February 3, 2009.

The NBA regular season continues, and one of the more important games today is when the Hornets host the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers, who are seventh in the West this season.

It is also a strong contender for the playoffs.

The Trail Blazers are also a good team, and they have one of the best shooting guards in the league: Brandon. Roy, but also some other good combinations of players.

Oden, who entered the NBA in the same year as Jong-wook, reimbursed his rookie season last year and finally returned to the game this season.

Oden, a good player, is certainly when he's still healthy.

Otherwise, there would be no nickname like 'The Great'.

This season, Oden also wants to make a big deal and heal the wounds he suffered from his entire rookie season — he always thinks he should be last season's rookie of the year.

In this game, facing the Hornets, the new powerhouses of the two leagues attracted a lot of attention.

After all, the Hornets have a strong backcourt combination of Zhongyu + Paul, and the Trail Blazers, Roy is getting better and better. This guy who chose to enter the league in his senior year, although many people originally thought that he was mediocre in talent and couldn't practice well...... But now it's the case, Brandon. Roy, Jongwook, Kobe. Bryant makes up the West's three super scoring guard lineups!

Brandon. Roy, the overall evaluation is a very unpredictable person, just like the monkey who suddenly popped out of the crack in the stone, and suddenly occupied everyone's attention.

He's getting better and better.

The duel between Zhong Yu and Roy is still very attractive.

This season, Jongwook averaged 37.5 points per game, 4.5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and 1 block per game. And Brandon Roy, the current stats are: 24.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, quite versatile.

The collision of two people in this way can indeed attract the attention of many people.

Both teams are youth teams, which can also attract more attention.

The competition is officially underway.

Zhong Yu and Roy did not officially match each other in the first quarter, Zhong Yu's scoring basically relied on the blocking and dismantling of his teammates, and then looked for shooting opportunities, and then received Paul's pass and immediately shot.

And Roy, the shooting opportunities he was looking for were also pretty good.

Plus, his breakthrough is quite difficult to defend against...... In this respect, he and Zhong Yu are still a little similar - Roy, Kobe, and Zhong Yu are all 198cm tall, all of whom are God's height, and in addition, several people are all-round players who can shoot inside and outside.

Jongwook's breakthrough is very difficult to defend, which is recognized by many players in the league.

Roy's breakthrough is difficult to prevent, and Zhong Yu has also experienced it himself. This guy's breakthrough feints are so realistic that sometimes he even thinks that a yawn or a wave of his hand may be a feint.

Jongwook sometimes even thinks Roy is even more difficult to defend than Kobe Bryant - the point is that he is also a good offensive playmaker, always keenly aware of teammates' opportunities, and his ability to interpret the court and execute the team's tactics is strong.

This constitutes a perfect Roy, who, like Zhong Yu, is not at the top of his physical fitness, but he helps the team with a lot that most players can't catch up.

This section of the game is over.

Throughout the first quarter, Zhong Yu scored 8 points and 2 assists, and in this game, he was not too strong in offense. The reason is that he spent a lot of effort on defending Roy, and defended Roy at the level of 5 points and 2 assists, although it was not too successful, but it finally limited him a little.

At the end of the quarter, the score of the two teams was 19-18, and the Hornets led the Trail Blazers by one point.

The Hornets had a tougher game than usual and the team's Chandler was not there, and although he was healthy for most of the day after January, he was rested the other day due to a foot injury...... Injuries are more aggressive than tigers, and that's something that a lot of NBA players and teams know.

Without Chandler, the Hornets' offense and defense are still a little different.

Walking off the court, Zhong Yu and Roy were both sweating profusely.

Roy wiped the sweat from his head, then glanced at the Hornets bench, and thought to himself - this guy really lives up to his reputation, and it will take a lot of time and a lot of energy to be able to limit him......

Moreover, he can't prevent him from scoring the points he must have.

When Jongwook really decided to score, Roy couldn't stop himself.

The game got underway, and after Chandler's injury, the Hornets had to field their third center, Hilton. Armstrong.

In this quarter, the Hornets played more difficult, and in the second half of the second quarter of the game, the main force re-emerged, and in the face of a somewhat erosive situation, Zhong Yu could only temporarily give up his other ideas, but went all out to start attacking.

Because the Hornets are already behind by some points.

A Zhong Yu with full firepower, the pioneers are not able to stop him completely.

"Shhh Roy felt the wind whistling in his ears, and Zhong Yu had just misjudged him with a feint, and then drove to his maximum speed.

This maximum speed, even Roy himself, lacks enough defensive ability.

At the moment, he could only fly back, intending to stop Zhong Yu. But it was still a step too late, Zhong Yu passed directly past West, West blocked Roy slightly, Zhong Yu had already come to the depth of the basket, and then, his body jumped high.

"Bang!" Slam dunk successfully!

Greg. Before Oden fully returned, Zhong Yu had already dunked, and Zhong Yu's strength was not very good, but he was able to seize the time difference between the interior players and the defense, and complete his dunk.

This ability to grasp the gaps in time is difficult for many others to match.

A few rounds later, Jongwook hit another three-pointer from beyond the three-point line! He scored five more points and the Hornets regained the lead, which carried over to the end of the first half and into the second half.

As soon as the second half began, Jongwook felt that something was wrong with Paul.

His face was not very natural, and he didn't break through, and on the first shot after the start of the third quarter, Paul chose to shoot outside the three-point line, and then he didn't stick to the ball a little like he used to say, but passed the ball out immediately.

"Hey...... Man, what's wrong with you? Zhong Yu asked a little worriedly.

"It's fine." Paul smiled and said to Zhongyu, "I'm fine...... but his smile seemed a little forced.

Zhongyu wanted to say something, but Paul had already gone back.

In the third minute, Roy hit a three-pointer to close the gap to 2 points, but then Paul assisted Zhong Yu to hit a three-pointer, and the gap between the two teams became five points again.

Then, the game continued, and in the sixth minute of the third quarter, Paul drew consecutive fouls on the opposing team's Fernandez and Aldridge, and made all four free throws.

Zhong Yu breathed a sigh of relief - it seems that Paul should be fine.

Then, he went from strength to strength, contributing a dunk and a driving layup after the third quarter......

There was 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the game in this quarter, the ball was in the hands of the Hornets again, Paul controlled the ball over half the court, but he had just come to the three-point line, ran a few steps, put down the ball, looked painful, covered his abdomen with both hands, and jumped a few steps to relieve it, but it seemed that he was getting more and more painful, so he quickly lowered his head and squatted on the ground.

"What's wrong? Chris? Zhongyu hurried over, and the Hornets immediately called a timeout - someone like Paul is not injured and can't play, and there may really be something going on there.

All the teammates surrounded them.

"It's nothing ......" Paul wanted to laugh and reassure everyone, but the smile was very reluctant, probably pulling the wound again, and grinning again.

"What the hell is going on?" At this moment, Zhong Yu felt anxious when he saw Paul squatting on the ground, and he didn't know until this moment that he cared so much about Paul.

Of course, everyone was anxious.

Paul is the boss of the Hornets, but he's a very approachable guy and likes to joke that 'everybody loves Chris' isn't nonsense, it's a collective portrait of New Orleans, and a collective portrait of the Hornets.

The team doctor soon came up, asked Paul, and helped him away.

"It's up to you......" Paul turned his head and smiled, still with a wry smile, before walking into the locker room.

"What's wrong with Chris?"

"What the hell is going on?"

"How so?" The sound of the fans' chatter, bustling, this game, all of a sudden, became all the Hornets fans.

Zhong Yu stood next to him, feeling an inexplicable worry......

Without Paul's Hornets, would it still be the Hornets?

Paul's injury gave all Hornets fans and players a reason to be sad at once.

The race has taken a different path all of a sudden. For a long time, although Zhong Yu has become the best scorer on the Hornets, many of Zhong Yu's scores still come from Paul's offensive initiation.

Paul is the engine of the Hornets, there's no doubt about it.

The fans were heartbroken and the players weren't much better.

The game went on, but the Hornets players looked a little absent-minded next. Paco, the point guard who came off the bench, also started a few solo work, but the offensive efficiency of the Hornets dropped all of a sudden.

Zhong Yu himself is one of the more influential people, Paul went down, he felt that his mind was very confused, this is the first time he has faced a situation without Paul in the team after the outbreak......

He felt a little at a loss, and in the midst of the confusion, his offensive efficiency also decreased.

I shouldn't know how to describe this feeling, in short, Zhong Yu felt that he didn't know what he could say.

After all, at the end of the day, he's just a sophomore...... From the national team to the present, there has always been someone in front of him who can protect him from the wind and rain, even if he can score a lot of points......

A lot of things are waiting for Zhongyu to experience.

(To be continued)