Basketball UFO

Chapter 37
(During this period, I am not in good health and my condition is very poor. The manuscript has been used up and I have not been able to update regularly and quantitatively. I solemnly apologize to everyone. I will try to recover as quickly as possible, update to return to normal, and update more.)
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Cassel's injury, the Nets are missing an important part of the starting lineup.The organization of offense and defense suddenly dropped to a level.

Coupled with consecutive away games, the team was exhausted and their combat effectiveness declined significantly.

ESPN published a commentary article, "It feels like the Nets are about to be kicked out of the playoff lineup. Their state is not optimistic, and near the end of the season, they encountered injuries, and the team seems to have withdrawn from the previous chemical reaction."

TNT is relatively optimistic. They have a deeper understanding of Carter's strength. "The Nets may reach the playoffs relying on Vince Carter alone, but they have to go further and even reach the second round of the playoffs." , It's impossible to rely on Carter alone. Others have to step up."

Except for Carter, the Nets' starting lineup is not bad, and they are all starting players above the league average.

Center Rasheed averaged 14.9 points per game, power forward Williams led the defense, averaging 10.8 rebounds per game, Kendall Gill averaged 16.1 points per game, and Cassel scored 14.7 points and 8 assists, which is quite eye-catching.

It is also true that the Nets will reach fifth place in the Eastern Conference, and there is still hope to maintain it.Of course, no one is available on the bench. Robert Parker has no impact, lack of organization, and frizzy defense. He is also the biggest immediate combat power on the bench.

As for the others, whether it is Daniels or Weitzel, let’s not mention them, they are old and useless.

TNT also analyzed the current situation of the Nets. After Rashid joined, the team's record has not declined, but the run-in has not been smooth. "In addition to the injury problem, Rashid has also suffered technical fouls recently. It seems to have encountered a problem, very manic, and the Nets will go through a more difficult journey."

It has reached the early stage of the regular season sprint, and the Nets seem to have entered a bottleneck period of physical fitness and record, and various problems have begun to appear.

After losing to the Lakers, they returned home to face the Utah Jazz.

The Jazz are currently the team with the highest record in the Western Conference. They are powerful and have 47 wins and 15 losses. They went around the Eastern Conference a few days ago and won two out of three games. Now they are in the Eastern Conference and are preparing for another three games.

Neither the Pistons nor the Bullets were opponents of the Jazz before, only losing to the Atlanta Hawks in back-to-back games.This time at the home court of the Nets, Jazz Xuan Ming and his elders looked at Zhang Wuji Carter, secretly said that it was dangerous, Zhang Wuji hadn't fully mastered the Nine Suns, and he couldn't beat the two elders working together.

"If the Nets were more mature, we would have to expend more power." Jerry Sloan looked at the Nets lineup, calmly, their goal is only the championship, only the Bulls, "Now the Nets lineup is not Neat, just win this game with all your strength.”

"Remember, at the end of the season, staying healthy is the most important thing. You need good results, good health, and you also need to accumulate strength to prepare for the playoffs."

Leaders have very straightforward ideas and want everything.Don't think about difficulties, only make demands, not solve problems.

The scene was crowded with people, and it was still the Rutgers Athletic Center.

Toyota's sponsorship negotiations have reached an impasse, and no progress has been made recently. It is very likely that the negotiations will be stopped. The 20-year endorsement fee of 1 million US dollars has been temporarily stranded.

The main reason is that Carter wants to sign with Toyota and does not want to tie his personal interests to the team.Toyota's brand image doesn't match him. If Toyota signed a center, post player or role player, it would look better.

Several personal sponsorships that Fagan and Mucci are negotiating for Carter have not yet been finalized. The two sides are still debating details, but have reached a consensus on the general direction.

It can bring in millions of sponsorship fees every year.

In today's game, the Nets ushered in a long-lost home game, and the number of people was full.

Recently, the attendance rate of the Nets has soared to more than 95%. It is completely different from the scene at the beginning of the season. Almost every game is full of fans. If it were not for safety reasons, the seats cannot be filled. The team management even hopes to add some mobile seats. Chair, make more money.

"Ah... Carter, I love you!" The twin sisters appeared on the seats again, shouting for Carter.

The twin sisters came out to shout and shake the big white rabbit, which has become a beautiful scenery for the Nets.Many fans even bought a few girls to cheer for Carter together.

"This game is difficult, but I am willing to be with the team, with these few of them, come on, Nets."

"Our team is full of hope, and even if we lose to the team with the best record in the Western Conference, we have a bright future."

Fans know that the team has injured its main point guard and have no hope of winning this game, so they still go to the home court to support the team and Carter.

"Vince will contribute wonderful games, and that's enough. The team makes me satisfied."

"Carter's dunk was more exciting than the victory."

In the game, Rashid was quietly elbowed by Karl Malone at the beginning of the game. He chose to spray it back with his big mouth, and then got a technical foul.

After being substituted, he was still cursing and dancing on the sidelines, "Ma Long only knows dirty tricks, bastard, I'm going to mess with him next time."

Rashid's bloody mouth made the children on the sidelines cry.

I didn't want to cry at first, but I couldn't hold it in anymore, "Oh...it's so scary..."

Rasheed kept his mouth shut, and he didn't want to.

"Beep!" The referee suddenly followed to the sidelines and gave Rashid his first technical foul.

Two technical fouls and sent off.

Rashid looked confused, why did I get two technical fouls?I didn't provoke anyone, did I?The game is still in the first quarter, just reached the second official timeout, and the winner has not yet been decided.

Carter just hit the inside to score. When he saw Rashid who was sent off, he was taken aback. He immediately realized that whoever made the foul went to the player tunnel and spat, "This idiot."

I still can't control my emotions, and I'm still easily taken away.

Killing eight hundred enemies, self-defeating one thousand.

On the opposite side, Byron Russell comforted Carter with a smile on his face, "Vince, Rasheed is still very impulsive. The postman's tricks are known to the entire league, doesn't he know?"

Don't blame Malone, only Rasheed himself.And Malone only allowed him to take a technical foul, and Rashid committed suicide...

Carter rolled his eyes and said, "If you dare to do something dirty, I will make you suffer the consequences."

"Don't dare, you can score boldly. Our strategy is to restrict others." Byron Russell did not shy away from revealing his own tactics.

Jazz players have this kind of self-confidence, and the Nets have injured two people. Even if Carter scored 100 points, he could not withstand the bombing of the Jazz.

Calipari is helpless. The team no longer has its main point guard. If it loses its main center, there will be no need to play this game.

Throughout the game, Carter played extremely hard. It wasn't that he couldn't score, but that he couldn't win. One person couldn't defeat a team.

Carter scored 12 consecutive points in a single quarter, and his teammates were caught off guard to only score 4 points in a single quarter. The scene was very ugly.

Fans always boast that the previous games were intense. In fact, the offensive and defensive rhythm in the half was not fast, and zone defense was not allowed. Most of the time, players were playing alone, and the scene was very ugly.The skills and tactics are not as good as in the early years. The defensive intensity is high, but in fact the normal defense is not bad, but there are more rough fouls.

Carter scored 38 points, contributed 5 assists and 8 rebounds, but failed to win and swallowed the defeat.

The Jazz won on the road and won by 4 points.

Originally there was still a 3-point difference in the last 10 minutes, but at the last moment the Nets bench players got excited and recovered a few more points.

Losing the game, Rashid was successfully suspended.The technical fouls accumulated this year are enough, and the scene was kicked out of the game field and suspended for an additional game.

The next game happens to be against the team with the best record this season, the Chicago Bulls.

The away game was still a defeat. Jordan scored 36 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, understatement, and directly won the victory.Pippen scored only 21 points, but had 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

Carter scored the highest score in the game, with 41 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

"Rookie, you have made great progress. It seems I have to teach you a lesson in the playoffs." Jordan was full of confidence and talked to Carter again.

"I'm looking forward to meeting him in the playoffs." Mentally, Carter doesn't think Jordan is very strong, but he can also be very strong.

He wants to meet the Bulls in the playoffs and feel how powerful the championship team is, but there is little hope. The Bulls rank first in the regular season, and the Nets are currently ranked sixth, so they cannot meet them.

"Hey, the playoffs are different from the regular season." Jordan was in a good mood and was willing to pass on a little bit of experience.To put it bluntly, keeping the Bulls team healthy is the most important part of winning the championship. "I will let you feel the changes in intensity, and you'd better catch it."

"I wish I could," Carter responded loudly.

Kendall Gill was excited when he saw Carter competing with Jordan. This is what the boss of the team looks like.Don't be afraid of facing Michael Jordan. Only in the future will you be able to defeat the Bulls.

The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the teams cannot lose confidence when they meet.Kendall Gill is the No. 22 scorer of the Nets. He also scored 4 points and [-] steals. He did a good job on the defensive end.

"Vince, this game is such a pity. If Rasheed and Cassel were here, we could have won."

"Every game is different, be yourself." Carter resumed the game a little bit, it seems that all the players are healthy, and it is difficult to beat the Bulls.

The Bulls are the strongest team among all the others and are indeed the strongest team.Of course, if it is a best-of-seven game, there is still hope of stealing one or two wins.

Insider Jason Williams, after being blown away by Malone in the last game, finally made a big comeback in this game, scoring 10 points and 15 rebounds, and the number of rebounds suppressed Dennis Rodman.

Rodman is really aging. Apart from showing off and pretending to be a big name, his strength can no longer support his personality.

"As long as I don't listen to what he says, there's nothing Rodman can do to break my mentality." Williams and Massenberg boasted, "The most important problem with Rasheed is that he cares too much about what his opponent says. , why should you care?"

Rasheed was wearing a suit, heard Williams boasting, and opened his mouth wide, wanting to gnaw it down and swallow this pretentious bastard.

"I can control my emotions." Rashid couldn't help "tearing each other" with Williams, "You control the rebounds for me, and scoring inside is my strength."

"Let's wait until you do it... Who can brag." Williams retorted, and the atmosphere in the team was quite harmonious.

The Nets played energetically in this game. Although they lost 2 points, everyone knows that the Nets' lineup is not neat, and they can still play like this with the Bulls. The fans are very happy.

The team has fighting spirit and is full of expectations for the future.

"In the next game, the Nets will play against the New York Knicks. Both teams are plagued by injuries. The Nets are better. Cassel is officially back, but Larry Johnson suffers from a back injury." TNT Commentator, Prospect Game previous situation.

"The quality is about the same, it will be a good game. Both sides are eager to win."

The Nets lost two games in a row, and the Knicks also lost to the Kings. Both sides need a victory to quench their thirst.

(End of this chapter)