353. Upstart Carter

"Steve Francis, 28 years old, 191 cm, 89 kg, PG, ability evaluation 88, offense 90, defense 69, rebounds 80, passing 84...averaged 20.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.5 blocks, 3.8 turnovers per game

3.6 fouls...shooting rate 42.9%, three-point shooting rate 29.1%..."

"Michael Reed, 25 years old, 198 cm, 97 kg, SG, ability evaluation 88, offense 94, defense 79...averaged 25.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game...shooting rate 45%, three-point shooting rate

35.6%…”

"Milwaukee Bucks, 11 wins and 12 losses, averaging 99.3 points per game and conceding 100.9 points per game..."

Francis, a player that Liu Xiu liked very much in his previous life, because of his relationship with Yao Ming.

Call him strong, very strong. It's hard to say how strong he is. With the same ability evaluation of 88, Reed's victory contribution rate is much higher. One of them is good at attacking and the other is fond of shooting. They are really suitable together.

At 7 o'clock in the evening on December 13, 2004, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Bucks started.

Trail Blazers starting lineup: Payton, Liu Xiu, Raheem, Randolph, Kwame Brown.

Bucks starting lineup: Francis, Reid, Keith Van Horn, Toni Kukoc, Kevin Cato.

After the game started, the Trail Blazers took the initiative to provoke a defensive battle. This was an adjustment made by the coaching staff based on the specific conditions of the shooting warm-up session.

The second game of back-to-back games and the fourth game of six consecutive away games. The journey was tiring. Although some players were deliberately allowed to rest more last night, the impact was still great.

As for the rules, you can always adapt to them. When things go wrong, you have to defend. This habit has gradually come back to the strong teams... Not entirely. The Suns are rushing forward, rushing to surpass the Lakers. 1999-

The first two months of the 2000 season started with a record of 25 wins and 5 losses.

A better start than the Lakers that season, and the Bulls' 27 wins and 3 losses at the start of the 1996-96 season, and the Bulls' 26 wins and 4 losses at the beginning of the 96-97 season. The Suns still have a chance to tie, although it is possible

Sex is not high.

The Suns are special. Many teams have tried to replicate it, but ended up failing and wasting time. For example, the Bulls tried the Hinrich + Chandler pick-and-roll combination in an attempt to copy the Son of the Wind + Little Overlord.

The result failed.

But the Trail Blazers were not like this from the beginning. The Warden characteristic is pragmatic.

The Trail Blazers didn't stop defending, and the Bucks naturally didn't want to follow the Trail Blazers' pace, but they had no choice but to have a strong backcourt. Just looking at the backcourt, they could face the Nets without falling behind.

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But the frontcourt is too weak. In order to get Francis, the Bucks sent high-quality players such as Desmond Mason and Joe Smith to the Rockets. Kukoc is old. Although Van Horn is 28 in his prime,

Years old, but has long been depleted by injuries, the best insiders are Dan Gazulic and Kevin Cato, two blue-collar players.

Although there is a three-man rotation of the back line of Francis + Reid + Mo Buchuan, it is difficult to reverse the rhythm. They can only rely on their personal ability to compete with the Trail Blazers in positional battles on offense and defense.

The Bucks have a very interesting player on the bench in the frontcourt called Marcus Fizer. He played very well tonight and scored 15 points. He was the highest scoring player in the Bucks' frontcourt tonight.

He was a rookie in 2000. He has played for the Bulls for the past four years. Over the past four years, he averaged 12.3 points per game and performed well. The Bobcats entered the NBA selection phase. The Bulls did not put him on the protected list and he was selected by the Bobcats.

Go, according to the regulations, because he is a restricted free agent after the expiration of his rookie contract, the Bobcats selecting him is equivalent to giving a qualifying contract offer, which is 125% of the salary in the last year of the rookie contract, and it cannot be withdrawn.

Give a higher contract.

But because of Feizer's poor off-court situation, the Bobcats regretted drafting him back. They didn't want to sign a contract with Feizer, and were worried that his character and style would affect the young people on the team, so they finally chose to buy out the qualifying contract. Last season, Feizer

The salary is US$3.73 million, and the Bobcats paid US$4.6625 million.

Marcus Fizer didn't play a single game and took $4.6625 million while lying around. Then he turned around and joined the Bucks to get another salary...

After 2 hours and 27 minutes, the game was settled.

Randolph had 15 points and 15 rebounds, Rahim had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Flying Squirrel had 10 points and 4 assists, Payton had 4 points, 7 assists and 2 steals, and Kwame Brown had 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 7 blocks to help Liu Xiu.

After holding on to the bottom, Liu Xiu only needs to invest.

Liu Xiu's three-point opportunities were very good tonight, and he got a lot of wide-open three-point opportunities. The Bucks had to suffer a lot in defending against the Trail Blazers, so they had to shrink their defense. Liu Xiu's wing shots were often missed, and of course he did.

The bad part is that without Outlaw, the Trail Blazers' defensive counterattack fast break score is only half of the usual. Although Outlaw doesn't score much, his physical fitness can help his teammates a lot.

big.

Tonight, Liu Xiu made 9 of 17 shots, including 5 of 7 three-pointers, plus 9 of 9 free throws. He scored 32 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, beating Reed who made 12 of 25 shots and scored 31 points.

Reed's teammates were not as powerful as Liu Xiu's teammates. Francis had 20 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Cato had 4 points and 14 rebounds, Feizer had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals...

The Trail Blazers defeated the Bucks 89-82, avenging their six-game winning streak that was ended by the Bucks!

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After winning the game, Liu Xiu received a prompt to trigger the task.

"Strong Will: The Blooming Rose Series Missions.

Goal: In this regular season, the hosts must refuse to be swept by any team.

Reward: The final number of wins multiplied by 2000 healing value."

Before the game against the Bucks started, he and his teammates were actually playing with the idea that they would not be swept by the Bucks.

Kwame Brown played the craziest game and suffered another technical foul. It was not easy to encounter such a weak inside line, but he had to be frightened.

Fortunately, the league canceled the technical foul after the game. He was yelling at the sponge on the basket, but the god-like scream + the butcher-style saliva-splashing overlord step + the parallel import champion's own chimpanzee beating his chest... I guess he will have to go to the referee.

Blacklisted.

This mission has rich rewards. Even if there are only 50 wins in the end, it still has a healing value of 100,000, but it is very difficult.

Not being swept by any team, since the new century, only the Spurs have achieved this in the 2002-03 season. In the 2002-03 season, the Spurs won at least one game against 28 other teams.

The Western Conference team is not that difficult, playing 3-4 games and winning 1 game, Liu Xiu is confident.

The main reason is that the teams in the Eastern Conference have played against each other twice in total, and both times they lost the task and immediately failed. For example, the Nets have already lost one game, and there are two tough bones in the Eastern Conference: the Pacers and the Pistons.

Coincidentally, the next opponent is the Pistons...

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"Hahahaha, warden, my friend, I finally have to fight you again. Fighting with you is what I look forward to most. I can't wait any longer. I hope it will come soon."

"Fei Ren, how many people have you said this to recently?"

"...Actually, there aren't that many. It hasn't been long since I joined the Pistons, right..."

"..."

At noon the day after winning back-to-back games, the Trail Blazers left Milwaukee for Detroit and checked into a hotel in Auburn Hills.

Just as Liu Xiu had put away his luggage and was getting ready to rest, Carter came to his door after receiving the news.

Seeing Carter's nouveau riche look, Liu Xiu didn't even bother to complain.

Where did that "everyone in the world feels sorry for me and I'm going to be autistic" look when I was first traded? Where did that look go?

After the two chatted for a while, Carter took Liu Xiu out to buy gifts at Liu Xiu's request. Carter also bought two gifts for Liu Xiu's children, but did not let Liu Xiu take them back.

Seeing Liu Xiu's confusion, Carter said, "I'll let you take it back now. If I go to Portland to visit you, I'll have to buy a second gift."

Legend has it that a pair of cousins ​​lived a frugal life, and Liu Xiu saw this.

When the two were chatting, they inevitably came up with the topic of team doctors. This is a hot topic at the moment, and there is no need to avoid it. NBA players will often talk about it.

Liu Xiu has also been paying attention to this matter. If he has the opportunity to change the team's medical team, he must try it. He is not sure which one is more powerful, the 'Phoenix' BUFF or the Veterinary BUFF...

After a night's rest in Detroit, the next morning, the Trail Blazers came to the Palace of Auburn Hills to prepare for the game.

After changing into training clothes and entering the training ground, Liu Xiu noticed the changes. The team medical staff responsible for assisting in training had all changed. After asking around, he found out that they were transferred from the Seattle Falcons. At the same time, he also heard another news. The day before yesterday,

The examination report of the outlaw and the Brazilian actor who went to the hospital in Los Angeles for examination in the evening came out.

The Brazilian actor indeed only suffered a muscle contusion in his knee, but the criminal gangsters determined that the team doctor had misdiagnosed it!

The speculation of the University of Chicago Medical Center is correct. The outlaw's knee bones and muscles are overstretched. The treatment plan is similar. The treatment method is similar to that of muscle contusion. There is only a small chance that it will worsen to knee dislocation and anterior cruciate ligament tear.

, but a misdiagnosis is a misdiagnosis, even if it is by chance, it means that the worst case scenario may occur.

Liu Xiu received news from the vice president that the reconstruction of the team's medical team had begun and would only take a few days.

Liu Xiu also inquired about a very speechless thing - after confirming the misdiagnosis, their team medical director Shanton Thomas immediately found the vice president. Instead of explaining the problem of his diagnosis or caring about the players, he asked, "What do I want?"

Got fired?'

Liu Xiu had always suspected that there was some ulterior relationship between the team's medical team and the management, but after getting involved in this matter, he found that this was not the case. The management was not lenient at all when dealing with the team's medical team.

In the past two days, the management has investigated the diagnosis records of the team medical team and found that the team doctors did not deliberately want to punish a certain player, but they loved fishing, from top to bottom, and were worried that the injuries were too serious.

It will increase the workload, always downplay the injuries, and then pray that the players can recover.

When a player's injury really worsens, surgery is performed. The surgical skills are not perfect, and the recovery status of the players they operate on ranks last in the league, but every time Shanton Thomas can find a reasonable reason to explain, it has been like this for 20 years.

Gone!
Chapter completed!