Before the game, head coach Dako said to Wang Yi with a grave expression:
"Wang, I think you can see what kind of shape the team is in today. So whether we can win tonight is all up to you."
Dako was actually of two minds.
He wanted the team to win, but part of him also didn't.
Wang Yi nodded to Coach Dako:
"Don't worry. This season, we'll definitely have a chance to sit down and talk about the bench, but tonight won't be that time."
By now, both teams' lineups had been displayed on the big screen.
The Raptors' Starting Lineup was still unchanged.
The Thunder's lineup was as follows:
Center: Xiao Qiao.
Power Forward: Holmgren.
Small Forward: Jaylen Williams.
Shooting Guard: Dort.
Point Guard: Giddey.
This was the Starting Lineup the Thunder had used from their very first game of the season right up to now.
The two cornerstones of this lineup were Holmgren and Xiao Qiao.
The two big men could work together in the high post on offense;
What was most surprising was that these two tall big men could even run the Pick and Roll together.
Generally speaking, Pick and Roll plays involved two perimeter players, or one perimeter player and one big man.
You hardly ever saw two big men running a Pick and Roll together.
After all, a Pick and Roll required one player to handle the ball and another to set the screen. Big men generally weren't very skilled ball handlers, and their height made them easy to strip, so they weren't suited to handling the ball.
You needed a perimeter player to handle it.
That was why it was rare to see big men running a Pick and Roll with each other.
Although Holmgren stood 2.13 meters tall, he had