basketball hero

Chapter 719 Playoff scoring new high

Seeing that Rose's layup was about to be achieved, at this moment, a Raptors player wearing the No. 25 jersey burst out from a diagonal stab, and slammed the opponent's layup on the backboard with his left hand.

"Excellent block!" Greg Sager exclaimed.

The person who blocked the shot was naturally Ying Xiong. After he got the ball, he pushed directly from the backcourt.And Jimmy Butler, like a magnet, clings to him like a shadow.

Ying Xiong took the ball to the front court and distributed it to Lowry who followed up.

Lowry and Valanciunas scored Patterson on the outside after a pick-and-roll, and the latter missed a 3-pointer!
Gibson got the rebound and gave it to Jimmy Butler to push.

Facing the defense of the corresponding hero, Jimmy Butler accelerated from the backcourt like gnashing his steel teeth, rushed directly to the frontcourt, rushed to the basket and made a hard layup.

But his layup was directly blocked by Ying Xiong!

"Blocks in a row!" Greg Sager exclaimed.

The home team fans at the scene gleefully booed and satirized Jimmy Butler with screams and shouts.In the eyes of the fans, whoever provokes the leading star is everyone's enemy.

Jimmy Butler complained to the referee that he believed that Ying Xiong made a push with his left hand when he was blocking the shot.

However, the referee still did not accept his appeal, reiterating that it was a good hat.

The Bulls serve from the baseline.

Relying on her personal ability, everyone's sister-in-law steadily made a strong attack at the basket!

Lowry dribbled the ball and gave it to Ying Xiong.

Facing Jimmy Butler's defense, Ying Xiong signaled his teammates to pull away.

The fans cheered immediately, they wanted to see how the leading star beat the provocateur alone.

Ying Xiong went straight to the basket, turned his face to the frame, turned forward and then turned his back, and then made a fake move with his shoulders shaking.

Jimmy Butler has a high degree of concentration, his height and wingspan are not as good as the opponent's. When the opponent wants to shoot, he is tricked by fake moves and takes off early.

Ying Xiong deceived the opponent, and did not make a foul. Instead, he took advantage of the time difference and waited for the opponent to fall before making a jump shot himself.

This kind of jump shot requires very high basic skills of the player's jump shot, because it can be said that it is difficult to rely on rhythm.

Ying Xiong hit the ball steadily!

The point difference was pulled back to 15 points again!
"Strike!" Greg Sager exclaimed.

"This ball is really exciting, and it's a tribute to Paul's strong attack at the basket just now." Mark Jackson said.

"Mark, this ball should be foulable, why didn't he do it?" Greg Sager asked suspiciously.

"I think it's the confidence of a superstar!" Mark Jackson said wittily.

"What do you mean?" Greg Sager was a little baffled by the other party's words.

"This ball should be able to draw fouls, but he just believes that he can still hit the ball without drawing fouls!" Mark Jackson explained.

"But if you don't get in, wouldn't it be worth it?" Greg Sager said.

"You guys don't understand the world of superstars!" Mark Jackson laughed loudly.

"..."

Jimmy Butler knew that Ying Xiong had a chance to foul himself just now, but he didn't do it.This changed his view of the other party somewhat.But the scene of the opponent's flopping before was still repeated in his mind, and he felt that the opponent was a scheming and dirty player.

"What kind of player is Ying Xiong?" Jimmy Butler was confused.

On the Bulls side, everyone's sister-in-law was double-teamed in a strong attack at the basket, and the ball was given to Dunleavy on the outside. The latter made a 3-pointer-hit!
On the Raptors side, Ying Xiong cut to the basket through the pick-and-roll and shot-missed.

But he shot himself and robbed himself, feinting around the basket, startling countless reckless men.He didn't force the frame, he flicked his left hand, and the ball went to Patterson outside the 3-point line in the left corner.

Patterson got an open chance, made a precise three-point snipe, and returned the favor!
In the second quarter of the game, Ying Xiong scored 2 points and 18 points in the half, breaking his career playoff half-time scoring record.

"As long as he wants to score, no one in Chicago can guard him!" Mark Jackson said to Greg Sagel at halftime.

The Raptors led the Bulls by 23 points at halftime, and the situation was very good.

In the second half of the game, the Bulls adopted a local flanking method against Xiong, restricting him from having the ball or without the ball and only eating the opposing player, forcing him to play the ball.However, Ying Xiong invigorated the team's offense with a pass, and Valanciunas and others who were in mediocre form before also got a good opportunity to attack, and their touch gradually recovered.

As a result, the Bulls fell across the board and eventually gave up the game, and the game also entered garbage time.

In the end, the Raptors defeated the Bulls in the second game of the series between the two sides, won the first victory of the series, and tied the big score 2:1.

Ying Xiong scored 57+10+8+3+4 and helped the team win with an epic performance. 57 points also created a new high in his career playoffs (previously 55 points). As for his failure to score 60 points, Mark Jackson said with a smile: "Devin Casey stopped (the game entered garbage time early, and Casey Coach Xi will replace Ying Xiong)!"

Ying Xiong doesn't care that he didn't score 60 points. In his opinion, the most important thing is for the team to win the game.What if you lose the game and you get 60 points?
Jimmy Butler was limited by fouls in this game, with limited playing time and few performance opportunities.In an interview with reporters after the game, he said that after returning to the home court in Chicago, they will return the humiliation they received today to their opponents 10 times.

On May 5, the Raptors were a guest at the United Center Arena in Chicago, ushering in the third game of the series against the Bulls.

In this game, neither team has changed their lineups, and they are still the lineups of both sides in G1 of the series.The importance of this game is self-evident. If the home team loses, the hard-won home court advantage will be lost; if the visiting team loses, it will be in an extremely dangerous situation, because G4 is even more unacceptable. Otherwise, G4 will also lose, and return to the home court with a total score of 1:3, and the probability of winning 3 games in a row is extremely low.

In the last game, Ying Xiong scored 57 points, which is undoubtedly unbearable for the top Chicago Bulls in the defensive league.You know, this team has always been known for its toughness and iron blood.

After the start of the game, the Bulls playing at home played a very high game intensity. The physical confrontation between the two sides was extremely frequent, there were a lot of fouls, and the game was intermittent.

The Bulls used pincers against Xiong to force him to play.In the first quarter, due to the low offensive efficiency of other Raptors players, the game became very anxious.

The high intensity of the Bulls' game also affected their own feel. The two sides frequently hit the iron and the score was very low. Naturally, they couldn't widen the point difference.

(End of this chapter)