Defending champion

Chapter 327 What happened to the Hornets?superior

Chapter 115 What happened to the Hornets?superior

In the battle with the Indiana Pacers, although Jack scored 40 points, the Hornets led by Jack still lost at home with regret.The most hateful thing is being killed by the opponent in the last 0.1 seconds.

Jack was also very upset in that game. From the beginning of the game, Jack recruited three or even four double-team defenses from the Pacers.Jack was in the game, and Jack also tried to pass the ball, but unfortunately, his teammates were very weak.

Of Jack's 7 turnovers, 5 of them were due to Jack's passing.Jack is also very helpless about his teammates' continued slump.

When Jack was interviewed after the game, Jack also admitted that after this game, he really missed Paul very much.Jack didn't mean anything else, he just wanted to use this to motivate his teammates.

"Today, the opponent double-teamed me very resolutely and thoroughly. In my current game, I have to act as an organizer and an attacker, and play several roles on the rebound. Sometimes, I find that I am really too busy. At the time, I was thinking how great it would be if Paul wasn’t injured!” Jack emphasized: “The most important thing is to have Paul when they don’t dare to double-team me unscrupulously. I won’t be as embarrassed as I am now. .”

Where do you feel you lost in this game?What do you think of this game?

"This is a difficult game. For us, the most painful thing is that we have missed too many shots." Jack said, "Free throws are our weakness, and today our free throws are really not good. This That's the biggest reason we lost today."

"7 turnovers, isn't it a bit high for you?"

Jack picked up the statistic sheet on the table in front of him, and Jack also smiled wryly: "7 turnovers is a bit too much for me, and I must reduce the turnovers. I feel that I have made many mistakes in this game I rushed into the crowd, and I should work hard to solve this."

The Hornets lost one after another, and the other players of the Hornets were also very depressed.

Chandler also made an official summary after the game, "This game shouldn't be like this. The loss of Paul's game made us very difficult, but we can't lose confidence because of it. Don't Forget that our team has Jack—a man who can do everything. I believe that as long as he is there, the Hornets will be able to quickly get out of this haze. Now we have only experienced three consecutive losses, and a season is so long , You can’t win every night. What we have to do now is not to lose our confidence in ourselves, and believe that we will be able to find our own rhythm.”

Peja Stockovic and others also expressed similar views.

Although the team has experienced a three-game losing streak, the Hornets coach Byron Scott is still very satisfied with the performance of his disciples.

"I'm actually still proud of the performance of these guys." Byron Scott continued to emphasize: "From the beginning of the game, everyone's defense is very good, but, just can't put the damn basketball It's just a shot. Another point is their free throws. Our free throws today are very ugly.

When the coach of the Hornets asked about Paul, Byron Scott said, "It is of course a good thing that Paul can come back, but that is to ensure that Paul's injury is [-]% recovered. Down."

The Hornets miss Paul very much, but the miss is the miss.According to the latest medical results, Paul's condition may deteriorate, and his return date may be delayed until the end of March, or even the beginning of April.

After playing against the Indiana Pacers, in the next three days, the Hornets will have two consecutive challenges in Golden State and Dallas.

However, it is a pity that the Hornets lost in these two games without exception.

First in Golden State, the Hornets first lost to the lowly Golden State Warriors 98-107.And in the second game of the back-to-back, the Hornets have lost to the Cowboys in the West against the Dallas Mavericks.

In the game against the Golden State Warriors, Jack also played 40 points in the game.

In the 40 minutes of the game, Jack learned from the experience when he lost the game against the Pacers.

From the very beginning, Jack led the team by organizing and planning offenses.First, after a breakthrough, the basketball was handed over to Chandler under the basket, and Chandler rose from the ground with a one-handed dunk.Got the lead for the Hornets.

In the first half of the first quarter, Jack turned into an enhanced version of Chris Paul. In less than 3 minutes, Jack had sent 4 assists.

Taking an 8-point lead at the start, the Hornets treated the Golden State Warriors' home court as their own.

Faced with such a fierce offensive from Jack, the Golden State Warriors quickly called a timeout to make adjustments.

After returning from the timeout, the Golden State Warriors began to let Jack's breakthrough, in an attempt to cut off the connection between Jack and the Hornets players.There is no doubt that the Golden State Warriors' defense strategy is very correct.

In the rest of the first quarter, the Hornets had no chance to catch the ball except for Jack.

Jack had to start a solo offensive mode. Jack succeeded in continuous breakthrough attacks, and Jack scored 15 points in a single quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides fought to a 23-level tie.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the scores of the two sides began to rise alternately.In the second quarter, the two sides battled to a 23-level tie.

After halftime, the score between the two sides came to a 46 tie.

After the start of the second half, the two sides still played according to the rhythm of the first half.The match between the two sides was inextricably linked, the score has been rising alternately, and the two sides have ended in countless draws!

The game took a new turn in the last minute or so of the third quarter.

The Golden State Warriors' offense doesn't make it!

Chandler grabbed the rebound, Jack stepped forward to respond, Jack dribbled the ball across the half court steadily, and organized the attack!
Now the two sides are still tied at 61.

After halftime, Jack dribbled the ball and waved his hand to signal Chandler and others to open up enough space for him to play singles.

Jack was at the top of the three-point arc, dribbling the ball with his left and right hands continuously, and suddenly changed the direction of the dribble, shaking the defensive player away, like a sharp knife piercing the penalty area of ​​the Golden State Warriors, Jack Bend your knees, kick off the ground, your body rises from the ground like a spring, and "Hong Peng" smashes and clasps with one hand.

The Golden State Warriors' shot was defeated by Butler, and Jack went down quickly, and the double line between Jack and Butler went down quickly.

Butler threw the ball high, and Jack rushed out of the sky, treating himself as a dynamite bag, towards the basket that was close at hand, and Jack smashed the ball into the basket hard.

Golden State's game in third after Butler's steal

Their show didn't end there.

Jack's performance didn't end there, with six seconds left in the third quarter.Chandler's shot under the basket missed, and there was a loud bang, and the basketball Chandler shot was bounced high.

From the free throw line, Jack bent his knees and kicked the ground. The muscles on the calf tightened like a hemp rope, and Jack's strength burst out from under the calf in an instant.Jack rushed to the basket like lightning, Jack jumped high, Jack regarded himself as a dynamite bag, and threw it directly into the air, Jack flew across the air, Jack held the ball with one hand, Jack looked down Yes, with one hand, he slammed the ball into the basket with a thunderous force.

There was a loud bang of "Boom", "beep..." accompanied by the sound of a whistle.

"But..." The Golden State Warriors fans booed loudly.

In the fourth quarter, the game began to change.

The Golden State Warriors changed the tactics they had been using in the first three quarters, and they double-teamed the defensive strategy of Jack from the moment Jack came on the court in the fourth quarter.Their attempt is to use this method to limit Jack's scoring.

This time Golden State took advantage of the Hornets' weakness again.

Jack also made timely adjustments in the face of the Golden State Warriors' double-team defense.He began to transition from the role of scorer to playmaker.

Jack's transformation was successful, but his teammates couldn't change for a while.

Jack made a series of beautiful passes at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, neither Butler nor Peja Stockovic was able to score the ball into the basket.

The Golden State Warriors seized this opportunity and played an 8-0 spurt to directly overtake the score by 2 points.

Faced with consecutive misses from his direct teammates, Jack also lost his patience, and Jack started a personal invincible offensive mode.

Jack's post-up singles in the low post was interfered and failed to throw the ball in.The Golden State Warriors' rebounds and the Warriors' fast break extended the lead to 4 points.

Two fists are no match for four legs, and without the support of his teammates, Jack can only watch helplessly as the score is further stretched.

"Beep..." The whistle sounded at the end of the lengthy game, and the game ended.The game eventually ended with the Hornets losing.

Jack scored 38 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. At the same time, he also sent 6 assists. Jack controlled his turnovers to 2 in this game.

However, it is a pity that the Hornets eventually lost.In the end, the Hornets can only accept the consequences of swallowing a 4-game losing streak.

After a 4-game losing streak, the Hornets' bad luck doesn't seem to have stopped looking for him.In the next game with the Dallas Mavericks, the Hornets lost the game by 23 points.

(End of this chapter)