NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 916 UFO takes off

Intermission.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Cole saw Curry taking off his sweat-soaked jersey. Cole's face was full of worry: "Stephen, how is your fitness?"

"Huh!" Taking a deep breath, Curry gritted his teeth, "No problem."

Under the horrific output of 25+11 by the Trail Blazers in the first half of the 36th, the main reason why the Warriors were only 7 points behind was that Curry's output was also full tonight!

Played 24 minutes in the first half, made 8 of 16 shots, 4 of 6 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, personally scored 24 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

One person's scoring accounted for nearly half of the team, which is enough to see how much Curry spent in the first half.

At the same time, Thompson was also quite good. In the first half, he made 5 of 9, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. Among them, there were many difficult shots and made magic shots. He contributed 15 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal!

The Splash Brothers exploded like this, but the Warriors are still lagging behind?

This is the hardest thing for Cole to accept.

But this can’t be helped, who made this round of playing too fierce now, the two sides have been injured or suspended one after another, now it’s time to compete for the thickness of the bench and the strength of the stars, just in terms of the performance in the first half, The Trail Blazers are clearly better.

If the fight continues like this, it will always be really not far from Liangliang.

"well!"

Cole shook his head dejectedly. The team is now at the end of its rope. He has done what he can and the players have played hard enough on the field. What else can we do now?

We can only take one step at a time.

"what about you?"

Then he turned around and asked Thompson and Iguodala.

Both of them played for one and a half quarters and played a lot of time. Although they took few shots, they couldn't hold back and ran a lot. Under Wang Zelin's ubiquitous defensive pressure, they could only rely on continuous running, running and running. Only barely won the pitifully few vacant opportunities.

"I'm OK!"

"I'm ready, I'm bound to defeat them tonight!"

Thompson and Iguodala adjusted their breaths and looked up to respond.

Cole nodded without saying anything, letting the players strive for a better rest environment.

Come back from the halftime break and start the third quarter.

The four main players of the Blazers remain the same, only the small forward position has changed from Connett Lee to Vince Carter, a veteran flyer.

In this year's playoffs, the old Carter averaged 7.5 points, 3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. Although his output is not as good as the injured Batum and the original Connett Lee, his efficiency is the highest among the three.

In an average of about 18 minutes per game, he averaged 6 shots and 2.8 hits per game, and his shooting percentage was 46.7%. Among them, he averaged 3.2 shots and 1.4 hits on three-point courts, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 43.8%, which is the most accurate one in the team. .

What's more, in this round of the series, the old Carter also occasionally appeared in wonderful shots, and he was relentless in key shots, showing his rich experience in competitions.

The game starts and the Warriors attack.

After breaking through Lillard, Curry hit a mid-range shot, 60:65, the Warriors narrowed the gap

The Blazers attack.

Wang Zelin served from the bottom line, Lillard received the ball and advanced, and Carter responded nearby.

Curry is very active defensively, but after all, he played half of the game and didn't rest for a minute. He is already very tired, and he is not a defensive champion himself, so the quality of defense is average.

Lillard got rid of Curry, quickly reached the three-point line, and soon encountered Iguodala's supplementary defense. He hurriedly crossed to the left and found the old Carter who was ambushing on the left side at a 45-degree angle from the three-point line.

At this time, the old Carter was empty three meters in front of him. After receiving the ball, there was a big open opportunity, and he made a three-pointer.

"Shua!"

Splashes appeared and a three-pointer was hit.

At 68:60, the Blazers led by 8 points.

"Beautiful! Although this is Vince's first shot tonight, he is obviously well prepared. There is still hot blood flowing in this old body!"

"Everyone used to say that I was a big diesel engine, but now I would like to give up this title to Vince, he definitely still has a lot of fuel in his tank!"

After seeing Carter complete the three-pointer, O'Neal seemed extra excited.

Both of them came from the 1990s and reached the peak of their careers around the beginning of the century, and they are different from other black players whose private lives are chaotic.

Although they are single-parent families, both of them later met a great stepfather. They received strict tutoring since they were young, and became highly educated people who are rare among black players.

The extremely similar growth trajectory made them become very good friends in private.

Seeing that his friend who is nearly 40 years old can still play for his beloved basketball career on the court, O'Neal can't help but feel a touch, and the excitement gushes out for a while.

Perhaps because of the praise from his old friend O'Neal, Carter seemed to have injected a new energy into his body, and continued to contribute fiery performances on the court.

The Warriors turned around and played pick-and-roll offense.

Thompson, who received the ball, was defended closely by Button, but he didn't even get a shot. The Blazers continued to show the same defensive intensity as in the first half.

Seeing that his teammates had no chance, Thompson signaled to pull away and choose to single Barton.

Button's defense is in place, but Thompson's personal offensive ability should not be underestimated. He just used a difficult back to avoid the block and complete the shot.

But at the moment of his shot, the old Carter on the side actually helped defend in place, jumping up with a blood cap.

The basketball flew upside down and was caught by Lillard.

Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Trail Blazers directly played a defensive counterattack.

Lillard made a quick break with the ball, and Wang Zelin and Carter advanced side by side, one on the left and one on the right, followed by two Warriors players who retreated.

Wang Zelin took the lead in rushing in from the left, and Lillard made a direct ground pass, which immediately attracted the attention of Iguodala and Speights.

After Wang Zelin received the ball, he made a gesture to jump and dunk, but Iguodala gave up Carter decisively and shrunk to the basket in advance.

However, this is just a pretense.

I saw Wang Zelin take the ball back, and then received a high throw, directly pushing Iguodala in front of him out of the baseline.

Who is the ball passed to?

The next moment, everyone knew the answer.

After Iguodala was pushed out, Carter rushed to the penalty area and was unstoppable!

He flew into the air about one meter away from the basket~www.mtlnovel.com~ While pulling the ball up with his right hand, he started to turn around.

In the shocked eyes of the fans at the scene, in the envious eyes of a certain elementary school student who returned to the center circle...

"boom-!"

Vince Carter, the once invincible UFO, completed a 180-degree mid-air turn and dunk with one hand!

The fans at the scene stared blankly, the Blazers' bench has been fried.

This is 39-year-old Vince Carter!

The 39-year-old Carter, under the watchful eyes of 20,000 people in the Rose Garden Arena, and in front of hundreds of millions of viewers around the world who are watching the live broadcast, completed a slam dunk no less than when he was young.

Tonight, a UFO took off over Portland!

(end of this chapter)