Chapter Eighty-Three, What Civilian Rockets Lack.
The game begins.
In the jump ball, Lopez, the center of the Nets, tried his best to snatch the ball and slapped it into Xiao Ran's hands.
In this game, Xiao Ran not only served as the heavy responsibility of the offense, but also the absolute main force in organizing the offense.
Xiao Ran quickly dribbled the ball to the front court, and Lowry stepped forward to defend as soon as possible.
In this game, if the Raptors want to win, they must limit Xiao Ran's scoring, which is not easy.
Lowry, who knew this, was on full alert, but as a big forward, Scola suddenly appeared on Lowry's side, a blocking and dismantling cover, Xiao Ran broke through directly with the ball, and when the Raptors had not yet organized a defense, Xiao Ran broke through with a quick change of direction, and in front of Jonas, forced a shot and scored two points.
During the whole process, Xiao Ran and Scola didn't have any communication, not even eye contact.
Now Xiao Ran finally knows why Scola is Yao Ming's assistant to become a legend.
Scola is a technical interior player with mediocre athleticism, reducing the low post offense; often blocks and pulls out, and shoots steadily from mid-range; The defense is smart and daring to fight, but the height suffers.
However, his body is strong and flexible, and his hands and feet are fast.
And he has a lot of experience and a great view of the course.
As a big man, he has good ball control ability, and his passing is also excellent, especially good at feeding low players in the high post, and he has a variety of offensive moves, although his height is not dominant, he can always avoid the opponent's block under the basket and score smartly, and the rebound is very good.
In addition, he can use flexible movement on the interior to make space for teammates to break through.
On top of that, Scola is serious on the pitch.
On the court, he fights for almost every ball, and he is often seen falling to the ground and scrambling during games.
This serious attitude also motivates his teammates around him.
James once said of Scola that he is a very aggressive player who plays the ball and is the kind of player you have to defend at all times.
With a ball, Xiao Ran felt that Scola was strong in coordination, and he could often be in the position you needed when he needed it most.
If Scola didn't do any blocking and dismantling of the ball just now, although Xiao Ran could also break through and score, it would definitely not be so simple, from receiving the ball to attacking to facing Lowry, and then Scola stepped forward to block and dismantle, to Xiao Ran scoring, the whole set of cooperation was done in one go, which was never comfortable for Xiao Ran!
On the defensive end, Scola has become more serious, although he is a person who must be closely marked, but he also likes to mark others, although the defense is not good, the height is weak, but this attitude is worth encouraging.
The Raptors do have a lot of offensive points, although Xiao Ran defends DeRozan, but Lowry's offensive ability is also very good, after breaking through the inside line, a quick stop and retreat jump shot, two points to the account.
In the opening 30 seconds, the two sides drew 2:2.
The Raptors came to the defensive end again, this time, all the players of the Raptors came seriously, and the execution of the tactics was perfect, Lowry's oppressive defense against Xiao Ran, in the face of the Nets' fast running, the Raptors' rapid change of defense was also very fast, and the flexible rotation defense made Xiao Ran finally understand why the NBA would become the strongest league.
It's because they are not only technically strong, but also have this kind of cooperation!
In the Olympic Games, although the dream team is strong, it is a patchwork team after all, and it is necessary to estimate the playing time of each player, plus the dream team never thinks that they will lose, and it is more about performance in the Olympic Games, so the team composed of a group of star players gave Xiao Ran a chance to win the game.
In this attack, Xiao Ran is under a lot of pressure, although it is not an "AASAA" tactic, but it is really difficult for Xiao Ran to break through with multiple people in a joint defense.
But this is not difficult for Xiao Ran, he still has an accurate outside three-point ability.
After a few passes, the basketball came to Xiao Ran's hands again, Xiao Ran, who was holding the ball, suddenly sped up, took advantage of Lowry's short-term reaction to stagnate, and took advantage of the vacant opportunity next to him to jump quickly.
Although Lowry tried his best to defend Xiao Ran, it was a pity that the short reaction time gave Xiao Ran a chance to shoot, and when Lowry jumped, the basketball was already flying in the air.
Three-point hit!
The Nets temporarily led 5-2.
Back to the defensive end, the offensive person is still Lowry, the two-gun combination will never worry about turning off, DeRozan is defended by Xiao Ran, but Lowry's offensive strength is very strong, as if to give Xiao Ran a three-pointer, Lowry also jumped directly when he came to the three-point line.
I have to say that Lowry's hand feels really good today, this three-point shot is even more beautiful than Xiao Ran's three-point, hollow into the net.
In both rounds, both sides felt the toughness of the match.
The pace is so fast, the competition is to attack, and whoever has a stronger attack will have more advantages.
The Nets are on offense again.
Xiao Ran tried a breakthrough and failed, but Xiao Ran found a very good passing opportunity, on the outside, a ground pass, the basketball came directly to Scola's hands, in the face of Patterson's defense, several strange and flexible steps, Scola threw off the defense, shot in the middle, and scored two more points!
At this time, the head coach of the Raptors, Duane Casey, frowned slightly, this kind of intensity of competition is a bit excessive.
Although fast break is the Raptors' strong point, if it is too fast, the shooting rate will definitely decrease, but in terms of shooting percentage, Xiao Ran is much stronger than Lowry.
The rhythm of this game, the commentary on the sidelines felt strange.
This kind of game where every ball counts is either the playoffs or the final, or the final period of the game.
But this is just the beginning of the game, it stands to reason that the feel and strength of the players on both sides should be tested.
Keep going, if you don't say anything else, you won't be able to bear your physical strength.
In the first three seasons, the Raptors did not lose a game against the Nets, and under normal circumstances, the Raptors should not be so desperate on the defensive end, and Xiao Ran's defensive strength is more than enough to defend James.
"It's going to be a good game, the players on both sides are very serious and the morale is evenly matched, so I'm afraid it's going to be a scorching game."
Director Zhang in the live broadcast room watched the progress of the game and couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, last season, the Raptors probably had this level of defense and offense in the playoffs, and I don't know how long they can hold on to this kind of defense." Huang Jingyang looked at the broadcast and said seriously.
Director Zhang nodded and said: "The defense is strong, the offensive speed is fast, in the early stage of the game, the two sides have done their best, I am afraid this will be a close game." ”。
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