Chapter 227: Pseudo-Strong Team
Too late to comfort her, Vallejona and Kyle are separated after this sad Christmas. Pen & Fun &www.biquge.info Valle Joanna is back in school, Kyle is back in Toronto, and the preparations have begun, and there are four games left in December, and they are all back-to-back, respectively, at home against the Rockets and Spurs, and then away against the Pistons, back home to play the Cavaliers.
Vallejoona is concerned, haggard and sad, it seems that she can't keep her mind to continue her studies, and she plans to finish this issue and take a leave of absence to marry Kyle. Kyle is not in a good mood either, it can be said that the marriage that is cloudy and not blessed by his family is destined to be a sad love song. But the reality is so helpless, he also wants to stay with Beauty, or let Valle Jona simply take a leave of absence from school and live with him in Toronto, but everyone has their own choices and fetters, Valle Joanna obviously wants to work hard to make her family accept Kyle.
In the last trip to the Southwest, the Raptors basically retreated, and now the Rockets and Spurs, one strong and one weak, have half a chance of defending their home court, after all, they are back-to-back against the Spurs, and the Raptors have no advantage. The Pistons and Cavaliers in the future are equivalent to two hurdles for the Raptors, and the possibility of stepping through them is infinitely reduced.
The Rockets have had a hard time, and McGrady came back a while ago, and finally had a tendency to stop the bleeding, with a wave of four consecutive wins. But unfortunately, it was just a trend, and soon Yao Ming collapsed, and now he has become a single-core combat mode again. How much does McGrady have to lead the team individually? Well! is slightly better than Yao Ming, at least he has led the team to not lose consecutive battles in these few games.
The race was held as scheduled at the Canadian Route Center Arena, and Alstom "went home" for the first time, and this time he was not so arrogant and did not dare to make a big statement, obviously! Everyone has self-knowledge, it is enough to humiliate themselves once, and one after another is to find abuse, and the grievances between the two are slowly forgotten by people over time, but it is still a topic of confrontation between the two. And the two are no longer in the same level, Kyle has become a hot name in the league, the team's leading star, but Alston is just a main player, a puzzle piece of the team.
When he came out, the moment Alston walked out of the passage, he was booed wildly, endlessly. People seem to have forgotten his previous exploits, forgotten his previous contributions, and have nothing but disgust for Alstom. Maybe because it was rumored at the beginning of the season that he and Kyle were at odds and almost got into a fight, people just simply supported Kyle, and maybe people were dissatisfied with Alston's-stirring stick for a long time.
Alstom's face was pale, and he ran silently with his head down, away from the searchlight, probably with smoke coming out of his head.
The Rockets started with David Wesley at point guard, Alston at shooting guard, McGrady at small forward, Juwan Howard at power forward, and DiCambe Mutombo at center. Raptors point guard Kyle, scoring guard Peterson, small forward Joey, power forward Bosh, center Jamal.
Looking at it this way, Team Rocket simply can't live. The point guard position Kyle must crush the opponent, the scoring guard Alston has a significant height disadvantage, Peterson defends well, and small forward Joey seems to have been blown up by the fate, which is also true. Power forward Bosh clearly has the upper hand, how old is Mutombo in the center position? Even if Jamal can't do it, it's almost the same. Except for McGrady, there was no one left.
But the results of the game are generally not so verified, this is a reference, or who is better than the lineup, or the end of the matter? Why are you still playing 82 regular season games? But it is the comparison that people like to see, the most intuitive comparison.
At the beginning of the game, Kyle scored first in his most traditional way, breaking through a backhand layup.
McGrady stood outside the three-point line, deducing what it means to pull out, standing upright, leaning slightly in the air, gently plucking the ball and shooting, ecstasy, but there was no special thing, and the iron sound sounded loudly.
Mutombo jumps up and lightly makes a basket!
Back Bosh contributed a mistake and passed the ball to a beautiful woman on the baseline, with unclear intentions.
Attacking and defending in different places, McGrady tried to step and then jumped out again, jumped beautifully, arced beautifully, and the spinning ball finally stopped hesitating and plunged into the basket.
Jamal broke through with the ball, hooked his hand at the free throw line, and was directly capped by Uncle Mu!
Wesley grabbed the ball, and Alston was fast, but the Raptors only Kyle reacted, came over and was dizzy, and was teased by the two, and finally Wesley made a layup.
Kyle felt that it was time for him to talk, and blocked with Joey, he started the assault, but was caught up by McGrady in a different position, Kyle did not stop at all, still accelerated into the basket, leaning on McGrady to dodge and hold his hand to the layup. McGrady's quick reflexes, as well as his height and speed advantage, caused absolute interference to Kyle in the air. Shots are out, no!
Turning around, McGrady directly copied the ball and broke through, although Joey was close all the way, but he was a little bit by McGrady under the basket, not only Joey and the assistant defense Bosh were clicked away, McGrady was close to the layup, and caused Bosh's foul. The penalty is also in the middle!
A wave of 10:2 directly stunned the Raptors!
Sam had to call a timeout, he was so upset that he couldn't look at it directly. "You seem to be having a good Christmas, and you're still indulging in it, tell me, what are you doing? What is this? Concentrate your energy and get into the game, I don't want to see you still sleeping. ”
Everyone in the Raptors bowed their heads and trained, and they couldn't believe why they played so badly. The timeout ends and the game starts as usual.
McGrady narrowed his little eyes, glanced around, looked at Kyle, and shook his head away. Kyle's famous speed can be called a rocket, soaring into the sky, everyone is curious, McGrady is also curious, he really wants to see Kyle's ability, is it really rumored to be so awesome?
Kyle came back and responded, taking two steps directly at Wesley, and made a high jumper, and there you go!
Juwan Howard made a high jumper and pressed hard.
Kyle and Jamal block and dismantle, then go deep and Bosh block and dismantle, go deep into the basket and pass back to Jamal, who shoots high, there is!
was chased for 4 points in a row, McGrady couldn't stand it, took the ball and rushed in, and there was also a mid-range pull-up jump shot!
Jamal holds the ball and gives it to Joey, who rides and shoots an arrow.
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The Raptors began to blossom in full swing, and McGrady struggled to hold on, and at the end of the first quarter, the Raptors led the Rockets by four points at 27-23. The pace of the Rockets is one of the slowest teams in the entire league, and that's because of Yao Ming, they have to wait for this big man to settle down, defense and offense rely on Yao Ming to exert his power, and they do have an advantage in positional battles. But now that Yao Ming is not there, it is imperative to speed up, and although Van Gundy is more old-fashioned, he still has tactical literacy.
In fact, whether McGrady is fast-paced or slow-paced, it belongs to his dish, positional battles can bring out his singles ability to the extreme, and fast-paced he can also quickly switch attacks. Of course! The tempo is slow, the rounds are reduced, the stats are bound to drop, and here's why McGrady's score is not the same as it was during the Magic period, of course! Injuries and their own form are also influences.
McGrady is not a god, in the second quarter, it was more difficult for them to resist the Raptors' offense, and the defense was useless, because Yao Ming was not there, Mutombo was too old, and the disadvantages of defense in various other positions were obvious, blocking the east wall and not blocking the west eaves, dwarfing, and the rhythm was completely disrupted. The impact of Yao Ming's absence on them is immeasurable, whether it is on the offensive end or the defensive end, don't look at his slowness.
In the first half of the third quarter, Bosh scored out, and Kyle led the team with assists in the second half, directly sending the Rockets to heaven! The score was 85-67, and the Raptors led by 18 points.
In the fourth quarter, Kyle and other main players only played for less than five minutes before the game was announced, and the point difference was really getting farther and farther, the main force and the bench were all taught to be people, and the Rockets were gloomy substitutions.
In the first game after Christmas, the Raptors defeated the visiting Rockets 109-85 at home, adding another victory, three straight wins, and a record of 16-12, returning to the fifth place in the Eastern Conference.
Kyle scored 21 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists on 8-of-15 shooting, Bosh had 20 points and 12 rebounds, Jamal had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Peterson scored 14 points on 4-of-5 three-pointers, and Joey had 8 points and 7 rebounds. Smith had 12 points, Barnes had 7 points, and Calderon had 4 points and 4 assists.
The Rockets' McGrady scored a game-high 30 points on 10-of-22 shooting, as well as 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Alston scored 14 points on 5-of-15 shooting, Wesley had 6 points and 5 assists, Juwan Howard had 10 points and 7 rebounds, and Mutombo didn't play much, only 25 minutes, and had 2 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks. Hyde, the only player on the bench, scored 15 points and made 4-of-5 three-pointers. Swift had eight points and three rebounds, and had little impact on the game, as six points were scored in garbage time.
After the victory, Kyle's sad mood finally felt a little better, and the first thing he did after training was to pick up the phone and dial the opponent's number, at this time, Valeciona needed him and needed his company.
The next day, they ushered in the challenge of the Western leader Spurs, and the Raptors all said that they would take their sacrificial flags to prove that they were not a pseudo-strong team, and they could not only pinch soft persimmons.
As a result, they were led by the opponent and beaten to the point where they were powerless. But Kyle can still prove himself in the face of the opposition, and he's been able to get used to superstar-level defensive treatment and break down their iron bucket formation.
The best performer on the team was Kyle, who scored 35 points on 12-of-25 shooting, as well as 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, and his performance was not the same as when he first met the Spurs. When the Raptors were about to be killed, it was Kyle who repeatedly stepped up to renew the team's life, and he used more solid shooting to make a name for himself, and he deserved to be absolutely qualified as a star.
On the other hand, Parker's 21 points and 5 assists on 8-of-18 shooting are a big difference to Kyle, and he can no longer use his teammates to shake his majesty in front of Kyle like last time, he is restrained everywhere in the game, if it weren't for Sam not replacing Kyle in time in the third quarter, he would have performed even worse. During that time, Calderon was scored three goals by Parker, one 2+1, one jumper, and one three-pointer, and the shooting rate was 100%. That's why he can have such a brilliant result, and he has to force it.
Bosh scored 15 points and 15 rebounds on 6-of-16 shooting, and in the face of Duncan, he finally got up strong, rebounding a season-high rebound, and he was also announcing to the world that he was not soft, although his shooting was a bit iron.
Duncan's 20 points and 10 rebounds couldn't hide Bosh's brilliance, and although he shot well from the field, shooting 9-of-18, he still couldn't completely choke his opponent.
Peterson scored 10 points, barely completing the task, Jamal had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, a little unable to find his position, you must know that he only shot 4 of 12! There is a place for him in the back pot. Joey only had a pitiful 2 points, and his efficiency on 1-of-4 was completely lost. Smith scored 18 points off the bench, and a wave broke out, and the others were lackluster and could not be seen.
And Ginobili, another big god of the Spurs, scored 28 points, and his performance is similar to Kyle's, every time the Raptors approach the score, he stands up to extinguish the small fire that wants to burn, and the efficiency of 10 of 19 shots is really amazing.
Finley and Bowen each scored 12 points, Muhammad had 8 points and 10 rebounds, and the rest of the Spurs were equally poked, and there was nothing to say.
The final score was 88:98, which seemed like a 10-point difference, but it was insurmountable.
ended this back-to-back, the Raptors were completely pulled out and criticized, pinching the soft persimmon guy, which made people ridicule, and the pseudo-strong team became the label of the Raptors. Experts have argued that in 29 regular season games, only three wins and nine losses were played at the playoff level, which was miserable. Playing the weak brigade has repeatedly exploded, looking like a bull and coaxing, and everyone in the Raptors has become a guy who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard.
That's the way it is, as long as you don't win, someone stands up and accuses you of playing badly, you can't beat a strong team, and you become a veritable soft egg. And the next two opponents of the Raptors, the Pistons and the Cavaliers, are hard-boiled, and people laugh at them, saying that the Raptors can wash and sleep!
The name of the Five Tigers is not blown, and the name of the little emperor LeBron is definitely not to be said, both teams have real records, which is enough to make people awe-inspired. One is first in the East, one is fourth in the East, and the real record is third, which is all clear proof. Unlike the Raptors, who can really only play the Pacers.
When Kyle heard this rumor, he just smiled, what is it? The strength of the fifth place in the Eastern Region is here, and anyone can say it. As long as you make the playoffs, it's a reflection of strength, it's as simple as that. The others were not so calm, and they all said that they would make a name for themselves in the next two games, and come again! Bosh was also indignant, which is rare! (To be continued.) )