Chapter 51: The Familiar Carter
James knew what Huang Jun meant when Huang Jun threw the ball over, so James was already preparing, and when the ball arrived, he jumped up and received the ball.
In the stunned and stunned eyes of the fans in the audience, I saw James jump high, and the height made all the fans and spectators stand up in shock, even Barkley and Smith, who were commentating on the sidelines.
Although many people know that James's bounce is terrifying, but they never thought that James would jump so high, which was never expected, such a bounce plus staying in the air, how powerful is that?
When James jumped, the ball also came to James's head, James did not miss the pass, only to see James receive the ball with one hand, and then poured the ball into the basket with both hands.
Although this is not the home court of the Cavaliers, there are still many fans who cheer for the ball, which makes the Nets, as the home team, very embarrassed, who are you fans? Is it our Nets' or the Cavaliers'?
After landing on the ground, James turned his head to the bench of the Nets and looked at Carter who was resting off the court, James didn't make any movements, just looked at Carter like that.
Carter certainly understood what James meant, but Carter directly lowered his head and didn't look at James, as if he hadn't seen James' performance on the court.
James saw Carter bow his head, turned around and ran towards the half court without looking back, and gave Huang Jun a high-five, for this ball, James admired Huang Jun's pass very much, such an accurate pass can be said to be very difficult, and in this ball he thinks Huang Jun did a very perfect job, no more power, no less, just passed to that height, one more point is out of bounds, one less point is not so shocking.
Huang Jun had a shallow smile on his face, as if he was very normal about this pass, and he didn't have any more joy at all.
For Huang Jun's calm expression, James didn't care at all.
This ball completely raised the morale of the Cavaliers players to the highest point, and for the rest of the first quarter, the Cavaliers were completely enchanted, playing very well, completely abusing the Nets, and in the last five minutes of the first quarter, the Cavaliers played a wave of 15-4 offensive attacks. In one fell swoop, the margin was stretched to an advantage of as much as 19 points.
At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers led the Nets by a full 19 points 35-16, one point short of a 20-point net over their opponents in a single quarter.
The Nets called a timeout during the period, but it had no effect at all, and at this time, the expression on the face of Nets head coach Frankland was very gloomy, he never expected to be so many opponents in the first quarter, is this going to be solved by the Cavaliers in the first quarter?
"Smith, this year's Cavaliers are really amazing, they only led the opponent by 19 points in the first quarter, and they also scored 35 points, sharp offense and almost zero turnovers." Barkley said.
"Yes, last year's Cavaliers had to rely on James for everything, although there was a threat, but the opponent didn't care, how far can a one-man team go? This year, however, the knights are completely different. Smithton paused and continued, "After this year's Cavaliers selected guard Huang Jun from China in the draft, they have completely changed, and they no longer need James to be a father and mother, and Huang Jun, who is first-class or top-notch in terms of organizational ability and scoring ability, has brought a qualitative change to the Cavaliers."
Smith said so much in one breath, and there was no doubt that he was changing direction to praise Huang Jun.
Barkley agreed, "Indeed, as you said, the threat of this year's knights will no longer be one point in previous years, but two points. It's enough of a headache for my opponent. ”
Smith nodded, agreeing with Barkley's statement.
The second quarter begins.
The Cavaliers changed the bench lineup and replaced the team's important James and Huang Jun at the same time, for the Cavaliers, this would give them a nineteen-point lead, and at least one quarter could give the main players a rest, so Brown replaced James and others without pressure.
The Nets also replaced Yi Jianlian and others, and the current lineup on the court is "center Lopez, big forward Nahula, small forward Simmons, scoring Carter, point guard Dorin."
The strength of this lineup is okay, at least in the next period of time, it is completely possible to recover a little point difference, so that it will not always be close to the point difference of about 20 points, a normal person has been looking at such a disparity in points, and there will be a little sense of powerlessness or admitting defeat in his heart.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Durin gave the ball to Carter, who was flying in the air, and Carter directly completed an aerial relay dunk, Carter knew that he had to find a way to raise the team's morale, otherwise his team would have to explain before the first half ended. That's why Carter chose such an offensive method at the beginning, and as for whether he can improve morale, it's not something Carter can control.
This ball was also discussed between Carter and Durin when he first came on the field.
Gibson held the ball, used Asik's cover to go directly to the basket, and chose to go to the basket, but how could Lopez, who had been waiting for a long time, agree? Directly sent a hot pot, and Carter, who was on the side, copied the ball into his hand.
Next, Carter didn't choose to wait for his teammates at all, and directly launched a fast attack, such a great opportunity, Carter would not let it go.
By the time Carter arrived at halftime, there were no defenders in front of him, and Carter saw this, and the corners of his mouth hooked a meaningful smile. With such an opportunity, how could Carter let go of the opportunity to boost morale and put on a show?
As soon as the free throw line went in, Carter leaped high. Then came a 360-degree rotation in the air, and finally poured the ball into the basket, and the scene immediately cheered, like a tsunami towards the figure in the middle of the court.
Carter, who landed on the ground, opened his arms and closed his eyes, experienced the cheers of this moment. Caught up in memories.
"I haven't experienced this feeling for a long time, and I really miss it."
Carter hasn't experienced such pleasure for a long time, he doesn't know if he is now the omnipotent Carter, in his heart he thinks he is no longer that Carter, as he gets older, the injuries also increase, and he doesn't know how many times he can dunk this kind of dunk.
It took a long time to recover from his state of mind, and when he opened his eyes, Carter looked at the fans around him who were still cheering for him, Carter smiled, and then put his finger to his mouth and blew.
The fans at the scene naturally knew the meaning of this action, and the scene was very tacit, and it was quiet in an instant, and everyone's eyes were looking at Carter, faintly rolling with tears.
Carter just watched, inexplicably moved in his heart, thank you for always supporting me.
In the second quarter of the game, just six minutes into the game, the difference was chased to only nine minutes, and in six minutes, Carter led the team to play a wave of 15-5 attacks, which successfully pulled the difference from 19 points to 10 points.
There is no doubt that under the leadership of Carter, the Nets played very well during this time, and out of these fifteen points, Carter scored eight of them. Although he didn't get fifteen points, it can be said that these fifteen points have something to do with him.
Carter seems to have returned to the familiar omnipotent Carter during this time, although fans don't know how long this Carter can last like this, but at least this time it is the Carter they are most familiar with and crazy about, and that is enough.
James has been watching Carter's performance off the court, and his heart has long been itching. James has always longed for rejection with the strong, and he has long been ignited by Carter when he rests off the court.
For this reason, James also ran to head coach Brown several times and asked him to play, but Brown refused, the reason is very simple, this will not be your time, but the time of the players on the court, you just give me a good rest, and your play will be indispensable later.
Brown doesn't have the slightest intention of compromising on this aspect, and now he needs to experiment with the lineup to see which one is the best, so everything has to go according to his plan. There is no room for disruption.
Although James is the boss of this team, and even he Brown can't afford to offend, he believes that James will understand his mind, because James at this time is no longer the immature James who has just entered the league.
Although he was rejected by Brown, James understood Brown's decision and did not have any resentment in his heart.
After the timeout, Brown directly sent Huang Jun and James Battier and others to the court, and the Nets did not replace Carter, who was in a very hot state at this time, but replaced all the starters on the court, trying to successfully chase the score again in the next time.
Huang Jun held the ball, looking at Harris defending himself in front of him, the expression on Huang Jun's face gradually cooled, Huang Jun has not scored so far in this game, but he got nine assists in one quarter in the first quarter. The knight's attack was perfectly organized.
Although Huang Jun did not score, no one on the scene dared to underestimate him, and the first quarter completely made the Nets players understand what is a passing and what is the threat of zero points.
James originally wanted to ask for it, but Huang Jun, who saw such an expression, decisively gave up the idea of asking. Because he knows that Huang Jun is like this, he must have come by himself, although so, James will still be ready to ask for it at any time, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, what if Huang Jun chooses to pass?
I saw that Huang Jun, who had not made any movements, suddenly started at this time, and Harris's speed was naturally not slow, but compared to Huang Jun, it was obviously not on the same level, and it was expected or imagined to be overlooked.
Sure enough, in the next round, Huang Jun passed Harris directly, and it was a perfect pass, and shook Harris to the ground.
It's undoubtedly a shame for Harris, who was shaken down by a first-year rookie, and he can imagine tomorrow's news.