The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 310 Ghost Hand
Between this time and again, the Hornets not only failed to score, but were counterattacked by the Blazers. After returning from the timeout, they lost another five points.

Faced with this situation, the head coach of the Hornets quickly called a timeout. Now the Blazers have led by 8 points. If this momentum continues, the Blazers may take the game away in one wave.

"Xue, you did a good job. The ball you defended against Chris just now was really beautiful. You just know that I was stunned when I saw Chris off the court. No one thought that you could actually block Chris from holding the ball." " Fernandez, who was on the bench, patted Xue Ding on the shoulder and couldn't help but praise.

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"The pace of the game just now was too fast. Now let's watch Xue Ding's block through the replay." In the CCTV studio, Yang Rui stared at the replay screen and said.

"Yes, look at this ball. Xue Ding has already been thrown away by Paul. It stands to reason that this kind of ball is a must for Paul. Unexpectedly, look, this ball is still in the air. When he hit the ball, Xue Ding had already jumped up, and with his long arms, he was about to touch the ball as soon as he reached out after jumping up." Director Zhang looked at the playback screen, and couldn't help admiring while analyzing it.

"Xue Ding's ball really showed his talent to the fullest. If it was a different defender, it is very likely that the ball would have been passed by Paul, but Xue Ding chose to chase back and block the shot. It's really good. .”

"Yes, it is precisely because Xue Ding fights for every ball and does not give up easily that he has carried the Trail Blazers full of injuries all the way to the present. I believe that if he is honed again, Xue Ding will definitely achieve great achievements in the future." Director Zhang said.

At this time, the replay of Xue Ding's goal on CCTV's broadcast screen changed to Xue Ding's personal highlights.

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"Chris, calm down, we have to play more calmly, the first quarter is not over yet, we still have a chance." The head coach of the Hornets saw Paul's eagerness to take the lead in the opening stage. .

But it is obvious that the effect is not very good. At this time, I have to ask Paul to stabilize first and not to worry.

After returning from the timeout, the Hornets quickly made adjustments, and Paul was no longer eager to equalize the game, but began to organize the team's offense in an orderly manner, trying to make the team reach the best state.

In the first quarter of the game, when the main players of both sides were on the court, except for the Trail Blazers who took a certain lead in the opening stage, after the Hornets adjusted, the two sides played back and forth, and the point difference did not further widen.

With more than a minute left in the first quarter, in order to ensure the health of the main players and avoid injury problems, Pritchard directly replaced all the main players of the team.

But during the period when the main players of the Blazers were replaced, Paul seized the opportunity to lead the Hornets to beat the Blazers 6-0, chasing the score to 27-25.

The poor performance of the substitute players made the head coach extremely dissatisfied, but now he has no other way.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Blazers still rested most of the main players off the court, and only sent Batum to lead the bench against the Hornets.

On the Hornets side, West and Collison are playing with a substitute.

Nearly 3 minutes into the second quarter, Collison and West scored eight points for the Hornets, while only Batum hit a three-pointer at the beginning of the game for the Blazers. Trebo made one of two free throws and scored four points.

When Xue Ding and other main players returned to the court, the score had reached 31 to 33, and the Blazers were two points behind.

Seeing that the Blazers were on the main team, the head coach of the Hornets quickly replaced Paul and other main players on the court.

Before playing, the Hornets coach said to Paul: "Chris, we are leading now, keep this rhythm."

Paul nodded at the head coach.

Paul, who returned to the court, did exactly what the head coach told him. He was not in a hurry to attack, but was pressing the rhythm to find the best offensive opportunity.

Most of the time in the second quarter was that the two sides conducted their own offensive and defensive drills in the opposing half. The two teams suddenly fought a positional battle, and the scoring efficiency was not very high.

With 1 minute and 18 seconds left in the second quarter, the score between the two sides was 47 to 48, and the game seemed very stalemate.

The Hornets had possession of the ball. Paul held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Stojkovic naturally came over to cover the pick-and-roll for Paul. Paul used the cover to go directly to the right side to bypass Chandler's defense.

Then he rushed into the penalty area in small steps, facing Blake's defense, directly hit the big one, made a mid-range fadeaway jumper, and hit!
47 is better than 50
Blake quickly sent the baseline ball to Roy. Roy dribbled the ball across the half court. Facing Collison, the two first fought for a while near the center line.

Roy pushed the ball beyond the three-point line alone, Chandler came to cover, Roy tried to make a shot through the screen, but West suddenly knocked the ball away from the right!

West quickly got the ball and quickly played it off, and Paul, who had been observing the situation on the court, quickly followed suit.

At this time, in the Blazers' half, only Xue Ding quickly returned to the defense, and the Hornets formed a one-on-two situation.

Facing two offensive players, Lu Yi has always maintained his defensive focus towards Paul.

At this time, the ball is in the hands of Collison.

Faced with this situation, Xue Ding is very aware of Paul's tactical position in the Hornets, so as long as a suitable opportunity arises, Collison will definitely pass the ball to Paul.

Xue Ding's defensive focus was always on Paul, but his eyes were fixed on Collison, and he tried to take the ball out of Collison's hand.

In the first two trials, Collison didn't hit the ball, and the two advanced very quickly, and they quickly advanced to the free throw line.

At this time, Xue Ding stretched out his hand to Collison again.

And Collison also noticed this, the previous two times Xue Ding failed to take the ball out of his hands, this time Xue Ding came again, Collison naturally knew that Xue Ding, who was retreating, was paying attention to him at this time body.

Then he deftly stuffed the ball to Paul, and Paul was ready to throw it directly after getting the ball!
However, Xue Ding's outstretched hand was not really aimed at Collison, but towards Paul!

When Paul received the ball and was about to make a layup, Xue Ding also covered the ball with his palm.

Before Paul even had time to make a shot, Xue Ding directly snatched the ball from Paul.

Seeing this scene, the audience was stunned!

(End of this chapter)