Chapter 151: The center is a good thing
The Warriors attacked, Lowry did not rush to attack, but handed the ball to Li Zhi, who smiled slightly, and did not attack by himself, but passed the ball to O'Neal again.
Old Nelson frowned off the court, Li Zhi's style of play made him start to be incomprehensible, so far in this game, Li Zhi seems to be interested in finding a chance for O'Neal, but thinking of O'Neal's singles success rate last season, Nelson couldn't help but want to call a timeout.
But by the time Nielsen had just taken a step, fans at the Air Canada Centre had already remembered the huge boos.
Slam dunk!
O'Neal blocked the Raptors' leader Chris Bosh!
On the big screen, I only saw O'Neal burst directly after receiving the ball, O'Neal Jr. was pushed by O'Neal's power, and Bosh assisted in the defense, but was ruthlessly blocked by O'Neal.
The score came to 7:5.
Chris Bosh was not knocked down by a dunk, and O'Neal's dunk instead inspired Bosh's fighting spirit.
But in the next few rounds, Chris Bosh didn't receive the ball, and under Richie's frantic defense, Chris Bosh couldn't find a good shot at all.
The tactics couldn't run out of open opportunities, so they could only go head-to-head with the stars, and Bosh was distraught by Li Zhi's kraft candy-style defense, and the Raptors had to let O'Neal Jr. play alone.
Although O'Neal Jr. also had the heart to get back on the field, in the boos of Canadian fans, O'Neal ruthlessly hated O'Neal.
Raptors fans are so angry, many fans are already beginning to curse O'Neal Jr. as a "sick ghost".
Their so-called all-star center can't even take the old shark.
Shaq O'Neal is 36 years old, Jermaine O'Neal is 30 years old, and after a few rounds, a player who is in his prime is beaten up by the old man opposite!
Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell hurriedly called a timeout, and the best coach of the 06-07 season felt the pressure from the Warriors at this time, and after rearranging his tactics, the two teams resumed fighting.
Then five minutes later, the score was stretched to 18:5
The Raptors didn't score a point in those five minutes.
The Warriors, on the other hand, relied on the play of the outside shooters to pull away the score.
Of course, all this is thanks to a super-god O'Neill.
Oni dunked twice in five minutes, each more powerful than the other, and the Raptors' home basket trembled, as if it couldn't withstand the huge power of the old shark.
O'Neal's rejuvenation was not only reflected in the dunk, but also in the rebounding, grabbing six rebounds in five minutes, including a frontcourt rebound.
The Raptors' interior combination Bosh and O'Neal Jr.'s offense tended to stagnate, and O'Neal Jr.'s two singles O'Neal didn't believe in evil, but the results were both failures.
Soon, the first quarter ended, and the Warriors led the Raptors by 12 points at 22:10.
Richie scored 6 points, but got 3 rebounds and 2 assists, all of which went to O'Neal.
At the end of the whole quarter, Li Zhi completely had a good hand before marking Chris Bosh.
Chris Bosh's projection ability is not to be said, but Li Zhi is running around Bosh all over the court.
Li Zhi didn't think about locking Bosh, and he couldn't lock a 2.11-meter space forward, but this kind of close interference also made Bosh's hand feel drop sharply.
Bosh's weakness is obvious, and that is thinness, and Lee is always looking for opportunities to play to his strengths.
In terms of strength, Li Zhi is not as good as James and Big Ben, but Bosh's tonnage and strength are not Li Zhi's opponents at all, and Li Zhi also experienced the feeling of crushing the defense with strength.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Nelson planned to let the old shark, who had played a whole quarter, rest for a while, but looking at O'Neal's eager expression, Nelson gritted his teeth and let O'Neal stay on the court.
Nelson has always tried to blur positions and allow players to play multiple positions, like Richie, who played five positions under Nielsen last season.
But when O'Neal single-handedly destroyed the inside line, Nelson was not stupid enough to let go of O'Neal, maybe it would seem a bit risky, after all, O'Neal is 36 years old, but since O'Neal wants to fight, Nelson did not refuse.
Last season, the Warriors were often targeted by other teams on the inside, Bitlins was a good rebounder, but he couldn't afford the task of the interior core, and after being targeted by others countless times, he suddenly found that he could also target others inside, and Nelson suddenly felt that this center was really a good thing.
The Warriors' second-quarter lineup was Crawford, Jackson, Rich, Milicic, O'Neal.
After the Raptors changed a few players on the outside, Bosh and O'Neal on the inside were kept on the court.
Sam Mitchell is gambling, he bets that O'Neal is just returning to the light, playing for more than ten minutes in a row, O'Neal will definitely be dragged down, and at that time, the younger Bosh and O'Neal will destroy O'Neal together and catch up with the point difference.
Bosh forced Milicic, Milicic didn't lose his position this time, but Bosh still hit it.
22:12
The Warriors attacked, and Crawford dribbled through Calderon, who was a good playmaker but not a great defender, on par with his predecessor, TJ Ford.
After attracting the defense, Crawford distributed the ball to Richie on the right.
Li Zhi received the ball, and the defender Giamario Moon, who was the same size as Li Zhi, but weighed a few tons smaller than Li Zhi, Li Zhi walked in a straight line and hit it straight over.
It's going to crash!
But just when the two were about to collide, Li Zhi suddenly pulled the ball back. Moon has a lot of defensive experience, thinking that Li Zhi is going to crash over, so he exaggerated and fell down when Li Zhi was about to touch him.
This is the home court of the Raptors, and the bald referee's whistle has been put in his mouth to blow Li Zhi's offensive foul, but Li Zhi's pull made the referee dumbfounded.
Li Zhi secretly rejoiced in his heart, Moon, the old fox, is making a fool of himself today.
Li Zhi stood in place like this, grabbed the basketball in his hand with one hand, and was stunned when he saw the referee, and directly shot three points from the outside.
25:12
Moon was not convinced, and stood up to theorize, but the referee ignored him.
The Raptors attacked, Bosh missed the outside three-pointer, and O'Neal Jr. grabbed the inside rebound this time, but when O'Neal Jr. attacked for the second time, he was rudely pressed down by O'Neal.
O'Neal already felt quite faceless when someone else snatched the defensive rebound from his head, and he would never allow Xiao Ao to play a second attack on his head again.
O'Neill's tonnage is huge, and in the process of falling, he threw O'Neill Jr. to the ground, and O'Neill howled miserably after falling to the ground.
When the referee's whistle blew, O'Neal Jr. stood up and pushed O'Neal directly, and was pressed and beaten by an old guy all over the field.