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Chapter 713 711: I have to help him

In Game 10 of the series, the Pacers won by [-] points.

Without any mercy or superfluous action, here is the Eastern Conference finals, the final step to the summit of the division.Therefore, both parties hope to destroy their opponents in the way they are best at.

As a result, in the first game of the series, Leonard still scored 31 points under the alternating defense of George and Antetokounmpo.And his deputy, Kyle Lowry, played his best performance since the playoffs, scoring 30 points in a single game.

Leonard and Lowry, these are the two most lethal weapons of the Raptors.It's a pity that apart from these two weapons, the Raptors have no way to break the deadlock.

范弗利特继续着他的“高光表现”，全场比赛4投1中仅拿2分。小加索尔被防得非常被动，全场11投仅仅2中，只有6分入账。

As Henson expected, Leonard is indeed very similar to Jordan, but at least there must be Pippen next to Jordan.It's just a pity that Toronto doesn't have Pippen.The performance of the Raptors' role players was a disaster.

The Pacers are just the opposite. Antetokounmpo and George need to contain Leonard as much as possible on the defensive end, so on the offensive end, more shots are assigned to others.

Among them, Siakam scored 15 points, Rose continued to bloom and scored 16 points on the court, Kuzma scored 14 points, and Bogdanovic made 5 of 4 three-pointers in the game.

The huge gap between the role players of the two teams has allowed the Pacers to always suppress the Raptors.In the end, they also won by 10 points.And if it weren't for the Pacers players not being so serious at the last moment, the point difference would definitely not be only 10 points.

1 to 0, the Pacers took the lead.

Game 10 of the series, still in Indianapolis.In this game, the Pacers can be said to be completely open, and the final point difference has changed from 22 points in the first game to [-] points!
Like the first game, the Raptors except for Lowry and Leonard, the performance of other players is simply a disaster.To be exact, even Lowry's performance today was not satisfactory.The leading point guard made only 13 of 4 shots in the game and only scored 15 points.

Originally, the Raptors didn't have many people available, but if Lowry went out of order again, it would naturally lead to a terrible point difference.

Leonard was as good as ever, scoring 55.6 points on 31 percent shooting.It's a pity that Leonard can't beat four hands with one punch.Compared with the performance of the Pacers scoring in double figures with 7 players, the role players of the Raptors are extremely shameful.

One of the most classic scenes is that Van Vleet broke through for a layup. Facing Antetokounmpo's supplementary defense, the Greek didn't even jump, and completed the block on Van Vleet, while Van Vleet was overturned to the ground in embarrassment.

This humiliating picture is almost the epitome of these two games of the Raptors' role players.In front of the Pacers, it seems that this group of guys can only be rubbed to death.

125 to 103, the Pacers beat the Raptors, and the total score of the series became 2 to 0.

At this time, people have long forgotten the brilliance of Leonard when he beat the 76ers to advance.The huge gap in strength between the two teams surprised many people.

In an interview after the game, Henson was also very confident. He said: "I know that there is no easy game in Toronto. But my players and I have made up our minds to take the game away as soon as possible. Therefore, no matter how difficult the road to the North is, we will go forward bravely."

Henson is quite proud that his strategy has worked.Using the depth of the lineup to deal with the Raptors has achieved good results in both games.Henson has never been afraid of a team led by a star. Even the former James and the previous Warriors lost to Henson. How could Henson lose to a Raptors with too few stars?
From the current point of view, the rookie coach Nick Nurse has no way to deal with it.Henson has the Raptors by the throat, and he is already wondering if the score will become 4-0.

On the other side, Leonard remained expressionless.You have no idea whether that guy is lost or unwilling.

"The series is not over yet, what we have to do is to perform better."

After speaking, Leonard turned and left.The "facial paralysis" No. 2 who doesn't talk much is probably stronger than Henson thought
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The Raptors returned to Toronto trailing 0-2, and things were looking pretty bad for them.

How bad is it?It can be explained by listing a data.

In NBA history, there have been 288 2-0 situations in the conference finals.But only 20 of them have achieved a reversal, and the probability of the Raptors being able to comeback is only 7%.

To put it more bluntly, the Raptors want to comeback is almost only theoretically possible.What's more, their opponent is the Indiana Pacers, the strongest team in the league.

On the other side, the Golden State Warriors have completely suppressed the Trail Blazers.Since the Warriors adjusted in the first round, they have been sweeping the West with a devastating offensive.

In the Western Conference semifinals, without Durant, the Rockets with Paul + Harden were resolved 4-2.Facing the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors were even more unscrupulous.

Under such circumstances, many media have already begun to look forward to the finals.Everyone has begun to look forward to the replay of the Pacers VS Warriors finals. As for the Raptors and Trail Blazers?No one expected them anymore.

But in Toronto, in an arena that has long failed to win honors, the Raptors don't think so.

"Run and run, we can't give up yet, we must persevere and tie the score at home!"

In the training ground, Nick Nurse's voice resounded throughout the audience.This rookie coach doesn't want to be swept out by the Pacers just like this. They have just experienced a morale-boosting Eastern Conference semifinals, and Leonard has just completed a shocking lore.

How could he give up everything he had worked so hard for so quickly?
On the court, the Raptors players also revealed a momentum of unwillingness.After all, neither their head coach nor their leading star gave up, so what excuse do others have to give up?
Leonard did his best for this team, and Nick Nurse did his best.These two guys instilled this unyielding temperament into every Raptors player.

Therefore, they are still working hard and have not given up resistance.Even in the media's writings, the probability of them being able to come back is only 7%.

During the training break, several players including Lowry, Van Vleet, Ibaka and Norman Powell sat together. Lowry looked around at everyone, and then suddenly hammered the ground.

"We have to help him!"

The "he" in Lowry's mouth undoubtedly refers to Leonard.

"He's our leader and we can't leave him alone. It's 2-0, guys. If we lose the next game, it's really hopeless. Are you willing to spend a season in vain? No, I say no!"

Van Vleet was silent. He knew that he was the most disappointing player so far in the playoffs.The coach trusted him, his teammates trusted him, but he didn't perform to match that trust.

The guy clenched his fists, he didn't want to be the one who dragged his feet.He doesn't want all the highlight moments of his career to fall on "Can you guard a 6-foot NBA player?" "In this video.

He is as eager to win as everyone else, at least he doesn't want to be the laughing stock of the media and fans.

Van Vleet stood up silently, looking at his teammates around him.

"Kyle is right, we have no way out, we have to help him!"

The Raptors, which had been forgotten by the world, began to recover. Henson still didn't know how much trouble he was about to encounter in the icy and snowy northern land.
(End of this chapter)