Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

"Oh oh oh?"

"what's the situation!"

"We can see that all five Knicks substitutes are warming up. Does this mean they all have to be substituted?"

"Sure enough, five up and five down! The Knicks made an amazing substitution choice in just over a minute after the opening. The starting five were: Zuo Li, Randolph, Chandler, Belinelli, Draghi

All of them have been replaced!"

Along with the surprised words of the commentator, the Knicks also successfully completed the substitutions on the field. At this time, the five players on the Knicks field were David Lee, Anderson, Danny Green, Curry and Crawford.

A short but extremely flexible dual-point lineup, this is also the first time this season that the Knicks have put all five substitutes on the court at once.

The scene instantly erupted into noise. TNT's commentator Barkley rubbed his bald head: "Are the Knicks going to give up on this game and take a collective rest? No more playing? Let it go?"

"It's possible," Kenny Smith nodded in agreement: "Otherwise, it can't be explained why all the main players were replaced immediately at the beginning. Although they looked good at the beginning, Randolph squeezed Bosh out of the penalty area.

The frame also blocked Bosh, causing the Raptors to score no points at the beginning, but this is just the beginning after all, and a 5-point advantage is nothing."

"So the only possibility is that the Knicks will strategically give up on this game."

Kenny Smith gave his answer seriously, which was similar to what the outside world had guessed. In order to avoid the trouble caused by directly resting the main players, the Knicks chose to find another way and change the rest method.

Many fans said jokingly on the Internet:

"Popovich turned on the TV and picked up his laptop..."

“Rivers calls the shots!”

"Zen Master Da Fei'er exclaimed: So you can still do this! I've learned, I've learned!"

"Coaches in the league, please come and steal from D'Antoni and see what it means to be an old fox."

…

The Raptors also felt very unhappy. Without him, they felt they were being slighted.

Especially Dragon King Bosh, his face is even more ferocious. Although they are a weak team, although they lose about 20 points per game against the Knicks, although they are ready to fail, but!

This is no reason for you to look down on us!

So Bosh yelled at his teammates: "Cheer up, everyone! Let them see what happens if they underestimate us tonight!"

"Okay!" The Raptors players, who are usually used to playing poorly, were instantly in high spirits.

To be honest, the Raptors have done a lot of work this season.

This summer, the Raptors' biggest lineup change was the signing and trade of Magic free agent Hedo Turkoglu, and then they sent away Jason Kapono and acquired Reggie Kapono from the 76ers.

Evans.

In the subsequent draft, the Raptors used the No. 9 pick to select swingman DeMar DeRozan from the University of Southern California.

Gu Mao

In the Turkoglu trade, the Raptors lost Shawn Marion, Corris Humphries and Nathan Jewai.

At the same time, former main shooting guard Anthony Parker joined the Cavaliers as a free agent, while the Raptors signed Garrett Jack and Nesterovich.

Carlos Delfino and Rocco Vukic were sent to the Bucks in exchange for Amir Janssen and Sony Weems.

It is not difficult to see that compared with last season, the Raptors have basically changed half of the team, and all the efforts of the team's general manager Colangelo are only to retain Bosh's heart.

But what can I say? Perhaps they would never have thought that the most worthwhile move would be to select DeRozan.

Neither Reggie Evans nor Turkoglu has achieved the expected results, especially Turkoglu, who had high hopes from the Raptors and even fans across the North, has completely lost the aura he had with the Magic last season.

There is no doubt that the core of the Magic's offense last season was Turkoglu. Without him, Warcraft this season is obviously out of touch with the outside. This is why Warcraft is obviously stronger than last season, but its average points per game are three times lower than last season.

The reason for the points.

And after leaving Turkoglu, he seems to have lost his form. Without the big inside core like Warcraft to attract firepower in the paint, plus Bosh is a face-up player who likes to float on the outside, and also likes to hold the ball and attack the frame.

Lu's room for performance suddenly disappeared.

Bosh didn't need him to organize, he did it himself. Turkoglu suddenly became an outside fort. The most fatal thing is that, like Bosh, he can't defend well...

Fortunately, these are the only teams that are strong in the Eastern Conference. Although Turkoglu is not easy to use, the new inside substitutes are still very good, so until now, basically nothing has happened without Turkoglu.

, and the Raptors still returned to a tactical system based around Bosh, which was no different from when they entered the playoffs a few years ago.

In Zuo Li's memory, the Raptors performed well in the early stage and were once ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference. But then Bosh was injured and reimbursed. The Raptors were completely finished, falling from fifth to eighth, and then were overtaken by the Bulls.

Didn't even make it to the playoffs.

Even if you get in, it will be for nothing. This lineup is only of this level, basically a first-round playoff level, and the top four in the Eastern Conference are currently too strong.

However, this also gives Bosh a reason to leave the team. Calculating the time, it will not be too early before he decides to leave.

As for what Bosh and the others were thinking, Zuo Li would definitely cry out for injustice if he found out!

It's not that he looks down on the Raptors, on the contrary, he feels that the Raptors are too suitable, too suitable to be the Knicks' grindstone to help the substitutes find their confidence and form!

The scene goes back to yesterday. After training, D'Antoni and Zuo Li had daily exchanges. D'Antoni naturally knew the main reason for the team's current average state, but he obviously had no particularly good solution.

In the past, when encountering the rookie wall, you needed to slowly find your condition, working hard on daily training, recovery, diet, sleep, etc., and even serious cases required the intervention of a psychologist.

There is no way, the intensity of the NBA is too high, most rookies will encounter problems, but very few like Zuo Li.

And Zuo Li proposed a way, that is, when playing against the Raptors, extend the playing time of the substitutes, let them compete more, and increase their confidence!

"In this way they will get through this period as soon as possible!" Zuo Li said: "Our lineup is deep enough, and their physical fitness also needs to break through barriers. After all, neither the NCAA nor other leagues could compare with the intensity here, so they

My physical strength is at its limit, and I think it’s time to break through this limit!”

D'Antoni thought for a while and actually agreed. Obviously, he felt that Zuo Li's suggestion was very reasonable... Moreover, before the All-Star Game, he felt that the main players could also take a proper rest.

So, the opening five up and five down just appeared!

Facing the surging Raptors, Zuo Li just wanted to say "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, I can only use you as a whetstone for once!"