However, in this time and space, Yao Ming has not yet fully matured in his second year, and there is Liu Xiu, an outside supernova who won the All-Star vote in his rookie season, was selected to the All-NBA Team, and led the team to win Olympic medals after his rookie season. The situation

A lot has changed.

Some domestic media will still use the phrase "Yao Ming is leading the team to compete for the championship candidate spot" to describe the Rockets' competition for seventh, eighth, and imperial stage in the Western Conference. Official media such as Xinhua News Agency rarely use such words and phrases.

It's just that the same thing has completely different effects on different people. Yao Ming's side is under huge pressure, but on Liu Xiu's side... Kwame Brown heard 'championship favorite'

When called this, I am quite excited!

In the United States, the Heat with O'Neal and the Pistons with Carter and Ben Wallace are not the 'championship favorites' in the media's words. The Spurs, Pacers, and Nets have beaten the championship in recent years.

Only the team that has won the finals or the championship and continues to be strong is described as the 'championship favorite'.

When Liu Xiu's teammates heard this title, they were inspired more than pressured!

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Kwame Brown was being interviewed. Liu Xiu celebrated with his teammates, waved and interacted with the fans before leaving the stadium. While walking, he watched the task completion prompt when the whistle sounded at the end of the game.

The Trail Blazers only need to play against the Spurs three times this season, and have now won twice. In five seasons, they played against the Spurs in the regular season, and for the first time they gained a head-to-head advantage. The mission of "Silver White Fear" is completed.

, Liu Xiu's simulation training section has added 'European step training method (excellent) (Manu Ginobili version)'.

After winning 10 consecutive victories, the mission of 'Fiery Winter' is completed, and 'Specified Attribute +1' is obtained. This mission is not over yet. When the winning streak is ended, healing points will be awarded based on the final winning streak.

There is a direction to continue to strengthen the European step! Liu Xiu quickly browsed through the training content and felt inexplicably regretful. It was not that there was anything wrong with the training method, but that it was just an ordinary training method and had nothing to do with the characteristics of the Demon Sword.

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But this is normal. "Monster" is a characteristic of Ginobili, not a characteristic of the European step. His European step is just a European step, but his application method is more showy than others who use the European step.

Attribute +1, he chose to bounce without hesitation.

In fact, he has two strength +1, but for him now, speed, bounce, and physical strength are the most preferred. Speed ​​and physical strength have reached the top, which requires advanced attribute cards. He does not have the attribute cards for speed and physical strength, so

Definitely choose to bounce. He has already decided when this task is triggered. After the task is completed, he will choose to bounce, which will immediately bring about an improvement.

With the "Little Overlord's Knee Pads", if his bounce can reach the top, his bullet speed will also reach the top.

He will not be like a certain primary school student in the future, who has a top or even close to super top jumping height, but only has a mid-to-lower bullet speed...

As for if the mission failed, it would not prevent him from making a decision right then and there.

Seeing the system prompt that the bounce had increased to 87, Liu Xiu was in a good mood.

I was extremely irritable during the game and had to work as hard as I could on defense, because all the preparation before the game was in vain.

The fact that Duncan doesn't play doesn't matter in itself. In the stage of hitting the winning streak, it is beneficial to the Trail Blazers if Duncan doesn't play.

But they didn't know until before the game that Duncan would not play. The Trail Blazers players, who had been preparing to deal with Duncan, were naturally very irritable and would rather not score than defend the Spurs.

Limit the opponent's score to less than 70 points. After the emotions are vented, the negative emotions have been cleared.

It's just a regular season game, and we won, so who has nothing to worry about?

At this time, the little flying squirrel who walked into the player tunnel said to Liu Xiu: "Warden, if Duncan doesn't fight, winning will be boring."

Liu Xiuying said: "That's right. Next time we play against them, we will hit them again and sweep them away! I hope Duncan won't be too scared to play in the game again."

Just after bragging, ‘retribution’ came.

"A man with lofty ideals will not drink the water from a stolen spring, a person with integrity will not be fed by someone who comes from outside, and the host will not bother to take advantage of Tim Duncan's absence... The series of missions of the Blooming Rose: Escape from the Silver-White Fear can be triggered by advanced targets..."

‘Hey! I’m okay with you?! I’m so horny! Very horny! Can’t I just give you a blowjob?’

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The Spurs did not announce Duncan's absence in advance, and when they saw Duncan wearing a suit before the game, the director of Fox Sports, which broadcast the Spurs and Trail Blazers in North America, cursed.

The ratings for Spurs games are already low. If the Spurs can't even beat Duncan, what else is there to watch?

Unexpectedly, the Trail Blazers actually made the game exciting!

If Big Dog hadn't scored two three-pointers in the second quarter, the Spurs might not have scored in double figures in a single quarter!

If other teams fail to score in double figures in a single quarter, it will affect the ratings, but if the Spurs fail to score in double figures in a single quarter, it is definitely a highlight and a very satisfying scene.

This ultra-low ratings game, which had less than 2 million paid views at the beginning, ended up with a total of more than 8.91 million paid views!

In the middle of the season, when the NFL playoffs are in full swing, this is a very good ratings result.

Although the live broadcast fee for a game is not very expensive, it does not mean that every sports fan is willing to spend money to watch multiple games, especially the games of the Spurs, a ratings-killing team.

I used to watch the Spurs suppress other teams' scores very low, but finally I saw the Spurs were limited to less than 70 points! The ratings and post-game popularity were both higher than expected, and the major TV stations were more active.

It reports negative news about the Trail Blazers, and even more actively broadcasts Trail Blazers games.

The Prison Team took advantage of Duncan's absence to brutally abuse the Spurs; the Spurs rested Duncan in order to avoid facing off against the hot Trail Blazers, disrespecting the fans; the Trail Blazers' 10-game winning streak set a new record for the longest winning streak this season, and the Trail Blazers surpassed the Spurs

The team rushed to second place in the Western Conference; the Prison team got 10 consecutive victories because of good luck... This is not different reporting angles from multiple media, but multiple news from the same media website...

Although the ratings and topic were higher than expected, major media still complained to NBA officials.

Finally, on February 4, the league gave the major TV stations an explanation - they fined the Spurs $150,000 for basketball reasons, which was the highest penalty in this area under the preliminary rules.

So, the media had another topic to hype.

It doesn't matter whether the Spurs are punished or not, what matters is that there is a topic.

In fact, the Spurs' media treatment is not much better than that of the Trail Blazers. If it weren't for Duncan, a super popular superstar, and Bowen's actions, there is a high probability that the media treatment would be the same as that of the Bad Boys.

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Liu Xiu felt very happy when he saw the Spurs being punished!

As for whether Popovich's rotation of resting Duncan has any impact on him... Actually, it doesn't. It's definitely not a negative impact because winning becomes easier. He still has to blame his mouth for troublesome situations.

But he can piss off the Spurs...

“Break free from silvery fear:

Advanced goal: The host needs to lead the team to sweep the Spurs in the 2004-2005 regular season.

Reward: Ginobili's version of the European step training method is upgraded from the excellent level (maximum 80) to the top level (maximum 90).

Failure penalty: Ginobili’s Eurostep training method was deleted from the simulation training section.”

Now Liu Xiu has received Ginobili's version of the European step training method. Yesterday, on the rest day, the team did not arrange training. Liu Xiu did not do anything related to basketball training. In addition to basic shooting simulation training in the evening, other simulation training time

All devoted to European step training.

However, the European step is a high-level skill that combines multiple skills. The next time we play against the Spurs is next month. It will take a full month and a half to play. It is completely impossible to improve from 70 to 80 in this time. Moreover, using Ji

Nobili's version of the training method is not to 'start training from 70', but to hone in the technical details from scratch. Of course, it will be much faster than learning new, but it will still take a certain amount of time...

To put it simply, this task must be completed, otherwise the road of starting from Ginobili’s European step training method and continuing to develop the European step will be blocked.

Moreover, it is too tempting to upgrade from an excellent level of training method to a top level. Judging from previous experience, no matter how suitable the training method is, it is difficult to reach the theoretical training limit. It is estimated that an excellent level of training method can reach 77 or 78.

, originally this task could be refused to be opened, but Liu Xiu chose to give it a try.

This still does not prevent Liu Xiu from venting his anger on the Spurs...

And, next, he felt that it was right to express his anger!

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At 8 pm on the 4th, the Trail Blazers faced the challenge of the Dallas Mavericks at home.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup remains the same, with the Mavericks fielding Terry, Finley, Josh Howard, Nowitzki, and Ratliff.

Although the head coach of the Mavericks is still Nelson, after entering 2005, the actual coach has become Avery Johnson.

The coaching styles of the two are completely different. Nelson pays attention to the flow of the ball when coaching. In the first two game months, the Mavericks averaged 23.9 assists per game, but last month, the Mavericks only averaged 18.2 assists per game in 15 games.

It was slightly better when the general was coaching...

The Mavericks' offense has become extremely simple, isolation, isolation, isolation. In the first two months, the Mavericks averaged 99 points per game, but in January the Mavericks averaged only 93.4 points per game, although the average points per game also dropped from 103.4 points to 103.4 points per game.

The average score is 99.2 points, but the net winning score has become higher!

After the game started, the Mavericks started a relentless defense mode.

The legacy of the Trail Blazers' defensive struggle against the Spurs for three quarters in their last game is here. They only scored 17 points in the first quarter, and only 15 points in the second quarter. However, the Mavericks relied on singles to score the first quarter.

Scored 22 points and 23 points in the second quarter. At halftime, the Mavericks led the Trail Blazers 45-32 by 13 points!

Finally, in the third quarter, Liu Xiu got more serious. He made 5 of 9 shots in a single quarter, plus 2 of 3 free throws. He scored 12 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, helping the Trail Blazers score 24 points in a single quarter.

The Trail Blazers also did better defensively in this quarter than in the first half, limiting the Mavericks to only 20 points in a single quarter.

Relying on Liu Xiu's personal scoring and team defense, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 9 points at the end of three quarters, trailing 56-65.

After Liu Xiu finished his surge in the third quarter, the Mavericks were heavily guarded against him, but Liu Xiu was not the only one from the Trail Blazers who could go wild on the outside. The Flying Squirrel made 5 of 10 shots in the final quarter, including 3 of 5 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws.

He scored 15 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, leading the Trail Blazers to score 32 points in a single quarter, defeating the Mavericks' defense!

However, the Mavericks also have two explosive scorers - the Jets and the Silver Horns!

Nowitzki made 4 of 6 shots in the final quarter, including 2 of 2 three-pointers and scored 10 points. Terry made 4 of 7 shots in a single quarter and scored 10 points on 2 of 2 free throws. The two teamed up to lead the team to 30 points in a single quarter.

point!
To be continued...