"Alright, the game is officially on, Howard and Okafor are jumping the ball in the middle line." Smith said: "When Howard was a rookie, Okafor was always his strongest opponent, and like him, he was a very physical and explosive inside, let's see who is stronger in terms of jumping." ”

For Okafor, Howard has always been very unhappy, in the year when Howard was the champion, Okafor was very faceless and snatched the best rookie with a two-double data of 15+10, which made Howard lose face, so now although Howard has far surpassed Okafor, he still has a lot of offense in the face of Okafor.

The referee tossed the ball high, and when the basketball reached its highest point and stopped, Howard jumped up and almost pushed Okafor to his side by half a head.

Paul hugged the basketball and immediately passed it to Kobe, Kobe Bryant made a slight shooting feint at the three-point line, Belinelli jumped up to block, Kobe immediately retracted the basketball, took the opportunity to run two steps inside, and then jumped up to shoot, the basketball hollowed into the net, and the Lakers got the first offensive score of the game.

"Kobe Bryant feels very good today," Barkley couldn't help but say when he saw this: "Belinelli is not a player who is good at defense, I'm afraid it will be difficult to limit Kobe, if Kobe Bryant plays well, the Hornets will definitely lose." ”

Monty frowned on the sidelines, there is no need to worry about Ariza's defense in the third position, but this second position is really troublesome, and he has not been able to defend the opponent's arrows well, so he must be traded to the right player to strengthen it.

Switching between offense and defense, Wang Meng held the ball over half the court.

"Here's the highlight, Paul vs. Wang Meng, the showdown between the two top point guards of the new generation." Johnson was immediately interested.

"So far this season, Wang Meng has averaged 29 points and 8.3 assists per game, while Paul has averaged 16.5 points and 9.6 assists per game." Smith looked at the statistics on the computer and said: "If you look at the data, Wang Meng is undoubtedly much better than Paul, but according to the actual situation, Wang Meng is in the Hornets, belongs to the absolute main superstar, has a lot of ball possession, the data is good, and Paul in the Lakers but Kobe and Howard shared a lot of balls, which is also the reason for the decline in his data, we can see that Wang Meng averaged 20.5 shots per game this season, while Paul only averaged 15 shots per game, and the gap between the two is quite large. ”

"But take a closer look, Wang Meng averages 20.5 shots per game, but his number of shots is 11 per game, and the overall shooting rate is more than 50%, which is not a simple number, how many guards in the league can hit 50% after 20+ shots?" Johnson said solemnly. "Paul only shoots 47 percent from the field, which is pretty good for a defender."

"Come on." Paul didn't talk nonsense in the face of Wang Meng, and said lightly.

Although Paul has small arms and legs, but his defense is very hard-working, and he is also one of the best players in the defense of the No. 1 position, Wang Meng did not dare to slack off in the face of Paul's defense, dribbled steadily, and even intentionally or unintentionally leaned the dribble point sideways, Paul is the current steal king, Wang Meng does not want to let Paul easily steal successfully.

"The first ball, let's play it a little more violently." When he was in possession of the ball, Wang Meng was already prepared in his heart, since he returned to Los Angeles, why not give Los Angeles a wonderful opening?

"Instant explosion!" Wang Meng let out a low snort, and his body instantly tensed, and he suddenly launched like a cheetah.

Paul was stunned for a moment, Wang Meng's speed was very fast, so fast that he felt a little unable to react, and before he had time to think about it, Paul subconsciously took a step to the left.

Seeing this, Wang Meng slammed the ball back, then quickly handed the basketball from his left hand to his right hand, and calmly broke through from the left. (I'm afraid some people can't understand this, when defending, it is face-to-face, and Paul's left side is placed on Wang Meng's side, which is the right side)

"What!" Paul was taken aback and quickly pulled his body back, but he started too fast, so he suddenly pulled back, and his feet slipped, Paul involuntarily knelt on one knee and supported the ground with both hands, so that he did not fall in embarrassment.

During this time, Wang Meng had already rushed into the inner line.

Seeing this, Howard immediately quit, "What are you kidding, let Huang Dou rush into the inside line at the beginning, how do you let me play?" After hesitating, Howard still went up to block Wang Meng, even if Wang Meng passed the ball to Okafor, he admitted it, this is no way to do it, at this time, Wang Meng's own score is far more morale-boosting than assisting Okafor, Howard will not make this kind of mistake.

If it were normal, Wang Meng would definitely choose to pass the ball this time, but this time Howard guessed wrong.

When Howard approached Wang Meng, instead of passing the ball to Okafor, who was let go by Howard, Wang Meng held the basketball and resolutely rushed into Howard's defensive range, holding the basketball high with one hand while sticking to Howard, wanting to go to the basket, "Two and a half steps?!" Howard was stunned for a moment, and then became furious, "Okay, you guy, you actually laid up in front of me, let alone a layup, even if it was a dunk, I would cover it for you!" ”

Wang Meng passed an arm from Howard's waist and wanted to go to the basket, this kind of layup is very difficult to prevent, after all, the layup is done behind the defender, if you deliberately increase the action, it is easy to be blown for a defensive foul, but Howard has become accustomed to this situation, many guards choose this way of layup under his defense, and he has already figured out a set of coping methods.

Howard immediately took a sideways step, then quickly turned sideways and went from a back-to-face layup to a front-facing layup.

"Hey, hey! Try the taste of Warcraft brand hot pot! Howard yelled and slapped the basketball in Wang Meng's hand. Howard's palm was only a short distance away from the basketball, and a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth, as if he had thought of Wang Meng's embarrassment after being flown by a cap.

"Huh?"

At this time, he was surprised to find that Wang Meng also had a smile on his face. It's going to be capped, what is he laughing at?

Before Howard could react, Wang Meng stiffened his waist violently, and the strong waist and abdominal force made him stop in mid-air, although it was only for a moment, but it was in this moment that Wang Meng quickly exchanged the basketball from his right hand to his left hand.

"Gah?" Howard was dumbfounded, but in the face of Wang Meng's empty right hand, it was difficult for Howard to take it back.

"Smack!" "Huh!" "Shh The first sound is the sound of Howard hitting Wang Meng's right arm, the second is the sound of Wang Meng's left hand basketballing into the net, and the third is the referee's whistle.