The Hornets were excellent on the inside, and Bry Knight began to give more basketball to Artest.

Today, the beast has a great advantage in position, and Peja's defensive ability at the peak is barely at the midstream level, and now he is injured and old, no matter how he looks at it, he is a soft egg, and he is the best target for bullying.

Peja was helpless in the face of Artest, who was the hard bridge and hard horse, and could only rely on the help of his teammates to barely support him.

The first quarter was 64 minutes and the Clippers led by two points

All four of the Hornets' points were scored by Chris Paul alone.

Paul knows that it can't go on like this, the last time he broke into the interior line, he almost took Ji Guosha's big hat, the Clippers twins are getting tighter and tighter on him, and it will be more and more difficult to continue to play hard, and sooner or later he will be capped.

The Hornets started to block and pick and roll this time, and the blocking and pick-and-roll combination of Paul and West is not as famous in the league as Nash and Smalls, but just look at their second-place record in the West, it is definitely not easy to deal with.

After Ji Guoyi blocked and dismantled the opponent, he did not delay Chris Paul, who was more threatening, Xiao Zheng handed over to his brother Ji Guoqiu to make up for the defense on the inside, he wanted to focus all his attention on West, this guy's mid-range shot was better than Xiao Si.

Paul was blocked by Ji Guoyi from the passing line, and after blocking and dismantling, he could only hold the ball to attack, and the queen bee burst to the free throw line and did not continue to go deeper, and stopped and stepped back to shoot a jumper, and hit a ball again before Ji Guoqiu made up the defense.

"It's not going to go on like this, I can't go in every time."

Chris Paul scored six points in a row, much to the excitement of the Hornets fans in front of the television. But Queen Bee knows that this is not a good thing, her teammates have no chance, and she can't win the game on his own.

"Run, don't stand."

Paul said nothing about the team, and anything he felt dissatisfied with would be raised directly with his teammates, and no one dared to disobey it in the Hornets.

The Clippers attacked, Bry Knight dribbled to the frontcourt, and also played a block with Ji Guoqiu, and after breaking through, he handed the ball to the panda brother who pulled it to the wing.

The younger brother Ji Guoyi quickly inserted into the basket on the weak side, and David West, who was defending him, did not lose position, followed closely to his side, and looked like there was no room to pass the ball.

Under normal circumstances, Ji Guoyi's weak-side cut should not be a threat this time, and the passing line has been blocked by West.

But everyone didn't expect that his brother Ji Guoqiu still passed the basketball in this situation.

At the same time that Ji Guoqiu passed the basketball out, his younger brother Ji Guoqiu suddenly hit West with his body, causing the latter to stiffen for a moment. is such an ordinary physical confrontation, the two brothers actually made something out of nothing, creating a fleeting opportunity to catch the ball.

The basketball passed through the crowd and went straight to Ji Guoyi's hand under the basket.

David West was so uncomfortable at this time that he had already followed the defense in place and sealed the passing space. But at the moment when he felt the most awkward, the basketball passed from the crowd. His palm was less than 10cm away from stopping the basketball at this moment, but it was such a distance within reach, but it seemed so unreachable at this time, he could only watch Ji Guoyi get the basketball and use a layup that couldn't be easier to get two points.

"Staples Arena" boiled instantly, and Clippers fans once again saw the two brothers' exquisite passing cooperation, this kind of pass is dangerous, there is only a thin line between turnovers and assists, but after success, it is the most adrenal stimulation of fans.

Charles Barkley applauded: "Acrobatic passing! I love watching passes like this, but it's better for my twin brother not to take any more risks, and next time it's probably a mistake. ”

Kenny Smith laughed: "This kind of ball can only be seen in twin brothers at the moment, and I think they are the only ones in the entire NBA who have this kind of tacit cooperation." Look at that ball, it was less than ten centimeters away from West's palm, and it didn't make a mistake, it's incredible! ”

The Hornets continued to play pick-and-rolls on the offensive end, and this time David West cut outside after the pick-and-roll, received a pass from Paul on the wing, and had a one-on-one chance with Ji.

David West directly made a mid-range shooting pose, and Ji Guoyi hurriedly stepped forward to block. West deceived the opponent, immediately collected the ball and broke through, used excellent footwork to quickly kill the basket, jumped before Ji Guoqiu's defense, and scored two points with a simple one-handed dunk.

Ji Guoqiu closed the block under the basket at the last moment, but he was still a beat slower, and quickly made a judgment in his heart, knowing that forcibly blocking eighty percent would end in a foul.

"My bad, next time I'll pay attention to his breakthrough." Ji Guoyi hurriedly said in his heart.

The next time the Clippers attacked, Bligh handed the basketball to Ji Guoyi and asked him to single out David West.

Ji Guoqiu held the ball with his back on the wing, leaned back first, and then passed the basketball in front of West's invisible position to Ji Guoqiu at the free throw line covertly, and quickly turned around and cut into the basket......

Ji Guoqiu received the basketball, did not stop, and immediately threw the basketball towards the basket, which was an aerial relay between the two brothers.

Chandler and West knew it wasn't good, and they immediately turned around and rushed to the basket.

Ji Guoyi took advantage of his faster speed, ran to the basket first, quickly jumped up and caught the basketball in the air, and slammed the basketball into the basket with a strong "bang"!

Clippers fans are ** again, Taylor Swift on the sidelines and the Clippers fans around him stood up and cheered for Ji Guo's shameful slam dunk!

Barkley added fuel to the fire in the live broadcast room: "The twin brother is 6-foot-11 but has good bounce and agility, he will go straight to the basket no matter what kind of defender he faces, and his 15-22 foot jump shot is also very accurate, and it is difficult to mark the big one." ”

With 7 minutes and 30 seconds to go into the first quarter and a score of 108, the Hornets called a timeout first.

Hornets head coach Byron Scott is unhappy with the team's interior defense, and the two rookies have already scored six points on their heads, and the two twins must be restrained.

"Tyson, David, when you get back on the pitch, you switch defenses. Offensively, we need to increase our off-ball running on the perimeter. Peja, the beast you're dealing with is powerful, but he's also clumsy, and I'm sure you can find a way to get rid of him. ”

After the timeout, Peja took advantage of West's off-ball cover to run into a gap and then received a clever pass from Paul and hit a flank ball.

The elder Dunleavy was also thinking at this time, should the defensive end let Artest and Posey exchange defensive targets?

Offensively, Artest can bully Peja, but on the other hand, he is not fast enough on the defensive end, and it is easy for opponents to take advantage of his weaknesses.

Before he could think about it, the Hornets defense had already swapped the two interior defenders first.

Ji received the ball on the flank, his defender became David West, and Ji Guoqiu followed Tyson Chandler next to him.

Dunleavy Sr. immediately laughed when he saw the Hornets' defensive setup. On the court, Ji Guoqiu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately passed the basketball to Artest, and he and his younger brother moved outward to pull the defense and empty the Hornets inside.

"Although the two brothers have scored a few points in a row, our offensive focus is still Artest, what is the use of exchanging the twins' opposing defenders?" Old Dunleavy snickered in his heart, secretly lamenting that Scott was still young.

Scott soon discovered that using Tyson Chandler to defend Ji was a bad move, and their interior became more empty, with the fox roaming the perimeter all the time, Chandler moving away from the basket, and the team's interior deterrence gone.

Artest successfully beat Peja, Scott's cold face still had no expression, called Peja on the sidelines, and said directly: "You go to defend the twin brother, let David defend Artest, Tyson re-aligns the twin brother, and the arrangement of the last timeout is invalid." ”

Peja nodded, indicating understanding.

Few NBA coaches are quick to overturn their setup, but Coach Scott did it with a blank face and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

On the offensive end of the Hornets, Chris Paul drew Posey to the basket and threw the basketball to Maurice Pieters, who was ambushed in the corner, who caught the ball and hit the bottom corner with a quick shot.

Old Dunleavy was still laughing at the opponent's defensive arrangement just now, and he couldn't laugh anymore now.

The Clippers attacked, and Ji Guoyan wondered very much, what kind of defensive arrangement did the Hornets have today, and how could it change in a while?

Now the defender in front of him has become Peja again, and in less than half a quarter his defender has changed again.

Artest received the basketball again, and David West defended him.

The twins continued to pull out, pulling the opponent's defensive strength and giving Artest a chance to play one-on-one.

Artest is not stupid, seeing his defender replaced by West, he knew that he might not be able to take advantage of it with his body hard, so he immediately chose to break through the frame.

West stepped on defense, Artest burst into the box with the ball, Chandler hit the basket at this time, and the Hornets trapped the beast in the second zone at the same time.

Artest is now in the same trouble as West at the beginning, being blocked in the second zone and unable to pass the ball, although he knew that there must be a vacancy for the pass to Ji Guoqiu, but Chandler blocked the passing line with a pair of long arms.

"Toot!" The referee silently counted in his heart and immediately blew the whistle in his mouth.

Artest didn't choose to force the pass, preferring to get a three-second violation under the basket, at least to do so without giving the opponent a chance to counterattack.

The Clippers didn't make it this time, but they still didn't give up on playing Artest.

David Wesley has plenty of strength, but his footwork is still a lot worse than Artest in the swingman position, and the beast can make a strong chance in the face frame.

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