338. Gloves of Doubt in Life (Updated in 313)

At noon on December 1, 2004, the NBA officially announced the Player of the Month awards for the first game month of the 2004-2005 season.

Coach of the month.

East: Nets coach Lawrence Frank, 13 wins and 3 losses, first in the East; West: Suns coach Mike D'Antoni, 14 wins and 2 losses, first in the West.

Rookie of the month.

East: Emeka Okafor of the Bobcats, averaging 16.5 points and 12.4 rebounds per game; West: Devin Harris of the Mavericks, averaging 8.9 points and 2.4 assists per game.

Player of the month.

East: Jason Kidd of the Nets, averaging 13.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game; West: Liu Xiu of the Trail Blazers, averaging 30.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.2 steals and 0.2 blocks per game.

On TV, after NBA Vice President Stu Jackson announced the final award for Player of the Month, the screen switched to the data distribution chart of the two winning players.

Kidd continued to be stable, with 4 triple-doubles in 16 games, setting a new record for the most triple-doubles in the first game month of his career.

Liu Xiu's scoring distribution: he started with a high score, then dropped a bit in the middle, and then scored 30+ points twice. After the first 12 games, he scored a total of 303 points, averaging 25.25 points per game. There is an obvious trend of starting high and moving low.

Two 30+ appearances could not hide the downward trend in statistics... But suddenly, he scored 40 points, 72 points, and 41 points in the past three games, raising his average score to 30.4 points in one fell swoop, just over 16 games played.

Iverson, who averaged 30.31 points per game, currently ranks first in the scoring list.

After last night's game, Liu Xiu's mind was focused on the game, the team, and himself. He didn't look at the data list or the news... Only after winning the award did he discover that he had made 5 singles last month.

40+ games, including 72 points in one game, and a 40+ triple-double in one game, leading the team to 11 wins and 4 losses... What an outstanding performance.

Especially the 72 points in a single game that was crazily belittled by Celtics stars, the influence was greater than he thought. It was just that the public opinion environment he was in made him feel that the 72 points in a single game was questioned and overrated.

In fact, winning + high scores, most people think it's awesome when they see it, and he gained countless fans with that one game.

Even though Son of the Wind had set off a run-and-gun storm, they were all crushed.

The best in the first month of the new season was obtained, and Nash's 'Paranalogy' was obtained. The warden was happy. It was originally a treat for Little Flying Squirrel, and the warden took the initiative to treat him. Of course, Little Flying Squirrel did not refuse, and also asked if he could call his family and friends.

The warden happily agreed... but soon regretted it. He forgot that Little Flying Squirrel was a local and had a lot of relatives and friends...

Liu Xiu and Payton's lunch was really lunch. They left after they were full. When Liu Xiu left, he saw that the bill had been issued and his heart was bleeding. He brushed his face and asked the boss to send the bill to his home. Little Flying Squirrel and his relatives and friends, Delhi

Anderson, Lynch Hunter and others, as well as some teammates invited to lunch, will continue to drink...

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"The Great Magician:

Study object: Gary Payton.

Learning goal: Glove flow one-on-one defense.

Theoretical upper limit of training method: super top (95).

Quick learning mode can be turned on, which consumes 18,000 healing points."

After returning to the Rose Garden Arena to complete the warm-up, Payton's defensive teaching time began.

Liu Xiu's system prompt came as soon as possible, eighteen thousand healing points, so expensive! But you have to pay what you have to pay. This is the one with the highest theoretical upper limit among the training methods he has learned.

Of course, this is just a theory. The forward breakthrough he got from Baron Davis before reached an excellent level of 81, and then stopped. The theoretical upper limit of this move is 85; and to Derek Anderson

The theoretical upper limit for the basic skills of all-round flow technique I learned is 75-79, but the turning level has already reached 84.

Talent, vision and ability to independently improve training methods...there are many factors that affect the upper limit of a technology.

However, if you can learn better, of course it is better.

"18,000 healing values ​​have been consumed, and the remaining healing value is 16,772. Gary Payton's glove flow one-on-one defense quick learning mode has been started..."

Payton's teaching has already begun. First, he will explain how his defense is different from others, and how awesome it is... This, there is a certain element of bragging, but he is the best defensive player, and the bragging is not exaggerated.

, the only time in Jordan's six trips to the Finals that he averaged less than 30 points per game was because of his defense. In the Finals, Jordan was limited to only 41.5% shooting and an average of 27.3 points per game.

Liu Xiu listened attentively and caught some key words.

After Payton played for a few minutes, he was almost done and was about to start actual teaching. At this time, Liu Xiu asked: "Is the use of the non-dominant hand in defense important?"

Payton was stunned. Did he say defense with his non-dominant hand? Oh, he seemed to have said it. He said it when he was bragging. He responded: "Defense with your non-dominant hand is of course very important. You should also defend against your opponent's steals."

The opponent's dominant hand, right? If the opponent steals with his non-dominant hand at this time, is it beyond your expectation? Last summer, the TV station counted more than 2,000 steals of mine, and more than 800 of them were steals completed with my left hand...

But it’s still too early for you, you need to learn the regular defense first, don’t be in a hurry..."

Liu Xiu nodded when he heard this: "You are right, I will learn the left hand later."

Gloves is right. Let’s learn the basic skills today. It’s not too late to learn the left-hand defense training methods tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Anyway, it’s just a training method. It will take a certain amount of time to successfully practice it.

However, he has made more than 800 steals with his non-dominant hand, which is really impressive! Thinking of steals, Liu Xiu remembered that the current number three steals in NBA history is the head coach of the Trail Blazers. The news I saw at noon seemed to say that Payton was still 3 short.

The number of steals in the coach's career is 2,310. Assistant coach Lionel Hollins' steals are not that great, but he still ranks 89th in NBA history with 1,053.

He set a stage goal for himself - to surpass assistant coach Hollins in steals first!

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On the 27th, after playing back-to-back away games, Payton began to prepare for today's defensive teaching after receiving Liu Xiu's teaching request. The teaching content was very detailed. Not to mention three years of simulating five years of college entrance examination, it lasted for several months.

As for the teaching plan, if you learn slowly and the basic movements need to be constantly corrected, the teaching time may be longer.

The foundation is very important. If the foundation is crooked, the upper limit that can be achieved later will inevitably be affected.

However, after the teaching started, Payton discovered that Liu Xiu had learned the several movements and connecting movements he had originally planned to teach this afternoon just once!

If it is a technical action that can be imitated by looking at it once, Payton accepts it, but this is a basic defensive training method! The most basic movement training, power training! The movement standards Liu Xiu learned are difficult for Payton

Find fault!

Today at lunch, he told his teammates in a sullen voice that the warden wanted to learn techniques from him. At that time, his teammates had weird expressions and comforting tone when they answered his words. He didn't know what they meant at the time, but now he understands.

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While Liu Xiu was learning basic defensive skills from Payton, the Trail Blazers' team adjustments were also in progress. On December 2, the second rest day, they began to adjust their tactics.

The four games against the Nets, Celtics, and Suns brought great inspiration to the Trail Blazers coaching staff.

After communicating with several key players in the team, the coaching staff unexpectedly received a lot of useful opinions. After questioning, it turned out that the immature warden organized a player meeting with his teammates and discussed the results.

The vice president was very happy to learn about this - that brat has finally matured a bit.

The coach contributed a wave of healing value to the warden, and his thinking was very clear - I asked them to hold a meeting to discuss these things, but they may not be so obedient!

During the tactical training on the 2nd, even the Trail Blazers players felt an improvement in their tactics!

Lionel Hollins, the famous boss whose jersey was retired by the team, and the beloved disciple of coach Hubie Brown, his ability is indeed outstanding!

The vice president made a very correct decision - upgrading and raising salary would not hold back the team members.

In the new tactical framework, the ball rights given up by Liu Xiu have been better utilized. Raheem, Randolph, outlaws in the frontcourt... and Varejao, who is surprisingly good at passing the ball,

There is better room for performance.

Varejao's support ability is not good, but Hollins found that his passing ability is good, combined with his ability to grab offensive rebounds, when it comes to rushing, Varejao is not just a simple task of second offense.

The adjustments of the whole team are in progress in an orderly manner, and Liu Xiu feels the pressure - the team-oriented style of play establishes the overall strength of the team, which means constantly improving the lower limit of the team's strength, and he has become the one who raises the upper limit of the team.

people!

In the eyes of others, having scored 62 and 72 points, he deserves to be a player like Jordan and Kobe, but he himself is under a lot of pressure, but he is willing to accept such pressure! At the age of 22, he

, during the growth period, of course you have to set an ambitious goal!

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On December 3rd, while doubting life, Payton continued to guide Liu Xiu in learning basic defensive skills after the team training in the morning. Finally, after spending a day repeatedly strengthening Liu Xiu's basic skills and polishing the details, Payton began to teach left-hand training.

, What surprised Liu Xiu was that the training for his left hand was actually a training for passing and controlling, as well as training on ball feel, strength and flexibility... But he devoted himself decisively to learning without any nonsense. This made the glove teacher who doubted life very satisfied.

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The training of the left hand is the training of the body itself. It is not a defensive technique or basic defensive skills, but a physical training like strength and physical strength. Liu Xiu needs to practice it by himself. After the system prompts him to quickly learn the training method, he quickly learns it every day.

Adjust time during the Bajiquan training on a competition day to train this.

Originally, he was thinking of learning this move from a big guy who was good with both hands, but he didn't expect that Payton's defensive learning included it! It saved trouble.

During training, Liu Xiu and Payton talked about the brawl between the Celtics and Pacers last night. Artest made 12 of 22 shots last night, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, and 14 of 16 free throws.

To 41 points...the key is that before Artest made the third three-pointer, the score was 109 to 92, with just over 1 minute left in the game. Pierce made a three-pointer after Artest to raise the score to 41

After the break, Artest and Artest got into a push and a fight... and both were suspended for 5 games.

This is the Celtics' back-to-back 40+ points scored by an opponent's player. The night before yesterday, the Celtics defeated the Heat 112-106, but Wade made 15 of 34 shots and 14 of 17 free throws, soaring 44 points.

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After three seconds of silence for the Celtics, Liu Xiu continued to devote himself to training.

In the afternoon, the Blazers' training content changed. Both morning and yesterday were tactical training, aiming to establish a tactical framework.

Now the training has become targeted training, targeting the opponent - the Seattle SuperSonics!
To be continued...