rpbooks Chapter 242
Chapter 242
Chapter 242
"La la la...we're back in the playoffs,
La la la... we're going to go ahead,
La la la...we're going to the Western Conference Finals,
La la la...we are going to the final..."
"FXXK, Andre, don't sing, it's too bad...you sing like ghosts and wolves!" Ibaka said loudly.
The Thunder beat the Magic at home, and they jumped to eighth in the Western Conference.
This will be in the locker room, where the players are showering and changing.
Little Jordan took off his clothes and walked into the shower room and started singing, and it never stopped.
Evidently he was in a great mood.
It's just that his teammates' ears are suffering.
Hearing Ibaka's words, Jordan turned around under the shower head, "Serge, you really don't understand how to appreciate it. I sing so beautifully, but the words I thought of..."
But he was only halfway through the sentence, and then he stopped and exclaimed, "My God!"
His eyes went to Ibaka.
Ibaka stretched out his hand in embarrassment to block it, "What's so strange about this, isn't it normal?"
Under his cry, other teammates also gathered around to watch.
George Hill muttered: "I noticed before that Serge almost always puts off taking a shower until the end..."
Seeing his teammates all come to watch him, Ibaka was even more embarrassing. He didn't take a shower, and went to draw a towel to wrap his lower body.
Jeff Green smirked and put his arms around Ibaka's neck, "You're not a chick, are you? Have you ever...been with a girl?"
Ibaka said with a little hesitation: "...no...no...yes, uh, yes...yes..."
"Hahaha... Don't deny it, kid, you're just a chick! I'll take you to the nightclub to have fun with my brother later..." Little Jordan said with a big laugh.
Naturally, Ye Hao didn't participate in such petty mischief of his teammates.
He has taken a shower, is fully dressed, and is ready to be interviewed by the media.
It's just that he also wanted to laugh a little bit in his heart. In this life, this will be called out by Little Jordan first.
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After the game against the Magic, the Thunder will continue to play at home, and they will face the New Orleans Chicken Wings...
Oh no, the New Orleans Hornets.
Ye Hao also has a little feud with Paul, the star of the Hornets.
To be precise, it was Paul who thought that Ye Hao had something wrong with him.
But Ye Hao didn't realize it, because he didn't care about these insignificant things, he just played well with peace of mind.
The reason why Paul felt a little wrong with Ye Hao was because Ye Hao's appearance last season squeezed their Hornets to the back.
Last season was Paul's best season since he entered the league.
He played an MVP-level performance and led the Hornets all the way to the top teams in the Western Conference.
They once ascended to the throne of No. [-] in the West.
Last season's All-Star Games were also held in New Orleans. For Paul, this is exactly the right time, place and people.
It's a pity that Ye Hao's sudden appearance covered up his light.
Not only Ye Hao's Thunder overshadowed his Hornets,
Ye Hao also stole the limelight at the New Orleans All-Star Game and stole the gold medal that should have belonged to him at the Yanbei Olympics.
Oh, by the way, and last season he might be able to win the regular season MVP trophy. For a long period of time, he was on the same level as Kobe in the MVP rankings.
But Ye Hao not only divided up some of his MVP votes, but also blatantly told the media that Kobe was the MVP in his mind. This must have affected the choice of some voters.
Oh, and also, Ye Hao made his brother LeBron James upset, and even in Yanbei James talked to him about playing together.
To displease his brother is to displease him, Paul.
So Paul believed that Ye Hao had a problem with him.
This season, the performance of the Hornets is not as good as last season. They are only ranked seventh in the Western Conference, and they have not been able to shine like last season.
After the big trade, the Denver Nuggets took their place last season and became the team that followed the Lakers.
The Denver people took the "answer" Iverson to trade Finals MVP Billups in this deal, which is obviously the right thing to do.
The addition of Billups gave the Denver Nuggets a feeling of rebirth.
Speaking of the game between the Hornets and the Thunder, they are now in the seventh and eighth positions in the Western Conference, and there is only one game difference between them.
If the Thunder win this game, they will replace the Hornets and stand seventh in the Western Conference.
If the Hornets win, the Hornets can not only stabilize their ranking, widen the gap with the Thunder, but also raise their ranking to sixth in the Western Conference.
So for the two teams, this is a very critical game, one game is two games.
Before the game, the live broadcast commentator Barkley believed that the Hornets would probably put James Posey in the starting lineup, replacing Rasoul Butler and letting him defend Ye Hao.
James Posey played very well in the Celtics last season, and his tough defense helped the Celtics reach the finals.
But it is precisely because of his eye-catching performance that he jumped out of the last year of his contract with the Celtics, wanting a contract with a higher salary and a longer time limit.
Although the Celtics really wanted to keep him, they couldn't give him what he wanted. They could only watch helplessly as the Hornets snatched him away with a four-year, $2500 million contract.
When the two sides started their debut, the Hornets really put Posey into the starting lineup.
Their starting five are: point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard James Posey, small forward Peja Stojakovic, power forward David West, and center Tyson Chandler.
The Hornets' lineup is still very strong.
There is Paul who can attack and defend well on the back line. In addition to his tough defense, James Posey can also shoot three-pointers.
David West on the front line is an All-Star player. Last year, he and his teammate Paul entered the All-Star team together. His strength is still quite strong.
His striker partner Peja Stojakovic was also a player who became an All-Star as a substitute for three consecutive seasons. Although it was a bit old at that time, it was at the beginning of the century, but Peja's one-handed three-point shooting ability It's really sharp.
Tyson Chandler, the boxing champion at the center position, has a strong defensive ability. With him guarding the inside of the Hornets, it is not easy for players from other teams to break into the inside and score.
In short, on paper, this is a difficult team, and it is not easy to beat them.
The Thunder continue to use the same starting lineup as they played against the Magic, with point guard George Hill, shooting guard Ye Hao, small forward Durant, power forward Jeff Green, and center Varejao.
At the start of the game, the Thunder attacked first.
George Hill advanced with the ball, and Paul defended in front of him. When he turned around with the ball and wanted to change directions, the ball was cut off by Paul.
After stealing the ball, Paul immediately advanced with the ball.
The Thunder's return to defense was not slow, and they quickly retreated to the backcourt.
Paul didn't rush to attack, and after his teammates came and settled down, he distributed the ball to David West on the right.
David West held the ball and hit Jeff Green with his back, and finally used his flexible footwork to shake Jeff Green up, complete the shot, and hit the board.
The Hornets scored first.
The Thunder served under the basket and George Hill got the ball.
Ye Hao walked over to him and said, "Pay attention to details when handling the ball,
Protect your basketball at all times.
Continue to practice these basic skills when you go back to training.
A solid foundation is very important. "
George Hill nodded and said: "Okay! But Chris's defense is really too tricky, with a lot of small moves.
His defense made me really uncomfortable. "
"Just play tough. You don't care who will defend you. If you practice your skills well, you won't be afraid of whoever defends you!" Ye Hao rushed forward after dropping these words.
These principles are left to George Hill to understand.
He treats the rookies in the team equally, and when he sees what they can't do on the field, he will immediately point it out and ask them to strengthen their training in training to avoid making the same mistakes again.
In fact, he is not only a rookie, he is also like this to other teammates.
If you make a mistake, he will say it.
It's one way he leads the team.
He will not be like the so-called leader of some teams, who just cares about playing good personal data, regardless of how well his teammates are playing.
He hopes that his teammates can be improved and form a strong team force, so that the overall strength of the team can be improved.
Of course, his patience is not unlimited. If there is an idiot in the team, and he still can’t realize the improvement after many times, then I’m sorry, we can only part ways, and kicking him out of the team is the best practice.
So far, these teammates have performed well.
At least compared to last season, their team's start performance this year is better. Last season, they made great efforts to catch up in the middle and late stages.
Within the first month of the season, they were in the playoffs.
Although the current ranking is a bit inconsistent with their Western Conference runner-up title last season.
But considering that this is a team with many newcomers, there is always a running-in period, so it's okay.
After the Hornets scored first, the Thunder responded with Ye Hao's emergency stop jumper.
Paul breaks through George Hill's defense for a jumper.
Ye Hao and Varejao played a pick-and-roll and returned the ball to Varejao, who made a high jumper.
Paul made a false pass from the outside, threw the ball above the basket, played an empty catch with Tyson Chandler, and assisted Chandler to dunk.
Jeff Green made a mistake, caught the ball on the left and missed it, and the ball slider went out of bounds.
The Hornets took the opportunity to make a three-pointer from the outside by Peja Stojakovic.
The Hornets widened the point difference.
By the end of the first quarter, the Hornets led the Thunder by 4 points.
Barkley commented: "In the first quarter, Ye Hao's desire to shoot was relatively low. He was more to restrain the opponent's defense and pass the ball to his teammates, allowing them to attack first. He obviously wanted to let his teammates feel first. Get hot."
Kenny Smith said: "But the Thunder team needs him to attack and take over the game. Now the Thunder team is temporarily behind."
Come back in the second quarter and the game continues.
The Hornets attacked, Paul got the ball, and Dragic was in front of him this time, and George Hill was replaced.
Paul dribbled the ball under his crotch, changed hands and changed directions, and passed Dragic.
After the breakthrough, he made a jump shot in front of Ibaka, who replaced Jeff Green.
Kenny Smith just wanted to say: "The rookies of the Thunder can't restrain Paul at all, and their defense doesn't work against Paul..."
I saw a figure flashing behind Paul on the court, followed by a big hand like an eagle catching a chicken, and slapped it fiercely, knocking off the basketball that Paul had just lifted above his head.
Barkley shouted loudly: "It's Ye Hao, Ye Hao gave Paul a super big cap! It's beautiful! This cap is really shocking! Paul seems to be a little confused by Ye Hao, and Ye Hao didn't know why. Capped from behind."
Varejao snatched the basketball that was pushed down by Ye Hao, and he raised the ball to Dragic.
He originally wanted to give the ball to Ye Hao habitually, but after Ye Hao blocked the shot, he turned around and went to the frontcourt.
Dragic took the ball, passed it directly over one shoulder, and passed the ball across the court to Ye Hao.
I have to say that Dragic's passing spirit is still very good. From the point of view of passing alone, he has done a lot better than George Hill.
After all, he is the man who can be called "Little Nash" in the future.
Dragic's pass was accurately delivered to Ye Hao who was still running, and Ye Hao took it as soon as he stretched out his hand.
James Posey chased after Ye Hao, but he was a bit depressed.
Because he found that no matter how hard he tried to rush forward, he still couldn't catch up with Ye Hao.
So he could only watch Ye Hao's light layup and score.
Barkley said with a smile: "Currently there are very few players in the league who can defend against Ye Hao's fast-break counterattack. His fast-break success rate is the highest."
Kenny Smith nodded and said: "Yes. The reason why he can do this is not only because he is fast enough, but also because he has a perfect grasp of the rhythm changes in the process of rushing up.
He can pick up a quick swing or other move to pass an opponent during a high-speed run, or come up with a seemingly light layup after a full sprint.
This is really powerful. "
(End of this chapter)