Defending champion

Chapter 24 Stunning the audience
The first quarter is over.

Byron Scott is still very satisfied with Jack's performance.

When Jack returned to the bench, Byron stepped forward and patted Jack on the head, encouraging him: "Young man did a good job, keep working hard!"

It can be said that the Hornets were not led by the Heat to more than double digits in the first quarter, and Jack's defense and rebounds played a decisive role.

"Man, you should be like this, play your own rhythm, don't be dragged by them. We need to use speed to wear him down. We are still 7 points behind, we can catch up quickly by playing slowly Yes, we want me to play with our rhythm. Paul, you have to control the rhythm of the field, break through more points, create opportunities for the outside line. And play more pick-and-rolls. Jack, you must continue to protect the rebounds and the penalty area .Smith take a break first, Mason on. You have to defend their inside line for me, as long as the inside line gets the ball, double-team immediately.” Byron had just finished his last word, and the whistle to continue the game was immediately heard. It rang.

"Okay, let's get on the field! Play hard and play at your own pace." Byron said to the players with a smile.

All the soldiers of the Hornets nodded, and the players on the court walked straight to the court.

Because of Jack's outstanding performance in the first quarter, Byron decided to put him on the court.Jack is naturally very happy to be able to stay on the field.It shows that Byron still recognized his performance in the first quarter.

Chris Paul walked over to Jack, put his hand on Jack's shoulder, and put it in Jack's ear: "Man, we need to play more pick-and-rolls to break their defense. We need to rely on pick-and-rolls to break their inside defense. Etc. If you come to block someone for me, as soon as you are open, the ball will be in your hands immediately."

Seeing that Paul would come to find him, Jack felt flattered.It was like a dream for Jack.Paul would even designate himself to play a pick-and-roll with him.This world is really incredible.

After listening to Paul's instructions, Jack nodded to express his understanding.Being able to gain Paul's trust, Jack's heart was as sweet as drinking honey.There is an urge to do something big.

After Paul finished speaking, he patted Jack on the back and walked away.

Seeing that Jack can still stay on the court, and can gain the trust of the team leader Chris Paul.Among them, the most depressed one is of course "Birdman" Anderson, whose resentment towards Jack has increased a bit, holding a towel on the bench, and angrily said to the towel in his hand: "That dead rookie, what medicine did you take today?" .” And he tore the towel tightly into a ball.

There was spark in his eyes, but the more he looked like this, the better Jack performed on the field.

The second quarter begins.

Mourning tried to beat Jack at this point.The Heat's players also cooperated very well to pass the ball to Mourning inside and singled out Jack.

Before the game, Jack had a good study of Mourning's technical characteristics in the virtual space.The old Mourning still has some difficulties in wanting to eat Jack alone.

After all, Mourning is old, and his footsteps are not as good as before.If Mourning singles Jack in this kind of rookie, experience still has a very big advantage.

Mourning, who was at the basket, received a pass from Williams with his back.After receiving the ball, Mourning immediately turned to face Jack.

Even though, he is already very familiar with Mourning's offensive routines.However, Jack still didn't dare to be careless in the slightest. He raised his hands high and kept interfering with Mourning in front of him to prevent him from directly making jump shots.

Mourning first faked a shot, but Jack wasn't shaken.

"Hmph, do you think I'm stupid after being cheated so many times?" Jack cursed in his heart.

When he singled out Mourning in the virtual space, he was fooled by this trick countless times.Jack had already developed an antibody to his move.

Seeing that Jack didn't hesitate, Mourning couldn't help being more optimistic about Jack, a fluffy young man, "Since you can't be fooled by such realistic fake moves, he seems to be an unusual rookie? You have to be careful Just do it."

Of course Jack didn't know what Mourning was thinking in his heart.

Seeing that Jack was not eating, Mourning stopped the ball and hurriedly passed the ball to the outside to make adjustments.

The ball was handed over to Wade, and Wade saw that there was not much time left.He directly chose to resolve the battle by himself.

As soon as he got the ball, Wade lowered his center of gravity so low that Mason's interception had no effect at all.At this time, the left foot has already been activated, and the eyes do not forget to observe the situation on the field all the time.

Bending, kneeling, kicking all these actions are done in one go.Wade's first step is very fast, unmatched in the league, worthy of the title of Flash.

The defensive Mason didn't know where he was thrown at this time.

Wade completely tore up the Hornets' inside defense.

Seeing the situation is very bad.Jack hurried over to defend, how could he allow Wade to score so easily?
"Don't even think about it!" Jack yelled at the basket, quickly made up his defense, and jumped up to intercept Wade in the air.

Obviously, Wade is still very afraid of Jack's defense. Wade, who has already jumped into the air, glides from left to right in the air, trying to avoid Jack's block.Wade wants to rely on his super ability to stay in the air to avoid this block.

However, what he didn't expect was that the ability of the big man behind him to stay in the air was also very powerful, rivaling what he had.

Wade and Jack seem to be dancing in the air.The two of them seemed to have stopped in the air at the same time.

In the end, Wade, who was the first to take off, suffered a disadvantage.Wade still couldn't escape Jack's Tathagata palm.

Jack successfully blocked Wade's breakthrough in the air.

The referee's whistle did not sound, but the 24-second attack time had come.

The Hornets defended successfully.

Seeing Jack stop Wade, the audience at the stadium felt very upset.The crowd booed Jack.

"shit, go back to your new orleans."

"You are not welcome here."

"Wade, Wade, Wade..."

The fans at the scene were very upset about Jack's blocking of Wade and began to curse Jack.

Jack's stunning performance has attracted the attention of Pat Riley, the Heat's head coach. "When did the Hornets get such a No. [-] player. The defense inside is much stronger!"

Then he asked the assistant coach next to him: "Who is that No. 33? Is there any information about him? Why haven't you heard of him before the game?"

"Well, I don't know when the Hornets will come out with such a big man."

"Then why are you still standing there? Go check it out?" Riley was very dissatisfied with the attitude of his subordinates.He continued to growl: "Why does the team support you? You can't do this well."

Byron Scott, who was on the bench, applauded Jack very excitedly, and shouted loudly to the Hornets in the field: "Good, very good, come on, come on, come on, come on, go fast."

Paul received the pass from Jack and quickly handed over to Mason who had already reached the basket.Mason didn't forget to put on a good show, and made a vent-style hack.The Hornets approached the score to 5 points again.

The boos of the fans on the scene against the Hornets were even louder.

Heat attack.

The Heat's offense once appeared and stagnated, and the fans at the scene collectively shouted:

"Letgo, heat! Letgo, heat! Letgo, heat!..." cheer for his home team.

The shouts were enough to burst the eardrums of the Hornet soldiers.

(End of this chapter)