Chapter 552: Facial paralysis strikes
After winning the first two games of the semifinals with ease, the Wizards traveled to Toronto, a city far north on a team plane.
Even though it was almost early summer at this time, the cold air after getting off the plane still made Li Kaiming shrink his neck.
"It's so cold in this place, it's May, and the temperature is still so low......"
While talking to his teammates about the climate in Toronto, Li Kaiming walked down the gangway and got off the plane, and at the same time thought of Williams, who had been in Toronto for three years, and couldn't help but feel sympathy for the latter.
In such a cold place, it is very persistent to stay for three years.
So in order to get my good brother out of the sea of misery as soon as possible and go to the beach in Hawaii to bask in the sun, as your best brother, I will definitely help you solve this series quickly!
The so-called long pain is better than short pain, it is in this truth!
Thinking of this, even Li Kaiming himself couldn't help but laugh at the bad taste in his heart, and this smile was seen by Thompson next to him, who tightened his neckline in the cold wind of the northern country, and looked at Li Kaiming with a defensive expression.
"Lee, you're smiling so perverted......"
"I'm grass!" Li Kaiming was almost angry and vomited blood, I just cared for my good brother in my heart, how did I become a pervert?
Of course, jokes aside, as a team that aims to win three consecutive championships and create a dynasty, the Wizards are doing their own thing for the upcoming game tomorrow from top to bottom, from the vice president who leads the team to every water cooler player, and they are not relaxed because the Wizards are leading 2-0.
In particular, the team's head coach Saunders, this playoffs is so busy that he is exhausted, and even his hair is a lot less than before.
Li Kaiming smiled and teased the old man at every turn, "If you continue like this, you will become the same bald head as Jordan......"
And Sanders rolled his eyes every time and didn't refute it.
The time came to the evening of May 9th, Toronto, the Garma Aviation Centre.
Although the Raptors are the only team outside of the Emerica, and in remote Toronto, every star doesn't want to come.
But this team also has a very obvious advantage, that is, the support and number of fans are absolutely first-class, other teams in Emerica, at best, the fans of the state where the team is located are behind the support, and the Raptors are behind the fans of the whole country.
So when the third game came to the Jiama Aviation Center, the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene surprised Li Kaiming!
It is worthy of the city of the north, and the momentum of this fan is different!
The players of both sides are ready before the game, and with the referee's whistle, the third game of the series officially begins!
I have to say that back to their home court, the Raptors are indeed in a much better state than before, and it seems that they can fight with the Bulls to tie seven and eliminate the latter, and they have two brushes in their hands.
In the first quarter, the Raptors felt very hot, especially the outside projection, if it wasn't for the two games with the Raptors before, Li Kaiming thought that the Raptors had always been at this level.
Their star DeMar Rozan scored 16 points in the first quarter and shot very highly.
What's more, Klay Thompson doesn't seem to be suitable for defending a player like DeRozan who plays by skill, and DeRozan is a guy who is very good at making defensive player fouls, and Thompson received two fouls in the first quarter, which forced him to sit on the bench in frustration.
With a stellar play in the first quarter, the Raptors entered the second quarter with a two-point lead at 28-26.
At the beginning of the second quarter, most of the starters sat on the sidelines, and only Leonard led the team on the court.
On the opposite side, half of the starters were on the field, and it could be seen that Coach Casey still wanted to win this game very much.
Leonard led the team alone during this period of time, but the remaining rotation players of the Wizards seemed to be a little uncomfortable, after half a quarter, the Wizards' rotation should have been dominant, but I didn't expect to be opened up by the Raptors, and the score became 41-34.
So Sanders took the opportunity of a timeout to replace Li Kaiming and others again.
Leonard was replaced to rest, and after Li Kaiming came on the court, the Wizards' offense improved greatly, and he scored consecutive points on the offensive end, and was chased by the score in just four rounds to have one point left.
But the accident came again, after the opponent's DeRozan came on the court, he first received the ball at the waist, hit Thompson twice with his back, and then turned around to make a shooting pose.
Thompson played three games against DeRozan, and knew that this guy was particularly good at tricking defenders into fouls with feints, and after gaining experience, this time he just went up, raised his hands high, and didn't jump.
However, DeRozan's foul-making skills are superb, and just turning and leaning back is not the end of his feint, but the beginning.
Seeing that Thompson didn't jump, DeRozan took the foot that he had just turned around as the axis, and then turned back and made a move to step up and down, but Thompson was still in place.
But DeRozan didn't make a move, patiently turned it around again, and wanted to shoot a backward jumper!
Thompson, who endured it twice, finally couldn't help it, mainly when defending the opponent's shots, jumping to try to block was a conditioned reflex, the first two times he was able to hold back, or the experience accumulated in the previous two games, but this time he still landed.
After Thompson jumped in the air, DeRozan made a shooting pose, but fortunately, Thompson is also a playoff veteran, and he directly pulled DeRozan down and did not let him make a successful shot.
But the problem is that this foul is Thompson's third personal foul, and the first half is not over, the starting point guard has already committed three fouls, and he is still the opponent's boss, what should I do......
Sanders, who was standing next to the bench, was in a difficult position and was hesitating whether to take Thompson down.
There are too many things to consider to win Thompson, and defending DeRozan is not even the most important, because Thompson is currently the most reliable off-ball shooter on the outside of the Wizards, not counting Li Kaiming, if Thompson is off the court, the lineup space on the court will immediately shrink, and the impact on the Wizards' offense is not just as simple as Thompson's average of 18 points per game.
Just when Sanders had a headache about how to decide, a facial paralysis stood beside him.
"Coach, let me defend Demar!"
Sanders turned his head, and it was Leonard, who had just left the game, who said this.
"You? It's okay for you to defend against him, but don't you need to rest? "As a coach, it's also a very important responsibility to allocate the playing time of the players wisely, and if you look to the star players in the team to solve problems when you have them, then this coach is too good to be a coach.
"I'm fine." Leonard's tone was resolute.
"This ...... All right! Unable to think of a better plan for a while, Sanders took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to get Leonard back on the court, and the Wizards starters were on the court again.
Seeing that Leonard, who had just finished the break and didn't have a hot butt, actually played the court again, all the Raptors players and head coach Casey were a little confused.
"What's going on? The first half didn't end, why did the opposite side start to the starters? I didn't know and thought it was the Wizards who were down 0-2......"
In addition to the opponent, the players on the Wizards also have some doubts in their hearts, Sanders generally rarely makes changes in the rotation of starters, even if it is because Thompson is in foul trouble, it should be to let Thompson come off the bench instead of changing small forward.
And just when almost everyone was a little incomprehensible, Leonard on the court ran to Thompson's side and said a word.
"We'll switch guards later, and I'll defend Demar."
The Wizards attacked, and the ball was handed to Li Kaiming after half court, who watched his teammates' running with three threats, and then accelerated to the inside, attracted the bag and then distributed the ball to Leonard, who received the ball and scored two points!
48 flat!
The Raptors attacked, and DeRozan took advantage of his teammates' cover to go around and then received the ball again at the waist.
He turned his back to observe the situation first, and found that no one came to wrap the clip, so he got off the ball and went inside!
When he hit the defender behind him for the first time, DeRozan's face suddenly appeared with an incredible expression!
When did this Thompson become a wall?
Surprised, he turned his head slightly and glanced at the people behind him with his afterglow.
It's strange, why is even the skin darkened......
Look up again, I'm grass, why is that facial paralysis? What about Thompson?
DeRozan immediately felt that his mood was not beautiful, of course he had been in this facial paralysis, whether it was weight or height and arm span, this facial paralysis was simply the size of himself, and he could completely cover him!
What made him even more irritated was that the defensive awareness and skills of this facial paralysis were still first-class, and he had tried to face Leonard in previous games, but the results were not very good.
After DeRozan found out that his back became Leonard, he immediately gave up the attempt to hit the back, and then turned around and was about to lean back!
However, under the influence of the robot's big hand, his shot was only worthy of touching the net, and he almost didn't get touched!
Li Kaiming under the basket grabbed the rebound, and after dribbling through the halfcourt, in the face of Amir Johnson's defense, after a change of direction, Bai Fu deceived the latter's center of gravity, and then broke through in a step, taking advantage of the fact that Valanciunas under the basket had no time to react, and took off directly in three steps to violently dunk!
Bang!
The hoops at the Gama University Aviation Center made an overwhelming sound, and the fans at the scene were so shocked by this violent dunk that they even booed a little!
The Raptors attacked, and this time Lowry took advantage of the cover to soar a three-pointer on the outside, Kenny and Blatch did not communicate well, and Lowry seized the opportunity to shoot.
It was a response shot, and it also helped the Raptors overtake the score, which made the audience cheer!
The Wizards dribbled past half the court, Li Kaiming received the ball with his back at the waist, turned around to the baseline and missed the shot from the back.
Seeing that even Li Kaiming couldn't shoot, the atmosphere on the scene of the Raptors was completely up.
Lowry dribbled across half court and gave the ball to DeRozan.
The fans in the stadium began to chant DeRozan's name in unison, and as long as the ball can be scored, the rhythm of the game will return to the Raptors' mode.
However, DeRozan took the ball in the call of the whole court, looking at the facial paralysis one step away from him, but cold sweat oozed from his forehead!
The audience is putting me on the fire to roast! How do I fight this?
DeRozan was a little crying without tears.