Chris. Paul, master passer, the league's best point guard, top assister, on-court coach, control expert, and the best defensive point guard...... There are too many good names for this No. 3.

A lot of people even say, "Just have Chris. Paul, the head coach can sit on the bench and watch the game in peace. ”

Yet among Paul's many titles, almost no one would say, "Chris. Paul is a super scorer. ”

Indeed, looking at Paul's career stats, he has only averaged more than 20 points per game in two seasons. Don't say anything, because Paul is the No. 1 spot, and now the league averages 20 points per game No. 1 spot. The most typical examples are Westbrook of the Thunder and Rose who is playing against Henson on the court at this time, and Kyrie of the Cavaliers. Irving estimates that next season's points per game average will easily approach 20.

Times are different, and there are few point guards like Paul who are masters of the court, but more offensive point guards, such as Rose and Westbrook, who are full of impact "bombs". Under the explosive performances of these new generation of point guards, Paul often gives people the illusion that his scoring ability is not strong enough.

Well, Henson calls it an illusion.

Although Paul is indeed not like those perverts who bombard each other with 40+ consecutive points at every turn, he is not Kobe's scoring maniac who scored 62 points in the third quarter and 81 points in a single game. But that doesn't mean Paul won't score, just because Paul prefers to direct offense. He chose to use other ways to help his team win.

But when the team needs him to score, when his manager asks him to score. Paul will make everyone realize that once a traditional point guard starts to score points, it is also crazy!

Rose and Brewer are still working hard, and after Brewer assisted Rose to put in a three-pointer, Rose "reciprocated" and assisted Brewer to score a three-pointer.

The Bulls' offense has been more fluid and efficient than ever, and if the Pacers had been confronted by Rose last season, they would have gotten out of control.

But today was different, when the Bulls thought they were about to get on the ground and take control of the game. Paul used a pretty beautiful back-to-back dribble past Rose and went straight to the basket to pull up a layup under Noah's rough defense.

The basketball enters the net lightly, and at the same time the referee's whistle blows, and the three points are played! The Bulls had just made a three-pointer and Paul was immediately returned, which was undoubtedly very demoralizing.

Noah was still pleading to the referee, but Paul was already high-five his teammates.

The camera gave a close-up of "Queen Bee", who had not let go of his frowning brow since the start of the game. That save at the beginning of the game was just a warning, and now Paul will show you what it means to win!

Standing at the free-throw line, Paul easily hit a free throw in the quiet environment that the Pacers fans created for Paul. For Paul's free throws, Henson didn't have to worry about it at all. In the last two seasons, Paul's free throw shooting rate has tended to be close to 90%, which means that as long as Paul is sent to the free throw line, it is basically equivalent to sending points.

"Tsk!" Thibodeau gritted his teeth, and finally the offense from his side was played, but the Pacers were still able to continue.

Last season, the Pacers really didn't have that strong point of attack. Neither Granger nor Holiday are quasi-first-line superstars, and sometimes it may not be so timely to score in a tough battle.

But at this time, Thibodeau was facing Chris. O Paul!

After that, Rose slammed into the box with an almost suicidal change of direction and scored the ball in a hard-to-earth encounter with Horford.

This ball was shocking to Henson, because if you don't slow down and change direction, it will definitely cause huge damage to your knee. Rose has been playing stop-and-go this season, but his style of play has not been restrained at all.

Rose scored again, and the Bulls were already scoring in a row. The Bulls' defense is still dominated by cutting off the passing and receiving routes.

Paul didn't slow through the half this time because his task was not to organize, but to impact, to score!

Young Rose opened his arms to face the player who was arguably the league's best No. 1 player. Unlike Rose's unreasonable change of direction without slowing down, I saw Rose's upper body suddenly shake during the high-speed advancement, and after deceiving Rose to move sideways, he suddenly slammed it again, twisted his wrist, and pulled the basketball that was originally shot to the left back to the right side!

A one-handed change of direction made by using the delicate work on the wrist! There is no doubt that this sudden change of direction and tempo caused Rose to lose his defensive position. Paul blew past Rose like a gust of wind, and in just a flash of lightning, the Bulls' defense had been cut open!

Paul rushed towards the penalty area, and both Noah and Boozer were on standby. But Paul was about to hit the basket with a sudden back-dribbling stop, and then made a jumper from close range.

This sudden change in rhythm made Noah and Boozer directly unresponsive. And although Rose tried his best to get there, the interference was still a step slow. What's more, this is a close-range jumper, and at this distance, Paul will hardly miss!

Score points in a row! From the start of the second half to the present, the Pacers' scoring has been single-handedly handled by Paul. Now Paul is no longer the master of the field, and he is no longer the coach on the court who shows his passing art in the cracks.

He's a scorer now, a star player who can compete with Rose, a star player!

Want to take down my team with individual ability? Then you have to ask me if I say yes! At this point, Paul undoubtedly displayed this courage.

The most terrifying thing is that Paul is completely free to switch between the roles of passer, defender and scorer, plug and play!

Henson was extremely relieved at this time, this is what changed after the team had a superstar! From then on, the Pacers no longer have to fear the opposing superstar suddenly going berserk and winning the game unreasonably. Because we also have our own superstar!

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In the third quarter of the game, the fans enjoyed watching it very much. The battle between Rose and Paul made the second half seem to be played by two different teams.

Rose, who scored only 2 points on 1-of-9 shooting in the first half, scored 8 points in the third quarter. At the same time, his breakthrough score also gave Noah and Brewer many easy scoring opportunities.

Nearly all of the Pacers' wins over the Bulls last season were based on the condition that they limited Rose.

However, today, when Rose played a bottoming performance and led the Bulls to a 33-point offensive attack in a single quarter, the Pacers still led the Bulls by 5 points!

They weren't crushed again, Chris. Paul's 15 points in a single quarter allowed the Pacers to firmly control the situation at home from start to finish!

"15 points in a quarter, oh my God, this is the same Chris we know. Paul!? He scored a lot of points with his exquisite shaking, and the Bulls' defenders may be stakes in Paul's eyes! Paul, meanwhile, now has seven assists on his account. Although there is still a full quarter of the game to go, 'Queen Bee' has almost booked a double-double! ”

Mike. Brin didn't say a word about the outstanding Rose, because Paul undoubtedly stole the limelight from the youngest MVP in the third quarter!

At this time, Brin suddenly remembered the image of Henson whispering in Paul's ear before the start of the second half.

Sure enough, when these two extremely smart guys start to sum up something, the Pacers' opponent is very dangerous.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Bulls showed no signs of turning the tide. After a failed recovery in the third quarter, Rose's form seemed to be low again. Desperate to score, he became obsessed with singles with the ball. But Paul is by no means a defensive point that can be broken through by just playing alone.

Brewer and Lore. Deng is still trying, but these two are just Rose's lieutenants after all, and they don't have the ability to decide the outcome of the game.

After entering the rotation lineup, Leonard unleashed his mid-range shot again. and, a high-handed layup that runs through the entire Bulls defense. Leonard's terrifying reach isn't just on the defensive end.

In the third quarter, Paul suppressed Rose. And by the fourth quarter, the Bulls seemed to have run out of energy. The margin has been fluctuating around 7 points, and the less time there is, the slimmer the Bulls' hopes become.

Rose can't kill the Pacers, and Boozer and Noah on the inside don't have the advantage they had last season.

There's no way to sit on the bench anymore, and there's a terrible fact that makes the defensive idiot feel extremely disappointed.

This year, the Pacers may have surpassed the current Bulls in terms of overall strength and talent......