At noon on February 17, Yao Ming hosted Liu Xiu's family and helped Liu Xiu celebrate his birthday, just like a family.

In the evening, the two went to the court and became mortal enemies again.

Liu Xiu wanted to win on his birthday night, but Yao Ming naturally didn't want to let Liu Xiu get his way on this matter.

Going all out and letting Liu Xiu lose on his birthday night is the greatest respect for Liu Xiu.

At 6:30 in the evening, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Pistons started.

The Pistons sent out a starting lineup of Billups, Courtney Lee, Prince, Marion, and Yao Ming.

The Trail Blazers also sent their strongest combination, the starting lineup of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Anthony, Bosh, and Gasol.

The Pistons have clear strengths, a mature tactical system, and role players with outstanding functionality and good strength.

Stuckey, Villanueva, Brad Miller, Will Bynum, Austin Daye, Wilcox, Ben Wallace and others on the bench all have experience or strength. Not bad.

Compared with those years when there were many very famous players, the current Pistons team looks much more "simple", but their performance seems to be even better than that time.

Because Yao Ming, who averaged 23 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks per game, and Billups, who averaged 19.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, are at their peak!

Especially the 30-year-old Yao Ming, who has reached the moment of real maturity. With a tonnage of 132 kilograms, he is invincible on both offense and defense in the low post!

In the first quarter, the Pistons suppressed the rhythm and led the Trail Blazers by 1 point, 21-20.

But in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers players, who were particularly motivated tonight, picked up the offense and scored a 27-21 quarter, leading the Pistons by 5 points 47-42 into the second half.

The Pistons were forced to start an aggressive attack in the third quarter. Yao Ming performed invincibly in low-post singles and mid-range shots. Gasol was beaten. Coupled with Billups controlling the rhythm and organizing the offense, they scored 30 points in a single quarter.

However, the Trail Blazers' offense was still fierce in the third quarter, scoring 27 points and clinging to a weak lead.

At the end of the quarter, in the first half of the quarter, the Pistons' offensive performance declined, scoring only 9 points in the half, while the Trail Blazers made great progress, scoring 17 points in the half, leading the Pistons by 91 to 81 by as many as 10 points!

Although Yao Ming scored 10 points on 4 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws after the official timeout, helping the Pistons score 19 points in the half, the Trail Blazers also scored 14 points in the half to maintain their lead until the end.

Liu Xiu scored 36 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, helping Anthony score 26 points. Ray Allen scored 15 points, beating Yao Ming who scored 30 points and 10 rebounds, with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Lupus!

105 to 100, the Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Pistons and became the first team to win 45 games this season!

After the game, Liu Xiu received a promotion for completing the task.

“Birthday Night Bash:

Congratulations to the host for having the highest scores, rebounds, assists, and blocks in the game. Goal 1 has been completed, and the total reward is 12,000 healing points.

Congratulations to the host for winning the game. The highest single data in the game is 4. Congratulations to the host for gaining an additional random attribute point and 1 talent fragment."

Liu Xiu felt it was a bit of a pity that he could not get the highest five data points, so he could get double the healing value, attribute points, and talent fragments.

Tonight, the Outlaws scored 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 steals and 1 block, including 3 steals in the first half of the final quarter!

However, without Billups' excellent defense in the first half of the final quarter and the timely counterattack by Liu Xiuqi after stealing the ball, there would be no victory tonight.

Liu Xiu received the reward, and the attribute points were random... He saw the word "speed", and he stood up straight, but the complete word was "burst acceleration", which was converted into attribute cards, and there were two bursts of acceleration.

He already has 8 speed attribute cards, and he only needs 1 to increase his speed to 97.

He wanted to draw a lottery...but he restrained himself. He had almost collected 200,000 healing points, and he would soon be able to break through the talent limit of "shooting after dribbling". He couldn't give up halfway.

One more task, or getting the best of the month will do the trick, otherwise you can only rely on competitions.

And I have to collect a little more, at least 20,000 to 30,000 in stock. I strained my arm when I played the Bulls before, so I spent 8,000.

He already has 3 talent fragments. With the talent 'Son of the Wind', he has almost learned how to organize attacks in terms of running and gunning, fast breaks, etc. The next step is to accumulate experience.

The bonus effect of this talent is very good, but it is not indispensable. If there is a talent with a stronger hard bonus, he would still want to change it.

Or... the ability evaluation is off the charts? Open the fourth talent?

He always thought that there were only three talents, but it seemed that the system did not say that there were only three talents. It was just that starting from the first-class level, every time you break through a major level, you can open a talent slot...

The next day, Liu Xiu said goodbye to Yao Ming, and his family returned to Portland. He followed the team to the north. In the second half of the game, he started the second game of three consecutive away games against the Menglong team.

On the 19th, the Trail Blazers defeated the Menglong 102-96.

Artest made 10 of 21 shots, scored 29 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, becoming the lonely watcher of the North.

Liu Xiu's side did not continue to surge. Anthony scored 17 points, Ray Allen 13 points, Bosh 15 points, and Outlaw 11 points. Everyone performed very well. He did not stick to the ball or make any stray shots.

, made 8 of 13 shots and scored a steady 23 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

As in previous years, after the mid-season surge, his data will decline significantly...or return to normal.

After his teammates took a rest during the All-Star Weekend, they were in better shape and performed better, so naturally he didn't need to work so hard.

On the 21st, the Trail Blazers came to Minneapolis to start their fourth showdown with the Timberwolves this season.

After two and a half hours of hard work on both offense and defense, the Timberwolves defeated the Trail Blazers 111-106 and tied with the Trail Blazers 2-2!

Gasol had 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Evans had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, Luo Yin had 17 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Luol Deng had 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Yi Jianlian came off the bench and scored 16 points.

6 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.

The five major players all performed very well!

The Trail Blazers suffered their ninth loss of the season and their ninth away defeat.

The Timberwolves who won were extremely excited, while the Trail Blazers who lost were a little more wary of this opponent.

Last season, the two major stars Luo Yin and Gasol were beaten by Terry and Nowitzki in the playoffs. The performance of those two players was too exaggerated. Luo Yin and Gasol even had the opportunity to show off their abilities against evenly matched opponents.

If they didn't, they were eliminated, which led to public opinion generally looking down on their playoff prospects and thinking that they were just a strong team in the regular season.

But when they actually played against each other, the Trail Blazers players didn't feel that way.

Moreover, as Evans, Luo Yin, and Yi Jianlian improve, and Luol Deng and Gasol reach their peak, the Timberwolves will definitely be stronger than last season.

Liu Xiu became cautious. If he meets the Timberwolves in the playoffs, he cannot underestimate the opponent!

After three consecutive away games, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland and signed veteran Keith Bogans, who was waived by the Bulls.

The Bulls sent Hinrich to the Hawks in exchange for Martell Webster, Jason Collins, and Solomon Jones.

Webster is a high-quality bargaining chip, a 24-year-old young forward and defensive swingman. His current contract is the second year of a five-year contract worth US$30 million.

The latter two have expired contracts. This deal allows the Bulls to exchange for capable young people and at the same time reduce the total salary by US$7 million after the end of this season.

In order to complete the deal, the Bulls waived Bogans, whose contract this season was only $1.6 million.

The 30-year-old Bogans is still capable. Similar to Derek Anderson, he is a player with extremely "open" skills, but his abilities are not as good as those of Derek Anderson... But his advantage is that he is good at defense.

, full of enthusiasm, even if he only plays for one round, he will try his best.

That's why the Trail Blazers chose him out of so many people who wanted to take him.

On the 24th, the Trail Blazers started their sweet five-game winning streak. First, they narrowly defeated the Hornets 103-96 at home. Turtle wanted to compete with Liu Xiu and scored 17 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists.

But Liu Xiu is not interested in playing a triple-double with Guigui, and he has no mission. Recently, the Trail Blazers still have tactical details to adjust. He plays normally, organizes offense, runs, pushes counterattacks, and plays singles when necessary... and gets 23

Scored 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

No, he didn't compete with Turtle, and Turtle didn't get a triple-double either.

On the 26th and 27th, the Trail Blazers faced the Lakers and Nuggets back-to-back at home. They beat the Lakers and narrowly won 106 to 101. They beat the Nuggets and beat the Nuggets 117 to 116. Liu Xiu received the ball in the last 2.8 seconds and turned around at the buzzer.

The mid-range shot hit the buzzer beater.

In such a difficult back-to-back, the Trail Blazers won both games and continued to remain undefeated at home!

After a day of rest, March 1st arrived, and a new month arrived.

Howard and Tyreke Evans won the February Player of the Month award.

Liu Xiu is qualified up front, even if they had 7 wins and 3 losses last month.

But after playing against the Pistons, his data became "mediocre", averaging only 22+8+9+2+1 in the last few games. Many experts expressed their disappointment.

In this regard, Liu Xiuquan regarded him as a 'praise' from the experts. He averaged 22+8+9+2+1 per game, which was disappointing...

In the evening, the Trail Blazers faced a challenge against the Rockets at home and narrowly defeated 93-87.

After defeating the Rockets, the Trail Blazers' record reached 50 wins and 9 losses, becoming the first team to win 50 games this season!

On the 3rd, the Trail Blazers faced the challenge of the Hawks at home.

After playing four consecutive tough games, the Trail Blazers ushered in their fifth anxious game.

The TV commentators are all joking - the prison team's Sweet 5 leader's style of painting is different from other teams.

Hinrich, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Randolph, Millsap's starting lineup, plus Teague, Jamal Crawford, Pachulia, Josh Powell, Damien-

Wilkins... Waiting for the substitutes, the Trail Blazers have the last game of 5 consecutive away games. The opponent is the strongest and most difficult to beat!

The Hawks' lineup is quite miniscule. The three starters in the frontcourt are all 206 centimeters tall, but their average height is at the forefront of the league, and the shooting guards are all over two meters tall.

From point guard to center, the speed is not slow. Josh Smith at the small forward position and Millsap at the center position can both switch to defend the perimeter, and both of them are extremely motivated to defend. Under the guidance of Eagles head coach Mike Woodson

Under his coaching, the pace is extremely slow! The average score per game is only 95.1 points. This year, the league average score has reached 99.8 points, which is simply outrageous.

The average points lost per game is even more terrifying, with only 91.3 points lost per game. The ability to limit opponents' scoring exceeds that of the Rockets and Pistons, ranking first in the league!

The Trail Blazers continued to have a hard time scoring tonight, but after two and a half hours of hard work, they got a wonderful result.

Liu Xiu and Joe Johnson had a crucial ball matchup. Liu Xiu scored a three-pointer and a long two-pointer at the last moment, overwhelming Joe Johnson and leading his team to a narrow victory over the Eagles 93-90!
To be continued...