Damon Jones lost his balance and fell to the floor before James could even react to what happened.

Although Kwame Brown was shocked by the scene in front of him, he was not the one who was hit. He reacted first and rushed towards the ball, catching the ball before Larry Hughes rushed over.

Larry Hughes tried to rush for the ball. Kwame Brown imitated his boss and stuck his butt sideways to separate Larry Hughes. He stretched the ball to the other side. As soon as he stretched out the ball, it was snatched away!

Kwame Brown was startled, thinking it was James or Damon Jones...but he saw Warden dribbling towards the opposite side.

The fans at the scene burst into violent boos again, Liu Xiu rushed through the midline, and the Trail Blazers formed a 4-on-2 halftime!

Gooden panicked, but Big Z was still very experienced, so he called Gooden to guard the basket.

Liu Xiu passed the ball to Ray Allen, and Ray Allen moved to the left corner, received Liu Xiu's long pass and shot a three-pointer...

Big Z's expectations were dashed, Ray Allen hit a three-pointer from the corner, 11 to 5, the Trail Blazers' lead expanded to 6 points! The Cavaliers called a timeout!

Liu Xiu led the Trail Blazers to a 7-0 climax with 4 points and 2 assists. James was stunned!

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ESPN has always praised Liu Xiu openly and secretly... It is not accurate to say this. Anyway, when it has nothing to do with James, they praise Liu Xiu to the sky.

But when the two were tied together, ESPN always wanted Liu Xiu to be James' stepping stone.

It's just that the actual situation is always like this tonight...

Ming Peng Warden had to continue, so when entering the pause phase, ESPN 'created' a new record - the record for the shortest person to block consecutive shots.

On the court, after a timeout, Mike Brown first replaced Damon Jones with Eric Snow, first placing the blame on Damon Jones for the 0-7 loss just now.

This operation was as smooth as chocolate. Originally, Damon Jones should have taken the blame, but in Mike Brown's opinion, there was nothing wrong with it.

In terms of adjustments, Mike Brown emphasized defense.

Although the well-prepared strategy to prevent Liu Xiu's breakthrough was defeated by Liu Xiu's mid-range shot and defensive counterattack, it didn't matter, Liu Xiu would always be tired, and they still had targeted defense for the Trail Blazers' other offensive launch points.

However, when the timeout ended, Larry Hughes came on the court and cursed at the opposing players.

The Trail Blazers have also made substitutions, with the other four starters remaining unchanged. The power forward position has been changed from Randolph to Raheem!

The game continues, the Cavaliers attack and serve from the frontcourt.

James received the ball and continued to break through. There was no human shield under the basket. He broke into the position and moved to close combat with gorgeous steps. He avoided the attack of Kwame Brown and Liu Xiu and quickly hit a layup.

He scored 2 points and 2 assists on 1 of 2 shots. At least he was very efficient.

It was the Trail Blazers' turn to attack. James, who retreated, was in a particularly serious mood at the moment. There was one thing he didn't want to believe.

But it happened again. Liu Xiu passed James, took a step to the free throw line, and hit a pull-up jumper in front of the basket!

Larry Hughes saw this and thought: It's over, it's over, our carefully prepared defense is completely over.

What if we have a back-up move after the warden gets tired? The targets of our back-up moves have already been replaced!

Yes, the defensive tactics prepared by the Cavaliers for the opening stage include one to prevent Liu Xiu from making sudden points, and the other to prevent Randolph from attacking in the low post.

Not to mention how effective their strategy was, the strategy to defend against Liu Xiu was broken by Liu Xiu with a mid-range shot after just one round. The strategy to defend against Randolph had no chance to be put into practice at all!

James' mentality is also broken now.

But the reason why his mentality collapsed was not because the team's defense collapsed, but because of Liu Xiu's mid-range shot...

He had heard that Liu Xiu was inspired by the mid-range shooting skills of Kobe, Nash, Nowitzki and others at the All-Star Weekend. He felt inferior and decided to work hard. After a few days of hard work, he had a good shot during training.

A hit-and-miss mid-range shot.

However, this urban legend, even if James saw the video uploaded to the Internet by the Trail Blazers when he used Wade's home broadband last time he went to Miami for an away game, he wouldn't believe it!

Although he doesn't have much mid-range shooting ability, he has teammates who are good at mid-range shooting. He has also seen Big Z and Damon Jones hit the mid-range shot without fail during training. Although the probability is very low, it does happen.

The last time they played against each other, he felt that although Liu Xiuzhong's shot was better than Big Z's, it wasn't much better.

But now, seeing with his own eyes Liu Xiuzhong's adjustment to his shooting rhythm and his world-class shooting accuracy... he had to believe it!

The difference between the top pitchers is only a few millimeters. There are slight differences in some extremely detailed places. James can't see that difference now.

In the past few rounds, in his eyes, Liu Xiu's mid-range shot was really the same as that of Kobe, Nash, Nowitzki and others!

Liu Xiu didn't shoot much during the All-Star Weekend, so it's hard to compare. But even if we compare Liu Xiu two months ago, James thinks this improvement is too exaggerated!

Scored by Liu Xiu, blocked by Liu Xiu, the score was overtaken, and the point difference quickly widened... These are acceptable to James, who has never played in the playoffs, and it is not the first time.

But seeing with my own eyes that Liu Xiu had made great progress in the mid-range shot that he was not good at at all, and the shooting ability was what he dreamed of, this blow couldn't be greater!

If the mentality is affected, the performance of the game will inevitably be affected, and he is also the core ball-handling core of the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers started off offensively poorly, and the rest of the offense continued unfavorably. In the remaining 7 minutes of the first quarter, James made 2 of 4 shots and 2 of 3 free throws to score 6 points and 1 assist. His performance and efficiency were pretty good.

But the Cavaliers only scored 14 points in these more than 7 minutes.

In the first quarter, James made 3 of 6 shots and scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and the Cavaliers scored 21 points.

On the other side, Liu Xiu made 6 of 9 shots, plus 5 of 7 free throws. He scored 17 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks in a single quarter. He led the team to 13 points in the first 4 minutes and 13 points in the next 7 minutes.

To 24 minutes!

37 to 21, the Trail Blazers lead the Cavaliers by 16 points entering the second quarter!

Liu Xiu's counterattack was flying in this quarter.

Originally, he saw James's style of play in which teammates must shoot if the ball is passed out, and coupled with the Cavaliers' defensive strategy that focuses on cutting off passes, he estimated that it would be difficult for him to compete with James in assists tonight.

So when it comes to getting the job done, he relies on defensive rebounds.

As a result, the opponent's defensive changes that surprised him at first did not follow up. He was quite surprised, but he immediately seized on the opponent's undefended defensive loopholes in the mid-range and attacked to death.

In the combined quarter, he counterattacked continuously and defeated the Cavaliers in the first quarter!
Chapter completed!