basketball hero

Chapter 368
If you hadn't witnessed it with your own eyes, even a die-hard Raptors fan would not have expected the halftime score of this game to be like this.Just looking at the score, it seems that the home team's touch has exploded, while the away team's condition is not good and the touch is sluggish.Anyone who has watched the game knows that the home team has completely outperformed the opponent, whether it is the scene or individual performance.

——Where is this alliance's belly? It's a strong team, okay?
Ying Xiong scored 23 points and 5 assists in the half, defeating the Pacers' perimeter defense almost by himself.In order to limit him, the opponent had to double-team.But even so, his quick and timely delivery of the ball cleverly cracked the opponent's defensive arrangement.

The fans of the Raptors were like a festival, and the scene was surrounded by a joyful atmosphere.Christmas has passed, but this situation seems to be once again immersed in the festive season.

The coaching staff and teammates of the Raptors know that the game is not over, and the Pacers will not be so quick to catch it, even if it is just an ordinary regular season.

Ying Xiong found that his teammates looked at him a little differently from the first game. Of course he knew the reason behind this change in eyes.He knew very well what he should do next.

Soon, the crucial third quarter began.

Calderon dribbles over.Judging from these two games, Yingxiong's playing style is his favorite.Although there are not many games before and after the two are on the same field together, you can roughly see a player's playing style.Ying Xiong is not like some outside stars in the league who firmly hold the ball in his hands.He's smart enough to know when to hold the ball, when to cruise off the ball, and look for opportunities.For point guards, they naturally don't like to dribble to the frontcourt and then hand over the ball, and then complete the role as a spot-up shooter.

A player like Ying Xiong with excellent off-ball ability and smart playing is exactly what Calderon likes.In the game, as the core of the perimeter, when to attack, when to contain, and when to play for teammates who feel hot, the control of these timings seems simple, but it is actually very difficult.There are too many players in the league who are easy to play. Sometimes, what restricts these players from going further is not technology, but brains.

Skills can be practiced, and so can the body, but... the brain is difficult to practice...

Ying Xiong asked for the ball sideways from the left wing, but Granger desperately got stuck in the front, not allowing him to catch the ball easily.Ever since he made a splash in the first half, Granger felt a little ashamed. After all, he was once an all-star small forward. How could he tolerate it any longer when he was behaved like this by an East Asian player?

Granger's approach prevented Calderon from passing the ball to Ying Xiong immediately.Just as he was about to pass to DeRozan on the right wing, he received a look from Ying Xiong.

Calderon was so smart, he suddenly made a fake pass to DeRozan, and then quickly passed the ball behind Ying Xiong.

Ying Xiong quickly adjusted his center of gravity the moment Calderon released the ball, turned around and caught the ball while the ball was flying, and then walked in with the ball non-stop.

Granger naturally didn't expect the opponent to pass such a dangerous pass. You must know that Calderon has always been a point guard known for his stability.

When Granger realized that he was passed behind, he immediately turned around and tried to steal the ball, but the speed of his turning was not as fast as the speed of the ball, and the ball passed by the opponent was very precise, so it was just out of his reach.

Ying Xiong took the ball and went inside to kill, facing the eyeing Hibbert, he adjusted his rhythm leisurely.The distance between the two is getting closer, which also shows that he is getting closer to the basket.

Facing Hibbert again, the fans also wanted to see how Ying Xiong planned to handle the ball.Is it to face the difficulties, or to break through and score the ball?
The answer was soon revealed. Ying Xiong suddenly jumped up when facing Hibbert and about two meters away from the basket.

Hibbert is still the iconic vertical take-off block, this way of protecting the frame gives him an advantage in the interior defense.His height has reached 218cm. In today's league, he is already considered the top existence. Coupled with his excellent wingspan and jumping, his frame protection is a nightmare for many breakthrough masters in the league.

What surprised Hibbert was that Ying Xiong didn't go up against him, didn't try to make a foul, and jumped straight up and down, which surprised him a little.

Soon, he knew Ying Xiong's intentions.When he started to descend in the air, Ying Xiong was still in the air...

——The gap between the two in the air is clear at a glance.Just as Hibbert was descending, Ying Xiong gently threw the ball out with his right hand holding the ball...

The ball passed Hibbert's fingertips and slowly flew towards the basket...

With almost no sound, the ball landed in the net with precision.The reason why there was no sound was not because the shot was "three non-sticks", but that when the ball was scored, it didn't even touch the basket.

Hibbert stared at Ying Xiong in disbelief, trying to see something on his face, but there was no expression on his face, no rejoicing, no excitement, and no provocation.It seems—all of this is extremely normal, as normal as eating and drinking, and there is nothing unusual about it.But he knew how much the previous set of movements required people to stay in the air and control the body, fingers and wrists.

Ying Xiong didn't make a breakthrough point, nor did he force a layup, but ended the attack with a light throw, which surprised the players and fans present.

In the next few offensive rounds, Granger recovered a bit, and even scored a "fairy ball".But even so, he couldn't restrain Ying Xiong.

Ying Xiong is scoring in various ways.An emergency stop jumper without the ball using a screen, a pull-up after a pick-and-roll misplaced singles with the ball, a positioning 3-pointer, and a dodge layup after a strong baseline.Of course, in addition to this, he also sent many wonderful passes. DeRozan and Bargnani are the beneficiaries of his second pass, and the two are also very efficient on the offensive end.

In the third quarter of the game, instead of narrowing the score, the Pacers were further widened by the opponent.In the competition between the second teams of the two teams, the Raptors performed even better.When there were more than 3 minutes left in the final quarter of the game, the point difference had reached 8 points, and the game entered garbage time ahead of schedule.

In two consecutive games, the Raptors had garbage time in their games. If it was last season, there is a high probability that they were beaten by their opponents.Unexpectedly, after only one season, the situation was reversed.If the Cavaliers in the first game are a big team, then the opponent Pacers in this game is not a big team, but a well-known defensive team in the league.So the strength of the team has become stronger, at least from the performance of these two games.

(End of this chapter)