new lord of the rings

Chapter 46 Lost Coach Casey

The Toronto Raptors-Golden State Warriors game that everyone is paying attention to is finally about to start.

Today's Canadian Airline Center Gymnasium is full of people. Many spectators came early and waited for admission.

Canada is adjacent to the United States, and its culture and economy are deeply influenced by the United States. It can basically be regarded as the back garden of the United States. Recently, Zhang Xin has been aroused in the United States, and Canada has also been famous for a long time.

The audience who came to watch the game today, besides the Raptors fans, there are also famous audiences. Their purpose is very simple, just to see how the famous Mr. Zhang is so magnificent.

Due to the attention of all parties, the TNT Tiantuan also came to the scene to explain today.

Before the start of the game, players from both sides warmed up on the court. Lowry and DeRozan both came to greet the Warriors and welcome them.

Lowry is worthy of being called a small steel cannon. He is not tall, but he is really strong. He came over and talked to Curry with a smile.

Zhang Xin is concerned about DeMar DeRozan. DeRozan's height and weight are similar to Zhang Xin's. He greeted the Warriors calmly, with a seemingly relaxed expression, but Zhang Xin could see the loneliness in DeRozan's eyes. Zhang Xin sighed secretly: This killer is already suffering from depression .

During the 2018 NBA All-Star Weekend, Raptors star DeRozan posted a tweet after the game. The content was not to express his joy of being selected as an All-Star, but: "Depression completely knocked me down."

DeRozan's parents are both seriously ill, his wife divorced him, and left him with two children. These are the straws that overwhelm him, but this is not all. The common feature of depression patients is: too much for others For the sake of thinking, I pay too much attention to the feelings of others, and because I don’t want to hurt others, I take all the grievances on myself.DeRozan is too gentle, too considerate of others, and the all-powerful killer on the court looks so gentle.

As a fan of Kobe, DeRozan learned many moves from Kobe. Chinese basketball commentator Su Qun said: DeRozan is more and more like Kobe!
Since entering the NBA, DeRozan has improved every season. This season, DeRozan has slowly become one of the top ten scorers in the league.This season, he has gradually grown into a killing god!
Knowing Zhang Xin, DeRozan came over to shake Zhang Xin's hand: "I've watched the video of you scoring 34 points in a single quarter and scoring 64 points in three quarters many times. It's really amazing!"

Zhang Xin was a little surprised, did DeRozan know him, Zhang Xin immediately came back to his senses, smiled and said to DeRozan: "DeMar, I often observe and study your movements, I have admired you for a long time. "

DeRozan smiled, Zhang Xin's fadeaway jumper doesn't seem to be learned from him, it is so similar to Jordan, only by practicing on Jordan's collection every day, can he learn such a similarity, he also understands that Zhang Xin just said It's just a polite remark, and I don't care.

The game between the two sides started, and the Warriors started Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Dreaming Green, Andrew Bogut, Harrison Barnes.

The Raptors' starting five are Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Jonas Valanciunas, Terrence Ross, and Amir Johnson.

The Warriors got the ball first. Curry gritted his teeth and dribbled the ball across the frontcourt. When he reached the frontcourt, he gave the ball to Green. He ran towards the inside and began to cross positions with Thompson. On the screen of the ball, Green took a chance and passed the ball to Thompson who made an empty cut, and Thompson made a layup.

Lowry dribbled the ball steadily across the half, and Curry's interference did not affect him. He is shorter than Curry and much stronger than Curry.Lowry organized the offense steadily at the top of the arc, arranged for DeRozan to move, and gave the ball when DeRozan reached the elbow. DeRozan faced Barnes' defense and took a tentative step to deceive Barnes. Si, immediately pulled up the shot and made a mid-range shot.DeRozan's mid-range shot is very accurate, but the efficiency of the three-pointer is low. Basically, the scoring method is completed through breakthroughs and mid-range shots, and the three-pointer is rarely shot.

Seeing DeRozan's shot, Zhang Xin gave a secret praise: Clean and neat!
Barnes is also a strong defensive player. Except for a few top players on the defensive front, like defending LeBron, Durant will suffer, but most of the other forwards in the league can basically be restricted. Today, he was beaten by DeRozan Unprepared, this may be related to the fact that the two teams only have a few duels per season, and they were caught unprepared due to ignorance.

The next offense and defense really made Zhang Xin's eyes shine. This Raptors is indeed capable. Lowry is the core of the organization, and Valanciunas is the core of the inside offense, echoing DeRozan internally and externally. The other two Amir Johnson and The two players of Terrence Ross are active in defense and desperately fighting for rebounds. Several of them perform their duties, the offense is smooth, and the defense is also very organized.

This also provides ideas for Zhang Xin's future team building when he becomes the boss. After Zhang Xin helps the Warriors establish a dynasty, there will definitely be no shortage of championship rings, and there is no need to hold a group. Although in the 17th and 18th seasons, the group has already It has become a very common thing. Zhang Xin wants to lead the team to win the championship with a single core, so a balanced team configuration is very important. This Raptors did give Zhang Xin some ideas.

The Warriors are generally slow to warm up. In the first quarter, they played neck and neck with the Raptors and took the lead alternately. When the rotation time came, Mark Jackson replaced Iguodala and Zhang Xin.

The Raptors replaced DeRozan, Terrence Ross, and replaced Tyler Hansbrough and Greivis Vasquez.

Greivis Vasquez is facing Zhang Xin. Greivis Vasquez is originally from Venezuela. His playing style is bold, full of passion, and his golf intelligence is also very high. He is a tall point guard, and it is difficult to defend against small players. Point guard, but it is very suitable to defend against a tall forward player like Zhang Xin.

Zhang Xin started to run under Curry's tactical arrangement, and made an off-ball screen for Thompson on the right side. Thompson cut inside and attracted the attention of Hansbrough and Vasquez. Curry's pass hit a three-pointer.The advantage of being on the court with a historic shooter is that they will attract a lot of attention, and in the Warriors, there are three historical shooters!

Curry, Thompson, and now Zhang Xin, there are three historical-level shooters, plus the Warriors' passing and cutting system, the Raptors suddenly found it difficult to defend such a Warriors, the high-position Curry and Green's pick-and-roll is a big The problem is that if the center doesn't step forward, Curry may shoot one step away from the three-point line. With Curry's 40% three-point shooting percentage, he may be directly killed. If the center and guard are double-teamed, Green can Calmly distribute the ball to Klay Thompson and Zhang Xin on both sides at the free throw line. With the shooting percentage of Zhang Xin and Klay Thompson, it is better to let Green rush in for a layup.

After several rounds, Devin Casey quickly called a timeout. Coach Casey is a very capable coach, otherwise it would be impossible to bring the Raptors to this position. He can see that this small lineup is extremely difficult to deal with. But there is no good way to deal with it all at once. We can only replace Valanciunas first.

Valanciunas is too reluctant to deal with Curry. Replaced by Terrence Ross, at least he can barely keep up with Curry when Green is on the pick-and-roll. As for rebounds, Vasquez, Hansbrough and Terrence Ross They all have quite strong fighting ability, and it should not be a big problem to protect the backboard.

At present, if there is no super center, the best way to deal with the five small lineups is to reduce the height and tonnage, and strive to match the speed, so that at least the speed can keep up, and the defense will not suffer too much.

Coach Casey's response was correct. Although it was still unavoidable, at least the situation of the center forward being stalked like a dog was gone for the time being. But the game was to be won, and the scene was beautiful, but the game still had to be lost.

Coach Casey already understood at this time that the Warriors had transformed to the point where the Raptors could not match, but in order to prove that he was not watching a show, he still called a timeout.I didn't stop thinking about how to deal with the Warriors in my mind, but I couldn't think of any suitable method after racking my brains. Coach Casey sighed. Without suitable players, there is no way for a god-like coach. The current Raptors are balanced enough. But when encountering a top team, there is also the embarrassment of a clever wife who has nothing to eat. Or, since she can't defend, then attack and let DeRozan go up?No, Coach Casey immediately vetoed his idea. The Warriors' main force is too strong, but Lin Huan's lineup may not be strong. It's better to wait for Curry Thompson and others to go down and grab points from the rotation lineup.

Coach Casey told the players that the most important task now is to reduce the number of rounds and not let the score stretch too far.

This trick is effective. Although it cannot defend you, it cannot attack you, but if you want to lose less, then reduce the number of rounds.Under such a strategy, the Raptors only lost 9 points at the end of the first quarter. This result is still acceptable to Coach Casey.

(End of this chapter)