"Huh!" Zhang Chen's basket went in neatly, and the net floated gently in the eyes of the audience, this basket made Zhang Chen use up a lot of strength, although his score rose to 16 points, but he felt a little unbearable.

"Drop!" The referee's whistle sounded sharply, signaling a timeout, at this time both sides had to use a timeout to calm down, the Knicks were worried because Zhang Chen behaved unusually in the first quarter, looking full of an almost perverted aggression, which made them quite worried, and the Hornets were going to use a timeout to review the game they had just played - they were actually seven points behind the opponent by Zhang Chen's crazy slashing, and the whole team almost lost to one person's head, which made Byron. Scott was quite dissatisfied.

Just returned to the bench, whether it was a Hornets player or a Knicks player, they were all questioned by the coach. The first is the Knicks' side, D'Antoni watched Zhang Chen return to the bench, saw the beads of sweat on his head, and suddenly became angry: "Hey, I said, Chen, what's wrong with you?" It looks like you're a dynamite keg, and you're trying to blow up all the Hornets? You think you're a big center? Every ball has to go inside to grab the opponent? Every time you have to fight with the opponent's big center to fight hard and fight to the exhaustion? Look at your sweat, I guess you'll be able to play a section at most! ”

Zhang Chen raised his head and smiled: "I'm sorry, boss, I think I was a little impulsive just now, but I also dare to promise that it was just now, and I will re-examine my behavior in the next game, don't worry." ”

D'Antoni glanced at Zhang Chen a little curiously, he originally thought that this guy must be going all the way to the dark, and then he kept saying that he wanted to defeat his opponent as much as possible, and D'Antoni didn't have any way. What he didn't expect was that Zhang Chen agreed so happily, which made him not have time to say what he was ready for, and at this time, everyone's overwhelming call for Zhang Chen sounded behind the bench, and Zhang Chen's name echoed far away in the stadium, deafening.

Zhang Chen's goals just now, although D'Antoni seems to be an extremely stupid behavior, but in the eyes of these people, Zhang Chen's performance tonight is extremely domineering, and the title of the king of the Knicks simply complements it. In this case, everyone's cheers were naturally blazing.

"Honestly, Mr. Backdoor, I have to say that you just played those balls beautifully, maybe you didn't see Tyson. Chandler's face was as if it had been smeared with black ink! Randolph had a haha on his face, he was rarely able to praise Zhang Chen once, which made Zhang Chen quite comfortable to hear. It's just that D'Antoni heard Randolph's words, and D'Antoni, who usually hopes that Randolph and Zhang Chen can go hand in hand, gave him a fierce look, which made Randolph stick out his tongue in mockery.

Just now, Zhang Chen really made Chandler turn people upside down, and his strength was so strong that Chandler couldn't imagine, so Chandler always suffered a big loss of underestimating Zhang Chen's strength, and every time Chandler suffered a loss, his face was ugly. This became the root of the two birdmen, Randolph and David Lee, who quietly made fun of Chandler.

D'Antoni's face was serious, and he turned his face to Zhang Chen's side, with sternness at the corner of his mouth: "Chen, your style of play just now seriously violated the tactical category of our team, this behavior is quite bad, you must know that this is our team for all of us, victory and defeat should also be everyone's success or failure, this cannot be controlled by you alone." So, to punish you, I've decided to keep you off the court for the rest of the first quarter, and for the rest of the second quarter! D'Antoni said this, and later added: "Unless, of course, the situation of the team is extremely urgent. ”

Zhang Chen nodded hurriedly, in fact, everyone understood that D'Antoni was punishing Zhang Chen on the surface, in fact, he was just letting Zhang Chen, who was physically exhausted, get time to rest, not to mention that he had already said that he would not rule out the plan to call Zhang Chen when the situation was most critical, so he also left a way back for himself. Therefore, everyone was pouted, did not speak, and there was a smile between the corners of their eyes.

In fact, before the start of today's game, Zhang Chen has been accumulating an inexplicable fire in his heart, and after the game started, that nameless fire burned in his heart, which made his game quite abnormal, and he almost ripped off the Hornets' half-court basket with slam dunks again and again. However, just when the last ball of the timeout was approaching, when he rose high into the sky and was about to dunk but suddenly lost his power support, he suddenly seemed to understand something.

That nameless fire also inexplicably subsided a lot, just like the same inexplicable when it came. Zhang Chen suddenly seemed to understand something after the slam dunk failed to change to the ball that was put into a basket, just like this ball, since he knew that he couldn't slam the dunk at all, it was better to let go and use a basket to complete the attack.

Aren't these things the same for yourself, natural happiness is also a day, and troubles are also a day, and you don't have to use these things as a reason for troubles, everything should be natural!

After Zhang Chen figured this out, he sat on the bench, his face gradually regained that quiet expression, watching the players on both sides compete on the court, he grabbed the white towel around his neck with his right hand, cheering or angry for these guys.

———— Taylor was stunned! When she saw Zhang Chen's heart-wrenching performance in the first few minutes of the first quarter, she was really stunned, she really didn't expect Zhang Chen to be so domineering, every slam dunk has to make the basket squeak for a long time before she can give up, she didn't expect Zhang Chen's ball skills to be so good, every slam dunk can force success on the opponent's head, so that the opponent has no power to parry.

This kind of Zhang Chen makes her feel strange and proud, this man, she found that she has hopelessly liked it, it is the guy who is flying and domineering, with no fear on the face of the opponent's big center slam dunk, his speed is as fast as lightning, and every time he starts, it is difficult for everyone to find his figure.

All of this made Taylor proud, but when Taylor saw the beads of sweat that kept falling on Zhang Chen's head, and saw the scene where Zhang Chen corrected the pain in his right hand with his left hand slightly in front of everyone through the big screen after a successful forced dunk, Taylor's heart was uncomfortable, and she couldn't stop this feeling from happening.

After the timeout, Zhang Chen was pressed to the bench, and Taylor found himself worried about Zhang Chen sitting on the bench on the one hand, and secretly rejoicing on the other - so that Zhang Chen could have some rest time instead of working the court by himself.

Taylor found out that it was so painful to really like someone, and there would always be all kinds of gains and losses for each thought, and such gains and losses were often the male protagonist he wanted in the novel around his life.

Zhang Chen squatted on the bench, not realizing that not far from him, there was a girl who was worrying about herself, what Zhang Chen was doing now was watching the performance on the court, occasionally exchanging views with D'Antoni about the game, as well as his own opinions on the arrangement of the two sides in the game.

At the same time, D'Antoni also explained one thing to Zhang Chen, that is, to let him watch Paul's every move, and not miss anything, because D'Antoni wants Zhang Chen to use the pass to support half of the Knicks' offense, this idea urgently needs Zhang Chen's efforts, and he now wants Zhang Chen to see how the league's top point guards like Paul play, and when the time comes, they can also draw a scoop according to the gourd, in short, they will have some feelings of their own.

Zhang Chen observed Paul's possession and attack, and then he suddenly said: "Boss, I found a problem. ”

"What's the problem?" D'Antoni was very happy to hear that Zhang Chen had found a problem, and he asked a pleasant question, and the D'Antoni who had just crossed his eyebrows and coldly judged Zhang Chen, which made the substitutes who saw this scene next to him feel that it was still good to be this kind of lineage, D'Antoni and Zhang Chen gave people the feeling that they were two guys wearing the same pants, and the two of them always gave people a sense of heart-to-heart, and what D'Antoni did often made Zhang Chen's mistakes forget in a blink of an eye.

Of course, D'Antoni is good to the players, he doesn't like to blame the players for defeats, and he is often able to lead by example, which is admirable. Of course, only this kind of admiration can really have the emergence of the current elite Knicks team.

"I think Chris. Paul seems to be a bit of a lonely, I see his shots, I see his passes, I see his possession of the ball, he always controls the ball, he takes possession of the team every time he attacks...... Of course, it seems that his success rate is still quite good, and the team has received a lot of help from him, but I always feel that this offensive method is a bit problematic. Like Marbury, this kind of independence doesn't mean they don't pass the ball, but it means that they have the ball in their hands and are reluctant to let go. ”

D'Antoni smiled: "It's good that you can see this, but I want to say that Chris's independence is not his own choice, in fact, he can't be called a single, but the whole team made a choice for him, at that time, the Hornets basically rebuilt around Chris, they had all kinds of plans, they wanted Chris to provoke the whole team, in fact, he did, especially last season, the performance of the Hornets surprised us all, That's what characterizes their tactics...... Their offensive engine is all focused on Chris, a nice young man, and if we had that kind of character on the team, I wouldn't mind treating you like a pure attacker and not controlling the ball...... It's just that we fall short in this area. ”

Zhang Chen nodded, a little thoughtfully, D'Antoni's next sentence came soon: "Of course, if we can make you that kind of person, of course, your control of the ball will not be as strong as Chris, anyway, at that time, our team should be able to really improve, after all, our team is still not enough in terms of offense!" ”

"I understand why you let me practice passing...... All I can say is that I'll do my best. Zhang Chen nodded and said his promise.

The master and apprentice were chatting, and at this time, the Hornets players may have been stimulated by Scott, and now several guys have launched a series of attacks under Paul's communication. Paul is like the heart of the net in the Hornets' offensive network, his every move affects the smooth spread of the entire net, and because of Paul's existence, the Hornets' offense is quite smooth, Paul's own offense is quite sharp, and after his passing ability, the Hornets quickly began to counterattack.

Of course, Zhang Chen's crazy morale is still there, and now the Knicks are all united in defense, and they can still use the morale that has just begun to stay, as well as the cooperation of the inside and outside lines to maintain their stability when attacking.

The Knicks still have some ways to deal with the Hornets' blocking, and the bag on Paul is also the most important part of their tactical composition, the Hornets rely too much on Paul, as long as there is a team that can completely trap Paul, the Hornets are a big dragon that is caught in the net, and there is no way to set off more storms.

So, the Knicks' defensive focus is to block Paul's offense and passing. With Chandler and Dujon in the middle, Paul's offense has indeed become more difficult, and the two of them are also blocking Paul's passing lanes, which adds some trampling to Paul's revenge, and the Hornets' offense began to decline immediately after Paul's restriction, and they can't maintain their normal offense without Paul now. That's the limit of a strongman point guard team, and when that strongman point guard isn't there, the team has to spend at least 30 percent of its offensive power, just like the Suns used to, and if Nash is missing, they'll be out of the game right away.

Hornets fans are annoyed by the Knicks' bag, but this is also a consideration of Paul's strength, after all, the opponent can make such a big deal to cover Paul, which in itself is an affirmation of his strength. Of course, no matter what the player is, they don't really like this affirmation, and they would rather the opponent always defend themselves with some inconspicuous defensive players.

Paul's wrap-up prevented the Hornets from fully playing to their strengths, so by the end of the first quarter, the Hornets trailed the Knicks by five points heading into the second quarter, and they didn't recover much.

At the beginning of the second quarter, D'Antoni really kept his promise, he pressed Zhang Chen the bench, and Zhang Chen could only accept this fact helplessly. Zhang Chen's loss of strength in the first quarter of the game was due to explosiveness, which made him temporarily lose his strength, but after resting for a while, Zhang Chen's physical strength has fully recovered.

It's just that Zhang Chen's words came to his lips, and when he was just about to take the initiative to ask D'Antoni, he immediately greeted D'Antoni's roll of the eyes, and Zhang Chen had no choice but to close his mouth and sit obediently on the bench to watch the performance of his teammates.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks played almost all bench lineups, and there were Randolph and David Lee sitting next to Zhang Chen, and David Lee's mouth was also idle, he often talked to Zhang Chen about things that didn't make Zhang Chen feel funny, but David Lee laughed forward and backwards, and Zhang Chen had to laugh a few times with David Lee.

The Hornets didn't field their main lineup at the start of the second quarter, and they are now playing with an all-bench lineup. The Hornets' bench depth is not very good, not to mention that they are a team that has an offensive focus on Paul, and without Paul, their various problems are exposed.

As a result, after the start of the second quarter, the Hornets were gradually pressed by the Knicks' bench lineup, and the Knicks' bench still had some depth. Chandler was a teenager and a couple of other good players who were able to hold up the sky, so the Hornets couldn't find it well after the start of the second quarter, and the Knicks started attacking their wounds.

The Hornets don't have much power to parry in the face of the Knicks' offense, and the offensive tactics of the Knicks' bench lineup are in the same vein as their main lineup, and they are also quite powerful, and the inside and outside lines are blooming at the same time, so the Hornets' bench lineup is becoming more and more unbearable. Seven minutes into the second quarter, the Hornets had to change their main lineup, most importantly Paul.

At this time, the Knicks were already 11 points ahead of the Hornets, and the more than double-digit lead made the Knicks' morale more and more strong, but after the Hornets' main lineup came on the court, the Knicks' momentum finally came to an abrupt end. After Paul's return to the court, he immediately used his various passing techniques, various breakthrough techniques, and various offensive techniques.

The Knicks' defense of Paul is still a pack, but the Hornets' pack-and-clamp tactics against the Knicks have allowed Chandler and West to start a more flexible blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Paul, and Paul basically got rid of this kind of bag and clamp trouble under the cover of these two guys.

Paul's breakthrough ability is second to none in the league, and with the help of these two people, Paul is even more like a fish in water, either connecting the team or directly attacking on his own. The Hornets also swept away the decline of the previous game and began to attack with a scorching attack, defensively, the Hornets were originally a strong defensive team in the league, and under their defense, the Knicks' offense also began to show some obstacles.

So, the second half of the second quarter was the moment when Paul led his teammates to start fighting back, and the victims of this counterattack were the Knicks.

(To be continued)