Defending champion

Chapter 437 Series Two, 20 Leads

Chapter 11 Series 2, leading 0:[-]

Jack's continuous strong performances at the last moment raised the morale of the Hornets to a peak.

The fans of the Hornets in the New Orleans Arena, at this time, are completely boiling.

The Warriors had just called a timeout and had to call another timeout.Although the timeout is very valuable at the last moment, if the game has not reached the end, but the game ends early because of this.Then pausing later would be meaningless.

Although the Golden State Warriors called a timeout at this time, the timeout of the Golden State Warriors did not seem to be so effective.

After the timeout, Davis of the Golden State Warriors passed the ball to Richardson who was under the empty cut basket, and Richardson made an air cut layup.

Blocked by the long-awaited Tyson Chandler at the rim, the basketball still fell into the hands of the Golden State Warriors.The Golden State Warriors still have a chance.

Davis dribbled the ball to control the rhythm and organize the offense, boos sounded from the scene!

Davis was once the queen bee of the Hornets, but now he has changed hands.Naturally, the Hornets fans booed him collectively.

However, the offense just now did not make it, and the offensive time left for the Golden State Warriors is running out.

Davis dribbled and broke through to create a foul, but the Hornets didn't give him a chance. Davis made a low-handed layup and came out of the basket. Tyson Chandler made another contribution.

He grabbed the crucial rebound.

Hornets possession of the ball!

After halftime, the basketball came to Jack's hands again.

During the timeout just now, the Golden State Warriors obviously created and arranged defensive tactics for Jack.

Even though Jack got the ball from outside the three-point line, Richardson still followed Jack every step of the way.They knew that the Hornets' last-minute offense must be handed over to Jack.

Facing Richardson's defense in a three-threat posture with the ball, Jack took the first tentative step. Richardson seemed to be frightened, and his center of gravity moved back and forth...

Richardson's defense against Jack is obviously a little nervous, and Richardson's close-fitting press.At this time, he seems to have forgotten that Jack does not have the ability to shoot three-pointers.

After figuring this out, Richardson adjusted his defensive focus, let Jack take a step, and focused on defending Jack's breakthrough.

Jack, who was already red-eyed, didn't care about this, and rushed in with Richardson under pressure.When Richardson saw Jack approaching, he quickly slid back and completely blocked Richardson's breakthrough route.

But can he really block Jack?
Jack took a step, and he stepped into the three-point line. Seeing the shooting space, Jack stopped his body forcibly, "squeak" the crisp friction sound of the basketball shoes and the wooden floor...

"Not good, he's going to shoot." Richardson secretly cried out in his heart.At the same time, he adjusted his body and flew towards Jack who wanted to shoot.There was only one thought in Richardson's mind: the idea of ​​not letting Jack score.The defensive nerves were too tense, which made him ignore a lot of things.For example, why did Jack have a smile on his face.

Seeing Richardson flying towards his body, the arc of Jack's mouth was raised high, thinking: Great.In fact, Jack's shot just now was just a fake shot, and the foul cheat behind him was the main purpose of Jack's attack this time.

Facing Richardson's flying body, Jack jumped straight up.

In the air Jack's body made a solid contact with Richardson...

"Forcing..." The referee's whistle sounded...

At this time, Richardson understood that Jack wanted to make his own defensive foul, but it was too late to understand this now.

Jack's arm holding the ball did not change in any way because he had contact with Richardson in the air.

Jack's wrist trembled slightly, and the basketball rolled out from the tip of Jack's index finger...

After the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, it smashed into the basket...

The cheers, screams, and applause of the Hornets fans at the scene... wave after wave hit the basketball court...

The New Orleans Basketball Arena, at this time, is completely boiling...

Jack stood on the free throw line, and with a sound of "swap", Jack made a steady free throw with the basketball in his hand...

"It's a tie! At the critical moment of the game, Jack stepped forward and scored 7 points in a row, leading the Hornets to tie the score." Charles Barkley shouted in the commentary.

Crazy completely crazy!
At this time, there is still 1 minute and 32 seconds left in the game.

After more than a minute of gloom for the Golden State Warriors, the Golden State Warriors finally relied on Davis' hand-to-hand tactics to get to the free throw line.

However, Davis' style of play was not very smooth, and he rarely made two free throws.

Tyson Chandler's rebound!
Jack was double-teamed by the Golden State Warriors in the low post. Jack distributed the basketball in the hands of Peja Stockovic, who was on the outside.

Peja Stockovic is notoriously unrelenting at critical moments, Peja Stockovic raised a knife and dropped the basketball into the net!
The basketball pierces the heart and enters the net, and the net flutters with the wind!
The Hornets lead by three points!
Davis was completely fooled by the Hornets!

"Boom" The basket of the Golden State Warriors seems to be covered. No matter how the Golden State Warriors shoot, the basketball just can't get the ball into the basket.

In the last minute or so, the Golden State Warriors completely collapsed.

"Beep..." The halftime whistle of the game sounded, and the game was over!

Jack scored a total of 28 points in this game, but 10 of Jack's points were scored in the last quarter of the Hornets.Jack undoubtedly became the number one contributor to the Hornets' successful reversal of the Golden State Warriors.

"Hey, hey, hey, Kenny, do you think what I said is true? What did I say before the game? Before the start, I know you thought I was joking, but now you know I Are you joking?" Charles Barkley asked fiercely, looking at Kenny Smith next to him with fixed eyes.

It is no wonder that Charles Barkley is like this. The Golden State Warriors have been under pressure from the Hornets from the beginning of the game to the end of the game. It was not until more than two minutes into the game that the situation of the game was so small. twist.Now that the Hornets have won this game, Charles Barkley can finally feel proud in front of Kenny Smith. How could he let it go?
Kenny Smith sat on the commentary seat with a livid face. Who told him to stand on the wrong team?
Reggie Miller continued to maintain a neutral stance.

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The Hornets won the first game against the Golden State Warriors!
Various media have seen the New Orleans Hornets with such a fierce upward momentum, and they also express their views around the two sides.

The vast majority of the media believe that the Hornets can win the second game, because they passed the final moments of yesterday's game, and they saw the nature of the Hornets' hungry wolf.Among them, the most important thing is that they saw Jack's heart that did not give up easily at that moment.

"I think the Hornets will win at home. At the last moment of the last game, I saw a hungry Jack, a hungry Hornet..." ESPN famous reporter Max Tann said.

"I saw with my own eyes that the Hornets created a miracle. The Hornets are a championship team. I predict that they will sweep the Golden State Warriors and enter the Western Conference Finals. Even if the Golden State Warriors defeated the Dallas Mavericks." Such sharp words naturally make our Sir Charles's rhetoric.

"We can stand on the stage of the second round of the playoffs, which shows that we have strength. A victory in a game, he can't explain the problem at all. I believe in the adjusted Golden State Warriors in the next game. We will continue to create miracles. We can create the miracle of black eight, so what else can we not accomplish?" "Golden State Times" reporter Bentley supports the Golden State Warriors.

"Are we going to go further? Yes, we will? So we're going to win Game [-], right?" wrote Frank of the New Orleans Athletic.

The second game of the Hornets against the Golden State Warriors was still held at the New Orleans Center.

This game is extremely important for both the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Hornets.

Because, for the Golden State Warriors who have no home court advantage, this game is actually a competition for home court advantage. If they can beat the Hornets in this game, it will undoubtedly be the home court advantage. Snatched from the hands of the Hornets.

For the Hornets, if they can't subdue the Golden State Warriors in a home game, let alone an away game.Therefore, both sides will do their best in this game, and no one will let the other party easily win the game from themselves.

At 7 pm local time in the United States, the second battle between the two sides officially started!
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Warriors did not feel very good offensively, but the aggressive frontcourt and backcourt rebounds ensured their second offense and defense, and once led the Hornets by 11 points.

Judging from their opening momentum, they are bound to win this game at the Hornets' home court.

"The Golden State Warriors started off very aggressively, but they are full of energy and want to win this game at the Hornets' home court." Kenny Smith started towards the Hornets' hardcore Charles Barkley fired.

"Man, what's the use of a good start? You only need to continue the whole game, the most important thing. The last game is the best example." Charles Barkley Because of the last game, the Hornets At the last moment, he overtook the Golden State Warriors, so now he becomes full of confidence when speaking.

Afterwards, it also confirmed Charles Barkley's statement?
Afterwards, the Hornets fired frequently outside the 3-point line, narrowing the gap with the Warriors.

However, at 8 minutes and 48 seconds, Davis assisted Richardson for a dunk.Then at 6 minutes and 26 seconds, Davis assisted Biedrins for a layup. At 5 minutes and 20 seconds, while Davis was returning to defense, the muscle of his right thigh seemed to be strained, and he was replaced for treatment.Both sides scored each other in the subsequent games.

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Mavericks 28:25.

Because the injury of Davis, the leader of the Golden State Warriors, allowed the Hornets to take advantage of the opportunity.

In the first 2 minutes of the second quarter, the Hornets' active defense made the Warriors seem to be unable to find where their own basket was.

At the 9:45 mark of the second quarter, Davis replaced Jackson and immediately responded with a 16-foot jumper against the Hornets.But then the Hornets bit tightly, and the scores of the two sides rose alternately.

Then the injured Davis staged the return of the king.

在4分27秒时，戴维斯弧顶接球跳投3分，随后在3分18秒时又是戴维斯右侧斜45度三分线外接球急停跳投，再添3分。

At 1 minute and 17 seconds, Davis dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, faced the defender with a left direction change, and made an emergency stop to score a jumper.

With 30 seconds left before the end of the second quarter, Davis made intense physical contact with the defender in a very small space outside the left three-point line, and made a stunning shot with his body off balance. Amazing 3 points.

In the past 5 minutes, Davis scored 11 points in a row, leading the Warriors to end the first half with 50:48.

Davis scored a Warriors-high 13 points in the first half, 11 of which came in the second quarter.

Davis, who returned from injury, is completely playing the role of the recovery king, and, judging from the form in front of him, he has played very successfully.However, the premise is that the Golden State Warriors win this game, and Davis' injury will not have much impact on his later career.

But are things really as good as they imagined?

(End of this chapter)