basketball hero

Chapter 413 The "Remaining Prestige" of the Former Scoring Champion

Ying Xiong also hugged and greeted this senior friendly before the game.For McGrady, he has deep respect.I think back then, when I was still in high school, I bought a pair of McGrady 2 basketball shoes and imitated McGrady's movements.

Defending Yingxiong is the 206cm tall left-handed dunk king Josh Smith.Josh is a player with first-class physical fitness. He is good at rebounding and blocking shots.He is a very strange person. He is obviously unstable in long-distance shooting, but he will give you a few shots from time to time. Sometimes his offensive choices are unbelievable.

Ying Xiong came out to catch the ball, faced Josh Smith, and James Johnson picked and rolled.

After James Johnson finished dismantling, he went down quickly. Ying Xiong immediately gave him the ball, and then bounced himself out to attract the opponent's defensive attention.

James Johnson held the ball and directly killed the basket. Facing Zaza Pachulia under the basket, he suddenly threw the ball into the air, passed the opponent's fingertips, and flew towards the basket.

Ed Davis jumped high, caught the ball in the air, and dunked it hard into the basket!

In the first offensive round, the Raptors at home used an excellent team attack to ignite the enthusiasm of the fans.This attack gave full play to Ying Xiong's judgment and offensive deterrence in starting the pick-and-roll, successfully distributed the ball to teammates in good positions, and also attracted a lot of attention from the opponent.

Jeff Teague dribbles across half court and passes to high center Pachulia, who then passes to Joe Johnson.

It was Ying Xiong who defended Joe in the singles. The reason why DeRozan, who was closer in size, was not allowed to defend was purely because Ying Xiong's defense was better.

This is one of the points of concern before the game, which is the matchup between Ying Xiong and singles Joe.Singles Joe as the All-Star position is like a sign. If Ying Xiong can gain an advantage in the confrontation with him or evenly match him, it can also prove that he has the strength of an All-Star.Of course, in today's league, even those who looked down on Yingxiong at the beginning, very few people would doubt whether he has the strength of an All-Star.

The two are very familiar with each other. When Yingxiong was still in the Bucks, he played singles Joe's Eagles in the first round of the playoffs until the tiebreaker.

Ying Xiong's defense against singles Joe has always been a defensive strategy based on closeness and supplemented by interference.In singles, Joe's speed and explosive power are not his specialties. His advantages lie in the comprehensiveness of offensive skills, the accuracy of shooting, and his organizational ability above the first-hand level.

Yingxiong's post defense made Joe very uncomfortable in singles. He is over 30 years old, and he is not the type who can get rid of directly by speed. It is not easy for him to face an opponent with excellent lateral movement and such a strong defensive aggressiveness.

But the basketball game is not one-on-one, there is cooperation and teammates.Pachulia comes to pick and roll, and the Raptors switch quickly.

Joe's skills in singles are still very good, and his difficulty in playing Yingxiong does not mean that it is also difficult to play other players.He uses the rhythm change and small change of direction of the dribble to successfully hit the middle distance!

2: 2!

Here Yingxiong moved without the ball, took advantage of Josh's stunned moment, went straight to the basket and forced a layup, causing a foul by Marvin Williams.

Ying Xiong walked to the free throw line and made two free throws!
From here, Teague used his speed to overtake Calderon and then gave the ball to Josh. Josh shot a 3-pointer directly from the outside-missed!
When the long rebound popped out, Ying Xiong reacted quickly, using his agility to sprint over, and after grabbing the long rebound, he started to accelerate in the backcourt.

Josh and Teague, the two faster Eagles players, began to return to the defense.

Ying Xiong took the ball to the side, hit the ground with a long pass suddenly, and accurately found DeRozan, who was going down the frontcourt, and the latter caught the ball and dunked it with one hand!

The Raptors' opening two goals were dunks, which made the fans excited and excited.

In the first quarter of the game, in singles, Joe faced the defense of Xiongxiong, and the offensive effect was not ideal. He only made 4 of 1 shots, but he made 3 of 2 shots when he used the pick-and-roll dislocation to play Ed Davis.

Facing Josh, Ying Xiong didn't hold the ball very hard in the first quarter, but used the ball to play guerrilla with the opponent, which made Josh feel very uncomfortable, but he couldn't do anything to the opponent.

In the first quarter, the main players of the two sides played evenly. When Yingxiong was off the field, the home team led the opponent by 1 point.The game entered the transition stage, and both sides deployed their respective rotation lineups.

When Tracy McGrady came on the court, there was still intense applause at the scene, paying tribute to this talented scorer.In this game, he played very well against the second team of the Raptors. Whether it was the signature pull-up jumper or the layup with the ball and the killing, he played the best court performance in recent games.Under his performance, the originally evenly matched situation became tilted towards the visiting team, and the Raptors quickly fell behind from the lead.

Coach Casey was a little anxious, he was surprised that McGrady would play so well this time.Although McGrady is a skinny camel bigger than a horse, he didn't expect to explode in the match against the team.He attaches great importance to this game and does not want to lose to this direct competitor who may advance to the playoffs.He let Ying Xiong play more off the ball in the first quarter to accumulate energy for the next 3 quarters, but the current situation made him have to send Ying Xiong to the field in advance.You must know that without Bargnani, there is a gap between the team's offensive strength and the opponent's. If the opponent's second team widens the gap, the opponent's morale will rise, and the main force will be too difficult to chase.

When Ying Xiong came on the court, the second quarter lasted less than 2 minutes, and the point difference at this time was that the Eagles were already leading by 3 points.McGrady played 5 minutes and scored 6 points and 3 assists on 3 of 6 shots. He is in a very hot state.

Ying Xiong naturally came up to match McGrady, the former two-time scoring leader in the league.

Seeing Ying Xiong coming to defend him, Mai Di couldn't help grinning.Of course he knows that his current physical condition and competitive ability can no longer return to the almost omnipotent state on the offensive end when he was at the peak.And the opponent sent Ying Xiong, who currently ranks first in scoring per game in the league, to defend him, which is very gratifying.

Who said I can't do it anymore, I can still make you break out in a cold sweat...

Ying Xiong was also very excited, he didn't expect to be able to compete with McGrady at this point in his career.This is a kind of luck, but also a pity.Fortunately, I had the opportunity to confront McGrady, but unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to confront the peak McGrady.

Hinrich slowly dribbles to the frontcourt.The fans saw that Yingxiong and McGrady were facing each other, and some even stood up excitedly to watch the game.

Ying Xiong defended very seriously, and he gave McGrady great physical confrontation off the ball.He knows that serious defense is the greatest respect for a superstar like Tracy McGrady.

(End of this chapter)