People often say that too much joy leads to sorrow!

On the third night of the match against the Magic, the Raptors flew to Atlanta to play against the Hawks at the Philips Arena...

They were beaten badly by the Hawks.

Although this game was not a back-to-back game.

But Das continued his poor touch from the previous game, even worse than the previous game.

As the core of the outside line, he played for 40 minutes in the whole game, only took 11 shots and hit 4 goals;

Among them, he made 0 of 3 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws, and scored a total of 11 points, 9 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal.

(These are the real data of Damon Stoudemire in that game)

And the other core of the team, Hanamichi, as the core of the inside line, enjoyed the real core treatment.

Throughout the game, Hanamichi was double-teamed by the Hawks' center Andrew Long and Alan Henderson in the inside line!

Hanamichi scored 17 points, 11 rebounds, 6 blocks, 5 assists and 1 steal, but it took 20 shots.

The Hawks' inside line suffered losses:

Andrew Long made 1 of 8 shots and scored 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist!

If this data is acceptable for a meat shield center.

Then Alan Henderson, the main power forward, made 3 of 11 shots, and this real hit rate is a bit touching!

But Alan still scored a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds from Hanamichi.

The main reason is that Andrew Long restrained and double-teamed Hanamichi.

This also made coach Landon Malone realize once again that his team is lacking an inside player who can share the burden of Hanamichi on the offensive end and fully play the role of [meat shield] or [forward] on the defensive end!

Landon Malone called General Manager Masai Ujiri immediately after the game:

"Hey! Man! I don't think you want to hear this bad news from me!"

"We lost by 12 points in the game against the Hawks tonight!" (102:114)

"NO, our core players played well, but I think the reason for the loss is what you are doing!"

"That's right! I need a [card forward] or [meat shield] who can not only do the dirty work in the interior, but also share the burden for Flower."

"That's the basis for us to enter the playoffs this season."

Faced with Landon Malone's series of words, General Manager Masai Ujiri finally replied with only one sentence:

"Trading!"

Then the short call ended.

Coach Malone twitched his mouth, half believing and half doubting.

God knows how Masai Ujiri is trading when the trading market is not open yet!

Could it be a private transaction between the team's top executives?

…………

Coach Landon Malone can't care so much, anyway, as long as his base is not touched, that's enough!

As for Huadao, compared with other rookies or even core players, his data against the Hawks can be considered to be able to explain something!

But for this Raptors team that is short of soldiers and has just entered the league, it is far from enough to win!

But time doesn't allow Huadao to think about it!

They have to fly from Atlanta to Indiana to face the league's strong team~Indiana Pacers.

Fly from the Appalachian foothills in the eastern United States to the cornfields in the north-central United States.

Because the game with the Indiana Pacers is the first real away back-to-back game for the Raptors since entering the league.

So after getting off the plane, the rest time left for them is not enough.

Coach Landon Malone also did not have extra time to make some special tactical arrangements and drills.

In such an expected game, the Raptors lost as expected!

In the whole game, the Raptors lost to the wrestlers in the cornfield of Indiana 89:97.

The game lasted until the third quarter, and the two sides were evenly matched.

Das fought in and out of this group of strong men, and his flexible small body was like a fish in water.

Even for a period of time in the third quarter, he was not inferior to Reggie Miller in three-pointers.

In the end, he scored the highest 26 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds for both teams.

The problem was that facing the "wrestlers" in the cornfield, Hanamichi was beaten "black and blue".

He only scored 15 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game, barely getting a double-double, saving the face of being a core player!

In fact, the reason for the loss of this game was not that Hanamichi played poorly on the court, but because he encountered the [Rookie Wall]!As a star player, Hanamichi is a pseudo-All-Star. It would be ridiculous to say that he encountered the Rookie Wall!

But what if he was double-teamed!

The double-teaming that was deliberately aimed at him and Hanamichi's lack of court experience when facing double-teaming are the so-called alternative "Rookie Wall".

Das just didn't encounter this kind of treatment. If he had, he would have had diarrhea in his rookie season!

In this game, the Pacers rotated a total of 12 players, of which 4 were rotated just to deal with Hanamichi.

(Power forward Dale Davis, center Dwayne Hintzzus, power forward Adrian Caldwell, power forward Antonio Davis)

And basically they worked in pairs to double-team!

Larry Brown, the head coach of the Pacers, can be said to be one of the best head coaches in the history of the Pacers.

He did not give up targeting Hanamichi because of his performance in several consecutive games. Instead, he thought that this just showed that the Raptors' inside line was strong on the outside but weak on the inside!

In fact, this is exactly the case.

The consecutive away games and the Pacers' "left and right men" made Hanamichi feel the league's "gay love" that is unique to this era!

This is the first time he has enjoyed the treatment that a core player in the interior deserves in this era.

...

With the Raptors' two consecutive losses, many news media began to look down on them.

In particular, they criticized the unstable performance of Das and Hanamichi.

I don't know when it started, but the big double-double data or "20+" scoring data were considered by these media commentators as what Hanamichi and Das should have as rookies.

Once it falls below this expectation, the league will bring it up!

For example:

"The magic is gone, the rookie combination is defeated in the cornfield!"

"Is the blooming of the flowers of the Celestial Empire a flash in the pan?"

...

They generally believe that the management of the Raptors is either as young as the team age, or they are confused.

Hanamichi and Das are still talented, but it is too early for them to become the core of the team as rookies!

The best way is to trade!

Trade one of these two [twin stars] and get a star player to join. With the old and the new, maybe we can make it to the playoffs this season.

Or use Das to trade for a few good team pieces, and then hone the rookie players, "play badly" for a season to get a good draft pick, and bet on the future!

In this way, maybe in two years, we can even touch the ceiling of the Eastern Conference Finals.