basketball pope

Chapter 214 [The old enemy visits, the smile is not good]

Against the Magic on the 17th, the two sides scored a high score of 145 to 112 in regular time.

The Magic's lineup is not very good, but the new head coach Doc Rivers chose to fight with the Raptors in a domineering way.

The rhythm is brought up, the Magic has no star, the core is point guard Darrell Armstrong, the player's personal ability is too poor, and the whole game is undefended.

After the game, the media gave Rivers a high evaluation. The Magic averaged 101 points per game this season. Although Darrell, who had the most beautiful data, only had 16.5 points and 6 assists, five players in the team scored in double figures. Rookie Corey Magai Tee, Chucky Atkins, Pat Garrity and others dug out in the summer are also close to 10 points, providing enough firepower.

To put it bluntly, Magic is the poor man's version of the Raptors, with similar play styles and configuration styles.When encountering the original version, it suffers in all aspects.

On the 19th, the Raptors, who returned home, ended their 23-game winning streak and lost to the Lakers 101-104.

Kobe Bryant came back after missing 15 games, and the Lakers' perimeter strength greatly improved. He played a triangle offense with Glenn Rice and O'Neal.

卡托对奥尼尔的防守已经比较成功，奥尼尔20投9中，罚球13中6，只得24分13篮板3助攻。

Helpless, the Raptors were bombed on the outside, Carter and Kobe were on a par, McGrady played seriously abnormal, only 10 of 2 shots, only 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Lakers forward Rick Fox showed defensive talent, and McGrady was very uncomfortable to defend; Hubble and Fisher also defended Billups, allowing him to score only 7 points.

In Yang Rui's previous life, the Lakers' three consecutive championships did not depend on the "OK combination", but on the overall strength.The role players have super pitchers, defensive specialists, good backups, and nothing less.

After the game, the Lakers were 21 wins and 5 losses, surpassing the Spurs and Trail Blazers, ranking first in the Western Conference.The East continues to be led by the 23-1 Raptors.

Yang Rui doesn't blame him for McGrady's occasional disorder. In this life, the death curse of McGrady's relatives and friends has already begun. It's amazing that he can always concentrate on playing.

In November 1997, Maddie's best friend Andrews died in a car accident.This summer, McGrady's cousin Ryan and Rian died one after another. During the preseason in October, the girl next door Vanessa Jones, who he played with since he was a child, was shot in the head by his ex-boyfriend.

In Yang Rui's previous life, for 8 consecutive years, Maddie always had relatives and friends who died. Whoever had a good relationship with him was unlucky.

Occasionally, Yang Rui will think, if Maddie has been partnering with Carter and maintaining a close relationship, can Carter live past [-]?

After the loss, everyone in the Raptors felt sorry and relieved.It was a winning streak before, and the strings in their hearts were too tight. There were a few games where they were lucky. It is impossible for the Raptors to have luck every time.

Once you lose a game, the pressure to pursue a winning streak is gone.

猛龙的连胜纪录也超过了1970-71赛季雄鹿的20连胜，仅次于1971-72赛季湖人的33连胜。

Yang Rui announced a day off and stayed at home with Stana to do research.

Thomas Bentley basically lives in Silicon Valley and only comes back when he has something to do. Stana often lives on campus. Only Yang Rui lives in an apartment when he is in Toronto, and the house is often empty.

Yang Rui enjoys the feeling of being famous, but he is just unhappy with the NBA schedule. Once the season starts, everyone has to be busy.Hornacek wanted to retire for this reason, and his daughter called and complained several times.

Fortunately, Yang Rui has Stana, otherwise besides work, he can only eat and watch TV as entertainment, which will be boring.

On the 21st, the Raptors beat the Nets 116-72 at home, refusing to lose a losing streak.

猛龙打出了惊人的防守强度，把对手各个点都防死了。马布里15投5中，三分球7中2，罚球6中6，只得18分6助攻，范霍恩12分4篮板。球队三当家基特尔斯被卡特打爆，只得4分3助攻。

At the press conference, Marbury expressed hope that he can save the team, just like Jordan. "We have to have this attitude, like Jordan hates losing. I have Jordan's feeling, maybe people are selfish, so sometimes he doesn't even want to pass the ball, which is not what a leader should do..." ?
It can be seen that Marbury has a great plan for his career and is even reluctant to pass the ball.

Yang Rui only found it funny. Marbury, who used to call himself the league's first point guard, joined the Chinese CBA League later in his career, where he began to be willing to pass the ball and lead BJ to win the championship, which was finally affirmed.

The Raptors won and lost and lost a general. Billups strained his left leg muscle in the third quarter. After inspection, he needed to be sidelined for about 4 weeks.

On the 22nd, it was broadcast live in the United States, and the much-anticipated game came again. The Raptors played against the Knicks at home.

The media promoted the two sides as if they were old enemies, and the New York media also called this game a "battle of revenge". I hope the Knicks can play a wonderful game and defeat the Raptors.

In the morning, Yang Rui got up and called Van Gundy and asked him to have dinner with Thibodeau.No matter what the media does, there is no hatred between them.

Recently, the stock has soared, and Yang Rui's net worth has doubled again. He wants to invite people to dinner when he has nothing to do.

Thomas switched positions and exchanged shares. He bought Yahoo at a price of 35 yuan per share. Yesterday's closing price had risen to 63.8 yuan per share, and it didn't seem to stop. This stock was bloody.

In the era when Yang Rui came, Yahoo, the "old driver" of the Internet, had gone bankrupt and sold at a low price. Now is their heyday, with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars.

Van Gundy did not refuse the invitation. The three went to a famous steakhouse in Toronto. He was obviously in a bad mood and couldn't laugh.

The media are all shooting at Van Gundy. The better the Raptors play, the more unlucky he will be. Facing Yang Rui, he has a complicated mood. In the cold winter, his heart is like a fire in a boiler room, and he is extremely irritable.

After ordering the signature steak set, the three of them chatted about the current situation. They didn't mention basketball at all. They talked about life and cared about each other like old friends.

Before leaving, Van Gundy felt strange and asked, "Why don't you guys talk about basketball? Don't you care about this game?"

"Because your self-esteem is too strong, you won't feel comfortable when you talk about basketball. Besides, we are opponents, isn't it enough to talk about tactics?" Yang Rui smiled.

Thibodeau smiled awkwardly. The two teams are not on the same level in terms of popularity or record.

Van Gundy shook his head, but had to admit that Yang Rui was really better than himself. The Knicks' current style of play was no longer able to attract fans, and his self-esteem did not allow him to ask Yang Rui how to play offensive basketball.

Van Gundy's character is clear to himself, and he doesn't like other people's finger-pointing.That is to say, Yang Rui was able to persuade him to make some changes, and the two quarreled a lot in the 97-98 season.

Van Gundy sighed: "I just ask, don't eat snacks at night."

"I definitely don't eat snacks. I obviously ate too much this time, and I don't have to eat at night." Yang Rui promised with a smile.

"..." Van Gundy still felt uncomfortable, and Yang Rui's smile was rather awkward.

(End of this chapter)