Chapter 625: Teacher Covenant (4/4!) )
After the timeout, the Raptors' lineup remained unchanged, and the Nets' Bogdan Bogdanovic and Jokic were replaced.
The fans at the scene were curious, and the sideline commentators couldn't help but discuss.
"The first quarter of the game was less than three minutes old, and this substitution came a little early."
"Joe and Lopez aren't playing very well, and this Nets team has more problems than we expected."
"Yes, they have a lot of internal problems, and it seems that there is still some way to go before ending the losing streak."
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Delon advanced to the frontcourt, and Jokic received the ball in the high post with his back to Valanciunas.
The Raptors guard is man-marking, and the defense is infinitely changed.
Casey followed Tang Tian to work in the Cavaliers for three years, and he didn't learn much offensively, but he mastered it all on the defensive end.
The Nets didn't get too many chances.
This is the biggest difference between Lopez, Jokic and Yao Ming, Yao Ming takes the ball in the high post, which is a threat in itself, but their own offensive threat is not enough, the Raptors have a top interior like Valanciunas, and other players don't have to think about helping to defend or anything.
Fortunately, Jokic was smarter than Lopez, and when he saw that he didn't have a chance to play hard, he returned the ball to Delon, and then took the initiative to raise it to block one.
DeLong dismantled and faced Valanciunas, there was not much time to attack, he continued to corssover over the opponent, saw Amir Johnson come over to help defend, and directly passed the ball to Yi Jianlian on the weak side, Yi Jianlian took two big steps to catch the ball and scored before Amir Johnson turned back.
The Nets finally broke the scoring drought.
There was a boiling cheer from the bench.
"Defend faster." Casey stood up and reminded his teammates.
The mood of the fans at the scene did not change much, after all, the Nets could not be scoreless all the time.
The Raptors' offense, Lowry continued to find Valanciunas to block and dismantle.
After the dismantling of the ball, Jokic was misplaced, almost exactly the same as Deron had played Valanciunas before, two rounds in the mirror.
Jokic's defense is not too good, but what can be felt is that his motivation is much higher than Lopez's, and his better movement speed does not give Lowry too easy a chance to break through.
Lowry's strength has improved rapidly in recent years, and he made a quick stop under the basket and shot after the confrontation.
At that moment, a figure flew from the diagonal side.
It's Yi Jianlian!
Lowry was also quick to react, turning his head in the air to look at Amir Johnson on the weak side, but Bojan Bogdanovic had already switched his guard on the side.
That's what Casey just said about helping to defend faster, choking the offensive opportunities on the weak side.
Lowry didn't have time to observe his other teammates, so he could only barely shoot and dodge Yi Jianlian's block, but the ball was obviously deflected and popped off the edge, and the rebound was turned around by Jokic to accept it.
Tang Tian nodded with satisfaction on the sidelines, Jokic, Bojan Bogdanovic, and even Yi Jianlian are all young players, their experience and stability are indeed not enough, but they win positively.
And the effect of being positive on the defensive end is obvious.
Delon dribbled to the front court and handed the ball to Jokic, Jokic's frontcourt response still didn't have a good chance, and returned it to Delon for Jokic's block and then burst Valanciunas.
This time, the Raptors' weak side of the defensive rotation was in place, and Yi Jianlian didn't have a good chance when Delon distributed the ball, he leaned back and failed to shoot the ball, and the rebound was collected by Valanciunas.
Tang Tian was observing from the sidelines at this time, and he suddenly realized that Jokic and Lopez still couldn't play the same way as Yao Ming, or really stood on the sidelines and watched a few rounds, he remembered the real way Jokic played in his previous life.
DeRozan's breakaway resulted in Jokic's hitter and two free throws.
Tang Tian shouted at this time, the others went to the free throw line, and Jokic was called to the sideline by him alone.
Jokic thought that Tang Tian was talking about defense, and when he got to the sidelines, he explained that the ball just now was not fouled, and DeRozan was going to dunk or something.
Tang Tian nodded, listened to him, and then pointed to the Raptors backcourt and said: "Don't respond with your back to the high post in the next round, hold the ball at the three-point line, so that you can give full play to your advantages, if you have a chance, shoot resolutely." ”
Jokic nodded vigorously after listening, it turned out that Tang Tian was not talking about his defense, but about guiding him on offense.
DeRozan hit both free throws to give the Raptors an 8-2 lead.
"Defend! Defend! ”
The Raptors didn't have the advantage in this section, and the fans at the scene, led by the DJ, began to cheer for the home team.
Jokic is organized with the ball directly outside the three-point line.
The Nets players are still running without the ball and cutting as before.
This hand has never been used by the Nets before, and the Raptors are a little overwhelmed for a while, especially Valanciunas, who is a center and a frame protector, and if he defends to the three-point line, the Nets' air cut is easy to attack the basket.
After hesitating for a while, he was able to get in front of Jokic.
According to the pre-game analysis of the coaching staff, Jokic has made a three-point shot before.
Taking the Raptors off guard by surprise, Jokic made a beautiful shot past Valanciunas to the restricted area, leading Bogdan Bogdanovic to the basket, who received the ball and scored with a quick low-handed layup.
4-8, the Nets continued to chase points.
There was a lot of restlessness on the scene, and the Nets' offensive round was very spectacle.
"Pay attention to the protection of the forbidden area!" Casey continued to remind from the sidelines at this time.
The Raptors played in the frontcourt, and DeRozan hit a mid-range shot, and his current one-hand distance is quite stable.
The Nets' offense is still Jokic's response from outside the three-point line.
With the experience of the previous round and Casey's reprimand, Valanciunas did not dare to save too much this time, but stood at the free throw line.
At this moment, Jokic got a lot of room to shoot, and with Tang Tian's words echoing in his mind, he shot directly at the frame.
"Bang!"
The ball hits the rebound, but bounces off and shoots into the basket.
Jokic's three-pointer, in!
7 to 10, the difference was chased to only 3 points!
There was a commotion at the scene, and Casey's brow furrowed.
Starting with the Jazz's Oku, there are more and more centers who can shoot three-pointers, but under normal circumstances, the other abilities of this kind of center will be relatively weak, after all, it is not easy to master a skill.
But this Jokic is really an outlier, the defense is not great but it is clearly average, and he has excellent playmaking skills, which is rare even in the NBA.
Tang Tian smiled at this time.
Sure enough, although Jokic has only just entered the league at this time, he has the style of "Teacher Yoo" in his previous life by playing like this.
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