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Chapter 287 The Hornets' First Christmas War Victory

On the basketball court, there will always be rapidly changing situations.

In a basketball game, there will be dozens or hundreds of shots, and many of them will be hits, which leads to the rapid changes in the basketball game.

Maybe one second, a team was still proud, and the next second was strangled by the opponent.

Now, the ups and downs on the court are a bit too exciting for the Magic.

The Hornets took advantage of Nelson's mistakes and blocked shots consecutively, opening the score gap to more than 10 points at once, and this is not over yet.

For the next goal, the Magic reluctantly passed the ball to Howard on the inside.

Facing Howard, the Hornets decisively adopted the trapped beast tactics inside.

To put it bluntly, the trapped beast tactic is to restrict Howard, and it is desperate to use many horrific methods to limit Howard's scoring.

The specific executors are Chandler and West, who acted as the executioners of the Hornets.

The trapped beast tactic was born out of the Spurs. In a game last season, Howard broke out one after another, dunking and hooking, one after another.Then, the Spurs adopted a trapping tactic against Howard. Once he received the pass, he faced countless interferences, thugs, attempted steals, and small moves... Howard was miserable. The Magic team was reversed by the Spurs.

Now, the Hornets can be regarded as adopting a half-trapped beast tactic. Howard shot angrily and was disturbed. The referee awarded Chandler a defensive foul, but Howard's free throws were really bad... none of them were made. The rebound was snatched by Zhong Yu, who rushed into the paint all at once, and he threw the ball in the air as soon as he grabbed the basketball.

Paul grabs the basketball and the possession is a run.

The excited cheers and roars of the audience became louder and louder.

Just now, the Hornets succeeded in consecutive defensive counterattacks. In such a situation, they used their own speed to beat the Magic to a point of being riddled with holes.

Amidst their excited voices, Paul ran faster and faster, went directly to the basket and made a layup. During this layup, the Magic players had already reacted and immediately came up to defend Paul.However, Paul got through the gap of the Magic defensive players, came to the other direction of the basket and hit a layup.

Another fast break hit!
Then, on the Magic's next attack, they missed a three-point jumper, and then Howard picked up the rebound and passed it to Turkoglu with lingering fear, who made a mid-range shot.

The ball returned to the hands of the Hornets. Paul and Zhong Yu cooperated in another pick-and-roll. Zhong Yu was outside the three-point line and easily succeeded in a jumper and scored another three-pointer!
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After Zhong Yu's three-pointer, there was not much left in the game.

At least in this quarter, it is basically impossible for the Magic to fight back.

Sure enough, until the end of the third quarter, the players of the Magic team had fallen into a state of sleepwalking, and every player didn't know what they were doing... Their three-pointers missed, and the inside Howard was strictly guarded against by the opponent. Sticking to it, the Magic's offensive and defensive systems basically collapsed completely.

Nelson also went it alone a few times in a feverish manner, but it was basically ineffective... At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides was 80:60, and the Hornets had already led their opponents by 20 points!
20 points!
Another 20 points!This season, the Hornets have led their opponents by more than 20 points more than once, but this time is different.Now is the third quarter. Although the game is not completely over, the result of the third quarter has greatly exceeded many people's expectations.

competition is over!The Hornets lead their opponents by 20 points crazy!This quickly became the biggest topic in this year's Christmas game. Originally, the game between the Hornets and the Magic had attracted a lot of attention, but now this result has shocked everyone's attention.

Although there is still the last quarter of the game, I don't know what will happen in this last quarter...but the 20-point difference has basically declared the death of the Magic.

It's already a reprieve.

At the beginning of the game, in this quarter, the Magic seem to have got some encouragement from Van Gundy, or for other reasons, in short, they played quite tenaciously.Chased 7 points in a row, but at this moment, Zhong Yu and Paul scored 6 points in a row, stabilizing the situation.

After that, the Magic basically had nothing to do... They wanted to launch a counterattack time and time again, but the Hornets always retaliated, making their counterattack strangled in the cradle.

When it came to the Christmas game between the Hornets and the Magic, with more than a minute left, the point difference between the two sides was 17 points. The Magic had no choice but to surrender early. Players from both sides replaced the substitute lineup. The last minute of the game started.

At this point, it can be said that the dust of this game is basically settled, and it is impossible for the Magic to set off any storms.

The final whistle sounds!The game is over!The final score was fixed at 111:97. The Hornets led the Magic by 14 points, ending the Christmas game.

The Hornets' total score once again climbed above 110.

At the end of the game, the entire home court of the Hornets fell into cheers and eruption.This game can be said to be the best Christmas gift that the Hornets gave to all Hornets fans. From today, the Hornets are also a team that has a history of the Christmas War and defeated their opponents.

These are all created by Zhong Yu and the others.

At the end of this game, the Hornets will defend their No. [-] position in the Western Conference. Even if the Lakers beat the Celtics later, their record will fall behind the Hornets.

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This year's Christmas battle, the first round has come to an end.

On the official NBA website, the headlines were impatiently posted:
[The Hornets beat the Magic, the Gemini broke out with 71 points to defeat the Magic]

Yes, in this game, Zhong Yu scored 37 points alone, and Paul also scored 34 points!The Hornets' backcourt twin stars scored 71 points together to help the team win the game.

In addition, West also scored 14 points... In fact, after Zhong Yu's rise, West's score dropped a lot... After all, after arriving, he had to spare a lot of mobile phone opportunities for Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu's shooting rate is abnormal than him, and the Hornets need Zhong Yu's super score.

Zhong Yu also used 37 points to become the player with the highest score today. At the same time, he also contributed a lot of wonderful shots during the game.

On the official NBA website, many video highlights of Zhong Yu and scoring highlights of the Hornets have been posted.

Today's Hornets showed their faces in a big way!
The match was just over, and at the press conference after the match, many reporters gathered, eagerly waiting to ask Zhong Yu questions.Just after the first session, they started to ask questions:

"Zhong Yu, in today's game, the Hornets defeated the Magic at home. This is the Hornets' first Christmas game, and it is also the Hornets' first victory in a Christmas game. As a second-year student of the Hornets , How do you feel about your contribution to this game?"

Regarding this matter, Zhong Yu said that if he contributed too much, he might have conflicts with the team, and if he said that his contribution was too small, some people would think he was not confident enough...

He pondered for a while, and said: "I play in the team's tactical system... So, I think, I performed pretty well. With the help of other teammates, I can say that I have made some contributions to this game. .”

It is quite tactful to say this. Although he performed quite well in this press conference, Zhong Yu did not say anything arrogant.

The first game of this year's Christmas game came to an end, creating a result that surprised and cheered many fans.

Especially the Hornets, they are very excited now, excited about the results created by the Hornets.

This is the game that created many firsts in team history!They also defeated the current favorite team in the East, the Magic, and firmly stood at the No. [-] position in the West.Also maintained their status as the most popular team recently.

Just after the game ended, the local media of the Hornets, all kinds of words praising the performance of the Hornets, also floated out one after another.

The sports section of the "New Orleans Metropolis Daily" lavishly praised the performance of the Hornets——

"The Hornets won today's Christmas game. I don't know how many fans are happy. The Hornets are indeed an irresistible strong team. There are more and more fans and the broadcast rate is getting higher and higher. High will also greatly increase the popularity of the city of New Orleans. In this game, the combination of Zhong Yu and Paul's backcourt twin stars allowed the Hornets to always bring the situation back to their own rhythm at critical moments ..."

Just after returning from the competition, Zhong Yu found that there were a lot of endorsement applications that needed to be processed, and there were still many activities that he hoped to participate in.

There were also some messages from advertisers in other cities, and they specifically communicated with Zhong Yu's agent about the time, and needed him to arrive at the scene to participate when he was playing an away game.

There are many trivial things, and now Zhong Yu is also a public figure after all.

He sat in front of the laptop, and planned to watch his recent videos again, find some shortcomings, and ask the trainer to make more training plans.

At this moment, the phone in his hand rang.

"Hello." He didn't even look at the caller ID, and took the call directly.

After answering the phone like this, Zhong Yu judged that it was not Scarlett's voice when he heard a woman's voice, so he searched his memory again and said, "Hello! Ivanka."

"Hello! Zhong Yu." Ivanka's voice has a woman's magnetism, which is quite attractive and can directly hit people's souls.

"Guess where I am now," Ivanka asked.

"New Orleans?" Zhong Yu asked directly... Everyone can guess some clues to this kind of question. Zhong Yu doesn't have much contact with this woman. He guessed that Ivanka should be in New Orleans.

"Congratulations, you guessed it right. I am indeed in New Orleans." Ivanka seemed to smile, and then said, "I'm here to get the meal you promised me."

(End of this chapter)