Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 35 Demigod Nemesis
The Lakers, who lost in Golden State, regrouped and returned to their home court against the Toronto Raptors who came from afar.

Bad news came before the game. The Lakers' main center Shaquille O'Neal will not be able to play in this game. The reason is said to be an upset stomach caused by drinking inferior chicken soup the night before.

The Lakers promoted rookie center Mehmet Okur to the starting position. This second-round rookie from Turkey served as O'Neal's first substitute. Although he didn't play much time, he showed good shooting ability and averaged 10 Contributed 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in about 1 minutes, and hit [-] three-pointer.

Okur will be facing last season's All-Star center Antonio Davis.

Before Magloire, Antonio Davis is definitely a strong contender for the most watery All-Star.In an era when Ewing, Mourning, Larry Johnson and even Schmitz and Ratliff all fell prematurely, O'Neal was still immature, and Van Horn couldn't support the wall, he became the only player in the East except Mutombo. The only inside line that can be taken out.

And Keon Clark, who played with Davis, is known as the octopus. He is 2 meters tall and has an amazing wingspan. He averaged 11 blocks in 22 minutes per game last season.But this person has a thin body, weighing less than 2.4 kilograms, and is drinking heavily. It is said that he has to drink two glasses before and during the intermission of every game.

The task of jumping the ball was given to Ben Wallace, who was not tall but had an amazing bounce.

Big Ben lived up to expectations and jumped the ball to Fisher, and Fisher dribbled the ball to the wing.O'Neal, who was supposed to ask for the ball in the low post, didn't play. Okur stood at the top of the arc and pulled Antonio Davis to the free throw line, while Mason fell to the low post and singled up Raptors forward Maurice Peterson.

Both of them have the same registered height of 2.01 meters, but Mason is nearly 20kg heavier than Peterson. In New York, Mason often plays power forward and even center. Without hesitation, he bowed his waist and raised his hips and pushed inward.

Davis was pulled out of the three-second zone by Okur, and the Raptors' basket was quite empty. Peterson was completely unable to stop Mason's brutal back attack, and Mason easily arched him to the basket. He made a fake move of turning around and making a small hook.

Keon Clark on the side has already defended in place, and he jumped up and wanted to give Mason a spicy hot pot. Unexpectedly, Mason's small hook was halfway through, and with a flick of his wrist, he passed the ball lightly to the unmarked Ben Wallace, the big Ben marked the basket with both hands and opened the scoring first.

Vince Carter is undoubtedly one of the hottest new stars in the league. With his slam dunk skills, coupled with his gorgeous and cool style of play, his popularity is even higher than that of Kobe.

Raptors guard Alvin Williams slid the ball across half court to Carter, who wanted the ball on an isolation.

Carter signaled his teammates to pull away, facing Kobe's defense, and made a three-threat.

Bryant's feet are spread apart, his center of gravity is lowered, his hands are spread, and he is watching Carter's next move with rapt attention.

Carter saw that Kobe's center of gravity was lowered to break through the main defense, so he did not hesitate to take two steps outside the three-point line and directly made a three-point shot. The ball drew a perfect parabola and went into the basket hollowly!

The camera is shown in the auditorium behind the Raptors bench. The wife of veteran shooter Dell Curry and her son Stephen are cheering for the team. The real primary school students saw Uncle Carter's beautiful ultra-long three-pointer, and danced and began to imitate just now. Carter's shooting form.

The Lakers attacked, and Mason continued to play in the low post. This time, Peterson switched to defending around the front. Fisher hesitated and missed the best opportunity to pass the ball.

Kobe came out from behind Okur to respond, received a pass from Fisher, made a shot, and Carter, who bypassed the screen, jumped up and blocked the shot.

Bryant's toes did not leave the ground, watching Carter helplessly drift through the air, lowered his head and slammed on the accelerator to go straight to the inside line, and took off step by step.

Keon Clark, who has a special penchant for blocking shots, lost his big money again and came to defend Kobe. This time, he tried to block the shots at a better timing. Kobe had already taken off, and it was impossible to fake any more.

Kobe saw Clark rushing towards him with his teeth and claws. He pulled the ball to his waist with both hands. After avoiding the block, he straightened his waist and handed the ball to the other side of the basket with his left hand. .

Clark, who landed, could only watch helplessly as the basketball spun and tapped the backboard before falling into the middle of the basket.

The audience at Staples Center erupted in loud cheers!

The elementary school student quietly sat back in his seat. This action is not so easy to imitate, and he may slip away if he is not careful.

The two offenses at the beginning became the epitome of the first quarter of the game. Except for Carter, the other players of the Raptors basically had no independent offensive ability. In the absence of O'Neal, the main offensive task of the Lakers was handed over to Kobe. At present, the game quickly became a stage for the two top shooting guards to perform. Except for Mason who occasionally seized the opportunity to back Peterson, the others rarely had a chance to make a shot.

In the opening stage, Carter's touch was relatively better, scoring 6 points on 4 of 10 shots and contributing 2 assists, while Kobe scored 7 points on 3 of 7 shots.

The Raptors entered the first timeout with a 16-13 lead.

Zen Master replaced Okur, who was at a loss. The Turk basically didn't touch the ball. Apart from making two screens on the offensive end, he stood outside the three-point line as a fortress, but the ball never passed to him. Among them Part of the reason is that Mason, who was supposed to be the support axis, faced Peterson's weak defense and squeezed to his heart's content. He made 2 of 2 shots and gave Da Ben an assist, and Peterson got 2 fouls on his back.

After the timeout, the Raptors replaced Jerome Williams, who is known as the "trash dog", to defend Mason, and replaced Peterson, who had been devastated for a long time.At the same time, the jumping man Keon Clark was replaced by Dell Curry.

Carter attacked with the ball, and standing in front of him was replaced by Bruce Bowen with dead fish eyes.

Last season, when Bowen was defending Carter, he used his famous stunt to almost end the demigod's ankle.

Carter saw Bowen posted it calmly, and felt a little nervous. No one is willing to bet on his health. This time, he chose to pass the ball to Antonio Davis, who is moving to a high position.

Seeing that Ben didn't follow, Davis chose to make a confident mid-range jumper, but he underestimated Ben's wingspan and bullet speed.

His feet seemed to be filled with gunpowder, and Big Ben pressed himself into a spring and jumped up suddenly.

Davis's careless mid-range shot was directly caught by Da Ben with a nine-day moonshot. After landing, Da Ben roared to the sky and ignited the Staples Center again!

"It's a pity that there is an extra word Austrian in your name." Jim mourned for Davis.

　In fact, I think Korver's All-Stars are quite watery...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)