On the court, after the Bulls scored a goal, it was the Raptors' turn to make a move after the change of sides.

Doug Christie started from the top of the arc, actively moving without the ball, and took Michael to the right corner.

Although he didn't know what was wrong with him, even if it was a birthday celebration, Michael would not let him run smoothly across the entire court to the bottom corner.

But this is exactly the effect Christie wants!

After Christie emptied the defender, Das, who had the ball, used the high screen provided by Hanamichi and dribbled sideways to get rid of Ron Harper who was defending him.

"Flower's cover again!"

Countless fans at the scene were amazed at the same time!

Under Hanamichi's high-quality cover, the situation that Das faced at this moment was similar to that of the previous round of attack.

That is to turn directly and cut directly into the basket along the left side, just like in the previous offensive round, facing the flat Bulls inside line and easily scored 2 points.

In fact, Das did the same thing. He bent over, dribbled the ball with his left hand, and penetrated into the Bulls' inside line along the three-point line from the left side of the court.

Such a blatant action by Das suddenly startled Tony Kukoc, the Bulls player who was defending Walter Williams at 30 degrees on the left.

I'm such a grown-up standing here, don't I have any dignity to save?

How dare you ignore me like this? Not to mention a big guy like that, even if you were just a rat, I would not turn a blind eye and let you go.

Das turned along the left side and cut into the inside, not far from Tony Kukoc.

In fact, if Tony Kukoc did not go up to defend, it would be understandable. He would just be complained by head coach Phil Jackson afterwards and perhaps get a death stare from his own star Michael.

However, Das' dribbling speed did not give Tony Kukoc much time to think.

Subconsciously, Tony Kukoc stretched out his left hand to intercept the dribbling Big S, trying to steal the ball with one hand.

He had even thought about the direction the basketball would fall after being stolen and how many ways he could save the ball!

The method is very good, but the reality is very skinny.

Tony Kukoc was completely unaware that Walter Williams, whom he was supposed to defend, had quietly moved away from the defensive zone and slipped to the left corner.

The left-handed dribbler Stoudemire seemed to have expected Tony Kukoc's sudden intervention.

When Tony Kukoc reached out, Das's flexible body seemed to have already seen through his opponent Tony Kukoc's interception action.

In a sense, he did ignore Tony Kukoc!

Just as Tony Kukoc reached out to try to steal the ball, Stoudemire made a brilliant between-the-legs dribble with lightning speed, and the basketball instantly transferred from his left hand to his right hand.

Then, facing Tony Kukoc, who was too tall for him, he half-jumped up and swung his right hand vigorously.

The basketball seemed to be given life and flew out from behind him in an extremely strange trajectory.

This behind-the-back pass was like a precision-guided artillery shell, cleverly avoiding Tony Kukoc's defensive sight and passing through accurately.

The rapidly spinning basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and finally landed steadily in the left corner.

The whole process was smooth and seamless, which made people cheer and applaud.

Tony Kukoc had no time to react and could only watch the basketball fly past him, let alone try to stop it.

Where basketball is guided by Das——

The left corner of the three-point line!

There, Walter Williams was ready.

"brush!"

After catching the ball, Walter Williams quickly made the 3-pointer.

"Pretty!"

When the orange basketball drew a graceful arc in the air and accurately went into the basket, the entire Raptors' home court was instantly ignited!

The audience burst into deafening cheers and applause as if they were a powder keg that had been lit.

Especially those loyal fans of the home team, they were so excited that they danced and shouted loudly, they were even happier than Wang Xiaoer during the Chinese New Year!

The shot from beyond the three-point line meant a full 3 points, widening the gap with the Bulls.

For the fans, this offensive coordination was an unparalleled visual feast.

Hanamichi's high pick-and-roll, Das's behind-the-back pass without looking at anyone, Walter Williams' three-pointer, and Doug Christie who was watching the scenery in the other corner with "Old Rogue".

The coordination is so seamless.

Generally speaking, if a team has 2 to 3 players working together in harmony, the offense they launch will not be too ugly!

What's more, four Raptors players participated in this attack.

Seeing this, many fans have understood why the Raptors' core player Hanamichi has always been in a high position.

This is a completely connected team!

However, unlike the amateur perspective of spectators and fans, in the eyes of most professionals.

No matter how beautiful the work done by flower arrangement is, in essence it is just a small auxiliary job.

It’s still too early to talk about connecting the teams!

Apart from anything else, during these offensive processes, Damon Stoudemire's connecting role was much stronger than Hanamichi!

And his presence is stronger than that of flower arrangement.

What Hanamichi did more was create opportunities for Damon Stoudemire!

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On the court, Walter Williams, who scored the goal, excitedly pointed his index finger at Das, indicating that the pass was a great one!

After all, for a shooter, it feels great to partner with a point guard who allows him to stroll around the court as if he were practicing his daily shooting!

Sitting in the coaching booth, Raptors head coach Brandon Malone also applauded the chemistry between his players.

"The fun has just begun!"

The big screen was also replaying Damon Stoudemire’s wonderful pass!

The commentators all said that Das was making rapid progress:

"Last season, Masai Ujiri's keen eye for talent led to his acquisition of Flower and Damon Stoudemire. The league owes him the honor of General Manager of the Year!"

I don’t know if it was to balance things out, but the Coach of the Year award was given to the Raptors’ Dennis Dunn, so the General Manager of the Year award was not given to the Raptors’ Masai Ujiri.

History always repeats itself. The General Manager of the Year award for the 1996-97 season was ultimately given to Bob Buss, former general manager of the Spurs and current general manager of the Hornets.

Ironically, the two best things that Hornets general manager Bob Buss did this season were leading the Hornets to 54 wins in the regular season and returning to the playoffs.

And - by trading Kobe, we got Divac, who has "extremely strong" combat effectiveness!

Lao Ke: Listen to me, thank you...

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However, Auerbach had confirmed his idea through the playback on the big screen:

The Raptors are using the Princeton tactics!

"Then the next key is whether he has this quality!"

Auerbach knew this very well.

Judging from the two attacks of the Raptors just now, although the Raptors used back-cut cooperation and the running ball + passing cooperation just now.

Ikebana is used as the axis in both paintings, but its role is not irreplaceable!

Doing the dirty work isn't all a superstar has to do in the playoffs.

But Auerbach is confident that over time, the Raptors or Flower will implement what he wants to see in the Princeton system.

That is, the BACK DOOR CUTS tactic (hitting the main goal and opening the back door) was beautifully demonstrated on the court.

The so-called inspection, inspection, this is what Auerbach inspects!

If Hanamichi has the qualifications to be the axis and connect the team at a high position, then Auerbach will do everything he can to get a piece of the pie in the upcoming "disintegration" of the Raptors!

What if Auerbach was overthinking it, and Hanamichi was just an ordinary player or superstar who was capable, competent, and willing to do the dirty work? Then it was not worth it for him and the Celtics to "lose everything"!

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