Chapter 13: Chasing the Ball
It's been 3 minutes since Horn came on in the third quarter, but there is still no stat, he is held by Garnett and the Celtics, and he can hardly do anything.
Seeing Horn's inaction, Mike Green gloated, and he said triumphantly in the commentary box: "Horn really didn't do anything under the Celtics' defense, and he didn't do his role player job well. ”
At this time, Van Gundy and Mark Jackson also knew that he was brainless Black Horn and didn't bother to say anything.
Rivers, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart when he saw Horn being suppressed, this feeling of casually indulging in a person's life and death was indeed a little cool.
Ike, who was watching the game at home in New Orleans, was constantly complaining about Horn. This guy played so well in the first quarter, why can't he do anything now, what's wrong with this bastard? Fans are always like this, they only look at the surface and can't see the deep reasons behind it.
The commentators, the coaches, including all saw Horn's embarrassment. Only Garnett, who was on the court, felt the pressure, and for three minutes, Garnett ran wildly with Horn and wrestled with Horn under the basket.
This Horn is like a perpetual motion machine, and he doesn't use his abundant energy to impact his bottom line all the time.
Garnett and Horn felt a little tired after 3 minutes of entanglement, and Garnett is still old. If it was a young man, Garnett would have welcomed this kind of high-intensity and high-speed confrontation at any time, but now he actually feels a little powerless.
Just when Garnett felt a little emotional, his pace slowed down, and Horn suddenly squeezed into a position under the basket.
At this point, the Hornets' Paul happened to throw a throw from the free throw line, and the basketball flew towards Horne and Garnett.
Horn knew that he and the old guy Garnett had no advantage in grabbing the rebound directly, he didn't grab the basketball when he flew up, but pointed the basketball outside with one hand, and then the whole person pounced out and grabbed the ball with speed.
Garnett was already old, and he was not Horn's opponent at all if he was compared to his legs, and he was thrown away by Horn at once.
Horn grabbed the rebound and immediately pulled the ball outside, at which point Paul immediately came to pick it up.
Horn stood firm to cover and handed the basketball to Paul, who dribbled behind Horn and threw a mid-range throw.
After three minutes on the pitch, Horn finally contributed a rebound and an assist, and Garnett and the Celtics began to slacken their defense.
Seeing that Horn had a rebounding assist, Mike Green did not let Horn go, and said sarcastically on the side: "Congratulations to Horn for finally grabbing a rebound after playing 3 minutes." Hopefully he'll be able to do something about it next! ”
Green thought about Black Horn all the time, but Horn didn't bother with Green on the court. He quickly followed Garnett to his own half, and then defended Garnett all the time.
Garnett has a decent mid-range ability, and Horn can't give him any space under Horn's desperate defense. The Celtics shifted the focus of their attack to Pierce, who still had an advantage in playing Ariza alone.
Leaning on his body against Ariza, Pierce suddenly took a step back to open up space, and Ariza took a step back and then raised his hand for a mid-range shot.
Pierce's move was really beautiful, and the shot was very steady, and the basketball shot was immediately shot.
The North Shore Garden fans erupted in cheers, and the three people in the commentary box wanted to say something to praise Pierce.
Just watch Horn under the basket suddenly throw out a long pass, and the basketball went directly to Ariza in the middle line.
Ariza ran wildly with the ball, and everyone in the Celtics half also ran with Ariza towards the opposite side.
Ariza was intercepted by Rondo when he ran near the penalty area, and he had to turn around and pass the ball.
The moment he looked back, Ariza saw someone around Paul, someone around Collisson, and a defender around West. Only Horn, Horn directly threw Garnett 2 big strides away, Horn is free.
Ariza turned around and passed the ball to Horn, who took the ball without hesitation and slammed it straight to the basket from the sideline.
Seeing that the ball was in Horn's hands, Celtic's Rondo, Ray Allen, and Pierce came together to chase Horn. In the encirclement of the three people, I saw Horn suddenly break through to the side, and actually passed the three Celts in one step.
Then the whole person is like a runaway train, "Bang Bang!" "Crashed into the Celtics' basket.
In the moment when his body lost control, Horn smashed the basketball into the Celtics' basket.
Horn completed the dunk in the fast break again, and Horn, who completed the dunk, waved his fist fiercely and roared angrily towards the commentary seat.
After 2 quarters, Horn finally scored again. Rivers, on the Celtics' side, immediately jumped up and asked his players to watch Horn.
At the same time, Mike Green, who was sitting in the commentary seat, was speechless with a dark face, because it was obvious that Horn was yelling at him.
After Horn scored again, Garnett, who couldn't run, came back and wanted to hit Horn with the ball. Horn knew Garnett's strong playing ability, he didn't give Garnett a chance to get the ball before he lived around, Garnett couldn't catch the ball on the inside, so he could only pull it out to the high post to catch the ball.
At this position, Horn couldn't stop Garnett from catching the ball, Garnett who received the basketball raised his hand for a feint, Horn was unmoved, he immediately took a step forward with his right foot, dribbled the ball to the side and back, and dribbled a little distance, Garnett raised his hand for an hour, Horn hurriedly took small steps close to Garnett's body at this time, and put his hands on Garnett's face.
Horn's desperate defense finally made Garnett's shot miss.
West grabbed the rebound under the basket, and West, who grabbed the rebound, looked for Horn at the first point this time.
He already knows that the Hornets have the biggest advantage in the fast break, and it's actually City Horne.
Horn ran forward like crazy, Garnett was suddenly left behind by Horn, chased the ball, and Horn was in the Celtics' three-point line in a few steps.
At this time, seeing that the opposing defenders were all coming up, Horn had an extra eye and did not force a layup, but made a layup posture, and suddenly passed the ball in the air to Collison, who was catching up on the wing.
Collison took the ball and made a three-point shot, but this prodigal didn't shoot the ball, and if he didn't shoot, forget it, and knock the ball out of the way.
In this way, Horn can only give up his life to chase the basketball, Pierce who chases the ball with Horn does not have the length of Horn's arm, Horn should have chased the basketball, Horn chased the basketball back and saw that Paul had come to pick him up, he turned around and passed the basketball to Paul.
Paul took the ball with an easy crotch dribble and dodged Billups to make a mid-range shot, and Paul's shooting luck was also very bad, and he smashed to the front line and another long rebound.
A long rebound was nothing, just chase it, but the basketball that flew out was touched by West on the inside and flew out of the sideline.
This time the ball was about to be lost, and the Celtic players all gloated and stopped. At this time, Horn rushed out desperately, and the whole person flew out, scooped up the basketball sideways in the air, and sent it to Paul's side.
Paul caught the basket and dribbled forward and scored two points with an easy throw.
Horn had been silent before, just grabbed a rebound, and then immediately made a violent dunk, and now he fought for two consecutive battles, and the whole person was suddenly active.
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