The Christmas War is coming!

The Christmas battle is also a fine tradition of the NBA. The Western Christmas is like the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, a day for family reunion and joy. If the NBA season is divided into three parts - the playoffs are the finale and the All-Stars are the showtime grand era, then the Christmas battle is the warm dessert given to NBA fans by Santa Claus.

Every Christmas, NBA will only arrange a few heavyweight games to allow fans to enjoy a sumptuous Christmas basketball feast, which are called Christmas battles.

This year, NBA has arranged 5 Christmas games for fans.

The first to bear the brunt are naturally the two most luxurious teams in the league that competed for the championship last season - the Lakers and the Celtics. These two teams are repeating the glory and glory of their predecessors.

The Lakers won the playoffs last season and finally lost in the finals. But that final is also one of the most classic finals in recent years. The fight between the players on both sides is full of joy.

Therefore, the collision between the two teams in the Christmas battle will undoubtedly attract many fans.

Then, the most popular teams in the Christmas game are the Hornets and Magic.

Needless to say, the Hornets have made, the progress they have made is really amazing.

Last season, they entered the playoffs with their regular season record of the second in the West District. When many people remained unoptimistic, they successfully entered the Western Conference Finals and lost seven games with the Lakers.

In terms of players, Chris Paul, as the fourth draft player in the first round of 2005, grew into the leader of the Hornets in just three seasons. The hot organizational guard in the league last season, averaged 21.1 points and 11.6 assists in 37.6 minutes, and made 2.7 steals, occupying the position of assist king and steal king, leading the Hornets to win the first place in the Southwest Division, with only the Lakers in the Western Conference. Zhong Yu. Last season, the final break broke out, with 30+ and 40+ games emerging one after another, making Zhong Yu at the peak of the shooting guard.

This season, Zhong Yu used averaging 38 points per game, ranking first in the scoring list, and formed the Hornets' strongest backcourt combination with Paul.

This year's Christmas Battle is the first time the Hornets have appeared on the Christmas Battle stage since the founding of the 198889 season. This is a scene that has created history in team history.

For the Orlando Magic, Dwight Howard played all 82 games last season, and contributed 20.7 points, 14.2 rebounds and 2.2 hotpots to the Magic in an average of 37.7 minutes. Moreover, he became the youngest rebounding champion in league history at the age of 22 years and 130 days.

Howard, as one of the last high school players in the league, has grown into a superstar in the league very early. In this way, the Hornets have the best backcourt combination in the league, averaged 61 points per game, while the Magic have the best youngest and most promising center in the league...

The showdown between the two teams will inevitably spark everywhere.

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"Two guns in the backcourt against the inside boss! Who can win?"

"A Christmas competition, two strong men compete for the hegemony!"

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Many fans also discovered one thing, that is, the Christmas battle this season. Their predicted game between the Celtics and the Lakers triggered the entire game, but it did not appear!

Now, it has become the most people who choose to watch the Hornets and Magic.

This game will be held at the Hornets' home court, New Orleans Arena! Before the game, the sales of tickets were shocking. Basically, all were sold out, and many families chose to come and watch the game.

It is normal for such a game to attract a lot of attention. This is the first time the team plays a Christmas battle, and the fans are naturally very excited. Every player wants to see the heroes of the city, fight hard on the court and defeat the enemy.

"How is Christmas?" Paul asked without looking at Zhong Yu before the warm-up began.

"It's not bad." Zhong Yu didn't want to offend this group of Americans for no reason, so he didn't say that he didn't feel about Christmas. He said: "I think Christmas this year is more lively than last year. Maybe I've been in this country for a long time and I have these feelings."

Paul smiled: "Many families come to the stadium for Christmas this year, aren't they?"

"Yes... then don't let them down, buddy."

"certainly."

When Zhong Yu and Paul appeared in the player's passage, the entire stadium seemed to be bombarded by the bomb's violent explosion, and the deafening cheers suddenly echoed through the sky.

"Shadow Assassin!"

“cp3!”

As they shouted, cheers kept coming, Zhong Yu waved to both sides of the stadium, his movements were very skillful. He had gradually become accustomed to the feeling of starry sky holding the moon, as if in this world, in this moment, he was the center and he was the one that everyone admired the most.

Howard on the other side also ran out with a smile. Zhong Yu and Howard also talked about it. It was during the Beijing Olympics that he felt that Howard was older than him, but he always gave him a childlike feeling.

Maybe he has a carefree personality or is more straightforward.

"Meet again...man." Howard and Paul hugged, then patted Zhong Yu on the shoulder: "Today we are going to win at your home court... do you have no objection?"

"Welcome... as long as you can win." Zhong Yu also laughed.

The greetings are over and the competition is about to begin!

The scene that all the audience is most looking forward to, the scene that all the fans are most looking forward to, officially begins! The game between the Hornets and the Magic finally kicks off.

"Bang!" Howard hit the basketball in one go, and Bogans passed the ball to Nelson, and Nelson controlled the ball and advanced to the half. Then, he passed the basketball to Howard in the inside.

In fact, the Magic's tactics now use Howard's defensive ability in defense, making him a barrier in the inside. But in offense... Howard is actually not the center of offense. This may be because his back-to-body singles skills are not mature enough. Perhaps it is to give the outside players enough mobile phones...

Now, the basketball pass to Howard is just to restrain the Hornets' defensive firepower. The ball is handed over to Tkoglu on the outside, who directly jumped and made a three-pointer.

The Magic did use big contracts to raise some people who don't seem worth that much money, but they have also really developed a group of pretty good outside shooters. This season they have not used three-point rain to kill other teams into scum once and twice.

The two sides took the lead in fighting.

The Hornets tried the touch with a jump shot. Zhong Yu and Paul started jump shots one after another, but neither hit... On the contrary, on the Magic, the basketball was handed over to the outside, and Lewis and Nelson made three-pointers in a row, giving the Hornets a 90 start!

"What's going on?"

The audience who watched the ball on the spot were not here to get angry. What they wanted to see was that the Hornets taught the enemy at home, rather than the opponents playing wildly on this territory.

The Hornets' shooting percentage was not high at the beginning... They even said that they didn't make a single shot from the outside. But the Magic, one three-pointer after another, and after three consecutive goals, they suddenly turned the score to 90. This start made the audience feel a little unacceptable.

"Our team didn't perform well today. We haven't scored yet!"

"Don't worry, they will handle it themselves! We are already the strongest team in the league, wait and see... Oh, Zhong Yu has already received the pass, you don't have to worry."

"Zhong Yu received the pass." The fans who were a little questioning just now gradually sat down. Then they looked at the situation on the court nervously. If the Magic continue to score like this, the situation will be very bad.

Zhong Yu received the pass, and the person who defended him was Bogans. Bogans was very close to Zhong Yu. He knew Zhong Yu's technical style and his jump shot was too accurate. He was 3cm shorter than Zhong Yu. If Zhong Yu wanted to use a backward jump shot to force him, he would not have many ways, so... he felt that the distance between him and Zhong Yu was a little larger, and he would jump shot from the outside.

As for Zhong Yu's defense, Tkoglu would come to help. At that time, it would be easier to double-team Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu also felt what they were doing. At that moment, he suddenly made a fake shooting move and tricked Bogans, who was nervous, and then Zhong Yu accelerated instantly.

Zhong Yu's speed has been mentioned to the highest level. At this time, he didn't care about hiding his strength or other ideas, and he just mentioned the maximum speed.

"Okay!" The fans all praised Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu's speed was clearly seen by the people on the scene, and that kind of fast method was difficult to stop.

Bogans was passed by Zhong Yu in two steps. Lewis hurriedly came up to stop Zhong Yu. West took the initiative to block Lewis by Zhong Yu's side. Zhong Yu continued to go deeper. However, when Lewis chased him from behind, he suddenly passed the ball with a base and passed the basketball from behind.

West received the pass and quickly made a jump shot.

"Pick and Roll is completed!" Many players of the Magic made this judgment and naturally went up to defend West. West passed the basketball to Paul. Paul was on the outside and immediately threw the basketball in.

"What's the situation..." Several Magic players also felt that they could not tell where Paul's goal was... However, Howard had discovered it.

Zhong Yu had already jumped up, caught the basketball in the sky, and then glided directly forward! Howard jumped up to block it, but it was a beat slower.

"Bang!"

Zhong Yu made a fierce slam dunk and scored two points first.

This ball, Zhong Yu, West, Paul, and Zhong Yu, a series of passes, fully interpreted the Hornets' current forced demolition system with powerful attackers. If one is defended, another will emerge. Once the time difference is grasped, the opponent will find it difficult to prevent it.

"nice shot!"

"Zhong Yu always surprises us at this time." The fans were liberated from the attack wave that had just been hit 90 and cheered for Zhong Yu's ball.

The Hornets broke the scoring drought, and then the ball returned to the Magic. Then the basketball came to Bogans. Zhong Yu was not afraid of Bogans... Although he looked strong, he felt that Bogans' offense was not as strong as his body.

Moreover, this guy's physical fitness is not as suitable for basketball as his strength.

Zhong Yu approached Bogans, raised his hands in front of him, and waved it. Bogans had basically no chance to jump shot, so he had to pass the basketball to other people.

The basketball finally passed to the inside and came to Howard's hand. Howard threw the basketball out with a hook, rebounded the rebound and flew into the basket, and the Magic scored two points again.

The score was not really recovered. Howard may not be perfect on the offensive end now, but he was able to complete many goals and average scores of about 20 points per game, which has become a great help for the Magic.

Howard made a hook shot, which caused the yelling of the audience next to the court, who felt that the Hornets' situation has become a little unhappy again.

Then, the ball was back in the hands of the Hornets.

Paul broke through the inside, and he quickly broke through the Magic's first defense line. Nelson did not have much solution in front of Paul's breakthrough at this level. Paul went to the inside and entangled with Howard. Then, when the Magic players were most of the defensive eyes attracted by him, he passed the basketball to Zhong Yu's outside.

Zhong Yu received the pass, and at this moment he was still at the 45th angle of the right wing. At that moment, he suddenly controlled the ball, took a step to his left, and came to an angle that made Bogans powerless, and instantly jumped!

At this moment, he had arrived in his third area, which was the most suitable place for Zhong Yu to shoot three-pointers.

Take a jump shot!

The basketball drew a parabola and flew directly into the net flower, and Zhong Yu made a three-pointer!

"nice shot!"

"It should be like this!" The audience exhaled a deep breath of depression in their chests. Now, Zhong Yu's scoring ability is getting stronger and stronger, and he can often meet the audience's requirements.

When they needed him to score, Zhong Yu was always able to find his position and then jumped to score.

This is the meaning given to Zhong Yu! It is also every fan who really likes him because of Zhong Yu's ability. He can always find his own position and score points.

In this way, Zhong Yu also scored five points in a row. The score between the two sides is 115. Although there is still a gap of 6 points, the audience was not worried at all after seeing Zhong Yu's performance. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!