The biggest difficulty was not just physical fitness and basic skills, but the fact that he didn't have a particularly matching reference object. He could only figure it out on his own and discuss with his trainer to develop new technologies. The emergency stop jump shot was the one he spent the most effort on.

technology.

It is really not easy to develop the pull-up jump shot to an excellent level!

People are in high spirits when happy events happen. He was much more excited than usual during the preparation training this morning and practiced several more sets of shooting.

There is a saying that good things come in pairs. At noon, the league announced the Player of the Month award for March. Liu Xiu beat Nash and Duncan to win the Western Conference Player of the Month award for March!

In 16 games last month, the Trail Blazers achieved a record of 14 wins and 2 losses. He averaged 26.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 11.87 assists, 3.3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. There is no doubt that he won the Western Conference Player of the Month this time.

The Eastern Conference Player of the Month award went to Tracy McGrady. The Nets' record last month ranked the best in the Eastern Conference, with 13 wins and 3 losses. McGrady averaged 25.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocks per game.

Similar to Marion's Player of the Month award last month, McGrady won the Player of the Month award for the fourth time in his career, and Kidd was praised to the heavens.

In terms of Coach of the Month, in the Eastern Conference, Nate McMillan of the Nets won the award; in the Western Conference, Maurice Cheeks of the Trail Blazers won the award.

Both of them were teased that they could win the Player of the Month award by relying on their point guards while sleeping in March.

In terms of Rookie of the Month, Paul undoubtedly won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for five consecutive months, averaging 13.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 2 steals per game, helping the Jazz rush to ninth place in the Western Conference; the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month was lost to the Bobcats.

The team's Marvin Williams won, averaging 10.3 points and 6.6 rebounds in 17 games.

After lunch, Liu Xiu went to play iron for a while. At two o'clock in the afternoon, he was about to take a nap when Blake hurried back and said that something had happened to Kwame Brown.

Liu Xiu first called Randolph, the vice president, and the coach, and then followed Blake to the scene, asking questions as he went... then he was speechless.

Liu Xiu followed Blake to the area near the arena and saw Kwame Brown confronting a group of people. He rushed up decisively and apologized.

Later, a group of people called by Liu Xiu came, and he regretted Randolph's bad temper... But after hearing the details of the incident, Randolph also apologized, and the vice president and coach also apologized when they came.

Liu Xiu settled the matter by paying for the other party's cake and clothes, taking a group photo with him, and even showing up at the other party's birthday party with a bunch of people.

It turned out that on April Fool's Day, Kwame Brown was out of his mind. On the road, he saw a young couple carrying a big cake looking happy, so he ran to grab the cake, opened it and covered the two of them.

Liu Xiu could only be thankful that the couple did not perform traditional American culture...

In the end, Kwame Brown was warned and fined by the team, and the matter came to an end.

Liu Xiu was quite annoyed at first, but when he thought about the prison team in the past, it was fine now. It was just a prank, and there were no criminal cases every other day like before... With comparison, he found that it was not that annoying anymore.

I didn't expect that one day I would have to wipe my little brother's butt like this. The warden was cured this time...

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Although they were tossed around a bit, it did not affect their mood in preparing for the game. Instead, their teammates had an extra joke about Kwame Brown.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers played against the Clippers at home.

In the first quarter, the away team Clippers had a slight advantage, scoring 21-19 in the quarter. In the second quarter, they even scored 34-29 in the quarter.

After halftime, the Clippers led the Trail Blazers by 7 points, 55-48.

However, in the third quarter, the situation turned around. The Trail Blazers defended the Clippers and only scored 14 points, beating the Clippers by 9 points in a single quarter 23-14.

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Clippers by two points, 71-69!

In the final quarter, the Clippers regained the lead at the beginning and once had a 5-point lead. In the middle of the fourth quarter, Liu Xiu hit two consecutive mid-range shots, and Randolph passed the ball to Ray Allen in the low post.

With a three-pointer, the Trail Blazers went on a 7-0 run to overtake the score again and gain a 2-point lead.

At the last moment, the Clippers launched an attack, but the Trail Blazers withstood it and played better than the Clippers. At the last moment, the Trail Blazers and Clippers scored 8-6.

In the end, thanks to Kwame Brown's 15 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks, Ray Allen's 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Liu Xiu's 19 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals... the Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Rapids 97-93.

fleet!

Defeating the Clippers, the Trail Blazers' winning streak reached 8 games and their record improved to 62 wins and 11 losses!

The next day, less than 24 hours later, the Trail Blazers faced off against the Clippers again, but this time the home and away games alternated, and the Trail Blazers came to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers.

Just like the previous game, the two teams continued their defensive battle at the beginning. In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers overwhelmed the Clippers at home 23-18. In the second quarter, the defense of the two teams slowed down, their offensive efficiency improved, and they played evenly.

The Trail Blazers relied on Liu Xiu's final counterattack dunk 2+1, which helped the Trail Blazers expand their two-point lead in the second quarter, leading 25 to 23 in the single quarter.

At halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Clippers by 7 points, 48-41.

In the third quarter, the Clippers regained the initiative and beat the Trail Blazers by 5 points 21-16 in a single quarter, chasing the score to 62-64, only two points behind the Trail Blazers. Cassell scored 8 points in a single quarter.

3 assists, excellent performance.

But in the final quarter, Liu Xiu made 3 of 7 shots and 4 of 4 free throws to score 10 points. Kwame Brown had 5 offensive rebounds in a single quarter, 2 of 3 shots and 2 of 2 free throws to score 7 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The two worked together to lead the team to score 27 points in a single quarter, scoring 27 to 21 in a single quarter, and defended the victory!

Relying on Liu Xiu’s 21 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Kwame Brown had 12 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Randolph had 12 points and 7 rebounds, Ray Allen had 11 points, and Raheem had 10 points.

4 boards...The Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Clippers 91-83!

After beating the Clippers back-to-back at home and away, the Trail Blazers won 9 consecutive victories and their record improved to 63 wins and 11 losses!

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This time back-to-back, Liu Xiu felt it was too difficult. The Clippers deserved to be the fifth-best team in the Western Conference after the All-Star break.

The Trail Blazers have been on a roll lately and are in great shape, so they can actually be forced into this situation.

However, in addition to the strength of the Clippers, it also has something to do with the rotation of their Trail Blazers.

In the two games against the Clippers, all 12 players on the activated roster appeared in the first game, and 11 players also played in the second game.

The common feature of the two games is that he was the only one who played more than 30 minutes. He played 39 minutes in the first game and 31 minutes in the second game.

The playing time is between 9 minutes and 26 minutes.

Like in Game 2, both Randolph and Ray Allen only played 22 minutes.

Even if the team only scored 16 points in the third quarter, the coach was unmoved and decided to reduce the two players' playing time in the second game of back-to-back games.
Chapter completed!