473. Sir Revenge

What matters is Warden’s battle for the scoring title!

James gave the Warden an assist yesterday - in the match between the 76ers and the Cavaliers, Iverson made 7 of 16 shots and 7 of 9 free throws to score 21 points and 16 assists, leading the team to a 103-beat victory.

97 narrowly defeated the Cavaliers.

Currently Liu Xiu has played 70 games, averaging 31.8 points per game; Iverson has played 71 games, averaging 32.3 points per game.

Liu Xiu was suspended for 7 games this season, and Iverson missed 7 games due to injury.

Relying on the Cavaliers' restriction on Iverson's scoring, the total scoring gap between the two in the same game narrowed from 47 points to 36 points!

Facing the heavy blow from his idol, James attracted a wave of fans in Portland.

This is definitely a huge benefit for Liu Xiu to compete for the scoring title, but when he encounters the Jazz, a team that loves to toss people, Trail Blazers fans feel huge pressure! The hostility towards the Jazz is even deeper!

Trail Blazers fans say that the Jazz love to torment their opponents this season and love to deliberately disgust their opponents. They really are not talking bad about the Jazz.

The Jazz are really messing this season just for the sake of being bad. It will be difficult for them to make the playoffs, but hitting 40 wins is not a big problem!

In this case, the players can understand the team's plan, but negative emotions are inevitable. In this case, they can only find ways to enjoy themselves and rely on defense to torment their opponents.

As long as they see others unhappy, they will feel happy.

Current public opinion says that they are the stumbling block on Liu Xiu's road to winning the scoring title. The Jazz players are really determined to be this stumbling block!

Especially Reuben Patterson, he has long wanted to take revenge on Liu Xiu, but he can't beat him in a fight. If he can influence Liu Xiu to win the scoring title, hehe... He was just a lowly person and became a younger brother, but in the end he was sold off. This revenge is natural.

Put it on the warden.

Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan would not stop him from deliberately tormenting his opponents and disgusting them, but would actually help him.

This is the temperament of their team.

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At 7:30 in the evening, the Trail Blazers played against the Jazz at home.

Jazz starting lineup: Howard Isley, Ruben Patterson, Kirilenko, Boozer, Okur.

Trail Blazers starting lineup: Payton, Liu Xiu, Raheem, Varejao, McDyess.

Maurice Cheeks continues to choose to rest.

He has great confidence in his players and is also very cautious. 60 wins is good, but staying healthy for the playoffs is the most important. The Mavericks, second in the Western Conference, have won 14 consecutive games. It will be difficult for them to catch up. Moreover, he

I really think this lineup is enough to deal with the Jazz.

Another thing is to help Liu Xiu compete for the scoring title... With Randolph taking turns, won't Liu Xiu have more rights to take action?

The way to increase the star's sense of belonging is to help the players win substantial honors.

Next season, players from the 2003 class can renew their contracts in advance.

After the game started, Trail Blazers fans and the coaching staff found that their worries were unnecessary, and the confidence of the Jazz players was also unfounded.

Although the Trail Blazers only had 1 win and 2 losses against the Jazz this season, Liu Xiu's performance was not bad every time he played against the Jazz.

Moreover, the last time Liu Xiu played against the Jazz, he scored 12 points in the last 9 minutes, and the Trail Blazers also limited the Jazz to 16 points in the last quarter.

The most important thing is that in the previous game between the Trail Blazers and the Jazz, there was some contempt for the weak team.

The Trail Blazers will not look down on them tonight. Liu Xiu and his teammates are determined to win and step on the court with caution after being upset twice!

After the first quarter, although the Trail Blazers still only scored 22 points, their desperate defense limited the Jazz to only 17 points!

22 to 17, the Trail Blazers led by 5 points in the first quarter. Liu Xiu personally made 5 of 10 shots in the single quarter, plus 4 of 6 free throws, scoring 14 points in the single quarter!

Almost every offense the Trail Blazers made in the first quarter, Liu Xiu was the first choice!

Sloan was shocked when he saw this scene. Even if Randolph rested, the Trail Blazers still had Payton, Raheem, Van Horn, and Derek Anderson who had the right to take action in the first quarter.

, but the one who takes action seems to always be Liu Xiu!

Even Jordan back then wasn’t so outrageous!

Now there is a question before Sloan - should he continue to emphasize defensive discipline, or should he just let the players play whatever they want?

Thinking of Liu Xiu's more than ten rounds in the first quarter, Sloan thought it would be better to emphasize defensive discipline!

The reason why the Jazz can maintain their bad-ass temperament that drives opponents crazy after the retirement of Shuangsha depends on their defensive discipline.

Then, in the second quarter, Liu Xiu made 6 of 13 shots, including 1 of 2 three-pointers, plus 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 16 points in a single quarter!

Liu Xiu took more shots in the second quarter than in the first quarter! He scored 30 points in 23 shots in the half? Sloan was not stunned, but dumbfounded! Even after the little flying squirrel came on the court, he took the first shot to help Liu Xiu.

One choice! More shots than in the first quarter!

The most important thing is Liu Xiu’s condition! Amazingly good!

In last month's match, Liu Xiu's state already made Sloan miss his ability to maintain such a stable performance in March.

This time Sloan felt something terrible!

The current game rhythm is almost the same as that of the playoffs. Under stronger confrontation and looser whistles, Liu Xiu's performance is even more fierce than in the adjustment period in March!

Is this the legendary playoff player?

Sloan was envious... He didn't want to admit it, but both players were players whose performance in the playoffs was worse than in the regular season.

Liu Xiu's condition far exceeded the Jazz's expectations. The Jazz's defense was definitely effective, but it was far below their expectations.

Liu Xiu opened up the situation. In addition, this time the Trail Blazers players had a more correct attitude than the previous three games against the Jazz. They paid more attention to this game. The match between a 60-win team and the second-to-last team in the West

The difference in strength is very obvious!

Even if the Trail Blazers don't play the Twin Towers in the starting lineup, as long as they are focused and serious, they will still be stronger than the Jazz!

And what the rest of the Trail Blazers have to do tonight is very simple, just defend and don't have to worry about offense at all.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 23 to 16, and the point difference continued to widen. After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Jazz by 12 points, 45 to 33!

In the third quarter, Sloan did not have to choose whether to continue to emphasize defensive discipline or find ways to limit Liu Xiu's scoring. The players were completely unable to maintain team defensive discipline. Reuben Patterson took the lead in starting the lock-down warden mode.

After the surge in the first quarter, Liu Xiu expected that the game would develop in this direction. The Jazz only started to mess up in the second half, which was already beyond his expectation.

The team coached by Sloan is really bad at discipline!

Attracting flankers, distributing the ball, and looking for shooting opportunities during counterattacks... Liu Xiu's style of play is simple, clear and clear.

Tonight, the teammate Liu Xiu copied was Little Flying Squirrel, to strengthen his counterattack; his opponent, copied from Matt Halprin, also strengthened his offense. This opponent's characteristic transformation talent is "tough guy", and the matching degree is not high, the residual health version

, but the bonus of taking shots after the confrontation to reduce the negative effects of the confrontation is not bad. It is just right to deal with the Jazz, a team with iron-blooded tactics, especially in the third quarter. The two talents have brought him

Very helpful.

After the Jazz got into chaos, their already poor offense got even worse. There were even a bunch of people shooting randomly around the three-point line. And after the Jazz got into chaos, their defense was not as good as they expected.

Well, Liu Xiu had more counterattack opportunities in the third quarter than in the first two quarters! He also took more free throws!

In the third quarter, Liu Xiu made 3 of 5 shots, plus 7 of 7 free throws, scoring 13 points in a single quarter!

Under the leadership of Liu Xiu, the Trail Blazers scored 28 points in the third quarter! After three quarters, for the first time, his teammates scored higher than him.

The Jazz, on the other hand, only scored 12 points in the third quarter, one point less than Liu Xiu's personal score!

73 to 45, the Trail Blazers led the Jazz by 28 points in three quarters!

Liu Xiu made 14 of 28 shots, including 1 of 4 three-pointers, plus 14 of 16 free throws. He scored 43 points and clocked out in the third quarter!

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At 9:50 pm, the game between the Trail Blazers and Jazz ended.

In the final quarter, Liu Xiu, Payton, Flying Squirrel, and Raheem did not play, and there were no surprises. The score difference at the end of three quarters, even if the Trail Blazers scored 0 points in the final quarter, the Jazz could not overturn the game.

95 to 66, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the Jazz to complete their revenge. They had 2 wins and 2 losses with the Jazz in the regular season this season!

The Trail Blazers became the fourth team this season, following the Suns, Spurs, and Pistons, to not fall behind when playing against teams in the same division.

After defeating the Jazz, the Trail Blazers' record improved to 58 wins and 20 losses, tying last season's record!

When the final whistle sounded, Liu Xiu received a system prompt.

S-level rating! The 12th S-level rating this season!

Overthrew the Jazz and received high praise.

In addition to this, there is also a reminder for task completion.

"The Blooming Rose series mission: Division Hegemony has been completed.

Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: random attribute +1, which has been used automatically."

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining attribute points: bounce +1. The host's bounce has been increased from 87 to 88."

The system screen switched to his ability evaluation, where the bounce flickered and turned into 88. The attached bullet speed evaluation also increased from 76 to 77.

Good luck!

When the jumping reaches the first-class level, there is no difference in the probability of winning the five technical attributes of speed, strength, jumping, physical strength and flexibility.

Speed ​​and bounce are the attributes he wants to draw most right now.

Listening to the fans who couldn't stop cheering after the game, Liu Xiu looked at the big screen, which posted the ranking of active players' 40+ times in a single season.

With 40+ points in three quarters tonight, Liu Xiu's record of 40+ points this season has reached 17 times, tying Allen Iverson for second place, and second only to Kobe Bryant's 19 times in the 2002-03 season!

There were four games left, and the opponents were the Nuggets, Mavericks, Suns, and Lakers. The corners of Liu Xiu's mouth were raised.

Previously, when people were discussing the number of 40+ games in a single season, they were talking about the possibility of him tying Kobe Bryant. The analysis was about who he could win against. Among them, playing against the Jazz was the number of games where people thought he would not be able to get 40+ points.
Chapter completed!