The annual NBA All-Star Game has given many players a breathing space in the long course, but after the end of the break, many players will be in poor shape and need to find a sense of the game through the game, and the Toronto Raptors, who have played a wave of consecutive wins to return to the top eight in the East, have encountered the challenge of the Hornets after the end of the All-Star Game, who although the season started well, but after the core players were injured, their ranking has fallen all the way down to the ninth place in the East! But in this regular season, the lower ranked Hornets were significantly better than their opponents in form, the Raptors were completely out of shape on the court, at one point the Hornets established a huge lead of up to 41 points, early let the game into garbage time, the last quarter both sides gave role players more time to play, the Raptors also took the opportunity to narrow the point difference, but they still lost to the Hornets 93-125, the latter finally ended their three-game losing streak!
The Raptors, who won the first championship in the history of the team under Leonard, have long since lost their courage, but the experience of the championship has also allowed the two core players of VanVleet and Siakam to grow rapidly, and their excellent performance is also the reason why the Raptors can remain in the more competitive Eastern Conference.
But in this game, the Raptors are collectively sleepwalking, the inside core Siakam in the 27.2 minutes of its appearance, 13 shots hit 3 goals, only 8 points into the account, and Van Vliet also did not have van Jordan's style, 12 shots 3 also got 8 points, the two cores are so depressed performance, the Raptors suffered a big rout is also a reasonable thing.
In contrast, the Raptors in the first round of the draft fourth overall pick Barnes, became the team's only fig leaf for this game, in the team's big brother can not find the state at all, Barnes maintained a fiery offensive state, played 31.6 minutes, 18 shots hit 13 goals, cut the team's high 28 points, his excellent performance also let the team see the hope of revival.
In fact, the Hornets' offensive brain three-goal Ball, personal offensive state is not very good, 16 shots only hit 5 goals, contributed 13 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, but also had as many as 6 personal mistakes, but he got strong support from his teammates.
And Ball's double gun in the backcourt Rozier this campaign 16 out of 10 soared 23 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Warriors period was ridiculed as The Iron Ubre, this campaign is also hot, one hit 5 three-pointers to cut 23 points, just joined the team of the Lakers abandoned Harrell, after the game off the bench, personal efficiency is also very high, 9 of 12 contributed 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, it is thanks to the whole team's play, the Hornets won a big win.
Since the NBA this season will still decide the team roster that will finally enter the playoffs after the end of the regular season, this means that the Hornets need to at least keep their ninth place position to have the hope of reaching the playoffs, but the gap between the Eagles behind them and them is already very small, and the Hornets need to perform better in the rest of the schedule to be able to keep the hope of the playoffs!