champion heart

Chapter 146 145. Let's Invite Tang to Participate in the Slam Dunk Contest
On the evening of January 1th, at the Canadian Airline Center Arena, the first game of the Lakers' 16-game streak will start here.

As the opponent of the Lakers tonight, the Toronto Raptors are currently ranked third in the Eastern Conference. From the perspective of strength, the Raptors are undoubtedly one of the powerful players in the Eastern Conference.

However, this is also limited to the East. If the Raptors' current record is placed in the Wild West, they can only be ranked 7th in the West.

This comparison is enough to prove how obvious the current pattern of the entire league is that the west is strong and the east is weak.

Since the Raptors established a backcourt combination with Lowry and DeRozan as the core, they have achieved very good records in the regular season every year.

However, everything is limited to the regular season, and they will be beaten back to their original shape in the playoffs. As one of the core of the team, DeRozan's performance in the playoffs is always very unstable. not working.

The situation of another core defender Lowry is similar, and the stability is still much worse.

This is how the reputation of "Trash Brothers" slowly spread.

The reason why the Raptors have been unable to make a difference in the playoffs is that apart from their own reasons, there is another recognized reason, and that is LeBron James.

After all, the Raptors are also a team that was broken up by James. In the playoffs, in the confrontation with James' team, they almost never won from beginning to end.

Poor DeRozan, who already had severe depression, was repeatedly tossed by James, and his depression became more serious.

DeRozan has publicly stated more than once that he may bid farewell to basketball at any time.

It's all because of that damn depression, and James, who is like a "shadow".

TNT commentary seats.

Kenny Smith: "Tonight is the first game of the Lakers' long 7-game streak. The victory of this first game is still very important to the Lakers, and the Raptors are a very good team in the Eastern Conference. So it's not going to be easy for the Lakers to win them."

Barkley: "For the Raptors, if they want to win this game at home, there is no doubt that they have to find a way to defend Don. Don is now the Lakers' first scoring point. Once he is on the offensive end Open the touch, it will be difficult for the Raptors to win!"

Kenny Smith: "For Tang's defense, I think the Raptors should emulate the Clippers. In the last game, the Clippers restricted Tang very well by double-teaming. The foot speed requirements are very high, they must return to their original defensive position immediately after double-teaming Tang!"

O'Neal: "The double-teaming also has to be determined according to the specific situation. The reason why the Clippers dared to double-team Tang completely is because the other Lakers players have poor touch, so their defensive strategy can be successful."

on the field.

The Lakers generals are gathering together to communicate before the game.

Nick Young: "Nah, what does it feel like to be here again? You scored 81 points in this arena back then!"

Obviously, Nick Young has learned a lot about Kobe's 81-point miracle.

Kobe: "I'm still a little emotional. That was all many years ago. Now everything is different, and their lineup has undergone earth-shaking changes."

Tang De: "Boss, I heard that guy DeRozan is a die-hard fan of yours. He always imitates your shooting movements during games."

Kobe: "Of course, in this league, there are too many young players who are my fans, aren't they? Haha~ But to be honest, that guy is indeed the one who imitates me the most. It's beautiful."

Nick Young: "Like you imitated Michael?"

"I think so." Kobe nodded noncommittally.

Tang De: "Boss, you have scored 81 points before, do you want to set another small goal tonight, for example, get him 30 points?"

Kobe: "It doesn't matter if it's 30 points or not. Even now, as long as I want to get it, I can get it, but it doesn't matter. I just want to win. Winning is my only pursuit now!"

……

Soon, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed on the public screen.

Raptors: Point guard Lowry, shooting guard DeRozan, small forward Terrence Ross, power forward Amir Johnson, center Valanciunas.

Lakers: point guard Kobe, shooting guard Nick Young, small forward Don De, power forward Gasol, center Whiteside.

The game started quickly, with Whiteside and Valanciunas jumping the ball in the middle.

Somewhat abnormal, this time Whiteside did not jump to win, and Valanciunas grabbed the first wave of offensive balls for the Raptors.

Penguin Sports Live.

Wang Meng: "Bai Bian once again miraculously lost the jump ball!"

Yang Yi: "After all, Davalan also has something."

After throwing the ball to Lowry in the backcourt, Valanciunas quickly ran to the frontcourt to settle in advance.

However, it was impossible for Shirabe to give him such a good chance to get in position. After losing the jump ball, Shirabe was feeling very upset.

Lowry advanced with the ball, and Kobe stepped forward to defend. The height difference of 15 cm made it not so difficult for Kobe to defend Lowry!

DeRozan received a pass from Lowry at the top of the arc, dribbled to the right of the free throw line, and faced Nick Young's defense.

Without hesitation, go singles with your back!
DeRozan is not only a "little prince of CIC", but also a "little prince of singles" like Nick Young!
With continuous feints and regular body swings, DeRozan resisted Nick Young's defense and chose to shoot with an extremely large backward angle.

Nick Young didn't deliberately do any defense, he just raised his hands high and pressed his lower body against DeRozan's knee.

In this way, the effect is excellent. In the opening game, DeRozan directly came with a "three non-stick" air ball.

Kobe: "Young man, you are still not steady enough, you have a superficial appearance, your movements are indeed as picturesque as mine, but your strength is far behind..."

Tang De predicted the approximate position of the rebound in advance, and "grabbed" the backcourt rebound under Bai Bian's men.

Baibian: "Your uncle, Tang, are you robbing me of my job?"

Tang De: "You have grown up, you have to learn to be a striker, learn more from Adams, haha~"

After grabbing the rebound from the backcourt, Tang De rushed to the frontcourt. In terms of running speed, Tang De has never been afraid of anyone.

The Raptors were unable to defend in time, Tang De took off from the free throw line, and scored two points first with a one-handed dunk!

2: 0.

Relaxed and cozy.

TNT commentary seats.

Barkley: "WTF, listen Shaq, last time I asked you to call and find a way to get Don to participate in this year's dunk contest, how are you doing?"

O'Neill: "Shit, I seem to have forgotten about it, but it's okay, there is still time, after tonight's game, I will ask him for an interview!"

Barkley: "That's best, let's go together!"

Penguin Sports Live.

Wang Meng: "The jump height and gliding distance are really terrifying! Who said Asian players can't fly? Who said?"

Yang Yi: "If Tang De can participate in the slam dunk contest this year, there will be something to see."

Wei Ping: "It's okay, we can contact him in private to see if he has any ideas."

(End of this chapter)