Chapter 5 A Heavy Task
After a thorough examination, Horn's body is currently completely fine.
During the speed test, Horn ran at an alarming speed because he turned on the speed.
When the report of the physical examination was delivered to Bauer, Bauer looked at the report for a long time and actually smiled proudly.
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Ike is an electrician in New Orleans and a die-hard Paul fan.
The Hornets' poor record lately, along with Paul's sluggish form, has made the brilliant electrician a terrible streetball player a little anxious.
Tomorrow the Hornets are about to face the Nuggets, a powerhouse in the West, and the opponent is very strong, but Ike still hopes that his favorite team and star can explode once, just in time for the opponent's poor form, so that the team can get a victory.
With a fluke mentality, Ike turned on his phone and began to read the column on the CBS website.
Rochester, a well-known columnist on CBS, wrote a preview of the game about the Hornets and Nuggets.
Ike hurriedly opened it to take a look, but after reading it, Ike was furious. It turns out that Rochester wrote this in his column.
"The Hornets have been a playoff team in previous seasons, but unfortunately this season they weren't. Although this team has the best point guards in the league, the reasonable surname of the roster is extremely poor, and the team's management is even less brainless. It turned out that after the team's general manager Ball became the head coach, the team's tactics were even more of a mess, and this kind of team that wasted Paul's talent had no way to defeat the high-morale Nuggets. My purpose in writing this column is obvious, which is to stop those fans who don't know the truth from watching the game of the Hornets Nuggets, the Hornets lost, and there is nothing to see. ”
Rochester, this guy has always been scathing, and today it was the turn of the Hornets to have no lip service. The hopeful Ike almost dropped his phone in anger, and the depressed Ike switched to the Sports Illustrated website, hoping to see some good news, but the Sports Illustrated review and Rochester were not far behind.
"The Hornets have fallen to 10th place in the West, and with such fierce competition in the West, this ranking means that the Hornets have only a theoretical chance of making the playoffs.
With such a bad record, Paul will definitely not stay on the team after the end of this season! The energetic Hornets before were completely finished. They were messed up by the team's current head coach, former general manager Jason Ball. It is precisely because of Ball's series of bad trades that the team not only lost the main center Tyson Chandler, but also made the team lose more and more trades, and the more they traded, the worse the team's lineup became.
The Hornets are simply the epitome of management messing up the team, and Mr. Ball didn't do anything in the dugout. The team is under Ball's command and the results are getting worse and worse, and if I were the owner of the team, I would fire Jason Ball right away! ”
Although Ike didn't like Ball either, it was all negative news about the team he liked, Ike still felt very depressed, and he continued to look through the news of Fox Sports, ESPN and other sports media, but none of the media said anything good about the Hornets. Even Paul was implicated and received a lot of blame.
As a Hornets fan, Paul's fan is simply like a year in a certain period.
Naturally, Ball and Hornets management, including Paul, saw the news, and Ike was angry as a fan. The pressure on them is even greater, and in this case, Horn's "recovery" is good news anyway.
The second day was nine o'clock in the evening.
The game between the Hornets and Nuggets has finally begun at the New Orleans Center, and it was TNT television that broadcast the game.
Although the Hornets have a bad record this season, Paul has a lot of fans, and Anthony also has a lot of balls, so there will be no shortage of fans who like to watch these two stars play against each other.
"Dear fans, this is the final regular season match between the New Orleans Hornets and the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets won the Nuggets by a big margin in the last game, and today let's see if the Hornets have a chance to get revenge. ”
Dick Stockton tried to stir up more fan interest in the game, but his partner Mike Flatayrau laughed and said: "With the current state of the Hornets, it's going to be hard for them to get revenge." The Hornets have a poor record at the moment, with a lack of height on the inside and not enough movement speed on the flanks. In that case, if you find a few strong wingers to attack them, you can definitely win. The Nuggets don't have a shortage of strong wing players, so the Hornets lost today. ”
"Are you so sure? The game is ever-changing, and there are many variables. ”
"But the Hornets' lineup flaws aren't going to change!"
Dick Stockton and Mike Fratero were talking about the game when the game finally began.
The thickness of the Nuggets' roster this year is simply coveted, Kenyon Martin, Nene, Chris Anderson, Harrington, plus Anthony, a series of various types of forward beasts, this lineup is much more terrifying than the Hawks in the last game, so Mike Fratay only concluded that the Hornets lost.
At the start of the game, the Hornets were in huge trouble. Although Ariza is very defensive, he was still beaten by Anthony's various big butts, West was held down by defensive titan Martin, and Okafor was simply ravaged like a beast in the inner and overwhelmed.
The game just started, and the entire front line of the Hornets was abused by the Nuggets. Halfway through the first quarter, the Nuggets have established a 12-point difference, 26:14, the Hornets are on their home court, and there is a tendency to be unable to support it in the first quarter.
At this time, the entire center of New Orleans was also gloomy, and Ball couldn't bear it anymore as he sat on the sidelines. He looked at Tony, the assistant coach next to him, and said; "Tony, let's go to Horn! Let him defend Anthony. ”
Tony knew that Ball was going to use Horn, but he didn't expect to be given such a heavy task so quickly, he asked with some concern: "What if Horn can't prevent it?" After all, he hadn't played in a long time. ”
Bauer bitter. Forced to shake his head: "So what? Could it be worse than it is now? ”
Tony glanced at Okafor, who was being repaired by Nene, and shook his head, it was true that the situation was bad enough now, and it couldn't have been worse.
Tony walked up to Horn and patted him on the shoulder: "Get ready to play!" ”
When Horn heard this sentence for a long time, he quickly took off his coat excitedly and went to the sidelines to warm up.
Jason Smith, who has been playing the rotation recently, heard Tony's words, but his face immediately changed, because if Horn regained Ball's approval, his good days would be over.
On the Hornets' side, Paul finally cheated a foul and walked to the free throw line to score two points on both free throws. The score was rewritten to 16:26, and the difference between the two teams returned to 10 points, at which point the Hornets replaced Ariza for Horne.
The Hornets used the dead ball to make such a strange-looking substitution, and Dick Stockton on the sidelines immediately said, "The Hornets replaced Ariza with Horn, who I haven't seen in a long time." What are they doing? Is there any purpose? ”
Mike Fratayro laughed sarcastically at this time: "The only purpose they have done this is probably to kill themselves." How long has Horn not played? He's been slow down since he was injured, and it's impossible for him to defend Anthony in his form. Ball is such a wonderful coach, and he can play Horn in such a moment, I can't even judge this person. ”
Mike Fratayjo is dismissive of both Ball and Horn, Horn doesn't have the heart to listen to what others say, and his current focus is on how to play well today and get more opportunities.
The Nuggets got the ball, and the offensive power was quickly transferred to Anthony's hands, Anthony had a good hand before, and as soon as he got the ball at this time, he immediately put on a three-threat move with the logo surname.
Horn finally got this chance to play, and he quickly pounced to block Anthony.
When Anthony saw such a big man as Horn standing in front of him, he took it for granted that Horn's speed was not good, and he could easily pass Horn. So he took a tentative step to the right, and immediately broke straight to the left.
Anthony's first step was indeed very tense, and it was a clean one step.
Seeing this scene, Mike Fratay immediately laughed: "I said that Bauer's replacement of Horn was self-killing." ”
Bauer himself saw that Horn was passed so easily, and immediately closed his eyes.
The fans on both sides of the stadium were also exclaimed, and Ike, who bought a season ticket and sat on the sidelines, saw Horn being taken a step by, and he also pouted in frustration.
Horn himself was immediately shocked when he was over, it turned out that he hadn't appeared for a long time, and his physical reaction had reached this point.
No way! I can't do that. Horn gritted his teeth, turned and started to chase at a fast pace.
Anthony was also a little slack off after passing Horn, he took the ball and stepped on a small step, got up and attacked the basket with ease.
However, at this moment, Horn chased back like a whirlwind, his speed was amazingly fast, and he reached Anthony's side in an instant, and Anthony was careless at this time, and he didn't notice it.
In an instant, Horn flew to Anthony's side, waved one hand, and slapped Anthony's ball with one palm.
"Smack!"
The basketball was actually blocked by Horn.
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