Chapter 115: Two guns in the backfield
What happened in today's game was too unexpected for Suns fans.
At the beginning of the game, Suns fans were just ready to enjoy the Suns' great performance today, and they were ready to cheer for a great goal, only to be caught off guard by the Raptors' three muskets. And when Suns fans felt that the Suns might be overturning today, the Suns, led by Li Mojie and Markieff, overtook the game in just one quarter.
But just when Suns fans felt that the result of the game had been stabilized, the Raptors replaced Rudy Gay and made adjustments, shifting the Raptors' tactical focus to the Raptors' backcourt double guns, and the game changed again.
"Kyle Lowry faced Archie Goodwin with a false shake, do you want to shoot? None of them got rid of Archie Goodwin, Middleton made up the defense, DeMar was empty on the outside, and sure enough, Lowry made a wonderful pass, DeRozan received the ball and made a jumper, 98:98, and the two sides tied again. Eddie Johnson commented passionately.
Next, Li Mojie assisted Middleton to miss, DeRozan grabbed the rebound is a fast break, but Archie Goodwin returned to defense quickly, but unfortunately Lowry also participated in the fast break, one defense two, DeRozan made a freehand back pass, and Lowry received the ball is a burst dunk. At 98:100, the Raptors overtook the score.
Lowry jumped down and clapped his hands with DeRozan and smiled. "I've made sure I've met the right person."
"Isn't it? Did the Raptors regular season backcourt duo set up today? Li Mojie stared at the Raptors backcourt with two people on the opposite side in surprise, and muttered in surprise.
What Li Mojie didn't know was that in Li Mojie's previous life, Rudy Gay was traded to the Sacramento Kings after losing to the Suns in this game; And in addition to Guy, Aaron Gray and Quincy Asie will also be sent. The Raptors got John Salmons, Graves Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. At the trade deadline, Austin Daye, who was not doing well, was sent to the Spurs in exchange for Nando De Colo.
In the end, the Toronto Raptors started with 6 wins and 12 losses, forming a combination of backcourt double guns + interior Valanjonas. With a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, he set a new record for the best regular season in team history. Since 2008, he won the Atlantic Division championship again and reached the playoffs again. But in the end, the Nets lost 3-4 in the seventh game and were eliminated.
"Mo Jie, what are you thinking, the coach called a timeout." Middleton patted Li Mojie on the shoulder and said.
"It's less than four minutes before the end of the game, and I know the two guards on the opposite side of the Raptors are feeling good right now, but that's all there is to it, isn't it? Rudy, you go up, prevent them from breaking through the basket, and Gerrard, Mojab, Eric, Chris, you four up, the guard on the opposite side of the defense, you know? Chris, Eric, can contain Lowry if necessary, and Green pays attention to DeRozan. Hornacek hastened to make adjustments.
At this time, the Suns changed five players on the court: Bledsoe, Middleton, Gerard Green, Li Mojie, Rudy Gobert.
The Raptors are: Kyle Lowry, DeMar Rozan, Landry Fields, Amir Johnson, Jonas Valanjonas.
The Suns attacked, Bledsoe dribbled past half court, and the ball was immediately handed to Li Mojie, who mentioned the free-throw line.
Li Mojie currently has a variety of tactics in the Suns, and he can play on the inside, and Li Mojie can shoot inside and outside, and his range is farther than that of ordinary power forwards, and he can expand beyond the three-point line. So after Li Mojie got the ball, Amir Johnson, the Raptors' defensive player, didn't dare to let Li Mojie go too far.
Li Mojie is playing low, and the rest of the Suns players are skillful runners, and among them, Middleton and Gerald Green are the main runners.
At this time, Middleton was actively running in the hope of getting rid of the opponent, but DeRozan's defense was very tight and did not give Middleton a chance, so Middleton ran towards Gobert at this time, hoping to use Gobert's cover to get rid of the defense.
Gobert stared at Middleton as he ran, and as Middleton ran over, their eyes met in the air, and then Gobert suddenly moved slightly to the left.
Gobert's move not only blocked the sight of Valranjonas who was beside him, but also directly in front of Middleton and DeRozan rushing over. However, Middleton, who had already had a tacit understanding with Gobert, took a big step to the side almost at the same time and avoided it directly.
Middleton avoided it, but DeRozan's reaction was not so fast, after all, he didn't know that Middleton would move at this time, and when Middleton moved, his vision was blocked by Gobert.
"Bang!" DeRozan almost collided directly with Gobert, because Gobert did not deliberately block DeRozan, but moved one step ahead to block Middleton, DeRozan himself did not avoid it, the referee did not award Gobert's covering foul, Middleton, who seized the opportunity, immediately ran to the middle distance and took the pass from Li Mojie, and hit a two-point shot!
DeRozan, who was chasing the past, turned around and signaled Gobert's covering foul to the referee on the baseline after seeing Middleton shoot, but the baseline referee also happened to see everything that happened before very clearly and ignored DeRozan's complaints.
"Hmm." Hornacek nodded, taking in what was happening on the field. In fact, in addition to the high-profile Li Mojie, the Suns' other two young players who were covered by Li Mojie's brilliance are also growing very rapidly, Middleton, as last year's second-round pick, has improved both running and shooting this year, and Gobert has gradually integrated into the team's tactics and knows how to cover for his teammates.
The Raptors' offense, Kyle Lowry controlled the ball to the halfcourt, although the small steel cannon was not tall enough, but the style of play was fierce, and after facing Bledsoe of similar height, he rushed into the basket with Bledsoe after coming to the halfcourt.
"Damn." Bledsoe scolded a few times, he didn't dare to do a fierce confrontation because he didn't come back early because the injury was not completely healed, but this is the NBA, as long as you have a small weakness, you will be infinitely targeted, and no one will sympathize with you.
Rushing to the vicinity of the three-second zone, Lowry did not directly attack the basket at this time, his back was against Bledsoe, and his eyes began to turn, which made Gobert, who was originally ready to step forward to help defend, couldn't help but slow down, but then, Lowry turned around and stuck it behind him, and then went straight to the basket to score 2 points.
was directly singled by Lowry to complete an attack, Bledsoe was obviously not too convinced at this time, received Li Mojie's pass on the baseline, Bledsoe dribbled the ball and rushed to the half.
Lowry, who has played in the league for 7 seasons, is undoubtedly extremely rich in defensive experience, and after seeing Bledsoe rushing over, he directly let the opponent take a small step and chose to shrink the defense, obviously guarding against Bledsoe's breakthrough. Sure enough, when Bledsoe rushed forward, he immediately moved his feet sideways into place, using his strong body to block Bledsoe.
Finding that his attack could not be achieved, Bledsoe handed the ball to Gerald Green, who was about to step forward to block it, and then turned back to the outside line to pick it up again.
Regaining possession of the ball, Bledsoe pulled a little distance beyond the three-point line, which gave him more room to start, and when Gerald Green was standing on the right side to block and Lowry was also following, Bledsoe suddenly changed direction and rushed to the left.
Bledsoe threw the ball in a pull-up jumper before Lowry could rush to him.
"Bang!"
Bledsoe, who had just come on the court, didn't seem to find the touch of a mid-range shot in this game, and the ball smashed into the front of the basket and bounced out.
Gobert and Valranjonas all rushed to the basketball landing point at this time, because the interior players of both teams were not stuck on this side, and the basketball bounced directly to the outside. However, before a few people, a figure had already reached the landing point one step ahead.
Li Mojie, who just cut into the inside line, saw the ball pop up, and appeared at the landing point of the basketball for the first time, and took the frontcourt rebound into his arms!