Chapter 595: The Great Counterattack!
Naturally, the Philadelphia 76ers want to see this situation the most!
Li Feng's direct combat power exploded today!
Coach Casey immediately struck up with his players at the end of the first quarter.
They are going to continue to win this game, and the Raptors will still do it in the Eastern Conference Finals!
But looking at the situation tonight, it seems that the Philadelphia 76ers still want to pull back a game?
Kessie: "We can get each other to score a few more points in the early stages, but not more than 10 points.
Philadelphia's form in the late game has a chance to play against us, but let's not give the opponent that chance......"
The Toronto Raptors are so strong this season that they have basically never lost much in the regular season or in the playoffs!
Also in this season, in the eyes of the Raptors, there were many opponents at the beginning, and now there are only a few real opponents.
The Lakers and Warriors in the West are among their approved teams, and those two teams will eventually choose one to play in the Finals against them.
And the final finals, they think it's a little difficult. The rest of the games are simply not too simple.
It's not easy for the Philadelphia 76ers to fight so far, but want to take the win from them?
Maybe Philadelphia did have a better performance in the regular season, but the Raptors won't let them go in the playoffs!
Jeremy Lin was very calm tonight, and Coach Casey intends to keep him on the court.
In the early stage, Jemilin can still handle it.
Kuzma came back from the locker room, but still didn't have much energy, and Brown immediately let him pass.
Kuzma threw away the towel and trotted a few steps to Brown for the head coach.
Brown: "The pace of the first quarter was good, everybody kept going, and if something happened I was going to take a timeout.
You can just play in the arena and I'll take care of the rest.
If we want to keep playing, we ask you to be serious about this game. ”
The players present all nodded, and Li Feng now has some bottom in his heart. If the manager doesn't give up on the game, the players won't be too relaxed.
Unlike before the game, Brown's attitude has changed a lot.
The second quarter of the game began with the cheers of the 76ers fans at the scene!
The Toronto Raptors' lineup for this quarter of the game is Ibaka, Leonard, Siakam, Jeremy Lin and Green!
The Philadelphia 76ers are Embiid, Kuzma, Simmons, Li Feng and Bayless!
Li Feng's explosive performance today, if Brown doesn't take it seriously, he estimates that he will regret it if he loses at the end of the game.
Judging from the first quarter of the game, Li Feng's personal score of more than 30 today should be quite no problem!
Bayless held the ball to the front court, and was blocked by the opponent soon, and Li Feng was immediately caught by Siakam and Jeremy Lin as soon as he got the ball!
Li Feng wanted to go over several times, but the other party obviously wanted to fight with Li Feng! Seeing that he couldn't get over it, and the closest teammate was Kuzma, and the basketball immediately passed.
In the confrontation with Leonard, the pants directly feintmed to shake off Leonard, and then hit a 2-point jumper!
The cheers of the fans at the scene immediately rose! Kuzma has just had a certain amount of rest, and now his fitness has recovered a little.
Then Green dribbled the ball across the half, and Jeremy Lin got up and jumped for a three-point shot after getting his pass!
Simmons got the rebound straight away, and then ran like crazy!
The ball quickly passed to Li Feng, and immediately the Philadelphia 76ers hit a three-point shot!
The difference has been stretched to 10 points! Coach Casey's face was ugly at this point.
Jeremy Lin passed the ball to the small card, and Leonard played directly with Kuzma.
Kuzma, who had just held on for a few seconds, was directly passed by kawaii! Then Leonard let Embiid get a foul, and then played 2+1!
39:32! Although the Philadelphia 76ers now have a seven-point lead, Brown immediately signaled to the referee to call a timeout.
Embiid had too many fouls in the early stage!
If this continues, Philadelphia will suffer in the later stages. After working hard for the first two or three quarters of the game, and finally letting the Raptors win, then it would be too big a blow for the players on the team.
And the advantage in the early stage must be maintained, even if all these are done, the later stage may not be able to win against the Toronto Raptors.
Thinking of this, Brown also replaced Kuzma.
Back from the timeout, Philadelphia 76ers played Ilyasova and Saric on the side.
The Raptors still have a lot of hole cards now, but Philadelphia really doesn't have the best players on the opponent's side.
If Li Feng was not on the team, it is estimated that the current Philadelphia 76ers would have given up the game a long time ago, and some players may have changed their vacation locations to the second one.
The most important thing is that with Li Feng in the team, the other players in Philadelphia are willing to fight hard with their opponents!
The Raptors, who trailed the 76ers in the first quarter tonight, are now playing a little restrained.
After Li Feng saw this, he immediately let his players spread out and fight with their opponents as much as possible in the game!
Bayless was in front of Green at this point and ended up passing the defenders around him.
When Siakam came over, he passed the ball to Saric and Leonard was quick to cut off the basketball with a quick lunge.
Regardless of the surrounding situation, he immediately turned around and was about to run!
But just when I started to get up, the ball in my hand suddenly disappeared!
Xiaoka turned around decisively, but at this time, Li Feng had already used Sarich's body to temporarily block Leonard!
Kawaii was a little uncomfortable to watch Li Feng throw the ball in!
In tonight's game, Xiaoka also feels that Li Feng is a little too difficult to defend, is this the state after forcing the opponent to the limit?
Leonard hasn't won a championship yet, but Li Feng has already got three championship rings.
Naturally, in the playoffs, Li Feng has more experience than Leonard.
At this time, Casey's face had completely sunk, what's the matter? And with a 10-point deficit, you have to play with the 76ers until the end of the second quarter?
Leonard had already focused his attention on Li Feng at this time.
Saric next to him can also complete the defense.
In the case of a stalemate between the two sides, Jeremy Lin himself came to score three points!
Bayless then passed the ball to Simmons, who faked Siakam and hit a 2-point shot!
Xiaoka quickly followed Jeremy Lin and motioned for him to pass the ball, looking at his appearance, if he didn't pass the ball, Xiaoka would change to steal.
Jamilin could only throw the ball over immediately, and kawaii, who got the basketball, directly found Simmons just now, and then let him foul and hit the three-point shot!
44:39! The Raptors fans at the scene were almost excited when they saw Leonard's 3+1 this time!
It's really Li Feng in Philadelphia and Leonard in Toronto!
In terms of physical confrontation, Li Feng is not as good as Leonard, and Leonard's defense is still at the top level in the league.
Li Feng doesn't compare this with Xiaoka now, he felt Leonard's gaze immediately after receiving the ball!
Then he didn't pay attention, and was still cut off by kawaii, but Li Feng chased after him directly.
In the final foul situation, he didn't let Leonard dunk, and the latter hit all 2 free throws!
Then Bayless passed, Li Feng didn't wait for Leonard to come over, and hit a three-point shot directly!
Green's three-point shot then hit the iron, Saric got the rebound and passed directly to Li Feng, Simmons received the ball on the other side and passed the half court, and the three points also scored!
50:41! The players on the Raptors' bench were watching the game in silence at this time.
They developed just as head coach Casey feared at the end of the first quarter......
Although they are still very confident now, the Philadelphia 76ers are also notoriously the best team to turn the tables against the wind this season!
Leonard received the basketball again at this point, and Casey now needs to adjust his tactics for this game.
The team can't open the game, so should Leonard play the full four quarters?
This question was already on Coach Casey's mind at this point, and it was lingering.
If he is allowed to play all the time, the final quarter of the game may affect his shooting accuracy and give him a break in the third quarter.
Today I feel that this game is going to be cooler and more ingredient.
The defense, which was supposed to be proud of this season, looks like it may have to give up a little in the third quarter.
Because the current Philadelphia 76ers are mainly based on long-range shooting, and the difference between the 76ers and the Warriors this season is that they have a top center in the team!
Big forward Booker's defensive ability is not weak, if he fights hard, he can fight with some of his team's very strong forward players!
It also gives them too many opportunities for their own team!
Because the Raptors are great on the defensive end, although they can also play well on the offensive end.
But the play is not very stable, and the defense is strong but it does not mean that you can 100% prevent the opponent's three-point shooting in any situation!
Sometimes I feel that a team has no solution, but in fact, I haven't found the weaknesses of this team.
At the beginning of the playoffs, the first and second rounds, as opponents of the Toronto Raptors, did not notice this.
The latter said that even if they found out, they didn't show their strength.
And when the Philadelphia 76ers were crazy about chasing points, at this point, they did it in tonight's game.
So the Raptors' "seven inches" appeared in front of the 76ers all of a sudden.
But the players on the Philadelphia side don't dare to take it lightly, because if you want to fight the opponent's weaknesses, you must also have your own strength!
The Warriors have also proved one thing to the whole league in recent seasons, that is, the three-point efficiency is high enough, enough, and no team is good!
Now here in Philadelphia, Li Feng is mainly playing fast breakouts!
Raptors, if you have the ability, you can prevent us from death! Otherwise, as long as there is a chance, Philadelphia will be crazy and sudden!
Until you win the game!
Leonard still dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and by now in the second quarter, Xiaoka has begun to score points for his team.
In addition to getting other players this season, the Raptors have solved a big problem.
That is, when the team was embarrassed in the past, there were very few players who could stand up immediately......
This has been the case for many seasons and has been a bit of a mystery for the players here in Toronto.
This season is different, and in addition to Leonard's relentless and efficient scoring like a robot, Danny Green is also accurate at times!
And the newcomer Siakam also has a strong desire to attack, and he will score whenever he has the opportunity!
This greatly alleviates the dilemma of the Raptors when they are limited by their opponents, and they can't score.
At this time, Philadelphia also saw that the Raptors are now temporarily letting Leonard score.
Immediately Saric and Simmons went to wrap up the small card, and Ibaka immediately got Leonard's through pass and deducted it with one hand to get the point!
Li Feng directly got a long pass from his teammates, and at this time Leonard also chased over, and Simmons received a pass from Li Feng on the other side!
The response speed of the small card is very fast!
rushed directly to Simmons, and Simmons also made a shooting move at this time.
But suddenly Simmons, who was in the air, turned his wrist!
The basketball flew to Li Feng, and the two hit one made Xiaoka unable to defend the opponent for a while, and Li Feng directly hit a three-point shot!
53:43! The Philadelphia 76ers fans at the scene were overjoyed!
I feel that this game is basically stable, and only the players and coaches here in Philadelphia know that the Raptors this season is definitely not as simple as imagined.
Although they are still in the lead, they are still watching the game carefully.
The players on the sidelines are waiting for a moment if the opponent is still about 10 points behind at the end of the game.
That's how the game is won.
A team that is particularly strong in the regular season, if it really fights their 76ers in the playoffs, no one knows which team will win the game in the end.
Jeremy Lin got the basketball at this point, looked at the time, and then fought one-on-one with Bayless.
Jeremy Lin, who finally passed Bayless, is still full of offensive desire!
Li Feng came to Leonard's side at this time, and Jamie Lin frowned immediately after noticing it.
It seems that his mind is known to Li Feng, and Li Feng's prediction is indeed correct!
Jamilin drew the opposition to the defense, but the target of the ball changed from Leonard to Siakam.
The latter jumped up and shot directly and was defended by Saric !
Bayless took advantage of the chaos to get the basketball, and Li Feng quickly came to the front court after receiving the pass!
But Green had already chased after him by this time!
After Simmons got Li Feng's pass, he watched Jeremy Lin come over and threw the ball directly to Bayless, who had just passed halftime!
Unguarded, Bayless jumped straight and threw the ball!
In the cheers of the fans at the scene, the three-point hit board!
Looking at the time, the second quarter was almost over, and Coach Casey returned to the bench to sit and wait for the end of the first half.
But when I saw 56:43, I immediately got up from the bench!
Then he walked to the sideline a little nervously, and he looked at the time again.
Although the second quarter is almost over, there is still some time left.
Now, although the Toronto Raptors hold a 2-0 lead, Casey will not allow them to lose to the Philadelphia 76ers in this game.
And at this time, it seems that the big counterattack on the Philadelphia side is about to succeed!
Li Feng can score so well today, if the score difference is stretched to more than 15 points, how can he play in the second half?!
Thinking of this, Coach Casey was anxious to walk back and forth on the sidelines!
Then Leonard's three-pointer brushed the basket, Ilyasova picked up a rebound, and Bayless received the basketball directly across the halfcourt!
Coach Casey immediately made a pause!
Simmons missed a three-pointer this time, Siakam got a rebound, and the game was directly suspended.
Gasol Jr. and Lowry warmed up on the sidelines.
The fans at the scene were very enjoyable at this time! The Philadelphia 76ers were playing aggressively, and they forced the Raptors to take several timeouts!