Defending champion

Chapter 397 No. [-] in the West vs No. [-] in the West Part [-]

Chapter 186 First in the West vs Third in the West

Hornets possession of the ball!

After halfway through the dribble, Paul faced Devin Harris' close press, and Paul was not afraid at all.He made a signal to the Hornets players, indicating that the Hornets players opened up enough space for him to play singles.

Paul didn't rely on the screen, the players all spread out, leaving plenty of space.

This is to make it clear that he and Devon Harris are singled out.

With Devin Harris as the top bodycontrol, it is conceivable how BT Harris' physical fitness is.

Devin Harris defended Chris Paul, a rookie second only to Jack. Devin Harris did not dare to be careless, and his defensive nerves became tense.

Devin Harris took a step away from Chris Paul, lowered his center of gravity and waited for Paul to break through.Paul dribbled a step outside the three-point line, and Devin Harris quickly took a step back to prevent Paul from advancing towards the Mavericks' penalty area.
With the sound of "Squeak!!!", Paul stood up from the ground, stopped suddenly and made a shot!
As soon as the ball was shot, Jack quickly turned around and rushed to the basket. Nowitzki opened his arms and got stuck in the position faster than him.

Nowitzki's ability to control backcourt rebounds is not bad. He can grab more than 8 rebounds every season. Jack loses his best position. As soon as the ball pops up, he knows he can't grab it. He doesn't jump hard to waste energy and returns to defense quickly.

At the Hornets' half, Nowitzki made a deep position again and played Peja with a post-up single. This time he turned to the baseline and hit a jumper with the same action.

6:4.

Subsequently, the scores of the two sides entered a tug of war.Both sides have one goal, and I have one goal. The scores of both sides are constantly rising.

After the first quarter, the score came to 28 to 34.

The Hornets turned away and entered the second quarter with a 6-point lead.

In the second quarter, the players from both sides entered a tug-of-war. At the end of the second quarter, the score between the two sides came to a tie of 56.

After halftime, the Hornets' score was tied!

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Hornets attacked first!
The Hornets have the ball, Chris Paul takes the ball upfield and passes it to Peja.

Nowitzki faced Peja, and Nowitzki and Jack staggered like this.Now facing Jack is a powerful power forward Brandon Bass who is 203cm tall and weighs 114kg.

Peja raised the ball above his head with both hands, and after observing the situation, he passed the ball straight to the basket.

Jack cuts in the middle and receives a pass from Peja with his back facing the basket.It is easy to be called a three-second offense violation after entering the inside line first. Jack received the ball without any hesitation.

With Jack's wonderful hook shot in the second half, the Hornets scored the ball. At the same time, they added 2 points for the Hornets, making the Hornets overtake by 2 points.

Seeing Ye Feng's attack, "Little General" Johnson frowned.The Mavericks will arrange easier defensive tasks for Nowitzki every game, in order to preserve his physical strength on the defensive end.

Jack and Peja are not easy to deal with today. If the Hornets choose to attack Nowitzki, it will make the Mavericks very uncomfortable.And Nowitzki is not good at anti-bouncing men, and blocking shots has never been his strong point.

When retreating, Jack said next to Nowitzki: "Why are you afraid of me?"

When Nowitzki saw Jack following the low post, he knew that the Hornets wanted Jack to defend him.

He received the basketball, dribbled the ball behind his back, turned around and walked in the middle, and took a big stride with his left foot, ready to make a golden rooster independent fadeaway jumper.He has already scored 5 goals with this trick today.

Jack had already figured out how to deal with it, he didn't jump high and raised his arms and rushed forward with all his strength.Nowitzki took a stance, took off with his left foot as the axis, and stretched his right knee slightly forward, but the right knee raised to increase the distance hit something——Jack's stomach.

This is the defensive method Jack came up with, using his abdominal muscles to hit Nowitzki's knee!
This is the defensive method that Jack himself summed up when he was watching the NBA in his previous life.Given an opportunity today, Jack boldly took it out and gave it a try.

No one in the NBA has ever done this. Seeing the opponent's jumper, normal people will immediately jump up to block the shot, and they will subconsciously want to avoid Nowitzki's legs.

Jack told himself to go forward bravely, he was full of confidence in his abs, not to mention the pedaling of a backward jumper, even if he kicked directly, he could resist it.

The reaction force of the knee was transmitted to Nowitzki, which immediately made him lose his balance, the ball was thrown three times, and he fell to the ground on his back.

The referee did not call a foul with his whistle in his mouth.He could see clearly that Jack was not a thug, and the upper bodies of the two had no physical contact. The only contact was that Nowitzki's knee touched Jack's stomach.

What reason does he have for fouling Jack Feng?Is it legal to kneel on someone's belly?

Jack ignored Nowitzki who fell to the ground at all, and strode directly past him for a fast break.

Hilton grabbed the offensive rebound and Hilton passed the ball to Paul.

Paul, Butler, and Jack quickly went down the third line, forming a 3-on-2 frontcourt, and Howard and Terry returned to the defense.

Paul handed the ball to Butler, Howard went to guard Butler, Terry felt that he and Jack were useless, let him go to mark Butler outside the three-point line.

Butler took the ball to the inside and took three steps. After jumping up, he gently threw the ball back to the middle with his right hand.Jack followed up in the middle and took off with all his strength to push the ball into the basket with both hands.

After scoring this goal, the Hornets led by 4 points.

After Jack's dunk went in, there was a lot of boos like a tsunami...

The Dallas fans at the scene simply wanted to use the boos to suppress the Hornets' offensive momentum.

However, such an idea is too simple.

Mavericks attack!
The forward jump just now was not called a foul, so Jack knew the scale of the referee, and he became more active on the defensive end. He had to keep in contact with Nowitzki, which made him unable to move comfortably.

And as long as Nowitzki raised his leg, he would hit that leg with his body. He didn't believe that any referee would dare to call him a "leg foul".

The Mavericks attacked, Nowitzki looked for opportunities from the sideline, and Terry broke through with the ball.

Terry, nicknamed "Jet", is a well-known convulsion player in the league. His performance can often determine the outcome of the Mavericks.He rushed into the penalty area relying on his speed, but he couldn't completely get rid of Paul. Under the fierce physical confrontation, Terry half twisted his body and made a low hand layup. The ball circled around the basket and bounced out on the right side. , Dampier grabbed the offensive rebound.

Dampier is not completely useless, he is much stronger than Hilton.After grabbing the rebound, he immediately pulled up his hands and dunked. Jack came over from the other side to defend, and blocked Dampier's basketball with one hand.

His judgment was very accurate. Dampier only had the basket in his eyes, and it was impossible to pass the ball again.

Front Howard picked up the basketball and passed it to Nowitzki outside the three-point line.After Jack blocked the shot, he didn't feel complacent at all. As soon as he landed, he rushed to the bottom corner to defend Nowitzki, and killed Nowitzki in an instant.

"This guy is too fast." Novus basically shot when he wanted to catch the ball. After seeing Jack's action, he changed to catching the ball and feigning it. He was going to shake Jack and then draw a foul.

But Jack didn't jump, he stopped in front of Nowitzki, raised his right hand high to interfere, and stretched his left hand sideways to prevent breakthroughs.

Every time Jack was training in the dungeon, Jack kept in mind all the fake moves that might appear in the league.

He knows that against superstars, the end result of taking off easily is being fouled. Judging the opponent's intention to disrupt the rhythm is the most correct defense.

(End of this chapter)