basketball hero

Chapter 439 One foot into the playoffs
After the timeout, the Knicks began to double-team Yingxiong, while the other players of the Raptors began to feel less comfortable at this time, so the point difference between the two sides narrowed before halftime.

The second half started on time and neither side changed their starters.

As soon as the game opened, DeRozan received a second pass from James Johnson and made an empty cut at the basket!
Here, Jeremy Lin assisted Stoudemire to complete the alley-oop and returned the favor.

Calderon dribbles over and points to high post James Johnson.

Ying Xiong made an air cut, received a second pass from James Johnson, rushed to the basket and caused Stoudemire's pushing foul.

James Johnson hits the baseline.A bottom-line ball tactic, Ying Xiong slipped to the basket, made a layup, and caused Tyson Chandler's thug foul.

Ying Xiong missed an additional free throw, but he grabbed the rebound himself and gave it to Calderon who was outside the 3-point line, and the latter finally made a 3-pointer!
The Raptors launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the second half, which made the Knicks a little overwhelmed.Landry Fields couldn't limit Yingxiong. At this point, the Knicks lost too much blood.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball and gave it to the waist Anthony.

Anthony turned around, took a tentative step, and made a strong breakthrough.

Anthony rushed near the penalty area, took three steps, and made a big hook-missed.

Ying Xiong took the rebound and pushed himself forward. On the way, he scored to James Johnson who followed up. After receiving the ball, the latter went to the basket and dunked with both hands!

Coach Woodson can only call stop!If you don't stop, the point difference will be completely widened.It was hard for him to imagine how his own team's players seemed to be unable to play when they came to the opponent's home court.

After the timeout, Fields was replaced by Shumpert. Even Shumpert's defense against Yingxiong in the first half was not necessarily very good, but no matter how bad it was, it was impossible to defend worse than Fields.After all, Shumpert is the theoretical No. 1 perimeter defense in the Knicks.

The Knicks attacked, and Jeremy Lin used the pick-and-roll to force Calderon to succeed.

Calderon came over with a dribble and gave it to DeRozan. DeRozan caught the ball and saw that Yingxiong wanted the ball with his back, so he lobbed it to him.

Ying Xiong faces Shumpert with his back, uses his left foot as the axis, and makes a tentative move with his right foot, cooperating with his body's virtual turn and return, to lure Shumpert.

Shumpert is not as tall as Yingxiong, and he is unwilling to compete with him in strength. His goal is to find opportunities to cut the ball when the opponent is dribbling.

Ying Xiong sits back with the ball in his back. His back-up technique is not cool, but simple and practical.His feet are steady, not messed up by Shumpert's confrontation.

Shumpert is not as good as Yingxiong in weight and confrontation, so he can only retreat steadily, but he is relatively tough, even so, he still has no intention of retreating.

Ying Xiong squeezed two steps in, and suddenly pulled the ball with his left hand, turned around to the upper line, and pulled it up directly.

Shumpert saw the timing and cut the ball...

However, Shumpert's cut ball failed to cut the ball, but cut to Ying Xiong's left hand.

There was a "snap", and the bottom line referee heard it clearly.

However, Yingxiong's shooting posture has changed, but he still hits the ball!

2+1!The fans at the scene started to get restless again...

Shumpert looked at the score helplessly, shook his head, and didn't argue with the referee.

Ying Xiong walked to the free throw line and made a free throw.

On the Knicks side, Anthony singles Yingxiong, and was blocked after dribbling. The ball was grabbed by DeRozan, and he fouled back.Not only that, he also complained to the referee about Ying Xiong's foul, and was called a technical foul.

Seeing the former league scoring leader Anthony being suppressed by Ying Xiong, the fans of the home team were extremely excited and cheered continuously, applauding for Ying Xiong.

In the next game, the Knicks could no longer narrow the score.Jeremy Lin doesn't have much possession of the ball on the court, and his role in the team has been greatly reduced, his state is not good, and his performance is not good.Stoudemire scored in double figures today, but also made 4 turnovers. His presence on the court was not strong, and he missed many times on the defensive end.

There is no suspense in the result of the game. The Raptors beat their opponents at home, ended their two-game losing streak, and improved their record to 33 wins and 15 losses.

应雄全场比赛出战32分钟，21投13中，其中3分球6投3中，罚球12罚11中，砍下40分8篮板6助攻3抢断2盖帽的数据。全明星赛后，他的状态并没有和之前有下滑，甚至比全明星赛前更加稳定和高效。

The Raptors' next game is a back-to-back away game against the league's No. [-] Chicago Bulls.Due to an injury in the Knicks, DeRozan will definitely miss this game, and according to the team's arrangement, Yingxiong will take turns in this game.

Even if Ying Xiong doesn't like to rest, he can't go against the team's arrangement.For the Raptors, without DeRozan, Ying Xiong alone wants to lead the team to defeat the Bulls in back-to-back away games, not to say that it is impossible, but it is relatively difficult and consumes a lot of money for him. At the same time, there is a risk of injury .

Both Ying Xiong and DeRozan were absent, and the Raptors "naturally" lost to the league leaders away from home, losing 3 opponents this season.

而猛龙队在输掉这场比赛后，在接下来的3场比赛分别输给了魔术、掘金以及热火队。虽然应雄在这3场比赛分别砍下了35分、42分、40分，可依然无法帮助球队赢下比赛的胜利。

In this way, the league's dark horse Raptors ended all games in March with a wave of 4 consecutive losses.After these 3 consecutive losses, their record came to 4 wins and 33 losses, and they are still in the top 19 in the Eastern Conference, but the aura on them is not as strong as before.

Many basketball legends said that Ying Xiong is the biggest surprise of the Raptors this season, and also the biggest surprise in the league.But basketball is not a game for one person. If the Raptors want to make a difference in the playoffs, apart from Ying Xiong, other players must stand up and play their own value.

The time has entered April, and the Raptors have 4 games left in the remaining regular season games, all of which will be played this month.In other words, if a team does not enter the playoffs, then this season's games will all be over after this month.

The Raptors have not yet confirmed to enter the playoffs, but the possibility of not making it is not great. Although they have lost 4 games in a row, the opponents in these 4 games are very strong. Lost all games in April.In fact, they have won 4 games. In theory, they will lose all the games after them, and there is a high probability of entering the playoffs.

Even though they have already entered the playoffs with one foot, the Raptors dare not take it lightly.If their goal for the season is to enter the playoffs, their goal now is to advance to at least the second round.How to get the home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, you need to rank yourself in the top 2 of the division as much as possible in the regular season.To accomplish this task, you need to win as many games as possible.

(End of this chapter)