rpbooks Chapter 523 The best first month of the season
Chapter 523 The best first month of the season
Chapter 523 The best first month of the season
10 consecutive victories!This is the longest winning streak for the Raptors this season. For them, the 3-game losing streak of the season seems to have passed not long ago. Now that they have achieved such a winning streak, the difficult experience during the period is indeed not easy.Fortunately, everything has passed slowly, and the team has formed a good chemical reaction. The next step is to continue to make the chemical reaction better and move forward towards a higher goal.
On December 12th, the NBA's annual "Christmas Game" will be staged soon.The opponent of the Raptors is last season's Western Conference regular season champion-Spurs.
For the Raptors, playing away to the Spurs is a severe test for them.You know, in this game, the team's two starting insiders are both absent due to injuries, and Lowry, who is the most important ball-holding point and scoring point for the substitute, will also continue to be absent.
The staff is not organized, the interior is empty, and the away game against the Spurs with the top 3 records in the league, the difficulty can be imagined.
In this game, the seasoned Spurs played a nearly perfect offensive and defensive battle using team play.Popovich learned the lesson of the loss in the last game, and used the pincer attack against Xiong at the beginning of the game, and did not stop the pinch attack until the end of the game.Their flanking timing is very good, which always makes Yingxiong very uncomfortable. If he takes the ball, he uses perfect rotation to avoid being thrown into the open.In addition, in view of the emptiness of the inside line in this game, the Raptors focused on attacking the opponent's inside line, forcing the opponent to finally shrink.
In this game, the Spurs let other teams in the league see the Raptors' weaknesses: insufficient interior defense and unstable outside shooting.Of course, the lack of manpower of the Raptors in this game is also a very important reason, but even when Valanciunas and Bargnani were there, there were still problems in the interior defense, and the rebounds were not protected well enough.
In the end, the Spurs played steadily and maintained their advantage to the end. They defeated the Raptors at home, ended the opponent's 10-game winning streak, and avenged their away loss to the opponent last month.
Ying Xiong was flanked by the opponent and still scored 32 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists in the "quasi triple-double" data, but the other players of the team did not perform well, losing 15 inside rebounds, and finally lost The game failed to usher in an 11-game winning streak.
After the game, when a reporter asked Popovich why the Spurs lost the last game, but they won this game.The old man said playfully that in the last game, Ying Xiong got a triple-double of 40+, but this time, the team improved and only allowed him to get a quasi-triple-double of 30+.
The reporter was taken aback by the old man's answer...
The visiting team's locker room was deserted and quite silent.In the locker room, Coach Casey said to the players in a rare way: "Everyone, I am responsible for the loss of this game. I did not make a targeted game plan. Don't be discouraged. Losing in the regular season is not the end of the world." , Play the next game well, don't lose confidence!"
Coach Casey's words made the silent locker room finally have someone else's voice. Veteran Calderon and others in the locker room stood up to speak. Everyone began to reflect on their own shortcomings, and soon became full of confidence.
On December 12, the NBA officially announced the results of the second round of voting for the 27 NBA All-Star Game. Raptors star Ying Xiong won the most votes with his super popularity and continued to be the king of votes; The Lakers superstar Kobe, who scored more than 2013 points, surpassed James and ranked second, and James ranked third.
On December 12, the Raptors visited New Orleans and challenged the lowly Hornets away.After the 29-game winning streak was terminated by the Spurs in the last game, they did not lose confidence and played very actively in this game.
Yingxiong had a strong desire to attack from the very beginning of this game. He did not allow the team to have the same losing streak at the beginning of the season at this stage.In the whole game, he scored 47 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. He completely dominated the game and led the team to an easy away win.
After winning the game, the Raptors have a record of 22 wins and 8 losses, second only to the Miami Heat in the East, ranking second.
On December 12, the Raptors challenged the Magic in back-to-back away games. With Ying Xiong and DeRozan scoring 30 points together, the Raptors defeated their opponents away and ushered in two consecutive victories.
So far, all the games in December are over. In 12 games in December, the Raptors have a record of 12 wins and 15 losses, including a wave of 13 consecutive victories, and their record has also risen to No. 2 in the Eastern Conference. The countdown is in stark contrast.
2013年1月1日，NBA官方公布了12月东西部最佳球员，猛龙队的应雄和快船队的克里斯保罗成功当选。12月份，应雄场均可以得到35.3分8.8个篮板5.6次助攻3.1个抢断1.5个盖帽，率领着猛龙队拿下13胜2负的战绩。
On January 1, the Raptors played at home against the Portland Trail Blazers.The two teams played against each other in December, and the Raptors easily defeated their opponents in five consecutive away games in the West.In this campaign at home, they naturally hope to defeat their opponents again and complete the season double play!
In this game, the two starting players of the Raptors, Bargnani and Valanciunas, continue to be absent. The team's starting lineup is: center-Along Gray, power forward-Ed David Adams, small forward - DeRozan, shooting guard - Ying Xiong, point guard - Jeremy Lin.
The starting lineup of the Trail Blazers in the away game is: center - JJ Hickson, power forward - Aldridge, small forward - Nicolas Batum, shooting guard - Wesley Matthews, point guard - — Damian Lillard.
The Trail Blazers currently have a record of 16 wins and 14 losses, and are competing with the rest of the teams for the top 8 positions in the Western Conference.In the West, if you want to enter the playoffs, the winning rate is more than half, and the overall difficulty is greater than that in the East.
In Ying Xiong's view, the Trail Blazers' starting lineup is still very balanced, and the overall strength is considered very good.The starting No. 4 Aldridge is an All-Star player, close to 20+10 data; center JJ Hickson is a blue-collar, and this season's data is 10+10, which is also very good; Batum, whose all-round skill is the lubricant of the team's offense and defense; the starting No. 2 Matthews is an excellent 3D player; the starting point guard is rookie Lillard, and he has great All-Star potential. A strong contender for Rookie of the Year.
What hinders this team from going further, in Yingxiong's view, is the substitute lineup, a group of players who are not much better than the NBDL. What can the second lineup do in the strong West?Of course, the starting lineup also lacks a real superstar. Adelaide is suitable to be a second master. As a master, he is somewhat inappropriate in terms of strength and character.
(End of this chapter)