teammates complained—another year of Nash’s peak wasted.

Liu Xiu played 30 minutes tonight and made 6 of 9 shots, including 2 of 2 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 20 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Hill had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, Kwame Brown scored 7 points and 13 rebounds, Randolph scored 16 points and 8 rebounds, Ray Allen scored a game-high 23 points...

  106 to 97, the Trail Blazers took the Suns lightly to win.

   O'Neal scored 20 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 8 of 13 shots tonight.

   O'Neal, who weighs 147 kg and is healthy, is very powerful even at the age of 36! Only 4 of 10 free throws slowed down, otherwise he might score more than Ray Allen.

At the stage of sufficient physical strength, I can't defend in singles, and I have accepted that I am getting older. I can't play singles anymore. I am willing to move and adjust my position at close range to find opportunities to eat cakes... It is said that the Suns have finished their preseason games. The Bulls offered to the Suns to trade O'Neal with Okur, but Steve Kerr rejected it.

  The reason is that I don’t want to make the championship competitors stronger.

  After the start of the regular season, O'Neal was visibly healthy and in such a good state. Steve Kerr's reason for refusing to trade has been recognized by many people.

  But Liu Xiu thinks that Okur, who can protect the frame, shoot three-pointers and play singles, doesn't want Steve Kerr... Nash is miserable!

  …

   On the 6th, the Trail Blazers came to Salt Lake City, and the league announced the first week of the best awards.

  East: McGrady of the Knicks, 3 wins and 0 losses, averaging 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

  West: Danny Granger of the Rockets, 4 wins and 0 losses, averaging 26 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

   After a night of rest in Salt Lake City, the next day, the Trail Blazers challenged the Jazz away to the day.

  The Jazz have had bad luck this year.

  Kirilenko continued his poor state in the Olympic Games. His performance in the preseason was poor, and he was sent to the bench in the regular season.

   Also put on the bench, and Tyson Chandler.

   Chandler was rejected, another summer passed, and there was still no progress.

  Chandler is very good at assisting defense and defending Chandler, but he is not as effective as the 23rd pick in the first round of this year's rookie Costa Koufos in terms of frame protection that the Jazz need most.

   However, in overall strength, Chandler must be much better than Kufoss. It is rumored that Sloan wants to stimulate Chandler to see if he can make Chandler stand up.

   But as far as Liu Xiu has learned about black athletes over the years, whether it can be supported, such incentives are useless, and it is not as strong as the incentive when the contract year is over.

The unluckyness of the Jazz does not stop there. Paul, Boozer and Szczerbiak, the top three players in the Jazz's scoring average, are also plagued by injuries. They began to be injured in the preseason. The Jazz started In the 3 regular season games, the three brothers played 1 game each.

At 7:40 p.m., after Liu Xiu and his teammates entered the Energy Solutions Arena, they saw the opposite starting lineup—Jarrett Jack, Ronnie Brewer, Jason Kapono, Chandler, Kufu s.

  Paul's weak hamstring... Regardless of character, Liu Xiu felt very sorry for such an opponent who was eroded by injuries.

  Paul continued to be plagued by hamstring injuries early in his career, and it was not just this one injury. He suffered a cruciate ligament injury in college, and an ankle injury in his second year in the NBA... This year he began to suffer from hamstring injuries again.

  Paul, who was only 22 years old last season, was evaluated by the magician as synonymous with talent. How strong should he continue to play the previous season and grow to his peak at the age of 26 or 7?

   But maybe because of this style of play, Paul's hamstrings, knees, and ankles have been under undue pressure?

  Before the game, Liu Xiu felt sorry for Paul, but after the game started, she played hard.

  The opponent's five starters were injured and three were injured. If they lose, where will they lose face?

  But the coaches didn't pay much attention to this, and focused on playing tactics.

  Sloan, although the battalion is full of wounded soldiers, is still doing what it should do—defense and test the Trail Blazers' offensive stability and adaptability.

  Although the Jazz lacked Paul, they still did a good job defending. The Trail Blazers' incomplete offense was hindered.

   Then, Sloan swears.

  Adjustment for the Trail Blazers to encounter problems—the warden strikes!

   Liu Xiu played 41 minutes and made 17 of 27 shots, including 1 of 4 three-pointers and 7 of 7 free throws. He scored 42 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.

Plus Randolph with 17 points and 6 rebounds, Ray Allen with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, the outlaw fanatic with 10 points and 6 rebounds, and Kwame Brown with 6 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 4 blocks Support the defense... 103 to 96, the Trail Blazers started with 4 consecutive victories!

  Although Sloan scolded the public, he had to admit that the opponent's new system had a high probability of success!

  Play very flexibly, don’t stick to the system itself, try to rely on the ability of the stars to make tactics...

This made Sloan think of the Zen Master in the three dynasties. At that time, the Zen Master's triangle offense never played a double-forward swingman without a center, and adjusted to a super center-based play with one inside and one outside. In 1999 In the summer, when Zen Master joined the Lakers, not many people really thought that Zen Master could succeed, but it is unbelievable that he directly led the team to complete the dynasty.

However, Zen Master, who had to think carefully about every tactical detail at that time, no longer has that kind of motivation. After integrating Deron into the triangle offense, he did not polish the tactical details as carefully as he polished the details of the OK combination tactics. Became 'enough is enough'.

  The Zen master is no longer the former Zen master, but the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers. The unrestrained ideas and novel tactical ideas that day... Sloan felt that he was miserable.

  Why is his coaching career so bumpy?

  Formidable opponents one after another...

  …

  Back to the hotel after defeating the Jazz, the Trail Blazers coaching staff gathered in the vice president's suite for a meeting.

  The vice president looked at this group of people and wanted to give up the treatment that he could live in a suite like Liu Xiu.

   Come to him every meeting!

   But it really made him give up... Ahem, this is a symbol of the status of the team.

   Neither the general manager nor the coach has this kind of treatment. Several vice presidents of the team and the warden who added this clause to the renewal contract only get this kind of treatment when they stay in a hotel.

  But the vice president was very happy about the content of the meeting.

  Sloan felt that the new system of the Trail Blazers could work, and the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers felt the same way.

  The performance in the first 4 games was much better than they expected!

Mustache said excitedly: "The butcher is not as lazy as you say, is he? I am most worried about him. I am worried that he is unwilling to play pass and cut cooperation, so I deliberately added mid-range and short-range singles to him. I didn't expect him to cut in. It was done well, the counterattack was also very active, and the deterrent force of a 120kg player rushing up..."

After the mustache finished speaking, the intern assistant echoed: "Yes, I was worried at first that he would serve as a center on the defensive end and switch defenses under the basket, but his enthusiasm is far better than I imagined. He is so strong and so agile. , It's a pity that the awareness of the defensive end is not good enough. Mark is better at this point, as are support and pick-and-roll... But Butcher's personal offense is too good to make up for those shortcomings. The mid-range catch and singles are so good..."

  Seeing how excited the two were, the vice president didn't know whether to say that this was the power of a 'contract year'. In previous years, if he didn't gain 30 pounds to start the new season, that guy wouldn't be called Zach Randolph.

  Finally, the vice president decided not to talk about it, and anyone who understands will understand.

  For example, Brad, who loves money as much as Randolph, doesn't think it's strange that Randolph started this year with a perfect weight.

  In fact, the only worry about the starting lineup is Randolph, but Randolph's performance in the regular season made the coaches feel at ease.

   What surprised them was that after 4 games, Gasol Jr. was the one who integrated the tactical system the fastest.

   Gasol Jr.'s ability to understand tactics is really the best in the team. In the eyes of the coaches, even the warden can't match him in this aspect.

  However, it is surprising that Gasol is the fastest one to integrate into the system, but he only has so much playing time, and his weight limits what he can do, which is not so conspicuous in the eyes of fans.

  Other substitutes, the better the better, the more marginal the edge.

  This is the characteristic of Mustache's tactics-the playing time is concentrated on 7-8 main players.

  For this tendency, the coaches are unanimously trying to find a way. For example, after the start of the training camp, they have strengthened the training of Korver's running position, and now they are also cultivating Novak's ability in this area.

   The combo guard Dragic, who is somewhat similar to Liu Xiu in his style of play and keen on scoring, also played a lot of time. He averaged 13 minutes per game in 4 games, averaging 4.5 points, 2 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

  In the view of the coach, any system must have functional players, even the triangle offense, which claims to be free to play, also has fixed roles.

  Since there are at most 8 main roles, one of them is a role that is close to panacea. The Trail Blazers don’t have it yet... The idea of ​​the current coach is to reduce unnecessary roles and increase the same type of players who need roles.

   This idea was confirmed by the coach and Liu Xiu after many discussions. The reference object is the Spurs.

  As the saying goes, the predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the shade...

  …

   After returning to Portland for a day of rest, the Trail Blazers ushered in the first back-to-back of the new season.

   On the 8th, the Trail Blazers ushered in a challenge from the Rockets at home.

  The game was very intense. The twin towers of Bynum and Varejao, one attack and one defense, are not weaker than Randolph and Kwame Brown.

  Hamilton and Granger's front-back combination is also quite powerful.

  The main thing is defense. Former Rockets defensive assistant Tom Thibodeau helped Granger and Bynum lay a solid defensive foundation.

With Granger on the outside, Bynum at the basket, plus the assistance of Hamilton and Varejao, plus Darius Miles, Landry, Alston and other good defensive players, the Rockets have a strong defense this season. It has become another... To put it mildly, it is called the Jagged Brigade.

  Tonight Granger scored 25 points, Bynum had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Alstom had 10 points and 4 assists, Hamilton had 14 points...

For the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu scored 27 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals and 1 block, Randolph 17 points and 7 rebounds, Ray Allen 15 points, Kwame Brown 14 points and 15 rebounds, and the outlaws 8 points 5 rebounds, Hill 8 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists...

  99 to 94, the Trail Blazers narrowly beat the Rockets by 5 points.

   On the second day, the Trail Blazers ushered in back-to-back challenges from the Timberwolves at home.

  The Timberwolves traded Oden back for Gasol. In this deal, even if Oden plays out later, no one will say that the Timberwolves are losing money.

   Using a rookie talent that was reimbursed if he failed to play in his rookie season is exchanged for an All-Star player who is in the prime of his career, no loss at all.

  But the Timberwolves did not take off as expected at the beginning of the new season, but started badly.

  Because their starting point guard Marko Jaric joined Real Madrid in La Liga for 9 million euros in three years last season, the Timberwolves offered the full middle class, but was rejected by the opponent.

  The European League is different from the NBA. The salary there is after-tax. Jarich's new contract is calculated based on the tax rate of Minneapolis' economic downturn in recent years, which is equivalent to an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars.

  And their last year's power forward Anthony Walker yelled at being rejected for a long-term contract.

  The two players are not the core, but just a puzzle. The Timberwolves management didn't care and let them go.

  Anthony Walker couldn't find a contract, and the Timberwolves boss was still participating in the recording of the show, mocking the veteran who made a lot of contributions to their rise last season...

   It turns out that puzzles are so important!

  Jalich's distribution of ball rights, Fat Toutuo's connection with teammates like a hub...Now the Timberwolves have a stronger lineup, but the two outside stars seem to not know how to play.

   Roy realized that he was so dependent on the ball-distributing point guard.

  There is another problem. Their head coach Randy Whitman is really average.

  Now there are black dealers on the Internet, betting on when the Timberwolves owner will pull Randy Whitman out of the blame, this is the most routine operation of the Timberwolves.

   Regarding the current situation of the Timberwolves, after understanding the situation, Liu Xiu was not surprised to see the scouting report when preparing for the game.

   The tactics are not suitable, the lineup is not suitable, even the combination of Nash + Kobe + Artest + Gasol + Howard almost failed to make the playoffs.

  Tonight, the Trail Blazers performed very well on the defensive end, preventing the Timberwolves from making 29 of 84 shots, only 34% from the field, and only scored 68 points.

Roy 14 points, Gasol 12 points, sixth man Mike Miller 11 points...Mike Miller wanted to cry, accepted the identity of the sixth man, joined the Timberwolves with $18 million in 2 years , He came here because of the potential of the Timberwolves, but the result was so miserable.

For the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu played 18 minutes and scored 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 7 of 10 shots. Ray Allen had 15 points and 2 assists, Randolph had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Kwame Brown had 8 points and 7 assists. Board, Hill 5 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists... The Trail Blazers' five starters did not play in the second half.

But Dragic on the bench had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, the outlaw had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Birdman had 17 points, Korver had 13 points, Gasol Jr. had 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 cap...

  114 to 68, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the Timberwolves.

  The most impressive scene for Liu Xiu in the whole game was a scene of brothers and sisters respecting each other—Pau Gasol capped Gasol twice in one round and laughed wildly...

  Before the game between the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves, the Magic lost 84 to 91 to the Pistons in an away game. The record became 6 wins and 1 loss. The Trail Blazers, which won 6 consecutive victories, topped the league!

  (end of this chapter)