runaway point guard

Chapter 446 One-on-one against the Magic!
Zhong Yu reflected on the entire first quarter. The reason why the Hornets lost by 12 points was very simple - impatience and nervousness!
These two reasons brought them serious losses and painful blows.

They made too many mistakes in the first quarter. Even Paul made two mistakes in a single quarter, and he himself made a mistake.

Frequent turnovers became the culprit for the Hornets trailing by 12 points in the first quarter, and the frequent turnovers came from everyone's nervousness and impatience for this game.

Zhong Yu looked at his teammates and knew that at this time, it was obviously impossible to use words to influence them and stop them from being impatient.

He can only rely on himself to influence his teammates.

As for Zhong Yu himself, his mood gradually calmed down, just like every time before a close shot, he was as calm as water the moment he shot.

Don't pay attention to anything, except the basket.

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"It's up to you!" At the last minute of the first quarter, when the timeout ended and the game resumed, Scott patted Zhong Yu on the shoulder, and Zhong Yu nodded incredulously.

"Defense! Defense! Defense!" Magic fans' voices were high-pitched, full of pride and pride.

They are very satisfied with the score of 29-17.

In the first quarter, the Hornets finally played the Magic in the previous games.

It makes them feel very comfortable.

Paul dribbled the ball across half court, and then he threw the basketball to Zhong Yu. After Zhong Yu received the pass, he leaned against Courtney beyond the three-point line.

"Courtney, prevent Zhong Yu from dying! Don't let him score!" The fans were still pushing Courtney harder, but Courtney did not speak, pursed his lips, and pointed at Zhong Yu meticulously.

Turkoglu watched from the sidelines.

A 12-point difference in the first quarter made the Magic players feel very good.

Of course, they still have to be careful of Zhong Yu, a dangerous person. After all, in Zhong Yu's hands, it can be said that the Magic has ruined several victories in the game.

Zhong Yu leaned against Courtney with his back, and even exerted some strength behind him, which made Courtney a little uncertain about Zhong Yu's intentions, but at the moment when Zhong Yu leaned so hard!

Zhong Yu leaned against Courtney just now, and then he jumped back immediately, kicked his legs on the ground, turned around in the sky, and faced the basket, and at the same time, Zhong Yu's body also leaned back slightly.

"Turn over and lean back!" Courtney quickly caught up, but Zhong Yu's shot speed was unmatched by him. The basketball quickly cut through the sky and fell into the basket!

The referee raised his hand, indicating that this is a successful and effective three-pointer!
Zhong Yu scored a total of 9 points in the previous first quarter, and now counting the three-pointers, he also scored 12 points.

"Give them back one!" Nelson quickly took the pass, controlled the ball and pushed it forward, while still talking to his teammates.

Zhong Yu's three-pointer closes the score gap to 9 points. If the Hornets continue to score, it is likely to hit a shock wave in the last minute.

Nelson controlled the ball on the outside and squeezed the time of this quarter to 37 seconds. He suddenly passed the ball to Turkoglu next to him. Turkoglu caught the ball and shot!

"Crack!" Zhong Yu had been eyeing him for a long time, and he completed the defense the moment Turkoglu took off, and slapped his basketball with his right hand.

"Defend! Defend! Defend!" The fans saw that annoying Zhong Yu, after blocking the ball, charged towards the half court with all his might, their voices were filled with anxiety.

They also knew the accuracy of Zhong Yu's three-pointer.

It's a pity that Zhong Yu had already rushed across the half court with the ball, came to a place one step outside the three-point line, and directly shot a three-pointer!

Then, without even looking at it, he turned around and retreated towards the half court.

"It's so arrogant!" After seeing Zhong Yu throwing the ball, they didn't even look at it. The fans at the scene thought that this guy was a bit too pretentious.

And he was one step away from the three-point line, and he just shot a jumper. Does he really have that much confidence in himself?
However, the facts cannot help them not to believe it!
"Shua!" The sound of the basketball being swished into the basket rang loudly, and the net flowers turned into a white pile, watching the basketball pass through the net again.

29-23!

"It's Zhong Yu again!" Although Bill Walton expressed his support for the Magic in this game, his voice was full of surprise and admiration: "Zhong Yu's scoring ability, I think, maybe he can only use 'Kang Gu' "Sparkling" to describe it. With him, the Hornets don't have to worry about the critical moment at all."

Hubie Brown also added: "This season, Zhong Yu made 8 lore shots. At the most critical moment, he took 13 shots, and his shooting percentage is very high. In his normal games, his shooting percentage is even higher."

Hearing this statistic, Mike Brin and Bill Wharton next to them both had the urge to take a breath——

This is the real super killer!
Cold-blooded killer!All-powerful crazy killer!
The possession of the ball returned to the Magic team, and Turkoglu quickly recovered from the shadow of being covered. He comforted himself, even if a slut like Howard was covered by Zhong Yu, he was nothing.

The Magic reorganized their offense with 29 seconds left and the Hornets had another chance to attack.

Nelson then made a breakthrough, and then shot a mid-range jumper. There were still 10 seconds left. The Hornets had an offensive opportunity. Paul dribbled the ball across the half court and stopped with two steps outside the three-point line. Nelson went up Strictly defending, Paul turned his back and threw the basketball to Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu received Paul's pass, without any feint, the catch was a turnaround jump shot!
"Don't try to score any more goals!" Courtney chased after him, and smashed Zhong Yu's basketball with his right hand in the sky. He had to stop Zhong Yu's basketball for this ball.

Fans all over the world are also in fear because of Zhong Yu's three-pointer.

To enter or not to enter?
"Bang-shua!" After the basketball was rebounded by the backboard, it slammed into the basket viciously. Zhong Yu made a three-pointer again!

The score became 31-26, and the Hornets trailed behind with only 5 points left!

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"It's amazing!" Mike Brin couldn't help but said: "In the last minute, I saw three three-pointers including the buzzer. Zhong Yu, the killer, allowed the Magic to establish a lead. Shrunk in half."

"Zhong Yu-showtime!!" Hubie Brown said with a smile: "Zhong Yu can always bring surprises to people... He also brought many such moments to the fans. If you watch his games for too long, or I feel that such a showtime is not too outrageous, because he is already an outrageous person."

"Okay, audience friends, the first quarter is over, 31-26, the Hornets are temporarily behind by five points!" Sun Zhengping said, "Mr. Zhang, what do you think of the first quarter?"

Zhang Lili said: "In the first quarter, the Hornets played in a hurry and made too many mistakes. The Magic seized the opportunities of the Hornets' flaws and widened the score gap, but at the last moment, Zhong Yu still made the score. The gap has been recovered. It can be seen that the Magic still lacks sufficient means to defend Zhong Yu."

Sun Zhengping said, "Why do you think Zhong Yu can't defend well?"

"Because of his basketball IQ, skills, and body!" Zhang Lili said: "No matter from what point of view, Zhong Yu's strength is enough to meet many challenges."

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"The first quarter was too thrilling! Fortunately, Zhong Yu showed his power at the last moment and made three consecutive three-pointers, which prevented the Hornets from being poisoned by the Magic." The fans said at the end of the first quarter , immediately began to discuss the game.

"Fortunately, we have Zhong Yu, otherwise the game would be very difficult! Then again, the Hornets didn't play very well today except for Zhong Yu."

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No one can deny that Zhong Yu made three consecutive three-pointers at the last moment of the first quarter.

With this three-pointer, the Hornets trailed by only 5 points, and Zhong Yu's total score in this game rose to 18 points.

The attitude of the Magic to play today is what worries the Hornets.

They work hard!

Facing a team that is playing very hard, sometimes if you win, you will kill the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred.As you can imagine, this will be a tough battle.

"Guys, keep your spirits up!" Scott stood in front of the bench seat, and said in a rhythmic tone: "Work hard, play three more quarters, and we will be able to win the championship trophy in this arena!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams replaced the bench lineup, but there are still a few main players in the Magic's bench lineup, and the Hornets' bench lineup, Paul and West are both there.

Paul and West played a few pick-and-rolls to bite the score, but it was not easy to chase points.

Because the Magic played too crazy, especially for the inside rebounds, it seemed like they were going to die. The momentum exuded by such a team is amazing.

In terms of momentum, the Hornets fell into a disadvantage.

Moreover, the more critical point is that after the Magic team's three-pointers, the hit rate continued to improve, and the three-pointers hit consecutively, hitting the Hornets immobile.

With such a bunch of three-pointers, the Hornets really played hard enough.

In the second half of the second quarter, Zhong Yu also reappeared. After his appearance, he made another three-pointer. At the same time, after breaking through, he caused two fouls.

He also scored 8 points in the second half of the second quarter, and his total score in this game also rose to 26 points!
With 11 seconds left at the end of the first half, Zhong Yu directly dribbled the ball across the half court and stood outside the three-point line.

It can be said that in the entire first half of the game, Zhong Yu was the only one who performed well on the Hornets team. The other players were all out of shape.This absence may be able to use the defeat of this game to wake them up.

But Zhong Yu didn't have that kind of patience!

He wants to win this game, and this game will drive the Magic into the abyss.

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"Defense! Defense!" This was the buzzer-beater in the first half of the game. If Zhong Yu can make the shot, it will be of great help to the Hornets. The score is now 57-48, and the Hornets are still 9 points behind.

Facing Courtney's stern defense, Zhong Yu suddenly started his right foot and forced a breakthrough forward, but then used a crotch control to change hands and change direction to pull the basketball back.

Then he made another change in front of his body and pulled the basketball to the right. When Courtney tried his best to adjust his center of gravity and chased him, Zhong Yu took a step back and put away the basketball!

The fans at the scene, even though they hated Zhong Yu because of their different positions, they felt pleasing to the eyes when they were dazzled by Zhong Yu's series of changes just now.

Indeed, Zhong Yu's changes of direction were so fast that the enemy couldn't find his feet in an instant!
Retreating beyond the three-point line again, Courtney was worried that he would fall and could only maintain his balance as much as possible, unable to come up to defend, and Turkoglu who rushed over from the side was just pretending-if he really wanted to pounce Overwhelming Zhong Yu, he must pay for a foul.

So Zhong Yu was unmoved by Turkoglu who was running over, and he didn't make a quick shot. Instead, he aimed a little bit, then took off lightly, and pushed the basketball out...

"Shh!"

Basketball into the net!

"Beep!" Immediately afterwards, the whistle sounded!
Score: 57-51, the Hornets entered the second half behind by 5 points.

At the last moment of the first half, Zhong Yu hit another three-pointer. The total score of this game has risen to 29 points.

At the end of the first quarter and the end of the second quarter, Zhong Yu made three-pointers.

It is precisely because of Zhong Yu's existence that the Hornets ended the first quarter and did not lag behind their opponents by too many points at the end of the second quarter.

"In the first and second quarters, the Hornets can be said to rely on Zhong Yu's scoring to barely support it." Bill Walton concluded: "If Zhong Yu feels bad today, it is difficult for the Hornets to have a chance."

Hubie Brown also said: "Zhong Yu can always make the whole team not lose because of him at such critical moments. As long as his touch can continue to be like this, then today's Magic team still has a little bit to win. difficult."

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The first half of the game came to an end, and the atmosphere in the locker room was a little dull.

They are still behind their opponents now, and if it weren't for Zhong Yu's ability to make shots at critical moments, the Hornets would be very dangerous today.

Paul also felt that he really couldn't perform at a normal level today. Fortunately, Zhong Yu kept scoring and helped the Hornets to tighten the score.Paul's main contribution was only when he was playing against West with a substitute.

Zhong Yu is already dripping with sweat. Although he is still a long time away from being weak, his physical strength is not very good.

"In the second half, strengthen passing." Scott said from the side: "Zhong Yu, you should try to find an open shot, Chris, you need to increase your breakthrough."

Scott was setting up the play, and the other players listened attentively.

The decisive battle is in the next second half!
It is conceivable that this will be the most difficult battle since the finals, and the Magic will still fight back with all their strength to prevent the Hornets from having a chance to turn around.

(End of this chapter)