Chapter 221: That's all

Sam finally couldn't bear it anymore and called a timeout, he wanted to replace Jalen, but when the words came to his lips, looking at this veteran with vicissitudes on his face, Sam didn't do it after all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoEveryone has a bad hand, Jay has struggled during this time, but because of this, trust and motivation are more needed, and the benefits of a veteran will become more important as the season deepens. What's more, Jay has good experience on both the offensive and defensive ends, and knows how to have an advantage in positioning, and in this regard, Joey can't compare.

In this case, in the next round, Kyle decided to come first, stood on the outside, faced Francis, bent over and walked, suddenly accelerated, turned back, stepped to pick up the basket, the ball rolled, and the frame came out.

Kyle's whole person is not good, he breaks through the rhythm very well, and it goes smoothly into it, and it feels like a stick, it is a routine he is familiar with, and the movements are also gorgeous, but the ball didn't go in, is this luck? Or is it contagious? Jaylen should be grateful to Kyle for sharing all the firepower.

The Magic team turns back and iron! Barty mid-distance no.

Not to be outdone, the Raptors didn't turn around and shoot after Bosh was high!

The two sides were in an awkward situation, and Francis added another iron with a three-point jumper.

Coming back Kyle to the outside to Bosh, the latter twisted twice, had no chance, and chose to pass back. Kyle stood outside the three-point line, no one came up to defend, Francis stretched out his arms and walked slowly, not in a hurry at all, the intention of preventing breakouts and not shooting was obvious, the expression was full of mockery, meaning to shoot!

In the face of such an opportunity, no one will hesitate, Kyle is depressed, and it is clear that he is underestimating him! Pull it up and throw it, come in! Kyle shook his head, pursed his face, and laughed, he didn't go in when he got to the basket, but he didn't go in, but he had half of his luck outside the three-point line, which really made him a little speechless.

When he returned, Francis said to Kyle with a shy face, "Fatty, good luck!" ”

"Uh-huh! I've always had good luck. Kyle choked on the word "privilege" and had nothing to say.

Francis was stimulated by this sentence, thinking that when he entered the league, he encountered the first hurdle in the draft, the ghost place in Vancouver, outside the United States, is still very cold, the taxes are still high, and it is still a new tench belly, this kind of place, Francis will not go to death. Then during the Rockets period, he shone brightly, and after Yao Ming's arrival, he was qualified as an All-Star starter three times in a row, but was tragically traded when he was at his best. I thought it would be good to go to New York, but who knew that coming to a country farm like Orlando would be several grades worse than Houston. I had contact with Knicks general manager Thomas a while ago, thinking that this time I would go to New York, but in the end, I made a halfway trip to bite gold, and Kyle came into everyone's sight.

Now when I hear Kyle say that he has always had good luck, it makes Francis very awkward and unhappy, so he votes. Outside the three-point line, he concocted it in the same way, and he soared! It's a pity that his luck is really not good, short!

The first quarter was lost in the offense of both sides. Kyle finished with 7 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds, which was relatively good. The Raptors also lead by 3 points and can rest in peace.

But the facts were shocked, Barnes, Calderon, Bonner, Smith, and Joey looked majestic on the bench, but they were scattered by the Magic, Howard led Jamil Nelson, Kenyon Doolin, Pat Garrity and other benches to burst out with strong scoring ability, and a wave of offensive flow made the Raptors directly stunned. At the end of the first quarter, the bench let the main team's desperate 3-point advantage disappear, and instead fell behind by 4 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Sam still chose to believe that they could bottom out, but he didn't expect the pit to dig deeper and deeper, and in three minutes, he didn't score a point, and was beaten by the opponent with a small climax of 6:0, and the difference came to 10 points. This made Sam angry and replaced them all, and Kyle and other main players could only play early to fill in the hole for these bastards.

In the face of Nelson, Kyle pushed the ball over, without any stop, and went straight to the basket, scored an easy layup, and Garriti also paid a foul. Penalties are also entered!

Back Kevin Toka made a pass error and was stealed by Bosh, Kyle made a block at the top of the arc and then drove into the penalty area, and then returned the ball to Bosh, who also had a three-point shot!

At this point, the head coach of the Magic team, Ben Ryan, had to go to the main team, and he also thought that if the bench was smooth, he would be able to fight a bloody way and buy more rest time for the main team. Unexpectedly, in two rounds, the 10-point advantage was only 4 points, and it was all broken!

Both sides of the main team were a little sleepy and somehow couldn't get the ball into the basket effectively. On the Raptors' side, Jamal became invisible, he found that he couldn't beat Howard, there was no mid-range jumper, the effect of the strategy couldn't come out, and he couldn't pass inside when he stopped the ball here, Howard's strength and height and arm length made Jamal very jealous.

So it's more Kyle to organize, but unfortunately the effect is getting worse and worse, Jalen and Jamal cut off their meridians, and the bag followed, Kyle began to struggle, unable to tear out the breakthrough, and the offense relied more on Bosh singles and everyone tossing.

The Magic's problems are just as obvious, Francis and Turkoglu both need the ball, and if you let them catch the ball and shoot, they're having a hard time finding their rhythm. On top of that, they have the worst three-point shooting in the league at 30.2 percent, and they are still the team with the fewest shots, averaging 9.7 three-pointers per game, which is a big cut short of the league average.

For example, Stevenson, a shooting guard, may have the worst three-point shot in the league, with an average of 1 shot per game and 0.16 shots, which means a 16% shooting rate, which is really unreasonable, but there is no way, Stevenson is the best person on the Magic team in this position, at least he has a good defense, and his inside cut and breakthrough are sharp, and his overall shooting rate is as high as 46%. And Francis wasn't much better, shooting just 25 percent from three-point range.

Without a three-pointer, the flaw is fatal, they can't open up space, and it's harder to break through. Sometimes Ben Ryan had to bring on Nelson to replace Stephenson, but Nelson didn't defend well and would be ravaged by opponents as a breakthrough. But at least for now, they don't have to worry because Jalen is invisible, and the Raptors happen to have made no changes.

In fact, the Magic team still has their own capital, that is, defense and rebounding, Howard reflects his potential, whether it is a card position to grab a board, he can occupy an advantage in the restricted area, or help defend and make up for defense, he has a keen insight. Coupled with a contractionary defense, they tend to be perfectly restrained against teams that don't shoot three-point shots.

The reason why the Raptors are fighting five scum today is because they didn't open up any three points, except for Kyle and Bosh who hit one shot each, everyone else played soy sauce. 2 of 16, not even the Magic's three-point short hand, but 3 of 8 three-pointers. Almost all of the players on the court on the Raptors are three-point experts, who are not good at shooting, at least they can be blinded, except for Jamal, no one can shoot. But the tragedy is that this three-point team just can't shoot, and Peterson, Jalen and Smith who rely on three-point food also have stinking hands.

At halftime, the Raptors couldn't close the gap and trailed the Magic by seven points, which didn't look good.

Sam consulted with the assistant coaches and decided to take a risk, removing Jamal and Jalen for Barnes and Joey, and opening up a four-time lineup at halftime.

Jamal sat silently on the floor and began to wonder about life, is he really not suitable for the Raptors? The comeback was originally intended to prove himself, but the result was to cut his abdomen with a knife, losing face and disappointing everyone.

But it didn't improve, and Barnes and Joey didn't have baskets and scurried around the court like headless flies. Defensively, he locked the perimeter tightly, but Howard was in a big swing and grabbed four frontcourt rebounds, all of which scored the ball.

At the end of the third quarter, the Raptors were already 10 points behind!

In the last quarter, Sam didn't dare to let Kyle and Bosh rest, he couldn't beat a fish belly, where did he dare to be as calm as in the first half, losing was a three-game losing streak, this result Sam didn't want to see, let alone bear it. He started a new attempt, taking off Joy and Barnes and replacing them with Reggie Evans and Smith, a guaranteed rebounder and a three-point shooter, which he hoped would be the right solution.

With five minutes left in the game, the Raptors and Magic were unbelievably scored, with the former trailing the latter by 15 points, which would have made people laugh out loud before the game. The script was completely reversed, and the Raptors seemed to be beaten to the point where they were powerless.

Reggie Evans went up and became a stepping stone, bullied to death by Howard, and the former rebounding monster would become a well-behaved cat to be petted. Smith also committed intermittently, and was rejected by the basket in various ways, so he could only turn back and run back and forth.

At the last moment, Sam can only hope that Kyle and Bosh will be powerful, and only if they break out will there be a chance of survival. Kyle receives an order to fire infinitely, and he has no choice but to bite the bullet. His physical strength is definitely very good, but today he barely rested, rush! Rush! Rush! I kept rushing in with the explosives bag, and I was half tired and exhausted. chose to be hard, the Magic team contracted tightly, and treated Kyle like a sandbag, which didn't feel very good, and now it's even more inefficient.

Bosh wasn't much better, he took turns fighting hand-to-hand with Howard and Barty, which wasn't what he was good at, so he was even more unbearable than Kyle, soft as a noodle, and couldn't get hard.

In the end, the point difference was maintained to the end, and there was no chance, and the Raptors lost to the Magic away, losing by 15 points at 86-101, and suffered three consecutive defeats for the first time since the start of the game. Kyle had 28 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds on 10-of-24 shooting, and his efficiency was slightly worse, but he was the best player for the Raptors. Bosh had 17 points and seven rebounds on 7-of-20 shooting, which was clearly not his level. The two combined for a 38% shooting rate.

Except for the two cores, the others are even more scummy, and no one can score a double. Peterson had nine points, Jalen had two and Jamal had five. The bench was similar, with 4 points for Joey, 5 for Smith, 6 for Barnes, 2 for Calderon and 8 for Bonner. The overall hit rate was only 33%.

In fact, the Magic team is not much better, and their overall shooting percentage is only 38.3%. But their core Howard exploded, slashing 27 points, 18 rebounds and 8 blocks on 12-of-18 shooting, including two of Gayaire's and three of Gajamal's, two unlucky guys gave each other a chance to make a name for themselves, and the superstar's performance was nothing more than that, especially on the defensive end, bullying the Raptors badly.

Francis finished with 17 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds on 7-of-20 shooting, while Turkoglu finished with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 5-of-17 shooting, both of whom didn't shoot well. Nelson shot 3-of-5 in the first half and 1-of-5 in the second half to finish with 11 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Other people also have double-doubles, and they also belong to the five scum.

The day after the game, doubts from the outside world followed, and although the strength of Kyle and Bosh was affirmed for the Raptors as a whole, they still had to be criticized and educated for their inefficiency. Here are two of the key rotations, arguably the stars of the team, Jalen and Jamal.

Jalen is a cliché, as a veteran of the team, his performance is not only far from last season, but also suspected of dragging the team's thighs, with a career-low shooting rate of 32%, a career-low scoring average of 8.1 points per game, a negative on-court efficiency value, the defense can't help, and the offense can't brush up firepower, it's just a pool of stagnant water.

Jamal was even more resentful, he would have been used as a bargaining chip in exchange for All-Star Artest, but in the end, people still had expectations for him, hoping that he would prove himself. But the result was that he was beaten out by a sophomore, and he couldn't find North at all, and after so many breaks, he seemed to have lost the little vitality and aura he had before, and he had completely dumbed down. This makes people feel angry in their hearts, especially Canadians, who regret their bowels.

The media began to target him, saying that he had wasted the Raptors' brilliant opportunities, that the trade had caused him to lose confidence, and that some people were shouting that Jamal was grossly overrated, that he had lost his rightful place on the team, and so on.

Even Kyle was implicated, and he was taken out by the media for a single round. When he advised him to stop the deal, people are now bringing it up again, asking Kyle if he really made the right way to leave Jamal. Look at the current Raptors' three-game losing streak, is it sour? All kinds of sarcasm and ridicule, saying that Kyle is nosy, hindering the development of the team, is simply lawless.

Kyle shook his head and smiled wryly in the face of various questions from reporters, "Every time we hit a low point, we can come out of it, and I firmly believe that this time is no exception, no doubt, so everything is not a problem, Jamal is a vital part of us, he can get back to form, I have confidence in him." As for the deal! I'm sorry! I just need to play well on the pitch. ”

"Then the team has lost three in a row, who should pay the main responsibility."

"That's right! It's me, I'm not good enough, that's all. (To be continued.) )