On the evening of April 28, at the Continental Airlines Arena, Nets fans witnessed a fantastic game.

Nets boss Jason Kidd didn't bounce back strongly, continuing his sluggish performance in the first two games after the opening game.

Starting Richard Jefferson didn't care about his wrist injury anymore and was extremely active on the offensive end.

Vince Carter, the dunk king who just joined the team this season, showed a different mental outlook and shot wildly after the opening.

The two people on the commentary bench didn't expect Carter to perform like this, and Kevin Harlan noticed that the Nets often had less than 8 seconds on offense, and couldn't help but sigh again:

"This is Vince Carter, and when he got back at home, he turned on scoring mode!"

"I think the fans at the scene must have understood Carter's desire to win."

Doug Collins didn't pick up the conversation, because although Carter shot wildly, the effect was average, and the dunk king was suppressed by Li You.

The NBA is sometimes a big show, and Doug Collins knows that Carter, who has been getting worse and worse this season, is actually maintaining his own style.

For Nets fans, many were ready to lose, but seeing Carter's performance, the sound of cheering for the Nets overshadowed the noise made by the Knicks fans at the scene.

At the end of the first quarter, the game was still going on, and on the Nets' side, Kidd no longer controlled the pace of the game as he did in the first two games.

For a core defender who likes to manipulate the game, Kidd is clearly lying flat, cooperating with his teammates, no longer deliberately controlling the tempo, and taking more risky passes.

Carter didn't stop his performances, in other words, he had to show a desire to win, and the game could be lost, but not so meaningless.

After the game began, Li You was a little surprised at first, and then gradually showed a malicious smile.

NBA players actually like to pretend to be X, and the black players who have made a lot of money have been out of the bottom.

The rich black man is the real "black man", the poor and unenterprising, and the one who just wants to take advantage is "Nigo".

Ewing has always looked down on his fellow citizens in the lower city who only like to wait for relief, and Carter will not discriminate openly because of his family.

But after so many years in the league, Carter's way of doing things has also changed.

With 2 minutes and 21 seconds left in the first quarter, as Gasol ate the cake under the basket and released the basket and quickly sent the baseline ball, Kidd chased his ass through the half court again.

In order to match Carter's performance, Lee Woo took the initiative to switch defenses, and Raja Bale is currently in charge of keeping an eye on Kidd.

Amid the cheers of the Nets fans, Kidd, who came to the top of the arc, did not attack from this position, but took the initiative to come to the rear and hand over the ball to Carter.

When attacking at the top of the arc, the Knicks shrink their defense and test the Nets' projection, which naturally won't achieve too good results.

Although Kidd relinquished the relinquishment, some details were still in place, running to the bottom corner after handing the ball, slipping across the baseline from right to left, and shouting instructions to his teammates to open up the attacking space.

The big man Kostic took the initiative to cover on the right flank, but was squeezed by Li You.

The referee did not blow Li You's small movements, since the two frequently countered, the three referees tonight have entered the theater mode.

Seeing Carter holding the ball in his left hand and moving sideways with his center of gravity lowered, the fans at the scene were in high spirits, and many people shouted "attack".

Moving laterally to the top of the arc, Carter didn't notice that there was a problem with his offensive options, Li You didn't give up, sticking to the opponent's side like kraft candy, and with the connivance of the referee, he kept interfering.

Carter, who was disrupted by the rhythm of the dribble, unknowingly came to the top of the arc again.

After achieving the goal, Li You suddenly moved sideways and guarded in front of the opponent, and Carter took this opportunity to immediately cross and pull back.

Switching to the right hand, Carter first feigned the ball on the three-point line, and then accelerated with his shoulders again.

To achieve the goal, Li You didn't shake at all, and while sliding in time, he pulled covertly, and the two collided, and Carter was forced to slow down.

If there was still an element of performance at the beginning of the game, but by this time, Carter was already in a state of anger and his movements were getting bigger and bigger.

Sideways, Carter, who was sideways to protect the ball, suddenly turned his back and played continuously near the free throw line.

After adjusting the center of gravity, Li You propped up his arms and pressed hard against the other party, the two muscles collided, and the fans behind the basket could even see sweat flying

After two consecutive slaps, Carter didn't take advantage of it, and he couldn't completely squeeze into the paint area.

Taking advantage of Li You's slight leaning back, Carter, who was holding the ball in his right hand, suddenly pulled the ball back sharply, and then twisted his body forward with his left foot as the axis.

Pulling the ball and shaking, Carter's movements were done in one go, and finally he exerted force with his feet, leaned back on the free throw line, and forced a jump shot!

Carter, who was in the air, found that he couldn't see the basket anymore, and Li You stretched out his left arm and used a "paste-face" block.

Although it was not a "Nine Yin White Bone Claw", and it was still a short distance away from Carter's eyes, this backward jumper was still interfered with.

The offensive and defensive of the electric stone, the fans only looked at it, and the basketball slammed out of the basket again.

After landing on the ground, Carter was obviously anxious, and directly hit Li You with his head, and shouted with some anger:

"Hell, you're trying to poke me in the eye!?"

The Carter headband that hit the body was crooked, I didn't expect the opponent to break the defense so quickly, Li You turned his head to look at the linesman, and at the same time raised his arms and said lightly:

"Man, you can go and react to the referee!"

Gasol grabbed the rebound, and everyone on the Knicks saw Carter and Lee Woo clashing, and immediately surrounded him.

Raga Bell and Jefferson were pulling at each other before they even got in front of them.

Not only did Carter break the defense, but Jefferson, who started with an injury, was also angry in his heart.

The two were not clean in their mouths, and after being separated by the referee, Laga Bell was still shouting:

"Fak Squid, no one cares about your show!"

Before Lee Yoo changed his defense, Carter scored points on the head of Raga Bell.

Coupled with the referee's care, this made Raga Bell particularly unhappy, obviously, the dunk king wanted him to be the background board.

However, Li You did not plan to cooperate with the other party's performance, and soon took over the defensive task, and then Carter was dumbfounded

The fans followed loudly, and Carter, who was constantly playing iron, felt that he couldn't get over his face, and he was still arguing with the referee after being stopped.

Lee You's bad taste is still essentially hitting his opponent, and if Carter didn't make bold remarks before the game and played as silently as Kidd, he wouldn't have bothered to defend.

However, the other party wanted to add drama to himself and create an image of a lonely hero, Li You didn't agree to this, he preferred to watch the big star break the defense.

Compared to Carter, Kidd is still the same, his teammates pass the ball when they shoot, and launch a fast break when he finds an opportunity.

The whole person was emotionally stable, and Kidd did not show a desire for victory.

“Defense！.”

After the skirmish, the defensive cheers of the Continental Airlines Center Arena became a little louder, and the "performance" was still somewhat useful, and the vast majority of fans were just like that.

Receiving the ball from the baseline, Lee Woo dribbled through the half court unhurriedly and came to the right wing, and Raja Bell noticed that Carter took the initiative to change the defense and immediately slowed down.

Carter looked behind him from time to time, Li You didn't talk about martial arts, and most of the attacks were launched to block and dismantle.

Gasol cooperated tacitly, noticed Carter's distraction, and took the initiative to move to further attract the attention of the opponent's defense.

Carter subconsciously stepped forward to defend, preparing to establish a defensive position in advance, Li You suddenly changed direction under his hips, accelerated with his shoulders, and took the initiative to physically collide with the opponent.

The excellent explosiveness made Li You instantly stuck half of his body, without cover, although Carter slid in time, he was still half a beat slower.

The bodies of the two collided, and Li You slowed down slightly and suddenly increased his stride.

Kostic, who followed Gasol to the paint area, wanted to help defend, but Li You was in and out during the march.

Dangling right and left, Li You's body shook sharply, directly fixing Kostic in place, and Carter, who continued to slide, almost hit his teammate, and completely lost his defensive position in desperation.

After shaking, Lee Yoo flew close to the ground with the ball in his left hand, and Collins in the lower left of the basket was still pulling with Kurt Thomas behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw Lee Yoo soaring into the air.

Collins instinctively helped defend to the basket, and before he could fully jump, Li You, who rushed up in three steps, grabbed the ball with his left hand, ignored the block, and smashed the dunk with his arm!

"Squeak!"

At the same time as the referee blew the whistle, the basket suddenly exploded, and cheers erupted in the arena, and Li You under the basket beat his chest to the camera:

“Soft！”

Shouting and shaking his head, Lee Woo ignored the ugly Carter and walked slowly to the free throw line, high-five his teammates in celebration.

Doug Collins saw clearly that Lee's breakthrough was just right, the fake cover amplified the physical advantage, and the man-ball control technique was the guarantee of scoring under the basket.

Thinking of Li You's age again, Doug Collins suddenly sighed:

"Maybe Lee won't have a significant decline at the age of 35, he's the most perfect backcourt player I've ever seen."

Kevin Harlan didn't notice too many details, but he saw Lee Yo crush Carter on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the first quarter.

Kevin Harlan prefers gossip to technical details, and took advantage of Li You's free throw to say again:

"I love games like this, and once Carter gets his touch back, the Nets still have a chance."

Carter's performance continued, and after the offense with the ball was ineffective, he began to receive the ball again in the left and right blocking areas.

It's just that too much physical confrontation has affected the shooting feel, and Carter's low-post offense is still iron.

The two exchanged offense and defense for several rounds in a row, and in the end, Lee Woo and Carter both had to make free throws.

At the end of the first quarter, the excitement of Nets fans was gone.

At 32:20, the score difference still came to double digits.

At first, the fans who were expecting it would applaud loudly when they saw Carter constantly asking for the ball and attacking continuously, but after Bang Bang hit the iron, everyone lost their mood again.

3-of-11 from the field, 3-of-4 from the free-throw line, and Carter scored nine points in an inefficient shot.

Despite scoring half of the team's points, Carter, who returned to the bench, was not encouraged by the fans, and his teammates were very dull.

Coach Frank didn't make many changes either, and only allowed Scala Bryan to replace Collins at Jefferson's insistence.

On the commentary bench, Kevin Harlan couldn't comment on the technical statistics after reading them, so he could only continue to praise:

"A scorer is all about having that kind of confidence, and I'm sure Carter will regain his touch in the next games."

Doug Collins did not comment on his performance, but said euphemistically:

"The Nets are losing their rhythm of the game, they're attacking too haphazardly!"

"Superstars shouldn't be swayed by emotions, and Lee does this better."

Also played the first quarter of the game, Li You was 6-of-8, 0-of-2 from beyond the three-point line, and 3-of-3 from the free throw line, scoring 15 points.

Coach D'Antoni naturally sensed that the Nets were entering a rhythm of blind chickens.

With 23 shots in a single quarter, this is not the normal game plan for the Nets, and the number of times the two big men switchback and run has increased significantly.

I thought I would encounter a strong resistance, but when I saw Carter take over the game, the mustache knew that the match point was secure:

"Shrink the defense, we continue to test the opponent's shot!"

"Bale, the defense continues to pester Vince Carter and wear down their patience!"

D'Antoni briefly reminded him, and Raja-Bell nodded vigorously.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lee Woo sat on the bench, and Raja Bale, who had been instructed, overunderstood and moved more and more on the defensive end.

Less than three minutes into the game, Carter changed direction at the top of the arc and burst through the middle with the ball in his right hand, only to be almost knocked to the ground by Raja Bale's neck.

Carter clutched his neck, Jefferson on the side couldn't hold back, and after the referee blew the whistle, seeing Raga Bell's smug look, he rushed forward and immediately threw a punch.

Barnes hugged the other side and soon the two pushed each other around the free-throw line.

Amid the cheers of the fans, the referee blew the whistle again, and Coach Frank on the sidelines was still theorizing loudly, and eventually, Raga Bale was whistled for a malicious foul.

Fisher continues to act as a good old man, and he has a good relationship with the players at the bottom of the players' union, and took this opportunity to take the initiative to comfort Jefferson:

"Richard, there's no need to be so excited! It's just a run-of-the-mill playoff game. ”

"Shh

The fans were not satisfied with the decision, and once again burst into boos, but Jefferson remained silent, he just didn't like the attitude of the Knicks.

Fans turned against him, opponents didn't respect him, and the Nets lost for so many years, and Jefferson couldn't hold it back.

Soon Lee and Prince were back on the court, one big and four small, and Stoudemire was not interested in competing with the opposing role players.

took the initiative to block and dismantle Li You, eat cake with peace of mind, and when encountering a conversion attack, Stoudemire also ran fast and rushed through the half court at the first time.

In the lineup of one big and four small, Li You is more chasing Carter in addition to blocking and dismantling tandem attacks.

Nets fans are applauding less and quieter, and the reason is simple, Carter is still so iron.

Carter, who had an explosive mentality, no longer worked as hard to attack the basket as he did in the first quarter of the game, and even forced a jump shot from outside the three-point line in a few rounds.

The two chased each other for most of the game, and the point difference gradually widened, and Kidd and Fisher, who focused on dealing cards, controlled their mistakes well, and under the "pure strength" competition, Carter obviously fell into the disadvantage.

With 4:02 left in the half, Lee Woo cut across the line and received the ball on the right flank, and Carter, who was chasing after him, was delayed by Kurt Thomas, who had just come on the pitch.

Seeing that Li You didn't make adjustments, he tilted his body and drifted to the right rear to make a quick shot, and Carter on the side caught up and immediately pounced.

failed to complete the block, Carter did not control his body, and fell to the floor with Li You

"Squeak!"

The basketball hollowed into the net, and the referee's whistle was a little slower, and he hesitated for a moment before the whistle sounded.

Carter, who was pulled up by his teammates, was even more depressed, and this was his third personal foul, which meant that he had to rein in his defensive moves.

"Good defense!"

Li You, who was pulled up by everyone, patted Carter, and the other party was angry and didn't stretch his feet, which was a clear stream among the players.

Kidd is still silent, and he has really strengthened his aggressiveness, but the three-point shot is still iron.

Nets fans were silent, and several members of the Nets on the court were similarly depressed.

“MVP！ MVP！ MVP！ ”

The New York fans who watched the game at the scene did not take care of the emotions of their opponents at all, and shouted happily at this time, the more miserable Carter was, the happier they were.

At the end of the second quarter, Carter finally hit the first three-pointer of the game on the left wing.

Coach Frank on the sidelines just clapped his hands encouragingly, and tonight's game has turned into a battle for personal proof.

In a dull atmosphere, at the end of the half, the Nets fans booed again.

60:41, with a huge margin of points, everyone knew that the series was over.

Playing the full half, Carter was 6-of-20, 1-of-3 from beyond the three-point line, 4-of-6 from the free-throw line, and scored 17 points in inefficiency.

Lee Woo scored 27 points on 10-of-15 shooting, 2-of-6 from beyond the three-point line, and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.

At halftime, Doug Collins watched the offensive and defensive battle between the two at halftime, and commented with a smile:

"It's not necessarily a bad thing to lose, Carter is still young and this is his first season with Kidd."

"Considering the Nets have gone through more injuries this year, they'll have an even better record next season after a run-in."

With a gap visible to the naked eye, Kevin Harlan didn't expect Li You to completely crush the dunk king with his physical fitness.

"Flyer" Carter gives the impression of a scoring guard with strong physical fitness, not only did he not fly tonight, but even pulled his hips in all directions.

After the start of the third quarter, Carter was still working on it, and his shooting percentage went back up a bit.

At this time, Li You was no longer interested in competing with the other party, maintaining a 20-point difference, and tonight was another three-quarter check-in.

Perhaps because of the explosion of mentality, Carter made a mistake at this time, which made Kidd a little helpless and could only speed up again.

The game went smoothly, and Coach Frank didn't pause again, standing on the sidelines and silently watching the time pass.

At 28:24 in the single quarter, the score came to 88:65 after the third quarter, and the Continental Airlines Arena broke out in cheers again.

In the last quarter of the game, Li You sat on the bench and looked at Carter, who was still struggling on the court, without much emotion in his heart.

Maybe the other party still expects him to play and continue the "man duel", but Li You did not respond, changed into training clothes to show his attitude, he is going to rest.

After playing most of the game, Carter was also substituted, and when he returned to his seat, he threw away his headband in frustration and stared down at the floor without saying a word.

He was 11-of-32, 2-of-6 from beyond the three-point line, 7-of-9 from the free-throw line, and finished with 31 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers.

Carter, who scored the highest points in the series, showed his desire to win in this game, but the Nets still lost.

Some fans began to pull out of the stadium, and boos and cheers rang out through the arena at the same time as the final hum rang out.

At 112:93, under the fierce resistance of the Nets, the Knicks scored another game point and ended the suspense of the series.

Carter didn't say a word, stood up as soon as the game ended, covered his head with a towel, and walked briskly to the players' tunnel.

Carter, who was supposed to score the Nets' highest score, was supposed to be interviewed, and Kidd was interviewed by TNT instead of his teammates.

When asked about the series win, Kidd, although his face darkened, still made a strong statement:

"Like Richard said, they have to win four games to win."

"Although we are behind by a big score, with the support of the fans, I believe we can do miracles!"

“.”

After getting the match point, the team's condition is getting better and better, and Li You, who attended the press conference, naturally greeted the reporters with a smile when he faced the reporters.

The ESPN reporter clearly wanted to make a difference, and instead of talking about the series at all, he asked about Carter's stats:

"Lee, tonight's game we noticed that Carter took 32 shots and only scored 31 points."

"Do you think that offensive option disrupts the Nets' rhythm?"

Hearing this question, Li You made his expression solemn, and said with a "sincere face":

"No problem with 32 shots, I love Carter's competition!"

"In a crucial game like this, Carter took on the responsibility of leading the way, and as for the stats, it didn't matter at all."

"I know Carter, he's a big heart player with a killer instinct, so in tonight's matchup, I never let him take the ball easily, it's been disrupting his attacking rhythm."

"I know how much trouble a scorer like that can get us in trouble when he finds his shooting feel!"

"In my opinion, Carter is like a black mamba, he is very dangerous, and in the face of such a killer, he can't relax at any time."

"When the black mamba hunts, one blow can be fatal, and all I have to do is not give my opponent such a chance."

The reporters in the audience didn't expect Li You's evaluation of Carter to be so high, and the opponent could still help blow X

ESPN's reporter looked at Li You's serious expression, and was also fooled for a while, and after thinking about it, he even felt that this remark was very reasonable.

On the morning of the 29th, mainstream media in New Jersey and New York reported the Knicks' victory, and at the same time, Lee You's evaluation of Carter also sparked heated discussions among fans.

The New York Post also spoke highly of Carter's crazy performance, in addition to praising the desire to win, he also praised Li You's words:

"Vince Carter proved that he still has a killer instinct!"

"Always believe that the next shot will hit, this is the Mamba spirit that belongs to Carter!"

“.”

(End of chapter)