After defeating the Warriors, the Trail Blazers' record improved to 65 wins and 11 losses.

After returning to Portland to rest for a night, on April 9, the Trail Blazers faced the challenge of the SuperSonics.

It's another high-scoring battle. Ridnour, Lewis, and Damir Wilkins have very good touches tonight, and they can shoot whatever they want from the wing.

The SuperSonics led the Trail Blazers by one point, 32-31, in the first quarter. However, in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers maintained their offensive level and the Sonics began to decline.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers and SuperSonics tied the score 32-29, and entered the halftime break with a two-point lead over the Sonics 63-61.

In the second half, the Sonics only scored 25 points in two quarters and 50 points at halftime. However, the Trail Blazers continued their offensive firepower, scoring 28 points in the third quarter and 29 points in the fourth quarter, which was a solid performance.

Open up the score and win the game.

Liu Xiu had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists, another double-double.

Ray Allen scored 16 points and Payton had 15 points and 4 assists. Both of them performed well against their old clubs.

In addition to Randolph's 20 points and 9 rebounds, Flying Squirrel's 12 points, Outlaw's 9 points and 4 rebounds, Kwame Brown's 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks...

In the end, the Trail Blazers steadily defeated the SuperSonics 120-111, winning 12 consecutive victories and improving their record to 66 wins and 11 losses!

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The day after playing the Sonics, on April 10, at 8 p.m., the Trail Blazers had their second game within 24 hours, playing the Warriors back-to-back.

After the game started, we could clearly see the fatigue of the Trail Blazers players. They only scored 24 points in the first quarter and only 20 points in the second quarter.

This was still thanks to Liu Xiu's 8 of 15 shots in the half, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, plus 5 of 6 free throws to score 24 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. The Trail Blazers only scored 44 points in the half.

The Warriors seized the opportunity, scoring 24 points in the first quarter and 25 points in the second quarter, leading the Trail Blazers by 5 points 49-44 at halftime!

Liu Xiu relied on a large number of shots to hold up the score and gave his teammates time to adjust.

His teammates lived up to his expectations. In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers exploded on both offense and defense. The offense scored 33 points in a single quarter, but the defense limited the Warriors to only 20 points in the third quarter!

77 to 69, the Trail Blazers led the Warriors by 8 points at the end of the third quarter!

Liu Xiu, who took more than a dozen shots in the first half, only made 3 shots in the third quarter, made 1 of 3 shots, and only scored 3 points. He also had 2 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals!

In the final quarter, the Warriors' offense picked up and scored 26 points in a single quarter, but the Trail Blazers' offense had already opened up and scored 29 points in the final quarter.

Liu Xiu made 11 of 21 shots, including 4 of 8 three-pointers, plus 9 of 10 free throws. He scored 35 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals in a single game, leading the Trail Blazers to reverse the Warriors 106-95 and win the game.

13 consecutive victories, raising the record to 67 wins and 11 losses!

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Just minutes before the Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors back-to-back, the Pistons lost to the Pacers on the road, falling to a 63-15 record.

Theoretically, the Pistons' hope of surpassing the Trail Blazers has been lost. Even if the Trail Blazers lose all their last 4 games and the Pistons win, the Trail Blazers can still be ranked ahead of the Pistons based on their head-to-head advantage.

The Trail Blazers secured first place in the league 4 games ahead of schedule!

Paul Allen excitedly wanted to hold a celebration party for winning first place in the league. This was the first time that two of his teams had won first place in the league... but all the players refused, so he could only

Embarrassed, the time was changed to after the end of the regular season.

There really was no time. After playing the Warriors, the Trail Blazers flew to Salt Lake City the next afternoon.

The 41st away game this season, the last away game, is against the Jazz.

After a night's rest, at 8 pm on April 12, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Jazz started.

When they played the Warriors, the Trail Blazers were already showing signs of fatigue. It was the third game in four days, and today is the fourth game in six days. Even if Maurice Cheeks worked hard to adjust the rotation,

, the deep lineup built to maximize the bank's ability still played poorly.

The scoring was okay. The Trail Blazers scored 27 points in the first quarter, but they were completely unable to control the initiative and were scored by the Jazz with 29 points!

Because the Trail Blazers were able to score 27 points because Liu Xiu made 8 of 14 shots in the first quarter, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 18 points and 2 assists in a single quarter!

With Liu Xiu's two assists, his teammates scored a total of 5 points. That is, 23 of the 27 points were scored by Liu Xiu.

The success is due to the continuity of the ‘prison kill’ state and the improvement of insight.

When I hit Xiaopao classmate, the ‘prison killing’ was triggered without any surprise.

Moreover, facing the Jazz, the league's strongest pick-and-roll offense based on iron-blooded defense, the two effects of "Prisoner"'s "good lower limit" and "significantly improved insight on both offense and defense" are fully displayed!

In the second quarter, Liu Xiu made 3 of 7 shots, including 1 of 2 three-pointers, plus 1 of 2 free throws, scoring 8 points and 3 assists. As soon as his score dropped, the Trail Blazers' team score also dropped.

Down, only scored 21 points.

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers' defensive performance picked up in the second quarter, and the Jazz only scored 22 points.

Relying on Liu Xiu's 26 points and 5 assists at halftime, the Trail Blazers struggled to hold on to the score, trailing the Jazz by 3 points 48-51 entering the second half.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers began to take the initiative - defense!

Liu Xiu had 5 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in a single quarter. While leading the Trail Blazers to 19 points in a single quarter, he also limited the Jazz to 19 points.

Although the Trail Blazers were still 3 points behind the Jazz at the end of the three quarters, trailing 67 to 70.

However, the situation on the field is no longer under Paul's control.

At the end of the quarter, the Jazz collapsed! They only made 15 successful shots in a single quarter, 5 of 15, and all 4 three-pointers. In addition to 9 of 10 free throws, they only scored 19 points, scoring less than 20 for two consecutive quarters.

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On the other side, Liu Xiu relied on defensive counterattack, scoring 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in a single quarter, leading the Trail Blazers to 25 points in a single quarter!

The score was 25-19 in the final quarter, and the Trail Blazers reversed the Jazz 92-89!

With 14 consecutive victories, the Trail Blazers' record improved to 68 wins and 11 losses!

Tonight was Paul's first star performance against the Trail Blazers. He made 7 of 15 shots, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, plus 7 of 9 free throws. He scored 24 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals.

The shooting rate was high and the efficiency was high. By the end of the third quarter, the team was still 3 points ahead of the Trail Blazers.

But in the end we lost!

After the game, he almost knelt down when he looked at Liu Xiu's statistics.

Liu Xiu made 15 of 29 shots, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, and 8 of 10 free throws. Liu Xiu scored 41 points.

It was such a fierce hand-to-hand battle, and Liu Xiu was the most diligent on the defensive end of the Trail Blazers, but his shooting performance was always online and his condition was always very good!

Forget it, in addition to 41 points, Liu Xiu also had 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals and 1 block!

40+ triple-double! Paul never thought he could witness 40+ triple-double with his own eyes!
Chapter completed!