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Chapter 454 - 205. Genius Kidd dances alone, Bad Boys Legion advances strongly!_3

Chapter 454: 205. Genius Kidd dances alone, Bad Boys Legion advances strongly!_3

Besides, Rondo also pointed out a key issue in the meeting—after Carter missed three shots in the first half of the fourth quarter, he only shot once in the second half, missed, and didn’t take any more one-on-one shots, only relying on putback dunks to draw fouls and score two points.

Of the Nets’ 18 points in the fourth quarter, it was Richard Jefferson’s 5 points and Kidd’s 5 points that held them up.

When Carter’s shots are falling, he plays with confidence and flair, but once he starts missing, he begins to hesitate and even becomes reluctant to shoot...

On the 25th, the Bobcats left Charlotte and arrived in Jersey City, rested for a night, and then faced off against the Nets on the road on the 26th.

In the replay meeting the afternoon before yesterday, the Bobcats’ coaching staff and players clarified one thing—play the upcoming games as they should be played, without being influenced by G2.

If the core players of the Nets, their main shooters, continued to be as accurate as they were in the first three quarters of G2, then there was nothing to be done, the Bobcats could only step up their intensity; they couldn’t just watch the Nets score, if they lost after playing hard, then they’d just have to accept it.

The Bobcats didn’t waver in their confidence because of G2, nor did they adjust their tactics, and it was Kidd who suffered.

The situation of scoring 27 points together in the first quarter of the previous game, even for him, Carter, and Jefferson, was as difficult as reaching the heavens!

This evening in the first quarter, the Bobcats continued to display a well-rounded performance with Rondo scoring 2 points with 3 assists, Felton 4 points with 2 assists, Zhang Yang 6 points, Okafor 5 points, Herrmann 3 points, Gerald Wallace 2 points, Muhammad 2 points, Jarett Jack hitting a three... The Bobcats scored 27 points in a single quarter!

On the Nets’ side, Carter did play consistently well in the first quarter, shooting 3 for 6, including 0 for 1 from three-point range, plus 3 for 4 free throws, scoring 9 points.

But Kidd only scored two points tonight in the first quarter on 1 for 3 shooting, Jefferson only scored 5 points on 2 for 6 shooting, along with Jason Collins’ putback and one, Eddie House getting fouled on three-pointer and making all three free throws, they only managed 22 points!

In the second quarter, Kidd wanted to try again, adjusted their tactics, and continued to aggressively attack... But the whole team only scored 21 points, of which 9 were scored by Carter alone.

Bickerstaff deployed a defensive lineup in the second quarter, this time not passively but actively adjusting, and the effect was clearly better than last game!

Zhang Yang took over the offensive flag this quarter, scoring 9 points in 8 minutes on 3 of 7 shooting, including 1 for 3 from three-point range, and making both of his free throws, holding off Carter’s offense.

And his teammates clearly performed better than Carter’s, with the rest of the Bobcats scoring 15 points.

The second quarter ended with a score of 24 to 21, the Bobcats extended the lead to 8 points, leading at halftime 51 to 43!

The Bobcats relied on defense to gain the upper hand, not only widening the 3-point gap but also affecting Carter’s performance.

Actually, both scored 9 points in the second quarter at different times, but in Carter’s eyes, it didn’t seem that way.

The current situation required him to step up and take on the pressure in one-on-one plays, essentially bringing him back to the point where he needed to face off against Zhang Yang!

Carter wasn’t afraid of carrying the pressure, nor was he afraid of taking the key shots, but as Hubie Brown said, he was afraid of losing to an 18-year-old sophomore in a one-on-one matchup.

Moreover, his kind of ’fear’ now was even greater than in G1 because he had lost the one-on-one during G1.

Although that game didn’t attract much attention nationwide, and not many people criticized Carter, the media in New Jersey and neighboring states like New York and Delaware lambasted Carter.

Neither of those states had teams in the playoffs, so many media outlets and fans turned their attention to the ’assembled state’ of New Jersey’s Nets.

Therefore, in G2, when Zhang Yang and Gerald Wallace led the team in a vigorous comeback in the fourth quarter, Carter didn’t shoot after missing four times, instead passing the ball to Kidd and Jefferson.

Carter didn’t want to, but there was no choice, he had to stand up now as the team really had no one else to rely on, no other player with a reliable one-on-one game besides him.

Kidd covertly resented Carter, and Carter often likewise resented Kidd.

Carter had never partnered with a point guard with such limited scoring before in his career.

By the third quarter, Carter attacked very fiercely, more aggressively than in the previous two games and the first half of tonight’s game!

He was criticized for his hesitant play in G1, but this time he was more decisive than in the first halves of the previous two games.

However, too much of a good thing can be a bad thing; Carter played the entire quarter and scored 9 points, but he only made 2 of 8 shots, including 1 for 3 from three-point, and made all four of his free throws to get those 9 points.

Such scoring efficiency was far from his two previous individual 9-point halves.

Under his ’leadership’, his teammates only made 3 of 10 shots and scored 8 points in the quarter! The whole team only made 5 of 18 shots and scored 17 points in the quarter!

On the Bobcats’ side, they got excited on the counterattack with consecutive misses from their opponents!

Even if Kidd and Jefferson were great at stopping fast breaks, they couldn’t hold back the Bobcats from getting more than ten counterattack opportunities in the quarter.

Zhang Yang played for 7 minutes, making 2 of 3 shots, both baskets coming from fast breaks, and one fast break led to being fouled while shooting, scoring on both free throws, and then hitting both free throws after being fouled on a jump shot. In 7 minutes, he scored 8 points and 2 assists.

Rondo played 9 minutes this quarter, making a 1 for 1 shot, scoring 2 points with 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

With Felton’s 4 points and 1 assist, Gerald Wallace’s 6 points and 1 assist, Okafor’s 5 points, Jarett Jack’s 3 points, and Millsap’s 4 points... The Bobcats exploded for 32 points in the quarter, setting a new series record for points in a quarter!

Scoring 6 points in the first quarter, 9 in the second, and 8 in the third, Zhang Yang made 8 of 15 shots by the end of three quarters, including 1 for 3 from three-point range, plus 6 for 6 from the line, scoring 23 points with 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 steal, leading the Bobcats to a 23-point lead over the Nets at 83 to 60!