The 05-06 season was a season of competition, and there was no "No. 1 man in the league" that convinced everyone.

O'Neal has obviously lost his dominance, and Kobe Bryant's individual ability is unquestionable, but the team he leads is not good enough in either the regular season or the playoffs.

In his previous life, Wade was considered by more people to be the "first person in the league" candidate, because Wade won the championship and FMVP in 06.

Sun Zhuo's personal ability has been proven several times, twice against the league's top star Maddie, both times scored 60 points, and some people have even said that Sun Zhuo's personal strength has now surpassed Maddie.

In terms of personal ability alone, Sun Zhuo has been on par with Kobe, Maddy, Iverson, Nowitzki, Wade, James and other first-line stars, and is currently far from the position of "the first person in the league", only the record is missing, only by leading the team to win, let people see his leadership ability, and achieve honor in the playoffs, Sun Zhuo is qualified to be called "the first person in the league".

After the game against the Rockets, the Magic will play back-to-back away games on the road, and they will come to Oklahoma City non-stop, where they will take on the New Orleans Hornets, which was not interesting to play last year, but from this season onwards, every time they meet the Hornets, it will become very competitive because they have Chris Paul this season.

Playing the Hornets in Oklahoma City is still a lot of fun, but it can't be helped, New Orleans was hit by a Category 5 hurricane on August 29, causing severe damage in New Orleans, and the entire area is the size of the United Kingdom, which is one of the most costly natural disasters in the history of the United States.

Speaking of this hurricane, the Chinese may be proud, the day after the hurricane hit, New Orleans was a large-scale armed robbery and arson, when tourists asked the police for help, the police replied "You die, now everyone cares!" ”

On the third day, the police were ordered to abandon the search for survivors, after which they were shot at the rescue helicopters and convoys......

A hurricane, which had been tracked a week in advance and given 48 hours of warning, struck a large city that had been in a state of emergency two days earlier, killing more than a thousand people.

If it were China, that would never have happened.

At the game site, there were not many spectators, after all, the place was in Oklahoma City, which was not the home of the Hornets, nor was it the home of the Magic, and Sun Zhuo soon saw JR Smith and Chris Paul on the court.

"Paul, one of the top point guards in 17 years, finally appeared."

Sun Zhuo became very happy when he saw Chris Paul, because for Sun Zhuo, he was more familiar with the players in the 2016-2017 season, played for two seasons, and when Paul appeared, there was a very wonderful feeling, and he also hoped that Stephen Curry, Wei Shao, Kyrie Irving, and Lillard would soon enter the league.

It was less than four years left before the enemy army (Curry) arrived on the battlefield......

Curry will definitely be the longest opponent of Sun Zhuo and others, in order to compete with Curry on three-point shots, Sun Zhuo has practiced three-point shooting every day in the past two seasons, and the training of ultra-long three-point shooting has hardly stopped for a day, but obviously, these two years have not reached Curry's peak state, fortunately, he still has four years to go, so don't be too anxious.

After the start of the game with the Hornets, Sun Zhuo did not show a trace of fatigue, facing Paul and JR Smith, Sun Zhuo was very excited, and let them see their speed and score quickly.

In just three minutes, Sun Zhuo has scored 15 points.

JR Smith, who defended Sun Zhuo, collapsed a little, Sun Zhuo's speed was too fast, once he broke through, David West on the inside also had nothing to do with Sun Zhuo, Chris Paul was also a little amazed in his heart, this is the first time he has played against the league's top scorer since he entered the NBA.

"Sun was the first top star I met in the NBA, and he was amazing." The 20-year-old immature Chris Paul looked at Sun Zhuo and admired Sun Zhuo a little, after all, Sun Zhuo was an NBA All-Star player two years ago, and Paul is only playing in the NBA now, and there is a huge disparity between Sun Zhuo's status.

"Chris, you have to be careful this time." JR Smith stepped forward and reminded rookie Chris Paul, who knew what JR Smith meant.

Last season, Sun Zhuo was a rookie several times, known as "rookie's nightmare", many people said that Sun Zhuo likes to abuse rookies, this season, Chris Paul is the first "rookie who meets the standards" that Sun Zhuo has encountered, Sun Zhuo is afraid that he will abuse Paul hard, just like Sun Zhuo did to JR Smith last year.

However, Sun Zhuo did not mean to educate Paul, on the one hand, Paul has a low-key personality and is not a bad person, on the other hand, Paul is good at things that are different from Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo can't teach him to be a man in Paul's way, besides, Paul will grow into the league's No. 1 point guard in the future, and the top stars will be less offended, but if it were Curry today, Sun Zhuo would not think like this.

"Hmph, I'm not going to let him get his way." Chris Paul snorted coldly, he had already regarded Sun Zhuo as an enemy, on the one hand because of teammate JR Smith, and on the other hand because of LeBron James of the Cavaliers.

Chris Paul and James met in the summer of 2001, they were not on the same team at the time, they were the leaders of each team, and after the meeting, the two talented teenagers were attracted to each other's style, and since then, the two have often chatted together and imagined the future......

"LeBron, we're only half a year apart, do you think we're going to get into the NBA together?"

"I don't know, I also want to enter the NBA with you, but if I am advanced, or if you are advanced, it doesn't matter, I will wait for you, and you will wait for me in the NBA, if someone bullies you in the NBA, I will definitely help you teach him a lesson after I enter the NBA."

"Similarly, if LeBron makes you in the NBA and someone bullies you, when I get into the NBA, I will help you deal with him."

"Hey, hey."

……

Paul couldn't help but think of a conversation he had four years ago......

"Sun, in the past two seasons, you have targeted my good brother LeBron James several times, and from this season onwards, you will have one more opponent!" Paul was a very emotional and righteous man, and although he was small, he was not afraid of anyone.

Paul wasn't worried about Sun Zhuo at all, because he was ready to challenge Sun Zhuo this time!

In the case of Sun Zhuo's quick score and seemingly running for 60 points, Chris Paul, who is a rookie of the Hornets, took on the heavy responsibility of fighting Sun Zhuo.

Paul first dribbled outside the three-point line, and suddenly made an accelerated breakthrough, instantly passing the Magic's point guard Nelson, and then, in the face of Sun Zhuo's co-defense, he dodged and moved a step to the right, seemingly to stop, but suddenly accelerated to break through again, and then, the 183CM body went directly to the basket, and before Howard made a block, he hit the ball on the board.

Then, Paul stole the Magic's pass, the fast break faced the three-man wrap-around defense, still firmly controlled the ball in his own hands, and finally, a backdribble gave David West a dunk.

In just a few minutes, Paul led the Hornets to a surge of counter-attacks, and his own score exceeded 10 points.

"I didn't expect this rookie to be so powerful." As a teammate, JR Smith was stunned and looked at this small teammate differently.

Many people on the Magic team were also surprised and began to remember this little man named Chris Paul in the No. 3 jersey, but for Sun Zhuo, there were no surprises.

Chris Paul should be like this, Sun Zhuo already knew.

In fact, in the scouting report on April 16 this year, others have a very correct and accurate judgment on Chris Paul: Dynamic, Explosive, Electric, Dominant.

Dynamic, explosive, lightning-fast, dominant.

Except for the short height, there are no other drawbacks at all.

In addition to these, Paul had another advantage that is rarely mentioned, and that is strength.

Sun Zhuo remembered that it was not very early to pay attention to Paul in his previous life, the first time he watched his game, it was the first time Paul participated in the Olympic Games and the Chinese team, a certain Chinese point guard saw that Paul was one size smaller than himself, and he was not as famous as Kobe James, he may want to bully Paul, in the case of Paul firmly controlling the ball and concentrating, he rushed forward to grab hard, in the face of such an arrogant steal, Paul was not afraid, controlled the ball steadily, and used his body to resist the opponent's steal.

The result was a surprise as the Chinese player staggered back two steps and tried to stand up several times before stumbling to the ground.

At that time, Sun Zhuo didn't see that little Paul had such a strong confrontation, which was really surprising.

Paul's ball control, steals, and passes are the top existence in the league, and Sun Zhuo is very happy to see Paul appear in the NBA, and there is another guy in the league who makes him feel competitive.

Sun Zhuo smiled and said the first words to Paul: "I'm very happy, you finally came to the NBA." ”

Paul was a little surprised: "You know me? ”

Sun Zhuo smiled and nodded.

Paul said, "Since you know me, you should know that I and LeBron James are good friends." ”

"Of course, I know you have a good relationship. As far as I know, your performance in the previous games was average, but today's performance is so good, is it to help your brother challenge me? Sun Zhuo only then realized the reason for Paul's outburst.

Paul replied coldly: "Anyway, if I don't challenge you, you won't let me go." ”

Sun Zhuo smiled, he originally didn't mean to be a rookie this year, there are few rookies this year he particularly wants to educate, but since Paul took the lead in provoking this war, then Sun Zhuo will accompany him to the end.

The next offense, Sun Zhuo also held the ball outside the three-point line, and suddenly launched a lightning-fast breakthrough, after breaking through the defense, he immediately encountered another defender, Sun Zhuo dodged and moved to the right, and then launched a speed breakthrough again, and after hitting the basket, a one-handed dunk ended the attack!

"Here's how I scored!" Paul could immediately see that Sun Zhuo was imitating his attack.

Although the offense is the same, Paul's ball is a layup at the end, and Sun Zhuo is a domineering dunk.

"Is he trying to tell me that he can do what I can do, and better than I do? Damn, this is bullying me for not being tall enough, and I want to dunk from someone else! Paul felt a little sour in his heart, he dreamed of growing a few centimeters taller, so that he could score more freely like his good brother James.

After two quarters, Sun Zhuo scored 27 points in the half, and Paul scored 18 points and 4 assists in the half, and his halftime score was already the highest in his NBA career, but the Hornets were behind.

At half-time, Paul also realized that he could no longer continue to split with Sun Zhuo.

"I can't beat him in terms of scoring, so it's better to pass the ball more." It was the first time to take up so many shots, and Paul, who had just entered the NBA, was also a little embarrassed, although his teammates didn't say anything.

By the second half, Paul was starting to show more of his passing talent.

A good passer must have a good passing vision, it is not that the height is insufficient, there is no good passing vision, Paul passes the ball so appropriately, in fact, it is not by the spot, and then you pass it, it is an opportunity, and it has become not an opportunity, Paul often has seen or predicted where the opportunity is before passing.

The Hornets attacked, the Magic team suddenly wrapped Paul outside the three-point line, Paul was forced to have no space to break through at all, he was not tall enough, and there was no way to see the position of his teammates next to him, but Paul did not panic, he knew what the team's tactics were, knew who was in what position, after being trapped, Paul quickly jumped up and passed, the ball was not passed to the nearest teammate at close range, but directly thrown to the basket.

As a result, David West ran to the basket and dunked in the air.

The Magic coaches and Magic players were shocked that this little man was so difficult to deal with!

"Paul does have a hand in passing, but it's not impossible to break his pass, and now it's his rookie and we're playing each other for the first time, so it's time to take this opportunity to thwart him a few more times." Sun Zhuo said secretly.

Not long after, Paul stole a ball from Nelson's back, Paul took the ball from behind, hit the ball in front, and then did not go forward to chase the ball, but turned around and ran directly to the front, he knew that the ball would be picked up by his teammates, and sure enough, after his teammates got the ball, they immediately passed it to Paul, and Sun Zhuo rushed up as soon as possible.

"Damn, Sun is following." The reason why Paul quickly ran to the front court after breaking the ball was to play an unguarded fast attack, but he didn't expect Sun Zhuo to react so quickly and run so fast.

If Sun Zhuo doesn't keep up, Paul is ready to play a two-handed dunk, at least let Sun Zhuo know that he can dunk.

Paul glanced at his teammates behind him and saw that J.R. Smith was also following behind, so he pretended to attack himself and stared ahead.

"It must be a pass." Sun Zhuo knows Paul too well, and he also believes that Paul doesn't have the confidence to make a layup under his nose.

Sun Zhuo also pretended to block Paul, and after Paul made a move, he immediately turned around to defend JR Smith.

"What?" At the moment of getting out of his hands, Paul found that Sun Zhuo did not jump to block, but ran in the direction of JR Smith!

The moment JR Smith received the ball in the air, Sun Zhuo slapped him hard and covered the ball!