basketball hero

Chapter 446 The playoffs start

The Raptors' lack of Bargnani is indeed a key loss on the offensive end, especially in terms of inside offense.Bargnani is the Raptors' No. 3 scorer this season and the No. [-] inside scorer. With him, he can open up space and enrich tactics.

But there is no way around this. Injuries are part of the game. This is why it is said that the annual championship team is not necessarily the strongest, but it must be a relatively healthy team.

For Raptors fans, it is a pity that Bargnani will not play, but they are not afraid because Yingxiong is there.This season, their counterparts have grown from their initial love to their current admiration.Ying Xiong has brought too many surprises and shocks to everyone this season. Without him, the team would not have won the third place in the Eastern Conference, and entering the playoffs would be a luxury.

For DeRozan, if he still wanted to compete with Yingxiong for the core of the team at the beginning of the season, now he has been convinced by the opponent's beastly performance.Now he is willing to assist Ying Xiong and be his sidekick.

In the Raptors, not only Ying Xiong has the opportunity to win the regular season award, but the head coach Devin Casey is also very hopeful to compete for the honor of the best coach.Coach Casey, like Ying Xiong, played for the Mavericks last season and only joined the Raptors this season.After he came, he completely changed the team, helped the team restructure the offensive and defensive system, and boldly established Yingxiong as the core, helping the team improve from the bottom two in the Eastern Conference last season to this season. No. 2 in the East.It can be said that without Casey, there would be no Raptors team. In the eyes of many people, his role is no less than that of Yingxiong.

Coach Casey is not in the mood to consider the issue of the best coach now, because this is not something he should consider. Whether he can get it or not is beyond his control.He has been pondering the first round of the playoffs against the Magic.

The NBA playoffs and the regular season are completely different games.In the regular season, there are often encounters, especially when playing back-to-back away games. Even the time for training cannot be guaranteed, and they are always in a state of exhaustion. It is relatively simple for the opponent to prepare for the game.But the playoffs are different.The playoffs are a series, with at least 4 games between the two sides, and at least 1 day of rest between each game.In other words, there are no back-to-back playoffs, which is a good relief for the players' physical fitness, especially for teams with mostly veterans.In the regular season, teams that can rely on young people with strong impact, good physical fitness or a deep bench to attack the opposing team, games like the playoffs greatly weaken their advantages.

In the regular season, the pre-match preparations of each team are more focused on the opponent's key players and carry out pre-match tactical arrangements.In the playoffs, each player will get a detailed manual prepared by the team, which contains the opponent's situation, including common tactics, rotation habits, each player's technical characteristics, habits, and even each player's position in each position. There are detailed introductions to the shooting percentage.It can be said that neither side has too many secrets to speak of, and such things as secret weapons, just imagined, are simply impossible in reality.As long as you are a player, as soon as you play, there will be an analysis report. How do you keep it a secret?
But there are no secrets about the lineups of the two sides, what offensive and defensive tactics to adopt, how to adjust the rotation, these are things that the coaching staff can control, and the biggest variable is here.The on-the-spot status of the players is uncontrollable, but the previous ones are controllable.

Coach Casey is very serious, staying up late to study opponents, racking his brains to think about lineup arrangements, offensive and defensive tactics and strategic choices.It is a good thing that Howard does not fight, but he does not dare to take it lightly. In the NBA playoffs, there are many cases of undercuts, and there are even "black eights" several times.Without Howard's magic, the defensive problem is that it is difficult to find key players, and the defensive arrangement is somewhat difficult to start.Of course, the opponent does not have the most feared monster of the team, after all, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Casey naturally believes his team can beat the opponent and advance to the next round, even if the opponent has reached the finals.Most of his confidence comes from Yingxiong. In the absence of Warcraft, the team has superstars. In the playoffs, this will be a qualitative difference.

——Because, no matter how many players there are in your team, there are only 5 of them standing on the field!
Compared with Coach Casey's confidence, Van Gundy, the coach of the opponent Magic, is not so relaxed.The strongest Warcraft under his command is reimbursed, which simply declares that the Magic will do nothing this season.As the head coach, he is also under a lot of pressure. From the loss in the finals to now it is likely to become the first round tour. The huge gap during this period cannot be used as an excuse for the Magic's season reimbursement.

If the team is looking for a scapegoat, then the head coach dismissing get out of class is the fastest and most likely to be effective.Therefore, for his own work, Da Fan must win the Raptors, so that at least he has bargaining chips with the team.

The first playoff game between the two teams will take place on April 4 at the Air Canada Center, home of the Raptors.Tickets for the game were sold out early, and the ticket price for this game has been extremely high by scalpers.The fans of the Raptors are so excited. You must know that the team has been away from the playoffs for 29 years. This year, the team can enter the playoffs as the No. 3 in the East, and how happy it is to start the playoffs at home things.

Judging from the odds of pre-match betting and the predictions given by many experts, they all tend to win the Raptors, and the game will not go to Game 7, and the Raptors will end the battle in up to 6 games.In the eyes of several NBA celebrities, the Magic may be able to win 1-2 games based on experience without Warcraft, but it is very difficult to win this series.No one in the Magic can limit Yingxiong, which is the main reason why they have a high probability of not winning the series.

This is not the first time Yingxiong has played in the playoffs. In fact, he already has a championship ring.But this time he is more excited than the previous two playoffs, because this is the first time he has led the team to the playoffs as a team leader.

On April 4th, the Air Canada Center Arena was full of cheers.This game is the first playoff game of the Raptors this season. Not only the fans, but even the cleaning and security staff are very excited. NBA playoff bonuses can be divided. For them, if the team goes further, they can naturally get some money.But other than that, being able to watch the home team play live in May or even June is a feeling that money cannot buy.

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