Chapter 59 [35 points at halftime, the God of Three Points]
"Beep beep beep" the whistle sounded, O'Neal did not grab the ball.
After the Hornets grabbed the ball, they did not rush to attack. They are not a fast break team.
Arriving at the Suns' backcourt, they began to play a positional battle honestly, with Paul holding the ball and facing Shain.
Shay took the initiative to defend Paul not only because of the conflict with him, but also because Nash really couldn't stop Paul.
Nash's advantages and disadvantages are obvious. He is indeed capable of winning two regular season MVPs, but he only got it because of the right time, place and people.
NBA reformed to strengthen outside offense and increase the enjoyment of the game. The Suns' running and gunning meets this requirement. His data is good and the team's record is also very good, so I got it.
After all, the height difference between Nash and Paul is not much, but Paul's defense is much better than Nash. At least Paul is not so lucky to win the regular season MVP.
Last year's 2007-08 season was the year he had the best chance, but he faced competitors like Kobe Bryant.
After missing such an opportunity, it will be very difficult for him to win the regular season MVP.
It is difficult for a point guard to win the regular season MVP. He is as strong as Magic Johnson, who has only won 3 MVPs in his career. He is already the strongest point guard in history.
Paul is not like "Guo Xu", who is known as the strongest 183 being on the surface and can store powerful power in a small body.
Xia Yin looked at Paul in front of him with a cold expression. This guy is quite dirty when it comes to playing. After all, if a small man wants to defend well, it is impossible without some tricks in the game.
Paul looked at the guy guarding him with hatred, and had only one thought in his heart: Why? Why? He got all the good things?
Big sneaker contract, top vote-getter in the first stage of the All-Star Game, and the love of fans...
Isn't this guy just a rookie? How good can he be?
Xia Yin has been staring at Paul. This guy dares to be distracted when facing him. Is this looking down on him?
With a hand knife, he directly cut off the basketball. Xia Yin slapped the basketball forward, knocked Paul away, and rushed towards the basketball.
With this collision, Paul felt that half of his shoulders were numb. He was shocked inside. Isn't this guy too powerful?
The emotion that followed was, I was robbed, damn it!
Anger directly occupied his mind, and he rushed towards Xia Yin without saying a word, with only one thought in his mind: to kill him.
But Xia Yin was too fast, so he could only eat dust behind him, even if Xia Yin was running with the basketball.
When Paul reached the three-point line, Xia Yin had already dunked with a "bang". This wonderful steal and dunk had fans applauding sparsely even at the Hornets' home court.
After Xia Yin landed, he looked strange. Someone actually applauded and cheered for him? Isn’t this the home court of the Hornets?
He turned to look at Paul, his constipated face was really off-putting.
Shain immediately understood that the New Orleans fans were not conquered by the Hornets. They were just like the fans in Madison Square, applauding and cheering whoever was the winner.
Maybe there are more fans here than fans of the Hornets?
Xia Yin couldn't help but look at Paul pitifully. No wonder the Hornets boss wanted to sell the team. This is New Orleans after all, not a conservative city in an inland state like the Jazz, which can tolerate monotonous pick-and-roll tactics that keep losing.
What they like most is passionate and charming stars, and Xia Yin fits this perfectly.
When the Hornets attack, they mainly focus on positional pick-and-rolls. This is the most effective and concise offensive method, and they are used to playing this way.
However, it does work.
Paul used David West's pick-and-roll to avoid Shayne and passed it to Tyson Chandler in the paint. He responded by jumping and dunking after receiving the ball. He even yelled after landing, but the fans had little reaction. p>
Paul's face was so dark that he turned into the color of the bottom of the pot.
In the next round, Nash used Shain to pivot and pass the ball continuously, and Miller directly hit a layup.
Veterans have this effect. As long as you ignore their physical strength and defense, they can always contribute.
Not to mention that if Miller works a little harder, he can achieve 10 points and 8 assists in a season at his current age. After all, he was once an All-Star player. Even if he is old, he still has power.
The Hornets also have a former core player of the Kings, and that is Peja. Like Miller, he was a member of the Kings in the golden era, but it is a pity that they did not win the championship to prove themselves.
Speaking of which, in the first ten years of the 21st century, the most regrettable thing that did not win the championship was the Kings in 2002 and the Suns in 2010. They were both teams that missed the mark by a single move.
This has also created a large number of players who have never won a championship.
Peja started to ask for the ball as soon as the half was over. Seeing that Xia Yin was retreating relatively far back, he patted the basketball and moved forward slowly. He was still directing his teammates to make tactical gestures, but he suddenly made a three-pointer.<
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Although Xia Yin retreated a little further, he had quick reflexes and quick reaction movements. When he saw Peja bending his knees, he had already rushed forward with his two big hands open.
The basketball passed through his fingertips, and with a "bang" sound, it hit the basket and bounced high. It was a long backboard.
After Shine landed, Lopez had already helped him block Tyson Chandler and blocked David West. Shine squeezed Peterson away and grabbed the rebound.
But at this moment, there was a sudden pain in his ribs. Xia Yin turned around and saw that it was Paul, who had already stepped away as if nothing had happened.
He just gave him an elbow, and this guy actually did something evil.
"Okay, very good, this way I can act more unscrupulously!"
Xia Yin glanced at Paul coldly, only boundless indifference. He was not impulsive.
Doing something dirty, right? He has plenty of opportunities.
In the next few rounds, both sides got along peacefully.
Paul once again held the ball and attacked inside. Although he couldn't get around Shain, he was so stubborn and couldn't do it twice once. Maybe he just likes challenges?
David West happened to come over to pick and roll, Xia Yin took a deep breath, and the opportunity came.
He and West were entangled with each other with four hands. Paul saw the opportunity and was about to break through, but at this moment, Shine's elbow suddenly "accidentally" appeared in front.
This elbow directly hit Paul's ribs on the left side, and he fell to the ground without taking a breath.
"Just in time" West pushed him, but he "couldn't stand firm" and fell down directly. Fortunately, Xia Yin was relatively strong, so he just knelt down on one knee, and this time he knelt on the tip of the pen.
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Paul let out a "wow", his eyes were as wide as bells, and his voice was as miserable as a slaughtered pig. He covered his lower body and started rolling on the ground.
Xia Yin was pushed over. He finally stood up and "accidentally" stepped on Paul's foot, which made his screams even more painful.
When Xia Yin came up, he immediately looked apologetic, and the referee didn’t even know what to say.
From his point of view, it was West who pushed Xia Yin, Xia Yin bumped into Paul, Paul finally stepped on Xia Yin, and Xia Yin accidentally stepped on Paul, and then Xia Yin fell on Paul.
This was purely an accident.
However, this unexpected occurrence was too unexpected.
The video playback on the big screen showed that Xia Yin was also a victim, and the culprit was West!
Paul was helped to go for a check-up. Before leaving, he glared at Xia Yin fiercely, but his eyes could not kill anyone.
As the commander of the Hornets and the brains of the team, as soon as Paul came off the field, the Hornets started to play without any structure.
The home referee began to favor the Hornets, but even though the whistle favored them and they took twice as many free throws as the Suns, they still trailed by 13 points at the official timeout in the second quarter.
Shine and the Suns had a really comfortable game during the period when Paul was not on the court.
The Hornets don't have a strong defensive player on the outside. Dudley and Diaw came on the court, plus Shain, and the three of them shot three-pointers well.
The half game is not over yet, Xia Yin has made 6 of 10 shots and 3 of 6 three-pointers, scoring 18 points.
That is to say, there are fewer free throws, otherwise Xia Yin would have scored 25 points now. However, this is without Xia Yin having any badges. Xia Yin is very happy to achieve such data.
At this time, Paul returned to the playing field after re-treatment, his face was gloomy and his eyes were like fire.
Xia Yin simply ignored him. When he struck, he was careful to use caution. Those attacks would only bring pain but not serious injuries.
Besides, he wanted to defeat Paul in front of him. How could he let him end like this?
"Next, let me take over, leave it to me!"
Xia Yin looked at Nash and the coach and said confidently.
Nash and Gentry didn't say anything. One of them patted Xia Yin on the shoulder and said, "Leave it to you!"
Xia Yin felt inexplicable. Why did he suddenly feel like he was taking the blame?
But, it doesn’t matter, anyway, this is his game today, and he will make this game have a perfect ending.
Even when Paul played, his condition was greatly reduced, and he was no longer in the same condition as when he first started the game.
After all, it has been so successful that it has failed again.
On the contrary, Xia Yin, as soon as he came on the field, used his running position to play a pick-and-roll with Dudley and hit a three-pointer from the right corner.
And in the Hornets' next offensive round, Peterson was blocked. At this time, Xia Yin activated the [Psycho Knife] badge.
After Xia Yin received a pass from Nash just after halftime, he used [Big Heart] once again. The two badges can be superimposed to bring a 20% shooting attribute bonus.
At this moment, Xia Yin's three-point attribute is as high as 96, which is the three-point value of the legendary star.
He didn't hesitate and shot the three-pointer directly.
Paul looked at Xia Yin in shock, what are you doing? Shooting from such a distance...
A three-pointer hit with a "swish" sound.
The fans screamed, and some fans stood up from their seats and shouted loudly.
Xia Yin's rhythm of scoring points when he disagrees is really catching people off guard. The key is that his attack range is too wide.
How to defend this?
Xia Yin is now taking the next step, a three-for-one step. He has decided not only to score 58 points today, but also for the team to defeat the Hornets by a big score.
"Wow! This is so shocking. Xia Yin started to score again. Today's game is exciting!"
Barkley shouted.
Kenny Smith also looked shocked, "Although I have seen Shain throw three-pointers in the half, but now I see it, it is still very shocking. He really has unlimited range!"
"Haha, the Hornets are going to be unlucky. Even the fans will switch sides. Today will be a wonderful game."
While they were explaining, Xia Yin once again rushed forward and shot a three-pointer against Peja's defense.
Even if Peja slaps him on the arm, it can't stop him from shooting a three-pointer from two steps outside the three-point line.
With a "swish" sound, the three-pointer hit again.
"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle, 3 1.
Xia Yin calmly walked to the free throw line, hit the free throw, and scored 4 points successfully.
Xia Yin is now in the state of Tracy McGrady with 13 points in 35 seconds, making whatever shots he wants, after the Hornets struggled to score 2 points.
Nash passed the ball to the frontcourt, and Xia Yin shot a three-pointer at the speed of light. He hit another three-pointer in less than 5 seconds.
The Hornets were scared and they called a timeout.
At this time, there was only a little more than 1 minute left before the end of the half, but they still called a timeout. After all, Xia Yin's state was too hot.
They need this timeout to let Xia Yin's hand cool down, but they don't know that many teams have thought the same way before.
"We will continue to create opportunities for you. If you let go, they will not come back."
Gentry confidently stated that it was not only Xia Yin who was too hot today, but other players were also in very good condition.
"Let's continue!" Xia Yin said with a sneer.
As soon as he came on the field, Peja and Paul double-teamed.
Xia Yin did not hesitate, threw the ball towards Diaw, and rushed directly into the paint. Diaw's pass also followed. Xia Yin made a blue pick, and the basketball fell directly into the net bag.
After landing, Xia Yin glanced at Paul, turned around and started to defend.
Paul gritted his teeth angrily. This guy stopped shooting three-pointers again. He reacted too quickly.
The Hornets finally succeeded this time, and Peja hit a three-pointer from outside the three-point line.
When the Suns attacked, Shain did not stay on the outside this time, but rushed inside. Lopez had already moved out of the way with Tyson Chandler.
Facing West, Xia Yin knocked West away, jumped high to receive Nash's pass, and started dangling on the Hornets' basket with a "bang" sound.
He even did two stretches on the rim to make sure there was no stepping on his feet before getting off the rim.
"Xia Yin! Xia Yin! Xia Yin!"
The fans' screams and shouts have swept through this arena. Xia Yin successfully conquered the fans in this arena with his soaring points.
There was not much time left in the game, and Paul hit a mid-range shot with more than 2 seconds left.
Diaw served, but Shain uncharacteristically ran to catch the ball.
Paul and Peja looked hesitant, but they also came over.
Nash and Dudley were entangled with them, and then Diaw served the ball.
After Xia Yin caught the ball, he still had time to take aim and then threw the ball, but it was at his own three-point line!
"Wow, that's crazy, that's crazy!"
But the orange basketball drew a beautiful arc, crossed half the court, hit the backboard directly, and fell directly into the net bag without any hesitation.
"Wow!"
"Oh buy it!"
Teammates screamed and surrounded Xia Yin in surprise, and the audience also shouted wildly. This is incredible.
"Friends from the audience, the three-pointer across the court is so crazy. Xia Yin, he is the god of three-pointers today!"
Barkley was so excited that he spat out, as if he was crazy, but this passionate explanation just represented the mood of the audience in front of the TV at the scene.