The edge of basketball is compelling

Chapter 823 823 Just want to lose to time later!
"On the defensive end, I will give you the right to choose independently."

Listening to Coach Stotts' arrangement, the corners of Leonard's mouth couldn't help twitching.

It seems that the coach is also confused by Brother Zhou and doesn't know how to arrange defense.

That's right, Leonard, who is familiar with Coach Stotts, completely understood the meaning of Coach Stotts' arrangement——

'I'm at a loss, you can figure it out yourself! '

I don't know how other people chose Leonard, anyway, he will keep paying attention to his brother Zhou later.

Tonight, although Zhou Si didn't do anything special, he always felt that Zhou Si wanted to do something tonight!

The timeout ends quickly and the game continues.

The Blazers' offense still hasn't been completed.

It's not that their offense really pulls the hips, but that the Thunder's defense is the real culprit!
The offensive end can't make a contribution, but the rotation on the defensive end is desperate!
The Blazers' side is red-eyed, so why not their side!

Now that you are already ahead, why not continue to lead?
2 to 1 becomes a 2 to 2 tie. Doesn't everything go back to the original point!
3 is better than 1!

3 to 1!

It's 3 to 1!
On the court, the Thunder went too far this time and directly gave Carter a post-up single.

The Trail Blazers double-teamed, but the old Carter couldn't prevent it at this time!
I saw him skillfully break the double-team with a crotch dribble, then turned around and made a steady jumper with a backward jumper!
42 is better than 35!

The Rose Garden Arena once again heard a needle drop.

This is so outrageous!

This is really the strength that a veteran should have?
In the TNT commentary seat, McGrady looked at his cousin who was still struggling on the field with a complicated expression.

He has already left the arena, but his cousin is still clinging to his love.

In the eyes of others, Carter's performance tonight is miraculous, but in McGrady's view, all this is really a matter of course!

His cousin really loves basketball to the core!

For Carter, the memory of many young people now is the number one dunker in history, the man who saved the dunk contest in 2000, and one of the four major shooting guards.

But how many people really know him?

McGrady fell into memory.

At the beginning, because of Jordan's re-retirement, the league showed a depressed scene.

At this moment, a man appeared like a savior, bringing warmth and hope not only to the Raptors, but also to the entire league!

The "God of Basketball" is gone?
It doesn't matter, then I will be a god!
Many fans know that Carter won the first battle in 2000, but they don't know that it is because Carter single-handedly detonated the dunk craze that the league decided to restart the dunk contest.

Also, unlike now, the Raptors coaches at that time did not allow players to use dunks in practice.

That is to say, many of Carter's moves in that dunk contest were never rehearsed at all!

But still, the classic happened back then!
McGrady still clearly remembers the scenes that happened at that time.

My somewhat bewildered cousin didn't even know at first that a slam dunk was a teammate.

Then the cousin who was pestering him to participate in the slam dunk contest came over and pulled him:
"Tracey, you just stand here, bounce the ball on the floor, and walk away."

Some curious McGrady also asked:
"What do you want to do?"

Then Carter replied very pretentiously:
"You just bounce the ball, it's about this high."

As he spoke, Carter gestured with his hand.

And then one of the slam dunk contest's greatest performances came out of nowhere.

McGrady remembered that his cousin's middle finger was still injured at that time, but no one saw anything unusual about him.

Just like that, McGrady standing under the basket watched his cousin run up from the top of the arc on the left, then took off, and then caught the rebound ball sent by McGrady in the air!

"Bangdang-!"

Changed hands under the crotch and dunked the basketball into the basket!

When Carter's "UFO" landed, he pointed his arms to the sky amidst the cheers of everyone, and made that classic celebration pose!
That is his territory, where he flies!

In the air, he is the cutest!

Maddie thought so too!
Or so everyone else thought!

NBA legend "Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas excitedly jumped over the referee's table and knelt down on one knee to pay tribute to Carter without any regard for face.

Wearing a hat, O'Neill held his head in his hands and stared wide-eyed!

"Come on, we can go home!

The game is over. "

Even after the game, even the proud Kobe sincerely admitted that Carter's dunk was the most special, surpassing him and Jordan!

Then, Carter's popularity began to soar.

He became the most dazzling one of the four major points.

Even, he is the most dazzling one in the NBA where a hundred flowers are blooming!
Now many fans don't even know it, the old guy in their eyes, but the three consecutive NBA vote champions from 2000 to 2002!
Well, then, in 2004 he took it again!

5 NBA vote champions in 4 years, Carter was really popular at that time!
McGrady has to admit that he is envious of his cousin. In addition to his high popularity, he also has solid basic skills.

The dunk is superb, and his cousin's other offensive skills are actually outstanding!
You know, if a player can only dunk and show off his skills, how can he average 25.7 points per game in his second year in the NBA?

Able to jump, throw and back hit!
This is the cousin in McGrady's eyes.

In his opinion, if his cousin was paired with a group of strong teammates, he might have won the championship long ago.

On the court, Carter's wonderful performance awakened countless memories of Tracy McGrady.

You know, even if his cousin is no longer that omnipotent half-human half-god due to injury, his cousin is still paying attention to him silently.

In the Nets, his cousin, who was regarded by the media as "Broken Wings of the Great Peng", succeeded in nirvana and took off again.

But there is a way!
Take off close to the ground!

He is not rampaging, but using technology and brains to handle the game!
He hopes that he can always play basketball, just keep playing basketball.

Then, it came to the stage that many fans are familiar with now. The former "half-human, half-god" really fell from the altar and began to accept the position of substitute.

Then, because of his love, he was still unwilling to land on the ground!

On the court, watching Carter who used his basketball skills to the fullest and happily scored points, McGrady wanted to tell the world loudly that this is his cousin who used to be as offensive as any of his contemporaries!
At the same time, McGrady is also very grateful to Zhou Si.

He is very clear that it seems that Zhou Si came out to score from time to time on the court and took away his cousin's starlight, but it is because of Zhou Si's constant scoring threat that his cousin can have such a good offensive opportunity.

McGrady really admires what my cousin has done.

He knows his cousin's talent, but what he admires more is his cousin's attitude towards basketball.

Kobe's dedication to basketball is well known, but in McGrady's view, his cousin is not bad at all.

Every offseason, Carter would almost soak himself in his own gym, insisting on hard training day after day, just trying his best to make the moment of losing to time come later;
In every game, Carter is almost the first to warm up and the last to leave the arena, just to maintain a better state;
This is his cousin, the demigod who loves basketball!
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(End of this chapter)