Chapter 136 Little Interlude
The first quarter between the Spurs and Hornets came to an end with a score of 27:23. Zhong Yu scored 15 points in the first quarter that accounted for almost 3/4 of the team's score.
"We didn't play very well in the first quarter," Scott said. "We were a little confused by the Spurs' insidious defense. To be honest, Chris, your performance should be better than it is now."
He was a little criticizing Paul's nature, and Paul nodded silently without saying anything.
He also wanted to perform well, but Bao Wen's defense was indeed too dark, and he was a little worried that this guy would ruin his entire career.
Therefore, Paul is more cautious in every attack, mainly to prevent his opponent from using some despicable tricks to destroy himself.
In this way, his performance was naturally restricted.
After Paul was restricted, the entire Hornets team had a tendency to collapse. Fortunately, Zhong Yu was supporting him in the first quarter. To be honest, although the Hornets have entered the second round of the playoffs, Paul's mark on this team is too heavy. Without him, the team almost became a headless fly.
"Next, we need to strengthen our cooperation and use constant pick-and-roll cooperation to smash the opponent's defense. As long as each of us is fully mobilized, we are an invincible team." Scott waved his fist to encourage everyone.
However, the moment he swung his fist, the audience cheered suddenly. Everyone turned their eyes and saw that the team hired by the Hornets to perform on the stadium were now performing the fire circle.
Inside the fire circle, some people came over in clown costumes, but they had some performance value. These people dunked after drilling into the fire circle, which looked very good. However, when Scott saw this, he frowned: "Shit... isn't this nonsense?"
Everyone didn't understand at first, but soon, some staff members used fire extinguishers to extinguish the fire. The fire extinguishers they used were dry powder fire extinguishers, but someone accidentally slipped on them.
To be honest, it was a very bad idea to use a dry powder fire extinguisher to put out the fire after performing the drilling fire ring, which made the Hornets' half slippery. However, everyone looked at the side that was relatively slippery, and the next game seemed to be the side that the Spurs should be on, and Chandler and the others were happy.
The ground slipped after drilling into the fire ring, which caused dissatisfaction from the referee. The referee and the staff had already started arguing. The two sides were so quarreled that their faces were red and their necks were thick. It was not until the people above came down to persuade them to fight.
However, after such a quarrel, although more than 20,000 viewers who paid for tickets were given additional content, the second quarter was postponed for more than ten minutes.
Zhong Yu also got a better rest.
He is not Paul, and he doesn't need to go on the court every minute and every second to stare at the team. Generally speaking, Zhong Yu is still a killer at a critical moment, rather than an absolute leader who can lead the team forward as a father and mother from the beginning.
So, at the beginning of the second quarter, he still sat on the bench and continued to recover his strength... After sitting like this, he saw a funny show on the outside for free...
Because, after the start of the half, the Spurs made their first attack, and the French sports car Parker took the ball and floated through the half. He was so energetic that he was very fast and went straight into the inside line. As a result, the residue brought by the dry powder fire extinguisher was shattered.
"Bang!" This guy fell on the court with a slight slap.
Parker didn't hurt much when he fell, but he was quite annoyed - these bitches of the Hornets, aren't this playing the piano randomly? Thinking of this, he had to contact the senior executives of the Hornets.
Of course, Parker's annoyance was mainly in his heart. If it was really over, the referee would have to give him a technical foul first. Although the referee was also very dissatisfied with the slip on the ground, his dissatisfaction was smaller than Parker.
Parker fell down, the basketball was picked up by the Hornets, and a counterattack was launched, and a three-pointer was hit.
The score has become 27:26. The Hornets are just one point behind so far. The Hornets' speed of chasing points has made the experienced team like the Spurs a little scared.
In this situation, the game continued, but then the two teams entered a long period of time to hit the iron. The players on both sides started to hit the iron. The two teams threw many balls, but unfortunately they were unable to hit it.
This situation lasted until three minutes, and the head coaches of both sides quickly replaced the players and sent the main players to the court. Zhong Yu had just rested for more than 20 minutes and had already raised his energy and was now on the court again.
When I came back on the court, I felt the sound of the fans in the entire arena cheering for me, and a passion that surged from the bottom of my heart gradually surrounded Zhong Yu.
Yes, this feeling may be the reason why many players care so much about playing. Because so many people are cheering for your goals, so many people are feeling closely related to you for every offense and defense move.
Zhong Yu had already scored 15 points in the first quarter. Paul handed the basketball over to Zhong Yu, but Zhong Yu also missed it. After all, he could not score every shot, and many of them could not be shot perfectly into the basket.
The rebound was caught by the Spurs players and Parker immediately ran through the half.
Paul just ran in to catch the rebound, and before he came to his senses, he was run over by Parker. However, Zhong Yu's retreat speed was still very fast. It was basically impossible for Parker to break through Zhong Yu as soon as possible.
Zhong Yu defended in front of Parker tightly. Parker began to stabilize his speed, then used two consecutive ball control movements under the crotch, and then accelerated directly!
"I will definitely pass you this time! Damn guy." Parker also knew that the Spurs were a little worried by this kid. Zhong Yu's existence was indeed a big threat to the Spurs.
So, Parker gritted his teeth and prepared to break through Zhong Yu directly. He expected that he had already driven to the maximum speed, and Zhong Yu should not be able to stop him...
Zhong Yu hurried over to stop him, but a scene of the cup happened.
Parker had just accelerated in front of Zhong Yu, and before he could get into the deeper inside line, he suddenly slid under his feet...
"Ouch..." Parker groaned, and then he spoke a series of French vaguely. It was not difficult to infer from his lips and his expression that this guy was definitely not saying anything good.
Chapter completed!