Chapter 211 [22 consecutive wins, shocking the world!] 】
After the game, the Raptors' home locker room was almost packed, and several players ran out of dew spots because they were too slow to shower. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info There is no such trouble as a coach, Yang Rui only needs to find a faucet to wash his hands, and he doesn't need to take a shower and change clothes.
Breaking the NBA's all-time opening streak, management decided to open the locker room so that reporters could interview role players without being able to interview superstars.
The Raptors have too few people to attend each press conference, and there are a lot of people worth interviewing, including several veterans, as well as Billups and Christie.
In the fourth game of the playoffs last time, Carter beat the Heat, and Yang Rui saw the horror of reporters rushing into the locker room, so this time he hid out and waited for the press conference to start.
The assistant coaches stayed in the locker room, D'Antoni and Thibodeau had a lot of reporters to interview, and the most embarrassing was Jack Smiley, whose presence was too low, and he was basically the same as the trainer in the team, and no one paid attention.
When the press conference began, more reporters interviewed Yang Rui. He just smiled when he came out and sat down, and before he could speak, the crowd burst into a wild applause.
The reporter asked: "The opponent is Spurs, you are still eating snacks on the sidelines, do you have absolute confidence to win this game before the game?" ”
"Of course, we are stronger than the Spurs, and if the final Finals this season is the Raptors vs. the Spurs, the victory will definitely be ours." Yang Rui smiled.
The reporter asked: "Does this mean that you think the Raptors will definitely make it to the Finals?" ”
Yang Rui waved his hand. "No, don't get me wrong, that's not what I meant...... I said before the preseason that the Raptors will definitely win the championship this season, and whoever grabs us will only be blown up. ”
Everyone is shooting wildly again, and Yang Rui will definitely make headlines with the Raptors tomorrow.
The reporter asked, "Which team in the West do you think is most likely to make it to the Finals?" ”
"The Lakers or the Trail Blazers, the Spurs don't have an advantage over these two teams in the playoffs. Personally, I would prefer the Lakers to make it to the Finals because their center is O'Neal, and I happen to like to watch O'Neal shoot the most. ”
The crowd sweated wildly. A reporter asked: "Are you suggesting that O'Neal is easy to deal with, and the Raptors will use shark-cutting tactics against him in the Finals?" ”
"Oops, no, our tactics against the Lakers were exposed. Cut out this paragraph, everyone do a favor and don't go out to talk about it. Yang Rui deliberately pointed to the right side and asked, "What did that reporter friend over there just say?" That's how all teams deal with O'Neal? Well, you guys write whatever you want. ”
Yang Rui seized the opportunity to hack O'Neal in order to help Carter. Carter's stats aren't as pretty as O'Neal's, and if the league awards the MVP to O'Neal, there's no way around it.
When an MVP is on a team, the level of attention will be further increased, which is good for everyone in the Raptors.
Popovich was interviewed and affirmed the strength of the Raptors players without commenting on Yang Rui. Like Larry Brown, Yang Rui was black-faced as soon as the reporter asked him about snacking.
But Stern has made it clear that he is allowed to eat on the sidelines, what else can he say?
Since there are no explicit regulations, Yang Rui naturally has no need to watch the game honestly on the sidelines for these old people, this is his hobby, and his personality is so annoying that he is annoying.
The next day, Carter's "name as Jordan's successor" became louder and louder, the media praised it continuously, and advertisers came to the door one after another.
This is only Carter's second season, and he's already opened up with Kobe, Iverson, Hill and others. His style of play is not the most like Jordan's, he is more beautiful than Jordan's dunk, and his three-point is more accurate! ”
"It's time to talk about whether Carter can surpass Jordan in the future, he outperforms Jordan at the same time, he is a good scorer, and he is very selfless."
Some of the ratings are so high that it seems that it is only a matter of time before Carter overtakes Jordan, and all he lacks is a championship.
Record is indeed an important criterion for measuring superstars, and it is also a criterion for measuring the strength of coaches. In addition to blowing Carter and Maddie Gemini, the media praised Yang Rui's on-the-spot adaptability, and he broke the record by eating snacks and watching the show on the sidelines.
On the 7th, the Raptors hosted the Cavaliers and won 115-98.
"Big Z" Ilgoskas was reimbursed for the season due to injury, and "Rainman" Kemp's form has dropped sharply and has been half useless. The Cavaliers failed to pose any threat to the Raptors.
In order to ensure the data, Yang Rui let Carter play 34 minutes, 13 of 26 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and got 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
On the 10th, the Raptors narrowly defeated the visiting Bucks 112-107 at home. They trailed by 16 points at the end of the third quarter, relying on the experience of their veterans and the play of stars to complete the comeback.
This time, it was O'Neal Jr., who shot 12-of-18 from the field, 7-of-8 from the free-throw line, and scored 31 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 blocks.
Hornacek also had 15 points and five assists, including eight points in the final quarter and two three-pointers. When fighting to attack and grab points, he is indeed more reliable than Christie, not only can he shoot three points, but he is also very efficient in breaking through small throws.
The core of the Bucks is known as the "Three Musketeers", and the outside offense is not inferior to the Raptors. Inside Elvin Johnson was blown up by O'Neal Jr., with only 3 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
On a day off, the Raptors defeated the aging Jazz 118-103 at home.
Playing the Raptors, Sloan had to let Carl Malone play a cameo center at some point, the 35-year-old veteran center Polisny had almost no offensive power, and the substitute Ostertag was a colander on the court, the defense and dismantling were too slow, and the Raptors threw it casually on the outside.
When counterattacking, it was even worse, Billups, Curry, Carter and others all grabbed three-point shots, and the "Big White Bear" often didn't run past half the court.
The Jazz had to pay tens of millions for Ostertag, a blue-collar with 4.5 points, 6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks, and his contract expired in the 2004 season, with a salary of $8.67 million in the last year. And Scott Reden, who caused this result, has already scourged the Knicks.
The "Big White Bear" can only be worthy of his value when defending O'Neal, and the rest of the time is high-paid and incompetent.
On the 14th, the Raptors defeated the Pacers 102-97 at home.
They always relied on perseverance and roster depth to have the last laugh, trailing by 18 points at halftime, and Billups, Carter, Hornacek, and Miller made a total of 10 three-pointers in the final quarter to stunned the Pacers.
Larry Bird was furious on the sidelines, he is a star known for his three-point shooting, and as a result, he became a coach, and his team made 3 of 16 three-pointers, and the Raptors shot 17 of 36.
Back-to-back, the Raptors beat the 76ers 121-93.
The 76ers were still the same, four people defended, Iverson made unlimited shots, 13 of 34 shots, 3 of 8 three-pointers, 8 of 13 free throws, and scored 37 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.
Iverson's stats are beautiful, he played until the last 3 minutes before resting, his perseverance was invincible, and his 38.2% shooting percentage could not lead the team to victory. Only two teammates scored in double figures, Owens had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, and Larry Hughes had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
On the Raptors side, Miller had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, O'Neal Jr. had 16 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, Carter had 19 points and 4 assists, Maddy had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Hornacek had 13 points and 2 assists, and Billups had 12 points and 3 assists. Even fringe man Jhomeine Jones scored 14 points.
With a 22-game winning streak in the opening game, the Raptors shocked the world!