502. Established Faith (7000 words)

The Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Spurs. The Trail Blazers' tenacious fighting spirit was touching. After the game, Liu Xiu praised all 11 teammates who played. Lynch Hunter and George Lynch, who were not on the active list,

Van Horn, all played an important role in preparing for the war...

But no matter how Liu Xiu praises others or keeps a low profile, he can't escape people's praise for his conspicuous figure like a firefly in the dark night.

In the last 29 seconds, Liu Xiu went on a 5-0 run by himself, as if he had put his hand into the Spurs' throat and pulled out the victory that the Spurs had swallowed!

If these reporters continue to confront each other, they can only be called pure laughingstocks.

"Thank you for your hard work, leave it to me next."

The documentary crew of Chaotingdai showed this scene when the game entered a timeout with 29 seconds left. Combined with Liu Xiu killing the game later, this scene is awesome!

For a time, scenes like this often appeared on the streets of China and the United States——

Pretender: "Thank you for your hard work..."

Teammate: "You should have thanked us properly, you are a noob! (silly*, stupid*... and a series of friendly words)."

What became the background tonight was not only the stone Buddha who was detained several times, but also the demon knife who was so handsome that he was teased by the warden in the end.

In addition to these, Liu Xiu and Bowen exchanged a few short words of trash talk on the court, which also became popular!

What was even more popular was what Liu Xiu said to Bowen, "I can still step in", but a certain player who jumped out of his contract and did not plan to renew it was moved by another sentence...

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"Dear, am I right? These reporters actually praised you so much! They were not like this yesterday."

"They want to establish us as villains, but the opponent is the Spurs, and the reporters must have worked hard. This time we reversed the situation, and they wanted to praise the Spurs players but they couldn't do anything. They simply failed."

"You are still good. We won G1. Can such a victory defeat the Spurs?"

"It's very difficult...impossible. It's hard to say whether G2 will win or lose tomorrow. I think they are stronger than us."

Seeing Liu Xiu saying that the other party was stronger, but with a sparkle in her eyes, Anne Hathaway responded: "I believe you will win in the end, come on!"

Just when Liu Xiu was about to respond, Jay Chou shouted: "Kill Texas!"

Liu Xiu asked in surprise: "Who did you learn this from?"

Little Jaylen:??

Liu Xiu:......

Anne Hathaway looked at the father and son with big eyes and small eyes and was speechless, and responded: "Yesterday afternoon Miss Linda and I went to buy paper towels. There was a big sale in the supermarket. I bought more than a dozen boxes and brought Jaylen and

Go with Anna, your fan club is recruiting people there, and this is the slogan these days."

Liu Xiu nodded, not surprised.

In the American sports world, California is hostile to New York, Florida is hostile to North Carolina... the entire United States is hostile to Texas.

Liu Xiu rested at home all morning to calm down the excitement left over from last night's game. After lunch, he went to the Rose Garden Arena to prepare for the game.

Last night's game, regardless of the victory, the Trail Blazers learned two things.

One, it's a good thing. They have a clear understanding of how the Spurs will play in this series, and based on the characteristics of the Spurs, there won't be much change. Looking at the first two rounds, and Duncan's performance in the past few years since entering the NBA.

The Spurs' performance in the playoffs can confirm this; the other thing is not a good thing - the Spurs are super strong.

This is a team of kings!

But with the last 29 seconds last night, when the teammates saw Liu Xiu coming to the training ground, all the pressure was turned into motivation!

Even though their G1 opponents performed like that, they were unable to knock them down. No matter what situation they encountered in the future, they could always maintain hope!

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In the evening, the Eastern Conference Finals kicked off.

After 2 hours and 29 minutes of play, the Nets defeated the Pistons 90-81 and defended their first home court.

Tracy McGrady had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Richard Jefferson had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, Kidd had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Kostic had 13 points, Mourning had 10 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks... a mere 90 points, the basket

The Nets actually had 5 players score in double figures! All 9 players on the field scored!

On the other hand, the Pistons played 11 times tonight, but only five players scored.

Carter had 30 points, Hamilton had 26 points, Billups had 16 points and 6 assists, Ben Wallace had 5 points and 20 rebounds, Prince had 4 points, and no one else scored!

In a head-to-head confrontation in the playoffs, Billups was beaten by Kidd again. Kidd's most famous incident of beating Billups was in the 2003 Eastern Conference Finals, when the Nets swept the Pistons and Billups played 4 games.

In the game, Kidd only shot 27.5% from the field and averaged only 9.8 points and 6 assists per game. Kidd averaged 23.8 points, 10 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.8 steals per game in the Eastern Conference Finals, single-handedly destroying the Pistons.

However, this time the Pistons lost, the problem was not on the perimeter. Billups faced off against Kidd head-on. The disadvantage was too big. Kidd was too good at guarding players like Billups. Billups had already done it tonight.

He did a good job. His shooting percentage was not high, but he distributed the ball very well. Both Carter and Hamilton got enough shot rights, and their scoring did not drop.

The reason for losing is inside!

Are the Nets weak enough inside? They are still better than the Pistons in scoring inside!

A team played five inside players and only scored five points in total, all scored by Ben Wallace alone. It was really difficult to win.

From another perspective, we can say that the Nets' defensive choices are really good!

Carter and Hamilton both shot amazingly, but McGrady and Richard Jefferson still mainly blocked the Pistons' inside scoring and won the victory.

Liu Xiu watched the live broadcast of this game. He did not consider the future, but only looked at the present. He felt that for the current Pistons, Tianzun would play a greater role than Carter!

In terms of scoring, Tianzun is naturally not as good as Carter.

But with Tianzun protecting the frame, Ben's ability to assist and supplement defense can be fully unleashed. With a single protective frame, Ben's height suffers, and his limitations are actually quite large, and he cannot perfectly implement Larry Brown's defensive system.

This seems to be 'blamed' on his warden.

During last year's All-Star Weekend, the boss cleared out the most notorious inside players on their team. This was not much different from the original time and space, but due to the good record, the general manager asked for a higher return than when trading Tianzun.

Originally, there was more in time and space, and there was a multi-party trade offer. John Nash asked the Pistons to give Milicic, but the Pistons refused. In the end, the Pacers, who were willing to give a lot of talent and overdraw the future, got Tianzun.

I heard that last summer, the Pistons also competed for the second center in the Western Conference. Liu Xiu felt that this was also a good reinforcement option, but the Mavericks had deep pockets and gave Dampier a salary of a little more than 10 million per year for 6 years.

The Pistons simply can't compete.

However, the future prospects of the current Pistons are very good. Milicic was replaced by the 28-year-old Carter, who was also well protected by Ben Wallace...

In this Eastern Conference Finals, Liu Xiu watched G1 and felt that the Nets and Pistons were tied at 73 or even close to 82.

The variable may depend on whether Billups can make any changes under Kidd's dominance.

The next day, May 27, G2 of the Western Conference Finals came.

After Liu Xiu arrived at the arena in the morning, the topic he led his teammates to discuss was which opponent he was more likely to face in the finals.

After hearing what the team members discussed, the coach said to the vice president: "The warden is really awesome. He didn't say anything about confidence and fighting spirit, and he didn't give any speeches in this regard, but our confidence and fighting spirit are all under his guidance.

Lower promotion.”

Vice President: "Huh? Really?"

"Kevin, don't you feel that those boys are more excited?"

"It seems so, what's going on?"

Seeing the puzzled expression on the vice president's face, the coach was speechless. Now that he is the vice president of the team, he is still as insensitive in this regard as he was when he was an assistant coach.

The coach complained: "You really don't have the potential to be a coach. The warden started the topic by saying, 'Do you think we will meet the Nets or the Pistons in the Finals?', which is to imply to our teammates that we will win the Western Conference Finals and reach the Finals."

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"..." The vice president took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Don't expect a salary increase if you renew your contract!"

Coach:???

He couldn't hear anything else clearly, the vice president's mind was filled with the coach's first words!

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers ushered in the second game of the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs at home.

After the game started, the Spurs continued to show their super dominance, beating the Trail Blazers 25-19 in the first quarter.

powerful!

Stable and powerful!

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers' adjustments were effective, and they improved significantly on both offense and defense. While scoring 23 points, they also limited the Spurs' offensive momentum. The Spurs only scored 23 points, stabilizing the situation.

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If they can't beat the score, they will bite the score. Compared with the previous game, the Trail Blazers players have been able to look at the matter of being behind in the score more calmly. After halftime, the Trail Blazers trailed the Spurs by 6 points, 42 to 48.

But in the third quarter, the Trail Blazers, who tried to launch an attack, were beaten by the Spurs. They only scored 13 points in a single quarter, while the Spurs took the opportunity to score 26 points in a single quarter. On the defensive end, Shi Fo was almost invincible.

The one who goes crazy on the offensive end is the Demon Sword!

After three quarters, the Spurs tied the score at 74-55, with the lead reaching 19 points!

In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 22-14, but were still unable to recover.

77 to 88, the Trail Blazers lost to the Spurs with an 11-point disadvantage. The home court advantage was still taken away by the Spurs, and the score was 1-1!
To be continued...