Healing Basketball

   Chapter 731 731. Professional Blacksmithing

  The most powerful thing about Billups is that no matter how strong the opponent is, his characteristics of getting more and more brave can be well displayed.

   In the Eastern Conference Finals with the Heat, he was the best player in the game until the end.

   Liu Xiu's egg hurts. With Billups in the late stage, the series will become more and more difficult!

  After this analysis, he understood why Billups was a "parallel importer" and a "vagrant" before entering his peak period.

Before the skills are in place, Billups' skills and basic skills can't support his golf quotient. Maybe during the trial training, he will rely on his golf quotient to impress the new club to sign the contract, but he always knows what to do during the game. But he couldn't do it, which made his former coaches think he was mediocre... So after Billups' skills were in place, he suddenly soared into the sky, and the All-Star, best team, and best defensive team could all rush.

   Blame the opponent for being too strong, which is not Liu Xiu's style. After a bit of pain, he began to think about how to play the next game.

   They lead by a big score of 2 to 1, and the advantage is still in hand.

   It is very difficult to crush the Pistons in a wave like G1. If this is the case, then don't think about those, study the previous games, and start from the details.

  For things like competitions, he doesn't think it's so complicated...

  …

  After the Trail Blazers and Pistons had a day off, at 7:00 pm on June 16, Game 4 of the finals came as scheduled.

  When the first quarter was over, the fans of the Palace of Auburn Hills were going crazy with excitement tonight!

Different from the previous 3 games, the Trail Blazers had the advantage in the opening stage of the first 3 games. The Pistons won the last game, and it was a comeback after hard work. The **** Warden scored 44 in a single game. Points, if Billups hadn't exploded, they would have been finished.

   But tonight, their Pistons led the Trail Blazers by 3 points 24 to 21 in the first quarter!

   On the offensive end, his performance was quite satisfactory, but on the defensive end, he performed extremely well. Liu Xiu was defended and only made 3 of 10 shots in the first quarter!

In the second quarter, the Pistons, whose morale had been raised to the peak, made persistent efforts and played against the Trail Blazers. At the end of the first half, they successfully opened the point difference to more than 5 points and led the Trail Blazers 49-43. 6 points!

   Moreover, with the help of Kwame Brown catching the ball and eating cakes, the butter hand was returned in a panic, and the Pistons still have the ball!

   Have a chance to widen the point difference to double digits!

   The Pistons players were extremely excited. Billups went to the frontcourt and gestured for a three-pointer.

   At this time, Liu Xiu was at the complete opposite extreme to his opponent, shooting. He made 6 of 18 shots in the half.

  Finally, the opportunity has come!

After Billups passed the ball to Yao Ming, he made a circle from the inside, ran out and received the ball from Carter at a 45-degree angle on the right, two points long, and stepped out of the three-point line, but missed the shot. Maurice Evans at the arc!

   But as soon as the ball was passed, Billups panicked!

   As soon as the ball left his hand, Liu Xiu, who had been chasing him closely, immediately jumped towards the top arc. As soon as Morris Evans received the ball, Liu Xiu swung it away!

  The kind of raw grab!

  Morris-Evans didn't realize what happened, Liu Xiu had already started a fast break.

   Billups came to his senses, and his speed was also good. He tried to catch up, but he failed to catch up.

  Liu Xiu didn't care about the feeling of the hand anymore. It was like this tonight. He rushed to the frontcourt and smashed the ball into the basket heavily, which boosted the team's spirit.

  45 to 49, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 4 points!

  I don’t know if this dunk helped the team, but Liu Xiu cheered up.

It was the Pistons' turn to attack, and Billups had just advanced to the frontcourt. He was about to calm down and play a safe tactic. It was enough to stabilize the halftime lead at more than 5 points. Don't aim too high... As a result, before reaching the top arc, he was Liu Xiu's ferocious oppression and defense steal!

Although Liu Xiu's defense in front is also rough, it is mainly steady and has many steals. Time has always been stable, not seeking merit but seeking no fault.

  So Billups had a hard time playing at first. He was afraid of this kind of defensive opponent, just like he was afraid of Kidd.

But after a long time, he got used to Liu Xiu's defense. Liu Xiu's defense is solid and excellent, but compared with Kidd, who has been defending for many years, there is still such a big gap... I didn't expect this despicable warden to play. Sneak attack!

Billups chased after him once again, his adrenaline was stimulated, and he really rushed to the front of Liu Xiu. Watching Liu Xiu grab the ball and lift it up, he jumped up and stretched out his hand for the cap, and then he was thrown out by the top …

  Accompanied by the whistle of the referee and the boos of the fans, Liu Xiu smashed the ball into the basket again.

   After stealing Billups from the front, he counterattacked and dunked Billups and scored 2+1!

   Billups, who fell down, now regrets why he had to catch up...

Liu Xiu also made an additional penalty. Seeing that there was only one point difference left, Billups returned to the game with divergent thinking. He wanted to widen the point difference again, but although he made no mistakes in the last attack, he was hit. , Fortunately, the last attack on the opposite side was ironed out. After halftime, the Pistons led the Trail Blazers 49 to 48 by 1 point and entered the intermission!

  …

  Liu Xiu took 20 shots in the half, and made 8 of 20 shots, including 1 of 4 three-pointers and 4 of 5 free throws. He scored 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.

   Before hitting a wave of 5-0 on his own, he hit the iron 12 times in 18 shots.

But there is a reason why he dared to take so many shots... The Trail Blazers took 26 shots in the first quarter and 28 shots in the second quarter, because they had as many as 30 halftime rebounds, 12 of which were offensive rebounds The ball, grabbing the Pistons only had 19 rebounds in the half!

  Randolph, Kwame Brown, McDyess, Raheem, Mourning, Outlaws, Stevenson...every frontcourt is playing life and stealing the rebound!

   Two of Liu Xiu's 4 rebounds were offensive rebounds.

   And he wasn’t the only one who made a lot of irons. After returning to the locker room, he looked at it. Sure enough, Ray Allen, who had also been ironing all the time, scored 13 points on 4 of 12 shots in the half, which was even higher than his iron production rate.

  With comparison, he thinks he played pretty well...

  The most important thing is that he counterattacked dunks twice in a row, which really ignited the morale of the whole team!

In the third quarter, Ray Allen stopped playing with Liu Xiu, leaving Liu Xiu alone. Liu Xiu only scored 3 goals in 8 shots in a single quarter, plus 2 of 2 free throws, to get the 8 points, but there are still 3 rebounds and 4 assists!

  Ray Allen hit halftime, and finally opened the third quarter, scoring 11 points on 4 of 7 shots.

   Led by the strongest backcourt in the league, the Trail Blazers scored 27 to 28 against the Pistons in the third quarter!

  (end of this chapter)