After breakfast, Liu Xiu went online and looked at the discussion on ESPN's latest MVP prediction rankings in the forum. There was a lot of controversy. The biggest point of controversy was that without Nash's teammate Stoudemire, Kobe Bryant performed best.

The stable teammates are Wang Zhizhi and Butler, who is the warden of cheating.

Seeing such a public opinion situation, Qing'er was angrily standing by: "If they can do it, they can do it!"

Anne Hathaway said: "Actually, this is a good situation. The only place they can attack is the lineup. Jess's personal performance and team performance have been recognized."

When Qing'er heard this, she immediately became angry and started chatting with Anne Hathaway.

After a while, at around 8 o'clock, Liu Xiu set off for the arena. Anne Hathaway sent Qing'er to school, and then went to school herself.

During the tactical meeting in the morning, the coaching staff announced good news - Mourning's suspension has ended and he can return!

After the meeting, Liu Xiu was chatting with the vice president and learned that they were getting a player from the Hornets.

Among the Hornets' insiders, Liu Xiu could only think of three names, and they definitely couldn't be David West or the No. 1 pick, so that was the only one left...

Then at noon, Liu Xiu saw the news - Chris Anderson was arrested by the police for holding a gun and taking a large amount of illegal drugs. The prosecutor provided relevant evidence to NBA officials and confirmed it to be true. David Stern announced that he would be suing Chris Anderson.

Reese-Anderson was suspended for two years.

Liu Xiu said "f*ck" on the spot and hurried to the coach's office.

The coach and the vice president happened to have an appointment to go out for lunch together. When Liu Xiu said that their signing target had been suspended for two years, he was shocked. After learning that it was a Birdman, the vice president said angrily: "What's wrong with the Hornets?"

Maybe Anderson was given to us because our target was not him, but we didn’t expect that Anderson was suspended for two years. Although it was self-inflicted, it is really a pity. It would be great if we had such an inside substitute."

"Not Anderson?" Liu Xiu thought for a while and said, "Yes, Anderson's contract is two years and 7 million, and we can't afford a trade. So who are we going to trade?"

The vice president said: "It's not a trade. The Hornets are going to lay off a player in order to save money. We have already discussed it. We will pay part of the basic salary for the remaining games. The Hornets will pay less of this part of the salary when they agree to buy out."

Liu Xiu started complaining mode: "The salary of the Hornets has dropped to less than 40 million, right? It is not as high as the salary of our substitutes, and it is still falling? Regardless of this, who is the new aid?"

"A player that his teammates and coaches will love, Aaron Williams..."

"Never heard of it..."

…

After finishing lunch, Liu Xiu went to check out the player he had never heard of. When he saw the photo on the official NBA website, he found that he had played against him before and was a little impressed.

Liu Xiu looked at the official information of Aaron Williams. As an undrafted player, he is in his 13th season in his career. He has played for as many as 9 teams. His data is average, but his salary is not low. Most of them

The salary was between 2 million and 3.5 million. He is a mainstay player. This year is the last year of the four-year, US$12.6 million contract he signed with the Nets. His data in the past two years have been extremely poor and he has almost no chance to play. This year he was

The Hornets couldn't sell the draft pick even if it was a bargain.

But in the 2003-04 season, the veteran averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds in 18 minutes per game.

Liu Xiu's impression of Aaron Williams comes from a match in his rookie year. The scene he remembers is when Randolph rushed up. The short inside man, who was not very strong, actually jumped on him desperately, and then, as expected, he

Was knocked over, but caused an offensive foul on Randolph.

That offensive foul was highly controversial. It was more about the Trail Blazers' notoriety and the size difference between Randolph and Aaron Williams that made the referee feel that the latter was a "weak group."

But with such desperate energy, even though Liu Xiu didn't remember the name, he really remembered the scene.

Liu Xiu did not conduct an in-depth investigation of this possible signing target. He simply looked at the official information and put it behind him. He went to boxing for a while, took a nap... and entered the regular preparation process for home games.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers faced the challenge of the Timberwolves at home.

After the game started, the Trail Blazers started the slow-heat mode again, 19 to 22 in the first quarter and 22 to 24 in the second quarter. At the end of the half, the Trail Blazers trailed the Timberwolves by 5 points, 41 to 46!

But in the second half, the situation changed 180 degrees. In the third quarter, Randolph scored 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Ray Allen scored 8 points, Liu Xiu scored 5 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Raheem scored 6 points.

...The Trail Blazers scored 24-21 to chase the score to 65-67, narrowing the point difference to two points.

In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers continued their offensive performance in the third quarter, once again scoring 24 points in a single quarter. At the same time, relying on their in-state defense, they limited the Timberwolves to only 18 points, returning the lowest score in a single quarter of the game.

Timberwolves.

In the end, thanks to Randolph's 14 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, Ray Allen's 19 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Liu Xiu's 19 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Raheem's 12 points,

Kwame Brown's 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks...The Trail Blazers reversed the Timberwolves 89-85, improving their record to 39 wins and 7 losses!

But the most dazzling player tonight is not Liu Xiu who got his 9th triple-double of the season, but Garnett who hit all 12 shots in the first 12 shots!

Garnett played 44 minutes in this game. In the first 43 minutes, he made 12 of 12 shots and scored 27 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 steals and 3 blocks. His 7 steals tied his career high.

But when the score came to the Trail Blazers leading the Timberwolves 87 to 85, Garnett broke through the lawless man with the ball and avoided Kwame Brown to block the layup. Liu was retrieved from the baseline.

The big hat was slapped behind Xiu's back, and his 100% hit rate was broken.

After the game, Liu Xiu accepted a post-game interview.

Before the start of this game, the Trail Blazers were first in the league with 37 wins and 7 losses, and the Timberwolves were second to last in the Western Conference with 13 wins and 30 losses, but they were still broadcast live. The Timberwolves also have a popular king-type player in Garnett.

An ESPN reporter said: "Warden, congratulations on your 9 triple-doubles this season, which is only 1 short of the 10 triple-doubles in your rookie year!"

Liu Xiu responded: "Thank you, I will try my best to get my 10th triple-double before the All-Star weekend."

The reporter Liu Xiu often saw that the other party was used to this way of answering and started to ask questions. At the beginning, he asked two routine questions, and Liu Xiu also gave official answers.

"Warden, Garnett once again had an amazing personal performance tonight. As an opponent, what do you think about the fact that his data does not match the team's record?"

Liu Xiu knew there would be difficult problems, but he didn't expect it to be this. Let him, an opponent who had "fighted" with Garnett, comment on this matter... Yes!
Chapter completed!