Defending champion

Chapter 398
Chapter 187 Shooting Down the Mavericks
Although Nowitzki is an exceptional power forward in the league, Jack is a defensive champion with a defensive background.

He has also defended power forwards who are better than Nowitzki, for example, Tim Duncan and "Wolf King" Garnett.

When Nowitzki was about to rush to the bottom corner, Jack deliberately bent his knees to give Nowitzki the illusion that he was going to take off and block the block.

Jack stepped forward and blocked Nowitzki.

The NBA's three-point line is far away. Nowitzki's position is one step back from the sideline, and Jack is in front, unable to dribble the ball, and there is no room to dribble with his back.

No way, Nowitzki had to pass the ball to the outside.

For Nowitzki's pass, Paul had already expected it.Suddenly, Paul rushed out of nowhere.

With a sound of "snap!!!", Nowitzki's pass was cut off.

Intercepting Nowitzki's pass, quickly counterattacked, Paul passed the ball back into Butler's hands.

Butler dribbled the ball into the penalty area, slammed into the retreating Howard, and found a blocking foul.

This is Howard's fourth personal foul, and he was plagued by fouls before halfway through the third quarter.If Howard is off, the Mavericks' defense will be greatly reduced.

Butler made two free throws, and the Hornets led by 6 points.

The Mavericks did not immediately replace Howard, coach Johnson hoped he could play a few more minutes to put some pressure on the Hornets.

Nowitzki went to the low post again to ask for the ball. This time Jack chose to go around the front to defend. Terry lobbed the ball into the inside. Nowitzki received the ball and turned around for a layup.

The defensive layer formed by Jack and Nowitzki is like an iron wall, so that Nowitzki has no room to make a shot.

Nowitzki only passed the basketball out, and the basketball came to Dampier's hands.

Dampier's mid-range shot is very unreliable. Hilton put him two steps away and stood on the three-second zone line, just to double-team Nowitzki at any time.

Nowitzki was surrounded by the baseline, jumped up and tried to pass the ball outside, the ball was thrown a little high, and Terry couldn't catch it.The ball went out of the sideline, and the Mavericks made another turnover.

Jack and Hilton clapped their hands vigorously.After the Mavericks' main force came on the field, the offense was in trouble.Nowitzki made continuous mistakes and got angry. He bared his teeth, and his old face was longer than that of Peter Ho...

Hornets possession of the ball!

After Paul dribbled and broke through, the basketball was distributed to Butler who was further inside the three-point line.

However, Butler's shooting rhythm was disrupted.

"Boom!" The basketball hit the basket heavily.

The Mavericks rebounded, and the Mavericks counterattacked and handed it to Nowitzki.Nowitzki caught the ball on the right side and hit Jack with his back. Jack defended with all his strength and refused to give an inch.

Nowitzki couldn't squeeze and turned around with the ball in the middle, taking a big step.

Jack immediately jumped forward to block Nowitzki's shot, but this time Nowitzki did not use "Golden Rooster Independent", but jumped forward to meet Jack.Nowitzki decided to get hard, and he was going to fight Jack.

"Foul me?" This was Jack's first psychological thought, and Jack quickly tightened his waist, staggering the body of Nowitzki who was jumping towards him.

Even though Jack missed Nowitzki, at the moment you just had, Jack still felt undecided.

Nowitzki is also good at making offensive fouls!
When Nowitzki saw that Jack didn't pounce on him, Nowitzki couldn't help being stunned, and his face turned the color of a pig's liver.

"This guy!!!" Nowitzki sighed in his heart.

The original intention of attacking Nowitzki this time was to create an offensive foul.However, I didn't expect that Jack didn't get into the situation he had just set up.

The Hornets got another chance to attack. The Hornets broke fast and Butler made a one-handed dunk under the basket.

In the opening minutes of the third quarter, the Hornets completely messed up the rhythm of the Mavericks' shots.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hornets had widened the point difference to 12 points.

64:76.

In the fourth quarter, the Mavericks' offense still didn't improve much.The Mavericks shot only 30 percent in the fourth quarter, while the Hornets shot 66 percent.

Faced with such a disparity in shooting percentage, there is no reason for the Mavericks not to lose.

In the fourth quarter, it was difficult for the Mavericks to get to the basket.Those who win the inside win the world, not talking about a strong center, but the team's low-post offensive ability.The Mavericks had too few low-post offenses in this field, and the guards broke into the inside and suffered a lot of caps.On the other hand, for the Hornets, Jack likes to run to the low post to displace singles, which is very efficient.

Jack put all his energy on defense, and Nowitzki couldn't get easy shots.He scored only 10 points in the second half, 8 of which came from free throws, and scored only once in a sports game.

At the end of the whole game, in the end, the Hornets gave the Western leaders a heavy blow with 112 to 97, giving them their first defeat in March.

In this game, the Hornets doubled their guns and continued their wonderful performance in the previous game.

杰克全场19投12中，杰克砍下了28分12篮板5次助攻1抢断2封盖。黄蜂队的核心后卫克里斯.保罗也是拿下了17分12次助攻3次抢断。

The Hornets extended their winning streak to three games after beating the Western Conference leader Dallas Mavericks.

Moreover, in this game, the Hornets pulled down the leader of the Western Conference, the Dallas Mavericks.

The significance of this game played a vital role in boosting the morale of the Hornets.

After the Hornets challenged the Dallas Mavericks in an away game, the Hornets continued to improve their wins.

However, the Denver Nuggets, who are behind the Hornets, are still chasing after them.After Carmelo Anthony came back, they have achieved two consecutive victories.

The current record of the Hornets is ranked fourth in the West, while the Denver Nuggets are ranked fifth.If there are no accidents, these two teams are likely to meet in the first round of the playoffs.

Therefore, in order to compete with the Denver Nuggets for home court advantage, the Hornets must win as many games as possible.

The Hornets' back-to-back opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers, ranked second in the Eastern Conference.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who were already the second seed in the Eastern Conference last season.Last season, he was beaten 4-2 by the Detroit Pistons in the second round.Cut off the horse!
The Cleveland Cavaliers have made a comeback this season and continue to move forward on the basis of the original.

The Cavaliers continue to advance this season, and the Cavaliers are currently ranked second in the Eastern Conference.Moreover, there is only one win away from the Pistons in front.

(End of this chapter)