After playing the Heat, the Trail Blazers got two days of rest.

On the first rest day, the coaching staff did not arrange any training and just had a rest day.

But in the afternoon, Liu Xiu was still called to the Willamette Gardens Training Center to have a meeting with the coaching staff to discuss system adjustments.

Also called along were Blake, Hill and other players who organized the team's offense.

Ray Allen is not here. He has now entered a "puzzle" mentality and just executes the tactical arrangements.

Unlike the Warriors, Nuggets, and Suns who adjusted in a purely offensive direction, the Trail Blazers' adjustment was to ensure basic defensive adjustments, similar to Liu Xiu's impression of Kobe Bryant and Sangao completing two consecutive games together.

The offensive and defensive system of the Crown.

It was very difficult, but they were very confident and motivated to make adjustments.

The source of confidence is naturally three consecutive championships.

Liu Xiu personally doesn't know what the outcome of such an adjustment will be, but he is still confident.

The afternoon meeting was quite productive. After the meeting, Liu Xiu and Hill chatted.

Talking about the issue of not arranging training this afternoon, Hill said: "We should arrange training this afternoon. Our upcoming schedule is getting more and more intense and we need more adequate preparations. Moreover, we are in the stage of adjusting our playing style.

Definitely needs more training.”

"I think so too," Liu Xiu acknowledged Hill's statement, and then added: "But this is a habit we have developed in the past two seasons. As the season progresses, our physical problems will be very tight, and the rest time will be longer.

Come more and more.”

"I understand," Hill agreed and expressed his opinion: "But I don't think we have any obvious physical problems now."

"Yes, I also think our physical condition is very good this year. We have changed a lot of players. Grant, with the addition of you and Keller, Paul, Antonio, and Louis have all got more opportunities. The outlaws are on the bench.

Let's go and play against the opponent's second and third lineup, the physical exertion will be smaller. Most of us are in good physical condition. Only Butcher and Kwame have potential physical problems... However,

Grant, don't worry, your teammates are already used to such slow-paced adjustments. This is a habit developed over a long period of time. If you want to adjust, you can only do it slowly, otherwise it may have the opposite effect.

Our journey has just begun, enjoy your new career, I think you can play for at least 5 more years, and we will have everything."

Liu Xiu also expressed his views.

"You are right, I agree with your view."

Hill's response clearly made him feel lighter.

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On the second day, the Trail Blazers made normal adjustments.

Hill put aside his anxiety for the time being and observed the situation of his teammates.

For more than a month, he felt that his teammates had no sense of urgency and were a little anxious. Now he does not look at his teammates with a "colorful eye". He found that his teammates are actually working hard. Let's not talk about the situation of the water fountain managers.

When the team's veteran players reach the training stage, they are actively working hard to adjust the system and have no intention of slacking off, even the little flying squirrel who has fewer and fewer playing opportunities.

On December 9th, the Trail Blazers' 20th game day of the season arrived.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the home game against the Bucks started.

Mo Williams, Reed, Caron Butler, Villanueva, Noah's starting lineup, plus Painter Desmond Mason, Bobby Simmons, this month's second-round pick

The Bucks, with three major substitutes in Ramon Sessions and an 8-man rotation, played a ferocious offense tonight!

The score was 25 to 30 in the first quarter, 27 to 26 in the second quarter, and 31 to 31 in the third quarter. After three quarters, the Bucks trailed the Trail Blazers by only 4 points, 83 to 87, with one game time left.

The point difference is basically not a big difference.

At the end of the quarter, seeing the opportunity to win, the Bucks played even more aggressively. Reid led the team in a ferocious attack and had a back-and-forth game with the Trail Blazers.

However, after the official timeout came back in the final quarter, Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, and Korver came together and blasted a 15-5 wave. The Trail Blazers went from being overtaken by 1 point to regaining a 9-point lead.

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In the end, the Bucks launched a counterattack, but failed.

The score was 35 to 33 in the final quarter, and the Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Bucks 122 to 116!

For the Bucks, Reid had 31 points, Mobu Chuan had 10 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, Painter had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Bobby Simon had 20 points, Ramon Sessions had 8 points and 7 assists, and Villanueva had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

18 points…

Sessions, after entering the second game month, Bucks backup point guard Charlie Bell was suspended due to injury. This rookie at the end of the second round got a chance to perform. Counting tonight, he played 4 games, averaging

7.5 points and 7.5 assists, the performance is quite amazing!

His explosive speed was not good, but his straight-line sprint speed was slightly faster than Liu Xiu's, which left a deep impression on the latter.

For the Trail Blazers, Randolph had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Ray Allen had 20 points, Korver had 12 points, Outlaws had 14 points, Kwame Brown had 7 points and 8 rebounds...

Liu Xiu made 10 of 21 shots, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, plus 13 of 13 free throws, scoring 35 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks!

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After playing the Bucks, the Trail Blazers left Portland and came to Salt Lake City.

Next, there are back-to-back home and away games, and the opponents...are all the Jazz!

When we arrived at the hotel in Salt Lake City, as always, no one from the Trail Blazers went out to fool around. It’s really impossible to fool around here.

Liu Xiu nestled in the room and had a video chat with his family for a while. This year, online video communication has achieved another milestone. Chatting with multiple people on the same screen has become simple and convenient.

He started a multi-person video chat with his parents who were raising their children at home, Anne Hathaway in the school computer room, his aunt in the company, and others.

This is not a new technology. Such technology existed in the 1970s, but at that time only a handful of organizations could communicate like that.

Nowadays, computer hardware is developing rapidly, Internet speeds are getting faster and faster, and software is becoming more and more advanced... It can be done with just one laptop. In the past, it needed to be contacted in advance and the signal line was fully powered to complete. It was unstable and full of mosaics.

Human video communication.

A few years ago, Liu Xiu was not so looking forward to the arrival of smartphones. At that time, he really enjoyed a "clean" world without the 24-hour bombardment of spam messages.

But people always change. Feeling the take-off of desktop computer functions, he began to look forward to a more convenient life again.

After chatting with his family, he went to surf the Internet. This prosperous world was as he wished...

Mentioning him, everyone is touting his 10 triple-doubles in 20 games, 3 consecutive triple-doubles, and 5 triple-doubles in the past 6 games...

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Chapter completed!