339 Queen Bee
Zhang Chen's dancing breakthrough hit successfully, and the audience instantly burst into applause, his breakthrough was gorgeous and beautiful, and the result was good enough.
The score was 47:46, the Knicks still led by one point, the ball was back in the hands of the Hornets, Paul unhurriedly controlled the ball through the half, and stopped when he came to the outside of the three-point line, and sure enough, he saw Zhang Chen and Du Hong who were about to move again. I don't know what Paul and Chandler said just now, but when Paul suddenly drew a gesture with his hand, Chandler suddenly came up and stood beside Zhang Chen, and Paul took advantage of this time to suddenly kill the inside line. Paul's sudden breakthrough caught Du Hong off guard, Du Hong didn't have time to defend at all, and Zhang Chen wanted to go over to defend at this time, but unfortunately he was suddenly blocked by Chandler, this was a very premeditated block, Zhang Chen was blocked in this way.
It's just that the Knicks naturally still have a backhand, and when Paul felt that he shouldn't fall into a bag crisis again, Gallinari suddenly defended up.
Of course, Gallinari's defensive ability is limited after all, not to mention that the person he has to defend now is the current league's No. 1 point guard, breakthrough expert scorer Paul. Paul showed off his perfect ball control skills in front of Gallinari, and his body's shoulders and head were also in this kind of ball control skills, giving Gallinari a lot of deception. With his endless feints, Gallinari could only get out of the way and let Paul get in.
Paul just brushed past Gallinari and put away the basketball, then took a big step forward, followed by a super throw against Randolph, the basketball cut through an unusually full arc, and finally crashed into the net, the crisp sound echoing in everyone's ears. Paul's throw is quite beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
The score was 47-48, and the Hornets took a one-point lead.
The goal is once again in the hands of Zhang Chen, in the face of such a scoring maniac, now the Hornets are like a big enemy, looking at Zhang Chen, they feel that it will be a tragic battle again. When Zhang Chen controlled the ball over half court, Posey had already begun to interfere to a limited extent, and when Zhang Chen came to the three-point line, Posey immediately began to stick to Zhang Chen, wanting Zhang Chen to move an inch directly.
For a rogue defense like Posey, Zhang Chen could only temporarily retreat, came to a big step outside the three-point line, and then stopped again and began to examine the situation in the half, he is now more and more of a point guard demeanor, after the half of the possession, he also has to examine who is more suitable to accept his pass.
But now he's finding that no one is fit to take the pass because the Hornets' defense is leaky and doesn't have many penetration opportunities.
"Then it's just me." Zhang Chen made a temporary battle plan in his heart, and then he suddenly controlled the ball and rushed towards Posey.
"Guard against him!" These guys from the Hornets roared out one after another, trying to remotely command Posey to defend against Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen didn't care too much about his defense, but the moment he came to Posey, he suddenly started a change of direction of his own, so his body passed by Posey directly in the change of direction of such a long-distance run, and passed Posey.
After passing Posey, West hurriedly defended up, facing this big man, Zhang Chen still had some concerns in his heart, he was about to close his own defense at the moment, suddenly let the right hand holding the ball suddenly take the basketball into his arms, and at the same time, his body also took a big step to the right, and then stopped.
Zhang Chen's sudden change of position like a shape-shifting phantom quickly made West lose his defensive goal, and he immediately rushed towards Zhang Chen, but it was too late.
Zhang Chen threw a step-back jumper outside the three-point line, and the basketball did not lack strength because of his back, on the contrary, the basketball soared all the way to the basket and finally plunged directly into the basket. Zhang Chen just raised his score to 22 points in this way, and when he got this data that many players need to dream of, it was just a breeze to get used to.
Zhang Chen's three-pointer helped the team take the lead again...... Look, now it's Chris. Paul is in possession, what kind of attack will they use to hit his goal? "The American commentator in the studio is commenting on the game. The commentators are usually afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and now they are preparing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and they want the fans to pay attention to their wonderful commentary as well as the wonderful game. The game has been played so far, and the players on both sides are in a state of hard work, and it is conceivable that it will be a battle for the rest of the time.
Paul controlled the ball in the half, he started from near the midfield, and accelerated to his peak in a blink of an eye, although Paul's speed was a little worse than Zhang Chen, but it was more than enough compared to others. In the NBA, his speed can definitely be regarded as the upper reach, under his speed, it seems that he will soon break directly into the interior, Paul is surrounded by a strong wind, and the defenders next to him are about to be swept by him in one fell swoop. At this time, Zhang Chen rushed up to build the first line of defense, and Zhang Chen's body was quite swift and quickly blocked in front of Paul.
Paul also has a deeper and more intuitive understanding of Zhang Chen's defense, and he never wants to experience the feeling of crossing the river with iron ropes in front of him, so seeing Zhang Chen open his hands in front of him again, Paul began to prepare, and then after two consecutive shakes, he wanted to break through Zhang Chen quickly.
The Hornets players also came up to prepare to block Paul one after another, but Paul's two shakes did not completely shake Zhang Chen, because Zhang Chen is tall and has long arms and can block all kinds of attacks from Paul. But Paul is a point guard after all, even if he is now full of the desire to fight bravely, and wants to teach Zhang Chen a lesson in a one-on-one heads-up, but he still saw the vacancy of his teammates, so the basketball passed through the gap between him and Zhang Chen, and came to the hands of Posey on the outside, Posey now has no blocking players in front of him, in the face of such a good situation, Posey did not hesitate to jump shot, Posey three-point shot can still give the opponent some shock, the basketball left his hands, Riding the air and finally flying straight into the Nets, Posey scored three points and also recovered three points for the Hornets.
Posey's three-pointer helped the Hornets recover the three-pointer, and Paul and Posey high-fived fiercely, but there was a lingering taste in his eyes. Zhang Chen was also a little annoyed, Paul's pass just now made Zhang Chen, who often provoked opponents to one-on-one with him, feel quite depressed, that feeling was like when you were fighting with an opponent with a bayonet, and your opponent suddenly shot. This approach is extremely depressing, and Zhang Chen is also very annoyed with Paul, this guy is making a duel, but he is doing the trick of passing.
Zhang Chen once again controlled the ball and came to the half, this time he did not do it again, but passed the basketball to Du Hong, who passed to Randolph on the inside, Randolph was still relatively stable, and he ended the attack with a layup. The two teams went back and forth, playing quite hard, and this feeling of banging and hitting each other made everyone feel enjoyable for a while.
The main rhythm of the third quarter is such a hard hit, tooth for tooth, the Knicks shot a ball, the Hornets did everything possible to return it, if the Hornets shot a ball, the Knicks also did everything possible to calculate the mechanism, anyway, to chase it back. So, in this case, the scores of the two teams continued to alternate after a tie until the last three minutes of the third quarter when the Hornets called a timeout. Both players walked back to the bench to be coached by the coach and then came back again.
Now the Knicks are leading the opponent, the score situation is 60:61, the Knicks are one point ahead, and the ball is in the hands of Paul, Paul controls the ball over half the court, after a breakthrough that enters the interior with the help of a block, he immediately turns around and comes to a long pass, the basketball passes through the long space to the hands of Peja on the outside, Peja jumps and shoots, and Peja, who once basically used a three-point shot to get a scoring champion, scored neatly, and his three-point shooting rate has been very low in this game, This made Paul also complain, but it can be seen that this ball Peja has condensed his own great hopes.
With a three-pointer in the pocket and the score at 63-61, the Hornets broke that delicate sense of equilibrium, and they allowed the score to reach a two-point gap, which made things a little dangerous for the Knicks. Everyone knows that in a game where the scores have been overlapping, if one team suddenly gains the lead, the other team will definitely be caught off guard and suffer a big loss, and many of them may completely overturn after such a big loss, and they have been chasing those scores that cannot be caught up at all in vain. The current Knicks are in such a situation, and if they let their opponents pull away the score, today's game is likely to be murdered by the Hornets.
However, this is a game that the Knicks can't lose, because they have lost two in a row on the road, and if they continue to lose like this, they will lose not the game, but the fortune. The players are well aware of this, and in order to avoid this loss of fortune, the Knicks must win this game, or at least give them the confidence to be able to face more tough challenges in the future.
The ball came to the hands of the Knicks, Zhang Chen and Du Hong alternately controlled the ball, now the ball control is in Du Hong's hands, his ball control is more calm than Zhang Chen, but this does not mean that Zhang Chen's ball control is light and fluttering, in fact, even if Du Hong is very calm in ball control, his ball control stability is still not able to reach Zhang Chen's level, Zhang Chen's ball control is often fast and good, looking at him overnight, but in this process, no one can steal him.
Du Hong's side soon forced Paul, those who despise Paul's defense must be at a loss, don't look at him is only 1.85 meters tall, and he looks like a thin and weak one, but when you really meet him, if you accidentally hit his chest, then you can intuitively feel his hidden power.
Moreover, Paul's defense is often small, but this guy's small movements are very hidden, and he also has a harmless face, looking like a child, which can also earn him the referee's sympathy points. Therefore, under the influence of various factors, Paul's small actions are also widely criticized.
Now Dujon is facing Paul's defense, Paul has been in front of him, and is ready to make a steal, Dujon has to be ready to end the dribble as soon as possible and pass the basketball to the receiving player first.
Dujon sideways his body and used his body to block Paul's steal, and he used his body to protect his dribble. It's just that at the last moment when he was about to collect the ball, the shadowless hand suddenly ran out, and then, most of Paul's body turned into a blue lightning bolt and suddenly appeared on Duhon's side.
"Oops!" Du Hong secretly screamed in his heart in advance, and in the next second, his left hand, which was originally in control of the ball, could no longer feel the breath of basketball, and Paul made a successful steal and ran directly towards the half court.
Paul ran away, and the people behind him couldn't keep up at all, although Zhang Chen's speed was much faster than Paul's, but in the face of such a situation, he was also a little slow to react, and when he started chasing, Paul had already come to the center line.
Zhang Chen couldn't catch up with Paul at all, he could only shorten the distance between the two people as much as possible, so, in the eyes of the audience, the distance between Zhang Chen and Paul was getting closer and closer, and then Paul directly inserted the three-point line, and Zhang Chen also came outside the three-point line at this time.
Zhang Chen finally caught up with Paul in a big stride at the free throw line, jumped high to block his layup, but Paul did not go to the basket immediately, but came to a long-distance glide, he glided until the direction of the body changed again, and then his body faced the basket, Zhang Chen's right hand had been completely dodged by him, and then, the basketball in Paul's hand rushed directly over a distance, hit the rebound and bounced into the basket.
This year's steal king scored two points for the Hornets, who already had a four-point lead and the Knicks quickly put themselves in a precarious situation.
West went up and touched Paul's head, which was opened by one of his hands: "Hurry up and defend, I must not remind you that the fat man of your opponent is a very dangerous person." ”
West knew that Paul was sane on the court and didn't care much about celebratory or anything, so he threw his mustache and trotted all the way across the halfcourt, while Paul was once again involved in the attack. Paul's fast break is a relief for the current Hornets lead, which requires the Knicks to use a three-pointer to recover the lead, so the Hornets' morale is boosted, and the Hornets want to directly let the Knicks fall in their offense.
When attacking again, Zhang Chen personally controlled the ball, not because he didn't trust Du Hong after a mistake by Du Hong, but because he wanted to launch an attack by himself, anyway, put out the momentum of the Hornets first.
The Hornets saw Zhang Chen controlling the ball, as if facing a big enemy, and hurriedly defended up, Zhang Chen also controlled the ball and came to the three-point line.
Zhang Chen saw that this Posey was quite difficult, but he didn't have any fear in his heart, after all, he felt that he could always find a way. Then, Zhang Chen suddenly let his body rise off the ground, and his heels also left the ground, and soon a shooting feint was fully formed.
If such a feint is effective, it is quite effective when dealing with this kind of defense, after all, the price of strict defense is that once the speed of the offensive player is too large, they are likely to be out of reach, and when the opponent suddenly comes to a breakthrough, this kind of close defense is good to say if it can keep up, but if the opponent is a dip and falls and directly distances it, you can only whip him completely.
Therefore, if such a feint can trick the opponent into jumping, then his attack is half the battle.
"You want to fool me with this feint?" Posey sneered in his heart, his center of gravity did not move at all, and he wanted Zhang Chen to fend for himself.
Zhang Chen's concept of feints instilled in himself with this ball was too strong, so he didn't have time to convert it into real tricks now, so he had to half-squat down again, which made Posey full of smiles, and he still estimated correctly.
However, the next ball Zhang Chen was not so easy to get along with, his body rose from the ground again, and at this time he left his back hand, anyway, he was able to make the next move according to the opponent's reaction. This time, Posey felt that Zhang Chen should think that he had just shaken off some of his center of gravity and was about to reap the fruits of victory, so he hurriedly rose into the sky and wanted to block Zhang Chen's shot.
Zhang Chen achieved his goal for the second time, and quickly changed his moves, retracted back to the ground again and jumped high, this time it was a real toe off the ground, and then, the basketball shot directly from Zhang Chen's hand, and the basketball flew into the basket in Zhang Chen's beautiful jump shot with a slight backward arc, Zhang Chen cut down three points again, and the score in this game has reached 29 points, which is quite beautiful.
"This guy is here again......" Paul saw Zhang Chen's three-point shot, and lamented in his heart, Zhang Chen suddenly came with a three-point shot, which was another blow to their morale that had just been raised, and if their ball couldn't be shot, the Hornets might return to the situation just now. The Hornets' offense again was handed over to Peja on the outside, and Paul immediately passed the basketball to Peja after a break, so the old guy came to a shooting feint from beyond the three-point line to shake off Gallinari, and then he quickly lowered his head and rushed into the interior, his height can indeed make waves on the inside.
Randolph had already jumped up to defend, he wanted to completely block Peja here, but unfortunately Peja came to dodge in the air, his old waist in the sky a clumsy twist, and finally dodged Randolph's block, but after he dodged like this, he was basically exhausted, and he couldn't ease up now, he could only shoot directly.
So, the basketball shot with Peja's hope, but just as the basketball was about to reach the basket, someone suddenly yelled to be careful, and then a big hand swept in from the outside and knocked the ball down.
Then, people saw the corners of Zhang Chen's mouth with an evil smile.
(To be continued)