Chapter Fifty-Nine: Pride
Horn's appearance greatly limited LeBron, and at the end of the first quarter, fans watching the game immediately set off a round of voting on the Internet.
A, Horn's defensive ability can greatly contain LeBron.
b, LeBron is just not in good shape for a while, and he will fight back immediately.
Such a vote naturally means that there are more fans who choose B, which is far better than the fans who choose A. But at this time on the bench of the Heat. LeBron kept silent, with LeBron's ball quotient, he naturally felt very clearly that Horn's defensive ability was really amazing. I played too easily in the first quarter, and I have a lot of responsibility for falling behind so much.
Sposcola, who was also on the court, also had a deep face at this time, and Horn's defensive ability could already hinder the Heat as a whole.
Ball is also very happy in his heart on the sidelines, Horn can defend Durant when he plays Thunder, and LeBron can defend LeBron when he plays Heat, and he has such a card in his hand, and the playoffs can still be expected.
Chris Webber, who was on the commentary bench, also praised Horn: "Horn played really well on the defensive end today, you must know that defending LeBron is not an easy job, and Horn has done this job very well." And have you noticed, Horn has already got 3 assists in the first quarter today, which is also a rare thing, Horn is now playing more and more team! ”
"Horn's performance was truly unexpected!"
Horn's first quarter performance was almost impeccable, and no professional commentator could blame Horn.
The Heat suffered such a humiliating start, and after a break in the first quarter, they finally adjusted their mentality.
In the second quarter, the game between the two teams restarted, and the Heat got the ball first, and at this time the Heat began to play very seriously.
LeBron got the ball through the double cover of the baseline, and when LeBron got the ball, the Heat's team didn't stop.
Bosh came up to help LeBron play a cover, LeBron used this cover to pull out, temporarily dodging Horn, when West defended the past, LeBron stepped back and jumped to fake a real pass, and the basketball was directly hoisted into Wade's hands on the inside.
Wade is a real superstar's body, and his physical confrontation is one level stronger than Collison, and he got up and scored 2 points with a throw.
The Hornets then tried to rush up and play like they did in the first quarter, but the Heat's defense immediately kept the Hornets moving.
Horn rushed out to get the ball and faced the Heat's layers of defense, which was indeed very difficult to play when the Heat didn't have West's mid-range shot and Paul's control.
In the next round, although there were superstars on the Heat side, it was still very reasonable to use tactics to open up space for LeBron to shoot to mid-range, and Horn's pounce at this time did not affect LeBron, and LeBron shot a mid-range.
The Clippers only played two rounds in the second quarter when they smelled something bad. The Heat have begun to stabilize the situation, and for the Heat to really stabilize the situation, the Hornets must be lacking in strength. At this time, Ball knew that the time had come to test himself, and he immediately called a timeout, and immediately replaced Paul to control the court without letting Paul rest.
Paul was back on the court, and the tempo was immediately controlled by the Hornets. But it's still hard to tear apart the opponent's defense on Paul's own.
Horn was very diligent at this time to come up to help block and dismantle, and after Paul and Horn blocked and dismantled, Paul dismantled the ball to Horn.
The first moment Horn got the ball, he saw Paul cutting down to the basket very cunningly, and Horn's tacit understanding with Paul was getting deeper and deeper, and he immediately passed the ball through the two defenders of the Heat and passed the basketball to Paul's hands.
Paul took the ball to a rebound and came up to score 2 points.
Horn and Paul had chemistry when they came up, and the two of them played a very amazing match. The pick-and-roll came back, and then a quick pass, and as soon as the ball was hit, the Hornets' home stadium, New Orleans Center, was immediately filled with exclamations.
On the offensive end, the Hornets immediately increased the intensity, and at this time the Heat played well, completely playing the opportunity, and finally the ball passed to the hands of Mike Miller, but Miller missed a three-point shot in the open position.
In this way, the Hornets won the rebound and immediately pushed back, so Horne and Paul had such a tacit understanding, and Paul also came up to pass the basketball to Horn's hands in this round.
Horn took the ball to face Battier who came up from the defense, and he immediately made a pass that made Battier slightly distracted. Horn seized the opportunity and raised his hand for a mid-range shot!
Horn used his height to hit Battier, Battier didn't have any ideas, the height gap between him and Horn was too far, if Horn wanted to shoot the middle distance, Battier could only interfere as much as possible.
Before the Heat chased 4 points, Paul returned to the court and sang a two-up with Horn, and immediately stretched the difference to 17 points again, without giving the Heat a chance.
The Heat were also in a hurry at this time, giving the Hornets a 17-point lead, which is not a small point difference.
In a somewhat anxious state of mind, the Heat came over and began to attack the basket, and LeBron was entangled by Horn, so they could only start from Wade. Wade should have had a great success rate in hitting Belinelli under the basket, but now the Hornets are playing very aggressively, as long as Wade bullies Belinelli, there must be Hornets players to help, Wade this time faced the double defense of Belinelli and West, he jumped high and threw a shot with a high arc, but he didn't shoot at all.
The Hornets used aggressive defense to contain the Heat, which would have been a risky thing to do, because the Heat had LeBron who could be very consistent with the ball, but now LeBron is rarely entangled by Horn. The Hornets defended the Heat in the way the Heat excelled, and the Heat were a little caught off guard.
After another successful defense, the Hornets will definitely have to open up the difference, and they don't think it's safe to lead the Heat by 17 points.
This time Paul was the first to break through with the ball, and Chalmers and Bosh blocked Paul on the bottom line together.
Paul was blocked on the baseline, but he didn't lose the ball, he protected the basketball like an elf, drilled around the Heat's box, and then drilled out and immediately passed the ball to West, who took the ball to face Bosh's defense and turned back to pass to Horn.
Horn held the ball this time to change LeBron to defend, in the face of LeBron Horn raised his hand again, LeBron's defensive details are not as good as Battier, seeing Horn raise his hand, LeBron immediately took a big step forward.
It was such a big step for Horn to seize the opportunity, Horn immediately dribbled to the left, passed LeBron half of the body, and then the moment LeBron turned around, Horn jumped to the Heat's basket.
The height of the Heat's lineup under the basket was not high, and Horn got up and scored 2 points immediately with a wipe shot.
Horn scored 4 points in a row, the Heat despised Horn and gave Horn a chance, and now Horn and Paul have played a tacit understanding, and it is difficult for the Heat to look back and suppress Horn.
The Heat wanted to play back very much at this time, and LeBron got the basketball through the team, and LeBron, who got the ball, threw three points directly outside the three-point line.
LeBron threw it outside the three-point line, and Horn really couldn't defend it, but LeBron himself didn't shoot well with a bad hand.
Horn ran over quickly and grabbed the rebound, and Horn, who grabbed the rebound, rushed straight towards the Heat's halfcourt.
When LeBron chased Horn, Horn accurately distributed the ball to Belinelli, who was following on the wing, and Belinelli raised his hand and hit a three-pointer.
The Heat only played two good shots in the second quarter, and the rhythm began to mess up again. Next, although the Heat tried their best to chase points, the Heat felt bad today, because the arrogance did not have sufficient defensive preparation for the combination of Horn and Paul, plus Horne went out several times and his teammates shot three points, and the Hornets actually opened a 25-point gap with the Heat in the first half.
The two teams ended the first half with a huge point difference, and in the second half, the Heat tried their best to fight back, but they were suppressed by the Hornets all at once.
The fourth quarter of the game between the two teams turned into garbage time, and the Hornets beat the Heat on their home court.
Winning a strong team like the Heat, the Hornets were full of pride for a while.
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