Chapter 670: 670. The Perfect Playmaker
After a night's rest, on March 15, the Trail Blazers came to Quicken Loans Arena to challenge the Cavaliers.
Today is the day of the NCAA Basketball Championship program, but the game between the Trail Blazers and the Cavaliers still grabbed a lot of attention.
After a day of preparations, at 5:40 in the evening, Liu Xiu led his teammates and ran onto the court in the face of boos.
Compared with the boos the Cavaliers received when they played at the Rose Garden Arena a few months ago, Liu Xiu felt that the boos they received tonight were significantly louder and the hostility was obviously stronger.
Then the home team players entered the stadium, and when James was the last one to run out of the tunnel, Liu Xiu's eyes focused on him.
"Cleveland Cavaliers, 38 wins and 26 losses, averaging 97.6 points per game and conceding 95.4 points per game..."
"LeBron James, 21 years old, 203 cm, 108 kg, SF/PG, ability evaluation 93, offense 97, defense 71, rebounds 82, passing 88... averaged 31.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.6 steals, 0.8 blocks, 3.4 per game
Turnovers, 1.8 fouls...shooting rate 48%, three-point shooting rate 37.9%..."
With such a high three-point shooting rate per game, he averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game, but when Liu Xiu thought about how to defend James later, his first thought was to shoot three-pointers to prevent sudden attacks...
The data is really strong!
Except for steals, all of James' statistics have reached new highs since entering the NBA.
However, matching the decline in steals is an already poor defensive performance that is even less impressive.
When watching the Cavaliers scouting report last night, Liu Xiu saw an interesting data. He suspected that the scout of their prison team was James Hei.
James missed 3 games due to injury this season, and his teammates acted like him. In those 3 games, his teammates exploded one by one. Larry Hughes even scored 37 points and 14 rebounds in a home game against the Knicks.
His career-best single-game statistics of 8 assists and 5 steals led the team to a 102-87 victory. Although the opponent was the Knicks, it still surprised the fans who had scolded Larry Hughes for his garbage contract for more than half a year.
After the players from both teams finished playing, the lights came on.
Liu Xiu and James came to the technical stage to chat with each other in a tacit understanding, but they just said hello and went to prepare for the game.
The media has portrayed the two of them as irreconcilable opposites. When fans mention the two of them, the first topic is always who is better. If they are fans of the two, they often directly start a scolding war...
As time went by, Liu Xiu could clearly feel that his already not very close relationship with James was becoming more and more distant.
In this regard, Liu Xiu did not do anything specifically. Not surprisingly, in the next few years, he and James will play against each other up to three times a year.
In terms of sneaker endorsements, although Hook and A Cone are the same family, he can clearly feel that the brand is letting them compete in the ring.
In addition to the two of them, there is also a master who received no endorsement fees last year and used cheap signing hooks.
The great master strives for his own success. This season, relying on his personal performance, he has become the top five basketball shoe sales in North America and the top two in China and Asian countries and regions so far this season.
After a while, the game was about to start, and the referee informed the two teams to start the game.
Liu Xiu was preparing to choose the copy target of the 'Great Magician'. The task came first, and his eyes immediately lit up.
"Lord of the Age:
Trigger object: LeBron James.
With a heavy sword but no edge, and a skill without skill, he may be a more perfect point forward than Scottie Pippen and Grant Hill.
Goal 1: The total value of the host’s rebounds, assists, and blocks in this game must be higher than that of LeBron James.
Goal 2: When the host faces LeBron James' single defense, he must choose to play singles.
Goal 3: Win this game.
Reward: 1,000 healing points will be awarded for each completed goal. If all 3 goals are completed, the healing value reward will be doubled, and an additional prisoner (buff fragment) will be obtained."
It’s coming! It’s finally here!
The three current nanny-type players, James, Wade, and Paul, have obtained the "prison kill" fragments of the latter two, and KING's classmate's is finally here!
However, instead of comparing scores, steals, rebounds, assists, and blocks, Liu Xiu made an international friendly gesture in his heart.
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Tonight, the team's main focus is positional warfare, offense and defense, and anti-counterattack. The "Great Magician" Liu Xiu is copying Little Flying Squirrel. His opponent has copied James before. The bonus of the "Invincible" version with residual health is really eye-catching. This time he chose to copy.
It's Damon Jones.
"...Opponent: Damon Jones, matching degree 40%, characteristic transformation talent: ambition (remaining health), bonus effect: three-pointer +1, increased confidence when shooting."
This talent... Liu Xiu felt that this first-class shooter who once served as a shooting point guard next to Wade was indeed very confident.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, Kwame Brown easily moved the ball away from Big Z's head. Liu Xiu received the ball and advanced quickly. The Trail Blazers' away game against the Cavaliers began.
Trail Blazers starting lineup: Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Outlaw, Randolph, Kwame Brown; Cavaliers starting lineup: Damon Jones, Larry Hughes, James, Gooden, Big
Z.
Liu Xiu came to the frontcourt, and Larry Hughes was guarding the top arc. Kwame Brown came up to pick and roll with Larry Hughes. Gooden extended out to defend. Liu Xiu used the pick and roll to lob the ball to Randolph. Lando
Husband received the ball from the bottom line on the right side of the three-second zone with his back to the basket. Although Big Z stepped on the sideline of the three-second zone and pounced on it immediately, it was still too late. Randolph received the ball and turned around and retreated to make a mid-range shot!
When Liu Xiu was retreating, he glanced at the big screen. This goal was assisted!
Tonight’s butcher has a particularly round head!
When the Cavaliers attacked, James held the ball and attacked. Liu Xiu took a big step back to defend, but James still chose to break through.
When James entered the three-point line from the top arc, Liu Xiu immediately moved up to form a confrontation, blocking James' route to the right and forcing James to change direction to the left.
Liu Xiu is already very skilled at defending James.
James was forced to change direction, and it was impossible to go from the middle. Kwame Brown took a step inside the three-second zone, and James could only rush in from the left side of the three-second zone.
Breaking through in an unaccustomed direction, James failed to use his footwork at close range and was blocked by Liu Xiu to stop the ball. He was also covered by Kwame Brown who was recovering.
At this time James passed!
The direction of the top arc was open. Damon Jones circled from the right sideline to the top arc to receive the ball. Ray Allen actively pursued it, but Damon Jones still made a feint and shot past Ray Allen before rushing in.
When there was an opportunity for a sudden jump shot, Kwame Brown and Liu Xiu under the basket began to move their positions tacitly... Damon Jones received the ball and shot directly!
Regardless of whether the opponent was feinting or not, Ray Allen could only pounce on the opponent to interfere. He didn't expect that the defense was really in place, and he didn't expect that it really caused interference.
Chapter completed!