After Hibbert held the ball, he faced Okafor, a player who had the same fate as Jefferson.

Emeka Okafor was selected by the Bobcats that year with the second pick in the rookie in 04-05, and after joining the Bobcats, he was cultivated as the core of the team, and the ball played well, even now it can be said that the Bobcats did not lose at the beginning.

Of course, it's just that they didn't choose a loss, and they definitely don't make money, such a high pick, and Okafor, Bobcat actually made a loss-making deal, because what they need is a high-post offensive player on the inside, not a high-post defensive player like Okafor...... It can only be explained by toughness.

His defense is much better than offense, and his ability to protect and block defensive rebounds can be ranked in the top five among the league's big forwards, but in terms of offense, Okafor can only use his strong body to attack on the inside or grab offensive rebounds and then play a secondary offense, the ability to shoot and make free throws is too poor, plus his height is defective, and it is not easy to grab offensive rebounds on the inside, and it is precisely for this reason that the Bobcats' uniform team decided to give up the cultivation of Okafor.

On the other hand, the Bobcats didn't have much hope, and the current Cats' Gerard Wallace suddenly broke out, and naturally the team had to trade Okafor to distant New Orleans in exchange for defensive interior Tyson Chandler in order to reduce the salary.

After Okafor joined the Hornets this year, the chemistry with the Hornets was not very good, so that now he is playing nondescript, and the Hornets are also playing nondescript, so that now Hibbert dares to turn around and play alone when he sees him.

Hibbert's main way of playing is the jump shot, Hibbert's body is good, but it is not easy to rush into the inside line guarded by Okafor, but his height is ten centimeters higher, coupled with the advantage of arm span, no matter how you look at it, this is a misalignment, such a dislocation can naturally allow Hibbert to better hit the ball to the inside.

After turning, he made a breakthrough feint, and then Hibbert jumped straight up and threw the ball at the basket.

How David West played Murphy in the first quarter, and now Hibbert is how to play Okafor.

Relying on his physical advantage, the basketball did not hesitate, and plunged directly into the basket in front of him.

Okafor could only tilt his head and watch the basketball fly over his head, and his height disadvantage has always been an issue.

After Hibbert made a peace here, Zhang Kong's pressure immediately decreased, and it was obviously not a wise choice to play against Paul, at least before his own caste was added up now, Paul's offensive ability was definitely more than one level higher than himself, Heber just hit here, and Paul over there once again held the ball to break through Zhang Kong's defense and came to the inside.

Just near the free throw line, he made a sharp stop and dodged the defenders on the inside, although it also gave Zhang Kong a chance to catch up with him.

But after all, he ran back in a hurry, and Zhang Kong didn't dare to stretch his arms too long, because this would make Paul, who was waiting for work, make his own fouls, which was different from last year, last year's self could keep a clean sheet against the opponent, completely because he didn't participate in the offense, and he only defended Paul when he defended himself, and everyone else didn't care.

And now he needs to attack on the one hand, and he also needs to pay attention to his teammates' defensive problems at any time, this high and low, instantly let his defensive energy is not enough, which also allows Paul to easily open up the firepower, he also feels that although Zhang Kong's defensive ability is still very strong, there is no way to compare with last season, such a defensive intensity is okay against ordinary people.

But against a guy like Paul, at most you can limit him, not perfectly block him.

Paul made a sharp stop at the free-throw line, completely ignoring the palm of his blocked hand and gently pushing the ball out.

Before Zhang Kong's block, he had already seen the position of the basket, and now even if he didn't look at the basket, he could throw it with his own feelings, and sure enough, the basketball flew through Zhang Kong's open big hand, and quickly drilled into the basket, bringing a wave of nets.

"Fack!" Looking at the situation on the field, Jim O'Brien on the sidelines couldn't help but say a foul word, and he was also a little angry.

In this situation, you can't blame Zhang Kong, you can only say that these young people on the Pacers' side are too unstable.

Like Dunleavy, there is only one offensive method, that is, shooting, the feeling is gone, the shooting can't get in, he is almost like a waste man, and Granger, the main offensive means is also shooting, when the hand is not good, when the hand is not smooth, his breakthrough really can't cause too much trouble to the other party! That's the problem for the pacers right now.

There is no stable firepower output, and if the hand feels smooth, the firepower output of the Pacers is all over the ground.

The three-point shot is thrown away, which is called a comfortable, but when playing against the wind, the firepower output on the Pacers' side is not good.

Just like now, except for Zhang Kong and the occasional few points, it is difficult for others to guarantee enough firepower to support Zhang Kong.

And Zhang Kong is not the kind of player who is famous for his own offense, and now Zhang Kong's offensive ability has not reached the point where he can score as he wants...... At this time, the situation on the court is also abrupt, Hibbert, who could have maintained another fulcrum offense, after Okafor spared the front, he also completely turned off, a player like Okafor, he can play around the front defense without face, and you can't easily take points from his hands, and the offensive point on the Pacers' side returned to Zhang Kong's hands, but with Zhang Kong's three consecutive three-point misses, Paul's side quickly opened the score.

The original six-point difference was instantly stretched to ten points, and the upper double was reached, at which point Jim O'Brien had to call a timeout.

"Zhang Kong, can you still hold it?" Looking at Zhang Kong, who began to gasp and drink a glass of water in one go, Jim O'Brien asked in a low voice, and Zhang Kong didn't answer him, just nodded, the physical exertion of this game is much greater than imagined, the offensive battle at the beginning, and the defensive battle later, the Hornets are really difficult to deal with.

And the rest of the Pacers also know that they have no way to help Zhang Kong now, and there is only one way for Zhang Kong to win at present.

That is, now add their own survival points, before playing the Wasp, Zhang Kong played a total of five games without adding survival points, and obtained a total of 38 survival points, plus the original remaining two points of redundancy, in addition to the 120 points of basic survival points, Zhang Kong converted all the remaining 40 survival points into surname points, and now Zhang Kong's three-point long throw, every five points of survival points can be changed to a little surname, which is a very inappropriate thing, but now Zhang Kong has no other way.

Forty survival points, all of which instantly allowed Zhang Kong to add three points to the long shot, 5 survival points for a little surname, a total of 8 points of surname, plus the 2 points of surname added by the perfect attack card, Zhang Kong's surname instantly rose to 90 points.

At 82 points, you can have a 40 shooting rate, not to mention that now it has risen to 90 points, and the shooting rate has instantly increased by three percentage points, reaching 45%, it seems that the 90-level surname is a card, with a 45% shooting rate, Zhang Kong is finally sure to call Paul a board, the pause is very short, and after the end of thirty seconds, the Pacers and the Hornets are all back on the court, and the Pacers are still using the inside defense to imprison the Hornets' interior players.

And Zhang Kong stood in front of Paul again, and he was about to start adapting to his caste! For that glimmer of life!

The first ball, Zhang Kong faced Paul, and made a stop-and-go jump shot outside the three-point line.

In the second ball, Zhang Kong faced Paul again, made a breakthrough feint, shook Paul for a while and then pulled out the jump shot again, but this time because it was a bit difficult, he didn't throw, and then, on the third ball, Zhang Kong faced Paul again, forced a breakthrough, and after breaking through to the inside, he turned around and jumped, luckily, the basketball bounced twice on the basket and fell into the net.

The whole court became a confrontation between Zhang Kong and Paul, Paul let Zhang Kong know how rich and powerful his offensive means are, and Zhang Kong also let Paul know that his offensive ability is also not a joke, Zhang Kong's height is superior, and his strength is superior, so even if no one comes to help on the offensive end, he can beat Chris Paul.

Zhang Kong and Paul on the field are heads-up, picking is the blood boiling, but the score on the field is not shrinking because of Zhang Kong's offense, but slowly pulling away, as Paul shot again, the score instantly opened to 10 points, and at this time there are only 6 seconds left from the end of the third quarter of the game, Zhang Kong did not waste a pause, and quickly received Hibbert's pass, Zhang Kong ran directly into the Hornets half court like a gust of wind, squeezed out of Paul, outside the Hornets' three-point line, A three-point whistle has been out, six seconds from the backcourt to the opponent's half and then instantly hit three points, this is not a small difficulty, but Zhang Kong still perfectly solved this matter, when the red light turned on the starting point, Zhang Kong's basketball also fell from the basket, three points! At the last moment, Zhang Kong chased the score back from double digits!

At the end of the third quarter, the Hornets 75-68 still led the Pacers by a full 7 points, and at the end of the third quarter, Zhang Kong had scored 21 points, Zhang Kong scored 7 goals in this quarter, three of which were three-pointers, scored 17 points in a single quarter, and only scored 4 points in the first half.

(To be continued)