Chapter 67: Fighting the Raptors (1)

On November 9, 2000, the weather was fine, 7 p.m., Vochovia Arena. The entire arena has 21,600 seats, and all of them were sold today, in addition to the team's superstar Allen Iverson's real home comeback, there is another reason, and that is Carter is coming.

The "Canadian Flyer" is now at his peak, and after winning the slam dunk contest after winning the slam dunk contest with five shocking dunks in last year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, '360-degree windmill dunk in turn, 180-degree windmill dunk after rebounding', 'T-MAC assists in a crotch change dunk', 'elbow dunk' and 'a two-handed gliding dunk in front of the free throw line', everyone knows about it. The current "demigod" has not experienced injuries, he belongs to the slam dunk maniac whose mind and body are furious at the same time, and once the ball is broken, the audience can be seen standing up en masse. In the game, he likes to play inyourface, which can be found in the memoirs of countless interior players such as Mourning, Mutombo, Ratliff, Ben Wallace and others, and directly led to the French 7-footman quitting basketball. It's very violent, and it's also very gorgeous. In terms of defense, although he was ridiculed by Jordan in the early years, his defense was not bad enough to fail, with occasional wonderful hot pot blocks and the number of interceptions within the normal range. Pretty good. This year, players such as Morris Peterson and Collis Williamson have been brought in, and the strength is still quite good. It's just that their opponent is the 76ers, and it's not the original 76ers anymore, and Toronto hasn't reached the peak yet (because the players of the team that can only play seven games with the 76ers came to this team around the trade deadline, but now their overall strength is a big difference with the 76ers). But they still have a chance, and they have Carter, who doesn't play his cards according to common sense, and they have hope of winning.

"So be sure to guard against Carter!" That's the one Larry said the most in the locker room.

"Now the Raptors don't have a T-MAC, the Raptors only have one wing left, and if they guard against Carter, the Raptors have no hope, so we won six consecutive victories in one go!" Larry shouted.

"Yes! Coach!" The crowd stood up and replied.

Finally saw Allen's classic white jersey, and Allen was also a little excited. At this time, Allen did not have an arm injury (it was in December 2000 when the 76ers played a game against the Knicks, and the AI left the court with a shoulder injury, and since then, Allen has been wearing arm guards in games, which has quickly become his trademark). There are no arm guards and no headbands, and Aaron's braided hair at this time is also a corn ridge. The tattoo on his hand is very beautiful and perfect (anyway, when I first watched the AI game, the AI was already an arm guard headband, but now I go back and see that he is really handsome when he doesn't have these).

Luke's main task today was to defend Carter, which was very important.

Just like the T-Mac back then.

Kevin Willis and Big Ben jump ball, needless to say, Kevin Willis, who is getting older, is not as good as Big Ben who is on the rise, so Big Ben wins. The ball came to Aaron's hands without a hitch. For Allen, the Raptors also sent their strongest defensive player, Vinson Carter, to defend. In the absence of T-Mac, Carter finally knew that his cousin had arrived. Every day, I have to fight fiercely with the strongest players of the opponent, but I don't have the opportunity to show my ability, and the salary is not high, so I have to leave the team and go to other places.

"Come on, Aaron, let me see what you're made of." Carter said.

"Look at it." Aaron said as he dribbled the ball.

Allen started to cross-step, protecting the ball and saying, "I don't need to fight with you, Vinson." Then he smiled and passed the ball.

"Uh......" Carter, who saw this scene, was very surprised, "Don't you fight yourself?" ”

"I have very good teammates now, so I don't have to work so hard." Aaron said with a smile. And then Luke threw the ball in.

"I'll go back to defending first, Vincent." Aaron smiled and waved his hand back.

"Really." Carter said, shaking his head.

Carter possessed the ball past half court and Luke followed.

Facing Luke, Carter felt no pressure.

"Rookie, although you have performed well in these games. But I'll let you know that the world isn't that simple. Carter said.

"Then give it a try." Luke said expressionlessly.

"Boy, it's good to be humble." Carter responded. Then we started to explore.

Carter's countless offenses all started with probes, and his probes were simply impossible to prevent. "He's probing from a small angle, you can't stop," Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley said. Often catch the ball on the wings, then stay for a moment and make what is known as a "triple threat" pose: you can shoot, you can pass, you can dribble. "When he catches the ball 15 feet from the basket in a three-threat position, I don't think there's anyone in the league who is more lethal than him," All-Star forward David Lee said. "It's not just because he's got a consistent mid-range shot, it's because of his height and his strength, and he's got a very quick first move, which really impresses me."

Sometimes, he uses probing as the first step to attack the basket, and sometimes he just uses that action to test defenders. "If he's got space, he's going to shoot," Nuggets assistant coach Larry Magino said, "but if he's probing and then retracting and you're coming back, he'll dribble to the basket next." It's a series of moves and combinations. He is well-rounded and both feet can be used as pivot feet. ”

This is the Carter who matured later, but when his injury didn't hit yet, Carter is more violent than that, and he prefers to use power, explosiveness and speed to directly destroy opponents. Now Carter is using this kind of technology that is not technical to dominate the league (although Joe gang leader dislikes him very much).

But Luke isn't a cabbage either. Ren Carter bullied at will, and directly relied on his own strength to resist Carter's first round of attack, and then showed the disadvantages of this method, and the staying power was not strong, so Carter's offensive fell.

"I didn't expect you to be pretty good." Carter was forced to withdraw the ball, "but my offense wasn't over yet!" Carter started attacking again, this time not choosing to force a break, but playing a trick, bypassing Luke through the pick-and-roll and completing the shot 24 seconds ago.

'It's that simple to score goals.

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