While Kidd was thinking about this and that, Liu Xiu focused on how to deal with the next game.

Although he temporarily obtained the talent of "Ghost Talent", compared with Kidd, the gap in strength is still too big.

Without Kidd, the Nets remain the favorite team to compete for Okafor.

Without him, the Trail Blazers' strength will drop by 5 wins? Anyway, they won't collapse.

Up to this point, he has tried his best.

The two players have different ideas, but the coaches of the two teams have the same idea. The opposing point guard is as stable as an old dog!

There is a gap in strength between the opposing point guard and his own point guard.

But while one side was strong, his teammates were not that strong, and the other side was much weaker, but his teammates were much stronger than the other side, and they played very hard... and then the score was tight for three quarters!

The head coaches on both sides were upset.

After letting the players rest for a minute, the coaches of the two teams began to make tactical arrangements.

As for the Nets, Kidd looked forward to it...then listened to the tactical arrangements with an expressionless face, and began to think about the final quarter's countermeasures in his mind.

Byron Scott made lineup adjustments and defensive tactical adjustments... nothing else! The offensive adjustments just talked about the tactics this lineup should play! In other words, what tactics this lineup should play in the tactical manual

, Byron Scott just said it once.

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Come back from the break.

The Trail Blazers fielded a combination of Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Travis Outlaw, Randolph and Dale Davis.

The Nets sent a combination of Kidd, Kittles, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Aaron Williams.

Tianzun and Ruben Patterson, the two main players, were not replaced immediately, and their physical condition was not very optimistic.

However, the Nets' physical condition is not much better. Kidd only rested for 3 minutes in the first three quarters tonight, Richard Jefferson only rested for two minutes, and Kenyon Martin only rested for 5 minutes.

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At the beginning of the final quarter, the Trail Blazers took the lead.

Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to the little flying squirrel.

A tacit understanding gradually developed. When Liu Xiu gave the ball to Little Flying Squirrel, Little Flying Squirrel knew that his first choice was to put the ball into the basket!

The Nets did a very good job with their defensive cooperation, but in the final quarter, the Trail Blazers stopped playing as a team and went for singles from the outside!

When the front line has sufficient energy, the Nets' team defense can expand further outside.

Kenyon Martin has a first-class comprehensive defense of 86, coupled with 85 speed, 88 strength, and 94 bounce. He is a bit short and has poor frame protection. He is often hammered in single defense against players taller than him, but

He can raise the overall defense to a first-class level just by relying on supplementary defense and assisting defense, which is enough to prove that his assisting defense and supplementary defense are really good.

This time the Nets' defense did not extend that far. The little flying squirrel, who was focused on how to score better during the rotation phase, keenly discovered this and took advantage of it decisively!

Breakthrough in singles, pulling horizontally to change direction, fake move, and step back. Corey Kittles defended very hard, but still lost his position. The little flying squirrel seized the little gap and took a quick shot...

Three point hit!

80 to 77, the Trail Blazers scored, which meant that the Nets had no chance to counterattack and fell into a positional battle.

Compared with the Trail Blazers, which has many positional warfare tactics and changes, the Nets' positional warfare offense is very monotonous.

The key is that the coaching staff's offensive tactics haven't changed at all... They couldn't force Byron Scott to make on-the-spot changes in the finals. Kidd had to find a way on his own. He pinned his hopes on his best outside shooting performance tonight.

player Kittles.

But Liu Xiu's side stuck to Kittles as soon as Kittles arrived in the frontcourt, relying on his strength advantage to entangle, interfere with, and confront Kittles.

Finally, one of the available points in the positional battle was blocked, and Kidd had to do it by himself, but at this time, there was another painful thing... Is it necessary to pick and roll to fight the flying squirrel?

Definitely not necessary.

But there is no sense of ceremony at all in a positional warfare offense without a pick-and-roll...

In the end, Kidd chose not to have a sense of ceremony and to force the fight!

The little flying squirrel couldn't stop Kidd. Kidd rushed inside and took a quick shot before the defense came... and missed!

How can a player with a layup rating of only 85 not be injured?

Kidd's layup percentage so far this season is 47.6%!

The flying squirrel has a layup percentage of 48.9% this season.

If you change any point guard, the Nets only have 188 cm tall 34-year-old veteran backup point guard Robert Parker, who has a layup percentage of 52.8% so far this season.

Dale Davis, who came back from defense, blocked Kidd, and Randolph blocked the rushing Kenyon Martin...Liu Xiu grabbed the defensive rebound and counterattacked...Kidd rushed forward and hugged Liu Xiu, who counterattacked.

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Through a tactical foul, Kidd successfully prevented Liu Xiu from launching a counterattack.

Falling into a positional battle, the little flying squirrel passed the ball alone this time, and the Nets passed by.

The Nets did a good job of preventing passes and receiving the ball, but the flanking attacks that spread out to the high post always affected their passing and receiving coordination. Liu Xiu found an opportunity to catch the ball... and he couldn't make a mid-range jump shot.

Randolph's charge was fruitless, and Aaron Williams guarded the defensive rebound and immediately passed it to Kidd.

Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson flew on both wings, and Kittles followed up to find a shooting opportunity. The counterattack formation was already set up, but the referee blew the whistle again!

This time it was Liu Xiu's turn to hug Kidd!

Kidd helplessly threw the ball to the referee. He is indeed a rookie that I admire. He learns so quickly!

The Nets once again fell into a positional battle and played very hard.

Richard Jefferson caught the ball and hit a long two-pointer, 79 to 80, and the Nets held on to the score.

This ball shows that Kidd has strong prediction ability and Richard Jefferson has good touch.

Nets players can only rely on on-the-spot reactions.

As for the Trail Blazers, the lead has been reduced to 1 point, and they are not in a hurry. It is expected, there is no Tianzun, and there is no Ruben Patterson. The defense can do this well, so take your time.

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This time, the two teams did not have the same explosive performance in the first three quarters to widen the gap and chase points. At 6 minutes and 37 seconds, the score was 87 to 85. The Trail Blazers led by 2 points and entered the official timeout!

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In the first half of the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers only had a two-point lead.

If we look at the situation in the second and third quarters, the Nets' opportunity has come.

However, after entering the official timeout, there was another fierce argument on the Nets bench.

Teammates have become accustomed to it. After the first Finals, Kidd often had disputes with Byron Scott.

After last season's finals, the entire team knew that Kidd despised Byron Scott.

Under the current situation, Kidd was angry at Byron Scott, and his teammates thought it was normal.

Even though it was only two points behind, it was much smaller than the points behind when the second and third quarters entered the official timeout.

But! After playing for 6 and a half minutes, the Trail Blazers not only failed to replace Tianzun, but in the 4th minute, even Randolph was replaced to rest.

Little Flying Squirrel scored 5 points, Matt Carroll had 3 points, and Liu Xiu had 2 points... Under the premise that the two teams blocked each other's counterattacks, the Trail Blazers actually gained an advantage by relying on these three players!

During this period, the Nets only scored 8 points. The biggest problem was that Byron Scott’s on-the-spot offensive tactics adjustments were shockingly poor. The Nets were able to score these 8 points, and their teammates all felt that it was thanks to the Nets.

Germany.

Of course, when Kidd and Byron Scott quarrel, it’s not always Byron Scott’s problem. Now Kidd has reached the point where he has to argue with Byron Scott whenever anything goes wrong on the court.

The point where Kurt had a quarrel... This is a foreign language, let's not mention it for now.

On the other side, on the bench of the Trail Blazers, Maurice Cheeks was spitting and making wild adjustments with a ferocious look on his face. Liu Xiu concentrated on listening.

The more I listened, the more something was wrong... "Coach, I'm the main attacker?"

"That's right! Don't you dare?" Maurice Cheeks asked.

A method that leaves people speechless...Liu Xiu asked back: "How should I fight?"

Maurice Cheeks responded: "You try to sort out the offense so that you can get mismatched opportunities and open opportunities, and look for opportunities to counterattack."

Morris-Cheeks' eyes were full of 'I'm optimistic about you'.

Maurice Cheeks' arrangement seemed feasible to Liu Xiu after thinking about it.

So far, he has had as many as 13 shooting opportunities and scored 15 points... The efficiency is relatively low, but those shots of his are only taken when he should take them.

But with the coach's sloppy appearance and messy beard, Liu Xiu felt that his coach just had no choice but to straighten things up.

However, Liu Xiu was not afraid. Not only was he not afraid, he was also very excited!

He is just a rookie, what should he be afraid of?

Even if he loses, the media will definitely blame him, but does he care about this?

Give him a chance, he won't say 'I'm not ready yet'!

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To be continued...