Chapter 49: The Upward Momentum Is Interrupted (Part II)

The Georgia Tech Hornets are a member of the Atlantic Coast League, not weak, but not particularly strong.

The best record in history was the Atlantic Coast Conference regional championship after a victory over North Carolina.

One of the more famous players who has been trained is Stephen. Marbury and Chris. Bosh et al.

On March 3, 2014, Duke University hosted the Georgia Tech Hornets.

This game was Parker's return battle and attracted a lot of attention.

Hornets starting lineup:

The point guard is Tony at 1.84, the scoring guard is George at 1.91, the small forward is Richardson at 2.01, the power forward is Barkako at 2.09, and the center is McCann at 2.10.

The starting lineup of the Blue Devils: point guard Cook, scoring guard Zhang Zifeng, small forward Parker, power forward Jefferson, center Plumlee.

When Lao K announced that the starting point guard was Zhang Zifeng before the game, Hood's face was gloomy and terrible.

After several complaints to no avail, Hood finally knew that the biggest boss of this team was Lao K, and no one could object to his decision.

Zhang Zifeng!

Hood clenched his fists.

With a whistle, the game officially began, and the referee threw the ball into the air.

With these performances, Plumlee finally established himself in the starting line-up.

Against McCann, who was shorter than himself, Plumlee flicked the ball to Parker by a clear margin.

Probably suspended for too long, Parker wants to prove in front of everyone that he is still the strongest and still the boss of the team.

Facing Hornets small forward Richardson, Parker shook off the center of gravity of the defense with consecutive cross-steps, and then smashed into the restricted area and threw the ball, which smashed cleanly on the edge of the basket and bounced out.

Don't go in at all!

Parker saw the ball being ejected and couldn't believe his eyes.

"It seems that Jabari hasn't played for a long time, and his hand feels a little cold, so I hope he can recover his hand in the next place." The on-site commentator looked at Parker on the field and quipped.

The ball of the Hornets, Tony took it to the front court and handed the ball to the hands of big forward Barkako,

In the face of Jefferson's defense, Backaco turned and made a jumper with his back to score the ball.

Switching offense and defense, this time Parker himself dribbled the ball into the frontcourt.

Zhang Zifeng ran back and forth with George, opening up space for Parker.

Parker made a gesture for Jefferson to come out and help him with a pick-and-roll.

Following that screen, Parker burst into the box.

Facing Parker who burst in, Backako didn't think much about it and pounced directly.

Bakak struggled to pick up, his hands raised in the air.

Looking at the big hands that cover the sky, there is no room to shoot.

Parker was about to pass the ball, and saw Zhang Zifeng outside the three-point line waving his right hand, "Jabari, ball!" I'm empty, pass the ball quickly! ”

Parker, who was in mid-air, heard Zhang Zifeng's voice asking for the ball, and he was already about to pass the ball out, but he changed his mind in an instant.

Looking at Backaco across his head, Parker took the ball up with his waist and lifted it to the basket with a beautiful hand-changing lever.

The posture is beautiful, but the ball hits the iron.

Seeing Parker's forced layup miss, Zhang Zifeng was a little unhappy, but he didn't think much about it.

After all, many scoring masters are self-confidence freaks, and they believe that they can score no matter what the conditions.

Parker just made a mistake and the game just started.

Zhang Zifeng turned around and ran to the backcourt, he didn't want to be completed by the Hornets because of his disposition.

Point guard Toney executed the coach's pre-game tactical arrangement, pushing forward unhurriedly, waiting for Barkako and McCann on the inside to take place.

"Idiot, can you get the ball tonight? Oh, I guess your coach must have said. Hey, man, don't do anything tonight, your job is to keep Jack safe! Zhang Zifeng was provoking George as soon as he faced him.

George was furious and wanted to slap the narcissistic bastard's face swollen.

He held back his anger and pretended not to hear.

Toni cut inside and immediately passed the ball to Backako when Jefferson was pressing.

Zhang Zifeng hurriedly came over to make up for the defense, Bakak turned around and hit the back, and easily pushed the inside, Zhang Zifeng failed to block, and Bakak easily scored two points.

Parker received a pass up front and continued to play singles in the face of Richardson's defense.

Since joining Duke, Parker has been the core of the team.

Now Zhang Zifeng took advantage of his injury and rose to serve as the core of his team

Parker felt threatened.

So, he is desperate to prove himself in this game and prove that he can lead the team to victory.

Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was running blindly again, George chased after him again and again, while sarcastically. "See! Duke University is to rely on Parker. What are you? ”

Zhang Zifeng immediately shot back: "Lao Tzu has touched the ball, you idiot, have you touched the ball until now?" Show me what you're capable of! Do you have a ball? ”

Parker accelerates, changes direction, and then makes a pull-up jump shot after a breakaway.

However, I don't know if he was injured for too long and caused the feeling of his hand to drop, or if he was too eager to win this game and used too much force.

With a bang, Parker's shot hit the basket.

"Damn it!" Parker scolded angrily, just as he tried to defend himself.

Suddenly, I saw a familiar figure jumping high.

It's Zhang Zifeng!

He jumped hard, grabbed the bouncing ball with his right hand, and smashed it into the basket!

The Blue Devils fans at the scene saw Zhang Zifeng's aerial dunk, and the Cameron Arena boiled.

"Well done, Jack!"

"Well done! Keep up this performance, Jack! ”

In the audience chanting Zhang Zifeng's English name, Parker stood on the field, and he scolded in annoyance.

Parker has missed a lot of shots and had a lot of bad moments, but he's never been more troubled than he is now.

You must know that just half a month ago, the cheers of the whole stadium at Cameron Arena belonged to you!

But now they were chanting the name of another man.

This makes Parker feel so uncomfortable!

The game continued, and at halftime, the Hornets were 44-41 for the Blue Devils, with Duke trailing by three points.

Parker wanted to be good in this game, but he had a really bad hand today, shooting 2-of-11. If it weren't for Zhang Zifeng and Cook teaming up to score 23 points, I'm afraid that Duke would have fallen behind more at halftime.

The performance in the first half clearly left Parker unsatisfied, and when he walked into the locker room, Parker was a little dejected.

Also dissatisfied with this is the team's coach Lao K.

Old K doesn't care what the players think, what he wants is victory.

'Jabari, you played badly in the first half, you had the ball for too long. So, I hope you can make a difference in the second half, pass the ball when the chances are not good, and contribute to the team's victory! Got it? ”

"Yes, Coach!" Parker obviously didn't like old K's words, but he didn't dare to contradict him.

Seeing that Pa was soft, Lao K pulled over a large tactical board and scratched it with a marker, telling the tactics of the second half.