roccoschili Chapter 291 Tinder!
Chapter 291 Tinder!
Chapter 291 Tinder!
On December 12, the Pacers returned to their home court to face the challenge of the powerful Raptors in the North.
The Raptors have a good record, ranking third in the East only under the Pacers and Cavaliers.
The battle between No. [-] in the East and No. [-] in the East obviously attracted a lot of spectators. From Xu Xiang's point of view, the Banker's Life Arena was packed with many people.
"Steel Cannon" Lowry is the bigger the better, averaging 17.8 points, 6.8 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game last season, and this season's scoring average has soared to 21.2 points per game!
Improved by nearly 4 points!
For a point guard, this is already a perfect All-Star stat.
DeRozan has also slowly matured, averaging 20.1 points per game last season and soaring to 23.6 points this season.
The data of both cores has improved, so naturally, the team's record has also improved.
If there is no Xu Xiang's Pacers, then this season will definitely be on the original track. The Eastern Conference Finals will be played by the Cavaliers against the Raptors.
But after the Pacers started with a [-]-game winning streak, everyone's voice became the Cavaliers and the Pacers again.
The Raptors have been thrown aside.
Therefore,
"Trash Brothers" are very unconvinced!
Especially Lowry, before the game, he yelled directly:
"Since the Warriors can win, so can we!"
A small steel cannon is a small steel cannon, not only is the body tough, but also the speech is tough!
The game started quickly, and the Raptors began to continuously kill the Pacers' inside line as soon as they came up. Lowry used his body to force Lu Wei to kill him several times. Lu Wei couldn't defend at all, the physical gap was too big!
At the same time, DeRozan has also strengthened the number of breakthroughs. It seems that the Raptors are determined to use breakthroughs to tear apart the Pacers' defense.
Seeing this, Coach Nate decisively called a timeout, replaced Jokic inside to play the fifth position, and replaced Hibbert, who moved slowly, to carry out targeted defense.
When Hibbert was on the court, he couldn't guard Lowry at all. Once Lowry broke through Lu Wei's first blockade, then Hibbert on the inside basically didn't dare to make big moves unless he made a foul.
As soon as Jokic came up, the effect was immediate!
First, under Lowry's unbelievable gaze, he directly cated the opposite one, then squeezed Varan away to get a rebound, and scored a three-pointer against the defensive perimeter!
In an instant, he showed his deterrent power on both offensive and defensive ends.
Helpless, Varan could only pull out to defend, but as soon as Varan came out, the Raptors' inside line was unguarded, and Plumlee wanted to be windy and rainy, and there was no one to restrict him!
At the end of the game, the Raptors returned home in a disastrous defeat!
106 to 90.
For the Raptors, Lowry and DeRozan both scored 20 points, and the two scored 40 points together, but they still lost to Jokic and Plumlee.
本场比赛约基奇22分11个篮板5助攻，普拉姆利18分8篮板，两个人直接暴起把对面狠狠的揍了一顿！
Valanciunas is very uncomfortable. Jokic has the range of the outside line. He has to be pulled out. His donkey-hide gelatin does not move and is full. There is no way to take care of both sides.
Xu Xiang scored 26 points and 6 assists, and made 6 of 4 free throws.
Entering mid-December, Xu Xiang's scoring average has gradually stabilized, and there is no longer the "five consecutive 12+" situation. Now the main reason is that he plays less time in each game and has already taken such a big advantage. He can't just rely on the field to collect statistics.
It is worth mentioning that the value of Jokic is slowly being developed. People have discovered that this young man is very good both outside and inside, and he defends well, and his awareness of assisting defense is very good.
Now looking back at the deal in the summer, it seems that the Pacers really made a profit!
With the No. 15 pick in the first round, in exchange for such an instant combat player, it is more profitable than anything else!
Before clamoring wildly, the idiots of the Pacers management team will now be idiots themselves. Who knew that Jokic's second-round pick could actually achieve such good results!
Incredible!
The Pacers won two games in a row after losing to the Warriors, which everyone did not expect.
From the point of view of their original intention, they are still unwilling to accept the good record of the Pacers. They always think that the Pacers are just a show on the outside. As long as they lose one game, they will definitely lose one game after another!
But unexpectedly, not only did the Pacers not lose, but they won two games in a row, and their opponents were not weak.
This phenomenon made those so-called experts begin to re-evaluate the strength of the Pacers. As a result, they unanimously concluded that the Pacers' main lineup ranks fifth in the league!
The bench lineup ranks second in the league!
Second in the league in the bench lineup?
This conclusion deeply shocked some people, Jokic, Lu Wei, CJ Myers.
Just relying on these few people to rank second in the league?
The outside discussion obviously did not affect the Pacers. After a day off, they continued to play against the Dallas Mavericks at home.
Although the old driver is 37 years old this year, he is still the core of the Mavericks. As long as this guy is still in the league for a day, it is impossible for the Mavericks to have someone else standing on his head.
He is the spiritual leader of this team!
He represents the basketball spirit of the city of Dallas!
I really have no regrets for playing to his level and making fans in a city love him!
Before the game, when Dirk played, the generous Indian City fans still gave the veteran applause, and Xu Xiang immediately hugged the opposite side.
The same international players, Dirk had a good relationship with Dayao when he was there, and now that Xu Xiang is here, Dirk has a good attitude.
"How is it? Are you interested in coming to Dallas?"
Dirk's first sentence was to recruit Xu Xiang for the team.
"Cuban is your fan. He told me that as long as you agree to come, he dares to give you a maximum salary, luxury tax or something, he doesn't care!"
Cuban is also a special case among league bosses.
As the owner of a team, he is different from others. Not only is he rich, but he also really likes basketball.
Basically every game of the Mavericks, as long as he has time, he will definitely be there to cheer for the team!
Xu Xiang was a little surprised.Cuban is his own fan?
He really didn't know about it.
And the matter of joining the Mavericks sounds quite mysterious.
After Dirk gets old, the Mavericks really don't have an absolute core now, and neither Deron nor Felton can afford this burden.
But he is old, he is 37 years old!
Even if he can fight again, when will he be able to fight?a year?two years?Or three years?
And as he gets older, his body doesn't allow him to play every game for a long time.
He wants to find another fire for Dallas!
(End of this chapter)