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Chapter 387 Carter's Little Thoughts

DeWeese's advantage as an insider is immediately reflected. He has a fast-down ability that the entire league does not have. As long as he gets a rebound for him, he can complete the fast-break by himself.

This kind of offensive and defensive conversion ability is beyond the capabilities of the current Raptors.

Taking advantage of the Raptors' inability to limit the current situation of Davis, the veteran Magic quickly opened up the point difference.

Nasr's performance is very good, and his one-year training in the CBA has allowed him to make great progress.

As the core of the Shanghai team, the biggest benefit to him from a large number of shots is the improvement of self-confidence.

His shots are much more decisive than when he didn't go to CBA, and the timing of his shots is also much more reasonable.

At the end of the first quarter, Nasr scored 6 points in 6 minutes and made 3 of 3 shots.

During the intermission, D'Antoni specifically praised Nasr.

In the second quarter, D'Antoni made another adjustment. Cole, who didn't play much role on the field, was replaced by Baker, who also spent a year in the CBA.

Davis returned to the No. [-] position, leaving only Duncan inside.

But that's enough.

None of the Raptors' insiders can play, and Duncan said that the pressure is not great.

On the outside line, Davis, Clay, Nasr and Baker were completely excited.

Because Klein is produced by the system, the tacit understanding with Davis is naturally full, not to mention Nasr and Baker.

The four of them played a very exaggerated performance. None of the offenses was a forced shot. There were always various unexpected pick-and-rolls, passes and off-ball screens, so that the Magic still made every shot look very good.

Klay and Baker's precise shooting, Nasr's breakthrough, and DeWeese's elusive pass constituted the main offensive method of the Magic team.

Although the Raptors' Trident can score stably, their efficiency is far from that of the Magic.

"Little Flying Squirrel" Damon Stoudemire, Doug Christie, and Vince Carter have a tacit understanding and overall strength that are far behind their opponents. The two insiders are taken care of by Duncan alone.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Magic's lineup played a miraculous effect. In 3 minutes, they played a 12-3 spurt for the Raptors, pulling the point difference to more than [-] points.

In the past two seasons, the Magic have never been overturned by their opponents while leading by [-] points.

This game seems to be no exception?

But Carter on the opposite side didn't think so. He thought that the Magic team in front of him had one of the biggest problems, and when that problem began to emerge, it was when he led the Raptors to counterattack.

What's the problem?

Davis has not rested for a minute since the start of the game.

Carter believes that the offense and defense of the Magic team is all tied to Davis alone. When Davis is off the court, or when his energy is exhausted in the fourth quarter, the Magic's entire tactical system will collapse.

but. .Carter can think of this question, can't the coaching staff of the Magic think of it?
After the official timeout of the second quarter, D'Antoni replaced Davis with Cole.

Carter was excited for a while, he looked at the score, and now they are still 14 points behind, it is not that there is no chance.

But the Magic slapped Carter hard.

The background of the Dynasty team is not understandable by a team like the Raptors.

After 3 minutes, looking at the point difference that didn't move at all, and looking at the big man No. 21 who was quite familiar with him on the opposite side, the corner of Carter's mouth twitched bitterly.

"How did you forget him..."

Tim Duncan told everyone that Davis is not the only core in the current Magic team.

He just sat on the inside line calmly, and then everyone had an illusion.

The current Magic team is like the Magic with O'Neal before Davis entered the league. It is a thoroughly inside-type team.

As the number one power forward in history, Duncan is one of the very few players in the NBA with his own system.

Similar are Jordan, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash and others.

He can support a team's defense by himself, which is similar to Garnett, but his personal defense is stronger than Garnett. After all, he can face O'Neal before he is injured.

Garnett's absence gave Duncan his best chance to perform.

In addition, the Magic now have some players with strong shooting ability on the outside, so the Raptors dare not easily miss people from the outside.

As long as there is an open space, Duncan can always get the ball out in time.

After only two passes, Clay made two three-pointers, and the Raptors no longer dared to double-team.

Although after Davis left the court, the Magic had no outside players who could effectively limit Carter, but after being guarded by Duncan twice, Carter didn't dare to kill inside.

Although he successfully dunked one on the head of the most famous background board-No. 21, the price he paid was that he was blocked twice by Duncan.

Fortunately, Carter's shooting ability is much stronger than that of his rookie in his previous life. His three-pointers and mid-range shots are still the last sliver of life for the Raptors.

But seeing Davis resting off the court, Carter became more and more desperate.

He only considered DeWeese's physical problems, but he hasn't rested for a minute since the beginning of the game.

Although my physical strength is no problem even if I can support the entire regular time of 48 minutes, but in the final stage of the game, my physical decline will definitely have an impact.

"Sure enough, even the crippled Magic team is not something I can challenge now. As long as they have Davis, the Magic team will be the top team in the league pyramid." With this thought, Carter let go instead. He no longer paid attention to the score, but focused on the game itself.

Carter, who is no longer worrying about gains and losses, played the brightest performance of his game.

In the remaining minutes of the second quarter, Carter scored 5 points on 5-for-11 shooting while also setting his own new halftime scoring record with 29 points.

However, the Raptors' situation did not improve at all, and they were still 9 points behind the Magic at the end of the half.

During the intermission, D'Antoni didn't say much in the locker room. In the third quarter, he was going to replace Duncan, Davis, Johnson, Thomas and Clay, directly summarizing the suspense of the game.

Facts have proved that even at the age of 35 and retired for two years, Thomas can fully adapt to the current NBA rhythm.

Although he lost the defense and speed that he relied on most, his overall view has not regressed in the slightest.

In the third quarter, Thomas' performance was simply Stockton's possession.

Davis, who played as the second position, enjoyed some assists from Thomas.

Although Carter still worked hard to score points, the gap in strength still made him have to admit the reality of failure.

(End of this chapter)