This three-pointer was really lucky! Liu Xiu only received the ball because Kenyon Martin hadn't retreated yet. His team had enough energy at the beginning to rush down quickly and try to throw one.

He didn't have much skill when shooting. He had never practiced the counterattack and pursuit three-pointer in simulation training, so he usually would do a long three-pointer at the buzzer...

After being hit, it became even more unbelievable. I didn't expect it to go in.

Liu Xiu walked to the free throw line amid cheers and made the extra free throw. This time it was the Nets' turn to call a timeout.

The Trail Blazers scored a 7-0! 9-12 score, and the two sides were back on the same starting line.

Entering the pause, Liu Xiu quickly sorted out the rounds.

The impact on teammates during counterattacks, and the enhanced awareness of positional movement without the ball in positional battles, these are the bonuses brought by the "ghost".

But on the defensive end, how to defend, how to make choices, and how to create opportunities to grab rebounds and counterattacks all depend on him.

The Nets' positional warfare offense is not very good, and he took advantage of this very well!

During the adjustment during the timeout, Maurice Cheeks did not make any substitutions, nor did he emphasize anything on counterattack. Instead, he emphasized the details of offensive and defensive positions, giving Randolph, Tianzun, and Ruben Patterson the three main points.

Hand made detailed adjustments.

Liu Xiu and Travis Outlaw, the two scoring additions, were not assigned heavier scoring tasks.

Focus on training, focus on tactics, Maurice Cheeks has always been the one who is stronger in the lineup.

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The Nets made substitutions. Kidd, Richard Jefferson, and Kenyon Martin continued to play. The shooting guard position was replaced by Rodney Rogers. The center position was replaced by Alonzo Mourning.

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Mourning was reimbursed for a kidney transplant in the 2000-01 season. He returned and played 75 games in the 2001-02 season and performed well, averaging 15.7 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. However, he had another kidney transplant after the 2002-03 season and was reimbursed again last season.

The Nets have always had trouble recruiting centers. They introduced Mutombo last season, but Mutombo was beaten by Duncan in the finals.

The Nets, who were eliminated in just 6 games, lost at the center position.

After learning from the painful experience, they first laid off Mutombo, and then used their precious two-year mid-level contract on Alonzo Mourning, who had missed two of the past three seasons.

It is worth mentioning that Malone said during the finals of last season that if he were replaced as the Nets power forward, Duncan would definitely be defeated; Payton is Kidd's big brother...

Malone has only played 5 games so far this season. This is his sixth appearance. In the first 5 games, he averaged 7.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.

When commentating on the Nets game, Barkley laughed at the fact that the Heat were worried about how to deal with Mourning's contract extension, and the Nets sent money.

The game continues, the Nets attack.

Kidd and Kenyon Martin continued to play a pick-and-roll attack. Richard Jefferson found an opportunity and cut in from the wing. Kenyon Martin passed the ball. Richard Jefferson caught the ball and dunked with a flying floater and scored two points.

Kenyon Martin can actually provide assists, which makes every player on the Trail Blazers want to complain about playing with Jason Kidd, who is really a bad assistant!

Offensive and defensive transition, the Trail Blazers attack.

Travis Outlaw didn't understand that they had just scored 5 points through counterattack. He thought the coaching staff would turn on the fast break mode. They had done that before, but not this time.

However, Liu Xiu, who had just scored 3 points and 1 assist by counterattack, did not play fast after receiving the serve. Instead, he resolutely implemented the coaching staff's arrangements, controlled the rhythm, and played positional warfare.

Sure enough, in this positional battle, Reuben Patterson missed the ball and shot from the high post.

Mourning withstood Randolph's impact, grabbed the defensive rebound and passed it to Kidd, who immediately started a fast break.

Although Travis Outlaw was puzzled, he was an obedient child and executing the arrangement was his first choice.

He has strong athletic ability and was the first to retreat. Together with Liu Xiu and Tianzun who retreated, he blocked the fast break attack of Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin from both wings.

Kidd had no chance to release the ball with the ball. He quickly advanced behind the top arc and did not shoot directly. Instead, he fell into a positional battle for stability.

In the next few minutes, until after the official timeout, for a long time, the Nets had the advantage in the positional battle, and the Nets had more opportunities to start a fast break.

After being replaced during the official timeout, Travis Outlaw was still wondering why he didn't play faster.

At 9 minutes and 46 seconds of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers and Nets were tied 16 to 23. The Trail Blazers were 7 points behind the Nets. They could maintain the point difference from being opened to more than 10 points.

It was thanks to Liu Xiu launching two fast breaks that he scored 4 points.

At 10 minutes and 05 seconds, Kidd scored two points with a close-range throw, 25 to 16, and the score difference came to 9 points.

Looking back, Randolph received a pass from Liu Xiu, turned around through the defensive Mourning, and hit a hook from the right sideline of the three-second zone! At 10 minutes and 14 seconds, the score was 18-25.

At 10 minutes and 34 seconds, Richard Jefferson caught the ball at a 45-degree angle from the left and missed a three-point shot. Randolph blocked Mourning. After Liu Xiu grabbed the rebound, Randolph started immediately.

Fight back.

During the counterattack, Randolph quickly came down to receive Liu Xiu's pass, attracting the retreating Nets players to attack, and passed back. Ruben Patterson stood high on the left side of the free throw line to catch the ball...hit! The score was

20 to 25!

Finally, as the game progressed, Randolph and Reuben Patterson, whose shooting performance had always been poor, found the feeling!

From being able to narrow the point difference to double digits with one goal, the point difference was only 5 points. Now, the panic turned into the Nets!

But after all, the Nets were the second consecutive team. Kidd steadily organized the positional battle attack. The ball came to Mourning's hands. The veteran Mourning exerted his strength, pulled up the ball and smashed it into the basket, helping the Nets stabilize the situation.

Live the situation.

Subsequently, Liu Xiu missed a jumper from the free throw line. Tianzun grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Xiao Fei Shou, who came on as a substitute. Xiao Fei Shu made a three-pointer from the left side of the top arc...hit!

23 to 27, the Trail Blazers can finally hold on to the score in a regular offensive and defensive battle!

There were 17 seconds left in the first quarter, and the final attack came. With 12 seconds left, Richard Jefferson caught the ball and faked a pass, then suddenly made a throw from close range...the ball came out of the frame!

Randolph protected the rebound and immediately passed it to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu immediately saw the teammate running quietly towards the frontcourt...long pass!

Passing accuracy +10, it helped Liu Xiu a lot tonight, raising his first-class passing accuracy of 86 to 96. When passing the ball, the ball is as obedient as a part of his body.

The little flying squirrel received the ball in the frontcourt and immediately threw it. Less than 1 second passed after the ball left his hand. The whistle had already sounded at the end of the first quarter...the ball fell into the frame!

The little flying squirrel who made the buzzer-beating shot ran around the court amidst the increasingly crazy cheers of the fans and then returned to the bench to high-five his teammates in celebration.

The little flying squirrel just made sure that Richard Jefferson would definitely take the shot and the rebound had nothing to do with him, so he immediately went down. At that time, he didn't think about how stupid he would be if he didn't receive the fast break pass... This

Not the first time either.

I didn’t expect to catch the ball this time!

If Randolph was slower to grab the board, slower to release the ball, and Liu Xiu hesitated after receiving the ball, the two points would be gone!

After hugging Liu Xiu and celebrating, Little Flying Squirrel thought, 'How about buying the warden a cart of tomatoes? No, no, no, or give him a piece of land to grow tomatoes? He seemed to have complained that his application to turn the yard into farmland was blocked by the road administration.

Refused……'

The little flying squirrel scored 5 points in a row at the last minute. After the first quarter, 25 to 27, the Trail Blazers trailed the Nets by 2 points and entered the intermission break!

The Trail Blazers are very excited. Finally, they have overcome the extremely poor start to the game!

In the second game of back-to-back games, there are always many problems.

Physical strength and condition are difficult to guarantee.

Tonight, not only the physical strength of the Trail Blazers players was affected, but also their shooting touch, game feeling, etc., their performance in the opening stage was not good.

After patiently enduring it for a while, I finally got my feeling for the game back!

Watching my teammates, watching the score, and listening to the coaching staff making adjustments to the rest periods...

The outlaw had a good lesson tonight, and the core tactics were implemented by the coach. Regardless of whether he understood it or not, he just had to do as he was told.

Let's leave the matter of using our brains to the warden, he is not worthy of being a lawless lunatic.

Fortunately, he just wondered silently and didn't speak, otherwise he would look like a big fool.

'It's better to be the warden, always smiling, as if he knows everything...'

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The coaching staff has made adjustments to the rest between sessions and left some time for the players as usual.

Liu Xiu was eating yellow peach-flavored candied haws, and Randolph came up to pick one. While eating, he pointed at the big screen: "Look, Warden! Your score is the highest in our team!"

Liu Xiu was speechless...

He played nearly 9 minutes in the first quarter and made 3 of 6 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers. He scored 8 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. His performance, coaches and teammates were all surprised!

When Warden's three statistics of points, rebounds and assists are excellent, it is rare that his points are higher than both rebounds and assists!

However, although he was eating candied haws, Liu Xiu's physical exertion was not as high as in usual competitions.

When starting a counterattack, teammates' awareness of counterattacks will increase, their enthusiasm for counterattacks will increase, and they will feel better about catching the ball and attacking. When fighting on the ground, they will have better awareness of positioning and clearer ideas.

Moreover, with his improvement in non-technical and non-basic skills, his playing style has actually not been adjusted... His teammates are very comfortable cooperating with each other, and it is difficult for opponents to find more ways to deal with him.

So he played more relaxedly and consumed less. But now he doesn't have to worry about eating candied haws and lunch boxes. He doesn't hesitate when playing games. The coaching staff arranged for him to play in the second quarter, so he eats what he needs to.

When it was time to go on stage, Liu Xiu opened the main interface of the system and took a look at the eye-catching and refreshing ability evaluation...

With the talent of being a "ghost", he needs to play more cautiously, to avoid being too hot-headed to play fast breaks, and to avoid thinking of focusing on the attack just because he thinks he can find better shooting opportunities.

The Trail Blazers don't rely on him to lead the fast break to win, nor do they rely on him to score points in positional battles.

They rely on twin towers! Their twin towers are among the top in the league!

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To be continued...