Tonight's game is the New Orleans Hornets at home against the Los Angeles Clippers, for the Hornets, the team will need to shake off the pain of being beaten by Gerard Wallace in the last minute of the previous game and boost the team's self-confidence, while for the Clippers, their goal is the playoffs, they have lost five games in a row, and this one must turn the tide and find the rhythm to win.

Half an hour before the game, the Hornets' Emeka Okafor entered the team's activation list, which means that he may play in this game, Okafor after the injury, he will return sooner than expected, before this game, Okafor made it clear that the big man from the East - Bai Xiaofei has conquered Okafor with strength and ability, and he is willing to play as a substitute for Bai Xiaofei in the remaining thirty games, and he has no complaints about this.

Indeed, in the last ten games, Bai Xiaofei averaged 19.7 points and 11.2 rebounds per game, with a shooting rate of 62.7%, and was once again awarded the Player of the Week. But in comparison, Zhaoqiang's data is relatively bleak, since Zhaoqiang began to play in the NBA, his data is an average of 29 minutes per game, only 5.6 points per game, 5.9 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 2.01 blocks, the shooting rate is only 38.7%, in the game, although Zhaoqiang is active in defense, he also has certain abilities and skills, but on the offensive end, it is miserable, there is basically no middle and long distance, due to the natural long arm caused by poor dribbling, and the ball is worse offensive, The only means of scoring is a strong attack under the basket or a second rebound in the front court, and the weak offensive ability is Zhaoqiang's weakest point.

The starting lineup of the Hornets is No. 1 Paul, No. 2 Iverson, No. 3 Ariza, No. 4 West, and No. 5 Bai Xiaofei.

The starting lineup of the Clippers is Baron Davis at No. 1, Eric Gordon at No. 2, El Aminu at No. 3, Blake Griffin at No. 4, and Chris Carman at No. 5.

With a whistle, the game officially began, and as soon as the game started, the first player to shine was Iverson of the Hornets.

Iverson and Eric Gordon are both very capable players, but Iverson is biased towards breaking, Gordon is biased towards shooting, Iverson uses his trademark large crotch cross step to shake continuously, and after a realistic dribble feint, shake Gordon away, rush into the basket with the ball, and make a layup with a low hand!

At this moment, Griffin, who was standing at the top of the three-point arc, suddenly started, sprinted to the basket, took two steps and took two steps directly into the air to send out the pegboard hat, but Iverson has been playing on the NBA floor for almost ten years, and he is very old-fashioned, he pouted his ass back, lengthening the distance between Griffin and Iverson in the basketball, but Rao is so, Griffin still rushed over and slapped Iverson in the face! Iverson was like a kite with a broken string in the air, and he fell to the floor with a "bang"!

At the moment when Iverson fell, Iverson still threw the ball out, and the basketball luckily hollowed into the net, and Iverson immediately fell to the ground!

"Toot toot!"

Griffin fouls!

But how dare people bother to pay attention to the whistle! Of the five people present on the Hornets, David West had the hottest temper, which was a little Hades temper, and I saw him striding towards Griffin, and reasoned with Griffin viciously, Griffin retreated, spread his hands over and over again, indicating that he didn't mean it, and Clippers boss Baron Davis quickly pushed West aside - Davis and West are both veterans who have been in the league for a long time, and they are very familiar with each other.

It seems that Griffin hit it lightly, Iverson lay on the ground and his injury was relieved for a while before he slowly got up from the ground, moved his muscles, and his joints felt fine, and he was about to walk to the free throw line for a free throw, when the referee suddenly signaled to ask Iverson to force him off the court.

It turned out that the corner of Iverson's mouth had been opened, and a trace of blood flowed out.

Whether in the NBA or in international competitions, whenever a player bleeds, he must be forced off the court for treatment until the bleeding stops.

Iverson glanced at the referee, then used his tongue to pouting Tiantian's lips and put the oozing blood into his mouth!

"Now it's time to start playing!"

Iverson's cold words stunned the referee and widened the eyes of the fans!

In addition to the nickname "Answer", Iverson also has a nickname called "God of War"!

The God of War really deserves its name!

Iverson's powerful scene just now deeply stimulated Zhaoqiang, who was sitting on the field, his hand was tightly clutching the white towel, his eyes were staring at Iverson's every move on the field, there was nothing on his face, but his heart was already surging!

"The same should be true of the strong!"

Griffin's rough treatment stirred up the fire in Iverson's heart, and no one could stop his breakthrough in this game!

Iverson from outside the three-point line made a classic shoulder shake to trick Gordon, and then strode into the basket, or Griffin, jumped up from the floor, like a rocket to the sky, and Iverson in the air sacrificed a big lever, drilled under Griffin's armpit, and sent the ball into the basket!

Wandering outside the three-point line on the left side, he went around Carman after holding the ball into the interior line, and at the moment when Davis was stunned, Iverson turned and threw in the air!

With 3 minutes and 47 seconds left in the first quarter, Iverson received Paul's quick pass, and hit a three-point shot to stretch the difference to 11 points.

The game fought until the first 3 minutes of the second quarter, and the difference in the game had exceeded 20 points, Zhaoqiang replaced Ariza on the court, mainly defending the opponent's main small forward, El Aminu!

Aminu's ball is very good, and his perception of position on the court is also very good, and he often appears in the right position at the most appropriate time, like the Hornets' duo of West and Paul, the Clippers' Griffin and Davis's blocking and dismantling has also become the team's nirvana, but the Clippers have Aminu, and the tactics are more complicated, because of Aminu's back and forth, Griffin can not only break through and shoot at the free throw line, but also attract defensive passes to Aminu, The tactical cooperation of the three people is quite tacit, which makes people unguardable.

Aminu did not rush to perform after he came on the court, in fact, on the whole, Amino's offensive ability is not very strong, his biggest role for the team is on the defensive end, although he is lightweight, but flexible, and the defense is also skillful, he can cut the ball in the opponent's hand very quickly, he is mainly defending West on the defensive end.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Hornets mainly played West's mid-range shots, but under the frequent harassment of Aminu, West's shots were mostly knocked out of the frame, on the contrary, Eric Gordon of the Clippers frequently went out of the sheath and hit three-point shots frequently, and the point difference narrowed and narrowed.

In the entire first half, in the 9 minutes and 27 seconds that Zhao Qiang played, Zhao Qiang only won a rebound that was not very important in the backcourt, and in addition, there was no outstanding performance.

At halftime, the head coach of the Clippers, Dunleavy Sr., surrounded the players and said solemnly, "Although the margin has widened to 20 points now, don't be discouraged because I have found a way to beat them." ”

Old Dunleavy touched the bald head with his hand, and said mysteriously, "That is to completely let go of the opponent's No. 13 player and attack with all his might, Aminu pay attention to interspersed with running, and leave that No. 13 player alone." ”

Aminu was skeptical and said, "Then he'll score!" ”

"Leave him alone, he won't attack at all, you just let him go, you have to focus your energy on the offensive end!"