Chapter 214: Action Slaps in the Face
The Raptors had a jolting schedule with the Warriors on the road, and their next opponents were mediocre, with only three games in eight days, home to the Bobcats, Bulls, and 76ers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info and then followed by three consecutive visitors, namely the Magic, the Pacers and the Hawks, and it was Christmas after playing six opponents!
Except for the Bulls and Pacers, the others were wet and wet, and they didn't even touch the side of the playoffs. The Raptors have a chance to abuse the fish belly and brush up the record. All members of the Raptors have this awareness, you must know that Barnes and Jamal will be released from prison one after another, the lineup is complete, and the strength is increasing unabated.
First of all, the home court played against the Fish Belly Bobcats again, and everyone on the Raptors was wet with rain and dew, and everyone contributed to the slaughter of them again. The final score was 103:81.
In the opening game, Kyle broke through the mid-range pull-up jump shot to get the first drop of blood, and then Bosh and Peterson opened one after another, and a wave of 10:2 started to make Bickerstaff feel sore and distressed, called a timeout to stabilize the situation, and the two sides had back and forth, maintaining this score until the bench.
On the bench, the Raptors welcomed Barnes back, highlighting their advantage even more, scoring four more points than their opponents in a few minutes. Then the main force came up to chase and fight, Kyle was not afraid of Wallace's tight defense, the hand style was quite smooth, there were three-point breakthrough jumpers, coupled with destructive power, the Bobcats were full of holes on the defensive end. And that's not all, their core Wallace and Okafor have terrible hands, no shooting rhythm at all, and there is no way to effectively get the ball into the basket. In this way, they were a full twenty-one points behind at half-time.
In the second half, the Bobcats learned from the experience, began to play more passes, and finally played well, which lasted less than three minutes, and with the explosion of Bosh and the assistance of Kyle, Joey and Peterson, the Raptors began a new round of bombardment. Bosh shot continuously, and then overturned the river and the sea on the inside, and the free throws were extremely accurate, Okafor was directly stunned, and just like that, the Bobcats were done in the third quarter.
Kyle had 16 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds in the third quarter, greeting a little, Bosh 18 points and 7 rebounds, which was relatively average, Peterson 10 points, Joey became more and more powerful, scoring 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, while Jalen, another person in the starter, only scored 2 points on 1 of 4 shots, which was very bleak, and I am afraid that the starting position will be shaky after Jamal returns. Calderon still shines off the bench, with 6 points and 4 assists, and when Kyle is away, he organizes the offense. Barnes, who returned, had an average performance, scoring only 5 points and 3 rebounds, which looked average, but his return gave Sam more room to adjust. Smith scored 11 points, is the most offensive player on the bench, and has a consistent performance, currently averaging 10.2 points per game is much better than Jalen, but he is still far from the starter, mainly because his defensive attitude is still a problem, and with Kyle and Bosh, he doesn't have so many balls. Others have also made a slight contribution.
The Bobcats' top scorer was Wallace with 13 points, then Knight with 12 points and 6 assists, and Felton was not so lucky, every time he met Kyle, he wanted to show his strength, but every time he coaxed, 5 points and 2 assists. Blazek 12 points, Okafor 9, Jumaine Jones 10 points, and the rest of the people were in a bad mood! Nothing.
With this win at home, the Raptors' record has reached 13-9, beating the Wizards with the same record and ranking fifth in the East. The media is back on the pitch that the Raptors will be a strong contender for a top-four finish because Jamal is on the verge of returning. At the same time, it completely denied Artest's deal, claiming that the Raptors should be glad that they did not do anything stupid to hurt the team's chemistry.
But then the Raptors slapped them in the face, and they delivered a spectacular loss at home. The game against the Bulls was extremely hard, and the two sides fought until the last minute to decide the winner, and the Bulls took the victory away with free throws.
The two sides were evenly matched in the first quarter, mainly due to the power of their point guards. Kirk Hinrich is a white man, and he is also a talented person in the class of 03, he seems to be thin and weak, and his strength is not bad, but he has a good set of defensive Kyle, holding the bottom and stabbing his hand, and the kraft candy generally sticks to Kyle's body, and he is not far from Kyle, and he is generally thrown away by Kyle within two seconds, and he must return to his side to guard.
Kyle can't use his hands and feet, and part of the reason is Tyson Chandler, this big man sits on the inside, and the others line up, and it is extremely uncomfortable when Kyle breaks through, and he eats three big hats in the whole game, a whole three! Kyle's number of hats throughout the season has skyrocketed.
In the second quarter, the scores of both sides alternated upwards, but what remained unchanged was that Kyle still couldn't find a rhythm. And Bosh didn't have Kyle's support, and the offensive end seemed to be lost. The Bulls' Ben Gordon made a big difference, scoring 17 points in two quarters.
The third quarter was more like hand-to-hand combat, the scene was ugly, fouls became mainstream, there was a pause, and the iron was played all the time. And both sides were looking for change in the fourth quarter. The Raptors completely abandoned Jalen, and the Bulls sent two major bench giants, Andres Nocioni and Darius Sangeira, to disrupt the game, and the tempo was quickened and the momentum of grabbing points was obvious.
However, the two sides were still unable to kill their opponents with a stick, and the stalemate lasted until the last three minutes. In terms of defensive intensity, Kyle and Bosh turned on the singles mode, but it didn't work well. Similarly, no one on the Bulls' side stepped up to give the Raptors that fatal blow, they didn't have an obvious strong point, Gordon couldn't find North under Peterson's marking, not to mention Hinrich, Kyle didn't score, of course he would stalk and not let the opponent score.
In the last 41 seconds, the Bulls scored 2 points through Chandler's layup, and the Bulls took the lead again and led by 1 point. Sam called a timeout, and after coming up, he still played with Bosh to block and dismantle, after all, these are their most reliable tactics, the two most sure points, and at this critical moment, they must be tough. After Kyle burst in, a trap ensued, and Kyle felt deep enough to return the ball to Bosh, who followed up with a throw. Iron! Chandler made another contribution, grabbing the rebound.
With twenty-three seconds left, the Bulls took a timeout.
Then the Raptors pressed all over the court and interfered with the opponent's serve, but it was delusional, and Gordon ran to the backcourt to catch the ball, which was clearly time-consuming.
The Raptors were helpless and fouled with ten seconds left on the clock, but Gordon was solid and hit both free throws.
In the end, Kyle soared three points, and it was obvious that he didn't!
The Raptors lost a game they shouldn't have lost 91-94. Kyle finished with 14 points, five assists and five rebounds on 5-of-15 shooting, Bosh had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Peterson had 17 points and Joey had 10 points. The Bulls' Gordon scored a game-high 25 points, and Chandler had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
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