The Fifth Point Guard

Chapter 248: The first scene in 2002. (Second update)

This game, at the Raptors' home court, seemed to be Carter's personal performance.

In the regular style of play, it was Jefferson who defended Carter, but he was completely blown up, and almost became air on the defensive end.

In the case of speeding up, Carter, who was pushed to the power forward position, faced Martin on defense, and the offense was also easy. Martin guarded the basket, Carter pulled to the outside line and pierced Yang, Martin pulled out to defend, and Carter rushed forward with speed. Score in the penalty area.

In short, Carter's state exploded in this game, no matter how he shot.

In the middle of the second quarter, facing Jefferson's defense, Carter first dribbled behind his back and changed the ball from the right to the left.

Jefferson's defensive center of gravity immediately shifted to his right. Unexpectedly, Carter didn't catch the ball with his left hand, but took the ball with his left foot as the axis, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and made a 360° turn, leaving Jefferson on the spot. .

On Carter's way to the rim, the footage showed four Nets players simultaneously shrinking in Carter's direction.

There is no way, his touch is really good today.

But Carter didn't love to fight, and quickly divided the ball to the top of the three-point arc. Alvin Williams raised the knife and made another three-pointer for the Raptors, leading the score.

From this moment on, the Raptors never fell behind.

In the second half of the third quarter, Martin, who was facing Carter, pulled to defend Carter near the three-point line.

Carter, who had already scored 28 points, bowed his body and dribbled the ball with low hands. After observing the situation of the scene, Carter quickly started and used his speed to reach the penalty area.

Martin pursued with all his strength, but he couldn't keep up with Carter's speed.

Mutombo is the last line of defense for the Nets.

Suddenly, Carter roared.

Like a manic tyrannosaurus rex, it shows the invincible momentum of seeing gods and killing gods!

After colliding with Mutombo in the air, Uncle Mu standing on the floor was knocked back again and again, but Carter in the air stayed in the air, as if time had stopped.

It seemed that after adjusting in the air, Carter made another shot and successfully dunked the ball!

At the same time as the goal was scored, the referee's whistle sounded.

This is not only a wonderful dunk, but also a 2+1.

Tonight, Carter seems to be able to sweep the five best goals of the day.

Uncle Mu tragically became the backdrop for several goals.

This is not over. In the middle of the fourth quarter, Carter layup with the ball. Facing the double blocking of Mutombo and Martin, he swung his tail with a sword dragon and turned his back in the air, with his back against Mutombo and Martin. He stretched his arms, and a hook hit the board.

How else can I say that Carter was like a gods help today, this hook with his back to the basket hit the board steadily, and he hit it steadily.

The UFO of the Toronto Raptors is really like an alien today, using the power of the Raptors.

In this game, Carter scored 40 points. He also grabbed 11 rebounds after playing the power forward position for most of the half. In addition, he also sent 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Carter dedicated everything he could to the Raptors. This game made people seem to see the super Carter who carried the team on his shoulders and fought 7 games with the 76ers led by Iverson.

Shen Tong also played well, with 24 points.

The task was completed, but in front of Carter tonight, Shen Tong's performance was overshadowed.

24 points and 22 shots were used, which is not very efficient for a scorer.

O'Neal's double-team tactics had more or less affected Shentong's offense.

Before this game, almost no team had double-teamed Shentong from the first quarter.

But starting from this victory of the Raptors, I believe that other teams will follow suit, trying to defeat the Nets while curbing Shentong's scoring.

There is also a small episode in this game.

Perhaps it was the rise of the winning hand. After Alvin Williams made a dunk under Mutombo's defense, he stepped back proudly and shook his finger at Mutombo.

As a result, this guy was eaten T

Even though this is the home court of the Raptors.

There is no way, shaking your fingers is Mutombo's patent, and everyone else is prohibited from using it.

Alvin's approach also caused dissatisfaction among the Nets players.

At the end of the game, after Shen Tong missed a three-point shot in a gambling style, Peterson spat trash talk into Shen Tong's ear.

I said a long time ago that I would beat you, and you see, I was right.

Shen Tong said: No, I scored more than 20 points on you, and you didn't beat me.

Peterson sneered: Damn, are you showing off your head? When I beat you, of course I mean beating your team. Who cares about personal honor and disgrace? Everything I do is not To beat you personally, but to beat the Nets!

Seeing the sneer overflowing from the corner of Peterson's mouth, Shen Tong realized that he had been fooled.

Throughout the game, I was obsessed with personal struggles with Peterson. Even after joining Johnson, Shen Tong himself enjoyed fighting with those two, thus ignoring the interests of the team.

Looking back on my 24 shots in the game, more than half of them were reluctant or unreasonable. When facing double teams, some shots like anger were just trying to get a feel.

It is not wise to rely entirely on touch and luck to score.

What's more, today's luck all went to Carter's side.

In the case of going against the trend, in fact, we should play more reasonably and patiently.

Shentong found that he had made a fatal flaw, that is, he left the team to play, thinking that only when he played well, the team could win. In fact, this was wrong.

That's right, the current Nets are increasingly relying on Shentong's performance, which is due to Shentong's own efforts and improvement of skills.

However, this does not mean that Shentong can override the Nets' system.

Everyone wants to be a sea bream with gorgeous predation skills, but a flounder that ambush in the mud can still cause damage to its prey.

At the end of the game, Shentong looked up at the sky above the arena. This is the experience and enlightenment brought to him by the loss of this game

98-91, the Raptors defended their dignity at home.

Carter used a personal ultimate performance, and under the pressure of the whole team to put all their eggs in one basket, he led the team to an unexpected victory over the Nets, which had maintained a four-game winning streak at the beginning of the game.

Carter, who scored 40 points, was worshiped by the fans.

Although after winning this game, the Raptors' record is still only 2 wins and 3 losses, but defeating the Nets played an extremely important role in boosting the confidence of the entire team.

Perhaps this game is the turning point for the Raptors to bottom out.

The locker room after the game was a bit dull.

But Byron Scott comforted his players.

Although the first loss in 2002 was earlier than in the past year, we are still a team in the first echelon of the league. I hope you can reflect on yourself and gain experience from the loss in this game. We have learned a lesson, we are a young team, it is normal to lose, but we must continue to improve and grow in failure, as long as we can do this, failure is not terrible! Because that means, every time If we fail, we will all become stronger, what we want is not to win all the time, but to win the NBA championship in the end!

Byron Scott's words were deafening, and many young players immediately fell into thinking.

Yeah, how well Scott said it.

Growing up in failure is the only way for a young team to mature.

What we want is not to win all the time, but to win the NBA championship!