basketball hero

Chapter 431 The number of wins has surpassed last season
For the Raptors, this season's regular season schedule has passed halfway (a total of 66 games), with a record of 23 wins and 11 losses, and a 67% winning rate is quite good. You must know that they won a total of 22 games last season ...

The Raptors have made such a huge improvement, the head coach Casey and the newly joined Yingxiong are the most important reasons.Coach Casey revitalized this team, built a defensive system, and gave full play to the characteristics of the players on the offensive end.

As for Ying Xiong, from averaging 14.3 points per game last season to 31.8 points per game today, his scoring average has more than doubled.From the beginning of the season to the present, he has not fallen out of the top 3 scoring list and the top 5 MVP list. He is currently one of the most popular stars in the league, and his jersey sales have also entered the top 10 in the league.

Having such a star is an important reason for the Raptors to achieve a substantial breakthrough, and it is their greatest source of support and confidence in the second half of the season in the process of hitting the playoffs.

On March 3, the Raptors challenged the Charlotte Hornets in back-to-back away games.Since the Hornets "Queen Bee" Paul left during the offseason, the team suddenly lost their offensive engine, and the team seemed to collapse all of a sudden.Last season, this team entered the playoffs with a record of 1 wins and 46 losses in the Wild West and the 36th record in the West.But so far this season, the team has only won 7 games and lost 8 games.

It only takes one season to go from a strong team in the league to a full-fledged team. The difference during this period is that the team has left the core of the backcourt, Chris Paul.

——This is the importance of a good player to a team.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Hornets at home is: center - Chris Kaman, power forward - Gustavo Ayon, small forward - Trevor Ariza, shooting guard - Marko Bay Rinelli, point guard -- Greivis Vasquez.

The starting lineup for the Raptors on the road is the same as in the last game against the Rockets.

Chris Kaman and Along Gray jumped the ball near the middle circle.The Hornets have had a poor record this season because of leaving Paul, so the attendance rate of this team is very bleak. In this game, they played against the Raptors, one of the most popular teams in the league, and the number of fans on site was only slightly more.

After the game started, the Raptors got the first wave of offensive possessions.

Calderon dribbles slowly across half court.

Ariza is naturally the one defending Yingxiong.Ariza was trained as the cornerstone of the perimeter in the Rockets last season, but it didn't have a good effect and didn't play out.Facts have proved that the most suitable job for him is to be a 3D character player.Now that he is in the Hornets, he does not have the responsibility of the whole team, but he plays more comfortably.

Ariza's defense is very good, especially the defense of the fast wing, the effect is very good.He is slender, like Tracy McGrady in his youth. He is fast in the same position, has a pair of long arms, and is tough enough to defend.His disadvantage on the defensive end is that he has such a height, but his weight is less than 100kg.

Ariza faced Xiong, but he defended well.Using his excellent movement speed and excellent defensive awareness, he tried his best to interfere with Yingxiong and reduce the opponent's offensive efficiency as much as possible.

Of course Ariza knows that it is impossible to kill Yingxiong who averages more than 30 points per game by himself, but if he can limit it as much as possible, he will be considered to have completed the task.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Ying Xiong mainly focused on offense without the ball.Ariza still has restrictions on him. Compared with Parsons and Kevin Martin, Ariza's defense is simply more than one level stronger.

Under the strict defense of Ariza, Yingxiong had some difficulty receiving the ball, but he was running without the ball, which attracted a lot of attention from the opponent and created many good opportunities for DeRozan to attack.In terms of offensive ability with the ball, DeRozan is also somewhat famous and powerful in the same position.

Because Ying Xiong did not break out in the first quarter, the main players of the two sides played back and forth. Although the Raptors took the lead, the score did not open.

But when the two sides came off the bench, the situation was quite different.The Raptors' Kleiza and Barbosa beat the Hornets' bench to the point of crying, and the point difference was instantly opened.

By the time Ying Xiong and the others came back, the difference between the two sides had already reached double digits.At this time, Ying Xiong started to play with the ball, misplaced the pick-and-roll many times and hit the slow-moving Kaman to score.

The entire Raptors team began to score, the offense was extremely smooth, and the point difference began to widen.

The game entered garbage time as soon as it started. In the end, the Raptors beat their opponents away and ushered in 4 consecutive victories.

This should be the easiest game he played this season. He only scored 19 points, but he was not frustrated at all, but very happy.He knows what he's capable of, so he's not worried about numbers.

Raptors coach Casey is also very satisfied with the team's performance in this field.It was he who made Yingxiong play off the ball more when facing weak teams, so as to reduce physical consumption and avoid injuries.In his opinion, if the team can not rely too much on Yingxiong when facing a weak team, then it will not panic when facing a strong team.

The Raptors' record has become 24 wins and 11 losses, and they continue to triumph.Judging from their state after the All-Star Game, this team is not as anticlimactic as some reporters said. They still seem to be quite capable, and there seems to be a tendency to "go black to the end".

On March 3, the Raptors played at home against the Memphis Grizzlies.In this game, Marc Gasol, Mike Conley and Rudy Gay of the Grizzlies in the away game scored more than 3+ points, helping the team narrowly beat the opponent in the away game.

Even if Ying Xiong scored a game-high 37 points, plus 11 rebounds and 7 assists, he was still alone. The other players of the team did not give him enough support, and finally failed to escape the fate of losing at home.

The Grizzlies are a strong team. They entered the playoffs last season. This season, they are currently in the Western Conference with a record of 20 wins and 15 losses, and they are firmly locked in the top 8.

After the Raptors lost to the Grizzlies, their record came to 24 wins and 12 losses, and their 4-game winning streak was also suspended.

On March 3, the Raptors returned home to face the Golden State Warriors.The Golden State Warriors' point guard Stephen Curry was absent in this game, and the team's condition was not good, so the away game against the Raptors, the league's biggest dark horse, did not last long before losing.

应雄本场比赛砍下30分9个篮板6次助攻5个抢断2个盖帽，帮助球队守住了主场，避免了连败。

After beating the Golden State Warriors at home, the Raptors host the Orlando Magic back-to-back.In this game, Magic's "Warcraft" Dwight Howard showed his power, scoring 40 points and 22 rebounds, completely piercing the inside of the Raptors.Even if Yingxiong scored 44 points, he still couldn't help the team defend the home court.

In the end, the Raptors lost to their opponents by 4 points at home and missed the winning streak.And their record has also become 25 wins and 13 losses.

(End of this chapter)