I am the Warden Chapter 46 The opponent is a template!
Liu Xiu actually had a lot of playing time tonight and took a lot of shots, 9 times, but only made 3 of 9.
Mainly because of three three-point shots with wide open spaces, all of which missed.
However, no matter whether Liu Xiu was lucky or not, he would shoot when he received the ball in a wide open space and passed it without any better opportunity.
Although no points were scored, there was one advantage - the team's offense ran smoothly.
Regardless of whether the shot goes in or not, he is so confident in his shooting. Once he is sure he should shoot, he will shoot.
This was encouraged by Kevin Pritchard during timeouts and intermissions, making sure that he felt that this was the right thing to do.
As for the game itself...
In the game against the Mavericks, before Liu Xiu came on the court, he was still looking forward to having a good fight with a long-haired man from the Mavericks. However, this game was Randolph's time to show his power, and he was just a small helper.
But come on, this is exactly what he imagined his rookie season would be like before the season started.
It is always sad that the score is not in double digits. The record of scoring less than 10 points in a single game in his career was broken so quickly...
However, the Mavericks' performance tonight opened Liu Xiu's eyes!
Team Liu Xiu knew that the Mavericks did not do a good job of teamwork, but they did not expect it to be this bad!
After Jamison started two games, he took the initiative to apply to the bench so that Nowitzki could return to the power forward position.
Many people say that Anthony Walker can play as a small forward, Jamison as a substitute, and Nowitzki as a power forward. How great is that, a three-man rotation.
However, it is true that Anthony Walker can play as a small forward, and he plays the small forward position, but his offensive area and offensive style are almost the same as Nowitzki!
No matter which area Nowitzki wants to attack, Anthony Walker also needs that position. No matter what tactical role Nowitzki needs, Anthony Walker also needs it, and he needs it more!
Not only that, the same is true for Jamison.
No matter how the three brothers rotate, as long as two of them play, this is the situation.
All three are in the prime of their careers, so it is impossible for them to change their playing style for the other two teammates.
It's your peak period, you want to fight for a big contract, changing your playing style to play a supporting role is of course impossible.
Don't mention it, old Nelson really did something fancy for the Mavericks. Liu Xiu saw the prototype of the five-man rotation singles tactic tonight...
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After the game with the Mavericks, the next day, early in the morning on the 16th, the Trail Blazers came to New Orleans on the South Coast.
Although it is winter, the city is still warm. Although not as warm as Orlando, Miami, and Phoenix, the three warmest cities with NBA teams, it is much better than Portland, which has a cold and wet winter.
This time my aunt is coming to live in Portland, and my uncle will be here soon, so Liu Xiu plans to ask his aunt and uncle to set up the hot pot equipment. Then, no matter whether they are there or not, the cutest sister in the world can make hot pot!
It’s just that this beautiful, rich and tourist-filled city will be destroyed in a few years, and Liu Xiu feels a little regretful.
Natural disasters such as typhoons and hurricanes make people feel more helpless than most other natural disasters because typhoons and hurricanes can be predicted in advance. Countries in modern society that have the ability to detect them can detect them, and then... they can only watch the city being destroyed and can only think of ways to reduce the losses, but are unable to do anything to resist.
But this has nothing to do with him...
After arriving at the hotel, Liu Xiu prepared to take a nap. Today was another lazy day. He would study the Hornets in the afternoon. Then there was a knock on the door.
Liu Xiu opened the door, saw the person coming, and asked, "Chris, what's the matter?"
Chris Irving is a very famous private shooting coach hired by the Trail Blazers.
"Jace, the head coach asked me to bring him to you. I live next door to you, so you can find me if you want to train."
Chris Owen waited for two seconds after he finished speaking, and only heard a thank you...
"Healing value +69, from Chris Owen."
Looking at the somewhat angry shooting coach, Liu Xiu was very satisfied. This was a good experience for the baby to develop...
After entering NBA, trainers and coaches have been regarded as big users of healing value by him!
The college coach is more important than anything else, so Liu Xiu doesn’t dare to take the initiative to flirt with him. But in the NBA, as long as it does not violate ethics and sticks to the bottom line, there is no problem in flirting with him .
Liu Xiu knew that Chris Irving really wanted to teach him how to shoot.
All the players on the team attach great importance to the time they spend receiving guidance from Chris Irving. People only work for a few hours a day, so everyone has to queue up.
Of course, you can hire a personal trainer of the same level, but the weekly salary usually starts at tens of thousands of dollars. These famous personal trainers also have a minimum training period, usually 6-8 weeks. If you hire one yourself, it will cost tens of thousands of dollars.
And training naturally has other costs.
Top-paid players have to think carefully before choosing a personal trainer. It would be painful to hire a top personal trainer with a middle-class contract, so ordinary players should forget about it.
Chris Irving was hired back by Paul Allen with an annual salary of one million dollars. There are players on the Trail Blazers who do not earn as much as Chris Irving.
But Liu Xiu never made an appointment with Chris Irving for training!
As time went on, Chris Irving developed resentment, which then turned into obsession... This is related to basketball, here comes Liu Xiu's healing value!
After closing the door, Liu Xiu looked at what Chris Owen had brought him, a folder...with just a piece of paper in it.
"Wow, a summary of the rookies' first week performance. We're already in the third week!"
"But I was only involved for a week... Shit! We played 9 games and I was suspended for 5, which means I played less games than I was suspended for!"
Liu Xiu felt a pain in his balls and read the content.
First of all, the data. The average playing time was 23.5 minutes, and he scored 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 0.8 steals, 1 turnover and 2.6 fouls.
Shooting percentage was 58%, three-point shooting percentage was 50%, free throw shooting percentage was 90%, and a total of 9 out of 10 free throws.
The shooting percentage was super good. Liu Xiu took a look and found that it was all thanks to the 14 out of 19 shots and 5 out of 5 three-pointers against the Kings.
But he knew that his average points per game would drop rapidly. His scores in the four games were 15 points, 34 points, 11 points and 7 points respectively.
If there is anything he is proud of in the data, it is the control of mistakes...
Liu Xiu is looking at his "Rookie First Week Summary" and the coaching staff is also studying it.
This was written by a scout from his own team, and a copy was given to Liu Xiu.
Because of the special game against the Kings, Liu Xiu's average data does not have much reference value in the eyes of the coaching staff.
If you want to watch it, you have to take that game off the air before watching it.
Apart from that game, Liu Xiu's statistics are actually quite ordinary.
This not only meets Liu Xiu's expectations, but also meets the expectations of the coaching staff.
Liu Xiu is not the kind of player who can put up outstanding stats as soon as he enters the NBA.
But Liu Xiu's performance made the coaching staff very satisfied.
For example, control errors.
In 4 games, Liu Xiu only made 4 turnovers! And 3 of them were in the opening game against the Pistons, a strong defensive team. Recently, he did not make any turnovers in the games against the Raptors and Mavericks!
The Raptors and Mavericks have one thing in common right now – poor defense.
The Raptors are in disarray, as their defensive players are getting old; the Mavericks, Nowitzki, Anthony Walker, and Jamison, if taken individually, are all defensive loopholes, and if they play two at a time, there is also Nash on the outside...
In other words, Liu Xiu's stability is extremely high! When it comes to passing the ball, he rarely makes the wrong choice.
The Pistons allowed him to make so many turnovers simply because even if he made the right decisions, he couldn't beat the Pistons' defense.
But this is only because Liu Xiu is still weak...
Wait until Liu Xiu becomes powerful?
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On November 17th, the Trail Blazers’ 10th game day arrived.
Today's opponent is the Hornets, who are ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference and have the same record of 5 wins and 4 losses as the Trail Blazers.
With the same 5 wins and 4 losses, the Trail Blazers are only ranked ninth in the Western Conference. Liu Xiu is a little envious of the competitive environment in the Eastern Conference.
However, the Hornets will become a Western team next season. Louisiana, where New Orleans is located, is adjacent to Texas, and New Orleans is further west than Memphis.
The Charlotte Bobcats Basketball Club was officially established in June this year and will join the NBA after the end of the 2003-2004 season.
At 8:30 in the morning, the Trail Blazers arrived at the New Orleans arena to prepare for the game.
After the team training, Liu Xiu stayed in the gym of the visiting team's training ground for an hour of physical training, and then went to the rented private gym for training after lunch.
Just like the day before yesterday, Chris Irving was first cured of a 50-plus, and then, it was added a few points at a time, which lasted for a long time...
Before warming up, when eating a box lunch to restore his strength, Liu Xiu felt that it was worth it to be a monkey and be watched by people for an hour in the morning.
This meal was earned bit by bit by working as a monkey and doing healing work.
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The Hornets actually have a very strong team history. They joined the NBA in the 1988-1989 season and after a four-year development period, they have had a winning rate of at least 50% for 11 consecutive years from the 1992-1993 season to the current season.
What does this mean? There are only two teams in the league that have achieved a winning rate of 50% in each of the past 11 seasons.
The other team is the Jazz.
However, after moving, the Hornets immediately began to go downhill, as if their ancestral graves had been dug up, and they could not be more unlucky.
There is another tragedy in the new season. At the beginning of the new season, the star player Jamal Mashburn was seriously injured and will be out for four to six months.
The team can rank fourth in the Eastern Conference in the new season purely because of the support from its peers. The winning percentage of all teams outside the top five in the Eastern Conference is now less than 50%.
Originally, the Trail Blazers thought this game would be easy to play. The strength shown by the Hornets did not seem much stronger than that of the Mavericks, who had a very difficult time in team building.
However, when it comes to playing a game, it also requires mutual promotion and mutual restraint.
The Trail Blazers met their nemesis opponent tonight - Baron Davis!
Jeff McGinnis and Derek Anderson, both started together in the first 4 minutes to defend Baron Davis, and were both beaten alive by Baron Davis...
At 4 minutes and 11 seconds, the score was 9 to 12, and the Trail Blazers called a timeout.
The Trail Blazers were actually doing pretty well today, but they couldn't withstand the opponent's point guard's constant attacks, which affected the Trail Blazers' players on the offensive end.
If this continues, it will slowly form a vicious cycle and snowball.
We must find a way!
Maurice Cheeks turned his attention to the flying squirrel.
The little flying squirrel was not afraid of trouble. He stood up immediately and was about to volunteer, but he saw Maurice Cheeks waved his hand and sat down angrily.
Maurice Cheeks admired the tenacious fighting spirit of the Flying Squirrel and did not let the Flying Squirrel go up to be beaten by Baron Davis.
Double point guards won't work either, because the opponent has double point guards, the guard combination of David Wesley and Baron Davis. To be precise, this season, the new Hornets coach Tim Floyd let Baron Davis play as a shooting guard.
As a result, Baron Davis became a 20+ point scorer per game.
Two point guards are not working, one point guard is not working even if we try, so there is only one left.
Morris Cheeks looked at Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu turned his head away - Don't look at me!
However, as the saying goes, God will give great responsibilities to those who are in need...
"Jace, go deal with Davis!"
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"Baron Davis, 24 years old, 191 cm, 95 kg, PG/SG, ability rating 89, offense 92, defense 79, passing ability 88... speed 89, strength 88, jumping 91..."
Liu Xiu wiped the magnesium powder and looked at the player detection report of Baron Davis again.
Liu Xiu doesn't want to talk, just beat him!
Before going on the court, Liu Xiu once again scanned the player detection reports of all the opposing players. He didn't see much during those few minutes of play, but he saw Baron Davis beating up their back line...
"Copy Baron Davis!"
"Baron Davis, the system has determined that the match is 95%, reaching the perfect match level, and the talent has been successfully copied: template."
"Great Magician: Game Status. Copy Object: Teammate: Zach Randolph, Good at Technical Conversion Talent: Low Post Singles... Opponent: Baron Davis, Special Talent: Template, Bonus: When the host and Baron Davis are on the court at the same time, the host will get a certain degree of strength improvement, from physical condition, to basic skills, to technology ... As the host and Baron Davis are on the court at the same time for a longer time, the longer the matchup time, the greater the improvement, until it approaches Baron Davis' strength."
"I go!"
Liu Xiugang was still feeling annoyed, as everything except his post-up game seemed to be surrounded by Baron Davis. He didn't expect that the talent he copied would be this!
When the referee blew the whistle to signal the players of both teams to enter the court, Liu Xiu was unable to come to his senses immediately this time... It took him more than a second to come to his senses and walk onto the court.
The Hornets did not make any rotations, and the starting lineup of David Wesley, Baron Davis, George Lynch, P.J. Baron, and Magloire continued to play .
As for the Trail Blazers, Jeff McGinnis, who had the best overall height and athleticism among the four point guards, was left to defend David Wesley. The remaining four players, Liu Xiu, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, and Rasheed Wallace, took the court.
When partnering with Jeff McGinnis, Liu Xiu was no longer the one holding the ball. He walked straight to the opposite side and stood with Baron Davis. When the two looked at each other, they saw that the other person's arms were similar to his own, but different from other players, with not too many edges and corners, and a slightly protruding belly when relaxed... It was like Hua An encountering a pigeon!
