I am the Warden Chapter 31: Eat well to have the strength to work
The referee just thought Liu Xiu was really sensible, and felt that the fact that Liu Xiu was included in the "rookie troublemaker list" drawn up by the referee committee was a sign of prejudice against the Chinese...
This guy is such a troublemaker!
If you want revenge, then take revenge!
Another conflict almost happened, but fortunately, Randolph and Ben Wallace greeted each other and restrained themselves.
The main reason was that Travis Outlaw followed instructions and immediately stopped Rasheed Wallace who wanted to yell at him, thus avoiding unnecessary losses.
The person who felt regretful this time was Liu Xiu.
During the attack just now, he was the one being tricked.
Now, he is the one who is planning, but it didn't work.
When Billups walked to the free throw line, the fans at the scene became excited and started booing!
The score was 42 to 44, and the game was in the middle of the third quarter. If it weren't for the attack from the Flying Squirrels, the fans would have almost fallen asleep.
Seeing the little flying squirrel being substituted, the fans were ready to fall asleep again...but they were awakened by two fouls!
After Liu Xiu was fouled roughly, he stopped his teammates from having a conflict with the opponent, which made the fans who disliked this rookie who was traded for a top star like Bonzi Wells feel that this rookie has some responsibility.
The latter foul was undefended and he chose to retaliate, which made Trail Blazers fans feel that this guy is really not a good person!
But I have to say that Liu Xiu’s defense this time was very satisfying!
Even though the Trail Blazers have a bad reputation, there are very few bad things they do on the court!
If you have to find one, Rasheed Wallace was ejected for yelling at the referee, which is one of the worst.
There is a small group of fans who feel that the Trail Blazers are quite pitiful, like Rasheed Wallace, who is often angered, yelled at, and fouled out...
Liu Xiu's move gave fans a sense of "I am really a bad guy, and I will really take revenge."
Of course, there are quite a few fans who don't like this, as the Trail Blazers already have a bad reputation...
In any country, there is always a group of people who simply believe that “if we lay down our weapons, others will not be afraid of us or target us.”
However, at the moment, the revenge was taken, which made the fans at the scene feel that they shared a common hatred for the enemy.
In these two rounds, the tone of the game changed again!
The overall tone in the previous game was high-confrontation and low-tempo, and the Pistons quickly loosened the referee's standards.
The Trail Blazers have no way to stop it and have to keep up because the referees have really relaxed the standards for whistling. If they don't keep up, they will only suffer.
The referee was just following the routine call. Every team has its own characteristics. The Trail Blazers have good defense and the Pistons have top defense. It is normal for strong defensive teams to confront each other.
The Pistons were crazy about the confrontation in the second half of the first quarter, and the referee chose to "indulge" them.
Now, the tone is not just about loose penalties and high confrontation, but also about rough fouls! Even rough active fouls!
It was impossible for the referee to blow the whistle more quickly at this time. If he really blew the whistle, everyone would have committed a foul while defending!
Next, Liu Xiu showed his toughness!
He is not very strong, and his opponents know it, so the defense he faces is always simple. He relies on his body to push to the basket and force shots against the help defense of Campbell or Ben Wallace.
It’s hard to say whether he can score or not, but the opportunity is here for him and he played very resolutely!
Anyway, when the little flying squirrel on the sidelines saw this scene and thought about what would happen if it was him who was knocked over again and again... he felt that it was not unacceptable to "make wedding clothes for the rookie".
The little flying squirrel's flesh cannot withstand such torture.
By the end of the third quarter, the court had turned into a gladiatorial arena!
The game started with 11 minutes and 42 seconds into the third quarter and the Trail Blazers were on the attack.
Currently, the Trail Blazers' lineup is Liu Xiu, Derek Anderson, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, and Rasheed Wallace.
The Pistons' lineup is Billups, Hamilton, Collis Williams, Ben Wallace and Okur.
Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. He had been slacking off on the defensive end just now and was advancing slowly. Now he felt that he should have no problem breaking through.
Yes, he felt the effects of his physical strength in the first two rounds, but it didn’t matter…
With 6 seconds left, Liu Xiu continued to attack!
Still able to come! Billups was run over again, and he was in a bad state.
Liu Xiu's speed of attacking slowed down obviously, and even Okur was able to make timely reinforcements, but Billups, who was following closely behind Liu Xiu, did not dare to be careless. Sure enough, when Liu Xiu jumped, he was full of energy again!
Facing O'Neal's backup defense, Liu Xiu jumped up to confront O'Neal and made a short lob shot... which hit the backboard and bounced into the frame!
Hit!
Liu Xiu's score in this quarter increased to 9 points! He made 3 of 7 shots, plus 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 9 points in more than 8 minutes! The highest score in this period!
With 3 seconds left, Hamilton received the ball in half court and turned around to make a three-pointer, but all three missed. After three quarters, the Trail Blazers narrowed the score to 55 to 56 and entered the intermission, only 1 point behind the Pistons!
The fans at the scene were all excited!
The first 3 minutes or so are about the various performances of Little Flying Squirrel, and the last 8 minutes or so are about Liu Xiu’s toughness.
Previously, these two were linked together as "the villain rookie fighting the flying squirrel" in a training match. Now, the two are one in front and one behind, teaming up to fight the enemy... It feels a bit surreal to the fans of the Trail Blazers.
But it doesn’t matter!
The situation was still clear. After the first half, the Trail Blazers were clearly at a disadvantage, with the initiative controlled by the Pistons. It looked like the Trail Blazers were going to collapse... but after one quarter of the game, Xiao Feishu and Liu Xiu held on!
The Flying Squirrel scored 7 points in more than 3 minutes, and Liu Xiu scored 9 points and 1 assist in more than 8 minutes. The two led the team to score a total of 23 points in a single quarter and beat the Pistons 23 to 19!
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"This kid is amazing, right Maurice."
"Yes, he saw the advantage and the opportunity, and he went for it without hesitation."
"Yes, yes, yes! And his determination. Although he is not strong enough, he is willing to take responsibility! He also has extraordinary courage. Not everyone dares to rush to the basket like him. And his persistence. You almost replaced him just now, didn't you? But he persisted and scored 4 points in the last 3 attacks..."
During the intermission, Maurice Cheeks was originally going to discuss the rotation with Kevin Prittach, but he ended up hearing Kevin Prittach's crazy praise for Liu Xiu.
There is no problem, but the difference between Kevin Prittcha in front of Liu Xiu and behind his back is like that of a schizophrenic patient.
However, Liu Xiu's performance in more than half a quarter of the game really made people feel good about him.
The most important thing is that this kid actually held on!
Maurice Cheeks now thinks back to the Pistons' defensive strategy of letting the point guards, Jeff McGinnis and Derek Anderson, be the main point guards. Single-player opportunities should still appear at the point guard position. However, under the opponent's defensive strategy, these three players would either get angry and fight, or be bullied to death.
Most players don't want to fight. Being suspended means losing salary, and who can resist money?
The Pistons' defensive strategy is to seize this mentality of their opponents.
Larry Brown's strategy is so damaging!
But Liu Xiu was strong enough to withstand the attack! Moreover, Liu Xiu was a man who would take revenge and would not be at a disadvantage in terms of violence.
Maurice Cheeks was a little happy when he thought about the old man's efforts being in vain... Hey... this old man is scolding the No. 2 pick again? How miserable.
Everyone in the coaching circle knows about Larry Brown's bad character , but this guy has once again refreshed the bottom line of his colleagues' cognition.
After thinking about it for a while, Maurice Cheeks focused his attention and thought about how to rotate in the final quarter.
The rookie Liu Xiu tried his best to delay the situation, and Morris Cheeks felt that as the head coach he had to seize this opportunity.
After Kevin Pritchard gave a wave of praise, he came to his senses and discussed with Maurice Cheeks how to play... Suddenly, there was a burst of booing at the scene.
The two looked at each other in confusion, then looked left and then back... Finally, their gazes followed everyone else and were focused on the bench.
Listening to the booing, teasing, mocking... all kinds of noises, Morris Cheeks was speechless...
As soon as he heard the booing, he had a hunch that it might be related to the player they had just praised.
But what I didn’t expect was that this guy was actually eating a box lunch!
Kevin Pritchard flashed to Liu Xiu who was sitting on the bench and yelled, "What are you doing!"
This speed made Maurice Cheeks want to clap his hands.
If Kevin Pritchard had played that fast, maybe he wouldn't have ended his NBA career after playing only 94 games?
Liu Xiu raised his head, swallowed it in one gulp, picked up the lunch box and asked, "Coach, I'm hungry... do you want to have a bite too?"
He had tried it before, and found that eating more than half of it would trigger the effect. He had also tried giving the shrimp and beef cubes to other people, but they simply thought they tasted good and were just ordinary food. It was only effective when he ate it.
I have to say, this lunch box tastes really good. Compared with the team’s nutritious meals, it can be said to be the most delicious thing in the world... Liu Xiu was reluctant to give it to others.
Seeing Liu Xiu's stingy attitude of taking the lunch box back at any time, Kevin Prittcha was furious and shouted, "Eat it quickly! Otherwise, throw it away!"
Then, Kevin Pritchard looked at Liu Xiu with a frown on his face as he devoured the remaining half of the lunch box... "Fuck you!"
Seeing his colleague was about to explode, Maurice Cheeks pulled Kevin Pritchard away and said to Liu Xiu, "Jace, you should rest well and be ready to play."
Liu Xiu quickly responded: "I'm full and have strength. I can continue to fight!"
Young people are young people. Even if their behavior on the court is too precocious and steady, they are still young people after all, and they are eager to express themselves when they have the chance - Maurice Cheeks thought when he heard this.
But human potential is limitless! Thinking about how Liu Xiu just got 4 points in the last three rounds despite that situation...
After reviewing the game situation tonight, he came up with a bold idea!
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Liu Xiu and Little Flying Mouse looked at each other and still didn't speak to each other.
Xiao Feishu was so angry! As a senior, he didn't blame him for getting a nosebleed, but this rookie was still acting like that!
"Healing value +46, from Damon Stoudemire."
Liu Xiu was very happy to receive the system prompt.
Surprisingly, he was substituted again at the beginning of the fourth quarter!
Said that to Maurice Cheeks, just trying to get the next game.
As a result, he was substituted in with the Little Flying Squirrel! Double point guard!
Speaking of which, the Trail Blazers head coach Maurice Cheeks has a rather wild approach. Otherwise, a team with such intense conflicts and such a bad team environment would have collapsed long ago, but Maurice Cheeks has really kept this team maintaining its strength as a top-notch team.
Walking onto the court, Liu Xiu heard the booing of the fans, as if they were also watching his show... He was prepared for the fun of being watched, and had wanted to eat his lunch in the player tunnel, but that might be troublesome if he was secretly photographed, so he might as well eat here.
The opening game, we really want to win! Liu Xiu put aside all distractions and walked onto the court with his teammates.
Liu Xiu and Little Flying Mouse partnered in the backcourt, and the Trail Blazers' frontcourt trio was Reuben Patterson, Randolph, and Rasheed Wallace.
Reuben Patterson was a little disillusioned with the treatment he received at the start of this season - I, Kobe Terminator, am the player with the most playing time on a team and the player with the most stable position on the court!
It was certainly not arranged this way at the beginning, but as the game went on, Maurice Cheeks discovered that a player who could defend, play tough, and shoot from high positions would be very useful when there was a low-post singles expert.
Reuben Patterson also works well when partnering with the Flying Squirrels.
On the Pistons side, Billups, Hamilton and Ben Wallace continued to play, and Larry Brown's coaching philosophy was to beat the core players to death before winning.
Darwin Ham was replaced at small forward and Serge Rebrashya was replaced at center.
"Darwin Ham, 30 years old, 201 cm, 100 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 68, offense 62, defense 77... Serge Rebrash, 31 years old, 213 cm, 117 kg, C, ability rating 69..."
Darwin Ham, an undrafted player from the golden generation of 1996, is a hard-working little bee doesn't get much playing time, but whenever he does, he will fight to the extreme on the defensive end; Serge Rebria, a former center of the Yugoslavia national team, was selected in 1994 and entered the NBA in 2001. He has excellent mobile defensive capabilities and solid tonnage, but his weaknesses are fragility and frequent injuries.
Liu Xiu saw the two opponents walking onto the court. The player detection report came and he recalled the information he had investigated about the two opponents.
He is serious about preparing for the competition.
The purpose of Larry Brown's rotation can be seen at a glance - to continue to strengthen the defense.
It gives people the feeling that this famous coach really has no other abilities.
But don’t say it, these days, such adjustments are often very effective.
Liu Xiu really appreciated the arrangement made by head coach Maurice Cheeks during the intermission. To put it simply - you two go up and take care of it.
