The game continued, and the Lakers had just been beaten into a two-and-one, and the bench was back on offense.

This time the offense was quite effective, the basketball went inside, and then the interior player hit a layup, and the Hornets fought back again.

The Hornets' counterattack was quite efficient, and the basketball came to Zhong Yu's hands, and he himself was outside the three-point line, and he shot directly, but the shot was off.

The Lakers regained the rebound, launched a counterattack, and also missed.

Both teams' shooting percentages gradually dropped.

The ball is back in the hands of the Hornets.

Paul broke through on his own and threw a shot...... After several encounters, the main players of the Lakers have returned to the court one after another. The Hornets wanted to take advantage of the Lakers' absence just now, but this idea was not realized.

Now, the main forces of the Lakers are all back, and the two teams are in a bitter battle again.

With the last two minutes left in the second quarter, the score between the Hornets and the Lakers was 42:34, and the Hornets and their opponents still had an eight-point gap.

These eight points are actually not a small number, and it will take several successful defensive counterattacks to be able to return them.

Paul controlled the ball and then passed to Jongwoo, at which point the Hornets needed Jongwoo's goal.

It's still Kobe Bryant who defends Zhong Yu, and as the two of them fight more and more, they know more and more about each other. But from the current point of view, this kind of understanding, it is more beneficial to Kobe, after all, he has so many years of experience in the league, once he finds out some of Zhong Yu's ways, he knows what he should do, so that he can prevent Zhong Yu.

Now, Zhong Yu has used two feints, both of which have been unsuccessful, and Kobe Bryant is still firmly in front of Zhong Yu. So, Zhong Yu used a crotch dribble to pull the basketball back, and he himself left Kobe Bryant for some distance.

Kobe Bryant followed, and at this time, Zhong Yu's shoulders sank, and he directly began to accelerate, stepping into the first area, and then accelerating again, and his body immediately accelerated, and the person had already entered the three-point line and had arrived in the paint area.

Then, he took to the air and scored two points from Odom with a mounted archery.

Another two points were in hand, and the Hornets scored two points with it. However, they are still six points behind their opponents.

This was followed by several more offensive and defensive transformations, and the two sides began to attack and defend in the final moments on the offensive and defensive lines.

However, in the final moments of the quarter, both teams dropped their shooting percentages very quickly, and neither team scored again until five seconds before the end of the first half.

The last ball was in Paul's hands, and now with the last five seconds left, Paul controlled the ball and went beyond the three-point line. Then, he immediately passed the basketball to Zhong Yu.

Jongwook controlled the ball, smashed into the inside, and came to the first area, and at this moment, the field of vision instantly became wider.

Whether it's shooting directly or passing, Zhong Yu feels that his field of vision is wide, after all, this is his first area, and it is also the place with the most overlapping effect so far.

Standing here, the corner of Zhong Yu's eyes also caught Paul outside the three-point line, and suddenly, he threw the basketball out again.

And after the basketball was thrown, it didn't fly in a straight line, but bounced on the ground, and then jumped up again, just outside the three-point line, in Paul's hands.

Paul received the pass and immediately jumped to the ball.

It can be said that both Jongwook and Paul were lucky, and the ball hit the basket with ease. In the final moments, Paul used a three-pointer to close the gap to three points.

At the end of the first half, Jongwook alone had a total of 15 points and 4 assists.

Fifteen points in the half is indeed not a difficult thing for Zhong Yu, but four assists in the half is the first time in Zhong Yu's career.

Jong-wook also had a career-high assist of only five, and now he has four in the half.

'We played well in the first half, and after being down by a lot of points, we came close to leveling. Now that the first half is over, we still have a lot of time and opportunities to take on the next challenges and now we have to work hard. Scott said: "This is our first game at home and we don't deserve to lose. ”

"Hmm!" In the locker room, everyone nodded.

This game is important for the Hornets because it is the first game of the Western Conference Finals at the home of the Hornets. There are so many fans who came to see them, and there are so many fans who experienced the first Western Battle for the first time in their home stadium.

If you lose, even if the opponent is the Lakers, it will never be a happy thing.

For Zhong Yu, this is also important.

He's been on a meteoric spurt lately, and he's become one of the league's most talked-about players in recent times, fueled by a few games. If the Hornets can beat the Lakers at home in this game and achieve two consecutive wins against the Lakers, and Zhong Yu himself is also performing well, then with the support of the league, a new superstar may be born.

So, this game is important for everyone, and no one wants to play the home game of the first Western Conference showdown of the season.

The second half of the game officially began.

The Hornets' arena was already shrouded in a tumultuous noise, and although the Hornets were three points behind their opponents in the first half, fans didn't feel bad about the team because of this.

On the contrary, they all feel that the Hornets are now trailing by three points can actually be easily recovered.

Both Jongwook and Paul are now on the pitch for the start of the second half.

The first ball was in the hands of the Hornets, Paul controlled the ball across half court, and then, he passed the basketball to Jongyu. After Zhong Yu received the pass, Kobe Bryant was ready to defend in front of him, and Zhong Yu was about one step or so away from the three-point line.

Faced with such a distance, Zhong Yu suddenly ignored it directly!

He jumps and throws!

Many people, including Kobe Bryant himself, did not expect that Zhong Yu would jump directly against him in this situation, after all, Zhong Yu is also a long distance from the three-point line.

With such a long jump shot, and still with the team behind, it seems that Jongwook does have a lot of confidence in himself.

"Huh!" What made Kobe Bryant feel even more helpless was that Zhong Yu's jump shot flew off the basket with ease, quite crisply. In this way, Zhong Yu let his score in this game rise to 18, and at the same time, let the Hornets, after this three points, directly equalize the score!

The ball is back with the Lakers, and Kobe Bryant plans to come on his own.

Although Zhong Yu's scoring ability has been obvious to all, although it is often said that Zhong Yu can get a lot of points, but he is really unhappy to be scored on the head by a rookie like Zhong Yu.

Kobe, who is very unhappy, plans to return it himself this time.

Bryant still faced Jongwook with his side, then tried with a tentative step, and then he quickly controlled the ball, turned, and made a jumper from beyond the three-point line.

Three-point hit!

Bryant scored another three points, and the margin was once again three.

Coming back at halftime, Paul broke through into the interior by himself, and the Lakers' defensive attention was attracted a lot by Paul, and Zhong Yu himself, just outside the three-point line, came directly to the top of the arc to a 45-degree angle.

Kobe Bryant followed, but before he could form the final defense against Jong-wook, Paul passed the basketball to Jong-wook.

Kobe Bryant wanted to press up, but Zhong Yu suddenly took a step towards his right side of the ball, temporarily shook off Kobe's relentless pursuit, and then shot directly, another three-pointer.

Kobe Bryant tried his best to catch up with Jongwook's jump shot in the air.

But it was too late, Zhong Yu's jump shot still had his own kind of backward arc, and Kobe's hand couldn't catch up at all.

"Huh!" The basketball hits again.

Watching Zhong Yu play does give people a rather comfortable feeling, because his hit rate never makes people worry, and his offense can often give people a sense of enjoyment, which is indeed a pleasing thing to the eye.

In this way, the score was tied again.

However, Zhong Yu doesn't have such a strong hit rate in the future, although he has an external body, but it is impossible to give him a 100% hit rate.

Therefore, the Lakers missed the shot, the Hornets counterattacked quickly, and Paul handed the ball to Zhong Yu again, and Zhong Yu missed again.

Then, after a few balls, Gasol's high jumper and Paul's breakaway layup were scored, and the score remained tied.

At this time, Paul tried to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, and Zhong Yu felt that his jump shot was a little off, so he quickly estimated a position and went inside.

He's got lucky...... The basketball bounced off the hoop and flew into his arms impartially. Zhong Yu received this pass, and also stood in the second area, shot directly, and hit the blue ball.

The Hornets led the Lakers by two points.

Zhong Yu's two-point shot allowed the Hornets to overtake the Lakers, and all of a sudden, the morale in the arena was like a rainbow, and the fans were cheering happily.

For a long time afterward, the scores remained at a two-point deficit, with the Lakers trailing the Hornets by two points.

Jongwook played less than half the court and went down to rest, and the Lakers seized this opportunity and began to launch offensive and defensive counterattacks again, but Paul led the Hornets to stabilize the situation.

The last 14 seconds of this race were fast in coming.

The score situation between the two sides was 73:74, and the Hornets led the Lakers by one point, at this time, the ball was still owned by the Hornets.

Paul controlled the ball outside the three-point line, then used his right hand to direct the group into position, and then, he lowered his right hand, and seeing that the clock was only 5 seconds, he immediately forced an acceleration.

Of course, the Lakers had to come up and defend, but Paul was cut down in the midst of all kinds of shaking and speed surpassing, and Paul went all the way to the inside to score a layup.

At 76:73, the Hornets led their opponents by three points and entered the final quarter.

(To be continued)