You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 734
If you only look at the book lineup, the Raptors may only be slightly inferior to the 76ers and the Heat in the East. Other teams, whoever comes, can compare.

Their superficial problem is that the experience and age structure are too young. If you want to talk about the deep reason, the problem of the coaching staff will surface.

For example, in tonight's game, the Raptors' two strongest players, Lowry and DeRozan, always sat on the bench for half a quarter; then, often for most of the fourth quarter, Lowry or DeRozan supported the team.In a standard game -- that is, when the two sides fight to the end and there's no garbage time -- the Raptors typically use a nine-man rotation, ten or 11 in practice.

Just imagine: Could Philly/Miami have Wesha/James and Cousins/Wade out at the same time?Will the best duo be on the floor together for less than 18 minutes in the fourth quarter with the game still to seal?
In terms of coaching ability, Casey is an organized coach who pays attention to details. As for why the above problems occur, I can only say that he is too calm—or kind?There is no adjective at all-so he stretched the rotation extremely long; even if the starting lineup is so strong, DeRozan + Rose + Lowry + Amir Johnson + Valanciunas is enough to deal with any lineup, but he will still let the substitutes stay helplessly on the court, even if they don't look very happy.

In the first half of the second quarter, the 76ers had Cousins ​​on the court to support the team.

The Raptors can safely replace both Lowry and DeRozan off the court. Their calmness makes people doubtful-who is the leading party?

45 is better than 32
The score shows that the leading party is the 76ers, who currently lead by 13 points.

Wei Xia and Casey's talk outside the court did not seem to stir up the smell of gunpowder in the game. The first game of the semi-finals between the two sides was played in an orderly manner.

Cousins ​​played the game calmly. After the start of the playoffs, he played a lot more steadily.

"How many consecutive games has Boge not received a technical foul?" Wei Xia asked.

Assistant coach Aaron McGee replied: "I haven't eaten a T since entering the playoffs."

"Crack!" Weaver applauded, "This is really great news!"

Wei Xia couldn't help nodding. The older the team, the more he knew how valuable Cousins ​​was who could control his temper.

At this moment, Rondo is manipulating the team on the field, and they want to extend the lead to 14 points.

Rondo pointed forward, confusing the Raptors, and suddenly made a breakthrough, and Lowry was passed.

His ideas and plans are excellent, but there are always problems in the execution link.

The ACL tear made his layup feel far worse than that of the Celtics, and this layup actually missed.The rebound was about to be protected by the Raptors, Cousins ​​actually used his long arms to hook the ball out, and took off for the second time to grab the offensive rebound.

His first reaction to grabbing the rebound was not a second attack, but to find someone.

Rookie Andre Robertson was quick to find an angle to drive in.

Cousins ​​pretended not to see him, and just as Robertson made a mistake, the ball flew past.

Robertson took the ball and made a dunk under the basket.

"You look like you can dance better than the boss!"

It will take a while for Vershaw to accept that they live in a world where even Cousins ​​knows how to inspire his teammates.

Wei Xia has failed in the East for four consecutive years, and Cousins ​​​​has been defeated for three consecutive years. Last year, he failed to control his temper and caused the team to lose a good game.

Now he is very clear about his position and doesn't get angry easily, which is a good sign.

Just don't know how long it will last.

The Raptors' offense missed consecutively. They were 15 points behind and had to find a way to stop the bleeding.

Casey therefore called Lowry and DeRozan to the sidelines, preparing to exchange for two young aces.

Wright also called Wei Xia.

In the frontcourt, the Raptors made a mistake.

Cousins ​​stopped their lob pass and smashed the pass to Robertson with both hands.

The rookie realized that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him. He was so nervous that he couldn't even control the ball.

"Beep!"

The ball was accidentally out of bounds, and Cousins ​​drank a few times in dissatisfaction.

The 76ers made a counterattack error to allow the main players of both sides to return to the court.

"Wish, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan are all back. The 76ers currently lead the Raptors by 47 points 32 to 15. At present, Wish has not exerted his strength, and he only scored 11 points."

The announcer's voice spread to both ends of the court, and Wei Xia could hear it clearly.

Is it time for him to make a move?

Is there any time for him to exert his strength in this game?The answer is no, the Raptors are not strong enough, unless they can catch up head-on, he will win if he fights casually.

So what can be done to repay Coach Casey's "regret" for him?
Wei Xia didn't want to make himself look too narrow-minded. He had to pretend he didn't care about other people's criticism, and entered the court so that DeRozan couldn't touch the ball, and Lowry fought alone.

Wei Xia has known Lowry since high school. At that time, Lowry was like a ball when he broke through, and he practiced hard to make a long-range three-pointer.But: In addition to breaking through the basket/three-pointer, other attack methods are infinitely zero, especially the mid-range.Fortunately, he also has self-knowledge and doesn't waste gunfire in the middle distance, so half of his shots per game are outside the three-point line.

The Raptors also changed players to match Wei Xia.

Greivis Vasquez, a native of Venezuela, is a 198-cm point guard with a brutal passion like a madman.

In one round, he can be seen making 24 exaggerated facial expressions.

Wei Xia can guarantee that if it weren't for the 24 seconds of a round, Vasquez's Yan Yi could be improved to a higher level.

This is the No. [-] man. He partnered with Lowry to give the Raptors two ball-holding points.

Wei Xia watched Lowry find a gap and hit a three-pointer.

35 is better than 47
They chased to 12 points, and Wei Xia pointed to the right corner of the frontcourt against Rondo.

What he meant was that he would attack there later.

Rondo nodded, Wei Xia ran to the front court and did the same thing to Vasquez.Since the opponent is not his teammate, he has to explain: "Let me tell you a secret, we will run a tactic, and then, I will appear outside the three-point line in the right corner, and I may make that goal."

"Why did you notify me?" Vasquez asked.

Because Wei Xia enjoys the suppressed pleasure that the other party knows he can't prevent.

"I have a heart for goodness." Wei Xia said hypocritically.

Vasquez's expression startled him a bit when he started running.It's crazy, it's scary.

Vasquez is like wild dogs fighting for food, and the madness with which he fights is impressive.

Wei Xia's way of getting rid of him was not a cover, but an emergency stop and reverse run after starting.

Shake Vasquez away, catch Rondo's ball from the corner, turn around and make a shot, the shot is so fast that the Venezuelan can only look at the ball.

"Shh!"

50 is better than 35
Wei Xia's three-pointer, DeRozan responded with his best two-pointer.

He stands in his own hotspot, confident in his shots, and generous. The interference that Robertson can play is limited.

37 is better than 50
Wei Xia decided to have a good fight with the Raptors.

After Rondo came, the 76ers' offense was far better than in the past, but joining any team had to adapt to the habits of core players.

Like Wei Xia, who learned the bad habits from Kobe, he is keen on singles, and also likes to pull the opponent's stars to singles.

This style is neither like Kobe nor like other people in the league. Kobe's heads-up is unreasonable. It is the opponent who asks five people to defend him, but he still doesn't change his face.

Otherwise, Wei Xia, he rarely hits five, and when he encounters double-teams, he tries to pass the ball as much as possible.

He likes to go one-on-one, especially with the opposing star.With his offensive and defensive strength, coupled with his innate "communication ability", he can force the opponent to play him one-on-one in almost every game.

This ethos has surpassed Kobe's scope. Kobe likes to go it alone, he likes to single out.

It can be said that, just like learning Maravich's passing, he has innovated on the road of imitating Kobe and walked out of his own "characteristics".

DeRozan scored a mid-range shot in the front, and Wei Xia asked for the ball in the low post behind, and took the initiative to face DeRozan.

When the ball is in hand, he takes a step back and shoots without any reason.

"Shh!"

52 is better than 37
The Raptors were exhausted on these 15 points, and Wei Xia refused to agree to any idea of ​​pulling down the point difference.

His heads-up match lasted for 3 minutes, and he scored 15 points in a row, finally hitting a good iron under the strict defense of the opponent.

Wei Xia accepted it as soon as he saw it, and stopped the heads-up, but the point difference was also widened from the original 15 points to 24 points.

It's not that the Raptors can't respond to the ball, but that they don't have his persistence.

Wei Xia will score consecutively after entering the state, and he has the willingness to take the ball continuously. Rondo is a ball bully in the Celtics, but a part-time job in the 76ers. He has to be responsible for the team and let Wei Xia play happily.

Moreover, this bastard has a 100% shooting rate, so there is no reason not to pass the ball to him.

No, Wei Xia hit the iron and ended the sinful minutes. The Raptors on the opposite side were smashed on multiple levels from psychology to score.

The score difference of 20+ in the half is too glaring!

During the midfield interview, Wei Xia intentionally or unintentionally talked about regrets.

"This is a regrettable score, I hope the suspense will not disappear prematurely."

Everyone can see that he hasn't enjoyed it yet.

However, the Raptors' defeat couldn't follow his wishes.

In the second half, the Toronto people lay flat and let the king ravage them. They lost 30 points in one go, making the entire fourth quarter garbage time.

(End of this chapter)