At the start of the season, the Toronto Raptors were exceptionally bright in the league, winning 24 of their opening 32 games and becoming the top team in the East at one point, which seemed destined to be one of the best seasons in franchise history. Coach Casey flew the Raptors' fanatical fighter plane to the top of the East.

But since the All-Star break, the Raptors have lost in a row and have had a very shaky upheaval, even losing nine games in which they had led by double digits.

The Raptors rarely have an inefficient mid-range offense and can get to the free-throw line in large numbers, and the Raptors' technical stats show that their game is still above par, but the team has lost the winning ground and injuries have taken a toll on the team's roster.

Is the Raptors a team that was once at a high level and then fell apart? Or were they not so good in the first place? It's a question they need to ask themselves, and it's what everyone is worried about the Raptors' playoff prospects.

And today, against the Heat, it is a battle to test the true strength of the Raptors.

Coming to the home court of the Raptors, Xie Chen was really shocked when he entered the court, the atmosphere was so warm, there were many fans, I didn't expect Canadians to love the NBA so much, seeing the pop singer Justin Bieber in the VIP seat, Xie Chen smiled and stepped forward.

Xie Chen took the initiative to stretch out his hand to greet him: "Hey, Justin, long time no see." ”

Although Bieber hates Xie Chen, Xie Chen is the most popular star in the NBA after all, and he is Scarlett Johansson's rumored boyfriend, Bieber naturally didn't dare not give face, and quickly got up and said, "Long time no see, Chris." ”

The two celebrities greeted each other, which instantly attracted the attention of many fans around them, and even the camera was attracted here.

Xie Chen smiled and looked at Justin Bieber, who was dressed in trendy clothes, and asked, "That's right." I've heard that you once learned basketball from me on Twitter, is that true? ”

Justin Bieber was a little embarrassed, but he had even experienced the Ding Ri Tucao Conference, and Xie Chen's words were not taken seriously at all, so he smiled and said, "Haha, you misunderstood." At that time, I lost my phone, I don't know who used my phone to send it, I guess, the person who picked up my phone may be your fan. ”

Xie Chen nodded: "Well, the person who sent this message must have admired me very much and admired my ball skills, I asked you about this just to sue you, my Twitter account was hacked." That's why I replied 'no', in fact, I'd love to teach you how to play basketball, would you do? ”

"This guy ......" Bieber was speechless for a while, in front of so many people, Xie Chen actually wanted to take himself as an apprentice? It's a pity that Bieber hates Xie Chen no matter how much he can't come out in front of the media.

Bieber sneered, "I wouldn't be looking for you if I wanted to learn to play basketball, Chris." We Raptors have a lot to teach me, Kyle Lowry, DeMar Rozan. None of them are worse than you. ”

"Really?" Xie Chen chuckled, stopped talking nonsense with Bieber, and walked back to the venue.

A few months ago, Xie Chen was not even qualified to be compared to Lored Rozan, but now, the two have been completely defeated by Xie Chen. In any way.

As soon as Xie Chen started the game, Justin Bieber realized this problem, steals, violent dunks, three points, and back-back, Xie Chen's moves were dazzling, leaving the defenders helpless, just opened. Xie Chen staged two wonderful dunks, and Lori, who defended Xie Chen, on the one hand, really couldn't cover Xie Chen, Xie Chen jumped too high, Lori was only six feet, and he couldn't cover it if he wanted to, on the other hand, Xie Chen had a good relationship with Lowry, and the All-Star was with the help of Xie Chen, Lowry won the All-Star Skills Challenge, so, under normal circumstances, Lowry didn't want to foul Xie Chen and pull Xie Chen down, so it became Xie Chen's performance.

Justin Bieber looked at Xie Chen so excited at the beginning, and secretly screamed in his heart: "Damn, why is Xie so excited tonight?" What's going on? It seems that he is going for a triple-double this time, and if he has a triple-double this time, even Michael Jordan's record will be broken by him! ”

Xie Chen has seven consecutive triple-doubles, tied with Michael Jordan, if this one has a triple-double, it will be above the great basketball god, although the status is still out of reach, but only surpassing a record, it is also a great encouragement to Xie Chen!

Even though Xie Chen respects Jordan very much, this record is bound to be won and must be broken!

In the first quarter, under the leadership of Xie Chen, the Heat took a slight lead, but gradually, as Lowry and DeRozan kept breaking through and hitting the inside, the difference became smaller and smaller.

Lowry and DeRozan are both in the top 30 in the league in breakaways per game, and the combination of shooting and breakaway is the reason why the Raptors are rarely in the top seven in the league in both free throw percentage and turnover percentage.

But right now, the Raptors' defense is a big problem, the Raptors defense was decent at the beginning of the season, but after the All-Star weekend, it completely collapsed, and the Raptors adopted an aggressive defensive strategy, which required them to pack the ball in the face of the opponent's pick-and-roll, but they didn't do it well.

DeRozan isn't as dynamic as he used to be when defending the wings, Amir Johnson is much less mobile, and Lowry is overwhelmed by the offensive burden that weighs on him.

Seeing that at halftime, the Heat led the score, and Xie Chen also easily got a good all-round number, Bieber was unhappy, why did the Heat not have Bosh, and the Raptors couldn't beat it? In this case, how can you compete for the Eastern championship?

Bieber is bent on letting the Raptors at least reach the Eastern Conference Finals, but he doesn't realize that this Raptors team is likely to not even pass the first round.

However, in the third quarter, the whole Raptors team seemed to wake up, and suddenly played vigorously and defensively more aggressively.

When Xie Chen was about to receive a pass from his teammates, he didn't expect Lowry to suddenly step forward to intercept the pass, and ran all the way to the frontcourt, Xie Chen chased after him, hesitated along the way, wanted to stop, and wanted to rush up, and finally, he still watched Lowry make a quick layup.

"Hahaha, Kyle Lowry did a great job, it would be even more perfect if it ended with a dunk!" Justin Bieber exuberated off the field.

However, Kyle Lowry himself, and some fans realized that Xie Chen was wrong this time, because when Xie Chen was catching up, he was very hesitant, and seemed to want to step forward to block, and seemed to deliberately let Lowry go to the basket, which seemed to be struggling.

In fact, at that moment just now, Xie Chen was indeed thinking about whether to activate Griffin's block skill, and he really wanted to test the feasibility of the skill, but Xie Chen had decided before the game that this game would not expose the ability to block.

Lowry, who returned to defense after scoring, saw Xie Chen's hesitation, but felt in his heart that even if Xie Chen didn't let go of himself, he still had the ability to score, because Xie Chen was not a master of blocking and couldn't stop himself, so he smiled and said to Xie Chen: "Be careful next time, I'm also a steal master!" ”

"Okay, I will." Xie Chen smiled, I believe that Lowry will soon know that the ball just now was deliberately put by Xie Chen, otherwise, it would be a chasing hat!

Next, DeRozan also frequently staged dunk stunts, twice in a row, when DeRozan flew up, Xie Chen was watching in front of him, and he didn't jump, and other Heat players were like this, watching him attack the Heat's basket again and again, Xie Chen was very uncomfortable and couldn't help clenching his fists.

After DeRozan completed a powerful slam dunk, he saw Xie Chen clenched his fists under the basket, obviously seeing that Xie Chen was very unhappy, what if he was unhappy, you couldn't stop me at all!

DeRozan smiled: "Man, your dunk is good, but you don't have my sense of power, you can learn from me." ”

After DeRozan dunked a few times in a row, he actually showed off his dunk level in front of Xie Chen, it was really arrogant, Xie Chen looked at DeRozan's figure, about two meters tall, about 100 kilograms in weight, using Griffin's blocking skills, as long as he grasped the opportunity, he would definitely be able to intercept DeRozan's dunk and cover him once!

Cover, or not!

If Gad Rozan is bound to expose his blocking strength, and when it comes to the next game against James, James will definitely be more cautious when facing himself, and he will not give himself a chance to block lightly.

Xie Chen thought about it for a long time, but decided to give up, nothing is more important than a duel with James, James overshadowed Xie Chen, and Xie Chen wanted to return it to him!

Xie Chen looked at the group of Raptors players opposite, and said secretly: "Raptors, you guys are very lucky, really lucky, otherwise, my number of blocks in this game is already more than three!" ”

Perhaps because he was unhappy, Xie Chen quickly turned on the scoring mode, scored 7 points in a row, and led the Heat to 10 points at the end of the third quarter!

Maybe the victory can be taken lightly, but Xie Chen is still 4 rebounds and 3 assists away from a triple-double, these two are difficult tasks, and Xie Chen is not sure that he can complete these in one quarter, so he must use special methods at special moments.

That's brushing!

Xie Chen has discussed with all his teammates, as long as the score is above 10 points, whoever Xie Chen passes the ball to, he will shoot immediately, and will not pass the ball a second time.

Boss Wade was the first to set an example.

slipped out to receive Xie Chen's pass, and after receiving it, he made a difficult backward jumper, and in the ball, Xie Chen had 8 assists.

Justin Bieber was stunned: "Oh! What a situation! It's only taken a few seconds to attack, and you are in such a hurry to shoot? ”

Immediately afterwards, it was the same situation as a withdrawal, except that Wade was replaced by Hassan, and he did not vote.

"What? Hassan shooting in this position? I know, the whole Heat team is going to give Xie an assist! Damn, what kind of opponent do you think of the Raptors! Bieber was annoyed.

The Raptors are also aware of this problem, only the score difference is more than 10 points, and the Heat's offense is very simple, Xie Chen organizes the offense, and whoever receives the ball shoots, but even if they feel a little insulted, they just can't catch up with the point difference, which makes them very distressed.

The assistant coach of the Heat patted Coach Spo's arm and whispered, "Coach, Coach Dwyane Casey across the street, has been watching you." ”

At the moment when Xie Chen decided to count jù, Si Bo, who was sitting quietly in his seat, waved his hand, and said indifferently: "He is despising me, and you will respond to him with the same look for me." ”

"Uh......" the TA lowered her head a little embarrassed. (To be continued......) R1292