basketball hero

Chapter 397 Player Meeting
With 11 wins and 3 losses, the record is still among the top 3 in the East. However, from 9 consecutive victories to two consecutive losses, the morale of the Raptors has fallen from the cloud to the bottom. The gap is so large that these young players are a little at a loss.

On January 1, the Raptors continued their road trip, and their opponent was the last of this wave of road trips-the Boston Celtics.

The strength of the Green Army with the Big Three + Rondo is self-evident, but this team, which ranked third in the Eastern Conference last season, has been in poor form recently and has lost 3 consecutive games.A two-game losing streak versus a five-game losing streak. In this game, there is finally a team that can end the losing streak.

In this game, even though the three giants of the Celtics, who performed poorly in the previous games, swept away the haze of the previous games, they showed their power and jointly scored 65 points. They defeated the Raptors at home and ended their embarrassing 5 Losing streak, give the opponent 3 consecutive defeats.

Ying Xiong performed well in this game, scoring 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.When he faced the veteran Pierce, he was "taught a lesson" by the opponent, making him understand what it means to be "ginger is still hot".

After the 3-game losing streak, the Raptors' record fell back to 11 wins and 4 losses. Although it is still very good, compared with the previous short-term No. 5 in the league, it is considered to have returned to normal.As soon as their record fell, some people in the industry immediately began to make comments, both positive and negative.The mainstream view still believes that the Raptors are a capable team, but not the top of the league.This team is still too young, and the lineup structure is not very reasonable, but this wave of losing streak cannot be completely attributed to their lack of strength.You must know that their opponents in this wave of away games are the teams ranked first, fifth and third in the Eastern Conference last season, and all of them are away games, and there is a back-to-back.With such a difficult schedule, it is not easy to get out of this wave of away games.

The team lost in a row, and Ying Xiong was in a bad mood, but at last this wave of away trips is over, and he will return to Toronto to prepare for the next game against the Trail Blazers.Back in Toronto, that meant he would meet his parents, who he missed for a few months.

When Ying Xiong played in the CBA in China, his nostalgia for his parents and his hometown was not so strong, but after playing in the NBA in America, this feeling became extremely strong.

Yingxiong's parents are very proud of their son's success.In China, Ying Xiong is the core of the national team and a basketball star. His reputation is so great that places like Nanming County are well known to women and children.It is precisely because of Ying Xiong that Lingchuan Town and even Nanming County have benefited a lot from this.A large number of fans came from all over the country to find the traces of his growth in Yingxiong's hometown. Some of them also brought investment projects, which indirectly promoted the development of the local economy.

Ying Xiong is very pleased that his hometown has achieved unexpected development because of himself.He has always wanted to do something for his hometown. In addition to funding poor families and building roads, it would be great if he could use his influence to help his hometown develop.

The Raptors lost 3 straight, which made their fans panic.If the Spurs or Celtics lose 3 games in a row, the mentality of their fans will be much better. After all, they are still not confident enough in their team's strength.The Raptors have been weak for a long time, and their record has soared this season, attracting countless fans.But after all, the family business is not strong enough and the foundation is weak. After the losing streak, in addition to the hardcore fans who continue to support, many of the "passerby fans" even plan to give up supporting the team.

Raptors coach Casey was not too nervous.For him, the team's record is important, but it must be known that he took over a team that was the second-worst in the Eastern Conference last season.Taking over such a team means that the pressure is not so great. If you can lead the team to the playoffs and discover one or two young players, you will have overfulfilled the task.

But Casey is not a coach without pursuit. He doesn't want to just hang around like this. He still has ambitions.In the NBA, if a head coach wants to make some achievements, he can't do it only with ability. After all, "a smart woman can't cook without rice", and it takes outstanding players to have a chance.Today's Raptors cannot be said to be full of superstars, but they can indeed be said to have unlimited potential.Yingxiong, the core of the team, is not yet 24 years old, and DeRozan, another important young player in the backcourt, is not yet 23 years old.

For this 3-game losing streak, the schedule and opponents are one aspect, and the players' mentality and attitude towards the game are also important reasons for the loss.Because of the winning streak, complacency has been bred in the team; because of the winning streak, the players are somewhat self-important, and the hunger for the game is not as good as the few games at the beginning of the season.But these, in the final analysis, can be solved through some means.

For Casey, his goal this season is not just as simple as making the playoffs, he wants to do more.Because of this team, he has seen many possibilities, and the upper limit of this team is more than that.

Before the Raptors' game at home against the Portland Trail Blazers, one of the team's veterans, Toronto-born Jamal Magloire, organized a player-only internal meeting.

Neither the team management nor the coaching staff interfered with the private internal meetings of the players.Holding player meetings is nothing new in the NBA.As we all know, the Heat with the Big Three once opened.Generally speaking, most of the locker room bosses of the teams that hold the player meeting are the star of the team.

Although Magloire is not the oldest player of the Raptors, as a player who has been selected as an All-Star, he also has a certain status in the world. He is usually popular. Although he has never made any remarks in the locker room, his teammates have always They all respect him.

In this player meeting, all Raptors players participated, including Bargnani who was recovering from injury.Everyone spoke freely about the current problems of the team at the meeting, and many players stood up and made self-criticism.However, the specific content of the player meeting is kept strictly confidential by the team, unlike outside disclosure.

In an interview before the game against the Trail Blazers, when a reporter asked what happened in the player meeting of the Yingxiong Raptors.Ying Xiong smiled noncommittally and said: "Secret - look at our performance, you will understand!"

Monk Zhang Er, the reporter who interviewed Ying Xiong, couldn't figure it out. For a moment, it seemed that his brain was short-circuited. At that moment, he who was eloquent in the past didn't know what to say.

(End of this chapter)