~.-~    On March 7, the Hornets went to challenge the Oklahoma City Thunder away.

This is the beginning of their away trip.

After three days off, the players were very excited. They didn't sleep for the time being on the plane to Oklahoma and started chatting happily.

The Hornets now also own a small special plane of their own, which was not treated like that before. However, the Hornets have performed very well recently, making the team's boss determined to buy them a plane.

Although the production time of this aircraft was in the 1990s, it was still quite stable and comfortable to fly.

On the plane, West only communicated with Zhong Yu.

"How do you feel? The ankle is not hurt anymore." Zhong Yu asked.

Scott shook his right leg and smiled: "It's all done, now I feel like I can pull off a rebound."

Zhong Yu smiled and said, "That's fine... Today, we can have a big fight! We can let the boys of the Thunder experience the anger from us."

West also said, "This is very good, I plan to do a big fight, too."

The atmosphere on the plane is quite good. The Hornets' current atmosphere is more suitable for the team's unity, and everyone is working hard for victory.

Even during the most difficult period, due to Zhong Yu, everyone calmed down and played the game well, so that their opponents could not resist their impact.

"But Chris and the others can't come back for the time being, otherwise, Tyson, you, Chris will all return..." Zhong Yu looked forward to it: "Then the whole league will tremble because of us!"

Indeed, the Hornets' main lineup can be awesome to the league.

If all the main forces return one day, this will become a nightmare for other opponents in the league.

West also smashed that scene. Thinking of the twelve consecutive victories of the Seismic League at the beginning of this season, the blood in his chest also heated up.

This boiling feeling makes everyone more active.

Ariza and Zhong Yu discussed the issue of steals, and Zhong Yu said: "I think the premise of steals is to not lose the defensive position, so that no matter whether the steal is successful or not, there will be no mistakes."

Ariza said with a frown, "But sometimes, we have to take risks and make some gambling because time makes us do that."

Zhong Yu smiled: "What kind of situation is said and what kind of situation... What do you think is the most suitable situation for stealing?"

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Zhong Yu and Ariza started a deep chat on this topic.

Ariza also has something worth learning from. He is tough when defending, and these tough defenses are also clever. He can always find the opponent's flaws.

Ariza then asked, "Zhong Yu. I admire your jump shot very much. I think your jump shot is very accurate. Can you teach me some skills?"

Zhong Yu thought for a while and said, "This... how can I say it? I can only stack it with countless trainings. I occasionally have some training. It is just to completely blindfold my eyes. Someone handed the ball to you. You jump shot based on your own feelings. I think I have gained a lot."

Ariza thought about it for a moment and laughed: "I guess this will definitely be very useful."

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After arriving in Oklahoma, Durant said he wanted to invite Zhong Yu to dinner.

Zhong Yu was also a little confused about what this kid was trying to do - was he trying to get drunk and he did some tricks?

After thinking about it, he threw this idea out of his mind. Durant would not do such a thing. He and Durant were somewhat familiar with each other, after all, they were both rookies of the same year. He also saved this kid in a game.

That night, the two of them were having Mexican barbecue outside with beer.

On March night, the breeze was blowing, and the two of them picked up the beer and took a sip. Then, Durant suddenly asked mysteriously: "Zhong Yu. Although I think there are some questions that should not be asked. But I am more curious."

"What?" Zhong Yu asked.

"It's... I heard that Adidas broke a 5-year, $70 million contract for you. Is this true?" The two of them belonged to the same agent, but Pelinka also felt that it was inconvenient to disclose such a thing, so she asked Durant to ask Zhong Yu himself.

Zhong Yu laughed in silence. It turned out that he invited himself to drink for this matter! At that moment, Zhong Yu said: "It's almost this number, but it's higher than this!"

Durant gasped, and the cold night wind outside poured into his throat, causing a dull cough with his beer.

"This is really surprising. I didn't expect them to give you so much money." Durant said enviously: "My contract is smaller than you."

Zhong Yu raised the beer bottle and touched him, and said, "Don't say that, yours is very high. I just performed well recently, and Adidas said that they value me the most... I guess you don't have that advantage of me."

"What?" Durant asked quickly, but ignored Zhong Yu's question of whether he had this or not.

"Adidas believes that I have good character. On the street, I will help the elderly cross the road, and do good deeds without leaving a name, be upright and generous. These are my advantages..."

Durant was stunned for a moment, then he burped again, then thought about it, and cursed with a smile: "You damn guy, just what you just said proves that you are a despicable liar..."

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There are also many people paying attention to the game between the Hornets and the Thunder.

One of the reasons is that West returns to the Hornets.

West averaged 15.7 points and 10.4 rebounds per game this season, which was a big help for the Hornets' victory. And this season he also consciously reduced his shots and made a wedding dress for Zhong Yu.

Moreover, his shooting percentage has also improved, and he will try to do some dirty and tiring work, and stand up when the team needs him to score.

Generally speaking, the power forward position is often given the title of "blue-collar position" by people because this position is often responsible for doing some dirty and tiring work.

Moreover, the team's first offensive choice is not with them. If there is a point where a power forward scores very high, it may prove that there are problems with the team's other offensive points.

Of course this is a traditional power forward. Their data won't be too good-looking.

In this era of rituals and music in the 21st century, many positions began to overlap and have vague definitions, and power forwards also showed many demons with perfect offense.

Duncan, Garnett, Nowitzki.

West is also a power forward who relies on mid-range shots to enjoy it. Now he has also begun to try his best to assist Zhong Yu. His return is definitely good news for the Hornets.

Another reason is Zhong Yu and Durant.

Zhong Yu and Durant also entered the league in the 2007 draft, but one was in the sky and the other was underground, and the two of them embarked on different paths of life.

While Zhong Yu was struggling on the bench, Durant had become the best performing rookie in the league, with strong scores, high and long arms, making people unable to defend themselves.

After that, Zhong Yu suddenly rose, and Durant's best rookie was almost snatched away by this guy!

These things make many people regard two people as enemies of their lives.

However, this season, Zhong Yu's average score of 40 has shocked everyone in the league by soaring several times, and Durant has also scored a lot.

The two best players in 2007 met. Of course, many people would be interested.

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The game was played at Oklahoma's home court, and the Hornets lost the jump ball, and the Thunder handed over the first attack to Durant. Durant took the ball himself and then cut into the inside to score.

The ball returned to the Hornets, Paco passed the ball to Zhong Yu, and Zhong Yu also began to break through.

When everyone thought Zhong Yu was about to fight against Durant, Zhong Yu passed the ball to West.

West began his first attack after returning from injury.

"Bang!" The jump shot hit, West shook his head, it seemed that he had not fully recovered.

However, Zhong Yu just grabbed the rebound, and Durant came up to block it. After turning left, Zhong Yu immediately made a fake jump shot, tricked Durant, but he held the ball and accelerated and broke through to the basket. He threw the basketball high and threw the basketball into the basket with a high throw.

At the beginning of the game, the goals of both sides were completed by Zhong Yu and Durant, which indeed showed signs of some grudges from 2007 to 2009.

Then, the game continued.

Durant also wanted to compete with Zhong Yu. After all, as a rookie in the same class in 2007, Zhong Yu's current light shines on the entire earth, making many people crazy about him.

He also wants to challenge this guy.

However, Durant's shooting percentage is not as good as Zhong Yugao.

Another attack, the Hornets' ball rights came to Zhong Yu's hands. He controlled the ball and broke into the inside. The Thunder blocked the inside. Zhong Yu threw the basketball from behind.

It's a very flowing back-hit pass.

West understood it, and it was a jump shot when he received the pass.

"Swish!" Finally won the first point after his comeback.

"Bang!" Zhong Yu and West slapped their high-highs, and West had a kind of excitement in his eyes. He finally found some feelings. Zhong Yu created opportunities for him several times in this game, and this time he finally seized it.

Then, the Thunder turned around and attacked. Someone came up to pick-and-roll in the inside, Durant escaped, Zhong Yu came up to make up for the defense, and the two of them faced off.

Durant leaned against Zhong Yu with his back, and then planned to turn around and jump shot directly.

Zhong Yu pushed him to death. If Durant suddenly turned around and jumped, he might lose his balance and could not make a jump shot.

And Paco next to him came up to steal, Durant could only put away the basketball in disappointment, then took a step back and jumped directly off his hand.

"Bang!" He just asked the basketball to leave his hands, and Zhong Yu accurately grasped his jump shot route and slapped the basketball down with a slap!

The whole audience was shocked.

Zhong Yu directly blocked this guy with a block (to be continued)

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Chapter completed!