The day after beating the Lakers, the Trail Blazers left Los Angeles for San Antonio.

The next opponent to play is the Spurs.

In the evening, Liu Xiu and the coaching staff went to have dinner at a family restaurant that had been reserved early, and talked about the "triple-double per game plan."

After entering the topic, the coach said: "As we expected, the top teams and their stars will not deliberately focus on whether the Warden can get a triple-double; our strategy can deal with the weak teams very well.

"The only ones we need to worry about are the teams that are not doing well."

The vice president nodded: "Yes, I feel a lot more relieved. Jace's triple-double per game seems to be very stable...I'm not trying to beat the data, absolutely not, but we have the opportunity to perform like that."

, can’t miss it.”

The coach and the warden nodded in unison, looking like they were trying not to laugh, which made the vice president want to kick each of them.

Might as well just laugh!

Coach Bush took over the conversation: "But our style of play does not match our defensive strategy. We cannot prevent it, so the physical strength and energy invested in protecting the defense cannot get the corresponding output."

"Warden, what do you think about this?" the coach began to blame.

"Let's just practice getting stuck. We can't do better defensively. It's good to practice basic skills." Liu Xiu chose to avoid the important and take the easy.

Coach Bush nodded. He had already pointed out the problem. Since neither the coach nor the star players had any ideas for improvement, and the objective conditions were indeed limited, he did not say much.

There are fundamental differences between Coach Bush and defensive coaches such as Mike Brown, Mike Woodson, Larry Brown, etc.

Those coaches are very paranoid about defense. If the team does not play well defensively, they will get angry.

Coach Bush just regards this as a job, and he will do whatever the team needs. Even if he was working under a head coach who didn't know how to defend at all and didn't like to defend, he would accept it as long as he was paid.

Of course, he has a very professional ethics and will do things well after receiving the money.

Just like this season, the coach has been making some outrageous requests to him, and he is also trying to think of ways and giving suggestions. If he can implement them, he will implement them. If he can't, he will not get angry because he didn't use them.

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After a night's rest, on the morning of the 25th, the Trail Blazers came to the ATT Center to prepare for the game.

After lunch, Liu Xiu practiced 300 more effective three-pointers, and the fourth major stage of the "Three-Point Talent Breakthrough" training task was completed!

There are still two major stages left, 1/3 of the training tasks.

A total of more than 20,000 "effective three-pointers" need to be made. In fact, in the past month, he has made more than 20,000 three-pointers in training, but the system has judged that only less than 15,000 are "effective".

Just like the original "Central Shooting Talent Breakthrough" training, the first four major stages of this three-point training are only the most basic basic skills training.

The fifth stage has changed and is divided into three-pointers after pick-and-roll, step-back three-pointers, turn-around three-pointers, catch-the-ball three-pointers, catch-the-turn three-pointers...and many other aspects of training.

Liu Xiu recalled the time when he'd achieved his breakthrough in CIC talent... what a nightmare!

At that time, most of his basic skills were at a good level, and very few were at an excellent level, let alone first-rate.

Things are different now. Except for his retreat skills, which he only started to seriously develop last summer, his other commonly used basic skills are almost guaranteed to be at an excellent level!

It is foreseeable that this training will be completed faster.

These three-point shooting training are combined with other basic skills. You can choose the training sequence independently. He chose 'turn three-pointer', 'catching three-pointer', 'stop and catch three-pointer', and 'stop and catch and turn three-pointer'.

Wait for a few trainings that are combined with the basic skills he is best at, and then the 'three-pointer after pick-and-roll'... those who are good at it will do it as soon as possible, and finally concentrate on stacking step-back three-pointers.

Today's training is over, I'll take a nap and prepare for tonight's game against the Spurs.

Before leaving the training ground, he took a few more shots and finished all the balls in the basket.

The results of this month's training are still very obvious. The shooting during training is obviously more "standard".

He can feel that the 'standard' shooting movements, take-off, power, rhythm... are all better, and the combination with basic skills in all aspects can also be expected to be better.

Of course, in the game, with his current threat on the court, it is difficult to have such a perfect shooting opportunity.

But the more standard the training is, the deeper the muscle memory is, and the more accurate the throw can be in actual combat.

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Spurs started.

The Spurs have played 69 games so far, with 58 wins and 11 losses. The overall strength they have shown since the beginning of the season is much better than the Trail Blazers.

Now if someone stood up and predicted whether the Spurs could continue a winning streak until the end of the regular season and become the third team with 70+ wins, people would seriously discuss the probability of success.

Duncan played 42 minutes tonight, making 12 of 20 shots, plus 5 of 8 free throws, and scored 29 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.

Ginobili had 25 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Parker had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists, Scola had 11 points and 7 rebounds, Finley and Bonner each had 10 points...

The Spurs scored 111 points.

Liu Xiu played 39 minutes tonight, making 11 of 24 shots, including 3 of 8 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 31 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block... There were also 4 turnovers and 6 fouls.

The reason why he only played 39 minutes was because he committed too many fouls when guarding Ginobili. He fouled out six times and left the game in the middle of the fourth quarter.

Known as Jordan's 20-minute Demon Blade, his performance was wild tonight, scoring 25 points and playing only 31 minutes.

Only Duncan played more than 35 minutes on the Spurs tonight!

At 10:27 pm, the game ended. The Trail Blazers lost to the Spurs 99-111, ending their 7-game winning streak. They suffered their 21st loss of the season and their record became 49-21.

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Before the game, Liu Xiu looked forward to completing the mission tonight. After the game, he received a 250 healing value reward and a mission progress reminder.

“An enemy to the strongest system:

Goal:... (1 win, 2 losses.)..."

The Spurs had a feeling of being 'invulnerable' tonight!

Too strong!

Averaged 106.5 points per game, not among the top five, but already among the top.

The Spurs conceded an average of 97 points per game, which is better than the league average. Considering the brisk pace of the Spurs' game and the high number of shots taken, it can be considered a very good defense.

The last time they played against each other, he felt that the Spurs' biggest problem was that they didn't have a stable offensive player, and Shi Fo was more than stable.

But he has a demon sword!

God knows when Yaodao will become so popular. Yaodao is undoubtedly one of the best offensive players in the world. He can make a breakthrough against the Pistons, Pacers, and Bulls.

After patting the back of the parallel import No. 1 draft pick who was frustrated after being beaten by Duncan tonight, Liu Xiu walked to the players' tunnel.

At the age of 37, Duncan can still beat the 27-year-old Howard in the playoffs. Now he is not 32 years old, so it is normal to beat the number one pick.

Liu Xiu was not discouraged. There was still one more chance to compete in the regular season.
Chapter completed!