Chapter 117: Firefighters
A breakthrough by Jongwook allowed the Hornets to open the deadlock.
Although his breakthrough is not as chic as entering a no-man's land and taking the head of a general in thousands of troops, it seems that he is swimming in the cracks of people, always leaving his opponent uncapable, and this feeling does have a mutual reflection with his recent nickname, Shadow Assassin.
"Shadow Assassin! Shadow Assassin! This is the truest portrayal of him. "There were some fans who got together to watch the live TV, and now a lot of them are shouting out.
With Chung Yu's ball, Paul also found his touch next, hitting a jumper from beyond the three-point line, and the score became 42:37, and the Hornets already led the opponent by 5 points.
The Mavericks, who started with a huge start, are now five points behind the Hornets, which has to be said to be a victory for the Hornets.
And this victory, everyone knows who should be attributed mainly.
Jongwook was already physically tired after one breakthrough and then several times in defense.
In each of these playoff games, he played more than 30 minutes, and he didn't play that long in the regular season. And now, Zhong Yu has been on the court for more than 30 minutes, and it is a playoff game with frightening offensive and defensive intensity, and his physical exhaustion has accumulated to a certain extent.
Therefore, Zhong Yu also missed two shots because of serious physical exertion.
Jongwook missed, but the Hornets didn't let that put the Hornets behind because Paul started his own madness again. He threw in a three-pointer late in the second quarter and also dished out two assists.
At the end of the first half, the Hornets led their opponents by seven points at 49:42 and entered the second half.
Leaning against the door of the locker, Jongwook felt his body tired. Every cell in the body has a feeling of overtiredness. His fatigue had accumulated in these few games, and he only started to explode at the end of the season, and he was not fully adapted to the high intensity of every game.
Why did Yi Jianlian play well in the first half of the season, which made people sigh that there were successors in Chinese basketball, but then it got worse and worse and he was injured? This also has a lot to do with his physical fitness, the physical fitness is not good, the physical exertion is too much, the fatigue accumulates, the more tired he plays, the worse he plays, the worse he plays, the worse he loses confidence, the less confident he plays, the worse he gets, the more tired he gets...... This has become an unsolvable cycle of evil surnames.
Zhong Yu was originally likely to fall into Yi Jianlian's predicament at the end of the regular season, but with the increase in the area where he was unblocked, his physical fitness also continued to increase, which was a magical transformation of his body. On the other hand, he himself is also working hard to exercise his physical functions, and after the combination of the two, Zhong Yu has survived until now.
But today, although it is not a total outbreak of fatigue, Zhong Yu himself is a little unbearable. If he doesn't win against the Mavericks in this game, and another game against the Mavericks, Chung Yu will likely need to rest for a game or two to recover against the Spurs.
Although the game is important, your body is even more important, especially for a professional player, as long as you are in good health, you still have a chance.
Seeing Zhong Yu like this, everyone didn't talk to him anymore, and Scott reminded everyone that Zhong Yu needed to rest.
Scott glanced at Zhong Yu, and also at Paul, who was leaning against the locker door as if he was dying, and was also thinking in his heart: "We must kill the calf as soon as possible!" Give the players plenty of time to rest. ”
Because in the battle between the Spurs and the Suns, the Suns actually won the first two games, so now the Spurs are anxious, which means that they need to play at least 6 games to separate the victory and defeat with the Suns.
In this way, the Hornets are left with a break, and beating the Mavericks early will give the players an early break.
Zhong Yu's mind was also thinking about these things: "Physical strength problems...... First of all, you have to beat the Mavericks to get enough rest time, and secondly, you need to unlock the fourth area as soon as possible to increase your scoring ability and improve your physical fitness...... Then, I can only wait for the offseason to work my body."
The second half of the game began, Jongwook sat on the bench and did not move, and Scott asked him to rest a little longer.
It's just that Zhong Yu is resting, Paul can't rest, he has to stay on the court, otherwise the Mavericks' offense is crazy. The Mavericks don't have any desire to beat the Hornets one by one to create a miracle today, they just want to drag the Hornets down and leave the group without the stamina to deal with the San Antonios.
At the start of the second half, Paul hit a three-pointer to make it 52-42 and give the Hornets a ten-point lead. It's just that at this time, the Mavericks suddenly began to explode, Dampier dunked, and then Josh Howard made a free throw with a shot, scoring five points in a row, and Kidd also hit a mid-range shot.
The score between the two sides became 51-52, and the Mavericks launched a 9-0 attack wave. At this time, Paul assisted Peja for a layup, but the Mavericks' Nowitzki and Dampier combined for five points to make the score 57-52, and the Hornets trailed by five points.
"Toot!" The whistle blew and the Hornets opted for a timeout.
Now that the third quarter has begun six minutes and eighteen seconds, Scott glanced at Zhong Yu: "Can you play?" ”
Zhong Yu nodded: "Of course, chief." ”
Scott suddenly had more confidence, and at this moment he realized that it seemed that the Hornets had relied a little bit on this handsome second-round pick.
"Guys, it's difficult, but we have to beat this guy as soon as possible because we don't have time." Scott didn't say anything, and said this directly, which caused the solemn look on the faces of Paul and the others.
Yes, the Hornets are running out of time, they have to beat their opponents as soon as possible or it will get bad.
The game restarted, and this time, the ball was in the hands of Paul, who had a severe dip in physical strength, which made his form drop a bit. Just now he missed several shots.
Paul is not like the Paul of a few years later, playing almost purely technically. Now Paul, breaking through and playing big a lot of the time, still relies on the convenience of the body.
In this way, when his physical strength decreased, his state also began to decline.
He chose to give this ball to Zhong Yu, because he knew that Zhong Yu's play would definitely help the Hornets reverse the disadvantage.
Zhong Yu received the pass, although he was not distracted, but he did immerse his mind in basketball.
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