basketball pope

Chapter 294 [The place where nuclear magnetic resonance occurs]

In the first round of the playoffs, the Raptors easily swept the Knicks 3-0.

Yang Rui arranges players to double-team Sprewell every game. Ben Wallace can let go after covering the perimeter. He cuts to the basket and uses the "shark slashing tactics", which is easy to deal with.

The Raptors' defense against Kurt Thomas wasn't too tight either. The low-post one-on-one defense, two steps from the perimeter, shrinking toward the penalty area, preventing breakthroughs, and letting him shoot.

The Knicks' two short inside scoring abilities are not strong. Once the connection between the "madman" and his teammates is cut off, the Knicks will not be able to shoot outside.

The lack of the Knicks' ability to respond to the inside line is also a big problem. It is not enough to rely only on two guards.Charlie Ward is also one of the worst starting point guards in the league. Sometimes the perimeter runs out of space, and Rice and Bowen cannot receive the pass.

The Raptors mainly played positional warfare on the offensive end. Miller supported them in the middle. The two three-pointers opened to attract defense. O'Neal Jr. and Carter played singles by their personal abilities.Substitute Boykins played the pick-and-roll attack, the center cut empty, and the other three also opened up to find opportunities.

The Raptors can always guarantee a local advantage, and the slow pace grinds the opponent to death. The Knicks scored more than 90 points in only one game, and lost 93 to 105 at home.

The Pistons eliminated the Heat 3-0 and advanced easily, and Van Gundy beat Pat Riley with a tough defense.The Heat without Mourning is another team, and the Jagged is not there.

76人和公牛大战5场，3比2 艰难晋级第二轮，对手雄鹿同样是3比2淘汰黄蜂。

At this time, the Raptors have finished the second round.

The Raptors beat the Pistons 106-87 and got off to a good start.

O'Neal became the team's first scoring point, scoring 30 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, beating Joe Smith one-on-one.

The configuration of the two teams is similar. Houston and Reed are both off-ball attackers, Stackhouse and Carter are All-Stars who can shoot and shoot, and the Raptors' advantage lies in the interior.

Mickey Moore, Joe Smith, and Jerome Williams can all pull out to shoot, but can't defend low.Shaquille O'Neal turned around for jumpers, turned tossers, made mid-range shots after pick-and-rolls, and cut from the air. There was always a way to get the ball into the basket.

The veteran Oakley can't deal with O'Neal. His athletic ability is not as good as before, and he is still short. He can only use small movements to disrupt O'Neal's offensive rhythm.Once the opponent pulls out to cover, facing the defender's breakthrough, it is more difficult for Oakley to keep up with the speed.

Not only O'Neal Jr. and the substitute Mark Jackson can also rely on physical advantages to attack in the low post. Almost all of the Pistons' inside lines are thin and not tall.

The only insider who is over 210cm tall, Mickey Moore, weighs only 102kg, how can he bear Jackson?
The Pistons can often play wonderful games by relying on their ability to empty the air and their mobility, but they often suffer from deflation in the face of teams with heavy interiors.

In the second game, O'Neal scored 36 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, still no solution.

The second-best performer was backup Harpring, who had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists while defending Stackhouse.Both are powerful swingmen, and Stackhouse fears defenders who are not afraid of confrontation.

Everything went very well. Yang Rui saw the Pistons' weaknesses very clearly, and he was already thinking about his next opponent.However, in the third battle, unfortunate things happened.

O'Neal Jr. also played stably as in the first two games, scoring 20 points in three quarters.At 9 minutes and 51 seconds in the final quarter, he turned to face the frame after catching the ball on the right, ready to take off to beat Oakley for a throw.

As a result, Oakley did not jump and interfere, as if he had lost his center of gravity, and rammed O'Neal sideways. When the old ball ruffian couldn't win, he wanted to use other means to defend.

This action looked amateurish. Little O'Neal was knocked to the ground, and the fall was not serious. The referee did not give Oakley a malicious foul.However, O'Neal did not get up so neatly, and there was a problem with his knee.

The team doctor hurried on the court to deal with it. After the examination, O'Neal could no longer play and was helped out by his teammate Jerome.

The Raptors held the advantage to the end, winning 103-96 for a 3-0 lead.

After the game, O'Neal had an MRI, which not only sprained his right knee, but also strained his groin, and had to rest for two to four weeks.

Yang Rui suddenly felt that he was in big trouble. O'Neal Jr. is the core of the Raptors' inside attack and defense.Once he's out, it's up to Jumaine Jones or Halprin to play power forward, which is not a level at all.

The Raptors have no shortage of big men, and making Mark Jackson at the 4 to form a twin tower lacks mobility.Veteran Willis is also slow and doesn't have a mid-range shot.Jerome James Yang Rui does not think about it and can only play center.

At the press conference, Yang Rui said depressingly: "Jermaine is very important. Without the inside core, we can only rearrange the offensive and defensive system. Charles Oakley's foul made me very angry, and he didn't even after the game. Apologize, I think he did it on purpose, no one would defend in that way, and if he doesn't play well, he should take the old man instead of hurting the opponent."

The reporter asked: "Do you think this will affect the Raptors' title defense?"

"Of course, the impact is huge. We have two generals who missed the playoffs. If there are no such fouls on the court, I think the NBA will look a lot better. Here I just want to say to Oakley, you should retire, NBA You don't need a role model like you!"

Although they had worked together, Yang Rui and Oakley had torn their faces, and he wished he could kill this old ruffian with a single shot.

Yang Rui is very aware of how a jerk Oakley is. He has played for the Knicks for more than 10 years, and the team has not retired his jersey. It is evident that the Knicks owner James Dolan is also annoying him.

In Yang Rui's previous life, at the beginning of 2017, Oakley, who had been retired for a long time, went to Madison Square Garden to make trouble, insulted the owner Dolan while watching the game at home, and beat the stadium security, which caused a very bad impact.Since then, the Knicks announced to give Oakley a lifetime "ban from entering Madison to watch the ball" penalty.

David - Stern was very angry when he got the news and blacklisted the Pistons.

Now not only O'Neal is injured, Iverson is also injured and is not in the best state. The 76ers trail the Bucks 1-2.

The league would prefer to see the 76ers and the Raptors meet in the Eastern Conference finals, and now that one star is missing, it will definitely reduce the excitement of the series.

The Lakers in the West also have injured people. Isaiah Ryder, who had high hopes, missed the playoffs due to injury, and the Lakers’ 2nd and 3rd positions declined in strength.However, the Lakers are in good shape, and they only lack one role player.

The Spurs' starting shooting guard Derrick Anderson was reimbursed, and the lack of the number one offensive point on the perimeter meant that the Spurs would definitely be out.

The NBA's slogan is "Where Miracles Happen," not "Where MRIs Happen."The last thing Stern wants to see is a serious injury in the playoffs.

The next day, Stern talked about the Raptors in an interview and mentioned "luck." He believed that some injuries were related to luck. When O'Neal Jr. and Billups fell, they didn't look like they would be seriously injured.Grant Hill is also an example, he looks like a normal sprain, but he is out for the season.

The NBA is not a purely competitive contest, it is also a game of survival on the court, and it is also "healthier" than anyone else.Teams that are guaranteed to be healthy are more likely to win championships.

(End of this chapter)