No matter who the opponent is, he wants to prove himself - Dwyane Wade.

Wade is a little irritable now.

In the first quarter, he led the team to a 9-point lead, and then cut the lead to about 5 points.

He did not play at the beginning of the second quarter. Caron Butler led the team alone for half a quarter. Seeing that the point difference was opening up again, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy replaced Wade and Haslem.

, coupled with Caron Butler, obviously wanted to widen the point difference in the first half.

Wade was naturally full of confidence at this time.

This is obvious. Compared with Caron Butler, his ability to finish the ball with his cheek has gained higher trust from the beginning.

However, after the second quarter, relying on Caron Butler's three-pointer from the wing, the Heat only led the Trail Blazers by 3 points, 62 to 59!

If it weren't for Caron Butler's three-pointer, the point difference would have been tied!

After the first half, Wade watched Liu Xiu shrug and high-five Randolph after Caron Butler hit a three-pointer...

I don’t know why, but Wade got angry when he looked at Liu Xiu.

It's like he didn't understand why Liu Xiu's efficiency didn't look much different from the first half of the first quarter. As a result, the Trail Blazers hit a 14-7 climax to tie the score. Their Heat relied on Caron Butler's three-pointer.

Entering the second half with a slight lead.

Indeed, Wade couldn't guard against Liu Xiu's post-up play, but Liu Xiu only scored 4 points and only had 1 assist. In the first half of the first quarter, Liu Xiu scored 2 points and 1 assist. The difference in data performance was not that big.

Wade was struggling with why the lead was lost while playing. The coaches of the two teams were also thinking about this matter, but the coaches of the two teams saw the reason-in this half of the game, the Blazers really played

Teamwork!

It must be said that in the first half of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers also played teamwork, but they only ran the ball in place. It was just Liu Xiu who was willing to play the ball and gave the opportunity in place, and his teammates were willing to follow suit, but there was no real creation.

Strictly speaking, creating effective offensive opportunities does not count as coordination, but just following the tactical movement.

There are generally two situations when tactics need to be truly implemented.

First, there is an absolute threat point; second, the connection point is particularly functional.

A better example is Duncan's playing style when he was young and at the end of his career.

In the first half of the first quarter, when Randolph didn't exert any force and Liu Xiu didn't have a good way to finish, the Trail Blazers were just running a tactical route map.

But when Randolph started to exert his strength and Liu Xiu started to attack with his back, the Trail Blazers' team offense came out!

Needless to say, even the Trail Blazers coaching staff did not expect to be able to play this kind of teamwork at the beginning of the summer league.

For example, Wade's sudden attack, Caron Butler's outside containment, Haslem's off-ball pick-and-roll, and the cooperation of a cutting player are actually relatively easy to achieve.

But it is even more difficult for Liu Xiu to lead a team to fight like this!

But what amazed the head coaches of the two teams was not that Liu Xiu led the team to attack the team, but that Liu Xiu was able to calmly play the ball even though he had the advantage of playing from behind!

Admittedly, everyone can see that Liu Xiu's ability to organize offense is quite satisfactory. Compared with talents like Wade, there is a considerable gap in overall ability. Liu Xiu can definitely be classified as an outstanding player among the players participating in the summer league.

Among the players, Wade's performance tonight is definitely among the top in the summer league.

However, even Heat coach Stan Van Gundy has to admit that Wade's surprising performance cannot overshadow Liu Xiu!

He handles the ball calmly, his playing style is simple and direct, and he grasps the timing of the ball well... so many advantages!

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Everyone felt that Liu Xiu had a strong presence, or in other words, they all focused on him.

But there is actually a reason for this - neither of the two teams in this morning's game played any real teamwork, at most it was small-scale cooperation; in the current game, the two teams actually did not

The Trail Blazers played as a team when Liu Xiu was the only one on the court.

Originally, no one cared about the coordination in the first half of the first quarter. After all, it was a failed coordination and had no effect.

But the Trail Blazers played well together in the second half of the second quarter, so their cooperation in the first half of the first quarter was also mentioned.

It's the difference that makes it special.

However, Liu Xiu believes that Randolph is the key to their team's cooperation. Entering the 8-minute intermission, the two are arguing...

"I obviously got 5 points, how can you count it as 2 points?"

"Three of your points were not obtained by playing in the back."

"Why didn't I get it from a post-up? If I didn't make a shot on a post-up, it doesn't count if I grabbed an offensive rebound?"

"Of course it doesn't count. It's a second attack score, so now I'm leading you 4 to 2, Zach."

Randolph stared at Liu Xiu - he had never seen such a shameless person!

"Just wait for me, I will definitely score more points in the second half than you on post-ups!"

Randolph twisted his big butt and returned to his seat, while Liu Xiu also yawned and sat down.

When it comes to playing games, there is no such thing as saying that the "level" of the game is low and you don't care about winning or losing.

Just like playing games, when I play CS at the age of 8, I want to win, but when I play CS at the age of 38, I still want to win.

The only thing that matters is whether you regard this game as a competition, and there is no such thing as not caring about winning or losing because of high or low 'level'.

In the first half, Randolph did not regard this as a game, but now, after returning from the second official timeout in the second quarter, he played seriously for 4 minutes, and Randolph is now in the state.

During the halftime break, the two teams made personnel adjustments.

On the Heat's side, Wade leads the team, while Caron Butler and Haslem rest.

For the Trail Blazers, Quintel Woods leads the team, while Liu Xiu, Randolph and others rest.

Quintel Woods led the team and played back and forth with Wade. This is not to say that Quintel Woods' strength can be compared with the rookie Wade. The gap is actually quite big. It's just that in such a game, Quintel

Woods can perform almost as well as Wade.

Quintel Woods felt that the team valued Liu Xiu more than him, and the second half of the second quarter did not collapse as he expected. Instead, the current situation was that Liu Xiu led the team to tighten the score.

One goal could tie the score, but the pressure was on him instead.

But he didn't play blindly, and didn't give time to dig holes for the rest of the game. Instead, he worked very hard.

Because he is just a quasi-second-year player who didn't play well in his rookie season and caused trouble. If he messes up in the summer league, it will only be more difficult in the new season.

Liu Xiu was originally worried that this teammate who disliked him would dig a hole for him. When he saw Quintel Woods fighting hard against Wade, he knew that he had gone wrong...

But this is a good thing!

The game continued to progress, players from the two teams continued to change, and the scores increased alternately.

The lineup the Heat put into the summer league is better, mainly with better pitching.

Caron Butler and Russell Butler, two second-year small forwards, both have excellent shooting skills. Kirk Penny, the undrafted player with a partially guaranteed contract signed by the Heat, also made a three-pointer in the second half.

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The score staggered to the end of the fourth quarter. At 7 minutes and 56 seconds of the fourth quarter, with more than two minutes left, the score was 109 to 105. The Heat led by 4 points and still had the ball.

Wade advanced to the frontcourt, and when he saw Liu Xiu still choosing to take a step back to defend, he did not appear angry and frustrated, and he felt a little bit of appreciation.

In the past two rounds, Wade still completed strong breakthroughs to help his teammates score under such circumstances.

It's not that Wade thinks Liu Xiu should be pulled out to defend. Wade thinks Liu Xiu's defensive choice is right. It's just that Liu Xiu is still calm and not chaotic. When retreating, he also directs the defensive movements of his teammates, allowing Wei

De was surprised, after all, the fight had reached this point.

Wade continued to break through and launch attacks. This time, the defensive changes directed by Liu Xiu were executed well.

Blocking the three-pointer from Russell Butler who came on the bench, blocking Haslem's cut, Ruben Bontje guarding the basket, and letting Kirk Penny on the wing take the shot.

The ball finally came to Kirk Penny. Although Kirk Penny made a three-pointer in front, he still missed it this time.

Liu Xiu made the right choice this time. Kirk Penny missed a three-pointer from a wide gap. Randolph protected the defensive rebound!

Liu Xiu received the ball and advanced steadily without increasing the pace, waiting for his teammates to join in.

He is not fast, and the opponent is trying to retreat, so he cannot play an effective fast break.

Liu Xiu came to the top arc and waited. In the last round, Randolph launched an attack with a low back attack. This time it was Liu Xiu's turn.

Just when Liu Xiu was about to pass the ball to Travis Outlaw who was pulling up to the top arc, he saw that Wade had already retreated towards the basket!

Liu Xiu looked at no one in a two-meter radius, was silent for a moment, picked up the ball, raised his hand...

'Um?'

Wade had retreated within the distance of the free throw line, only to realize that Liu Xiu had not come in. He turned around and saw that Liu Xiu was making shooting movements!

'This guy has three-point shooting?'

Liu Xiu carefully adjusted slowly, looking for the feeling, and shot a three-pointer with a wide gap...

Wade looked at Liu Xiu's slow three-point shot and plunged into the basket... 'He actually has three-point ability!'

Although it was only after I decided to participate in the draft that my three-pointers in simulated training became NBA-level three-pointers, but at least I have over 70 summer league three-pointers, which is a good level.

Liu Xiu's three-point shooting ability is not good in isolation, but if he really can't defend in such a wide gap, of course he has to shoot.

Lucky for you, I got in!

108 to 109, the point difference narrowed to 1 point!
To be continued...