Chapter 344 [Full of Vitality, No More Passion]
After the timeout, Yang Rui replaced Jordan, Wesley, and Leitner, and substitutes Margeti and Bale continued to play. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The substitution had an immediate effect, with the Wizards going on a 10-0 run, and Carlisle, who was playing, also called a timeout.
Veteran center Leitner has a lot of experience and had a tacit understanding with Jordan last season. He gives Wesley off-ball cover on the side, and he has a very good timing for air cuts, and if the opponent doesn't change guards, he will move along the three-point line, running to the middle to cover Jordan, and running to the baseline to cover Bell.
Jordan is willing to pass the ball to Leitner, the bag boy of the 92 Dream Team back then, and now he is a veteran who has played for 10 seasons.
Yang Rui asked Leitner to be a substitute, mainly to develop newcomers, and in many teams, Leitner has the strength to start the center.
Kirilenko was not here at this time, and Jordan singled out Carter and began to play. He put on a three-threat stance and hit a pull-up jumper; The second time, he broke through the emergency stop and tricked Carter into a dumble, jumped forward to make a foul, and hit both free throws.
Carter tried to fight back, but his outside shot was interfered with, and the breakaway was caught by the Wizards. Jerome went out to cover the subjects who were always being released, and the air cut was not fast enough.
Carlisle replaced Jerome with Mark Jackson, but he was barely able to shoot from the ground and wasn't as consistent as the two interior stars on the team last season.
The players on both sides did not cooperate very well, and as soon as the defense was strengthened, the game became extremely dull.
Yang Rui replaced Bale and brought back Hamilton, picked up the tempo and counter-attacked, and finally showed the team's vitality in the third minute. Margeti and Hamilton dunked, and Wesley also hit a three-pointer on the counter.
The Wizards lead 54-47.
At halftime, Barkley commented: "The Raptors are really not good this season, they all rely on outside players to attack, and the interior is blue-collar." Without the big man pulling out of the basket, Carter couldn't lead the team as he did in previous years, and forcing the breakthrough didn't work well. ”
"The Wizards have three interior players with great clearance ability, two rookies and one veteran," Smith said. ”
In the second half, Yang Rui sent Stoudamire, who had a full quarter of rest, and the No. 4 position was Gerard Wallace, and the two were super athletic. The Raptors had just adapted to Leitner's style of play, and the Wizards picked up speed inside.
Stoudeye first covered the air and cut to catch the ball and dunk, and then threw a mid-range shot in the high position, and then he formed a dislocation under the fast break, and the frame broke through the dunk, although Parker retreated quickly, but he didn't dare to reach out, looking at the momentum, he couldn't pull it.
The Raptors, whether Jerome or Jackson, are heavy interior players who can't keep up with the speed of Smalls.
Carlisle saw through this and let Jackson play only three minutes before going off the pitch, and the center sent in Gelani McCoy, a center forward who is 208cm tall and weighs 111kg.
After the substitution, the Raptors were a little more mobile inside, but they couldn't open up space. Gelani is a pure blue-collar who can only score inside the box and can be released from the outside.
Kirilenko did a good job of defending Jordan, and the offensive end was also dominated by air cuts, and he couldn't break the joint defense. Haprin made a cameo appearance at the No. 4 position, and he was a surprise soldier against the big man inside, and he couldn't pass Wallace at all, so he could only jump shots with interference.
Billups saw the situation and took more shots from the perimeter, and Carter also scored on mid-to-long-range jumpers.
Entering the final quarter, the Wizards had problems with cooperation again, running out of position, and did not score for three consecutive minutes.
It was a good opportunity for the Raptors to come back, but the home fans were disappointed, and the Raptors all felt down and missed consecutive shots. Carter couldn't take on the task of stealing points, Reed's shot lost his crosshairs, Parker's mid-to-long-range shooting was even worse, and the breakaway was still trapped, unable to break the joint defense.
The Raptors didn't score in the three-minute game, only Jackson grabbed a rebound in the frontcourt, made a foul on the second offense, and hit both free throws, and Carter made a foul on the counterattack and made one of two free throws.
Yang Rui called a timeout first, sent Marshall and Wesley two fixed-point three-pointers, arranged running tactics for Hamilton, Jordan was responsible for the organization, and only Boozer was left inside.
Boozer played for a short time, had a lot of physical strength, could pull open shots on the offensive end, and was responsible for defending the Raptors inside the defensive end, and did a good job of protecting the rebound.
Yang Rui allocated the players' playing time reasonably, and Hamilton relied on covering the run, catching the ball and shooting or cutting inside, providing the team with offensive firepower.
Boozer and Stadamire, Yang Rui always sent one on the field, so that there were no obvious holes on the defensive end. Boozer had an eye-catching performance in the quarter, scoring six points and five rebounds in the final quarter, scoring on two mid-range shots and hitting a low-post catch.
At 103-90 in the final game, the Wizards defeated the Raptors away and won two in a row.
Barkley laughed: "The Raptors have lost the passion of previous seasons, the players are looking very demoralized, this is not the championship team that people are familiar with. On the contrary, the Wizards feel energetic, and that's the change Jerry Young brings to the table. ”
Smith agreed: "The Raptors inside can neither open up space nor respond to the offense, without Miller's excellent pass after grabbing the rebound in the backcourt, the Raptors counterattack is not fast enough, they are just an ordinary team." ”
The Raptors have a lot of potential players on the outside, but an unreasonable lineup is in vain, just like five Kidd together, no matter how high the ball quotient is, it is impossible to win.
Jordan played 30 minutes, shooting 5-of-13, 0-of-1 from three-point range, 3-of-4 from the free-throw line, and a quasi-triple-double of 13 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.
The top scorer was Stoudemire with 24 points and six rebounds on 10-of-17 shooting and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line.
Hamilton finished with 20 points and five assists on 9-of-19 shooting, including 2-of-2 free throws; Margeti had 18 points and five rebounds, with eight points coming from the free throws; Marshall had 15 points, eight rebounds and three three-pointers.
The Raptors had four players in double figures, with Carter having 23 points, five rebounds and three assists and Billups having 25 points and five assists. Reed and Halplin scored 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Online fans have expressed their disappointment with the Raptors, who played very domineering even when they lost in the first four seasons, often staging wonderful dunks. In the new season, the Raptors have a total of six dunks, and Carter only dunks two, and there is no slam dunk contest-style performance.
On the other hand, the Wizards, Stadamire dunked five times in this game, and Wallace also had a beautiful open catch that could hit five good shots, and the style of play was the same as last season.
There are more people praising Yang Rui on the Internet, and the bottom wizard has been rejuvenated at the beginning under his coaching.
Raptors coach Carlisle unfortunately lay down on the gun, and when he walked to the players' tunnel, he was even booed by the home fans, and the fans were not satisfied with the score in two consecutive games.
In the summer, no coach was willing to take over the Raptors, and two stars were gone, many people guessed that the Raptors were not easy to bring this season, Carlisle fell into the pit, and the Raptors' strength has declined significantly.
Yang Rui saved face for his old club, and said a few perfunctory words at the press conference, not comparing the two sides.
When asked by a reporter whether the Wizards' goal had changed, Yang Rui didn't say anything crazy, and was still aiming for the playoffs.
The Wizards played against teams with shortcomings on the inside in both games, and there was an opportunity to take advantage of them. If it was the Raptors' roster last season, even if there was no head coach, it would definitely not be something that the Wizards could compete with.
The Wizards' tactical running position is still very simple, there will be a lot of mistakes in a game, Yang Rui called a pause to emphasize tactics, and there will be new mistakes.