Bosh suddenly got excited: What the hell am I challenging?

Veteran Anthony Parker on the side quickly said: "Don't be influenced by the warden. He did it on purpose. He wants to mess up our game strategy. We must be firm!"

Bosh, as a standard rabble, has strong-willed teammates. He immediately expressed his support: "Yes, if he wants to score points, I... we will compete with him! Let's see if he is better or we are better!"

What I said...anyway, my teammates felt that momentum.

But in the eyes of the Raptors players, Liu Xiu is more imposing.

He said he wanted to challenge the whole team, but this guy really did it! He really did it!

In the next three rounds, Liu Xiu first hit a breakthrough layup, and then made a turnaround fadeaway jumper from the left side of the three-second zone. Then Liu Xiu flanked Millsap in an off-ball pick-and-roll and then connected with Kwame-

Brown made a long two-pointer from the baseline to support the ball.

Liu Xiu scored 7 goals in a row at the beginning, including a three-pointer, and scored 15 points!

However, the Raptors did not have anything to fear during this period. Anthony Parker made his second three-pointer, Bosh scored a long two-pointer, and Milicic scored a tip-in.

The current score is 12-15, and the Raptors have been clinging to the score.

When it was time for the Raptors to attack again, Felton caught the ball from the top arc and hit a three-pointer after being released. The Raptors tied the score and withstood Liu Xiu's impact!

Although the score was tied, the fans at the scene were extremely excited as the warden and the entire opponent team battled in the first few minutes.

Originally, they thought that when they beat the Raptors, they would become the Warden getting assists in the end, but they didn't expect that it actually went up!

It was the Trail Blazers' turn to attack, and Liu Xiu responded with a three-pointer towards Felton... Unfortunately, the ball hit the basket with a "clang".

The fans at the scene let out regretful sighs. Warden hit and stopped 7 consecutive goals. Fortunately, the opponent couldn't continue after scoring 4 consecutive goals. Felton used Bosh's pick-and-roll and directly threw a three-pointer.

Kwame Brown protected the defensive rebound and Maurice Cheeks called a timeout!

The purpose of calling this timeout is to give Liu Xiu some time to slow down. He has been attacking for 8 consecutive rounds and needs to take some time off.

As for whether this will interrupt Liu Xiu's excellent form... Maurice Cheeks knows that it won't.

More than one-third of the regular season games have been played, and he has already understood Liu Xiu's characteristics in this regard.

Maurice Cheeks doesn't dwell on why he has such characteristics, just make good use of the advantages and avoid the disadvantages. That's it. The Trail Blazers can go from having trouble scoring in the first quarter last season to scoring soaring points in the first quarter now.

The brigade is inseparable from his use of Liu Xiu's characteristics.

What surprised him now was that after Liu Xiu fought like this, the opponent was able to tie the score!

From being so afraid of the warden before, to now having the courage to confront the warden and confronting the "invincible" warden, the Raptors' performance reminded Maurice Cheeks of a Chinese idiom that he found very interesting -

- When things go to extremes, they must be reversed.

However, the game is a bit difficult. The Warden started like this and did not get the lead at the beginning. It will be uncomfortable for the Trail Blazers...

Maurice Cheeks was in pain, while Sam Mitchell on the opposite side was extremely excited!

As the two coaches expected, after returning from the timeout, the Raptors, who used regular play to resist Liu Xiu's most ferocious start, began to gain the upper hand.

The Trail Blazers' "fierce first quarter" this season is actually Liu Xiu averaging 13.7 points in the first quarter of the first 30 games.

The Raptors' normal defense is actually very strong. It's not for nothing that the Nets are ranked first in the Eastern Conference. Milicic's frame protection is top-notch, Bosh's supplementary defense and assistance are at an excellent level, and the two of them can short-circuit.

When the defensive roles are reversed, the defense built around these two people may not be good.

The defense of the Raptors back line is actually not bad, but Liu Xiu restrained them too much. For more than 8 minutes in the first quarter, Liu Xiu mainly worked in the high post. The area from the three-point line to the free throw line was

Due to the Raptors' defensive weakness, Liu Xiu made 3 of 5 shots and 2 of 2 free throws to score another 8 points. In the first quarter, Liu Xiu made 10 of 13 shots, including 1 of 2 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws.

Scored 23 points in the quarter.

However, his teammates were defended and only scored 6 points on 2 of 9 shots!

After Liu Xiu scored 15 points in the first 3 minutes or so, the Trail Blazers only scored 14 points in the next 8 minutes or so!

As for the Raptors, although they could not continue their crazy offensive performance of 15 points in more than 3 minutes in the next 8 minutes or so, their overall offensive performance was still hot.

Relying on Milicic's 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Bosh's 11 points and 1 assist, Anthony Parker's 6 points, Ford's 4 points, Felton's 5 points...the Raptors scored 36 points in the first quarter.

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36 to 29, the Raptors lead the Trail Blazers by 7 points heading into the break!

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The difference in strength!

The Trail Blazers smelled the 'smell' of a 'strength gap'.

This made them very unhappy and angry.

Maurice Cheeks knows that their biggest disadvantage at present is not their strength, but their 'information gap'.

The opponent knows them very well, very well, and maybe they know all their playing styles.

But they don't know much about the Raptors, whose Twin Towers have once again greatly improved in strength. Their understanding is limited to watching videos and scouting reports, without any actual understanding.

This is true not only against the Raptors, but also against teams with larger lineup or play style changes.

The key is that the last time they played against the Raptors, they had not accumulated any experience. The Raptors' style of play was exactly the same as the way they played against them after being beaten by Kobe last season.

Maurice Cheeks feels that the current situation is quite incomprehensible.

However, since there is no solution, he will not solve it, rotate normally, and adjust the tactics normally according to the actual situation.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers focused on defense as usual, using the depth of their lineup to exhaust their opponents without limit on the defensive end.

The effect was very good. Through reasonable strategic responses and lineup adjustments, Bush successfully pulled down the Raptors' scoring performance. In the second quarter, the Raptors only scored 27 points, a quarter less than the first quarter.

With the Raptors playing very hard offensively and their tactical coordination still in place, this is definitely a very good defensive performance.

However, the Trail Blazers' own offense started the daily "drive high, go low" mode. Liu Xiu made 4 of 7 shots in a single quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws in a single quarter.

to 11 points, but the Trail Blazers only scored 20 points in a single quarter!

In fact, the Trail Blazers' offense was better than Liu Xiu's scoring surge in the first quarter, but the Raptors' defense did a great job!
Chapter completed!