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Since Vancouver moved to Memphis, the Toronto Raptors have become the only team in the league whose home games are abroad, but Americans never feel like going abroad when they go to Canada, just like going to an American state. Some.

The Toronto Raptors joined the league in the [-]-[-] season. It was the product of the league's last large-scale military expansion plan. Since entering the league, the team's leaders have ranged from Damon Stedmire to "Canadian Flyer" Vince Carter , and now "Dragon King" Chris Bosh, the Toronto Raptors have been swinging on the edge of the playoffs.

The Toronto Raptors have been unable to attract famous and powerful stars due to their isolation overseas. Many players are unwilling to go to the distant and cold Canada to play. The most famous is Steve Francis who was selected by the Raptors, but Not to report, and finally stayed with the Rockets through a trade.

Here is the former Spurs player Nesterovic. When the teammates met again, there was no sigh or excitement as imagined. They just patted each other on the shoulder and touched their heads. It was over. It can be seen that Nester Lovech enjoys life here. In the case of the Spurs, Popovich kept urging the players forward like a whip. Nesterovic has nothing to pursue, so he doesn't want to. After working so hard, he was very satisfied to be here.

The Raptors lined up center Nesterovich, power forward Chris Bosh, small forward Maurice Peterson, shooting guard Anthony Parker, point guard TJ Ford, and the Spurs are still the last one. The field's starting lineup.

Compared with the mild climate in San Antonio, the weather here is much colder, which may be the reason for the frozen hands. The Spurs started very badly here. Michael Finley himself was recovering from a cold. He made three shots in the first quarter. After scoring zero, he was quickly replaced by Popovich. Since the opponent did not have any strong players on the forward and defensive lines, Stephen had no one to focus on, but he devoted most of his energy to attacking, but the state of his teammates Not good, it indirectly affects his chances of getting the ball, and his chances are better after Brent Barry comes on.

In the first quarter, Stephen and Duncan scored six points each, Tony Parker scored four points, Oberto scored none, Brent Barry scored two points, the Spurs only scored 25 points in the first quarter, and the opponent Toronto Raptors The team scored [-] points.

Especially their current team leader, Chris Bosh, is indeed an outstanding representative of the [-] generation. Facing Duncan, he has no fear at all, and frequently pulls out to shoot. Duncan and Oberto can't keep up. Stephen helped defend a few times, otherwise the point difference would be even bigger.

In the second quarter, with the replacement of the substitute lineup, Stephen's state has recovered, and with the assistance of Ginobili and Brent Barry, the three of them are like three musketeers, constantly on the outside. Shooting all the time, the Raptors have nothing to do with the three of them.

The ball flows very smoothly in the hands of the three of them. You can't guard against this, you can't guard against that, and you can't guard against this. Robert Horry is responsible for transferring them in the interior, and Jacque Vaughn is responsible for delivering shells to them full-time. The Spurs in a single quarter The team scored 31 points, while the Raptors who defended at the same time only scored 21 points. They made a net profit of [-] points in a single quarter and surpassed their opponents by three points.

Stephen scored [-] points in this quarter, showing his scoring ability to the fullest. In the third quarter, the Spurs replaced the starting lineup. Only Stephen was replaced by Bruce Bowen. The Spurs netted again in this quarter. Beat the opponent by five points.

In the fourth quarter, Stephen still didn't play at the beginning, and when the Raptors started chasing points violently, Stephen returned to the court. As soon as he came on the court, Stephen scored a two plus one on Fred Jones, Then he completed a steal from the rookie No. [-] pick Bargnani. Although the fast break was not completed, he hit a three-pointer from the outside.

In less than 1 minute of playing, Stephen canceled the momentum of the Raptors chasing points, and at the same time widened the gap to more than [-] points. After that, Stephen only fell silent for two rounds, and scored four points in a row, completely killing the game Suspense, the Spurs fell behind in the first quarter, and finally beat the Raptors by [-] points, while Stephen personally scored [-] points, [-] rebounds, [-] assists and [-] steals, and was elected as the best player in the game .

After defeating the Toronto Raptors, the Spurs rushed back to New York overnight to welcome their second back-to-back games. In this team, there were two acquaintances, Channing Frye and Nate Robinson, all of whom were born in the Pacific Ocean. Ten Schools Alliance, at noon, the three of them found an Italian restaurant in the Big Apple City and had a good meal.

Speaking of Stephen's present, Nate Robinson and Channing Frye are full of envy. Although they both entered the league in the first round of the draft, they are not doing well in the team now. Although Channing Frye has some He can still start the game at times, but he also plays for others a lot, and Nate Robinson is better than him in that he is deeply trusted by the head coach "Smiling Assassin" Thomas. As for the substitute lineup, he has unlimited shooting rights. .

Isaiah Thomas was originally the general manager of the team, but Larry Brown, whom he hired with an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars, was dismissed early due to his poor record. Of course, Dolan, the owner of the Knicks, paid a lot of money for this. Then Dolan was also angry, and directly drove Isaiah Thomas to the position of head coach. Anyway, you recruited these players who can't even be commanded by the coach, so you just become the coach.

With the complexity of the relationship between Seia Thomas and team owner Dolan, it is almost possible to write another book to describe it. He is in charge of the Knicks' trading power and pushed the Knicks to the top of the league in salary expenditure. But it is horrible, which is considered a rare ability.

Larry Brown was hired with a lot of money, but in the face of these thorny players, Larry Brown has nothing to do. Stephen Marbury claims to be "the number one point guard in the league". It can be seen from the team report that after Eddie Curry signed a fat contract, he would rather eat two more burgers than run two more steps on the court. Facing such a player, no one can do anything.

In terms of strength on paper, the Knicks are much stronger than the Raptors, with Francis and Marbury two top-salary players, Eddie Curry nearly ten million dollars, Jamal Crawford, Ang Ting Richardson and Malik Rose are all above $700 million, and the rest are rookies such as David Lee, Channing Frye, and Nate Robinson. Their contributions far exceed the salaries they receive.

The Spurs led from the first quarter until the end of the game. The Knicks did not lead once in the whole game. Stephen has seen it. There are still such teams in the league. There is no cooperation at all. Everyone is holding the ball. Just shoot. Although Marbury and Francis are point guards in name, they are more independent than shooting guards with the ball. Since they are unwilling to pass the ball, Crawford and Quentin Richardson are also unwilling. The passing team, such a purely singles team with no tactics, meets the Spurs, the league's best tactical team, and the result can be imagined.

In this game, the Spurs scored the highest score is Tony Parker, Stephen tied with him, Tony Parker got ten assists, Stephen got ten rebounds, in addition to four assists, two steals and two blocks, the Spurs got a total of With 25 assists, the Knicks didn't even reach their first team.

After defeating two weak teams in a row, the Spurs returned to the home court. After only one day of rest, they ushered in the challenge of the Phoenix Suns. Lost, just won one victory against the Clippers, and the state is naturally not that good. Last season, they ranked second in the Western Conference, but this season they ranked last, but compared to losing all four games, they still have more wins. played a game.

In this game, the Suns sent their strongest lineup. Amare Stedmeier, who was absent due to injury last season, returned to the team, but it affected the team's good chemical reaction. Originally at the center position The "French magician" Dior, who was able to play with ease, didn't know why, but he couldn't coexist with Stoudemire. D'Antoni had to remove Dior from the starting lineup and put Stoudemire back in.

But in this way, the team has changed a lot, because Steddal and Dior are two completely different players. Dior is a tandem player, and Stedmire is a jumper who attacks the frame. Although he has been injured many times and can no longer jump that high, the change of two people will affect the whole team.

As a result, Kurt Thomas also had to leave the starting lineup, and the Suns had to restore the inside combination of Stoudemire and Marion, and then transferred Barbosa to the starting lineup. In this game, Stephen faced Lagabel's defense gave him three fouls in the first quarter and knocked him down.

Even more ruthless than Stephen was Duncan. Stoudemire hadn't regained the feeling of the game at all. He ran into Duncan, who had a masterful skill at the basket. He didn't finish the first quarter. Duncan got four fouls on his body, and finally played in the third quarter, and left the field with full fouls within 3 minutes.

Who knew that the situation on the field would change immediately after Stedmire left the court. After the Suns changed back to the original lineup, they immediately recovered the state they had in the semifinals. The score was tied, and the Spurs even had a five-point lead midway through the fourth quarter.

At this time, Stephen stood up again and scored seven points in a row. While raising his scoring average to [-] points per game, he also helped the team equalize the score. The two teams entered overtime.

In the overtime game, Stephen once again showed his strength and succeeded in two consecutive post-up singles against Marion, helping the team win the game. The day after the game, as soon as Stephen woke up, he received a message from the team staff Notice that he was named the Western Conference Player of the Week.