Defending champion

Chapter 111 Best of the Week

In the final moments of the game, Paul served to Jack, a Boston Celtics player, who immediately stepped forward to double-team the defense.Jack was not in a hurry, he protected the ball firmly on his chest.

At this time, the Hornets still lead by one point, 77 is one point ahead of the 78 Hornets, there are 5 seconds left, and there is no time left for an attack.The Celtics quickly fouled Jack.

Boston Coastal Gardens rang out enough boos to shake the basketball ceiling. Jack stood on the free throw line despite the boos and made free throws under the attention of more than 2 spectators.

Bend your knees, put your toes on the ground, shake your wrist slightly, press your wrist and throw the ball.

"rinse"

"rinse"

The basketball and the net made a friction sound.Jack made two free throws and completely wiped out the last glimmer of hope for the Celtics to win.

Pierce held the ball at the top of the arc, and Jack stepped forward to defend the tight defense.The Hornets' tactic against the Celtics is very clear, that is, to let Jack stab Pierce to death.Then this Celtics team is nothing to fear.However, even so, the Celtics are causing a lot of trouble for the Hornets.The winner was determined at the very end of the game.

Jack strikes a very menacing defensive attack, standing in the path of Pierce's free throw, while holding his arm high to prevent Pierce's final shot.

Pierce feinted and shot, time was running out.

"You can't even jump, do you still want to shoot in front of me?" Jack shouted, jumped up high, and confiscated the ball thrown by Pierce.

"Beep..." The long whistle sounded, and the game ended. The Hornets defeated the Celtics 80 to 77, and achieved 4 consecutive victories since the All-Star Game.

After a big victory over the Pacers, the Hornets first beat the Kings 112-100, then went to Utah, where they beat the Jazz 90-78, and then successfully challenged the Celtics in an away game today, with an 80-77 away challenge The Celtics succeeded.Achieved 4 consecutive victories after the All-Star Game.

Because of this wave of 4 consecutive victories of the Hornets, the Hornets directly exploded and ranked directly in front of the Los Angeles Lakers.Squeezed out of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Hornets have successfully entered the top eight in the West, and most importantly, the Rockets are only 2 wins away from the seventh. If this winning streak continues , It is not impossible to squeeze the rocket.

This is the 4 games after Jack was put into the starting lineup, and the Hornets have won the games without exception.Moreover, the most important thing is that Jack has performed very well in these few games.

In these 4 consecutive games, Jack was put on the starting lineup. Jack averaged 18 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks per game.And, most importantly, Jack shot 70 percent from the field, a few percentage points higher than when he was off the bench.Jack's scoring efficiency is astonishingly high, and I am afraid that no one in the league can control him.

With Jack's continuous excellent games, Jack also squeezed out his teammate Chris Paul in the ranking of the best rookie of the week, and won the title of best rookie of the week.As a result, Jack was also nominated for Rookie of the Year.Jack and his teammate Chris Paul rank among the top three, and one of them is Deron Williams of the Jazz.

And with the data of 15 rebounds per game and 1 blocks per game this season, Jack's two data are at the top level in the league, which is completely the standard data of an excellent forward.

This season, Jack's total rebounds of 288 became the person with the most rebounds in the power forward position, and his average of 1 blocks per game made Jack nominated for the best defensive team.

The role of Jack is not only reflected in the statistics, only when you go to watch the game in person, you will find out the role of Jack in the game.

In the game against the Utah Jazz, the Hornets trailed by as much as 15 points in the second quarter.The Hornets may be due to the inadaptability to such a plateau climate!In the first quarter, the whole team had no touch. In the first quarter, the Hornets only made a pitiful 23 of 5 shots. As a result, the Hornets fell behind 13 to 30 in the first quarter.In the second quarter of the game, this situation has not changed, and the Huang Feng team seems to have fallen into an ice cellar.

Jack was expressionless and didn't say a word. As soon as the second quarter came up, he immediately stole the ball and made a fast break. Jack faced the boos of the audience and staged a dunk with both hands. Being stingy with his fiery touch, he scored 8 points in a row, which further narrowed the score.The morale of the Huangfeng team was also boosted by Jack. At the end of the second quarter, the Hornets successfully tied the score.

As soon as the third quarter came up, the score was overtaken directly. After that, the Hornets relied on the team's defense and did not give the Jazz any chance to win the game.

After the game, the head coach of the Jazz was not stingy with his compliments, "Michael Jack is a very good basketball player. He can jump and he is very fast. The most important thing is that he is very strong. He The improvement is very remarkable, and in time he will become a very powerful character."

Boozer, who had a direct confrontation with Jack during the game, also expressed a similar view, "He is very strong, he is the backbone of the team, he will bring the Hornets a championship, this day will not let the Hornets How long did the fans wait."

Jack also benefited a lot from this wave of victories. In the 4 games, Jack received 10000 experience points in almost every game.There is also a reward of one life point per game.

Thanks to these rewards, Jack's recently activated low-post fadeaway shot has also successfully risen from the first level to the current two levels.And it's only 10000 experience points away from the third level.

Looking at the ever-increasing experience points, Jack was smiling even when he was sleeping.The pleasure brought by the upgrade to Jack cannot be described in words.

After the game against the Celtics, February is almost over.The battle with the Celtics was their last battle in February.After this game is over, they will have a three-day holiday to prepare for the next game in March.

This month, the Hornets' schedule is not easy.Not only is it not easy, it can be said to be very scary.The Hornets have 20 games to play in March, which means the Hornets have a game to play every other day and a half.However, this is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that most of them are facing the top eight teams in the West, and there is no lack of some strong teams in the West such as the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons.

(End of this chapter)