Chapter 148: The First Round of Fighting the Hornets (2)

In '02, the Charlotte Hornets moved to the city of New Orleans to become the New Orleans Hornets, and at the same time, the league agreed to Charlotte forming a new team, promising that they would be able to participate in the NBA2004-05 season, which is the next season. The name of the new team formed by Pen, Fun and Court www.biquge.info was also voted by fans as early as last year, and it is called Bobcats.

The league has confirmed that the Bobcats will have an expanded draft on June 22, when the other 29 teams in the league will protect up to eight players from their teams, and the rest may be picked by the new Bobcats.

At this time, the Hornets, who are in New Orleans and participate in the regular season as a team in the East, are also very likely to be the last year to become an Eastern team.

The Hornets' starters, point guard is All-Star caliber Byron Davis, shooting guard is David Wesley, small forward George Lynch, power forward PJ Brown, and center Jamal Magloyer.

On the Heat's side are Wade, Eddie Jones, Caron Butler, Lamar Odom and Brian Grant.

The two sides stood side by side on either side of the center circle, looking coldly at each other's opponents.

Off the field, on the bench.

As soon as Yang Di sat down, he heard what seemed to be some familiar shouts behind him.

He turned his head to look, and in the position behind the two rows, he saw the beautiful and beautiful Nancy, and the equally charming female colleague sitting next to her, Nancy saw him turn his head, and immediately waved his little hand.

Yang Di smiled and showed his eight white teeth, and also waved at the two of them.

"She said hello to us, buddy, wow, this girl looks so good!" Michael Curry exclaimed, his mouth open, and he almost didn't drool.

Yang Di's face darkened, and he turned his head over, "Watch the game, Michael." ”

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Wade and the others were obviously very stiff, and in the cheering of the home team, their expressions couldn't be done, their pupils were dilated, and they obviously shrank when attacking.

On the contrary, the Hornets are a traditional powerhouse, and Byron Davis is in the playoffs for the fifth season, and he is more calm and indifferent than these young players of the Heat, as if this monstrous noise has no effect on him.

Wade is the main defense against Davis, and the two of them are very physical, and the confrontation is full of highlights.

After halftime, the Hornets led the Heat by six points 13-7.

Van Gundy beckoned to Yang Di, who stood up and walked to Van Gundy's side.

Stan Van Gundy pointed to the situation on the court and said to Yang Di: "Young, the Hornets' two interior rebounding abilities are very strong, Jamal Magloyle was selected as an All-Star this year Needless to say, PJ Brown has always been known for being good at rushing to grab frontcourt rebounds, and now you should see the situation on the court, Dwyann and others have a bad hand, and the scramble for rebounds is particularly critical, I hope to replace you on the court, not only to protect the backcourt rebounds, but also to impact the Hornets' frontcourt rebounds, do you have the confidence to do it?" ”

"No problem, Coach." Yang Di nodded, he was only slightly surprised, he didn't expect that in the playoffs, Stan actually replaced him in advance, wasn't he worried that he was also nervous?

But Yang Di thought about it, too, no matter how nervous he is, he doesn't have to dribble and shoot, just do defense and rebounding, it doesn't matter.

"Toot ~"

The whistle sounded, and Yang Di changed to the field.

Time: 5 minutes 03 seconds.

Score: The Heat trailed the Hornets by six points 9-15.

Yang Di is still in the center forward position, and the opponent's 2.11-meter Magroyl weighs 117 kilograms, and Yang Di is a relatively lightweight player.

The Heat quickly set up a formation, Wade passed the frontcourt, and the outside line frequently guided the ball.

"Pick-and-roll!"

Yang Di shook off the entangled Magloyer and walked outside the three-point line to block Wade, and Byron Davis hit sideways like a crazy little steel cannon.

The two of them "banged", and a huge sound came from the place of contact, and they each snorted.

Davis quickly adjusted and ran over Jandy's side, and Margloyle on the other side reached out to delay Wade's dribble, but the blocking effect did not come out, and Byron Davis still caught up with Wade.

Yang Di wanted to go down, but Magloyer moved sideways with a broken step, and then secretly dragged Yang Di's clothes with his big hand, and the two of them pulled together into the inner line, but for Yang Di at this time, there was no particularly good opportunity.

"This strength referee doesn't blow?" When Youngdy got inside, he found Wade not risking the pass, and then went out of the paint area.

Wade passed to Butler in the bottom corner, and Caron Butler took a deep breath and threw the ball with his feet, and the standard Lynch posture that defended him almost covered the palm of his hand.

"Bang~"

At such an intensity, most of the shots were out of the frame, and Magloyer opened his hands, and he knew that Yang Di was behind him without looking at anyone, and his waist sank, and he stuck Yang Di on the outside of the paint area.

PJ Brown on the inside took the ball a little and gave it to Byron Davis, who was standing on the side.

"!" Yang Di stepped back and didn't have a chance to grab the rebound in the front court, feeling a little unhappy.

Byron Davis advanced with the ball, the Heat's retreat was fast, and he was not in a hurry to attack, waiting for his teammates to come over outside the three-point line, then reaching out to beckon his teammates to run and giving the ball to George Lynch on the wing.

Davis took advantage of the cover of the interior players to catch the ball from the three-point line.

A little to the left of the top of the arc, Davis dribbled and strode to the right, shook off Wade's defense, and Lynch cut in the bottom corner, Davis looked at Yang Di who pounced, showing a disdainful smile.

"Don't look at the ball on the ground!"

All eyes were drawn to Byron Davis's turn, only the Heat head coach on the side, Stan Van Gundy, saw Byron Davis' bold and subtle pass!

George Lynch "rubbed" the ground, stepped on the line in the three-second zone, and jumped up, gliding through the air like an eagle.

George Lynch, a 34-year-old veteran of the league, is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 99 kilograms, and he is also the steal record holder at the University of North Carolina.

"Hold them!" Byron Davis roared and looked excitedly at Lynch's raised left hand as he grabbed the basketball with one hand.

Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the side.

No. 8 creeps in from the side, like a wolf that sees its prey, slowly accelerating, and then suddenly stepping on the floor, silently, but at the most critical moment, he is present on Lynch's side.

Lynch saw Yang Di, the man who covered Carter's dunk head-on, Rao is that he has seen strong winds and waves, and his heart is also panicked, his heart beats suddenly, and his reaction is half a beat slower.

"Smack!"

Yang Di slapped the basketball with his hand first, and then castrated unabated, covering the rebound with one palm.

Excellent defensive awareness, amazing bounce power, wonderful chase block!