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Chapter 112 Fighting the Raptor

The Cleveland Cavaliers at home beat the New York Knicks. They didn't have much time to stay. They flew to Toronto immediately to challenge the Toronto Raptors away.

Before this game, the Toronto Raptors had a good record, 17 wins and 15 losses. They ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, and they are very hopeful to enter the playoffs.

The Raptors have been fluctuating recently, with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses in the past week or so. After the new year of 2004, they played two games, one win and one loss, and the winning percentage was [-]-[-].

Before the game, media reporters made predictions in advance, optimistic that the Raptors would defeat the Cavaliers led by James under the leadership of Vince Carter.

The reason why we are optimistic about the Raptors' victory is that although the Cavaliers ended their losing streak in the last game and defeated the Knicks, there are still doubts about their status. Not enough, beating the Knicks, not convincing enough.

And although the Cavaliers have won, they have to play back-to-back away games, and the Raptors have a pretty good home record. Chris Bosh's performance in the new season of the 03 generation is getting better and better. Marshall also quickly integrated into the team, and it was difficult for the Cavaliers to get out of the whole body.

January 2004, 1 at 7:10 pm, Canadian Airlines Center Arena.

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors is officially underway.

A simple player appearance ceremony, and then, after the warm-up exercise, the starting lineups of the two sides lined up and came to the middle circle of the court, ready to start the scrum.

The Cavaliers lined up the starting lineup for the previous game, point guard LeBron James, shooting guard Kedrick Brown, small forward Elke Williams, power forward Carlos - Boozer, center Zajunas - Ilgauskas.

For the Raptors, the starting five are point guard Arvin Williams, shooting guard Vince Carter, small forward Jaylen Rose, power forward Donyell Marshall, center Chris Bosh.

With the whistle in the referee's mouth, there was a clear beep, the basketball flew high in the air, and the game officially started.

Ilgauskas jumped lightly, and with only five layers of skill, he easily defeated Chris Bosh without any suspense, and allocated the basketball to James.

The dribble accelerated, James turned around, passed Arvin Williams who was entangled, and quickly advanced the frontcourt.

Without slowing down, cross dribbling, breaking through Vince Carter with the ball in the middle, James rushed up without any skills, directly leaning on Vince Carter's body, forced into the free throw line, immediately, pulled the ball up, took a bow and shot an arrow, Two steps to the basket, came a small throw.

The basketball crossed a very high arc, and there was a swish sound of wiping the net, and the basketball went into the net precisely, as if it had eyes.

Two points scored, 2 to 0! !
As soon as the game started, James was unceremonious. In front of Vince Carter, Cenchi scored and directly gave the Raptors a blow.

Offensive and defensive transition, Arvin Williams dribbled the ball across the half court and gave the ball to Vince Carter in the frontcourt.

Receiving the ball, Vince Carter assumed a three-threat offensive posture, and Kedrick Brown lowered his center of gravity and assumed a standard defensive action. His footsteps moved with Carter's probing steps, and his hands covered the basketball, taking a step away.

Lifting the ball over the top, with both feet parallel, Vince Carter made a simple probe and directly made a three-point shot.

As one of the four major shooting guards in the NBA, Vince Carter's shooting is good, his scoring efficiency is quite high, and he has a three-point range.

The reason why he didn't get personal honors, such as the title of scoring champion, is because he didn't kill all the players, and after scoring 20 points easily, he started to cool down his scoring skills. Therefore, he didn't have very shining personal honors, but the way of health preservation But it allows him to be in his 40s, still be able to play in the NBA, and still be able to start scoring points.

Even though Brown knew it was a fake move, he still rushed forward to stop it.

Vince Catra dropped the ball, shortened his body, moved a step sideways, accelerated the dribble and broke into the three-point line, and went straight to the basket.

Marshall on the right immediately ran out of the perimeter, and Boozer didn't dare to let go. This mobile fort can only be defended.

Ilgauskas on the left let go of Bosh's defense and rushed to make up the defense.

Vince Carter jumped up in one step and flew up like a spring man. He grabbed the ball with his right hand in the air and wanted to dunk. Facing the block with the outstretched hands of Ilgauskas, Vince Carter retracted and released his body. Dunk the basketball to the right, switch to the left, and after avoiding the block, use your left hand directly to dunk the basketball into the hoop.

Dodging in the air, changing hands and hitting a dunk, the Raptors quickly responded with a wonderful breakthrough dunk.

2 is better than 2!

When he landed, Vince Carter's face was indifferent, and he immediately turned back to defend, as if the wonderful dunk he just completed was ordinary and not worth celebrating, and the passion in his body hadn't surged.

Outside the arena, the eyes of the fans and spectators were sharp, and they suddenly burst into applause, like rain hitting plantains, and they fell one after another. Thunderous cheers sounded, and the loud noise almost wanted to lift the roof of the basketball arena.

On the commentary stage, Barkley looked solemn, picked up the tactical analysis panel, wrote a number on it with a pen, then turned it over, and praised loudly: "This dunk is extremely gorgeous and wonderful. The dunk movement is very stretched and elegant. , Ziru, scoring 10 points is not enough for this score, so I scored 100 points!!"

Seeing Barkley use a pen to write 10 points on the tactical panel, adding a 0, Kenny Smith was a little powerless to complain, just rolled his eyes, and then said: "Carter's dunk came from an alien, In fact, the earth can no longer hold Carter's imaginative dunk!

Looking at Carter's expression, he should be able to know that this wonderful dunk is definitely not Vince Carter's limit. I really hope that he can perform more exciting dunks.However, I still scored 10 points for the ball just now, and he must have a place in this week's top 10 balls! !

Next, how will James respond?With his unparalleled physical talent, it should be easy for James to dunk.James dribbled the ball to the frontcourt without a one-on-one. When Boozer played a pick-and-roll, James accelerated the dribble to break through and was double-teamed. Would he come by himself?oh!No, he split the ball..."

On the basketball court, after the pick-and-roll, James immediately broke through with the ball to the left, facing the double-teaming of Alvin Williams and Marshall, and hit the ground with a random hit.

There was a clear and crisp impact, and the basketball hit the floor, passing through the defensive gap between the two precisely, and landed just right, and the pick-and-roll went down Boozer's hands.

After catching the ball, he dribbled a step. Boozer held the ball with both hands and took off.

With a loud bang, Boozer poured the basketball into the basket heavily with both hands.

4 to 2! !
Boozer was hanging on the basket, and after confirming that there was no one under the basket, he jumped off, landed, and immediately returned to the defense. He high-fived James head-on to celebrate. Both sides gave thumbs up and praised each other:
"Pass the ball comfortably!!"

"Dunk is amazing!!"

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(End of this chapter)