basketball hero

Chapter 364
Other than head coach Devin Casey, the rest of the Raptors were as surprised as the Cavaliers fans in the room...

——This is not a 3D player, he is a star!When Ying Xiong surpasses others, his movements are fast, with a huge range, and he is not sloppy at all. This is not something ordinary people can do at all.

The prejudice of the Raptors players against Xiong gradually disappeared under his excellent performances again and again.Everyone began to slowly accept his central position.

In the second half of the second quarter, the curtain came to an end with Ying Xiong and Irving's multiple heads-ups.As Ying Xiong blocked Irving, the away Raptors also took the opportunity to open the score.

In the second half of the game, Ying Xiong continued to match up with Irving, leaving the new No. [-] pick completely out of shape and completely locked up.And he himself shot from inside and outside, scoring points efficiently.

The point difference between the two teams became wider and wider, and the point difference in the second half of the last quarter was too large, and the game also entered garbage time.In the end, the Raptors defeated the Cavaliers 108:87 by more than 20 points in the away game, won the first regular season victory of the season, and ushered in a good start.

应雄本场比赛上场29分45秒，18投10中，其中3分球6投3中，罚球7罚全中，砍下30分6篮板4助攻2抢断2盖帽，仅出现1次失误。在他的“照顾”下，状元秀欧文12投仅2中，且这2次命中都是在卡尔德隆防守下发生的。也就是说，在应雄的防守下，他9次出手全部失手……

In the first game of the new season, Ying Xiong "taught a lesson" to the new No. [-] pick.In this game, he not only played efficiently and comprehensively on offense; on the defensive end, he locked the opponent's core defender, which was even more impressive.After this battle, the perception of his teammates has changed to a great extent.

Ying Xiong believes that in the NBA, it is still necessary to speak with strength and achieve the goal with actions, so there is no need to waste more words on it.

In the interview after the game, the new champion Lang Owen said in an interview that he played this game as bad as shit.When the reporter asked him his opinion on Yingxiong, he said that Yingxiong is very strong, but next time the two sides fight against each other he will definitely not play so badly.

The reporter asked Raptors coach Casey whether Yingxiong's outstanding performance was in his expectation.Casey didn't answer directly, just laughed and joked that he was also surprised.From his expression, the reporter could roughly guess that he was not surprised by this result at all.

The most disappointed in this game is actually the Cavaliers fans. You must know that the two teams were the chief and deputy squad leaders of the Eastern Conference last season. The Cavaliers were the last and the Raptors were the last.And this summer, the Cavaliers won the No. 4 and No. 5 picks, selecting super guard Kyrie Irving and violent power forward Tristan Thompson respectively, while Valanciunas, who was selected by the Raptors with the fifth overall pick, has not yet been able to land in the NBA.It stands to reason that even if the Cavaliers are not much stronger than the opponent, they will not be beaten helplessly by the opponent. Is it just because they signed the free agent Yingxiong who was given up by the Mavericks?

Although this is a "weak dialogue" between the penultimate and penultimate in the Eastern Conference last season, for the Raptors, it is of great significance to win the first victory of the next season with a big victory.This victory has a significant effect on improving the morale of the team. Not only is the new core Yingxiong making everyone feel at ease, trust in coach Casey is also one of their sources of confidence.Coach Casey's formation and defense arrangements allow everyone to give full play to their own characteristics and achieve the effect of 1+1>2.

In the first game of the season against the Cavaliers, what Yingxiong felt the most was his own offense.It turned out that when I was scoring, I could also get such a great sense of accomplishment.In the past, he always focused on organization and defense, and scoring was not his top priority.When I was in middle school and CBA, I played point guard, but in CBA I was a 3D player, and I was never really asked to score many points.When he was in the national team, he had many scoring performances, but he didn't pay special attention at that time.

"It seems that Coach Shao Ziqiang and Coach Casey are right!" Ying Xiong said to himself.

On December 12, the Raptors returned to their home court at the Air Canada Center Arena to face their second opponent in the regular season, the Indiana Pacers.The Pacers finished eighth in the Eastern Conference last season and entered the playoffs.This season, they got Hornets giant David West and Spurs defender George Hill, and their strength has increased considerably compared to last season.

Of course, the Raptors are no longer Wuxia Amon. They are playing at home in this game. Naturally, they hope to keep their home court and usher in two consecutive victories after the start of the game.

I don’t know if it was the big victory in the first game that made Raptors fans very optimistic about the team’s prospects for the new season. In the first home game of the season, the attendance rate of the Air Canada Center Arena was close to 100%.You know, throughout the entire season of last season, the Air Canada Center Arena was never fully occupied, and the occupancy rate even reached 90%.

It stands to reason that this is just an ordinary game, but it has attracted attention because of the grievances between the two teams last season.In the last match between the two teams last season, the Pacers lost to the Raptors and suffered a 6-game losing streak.In that game, without any suspense, Barbosa of the Raptors made a layup in the last 6 seconds, just to score a career-high 29 points in his NBA career.Barbosa's move angered the Pacers. The team boss Granger said in an interview with reporters that he would have revenge the next time they meet!
For this game, the Air Canada Center was crowded with people and it was very lively.Before the season, it was hard to imagine that this arena would be as lively as it is now. Since the "Dragon King" Bosh left Miami, this team has been completely reduced to an underdog, and Ying Xiong, a free agent signed during the offseason, was even more rejected. The outside world locked in advance the worst signings of the season.But it is such a team that has already locked the lottery pick in advance, and it showed excellent combat effectiveness in the first game. The "worst signing" Ying Xiong locked the opponent when facing the new No. 30 pick Kyrie Irving At the same time, he scored a game-high [-] points efficiently and slapped those who bad-mouthed him in the face.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Raptors at home is the same as the previous game, and Ying Xiong is still at the 2nd position.According to the arrangement of Coach Casey, Ying Xiong plays the 2nd position when attacking, but if the opponent has a strong 3rd position and DeRozan is struggling to defend, he will defend the 3rd position.

For Xiong, the ability to defend multiple positions provides a lot of convenience when Casey arranges defense.

The starting lineup of the Pacers in the away game is: center-Roy Hibbert, power forward-David West, small forward-Danny Granger, shooting guard-Paul George, point guard- — Darren Collison.

(End of this chapter)