On the 23rd, Liu Xiu and his trainer discussed how to improve the details of post-ups. The coaching staff was very excited. Their genius finally started working hard!

On the 24th, after a day of rest, the Trail Blazers ushered in their summer league match against the Suns.

The Suns, like the Trail Blazers, have two first-round picks.

One is Brazilian lightning Leonard Barbosa, and the other is Serbian insider Zako Kabakapa.

Barbosa played like Marbury in the previous Boston Summer League. He was fast and powerful, could complete the offense with either hand under the basket, and had excellent explosive power... By the time of the Rocky Mountain Summer League, the Suns were completely

He's the core, and he looks as sharp as Iverson.

Liu Xiu noticed one thing - Barbosa was selected by the Spurs.

After the free market opens, the defending champion Spurs want to get Turkoglu from the Kings. The Kings have no interest in keeping Turkoglu. Turkoglu will reach the contract year next season, and they don't want to lose such a player in vain.

A quality point forward, but not interested in the chips the Spurs have.

The Kings were interested in Timberwolves guard Anthony Pillar, but after the free market opened, the Timberwolves sent Anthony Pillar to the Suns for free in order to free up salary space. They did not want to acquire Kings players at all...

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In the end, the Spurs completed transactions with the Suns and Kings successively, using Barbosa to acquire Turkoglu.

The Spurs, who aim to defend their title but are short of energy, have their management exhausted in the summer of every defending year...

Barbosa, this is a genius the Suns picked up for free.

Their own selection of Zako Kabakapa in the middle of the first round was much worse.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, still at the Pepsi Center in Salt Lake City, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Suns started.

In such a game, it is obvious that Barbosa is better than every player on the Trail Blazers. His sharp personal offense is too advantageous in such a game.

The Suns once had the upper hand.

However, later in the game, the Trail Blazers came from behind and gained an advantage in the final quarter. In the end, they made a comeback and narrowly defeated the Suns 107-101!

Barbosa scored 25 points and 9 assists. His performance was very sharp, but his stamina was insufficient. 8 of the 9 assists came in the first three quarters, and there was only 1 assist in the final quarter.

When he organizes the offense, he just rushes and passes the ball out. If his teammates can make a shot, they will make a shot. If they can't, they will lose. When he can't rush and can't make accurate outside shots, he has nothing to say about organizing the offense.

As for the Trail Blazers, they didn't play as well as the Suns in the early stages. The players were constantly being pressured and had impetuous emotions.

At this time, Liu Xiu's role came into play - stability!

Since he didn't have the ability to "take a chance", he didn't gamble, played steadily, sorted out the offense, and waited for the Suns' offensive efficiency to decline, then further slowed down the rhythm and played a beautiful comeback.

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Liu Xiu had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Matt Carroll had 2 points, and Travis Outlaw had 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Travis Outlaw passed several balls to the wing pitcher tonight. When Liu Xiu saw it, he couldn't help but smile, causing the good-looking fans at the scene to scream.

Travis Outlaw, although he was hit by Liu Xiu the day before yesterday, he really calmed down.

He was a little frustrated at the time, but after he got up from a nap, he thought about it carefully and found that although what Liu Xiu said was annoying, it really made sense. He went to talk to the coaching staff... and finally understood what Liu Xiu was saying.

Meaning - don't aim for an all-around striker, but continue to develop your existing strengths and make them better.

First of all, develop your athletic ability, awareness of attacking the frame, awareness of teamwork, etc. Only when these abilities are developed can you truly have the opportunity to distribute the ball from the wing.

However, if it is the summer league, it already has such ability.

After Travis Outlaw figured it out, he understood that Liu Xiu was talking about things to pay attention to after entering the NBA.

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After playing the games against the Lakers and Suns, Liu Xiu confirmed one thing, one thing he had misunderstood before...

They have the strength to make a run in this Rocky Mountain Summer League!

With him sorting out the offense, with Travis Outlaw as the main attacker, and with Matt Carroll as the backup, the role players are about the same strength, as far as the other participating teams in this Rocky Mountain Summer League are concerned.

, it’s hard to compare with them!

Beating the Lakers is just a test of the waters, beating the Suns requires first suppressing and then improving to win.

On July 25th, another day off, Liu Xiu took the trainer together to discuss adjustments to the technical details of post-up play, adjustments to layups and close shots related to post-up play... Maurice Cheeks and Kay

Vin Pritchar was about to burst into tears! Finally he saw his rookie working hard!

On July 26, the Trail Blazers faced off against the 76ers at the Salt Lake City Memorial Coliseum.

The 76ers have no first-round picks this year, and they have sold out all their draft picks long ago, but they still have four rookies, three of whom are undrafted, and one is Willie Green, who was drafted in the middle of the second round after being traded back from the Sonics.

Liu Xiu met him once, but he wasn't familiar with him and didn't have much impression. He just remembered that he came from a non-first-level university and his style of play... he was very good one-on-one.

During the game, Willie Green only wanted to solve the problem through singles.

Against the 76ers, the trio of Liu Xiu, Travis Outlaw, and Matt Carroll showed super dominance!

With the three of them combining to score 51 points and 15 assists, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the 76ers 103-81 and won their third consecutive victory!

With 15 points and 11 assists, Liu Xiu scored his first double-double in the summer league!

On July 27th, it was another day off. Liu Xiu continued to study post-up play with the training team. This time it was about some details of passing. Post-up pass is different from regular passing. The timing of catching the ball.

The angle of passing the ball, the spatial analysis ability under different visual fields... are all different.

The two old men on the coaching staff were originally a little suspicious, worried that Liu Xiu was just trying hard on a whim and would soon go back to his old ways.

But on several rest days, Liu Xiu has been working hard!

When the two of them had the opportunity, they communicated with the trainer and learned that Liu Xiu had been working really hard this time. Every time he needed to make adjustments, the points he raised and the problems he found were very targeted!

Moreover, after each discussion, Liu Xiu integrated the results into the training the next day and began to adjust the details of his playing style... This made Maurice Cheeks and Kevin

-Plitcha recognized Liu Xiu’s talent again!

The most important thing is that Liu Xiu, who is so talented, finally worked hard!

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On July 28th, the fourth round of this Rocky Mountain Summer League preliminaries came.

The Trail Blazers are really lucky. They didn't have a bye in 4 consecutive rounds, which means they will have a bye in the next round. They will get 3 days off and start the knockout round on August 1st to compete for the championship.

Having won 3 games, they have already secured their place in the top 8. This game is not that important.

However, the players still wanted to win and played very hard!

With good luck, the opponent in the last game was the Pacers, whose strength was about the same as the 76ers.

The Pacers also had no first-round pick this year, so they selected James Jones in one round.
Chapter completed!