Chapter 22: A Duel in the Sky
"Vincent, you look tired!"
Back in the locker room, Carter's teammate veteran Michael Curry cared about Carter, after all, Carter's face looked a little pale and sweaty profusely. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Man, I'm really tired, Liu is too difficult to guard, it's harder to play half a game with him than a full game."
"Hehe, I can see Vincent, that guy is top-notch, but you don't have to work so hard to defend, you know, defense is not your specialty, you should do things that you have an advantage in, such as scoring, such as attacking the basket."
Thirty-four-year-old veteran Michael Curry has been on the field for a long time, and he has exhausted the little obsession in Carter's heart in one word, and at the same time has broken Carter's wrong way of playing on the court.
"Haha, yes, Michael, you're so smart, really, I did something wrong in this game, that guy wasn't someone like me to defend, thank you, Michael."
Michael Curry's words really made Carter's eyes light up, Carter was not a particularly stubborn person, and at the same time he was willing to accept other people's opinions, plus Michael Curry's words did speak to his heart, so Carter felt that his thinking was suddenly broadened, since he couldn't prevent Liu Han, then he simply didn't defend himself, and he could focus on offense.
I have to say that people with the surname Curry seem to be smarter, such as Liu Han's former teammate Dyer? Curry, after the Lakers won their third championship ring, Dale wisely chose to retire, avoiding some of the turmoil within the Lakers at the time, and he returned home to focus on raising his children ("elementary schoolboys" were already middle school students at this time).
Liu Han, who returned to the locker room, also wiped his sweat rarely, Carter's defense in the first half brought him some difficulties, after all, he had to be careful every time he shot this amazing bouncing guy to give himself a big hat.
After a short half-time break, the two sides returned to the game.
Liu Han had 36 points in the first half, along with four rebounds and five assists, and he is expected to score more than 50 points today.
After the start of the third quarter of the game, although Carter still defended Liu Han, it was obviously not as hard as in the first half, and Carter's teammates would also pinch Liu Han when Liu Han broke through, but this did not bring much trouble to Liu Han.
The Raptors couldn't defend against Liu Han, and the Mavericks' defense was as bad as ever, Carter still played without the ball, but his teammates began to help Carter cover in all directions, and Liu Han had to go through thousands of difficulties every time he pursued Carter.
And Carter used such an opportunity to frequently attack the Mavericks' interior line, after all, the Mavericks' interior line had almost no defense, so the half-human and half-god Carter came back, tomahawk-style slam dunks, windmill dunks, empty back dunks, if the first half was Liu Han's dunk performance, then the second half was Carter's performance.
The fans who came to the Air Canada Center arena today are considered to have earned, not only to see the performance of Liu Han, who has been in full swing recently, but also to see the performance of Carter, who is not inferior to him.
However, although Carter is very cool, but the score gap between the two sides has not narrowed, although the Mavericks are still Liu Han's main attack, but others also have the opportunity to shoot, when Liu Han encounters the bag, he will not be particularly stupid and strong, but choose to pass the ball for his teammates, Nowitzki finally found that after a few games, he finally found that he could not learn Liu Han's fast shot, so he changed back to the previous shooting posture, which made his shooting rate have been greatly improved, and his hand is also very good today.
Five minutes into the third quarter, the Raptors called a timeout, and they still trailed the Mavericks by as many as 20 points. O'Neill didn't want to throw in the towel so easily.
"Liu, that guy from the Raptors is too arrogant, you should sanction him, or our basket will be smashed, even if this thing is the Raptors' own, but I don't want to be the background of the top ten."
On the Mavericks' bench, Jamison said playfully, it is true that Carter was too wanton in the previous period.
"Okay, then I'll defend the opponent's No. 13 (Jerome Williams), let Lamar follow Carter, and I'll make up for it on the inside."
Liu Han also felt that he should "take care" of Carter.
After the game restarted, the Raptors played more resolutely, but the Mavericks' change of defense still made them a little stunned.
Carter held the ball at a 45-degree angle and then accelerated directly to force Odom, Odom suffered because the center of gravity was too high, failed to keep up with Carter at the first time, and was burst into the interior by Carter.
Carter stepped into the three-point line and jumped three steps, his body was completely pulled apart in the air, and the ball was held high in his right hand, seeing another heavy dunk, but at this moment, Liu Han flew from Carter's side, and it was really flying.
Two arguably the best bouncing players in the league today faced off head-to-head in the air.
Although the two of them did not make the slightest contact in the air, their hands and the ball froze together in the air.
Thanks to his control of various parts of his body, Liu Han successfully pulled out Carter's dunk in this defense.
In the aerial duel, Liu Han won completely.
Carter got up from the ground when the Mavericks took the opportunity to complete a fast break, not because he was injured, but because he was in a trance after being beaten head-on.
The dunk completely put Carter on the back foot, and although the outcome of the game was already predestined, the course of the game was now completely in the hands of the Mavericks.
An exhausted Carter was substituted with three minutes left in the third quarter, by which time the Mavericks had extended their lead to thirty points, and Carter's exhaustion from the inside out could be seen by anyone.
Liu Han played the whole quarter in the third quarter, and he scored 21 points again in this quarter, so that Liu Han scored 57 points in the third quarter, and his offensive ability has to be amazing.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Liu Han went directly to rest, and if such a big point difference still allowed Liu Han to brush up points, the Raptors would go berserk, and Nelson didn't want to offend people casually, so he didn't let Liu Han play again, and the Raptors surrendered only two minutes after the start of the fourth quarter and replaced them with substitutes.
In the end, this Flyers matchup ended with Liu Han's victory, the Mavericks beat the Raptors by 33 points, they still maintain the first place in the West, and also maintain the honor of the league's highest scoring team per game so far, and Liu Han also ranked first on the scoring list because of his 50+ points in two consecutive games.