Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Task of the Pit Daddy
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The whistle blows, and the game begins!
Starting line-ups for today's game:
Knicks: Raymond Felton, J.R. Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler
Hornets: Young, Eric Gordon, Al Aminu, Ryan Anderson, Robin Lopez
"The Hornets' starting five are really strong, except for Lopez, who rested for a game due to a sprained ankle, everyone else has been starting, and the record is not bad." Kenny Smith laughed.
"That's right, Kenny, but I realize that Lopez is now the Hornet's mascot. The Hornets won all the games when he was there, and the Hornets lost when they missed a game, which is really a god-like teammate. Barkley teased as he pointed to the players on the field.
Both sides jump the ball in the middle circle. However, it is clear that Barkley's ridicule did not bring good luck to the Hornets, and Lopez and the boxing champion who is in his prime are not comparable at all, and he was killed in an instant, and the Knicks got the right to tee.
Felton held the ball and pushed forward and when he got near the three-point line, Yang stepped forward to block it. Seeing the fat man step forward to defend, Felton hurriedly passed the ball in his hand, obviously the fat man's bad deeds on the court yesterday reached his ears, and he was a little weak in the face of the fat man, although he was already an old fritter.
JR Smith did not attack himself after receiving the ball, but dribbled and looked for an opportunity to pass. Fortunately, the team's boss, Melon, ran out of space, and Smith quickly passed the ball to him.
After Anthony received the ball, Aminu's defense followed. Melon didn't care, but jumped up and shot after making a tentative step. Aminu was bewildered by Anthony's tentative step, and it was too late for Melon to reach out to defend by the time he hit the melon jumper. Anthony's shot shot hit the center of the basket after a brief flight in the air, scoring two points for the Knicks at the beginning, 2-0.
"It seems that Carmelo felt good today, and the first shot of the opening game was there."
"Now it's up to The One to respond, Melon has already told him who the owner of this place is."
Yang Yi received Lopez's serve from the bottom line and directly advanced to the front court, and after the other teammates were in position, the fat man attacked with the ball by himself. Seeing this, Anderson hurriedly stepped forward to block the fat man. The fat man broke through Felton's defense from the right side and quickly shot a three-pointer to throw the ball out of his hand. The ball crossed a parabola in the air and hit the center point accurately, and the three-pointer was scored, 3:2, and the Hornets led by one point.
"Haha, The One returned a three-pointer after Anthony's hit, could it be that today's game will be a big battle between Melon and The One? If so, I think the audience and friends in front of the TV will suddenly have a lot of adrenaline, and beautiful goal battles are always much more popular than dull positional battles! ”
Switching offense and defense, Felton handed the ball to Amare Stoudemire, who was already successful on the inside. Due to the injury, Xiaobawang's explosiveness is far less than before, but even this is not something that the team's power forward Ryan Anderson can match. Xiao Si pushed Anderson to the basket with his head, and the powerful explosive force pushed Anderson to the basket in three or two clicks.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lopez hurriedly gave up Chandler to help defend the basket, but unfortunately it was already a step too late. Smalls pushed Anderson hard before Lopez arrived, then turned around and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand. Lopez was late and hit Xiao Si on the arm with his outstretched hand, which also caused a foul.
Xiao Si stood at the free throw line and scored the ball in one fell swoop, and the Hornets served from the baseline. Young advanced with the ball, and when he was near the three-point line, he held the ball and singled, Felton could not resist the fat man's tank advance, and pushed the free throw line in less than two seconds, and JR-Smith had to abandon Gordon to help defend. However, the fat man did not attack again, but passed the ball to Gordon in the empty corner of the corner. Gordon was unmarked and easily hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner to make another game for the Hornets!
"Hey, Kenny, there's a successor to my big ass! In the past, the league modified the rule that the back time should not exceed 5 seconds for me, but now the league is going to modify the back for 5 seconds for The One, and the outside player can't stop his continuous back at all, I guess the league will change the back 5 seconds to 3 seconds, haha! Charles Barkley said triumphantly.
Indeed, his big ass swept the league back then, and the league set up a 5-second back to limit his trick, you must know that Barkley pushed the inside muscle stick sideways.
"Don't put gold on your face Charles, you were an inside player at the beginning, it's not a big deal if you have a lot of strength, you see that now as long as The One forcibly pushes the inside line, there will inevitably be other players to wrap it up, which is equivalent to one more person for the Hornets, six to five, but more than you!" Kenny Smith said with a smile.
In the opening two rounds, both sides scored the ball steadily, allowing the game to get on track quickly, and the bayonets were fought without temptation.
Anthony holds the ball with his back to Aminu. As one of the few superstars in the league today, he naturally doesn't take ordinary players in his eyes, he can shoot suddenly when he wants, and ordinary players can't do anything about him! As the No. 8 pick in the first round in 10 years, Aminu is only a third-year student this year, and he can only defend passively in the face of a supergiant like Melon.
Melon with his back to Aminu, after two hits, he suddenly turned around and threw a backward jumper, which is also Melon's stunt, the average defender is helpless, he can't do anything about it, he can't foul it, and he only expects that Melon's own feel has a problem. But today Anthony felt good, and the ball went straight to the basket after the shot.
At 7:6, the Knicks led by one point.
After the melon hit the shot, he squinted at Yang Yiyi, and then walked away casually.
"Oh, what do we see? Is Anthony provoking The One? It seems like it really is. "The big screen above the center of the arena is showing the expression of the melon just now, and a close-up effect is also made, which looks very clear.
The fat man naturally saw the melon's provocation, but he didn't care. Since entering the alliance, he has encountered no less provocations. He wanted to earn points in a low-key manner, but he made big news every game, and there were many players who provoked him, and it was the first time for a supergiant!
Just as he was about to receive the ball from the baseline, the voice of the system rang in his head without warning: "System mission: Shoot 20 three-pointers against the Knicks." ”
"20 threes? Isn't Nima a cheater? Even if his current three-point skills have reached the SS level, he does not dare to say that he can shoot 15 three-pointers in a single game, after all, three points require luck. "The fat man is a little helpless, how can the special system specifically release such a nonsensical task!
I really don't understand!