Chapter 8 Playing the Field

When Chen Yu followed the Hornets onto the floor of the Energy Solutions basketball arena, the boos from the audience from all sides made him shudder.

The stadium, which can accommodate 19,911 people, was packed.

As a well-known death away from home in the NBA league, the Hornets players are under a lot of pressure.

In China, because of Chen Yu's popularity in the past few days, the sports channel specially broadcast the game of the Hornets against the Jazz.

Countless NBA fans sat in front of their televisions, waiting for the game to begin.

Everyone wants to know if Chen Yu, who played magic in the last game, can continue to maintain that magic.

"Support Chen Yu! Ten shots out of ten in this game! Create brilliance! ”

"I hope that Chinese basketball can get better and better, and more talents like Chen Yu will emerge."

"Bet, Chen Yu is back to his old ways today, and his score is no more than ten, otherwise the live broadcast will be ......"

"Will Chen Yu get a start in this game?"

"It's impossible, it's just a good game, how can you start so quickly......"

On the post bar and Weibo, the topic of Chen Yu's game has been hyped up in the sky, and even Yao Ming has been covered in the limelight.

Thirty minutes later.

9 p.m. local time in the United States.

The New Orleans Hornets' away game against the Utah Jazz officially began.

It's the same as many fans guessed.

Chen Yu did not start because of his excellent performance in the last game. He still sat honestly on the bench and watched the game between the two teams on the field.

This game, Paul is very important.

Because of his opponent, the official Jazz's leading point guard, Deron Williams!

As the No. 3 and No. 4 picks selected in 2005, the two were compared by the media as soon as they entered the NBA league. Compare the two of them to lifelong enemies.

Although as a professional player, he ignores the media reports.

But there were many people who spoke, and Paul and Delon also began to subtly start to fight.

In the rookie season of the two, even if everyone rated Paul higher than DeLong, in terms of data, DeLong has always been crushing Paul. Especially when the two face to face, Paul is always the abusive side.

Gradually, around the world, there was a meme of Delong "eating and sleeping and abusing Paul".

At the beginning of today's game, sure enough, Paul, the poor star of the Hornets, was abused by DeLong again.

In the opening four minutes, the score was 15-6, with the Hornets being the side behind.

Paul made zero of three shots, zero assists, and one turnover, and was completely crushed by DeLong on the opposite side.

Hornets head coach Scott pinched his waist and looked ugly, and waved for the referee to take a timeout.

"Toot ......"

The contest has been temporarily suspended.

Players from both teams return to their respective benches.

Paul sat in his seat with a gloomy face, his face covered with a towel, and he looked like no one was going to approach.

Head coach Scott lifted Paul's towel and said sternly, "Paul, you are a point guard, you shouldn't play a western cowboy fighting game with the opposing guard, you should connect the players in tandem, pass the ball many times, look for opportunities, and stabilize the rhythm!" ”

Paul took a deep breath and nodded with a dark face.

Scott picked up the tactical board, talked for a while, and then looked at Chen Yu on the side.

When Chen Yu saw the head coach looking at himself, he was a spirit in his heart.

Sure enough, in the next second, Scott shouted Chen Yu's name, "Chen, you play, run more, shoot at the top." ”

"Understood!" Chen Yu excitedly took off his sportswear jacket and began to warm up.

Off-court cameras showed footage to the Hornets bench.

The fans in front of the TV saw Chen Yu changing clothes, and they were all excited.

The host of CCTV Sports Channel said with a smile, "Audience friends, now we can see that Chen Yu is taking off the Hornets jersey, and it looks like he is about to play." can be replaced by the head coach at a critical moment like falling behind in the first quarter, which shows that the current Hornets trust Chen Yu very much. ”

"That's right." Zhang Weiping, a guest on the side, agreed, "Scott is a person, we all know each other very well, and we don't trust newcomers very much, which is one of the reasons why Chen Yu didn't get good results in the Hornets at the beginning." ”

"Teacher Zhang, do you mean that Chen Yu didn't play in the NBA for half a year because the head coach didn't give him time to play?"

Zhang Weiping nodded and said, "Obviously, Chen Yu, this player is not the kind of person who pulls my crotch if I break out today, and I understand that if I don't break out, I will pull my crotch." He's very stable. I have been in contact with Chen Yu in China before, and I still know him very well. ”

The audience in front of the TV heard Zhang Weiping's explanation and said that they almost believed it.

The host smiled and said, "Then Mr. Zhang, now the head coach of the Hornets can replace Chen Yu on the court at such a critical moment, which shows that in Scott's heart, Chen Yu has jumped out of the level of a newcomer?" ”

Zhang Weiping nodded and said, "That's right, that's it." Chen Yu must have been observed by Scott for a long time, and then waited until the last game against the Celtics to play his full strength and gain Scott's trust, before replacing him at the most critical moment of this game. ”

"Does this mean that Chen Yu will soon get the starting position of the Hornets?" The host is very aware of the hot questions in the hearts of fans now, and asked Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Weiping still nodded and said, "If Chen Yu can play well today and in the next few games, he can get the main position of small forward compared to the Hornets." ”

"Hahaha." The host laughed socially and said, "Then let's wait and see." ”

The Central Sports Channel has a certain routine for commenting on NBA events.

It's not always important to be exciting, real or unreal, professional or unprofessional, the important thing is that if you meet a Chinese player, you must praise it. No matter how bad the game is, you must find a thousand and ten reasons while playing hard to save face for the players......

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

Chen Yu stepped onto the court in the fourth minute of the first quarter.

Platforms such as sports forums and Tieba Weibo, which are far away in China, suddenly became lively at this moment.

"It's on! I'm on the field! ”

"Playing with Paul, envy, jealousy, hatred."

"Let's see if we can keep the same form as we did today."

"Mighty! Come on! National security is awesome! ”

"Upstairs, you're in the wrong place."

Under the watchful eye, the Hornets served.

Paul dribbled steadily across the half-court, and Deron Williams was back in front of him, spreading his arms and defending with all his might.