Chapter Twenty-Eight: I'm Going to Kill You
There are 33 seconds left in the game, and the Raptors have two options at this moment, the first is to make a quick shot on the next offense, equalize the score, and then have about 26 seconds left, and wait until the Spurs finish 24 seconds, regardless of whether the ball goes in or not, the Raptors can have time left to kill a lore, but once the fast break cannot score with this method, then the Raptors will be in a very dangerous situation, although the risk is very high, but the initiative is in their own hands. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The other is that this offense consumes 24 seconds and then scores, leaving the Spurs with about 9 seconds to attack, and both options have their own advantages.
"Meng, keep an eye on Carter, don't let him make an easy move." "Tim, concentrate, just defend this round and the victory will be ours." Popovich loudly laid out the tactics to the players on the sidelines, and even briefly talked about how to play after this round, because the Spurs have no timeout.
After the game began, Vince Carter, the leader of the Raptors, controlled the ball himself, standing near the center circle while slapping the basketball and observing the situation on the court. Meng Xu was one step away from Carter outside the 3-point line, opened his arms, and stared at Carter intently, for fear of missing every small detail. Behind Meng Xu, Duncan has been pulled below the free throw line, and the Spurs' defensive strategy this round is still to prevent the Raptors from breaking through, you must know that the Raptors' 3-point shooting rate in this game is 2 of 9, which is simply outrageously low, so Popovich is not afraid that the Raptors will shoot 3 points.
"It looks like the Raptors are running out of 24 seconds, and that makes me think of Michael again." The game had reached a life-and-death juncture, and Carter calmly stood in the middle circle and at the top of the arc, this familiar scene made almost everyone on the court think of the man who was called god-like. As long as it is Jordan's game, as long as it is the last moment of the game, no matter whether the score is tied or 1 point or 2 points behind, Jordan will drag the time until the last second and then make a move, leaving no room for himself.
When Vince Carter dragged the time for almost 20 seconds, he started directly, without the slightest hesitation, directly faced Meng Xu's defense, turned around with a change of direction and a back, and defended Meng Xu and Johnson's bag outside the 3-point line, and after the shot was hit, the entire Canadian Space Center suddenly boiled.
99-98, Vince Carter hit a 3-pointer, and the Raptors overtook the score.
"Rookie, it's all over here." After throwing in the quasi-lore, Carter opened his arms to the cheers and salutes of the audience.
"Vince Carter's fatal blow is too domineering. Although Carter's shooting is not as flowing as Michael's, this quasi-shutout is not inferior to Michael. ”
"It's been a fantastic game, and no matter what the result is, both teams are worth the expensive ticket money today."
Just after Carter threw in this quasi-lore, the audience became crazy, and even the press gallery and the commentary department became boiling. Butch Carter on the sidelines and the Raptors' bench were waving towels and shouting excitedly. Carter has been the key man of the team since he entered the league, Carter scored more than one-third of the average points per game in the fourth quarter, and Carter, who was bent on breaking through the interior in this game, did not make a single 3-point shot, but in the final moments of the game, he hit a fatal 3-pointer.
"Is that how you lost?" Popovich on the other side was a little unsettled, looking at the domineering figure on the field, and muttered.
"It's over? No, the game isn't over yet, there, see no, I'm going to kill you there. Since there was no timeout, the Spurs could only send the ball in the backcourt, and when he passed by Carter's side, Meng Xu said this sentence with a hot mind, and by the way, he stretched out his finger and pointed to a position similar to Carter's shot just now.
"Oh, what is Meng doing? Is he provoking Carter? Carter looked very angry. Seeing the situation on the field, although he couldn't hear what Meng Xu was saying, Michaels could only guess by relying on intuition and imagination.
"Rookie, it's useless to just talk big, do you think you're Larry Bird." Hearing Meng Xu's provocation, Carter was stunned at first, and he was also very angry about Meng Xu's arrogant tone and expression, if he wasn't still on the field, he would definitely give him some color to see, so that he could know why the flowers were so red.
"Ding, I want to kill you, the special skill effect takes effect, the host's shooting rate increases by 46%, and the long-range shooting rate increases by 46%" Listening to an electronic prompt sound ringing in his ears, Meng Xu showed a bright smile, "Raptor, I want to kill you." ”
Before Iverson passed half the court, he was forced by Dee Brown, after Meng Xu stepped forward to cover, Johnson passed the ball to Meng Xu, seeing Meng Xu holding the ball, Carter directly pasted it, in order to avoid being stolen by Carter, Meng Xu chose to face Carter sideways, stretched out his arm and held the ball alone.
"Rookie, I'd like to see how you kill me." Carter stubbornly stood up to Meng Xu, opened his hands, and almost hugged Meng Xu's waist directly.
"Then you'll have to keep your eyes open." Although Popovich's previous arrangement was for Duncan to execute the last shot, but at this moment Meng Xu has no intention of passing the ball to Duncan, even if Meng Xu wants to pass, it is not so easy, Charles Oakley is in front of Duncan and constantly tearing with Duncan, Maddie is watching from the side, Meng Xu basically has no space for Duncan to pass the ball.
"What is Meng doing? Did he want to kill? Looking at the scene with 4 seconds left on the court, Meng Xu still holding the ball motionless in one hand outside the 3-point line, Michaels also exclaimed excitedly.
Just when there were 2 seconds left in the game time, Meng Xu jumped up directly, and threw the ball out with a half-turned backward jumper, which was similar to Carter's quasi-kill.
Looking at Meng Xu, who had fallen to the ground after being hit by himself in the air, Carter also subconsciously looked back at the basket, and at the same time, at this time, almost everyone in the entire Air Canada Center looked at the basket. Popovich clasped his hands and his gaze moved forward with the basketball.
With the sound of "brush", under the gaze of nearly 20,000 pairs of eyes in the audience, the basketball thrown by Meng Xu hollowed into the net, and the whistle at the end of the game sounded.
The moment the basketball fell into the basket, looking at Meng Xu, who fell to the ground and still raised his hands in celebration, Carter felt like a dagger had been inserted in his chest at this moment. "That rookie actually killed himself."
Just a moment later, almost all the Spurs players on and off the court rushed to Meng Xu, who was still sitting on the ground.