The timeout was always quick, and soon the two sides were back on the field again.

Pippen is 35 years old after all, and he didn't play in the second quarter of the game, and he was replaced by Brian Grant. The sixth man of the Portland Trail Blazers last season brought a lot of trouble to the Lakers in the seven-game battle with the Lakers, and he is an image of a basketball tough guy, willing to fight, and his style is very tenacious. Being able to go one-on-one with Garnett and not fall behind (of course, this was at the time, but not later). Although he is used to playing power forward, but now the team has two big forwards, Rasheed Wallace and Sean Kemp, and he can only play as a small forward. Sean Kemp was still on the pitch, and Avidas Sabonis didn't go down.

For the 76ers, Reid and McGee came up, Snow and Tony Kukoc went down to rest, and Luke was left on the court. Of course, this time it's back to the small forward position. The big forward was replaced by Nazr Mohammed, and the center was still Big Ben.

The 76ers couldn't get to the ball, so now it's their serve (that's the NBA rule now, the winning side of the jump ball has the first and fourth quarters, and the losing side has the second and third quarters). Luke finally figured out why everyone except Reed and McGee didn't score well in the second quarter. Both of them are "black holes on the court" (meaning people who only catch the ball and shoot offense without passing, just look at the Bucks last season - the real-life 2012 - 2013 season), and the others have no human rights at all, no, ball possession, including Luke. Luke is good at playmaking, not rebounding, so every time he watches McGee and Reed attack with the ball, then hit the iron or score, and then the others grab rebounds or counterattack. Luke was running alone in the switchback.

Larry frowned as he watched Luke's switchback run, and wrote in his notebook "Strengthen Luke's rebounding ability and running ability off the ball." ”

"Beep-" After a foul, Larry replaced Reed with Raga, called McGee to his side, and said, "Wait a minute, pass the ball to Luke." ”

"Uh-huh......" McGee was still a little uncomfortable, but when he thought about it, he understood that the coach was developing Luke, so he said, "Okay, no problem. ”

After Damon Stoudemire scored a free throw, the score now became 38:31. The Portland Trail Blazers are in front, and the 76ers are behind.

The ball returned to Luke, who was surprised, but also knew that now was not the time to hesitate, and the key was to attack and overtake the score. Thus began the "Luke model".

"Rookie, you have the ball." Brian Grant spewed trash talk at close range, "Don't think you're good in the preseason, just think you're invincible in the world, you're a in front of me, it stinks!" He was still fanning himself.

"Hehehe," Luke smiled, straight to the scissor leg, and Brian Grant jumped up after Luke took off, using his reach to try to cover Luke's ball. But Luke kept leaning back, and Brian Grant couldn't reach it at all. Then "Bang, bang-" went in.

"Whew," exclaimed Barkley in the studio, "it's so beautiful, three points back!" Cattle! ”

"Keep it low, Charles." Bill patted Barkley on the shoulder. "We're going to watch the game."

"Hey," said Barkley dissatisfied, "that's your son, how can I show it any more." ”

"Well...... "I'm used to it," Bill said. ”

"......" Barkley was speechless, but Bill was satisfied, and it was a remarkable achievement to shut up "Big Mouth" Barkley.

Back on the field, when Luke turned around, he whispered in Brian Grant's ear, "You're thin!" ”

"Huh?" Brian Grant didn't react at first. By the time he reacted, Luke was gone.

"Damn! Look who's thin! "Brian Grant unknowingly thinks of himself as a **.

The Portland Trail Blazers attacked, and as soon as they got to the frontcourt, Brian Grant snuggled up to Luke and asked Damon Stoudemire for the ball. Luke didn't stop either, and Damon Stoudemire's pass came easily to Brian Grant and tried to squeeze it, but found that he couldn't do it. "Damn, why is this kid so powerful! I didn't fight Garnett so helplessly. So he immediately changed his formation. Shake for a moment, then turn around and come face to face with Luke.

"Boy, you're going to pay for what you just said!" Brian Grant said viciously.

"I'm looking forward to it." Luke's words left Brian Grant speechless, and he knew that at this time he could only prove it with ability.

Brian Grant started using the crossstep, but can you expect a 2.06-meter man to play with the crossstep?

It was good at first, but with the addition of Luke's interference, it didn't take shape at all. I was able to control the ball, and the ball went out of the sideline.

"Beep - the ball is out of bounds, the ball is exchanged!" The referee throws a hand at the referee's bench.

"Damn it!" Brian Grant cursed with a sad face.

Luke scored another two-and-one offense to tie the score at 38:37 and narrow the gap to one point. In the final 10 seconds, Damon Stoudemire stepped forward and hit an unjustified three-pointer to extend the deficit to four points. The second quarter was over.

Returning to halftime, Rashid and Pippen were on, and Arvidas Sabonis, who was also an elderly player, went down to rest in the third quarter to avoid working with Rashid. Luke also rested. Reid and McGee came on at the same time, with Big Ben rested and Theo Ratliffe on. It looks like it's going to grab points. But Pippen was the biggest highlight of the game. He really played his quality as a super forward, scoring 15 points on consecutive shots, and also limited McGee, the 76ers' biggest scorer on the defensive end. Although Reid is also good, Theo Ratliff and Tony Kukoc are also very offensive, but Reed is still a rookie, Theo Latliff faces Rasheed Wallace more often, the offensive end is completely weak, and the defensive end will let Rasheed Wallace score if he is not careful. Tony Kukoc has no advantage over Brian Grant, height is his biggest disadvantage, although he has more experience than Brian Grant, but Brian Grant is not also an old bird, and in many cases Tony Kukoc can't fool Brian Grant. Sean Kemp also went on a rampage, snatching 10 points. So the score was pulled apart. At one point, it reached 20 points, but after everyone's unremitting efforts, the score was finally chased back to 62:50. The Portland Trail Blazers entered the fourth quarter with a 12-point advantage.

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