The last game was already three and a half months ago, and Trail Blazers fans can't wait for the new season to start immediately.

The day has finally come!

Even though it's just a preseason game, it's better than nothing.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, the starting five of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Outlaw, Randolph, and Kwame Brown came onto the court.

The big-screen lens was on Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu's entrance photo from last season's finals was placed next to it for comparison.

Many fans at the scene couldn't stop laughing when they saw this comparison. They are used to the changes in the Warden's body shape.

Liu Xiu has a bad reputation. Who did this director learn from? Ask the vice president to deduct his salary!

On the other side, the starters sent by the Warriors look very talented - Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Adonald -

Foyle.

Baron Davis is very ambitious this season. This starting teammate also has Mike Mitrus, Ike Diogu, Zach Kabakapa, Andres Biedrins on the bench.

Although there are a bunch of lottery picks who are not as lucky as Carter, a first-round pick in a few years can bring back a super insider like Yao Ming, which is already better than his teammates in the Hornets!

At 7:30 p.m., the Trail Blazers started their preseason game against the Warriors at home.

Kwame Brown easily won the jump ball from the bloated Foyle. The Trail Blazers attacked first. Baron Davis walked to the top arc with a steady pace, waiting for Liu Xiu to advance and compete with Liu Xiu.

High or low.

But as soon as Baron Davis reached the top arc, he saw Liu Xiu rushing through the center circle and surpassing Foyle!

When Baron Davis reacted, Liu Xiu had already rushed in front of him. Baron Davis quickly moved his steps, but was still too slow and failed to stop Liu Xiu, who was accelerating diagonally after approaching the top arc.

Liu Xiu goes straight to the basket!

Murphy saw an opponent's player rushing inside, and Foyle hadn't even entered the three-point line yet. He wanted to cover up, but after seeing clearly who was rushing in, Murphy's foot was about to step into the three-second zone.

At that moment, he forcibly stopped and made the most perfect emergency stop in his life.

With no one under the basket, Liu Xiu rushed into the paint and leaped high to smash the ball into the basket!

Liu Xiu's start ignited the audience!

Murphy listened to the manic cheers and glanced at the wildly shaking basket. He was very lucky that he was not under the basket.

As for how strong Liu Xiu is, Murphy doesn't care, and it has nothing to do with him. Anyway, he is not facing off against Liu Xiu, nor is he even protecting the frame.

But there is always someone who wants to compete with Liu Xiu, right?

When Baron Davis received the serve and advanced, he still had question marks on his head.

What surprised them was not that Liu Xiu was so fast despite his size, but that Liu Xiu was clearly out of control at the beginning of the new season. As a result, he seemed to be running faster and jumping higher than then!

Is this a body growth? But this guy is obviously growing sideways!

Liu Xiu felt very happy hearing the cheers, and his teammates also felt very happy.

During the physical test on September 24, teammates were surprised by Liu Xiu's speed. With such a high body fat percentage, his speed was not affected at all. As the training camp progressed and Liu Xiu's weight dropped below 100 kilograms, his teammates

They are messy.

Liu Xiu hasn't returned to his playoff shape yet, but his speed seems to be one point faster than when he played in the playoffs last year! How scary will it be to wait for the body fat rate to drop?

Now, seeing the surprised look on their opponent's face, the teammates feel great because this is their warden!

The Warriors attacked, Baron Davis singled out Liu Xiu, and relied on his increasingly proficient forward changes to break through. Baron Davis passed Liu Xiu, and met Kwame Brown in the mid-range to cover up. Liu Xiu was

Xiuye ​​clung to his back, but Baron Davis did not panic at all. He passed the ball from a close distance on the right side. Foye received the ball and pressed inside, confronting Randolph... Foye, who is 208 centimeters and 123 kilograms

I can't stand up to Randolph!

Randolph currently weighs 206 centimeters + 127 kilograms! He has lost 5 pounds in the past half month and is still the heaviest power forward in the league.

Foyle's high-lofted shot was a hit, Liu Xiu took it back to the basket and grabbed the defensive rebound to counterattack!

‘Talent: Flying Squirrel’ is triggered, counterattack speed +3! Temporary speed during counterattack is 97!

Baron Davis tackled Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu dodged it. Liu Xiu rushed to the opposite basket amidst the screams of the fans, took off... and hit the basket.

The fans at the scene let out a sound of disappointment, but it soon turned into cheers.

Still the warden they are familiar with...

Why was there no one under the basket to dunk? Murphy was ignorant when he dunked last time and let Warden dunk an empty basket.

"Baron Davis, 26 years old, 191 cm, 97 kg, PG/SG, ability evaluation 89, offense 90, defense 79, passing 90, three-pointer 78, mid-range shot 82, layup 93, speed 91,

Strength 90, bounce 93..."

When retreating, Liu Xiu looked at the player detection report of Brown Davis again. It was very good, but it was a very athletic frontcourt. Foyle's pie-eating awareness and ability were completely unworthy of the bearded pass.

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In transition between offense and defense, it's still the Warriors' offense.

When Big Beard went back to receive the serve and advance, the Trail Blazers coach clapped his hands on the sidelines, and Liu Xiu said OK.

In the next game, even if there was a chance to counterattack, Liu Xiu did not fight back. He fell into a positional battle, practiced his tactics, and showed off his counterattack twice, which made the fans who came to the scene laugh a little. That was enough.

The tactic implemented is to revolve around Ray Allen's regional movement and launch a team attack based on Ray Allen's shooting threat. The first option is to create shooting opportunities for Ray Allen, and on this basis create one or more responses.

Point, Liu Xiu's role in tactics is to take shots and stand up for singles when the team's offense is not open.

I played pretty well in training and team scrimmages, but in the real game, I wasn’t that familiar with the opponent’s defense and my overall position on the field was different. I didn’t play well at the beginning, starting 4-0.

After a few rounds, the score became 9-10, and the Warriors overtook the score. The Trail Blazers called a timeout to adjust.

Except for the previous two counterattacks, the Trail Blazers only scored 4 points in the first half of the quarter. Baron Davis took the opportunity to make several counterattacks. Except for the slow center of the Warriors, others showed very good speed.

He has offensive talent, Jason Richardson is fierce in counterattacks, and the dunk king has very good speed and jumping. Dunleavy's follow-up line selection makes people have to focus most of the fast break defense on him.

Even Murphy, who has been criticized for his big contract, is also impressive. His brisk steps can make fast breaks and his long-range shots are quite accurate.

Of course, the most important thing is the ability of bearded Davis to push back!

Although it was a preseason game, Baron Davis was still stimulated by the Trail Blazers' training practices with them, and he played extremely hard.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers changed their lineup. Randolph was replaced, and the lineup of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Outlaw, Kwame Brown, and McDyess came on.

The Warriors sent out a combination of Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, Michael Pietrus, Ike Diogu, and Murphy.

After overtaking the score, Big Beard was very excited. He felt that he could give the prison team a hard blow tonight. Although it was only a preseason game, he felt good at the thought of beating Liu Xiu.

As a result, they were beaten 18-12 by the Trail Blazers in the last 7 minutes of the first quarter!

The Trail Blazers' defensive counterattack was brilliant!

Liu Xiu promoted the counterattack, McDyess protected the board, Outlaws and Kwame Brown flew together on both wings, and Ray Allen followed up to provide support. As long as he defended the opponent and guarded the defensive rebounds, the Trail Blazers were driven by Liu Xiu'

The Warriors' poor defense could not stop the counterattack launched by Momonga's talent.

The impact of Outlaws and Kwame Brown already has a high level of understanding with Liu Xiu. Ray Allen performed very well in the three Musketeers formation last season and likes this brisk offense.

The focus is still on defense!

Originally, Maurice Cheeks was thinking about sending Payton to help Ray Allen integrate into the defense. Payton has much more defensive experience than Liu Xiu, but compared to the running-in on the defensive end, Liu Xiu and Ray Allen

Improving the tacit understanding is more important. With Randolph likely to be held back at the beginning of the season, the performance of Liu Xiu and Ray Allen in the backcourt is crucial.

However, just as he didn't expect Randolph to be so undisciplined, Maurice Cheeks didn't expect Ray Allen to integrate so smoothly on the defensive end!

Ray Allen has put in a lot of effort in this area. During the offseason, he watched almost all the defensive video clips of more than 100 games of the Trail Blazers last season; and Liu Xiu studied Ray Allen's video on both offense and defense in September.

He also spent a lot of time coordinating his teammates and Ray Allen's defensive cooperation very well.

Of course, the efforts of Outlaws, Kwame Brown, and McDyess are also very important.

After entering the interval, Maurice Cheeks looked at his players. When Randolph was seriously overweight at the beginning, if the offensive run-in at the beginning was not smooth, would he have to take a defensive counterattack route?

This possibility is not impossible! According to Maurice Cheeks, the possibility is quite high!

The Blazers' positional warfare offensive tactics cannot bypass Randolph, the team's strongest insider. They will not focus on creating a positional warfare offensive routine without Randolph. Now they have to adjust their tactics and use Randolph as the inside man.

Core-based adjustments are made, regardless of Randolph's current status.

In the second quarter, Maurice Cheeks sent out a combination of Flying Squirrel, Ray Allen, Delfino, Raheem, and Mourning to continue to hone positional warfare tactics.

However, after the second quarter started, Maurice Cheeks called Liu Xiu over, as well as Huo Tu, Coach Bu, and the vice president, and put forward his ideas.

After listening to the response strategy proposed by Maurice Cheeks, Liu Xiu's first reaction was to defend when he was indecisive?

Nothing wrong with this in this day and age!

But Liu Xiu also had an idea and said: "Coach, I have an immature suggestion. Let's learn how the Nets play?"

Maurice Cheeks' eyes lit up when he heard this: "Can you play like Kidd?"

"..." Liu Xiu was silent for a moment and responded: "Sorry, pretend I didn't say anything."

"..." It was the coach's turn to be silent.

The warden's suggestion this time is really immature.

Maurice Cheeks might not have thought about asking Liu Xiu to launch a counterattack like Nash, Kidd, and Andre Miller. If they can really fight, Liu Xiu might be able to win the MVP.

But he and Huo Tu studied for a while based on Liu Xiu's demonstrated abilities, and finally chose to give up.
To be continued...