Chapter 222 [Defending the Top Ten?] Big surprise! 】
Yang Rui has repeatedly emphasized attacking to win games and pull popularity for the team. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, the Raptors' defense is not bad, but the offensive and defensive transitions are fast, and they often bring up the opponent's rhythm.
The Raptors' defensive weakness is only point guard, and after Billups is out, the No. 1 position is a bit awkward.
The two veterans are slow and poor with the ball, and it is difficult to deal with speed guards on the defensive end, and it is difficult to dribble the ball for more than half the court on the offensive end, and the task of dribbling the ball has to be handed over to Carter and Maddy. Boykins is too short and the defensive end is air.
On the 17th, the Raptors defeated the Hornets 104-95 away, and the Raptors did a good job of interior defense, the veteran Coleman was defended by O'Neal Jr., and Elden Campbell failed to bargain on Miller.
On the 19th, the Raptors challenged the Celtics away.
Carter was in average shape in this game, mainly breaking through the ball, reducing the number of shots, shooting 3 of 11 from the field, 0 of 4 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws, with only 11 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Maddy, O'Neal Jr., and Curry won 105-94.
Yang Rui encouraged Carter to shoot more and brush up on good statistics to compete for MVP, but he found that Carter was not like Iverson, he would not shoot crazy every game, and if he didn't feel good, he would find a feel, and if he had cold hands, he would choose to adjust the pass.
The current Carter is also a little different from Yang Rui's previous life, his data is slightly inferior to the second season, and he is more efficient, with an overall shooting rate of 50.3% and a three-point shooting rate of 40.7%.
Because of the strength of his teammates, Carter got more good heads-up offensive opportunities, and because of the strength of his teammates, Carter didn't have to take too much responsibility when he was in a slump.
A player is selfless, and there are pros and cons. Carter wasn't consistent, sometimes scoring 30 or 40 points a game, sometimes a 10-point game. Relying on the combination of sudden points and shots, his statistics are very comprehensive, and his shooting percentage and efficiency are higher than those of Grant Hill and Gary Payton.
Back at home, the Raptors took on the challenge of the SuperSonics.
The SuperSonics remain a strong team under Payton's leadership, with a 27-14 record.
However, the weakness of the SuperSonics is obvious, the offense relies too much on the blocking and pick-and-roll of the two stars Payton and Wenbeck, lacks variety, does not score much, and relies on the defensive end to reduce the efficiency of the opponent to win.
Supersonic has not changed much from Yang Rui's previous life, it is still those people. Rashad Lewis is a significant improvement from last season, but his defense is average, he is just an ordinary role player, and he still has to continue to work out.
After the game began, Payton broke through the ball, made a pull-up jump shot, stepped back for three points, threw a high layup and could do anything, and led the team to take the lead on 5-of-5 shooting, teaching Christie to be a man.
Now Payton is at his peak, and it's not something Christie can deal with one-on-one, and Christie can only pull away on the offensive end and attract the defense with Hornacek.
Several Raptors players played point guard in guest roles, but they were not as good as Billups on the court.
A few minutes later, the Raptors stabilized the situation.
Wenbeck has no advantage over O'Neal Jr., he didn't score a few singles, and the Raptors players are tall after the pick-and-roll, and they do a good job of interfering with the shot, and the supersonic interior line is prevented from dying.
In turn, Miller pulled to the perimeter center and gave up space for Carter to score consecutive cuts and jumpers.
Although Payton is a master of defense, he still can't prevent Carter, and the opponent kills near the penalty area to rely on his physical advantage, and Payton can't cover it. And the Raptors are constantly blocking and dismantling, and Payton will be separated by cover.
The second quarter became the Raptors' show time, Maddy, Detreve, Hornacek ensured the offensive firepower, the supersonic mainly attacked Curry, and the backup point guard Emmanuel Davis shot very resolutely, but the accuracy was poor, and the coach was helpless with 4 shots and 0 shots.
McCoy, Bosson and others couldn't attack either. There were too few supersonic attackers, and Brent Barry was in charge of bringing the bench and was completely suppressed by Maddie.
At halftime, the Raptors went from trailing by five points to leading by 12 points.
In the third quarter, the Raptors continued to take the initiative and played a fast break, and after leading by more than 15 points, the players became more and more relaxed, and there were a few very subtle pass and cut coordination, and the dunk was empty.
The SuperSonics were all out of touch except for Payton, trailing by 22 points at the end of the third quarter, halfway through the fourth quarter, and the difference was 27 points, going into garbage time.
Sent to the bench battle, the SuperSonics were no opponent, and in the end the Raptors won 109-77.
Payton had 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and Windbeck had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Lewis didn't play much against Maddy and scored just four points. Even if he is replaced by the Raptors now, he will not have any chance to perform, so he can only come off the bench.
All six of the Raptors scored in double figures. Carter 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists; Maddy 17 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists; Detreve finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists on 6-of-10 shooting, 3-of-5 three-pointers and 5-of-6 free throws against his old club.
After this game, ESPN released a statistic that was a big surprise. The stats show that the Raptors rank ninth in the league in defensive efficiency.
Many people don't believe that the Raptors are conceding an average of 104.4 points per game, which is still in the top 10 in the league?
Experts explain that the Raptors' defense can suppress the opponent's shooting percentage, especially mid-to-long-range shooting. The opponent's overall shooting rate of 45.1% is not low, but the three-point shooting rate is only 32.5%, and the Raptors' strategy of focusing on the outside is correct.
So far, the Raptors have only lost three games, and if they keep this trend, they will definitely win the regular season championship.
Yang Rui is in a particularly good mood, and if the team breaks the record to win the regular season championship, he could win the best coach for the second consecutive year, which has never been done in NBA history.
Yang Rui clearly remembers that the best coach of the season in his previous life was won by Doug Rivers, which can be called the best coach in history. Because the Magic didn't make the playoffs, 41-41, Rivers was the first season of his career as a coach, and the reason for the award was that the Magic team had no stars, and the judges thought it was remarkable that more than half of the winning rates were.
Now, the Magic are missing Ben Wallace, have a poor defense, and have a win rate of less than half. If you dare to give the award to Rivers, I am afraid that you will be drowned by the fans' saliva.
The team was on vacation, Stana went to the field for an internship, and Nina Dubov went to eat with Yang Rui alone and went to a Chinese restaurant called "MeanBao".
Their signature snack fits the name well, which is steamed buns. There are many flavors of steamed buns, including pork belly, chicken, beef, tofu, mushrooms and more.
In addition to main dishes such as steamed buns, siu mai, and dumplings, there is also a specialty, steamed rice with lotus leaves, wrapped in lotus leaves and steamed with minced meat. Whether it is from the visual or the taste, it adds a touch of warmth to the cold winter.
Nina asked, "Jerry, is the game almost ready?" ”
"Not yet, it's almost after the celebrity weekend, this Nina Minion is very similar to you, you will definitely be satisfied." Yang Rui said with a smile.
"Roar, I'm looking forward to it." Nina's eyes sparkled with stars.
She didn't know Yang Rui's bad taste yet, but she liked it very much after seeing the image of the Minion, and the so-called setting was the same as her, that is, this Minion was very unlucky.
In the plan written by Yang Rui, when Nina the Minion is instructing novices to play the game, there will be a small animation of seeding, tripping and falling into the ground, turning into a clay figure.
Bugs appear on the crops in the field, and when Nina demonstrates how to kill insects, the bugs will crawl on her head, and then panic and crash into the farm sign and hit the street.
The worst thing is that in the later update, after the dog comes out of the farm, Nina demonstrates that stealing vegetables will be chased and bitten by dogs.
The game will be popular in the future, and Yang Rui doesn't know how Nina will feel, it must be very interesting.