basketball hero

Chapter 419 The Three Battles with the Iron-Blooded Master
For Xiong, he hates failure extremely, and he doesn't like the feeling of losing.He doesn't like to lose to a team in a season in a row, and it's the kind of loser who loses his temper.He knows that the overall strength of the Raptors is limited, and the main center cannot play, but even so, he is not willing to lose consecutively to the Celtics.For him, as long as he plays, he wants to win.

Raptors coach Casey emphasized in the arrangement for the players before the game that facing the Celtics, they must be strong on the defensive end, decisive on the offensive end, and actively support Ying Xiong. They cannot stand and watch the show.The last game was defended to only 80 points, which made him feel very depressed. As a coach, he is ambitious, and he doesn't want the team he leads to play poorly, especially when the current record is very good.

The atmosphere at the Air Canada Center, home of the Raptors, is very hot. The fans are cheering for the home team in their own way. Everyone knows that the home team has lost to the opponent in two consecutive games, so they are very eager to win the opponent at home. Yixue former shame.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Raptors is: center - Ed Davis, power forward - James Johnson, small forward - DeRozan, shooting guard - Ying Xiong, point guard - Jose Carr Deron.

The starting lineup of the Celtics for the away game is: center - Kevin Garnett, power forward - Brandon Bass, small forward - Paul Pierce, shooting guard - Ray Allen, point guard - — Rajon Rondo.

Even though the Celtics' Big Three are no longer at their peak, their strength is still there, not to mention there is a "fourth giant" Rondo.

In the prediction article before the game, there was a point of view that the Celtics' defense is a touchstone to test whether Yingxiong has the potential of a superstar.

The starting lineups of the two sides came on the stage, and the Celtics' Big Three shook hands and hugged Ying Xiong in turn.It can be seen from their behavior that Yingxiong is already the undisputed core of this Raptors team.

Garnett and Ed Davis near the middle circle prepare to jump the ball.

As the referee throws the ball into the air, the game officially begins.

Garnett's sword is not old, and he allocated the ball to his teammates before the opponent. After receiving the ball, Rondo slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

The Celtics' offense is mainly concentrated on the Big Three. Ray Allen is responsible for running without the ball, Pierce is responsible for singles with the ball when the tactics can't run, and Garnett is high shooting and low turning jumpers.

As he got older, Garnett's dunks became less and less, Pierce's style of play became closer and closer to "floor flow", while Ray Allen became more and more inclined to a pure shooter.

Age and time have taken away the bounce and speed of superstars, but what they can't take away is consciousness and technology.Therefore, superstars must also learn to transform, and use technology to make up for lost explosive power and speed later in their careers.

Ying Xiong defends Pierce very seriously, and he dare not underestimate this man who is no longer as physically fit as he used to be.You must know that in the previous two games, he did not really restrict the opponent when defending the opponent, which is unacceptable to him.He has very high requirements on both offensive and defensive ends, and this campaign is more devoted to the defensive end.

The Celtics' offense can only be ranked in the middle of the league. The veteran's offensive explosiveness is far from what it used to be, and he plays very slowly. Therefore, most of the teams playing against them will have several fewer offensive rounds than usual.

Here, Ray Allen received Rondo's pass from the bottom corner, and under the defense of DeRozan, he made a mid-range shot-missed, Ying Xiong received the rebound and handed it to Calderon to advance.

Although the Celtics' offense has not been as good as a year in the past few years, their defense is still as good as it was in the 08 championship season.In fact, even in the year they won the championship, the scoring average was not high, and the championship relied on defense.

The Celtics' defensive philosophy has been in the same line since 08. Their core defensive philosophy is to attack on the line.Great defensive teams have a defensive system, and to build a system that can demonstrate excellent defense, you need a defensive core.The core of the Celtics' defense is Kevin Garnett.

It is precisely because of Garnett's existence that the Celtics can attack at will, with partial threes and twos, making it impossible for you to transfer easily and shoot comfortably.And this defensive system is based on Garnett's almost unlimited range of activities. He can defend from the inside to the 3-point line, and can even be used by one person for two.

Today's Pierce's movement speed is already considered slow in the same position, so when defending Yingxiong, he needs the help of his teammates even more.

Ying Xiong received a pass from Calderon in a high position, and as soon as he held the ball to make a breakthrough, he immediately attracted the opponent's flanking attack.Without hesitation, he quickly passed the ball to DeRozan on the weak side.

The defense of the Green Army is very targeted. DeRozan is outside the 3-point line, and he hardly cares about him, just harass him and finish.But once he gets into the 2-point area, someone will guard him.

DeRozan received a pass from Ying Xiong, did not shoot a 3-pointer, and directly broke through to the basket with the ball. Posture, ready to buckle!
Bass is also a vegetarian, of course, so he covered it hard.In the end, the dunk was unsuccessful, but caused a thug foul by Bass.

DeRozan walked to the free throw line.

The fans at the scene were so excited by DeRozan's tough buckle, they kept shouting and roaring, and the atmosphere at the scene was very lively.

For DeRozan, he was lost in the two games he lost to the Celtics, and he would naturally not be unaware of the criticism of him from the outside world.He knows that he is not as good as Ying Xiong, in all aspects, but he doesn't want everyone to think that he is just a role player.He wants to prove that he has a chance to become an All-Star and can make Yingxiong pay the price when he is double-teamed.

DeRozan made two free throws and the home team took the lead.

Rondo slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and gave it to Garnett in the waist.Garnett hit Ed Davis back with the ball and squeezed a few times, but he didn't take advantage of it. He didn't force the attack, but distributed the ball to Pierce on the outside.

Pierce singled out Yingxiong with the ball. Seeing that the opponent was not fooled after the three threats, he immediately chose to lean over and hold the ball.His speed is not fast, but with his strong body and excellent sense of rhythm, his pace is still very steady.

Ying Xiong followed him to break through, not in a hurry to strike, seized the opportunity, and interfered at the moment he made a move.

Miss!Ed Davis protects the rebound!

This is destined to be a difficult game.After DeRozan made a free throw for several consecutive offensive rounds, neither side scored even 1 point.Putting a lot of energy and physical energy on the defensive end makes it even more difficult to make a difference on the offensive end.

(End of this chapter)