The Christmas War is coming!

The Christmas war is also a fine tradition of the NBA, and Christmas in the West is like the traditional Chinese New Year, which is a time for family reunion and joy. If the NBA season is divided into three parts - the playoffs are the finale, and the All-Star is the showtime, then the Christmas game is a warm dessert given by Santa Claus to NBA fans.

Every Christmas, the NBA arranges only a few heavyweight games for fans to enjoy a sumptuous Christmas basketball feast, which is called the Christmas War.

And this year, the NBA has five Christmas games scheduled for fans.

First of all, of course, the two most luxurious teams in the league that competed for the championship last season - the Lakers and Celtics, these two teams are repeating the glory and glory of their predecessors.

The Lakers made it all the way to the playoffs last season and finally lost in the Finals. But that finals is also one of the most classic finals in recent years, and the fight between players from both sides can be called hearty.

Therefore, the collision of the two teams in the Christmas game will undoubtedly attract many fans.

Then, the teams that attracted the most attention in the Christmas game were the Hornets and the Magic.

Needless to say, the progress they have made is amazing.

Last season, they entered the playoffs with the second-best regular season record in the Western Conference, and managed to reach the Western Conference Finals at a time when many were not optimistic, losing seven games against the Lakers.

On the player side, Chris. As the No. 4 draft player in the first round in 2005, Paul has grown into the leader of the Hornets in just three seasons, the league's hot playmaker, and in 80 games in the regular season last season, he averaged 21.1 points and 11.6 assists in 37.6 minutes, while contributing 2.7 steals, occupying the position of assist king and steal king, leading the Hornets to the first place in the Southwest Division, and the record in the West is only second to the Lakers. And Zhong Yu, who broke out late last season, had endless games above 30+ and 40+, and broke out one after another, making Zhong Yu stand at the peak of scoring guards.

This season, Zhong Yu averaged 38 points per game, ranking first on the scoring list, and formed the strongest backcourt combination with Paul.

This year's Christmas game is the first time that the Hornets have appeared on the stage of Christmas game since the team was founded in the 1988-89 season, and it is a history-making scene in the history of the team.

On the Orlando Magic side, Dwight. Howard played all 82 games last season, averaging 20.7 points, 14.2 rebounds and 2.2 hot pots for the Magic in 37.7 minutes, and he became the youngest rebounding leader in league history at the age of 22 years and 130 days.

Such Howard, as one of the last high school players in the league, has grown into a superstar in the league very early. In this way, the Hornets have the best backcourt combination in the league, averaging 61 points per game, while the Magic have the league's best youngest and most promising center......

The duel between the two teams will inevitably spark everywhere.

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"Two guns in the backcourt against the inside overlord! Who wins? ”

"Christmas competition, two great battles!"

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Many fans have also discovered one thing, that is, in this season's Christmas game, the scene where their predicted game between the Celtics and the Lakers detonated the whole court did not appear!

Now, it's the majority of people who choose to watch the Hornets and Magic collide.

The game will be played at the Hornets' home stadium, New Orleans Arena! Before the game, the number of tickets sold was astonishing, almost all of them were sold out, and many families chose to come and watch the game as a family.

It is normal for such a game to attract a lot of attention, and this is the first time the team has played a Christmas game, and the fans are naturally excited. Every player wants to see the heroes of the city, fighting the pitch to defeat the enemy.

"How's Christmas going?" Before the warm-up began, Paul was tying his shoelaces in the players' tunnel, and he asked without looking at Zhongyu.

"Not bad." Zhong Yu didn't want to offend this group of Americans for no reason, so he didn't say anything about his lack of feelings about Christmas. "This year's Christmas is a bit more lively than last year's, maybe because I've been in the country for a long time, so I feel like that," he said. ”

Paul smiled: "A lot of people are coming to the stadium for Christmas this year, aren't they?" ”

"Yes...... Then don't let them down, buddy. ”

"Of course."

When Zhong Yu and Paul appeared in the players' tunnel, the entire stadium seemed to be hit by the waves of the violent explosion of the bomb, and the deafening cheers suddenly resounded in the sky.

"Shadow Assassin!"

“cp3！”

Shouting their cheers, Zhong Yu waved his hands at both sides of the arena, and his movements were very skillful. He had gradually become accustomed to the feeling of the stars holding the moon, as if in this world, in this moment, he was the center, he was the one that everyone admired the most.

Howard over there also ran out laughing, Zhong Yu and Howard also chatted, it was during the Yanjing Olympics, he felt that Howard was older than himself, but he always gave himself a child's feeling.

It may be that his surname is more aggressive, or more straightforward.

"See each other again...... Buddy. Howard and Paul hugged each other, then patted Jongwook on the shoulder: "Today we are going to win on your home court...... You don't have an opinion, right? ”

"Welcome...... As long as you can win. Zhong Yu also laughed.

The greetings are over, and the game is about to begin!

The scene that all the audience is looking forward to the most, the scene that all the fans are most looking forward to, has officially begun! The game between the Hornets and the Magic team finally kicked off.

"Smack!" Howard hit the basketball into Bogans' hands at once, and Bogans passed the ball to Nelson, who controlled the ball and pushed it into the halfcourt, and then, passed the basketball to Howard on the inside.

In fact, the Magic's tactics, now defensively, will reuse Howard's defensive ability and make him a barrier on the inside. But offensively...... Howard isn't actually the center of offense, perhaps because his back-to-back singles skills aren't mature enough, or maybe to give the perimeter players enough shots......

Now, the basketball pass to Howard was only to contain the defensive firepower of the Hornets, and the ball was handed to Tekoglou on the perimeter, who made a direct jumper and hit a three-point shot.

The Magic did raise some people who didn't seem to be worth that much money with big contracts, but they also really produced a pretty good group of outside shooters, and they didn't once or twice bombard other teams with three-point rain this season.

The two sides took the lead in the battle.

The Hornets tried their hand with a jumper, and Jongwook and Paul started jumping shots one after another, but neither of them hit...... On the Magic's side, basketball was handed over to the outside, and Lewis and Nelson, two Birdmen, hit consecutive three-pointers to give the Hornets a 9-0 start!

"What's going on?"

The spectators who came to watch the game were not here to be angry, they wanted to watch the Hornets teach the enemy a lesson at home, not the opponent to go wild on this turf.

The Hornets didn't hit a lot of shots at the start...... They even said that they didn't hit a single shot from the outside. But the Magic, three-pointers one after another, after three consecutive shots, suddenly turned the score into 9-0, which made the audience feel a little unacceptable.

"We didn't play well today. I haven't scored yet! ”

"Don't worry, they'll take care of it themselves! We're already the best team in the league, so we'll see...... Oh, Jongwook has already received the pass, you don't have to worry. ”

"Zhongyu received a pass." The fans, who had just had some doubts, gradually sat down, and then nervously watched the situation in the court, if the Magic team was allowed to score like this, the situation would not be good.

Zhong Yu received the pass, the person who defended him was Bogans, Bogans was very close to Zhong Yu, he knew Zhong Yu's technical style, the jump shot was too accurate, he was 3cm shorter than Zhong Yu, if Zhong Yu wanted to use a backward jump shot to eat him, he didn't have much to do, so ...... He felt that the distance between him and Jongwook was a little bigger, and he would shoot on the outside.

As for Zhong Yu's defense, Tekoglu will come over to help, and it will be easier to contain Zhong Yu at that time.

Zhong Yu also sensed what kind of plan they were making, and at that moment, he suddenly made a shooting feint, which tricked the nervous Bogans, and then, Zhong Yu instantly accelerated.

Zhong Yu's speed has been mentioned to the highest, and at this time, he doesn't care about the idea of hiding his strength, and he just mentions the maximum speed.

"Good!" The fans praised Zhong Yu in unison.

Zhong Yu's speed, they saw it very clearly by the people on the scene, that kind of fast method, it was difficult to block.

Bogans was passed by Zhong Yu in two steps, Lewis hurriedly came up to block Zhong Yu, West took the initiative to come up and block Lewis by Zhong Yu's side, Zhong Yu continued to go deeper, but when Lewis chased him from behind, he suddenly used a base pass and passed the basketball out from behind.

West received the pass and quickly made a jumper.

"Demolition complete!" Many players on the Magic team made this judgment and naturally went up to defend West, and West passed the basketball to Paul, who was on the outside and immediately threw the basketball in.

"What's the situation......" Several Magic players also felt that they couldn't judge where Paul's ball was going...... However, Howard has found out.

Jongwook had already jumped up, grabbed a basketball in the sky, and then glided straight ahead! Howard jumped up to block, but was already a beat slower.

"Bang!"

Zhong Yu hit a vicious dunk to give the Hornets the first two points.

This ball, Zhongyu-West-Paul-Zhongyu, a series of passes, vividly interprets the Hornets' current strong attacker's demolition system, preventing one, there will be another coming out, once the time difference is seized, the opponent is difficult to prevent.

"Good shot!"

"Zhong Yu always surprises us at such times." The fans were suddenly freed from the attack wave that had just been beaten 9-0, and cheered for Jongwook's ball.

The Hornets broke the scoring drought, and next, the ball was back in the hands of the Magic. Then the basketball came to Bogans, and Jongwook was not afraid of Bogans...... Although he looked strong, he felt that Bogans was not as strong as his body.

Moreover, this guy's physical fitness is not as good for basketball as he is strong.

Jongwook approached Bogans, raised his hands in front of him, and waved them, and Bogans basically had no chance to shoot the jumper, so he had to pass the basketball to the others.

The basketball eventually went inside and went all the way to Howard, who threw the basketball with a hook hand, rebounded and flew into the basket to give the Magic another two points.

The score hasn't really been chased back, and Howard may not be perfect on the offensive end right now, but he can score a lot of goals and average about 20 points per game, which has become a big boost for the Magic.

Howard hit a hook shot, which caused shouts from the crowd next to the court, who felt that things were a little unpleasant for the Hornets right now.

Then, the ball was back in the hands of the Hornets.

Paul broke through to the inside, his speed was very fast, and he quickly broke through the first layer of the Magic team's defense, Nelson really didn't have much to do in front of Paul's breakthrough at this level, Paul went all the way to the inside line and Howard was entangled, and then, when the players of the Magic team, most of the defensive eyes were attracted to him, he passed the basketball to the hands of Zhong Yu on the outside.

Zhong Yu received the pass, at this moment he was still at a 45-degree angle on the right wing, at that moment, he suddenly controlled the ball, took a step to his left, until he came to an angle that made Bogans powerless, and instantly jumped shot!

At this moment, he has come to his third zone, which is the best place for Jongwook to shoot three-pointers.

Shoot the jumper!

The basketball crossed a parabola and flew directly into the net, and Zhong Yu hit a three-point shot!

"Good shot!"

"That's how it should be!" The audience exhaled a breath of depression in their chests, and now, Jongwook's scoring ability is getting stronger and stronger, and he is often able to fulfill the audience's requests.

When they needed him to score, Jongwook was always able to find his place and shoot a jumper to score.

That's what it means to Jongwook! It's also every fan who really likes Zhong Yu because of his ability now. He always finds his place and scores.

In this way, Zhong Yu also scored five points in a row, and now the score between the two sides is 11-5, although there is still a 6-point gap, but after seeing Zhong Yu's performance, the audience is not worried at all.

(To be continued)