Liu Xiu finally understood why Kobe was always so irritable when playing against the Spurs in the playoffs, taking so many shots and often shooting over 50%.

It has to do with the fact that O'Neal is his inside teammate, but this is not the most important thing. In the 2007-08 season playoffs, without O'Neal as a teammate, Bynum was reimbursed, and Gasol was guarded by Duncan and only shot 44.6% from the field, averaging 44.6% from the field.

13.2 points, but in that Western Conference Finals, Kobe beat the Spurs by averaging 29.2 points per game on 53.3% shooting.

You must know that the playoffs were the final peak of Duncan's personal ability. In that Western Conference Finals, Duncan averaged 22.4 points, 17.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 2 blocks in 5 games, but he was beaten by Kobe.

Because Popovich is too stubborn and excessively pursues stability.

Liu Xiu estimated that in Popovich's view, it would be better to maintain an obvious defensive vulnerability than the opponent to use this defensive vulnerability to find more breakthroughs.

Liu Xiu couldn't say there was anything wrong with this idea. After all, since the new century, there have been fewer and fewer CIC experts...

Therefore, he made 6 of 9 shots from the field in the first quarter tonight, which was a blast.

The Spurs' characteristic of being unable to deal with an opponent's outburst once again showed up. They can only be stable and hope that their opponent's good condition will decline.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers continued their excellent performance in the first quarter and once again scored 29 points in a single quarter.

The Spurs' performance improved in the second quarter. Horry made 3 of 4 shots, including 2 of 3 three-pointers. The performance of scoring 8 points in a single quarter was very good, but the team only scored 23 points.

At halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs by 23 points, 58-35!

In the third quarter, an unexpected situation occurred. The Spurs sent out a combination of Udrih, Ginobili, Barry, Horry, and Duncan. This lineup had very fierce offensive firepower. The Spurs rushed against the Trail Blazers as soon as they came up.

A 12 to 4, chasing the score to 47 to 62, narrowing the point difference to 15 points.

But then the Trail Blazers replaced Liu Xiu and Xiao Fei Squirrel. In the rest of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 35 points!

The Spurs' lineup has strong offensive firepower, but the defense is a drag, and the rhythm of the defensive breakdown has been picked up. Even if the Spurs changed to a lineup with good defense, the defense could not pick up again for a while.

After the Spurs scored 12 points in the beginning, their subsequent offense was actually pretty good, scoring 23 points, but it was far behind the Trail Blazers' 35 points.

After finally narrowing the score difference to less than 20 points, it soon widened to more than 20 points.

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs by 27 points, 97-70!

Liu Xiu played 32 minutes and made 14 of 22 shots, including 0 of 2 three-pointers, plus 5 of 7 free throws. He scored 33 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks!

In the final quarter, Liu Xiu was not used, and the Trail Blazers sent out a pure substitute lineup. The little flying squirrel started to play, making many mistakes on the offensive end, and the team only scored 23 points in a single quarter.

In fact, Maurice Cheeks was a little worried in the last quarter. The opponent's offense in the third quarter was quite scary. They scored 35 points in a single quarter. Thanks to them being better at attacking, they scored 39 points in a single quarter and overwhelmed the opponent.

However, the Spurs played very traditionally in the final quarter. The game that seemed out of control just now seemed like it was not played by them. In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers' lineup was very defensive, and the Spurs still only scored 28 points.

In the end, the Trail Blazers beat the Spurs 120-98 and won their 58th victory of the season!

…

The final whistle sounded and Liu Xiu received a system prompt.

"Competition score...the overall score is S+. Congratulations to the host for receiving a 1,000 healing value reward."

Full marks for performance!

The data is not as good as when I got 40+10, but the score is higher!

"Buddha also has three parts of fire:

Goal 1: Complete at least one block or dunk on Tim Duncan in this game. (Number of dunks on Tim Duncan: 1 time, number of blocks on Tim Duncan: 0 times, completed.)

Goal 2: Every time the host is blocked by Tim Duncan, he must retaliate with double blocks or dunks by Spurs players. (Number of blocks by Tim Duncan: 0 times, number of blocks or dunks by Spurs players

:4 times, completed.)

Goal 3: Win this game. (Completed.)

Congratulations to the host for getting a random attribute point, which has been used automatically... Congratulations to the host for getting the attribute point: Flexibility +1. Because the host's flexibility has reached the top level, it is automatically converted into an attribute card: Flexibility +1.

The host has started the next phase of the mission, which will be triggered when the host plays against Tim Duncan in the playoffs this season."

Liu Xiu saw that he already had 3 attribute cards with the attribute of Flexibility +1, and felt happy, but then he thought of something else. With a thought, the system screen returned to the task completion prompt.

He asked in his mind: 'If we don't meet in the playoffs and I'm eliminated first, I know it will definitely count as a failure, but what if Duncan is eliminated first?'

The system prompt will come soon.

"If the host does not meet Tim Duncan in the playoffs this season, the follow-up mission will not be triggered in the playoffs this season."

Liu Xiu didn't know what to think when he saw this prompt.

That makes sense! This answer is quite reasonable!

He turned off the system screen and would think about the issue of 'flexibility' later, and celebrated the victory with his teammates first.

This time they defeated the Spurs. The Trail Blazers players were more excited than the previous three times they defeated the Spurs, because they swept their opponents in the regular season!

Moreover, this was a team victory. Except for Liu Xiu’s 33 points, everyone else scored less than 20 points.

Randolph had 10 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Ray Allen had 13 points, Flying Squirrel had 16 points, Payton had 13 points, Outlaw had 8 points and 2 assists... After Liu Xiu opened up the high post, the whole team opened up.

Liu Xiuwai’s best performer was Kwame Brown!

On 6-of-8 shooting, plus 6-of-6 free throws, Kwame Brown scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks.

The Trail Blazers players celebrated excitedly, while the Spurs players could only leave the field sadly.

Duncan went to the away game tonight with anger, but was beaten miserably... In fact, his performance of 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 7 of 15 shots was not bad.

But losing would be in vain. Also, he was crying when he saw Kwame Brown's 6-of-6 free throws.

This season Kwame Brown averaged 3.4 free throws and 2.6 free throws per game! 76.4% free throw shooting rate!

If he has such a free throw performance, he must not continue to average 20+ per game!

But his free throw shooting percentage dropped to 61% this season...

The game was over, he lost, and Duncan was not as angry as he was before the game.

And Parker, after returning to the hotel, buried his head in the bed and cried bitterly.

After waiting for Parker to finish crying, Duncan called Parker and Ginobili, and together they found Popovich, who was drinking alone after losing.

The OK group that finally brought happiness from the sky disbanded. The master was unable to support himself alone. The warden is here!

Looking at the troika, the slightly tipsy Popovich asked impatiently: "What are you going to do?"
Chapter completed!