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Chapter 252 Embarrassing Record

Chapter 252 Embarrassing Record

This summer, when the free market opened, Wo Shen posted a post saying: The Lakers have reached a deal with the Pelicans, 6 for 1 to get Anthony Davis.

However, due to time constraints, the Lakers management has been unable to get together the rotation team for the new season before the end of the off-season.

Therefore, the deal between the Lakers and the Pelicans is still in intense negotiations.

Los Angeles has started putting up posters everywhere, welcoming Davis to join the Lakers at any time.

At the same time, New Orleans is also looking for countermeasures to make a final effort to keep Davis.

Pelicans fans naturally hope that their deal with the Lakers can go bankrupt, so that Big Eyebrows can continue to stay in New Orleans.

This season, the Pelicans once played the eye-catching idioms of "the only core of the team" and "single-core leadership" in order to improve Davis's favor with the Pelicans, and at the same time add another bargaining chip to the ongoing negotiations with the Lakers.

The gimmick of leading a team with a single core works very well in the NBA.

Superstar grouping is not a skill, single-core winning is king. Dirk Nowitzki's championship FMVP trophy in 2011, which is considered the greatest championship FMVP trophy in history, can very vividly illustrate this phenomenon.

This season, the Pelicans have really played brilliantly. They defeated the Kings and the Lone Ranger consecutively and won the first two consecutive victories.

Davis contributed a lot in the first two games, averaging 33 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

Among them, Davis created tremendous pressure on the opponent inside, helping Holiday to double the pressure on the outside than usual.

Holiday's personal score also reached a record high of 21.2 points.

As soon as the game against the Raptors started, Brother Nongmei continued to maintain the power of the first two games. He was overwhelming the Raptors inside, and the tossing Ibaka was in a panic.

Based on the age of the two, Ibaka is only less than 5 years older than Davis.

But don't forget, when Ibaka played in the playoffs for the Thunder, he played in a closed court with ninja pain.It was this kind of crazy behavior that greatly shortened the peak of Ibaka's career.

The 30-year-old Ibaka is already obviously old.

The Raptors suffered two consecutive losses this season, which has a lot to do with the decline in Ibaka's defensive quality.

What's more, in the career of an athlete, there is a gap between the age of 25 and the age of 30 that is visible to the naked eye.

Facing Davis, who was stronger, fiercer, and younger than himself, Ibaka played for a quarter and a half before being fouled three times and forced to end.

The Pelicans also relied on Davis' outstanding performance to lead the Raptors by 11 points again at halftime.

Are the Raptors about to lose again?

If the Raptors lose again this time, they will face the opening three consecutive knees of the new season.

This is not a glorious thing for the defending champion.

The last time the defending champion lost three games in a row at the beginning of the new season, it dates back to the Mavericks in the 2012 season.

After winning the championship that year, the Mavericks suffered a three-game losing streak, and the fans can still find excuses worthy of forgiveness.

First of all, during the 11-year offseason, the Mavericks changed blood too much, and the champions who won the championship were sent away by Cuban one after another.

Coupled with the lockout crisis that broke out at the beginning of the 12 season, the preseason training camp has shrunk significantly. The Mavericks' new lineup entered the regular season after only two games.

The lack of cooperation among the new teammates, the excessive turnover of players, and the departure of Chandler left the Mavericks' defense full of holes, all of which were very fatal factors for the defending champion's three-game losing streak in the new season.

But the current Raptors shouldn't be.

The Raptors only left a core of Leonard, and the rest of the lineup has not changed much at all.

To say that the only change in the Raptors' original team happened to Ge Feng.

From PG to SF, the change of Ge Feng's position is the topic that fans are most concerned about at the moment.

"I don't think Ge Feng is suitable for playing SF. Since Ge Feng switched to small forward, the Raptors haven't won a game."

"Only one Leonard is missing. As for the Raptors, will it have such a big impact?"

"Oh my God, the Raptors won [-] straight games last season! It's only been a year, why do I feel like the world has turned upside down?"

"Leaving aside the Mavericks, the last time the defending champion lost three games in a row was the Celtics in 70 years. Is the Raptors going to create a new record of 50 years of shame?"

"Ge Feng, go back to your PG, SF is not suitable for you!"

"..."

From ESPN's live broadcast room, most of the barrage appeared on the discussion about Ge Feng playing SF in the new season.

Miller and Breen are on hand to comment on the Raptors game.

Miller is very fond of players like Ge Feng who are extremely accurate three-pointers, but at the beginning of the new season, Ge Feng appeared in the SF position and rarely shot three-pointers, which puzzled Miller a lot.

In the live broadcast room, Miller and Brin had doubts about Nas' ability to deploy troops.

Why did Nas let a yellow man with weak confrontation ability play SF?

Isn't this looking for yourself to make yourself unhappy!

Miller and Brin could only chat in the live broadcast room, and they couldn't compete for fame, so they had to focus on the second half of the contest between the two teams.

If the Raptors lose this game again, they will really create a history of shame.

Back in the second half, the Pelicans, who had already achieved a double-digit advantage, looked very relaxed.

The Pelicans' style of play is very clear, which is to constantly let Davis attract defenses inside, force the Raptors to narrow the defensive range, and then let Holiday or Moore shoot three-pointers from the outside.

Holiday has completely voted in these three games.He is now Gentry's second trusted player, which gives Holiday a lot of confidence in his shots.

The Raptors' losses in these few games actually have little to do with Ge Feng.

The fans couldn't understand the details of the game. They all thought that it was Ge Feng's switch to SF that led to the Raptors' losing streak.

But in fact this is not the case. Facing the Warriors, it is completely reasonable for the Raptors to lose to the Warriors.

In the game against the Trail Blazers, the team's biggest winner is on the back line, not the front line.

The Blazers' Lillard and McCollum broke out at the same time, which was the key factor for the Raptors' loss.

As for the game against the Pelicans, Ge Feng was even more wronged.

Fans can even blame Ge Feng for things like Brother Nongmei's blowing up Ibaka. There is no fairness in this world.

Ge Feng doesn't care what people say about him.

Ge Feng will only think of ways to avoid the embarrassing situation of three consecutive losses.

The Pelicans continued their style of play in the first half, allowing Davis to continue to create threats inside.

Nas adjusted the time at halftime and made some countermeasures.

Nurse first let Siakam return to the penalty area, always paying attention to assisting Davis.

On the other side, Nas asked Ge Feng to cut off the internal and external connections between Davis and Holiday.

After all, it takes time for the basketball to pass from the penalty area to the three-pointer, and this period of time is officially what Nurse wants to use next.

Ge Feng has already proved to Nass his cross-pass stealing ability, and this is the best opportunity for Ge Feng to maximize this ability.

(End of this chapter)