MTL - Healing Basketball-Chapter 982 982. The Controversy of 'The Best of the Times'

  Chapter 982 982. The "Best of the Times" Controversy

  It will be so boring, basically it is a bad team or a team with no hope of the playoffs. Adjust the style of play, he is more active in grabbing rebounds, and maintaining the average rebounds per game is not a big problem!

  But this mainly depends on the adjustment at the team level. Without the help of the coach, he really has nothing to do. What he can do has always been very good.

  What impressed Liu Xiu tonight was Ruben Patterson. This guy is now actively working hard to show his ability and wants to stay in the NBA.

  People only remember Bangzi and Madman's refusal of a fat contract, and ignore the unlucky "Kobe Terminator".

  Last season, the 31-year-old Ruben Patterson played the peak performance of his career in the Nuggets, full attendance, averaging 14.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and his shooting percentage reached 54.8%.

His salary last season was US$6.84 million. In 2001, he signed with the Trail Blazers in the last year of the 6-year full middle class. When the contract was renewed, the Nuggets gave him a very generous contract, 15 million in 3 years. beautiful knife.

   After all, at this age, it is not a technical style of play, so it is a very good contract.

  But Ruben Patterson refused and chose to test the free market.

  However, his performance was so good that he was cold in the free market.

  Dare to take over the team of Ruben Patterson, who has a lot of bad records. It is estimated that there are also the four evil forces in the NBA-prison team, nursing home, bad boy army, and mining bandits.

  But the first three teams only have the middle-class special case available during the offseason, the Trail Blazers are unwilling to take him, the nursing home money has been spent early, the Bad Boys just have a bad reputation, and they don’t want a real bad boy to join...

  Other teams are unwilling to offer more than the basic salary. He knows that when something goes wrong and he wants to return to the Nuggets, the Nuggets withdraw the offer and put JR-Smith on the bench to replace Ruben Patterson.

   At this time, he is still unwilling to accept the basic salary of other teams...

   Then, before the All-Star weekend, the young Ruben Patterson was forced to join the Clippers with a minimum salary.

  However, when he rejected the Nuggets contract, he didn't go around saying "not enough to support his family" like a madman. This matter is not exposed much.

  If Ruben Patterson hadn't come to the Trail Blazers for trial training with a fluke mentality, Liu Xiu would not have known.

  Anyway, he was a former teammate. Seeing the 'Kobe Terminator' who lost more than 10 million dollars, Liu Xiu mourned for him for a second after the game...

  …

  After playing the Clippers, the Trail Blazers did not leave Los Angeles, and had to play against the Los Angeles team after a day off.

  Most of the Trail Blazers players chose to rest, go shopping, watch movies or theater performances.

  Liu Xiu did the same before, but this time, he chose to continue to practice three-pointers.

  The secretary in charge of renting the training hall lamented to Paul Allen-the congressman really worked hard when he wanted to work hard.

   Everyone here on the Trail Blazers is happy that Liu Xiu is training hard, but this annoys one person even more...

  A certain No. 24 player who did not want to be named: I f*cked up for nothing today!

   On March 23, at 7:40 p.m., Liu Xiu led his teammates into the Staples Center stadium again. Compared with the day before yesterday, there were many cheers, but today there were boos all over the sky!

  In the first ten years of the 21st century, there were two candidates for the "best of the era", the Trail Blazers and the Lakers.

  Both teams are dynastic teams, and this year is crucial. If the Lakers win the championship this season, they will take the lead in the competition for the 'best of the era'.

  But if the Trail Blazers win the championship this season, they will directly lock in the 'best of the era'.

   Noble fans will also be nervous. Now, the Lakers fans must first want their team to win the championship.

   Otherwise, it doesn't matter who wins the championship, anyway, it shouldn't be the Trail Blazers who win the championship.

   Similar ideas are also shared by Trail Blazers fans.

  "Los Angeles Lakers, 53 wins and 16 losses, averaging 109.3 points per game, conceding 101.6 points per game, shooting 48.1% from the field, limiting opponents to 45.1% from the field..."

  "Portland Trail Blazers, 48 ​​wins and 20 losses, averaging 108.9 points per game, conceding 103.5 points per game, shooting 47.3% from the field, limiting opponents to 46.1% from the field..."

   After entering the field, Liu Xiu looked at the opposing team's report and compared it with his own team's report. The overall performance was not much different.

   But this is their Trail Blazers recently won a wave of 6 consecutive victories. Before the 6 consecutive victories, the gap was quite obvious.

  In the last 15 games, the Lakers have 15 wins and 2 losses!

   A wave of 7 consecutive victories, a wave of 4 consecutive victories, and currently 4 consecutive victories.

  Before the All-Star Weekend, the Lakers were already very strong, with 38 wins and 14 losses ranking second in the Western Conference and fourth in the league.

  But the Lakers at that time were not stable enough, and when they were fighting against a strong opponent, they needed Kobe to run wild.

Now the Lakers have a stable strong point David West, who can play singles and pick-and-rolls, and can stably support the offense when Wang Zhizhi is resting... After the All-Star Weekend, the Lakers have become a stable and powerful team. Top team.

  Liu Xiu is very annoying. The league arranges all the games between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers after the All-Star Weekend. What's the matter!

  …

   At 8:00 p.m., Kwame Brown won the jump ball from Wang Zhizhi's head. The game started, and the Trail Blazers went first!

   Lakers starting: Deron, Bryant, Luke - Walton, David - West, Wang Zhizhi.

   Trail Blazers starters: Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Hill, Randolph, Kwame Brown.

  Liu Xiu quickly pushed forward after receiving the ball, and his teammates rushed off immediately after Kwame Brown dialed the ball.

Liu Xiu didn't slow down after passing the middle circle, and rushed straight to the three-point line. He pulled the ball from the top arc and changed direction. Deron made an accurate prediction and moved laterally in time. He learned to play next to Kobe. His defense was much better than in the original time and space. many.

   But even if it moves in time and is in place, it can’t hold it!

  Liu Xiu brutally ran over Delong and broke into the inside line!

  Kobe's mid-range defense didn't have time, Delong watched Liu Xiu enter the interior and hit Wang Zhizhi with a pull-bar layup...

   It's all numb!

  Just now, Deron feels like he has met James who is rushing forward with Parker's speed, and this James has the inside footsteps like Wade!

  So strong, so fast, and so explosive!

   What Kobe cares about is the opponent's Hill. He has long been used to Liu Xiu's bug-level physical condition.

   And in his opinion, Liu Xiu is not without flaws. She is only 191 cm tall with shoes, which limits Liu Xiu a lot, such as defense.

  The last time he played against each other, he didn't feel deeply. At that time, he was still in the excitement of having David West as his teammate.

  Now he sees that Hill can play fast break with the Trail Blazers at his age... Another day of looking down on Walton Jr.

  If it weren't for Luke Wharton who looked exactly like his father when he was young, Kobe really felt that Wharton was the elder next door.

  Physical quality is far from his father's. Kong has all-round skills, but he can't do anything well.

When it came time for the Lakers to attack, Deron faced Liu Xiu's defense and lobbed the ball to Kobe who was leaning against Hill on the right side of the free throw line. , back to the free throw line, take off, and make a mid-range shot!

  (end of this chapter)