In the second game, Carter's 22 points and 7 rebounds on 10-of-22 shooting were considered to have rebounded, but they were still far from the level of the regular season, and the rest of the Raptors played well, garbage dog Alvin Williams scored 23 points, Antonio Davis scored a double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds, Charles Oakley scored 12 points and 10 rebounds at the age of 38, and the Knicks suddenly short-circuited in this game, and he died, Kurt Thomas scored 23 points and 12 rebounds and was the team's most outstanding player, Sprewell scored only 6 points on 3-of-12 shooting, and Marcus Camby, who was very powerful in the last game, only had 2 points and 2 rebounds in this game, and finally the Raptors easily defeated the Knicks 94-74 and the two sides tied 1-1.

In the third game, the Raptors lost to their opponents 89-97 and were in a disadvantageous position in the best-of-three series, the Knicks' Alan Houston shot down 24 points, Sprewell played a normal level to score 20 points, and the old shooter Glenn Rice who came off the bench shot 8 of 12 and scored 18 points efficiently, on the other hand, the Raptors, Vince Carter scored 20 points on only 5 of 21 shots, Carter's slump allowed Antonio Davis to play a leader-level performance, scoring 21 points and 12 rebounds on 10-of-16 shooting, But Davis alone is not enough to defeat the Knicks, or in that sentence, if you want to advance, Carter must take on the responsibility of leadership!

I have to mention two people here, one is Charles Oakley, one is Chris Childs, both of whom were traded by the Knicks, they thought that the Knicks were immoral and abandoned them, so they threatened to give them color at the beginning of the playoffs, but the strength of the two people could not influence the situation at all, so these two veterans found Vince Carter and educated him a lot, making him hate New York, hate the Knicks, hatred and anger will make people lose their mindsFinally, Carter ushered in a big explosion!

In the fourth game, the Raptors standing on the edge of the cliff had no way to retreat, Carter finally broke out with a strong fighting force, he shot 10 of 22 in the whole game and scored 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Chris Childs, who was only able to score 4 points in the regular season, became the wonder soldier of the game, with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals on 8-of-11 shooting, Alvin Williams scored 18 points, and the Knicks although Houston, Sprewell and Rice all played well, But in the face of Carter, who played well in this game, they were also unable to win the victory!

In the last game, Sprewell played the best game of the series, scoring 29 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals on 12-of-23 shooting, Houston scored 16 points, Kurt Thomas scored 15 points and 12 rebounds, but the Raptors played more evenly and tenaciously, with five players scoring double-doubles, Carter scored a team-high 27 points on 11-of-22 shooting, Trash Dog scored 18 points, and Antonio Davis scored 14 points and 12 rebounds, and everyone worked together to eliminate the Knicks 3:2, sent the Raptors to the second round!

The opponent of the Raptors in the second round was the Philadelphia 76ers, who ranked first in the East in the regular season, and the 76ers at that time had a super scorer Iverson and an interior defensive shield Kendibe Mutombo.

In the end, the Raptors and the 76ers lost 7 games, and Iverson averaged 33.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 3.1 steals, 3.0 turnovers, 40.4% shooting rate and 43.2% three-point shooting rate per game in the whole series, while Vince Carter, the Raptors, averaged 30.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.9 steals, 2.0 blocks, 2.1 turnovers per game, shooting 47.4% from the field, and 42.2% from three-point range. The form shown is not at all comparable to the first round!

(I have already described the detailed process of this round of the series, compiled in Chapter 9 of the 76ers volume, "Ai Dou Carter", interested friends can go and see it).

In the 2001-2002 season, the Raptors undoubtedly renewed Carter's contract with a six-year contract worth $88 million, and then signed Hakeem Olajuwon, a meritorious center who had a falling out with the Rockets, but this is the last season of Olajuwon's career. Averaging only 7.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, Olajuwon was able to come to cold Toronto, in large part because his manager moved Olajuwon in order to take more commissions, and this capable agent is Dan Fagan, the person who once single-handedly manipulated the Joe Smith fraud case and Yi Jianlian's farce back to China. Carter's performance this season is still phenomenal, averaging 24.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 6 steals per game, and was selected as an All-Star for the third consecutive year, but the good times are not longOn March 22, 2002, Carter announced that he had left knee surgery and was out for the season. Antonio Davis is averaging 14.5 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, and the Raptors have a 42-40 record this season and have reached the playoffs for three consecutive seasons as sixth in the East!

The Raptors' opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the Detroit Pistons with Jerry Stackhouse and Ben Wallace, these two people brought the Pistons who were not strong in strength into the playoffs with one offense and one defense, the first game of the series, the Raptors without Carter were pressed by the Pistons all over the court, and no Carter meant that there was no effective offensive arrow, and in the end they only scored 63 points in the whole game, and the team's shooting rate was less than 30%, on the other hand, the Pistons, Stackhouse and Ben Wallace played very well, The former scored 20 points, the latter scored 19 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, and the Raptors lost 63-85.

Carter was not there, veteran Chris Childs was the starter, last year Childes beat Kobe Bryant to make him famous, he played well in this game, 22 points, 14 assists and 5 rebounds, Antonio Davis also had 21 points and 14 rebounds, but the Knicks' Jerry Stackhouse scored 31 points in the game, Ben Wallace scored 7 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks and 0 turnovers, and the Raptors failed to bite the point difference at the last minute of the game and lost 91-96.

In the third game, the Raptors who returned to their home court broke out with strong combat effectiveness, Antonio Davis was omnipotent on the inside, scoring 30 points on 14-of-19 shooting, leading the Raptors to defeat the Pistons 94-84, Jerry Starkerhouse played sluggishly, scoring 11 points on only 2-of-10 shooting, and after three games, the Raptors fell behind 1-2.

In the fourth game, Jerry Stackhouse's performance was still unsatisfactory, and the game played frequently, and finally he shot 18 times in exchange for 15 points, although Ben grabbed 12 rebounds, but on the offensive end he shot 0 of 6 and only scored 2 points in the whole game, and the Raptors led the Pistons by a narrow margin throughout the game, and finally maintained it to the end, Maurice Peterson was the best player, he scored 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and the team's sixth man, Zeon Clark, played well, He scored a career-setting 19 points and 16 rebounds!

In the crucial fifth game, veteran shooter Dele Curry ushered in a burst, he scored a team-high 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting, but unfortunately did not bring the team a victory, the Raptors lost to the Pistons 82-85, Collis Williams, remember this man? Last season, he briefly led 42 games with the Raptors and then was traded to the Pistons, the most important battle, this is the old player abandoned by the Raptors to give the Raptors a desperate blow, he scored a game-high 10-of-15 shooting in this game and the only one to score more than 20 points of 23 points, such a performance, so that the Raptors want to cry.

In five games, the Raptors were sent home by the Pistons to fish, Carter was away, and Antonio Davis became the team's only firepower, averaging 17 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. The 2002-2003 season for the Raptors was a great failure, Carter was injured and stopped, only played half of the games this season, averaging only 20 points per game, and the rest of the team was no longer playing very well, Antonio Davis was also hit by injuries, averaging only 13.9 points per game, shooting more than 40%, and finally the Raptors only got 25 wins in this season, ranking second to last in the East.

The poor record is not all bad, the Raptors got the fourth pick in the superstar-studded 2003 NBA draft, after Carter publicly pressured the Raptors management to bring in an excellent outside attacker to share the pressure for themselves, the team leader, the management can not help but consider that among the rookies of this year, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony will definitely be selected in the top three, and the Raptors don't have to think about it, so they are optimistic about Dwayne Wade from Marquette University, So he sent an invitation to Wade for a trial, and with Wade's strength, once he had a tryout, it was a matter of minutes to be selected.

The Raptors took a fancy to Wade, and the Heat also took a fancy to Wade, and the urgency to choose Wade was stronger than the Raptors, but there was a problem that the Heat had the fifth pick, so the Heat's president nickname, the silver-haired and big-headed Pat Riley began to fool again, because the Heat's trial for Wade was over at that time, so Riley spoke publicly, we are not optimistic about Wade, this kid is not tall enough to play the second position, he can't pass the ball when he plays the first position, he can't even dribble the ball, and he has no three-point shooting ability, And we have a history of serious knee injuries, and we don't want to waste such a high draft pick on someone who has no future.

This was heard by the Raptors management, who is Riley, the league's famous big fool, and blame the Raptors for their short establishment time, the situation between friend and foe is not clear, and the other 28 teams don't believe Riley's words, hey, the Raptors believe it, so they directly gave up the trial for Wade, and instead focused on Chris Bosh, the big forward at the London Institute of Technology, and finally the Raptors selected Bosh with the fourth pick, and the Heat successfully picked up Wade.