The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 308 Against Queen Bee Paul
After shopping with Yaya, Xue Ding didn't think his feet were his when he got home, and he lay down on the sofa as soon as he got home.

"Honey, are you tired today?" Seeing Xue Ding lying on the bed, Yaya asked softly.

"Honey, how could I be tired? Don't say that today is just a day of shopping, even if you go shopping for another night, your husband's physical strength is fine." Xue Ding quickly sat up and said.

Although his body was very tired, Xue Ding would not be willing to express his weakness directly. After all, he is also a professional basketball player.

Hearing Xue Ding's words, and seeing his stubborn expression, Yaya pouted and smiled, her husband is a confident person, he wants to save face, and his performance today is already very good.

Xue's father and Xue's mother couldn't help being envious when they saw the sweet and doting look of the two at the side. Xue's mother asked, "Xiao Ding, what did you and Yaya buy when you went out today, and you have been shopping all day."

"Mom, Yaya and I just went shopping in the mall for a day and bought some things. Yaya took me to customize a suit for me, but I have to wait until a week later to try on samples. Two It takes weeks to get it." Xue Ding said.

"That's right. Look at how many years you've been wearing those sets of clothes. It's right for Yaya to buy you a suit." Hearing this, Mother Xue also echoed.

"That's right, Mom, when I said I bought him clothes, he thought they were too expensive and didn't want them." Seeing that her mother was also on her side, Yaya suddenly acted coquettishly in front of Xue Ding.

"Haha, he has been like that since he was a child, and he said no..."

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After a short day's rest, the Blazers ushered in the challenge of the New Orleans Hornets at home. In the past few years, under the leadership of Paul, the Hornets have been able to reach the playoffs in the Western Conference almost every year, but they have been delayed. Can't make a breakthrough in the playoffs. Although they have entered the playoffs for several years in a row, they have never played in the Western Conference Finals.

This season, due to Paul's absence for a period of time, the record of the Hornets has declined, and the record of the Hornets has only improved after Paul's comeback.

But it has been hovering outside the playoffs. With the last few games left in the regular season, Paul's Hornets will undoubtedly try their best to win and make it to the playoffs.

In the Rose Garden Arena, the home spectators have already entered the arena, and the stadium is full of seats.

Before the game, Xue Ding accepted a brief interview in the player tunnel.

"Xue Ding, the competition for the playoffs is becoming more and more fierce. After defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in the last game, the Blazers are currently in a relatively ideal position. However, after the game, Aldridge was determined to be reimbursed for the season. The strength of the team must have a certain impact. The Hornets led by Chris Paul are a guest at the Rose Garden Arena in this game. Obviously, they are here to take away a victory. You are confident in winning this game Is it?" a female reporter from Tencent asked.

"Of course I am confident. This is our home game. No matter who the opponent is, we will not let go of a victory easily." Xue Ding replied.

Then he walked back to the locker room to prepare before entering the field.

In this game, due to Alder's reimbursement for the season, the head coach replaced Alder in the starting lineup with Steve Blake, and the other four starters remained unchanged.

On the Hornets side, David West, Peja Stojkovic, Emeka Okafor, Darren Collison, Chris Paul's starting lineup , This is the Hornets' strongest starting lineup.

Near the middle circle, Okafor and Blake prepare to jump the ball.

The referee blows his whistle.

Okafor jumped to the ball and gave it to Chris Paul in the backcourt.

Paul advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, took the position at the top of the arc and began to direct his teammates to run.

Paul is a typical traditional point guard. When the ball is in his hands, he always thinks first about how to let his teammates score and how to let his team take the lead.

Therefore, before the start of the game, the Blazers made targeted arrangements for Paul, that is, try their best to cut off the connection between him and his teammates, that is, cut off Paul's passing route.

Therefore, when Paul gets the ball, the other four of the Hornets are always followed by a defender who keeps interfering with the line of receiving the ball.

After Paul controlled the ball at the top of the arc for a while, he saw that his teammates couldn't run out of the point guard, so he had to take the ball to the left sideline.

As the key target to mark, the task of defending Paul naturally fell to Xue Ding.

Seeing Paul dribbling and trying to go to the sideline, Xue Ding, who is familiar with Paul's style of play, naturally knew what he wanted to do at this time, and then quickly followed him, getting stuck on Paul's left side.

Usually at this time, Paul would choose to walk around the baseline first, and there might be a sudden ghostly pass in the middle, so Xue Ding stood in his position early.

Seeing Xue Ding defending, Paul took the ball and tried to walk to the left twice, but failed.

At this time, there was not much left before the 24-second attack time. Paul gave up the idea of ​​slipping to the bottom line, suddenly accelerated, and broke into the penalty area from the right.

He took two steps in, made an emergency stop, and made a mid-range shot near the free throw line.

"Shh!"

Scored two points.

Although Paul had his meniscus removed after that serious injury, and his explosive power has declined compared to previous seasons, but at this time Paul was clearly aiming to win the game.

Therefore, the first attack taught Xue Ding a lesson, which surprised Xue Ding a bit.

The Blazers quickly served the baseline ball and handed it to Xue Ding, who then passed it to Batum in the frontcourt.

After receiving the ball, Batum broke through into the penalty area and scored a backhand layup.

The Hornets just scored two points, and the Blazers quickly scored one in less than 5 seconds.

On this side, Paul also wanted to return a fast break, but Stojkovic failed to catch the ball when he was going down and was blocked by the basket.

Stojkovic's ball caused the audience to laugh, and some even booed.

Blake grabbed the rebound after Stojkovic was blocked.

The long pass was passed to Xue Ding.

Xue Ding took the ball, and the Hornets had settled down early, with Paul leading the defense.

Although Paul is only 1 meters tall, as the winner of the first defense last season, he naturally took on the task of defending Xue Ding.

After Xue Ding got the ball, Paul immediately defended himself and kept making physical contact, trying to take the ball out of Xue Ding's hands. Stojkovic and Okafor were also ready to help defend at any time .

Facing the already formed three-person double-team, Xue Ding protected the ball, faced Paul, and took a tentative step.

Then he suddenly stepped back and made a three-pointer!

"The ball made a perfect arc in the air.

"Shuh!"

The ball hit the net.

(End of this chapter)