The Legend of Small Steel Cannons in the NBA

Chapter 144 Where is the gap
Opening again, D'Antoni made a substitution decision, replacing Kurt Thomas with Leandro Barbosa.In this way, they became a complete five-short lineup. The tallest is Dior, who is only 203 centimeters, and then Marion, who is only 201 centimeters. The others are all defenders.Don't look at them short, but they are the strongest lineup of the Suns, the soul of the whirlwind. D'Antoni just wants to kill the Raptors with one stick.

The Raptors' lineup remains unchanged, and there is really nothing to change. Even the starting five tigers can't stop them, so they can only wait for death.

The same is true.Kyle used the pick-and-roll to go to the basket and wanted to continue his legend, but he was knocked out of his wits under the basket. The ball fell off the high board and fell to the other side, where Marion got it.

Then a long pass to "Brazilian Lightning" Barbosa at halftime, the nickname is the characteristic, that is fast, he started like flying, jumping and dunking successfully.

Kyle was still Bosh who used the pick-and-roll to break through and then returned the ball to follow up. Bosh passed the ball high and high while walking and cooperated to throw the ball to Jamal.It was almost cut by Dior's eyesight and hands.

The fast break started again, and Nash once again acted like a man in the wind, picked and rolled twice, and then split it to Marion who followed up, and hit again!

This time, the Raptors used Jaylen, the offensive kaleidoscope, to attack with the ball. He broke through against Nash, and threw the ball into the sky in a hurry before the help of others came, without even touching the basket.This is a toothless tiger, used to bluff people. The Raptors only took five seconds to attack this time, and the ball was in Kyle's hands for the other four seconds. How hungry, how impatient, afraid of losing the ball.

When he came back, Kyle only focused on man-marking and followed Nash across the weak side. He didn't see the tension behind Nash's hand and hit the ground to pass the ball to Barbosa outside the three-point line.Then there was nothing in front of the Brazilian. He took a bow and shot an arrow. With a sound of "whoosh", the ball went into the basket.Where did Jelen go?He also went after Nash, and his attitude was very positive.

Off-site offense and defense, this time for Bosh singles, Jamal came out to cover for Bosh, Bosh took a step, the high position opened his hand and shot, still iron!Peterson picked up an offensive rebound, and before he could smile, it was snatched away by Bell who walked past him.

The lesson of the last round let Kyle know how imaginative Nash's passing is, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as ecstasy, so he opened his eyes wider this time, and his small body was close to the flesh.It wasn't rude, but it was nasty. You pinched my ass and I licked your oil. There was a bit of harmony because Nash didn't have the ball at all.

Barbosa charges with the ball and passes it back to Marion, who convulsively takes two steps before stepping back to perform his ultimate, chest-thrust throw.She looks like a sissy, but when the ball is scored, no one will say that his posture is ugly, at most it will be described as weird.

A wave of 9:0 attacks completely stunned the Raptors, and Sam could only call a timeout to suppress the shock.

"Don't follow their rhythm. We're playing positional warfare. Except for the big guy who grabs the rebounds, the others quickly retreat to me. I don't want to see your sloppy side, understand?" Sam roared, shocking everyone Eardrums vibrate. "Kyle, get your speed and strength out, pick and roll with Jamal, Jalen and come in from the weak side, Chriss and Morris set up from the three. I need you guys to execute, I need you guys to score .”

After coming up, it really worked. After the space under the basket was pulled out, Kyle's breakthrough became like a fish in water, and he returned to an extraordinary level.Morris made a three-pointer on the first ball!

But the Raptors couldn't stop the Suns' offensive. After Nash interspersed, he distributed it to Marion, and Jamal went to make up. Marion then distributed Dior, who succeeded in a high jumper.

The score kept rising, and the two teams continued to be stalemate.With 3 minutes left before halftime, the Raptors put on a substitute.The main players of the Suns took a break at the end of the first quarter, and they changed players to rest one after another 5 minutes before halftime. Now they are chatting and laughing on the bench. Don't dare to stop at all.

The substitute's performance was lackluster, so it's just soy sauce, of course!Smith has to be excluded here.

At the end of halftime, the Raptors trailed by as many as 46 points 61:15, and fell into a comprehensive disadvantage.

"Today's Sun disappointed me a bit. Shouldn't the Raptors lead by more than 20 points at halftime?" Barkley sighed.

"Actually, I think I played well! Especially Kyle, he is really the best rookie since the new century. Without his outstanding performance, I'm afraid it will really be as you wish, trailing by more than 2 points at halftime, or even worse A lot. Actually, the arrangement of pulling Jamal out and Kyle’s pick-and-roll seems to work, why doesn’t Sam stick to it? I don’t understand it.” Kenny echoed.

"That's true! Kyle scored 17 points alone, which is really remarkable, but his 2 assists are really far from Steve. You must know that Steve also scored 17 points, and 5 assists. The gap between the Raptors and the Suns is here, execution! I think Sam has demands, maybe the players didn't demand themselves, especially Chris, he has the ball longer than Kyle .”

"The shooting efficiency is also a big gap. The Suns' 53% shooting is too high, while the Raptors only have 44%. , evenly matched. In addition, the Raptors' defense is worrying, they can't stop the Suns' offense at all, especially the three-point rain."

"Now I can only pray for the Raptors, hope they don't say too badly. Take a break! Let's look forward to what happens in the second half."

The audience was used to such a situation, and they were not too excited or excited.It is more likely that the Phoenix people shouted before the game that they would kill Kyle and slaughter the Raptors. Now it seems that it is only half completed. This is really nothing to celebrate. Kyle is not dead yet!
The Raptors' locker room is not as dull as imagined. It's time to chat, to be high, to put on headphones, and there are not a few people who shake their heads.Of course, Sam didn't say anything, just sat there quietly and shook his head and twisted slightly.It seems that it is only natural to fall behind so much, and everything is no surprise.To put it bluntly, this is a disease. To put it bluntly, it is lack of fighting spirit. Losing by 15 points, but being indifferent, this is the mentality of waiting to die. This is a negative attitude. With the connivance of the coach, the old passes on to the new.Jamal now doesn't look as energetic as he was when he first came here. It took less than a month for the transformation from a big fight to a small loss.

The same lack of emotion is the Suns. The difference is that they are used to winning and winning, and the fatigue of winning is coming.This is the gap, the gap between strong teams and underdogs.

(End of this chapter)