bestfiction Chapter 281 Ranking Up
Chapter 281 Ranking Up
Chapter 281 Ranking Up
In addition to Porzingis and Doncic who need the Raptors to pay special attention to, Curry's younger brother Seth Curry is also taken care of by the Raptors.
It is the Raptors' starting point guard Van Vleet who is responsible for taking care of Seth Curry.
Van Vleet wholeheartedly regards Curry as his ultimate goal, but in terms of strength, there is still a lot of gap between him and Curry.
Since the big Curry can't beat it, then the little Curry...
Not only will Van Vleet not be soft, but he will be particularly hard.
This is a question of Van Jordan's dignity.
In the end, Van Vleet performed a miracle on Seth Curry, scoring a season-high 36 points and 5 assists.
Although Doncic and Porzingis played very tenaciously, the overall cooperation of the Raptors was even better, but the Lone Ranger regretted losing the game.
After the game, the Raptors players raised Van Jordan up to celebrate the birth of the league's new hitman.
Seth Curry was very uncomfortable, why did his brother and Van Fleet have revenge on him.
After the game was over, apart from Seth Curry, there was also Doncic who took the initiative to ask for a match with Ge Feng.
Doncic thought he was the best among the young players, but in this game, after facing Ge Feng, Doncic began to doubt his belief.
Although in terms of scoring, Doncic scored 27 points like Ge Feng.
But in terms of the ability to command the team, Doncic and Ge Feng are a century behind.
Ge Feng's strong view of the big picture made Dongcic feel intimidated.
On the premise of maintaining the offensive firepower, Ge Feng can also adjust the Raptors' tactical deployment in an orderly manner.
Doncic's leadership ability is far worse than that of Ge Feng.
Although Doncic is also known for his excellent overall view, he is far less wise than Ge Feng in handling key balls.
During the handshake session of the players after the game, Doncic confessed his appreciation for Ge Feng.
Ge Feng and Doncic said words of encouragement to each other. Both of them are international foreign players who traveled across the ocean to play in the NBA. In many places, they have similarities.
At the end of the home game, the Raptors will fly four consecutive away games.
The next opponents are the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls in the East, and the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets in the West.
The Pistons are the eighth-ranked playoff team in the Eastern Conference.
The Raptors have tied the Orlando Magic in the East due to their winning streak against the Warriors and Mavericks.
In the first game of the Pistons, the players must win to help the team rise to sixth in the Eastern Conference.
The Raptors, who have won two consecutive victories, are high-spirited.
The new Dragon King Ge Feng's outlook on the overall situation is also much better than that of Little Steel Cannon Lowry.
Ge Feng's expertise gradually emerged in the NBA.
Lowry was completely relieved now, and became the second in command of the team with peace of mind.
Lowry's offensive ability is still very good, but Lowry has never liked to command the battlefield.
Lowry has a restrained personality, and he likes to enjoy the game quietly by himself.
And from the perspective of Lowry's overall situation, he can only be regarded as a middle-level player in the league.
The Pistons have Griffin joining this year, which has brought many highlights to the game between the Raptors and the Clippers.
At the beginning of last season, the Clippers led by Griffin insulted Ge Feng before the start of the game.
The whole Raptors team was very angry because of this incident.
DeRozan, Lowry and Van Vleet dominated the game one after another, and Ge Feng also used a sharp three-pointer to shoot through the Clippers.
The Raptors bloodbathed the Clippers in an away game last season, winning the Clippers by a full 60 points.
Since then, Griffin and the Raptors players have not called each other, and neither side likes to talk to the other.
And if they encounter them in the game, the players will receive the attribute bonus of hatred, and the fight will be more bloody than usual.
The team culture of the Pistons team is also unpopular.
The Pistons are also known as the "Bad Boys", the most terrifying "dirty" group in NBA history.
The Pistons had a reputation in the NBA in the early 90s for being tough, brutal, rough and dirty.
Now that more than ten years have passed, in order to prevent the dirty play of the "Bad Boys" from reappearing, the league has formulated many rules to restrict the reappearance of the bad boys' play in the NBA.
To this day, the Pistons have not changed much.
The team culture of this team is very selfish. They only aim to win, and they can seriously injure their opponents in order to win.
After the opening ceremony, Griffin and the Raptors starters stared at each other alone.
Today's Pistons don't have much hatred for the Raptors.
So the Pistons players watched their new core Griffin compete with the entire Raptors with a smirk.
Don't look at Griffin's poor play after being abolished.
But the aura exuding from him is still that of a wild beast that is fearless.
Griffin's style of play is to humiliate the opponent.
If Griffin successfully humiliates his opponent, his fighting power will become stronger as he fights.
But if humiliating the opponent is unsuccessful, Griffin's threat on the offensive end will be greatly reduced.
Ge Feng had nothing to say about rare beasts like Griffin. To deal with beasts, one cannot use the method of dealing with people.
To play Griffin is to make him uncomfortable in order to help the team win easily.
Ge Feng now has the commanding power of the Raptors, and he has to tailor a set of animal cages for Griffin, both public and private.
Ge Feng's teammates are very active in cooperating with Ge Feng.
After the first half, Griffin only scored 7 points through free throws.
The head coach of the Pistons watched from the sidelines and shook his head.
This year's Pistons rely too much on Griffin to play dominance in the paint.
During the offseason, their management successively traded the Pistons' two outside scorers to the Clippers in order to get Griffin and strengthen their inside strength.
But after Griffin came to the Pistons, he didn't get along very well with the old players here.
This led to an awkward atmosphere in the Pistons locker room throughout the year.
The old Pistons were more inclined to listen to Drummond's command, but Griffin strongly demanded to concentrate the ball on himself.
Griffin's inside ability is really good. He averaged 24 points per game in the Pistons, ranking first in the team.
Even so, the Pistons players still don't trust Griffin.
Especially in this game, under Ge Feng's tactical tilt, Griffin's inside dominance declined greatly.
After all, Griffin's peak period was fed by Paul one by one.
Now that there is no passing master around Griffin, Griffin is like a beast without minions, struggling in the paint.
Griffin had several opportunities to pass the ball, but he chose to go it alone.
As soon as Griffin holds the ball, the Raptors will quickly shrink the defense, forcing Griffin to be unable to pass the ball, so he can only play by himself.
With the boos of the home fans, Griffin angrily wanted to fight the Raptors and was directly ejected by the referee.
Without Griffin's Pistons, there is no way to fight the Raptors.
At the end of the game, the Raptors beat the Pistons 121 to 96 in the away game and won three consecutive victories.
While winning three consecutive victories, the Raptors finally surpassed the Magic in the Eastern Conference rankings and rose to sixth in the Eastern Conference.
(End of this chapter)