Chapter 281: The Old and the New Duel
"I'm amazed at how you've grown." Carter and Li Cheng met during the warm-up, and Carter said to Li Cheng with a smile.
Li Cheng shrugged and said, "Your condition is also very good!" ”
"Compared to you, I'm still old!" Carter said helplessly.
"You lost last season's bet." Li Chengdao.
Carter shook his head helplessly and said, "Injuries, who can say for sure?" Carter missed the final 18 games last season, and the Nets were really not fighting without Carter.
"That's okay, you're going to take me to have a good time after today's game." Li Cheng said with a smile.
Carter said: "No problem, if you want, I will cover the cost of being a guest in New Jersey for a month." ”
"If you call me at the end of the season, I'm not going to the Olympics, I'm going to eat you."
"Haha!" Carter laughed, "By the way, how about we take another gamble today?" ”
"Are you trying to get back on the field?" Li Chengdao.
Carter shrugged his shoulders and said undeniably, "You can think so. ”
"Oh well! How are you going to bet? ”
"Tonight's game, more than any of us scored."
"What's the stake?"
"We're going to Indiana in a few days, and we haven't been funded for the post-game event yet!" Carter Road.
Li Cheng smiled: "You and I have a score? Didn't you send me money? ”
"You don't have to win, I'm not old enough to do that."
"Then we can only speak with facts!"
"Speak with facts!"
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After the game started, the Pacers' starting lineup surprised fans and bricks who followed the game.
"Lopez is in the starting lineup of the Pacers, and Foster and Hibbert are not injured!"
"Is there something wrong with the Pacers?"
"I don't know, just read it."
Lopez is arguably the worst rookie on the Pacers roster right now, he is a player who is stronger defensively than offensively, coupled with his more reserved personality, he rarely gets everyone's attention, and his playing time is also the least of all rookies.
Jump ball before the start of the game. Li Cheng and Carter glanced at each other.
Carter smiled slightly, and Li Cheng nodded slowly.
The most exciting thing about this game is not the Chinese derby or the brother derby of the Lopez brothers, but the fierce collision between Li Cheng and Carter, two super scorers.
In fact, there are a lot of highlights in this game, but if you put the strength of the two teams on paper, the Pacers are much better than the Nets.
But if you insist that the Pacers are stronger, it is not clear what the Walkers are stronger. But the Pacers' four-game winning streak in the new season is an indisputable fact.
Once the match began, Lopez Jr. beat his older brother to win the jump ball. It can be seen that Lopez Jr. is very excited today. His desire to prove himself today is very strong.
But today's protagonist is obviously not Lopez, there is still an agreement between Li Cheng and Carter! Moreover, this is also related to the source of funding for the next trip to Indiana, and Li Cheng will not admit defeat.
Ford had just received the ball, and Li Chengcheng reached out to ask for the ball, and he showed a very obvious desire to attack today.
After Li Cheng got the ball, he rushed to the basket of the Nets with all his might.
Carter posted it without saying a word, and he couldn't let Li Cheng easily put the ball into the basket at the beginning.
Li Cheng quickened his pace, and he even made a very large change of direction in the process of rapid advance.
Carter relied on his alien-like body element to keep up with Li Cheng's change of direction rhythm, and Li Cheng had to sigh at Carter's amazing body element. However, Li Cheng's actions are obviously not over yet. He continued to pull the ball back, then jumped up and made a jumper.
Carter barely kept up with Li Cheng's first step, but he couldn't continue to keep up with Li Cheng's second step. He could only sigh while looking at the ball and sighing: "Li Cheng, this guy really can't stop him in one-on-one!" ”
Stegen was very excited to see Li Cheng's goal table, and Li Cheng's goal has been integrated into the content of Li Cheng's targeted training in the past few days.
"This kid is such a genius that he has integrated the training content into the actual combat so quickly." Stegen felt that Li Cheng was a super genius, and the longer he was in contact with Li Cheng. The feeling is getting stronger and stronger.
Lee's opening shot was a good start for the Pacers tonight, and Carter then forced a break through to Lee and then took off with a UFO. Slammed the ball into the basket.
Carter's dunk ended, and the fans were boiling.
The Canadian Flyer is getting old, and a dunk like this is really one less time to watch. So the fans cherish it extraordinarily, and on the other hand, Carter's dunk now has a special flavor compared to when he was younger.
Carter and Lee's desire to attack shocked the fans who were watching the game, because they were lucky enough to see another good game.
The Chinese derby was watched by countless fans in China, many of whom were there to watch Li Cheng and Yi Jianlian compete together, but why wouldn't they want to see a pinnacle showdown between superstars? And it's a showdown between aging stars and recently rising stars. Perhaps this is a historic inheritance.
"I thought you'd jump to an alien planet!" Li Cheng teased.
Carter said, "I can't fly, I'm old." There was a deep regret in his voice, perhaps because he had not won a championship in his career.
Li Cheng sighed secretly in his heart, how many veterans in this league have chased for the championship all their lives, but in the end they still can't get the championship ring that represents the pinnacle of world basketball.
A few years later, Carter's conversation with Maddie may really explain the loneliness in their hearts!
"If you hadn't left, maybe our pair would have been the same as Jordan and Pippen." Carter said to Maddie.
Maddie was silent, and Carter added, "Even if I'm Pippen...... That's fine! ”
Now Carter is at the end of his prime, and he has not yet reached the point of final decline, but he can already see a little clue. Carter's dunks are nowhere near as domineering as they once were, and the number of dunks he has dropped significantly.
"Let's let it go today!" Carter shook his head and threw all the regret and decline in his heart into outer space.
Li Cheng smiled: "Come on!" Let's go today! ”
Out of respect for Carter, Li Cheng directly waved his hand and drove away Ibaka, who was going to come up to block him, "You go away, I'm going to be one-on-one with him." ”
Ibaka turned around and ran straight to the outside again. Since Li Cheng wants to play alone, then he will help Li Cheng open up the offensive space.
The Lopez brothers on the inside were wrestling, and Yi Jianlian followed Ibaka to the outside. Li Cheng glanced at the form on the court, he made a breakthrough, and then he directly pulled it up to complete a shot.
Li Cheng's fully stretched body made Carter, who was close at hand, sigh: "The movements are really beautiful." ”
Then "Whew! A sound came, and Li Cheng said: "Beautiful and infinitely murderous!" ”
"What a killing machine." Carter laughed.
Next, Carter killed Li Cheng like a wild horse, he actually had some intention of knocking Li Cheng away, and in the face of Carter's fierce attack, Li Cheng did not flinch, he took a step forward.
However, this small step didn't seem to have any effect, Carter snorted and rushed past Li Cheng's side.
"It's so fast, it's so strong......" Li Cheng could only watch Carter rush to the basket. And Lopez Jr. wanted to push it out at this time, but he was pushed under the basket by Lopez Jr. The two brothers are equal in strength, and no one can do anything for a while, but the Pacers are defending after all, and Lopez Jr. was entangled for a moment, and Carter had already rushed to the basket. Ibaka jumped up to block it, and Carter twisted his waist and threw the ball to the basket with another muffled grunt.
The aging of a defender means that he is not fast and does not jump high, but it also means that he is unusually experienced.
Dodging Ibaka, Carter deftly threw the ball into the basket.
If five years ago, would this have been another headliner?
Maybe it's possible!
"I thought it was going to be a slam dunk!" Li Cheng said indifferently.
Carter was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You think it's still 2004?" But to be honest, even in 2004, I may not be able to detain that kid, who is also very strong. Africans, you know ......"
In fact, Carter's words are saying that Africans' physicos are too good, but Li Cheng didn't know why he wanted to be crooked, "This guy likes African girls?" This flavor is a bit special! ”
Although there are some amazing beauties in Africa, those very amazing beauties are all mixed-race, descendants of Africans, and definitely not authentic Africans.
The game has just begun, Li Cheng and Carter's hands are extremely hot, and the confrontation between the two of them also makes the atmosphere of the scene very warm. However, there are times when the two of them have a bad hand, Li Cheng's shooting rate has always been very impressive, and Carter can't maintain such a high shooting rate.
After a few strong hits in a row, Carter was already a little tired, and he started to pass the ball. And Li Cheng also slowed down his personal offensive rhythm at this time, and began to give his teammates a chance.
Li Cheng and Carter set a very good tone for this game, which had such a wonderful start, and the players who were mobilized next would not interpret this game too badly.
At this time, the Lopez brothers, who had been wrestling under the basket, also started their first competition. (To be continued......)