basketball hero

Chapter 403 The Return of the Titans
The day before the away loss to the Clippers, the NBA officially announced the best players in the East and West for the previous week.Due to the team's three-game losing streak and poor record, Ying Xiong missed the three-game winning streak for the best player of the week.

For him, this is both an inspiration and a spur.In this alliance, the law of the jungle is followed, the strong are like clouds, and the winner is king.

The Raptors' next game is an away game against the Phoenix Suns on January 1.

Since the Suns left D'Antoni, although the team still has Steve Nash in charge, it has lost the power of the bombardment that swept the regular season that year.In the lineup composed of Nash, Stoudemire, Marion, Richardson, and singles Joe, now only Nash is still staying in Phoenix.

Nash is getting old day by day. Although he can still do well on the offensive end with his precise shooting and excellent organizational skills, his legs and feet can no longer keep up with the current young people.Even fans of the Suns don't believe that the current Suns can make a difference in the powerful West, let alone compete for the championship.

Last season, the Suns ranked 40th in the West with 42 wins and 10 losses and missed the playoffs.Compared with the Raptors, their record still has some advantages, but this season, the situation of the two teams is completely different.The Raptors currently have a record of 12 wins and 5 losses, ranking among the top 3 in the Eastern Conference, while the Suns have a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, ranking outside the 10th in the Western Conference.

However, the Raptors have not been in good shape in recent games. They have lost 5 of their last 4 games, including a wave of 3 consecutive losses.In addition, since February 2004, the Raptors have lost 2 consecutive games against the Suns, and they have lost an average of 14 points per game.Facing such a team, the Suns are confident that they can beat their opponents at home.

The Raptors, who have been in poor form recently, received good news before the game against the Suns. The team's main center Bargnani returned after missing 6 games. Dragons will be of great help.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Suns at home is: center - Marcin Gortat, power forward - Markieff Morris, small forward - Grant Hill, shooting guard - Ronnie Price, Point guard - Steve Nash.

The starting lineup of the Raptors in the away game is: center - Bargnani, power forward - Along Gray, small forward - DeRozan, shooting guard - Ying Xiong, point guard - Calderon.

In the Suns team, Yingxiong's boss Michael Reed and "helicopter" Hakeem Warik in the Bucks period are both there.However, the current state of the two is not what it used to be, especially Reid, who has gradually become a member at the end of the bench, which is embarrassing.

Two European centers, "Polish Hammer" Gortat and Bargnani, who returned from injury, jumped the ball near the middle circle.

The Suns won the first wave of offensive possession, and Nash slowly dribbled the ball across the half.

Nash's shooting ability is a must in the NBA, as evidenced by his stable ranking in the "180 club" or even the "190 club" all year round.In addition, his pick-and-roll offensive ability is also excellent, whether it is feeding the ball to the big man who is running down or feeding the shooter on the wings or the two bottom corners, it is a master level.

Nash and Gortat pick and roll in the high position, and Gortat goes down after the block.Bargnani's offensive ability goes without saying, but his ability to defend the pick-and-roll is very average, which can be said to be his weakness.Facing Gortat, whose personal ability is no better than him, he was still confused by the opponent's pick-and-roll, cut to the basket by the opponent, and forced a layup to score points.

2:0, the Suns scored first.

Calderon dribbled the ball and gave it to Ying Xiong who came out to catch the ball.

Ying Xiong faced Grant Hill, who was called "Jordan's successor" back then, and has been struggling with injuries since then. Now he is a 40-year-old veteran. In addition to respect, he also has some regrets in his heart.In the NBA, there are too many talents who fall before they reach their peak due to injuries. Brandon Roy is like this, and Grant Hill is not.

It is rare for Ying Xiong to perform a pick-and-roll with DeRozan, and the opponent quickly switches defenses, and the one defending him becomes Ronnie Price, who is 188cm tall.

Ronnie Price is a No. 1 position, but because the Suns did not have a qualified starting No. 2 position, he was forced into the starting No. 2 position due to his lack of height.For him, with the two-time regular season MVP like Nash in the team, it is almost impossible for him to replace him. Playing at the 2nd position is a starter anyway, and he has no reason not to accept it.

Facing Ronnie Price, who is 188cm tall, Ying Xiong turned his face to the frame and turned his back, using his footsteps and strength to sit in step by step.Not only the fans at the scene, but even other members of the Raptors were surprised by his move.You know, since the start of the regular season, he hasn't used the back body seriously, and when he suddenly uses it at this time, it will naturally cause a thousand waves with one stone.

Ronnie Price is very tough, firmly resisting Ying Xiong's lower body, preventing him from easily squeezing the basket.But such and such cannot make up for the 15cm height gap between the two.

Ying Xiong blocked Ronnie Price's harassment with his left hand, controlled the ball with his right hand, suddenly handed over his right hand to his left, and then turned around near the baseline.

Ronnie Price is a defender after all, he moves fast and quickly moves laterally to get stuck on the bottom line.He knows very well that once he is put into the basket by the opponent, it will be too difficult to block the shot with his height.

But at that moment, Ying Xiong suddenly pulled the ball with his left hand and made a sharp turn towards the upper line, then received the ball, stopped suddenly, and pulled it out.

His action surprised Ronnie Price, and it was too late to block the shot.

Ying Xiong hit the ball steadily!
2: 2!

Ying Xiong's back-up technique was learned from his teammate Rodney White in the CBA Guangsha period.This set of post-back singles techniques is not gorgeous, even a bit quaint, but very practical.When facing a dislocation, single-playing a small man often has unexpected effects.The reason why he didn't become his special skill is that it has a lot of practical limitations when facing the taller and faster wings in the NBA, and secondly, based on efficiency considerations, with his ball-holding jumper skills, the scoring efficiency will be lower. higher.

At this time, facing the two short backcourts of the Suns, he had an idea and used his back to make the opponent pay the price.

Here, the Suns still took the medicine according to the prescription. Nash and Gortat picked and rolled, but the basket was interfered by the Raptors' new starting insider Along Gray, and the shot missed.

Ying Xiongfei received the rebound and gave it to Calderon at the far end to advance, and he quickly followed up.

Calderon advanced quickly in front, and a "returning carbine" was distributed to Ying Xiong who followed up near the 3-point line.

Ying Xiong changed direction without stopping the ball, passed the old Grant Hill, faced Markieff Morris who was supplementing the defense, passed the ball without looking at people, and distributed it to Bargnani who followed up in the middle. The ball took three steps to "strike Huashan", drawing a perfect end to this excellent fast break across the board.

(End of this chapter)