Chapter 305: Sharp Edge

The Kings have a great advantage in this game, because Ibaka is resting, the Raptors lack the rim and offensive points inside, and the King's biggest disadvantage is erased, so David dares to put Papayanis, who has not played for a long time, as the starting center.

Before the start of the game, Zhang Feng told Papa that he didn't need to score, as long as he could make Valanciunas uncomfortable, and Anunoby, who was opposite Carter, didn't need to worry at all.

At the beginning of the game, the Raptors won the jump ball, Lowry steadily brought the ball to the three-point line and stopped, and after simply calling DeRozan to dismantle, he threw the ball directly.

Maybe Lowry knew that it was not interesting to play breakthrough with Zhang Feng, and having space to shoot directly was the best choice, but the ball failed to hit, and Papa assisted to grab the rebound in the chaos.

Zhang Feng took the pass and directly sped up, and the middle line turned twice in a row to shake Lowry, DeRozan stopped at the free throw line and pulled out his hand. This shot successfully attracted the entire Raptors team to stop and watch, and Carter, who was quietly sneaking under the basket to grab the board, was unnoticed.

At this time, the Raptors did not have Ibaka under the basket, and there was no only center Valanciunas in the left bottom corner, Zhang Feng temporarily moved the ball to Carter.

Catching the ball, half-squatting, exerting force with both feet, jumping high, splitting and dunking with one hand, Carter's action was done in one go, although it was a dunk without defense, but it still won the cheers of the audience, and Raptors fans seemed to see the young man 20 years ago.

The Raptors made a series of defensive mistakes this time, and head coach Casey was very unhappy: "Run, be optimistic about your own people!" ”

Yibian attacked, Lowry continued to hold the ball and call for blocking, but before Rozan could run in place, Zhang Feng made a move in advance, and Lowry was forced to retreat near the halfway line, and the blocking plan failed.

Lowry, who had no cover, gave the ball to DeRozan, DeRozan passed Anunoby again, the Raptors had little time left to attack, Anunoby hesitated with the ball, to attack or not to attack?

"Carter is so old, he shouldn't be able to run, accelerate and rush a" Anunoby made up his mind to dribble the ball forward, ready to hit the center circle and borrow Valanciunas to cover the shot.

It's a pity that he just dribbled the ball, he felt empty in his hand, looked down and found that the ball was already in Carter's hand, he couldn't figure out how to lose the ball, and now he didn't have time to watch the replay, he had to chase the ball back.

Carter, who made a successful steal, dived and pushed the ball forward, and the speed was very fast, but the Raptors chased after them, and Zhang Feng strode forward when he saw this, and rushed to the front court with all his strength.

At the moment when Carter was about to be forced out of the sideline, he jumped up and passed the ball to Zhang Feng, but he did not stop the pass, but immediately returned to the court and rushed forward.

DeRozan and Anunoby, who were pinching Carter, turned their heads to trap Zhang Feng, and at the same time, Lowry also joined them, and Zhang Feng was in danger.

When you are faced with a three-man package and the position is still in the midfield, there is no other way than to jump and pass, Zhang Feng did the same, there is no way for him to jump too high, and the three Raptors didn't even block it.

The basketball fell into the hands of Carter, the three-point line in the frontcourt, and Valanciunas hurriedly stepped forward to delay, but he was very disadvantageous as a center to defend small forward in such a large space, and Carter took two steps and then turned and slipped to the basket.

It seems that it is another split, Valanciunas is a little helpless, he feels that he can't prevent it, although Carter is old, but the instant outbreak is still terrifying, and it is not his fault that he can't prevent it.

"I wipe", Valanciunas didn't sigh before he saw Carter turn around under the basket, followed by a 360-degree dunk, "It's over, I'm sure I'm in the top ten ball background today."

Carter dunked, and it wasn't the Kings players who were the happiest, because Raptors fans were the first to scream, as if Carter's Kings were their home team.

What's even more embarrassing is that there are sporadic "MVP" shouts, although Carter can afford such praise, but the Raptors players still feel shameless.

Turning back to the Raptors attacking, Lowry carefully kept his distance from Zhang Feng, he didn't want to expose his tactical intentions too quickly, but raised his hand to signal his teammates to run.

Gestures can deceive people, and footsteps can deceive people, but eyes don't lie, which is why many people like to wear sunglasses, Lowry didn't pay attention to his teammates at all after he raised his hand at all, Zhang Feng keenly noticed this and knew that he would definitely attack.

Sure enough, when there were only 6 seconds left in the offensive time, Lowry pretended to pass the ball, Zhang Feng also pretended to raise his hand to interfere, Lowry thought Zhang Feng was in the middle of the plan, and immediately dribbled to break through, but was cut off by Zhang Feng, and the basketball rolled directly to the backcourt.

Lowry immediately turned around and pounced on the basketball, Zhang Feng did not hesitate to join the scramble, the two grabbed a random fight on the floor, the basketball rolled out of bounds, and the referee paused to signal to watch the replay.

Continuously eating deflated in front of Zhang Feng, Lowry was very unhappy, and he kept thinking about how to fight.

After the referee looked at the defense, he made a midcourt scramble, because before the basketball went out of bounds, Zhang Feng and Lowry both touched, and it was really impossible to distinguish between them.

Before the ball was contested, Raptors coach Casey signaled the players to pay attention to the defense off the court, and did not do the opposite, Lowry against Zhang Feng, height and weight are not dominant, and it is too difficult to win the scrum.

Lowry himself knew this, so he only symbolically cushioned his feet when he took off, thinking about waiting for Zhang Feng to land for a surprise steal.

But Lowry was wrong, Zhang Feng didn't hold the ball, he slapped the ball directly into Carter's hand. After Carter got the ball, a long pass was thrown to Bogdan, and the whole Raptors team was caught off guard.

However, Bogdan didn't make the first shot, he was stopped by DeRozan at the three-point line, but Anunoby, who was in charge of Carter, couldn't follow in time, and Bogdan took the opportunity to pass the ball back.

Carter received the ball at the top of the arc to adjust his posture, Lowry wanted to step forward to make up for the defense, Zhang Feng hurriedly blocked, and Carter, who was unstoppable, got up and down with his hand and hit three points in an instant.

So far in the first quarter, Carter has scored 3 goals alone, and his edge has been revealed.

This goal, Raptors fans did not cheer, of course they also like Carter, but Carter belongs to the past, and he is always scored by the heroes of the past, and it is not pleasant.

Coach Casey thought for a moment and called a timeout, he knew that the Raptors players had been stunned by the Kings' three consecutive fast breaks, and if they didn't adjust, the point difference might continue to widen.

"But what should we do when the enemy is gaining momentum?" Instead of talking about tactics, Casey started with a question.

"We're going to fight back and kill his momentum," Lowry responded with a fist.

"What if you can't extinguish it?" Casey asked rhetorically with his hands on his chest.

"Uh......" Lowry never thought that the coach would ask like this, isn't this to increase the morale of others and destroy his own prestige?

Seeing that the players were silent, Casey continued: "If you can't beat it, you can dodge, avoid its edge, recuperate, and wait for the opportunity, understand?" ”

Carter is feeling hot at this moment, he is simply in a demigod state, and he shouldn't be doing it. Zhang Feng is also a person who can even defend LeBron, and it is very difficult to break through in front of him, and the Raptors now only have two chances to play DeRozan and Valanciunas.

"As for defense, we have to stay focused, run, and don't think that we lost to them last time because we were unlucky", Casey thought about it after saying it, and then added "Go ahead and tell the crowd who is the real owner of this arena"