After the timeout, coach Brandon Malone sent a white center named Zayn Tabak. He is 213cm tall and weighs 111kg. He was a marginal player with the Rockets last season and won a championship ring.

Tabak became an important rotation player after joining the Raptors, averaging 20 minutes per game, scoring 7.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1 assist.

This man's defensive ability is quite satisfactory, but his movement speed is faster than that of Oliver Miller, and his offense is much worse. George Karl's pursuit of "offense is the best defense" has once again been achieved.

Without Fatty, most of the Raptors' low-post offense would be useless. The two inside lines on the court are relatively poor in confrontation, and the mid-range jump shot is not a conventional weapon, with a hit rate of less than 40%.

The Raptors' substitutions are of little use. Sonics players can counterattack quickly, and positional battles can also create shooting space. Yang Jian and Payton can create mismatches as long as they run more, and Payton even singles out Damon Smith with the ball.

Tadamel is a natural misplacement.

Without the fat man who supports him inside, the Raptors' offense has to be launched by Stoudemire alone. Almost all the balls pass through his hands. His teammates are all blue-collar and lack the ability to attack with the ball.

Stoudemire's ball possession rate is extremely high, currently higher than that of Michael Jordan. This is the reason for his beautiful statistics. However, even if he is the team's first core and has a lot of ball possessions, his data is not so good that it will explode.

If you are strong enough, you will get 20 points.

After playing for a while, the Sonics players figured out the Raptors' offensive routine. The players shrunk their formation, mainly preventing Stoudemire's breakthrough, interfering with shooting, and strictly guarding the penalty area.

The little flying squirrel can only drive his teammates to score by breaking through the ball. If he can't break through, he can't fly. His own scoring efficiency is not high, with a true shooting rate of over 50%, and he can't kill anyone with his shot.

Payton can interfere with Stoudemire's shooting. He doesn't stay close to him and keeps a distance. The moment Stoudemire shoots, he steps forward to interfere. This defensive effect is very good. The height of the little flying squirrel is destined that he is not good at facing the defensive jumper.

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When the SuperSonics are attacking, Yang Jian will have an opportunity to shoot a jumper directly against Robertson. The two are similar in height, and Yang Jian is fast and can jump high, so he always gets a chance to shoot.

Brandon Malone had no choice but to replace Robertson to rest, and sent swingman Willie Anderson, who was 201cm tall and weighed 86kg, to guard Yang Jian. Anderson had the advantage of height, but also suffered from speed.

The SuperSonics had the upper hand in the first quarter, leading 38 to 25 by 13 points.

Yang simply scored 17 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in the quarter, beating Stoudemire's 9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

In the second quarter, the Sonics continued to suppress the Raptors, and the substitutes quickly widened the point difference to more than 20 points.

The Raptors could only rely on Oliver Miller's singles to score, while other players shot continuously, and no tactics could be seen. Brandon Malone was not a tactical coach, and he had been an assistant coach before.

The Raptors management felt that Brandon was cheap and signed him for one year as a head coach. The results of the experiment were obvious. After the end of this season, he will definitely step aside to make way for someone better and return to being an assistant coach.

The SuperSonics substitutes blossomed more under the leadership of Schrempf and were hard to guard against.

This is an opportunity for Schrempf to single out Willie Anderson. Anderson's confrontation is too poor and he cannot withstand others. If the opponent helps to defend against the attack, Schrempf can pass the ball to his teammates on the strong side, and Sam Perkins and

Eric Snow catches and throws.

The SuperSonics also use the triangle offense, which is to put it simply, it is to open up the isolation. Last season, Schrempf often played this way very efficiently, and was selected to the Western Conference All-Star and All-NBA Third Team.

George Karl arranged for Schrempf to play like this for a while in the second quarter and the first half of the fourth quarter, which could change the rhythm and disrupt the opponent's defensive system.

Snow also performed very well today, hitting a three-pointer and a breakthrough layup. He faced veteran Ervin Robertson who took a short rest in the first quarter, and became a guest point guard in the second quarter.

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Robertson was unable to do anything against Yang Jian, and he was also troubled very hard against Snow. He had no speed advantage, and his skills could not be used when he was close to him.

Robertson thought that Snow was just a second-round pick, a nobody, and there was no reason why he couldn't beat the opponent. As a result, he made 0 of 3 shots in a one-on-one match and really couldn't beat him. Snow may be a nobody, but Robertson is not as cute as Xia Houyuan, the little bully of Dingjunshan.

New killer.

Even with a big lead, George Karl still sent in his main players one after another in order to let them go on the field and brush up the data. Stars need data to prove their strength. They can't just play one quarter and then sit off the court.

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Rotation play is not popular in this era, and coaches dare not let stars play for only about 30 minutes. Even if the stars can tolerate it, the fans cannot. The result will definitely be a loss of a large number of fans and an impact on attendance.

Yang Jian faced a shooting guard named Jimmy King and continued to show off his power.

He quickly held the ball in the pick-and-roll and made two mid-range shots; he helped defend and steal Oliver Miller's counterattack and scored a dunk; he also caught the ball during the team's quick counterattack and forced a layup, causing Jimmy King to foul.

Jimmy King pulled Yang Jian down hard for a layup, causing him to fall on his butt. What's funny is that none of the Sonics players had the idea of ​​asking Jimmy King for a theory, but the Raptors home fans gave Jimmy King a lot of boos.

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If Jimmy King doesn't pull people, Yang Jian will perform a dunk, and he ruins a wonderful offense.

Jimmy King was selected by the Raptors with the 6th pick in the second round this year and is quite famous in college. He is 196cm tall and weighs 95kg. He has good confrontation ability, but he is not fast enough.

The referee was a little dissatisfied with Jimmy King and awarded two free throws. Yang Jian made both free throws and then went off the court to rest.

Sheldon Lowry commented: "This foul action was a bit dangerous, but fortunately Yang was fine. Jimmy King was getting rid of Yang Jian again and again, and he couldn't help but get a little anxious."

Plummer Lott introduced: "Jimmy King formed the famous Michigan Five with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jaylen Rose, and Ray Jackson in college. After entering the NBA, he obviously couldn't keep up.

Rhythm, there is no potential to be tapped."

Sheldon smiled and said: "Young was not angry because of Jimmy King's defensive actions. Maybe he felt that there was no need to be acquainted with such a small person. Jimmy King will most likely not be in the NBA next year."

This is not a curse, Jimmy King's lack of ability is obvious to everyone. Every time he plays, he doesn't seem to know what he should do.

After the start of the game, he became the main rotation player of the Raptors. He averaged 14 minutes per game, only scored 4.3 points and 1.5 assists, and shot 42% from the field. On the defensive end, his performance was even worse, and he frequently missed people.

His data were collected in garbage time. The coach asked him to play against Yang Jian, which was a personnel error.

After Yang Jian came off the field, George Karl immediately called him to his side and asked with concern: "Do you feel any discomfort? If you fell just now, don't hide it. Follow the team doctor to the hospital for a check-up after the game."

Yang Jian smiled and said: "Thank you, nothing happened to me. Don't worry, I'm not that fragile."

"It's okay." George Karl breathed a sigh of relief.

The person the Sonics can't do without right now is Yang Jian. Without him, his strength will be back to what it was last season or even weaker, because Kendall Gill is no longer there.

Currently, the Sonics do not have a qualified substitute at the No. 2 position, and Edwards, the only substitute, still wants to leave. The management is preparing to sign a shooting guard in the free market, just in case.

Yang Jian knows that the important condition for becoming a superstar is to play for a long time and not be seriously injured. Although he dunks a lot, he almost always dunks when he is open on fast breaks. He knows how to protect himself, rarely makes dangerous moves, and faces people.

Hard on.

He mainly shoots jump shots, supplemented by breakthroughs. He is not easily fouled by opponents, at most he is a footstep. He didn't feel any pain from the fall just now, it was a piece of cake.

His top physical fitness, of course, includes resistance to exercise. His body is very strong and cannot be easily injured.

Payton has made more breakthroughs, and his physical fitness is much worse than that of Yang Jian, but he can still become an NBA iron man. As long as Yang Jian doesn't be too promiscuous and doesn't always want to dunk on big men, the chance of serious injury is very small.

At halftime, the SuperSonics led the Raptors by 31 points, sealing the victory early.

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