On November 21st, at 7 pm, the Trail Blazers faced the Bucks at home.
The Bucks are the opponent Liu Xiu wants to play against.
He wanted to see how fast the fastest man in the league was.
pity……
"TJ Ford (injured), 20 years old, 183 cm, 75 kg, PG... played in 5 games, averaging 6.8 points, 3 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.2 steals..."
Liu Xiu looked at Ford, who was wearing a suit, on the bench opposite him, and felt a little regretful... He couldn't replicate the talent of the fastest man in the league.
However, even if he copied Ford's talent, Liu Xiu estimated that he would not be able to obtain the complete characteristic conversion talent. He also understood the characteristics of this talent copy. He is a tonnage player, which will not turn him into a running and jumping player or a speed player.
After the game started, the two teams played very fiercely.
The Bucks' starting combination of Damon Jones, Michael Redd, Desmond Mason, Tim Thomas and Joe Smith has extremely fierce offensive firepower!
After three years of training, Reed has become a top scorer this season. He has played 12 games so far this season and averaged 21.5 points per game.
Tim Thomas, an all-around power forward from the class of 1997, is good at both offense and defense. Most importantly, he can do everything. In terms of his playing style, he is a bankrupt version of the No. 1 pick in the class of 1997. His shooting range is even larger. He is nicknamed Old Dog, and Kidd calls him the man with the worst mouth in the league.
Because in the playoffs last season, Tim Thomas used vicious words to attack the slurred Kenyon Martin when they were facing each other, and then Kenyon Martin was diagnosed with speech disorder during the offseason. This summer, Tim Thomas was also sued by the relevant association. Although it was eventually left unresolved, the local people in Milwaukee couldn't stand this matter. This season, you can always see the "Fire-Tim" slogan at the Bucks' home court.
It is said that a certain person who does not want to reveal his name and wears No. 21 jersey stared at these slogans for a long time when playing against the Bucks away. He was confused as to why they were firing at him when he had no grudge against the Bucks...
Let's put aside the off-court stuff for now. Tim Thomas is at his peak, while Reed, who turned his talent into strength at the age of 24, and Damon Jones, who can shoot and pass, Desmond Mason, the dunk champion with explosive physique and wild playing style, and Joe Smith, who has comprehensive skills and is known as the poor version of Garnett, these five people played quite well!
At the beginning of the game, the Bucks still had the upper hand against the Trail Blazers.
But the Trail Blazers, who are on a winning streak, are in high spirits. They were not affected by the suppression at home, but became more and more courageous!
In the middle of the first quarter, Randolph first scored two points with a low-post back-to-the-basket shot; then he followed up with a counterattack by Jeff McGinnis and Rasheed Wallace, tipped in two points and caused Joe Smith to foul, and made the free throw; before the official timeout, Randolph faced the basket at close range, broke into the basket and jumped high... He almost showed the future three-point king, who looked not much different from an elementary school student, what a real dunk was. Unfortunately, he dunked it in the end.
Randolph scored 7 to 2 on his own, turning the original score of 11 to 15, which was 4 points behind, into 18 to 17, overtaking by 1 point into the official timeout.
Randolph scored 10 points in 6 minutes and 55 seconds. He performed very well tonight.
When it came to the rotation stage, the combination of Little Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Reuben Patterson, Randolph and Dale Davis came on the court to continue to strengthen the offense.
When Liu Xiu came on the court, he copied Reed's talent. He thought it would be a bonus in shooting, shooting-related skills, and post-up singles, but the result was very unexpected...
"Great Magician: Game Status. Copy Object: Teammate: Zach Randolph...Opponent: Michael Reed, Characteristic Conversion Talent: Interception Expert, Bonus Effect: When the host performs oppressive defense, the deterrence given to the opponent is enhanced, with a small probability of forcing the opponent to make an uncalm choice, and the host's stealing sense is enhanced."
Reed is indeed fierce on defense, has good pressure defense, has good physical fitness, and works hard on defense.
It seems that the aspect that Liu Xiu and Reed are most compatible with is defense... He is a bit regretful, but the bonus is still okay. Judging from the description, the bonus strength is not high, but a mosquito is still meat.
In the second half of the first quarter, Randolph continued his fierce performance and the Trail Blazers scored a 13 to 6 half-quarter climax in more than 5 minutes. After the first quarter, the score was 31 to 23, and the difference reached 8 points.
In the following time, Reed led the team and kept trying to turn the situation around, which really caused a lot of trouble for the Trail Blazers.
In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers and the Bucks tied at 22-22. The Bucks started on the defensive end, but the Trail Blazers held on.
In the third quarter, the Bucks wanted to score a lot of points, so they took a lot of shots from the outside and shot quite well. Tim Thomas, who holds the NBA record for three-pointers in a half, made three three-pointers in a single quarter, helping the Bucks score 27 points in a single quarter.
But the player with the highest score in this quarter was not Tim Thomas, but the Flying Squirrel!
Tim Thomas made 3 of 3 three-pointers in the quarter, made a layup, and made 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 13 points.
The Flying Squirrel made 5 of 7 shots in a single quarter, including two three-pointers, plus 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 15 points in a single quarter!
Liu Xiu got 4 assists in a single quarter, two of which were passed to the Little Flying Mouse, who then received the ball and made a direct shot, which meant he got two assists for free.
Relying on the 15 points from the Little Flying Squirrel in a single quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 29 to 27 in a single quarter. At the end of three quarters, the score difference was widened to 10 points. The Trail Blazers led the Bucks by 11 points 82 to 72!
Although the Bucks scored 27 to 23 in the final quarter, they still failed to complete the comeback.
From the scores in the second and fourth quarters, we can see that the Bucks did a good job on defense; from the scores in the second half, we can see that the Bucks did a good job on offense in the second half.
But! Randolph and the Flying Squirrel scored, and the Trail Blazers worked together to beat the Bucks 105-99 at home, winning six consecutive games and improving their record to 8 wins and 4 losses!
Liu Xiu played for 23 minutes tonight, got 6 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, and finally encountered a situation that made him upset - his points were lower than his rebounds and assists!
But he didn't have many scoring opportunities tonight. He missed two three-pointers with wide open spaces. Although he shot decisively, he reduced his appearances on the perimeter after that and looked for more opportunities inside. Unfortunately, he had no chances since the second quarter.
The highest scoring player of the game was Reed, who played 41 minutes, made 10 of 22 shots, including 4 of 9 three-pointers, plus 6 of 6 free throws for 30 points.
The second and third highest scorers were both on the Trail Blazers. Randolph scored 26 points and 16 rebounds, the Flying Squirrel scored 22 points, followed by Tim Thomas with 18 points, and Tianzun with 12 points and 9 rebounds...
After a wave of 6 consecutive wins, the Trail Blazers swept away the haze of 2 wins and 4 losses at the beginning, and rushed to fourth place in the Western Conference with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses!
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After the game against the Bucks, the Trail Blazers got two days of rest.
Next, the Trail Blazers will have their last home game of the first match month. After this game, the Trail Blazers’ remaining four games in November will all be away games.
This also includes a back-to-back away game.
So far, the Trail Blazers' schedule can be said to be very easy, playing 12 games, 9 home and 3 away.
The number of home games and away games is the same. There are more home games in the front, and naturally more away games in the back.
Generally speaking, players definitely prefer to play at home.
Even the Trail Blazers players who were always booed by the home fans.
No need to take a plane, no need to worry about not getting used to the bed... no need to even worry about being too tired from packing takeout from away games and eating it back at the hotel. Playing at home has many advantages.
After playing one more home game, the Trail Blazers will then have a series of four consecutive away games in six days from the 26th to the 31st.
However, now the Trail Blazers players don’t care about how the next few games go... They will care about it then, but they can’t take care of it now.
On the rest day on the 22nd, the Trail Blazers still had quite a lot of players training, mainly young players, and as many as two of the three rookies had extra training.
The one who didn't practice extra also brought his sister, who was on vacation, to the gym in the afternoon and studied the scouting reports and videos of the next game's opponent.
On the 23rd, the day of preparation, the enthusiasm grew even higher.
Today’s training was filmed by the media, so it was naturally different.
Liu Xiu used to tease Jiong Qiang often, but now that he has become a player, he finds that he seems to have the potential to become a handsome guy on live broadcasts across the United States.
Next opponent - Los Angeles Lakers!
Live broadcast across the United States!
This is the third national live broadcast of the season, and they will not have any national live broadcast for the rest of this month.
There were three national live broadcasts in the first month of the competition, which was already a very high frequency. However, in the following December, unless there are any unexpected events, they will not have a single national live broadcast.
Don’t care what the media says?
Does that mean you don't care?
There's nothing we can do about it!
People usually don’t report your news. They never mention good things, but only highlight bad things...
Although I'm used to it, who doesn't want to show their strength in front of more people?
It was like this before Liu Xiu came. When the games were broadcast live across the United States, the Trail Blazers always played exceptionally well.
Now Liu Xiu is here, and has become a part of the "American Live Handsome Guy"...
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On the 24th, after two days of rest, the Trail Blazers' 13th game day of the season arrived.
After the pre-match meeting and preparation training in the morning, we entered the pre-match rest and independent preparation phase.
Liu Xiu and several teammates were watching the noon news in the lounge.
The Lakers had already arrived in Portland yesterday at noon, and the Trail Blazers had the opportunity to get some footage of the Lakers and have an interview.
Sure enough, but no matter what the Trail Blazers players said, the TV station’s game promotion and pre-match news reports only gave them a few training shots... Oh, and Liu Xiu was "lazy". While his teammates were practicing extra, Liu Xiu took his sister out to buy beautiful clothes.
"What do you mean I'm lazy? Not practicing more is the same as being lazy? When did the coach assign me to practice less well? Other players didn't make any progress without practicing more, and they wouldn't necessarily make as much progress as I did with practicing more. For this kind of thing, don't blame them for being stupid, blame me... Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing! My sister is still here... Where's Qing'er? Damn..."
Randolph, Tianzun, Travis Outlaw, Matt Carroll, Reuben Bontjie, Derek Anderson and others couldn't stand it anymore and pressed Liu Xiu down and beat him up.
Liu Xiu's boasting, self-promotion, and Wang Po's self-selling... these are actually tolerable to his teammates.
The most unbearable thing is that what this damn guy said is actually the truth!
Even Randolph felt jealous of Liu Xiu's talent.
Breaking free from the ravages, Liu Xiu was about to run away... The voices of his teammates' wives and children came into the lounge, and the teammates fled collectively. Those who had wives and children stayed with them, and those who didn't went to help take care of the children...
After a while, Qing'er returned to the lounge with two large bags of snacks.
"Qing'er, where have you been?"
"Hmm? Buy some snacks! The butcher just asked me to help buy some snacks..."
"Fuck! Despicable! You're worthy of being Fatty Lan!"
Liu Xiu asked why Qing'er, the "life-saving talisman", disappeared at the critical moment.
Today we are playing against the Lakers, and the game is broadcast live across the United States. Many players' families are coming to watch the game, and they all want to show their faces on TV.
The team will provide tickets to the wives/girlfriends of Trail Blazers players and their closest relatives, such as parents, children, and grandparents, when they come to watch the game.
Seattle Seahawks players also receive such treatment.
Because the owner of these two teams is named Paul Allen.
It is said that Paul Allen bought these two teams just because of his hobby.
Today, the Trail Blazers have more than 30 tickets to give to the families of various players.
Qing'er returned to the lounge with snacks, and the "Aohu Squad" and the "Pretend to be Bad Guys Duo" returned to the lounge.
The channel switched to Time Warner, and it happened to be playing the preview for tonight's live broadcast of Time Warner Cable Sports.
Similarly, it has nothing to do with the Trail Blazers. Even though it took a long time to shoot, it ended up being just a dozen or twenty seconds of footage.
The Lakers have an exclusive interview...
The person being interviewed is Kobe Bryant.
The Trail Blazers players were quite interested in the interview with this popular superstar and everyone gathered around the TV.
The questions raised are related to Liu Xiu and the Trail Blazers.
"I already know who he is. I saw him on the news. He is a very talented rookie, but I don't know much about him. They beat us last time. I am looking forward to this match."
"Yes, you are right. They are the first team to beat us, so I pay special attention to them. This time I hope they can play like they did that night. No, they have to be better. They have definitely improved. They seem to have won 6 games in a row."
These two answers are directly related to the Trail Blazers. The following clip of Kobe's interview has nothing to do with the Trail Blazers.
Liu Xiu was surprised and said, "Why is this guy so gentlemanly in this interview? Wasn't he sarcastic last time?"
Tianzun, who entered the NBA at the same time as Kobe, responded: "You said that about him last time, and you were telling the truth. It's good that he didn't just curse at you."
"Uh... yeah..."
"But he's definitely got his eyes on you now!"
"Why?"
"You score 21 points on him, he's going to want to get back on track."
"I remember he scored more than 30 points that day, right? My score was much lower than his!"
"He would want you to get only two points or one point."
“…”
Liu Xiu was speechless. Tianzun’s guess might really be what that guy wanted to do.
Also, Tianzun actually knows Kobe so well. Based on Liu Xiu's understanding of Tianzun, Kobe must do this kind of thing often.
After being speechless for a while, Liu Xiu smiled and said, "If he really wants to keep an eye on me, that would be great."
Tianzun followed with a smile and said, "Haha, that's right, Jace, I'll leave the task of restraining Kobe's defense to you."
"I want to say that I will complete the task, but it seems that I am not the one who can make the decision..."
Although the opponent was the Lakers, the entire Trail Blazers team was relaxed.
Full of fighting spirit! We are all looking forward to this game!
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"Warden..."
"Butcher……"
"Outlaws..."
"The king of technical fouls..."
"Gold medal fighter..."
"Kobe Terminator..."
At 6:40 in the evening, at the Rose Garden Arena, the Lakers and the Trail Blazers entered the stadium one after another.
Tonight is a little different from usual.
When the Lakers entered the arena, the boos had reached a boiling point.
Compared to the first preseason game, the fans' enthusiasm is much higher.
When the players of the home team Trail Blazers entered the stadium, there was no longer the cheers and boos as in the past two home games. Instead, there were cheers and nicknames of some of the most famous players of this season.
If the opponent is changed, the fans will still be divided, but the opponent in front of them is different!
At the very least, when Flying Squirrel and Tianzun were still on the Trail Blazers, the Lakers were the absolute enemies in the eyes of Portland fans!
The Lakers are used to this.
When Kobe heard some people shouting "Kobe Terminator", he couldn't control his expression and rolled his eyes twice.
Portland fans were sure to boo them, and Kobe wasn't surprised.
What surprised him was that more than 90% of the people at the scene were Trail Blazers fans!
It’s not that Trail Blazers fans can’t afford tickets. Portland people are rich, no worse than those in Los Angeles, but Portland fans’ desire to grab tickets is not that strong.
For example, when the Lakers come to Portland as a guest, when Lakers fans come to grab tickets, Trail Blazers fans generally don't rush to buy them. If they get one, they will boo the Lakers, and if they can't buy one, they just forget it.
This time, it felt very different to Kobe.
Also, the Trail Blazers themselves, Kobe feels very different.
As the two teams fighting in the 2000 Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers have been an opponent that the Lakers have taken very seriously over the past few seasons.
Kobe watched the Trail Blazers collapse from a championship-contending team to an average 50-win team, and it continued to get worse.
Kobe was very sorry about this. A strong opponent that could force the OK combination into a seventh game collapsed like this.
I thought the Trail Blazers were going to be finished, but this year seems a little different...
The reputation is even worse, and the outside world describes the Trail Blazers as worse than before.
But as Kobe can see, compared with the half-dead but stubborn state of last season, the Trail Blazers are completely new this year!
There are many differences compared to the preseason!
Tianzun, Davis the Thug, Flying Squirrel... Kobe knows these opponents too well. The changes in the Trail Blazers must have nothing to do with these guys. They don't have the temperament to be the boss.
Randolph...we've played against him a few times, but he doesn't look like the type who can lead the team.
Then there is only one person left.
The rookie that Kobe cares about very much tonight is Warden Jace!
It's incredible that a rookie, a substitute rookie, can make such a wonderful change in a team that is almost in a rotten state!
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Liu Xiu felt Kobe's gaze, but didn't care.
Whether it was from his own understanding or what he heard from Tianzun, a player who entered the NBA at the same time as Kobe, it was certain that Kobe had set his sights on him, a weak, pitiful and helpless rookie who was picked 13th in the first round.
The cheers from the fans tonight... The enemy of my enemy is my friend? No, it's the same enemy that makes us friends.
The prison team is special. The relationship between the team and its fans is actually like that of friends who have the same enemy.
After entering the court, Liu Xiu sat on the bench. Since he was not in the starting lineup, he could slowly study and analyze the game.
Taking the scouting report and comparing it with the scouting report, Liu Xiu opened the player scouting report. After entering the venue, he could read the Lakers' player scouting report.
Liu Xiu has studied the contents of the scout report many times in the past two days, as well as the game videos.
The Lakers have played 12 games so far this season and currently have 8 wins and 4 losses, ranking fifth in the Western Conference.
Yes, that's right, the Trail Blazers' record improved to fourth in the Western Conference, and the team they surpassed is the Lakers.
So far this season, the Lakers have averaged 99.1 points per game and conceded 95.2 points per game.
Compared with the Trail Blazers' average of 101.3 points per game and 97.6 points lost per game, it is indeed not much different.
Compared with the Pacers, Spurs, and Timberwolves, who limit their opponents' points below 90 points per game, the Lakers seem to have a gap. Compared with the Kings, who currently have 11 wins and 2 losses and are ranked first in the league, with an average score of 104.3 points per game and an average loss of 95.8 points per game, the Lakers are far behind.
However, among the Big Four of the Lakers, only Payton played in all 12 games at the start. O'Neal missed 7 games, Kobe missed 5 games, and even Malone missed two games .
You have to know that in the first 18 seasons of Malone's career, the most he missed in a single season was two games!
But the Lakers have many giants , and there are at least two giant stars in every game.
Tonight, as luck would have it, Kobe and O'Neal, who suffered the most injuries at the beginning of the season for the Lakers, both played in the game!
As for Kobe, he played in the past two games and was fine. But as for O'Neal, who had missed three games in a row, he suddenly returned in an away game!
From this, Liu Xiu could feel that the fat man must not be a very smart person.
After reading the player report, Liu Xiu took a deep breath, turned on the system, and entered the player detection report...
In terms of statistics, the four superstars Kobe, O'Neal, Payton and Malone have all experienced a huge decline compared to last season.
Kobe Bryant has averaged 24.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game so far this season; O'Neal has averaged 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.5 blocks per game; Payton has averaged 14 points, 4 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game; Malone has averaged 12 points, 9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
The average points per game of the four players dropped by more than 5 points compared to last season.
But the ability evaluation...
"Kobe Bryant, 25 years old, 198 cm, 96 kg, SG/SF, ability rating 98..."
"Shaquille O'Neal, 31 years old, 216 cm, 149 kg, C, ability rating 96..."
"Karl Malone, 40 years old, 206 cm, 122 kg, PF/C, ability rating 88..."
"Gary Payton, 35 years old, 193 cm, 84 kg, PG, ability rating 84..."
After the training camp, the system will determine a player detection report based on the abilities of each player during the training camp. After the preseason, the system will re-determine the player detection report based on the performance in the preseason. After the regular season begins, the system will continuously adjust the player detection report based on the strength recently demonstrated by the players.
For opponents played in the preseason, the player detection reports always decline during the regular season.
But Kobe and O'Neal have improved! Malone has maintained his strength at this age!
Only Payton showed a clear decline, dropping a level.
Especially O'Neal, he just lost 4 kilograms of fat, and his weight increased from 95 to 96!
If he loses weight to the 143 kg that is recognized as O'Neal's best weight in the 1999-2000 season, wouldn't he become the best player in the league again?
This is really God opening your mouth to feed you!
but!
Liu Xiu felt so excited to fight against such an opponent!
He, like his teammates, wanted to take down the Lakers again tonight! Especially after seeing the strength of the Lakers' superstars...he wanted to do this even more!
After studying for a while, the game was about to start. Liu Xiu put away his sundries in his backpack and focused on watching the game. He was ready to study the situation on the field, compare and analyze it, and put himself in the game as usual...
At this time, the system prompt came!
"The host once faced Kobe in the preseason and got an excellent data of 20+5+5, which left a deep impression on Kobe Bryant, a superstar who is in his prime. The host needs to strengthen this impression. I am the Warden series of tasks: Crazy Prologue is triggered."
"Crazy Prologue: I am the Warden series of tasks. Objective: In the next game against the Lakers, the host must score at least 38 points. Rewards: 1. Healing value 5000, 2. 5 draws."
"Hmm... Shit! One eight equals eight, two eights, sixteen, and three eights for Women's Day... That adds up to a reward of ten thousand!"
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At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers started at home.
Lakers starting lineup: Payton, Kobe, Devin George, Malone, O'Neal.
Trail Blazers starting lineup: Jeff McGinnis , Reuben Patterson, Wesley Person, Randolph, Rasheed Wallace.
It’s very different from what the Trail Blazers players and fans expected!
In the first half of the first quarter, the Lakers only scored 9 points, which seems low, right... The Trail Blazers only scored 5 points in half a quarter!
After 6 minutes and 11 seconds, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 4 points, 9 to 5, and went into the official timeout.
After the official timeout, Morris Cheeks replaced Liu Xiu and Flying Mouse.
What Liu Xiu copied tonight was naturally Kobe's talent - physical stamina.
Even though the Trail Blazers sent out their strongest offensive combination of Little Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Reuben Patterson, Randolph, and Rasheed Wallace, even with this lineup, the Trail Blazers still only scored 6 points in the second half of the first quarter and were beaten 12 to 6 by the Lakers.
After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers entered the second quarter, 10 points behind the Lakers at 11 to 21.
The Trail Blazers were completely stunned in the first quarter!
During the intermission, they realized what had happened to them - they were crushed! They were beaten!
On the defensive end of the Lakers: Payton and Kobe guarded the outside, Malone and O'Neal protected the rim and the mid-range; on the offensive end: Kobe scored 7 points in a single quarter and O'Neal scored 6 points in a single quarter.
Before the game, the Trail Blazers were thinking about how to use the Lakers to prove themselves, how to gain attention by stepping on the Lakers... Little did they know that the Lakers attached no less importance to this game than they did!
Even O'Neal chose this game specifically to make his comeback!
Liu Xiu, who had 0 of 3 shots, 0 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists and 1 turnover in the first quarter, looked at the group of superstars on the opposite side whose eyes seemed to be shining. The mission, the limelight... none of this was so important.
Liu Xiu has discovered that as he and his teammates continue to win, their judgment of their own strength has deviated.
When other teams were playing against the Lakers, they were overjoyed when they heard that Kobe or O'Neal couldn't play.
As for the Trail Blazers, they were very happy when they heard that O'Neal was back and all the F4 members were assembled. They wanted to beat the Lakers with their strongest lineup...
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"Why……"
Liu Xiu leaned on the bench and watched Fisher hit a layup against Jeff McGinnis... It was great! Even Fisher was still in his prime, at the age of 29, and although his athletic ability had declined a lot, he would have no problem averaging 12 three-pointers per game if he changed teams.
Warden Liu's current goal is to become a stable scorer averaging 10+ points per game.
At this time, Liu Xiu truly broke out of his "winning streak" and remembered his real goal for his rookie season.
Even he, after winning six consecutive games and scoring 34 points and a triple-double in the six-game winning streak, his mentality changed.
He himself did not realize that he was not arrogant in his judgment of his own strength and the strength of others; but his mentality was still affected by the strength of the team, the role he played in the team, and so on.
Looking at the score of 63 to 77 with more than two minutes left, Liu Xiu did not have any expectations.
He was unwilling to lose, and was upset that the mission had failed... But putting aside his damn competitive spirit, he felt that this defeat came at a very timely moment!
Soon, more than two minutes of game time passed, and the Trail Blazers lost miserably to the Lakers at home with a score of 68 to 82, ending their 6-game winning streak and dropping their record to 8 wins and 5 losses. After sitting in the fourth place in the Western Conference for two nights, the team was taken away by the Lakers with a record of 9 wins and 4 losses.
Liu Xiu’s mentality does not represent the mentality of the entire Trail Blazers team. Everyone has different ideas now and needs to digest them on their own.
Maurice Cheeks was very excited during the game, but he was quite calm after the game.
In his opinion, this was to be expected.
Even if it's not the Lakers that wake them up, there will be other teams that will wake them up, it's just a matter of time.
There is nothing you can do even if you are unwilling, you can only wait to grow up.
Unlike others who see them as a team gradually heading towards its twilight years.
Maurice Cheeks looked at Liu Xiu, then at Randolph... and also at Travis Outlaw.
In his opinion, their team is a young army waiting to rise, and such setbacks are inevitable.