Defending champion

Chapter 410
Chapter 199 The Old Shark Shows His Power
There was a loud "boom", and the New Orleans Arena exploded as if a hot oil pan met water.

On the basketball court, nothing can stimulate the rapid secretion of adrenaline in people's bodies more than smooth offense and domineering dunks.

The Hornets fans jumped up from their seats, raised their arms, and shouted.

Even Charles Barkley, who has been immersed in this basketball industry for decades, jumped up from his seat involuntarily, raised his arms, raised his voice, and shouted, "Oh!!! Jack !!!! Flying dunks! Paul and Jack's aerial connection oh!!!"

Jack's wonderful performance undoubtedly stimulated Kenny Smith, the partner next to Charles Barkley, because what he just said had already made his position known.

"Oh!!! Sharks have to say that your time is over, now is the time of young people." When Charles Barkley said this, he was very loud, as if he was afraid that Kenny Smith next to him would not listen to the same.

After hearing Charles Barkley's words, Kenny Smith's face began to turn red and then black.Ever since he became an enemy of Jack, Kenny Smith has never been less angry with Charles Barkley.

"Charles, don't underestimate the defending champions. They have Shaq. Just now there is nothing Jack can do about Shaq. I'll say the same thing. The game has just begun." Kenny Smith said viciously.

Charles Barkley ignored him and continued to watch the game.

Although these two big mouths kept chattering on the sidelines, the game was still going on.

The Heat's counterattack did not score, and the Hornets had a chance to counterattack!

After Paul broke through, the ball came to the hands of Peja Stockovic, who had been ambushing outside for a long time.

After Peja took the ball, he pulled it up directly, and with a bang, he made a three-pointer!
The Hornets made a three-pointer, and the Heat quickly served and broke fast.The Heat quickly beat the Hornets with an unstable foothold.

With the ball in his hand, Williams didn't let the ball stay in his hands, and he didn't even take a step forward.A direct hit made the basketball pass through the gap between Peja and Butler, and hit Wade directly.

The interceptor in front of Wade is Paul. He has already put his body on top of Wade the moment Wade catches the ball. One hand is on Wade's back, and the other hand is trying to interfere with Wade's normal dribble. .

When Paul was against Wade, his defensive actions were very aggressive.However, the Flash isn't something Paul can defend as he wants.

Wade played against Paul. Wade not only has the advantage of height, but also has better strength and speed than Paul.

If Paul wants to defend Wade individually, it is really difficult.

After Wade took the ball, he directly dribbled the ball and forcibly passed Paul. There was a loud "boom", the basket made a loud noise, and the basket trembled from left to right.

The Hornets fans at the scene booed a lot, "But!!!" However, Wade didn't realize it, and he raised his proud head.

After Paul was beaten, his mood became not so calm. In this wave of offense, he played a little anxiously.Facing Williams' defense, a mid-range shot was made, and the basketball bounced high with a bang.

The rebound was grabbed by O'Neal. Although O'Neal is very old, but with such a large tonnage at the basket, Jack's rebounding is not as simple as before.

The ball was in the hands of the Heat again, and Williams dribbled the ball through half court, facing Paul's defense.

Jason Williams swayed left and right, Jason Williams was like a sharp knife that only killed the Heat's inside line.

How could the Hornets' penalty area allow Williams to trample on it so easily, and David West hurriedly defended the past.

It seems that Paul already knew that he would have such a move, and Williams did not intend to go all the way.He was at the moment when cracks appeared in the opponent's defensive formation.Has already passed the basketball in his hand to the inside.

Williams alone involved the defensive strength of two people. When O'Neal received the ball, only Jack was pushing him outwards.

Although Jack's strength has reached 92, when Jack pushed O'Neal hard, Jack still felt that O'Neal in front of him was like a mountain.

Jack's strength simply couldn't shake it at all.Jack estimated the strength of the shark. Even if the shark is no longer as brave as before, his strength is now at least 97%.

For this level of defensive strength, the Sharks, who have been in the league for many years, are used to it.He supported Jack with his own arm, and the force of O'Neill's entire back hitting the back had made it impossible for Jack to free his hand to harass his hand with the ball.

From here, it can be seen that the gap in strength between Jack and O'Neill is not a little bit.

Jack began to miss it at this time, and Tyson Chandler got up.Only this time did he truly appreciate the difficulty of Tyson Chandler.

But Byron Scott, who had seen O'Neill bombed countless times, would never be so naive as to let Jack keep an eye on O'Neill alone.

Peja Stockovic, who was protecting the other side, began to shrink inside the moment Jack blocked O'Neal, and David West also returned to the defense in time, and the double-team defense of the three men was instant form.

But O'Neill didn't seem to take this level of encirclement seriously.He took advantage of one foot to stand in the first position, and went directly to the basket on the inside.Even if his front and back are already the opponent's inside big men, he doesn't seem to have any scruples.

Turning around forcefully, O'Neill almost ran over Jack with an almost tyrannical force.

With both hands holding the ball, O'Neal protected the basketball on his chest. O'Neal used his shoulders to forcefully support David West's body, and directly rushed to the basket forcibly.

O'Neill's attack is entirely based on continuous explosive power, and O'Neill's inside attack does not mean to be tricky at all.He used a head-to-head method to squeeze open two blockade lines in succession.

Although O'Neill's technique is not gorgeous at all, it is undeniable that this is the most effective attack method, and its destructive power is also the most powerful.

Although the old shark is still very powerful, his moving speed is far less than that of the past.

The distance he broke through David West and Jack was not that big, but when he rushed to the basket and was about to dunk, the two people behind him had already caught up. Jack and David West took off at the same time, trying to seal Stay in O'Neill's offensive line.

But O'Neill didn't seem to have any scruples about the two people chasing after him.His hands holding the ball were quickly raised high, as if he was going to force a dunk against the blocks of two people.

"What does O'Neill want to do? Did his brain go into shit? Did he think he was still a shark back then?" Charles Barkley jumped up from his seat and shouted loudly.

But, is O'Neill really out of his mind?

I saw that when those four big hands directly blocked the basketball in O'Neill's hand.

However, O'Neill threw the basketball out in an extremely high parabola in a weird way, directly crossing the blockade jointly arranged by Jack and David West.

"A missed shot, made a mistake?" This was the first thought in the audience's mind.

"No, impossible." A bad premonition emerged in Jack's heart, and this bad premonition became stronger and stronger.

I saw that at the landing point of the basketball, a red shadow flew up from the ground like a helicopter, catching the basketball in the air, followed by a loud "bang", and the basket was overwhelmed to the left and right. It kept shaking.

At this time, the fans of the Hornets understood the reason for O'Neal's unreasonable style of play just now.

O'Neal is just using his strong breakthrough to set up a stage for Wade.A stage for him to come back perfectly, the lightning-like figure is announcing his return with his strong hands.

"Rookie, don't think that you are the only one who can pass the ball. I don't think anyone can prevent the pass. I also play basketball with my brain." O'Neal's words were resounding.Reminding Jack that the Sharks at their peak could play as a point guard, O'Neal's pass made people speechless.

If this ball was the Sharks at their peak, it would definitely be a forced dunk. Even if the body is not as good as before, the Sharks could have caused fouls with this ball.

However, the Sharks chose to pass the ball.Although it disappointed the Heat fans who expected O'Neal to teach Jack a lesson, his cooperation with Wade rekindled the hopes of the Heat fans defending the title.

O'Neal was trying to make room for Wade around the rim when he drove past Jack and David West.

With this kind of attack, Byron Scott has nothing to do but wave his hand helplessly.Not only O'Neill's savage suddenness has broken his plan to encircle.Wade's good state has shown the Hornets' embarrassing situation today.

Completing a great fit, Wade gave O'Neal a high-five as he stepped back towards his half court.

His clenched fists seemed to be declaring his superiority to everyone, and the Heat fans on the sidelines also began to celebrate the pride of the Miami man with the loudest volume of cheers.

"Perfect fit." Pat Riley admired the replay action on the screen, and a smile appeared on his calm face.

"Oh!!! Shaq and Wade's classic cooperation, this is the most dominant player in the league - Shaquille O'Neal!!!" Kenny Smith also imitated Charles Barkley, directly from his seat It jumped up and roared loudly.

Kenny Smith's appearance is even worse than that of Charles Barkley just now.

Charles Barkley's complexion is not very good-looking, anyone can see that Charles Barkley is holding back.

"Boy, why don't you attack anymore, are you a softie?" When it was the Hornets' turn to attack, O'Neill kept provoking, and today's big shark was extremely excited.Because, for the current O'Neill, there is nothing more interesting than teaching younger generations.

"Shaq, you don't have to be in such a hurry if you want to die." Jack is not worried about O'Neill's madness, and he may suffer a loss now.However, his physical strength is absolutely superior, only the momentum of the shark passes, and that's when Jack fights back.

O'Neill's use of the body to pass is the most stamina-consuming.

Paul dribbled the ball, made an early change of direction, and left Jason Williams behind him in just one step.He quickly stepped into the three-point line and went straight to the basket.

Haslem was involved in a high position by David West, but he forcibly turned his body and went straight to the basket.

At the moment Paul kicked into the air, Haslem also covered the position of the basket with his hands, and the two were about to confront each other in the air.

Haslem tried his best to open his arms, and he wanted to use his hands to prevent the opponent from attacking the basket.His height and wingspan have tried to expand his defensive range as much as possible, interfering with Paul's shooting sight.

Paul's height is only 183 centimeters, but Yigao is very courageous, Paul doesn't seem to see a big man rising in front of him at all, and his persistence in rushing to the basket remains unchanged.It can be seen that Paul is full of absolute confidence in his shooting.

All the players on the field and the more than 2 spectators at the scene all shot at Paul and Hamles...

I saw that Paul, who had been flying in the air, kept moving his body's center of gravity backwards. Paul used this shooting method to create enough shooting space for himself.

The height of Hamles' take-off is not very high. Now, Haslem has no other way except to use the method of interfering with the line of sight.

Looking at Haslem who could no longer stop his shooting, Paul shook his wrist slightly, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and the drawn arc went straight towards the basket.

Although Paul's body was folded one after another like a folding bike, Paul was still able to maintain his balance in the air.

When the basketball was drawn from his fingers, Paul still had a confident smile on his face.He was looking forward to the basketball sliding towards the basket, and he smashed it into the basket, and made a "scratch" sound.

However, the accident happened at this time.The basketball just left Paul's palm.It's not yet time to outline the most gorgeous fatal arc.An untimely big hand slammed on the basketball.

Paul's smiling face froze in an instant, Paul's gaze became dull, and he saw another solid barrier erected behind Hamles.

"Shark O'Neill! When and where did he appear?" Everyone asked such questions.

The back-to-defense footage on the big screen at the scene told them what was going on?

At the moment Paul broke through from Jason Williams, O'Neal had already begun to recover.The moment Haslem and Green took off at the same time, O'Neal had already risen from the direction behind Paul's right side.

Paul focused all his attention on the front-facing Haslem.He didn't even notice O'Neill who suddenly shot out beside him at the moment of the shot. In his impression, no one dared to let Jack go.So he didn't expect that at this time, Jack, who was missed by the sharks, could easily ravage the basket.

No one would have thought that the Sharks, who didn't seem to care about anything this season, destroyed the Hornets' confidence twice in a row within 1 minute of the start of the game.

"It's been a long time since I saw this big guy so excited. If every game this season was so excited, our record would not be what it is now." Pat Riley and his assistant coach said .

"The block shot just now was really cool, and now it seems that Uduris' defensive pressure can also be reduced. We really need the return of such a guy." The assistant coach responded.

(End of this chapter)