"The game of the first quarter is over!" Leon, the Hornets' live commentator today, said: "We seem to be back a few games ago. The Hornets, as the team with the best record in the league, have their own pride, every ball, every offense and defense, bringing the opponent into their own rhythm. In this game, the Hornets reverted to being the team that was both offensively and defensively organized......"

Yes, in the first quarter, the Hornets were back in their own rhythm.

Without Paul, they no longer played as disorganized as they did in the first two games.

This Hornets, full of hope, forward and backward, offensive and defensive, organized.

When many people, including the Cavaliers players, think about where the changes to the Hornets came from in this game, most of them think of Jong-wook.

Yes, at the very beginning of the game, James scored four points in a row, making many Hornets fans feel that this game may be the end of the day.

But then, Jongwook completed a dunk, then took James' dunk cap off, and then he made a jumper to get the Hornets back on track.

For the first time, people saw Jongwook as the leader of this team.

In the first quarter of the game, the Hornets were playing with a different core.

Their offensive lineup is still constantly blocking and getting opportunities. However, Paul, the initiator of this blocking and dismantling system, is no longer there, so in the first quarter of the game, Zhong Yu became the core.

The Hornets' scoring in the first quarter mainly came from the following aspects-

Zhong Yu singles, Zhong Yu breaks through and splits the ball to West or Peja, who jumps. Or, West and Peja break through and make a layup on their own, and Jongwook can also share the ball to Thomas on the inside......

Either Jongwook blocks Paco, and then Paco splits the ball, or he makes his own shot.

The core of this offensive system is Jongwook.

It's not necessarily a point guard who can pass multiple assists, and a point guard can do it, but a shooting guard is not the same as a point guard. The assists of the shooting guard mainly need to break through the ball.

It's the same with Jongwook.

His breakthrough point basically revitalized the entire team.

West also felt a lot of relief when he saw such a Hornets.

This is the real Hornets.

At the end of the game, everyone sat on the stool, especially Zhong Yu, who kept breaking through the ball in the first quarter, making him feel too tired to move at this moment.

The thought that the whole team still needs him to keep afloat makes Jongwook feel like a big head.

"Boys!" Scott stood in front of everyone and said loudly, "I have to say, you did a very good job in the first quarter, that's it!" That's the Hornets we need. Then, he took a special look at Zhong Yu and said, "Zhong Yu, in the first quarter, you did a good job, you put our team back on track." ”

Zhong Yu smiled, and then continued: "It's not me, it's our team, every player, it's so good!" They all did a great job. ”

Zhong Yu's words immediately attracted everyone's favor.

Skoll smiled, indeed, Jongwook now has the appearance of the leader of the team.

This is all slowly refined, and it can't be made overnight.

Now, the morale of the Hornets is back up.

In fact, even without Paul, the Hornets are still a pretty good team as long as they do well. With a shooter like West, he can overwhelm the opponent with his shots, and he can also break through, dunk, and grab rebounds. And a three-point shooter like this Peja.

On the point guard line, Paco's scoring ability is not weak.

The main thing is that they have scoring guard Zhong Yu, and Zhong Yu's ability is already recognized as strong in the league. When he got serious, there was little in the league that could stop him from scoring.

This is Zhong Yu.

Therefore, this Hornets team is indeed not a weak team.

What they lacked was the orderly aura of Paul's time, and now, this aura has been reawakened by Zhong Yu.

The game continued.

The game is about to begin.

The crowd was shouting early on, and in this quarter, they expected the Hornets to continue the good first quarter and set the Hornets lead.

Then, they were surprised to find that Jongwook was among the Hornets' players who had just played in the second quarter.

This is a rare thing, and Zhong Yu has become more and more of a taste of saving energy and being careful in recent games. This kind of situation where the second quarter starts at the beginning of the game rarely happens.

However, most people also understand the significance of Jongwook's arrival - he wants to help the Hornets stabilize the situation.

The second quarter of the game began for the Hornets, and the player who came out of the game became: point guard Mike. James, point guard Zhong Yu, small forward Ariza, power forward West, center Hilton. Armstrong's lineup.

This lineup is actually relatively weak in the center, and most of the others are not bad, but the scoring points of this lineup have basically completely become Zhong Yu and West. After all, the other few people are not very good at scoring, and most of them focus on defense.

As soon as the game started in this quarter, Jongwook received Mike. James' pass. Playing with the bench will be more tiring, not only because he needs to use the score to suppress the opponent in the game, but also because, playing with the substitute, Paco's scoring is gone, and the burden of scoring basically falls on him.

For the first ball, Gibson came to defend Jongwook.

This Gibson, the defense is not too good, but his offense is still of some level, the first ball, Zhong Yu faced him, and did not face the same pressure as James at all.

"Bang! Bang! Jongwook slapped the basketball to the floor twice in a row and bounced it back, and then the basketball quickly came to his left hand and changed direction again!

Zhong Yu's right hand regained the basketball, but Gibson was stunned by Zhong Yu's change of direction just now, and could only watch Zhong Yu immediately increase his maximum speed and enter the inside line.

Valejo, who would fall when he touched the hair, desperately came up to block Zhong Yu, Zhong Yu put away the basketball and attracted him with a passing feint, and then came directly to the basket!

"Bang!" After a sharp dunk, Jongwook ended the offense.

The audience was in an uproar!

This ball Zhongyu played very fiercely and at a fast speed.

Then, the Cavaliers went on offense, missed a jumper, grabbed the rebound, and then passed to Mike. James's hands. Mike passed the ball to Chung Wook just after halftime...... At a critical time, he didn't dare to come by himself.

Zhong Yu received the pass and broke through again, but this time the breakthrough speed was not fast, and he barely reached the bottom line, and after attracting the attention of several people, he suddenly passed the basketball back!

West receives a pass and immediately jumps.

"Huh!" The sound of piercing the center of the net rang out, and the Hornets scored two more points.

"Beautiful goal!" There was another shout of admiration next to the pitch.

Chung Wook doesn't have the ability to dictate the court with his own rhythm like Paul, but he can use his passing and constant scoring to confuse opponents.

Then, the Cavaliers hit an offensive shot, the Hornets missed, the Cavaliers didn't, and after hitting a few irons, Jongwook walked around the inside and then came out from the other side of the basketball half.

He had just gotten to the left flank and West's pass had arrived.

"Huh!" Jumper hit.

Zhong Yu and West, two people with mid-range shooting ability and strong mid-range shooting ability, make up the scoring points of the Hornets.

Again, the Cavaliers attacked, Ariza steals the opponent and passes the basketball to Jongwook, who this time did not pass the ball and dribbled the ball himself through the half.

Ariza has indeed contributed a lot defensively, and after his arrival, the Hornets' bench defense has improved a lot.

Zhong Yu controlled the rhythm, just after half the court, on the outside, in front of Gibson, suddenly pulled out and shot a three-point shot!

The basketball sprinted ferociously, across the sky, rebounded and slammed into the basket. Jongwook hit a three-pointer and scored another 3 points!

Zhong Yu scored continuously, and West also scored frequently...... Six minutes into the second quarter, the score was 36-24 and the Hornets were already leading by as many as 12 points!

Very!

The Cavaliers panicked and hurriedly prepared to make a substitution. Let these substitutes continue to play like this, and in the end, it will definitely be a cup...... That's what most Cavaliers players are thinking right now.

So, the Cavaliers replaced them with James.

Back on the bench, Jongwook sat on a stool, Scott was talking, but he didn't stand up either. Because at this time, Zhong Yu also felt the fatigue of his body.

By the time of the second quarter, Chung Yu had not had a second of rest.

He stayed on the pitch all the time.

This is also something that cannot be helped, and the Hornets today have finally regained their morale, and he can't let that morale be lost.

So, he took a break, took advantage of the timeout, and took advantage of the break—something he was slowly learning, and he was going to make it a break even for a second.

After the timeout, he reappeared on the pitch.

He was also worried that the Hornets' lead would be equalized by this group after James came on the court, and he could only continue to play, which could not be escaped.

The game continued.

Zhong Yu just walked on the court, and he gave people a feeling of being radiant, and today he seemed to be unable to beat Xiaoqiang.

Seeing Zhong Yu on the field, the fans cheered wildly again! Especially now, every fan knows what a tired body Jongwook came to the court.

However, with Jongwook, they don't have to worry. Sure enough, after Zhong Yu came on the court, he had a few battles with James, and he was also able to break through the ball to create opportunities for his teammates.

Zhong Yu's ability can be seen.

His score and breakaway shots helped the Hornets completely stabilize the situation, and the first half ended with the score at 47-37, and the Hornets went into the second half with a 10-point lead.

(To be continued)