NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 201 Against the Raptors
After winning the Trail Blazers, Combe led the generals to Toronto non-stop.

The next game against the Raptors is the key to winning ten consecutive victories.

If you can win the Raptors, then against the Clippers and Rockets, it will not be a big problem to win.

And if you lose to the Raptors, it doesn't make any sense whether you can win the Clippers and Rockets next.

Returning to Toronto, Comb has been enjoying the cheers of the fans since he stepped off the plane.

Raptors fans are naturally very sad about Konbu's departure, but they also clearly know that Konbu has done enough for them. No matter what decision Konbu makes, they only have support and gratitude in their hearts.

"To be honest, I doubt that I am playing away tonight."

"The whole audience is cheering the name of you, the head coach of the visiting team, which makes me, the head coach of the home team, very embarrassing."

Before the game started, Old Wilkens said helplessly.

Because of the various recent transactions, he is now being sprayed half to death by fans in Toronto.

In the eyes of the fans, if there is internal strife within the team, the head coach should mediate and mediate, instead of selling a large number of cost-effective stars in the team as it is now.

If it's just a simple sale, no one can do this kind of work. Why did you have to invite Wilkens?
When Kumbu was here, there was never any news of infighting in the locker room.

"Old man, you have to be merciful tonight. I just arrived in Philadelphia and I was thinking about playing a decent record and stabilizing my position in the team."

"Don't give me a bloody meal on the field, it makes me lose face."

Combe shrugged and smiled.

It's not that he wants to let his old club, the Raptors, offend, he's just an old friend talking nonsense.

"Be merciful? Can I be merciless?"

"Look at the audience here, if I win by more than [-] points tonight, they will probably spray me to death."

Old Wilkens said helplessly.

He used to have a high status in the Eagles, but after arriving in Toronto, he realized that he can only be called the younger brother in the Eagles, and Comb is called the emperor in Toronto.

"Coach, you have created another miracle this season, leading a poor lineup like the 76ers to achieve such a strong record."

The big skill led the Raptors to come over.

"What kind of miracle can this be? It happens to a coach, it's a normal thing."

"Actually, when the coach went to Philadelphia, I already knew that the 76ers' record this year would be at least the top three in the league."

"The 76ers in the past few seasons were completely amateurs in front of our Raptors, as if they had never defeated us at all. Now we can't underestimate them."

"Coach, do you think our Raptors can win the championship this season?"

"That old thing Stern will not specifically target us in order to destroy our four consecutive championships?"

The Raptors chattered in front of Kong Bu.

These words made Iverson extremely upset. How come his 76ers are so unbearable in the eyes of these Raptors players?

However, he couldn't refute this group of people. In the past few seasons, every time the 76ers encountered the Raptors, they were hanged and beaten, and the average point difference per game had to be opened to at least [-] points.

"Ben, didn't Glenn talk to you about the contract extension?"

After the generals dispersed, Kong Bu left Da Ben by his side and started chatting.

As Comb's favorite player, he certainly hopes that Daben can be one person, one city, and stick to Toronto forever.

"No, hey, I guess I'll have to find another home after this season."

"Compared with Bus, he is indeed more qualified to get the maximum salary, so I don't hate the Raptors in my heart."

"Business is business, and they're doing nothing wrong."

Da Ben said he didn't hate the Raptors, but his eyes were full of disappointment and loneliness.

He played for the Raptors for three years and helped the Raptors win three championships. In the end, he failed to get the maximum salary in the Raptors. He must be disappointed.

Kumbu shook his head and sighed, "Let's finish this season first. Anyway, with your strength, you can find a maximum salary contract no matter what."

"If you can't find it, come and join me. Ratliff's contract can be cleared out next season, which is enough to give you a maximum salary."

Big Ben smiled and nodded, "Okay, if I really can't find the maximum salary by then, then I'll go to the boss."

"Actually, I'm quite looking forward to teaming up with Yao Ming. I found that his rebounding ability is not very good, and his defense is not top-notch. I just can make up for this defect."

It seems that Big Ben has been paying attention to Kumbu's game.

Soon the game on the field began, and the starters of both sides began to appear on the field.

The current starting lineup of the Raptors is Ben, Bus, Pierce, Carter, and Davis with a beard. This is a typical skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if they sell so many players, they still have an extremely luxurious All-Star starting lineup. line-up.

And there are Odom, Joe Smith, Blaylock and other good players on the bench.

Purely looking at the lineup, the Raptors are definitely better than the 76ers.

However, the 76ers are not without advantages. At least Ben is not very effective in defending Yao Ming. In addition, Iverson can also deal with the bearded Davis very well.

Because of his short stature, Daben has always been unable to match up with super high center forwards.

The bearded Davis is strong in strength. On the offensive end, he can rely on his back to suppress those point guards who are weaker than him.

But now the Raptors' main shots are concentrated in the hands of Bus, Pierce and Carter. It is difficult for him as a point guard to get a chance to single Iverson.

He is not fast enough on the defensive end, nor does he have a height advantage, and it is difficult to prevent Iverson's breakthrough.

The game officially begins.

The 76ers got the offensive ball, and Kumbu couldn't help but wryly smiled when he saw the positions of Bus and Ben.

Apparently, Old Wilkens had no intention of releasing water at all. In this game, he arranged tactics against Yao Ming.

Big Ben pushed behind Yao Ming, and the bus went around to defend, preventing Yao Ming from receiving the ball.

Old Wilkens has been coaching for decades, and his vision is still very vicious. It is easy to see what Yao Ming means to this 76ers.

As long as Yao Ming can't play a role on the offensive end, it will be difficult for the 76ers to win.

If Kumbu has a powerful space-type power forward, then the Raptors' inside defensive arrangement can be easily broken. Big Ben or the bus must have someone to pull out to defend, so that Yao Ming at the basket can have a one-on-one Opportunity.

It's a pity that Kumbu doesn't have it in his hands.

Iverson broke through with the ball, just passed the bearded Davis, and when he got near the free throw line, Carter immediately rushed over to defend.

Seeing that he had no room to shoot and the pass could not reach Yao Ming, Iverson passed the ball to Reid, who was running without the ball.

The bearded Davis has switched defenses with Carter, and he is now responsible for man-marking Reed.

Reid made a three-pointer directly after receiving the ball, but unfortunately failed to score.

The rebound was also snatched by Big Ben under the basket.

Kumbu grinned as he watched, things were in trouble, and even after only playing one round, he could clearly feel the oppression of the Raptors 76ers.

There is no way to hit the basket, and the rebounds cannot be protected. It is difficult for the 76ers to win this game.

This is the first time Comb played against the Raptors he played, and he felt more and more sympathetic to those underdog coaches in his heart. Against a team like the Raptors, it is indeed a torture.

After playing the Raptors' offensive round, Carter hit Reid strongly and scored with a fadeaway mid-range shot.

Reid is good everywhere, but his defense is not good. He can't prevent Carter's offense at all.

After playing on the field for a few minutes, the Raptors have established a very obvious advantage. If Pierce hadn't been missed by Kirilenko's two shots, the situation for the 76ers would have been even more embarrassing.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew his whistle and called Da Ben a rebounding foul. Yao Ming got two free throw opportunities.

"Swish!"

Yao Ming didn't score a single point in the first few minutes of the game, and only grabbed one rebound, and it was a defensive rebound.

So he cherished this free throw opportunity and made two free throws directly.

Not long after, the bus whistled again. This time it was his offensive foul, which was also committed on Yao Ming. Yao Ming got two more free throw opportunities.

Swish, swish, made two more free throws.

With Yao Ming scoring four consecutive free throws, the situation for the 76ers has improved a lot, at least giving Comb a glimmer of hope of winning.

In the rest of the first quarter, Kong Bu was in a daze, and the situation on the court was a bit special.

The referee's whistle was blown a bit frequently, and all of them were blown on the big Ben or the bus who was facing Yao Ming.

If it is said that the referee is partial to the 76ers, it seems that it is not enough. After all, this is the Raptors' home court, and the referee has to give the home fans a little face.

This is just a regular season, so there is no need to blow any black whistle.

If it is said that Yao Ming made a foul intentionally, it seems that he is not. Yao Ming currently does not have the ability to do so.

Could it be that Daben and Daba deliberately fouled and let Yao Ming make free throws?It's unlikely, because there's really no need for it.

Tonight is Yao Ming's first match against Daba. The two of them can be regarded as the relationship between seniors and juniors. Daba not only wants to win the game, but also definitely wants to beat Yao Ming in terms of statistics. In the case of the attention of the Chinese people, Yao Ming was deliberately released.

Kumbu didn't bother to think about it anymore. Anyway, the situation is good for the 76ers now. Yao Ming has already got 10 free throws in the first quarter and made 9 of them.

Free throws are actually not the most important thing. The important thing is that the bus suffered three fouls in the first quarter, and Ben also had two fouls. Their next defensive actions must be more cautious.

This gave Yao Ming a lot of room to play.

After the first quarter, the Raptors even trailed by two points. Yao Ming's 10 free throws in a single quarter saved the lives of the 76ers.

"Andre, your mouth has to stick up."

"Can you talk trash? Didn't Mr. Meschery teach you to talk trash?"

"Don't be embarrassed to speak. Trash talk itself is part of the game. I don't care if you are mocking or threatening. Anyway, I need to be able to hear your trash talk from the sidelines."

"Especially tonight, whether we can win tonight really depends on your trash talk level."

Kumbu directly called Kirilenko to his side, and said earnestly.

To say that his level of trash talk can determine the winner or loser tonight is not a nonsense, but a fact.

Kirilenko faced Pierce tonight. After missing two shots in the first quarter, Pierce stopped taking many shots.

Carter played against Reed, and his offensive efficiency was very high, because Reid couldn't guard Carter at all.

If Kirilenko can stimulate Pierce, greatly increase Pierce's shots, and take away part of Carter's shot rights, then the Raptors' offensive will at least drop a bit.

"Coach, I see."

Kirilenko's little head couldn't figure out for a while what the relationship between trash talking and winning or losing was. He only knew that Kumbu's words had to be carried out.

"Coach, why don't I go up and play the fourth position, my three-pointer can stretch the space." Barkley volunteered from the side.

Kong Bu was speechless, how dare you fat man say such a thing.

There is something about Barkley's three-pointers, really only a little bit, nothing more, and he has maintained a three-point shooting percentage of more than 20 in his career.

Normally with this kind of shooting rate, other players would definitely not dare to shoot three-pointers, but Barkley dared to. Even if the shooting rate was extremely bad, he still dared to average about three shots per game.

Oakley wanted to say that you, a fat man, didn't get the three-pointers right. Thinking about how special it was against the Raptors tonight, I didn't want to cause more trouble, so I just kept my mouth shut.

Although Oakley shot less three-pointers, he hit 35% in at least one season. He said that his three-pointers were better than Barkley, and he really couldn't fault him.

"It's okay to shoot three-pointers, but you really need to play."

"Help Yao card out more, and try not to let Da Ben get close to Yao."

Comb can't do anything now, Ratliff's performance is not good, and he has almost no sense of presence on the court, so he can only let Barkley play.

In the following game time, Kumbu's arrangement had a miraculous effect.

Under Kirilenko's trash talk, Pierce really took the lead. He is a rebellious master, and now he is a member of the dynasty. He is known as the best small forward in the league. How can he tolerate Kirilenko? Lenko's provocation.

Kirilenko's trash talk is actually not malicious, he just said that Pierce is nothing if he leaves the Raptors, and he can only rank fifth in the Raptors.

As soon as he said this, Pierce couldn't bear it, and he fired with full firepower.

It's a pity that he is facing tonight the only outside shot block leader in NBA history, a super all-around fighter with strong defense, and his offensive efficiency is definitely not much higher.

Barkley's playing effect is also very good. He doesn't have a sense of participation on both ends of the offense and defense, but he plays an extremely huge role in blocking.

Regardless of whether it's the big book or the bus, these two people have nothing to do with Barkley.

As long as these two are locked in one, the Raptors will play much easier, and Iverson can have a chance to pass the ball to Yao Ming.

In addition, the referee's whistle still seemed to be partial to Yao Ming, giving Yao Ming a lot of free throw opportunities. Even without the exaggerated 10 free throws in a single quarter in the first quarter, Yao Ming got 18 free throws in the next three quarters.

A total of 28 free throws were made in the game. Those who didn't know thought that Yao Ming had encountered a shark-slashing tactic.

He made 28 of 25 free throws, and the free throws alone gave Yao Ming 25 points.

36 points and 6 rebounds, these are the statistics Yao Ming played tonight.

Regardless of the 25 points scored by free throws, Yao Ming actually scored only 11 points in sports games, which is pitifully small.

And the rebounds are also pitifully few, only six.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the 76ers won the away game, winning by two points 96:94.

(End of this chapter)