"Hmm, the hell weather in Toronto, it's only been a while, it's so cold."

When the Spurs got off the plane at the Toronto airport, they were greeted by nothing else but a cold air unique to the city!

That's right, it's cold!

"This kind of place, no wonder no one wants to come, in such a cold weather, the feel will not be there." In order to prove his words, Green rubbed his hands vigorously.

"That's right, except for Milwaukee, it's cold here."

"Minnesota is cold too......"

That's right, the Spurs chatted and chatted, and now they're talking about the weather all over the United States, yes, it's talking about the colder city......

"Okay, let's get ready, and go to the Raptors' home court to warm up in a while."

Because the boss Duncan is usually in a daze, and Ginobili is usually the most hilarious wave of conversation, it is usually Parker who comes out to remind the players that they should come back to their senses at this time.

"Okay, Tony."

"Yes, Tony."

……

Home of the Raptors, Air Canada Centre Arena.

The 19,800-capacity arena is owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and is the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs (an NHL hockey team) and the Toronto Raptors.

The Raptors have a good momentum this year, with five wins and three losses in the opening eight games, compared to several consecutive defeats in previous years, the Raptors have started this year very well.

"Demar, do you have faith tonight?"

In the Raptors' training gym, DeRozan was working hard, and he knew that his opponent tonight was a great shooting guard, and he was even younger than him! (DeRozan 89, Qin Yan 93)

Lowry and McGee practiced with DeRozan, and now the three of them have a good relationship, basically the kind of guy who is close to the.

The poor version of the three young people, they don't know what others call them, but this is a fact, and they can't refute it, so they can only silently hope that in the future, the three of them can prove their names with practical actions.

"Mike, you played against Qin Yan in the NCAA finals, what do you think of him?"

In last year's game, when they met the Raptors, one time was that the Raptors were back-to-back, DeRozan didn't play, and the other time it happened to be the Spurs who released the water, and Qin Yan didn't play, which means that the two have never played against each other.

But McKigie has faced Qin Yan head-to-head in the NCAA finals, so DeRozan is looking forward to getting some useful information from him.

"I can't tell." McGee shook his head helplessly, "The current Qin Yan is not the one he was at the beginning, although he was difficult to deal with back then, but it is far from being comparable to now." ”

Yes, this is McGeeky's truth, if Qin Yan gave him the feeling that it was difficult to deal with back then, then now, the Qin Yan seen in the video has already made McKiggie feel a sense of despair.

This person is no longer the person he was at the beginning, he was back then, and he could defend it with all his might, and now, it is estimated that McGee himself doesn't know if he has the courage to defend him.

"So, my odds are basically gone, right?"

DeRozan was self-conscious, and from the look of embarrassment on his face, he knew everything.

Or rather, he is self-aware.

Lowry looked at his good brother, he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't know what to say.

"It's okay, don't think I'm going to lose confidence or anything, I know I can't beat that person now." DeRozan looked at the expressions of embarrassment that the two good brothers wanted to say something, and suddenly felt that he was worth it, it was good to have a brother, as for not being able to beat Qin Yan now, it didn't matter, he would surpass him one day in the future!

This is DeRozan, who is not very talented, but he is very hardworking and has some great perseverance.

"We're going to make it." The three Raptors stretched out their hands and folded them together, then swung them up vigorously to show their determination.

……

Later in the day, the Spurs-Raptors game was getting ready to begin.

In the visiting dressing room, Popovich is laying out tactics.

"Hassan, Boris, Tracy, Qin, Patti. The five of you started today. ”

It was a very novel starting lineup, with Duncan Parker and Kawhi Leonard resting, Maddy being redeployed to the small forward position, and Mills starting for the first time this season.

Needless to say, this is another game to release water, and Popovich really doesn't pay much attention to the Raptors, after all, in the past few years when Bosh has been away, the Raptors have habitually been leaderless and have been abused in the East, and basically have no sense of existence.

So. Early in this game, Popovich decided to rest.

On the Raptors' side, the center is Valan Younas, the power forward is Patterson, the small forward is McGee, the scoring guard DeRozan, and the point guard Lowry.

This starting lineup is interesting, and there are two Rockets veterans! If you count Novak and Hayes on the bench, the Raptors actually have four Rockets veterans!

Moreover, if you count Maddie on the Spurs' side, there may be five former Rockets players on the court in this game (this is still not Whiteside's situation, after all, Whiteside also played in the Vipers under the Rockets, strictly speaking, Whiteside also has a relationship with the Rockets), and they can all make up a starting lineup, where is the Spurs playing the Raptors, it is clearly the rhythm of the Rockets teammates playing in a group!

That joke seems to be no different from the truth at this point - "There are only three kinds of players in the league, Rockets players, players that the Rockets want, and former Rockets players." ”

Pull away, back to the game.

"What kind of lineup is the Spurs?"

The Raptors are very unhappy when they see this lineup, what the hell, how much does this look down on our Raptors, only two of the five regular starters have come up?

The Raptors' boys feel that they are being underestimated, this is simply humiliating, and a raging fire suddenly ignited in their hearts, and they must make the Spurs regret their actions today!

"Huh?"

Qin Yan, who was doing the final warm-up, frowned, the momentum of these guys had changed, and now this feeling made Qin Yan feel a little uncomfortable.

How can a Raptors make people feel that way? Qin Yan shook his head, maybe he was thinking too much.

"Tick-"

The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and then the figures of the two big men rushed into the air!

Jump Ball!

Wait a minute!

Whiteside, the jump ball actually lost!

Qin Yan's eyes widened suddenly, impossible! Even if Valranjunas and Whiteside are the same height, Whiteside is definitely more powerful in jumping!

In this case, Whiteside actually lost the jump ball? How is this possible?

"You're underestimating us."

A somewhat unfamiliar voice suddenly came from his side, DeRozan was about to overtake Qin Yan, he didn't look at Qin Yan, he just said what he wanted to say with his mouth.

"We are indeed young, and we are still young dragons, but young dragons are also dragons!"

This young dragon from the north is opening its still somewhat immature mouth, revealing Sensen's white teeth......