Defending champion

Chapter 81

The Hornets have the ball and Paul organizes the offense.

Paul dribbled the ball with his right hand, while his left hand kept changing gestures, and the innermost part kept shouting: "move, move..." Paul signaled the players on the court to pull away.

Paul wants to take advantage of his speed to beat Kidd.Paul's thinking is very clear, and he has a good grasp of his own strengths and weaknesses.

Paul took advantage of his speed and broke through Jason Kidd to pass him.

The old Kidd said that the speed is indeed not Paul's opponent, and Kidd was easily passed by Paul.Facing the help defense of the Nets center, Paul made a small throw under the basket.

It was a very beautiful breakthrough, but the basketball was thrown and turned a few times in the basket or turned out.

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Today is very, very coincident, a Chinese basketball website is also broadcasting this game live.This pair is one of the few Hornets games broadcast live by a certain wave.

"Paul didn't go in on the floater, but it's okay, there's the rebounder Jack, Jack, Jack here. Jack bounces off the ground like a spring, picks up the rebound, and Jack hands the ball to Paul "The narrator explained very passionately.

"I have to say something here, Jack's rebounding! Jack's rebounding is his unique skill!" commented the commentator.

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Because there is a second chance to attack, Paul immediately controlled the rhythm.Paul didn't choose to go it alone this time. Seeing that there was no chance, he immediately signaled Jack, who was inside, to come out and play a pick-and-roll.

Jack understood immediately.Immediately brought it up from the inside line.During this period of time, during training, this pick-and-roll tactic is the main tactic of the Hornets.After a period of running-in, Jack and Paul used this trick more tacitly.

The quality of Jack's cover is still very high, keeping Kidd firmly behind him.That's why Paul likes to play pick-and-rolls with Jack.

"Change, change..." After Kidd was blocked, Kidd realized that something was wrong, and immediately reminded his teammates to switch defenses.

Paul used his quick dribble to get to the basket.The big man under the Nets immediately double-teamed him.

The main purpose of the breakthrough is to attract the opponent's double-team and tear up the opponent's defense. Obviously Paul's goal has been achieved.

Before Paul double-teamed the interior, he kicked his feet hard and jumped high.His eyes caught sight of his teammates who were already ambushing at the three-point line, and he shook his wrists vigorously to pass the ball.

Opportunity, opportunity arose.In the bottom corner on the right, Smith is unguarded, and there is a very large gap.

Without the slightest hesitation, Smith took the ball and directly pulled it up and threw it.

"Alas..." The audience sighed.Smith didn't take advantage of this opportunity.The mood of the audience was extremely depressed.

The basketball was bounced heavily at the front of the rim.Saw the basketball miss.

Jack relied on his active sense of rebounding. First, he smelled rebounding.

Like a cheetah hunting for food and finding its prey, Jack aimed at the basketball bouncing on the hoop and flew towards it.A very fast stride, knees bent, and with a bang, bounced high like a compressed spring.

Seeing that he was about to hit the backboard, Jack got the basketball in the air and didn't have time to think, so he stuffed the ball into the basket.

"Peng" made a moaning sound from the basket.Dali Shen, now I can only use this idiom to describe it.

Jack did what he's known for in putting back dunks.

Because Jack rushed too hard just now, he had a huge inertia, and was thrown out heavily.It also slid several meters on the ground.

Jack didn't rely on his teammates and immediately stood up from the ground.Facing the camera that was already in front of him, he kept waving his own arms, and the veins on his forehead burst.Very fierce, very violent.The cameras on the sidelines kept showing Jack all the shots of the cameras.Jack let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing the Hornets' side gain momentum, the coach of the Nets realized that it was very bad.Quickly called a timeout to make adjustments.

Take this opportunity to pause.

The narrator of a certain wave explained the scene just now.

"It's really wonderful! Besides Iverson, he is my second idol! You can see that his head touched the basket, how high do you think he has to jump?" Moufan said .

"It is indeed a very high jump, but at the same time, it also shows that the Nets' ability to protect the basket is insufficient. Later they will definitely strengthen their defense against Michael Jack. Look at the moment just now. He got three consecutive rebounds by Michael Jack, and they were all frontcourt rebounds. This will definitely drive Frank crazy." Director Ma analyzed with a professional eye.

"Then what do you think the Nets will do later?" Moufan asked.

"Wait a while and they will definitely carry out a tight defense against this point and keep Jack from getting close to the basket. Only by keeping Jack away from the basket will they not grab so many rebounds." Moufan analyzed.

"Okay, come back from the timeout, and the game will continue."

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Sure enough, as soon as the timeout came back, Jack was immediately guarded very uncomfortable.It was difficult for Jack to get close to the basket. When Jack was in the middle distance of the outside line, he received two passes from Paul. However, it was a pity that Jack's shots all bounced out of the basket.

As long as Jack is pushed away from the basket, Jack's offensive power is almost zero.Therefore, after halftime, Jack hardly performed on the offensive end.It's just that while defending, he got a few rebounds.

Back at halftime, Jack's situation still hasn't improved. He only made one of the 3 mid-range shots.

On the side of the Nets, they played more and more smoothly, how they shot, and in the third quarter, they hit a 20-3 climax.

The Hornets dug themselves a big hole in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Hornets' generals felt that they had found it, but there was no way, this hole was too big.There was no way the Hornets ended up losing the game 100-112.In this game, Jack scored 4 points, 10 rebounds, 1 block and 3 turnovers.

After losing to the Nets, the Hornets also ended this road trip with a three-game losing streak.The Hornets also ushered in a three-day break.

(End of this chapter)