This wave of three consecutive defeats can be imagined to hit the Raptors, they did not expect to lose to the Bulls, 76ers, Magic and other teams, these three teams are not strong, and there are no back-to-back, including two home-court advantages, which can be said to be the best opportunity to brush up the record. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But they lost, and they lost three games in a row, and their record has come to 12-11, slipping straight from fifth to seventh position.

What's the problem? Sam meets to discuss, studies videotapes, analysts do data analysis, and there are too many conclusions. With a drop in shooting percentage, missed rebounds, poor interior offense and defense, and no effective offensive methods, Kyle's efficiency at breaking through the ball began to decline, and the opponent's saves and supplements were in place in a timely manner. But these are all objective reasons, if you look closely, you can find that the Raptors lost to the Bulls because they were not tough enough at critical moments, losing to the 76ers is more like a drama, and losing to the Magic is a real loss of direction.

For a team that doesn't have three points, the Raptors are beaten to the point where they can't fight back, blaming themselves for feeling weak? Not really, the problem of no strong offensive point on the inside line is highlighted, and the weakness of rebounding is exposed. Summing up everything, the Raptors team is too drifting, they have a casual mentality, they are in a hurry to eat the shooting meal, they rely on the sky to eat, and the inertia of winning begins to spread.

Sam is actually afraid, you must know that losing is such a thing, and losing will output inertia. In fact, there are too many uncertain and unexpected factors in losing, but for strong teams, they can find out the problem by losing only three games at most, so they can maintain their form throughout the season and have an excellent record. The current situation of the Raptors team makes Sam worried, and the following two opponents are not too strong, but they are both away games, and they are back-to-back away games.

First of all, the Pacers, who met for the second time this season, are currently in eighth place with a 12-12 record, 0.5 wins away from the Raptors. In the battle for the playoffs, if the Raptors still lose and the Bucks win, they can only fall out of the top eight. The result is almost a horizontal knife fight, and the Raptors can't afford to lose. But the good news is that Artest has requested a trade and has been on the injury list and has missed several games.

Then the Eagles also met for the second time, and theoretically the Raptors should fly with arrows in their hands and shoot down the Eagles, but now the situation is not necessarily! If four consecutive defeats visit Atlanta, or back-to-back, then it is not impossible to be rounded, after all, the Magic can lose, and any other team can lose.

At the Consec Arena, the match day arrived as scheduled. Kyle is used to a full audience, and he doesn't have the noisy feeling he had at the beginning.

After the warm-up, the two sides announced the starting lineup, and Sam finally made a few changes, which can be regarded as taking the blame for himself, yes! It's Jay. Center Jamal, power forward Bosh, small forward Joey, scoring guard Peterson, point guard Kyle.

For the Pacers, center O'Neal Jr., power forward Austin Crohill, small forward Artest, scoring guard Jackson, and point guard Anthony Johnson. The list was announced, which scared everyone into a daze, what happened? Artest actually made a comeback? Not leaving?

The fact is that Artest has been waiting for this day for a long time, and today's start was obtained after he begged Rick Clare for a long time and communicated and coordinated for a long time. He put down his face, came out of the injury list, just to show some color Kyle and Bosh, he was going to rub salt in the wounds of the Raptors, step on two feet by the way, and he would have Jamal to pay, it would be better if he could humiliate this trash, and he wanted Sam, the old guy, to cry in his heart. He is full of hatred for the Raptors, and Artest is determined to prove himself and cripple the Raptors.

Kyle glanced at Artest, who had a dark face, and knew that this guy was going for that farcical deal, and it was obvious. The rest of the Raptors didn't look good when they saw Artest, they were hard enough, thinking that they could pick up a bargain, but the result was worse. Sam, not to mention, seeing Artest's behavior, he was even more glad that he was not blinded by the excuse of a bright future.

At the beginning of the game, Jamal jumped the ball successfully, and it is estimated that his heart was also stimulated, Artest appeared at the Consec Arena today, probably because of his other protagonist, Jamal withered in the last game, and if he doesn't prove himself this time, then he will be wasted.

Kyle dribbled past half the court, and Artest defended in a very serious manner.

"I heard you don't want to play with, right? Are you stopping me from going to Toronto because I'm not strong enough? Artest asked with a grim smile as he stepped back.

"Uh-huh! That's right, it's me, we don't need you such a waste, do you have any opinions? Kyle taunts directly, preferably to anger Artest again.

"I'm strong or not, you'll know later, don't try to provoke me, my purpose today is extremely clear, leave the victory here, and you guys will get out with four consecutive defeats."

"These words can only be said, there is a kind of you go to Ben to chatter, he can knock you out with a backhook, I'm serious."

"It's Ben again, don't talk about him, to be honest, it's useless."

Kyle at the top of the arc, facing Artest, who was more than one step back, directly pulled up the shot and hit it! "Did this work?"

After that, he shook his head and signaled to Artest, you can't do it! Actually, Kyle, this is a test of the feel, find the rhythm, it feels good, good luck.

Artest was clever in his running position, while Anthony Johnson handed the ball to O'Neal Jr. and played inside and out. O'Neal Jr.'s low-post offense was strong, with three squeezes and two swings, and a small hook hit. Although Jamal used his strength to feed, it was useless, he did not have the size and strength of O'Neill Jr., and no matter how desperate he tried, it was in vain.

Off-site offense and defense, in the face of Artest's endless harassment, Kyle finally reached the top of the arc after a long time, beckoning, Bosh pulled to the outside of the three-point line to block and dismantle, Kyle bypassed Bosh, faced this half of the wall, pulled up and shot, and the ball hit the board into the frame.

"Mr. Artest, who is known as the best defender, how can he be so capable, and now I feel that what I said is useful?" Kyle started to get nervous, scoring two three-pointers in a row, which was unthinkable before, he scored one at a time, and now it seems that his hand is so good that it explodes! Shooting requires not only non-stop training day and night, but also rhythm, but also feeling, and confidence, and the last half comes from luck, and Kyle has it all now.

"I hope you keep your touch up so that the Raptors can win the championship in June and Canada will treat you as a hero." Artest was also not annoyed, he was impressed by the shameless anger of Kyle early in the season, and he was also very ashamed, and was overshadowed by the rookie who played the first game, and Artest was very annoyed after the game.

"It might make you even sadder, you should have gotten a ring, but it's a pity..."

"You didn't wake up from your dream!"

Kyle chatted with Artest as he walked out of the half. Anthony Johnson arrives, and Kyle stops bickering and steps forward to make a show. The former executed the tactics arranged by the old handsome guy perfectly, gave the ball to O'Neal Jr., and then ran away.

The Raptors started to pack nearby, O'Neal Jr. and Jackson scored and hit, and finally the wandering Kyle burst out and intercepted the ball that hit the ground. Then serve yourself to the end, no one can stop you. After scoring eight straight points in the opening stanza, Kyle found the feeling of scoring 60 points.

Sam's tightly knit brow finally relaxed, and if Kyle could explode, then winning was a matter of course, and he finally put his heart back in his stomach. Carlisle pursed his nose, and felt a little bad in his heart, the reason why a superstar is a superstar is that he can give people the illusion of invincibility, and once he plays that momentum, he is basically unstoppable. Kyle is now playing on a whim.

Coming back to Artest with the ball on his own, Joey's advantage came out, although he is a rookie, experience and technique are very young, but his strength and body are a sharp weapon against Artest's type of player. What type is Artest? It is to rely on the strength of the body to squeeze a tendon straight through, the speed is not fast, the center of gravity is very high, do not bow down and bend over, like a tank machine. And Joey is a rock, a rock that hinders the advance of the tank.

Artest was forced to stop the ball, sway from side to side, and finally pass to Jackson. In the face of Peterson, Jackson dribbled and got rid of it, broke through, but it was unsuccessful, Peterson was very sticky, it was all attached to him, and the defense was very good, and Jackson couldn't break this line of defense at all.

Passing around, Artest couldn't help it in the end, he shot a three-point shot, his posture was a little awkward, he didn't lean back in particular, and he shot straight up. He didn't have Kyle's luck and hit a hit.

Jamal defended the rebound, and Kyle gave the former back after halftime for him to distribute. O'Neal Jr. is different from Howard, the former is good at attacking, slower, and less physically fit than the latter, while the latter is good at defending and can jump and dunk. The essential difference is huge, and Jamal is not afraid of the slower big man, at least against O'Neal Jr., who can dribble and walk around and look for gaps in his teammates.

After Kyle went back and forth, he reached the bottom corner and stood still to watch the play, but somehow, Artest didn't follow, and Anthony Johnson followed suit, looking back from time to time to see if Kyle was there, and in fact Kyle was all there. Then Jamal passed to Peterson who cut inside, Anthony Johnson was close, and he came over to intercept it, Peterson crossed Kyle, there was an empty opportunity, Kyle pulled up a shot, and the three-point shot was hit! It's against the sky!

In the opening three minutes, Kyle scored 11 points, shot 3 of 3 from three-point range, and counterattacked with a defensive fast break. I don't have to say anything about the feeling, I directly looked at Carlisle in the circle, he urgently called a timeout, no no, and in this way, it was a rhythm of thirty points in a single quarter. How many points do you have to score in the game?

"Watch him closely, once Kyle has the ball and rushes in, desperate to contain him, we must not let him break through easily, we can't let our guard down, this game can't be lost, that's what I want to say."

The game started again, O'Neal Jr. made a hasty shot when he was caught in the bag, missed, and Crohill made a basket and scored.

Jamal jumped high and gave the ball to Kyle, who cut in, and the bag came, Kyle scored Joey, who hit a three-point shot!

Artest holds the ball outside the three-point line, tentatively steps, clicks, takes a sudden step, retreats three-point shots, this time there is! It's kind of one more.

Bosh hadn't touched the ball for a long time, and Kyle knew how to be a man and gave the ball his singles. Bosh himself is not angry, mid-range, iron!

Anthony Johnson thought to himself that he hadn't shot either, and he broke through in the half, but against Kyle, he couldn't walk a few steps, so he couldn't walk, and he stepped back and made a jumper, three no-touch!

When Kyle came back, he still handed the ball to Jamal, and then made all kinds of internal cuts, Jamal made the ball very well, Kyle passed to Bosh, and the latter finally opened the meat!

……

There are less than five minutes left in the first quarter, Kyle holds the ball to break through, the Pacers contract rapidly, and suddenly retreat with two steps to shoot, Artest quickly got up to interfere with the block, Kyle is too accurate, accurate to have no friends, so that Artest is nervous, and after jumping up, he finds that he was fooled, but it was too late! Kyle bounced off the kick and threw it out with his feet out, the ball hit the board into the frame, and there was a penalty.

Kyle walked out and rounded the lap, glanced at Artest, and then happily went to the free throw and hit the free throw!

O'Neill Jr. turned around and responded to one after a high post!

Kyle came back and opened his mouth, "You've come back to defend me so well, will Rick praise you, I guess it will, you're doing too well." To be honest, I want to thank you, I never shot 50 percent in the first few games, and thank you for coming back and allowing me to find that long-lost touch. ”

"You talk a lot of nonsense!" Artest's face was blue and purple, and he was ashamed, and he couldn't figure it out, as soon as he came back, Kyle exploded, was this for Mao? Has he regressed defensively? Totally unreasonable.

"Man! Get your mindset right, you can't lead the team forward like that. "Kyle brings up the old story, and it's a big talk about Artest when he arrives in Toronto and talks to everyone on the Raptors, claiming that he is going to lead the team forward, and now Kyle is teasing him." That's what you told me in the first place! ”

Artest's nose began to squirt, and it was estimated that the unhappiness had reached the extreme.

"You look so uncomfortable! Now I'm curious to know how you led the team forward? ”

Artest is completely speechless!

"Alright! Then just watch! ”

Before the words fell, Kyle broke through strongly, changed direction and rushed to the basket, twisted and picked up the basket to score again! He's not the ignorant rookie he was before the season, and he's not afraid of Artest now, because the defense is always half a beat slow and can't keep up with Kyle's pace. It's not Artest who has regressed, it's Kyle who has grown! He is already a little eagle who can soar into the blue sky!

With two minutes left in the first quarter, Kyle was substituted for a break. At this time, he has already cut 21 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, and he has exploded again! Artest was also substituted, his face lonely, and he obviously couldn't understand why Kyle was able to score so violently under his defense. (To be continued.) )