After playing the Mavericks, the Trail Blazers had a day off. On the 12th, they faced the challenge of the Timberwolves at home.

Brandon Roy…

Liu Xiu looked at the No. 2 rookie who was surrounded by Luol Deng, Ricky Davis, Randy Foye, Mike James, Mark Blount, Mark Jackson, Sweetney and other teammates. Even if it was early

I knew this guy was a very charismatic leader, and I thought it was incredible.

As soon as Roy arrived at the Timberwolves, this mess that even Garnett couldn't support was suddenly revived!

In the first 6 games, the Timberwolves have 3 wins and 3 losses, which is much better than the start of last season!

If the Timberwolves management chooses to bring Chandler back, even if Chandler progresses slowly, he will still be much better than the two inside men Mark Blount and Mark Jackson... But Liu Xiu knows that this is impossible, Chandler's contract is too big

It's too big, and he doesn't deserve such a big contract now.

The Timberwolves sent away 30-year-old Garnett in exchange for young players and draft picks. At first, Liu Xiu just thought this team was stupid, but now he can see why.

The Timberwolves may not have lost confidence in Garnett because he failed to make the All-NBA team last season, but because of the Timberwolves' salary situation.

Mark Blount, whom the Timberwolves acquired in exchange for Szczerbiak, signed a six-year, $42 million contract in 2004. He has four years left. He averaged 10 points and four rebounds per game last season and is not easy to sell.

Troy Hudson's contract is a mess, with two years and $12 million left.

Marko Jaric joined the Timberwolves in the summer of 2004 for more than 2 million. His performance that season made the Timberwolves management ecstatic. It was he who made McHale feel that he could continue to squeeze Cassel without fear of Cassel running away.

After the 2004-05 season, the Timberwolves gave Marko Jaric a six-year, $40 million contract. This contract is only in its second year...

Ricky Davis, who has two years and $13 million left on his contract, is also a headache...

With this salary situation and this lineup, even with Garnett in hand, there is no hope of regaining strength. It is normal for the Timberwolves to choose to make a big break.

But in this way, the Timberwolves will no longer want players with big contracts, and Chandler's premium contract with an annual average of tens of millions is even less likely.

Liu Xiu estimates that the Timberwolves have done a good job of slowly cultivating Roy and Luol Deng, squandering draft picks, and slowly growing up like they did in the late 1990s. After getting past those garbage contracts, Roy and Luol Deng

-Deng has also reached his peak, but Roy did not give the Timberwolves a chance to wait!

Rise directly!

Liu Xiu even saw comments where someone compared Roy, who only played 6 games, with him.

This feeling is still very subtle...

That's right, the talent of 'Light of Leadership' that Liu Xiu copied from Roy was given to him in vain.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Trail Blazers and Timberwolves started.

In the first quarter, Roy and Mike James fought fiercely!

Roy couldn't stand the condescending attitude of the Trail Blazers players.

Liu Xiu's smile looked like mockery to him.

How does Randolph look like a player?

Just like he doesn't like Sweetney, Roy doesn't like Randolph.

There are also Stevenson and Kwame Brown who are nervous and excited...

Everyone on the Trail Blazers makes Roy angry!

Roy went on a rampage when he came up, scoring 11 points on 4 of 6 shooting in a single quarter. Mike James scored 3 of 3 three-pointers, plus 1 of 2 free throws, scoring 10 points in a single quarter. The two led the Timberwolves in a single quarter.

Get 30 points!

After the first quarter, the Timberwolves led the Trail Blazers by two points 30 to 28!

Liu Xiu made 3 of 8 shots in the first quarter and scored 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Ray Allen scored 7 points. Mourning, who came on the bench, relied on Liu Xiu's outside shots to continuously score and attack twice, making 4 of 5 shots.

He scored the Blazers' highest single quarter score of 8 points.

The Timberwolves beat the Trail Blazers stunned!

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers began to strengthen their defense. In the second quarter, the Timberwolves' score dropped to 22 points. However, the Trail Blazers dropped even more, only scoring 19 points. At the end of the half, the Timberwolves led 52 to 22 points.

47 leads the Trail Blazers by 5 points!

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers scored even more poorly. They made 3 of 16 shots in a single quarter. Liu Xiu rushed to the basket and scored all 7 free throws in the single quarter. With 10 points in a single quarter, the Trail Blazers only scored 14.

point.

However, the Timberwolves were defended and only scored 12 points in the third quarter...

The Trail Blazers finally started chasing points! After three quarters, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 3 points 61 to 64!

Roy, who scored 11 points in the first quarter and 7 points in the second quarter, had nothing in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, Ray Allen took the lead and hit two three-pointers. He went on a 6-2 run to help the Trail Blazers overtake the score, leading 67-66.

Immediately afterwards, Mike James and Luol Deng also started to launch a fierce attack. Roy continued to be targeted. In the third quarter, his teammates did not take advantage of this, but they took advantage of it in the final quarter.

Dwayne Casey, the rookie coach, looks much better than McHale. I really have a sense of deja vu that a dog on a leash is better than McHale...

Led by Mike James and Luol Deng, the Timberwolves still maintained a 1-point lead with 4.7 seconds left, leading 86 to 85!

After the 2-6 start in the final quarter, the Timberwolves scored 20-18, narrowly beating the Trail Blazers!

However, after returning from the timeout, Liu Xiu relied on Ray Allen and Blake's three-point containment, used McDyess to pick and roll without the ball, received Rahim's serve, took two steps to the right side at an angle of about 30 degrees, and turned around.

Three-point shot hit!

Liu Xiu's first two three-pointers in the last quarter were solid. He only scored one goal in five three-pointers in the first three quarters, and finally made the buzzer-beating shot!

Liu Xiu made 5 of 8 shots in the final quarter, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, and had 11 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. Ray Allen made 4 of 6 shots in the final quarter, including 3 of 4 three-pointers, and had 11 points and 1 assist in a single quarter.

The two faced off with a score of 27 to 22 in the final quarter!

In the end, relying on Liu Xiu's 10 of 26 shooting, including 2 of 8 three-pointers, and 12 of 13 free throws, Liu Xiu scored a triple-double of 34 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals, plus Ray Allen

With 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, the Trail Blazers defeated the Timberwolves 88-86, improving their record to 5 wins and 2 losses!

Roy went from scoring 18 points on 6 of 11 shots in the half to 21 points on 7 of 17 shots in the game. He enjoyed the ups and downs of his life.

The Trail Blazers' style of play is simply challenging Roy's view of basketball!

In the next three quarters of the game, the Trail Blazers didn't care about anything on the offensive end. They tried their best to defend and just pointed at Liu Xiu and Ray Allen to score.

Then these two actually scored 58 points, 16 rebounds and 14 assists together to win the game!

These two have a lot of assists, right? Two of Ray Allen’s 4 assists were made by Liu Xiu, and 4 of Liu Xiu’s 10 assists were made by Ray Allen!
Chapter completed!