basketball hero

Chapter 647
On April 4, the Raptors visited Atlanta for Game 25 of the series against the Hawks.This game, for the Eagles, is almost a battle of life and death.Once they lose this game, their trip to the playoffs this season will almost end prematurely.

After the NBA playoffs were changed to a 7-match 4-win system, no team can reverse and win the series after falling behind by a big score of 0:3.

So G3 of the Raptors VS Eagles series is the life and death battle of the Eagles.Once behind 0:3, the Eagles want to create a historical black eight success, the possibility is infinitely close to 0.

In this game, the Eagles still did not change their formation.In fact, their bench lineup does not have any strong players to replace.

As soon as the game started, the Eagles played an extremely positive attitude, with decisive offense and tough defense. In addition, the referee was slightly biased towards the home team on the whistle, which made them quickly take the initiative on the field.

But at this time, the star of the Raptors, Ying Xiong, did not choose to attack from behind like G1G2 in Toronto. Instead, he entered the attack mode from the very beginning of the game, using his personal ability to either score by himself or attract double-teams to his teammates. Score.Carroll is the best wing defender of the Eagles, but it is still too difficult for him to limit Yingxiong one-on-one.

Because of Ying Xiong's outstanding performance, the Raptors withstood the Eagles' fierce offensive at the beginning, and the game entered an anxious stage.

Ying Xiong turned on the attack mode at the beginning, which was a plan after he and the head coach Devin Casey discussed it.The Eagles will definitely bounce back when they return home, and they must be dying.And often in this kind of game, the referee will favor the side behind, because the league doesn't want the series to end too quickly.

If the opponent falls behind by a large score at the start of the game at home, the opponent must become more and more courageous, and finally want to turn over, it is too difficult, and it also increases the risk of injury.But if you can withstand the onslaught of the opponent at the beginning, and when the opponent's momentum subsides later, the opportunity will come.

Ying Xiong thought of an article in a high school textbook——"Cao GUI Controversy", in which there is such a sentence: "One effort, then decline, and three exhaustion." This is the truth.The Eagles are weak, and once the momentum goes down, the strength gap between the two sides will become apparent.Now they can only carry it with one breath.

The first quarter was tied.But at the beginning of the second quarter, the Raptors' second team led by Jeremy Lin beat the Hawks to an 2-8 spurt and quickly gained the advantage.

After Ying Xiong waited for the main force to come back, he did not give his opponent a chance to breathe, and widened the point difference to double digits in one go, and firmly controlled the rhythm of the game in his own hands.In the following games, even though the Hawks tried to chase points many times, under the control of the field master Ying Xiong, the point difference between the two sides was still in double digits at the end of halftime.

In the third quarter of the game, the Eagles once again increased the intensity of the game, which made the Raptors' offensive efficiency drop.But their physical energy consumption is also very large, which also affects their own feel.So, the score didn't shrink much.

In the last quarter, the Eagles were a little discouraged, and they collapsed casually, and the game completely lost suspense.

In the end, the Raptors won the away game and got the match point. The series led by 3:0, and there was only one victory left to advance to the second round.

The Eagles have given everything in this game, but the strength gap between the two sides is too great. Even if the referee favors them, it still cannot help them win the next victory.Now they are standing on the edge of a cliff, and they may be swept away if they are not careful.

On April 4, Game 27 of the Raptors VS Eagles series will continue at the Eagles' home court.In this game, for the Eagles, losing means being swept away, which can be regarded as "fighting for dignity", but the suspense of the series has already been revealed after the end of the last game.

In this game, the Raptors played against an opponent whose mentality had completely collapsed, but because the opponent did not have the kind of hard work they had in the third game, the strength gap was quickly reflected in the score gap.

The Raptors trailed for just one or two rounds at the beginning, and then went ahead and led until the end.In the end, the Raptors defeated the Eagles in an away game, swept their opponents with a total score of 4:0, and advanced strongly to the second round of the playoffs.

Not many people were surprised that the Raptors swept the Eagles to advance. Before the start of the series, the major media predicted that they had the highest probability of advancing with a score of 4:0 and 4:1.Basically no one thinks that they will be "black eight" by the Eagles in the first round.The existence of Ying Xiong minimized the possibility of them being counterattacked.

After the Raptors approached the second round of the playoffs with a sweeping attitude, according to ESPN, their probability of winning has surpassed the Spurs and rose to the first place.

Ying Xiong doesn't care about the probability of winning the championship at all. In his opinion, even if the probability is the lowest, it will not affect their progress in winning the championship.On the contrary, the higher the attention, the more pressure the players will bear, which is one of the important reasons why it is difficult to defend the title in the NBA.

The Raptors swept the opponent in the first round, and now we only need to wait for the result of the series between the Bulls and the Wizards.Although sweeping has a lot of rest time, maintaining the state is a problem.Fortunately, during the playoffs last season, it is no longer unfamiliar for this team to face such a situation.According to the team's plan, they watched videos and conducted targeted training. Injured players took the opportunity to recover from their injuries, and players who were not in good condition in the first round took the opportunity to recover.Of course, it is still essential to pay attention to the game between the Bulls and the Wizards. Even if the winning team has not yet come out, their opponents in the next round must be among these two teams.

The Wizards finally defeated the Bulls without Rose and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.Their opponent in the second round of the playoffs is the defending champion Toronto Raptors.

The first game of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs between the Raptors and the Wizards will be played at the Air Canada Center, the home of the Raptors, on May 2.

The Wizards, who were 29 wins and 53 losses last season, ushered in great progress this season. They ranked 44th in the East with 38 wins and 5 losses in the regular season, and defeated the 4th place in the first round of the playoffs. Bulls.They are a group of dark horses this season, from their unexpected record in the regular season to their fiery state in the playoffs.In the second round of the playoffs, they will face the defending champion Toronto Raptors, ushering in the biggest challenge.For them, this season is perfect enough. Even if they lose to the Raptors in the end, it will not change the nature of their dark horse. For them, this season is still a successful season.

(End of this chapter)