In the opening kick-off, D'Antoni made the decision to make a substitution, replacing Kurt Thomas with Leandro Barbossa. In this way they have a complete five-short lineup, the tallest being Dio with 203 centimeters, then Marion with 201 centimeters, and the others are defenders. Don't look at them short, but they are the strongest team of the Suns, the soul of the Whirlwinds, and D'Antoni just wants to kill the Raptors with a stick.

The Raptors lineup remains the same, there is really nothing to change, the starting five Tigers can't stop it, so they can only wait for death.

And so it is. Kyle took advantage of the block to get to the basket and wanted to continue the legend, but he was knocked out of the basket and the ball grazed the high board and fell to the other end, which was picked up by Marion.

Then a long pass to the "Brazilian Lightning" Barbossa in the half, the nickname is the characteristic, that is, fast, he started like a fly, and the jump dunk was successful.

Kyle still broke through with the help of the pick-and-roll and then followed up with the ball back, Bosh walked high and crossed high to throw the ball to Jamal, who danced, swayed left and right, and stunned himself! was about to be cut by Dior's eyes.

The fast break resumed, Nash once again played the man like the wind, blocked and dismantled twice, and then split to Marion who followed up, and hit again!

This time, the Raptors attacked with the ball from Jalen's offensive kaleidoscope, broke through Nash, and hurriedly threw the ball into the sky before others came to help defend it, without even touching the basket. This is a toothless tiger, bluffing, the Raptors only took five seconds to attack this time, and the other four seconds were in Kyle's hands, from this you can see how hungry and impatient Jalen is, for fear that the ball is gone.

Back Kyle only cared about marking, followed Nash to cross on the weak side, didn't see a force behind Nash's back, hit the ground and passed to Barbosa outside the three-point line. Then there was a blank space in front of the Brazilian, and he shot an arrow with a bow, and with a "whoosh" the ball was in the basket. Where did Jay Lun go? He also went after Nash, and his attitude was very positive.

Attack and defend in different places, this time to Bosh singles, Jamal came out to cover for Bosh, Bosh took a sudden step, opened his hand in the high position and threw it, still iron! Peterson picked up a frontcourt rebound, and before he could smile, he was fished out by Bell, who passed him.

The lesson of the last round showed Kyle how imaginative Nash's passing is, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as elusive, so he opened his eyes wider this time and his small body was fleshy and fleshy. The two of them are not rude, but they are very lewd, you pinch my ass, I rub you oil, the scene is a bit harmonious, because Nash doesn't control the ball at all.

Barbossa took the ball and charged and then passed it back to Marion, who jumped two steps and then stepped back to unleash his trick of thrusting the ball. He looks like a, but when the ball goes in, no one says he's ugly, at most weird.

A 9-0 wave of attack completely stunned the Raptors, and Sam could only call a timeout to suppress the shock.

"Don't follow their rhythm, let's play positional battles, except for the big man who stays to grab rebounds, the others give me a quick retreat, I don't want to see your loose side, understand?" Sam roared, causing everyone's eardrums to tremble. "Kyle, take your speed and power out and play pick-and-rolls with Jamal, Jalen and plug in from the weak side, and Chris and Morris are in position from beyond the three-point line. I need you to do it, I need you to score. ”

After coming up, it worked, and after the space under the basket was pulled out, Kyle's breakthrough became like a fish in water, returning to an extraordinary level. The first shot was hit by Morris with a three-pointer!

But the Raptors couldn't stop the Suns' offensive, Nash interspersed and distributed it to Marion, Jamal went to make up for it, and Marion divided Dio again, and the latter made a high jumper.

The score went up gradually, and the two teams just ran fast like this, and I grinded slowly, and the stalemate continued. It wasn't until three minutes before halftime that the Raptors made a substitution. The main players of the Suns took a break at the end of the first quarter, and they made substitutions and rested five minutes before halftime, and now they are already talking and laughing on the bench.

The performance of the substitute is lackluster, so I hit the soy sauce, of course! Smith has to be excluded here.

At halftime, the Raptors trailed by as many as 15 points at 46:61 and fell into a comprehensive disadvantage.

"I'm a little disappointed with the Suns today, shouldn't they be more than 20 points ahead of the Raptors at halftime?" Barkley sighed.

"Actually, I think it's a good fight! Kyle, in particular, is really the best rookie of the new century, and if it weren't for his excellent play, I'm afraid it would have been as you would have been, trailing by more than 2 points at halftime, or more. In fact, the arrangement of pulling Jamal out and blocking Kyle felt like it worked, so why didn't Sam stick to it? I'm puzzled. Kenny agreed.

"That's true! Kyle scored 17 points alone, which is really remarkable, but his 2 assists are really far from Steve's. You know, Steve also had 17 points and five assists. The gap between the Raptors and the Suns is here, execution! I think Sam has a request, maybe the players don't ask for themselves, especially Chris, who has been on the ball longer than Kyle. ”

"Shooting efficiency is also a big gap, the Suns are shooting 53 percent is too high, compared to the Raptors 44 percent, that's a lot of points. In terms of rebounding, the Raptors with a large lineup also failed to take advantage, 22:21, equal. On top of that, the Raptors' defense is worrying, and they simply can't stop the Suns' offense, especially the three-point rain. ”

"Now I can only pray for the Raptors and hope they don't talk too badly. Take a break! Let's hope for something to happen in the second half. ”

The audience was accustomed to this situation, and they were not too excited, nor too excited. It's more likely that the Phoenix people shouted before the game that they wanted to kill Kyle and slaughter the Raptors, and now it seems that they are only half done, which is really nothing to celebrate, Kyle is not dead yet!

The Raptors' locker room is not as dull as imagined, there are not a few people who should chat, hi, put on headphones, and shake their heads. Of course, just sitting there quietly resting and shaking his head slightly, Sam didn't say anything. It seems that it is a matter of course to be so far behind, and everything is not strange. It's hard to say, it's a disease, it's good to say that it's not fighting, losing 15 points, but being indifferent, this is the mentality of waiting for death, this is a negative attitude, this kind of emotion will also be contagious, basically the coach's connivance, the old man to the newcomer. Jamal doesn't look as energetic as he did when he first arrived, and it took less than a month to go from a big fight to a small loss.

The same emotion is the Suns, the difference is that people are used to winning games, and the fatigue of winning is coming. This is the gap, the gap between the strong and the weak. (To be continued.) )