After narrowly defeating the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers flew to Minneapolis at noon the next day. After resting for an afternoon, they went to the Target Center. At 8 p.m., the Trail Blazers' away game against the Timberwolves started.

After 2 hours and 22 minutes of play, the two teams decided the winner.

Coincidentally, the Trail Blazers only scored 88 points tonight. Liu Xiu made 12 of 25 shots, plus 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 31 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. The three-pointer tonight was still not good.

Ray Allen made 4 of 10 shots, but almost all of them were three-pointers. He made 4 of 9 shots, plus 9 of 11 free throws, and scored 21 points. Kwame Brown performed well tonight, with 9 points and 22 rebounds.

The two dunks were so exciting that they flew away. Liu Xiu, who had lost two assists, kicked Kwame Brown on the butt...

The Timberwolves' performance was very different from the previous game. Except for 21 points in the second quarter, the scores in the other three quarters were below 20 points, and they only scored 63 points in the game.

Ricky Davis had his best performance tonight. He was brave enough to play hard and scored 21 points on 9 of 22 shots.

Roy scored 12 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Luol Deng had 12 points and 9 rebounds... With 63 points, three people scored in double figures, which is also a rare thing.

88 to 63, the Trail Blazers relied on team defense to beat the Timberwolves with a 15-point advantage, winning back-to-back games!

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The next morning, the Trail Blazers players slept in together.

The SP trio consisting of Little Flying Squirrel lsp, Tu Dingfeng sp, and Luwei XSP had a lot of fun last night, enjoying the passion of the ice and snow... just returned to the hotel.

Others are so tired that they just took a nap and couldn't fall asleep for a while in the middle of the night. Most of them fell asleep at two or three o'clock, and they are still sleeping in now.

Liu Xiu got up early, but after breakfast, he went back to his room to sleep in, and teamed up with Qing'er, Anne Hathaway, and his uncle who were far away in Portland to clear the dungeon.

The team members are all resting, and the coaches get up early and start meetings at 8 o'clock.

In the rented conference room, the scores of the first eight games were listed on the PPT projection.

The coach looked at the record and said dissatisfied: "I thought we could start with 8 consecutive wins, but we ended up with 6 wins and 2 losses."

This is so crazy, but looking at the opponents in 8 games, the Lakers, Hornets, SuperSonics, Warriors, Clippers, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Timberwolves.

Based on their 70-win record last season and the strength these opponents have shown so far, no one really thinks the coach is right.

Not everyone is very satisfied with this start.

But now that the season has progressed, it is already clear what the situation is.

The vice president said: "It's great to be able to perform like this. Without Jayce and Ray, we might be like the Lakers, Pistons, and Rockets back then..."

When everyone heard this, they thought of the three teams that were closest to dynasties in the past 20 years.

In the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons, the Lakers won two consecutive championships, but the 1988-89 season was ended. This Lakers team was okay. They actually had 11 wins and 0 losses in the Western Conference in the playoffs that year.

Riley started the devil's training, directly tossing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar into retirement, and tossing Magic to the point where he didn't even finish the finals.

In the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons, the Pistons won two consecutive championships. In the 1990-91 season, the Pistons stopped in the Eastern Conference Finals due to pride and injuries.

In the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons, the Rockets won two consecutive championships. In the 1995-96 season, the complacent dream seemed to have lost its pursuit of honor. The regular season record was poor and they were beaten in the playoffs.

It’s hard to win consecutive championships, and it’s even harder to win three consecutive championships!

The coach took over: "We have basically encountered all the situations that those three teams encountered, but fortunately, although our young people have become proud, their desire for victory has not dissipated."

Huo Tu nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. This is something we should be thankful for, especially the warden. He opened up the offensive end and supported our offense."

Coach Bush said: "Our defensive continuity is also very good, but the most important thing is that Warden gave his teammates enough trust, believing that their teammates can rely on defense to support our foundation, and he used offense to drive victory.

"

The vice president nodded, acknowledged what his colleagues said, and said with some emotion: "Actually, many of our situations are irreversible facts. We can only get through it slowly. The only one we can rely on on the offensive end is Jace, but even if

I didn't expect him to change his style of play so firmly..."

The coach's mouth twitched when he heard this: "I also didn't expect him to be so decisive."

In their opinion, if someone were in Liu Xiu's current situation, they would probably hesitate before and after, wanting to do it but not daring to do it...

This has nothing to do with courage. Two consecutive championships is equivalent to a half-footed dynasty. No matter how confident you are, you will be extra cautious.

Even if I know that something is the right choice, I still dare not make a decision.

Also, some people are very concerned about other people's evaluations and don't want to lose something that has always been well received.

For example, Liu Xiu's 50% shooting percentage last season, his very good assist-to-turnover ratio, and his highly praised stability even during the period when his reputation was at its worst.

Many times it's not that the coach can't do anything, but that the method can't be implemented.

A player who has become famous and has played for so many years has always had the ball in his hand. It is very difficult to get him to give the ball away when he can still collect data!

However, they asked Liu Xiu to give up the style of play that won him the MVP last season, give up the stability that was praised by people, and use the easiest style of play to carry the team forward... He actually agreed!

It was not implemented immediately at the beginning. It just took time to determine whether it was necessary. Once determined, it was changed without hesitation!

After his mouth twitched for a while, the coach continued: "That's him, he can switch the style of play so easily."

The vice president nodded, but was not happy for a while, and frowned again: "Our easiest schedule in the opening stage has been completed, the time for us to adjust is over, and the difficult season leading to the dynasty has really begun."

"BOSS, there's one thing I don't understand." Marshal Bu said to the vice president.

The vice president asked: "What happened?"

Coach Bush expressed his confusion: "The big BOSS has already said that he has no record requirements this year, no championship pressure, no need to care about anything, let us enjoy a season... I'll put it bluntly, I think we win the championship this year

The probability is very slim."

After speaking, Coach Bush looked around at his colleagues. Only Huo Tu, who came to this team together, nodded slightly, but this also gave him the motivation to continue: "I think if we want a dynasty, we must

We should be competing for Garnett at the end of the season... It's not a good idea, I'm just saying we should do something like that..."

The vice president waited for Coach Bush to finish, and did not refute, but responded: "Trading all our young people for Garnett will have an immediate effect, but the big boss will not agree.

At the end of last season's finals, like you, I felt that I had finally done it, that I could rest and spend a season easily, but Jess said he wanted a dynasty... Since the big BOSS has no requirements, we have no pressure.

Then why not try your best?"

Colleagues discovered that the coach usually favors the warden the most, but at this time, the vice president is the one who loves the warden the most!

But don't mention it, even Bu Shuai, who has always adhered to the belief of "doing as much work as you get for the salary", rarely considers dreams, and has never been tempted by big cakes, feels excited at this time...
Chapter completed!