Defending champion

Chapter 257 Ending the four-game losing streak!Down

Chapter 43 End four-game losing streak!Down

After Jack steals the ball, the Hornets players have cooperated very quickly to the frontcourt and launched a fast break!
Jack a bowling pass across the court!Jack puts the ball directly into Butler's hands.

When Butler saw the dunk just now, he was very upset when he was booed, and this time he wanted to hit a harder one.

Butler started directly from the free throw line, bent his knees, kicked off the ground, his body rose from the ground, held the ball in the air with both hands, and spun half a circle in mid-air.Looking at this posture, he wants to make a slam dunk with a big windmill in the air!
Oops!It seemed that Butler's flying distance was not enough. With a "bang", the basketball in Butler's hand hit the front of the basket directly and was bounced out.Butler didn't dunk the ball!
"But..." There was a lot of boos and curses at the scene!
"Get out! No way, still pretending here~"

"Go back to New Orleans!"

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Fortunately, Paul followed up, grabbed the rebound, and directly picked the basket to score!
Seeing that Butler didn't even make the most basic dunk, Byron Scott off the court looked unhappy.Immediately off the court, Mason came to the rostrum, ready to replace Butler.

Sure enough, Butler was replaced immediately after the next round of offense ended.This is what Byron Scott is most upset about.He wasted a chance to score well.Butler committed Byron Scott's taboo, how could he not be replaced?
The replacement of the Hornets did not have much impact on the Hornets.After the Hornets replaced Mason, Jack immediately led the team to a 12-0 spurt.

The Pacers' offense failed, Jack caught the rebound, Paul went down quickly, and directly pressed the Pacers to play!

Peja was not at all polite about Paul's return pass after the breakthrough, and directly hit a three-pointer!
There was a crisp sound of "rinse"!The basketball hit the net! The fans at the scene still refused to forgive him, "Traitor! Traitor! Traitor!..."

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"Beep" the long whistle sounded the end of the third quarter. 67 to 88 points, the Hornets led by 21 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Pacers also made some unnecessary resistance, after scoring two three-pointers in a row.The score was approached to the last 15 points, which gave the Pacers hope of winning again.

Their fighting spirit began to recover. At this time, Jack stepped forward to explain what it means to be a leader.

Jack asked for the ball in the low post for a post-up single!With his back on his back, Jermaine O'Neal retreated steadily. Jack turned around and scored with a hook shot!
Pacers attack!
Danny Granger saw that many offenses failed to score. This time he chose to catch and shoot after running without the ball.

Danny Granger relied on Jermaine O'Neal's empty-handed screen to open the basket, and the Pacers passed the ball to Danny Granger immediately.

Danny Granger made a hook shot at the basket!If there is no interference with this ball, then this ball will undoubtedly be scored!

Jack saw Danny Granger who was vacant under the basket. Jack didn't dare to 21 [-]. The situation was urgent, so he rushed over!
Jack rushed out of the sky, directly pinning Danny Granger's shot on the backboard.

The Hornets' defensive counterattack has another chance!Hornets fast break!This time it's Peja Stockovic's turn to show off, a one-handed snap!
Under the leadership of Jack, the Hornets began to open the score again.After that, the Hornets did not give the Hornets a chance!Taking advantage of the chaotic period of the Pacers, the Hornets played another 6-0 spurt.The leading score continued to be extended to 25 points.

With half a quarter left in the fourth quarter, they led by 25 points, which caused the game to enter garbage time early.

With the final 5 minutes and 36 seconds remaining in the game, it was hopeless to see the game.The Pacers replaced all the main players including Danny Granger.

Seeing that the Pacers have already given up their weapons, the Hornets can't do too well.At the same time, it is also to preserve strength for oneself.

The Hornets also put on a substitute with a coefficient.This kind of game didn't start well, so at the end of the game, there were only a few Pacers fans left on the scene.

"Beep..." The long whistle sounded, and the game ended.In the end, the Hornets won the game 123 to 102.

Statistics for this game:
The Hornets played a total of 11 people in this game, and the five main players who started the game have all scored in double figures.

Jack scored 32 points, 18 rebounds, 12 assists, 29 steals and 13 blocks on 5 of 2 shots in 3 points.At the same time, Paul, Jack, and Chandler's alley-oop has become today's, and even this week's top ten balls.

Paul played the game for a total of [-] minutes, scoring [-] points, [-] rebounds, [-] assists, [-] steals and [-] blocks on [-] of [-] shots.Chandler had [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] blocks, Peja Stockovic had [-] points and [-] rebounds, Butler had [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] steal, but he also made [-] turnovers.

And Danny and Jermaine O'Neal, who boldly said they would destroy the Hornets before the game, also suffered a loss.

Danny Granger only scored [-] points in this game, which is [-] points worse than the average score of other seasons. Most importantly, he also consumed [-] offensive opportunities. At the same time, there were also Up to [-] mistakes.

Compared with Danny Granger, Jermaine O'Neal is not much better.Jermaine O'Neal scored [-] points, [-] rebounds, [-] assists, [-] steals and [-] blocks on [-] of [-] shots. During the game, he was firmly suppressed by Jack and Chandler.

After winning this game, the Hornets expanded their wins to 16 games.So far, the Hornets' record is 16 wins and 4 losses, ranking second in the league.

After the end of the five consecutive away games, the Hornets also ushered in a one-day holiday.The Hornets' next long vacation will have to wait until after Christmas.

Because of the rapid start of the Hornets' winning streak, the Hornets became the new favorite in the league for a while, and Jack's popularity began to soar.

Originally, the number of games for this year's Christmas battle had already been arranged.However, because of the Hornets' rise this season, he had to re-evaluate the Hornets' weight.Therefore, the Hornets' Christmas game has been canceled before the start of the season.After Stern weighed again and again, he finally decided, must, must, arrange the Hornets game on Christmas Day, must!

However, the specific team, the Hornets have not been notified.

Christmas!That's after Christmas!Before Christmas, the Hornets still have 5 games to play. This time, the schedule is a little easier for the Hornets.Among the 5 games, 3 home games, 2 away games, and none of them are back to back.

After the end with the Pacers, the Hornets thought that after returning to their home court, the winning streak before the start of the season would return.

However, the final results proved that all of these are just the self-indulgence of the Hornets players.

The first home game back home was against the Minnesota Timberwolves.The Timberwolves eliminated the Hornets by 5 points.

Jack played 42 minutes in that game and scored 32 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 blocks, and 0 steals.

The Wolf King, who was facing Jack in this game, only drew a tie with Jack.Jack had an overwhelming advantage in statistics, but lost the game.

Originally, Jack thought that as long as he suppressed the wolf king, then the victorious soldiers would be within easy reach!

But, helplessly, the rookie they selected with the sixth pick this year, Brand Roy, also showed an All-Star level in this game.Roy turned into a terrifying scoring machine. Roy scored 35 points and 5 rebounds in this game. However, while scoring and rebounding, Hao sent up to 11 assists.Lead your teammates to the final victory of the game!

(End of this chapter)