Liu Xiu closed her eyes and calmed down.

This is a mission that he has actually been looking forward to for a long time.

Now that it’s finally here, I’m a little excited.

'The mission goal is to win this game, there are no other conditions attached... In my current situation, it would be difficult to impose any additional conditions.'

‘You don’t need to worry so much now, just find a way to win...’

'but……'

'Reverse Conqueror...why doesn't it feel like a good thing?'

Liu Xiu adjusted his mood and quickly got into competition mode.

Looking at the opponent's starting lineup, Liu Xiu complained to Travis Outlaw next to him: "Is the opponent sending their regular season starting lineup to play in the summer league?"

Although high school student Travis Outlaw is inexperienced and naive, he still feels that the handsome face in front of him is too much and deserves a beating.

What a loss!

But there's nothing wrong with that.

Wagner and Boozer, players from the 2002 class, secured their starting positions in the middle of their rookie seasons.

James is the No. 1 pick. The Cavaliers are weak. James will definitely start. There are only three starters, only Ricky Davis and Big Z are missing.

Big Z has been miserable in the past four years. He was seriously injured during the shortened season. He only played 5 games and was completely reimbursed for the 1999-00 season. He has been mostly on the bench in the past two seasons. At the end of last season, he seemed to have got rid of the shadow of injuries.

He started as a starter in March and April and performed very well.

It feels like the Cavaliers' summer league starting lineup is just short of Ricky Davis' established starting lineup for the new season. Of course, this gap is huge. Ricky Davis averaged 20.6 points per game last season.

4.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 1.6 steals, and the other role players in the Cavaliers' regular season lineup are not comparable to the current summer league team.

But the Cavaliers have been teased all the time.

Currently, the Magic team, which has found a group of experienced veteran players to support the scene, is one level higher. The next strongest teams are the Trail Blazers and Cavaliers. Both teams currently have 2 wins and 1 loss, and both have only one loss.

The Magic.

Although, it is no surprise that the Magic will win the championship with 5 wins and 0 losses, and the Trail Blazers and Cavaliers will compete for second place at most, but there is always a certain probability, right? As long as the Magic lose one game tonight and tomorrow night, the Trail Blazers will

The team and the Cavaliers have a chance to win first place.

You are here, of course you have to fight for it... Mainly there are more than 10,000 people watching the game. It would be strange not to be excited about such a game!

Just as Liu Xiu suspected, Randolph and Boozer had a grudge during their college days. They bumped each other with their arms in front of the technical stage while applying magnesium powder, and were warned by officials from the technical stage.

The physical conflict cannot be called a good game conflict, but the fans at the scene were very excited!

Randolph and Boozer, both are the strongest players in their respective teams' current lineups... This is the evaluation of the Orlando Sentinel after the first game day. Randolph needs no introduction. As for the Cavaliers, Boozer

He is really the best player on this Cavaliers team.

James' talent is visible to the naked eye. Randolph and Boozer are both rising stars. Both teams also have some young talents who may stay in the NBA and play for many years... This time I spent 10 US dollars to buy a ticket in Lanzhou.

When Dov and Boozer clearly dislike each other, the fans feel like they've made a lot of money!

At 2:58 p.m., the starting lineups of the two teams came on the court.

The starting lineup sent by the Cavaliers is the same as in the previous games, the starting lineup of James, Dajuan Wagner, Kapono, Boozer, and Diop.

The Trail Blazers sent out a starting lineup of Liu Xiu, Matt Carroll, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, and Ruben Bontje.

Ruben Bontje and Diop came to the center circle. When they saw each other, they both felt a sense of sympathy for each other.

Unlike Randolph and Boozer, who were arranged by the team to bring in new players, Ruben Bontje and Diop are both players who really should come to the summer league for training.

They are both big centers with a height of 213 centimeters and a strong physique. The same advantage is that if the team does not have a suitable center, sending them is not a bad choice.

Of course it won't be a good choice.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Diop relied on his excellent bounce to easily win the jump ball from Ruben Bontje's head, and the Cavaliers took the lead.

!

James received the ball and advanced past half court.

Yes, James' registered position is point guard.

But the person waiting for James is not Liu Xiu, the point guard, but Trail Blazers starting small forward Travis Outlaw.

As a high school rookie, Travis Outlaw naturally wants to defeat LeBron James, who is evaluated by ESPN Sports as "the strongest high school student in history."

Liu Xiu followed Dajuan Wagner, who was about the same height.

Liu Xiu is very worried about Dajuan Wagner's speed. This guy once scored 100 points in a single game with his speed in high school. Last season as a rookie, he averaged 13.4 points and 2.8 assists per game, which was quite good, even though he is a short ball-handling guy.

He is a shooting guard, but his ability without the ball is not bad. He can slide the baseline to catch the ball and attract the defense and cross the middle. He cooperated very well with Boozer last season.

However, Dajuan Wagner stood on the sideline after halftime and did not participate in the offense.

Looking back to the top arc, Travis Outlaw tried to guard James with a passionate fighting spirit...but James knocked him away!

As a high school student, Travis Outlaw was selected in the first round before he was 19 years old. His physical fitness is definitely top-notch in the NBA. The thing where he is most confident about himself is his physical fitness. But James let him know, what?

This is the real physical fitness that defies heaven!

James rushed all the way to the baseline and passed back to the right side of the free throw line. Boozer moved into position and made a jumper from the free throw line.

A very beautiful combination, Boozer's wide shooting range, top-notch ability to find opportunities to catch the ball, coupled with James' sudden scoring, even if James can't play pick-and-roll, the two are quite compatible.

In the original time and space, Boozer broke his promise and ran away for more money. There is a reason why Cavaliers fans hated Boozer for more than ten years until Boozer retired.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Trail Blazers attack.

The attack revolves around Randolph's low post play, Liu Xiu controls and distributes the ball, Travis Outlaw cuts in and threatens, Matt Carroll looks for gaps to receive shots, and Ruben Bontje controls the low post...

This style of play of the Trail Blazers lineup has been very proficient in the past three games.

Travis Outlaw made a circle in the middle and walked to the baseline. He received a pass from Matt Carroll on the left side of the three-second zone, jumped up against Diop who was moving a beat slower, and smashed the ball with one hand.

Get into the basket!

Just after being beaten, Travis Outlaw immediately returned the favor!

Travis Outlaw didn't think about responding from the aspects that James is good at. He is a 206cm small forward, and he can only play with the ball against a sieve like Caron Butler.

I chose to respond in the way I was good at.

With his angry heart and calm mind, his teammates really felt comfortable looking at him.

As the local media in Orlando predicted before the game, the two teams showed similar strengths on the court, and the game was back-and-forth.

Randolph and Boozer are the main scorers of both teams.

Boozer is better at mid-range and long-range shots and is the best defensive rebounder in the game. He can also attack at the basket, cut in, face the frame in the low post or play with his back to the basket. Randolph is the best offensive rebounder in the game.

His mid-range shooting is acceptable, his offense at close range and at the basket is strong, and his low-post facing and back-to-the-basket singles are already at a first-rate level.

Randolph led the Trail Blazers to compete against the Cavaliers; for the Cavaliers, James is currently attacking around Boozer. The first goal is to send the ball to Boozer, who has a shooting opportunity.

superior.

After playing a few games, the two teams have a certain understanding of each other as they have been together for a long time. Even though they are evenly matched, both teams are trying to find ways to adjust and do better.

Evenly matched opponents, if both sides are not bad chess baskets, then this kind of game is definitely the easiest game to make progress.

Liu Xiu did not become the focus after the start of this game.

He knows a lot about it. He doesn't steal the limelight or even think about it. Instead, he does what he can and should do - distribute the ball well; when he doesn't have the ball in his hand, he moves to the right position in time.

Threat point, shooting point, transition point, just like in college with Anthony and Hakeem Warrick.

Compared with the previous three games, Liu Xiu did not excel at all today.

There are many reasons why Randolph was very aggressive in attacking tonight. In fact, Randolph didn't work too hard in the previous games, let alone try his best. But tonight, Randolph's performance made Liu Xiu really understand

What is a superstar? A superstar in the Summer League is also a superstar. Randolph, who goes all out on this stage, is a superstar.

In the previous games, Randolph would take the initiative to create opportunities for Liu Xiu after threatening him, and would give up opportunities for Liu Xiu to practice more post-up play, but tonight, it was obviously not that suitable.

But Liu Xiu's performance was not bad! He distributed the ball very well. Although he didn't have an assist for half a quarter and only scored 2 points, he did sort out the team's offense.

His ability to organize offense is average, but he can organize the offense well and distribute the ball within tactics. This is his strength.

Six minutes into the first quarter, the second official timeout came and the score was 18 to 16, with the Trail Blazers leading by two points.

Liu Xiu was replaced. Kevin Plitcha patted Liu Xiu on the shoulder when Liu Xiu returned to the bench, so Liu Xiu had no objection to being replaced. He knew that although he did not perform well,

But in tonight's game, he should have done what the coaching staff wanted to see him do.

But, when you sit down, your mind is different from focusing on the game itself on the court...

His performance in the first six minutes of the first quarter met the expectations of the coaching staff, but there was certainly no surprise in the minds of the coaches.

Watching Quentel Woods, a big player in the summer league, go on the field to fight against his opponent, Liu Xiu was thinking about whether he should do something.

He looked at the ability evaluation of his stable point guard, who had only reached an excellent level in the summer league, and suppressed his restlessness...'My playing style cannot be changed. I have to be the most stable one and do the basic work well, but I

You can help your teammates come up with ideas!'

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To be continued...