Healing Basketball

   Chapter 788 788. A natural leader

  After playing the Mavericks, the Trail Blazers took a day off. On the 12th, they ushered in a challenge from the Timberwolves at home.

  Brandon Roy…

Liu Xiu looked at the rookie No. 2 who was surrounded by Luol Deng, Ricky Davis, Randy Foye, Mike James, Mark Blunt, Mark Jackson, Sweetney and other teammates. I knew that this guy had outstanding charisma as a leader, and I thought it was incredible.

  As soon as Roy arrived at the Timberwolves, this mess that even Garnett couldn't support was revived!

   In the first 6 games, the Timberwolves have 3 wins and 3 losses, which is much better than the start of last season!

If the Timberwolves management chooses to bring Chandler back, even if Chandler's progress is slow, he will be much better than Mark Blunt and Mark Jackson... But Liu Xiu knows that this is impossible, and Chandler's contract is too big It's too big, and he doesn't deserve such a big contract now.

  The Timberwolves sent away the 30-year-old Garnett in exchange for young players and draft picks. Liu Xiu thought this team was stupid at first, but now he sees why.

   The Timberwolves should not lose confidence in Garnett because he was not selected for the best team last season, but the salary situation of the Timberwolves.

  Mark Blunt, the Timberwolves traded Szczerbiak back, signed a 6-year 42 million dollar contract in 2004, with 4 years left, averaging 10 points and 4 rebounds per game last season, which is not easy to sell.

  Troy Hudson's contract is in bad hands, with 2 years and 12 million dollars left.

  Marco Jaric joined the Timberwolves in the summer of 2004 for more than 2 million. The performance of the season made the Timberwolves management ecstatic. It was he who made McHale feel that he could continue to squeeze Kassel and not be afraid of Kassel running away.

  After the end of the 04-05 season, the Timberwolves gave Marko Jaric a 6-year contract of $40 million. This contract is only in its second year this year...

   Ricky Davis, who has 2 years and 13 million US dollars left on his contract, is also the main headache...

  With this salary situation and this lineup, even with Garnett in hand, there is no hope of re-supporting it. It is normal for the Timberwolves to choose to break through.

   But in this way, the Timberwolves will no longer want players with big contracts, and Chandler's annual premium contract of tens of millions is even more impossible.

Liu Xiu reckons that the Timberwolves are ready to slowly train Roy and Luol Deng, put a lot of draft picks, and grow up slowly like they did in the late 1990s. After getting through those garbage contracts, Roy and Luol -Deng has also reached his peak, but Roy did not give the Timberwolves a chance to wait!

   Rising directly!

  Liu Xiu even saw comments, some people compared Roy, who only played 6 games, with him.

  This feeling is still very subtle...

   That’s right, the talent of ‘Leadership Light’ that Liu Xiu copied from Roy was given for nothing.

   At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves started.

  In the first quarter, Roy and Mike James played fiercely!

  Roy couldn't understand the superior look of the Trail Blazers players.

   Liu Xiu's smile seemed to him to be mocking.

   Randolph's figure, how can he look like a player?

   Just like he doesn't like Sweetney, Roy doesn't like Randolph.

   And bluffing nervous Stevenson and Kwame Brown...

   Everyone on the Trail Blazers made Roy angry!

Roy went wild when he came up, scoring 11 points on 4 of 6 shots in a single quarter, Mike James made 3 of 3 three-pointers, plus 1 of 2 free throws, scored 10 points in a single quarter, and the two led the Timberwolves in a single quarter Get 30 points!

  After the first quarter, the Timberwolves lead the Trail Blazers by two points 30 to 28!

Liu Xiu made 3 of 8 shots in the first quarter, scored 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Ray Allen scored 7 points. Mourning, who came off the bench, relied on Liu Xiu's outside shots to eat cakes and make a second attack. 4 of 5 shots Scored the Trail Blazers' highest single quarter with 8 points.

  The Timberwolves beat the Trail Blazers for a moment!

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers began to strengthen their defense. In the second quarter, the Timberwolves scored 22 points. 47 leads the Trail Blazers by 5 points!

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers scored even worse. They made 3 of 16 shots in a single quarter. With Liu Xiukuang rushing to the basket to get all 7 free throws in a single quarter, the Blazers only scored 14 points with 10 points in a single quarter. point.

  However, the Timberwolves were defended in the third quarter and only scored 12 points...

  The Trail Blazers finally started chasing points! After three quarters, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 3 points 61 to 64!

  Roy, who scored 11 points in the first quarter and 7 points in the second quarter, had zero eggs in the third quarter.

  At the end of the quarter, Ray Allen took the lead, hit two three-pointers in a row, and played a wave of 6-2 alone to help the Trail Blazers lead the score 67-66.

   Immediately afterwards, Mike James and Luol Deng also launched a fierce attack. Roy continued to be targeted. The teammates did not make good use of this in the third quarter, but they made good use of it in the final quarter.

  Dwayne Casey, a rookie coach, looks much better than McHale. He really has a sense of sight that even a tethered dog is better than McHale...

   Led by Mike James and Luol Deng, the Timberwolves maintained a 1-point lead with 4.7 seconds left, leading 86 to 85!

  After the 2-6 start of the last quarter, the Timberwolves scored 20-18, a small victory over the Trail Blazers!

However, after returning from a timeout, Liu Xiu relied on Ray Allen and Blake's three-pointer to contain the ball. With McDyess' off-ball pick-and-roll, after receiving Raheem's serve, Liu Xiu took two steps to the right at a 30-degree angle and turned around. A three-point shot hit!

  Liu Xiu made two three-point shots before the final quarter. He made 5 three-point shots in the first three quarters and scored 1 goal, and finally made a buzzer-beater!

   Liu Xiu made 5 of 8 shots in the final quarter, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, 11 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. Ray Allen made 4 of 6 shots in the final quarter, including 3 of 4 three-pointers, 11 points and 1 assist in a single quarter.

  The two were facing each other and scored 27 to 22 in the final quarter!

In the end, relying on Liu Xiu's 10 of 26 shots, including 2 of 8 three-pointers, and 12 of 13 free throws, Liu Xiu scored a triple-double of 34 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals. With 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, the Trail Blazers reversed the lore of the Timberwolves 88-86 and improved their record to 5 wins and 2 losses!

  Roy scored 18 points on 6 of 11 shots in the half, and scored 21 points on 7 of 17 shots in the game, enjoying the ups and downs of life.

  The Trail Blazers' style of play is simply challenging Roy's view of basketball!

  In the next three quarters, the Trail Blazers ignored everything on the offensive end and tried their best to defend, pointing at Liu Xiu and Ray Allen to score.

  Then these two actually scored 58 points, 16 rebounds and 14 assists together to win the game!

   Look at how many assists these two have, right? Two of Ray Allen's 4 assists were made by Liu Xiu, and 4 of Liu Xiu's 10 assists were made by Ray Allen!

  However, the shock of Roy's basketball view has only just begun... because their Timberwolves tonight and tomorrow night will alternate back-to-back at home and away, and their opponents are the Trail Blazers in the same division!

  (end of this chapter)