Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 181 183 [Peak Showdown-2]

"Kawhi has tried his best. You can't expect him to do better. After all, he is facing a bayonet. He can't just pay a foul at the beginning of the game." Shaquille O'Neal took the initiative to defend Leonard in this round justified.

brush!
Kyle Lowry broke through and found Danny Green who was open in the corner. The latter went up and down and hit a three-pointer.

"Danny Green hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up. In fact, after starting a new career with the Toronto Raptors, Danny Green's power on the outside has further improved."

Shaq O'Neal will never say that the San Antonio Spurs' system delayed Danny Green, but he must emphasize that Danny Green in the Toronto Raptors has a higher three-point shooting percentage.

Dwight Powell missed a three-pointer and turned the Raptors' offense.

Facing Jiang Hao, Kawhi Leonard made a very decisive shot on the right side of the free throw line.

Although Jiang Hao has made very hard defensive moves, he still failed to prevent the basketball from getting into the basket steadily.

"Superstars against superstars, there is no absolute suppression, at most limit each other"

Kenny Smith spoke, that’s it, Kawhi Leonard can’t do anything to Jiang Hao on the defensive end, so Jiang Hao can’t do anything to Kawhi Leonard on the defensive end, even though both of them are top offensive and defensive players in the league .

Before the official suspension of the first quarter, the two sides came and went, and the score was almost rising in an alternating lead.

Whether it's Jiang Hao or Kawhi Leonard, they both look good.

However, for the Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who aims to control the rhythm in the first quarter, he is not satisfied with this result.

Especially Trevor Ariza, after half a quarter of the game, Ariza has been in a downturn, and he has not played the role he should have played at all.

This made Rick Carlisle very angry.

Therefore, after returning from the timeout, Harris Barnes decided to play Trevor Ariza.

Since defense is useless, use offense to solve the problem.

Harris Barnes continued his fiery state of playing against his former owner, the Golden State Warriors. He hit a three-pointer against Kawhi Leonard as soon as he came up.

As a result, the Lone Ranger expanded the point difference to 5 points for the first time tonight.

But immediately after the next round, they ushered in extremely bad news.

That is, Luka Doncic has committed 3 fouls. In front of the experienced Kyle Lowry, the young Luka Doncic finally has to pay his tuition.

Luka Doncic is a very important part of the Lone Ranger in the new season, and for tonight's game, his role is also very important.

He committed 3 fouls before the end of the first quarter.

This is undoubtedly a major blow to the Lone Ranger.

Rick Carlisle looked very embarrassed, but he had no choice but to let Daniels Smith Jr. replace Luka Doncic.

Daniels Smith Jr. showed great potential last season. He ushered in his new season debut in the last game against the Golden State Warriors. After the whole game, he came off the bench for 18 minutes and scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Looks alright, hopefully he'll be able to play an x-factor tonight.

Rick Carlisle brought Daniels Smith Jr. into the game with that in mind.

Of course, this is just a move by Rick Carlisle. In fact, he is not very worried about the depth of the team's lineup for tonight's game. If it doesn't work, he will let Jiang Hao play point guard.

After all, Daniels Smith Jr. played for a season last season. The pace of the NBA game, or the game experience, is naturally better than Luka Doncic.

Although he can't send some beautiful assists like Luka Doncic, he can at least be stable when facing old fritters like Kyle Lowry.

And it needs to be pointed out that Daniels Smith's decisiveness on the offensive end is even better than that of Luka Doncic at this stage. You can think that Daniels Smith Jr. is the typical point guard with a knife.

For example, in the next offense, after he came to the frontcourt with the ball, facing Kyle Lowry's defense, he directly took a step back and chose to shoot.

Kyle Lowry barely had time to react when the basketball hit the rim.

pendant!
Although there is no first hit.

But after DeAndre Jordan's second offense at the basket, the Lone Ranger's offense can be considered a success.

Jiang Hao's impression of Ibaka, the insider of the Raptors, should stay in the various "miraculous biography" of him on the Internet.

It is said that a certain position on this guy is absolutely unique in the nba.

Whatever is in the mind, is likely to be reflected in the next second.

No, when it was the Lone Ranger's turn to attack again, when Jiang Hao was holding the ball to face Ibaka, his sneak peek while holding the ball directly made Ibaka confused.

What about trouble?

what do you mean?
Ibaka subconsciously clamped his legs, but when he reacted again, the cunning bayonet had already completed his shot.

A hesitation!
2 points gone.

The Raptors coach was very angry at Ibaka's delay in staying in place just now. What is this bastard doing?
He even yelled at Ibaka.

The latter is very apologetically low.

.........

When the first quarter was over, 35:28!

The Lone Ranger in the away game took a 7-point lead. Daniels Smith Jr., who replaced Luka Doncic, played well.

And the leaders of the two teams that fans are most concerned about also performed well in the first quarter.

江昊7头4中，拿到了9分3篮板2助攻。

Kawhi Leonard made 8 of 5 shots and scored 12 points and 4 rebounds!

After the start of the second quarter, the head coaches of both sides sent out substitute lineups. In fact, the bench lineups of these two teams are very strong.

The bench lineups of their two teams may be among the top five in the entire league.

Therefore, to a certain extent in this game, whoever has a good substitute lineup between the two teams will be able to have the last laugh.

"That's why before the game started, I emphasized over and over again that this game is a real [-]-[-] matchup, because the two teams are very balanced from all angles."

After the start of the second quarter, when the two teams' substitute lineups were playing well, Shaq O'Neal said again in the live broadcast room.

"When the team leaders of both sides can get roughly the same rest time, everyone will expect that this game will really be more exciting."

(End of this chapter)