Healing Basketball

  Chapter 709 709. The trend of crushing!

  The last announced All-Defensive Team.

  For a while, Kidd, Kobe, Artest, Kirilenko, Bowen, Ben Wallace, and Duncan were selected together.

   Like the best team, Ben Wallace was placed at the forward position and Duncan was placed at the center position.

Among them, Artest, Kirilenko, and Bowen had the same vote. Stu Jackson specifically explained this situation. The three had the same vote, and the four were selected as forwards. It is still the first time since the establishment of the best defensive team one time.

  The second team was jointly selected by Billups, Liu Xiu, Garnett, Kwame Brown and Camby.

   Selected for the second defense!

   This is a real surprise for Liu Xiu!

He didn't think about it. He felt that Prince and Wade were better than him on the defensive end. Among the votes for the best defensive player voted by the media, he only got 1 vote. Both of them made it into the top ten.

  The best defensive team selected by the coaches, he didn't expect to be selected!

   Hearing the congratulations from his teammates, he thought to himself, maybe his defense is better than he thought, and his defensive effect on the court is higher than he thought!

  Compared to Liu Xiu's calmness, Kwame Brown burst into tears, crying and calling his mother and younger siblings.

  Finally, I sent a message to Jordan, and Randolph peeked at the content-I was selected for the second defense, and the warden is much better than you!

   Liu Xiu scolded the street on the spot after learning the content of Kwame Brown's text message to Jordan from Randolph.

  But he smiled immediately, offending Boss Joe, offend him. After Boss Joe really becomes the boss, his warden said that he would consider the Bobcats. This Jordan is definitely more enthusiastic than Cuban chasing Jordan...

Two best teams, two best defensive teams, plus MVP, best coach, and best sixth man, just as the media advocated after the Trail Blazers won 70 wins, the Trail Blazers became a regular season team. Biggest winner!

If you don't get 70 wins, it may be very different, because 69 wins cannot open a qualitative gap with the 67-win Pistons, but 70 wins are different. 70 wins and 69 wins are two teams in people's eyes. Completely different teams.

  …

At 7:56 in the evening, relying on Artest's 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Jermaine O'Neal's 15 points and 9 rebounds, Tianzun's 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Mobley's 12 points and 3 assists…

   The Pacers beat the Cavaliers 79 to 61 and won the tiebreaker!

   James scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 4 of 16 shots tonight. He was scolded by the commentator Barkley who broadcast the game live, because the Cavaliers had a total of 9 assists tonight.

  The Pacers defeated the Cavaliers 4-3 and joined the Pistons in the second round. The first round of the playoffs this season is all over.

   After 4 minutes, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the second round of relay began, and the Trail Blazers vs. Clippers game started.

  Liu Xiu copied Little Flying Squirrel's 'Flying Squirrel' and Maggette's 'Unstoppable'.

'Flying Squirrel', counterattack speed +3, combined with the bonus of 'Overwhelming' when attacking the frame +3 strength, layup +3, bounce +3, every time Liu Xiu plays the Clippers, just copy these two people, It's cool to rush up.

  After the start of the game, the Trail Blazers were obviously slow to warm up, and the Clippers, who had just finished the game, played very excitedly and energetically. They beat the Trail Blazers 31 to 22 in the first quarter.

  The Clippers turned their backs and led the Trail Blazers by 9 points into the second quarter.

   In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers responded and returned the Clippers 31 to 21. At halftime, they overtook the Clippers 53 to 52 by 1 point, earning face back.

  But the game was not as smooth as the Trail Blazers players had imagined. The response in the second quarter failed to crush the Clippers.

  In the third quarter, Kassel led the team with 8 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, leading the team to a single quarter score of 26 to 23. At the end of the three quarters, the team led the team to overtake the Trail Blazers 78 to 76 by 2 points!

   Kassel is a real headache when Liu Xiu fights against him.

  Liu Xiu felt that Kassel was not on the same line as the others, and the rhythm was as slow as death, but he suddenly shot a cold shot, shot the ball suddenly, and was extremely fast. He could guess what Kassel wanted to do, but he just couldn't stop it.

  However, although the Clippers are strong, they are still short of something-superstars.

   It can be offensive, like Kobe, or defensive, like Garnett, the Clippers have none.

   And the Trail Blazers have!

At the end of the quarter, Liu Xiu relied on high singles, scoring counterattacks, and running to catch and shoot... He made 5 of 11 shots in a single quarter, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 13 points and 3 assists. 23 points.

  In this quarter, the Trail Blazers focused on defense, fighting hand-to-hand with the Clippers, and abruptly limited the Clippers to 16 points!

  In the last 4 minutes of the game, the Clippers scored 2 points only by free throws, and watched Liu Xiu score again and again to overtake the score and widen the point difference.

In the end, relying on Liu Xiu's 31 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals, Randolph's 15 points and 13 rebounds, Ray Allen's 19 points and 3 assists, Kwame Brown's 8 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks, the extrajudicial madness 10 points and 6 rebounds... The Trail Blazers defeated the Clippers 99 to 94 and won the first victory in the second round of this year!

  …

   “Two teams in Los Angeles combined, could be our opponent.”

   This sentence was said by Liu Xiu in an interview after defeating the Clippers for the first time in the series. He didn't expect it to become popular!

  ESPN actually made a program on this topic, looking for a group of experts to discuss...

   ESPN, which has always been happy with the Black Lakers and black Kobe, has a very high evaluation of Kobe this time.

They presented data and built models, speculating that if the Lakers did not have Kobe, their strength would probably be at the same level as the Timberwolves, Hornets, Bobcats, and Knicks; and the overall strength of the Clippers would be enough to become a championship team The basic team, plus Kobe, is expected to become a historically strong team with more than 65 wins like the Trail Blazers and Pistons.

  As soon as this speculation was made, not everyone recognized it, but it was controversial.

  At this time, the Clippers fans and the Lakers fans rarely stood together in unity...

   If it is not widely recognized, it is not recognized, the heat is here!

  Seeing this development, Liu Xiu couldn't help sighing that ESPN is still good at the whole job.

   After a day's rest, at 8 pm on May 8, the Trail Blazers ushered in the second game of the series against the Clippers at home.

  After G1, the Trail Blazers confirmed the strength and weaknesses of the Clippers.

  The strength of the Clippers lies in the point guard's ability to control the field, Maggette's impact, and Brand's low-post play.

  Cassel's ability to control the field, this can't be solved, mainly because of his good brain.

   But Maggette's impact and Brand's back-up, they can deal with the Trail Blazers! And good at dealing with it!

With the experience of G1, the Trail Blazers played very smoothly in G2. After 2 hours and 25 minutes of the game, led by Liu Xiu's 21 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, the Trail Blazers defeated 98-87. The Clippers scored 2-0!

  (end of this chapter)