Chapter 814: 814. Dragon Slaying Warrior Part 1
Although Liu Xiu scored 34 points in the first half, the Trail Blazers were still 14 points behind the Raptors 49-63.
With such a score, when the Trail Blazers returned from midnight, the overall mood was quite unstable, and neither Liu Xiu nor Morris Chicks could hold back the unstable.
On the Raptors, morale is high and fighting spirit is high!
On this basis, Sam Mitchell was still very cautious. At the beginning of the third quarter, Sam Mitchell sent the two towers to start together.
The outside trio sent the steady Calderon, Anthony Parker, who shot the most accurately on the back tonight, and Joey Graham, who did the best defense on the front line.
Taking advantage of the impatient and unstable Trail Blazers, the Raptors scored a 14-7 half-quarter score in the first half of the third quarter.
77 to 56, the Raptors expanded their lead to 21 points!
At this time, Sam Mitchell finally dared to replace Milicic, who had played for 30 minutes without resting for a few minutes, but Bosh, who had played for 24 minutes in the first two and a half quarters, still stayed on the court and partnered with Nestrovic who was in the rotation.
Felton, Morris Peterson, and Joey Graham were sent on the outside to strengthen the defense.
The Trail Blazers sent a combination of Blake, Liu Xiu, extrajudicial madman, Kwame Brown and McDyce.
Liu Xiu was not replaced because the score difference had reached 'trash time'. Seeing Milicic sitting opposite him, he knew that he finally had some hope.
The other party was prepared for battle so well, in such a good state, and the desire to avenge him was so strong and extremely firm... Their "paper-brushed 11 consecutive victories" shell was suddenly pierced.
However, he himself realized how "empty" their 11-game winning streak was.
But during the game, he did not think about this in depth, but focused on finding ways to find opportunities to win.
Whether you can succeed is one thing, and you cannot give up any possible opportunities.
After the timeout, the Trail Blazers attacked. Liu Xiu changed direction and broke through in front of the body, Felton broke through directly under the basket and hit Nestrovic's layup, causing the opponent to foul!
After Liu Xiu broke through Felton in a single, his speed was directly out of the charts. Bosh + Milicic could defend well. After all, Liu Xiu was so tall that these two people had both speed and height, and their defense was online.
But it turned into Nestrovic... Liu Xiu was finally able to dig the inside line!
His extra penalty was also made, and his individual score was increased to 6 points in a single quarter and his overall score was increased to 40 points!
59 to 77, the score difference narrowed to 18 points!
When the Raptors attacked, Bosh made a single-on-one breakout shot, 79 to 59, and the difference reached 20 points again.
Offense and defense transition, Blake pushed forward with the ball, Liu Xiu ran without the ball, and Blake organized the offense.
When Liu Xiu ran back and used the cover of McDace to run out of the opportunity, Blake passed the ball in time!
Liu Xiu received the ball at the bottom corner on the right and turned around and took a step forward, and took a two-pointer... and hit again!
Although Bosh's singles retreat and mid-range shooting skills are very beautiful, they are very solid.
Liu Xiu made a high-end back on the right side of the free throw line and turned around and broke through the close-range emergency stop jump shot again!
Liu Xiu scored three goals in a row, and the Raptors players were a little panicked, but with a score of 79 to 63 and a 16-point lead, the Raptors players quickly calmed down.
But the scoring pressure still came. After losing to the Trail Blazers last time, they almost watched the Trail Blazers game this season, and they were very clear about Liu Xiu's characteristics - once they scored a few goals in a row, they were out of control!
Felton felt that he could do it again, and forced Blake to enter the inside. Before reaching close range, Felton accelerated and threw Blake away, flew away the layup... "Bang"... Kwame Brown slapped the ball block!
Liu Xiu took back and grabbed the defensive rebound and started a counterattack!
Felton, who was hated, immediately turned around and chased after him... The distance between the two was getting further and further...
Felton felt like he saw Ford running in front, but the guy opposite was bigger than him!
As Liu Xiu made a counterattack layup, ‘Kobe Time’ started!
This is the third goal he ordered to "Kobe Time"!
65 to 79, the Trail Blazers narrowed the gap to 14 points!
Every 5 points is a "touch". When the score difference goes from 16 points to 14 points, the Raptors players' feelings immediately changed, as if the score difference will be immediately narrowed to less than 10 points.
After the score gap widened to 21 points, the Raptors players had relaxed their minds and suddenly became tighter and became particularly nervous.
So, in the next 4 minutes, the Raptors only scored 6 points!
Liu Xiu's side only persisted for two rounds after starting "Kobe Time". In the third round, there was no goal due to the opponent's attack, but he also scored 5 points with "Kobe Time".
But in the later time, Liu Xiu scored 5 points with 2 of 4 shots and 1 of 2 shots, and Blake scored a three-pointer.
In these 4 minutes, the Trail Blazers achieved another 13-6 climax!
Liu Xiu made 9 of 14 shots in the third quarter, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 3 of 5 free throws, and scored 22 points in a single quarter, and scored as many points as the opponent's team!
29-22 in a single quarter, the Trail Blazers narrowed the gap to 7 points, 78-85 behind the Raptors!
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The fans on the scene had already recognized it and wanted to accept such a fact.
The opponent is indeed powerful. They have won 11 consecutive games and may lose at any time. It is not embarrassing to lose to such a talented team.
Trail Blazers fans have already developed the 'strong team confidence'.
But I didn't expect that they all turned the situation over!
I caught up with 14 points in half a quarter and scored a 22-8 half a quarter!
Of these 22 points, 19 points were obtained by the warden alone!
The three-pointer that Blake made was still the one who received Liu Xiu's pass and shot. It has to be said that the Raptors team's defense is really good.
After entering the break between the festival, Sam Mitchell also emphasized the need to stick to team defense.
"We want to lock the rest of the Trail Blazers! We can't defend like we gave Blake the chance just now! The warden scored very well in a row, but he couldn't keep scoring! We insist on defending and attacking the team well, and we can't mess it up. We rely on this 21-point lead, and we can now get the advantage back..."
Sam Mitchell was actually stunned by Liu Xiu in the third quarter. He was in a hurry for a while and didn't know how to deal with it. He didn't do a good job of substitutions... Now he finally calmed down, and after careful consideration, he chose to emphasize stability.
The assistant coaches felt that there was no problem with his adjustment. After a team had been disordered for a period of time, the best adjustment was to stabilize again.
If you don't even have this, don't mention the good response.
Then, after resting during the quarter, the fourth quarter began. After Liu Xiu came up, he saw that Fred Jones was defending him. He pulled up without hesitation and made a three-pointer...
Hit!
It's 59 points!
Chapter completed!