Defending champion

Chapter 268 A Happy New Year's Start
Chapter 55 A Happy New Year's Start
The five-day holiday passed quickly without knowing it.

During the five-day vacation, except for playing on the first day and the second day, Jack spent almost all of his remaining time on training, so after the five-day vacation, Jack was The only one on the Hornets who doesn't have to go to the gym.

After the holiday, which means the past of 06, the Hornets ushered in a brand new 07. Their first game in 07 was against the Dallas Mavericks.

This is the first match of the new year between the two sides, and no one wants to lose, but there is only one winner in the end.Hornets or Mavericks!

On January 2007, 1, the game between the Hornets and the Mavericks officially started!
Compared with the last game, the starting lineups of the two teams have a small change. The Mavericks changed a guard, and Buckner, the newcomer after the season, started the game.

This did not have much impact on the two teams. The Hornets still handed the ball to Jack and let Jack solve the problem by himself.

On the side of the Mavericks, Nowitzki connected with the new guard. After breaking through the ball, Nowitzki made a mid-range shot and hit it!

"rinse!"

"rinse!"

The two teams once caused Nowitzki's foul rate to tie the battle, but then, Jack stepped forward to play a low post-up single, and at the same time caused Nowitzki's foul!

Jack stood on the free throw line, "scratched" the ball and scored!
In the first quarter, the score between the two sides was very tight, and the score did not pull the score above double digits.

At the end of the first quarter, the Hornets trailed the Mavericks by one point.29 to 28 in the first quarter.
The second quarter may be due to the fact that the Mavericks are at home. The new power forward Crohill performed well after playing in the second quarter. He scored 5 points on 4 of 9 shots in this quarter. The Mavericks narrowed the gap slightly. open.Shortly after the start of this section, Crohill hit a goal, and then Terry and Nowitzki also succeeded one after another, expanding the advantage with 41:34.

At the same time, this is also the biggest gap between the two teams in this section. At halftime, the Mavericks led 51:45.

After the start of the second half, the two sides will fight again in different places!

The Mavericks entered the state first, achieving a double-digit lead 55:45 shortly after the opening of the second half.

The Mavericks' excellent tactical execution also thoroughly inspired the Hornets' fighting spirit.Since then, the Hornets have strengthened their defense, and the Hornets' impregnable defense will keep the Mavericks scoreless in the next 3 minutes.During these 3 minutes, the Hornets tried to use the strongest lineup of the Hornets. As a substitute, David West took the position of Jack's power forward, and Peja Skovich was replaced. Jack took his place.The Hornets put on the strongest defensive formation.

Jack, Chandler, and David West formed a super trio. The trio teamed up and blocked 3 shots in less than 3 minutes!
The Hornets' blocking also completely ignited the Dallas Mavericks' home court.

The Hornets relied on solid defense. With the last 3 minutes and 09 seconds left in the third quarter, Jack led the Hornets to overtake the score 78 to 77 with Jack's strong play at the basket.

The Hornets failed to completely kill the Mavericks in the second half of the third quarter.The Mavericks found the feeling again in the last 3 minutes of the third quarter. After Croshere made a three-pointer, they took the advantage 75:70.After three quarters, the Mavericks had a slight advantage with 75:72.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Hornets took advantage of the Mavericks' opening three missed shots.The Hornets took the opportunity to play a 10-0 spurt, and the Hornets also took this opportunity to lead by 5 points.

It was not until 5 minutes and 10 seconds into the fourth quarter that the Mavericks scored for the first time. Diop made a layup, and the Mavericks were still three points behind.

Hornets attack!
Jack's low-post singles and extremely coquettish backward shots, Jack relied on his own strong waist and abdomen strength to forcibly hold his body in the air.With a slight flick of the wrist, the basketball was able to roll out from Jack's fingertips. With a sound of "Swap", the basketball smashed into the basket, and the basketball stirred up a layer of gorgeous waves on the basket!

The critical moment still depends on Jack. Jack stepped forward at the most critical moment and scored 4 points in a row. The Hornets also took this opportunity to open the score to 8 points.

Nowitzki wanted to play Jack with his back at the basket, but Nowitzki's fake action failed to fool Jack, and Nowitzki's shooting was interfered!

Terry of the Mavericks played the power of his key player. At the critical moment, White made a three-pointer from a zero-degree angle on the left, and the basketball hit the net with a "scratch" sound!
From the end of the fourth quarter, there are still 50.8 seconds left.

The ball is still in the hands of the Hornets, and Jack's low post singles by Nowitzki directly cut off the Mavericks' hope of winning.

The ball went in with a bang!
"Beep..." The referee's whistle sounded!

Jack stood on the free throw line, facing the boos of more than 2 people at the scene, Jack raised his knife and dropped it, with a sound of "swap", the basketball hit the net, and the penalty was returned!
"Beep..." The long whistle for the end of the game sounded!
At the end of the game, the final score was fixed at 85 to 94 points.

杰克拿到全场最高的25分，同时还加上15篮板5助攻3封盖这样子全面的数据。保罗18分钱德勒12分佩贾15分，大卫.韦斯特 16分。

Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Mavericks, Howard reached 20 points, Terry 14 points, Cro Hill 12 points.

Therefore, the Hornets also won the first victory in the opening game in 07!Got off to a great start to the New Year!

The Hornets' first win of the new year did not bring them long-term luck!

Lost to the Washington Wizards led by the generals in the next day's game.

虽然杰克在第四节拿下13分，全场贡献34分、15个篮板和5次助攻，钱德勒拿下17分19个篮板，保罗和巴特勒也各有14分入账。可是奇才队方面巴特勒拿下23分，贾米森20分，伊坦－托马斯14分，而大将军阿里纳斯砍下35分、6个助攻。

The two teams won in the last quarter.With 3 minutes and 36 seconds left in the game, Arenas made a three-pointer, and the Wizards surpassed 89-86, but Peja immediately returned the three-pointer, and the two sides tied again.Later, after the Hornets took a 93-91 lead, Arenas and Caron Butler made consecutive shots, and the Wizards took a 49.9-95 lead with 93 seconds left in the game.Chandler missed a free throw at a critical moment, and the Hornets missed a chance to equalize.Then the Hornets players began to use foul tactics. Although Jamison suffered two fouls at the last moment and only made two of four free throws, the Wizards still got through.

(End of this chapter)