"Drop!" The whistle sounded crisply, and the first quarter of the game came to an end, and in the end the Suns had a 6-point lead, and Zhang Chen scored 12 points in the entire first quarter, and the record he had been continuing was over. This is a bit regrettable, but after thinking that Zhang Chen has a frightening speed, people have not dwelt on this issue for too long, after all, after Zhang Chen has obtained such a perverted speed, it is not difficult to reproduce the legend again.

In any case, Zhang Chen's score in the first quarter is still quite good, and with such a scoring momentum, it is not impossible for him to get a good score in this game.

On the bench, D'Antoni is communicating with Barbossa, and now the relationship between Zhang Chen and Barbossa is back to normal, which saves him a lot of trouble when explaining tactics and so on, so in this case, D'Antoni has to explain tactics to Zhang Chen, and it will undoubtedly become a lot simpler. He is now giving Zhang Chen more carefully to analyze the scoring advantage of the Hornets and their offensive methods, and at the same time, he has also begun to analyze their defensive methods to find a way to restrain them from the middle.

"We can't let New Orleans win a game here, and I think everybody should know what's in it...... Because we can't afford to lose this game, you know, even though we're in the first place in the West, there's always a lot of people who don't want us to be here for long, they want to challenge us, and if they win, they have an excuse to brag...... Oh, let me guess what they're going to say -- they'll say, the Suns are nothing more than that, their Western Conference No. 1 is just a statement of their own, and in fact they're vulnerable! Yes, they will definitely say that...... So, for the sake of our dignity and our honor, we will not allow the Hornets to win on our home turf. Steve, I think you can step up a little bit and give that Hornets point guard a little bit of trouble...... And you have more options when attacking...... You can use your own points to suppress him...... In fact, it's also quite a good idea to suppress an opponent's score. ”

Nash nodded, and then D'Antoni turned his gaze to Zhang Chen and said, "Chen, let me tell you about it...... I know you're not an easy guy to deal with...... In fact, your astonishing speed improvement just speaks for itself, so I think you can increase your offense...... Of course, I also know that Adam is a pretty good defender...... But with the help of your teammates, I can give you a strategy to keep you out of the way of the defenders...... That should help. ”

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "To be honest, that guy is really a good defensive player, although I can also deal with him, but there are times when I can't guarantee the quality of my shots...... And then there's the Hornets' damn defense, which is like a bucket...... Even if I had Aaron's speed, I guess I wouldn't be able to beat them. ”

D'Antoni naturally knew this, so he said: "Okay...... But I have to say that you can always find a way, and you can summon the help of your teammates as much as possible, and that's up to Steve's organization. ”

Zhang Chen nodded, and then Nash said that he would watch it, and the second half of the game almost began.

As soon as the second half began, the Hornets quickly played their aggressive name, after all, they were already six points behind, so their offense unconsciously brought some fire. It's just that as we all know, the Hornets bench lineup is really not good, and most of their results this season are due to the steady play of their main team. On the contrary, the Suns' bench is full of talent, with Barbossa on the outside and Dior on the inside, and these two new forces are also masters of scoring.

Therefore, although the Hornets have begun to go berserk, under the crazy offense of the Suns with better quality, the Hornets' bench can only accept the reality of being suppressed by the Suns across the board. The Suns' players are like a bunch of howling wolves, and their scoring is quite shocking, especially the speed of the half-court is terrifying. Therefore, in the first half of the second quarter, not only did the Hornets not recover the score, but instead made the Suns' lead more and more obvious, and by the seventh minute after the start of the second quarter, the Hornets had fallen behind by 9 points. At the critical moment, it was not only Scott, but also Paul couldn't do it, and before Scott had time to say a substitution to the referee, Paul had already put on his jersey, draped it up, and replaced his teammates in a hurry.

Paul's addition immediately gave the Hornets an extra new force, and at the same time Paul also played with two shooters - West and Peja, the two took turns to fire, today's Peja is also old and strong, hitting two three-pointers in a row, plus West's two jumpers, the balance of instant victory is tilted in favor of the Hornets.

Although the Suns have basically sent their own main lineup, their poor defense does not pose much threat to the Hornets, and Bell, the only one in the Suns' current lineup who is better defensively, cannot defend - if he defends West, he is not tall enough, and it is too much of a loss in front of such a shooter, and if he defends Paul, Paul will easily pass him. So, the Suns weren't able to stop the Hornets' offensive frenzy.

If they can't stop the Hornets defensively, the Suns can only fight back offensively, but what is a bit painful is that the Suns' shooting percentage in the second quarter is quite a cup, so the Suns have begun to show their decline.

"Huh!" Paul had just forced a breakthrough inside the dribble net, tricking Nash into following him, and then came to the vicinity of the free throw line, Paul suddenly took a large step back, so that Nash, who was quite focused, almost fell to the ground. Paul retreated steadily to the periphery of the three-point line, hitting a three-point shot, and the Suns' lead has been eroded to only one point in just over ten minutes!

Fortunately, Nash also stabilized at the critical moment, and he was also a little annoyed by Paul's disrespectful ball, so he quickly controlled the ball and ran towards the half court after the offense was over, and then he dribbled directly and forced a breakthrough, leaning on Paul to force a shot, and deceived a defensive foul while hitting the shot.

Nash hit a solid free throw and the Suns regained a four-point lead over the Hornets.

But the situation quickly turned chaotic again, Paul deceived Nash and Bell, assisted West's jumper, and then assisted Chandler to score a slam dunk in an air relay, and in an instant, the Hornets had overtaken the Suns.

Boosted by such favorable morale, the Hornets launched one charge after another, and finally hit a two-point shot at the last second of the first half, and the Suns trailed the Hornets by four points into the second half.

At the beginning of the second half, Zhang Chen stepped into the basketball court with his teammates, and Paul was still scolding, talking while controlling the ball. It is a fact that many people understand that Paul has always disliked braces, but the real reason is not well known...... But according to the most reliable analysis, the reason Paul doesn't wear braces is mostly because he likes to babble and curse on the basketball court, or command teammates when he is in possession, and it is too inconvenient to wear braces.

Paul used his offensive talent this time, so he missed a pull-up jump shot, but the rebound was snatched up by the ferocious Chandler, and then a direct dunk sent the basketball firmly into the basket. This is tantamount to adding insult to injury for the Suns, who originally had the first possession of the ball after the start of the second half, but unfortunately Zhang Chen's jump shot missed, allowing the Hornets to have the offensive opportunity just now.

"Hold steady!" Nash was in possession of the ball while speaking to his teammates as he began to direct them to position with his right hand. However, when he came to a centimeter or two outside the three-point line, he immediately made a pull gesture, and the Suns players who were already familiar with his gesture immediately opened up a space that could provide Nash with a breakthrough. Nash saw that his teammates really pulled away, and he didn't drag the mud at all, and broke straight into the inside.

Although Paul, who defends him, is much better than him physically, Nash still has many ways to make Paul's defense useless, and this is one of the most exciting aspects of this game, which is the confrontation between Paul and Nash's new and old point guard representatives.

Nash forced a breakthrough next to Paul, and then he came to the free throw line to repeat his old tricks again, he relied on Paul's body to prepare to shoot again to cheat a 2+1, but Paul is quite smart, he has understood the hatefulness of this guy in the incident just now that he was played by Nash, so Paul also came a little yin.

Paul's body suddenly took a step back at the moment when Nash jumped up on his own, and Nash, who was in the sky for a while, became nowhere to borrow because of the center of gravity and the sudden loss of support, and suddenly, his basketball flew away from the basket diagonally, and the Hornets quickly seized the opportunity and started a fairly rapid fast break, three-pronged, and finally hit a slam dunk. The difference between the two sides has come to 8 points, and it seems that the Suns are already a little precarious.

Be sure to keep an eye out for the opponent's No. 6 rookie at key moments, that's a pretty amazing guy...... This is the lesson that many coaches of this season have learned after studying countless games, so Scott can't help but pay a little more attention to Zhang Chen. Of course, at the same time, he will not give up paying attention to the actions of the Suns' real aces, Smalls and Nash.

Another offense from the Suns, even though the always mild-mannered Nash had some anger in his eyes at this moment, after all, he had been attacked or defended by several irritating offenses or defenses from Paul in the game just now. Especially the sudden evacuation of Paul's just now, which was quite insidious, almost knocking his front teeth off.

Zhang Chen saw this situation and began to run, Morrison next to him has been following him, the two of them walked around inside and outside, and the Suns' basketball also walked around inside and outside during this time, and finally because there was no way to crack the Hornets' kind of defense, they had to pass to Nash again. At this time, Zhang Chen and Morrison have also finished traveling on the inside and have returned to outside the three-point line.

Although Morrison said that he had been trying his best to follow Zhang Chen, but in the situation just now, under the ultimate support of Zhang Chen's ninth-level speed, he had no way to completely stick to Zhang Chen, so when Zhang Chen returned to the outside line, Zhang Chen was still separated from him by a whip length distance.

"Pass!" Zhang Chen roared loudly, and suddenly Nash shot like lightning, and the basketball flew over an unusually stable distance and appeared in Zhang Chen's hand. And Zhang Chen also took a certain amount of time from receiving the ball to holding the ball steadily, and taking advantage of such a little time, Morrison has already caught up.

Zhang Chen dribbled, took a step sideways to the right, just dodged Morrison, who rushed directly to the defense, and then shot a three-pointer from the right, and finally helped the Suns break back three points, and the difference between the two sides became five points.

"Sure enough, it's him!" Scott couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the eyes of those coaches were like torches, after all, at critical moments, many teams had to pay more attention to Nash and Xiaosi, which created a lot of scoring space for Zhang Chen.

Scott began yelling at the basketball court, "Hey! Notice that number six...... Don't let him score any more! ”

Morrison smiled bitterly in his heart, in fact, he paid enough attention to Zhang Chen, but he just couldn't find a good way to completely limit Zhang Chen's scoring. So when he heard Scott's voice, he could only say that he had to do his best, and he couldn't help anything else.

However, Scott's voice still had a lot of impact on the other Hornets players, and they remembered Zhang Chen, who had scored 14 points so far in this game, this guy was really hateful to shoot inside and outside, so they focused more on Zhang Chen on their defense.

Nash's eyes were like a torch, and he quickly grasped the trickiness of it, and he immediately commanded his teammates to start running, and then let Zhang Chen cut into the inside. In just a moment, the opponent regarded Zhang Chen, who had cut in the air, as a life-and-death enemy, and surrounded the past, after all, it is difficult to maintain defensive attention to each offensive player when setting multiple defensive points at the same time in a game. So, the Hornets' defense quickly showed a flaw.

Nash immediately used a ground-hitting pass to pass the ball to Xiao Si on the inside, Xiao Si had indeed found an empty space, no longer hesitated at the moment, jumped up directly, hit a slam dunk, the basket made a buzzing complaint, Xiao Si didn't care, directly beat his chest and feet, and looked up to the sky and roared.

After this goal, the Hornets couldn't open up the score with the Suns in a short split second, and now the offensive ball is back in their hands. Paul remained unhurried with the ball through the half, while beginning to direct his teammates to find their positions.

The Hornets are quite eager to win today's game, after all, they are only the second in the West now, and they don't like their current position, but they have lost the opportunity to surpass the Suns' record, and all that remains is to find some confidence in the Suns and beat them once.

With that in mind, they don't want to fail.

Paul began to break through the inside, but he suddenly encountered a sudden defender Bell next to the free throw line, although Bell was not able to completely prevent Paul, but also made Paul's offensive line truncated, and when Paul came to the inside, he could only choose to give up the offense in the long forest, and instead used a pass to clear himself.

It's just that when he jumped into the air, he looked around and found that his teammates were rushing in and waiting for the rebound, and the Suns players could only follow him, but they blocked his passing route just right. Seeing that he was about to fall from the air to the ground, Paul hurriedly passed the basketball out.

However, at the moment of passing the ball, Paul secretly screamed badly, and sure enough, Nash not far away suddenly stretched out his right hand, although he was not able to directly complete the interception, but also let the basketball deviate from his predetermined track and fly out to the outside of the three-point line!

At this time, only Zhang Chen was left on the periphery of the three-point line.

Zhang Chen's current position is a step outside the three-point line, and he is quite close to the sideline, at this time, seeing the basketball flying towards him, he is also ready to catch the ball, but this ball is a little naughty, and did not go directly into Zhang Chen's arms as he wished, but rushed out towards the place outside the sideline. Zhang Chen had no choice but to jump high to the outside of the sideline and chase out, and finally captured the basketball not far from the sideline, and then he also fell outside the sideline, and the basketball was pushed back into the basketball court by him.

As soon as Zhang Chen landed, he immediately returned to the basketball court, then pushed the basketball forward, and then his body was full of speed and firepower, and chased after him.

The moment when Zhang Chen saved the ball on the outside just now also caused the people behind him to get closer, but Zhang Chen's forced acceleration dribble that was not afraid of losing the ball made them pull away again, and then, Zhang Chen took three steps and made two steps, and soon caught up with the basketball, and one person and one ball rushed towards the half court!

The person who was chasing closely behind Zhang Chen was Morrison, but he was distanced by a forced dribble just now by Zhang Chen, and now Zhang Chen has chased the basketball, and his speed has also begun to play, although his speed is not too fast because of the ball control technique, but it is not difficult to get rid of Morrison, who has fallen behind him for a distance.

Zhang Chen soon came to the opponent's half, then hit the three-point line, and then hit a three-step layup step and hit a slam dunk directly!

The audience boiled.

(To be continued)