In the Western Conference, Liu Xiu won the Player of the Week award with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss in the past 4 games and a back-to-back triple-double.

Liu Xiu won the Player of the Week award for the second time in his rookie season!

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Sitting on the bench, Liu Xiu's cross-legged legs were switched continuously.

Being watched by a group of big men...

Don’t be afraid! No matter how unsure you are, you can’t be afraid!

But the stares from the group of people opposite him still made Liu Xiu feel panicked.

There's nothing he can do about it, who made him win the Best of the Week award again?

There are many superstars who have won the Player of the Week award in their rookie seasons, and there are many in active service. However, there is only one Admiral before Liu Xiu who has won the Player of the Week award multiple times in his rookie season!

The warden became the second person in history.

And it’s only been two months since we played, tying with the Admiral… it’s not impossible!

It was great to win the award, but looking at the eyes of the people opposite, Liu Xiu knew that because of this award, his future would become more difficult.

After all, there is only one superstar like Jason Kidd who has such a crush on him.

Others must be like the group of people opposite...

The Pacers' current record is tied for first place in the league with the Kings, but so far this season, only Jermaine O'Neal has won the Player of the Week award, and the rookie opposite has actually won it twice!

How dare a rookie steal the spotlight like this!

Liu Xiu felt full of malice from the opposing players from the moment he entered the court.

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At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Blazers' home game against the Pacers started.

The Trail Blazers definitely wanted to give it a try, but they couldn't!

Jamal Tinsley, Reggie Miller, Artest, Jermaine O'Neal, Jeff Foster, the Pacers' lineup may be an average defense under Larry Brown.

Strong team.

But in the hands of Rick Carlisle...

"Indiana Pacers, 21 wins and 4 losses; averaged 92.3 points per game, allowed 86.2 points per game; averaged 42.4 rebounds per game, limited opponents to 40.8 rebounds per game; averaged 21.4 assists per game, limited opponents to 19.6 assists per game

; Averaged 6.2 blocks per game, limiting opponents to 5.8 blocks per game; averaging 9.1 steals per game, limiting opponents to 7.1 steals per game..."

Yesterday, when Liu Xiu read the scouting report, there was information about the opponent's record, average data, etc., but there was no information about the Pacers limiting the opponent's average data. When he saw it today, he felt it was too outrageous!

It’s too strong, and a strong team with 60+ wins will definitely not be able to run away.

If the Pacers have any flaws, it's that they commit too many fouls and turn overs per game.

But the Trail Blazers' performance tonight was not good enough to take advantage of this.

In a stage where they have sufficient physical strength, the Trail Blazers are still capable of giving the Pacers a run for their money.

But today is the last game of the Trail Blazers' 3 games in 4 days...

I tried my best, but the only one who performed normally for the Trail Blazers tonight was Tianzun, and the only one who broke out was Little Flying Squirrel.

The little flying squirrel scored 29 points and 4 assists, Tianzun scored 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks. Apart from these two people, only Randolph, who made 2 of 12 shots and scored 10 points in total with 6 of 7 free throws, scored in double figures.

Facing Artest with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, Reggie Miller with 17 points and 4 assists, Jamal Tinsley with 9 points and 14 assists, Al Harrington with 16 points and 6 rebounds, 16

Jermaine O'Neal scored 18 rebounds...The Trail Blazers, who were in a sluggish state, were defeated as expected.

79 to 92, the Trail Blazers lost at home.

Liu Xiu came on as a substitute tonight and played 21 minutes. He scored 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 2 of 5 shots... as well as 4 turnovers and 4 fouls.

Liu Xiu encountered Artest's defense in several rounds. As strong as he is mentally, he was guarded. Two of the four fouls were irrational counter-attack fouls after being intercepted.

Liu Xiu played against Artest for the first time and learned what a perfect combination of height, weight, speed, strength, defensive skills, defensive awareness, and defensive attitude is!

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The Pacers came to Portland, took away a victory, beat the popular rookie, and left...

The Trail Blazers saw the difference between the first place in the Eastern Conference and the first place in the Western Conference. They suffered their eighth loss of the season and their record became 17 wins and 8 losses.

As Liu Xiu expected, once he performed poorly, the media would immediately put away their praise, and the bad comments would immediately reappear.

Moreover, the higher the front is held up, the harder it will be stepped on!

Liu Xiu has seen such a situation in the future Zhan Nings.

The consecutive home games continued. On December 20, after a night's rest, the Trail Blazers faced the challenge of the Warriors at home.

In the past few games, the little flying squirrel has performed very well, and it continued tonight.

Regarding this, the Trail Blazers coaching staff discussed this and chose to take advantage of it.

In terms of strength, Little Flying Squirrel is still of high quality, but his playing style is not suitable for him.

The current style of play of the Flying Squirrels is like a bankrupt version of Allen Iverson.

But when placed on the bench, with the strength and physical strength of the little flying squirrel, he has a strength advantage when facing most teams' rotation lineups.

As we approach the middle of the season, this advantage becomes more and more obvious.

After all, he was once a fringe All-Star star. In terms of physical strength distribution, game experience... and other aspects, he is better than most of the substitutes of other teams. The deeper the season goes, the more obvious the advantage becomes!

Randolph had a highlight a while ago, and he even got his first 40+ game in his career against the Wizards. In these two games, Randolph was in a downturn, and the Flying Squirrel stepped up.

Facing the Warriors, with Randolph having only 13 points and 9 rebounds, the Flying Squirrel made 12 of 19 shots, including 5 of 7 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 31 points and 6 assists, leading the Trail Blazers to

Slaughtered the Warriors 105-87, avoided a losing streak, and improved the record to 18 wins and 8 losses!

Liu Xiu played 29 minutes tonight, scoring 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 4 of 10 shots.

Seeing Liu Xiu's performance on the field, the coaching staff breathed a sigh of relief and was not beaten to death by Artest... Of course, they were not particularly worried in the first place. This was their warden.

But there will still be worries where there should be, and there will still be relief when there should be relief.

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Rose City! Prison Team!

Finally here!

Finally got to fight that man!

Thinking of this, Carmelo Anthony, who is now as thin as a bolt of lightning, was trembling with excitement.

The time is now 9:58 in the morning on December 21, 2003. Anthony went to the hotel to put away his luggage and immediately dialed Liu Xiu's phone number... No one answered.

Called a second time, still no one answered...

The third time, still no one picked up!

Seeing Anthony's expression gradually change from excitement to gritted teeth, second-year Nene asked weakly: "Boss, is the warden still awake? They had a game yesterday."

As for the Nuggets, they played the game the day before yesterday and had yesterday and today off. They will challenge the Trail Blazers away from home tomorrow and arrived in Portland early this morning.

But the Trail Blazers played the Warriors at home yesterday.

Generally speaking, players must sleep in the next day after playing a game.

Especially the rookies, this second-year Nene has experience.

However, Anthony gritted his teeth and said, "Impossible, that bastard..."

Anthony is reminded of the dark times...

During his freshman season, Anthony had to find a way to spend the night somewhere unknown to Liu Xiu after every game day, otherwise he would be woken up by Liu Xiu at around seven o'clock the next morning!

"Huh?" Nene was confused and you asked, "What on earth did that bastard do?"

He is very curious!

Anthony glanced at Nene and did not continue talking about the matter, but said: "Call him again and he will definitely answer."

"Ah? Why?" Nene was even more confused.

Anthony sneered: "Because he called me three times last time, and I hung up on him the first two times."

"Oh! So he's going to hang up on you twice... No! Then shouldn't he be hanging up on you four times?"

Anthony dialed Liu Xiu's number again and responded: "No, I hung up on him twice and then closed the phone... Look, he answered!"

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Nene didn't know what to say.

Strong, bold, decisive, charming, and able to speak...such Anthony easily conquered the 21-year-old Nene, who is already in his second year.

The boss today is different from usual!
Chapter completed!