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The Raptors returned home, and their opponent on the 19th was the Orlando Magic. E novel Ww "W. ┡1XIAOSHUO. com

This is a critical regular season. The Magic's record is only half a game behind the Raptors, ranking fifth. If they lose this game again, the Raptors will fall out of the top four.

Yang Rui doesn't want to enter the playoffs and just go through the motions and be eliminated in the first round and go home to fish, so he attaches great importance to the home court advantage in the first round. Under the premise of the best-of-five rounds, the home field advantage is likely to determine the final result.

Before the game, Yang Rui walked into the locker room and announced loudly: "There are 11 games left, we must work hard to improve our record, and there will be no lineup rotation in the future. Everyone should not have the idea of ​​​​picking opponents. We must have the confidence to fight. beat any opponent."

"Okay." The players responded together, with a good momentum. Young people are a little bit better, and they are not afraid of tigers when they are born.

Yang Rui continued: "I have always said that I have no record goals, but in fact it is to relieve everyone's stress, just like I often eat on the sidelines, it is definitely not because I am a foodie, I am for your own good, and I am also for your stress relief. .Otherwise, the rookie may not be able to let go, the beginning will be difficult to play, and it will be more difficult to play later. Now is the time to tighten your nerves, and everyone must give every effort to every game. Vince, what do you think the team's goal should be?"

"Championship!" Carter replied loudly. When eating and chatting alone, Yang Rui had already talked about this with him.

"That's right. The goal is to win to the end. There is no need to think about who the opponent is in each round. We have no pressure. Most of us have just entered the league. Winning is a miracle. Losing is a miracle for us. Can afford to lose."

Yang Rui is still decompressing. The Raptors lack experience in the playoffs, and they have to fight hard to show their strength.

The Raptors had to win this game. The Raptors lost to the Magic in the last game, and Yang Rui was very depressed, because the opponent didn't have a single star. Even Anfernee Hardaway's statistics could not be called a star, not as good as Tracy McGrady.

Chuck Daly is recognized as a top coach. Since he coached the dream team to participate in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, it is enough to see his status in the eyes of the stars.

Daly built this Magic successfully, he is a straightforward guy who hates red tape. Ask questions, solve problems. Watch the schedule, play games, win and lose without looking for reasons.

He said that players can win by doing three things: find the right opportunity to shoot the ball, return to the defense quickly, and get stuck.

He doesn't even like to put on a show, and he never talks nonsense to the media. He works more than 10 hours a day, preparing for each game, making plans, and communicating with assistant coaches.

The way he leads the team to win is brutal,

He wants players to be as fierce on defense as they would be on a father-killer.

He once explained how to take physical contact with Jordan: "Anytime he passes you, you have to hit him. If he has a chance after the pick and roll, hit him. We don't want to be dirty, I know some people think We play dirty, but we have to emphasize physicality."

In short, Dai Li is a crazy perfectionist, and this character makes him hate Yang Rui very much. Yang Rui's concept of happy basketball runs counter to his ideas.

In an interview not long ago, Daly criticized Yang Rui unabashedly: "Jerry Yang, like most young people, is too frivolous. He didn't put all his enthusiasm into the basketball court. When people mentioned him The word that is said most is genius, not his hard work. I haven't seen any news about him working overtime in the arena. The intensity of his training is probably the lowest in the league. He is more like putting everything together. It's up to the players. I don't think he's a good coach."

Yang Rui couldn't comment on Dali, and even if a reporter asked him, he would be perfunctory.

This is a difficult question to answer. The status of the two is not equal. No matter how you answer it, you will be wrong, because the other party is a handsome old man.

If he favors Dai Li, Yang Rui will feel uncomfortable, so why would he use his hot face to stick someone's cold ass when the other party doesn't like him? Don't abuse and feel uncomfortable?

He also couldn't belittle Daly, that would put him on the opposite side of all the old coaches, and offend a lot of nba players, especially those retired stars in the 1980s and 1990s. The result was unbearable for him.

It is a major feature of the nBa to be thick with the past and thin with the present. Players praise old players and old coaches, and people will say that he respects his predecessors; anyone who dares to belittle old players and old coaches, even if what they say is true, will definitely be sprayed as a scumbag.

The direction of public opinion is like this, and no one can change it. The only thing Yang Rui can do is to lead the team and try to win the game, don't compare with Daley, let others talk.

Players from both sides came out to warm up, McGrady and "Penny" Hardaway greeted each other. Before Tracy McGrady entered the league, Hardaway was his idol. The two have similar body types. McGrady's versatility is due to imitating Hardaway's play.

Today Yang Rui doesn't plan to let Mai Di, he has to confront his idol later.

The two sides played, and Yang Rui sent Di Brown, Christie, Carter, O'Neal, and Cato.

Magic Five: Darrell Armstrong, Anfernee Hardaway, Matt Halperin, Horace Grant, Isaac Austin.

In order to defend the 183cm-tall guard Armstrong, Yang Rui did not allow Billups to show his intention to compete with the Magic on defense instead of counterattacking.

On the field, Yang Rui saw Daly's way of using the point guard. Four of them returned to the defense quickly and filled up at any time.

The Raptors mainly counterattack quickly, and once the hit rate is not high, they will be in trouble. The Magic players will reduce the tempo and try to use up 24 seconds in each round, which will make the young Raptors feel impatient. Other teams are basically playing this way against the Raptors now. This time, Yang Rui is also going to play slowly.

Cato won the jump ball and the game started.

Carter took the ball in the middle and faced Hardaway. He cooperated with O'Neal in the middle of the pick-and-roll, and Grant switched defenses in time.

"Cobra" is a famous blue-collar insider in the nBa, and has won three consecutive championships with the Bulls. He is 2o8cm tall and weighs 98kg. He is still very mobile at the age of 34. Carter failed to make a breakthrough, so he sent the ball to the middle. O'Neal was close to Hardaway, so it was difficult to make a shot, and then passed to DiBron from the side.

Armstrong evaded the screen and got in front of him in time, and DeBron had to hold the ball outside and find his teammates.

After Daly coached the Magic, Armstrong obviously benefited. The old coach taught him a lot, turning him from a marginal substitute to a qualified one. He was very active in defense, chased and defended quickly, and gave full play to his agility.

Passing the ball back and forth almost used up 24 seconds. The Raptors didn't find a good opportunity. O'Neal singled out Grant, turned around and missed the shot. Austin grabbed a backcourt rebound and passed it to Hardaway, who passed it straight to Harperin, and the Magic counterattacked.

Halprin used his body to dribble the ball into the three-point line against Christie, held the ball with both hands like playing rugby, lowered his head and rushed to the basket. His movements were not beautiful but practical, and he took advantage of his strength.

Christie couldn't stand it at first glance, and drew a foul before the opponent shot.

Halprin made one of two free throws, 0 to 1.

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