NBA peak

Chapter 269 The second half goal

Chapter 269 The second half goal

The opinions discussed by the fans are very pertinent.

The reason why players like James and Kobe are great is that when they were still young, they were able to defeat the experienced older generation of champions.

And when they get older, they can use their rich experience to torture the rising stars.

Standing on the present moment and hitting every ball in front of you well is the source of strength for a player to be great.

The All-Star Game is over, and each team officially enters the second half of the regular season.

The current No. [-] team in the Eastern Conference is the Milwaukee Bucks led by Antetokounmpo.

At the beginning of the season, Antetokounmpo averaged 36.7 points per game, becoming the most popular MVP candidate in the regular season this season.

Last summer, the Bucks continued to strengthen, and in the starting position, they finally made up the golden big three of Antetokounmpo + Middleton + Bledsoe.

Kidd, who had coached the Bucks for more than 3 years, was dismissed as the head coach. Budden, who came to power newly, promoted a culture of trust and conveyed unity and trust to this Bucks full of infinite possibilities.

The Bucks have really had a good record this season, leading the Eastern Conference with 30 wins and 11 losses.

In the Western Division, the Five-Star Warriors continued their 15-win regular season dominance in 16-73.

The most critical of these is Durant's awakening.

This season, Durant turned off all useless social interactions and was crowned the scoring leader this season with an average of 31.2 points per game.

In addition, the running-in between Durant and the Warriors is becoming more and more mature, and now Durant can more or less participate in the conversion of the Warriors' rotation ball.

This positive change helped the Golden State Warriors beat the Clippers, Rockets and Lakers in the fierce Western Division and continue to lead the league.

This season's defending champion Raptors played abnormally and only ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference.

After the All-Star Game, the biggest goal of the Raptors is to rush to the top four in the East and lock in the top half of the playoffs.

The upper half has home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Home court advantage is of great significance in the playoffs, and the Raptors are unwilling to sink.

The two teams currently ahead of the Raptors are the Brooklyn Nets and the Orlando Magic.

After James came to the Tigers, his former younger brother Irving came to the Nets.

The former Nets once fell into a bad stage, but because of Irving's joining, the Brooklyn Nets saw the hope of revival.

The performance of the Nets this season is remarkable, with a record of 22 wins and 20 losses, temporarily ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference.

The Orlando Magic are also ahead of the Raptors this season, temporarily ranking fifth in the East with a record of 22 wins and 21 losses.

The Raptors' current record is comparable to these two teams.

At the end of the All-Star Game, the Raptors temporarily ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference with 22 wins and 22 losses.

The Raptors and the Magic are only half a game away, and the Brooklyn Nets are only one game away.

The Raptors are still very hopeful to return to the top half of the playoffs before the start of the playoffs.

Even if the Raptors can maintain a winning streak, they may also threaten the Boston Celtics' third place in the Eastern Conference.

The players participating in the All-Stars flew back to their cities one after another.

As soon as Ge Feng, Lowry and the others got off the plane, they received a text message from Nas.

Nas is ready to take the players and start the intense second half of the regular season to chase points.

According to the Raptors' lineup, their strength is definitely stronger than the Nets and Magic.

But until now, the Raptors' ranking has fallen behind these two teams, which has a lot to do with the Raptors' lost state.

In the All-Star Game, Ge Feng regained the feeling of excitement on the court.

Ge Feng is ready, he will stand up decisively, try to accept the position of the Dragon King of the Raptors, and lead the team to achieve better results.

The first game after the All-Star Game is the Raptors' away game against the Warriors.

Many players on the Raptors are not very confident about the first game after the All-Star break.

Two days in advance, the Raptors came to the Oracle Arena to start warm-up training.

Nurse regards the outcome of this game as very important.

In the locker room, Nas happily told the players what the outcome of this game would mean for the Raptors' future games.

The Raptors and Warriors were the top two teams in the league last season.

Now the Golden State Warriors still lead the league, but the Raptors are exhausted, ranking sixth in the Eastern Conference.

If the Raptors still can't beat the Warriors in this game, then they will be zero-blocked by the Warriors in the regular season of the new season.

This will deal a very big blow to the confidence of the Raptors players.

Although Nurse spoke passionately, most of the Raptors' players were still unmotivated.

Especially the team's starting point guard Van Vleet in the new season, his eyelids began to fight unconsciously.

Now this Raptors is very out of shape, and their players seem to be planning to give up this season.

The fatigue of the players, what Nurse saw was distraught.

But Nas can't wake up a person who pretends to be asleep, unless that person is willing to wake up.

After Nurse finished talking about the tactics to be executed against the Warriors, Lowry stood up and prepared.

Lowry applauded and said, "Okay, brothers, cheer up and get ready for training."

"it is good."

The players said weakly.

This season, the Raptors' locker room has always been a half-dead look, and the players no longer have the bloody state of last season.

Ge Feng walked quickly to the door of the locker room, turned around and blocked all his teammates.

Everyone didn't understand what Ge Feng was going to do, they looked at Ge Feng blankly.

Ge Feng said with a straight face, uncharacteristically: "Coach Nass, the game won't start until after the game. I suggest that we don't do tactical training today. Please join me in playing a match with all your strength."

The voices of complaints from the players came out.

"Ah...? Are you still playing a confrontation match?"

"There is not enough rest time in the regular season. If we play such a fierce confrontation game again, when I play with the Warriors the day after tomorrow, I just crawl on the ground..."

Siakam's words immediately caused the players to burst into laughter.

Everyone is unwilling to do this kind of hard and thankless training.

Nass also didn't understand.

The day after tomorrow is the game against the Warriors. For the Raptors players, it will definitely be a tough battle.

Ge Feng proposed to play a confrontation match at this time. What if all the players become soft-legged shrimps the day after tomorrow?

However, Nurse can be regarded as a very open coach. His coaching style is different from that of most coaches.

Nurse likes players to step up and take responsibility.

Regardless of whether the players' ideas are right or wrong, Nurse is willing to give the players a chance to try.

This was the first time Ge Feng mustered up the courage to issue orders to the whole team.

In the new season, the new core that the Raptors can count on is Ge Feng.

So Nas wanted to hear what Ge Feng wanted to say now.

Nas sat aside and made a random movement.

The players immediately understood Nurse's attitude.

Solve your affairs by yourself.

I'm just in charge of deploying tactics.

(End of this chapter)