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The Raptors met the Bulls. The Bulls won, but the Raptors didn't lose.

Center Chris Boucher hit 14 of 24 from the field, 3 of 7 from 3-point range and 7 of 8 from the free throw line in 36 minutes and scored 38 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as Lavon Vuchmarkanen stopped him.

In addition to setting career highs in scoring and rebounding, he became only the third Raptors player to record at least 35 points and 15 rebounds in a regular-season game, along with Carter and Bosh. By the way, they're all produced by the Raptors, and they're all named Chris. There's a little bit of Chris Bosh about Buscher, but compared to Bosh's super treatment, Buscher's basketball career is really not worth mentioning, even a little shabby. Born in a poor family, Boucher did not get some taste of happiness in his already difficult childhood. On the contrary, when he was five years old, his father's scolding and leaving aggravated his confusion about life. He dropped out of high school to become a dish washer at a Montreal restaurant because of his poor grades, but as it turned out, a tall, arm-length man was more suited to basketball than to washing dishes. With a height of 2.08 meters and an arm span of 2.26 meters, Boucher soon attracted the attention of local basketball coaches and began formal basketball training. By then, he had gradually become an adult.

But if you're on the right path, you'll never be too late.

His athletic ability combined with his own unremitting efforts made Boucher quickly show up. He scored 44 points in a single game in the North American University Conference, which proved that he still has great development potential, and eventually he was recruited by the University of Oregon.

In the four years of college, Boucher continued to polish his technical and tactical level, and made full use of his congenital arm span to develop strengths and avoid weaknesses. Despite his lack of offensive firepower, he was a perennial All-defensive team favorite with the system. Seeing where he stood, Buscher decided to enter the NBA draft in 2017. Still, at 24 years old, Buscher wasn't competitive enough, and he suffered a torn ACL in the lead-up to the draft, which didn't surprise many teams.

The real surprise is that Boucher's lucky life began here.

In the summer of '17, the Warriors acquired him on a two-way contract, and he won an NBA championship with the team before he had time to show himself. He played in just one game and grabbed one rebound.

After being cut by the Warriors, who didn't want to keep him long after the season ended, Buscher was courted by the Raptors and signed.

Surprisingly, he won the NBA championship with the team without a game in the playoffs. McCaw, who was just cut by the Raptors, was said to be the champion koi. So was Boucher?

Of course, while holding two NBA championship rings is a fantasy that many NBA players will never touch, for those struggling at the bottom of the ladder, the championship is not that important, more than anything else to fill the stomach. "I told my mom that one day we wouldn't be hungry anymore," Boucher wrote in a poignant social media post shortly after he signed his first two-way contract. "

Perhaps it is this conviction that makes Boucher look energetic.

No matter what game he played, Buscher really never stopped, and his D-League MVP and defensive Player of the Year titles made him look like he was no longer expendable on championship teams.

In February of nineteen nineteen, the Raptors prematurely terminated Buscher's two-way contract and re-offered him a multi-year deal. After 17 years of undrafted basketball, he finally entered the NBA at the age of twenty-six. Buscher, who has received more minutes and opportunities, has responded to the city with action, becoming part of the Raptors' rebuilding plan for the future after the championship roster was dismantled.

After the season, the Raptors re-signed Boucher to a two-year, $13.5 million contract with Giannis Antetokounmpo and hooded lebron James.

The family's food and necessities have not yet been solved. After signing a new contract, Boucher still did not have a break. Instead, he cherished every minute and second on the court, tried his best to complete every attack, and fought hard to grab every rebound.

In the big-ball era, Buscher would have been the one to be bullied against the weaker player, but in the small-ball era, the long, quick and smart Buscher has the talent to be a star, even if he is an aging draft pick. Due to physical condition and technical characteristics and new boss Siakam is the same, and both from the beginning of their career offensive rough to now the tactical core. I can't say Boucher is worth $130 million over four years, but at least with Sika's success ahead of him, he has a chance to give his mother a better life.

From being homeless and washing dishes to gaining a foothold on the world's top basketball stage, Boucher is respected as a brave striver.