On February 8, Beijing time, the Hornets played at home against the Raptors. Today, the NBA officially announced that guard player Lamello Ball replaced Durant as an All-Star! Hornets officials also made the announcement. The three goals also became the first Hornets player to receive this honor after Kemba Walker in 2019, congratulations! Ball is averaging 19.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists this season.
By the way, in addition to the three goals, Spurs guard De Zhangtai Murray replaced Green and entered this year's All-Star! Because Durant was injured, Green Star Tatum replaced KD as an All-Star starter. Murray is averaging 19.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 9.2 assists this season. The Otters are averaging 25.6 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1 steal and 0.7 blocks per game this season.
Back to the game, this game can also be said to be a showdown between All-Star players, the Hornets have three goals on this side, and the Raptors have VanVleet on this side! Under the leadership of Van Jordan, the Raptors have maintained a good momentum recently, and the team has won 5 consecutive games. The Hornets are on the contrary, having suffered four straight defeats.
The first half ended with the away Raptors leading the Hornets by 15 points at 56-41. An accident occurred on the court in the first quarter of the game, hayward was injured in an ankle when he landed on the ground during a defensive attack, and he then limped back to the locker room. The Hornets have officially announced that Hayward will not return to this game! Hope is no big deal.
Just entered the All-Star, three goals are still very exciting, after two quarters to get the team's highest 10 points, that is, 4 of 13 shooting rate is a little low. Five assists in the half, first assisting on the Ubrera club layup, then a backlift plus turned around to easily pass Van Jordan, and once again broke through the magic pass to feed the cake Oubre to score a layup!
Oubre also contributed 10 points, flying in the second quarter to steal VanVleet, launching a quick attack counterattack lightning gliding two-handed dunk! Wasps this paired with the clouds flowing water.
The Raptors are up for the lead because the team has three players scoring in double figures, Siakam 14 points, 6 boards and 5 assists, Trent 11 points and 3 boards, Van Vliet 12 points, and Van Jordan's 3-of-3 shots outside the three-point line in the first quarter were not wasted. The biggest highlight is this ball, Trent quickly grabbed a fast attack to fight back against a dragon, Dapeng spread his wings and glided with his hands hanging basket tyrannically dunked the basket!
Three princes real cows! Yi Bian fought again, the Hornets hit the opponent in the third quarter with a wave of 34-24, a net win of 10 points in a single quarter! The third quarter of the battle chased the point difference to only 5 points.
With only four points in the first half, Rozier scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the third quarter and 3-of-4 from three!' Plus 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Fortunately, the Raptors also scored 11 points in a single quarter, helping the team to tighten the score.
In the final quarter, the Hornets did not continue the state of the third quarter, but let the Raptors play out, and Van Jordan's three-point re-entry helped the team to open the point difference to double digits again.
The Hornets attacked poorly, sending opponents to the free throw line many times. Coupled with the key moment Anunoby scored 7 consecutive points, with Barnes 2+1 playing, the game has more than 1 minute left, the Raptors have led by 14 points, there is no suspense. In the end, the Hornets lost 101-116 at home to the Raptors. Anunoby key steals and dunks to kill the game!
Siakam 24 points, 11 boards and 8 assists, Trent 24 points and 2 breaks, Van Vliet 20 points, 5 boards and 5 assists, Barnes 15 points, 8 boards and 3 assists, Anunoby 20 points, 9 boards and 3 breaks! On the Hornets side, Bridges 25 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 3 assists, Rozier 20 points, 5 boards and 6 assists, Hayward 3 points injured, Plumlee 6 points, 7 boards, 4 assists and 2 assists, Ball 15 points, 4 boards and 9 assists, Oubre 17 points and 6 boards, Washington 15 points and 9 boards.
On February 5, Hayward returned to the first game against the Cavaliers to score 7 points, and the second game against the Heat played 22 minutes and lost 0 points on 7 shots! I didn't expect to just come back and play two games, and today I was injured again. Hayward signed a four-year, $120 million contract with the Hornets in 2020 and a salary of $29.93 million this season.
Congratulations to the Raptors for winning six straight games while sending their opponents to a 5-game losing streak. Finally, to the guys, how far do you think this year's Raptors can go? What's the problem with wasps?