Hornets' fans see hope, and Paul's outstanding play can be called "sacred".

"It's simply São Paulo!"

Barkley praised Paul's play, and in the first quarter, the Hornets were relieved to just two points behind the Warriors at 22-24 under Paul's various individual abilities.

However, the performance of the Warriors in the second half was average, and Yang Di failed to shoot the goal, and the score fell into anxiety.

But the Warriors' frontcourt rebounds were still very fierce, Yang Di and Chandler grabbed a total of 5 frontcourt rebounds in the first quarter, while the Hornets only picked up 1 frontcourt rebound as a team.

Looking at the bench lineup, the Warriors are also much stronger.

The Hornets have players such as Janero Pugo and Bunch Wells as the core of the second team, of which Janeelo Pugo is the most stable and powerful player in the current Hornets bench lineup, but he is also a point guard, with a height of only 1.85 meters and Paul overlapping, which means that the main force of the Hornets will definitely play for a long time.

Byron Scott himself didn't believe that the bench could match the strong scoring points of the Warriors such as Monta Ellis and David Lee, so it didn't take long in the second quarter to replace the bench early.

Paul can get a little more rest, and Janero Pargo can go a little longer.

On the Warriors' side, Yang Di also played early, and on the court, Monta Ellis, Trevor Ariza, Grant Hill and David Lee were waiting for him.

With Beedrins substituted, the lad was a little depressed, and he felt like he could play for a while.

After Yang Di came on the field, Grant Hill commanded Ruoding, beckoned Yang Di to come out to block and dismantle, and then handed Yang Di a look, Yang Di knew in his heart, and immediately withdrew the moment he pretended to block and dismantle.

This counter-run but with great speed and cadence was so fast that Hilton Armstrong, the young center who defended him, simply didn't have time to react. Grant Hill sent the ball straight into the air, and Youngdy received the ball in the air, landed and turned to dribble sideways, hitting the Hornets' weak defensive penalty area.

Julian White is a substitute power forward for the Hornets, a rookie this year, and he was already in a panic stage.

The distance of Yang Di's dunk was not enough, and after no one blocked him, his raised arm in the air went down, shook slightly, and his five-fingered fingers were opened, barely catching the basket.

"Bang!"

The body in the air maintains balance and lands steadily.

The basket was affected by his tremendous force, but it was still shaken by the dunk.

The crowd cheered and raised their arms in celebration, and Yang Di's dunk was a regular show for the Warriors, one of the Oakland area repertoire for many years, and it appeared almost every night, but the fans still enjoyed it and expected to see Yang Di complete various dunks.

Byron Scott hesitated for less than a second and reached out to beckon David West to get up and ready to put West on the court.

No way, the Hornets performed well in the regular season, and it looks like the lineup is okay, but in the playoffs, a lot of problems have been completely exposed, the Warriors are too strong, and there are too many people who can play.

West shook his head, he had only rested for a few minutes, and he was about to face the man who was like a beast in the wilderness.

"Is Yang Di really an earthling?"

Barkley also felt strange that Yang Di's talent was too good, especially after entering the league, "has been growing in reverse, in addition to height and weight, Yang Di's various abilities are improving, such as physical talents, including strength, jumping, Yang Di is getting stronger and stronger, and he has also mastered the ability to shoot, pass, and various abilities, and he is not like an earthling." ”

"They all belong to the alien family, Yang Di, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, ......."

Kenny Smith laughed.

On the court, Yang Di was very active after seeing David West on the court, and after falling to the low post, David Lee could open up space, and the paint area of the entire court was handed over to Yang Di.

Yang Di singled out David West.

At the end of the regular season, Yang Di had a lot less heads-up, but in the playoffs, as in last season, Yang Di kept chiseling others in the low post.

At his peak, Michael Jordan, Olajuwon, O'Neal, all the kind of players who are known to have extraordinary court dominance, like to use low-post back-to-back skills to score, and they are almost invincible in heads-up.

David West seemed to be a little shorter than Yang Di, Yang Di turned around, grabbed the ground with the soles of his feet, and as soon as he raised his hand, West was shaken and flew up.

Then Yang Di strode to the middle and jumped into the middle, reaching out, and the basketball fell into the basket.

Excellent and solid footwork under the basket and feint assist, even a player like David West, who is good defensively, is shaken and dizzy.

Two rounds later, Yang Di singled West in the low post.

Yang Di leaned his back twice, suddenly turned around and walked to the bottom line, pretending to hit the basket, and suddenly withdrew another step, and the whole person withdrew his jump shot from the middle distance, and the basketball hollowed into the net.

David West shrank too much this time, and the defensive end was still led by Yang Di.

Yi Jianlian also appeared at this time, and the Hornets' starters basically returned, and the Warriors ended their bench rotation first.

Montgomery was not in a hurry, and only after more than half of the second quarter did he replace all the main players, including Byron Davis, Ray Allen and others.

The playoffs and the regular season are also slightly different.

Especially in terms of arrangement, in response to the weak interior of the Hornets, Montgomery led the echelon players in the second quarter with Yang Di to lead the team, while Byron and Ray Allen formed a lineup.

After Yang Di staggered, he reappeared in the second half of the second quarter, still maintaining full physical strength.

The Hornets unwittingly trailed the Warriors by 10 points in this rotational kung fu gear, and at halftime, the Hornets trailed the Warriors 45-56.

Paul is still the best player, but he clearly feels a little inadequate.

At the beginning of the second half, Sao Paulo still had a good and even explosive play, hitting consecutive three-pointers to keep the Hornets apart, and threading the needle to deliver cannonballs to Yi Jian United and West.

Yi Jianlian hit his first three-pointer of the game, and in the third quarter, role players like the Hornets also opened.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hornets trailed the Warriors by nine points, 71-80.

But the Hornets have too many hidden dangers inside, after three quarters, David West has been burdened with 4 fouls, Yi Jian United also has 3 fouls, and the long appearance has led to the overstretched rotation of the interior line, and the probability of players fouling is also greater, and it is difficult not to make mistakes in the face of players like Yang Di.

The Warriors and Hornets took completely different tactics in this game, one attacking the interior and the other breaking through the perimeter.