Liu Xiu played his worst game after the All-Star break.

The Mavericks' defense against him was extremely extreme, and unlimited double-teams came to Liu Xiu again.

At least this season, when the Mavericks meet the Lakers and Trail Blazers again, they will play very extreme.

But this time Liu Xiu passed a lot of balls, but only got 6 assists, and Ray Allen only made 5 of 15 shots.

But he faced the defense hard and couldn't beat the Mavericks' defense. His shooting was not much better than Ray Allen, only 6 of 15.

Randolph did a good job by using outside control, but he failed to achieve the performance of defeating the Mavericks on his own. No matter how strong the inside line is, individual scoring has its limitations.

The teammates are in poor condition, partly because they underestimate the Mavericks too much, and also because of their condition in the last game of five consecutive away games...

Liu Xiu was very regretful that the five consecutive games failed to end perfectly.

He thinks that passing the regular season with 26 consecutive victories is efficient, but he still misses it a bit.

From the feedback received from the team, Liu Xiu could feel that his teammates were also going crazy.

He asked Randolph why he was crazy - this was the third time he played against the Mavericks in the regular season, and he lost the last time! He might not be able to meet the playoffs, and he might not have a chance to beat the Mavericks again this season.

According to the rules of the division, teams in the Northwest Division and teams in the Pacific Division that are closer to each other in the division will play each other 4 times in the regular season, a total of 36 times; teams in the Southwest Division that are further away will play against each other every season.

We played 3 times, totaling 15 times, and there was one extra game, which was 'randomly' assigned to play against an opponent in the Southwest Division. Last season, the Trail Blazers were 'randomly' assigned to a team with Yao Ming. This season, the Trail Blazers'

Randomly' given to last season's Western Conference Finals opponent, the Spurs.

When they returned to Portland on the "Rose Bay Prison" the next afternoon, the fans enthusiastically held various signs to welcome them back.

3 wins and 2 losses is good in the eyes of the fans, and 5 consecutive away games is already a passing performance.

The most important thing is that they won 50 times!

The Spurs have lost 13, and the Pistons have also lost 13. Their current position as number one in the league is relatively stable.

The support of the fans gave Liu Xiu a strong motivation. He went home full of energy, ready to study the schedule, check information, and understand the current situation of his next opponent.

This operation won several waves of healing points from the vice president.

When he came out of the airport, the vice president saw Liu Xiu's sharp eyes and thought Liu Xiu was going to work hard again, but the guy went straight home!

Liu Xiu returned home and looked at the team manual.

Already 50 wins and 10 losses, they have 22 games left, and there are still 12 games left to play this month. The first is tomorrow, which is the 9th, against the Kings at home, and then the Suns at home on the 11th.

After that, there will be a wave of four consecutive visits in the Eastern Conference, the Nets on the 13th, the Cavaliers on the 15th, and the Bulls and Bucks back-to-back on the 17th and 18th.

After four consecutive away games, they returned to their home court, playing the Bucks on the 20th, the Rockets on the 22nd, and the Spurs on the 24th. After that, their remaining opponents were only the teams from the Northwest Division and the Pacific Division.

All competitions in the four divisions are over.

After three consecutive home games, they have two more away games, back-to-back games against the Suns and SuperSonics on the 26th and 27th, and finally a home game against the Kings on the 30th to end March.

In April, the 1st and 2nd alternately play the Clippers at home and away, the 4th plays the Lakers away, the 7th plays the Warriors away, the 9th and 10th play the SuperSonics and the Warriors back to back at home, and the 12th

They will play the Jazz away from home, play the Nuggets and Jazz back-to-back at home on the 15th and 16th, and play the Suns at home on the 19th to close the regular season.

12 home games and 10 away games, the time is quite tight, with as many as 5 back-to-back games, but there are mostly home games, and the number of strong teams to play against is not as exaggerated as in January. The overall schedule is not bad. In this regard, he

It’s a good thing not to get too entangled and not have 4 fights in 5 days.

After checking the schedule, he went to check the current status of the next two home opponents...

…

After a night's rest, another competition day arrived.

Liu Xiu came to the Rose Garden Arena at 7:45 in the morning. Ray Allen also came early. Oh, by the way, there was also Stevenson. After Liu Xiu did a quick warm-up, Ray Allen came to the two

The team members conducted detailed instruction on basic off-the-ball skills for half an hour.

After the teaching, the three of them were resting when the coach came.

The coach pointed to the two people next to Liu Xiu, and then pointed to the door. Ray Allen and Stevenson wisely left the No. 8 VIP training ground.

Liu Xiu asked: "Coach, is there anything you need to say behind someone's back?"

The coach shook his head and sat down, carelessly picked up the snacks Liu Xiu put on the small table and said while eating: "Now comes the critical stage of reserving energy for the playoffs, testing tactics, and holding on to the ranking... Warden.

"

Liu Xiu didn't know why, so he responded: "Thank you for your hard work. There are so many things to be busy with."

"..."

As a seasoned veteran, the coach was healed quite a bit.

Taking a deep breath, the coach said: "I'll be honest, we don't lack the tacit understanding of the lineup. The biggest improvement in tacit understanding is that Butcher loses weight and regains his form. Next, we will directly enter the playoff mode. I will moderately reduce Lei, Butcher

, Kwame, the playing time of the Fanatics, increase the playing time of the rotation, we need you to do more."

Liu Xiu nodded: "Okay."

"..."

After hearing this, the coach got up, left the No. 8 training ground, returned to the office, lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

Seeing the coach's appearance, the vice president asked: "What's wrong? Jace refused? Yes, I think he enjoys the way he plays now without having to bear all the pressure to score."

The coach shook his head: "No, he agreed without hesitation."

"Huh?" The vice president was puzzled: "Then you are so depressed?"

The coach complained: "I thought of many ways to fight him and prepared a hundred ways to respond to him, but in the end he only said 'Thank you' and 'OK'."

The vice president was happy when he heard this, you also have today!

He also picked up a cigarette and lit it.

The joys and sorrows of people are ultimately incompatible.

…

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

At the beginning of the game, the two teams entered into an offensive battle. Neither team could guard against the other, mainly because of Liu Xiu, who suddenly made the Kings want to die from the outside. Although Randolph played 4 minutes in the first quarter and scored 2

After scoring 1 rebound and 1 assist, he was replaced. Ray Allen played 7 minutes and scored 5 points and 1 assist before being replaced. The Trail Blazers still scored 30 points in the first quarter, leading the Kings by 1 point 30-29 in the single quarter.
Chapter completed!