The strength of a team is judged by people, and expectations are always rising, and this is the case with the Raptors. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info had a 33-49 record and was fourth from the bottom in the East last season, but this season, with a 16-13 record, ranked fifth in the East, was pulled out for criticism. The reason is that people's expectations of the Raptors are greater, or nitpicking, which can also be said to be a typical touting or.

In addition to the various dissatisfaction of the team members, Sam is also very troubled. If before the season he expected the team to go further and touch the playoff threshold, but two months after the start of the season, his psychology began to change, the Raptors playoff spot has been secured, he hopes that the team can enter the top four and strive for home-court advantage, he wants to prove that they are already a strong team. The pseudo-strong team's remarks are a slap in the face, and he can't refute it, because that's what happened.

On a day off, they headed to Deruth to challenge the Pistons, and Sam verbally repeated the importance of the game indefinitely, and he desperately needed a convincing victory to shut up, especially at the Pistons level. Then again, because the Pistons are the big guys in the Eastern Region, the difference in strength is still obvious, and the Raptors are challenging away again, and it is even more difficult to win, coupled with the Raptors' nature of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, people are not optimistic about the Raptors at all, two consecutive defeats are almost a foregone conclusion, and the possibility of an upset is small and small, well! The fifth in the Eastern Side is completely underestimated!

The mentality of the Raptors has been distorted by the public media, after all, they are young and vigorous, the team has been winning this season, and their confidence has been cultivated. Bosh, who has rarely spoken, has also been bold in his actions, no longer the young dragon who was abused by Gasol at the beginning of the season, claiming that they are not afraid of any team, no one. Well! After a few rounds under Duncan, he didn't fall behind, and as the season progressed, his heart calmed down and he accepted the status of the second leader, which allowed him to regain the style and charm of the leader at the beginning of the season. Now in the face of people's doubts, he said that he could not bear it.

Facing the big guys in the east and west in a row, the schedule is really bad, and the knights behind are not good at stubble. These three teams have definitely shone brightest this season. The Spurs and Pistons were the opponents in the Finals last season, and this season they are the first in the division, and the Cavaliers have LeBron in them, and the explosion of the "Little Emperor" has made people focus on this emerging team. In fact, the Raptors are also one of the most dazzling teams, last season's fish belly, the dark horse rushed to the end, and now the climate has become a strong team. and Kyle's amazing performance when he first joined the alliance, which brought this new army into the limelight.

In the midst of a frenzy, the game is about to begin.

The Raptors' starting lineup point guard Kyle, scoring guard Peterson, and small forward Joey, although the scum of the last game, Sam still chose to believe him. Power forward Bosh, center Jamal. Jalen has been on the bench and has been in a pretty bad mood these days, and his performance has been even more sluggish.

Pistons point guard Chauncy Billups, a player with a big heart and a big picture, a former homeless man, although his strength is good, but it is only good, and he has been to the Raptors. But he came to the bottom to shine completely, and in 04 he led the Pistons, who were generally looked down on at the beginning, to complete the grassroots counterattack, successfully won the championship, and became a well-deserved star point guard in the league for a while.

His characteristics are obvious, three-point and big-picture view, calm and composed, and his style of play seems unpretentious, but quite practical. This season was the best season of his career, setting new highs in points and assists, averaging 18.6 points and 8.7 assists per game as a top point guard, shooting 2.4 from the field of 5.3 three-point attempts and shooting 44% from three-point range, which are also career bests.

Scoring guard Richard Hamilton, nicknamed the "mid-range shooting king", became a rising star in the league in his second season in the league, averaging 18.1 points per game in the 00-01 season, and then performing consistently enough after the Pistons, he is the main scorer of the Pistons, averaging 20.2 points per game this season. Needless to say, his character is that the nickname says everything.

Small forward position Tyshawn Prince, nicknamed "The Little Prince" is a homonym taken from the name, with a height of 206 cm and an arm span of 218 cm, which is commonly known as height arm length. He looks thin, but his defensive talent, defensive awareness, and defensive skills are top-notch, and with good inside cutting and projection, he is the perfect piece of the team puzzle.

The power forward is Hillard Wallace, an emotionally motivated talent who is not only capable of inside and out, but also very tough, defensively excellent, full of passion, and astonishing in his ability to take technical fouls.

Center forward Ben Wallace, defensive specialist, is officially 206 centimeters tall, and in fact, it seems, he is much shorter. But it is such a height on the inside line of the five scum that still can't stop him from playing brightly. As an undrafted player, his capital is defense, his lower game strength, upper body strength, jumping ability, and speed are perfectly matched, and as for offense, he can only dunk under the basket. In the Pistons, he has something called a defensive system, and the success of this team is due to the fact that Ben Wallace can be said to be the most important in addition to Billups' strong scheduling.

Their main lineup is just a patchwork of things, they have a very clear division of labor on the field, balanced inside and outside, everyone contributes, kneaded into a whole, a sophisticated machine. It's not for nothing that they can beat them, they can do it with the explosion of top stars, or a team like them, like the Spurs! They all have shortcomings of one kind or another, such as Ben's terrible free throws, Hillard's terrible temper, Prince's thin body, etc.!

Whistle blows! The competition is officially underway.

The jump ball was dialed by Jamal, Kyle took the ball to steady, in front of these old demons, he felt that it was better to be cautious, after all, it was famous, this is a deterrent! After his teammates were in position, Kyle gave the ball to Jamal, who was standing, and ran away.

Jamal dangled the ball twice with his back to Ben, keeping an eye on his teammates' movements and gaps. Joey's mission is clear, which is to cross the inward cut, occasionally ambush in the area he is familiar with and release cold arrows. The two played a match, Joey got the ball and continued to fly to the basket, Jamal pulled out, but the Pistons are not a fuel-efficient lamp, although Prince is behind Joey, but Ben Wallace did not go out with Jamal, the range of the restricted area, the danger area, they resolutely wrap up.

Then Joey gave back to Jamal, Hillard made up the defense, and then split Bosh, Ben was already in place, and the Raptors' offense was completely destroyed.

Kyle came over to pick up, handed the ball to Jamal again, then ran over to catch the ball hand by hand, with the help of Jamal's block, flew from the left, faced Hamilton who was making up the defense, changed direction and wiped over, entered the penalty area, faced Ben Wallace, he was undaunted, jumped up, and used his usual tricks to lean on Ben to take off for a layup. But Kyle feels like he's hit the iron, and his body rebounds conditionally, tilting his body in the air and rising higher, and Ben slowly flies with it.

When Kyle was at the highest, Ben didn't have a big downward trend, which surprised him, and he quickly held the ball with both hands, then flicked his wrist and the ball flew out. The next moment, Ben's big hand slapped down, and the ball shot through Kyle's ear, and he didn't have time to react, and he stumbled after landing, only to be frustrated that he was ruthlessly blocked.

Billups dribbled across the halfcourt, leaned over and took two steps, and struck a ground pass to Hillard, who had just arrived, and the latter shot straight through with three points, and there it was! Take the first blood for the Pistons.

In the face of such a tight defense of the opponent and handing the ball to Jamal, Kyle ran more actively, slipped around, and at a 45-degree angle, Kyle took advantage of Joey's blocking, turned back and ran back to receive Bosh's pass, and made a high jump shot, too!

Billups slowed down and waved his hand, shouting to pull away, as Kyle's template, he also wanted to prove in front of more than 10,000 people that the original was the original. So outside the three-point line in this round, he tried to step and then slammed down, and then stepped back to shoot, and there were three-point attempts.

In the face of Billups' facial shot, Kyle didn't rush to his head, he kept his cool and still gave the ball to Jamal. The latter singled Ben, carried a few steps, arched and did not move, and took advantage of the situation to give Bosh to the inside line. Bosh didn't pause, and before the bag came, he turned over and shot Hirald, and went in!

Before the game, the Raptors studied the Pistons thoroughly, and the shot must be resolute and fast, because the opponent's defensive strategy is very simple, fast rotation defense, misplaced defense, and the speed of the defense are very smart, so after getting the ball, when you have the opportunity, you must shoot as soon as possible, and there can be no delay.

Off-site offense and defense, Billups and Hillard blocked and dismantled, successfully hit the basket, and then passed the ball to Hamilton, who ran out of space, who hit the ball steadily from the middle distance!

Back Kyle was resolute in his strategy, allowing Jamal to distribute possession, leaning in and taking a leap forward before passing to Peterson, who defended aggressively and quickly put it in place. Peterson feigned to take the ball and broke through and then distributed it to Joey. But the process was not smooth, and Prince's insight was great, fine enough to judge and react in advance, and it was natural for the steal to succeed.

The counterattack started, Billups received the ball and ran wildly on the spot, very fast, and Prince, Hamilton, straight down the third line, and finally Prince easily wiped the basket to score. The Raptors didn't react at all.

In the opening wave of 9:2, Bosh did not believe in evil and singled Hillard in the low post. Lean, tilt, break, pullback, turn-over jumper, iron!

Ben protected the rebound, and Hamilton, who made a long pass to the frontcourt, no one could keep up with the speed of the ball, so he could only watch the opponent add points.

The Raptors were in an awkward situation, Kyle blocked and went straight to the basket, and when he saw Hamilton standing and waiting in front of him, Kyle changed direction sideways, hoping to erase it. But what Kyle didn't expect was that as soon as he made contact with the other party, this guy fell!

Kyle protested, this is obviously a defensive foul, and the worst can be regarded as a fake fall! But the referee ignored it and still upheld the original verdict, Kyle's offensive foul, disappointed! Home field advantage?

Then Billups shoots straight at three! I tasted the sweetness, I knew the taste of the marrow, but unfortunately it was iron, Hillard was under the basket of people, and with a little light, the basket was scored.

13:2 up! This score made Sam unbearable, but he came with hope, who thought about it, he was caught off guard by the opponent at the beginning, and he didn't react at all. Criticism is certain, criticism is necessary, encouragement is still there, this is Sam's routine, everyone has become accustomed to it, anyway, Kyle is like this!

Then Kyle finally picked up a bit, scored a three-point shot, and turned back to send a subtle crotch pass to the applause of the house. Then he broke through to the layup and came up with a 2+1, and came back to send an assist. The score is finally not so ugly. When it was time to break, Kyle and Bosh were both off the field, and the substitutes were able to withstand the storm.

McDyes, Delfino, Ben Wallace, Maurice Evans, Arroyo don't look like they're attacking well. But they can still put enough pressure on their defense. Ben Wallace's interior line is not at all something that the Raptors' bench can break through, especially when the feel is not too good, so the tragedy is often doomed, at the end of the first quarter, the Raptors trailed the Pistons by 7 points 21:28, no more, no less! But the advantage of the strong team is still very obvious.

In the second quarter, the main force came back to wrestle, and the five tiger generals did their tacit understanding and cooperation to the fullest, and they were very patient on the offensive end, and the most important thing is that the Pistons did not fall behind in the position comparison, and even performed better than the other party, except for Kyle!

Defensively! The uncles led by Ben Wallace played savagely, with body collisions and small movements, and at the same time the skillful use of co-defense, supplementary defense, and misplaced defense was perfected. The Raptors are under control at every turn!

Sam tried to motivate his players at half-time, but his speech was a bit weak, they were their strength and didn't have a good way to get the advantage, and their confidence was hit. The most intuitive embodiment is that Jamal encountered the embarrassment of facing Howard in the comeback game, he couldn't carry Ben, the speed was not as fast as Ben, the flexibility was much worse, and the height advantage was broken by Ben's solid lower handicap, so it is not worth making a fuss about being 15 points behind.

In the third quarter, Kyle and Bosh tried to struggle and repeatedly singled, but their sluggish hand made their teammates lose as well! Unable to do anything, the more he earned, the more he fell into the quagmire, from 15 points behind to 18 points behind.

In the end, a miracle did not happen, the Raptors challenged the Pistons away and failed to pass, suffered two consecutive defeats, and the final score was 81:103 The big score was a fiasco, and the name of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard was further implemented.

The Raptors shot 38 percent from the field, and Kyle scored 18 points on 7-of-19 shooting, along with eight assists and five rebounds. Bosh finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds on 7-of-20 shooting. Peterson had 8 points, Joey had 8 points, and Jamal had 7 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Smith had 10 points, Barnes had 15 points, and the Raptors were able to hold on and be the pillar of the final moments.

Billups had 21 points and seven assists, and Ben Wallace had 10 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. Hamilton 18 points, Prince 11, McDies 13 and Delfino 13. Five players on the team scored double-doubles and assisted 30 times, playing more selflessly. (To be continued.) )