Chapter 123: Unexpected
Everyone thought it was going to be a game with little suspense, but the form and performance of the Hornets after the game started only surprised these people. β
The game has reached 8 minutes into the second quarter, and the score of the Magic and Hornets is 48:48, completely tied! And now the ball is still in the hands of the Hornets, which means that at least from the score point of view, it is the Hornets who take the initiative, not Magic!
In this game, Glen Les began to show the power of his No. 4 scorer in the regular season, facing the defense of Magic outside defense expert Doug Christie, he received the ball steadily in the low post, and then a sudden step back, followed by a step-back jumper, and the basketball obediently drilled into the basket.
"Glen Les's step-back jumper, in, this game is hot! It's a great game! β
As the commentator said, it was a game that was getting better and better, and it was originally expected that the game between the Magic and the Hornets would be a one-sided game, but the Hornets' tenacity made the game intense and exciting.
Doug Christie slapped the ball in frustration and then stuffed it to Marcus Camby, who wanted to serve from the baseline. Seeing this, Jonny walked over and comforted him.
"Doug, fight a little bigger, disrupt his shooting rhythm!" And at this time, Ricky Adumbatu also noticed this, and he shouted from the sidelines, which was a little adjustment to Glen Les's defense.
"Anferne, play a little more resolute and run! All run! Ricky Adubatu kept shouting from the sidelines, and the Magic players seemed to have a sudden burst of spirit, and one by one they began to run tactically.
"Anfernee Hardaway! Rush in! Divide the bottom corner! There was Jonny Lee, he didn't make adjustments, he shot directly from three points, and went in! β
Jonny's decisive three-pointer gave the Magic a one-point lead, but for the Magic, the top priority was to prevent the Hornets' offense, and the two sides have been blowing each other up until now, and he followed with a goal when you scored a goal, and he has not been able to open up the difference.
And just now Ricky Adulbatu shouted to strengthen the aggressiveness on the defensive end, the magic quickly turned around, Doug Christie was rude and pasted Glen Les, the range of action was very large, but he failed to grasp the degree for a while, and was soon blown a foul by the referee, and the cumulative number of fouls has reached the requirements of free throws, so Glen Les stood on the free throw line again.
With two smacks, Glen Les hit both free throws. Jonny frowned, he glanced at the technical statistics above, there is not much data that can be seen on the technical card, but the score can still be seen, so far, Jonny himself has scored 13 points, while Glen Rice has scored 18 points, looking at Doug Christie's completely helpless performance, Jonny has an urge to use up the Monkey King series trial.
After Glen Rice hit two free throws, the Hornets overtook by one point, but the Magic's subsequent offense was a failed layup by Anfernee Hardaway, and the rebound was taken by Anthony Mason Jr., who was second in the regular season rebounds.
Of course, there are more than these two points of the Hornets outbreak in this game, Anfernee Hardaway was surprisingly unable to prevent the bug Boggs, and Verratti Divac, who performed well in the first game, continued his excellent performance, and the Hornets started all the starts. On the other hand, here for the Magic, Jonny broke out as steadily as ever, but Anfernee Hardaway did not perform well in this game, and Marcus Cambi, who struggled against Verrattidivac in the last game, was still the same. Ronny Secali's mid-range is not as accurate as before, and it is already commendable that the Magic can still maintain the point difference without being pulled apart.
Beep beep ~ ~! The referee's whistle blew, and it was Doug Christie's foul again, Glen Les's feint successfully deceived Doug Christie, looking at Glen Les's smiling face, Jonny also knew what this foul was. When Doug Christie received Richie's request from Adhubatu, he stepped up the confrontation and became more aggressive, so Glen Les used a feint to cheat such a foul.
Glen Les went to the free throw line again, but Doug Christie was preparing to go to rest, he had already committed 4 fouls, and the team's fourth quarter was indispensable for this shape defender, so at this time Doug Christie had to rest.
At this time, Jonny grabbed Doug Christie's position without saying a word and stood on the edge of the free throw line. Doug Christie was a little weird, but he gave up that spot.
"Glen Les is on the free throw line again, and at this point the Hornets are one point ahead of the Magic, and according to Glen Les' free throw percentage, both of these free throws should be hit, then the Hornets will have a three-point lead."
Glen Les lifted the ball, took a deep breath, and was about to make a move.
"Win three games in a row, win three games in a row, win three games in a row" At this time, Jonny suddenly began to repeat this sentence repeatedly, Glen Les's hand shook, and the ball actually smashed out of the frame!
A smile appeared at the corner of Jonny's mouth, and regardless of the dissatisfied eyes cast by Glen Les, he waved his arms and signaled the fans on the scene to boo louder, and the Magic fans naturally listened to Jonny's encouragement, and when Glen Les was about to make the next free throw, the boos were shocking.
And when Glen Les ignored the boos and made a gesture to make a second free throw.
Here we go again! He pretended to be extremely serious and said, "Win three games in a row, that's difficult!" β
bangοΌ It didn't go in again, and Jonny laughed happily, and his trash talk successfully interfered with Glen Les' free throw.
And Jonny is ready to take over the game, Jonny's takeover is not the same as the average player, or not like Michael Jordan, he doesn't need the ball in his hands to take over the game, he just needs to pass the ball to him at the crucial moment.
Magic's offense reached three laps, and finally the ball came to Jonny's hand, Jonny didn't make any adjustments, rushed forward two steps, a stop-and-go jump shot, hit a mid-range shot, and the Magic overtook one point again.
And the Hornets' offense is also very resolute, in the case of Doug Christie's departure, the Magic suddenly lost an outside gate, although Doug Christie's defense in this game was not good, but when the player who defended Glen Rice was replaced by Denis Scott, the gap still appeared, Glen Rice's shot almost did not encounter too much obstruction, and did not encounter too much interference, so the ball went in easily.
The Hornets overtook again.
The second quarter ended in this kind of mutual overtaking, and the score difference was still very tight, which made the Magic a little anxious