From sparring to superstar

Chapter 244 242. He misses his cousin...

The Clippers sent Greg Anthony, Piakowski, Jordan, Odom, and Jermaine O'Neal in the second quarter to focus on the triangle offense. Pie or shot.

In the first half of the first quarter, both Li Ao and Bibby were on the court, and Jordan endured it all the time.

Now that the two of them are gone, he vented all the anger accumulated from the morning to the present!

Carter's defense is not bad against Li Ao, who is not strong in singles. He wants to use hand-to-hand combat against Jordan like Li Ao...to be taught to be a man.

He is very strong, but there is still a significant gap compared with Jordan, mainly because he can push and stick, and Jordan can handle it at will.

乔丹6分多钟时间7投5中，加上2中1的罚球，半节11分！率队半节拿到18分！
Not only was Carter blown up, but the Raptors did not do well defensively in other positions, because Olajuwon was replaced, and there was no key defensive player connecting the inside and outside.

The Clippers' defensive continuity is much better. O'Neal is at the basket and does a good job of protecting the frame. Carter's long-range shooting touch is severely consumed by Li Ao in front, and he can't attack the frame. He only scored 4 points and 2 points in the half quarter. Assists, the Raptors' 12 points are only 1 point more than the runaway old flying man.

Carter, who opened the door to a new world, began to take the initiative to sum up his experience and lessons after entering the official timeout. He felt that defensive play depends on who the opponent is.

He thought of the Finals between the Lakers and the 76ers. Even Fisher and Tyronn Lue couldn't guard against Iverson, and Kobe rarely interacted with Iverson.

This time he ran to fight with Jordan, not only did not cause substantial interference to the opponent's offense, but his own offense was also affected.

Of course, the main reason is that his own defensive ability is not good. If he has an explosive head... no, even if he has the defensive ability of his cousin...

Thinking of this, he began to miss the time when he had his cousin by his side, and he began to miss Oakley.

With Cousin, the two of them could take on Spider-Man and Fly by themselves.

If Oakley doesn't leave and alternates with Olajuwon, their inside defense will have continuity.

Antonio Davis is good, but a 206 cm, 105 kg insider, playing center in the rotation stage... Oakley is only 203 cm, but weighs 111 kg.

He had never thought about it that much before. After opening his mind, dissatisfaction began to spread...

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With a score of 29 to 42, the Raptors trailed by 13 points and were not yet at the point where they could not catch up. But if they still wanted to win, they had to close the score before the end of the first half, and they could not let the point difference continue to widen. Wilkens continued to send Carter on.

Carter put away his distracting thoughts and came to the court. Looking at Li Ao who was replaced, he had the competitive spirit that he didn't want to lose when he faced his cousin in the playoffs last season.

But after the game restarted, he played worse than before...

On Li Ao's side, he played the full first quarter and fought hand-to-hand throughout the whole process. He was physically exhausted, but it was too much consumption in a short period of time. After half a quarter of rest, he came back alive and well.

And Carter fought hand-to-hand for a quarter and a half, and is still fighting now!

In terms of physical strength, strength alternates with weakness!
Li Ao continued to fight with Carter, with the first goal of blocking Carter's long shots and blocking Carter's basket.

Scoring... not only Carter tried his best to lock him up tonight, but the rest of the Raptors also defended him very strictly. The defensive one, who made him the Clippers' scoring leader.

Since their Clippers and Trail Blazers re-launched the Jagged Wave, it has become more difficult for him to score every game.

Before playing against the Trail Blazers, he easily scored more than 20 points in each game. In the last few games, he only scored more than 20 points when he played the game. With the help of Bibby + Jordan + Lamar Odom Just got it.

He has already made mental preparations. Once the game turns into an iron-blooded battle, he will shoot if he has a chance to shoot, and if he doesn't, he will defend to death!
Tonight is Carter's 'Day of Awakening' and also a 'Day of Good Friday'.

In the first half of the quarter, Carter scored 10 points with 4 of 5 shots and 4 of 12 free throws. He didn't score a single point in the second half of the second quarter. After playing for a quarter and a half in the second half, he only scored 8 points. .

Carter's offense collapsed, and the rest of the Raptors' offensive performance was also dismal. The team only scored 52 points in the next two and a half quarters.

However, the Clippers have not been able to widen the point difference to a particularly large point. Except that Jordan has a clear advantage when playing singles, other times it is actually louder than the Raptors.

When the confrontation reaches this point, Jordan, whose playing time is strictly controlled and has sufficient physical strength when playing, can open up the situation with singles.

At 10:25 p.m., the final whistle blew.

靠着李敖的15分10板3助攻2抢断3盖帽、乔丹出场28分钟拿到26分、小奥尼尔的20分14板、奥多姆的11分7板4助攻……快船队4人得分上双，以97比81大胜猛龙队！
"Jordan successor?:
Task object: Vince Carter.

Host dunks: 3, Vince Carter dunks: 0.

Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: 1500 achievement points.

Host three-pointers: 1, Vince Carter three-pointers: 0.

Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: 500 achievement points.

Cumulative score comparison: 15 to 20..."

The final whistle sounded, and Li Ao received a mission reminder.

14投5中，其中三分球3中1，外加6中4的罚球……今晚他刷新了本赛季得分新低。

Thanks to Jordan!Otherwise, it may be choking tonight. Every time he plays an advantage, Jordan is on the court.

Although Jordan doesn't come, there is a high probability that they will go further this season. They can reuse the big Q, or let Odom play the main small forward...they are overflowing with talent, and they can have many choices.

But with the addition of Jordan, they eliminated many time-consuming and laborious steps and could directly move towards the top teams!

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In the battle between old and new trappers, Jordan had the last laugh and became the focus of the moment.

Li Ao has also become the subject of heated discussions. He defended Carter with 19 of 7 shots and only scored 20 points.

He waved his finger after giving Carter a big cap, which caused controversy. Some people questioned why the referee didn't give T, and some people said that Li Ao didn't wave his finger at the opponent player, but just celebrated the fans...

In addition, the Clippers restricted their opponents to less than 4 points in 90 consecutive games, which has also become a hot topic.

Leaving aside the abusive game with the Bulls, the Clippers averaged only 4 points per game in the other 3 games of the last 87.7 games, but restricted their opponents to only 77.7 points per game!
After defeating the Raptors, the 9-game winning streak of the Clippers has dropped to 91.1 points per game, surpassing the Magic and becoming the team that restricts opponents to score the lowest!

(End of this chapter)