MTL - Healing Basketball-Chapter 1000 1000. True Belonging
Chapter 1000 1000. True Belonging
Artest scored 27 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, leading the Pacers to defeat the Eagles in the tiebreaker and advance to the second round 4-3.
Immediately afterwards, at 8 pm, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the series between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers kicked off.
After the start of the game, the Trail Blazers took the lead in turning on the offensive mode. Liu Xiu made 5 of 7 shots in a single quarter, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
Hill’s support played an important role. He scored 4 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists in a single quarter after playing a full first quarter.
Under the leadership of the three, the Blazers scored 36 points in the first quarter, leading 36 to 27 in a single quarter!
In the second quarter, the Lakers found the feeling of shooting after overcoming the irascible start of the Trail Blazers. Deron had 7 points and 4 assists, Kobe had 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Wang Zhizhi had 6 points and 1 assist, David West 6 points and 4 rebounds, Odom 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists... The Lakers scored 37 points in a single quarter, surpassing the Trail Blazers' score in the first quarter!
The Trail Blazers' offensive performance is still very good, but not as irritable as in the first quarter. They scored 30 points in the second quarter and led the Lakers by two points 66 to 64 at halftime.
After returning from the intermission, the two teams continued to attack. The Trail Blazers maintained their offensive stability and scored 32 points in the third quarter, but the Lakers also maintained their offensive stability and scored 37 points again in the third quarter.
101 to 98, the Lakers overtook the Trail Blazers by 3 points!
At the end of the quarter, Liu Xiu made 4 of 9 shots in a single quarter, including 3 of 4 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 13 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter, but the team only scored 25 points. The team scored 29 points in the final quarter and failed to make a comeback.
Liu Xiu made 14 of 27 shots, including 6 of 11 three-pointers and 7 of 7 free throws. He scored 41 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists, Randolph 18 points, Ray Allen 19 points, and the outsider 20 points , Hill 10 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists... Losing to Kobe's 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Deron's 19 points and 12 assists, David West's 21 points, Odom's 20 points and 15 rebounds, Wang Zhizhi's 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Fisher's 12 points...
130 to 123, the Lakers defended their first home court.
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After the first game, both sides were clear about the opponent's style of play, and they were both relieved. The opponent did not experience the kind of unexpected changes like the Suns did.
Then go crazy!
After a day off, the Trail Blazers came to the Staples Center to challenge the Lakers again.
Liu Xiu continued to soar, making 11 of 22 shots, including 2 of 6 three-pointers, and 9 of 10 free throws. He scored 33 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.
Randolph made 11 of 18 shots and 10 of 14 free throws, scoring 32 points and 15 rebounds.
Adding Ray Allen's 11 points, the outlaws' 10 points, Kwame Brown's 13 points and 7 rebounds, and Hill's 9 points...The Trail Blazers scored 118 points.
For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant scored 36 points, Deron 25 points and 13 assists, David West 22 points and 6 rebounds, Wang Zhizhi 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Odom 8 points and 6 assists...the team scored 125 points !
125 to 118, the Lakers held two consecutive home games, leading the Trail Blazers 2-0!
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After G2, the two teams rested for two days and made two days of adjustments. The home and away games alternated. The Trail Blazers returned to their home court to usher in the third game of the series against the Lakers.
Before the game, the Trail Blazers held the regular season MVP awards ceremony, and Liu Xiu lifted the MVP trophy to boost morale.
The effect was very good. After the start of the game, the Trail Blazers took the initiative in the first quarter. Liu Xiu made 3 of 6 shots in the first quarter, including 1 of 3 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. , Leading the Blazers to lead the Lakers by 5 points 33 to 28 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers did not crash after a single quarter like in G1. The Lakers scored 31 points in a single quarter in the second quarter, and the Trail Blazers also scored 29 points. Counterattacked and maintained a 3-point lead.
After the intermission, Liu Xiu scored 11 points in the third quarter with 5 of 8 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. Zach Randolph scored 11 points and 4 rebounds. The two led the team to score 28 points in a single quarter.
In this quarter, apart from Liu Xiu and Randolph playing full games, the others rotate very quickly. Ray Allen, Outlaw Outlaws, Millsap, McDyess, Kwame Brown, Birdman...who can defend well? Whoever is stable will go up, preventing the Lakers from only scoring 23 points!
The Lakers narrowed the two-point gap in the second quarter, and the Trail Blazers opened up by 5 points in the third quarter!
After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Lakers by 5 points 90 to 82!
In the final quarter, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 1 point 25 to 24, and the Trail Blazers firmly held the victory!
Liu Xiu made 18 of 34 shots, including 4 of 9 three-pointers and 11 of 13 free throws. He scored 51 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.
Adding Randolph's 28 points, Ray Allen's 11 points, and Kwame Brown's 8 points and 14 rebounds, the Trail Blazers narrowly beat the Lakers 114-107, tying the score to 1-2!
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A day later, the Lakers once again came to the Rose Garden Arena to challenge the Trail Blazers away.
The Blazers tried to change the pace against the Lakers again, as they did in the second half of the previous game, but this time the Lakers were prepared.
The Trail Blazers scored 11 points on June 4 in the first quarter, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and led the team to 28 points in a single quarter.
For the Lakers, Kobe made 4 of 7 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He also scored 11 points. Deron scored 8 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. 26 points!
If Ray Allen hadn't exploded in the first quarter and scored two three-pointers at the end of the quarter, the Lakers would have taken the lead in the slow-paced battle!
In the second quarter, the Lakers really took advantage, scoring 22 to 20 in a single quarter, and tied the Trail Blazers 48 to 48 at halftime!
Come back from the intermission, the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers hard in the third quarter, 22 to 15 in a single quarter, and achieved a 7-point lead!
The Trail Blazers set off a counterattack in the final quarter, scored 28 points in a single quarter, stopped pressing the rhythm, and easily broke through the Lakers' defense.
But the Lakers' Zen master responded quickly. Kobe scored 10 points in a single quarter, Deron scored 3 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, and David West scored 7 points in a single quarter. Score one more point!
Kobe scored 32 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists in 47 minutes, Deron scored 24 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists in 37 minutes, David West 14 points, Odom 12 points, Wang Zhizhi 6 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist Assists... beat Liu Xiu who made 13 of 31 shots, 3 of 8 three-pointers, 16 of 19 free throws and scored 45 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.
99 to 91, the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers away, leading 3 to 1!
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The home and away games alternated again. After two days of preparations, the Trail Blazers, who were on the verge of elimination 1 to 3, came to Angel City to challenge the Lakers away.
Liu Xiu thought about it, so let him do whatever he wants, just go for it! Just attack!
In the first quarter, he scored 11 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, got 2 assists, plus 1 steal and 1 block, leading the team to a score of 38 to 22!
Seeing Ray Allen with 9 points, Blake with 6 points and 6 assists, Korver with 5 points, and the outlaws with 3 points, 1 rebound and 3 steals... Kobe and Deron's nostrils were dilated in surprise by the Trail Blazers in their last stand up.
Is it so exaggerated?
In the second quarter, Kobe and Deron adjusted their mentality and led the team to attack.
The effect was good. The Lakers scored 29 points in the second quarter and successfully limited the Trail Blazers to 27 points.
51 to 65, the Lakers are still 14 points behind, but they believed that they had taken the initiative at halftime, and they just played a leading quarter.
And the Trail Blazers scored 27 points in the second quarter because Liu Xiu scored 14 points and 4 rebounds on 6 of 11 shots in a single quarter.
Then…
The outlaw lunatic scored 7 points and 2 rebounds on 3 of 5 shots in the third quarter... 4 steals and 1 block!
The Trail Blazers are racing again!
Liu Xiu made 4 of 6 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws, scored 13 points and 4 rebounds, plus Randolph's 9 points, Ray Allen's 4 points...
Four players from the Trail Blazers scored 33 points in a single quarter, and defended the Lakers to only 18 points in a single quarter!
98 to 69, the Trail Blazers lead the Lakers by 29 points!
The Trail Blazers on the verge of elimination broke out. Zen Master meant to give up tonight, but Kobe and Xiaopang, who was infected by Kobe, said no!
Zen Master Mo Fa, the second leader worships the boss too much, which is really not conducive to coaching. He is going to find a time to give eye drops to one of the two...The last quarter will continue to let the two fight.
The opponent sent the main force in the garbage time, the Trail Blazers naturally had to implement the principle of reciprocity, and Liu Xiu continued to play.
When Liu Xiu made 2 of 6 shots and 4 of 4 free throws to score 8 points, Maurice Cheeks replaced him.
The Lakers failed to substantially narrow the point difference.
The extrajudicial lunatics played the last quarter, and finally increased the number of rebounds to 10 dangerously.
At 10:58 p.m., the final whistle sounded.
Made 17 of 32 shots, including 5 of 11 three-pointers and 11 of 12 free throws. He scored 50 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.
Plus Randolph's 23 points, Ray Allen's 25 points, Outlaws 11 points, 10 rebounds, 11 steals and 3 blocks...
122 to 97, relying on extrajudicial lunatics to break Iverson's crazy triple-double of steals in a single game in the playoffs, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the Lakers and tied the big score to 2 to 3!
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The Trail Blazers returned home and ushered in Game 6 of the series against the Lakers at the Rose Garden Arena.
Liu Xiu continued to surge offensively. He made 16 of 29 shots, including 4 of 9 three-pointers, and 11 of 12 free throws. He scored 47 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
The extrajudicial lunatic still played his life on the defensive end. He played 25 minutes, scored 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals, and 1 block...and 6 fouls.
The extrajudicial fanatics rushed wildly in the last game, which really caught the Lakers by surprise.
Not only did the Lakers make as many as 19 turnovers, but it also affected the passing confidence of the Lakers players. The Lakers only had 15 assists the night before.
But tonight the Lakers are already prepared. Deron alone relied on pass fakes to trick the extrajudicial lunatic into two fouls.
Liu Xiu attacked fiercely, and the Lakers were even fiercer!
The Lakers led 32 to 28 in the first quarter, the Lakers continued to lead 33 to 29 in the second quarter, and the Lakers continued to lead 33 to 28 in the third quarter. Liu Xiu scored 14 points in the final quarter, and the Trail Blazers only had 22 points... The Lakers In the final quarter, they still took the lead and scored 29 points in a single quarter!
Kobe 31 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Deron 29 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, Odom 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, David West 14 points and 8 rebounds, Wang Zhizhi 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Fisher 11 10 points, Ariza 10 points...
Seven Lakers scored in double figures, defeated the Trail Blazers 127 to 107, and advanced to the Western Conference Finals 4 to 2!
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After the final whistle sounded, Liu Xiu received a reminder of the 250 healing value reward, feeling irritable and angry.
But the cheers and boos of the fans at the scene gradually turned into applause, which gradually calmed down his emotions.
Everyone is uncomfortable. This is the second time they have lost a series since Liu Xiu joined.
But there is really no way, they can survive until now, relying on Randolph averaging 24.5 points per game, Liu Xiu averaging 44.5 points per game...
After the first round, I took a week off. It seems to be very good, and there are really many benefits.
But the effect of the Lakers' rest is greater than that of their Trail Blazers!
On their side, there are many players whose state has been affected by resting for too long. For example, Ray Allen, who performed very well in the first round, did not perform well in the first few games of the second round.
This has to do with Ray Allen's complete role-player adjustments. As a result, he has become more team-oriented, and it is easier for him to cooperate with any teammates and find a tacit understanding. If you use other abilities to make contributions like you did in 2010, you will gain and lose.
McDyess, Kwame Brown and others were also affected.
Lu Wei was stumped when he met Kobe, and he couldn’t help but Kobe restrained him to death on the offensive end.
In the end, Randolph was the best performing teammate!
Salted fish for a whole year, when it was time for Randolph to stand up, he averaged 24.5 points per game, the highest scoring average of his career in a series, when Liu Xiu needed him the most, he played the best Peak performance.
But the performance of others is indeed the worst in 4 or even 5 years...
Of course, the main reason is that the Lakers are really strong!
Thinking wildly, teammates gathered around him one after another, some talked, some patted him...
He withdrew his attention, looked at the teammates around him, and listened to the "Come on", "Thanks for your hard work", "See you next year" all around the stadium...Liu Xiu was surprised to find that the Rose Bay Devil's home court had become extraordinarily special at this moment. ...Cozy?
It seems that not many people are angry because they are out in the second round, as if someone is crying, but most people are cheering for them!
When he has been winning, the fans are united around him, which does not give him a sense of belonging.
That's just because he's winning!
In the world of competitive sports, as long as you keep winning, there will always be flowers and applause around you.
What about after losing? Even the invincible teams such as the OK combination and Universe Yong sometimes have their fans abandon them.
But what he feels now is not as bad as he imagined when the final whistle sounded.
At this moment, he really felt a sense of belonging...
The post-match interview came, and the reporter from the imperial court asked very cautious questions. They asked Liu Xiu how to sum up their season and dynasty, and what advice he had for Yao Ming, who defeated the Bulls 4-1 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals three hours ago...
Liu Xiu only answered with one word: "Beat-LA!"
(end of this chapter)
