Is Carter to blame for Toronto's loss to Philly?
By Rob Maaddi
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Aaron McKie
slashed past Vince Carter, caught a
backdoor pass from Allen Iverson
and scored an easy basket. Antonio
Davis slammed the ball in frustra
tion.
Too lazy to make the play on de
fense or too tired from a hectic day
of travel?
Carter left himself open to intense
scrutiny and heavy criticism by at
tending graduation ceremonies at
North Carolina before Sunday’s
Game 7 of the Raptors’ playoff series
with the Philadelphia 76ers.
He could’ve silenced the critics
with another one of his stellar per
formances. Instead, Carter looked
nothing like the player who
torched the Sixers for 3tTpoints in
Game 6 Friday night.
In the biggest game of his career,
Carter had 20 points on just 6-of-18
shooting as Philadelphia eliminat
ed the Raptors and advanced to the
Eastern Conference finals with an
88-87 victory.
“I survived, I was there, I played,
did what I needed to do,” Carter
said. “It all came down to one shot.
It could’ve been a great day or a ter
rible day. I don’t let what people
say, I don’t let people’s opinions
hold me down.”
Carter missed a desperation
jumper from just inside the 3-point
line that would’ve given the Raptors
a win at the buzzer. He put his head
down, got a consolation pat from a
teammate and walked off the court.
“It’s a game, you make shots and
you miss shots. He missed it. Peo
ple who want to blame a graduation
on losing a game, that’s a scape
goat,” said Carter’s mother,
Michelle Carter. “Graduations don’t
win or lose games. Shooting, re
bounding, turning over the ball at
the wrong time — that will lose a
game for you.”
Jet lag may not have affected
Carter as much as a swarming de
fense. He constantly had a hand or
/ survived, / was there,
I played, did what I
needed to do.
Vince Carter
Toronto Raptor guard
two in his face, often passed up
shots and finished with nine as
sists.
“I admit the first two minutes I
was a little winded,” Carter said. “I
was trying too hard early. I was tir
ing myself out.”
Carter missed his first three
shots, including two jumpers, be
fore following his third miss with a
tip-in. He was 3-for-7 in the first
quarter. He only scored three points
— all on free throws — in the sec
ond.
In Toronto’s three victories,
Carter averaged 41.3 points, includ
ing a 50-point outburst in Game 3.
He scored 22.3 in the four losses.
“It was the same old Vince,” Six
ers forward Rodney Buford said. “If
he makes the last shot, it would’ve
been a different story.”
In the second half, Carter made a
few clutch baskets, keeping the
Raptors in the game. Isolated
against McKie late in the third, he
drove, to the basket, got fouled,
scored the layup and sank the free
throw, giving Toronto its first lead,
65-64, since the opening minutes.
But the Sixers quickly reclaimed
the lead and Carter missed his next
two shots — a 3-pointer and a run
ning 8-footer.
With the Raptors trailing 82-78
and just under five minutes left,
Carter missed a 3-pointer. He made
two free throws after Davis got the
rebound, but didn’t score again.
Carter, who left school for the
NBA after his junior year in 1998,
completed his final correspon
dence course this summer and
earned his degree in Afro-Ameri
can studies.
He was recognized with the rest
of North Carolina’s Class of 2001,
left the ceremonies early to catch a
flight to Philadelphia and arrived at
Toronto’s hotel in time to attend a
pregame meeting at noon.
On Saturday, Carter traveled to
North Carolina on team owner Lar
ry Tanenbaum’s private plane.
Carter arrived on campus about
8:30 a.m. Sunday. After signing au
tographs and taking pictures out
side the ceremony at Kenan Stadi
um, he walked out with the rest of
the students.
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