MTL - Healing Basketball-Chapter 934 934. This Little Thing (Happy New Year)

   Chapter 934 934. This little thing (Happy New Year)

  No injury refers to no new injury, no concurrent injury or secondary injury of old injury.

  Hill's waist injury still affects his offensive and defensive turns and retreats.

  The knee injury also affected his acceleration and lateral movement.

  But there are no new injuries, and these injuries have not worsened, and because he is actively receiving treatment, he is improving!

  Although the knee injury still needs more treatment, it is not something that can be solved in a short time, but according to Thomas Carter, Hill is expected to take off the pressure waistband on his waist during the game this season.

  In that case, their striker defense in the starting stage may be greatly improved.

  Hill's shooting, support, and pick-and-roll are all great now, but the defense is really broken.

   Don't ask Hill to restore the defense of the Pistons, as long as he doesn't hold back.

  With Hill's height, wingspan, defensive awareness, and the ability he has shown now, this is not a requirement to embarrass him, but a basic requirement.

  The hope that can be seen makes the coaching staff full of confidence in the future.

  Payton and Raheem retired one after another, and Liu Xiu is the only iron man left in their Trail Blazers.

   Unexpectedly, there was a new iron man, Hill, let alone say it, they couldn't believe it.

  However, the coaching staff is more pleased with Liu Xiu's progress than the possible progress of Hill, a veteran.

  Compared with before, Liu Xiu's adjustments this time are very timely.

   Don't even try it, just start the scoring mode, which is what they need most now.

  The tacit understanding between Liu Xiu and his old teammates is also visible to the naked eye. If he chooses to score high, his teammates will know how to cooperate.

  …

   On the second day after defeating the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland. At 8:00 p.m., the back-to-back away and home games ushered in the challenge of the Warriors.

   Blake and Randolph are both absent, changing to other teams may allow them to support each other.

  The team finally rushed to the first echelon and is competing with the Spurs and Bulls for the first place in the league. Most teams will not give up this good opportunity.

  Blake and Randolph's injuries were not serious injuries, and conservative treatment did not use drugs.

  But Thomas Carter suggested to play after the injury and play without hidden dangers. Maurice Cheeks agreed without hesitation.

  The absence of the two had an impact. Blake did not play. The Trail Blazers were in the rotation phase. When Liu Xiu was not in charge, he could only point to Louis Williams and Vaughn Weaver to organize the offense. These two...

  Anyway, the two together added up to two assists tonight. Reed played 19 minutes and Weaver played 11 minutes.

  With Randolph absent, the interior offense is not affected much. Tonight, the extrajudicial lunatics and Millsap's offensive performance at the power forward position was outstanding.

  But the Trail Blazers scored a lot fewer counterattacks than the last time they played against the Warriors. Without Randolph's help, Liu Xiu's defensive rebounds plummeted. Tonight, a total of 7 rebounds, two of which were offensive rebounds.

   Liu Xiu made 14 of 27 shots, including 3 of 9 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 37 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals.

  The Trail Blazers played 12 players tonight, all of whom scored. Under the leadership of Liu Xiu, the team scored 101 points.

  Warriors, Ellis 24 points and 4 assists, Baron Davis 16 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Gay 19 points and 5 assists, Biedrins 10 points and 10 rebounds, Pietrus 16 points...

  101 to 111, the Trail Blazers lost to the Warriors in the second back-to-back game, and their record dropped to 24 wins and 9 losses.

  …

   After playing back to back, the Trail Blazers got two days off.

   At noon the next day, the coaches came to visit Liu Xiu's house.

  After lunch, a group of people came to the study for a meeting.

   "Warden, what we are going to discuss today is about defensive counterattack." The coach cut to the chase.

  Being an 'official' for many years, I have always wanted to cultivate a bit of 'superior' temperament, but the opening remarks of the vice president this time were prepared for nothing...

  Forget it, let’s just leave it at that, the vice president said: “Kwame and Zach’s positions are very important to Congressman, you get defensive rebounds and counterattack, we know it very well.

  For some reason, we didn’t have other post players like Kwame and Zach to help you out.  …”

Liu Xiu interrupted: "I know that Paul is still very weak. It's good if he can do his own thing well. Travis used to be the starting small forward and has no experience in blocking positions. Reeve had no playing time before... only Antonio has the ability to block positions, but if the butcher and Kwame are both there, Antonio does not need to help me block positions, they are enough, and more people help me block positions, which will become a defect that is exploited by opponents.”

   "..."

  The vice president was silent for a second, and he knew it!

But he is used to it, and he replied: "Yes, but in fact, we have been worried that Zach and Kwame are not particularly healthy players. Both of them miss about 20% of the games every year. Like last night, Kwame Your defensive rebounding didn’t suffer when May was on the court, but when Kwame rested, your defensive rebounding dropped a lot.”

   Liu Xiu nodded upon hearing this.

The groundwork has been laid, the vice president did not continue to speak, the coach was fishing for fish, Huo Tu was a little helpless, but he still took the conversation: "What we are going to discuss today is whether we should let Paul, Antonio, Travis A few of them learn to get stuck and help you grab rebounds.

   Still, we continue to adjust our style of play and reduce our reliance on defensive counterattack scoring, which is not an essential part of our offensive end. "

   Now Liu Xiu understood why such a 'small matter' had to come to his house to talk to him so seriously.

  In his opinion, it is a good decision, but someone who is obsessed with statistics, cares about the status of the team, and cares about the right to speak in the team will care about this matter very much and care about it.

   But for him...

"No, we shouldn't let Paul and the extrajudicial fanatics learn to be in the position. Their height and weight are not suitable, and their style of play is not suitable. They are the ones who play quickly, not standing in the backcourt. No one and me Counterattack together, my effect on rebounding will drop sharply.

I can't let Antonio help me get in. We need a traditional center who can protect the rim, grab rebounds, pick and roll, and shoot. There is no other center on our team as good as Antonio. Kwame still needs time. , Don't waste Antonio's ability. "

   Liu Xiu decisively rejected the first choice.

  The vice president and Huo Tu looked at each other, feeling each other's comfort. Sure enough, they saw the right person!

  Huo Tu said: "Then let's discuss how to reduce the dependence on defensive counterattack scoring..."

   "No, no, no, we don't need to adjust in this regard." Liu Xiu chose to refuse again.

   "Don't let them learn the card position, and don't adjust?"

   Huo Tu, who was interrupted, hadn't spoken yet, and the vice president asked back first.

  Liu Xiu's operation that both of them refused would make him impossible.

  (end of this chapter)