NBA: Opening breaks record

Chapter 19
On the bench, Meng Hua closed his eyes tightly, silently recalling the wonderful clips of Paul playing.

Every wonderful moment is the condensation of decades of skill off the stage.

Paul doesn't seem to have any flaws, at least he can't find them.

He sighed secretly, and could only go back to the most primitive method, taking advantage of his age, letting him go on the left side, sticking to the right side, keeping close to the defense, hoping to win by physical strength.

Back in the fourth quarter, James was playing with a substitute, and Thick Eyebrow and Westbrook rested.

Meng Hua also played, and Vogel chose to believe James. Anyway, if he made a wrong judgment, he would not be responsible for it.

Paul also played, Payne played strongly, and he had a long rest in the third quarter.

O'Neill saw Meng Hua play, his eyes lit up, and he said to Barkley: "My brother and James are playing."

Barkley said angrily, "Are my eyes smaller than yours?"

O'Neal glared at him: "Yeah, you are smaller than me in every way."

Paul dribbled across the half court, the players ran their positions, and everything was the same as the first three quarters.

Paul turned to the right, Meng Hua turned on the mad dog mode, stepped forward suddenly, and defended close to him.

He knew it would be difficult for him to break his ball, so he didn't rush the ball with his hands and danced around.

But his footsteps followed Paul closely, and he focused more on blocking his right.

Paul didn't see any pressing, so he didn't care, and turned to the left.

Meng Hua took a step forward and followed without haste.

Paul suddenly exerted force, the cat waist changed direction, and the ball switched to the right again.

This change of direction was very sudden, because his eyes were always looking to the left, and there was still a lot of time to attack. Meng Hua didn't expect him to open wide at this time.

Paul took half a body position first, squeezed Meng Hua with his body, and accelerated to kill to the bottom line.

Meng Hua turned around, his body was almost completely blocked behind.

His best choice is to turn around to the bottom line and continue chasing Paul. Anyway, the ball is not threatening for the time being.

Not at all.

Meng Hua moved sideways directly and blocked in front of Paul in an instant.

Pfft!
The two fell off their backs.

The referee whistled and Meng Hua blocked the foul.

There was no objection to this call, and Meng Hua suddenly stepped in Paul's way.

Paul got up with a very angry face. Meng Hua's action just now was very dangerous.

In fact, when Meng Hua fell down, there was a movement in his hand to protect him, but what he was thinking about was Meng Hua's movement of inserting his foot.

Barkley was also anxious and criticized: "This ball may hurt Paul, and the referee should give him a malicious foul."

O'Neill said: "It's just a blocking foul. In fact, the two moved there almost at the same time. When they fell to the ground, Meng Hua made a move to protect Paul."

The sun served the ball, Paul controlled the ball, and Meng Hua pressed close, scratching and scratching.

Paul shook his head and smiled wryly, gave him a contemptuous look, and dribbled the ball faster.

His ball is left and right, forward and backward, his center of gravity is high and low.

Meng Hua has only one move, to get as close to him as possible, fight him physically, and never cut the ball.

Paul dribbles to his left hand, collects the ball abruptly, and hooks it to Bridges on the weak side.

Everyone's attention was on him and Meng Hua, and the ball was fast, so Bridges caught the ball smoothly.

James immediately turned around and defended Bridges.

Bridges quickly passed back to Paul who was running and reaching for the ball.

Paul received the ball, and Meng Hua followed closely, still standing in front of him.

In many cases, after the ball is passed, it is also your best chance to score.

Because at this time, the defensive players are paying attention to the receiver.

If you can run to the right position to catch the ball, it is easy to create an open shot.

Paul thought so too, but unfortunately, Meng Hua didn't care where the ball went, he only had Paul in his eyes.

"I said I only have you in my eyes, and only you make me unable to forget."

Paul glanced at the inside line, Warcraft's position was very good, and he couldn't lob the ball.

He took a step to the right, forced a jumper against Meng Hua, and hit the net hollow.

After the quarrel between Heizi and Yang Yi, he visibly became active, and when he saw Paul scoring a goal, he started bombarding again.

"Is Paul sweating? It's so easy."

"Defend against Paul for a while, defend against Booker for a while, and guard against whoever is celebrating the holiday."

"It's time for Vogel to leave get out of class. There is no one left for this on-the-spot dispatch."

"James and Meng Hua are whispering, is there any lip-reading expert to interpret it?"

"James said that you need to use your brain to play."

The Lakers attacked, James broke through the pass, and Melo hit a 3-pointer from the bottom corner.

The Suns served the bottom line. This time, Meng Hua bit Paul from the opponent's backcourt.

I know I can't break your ball, I have good physical strength, and I will consume you to death.

Bridges covered, Meng Hua was delayed, and soon caught up with Paul.

Rather, it was Paul who was waiting for him.

As one of the league's best point guards, it's not the first time Paul has been pushed close to him, and he felt the need to teach this rookie a lesson.

All the way up the mountain, he stepped on many rookie corpses, so how could he be afraid of Meng Hua's snatching?

Since Meng Hua let him go to the left, then he will go to the left.

He dribbled the ball with his left hand and accelerated to the front left. Many people said that his left hand technique was not good. This young man probably thought the same way, he said hehe.

Meng Hua pursued closely, moving laterally very fast, almost phantoms appeared on both feet.

Thinking that he was on his back just now, Paul made a sudden stop, raised his hand and made another mid-range shot.

Meng Hua judged that he was going to shoot, and stretched his arms forward as much as possible to interfere with his shooting.

He doesn't care about Paul passing the ball. Anyway, if he assists, it is a problem with his teammates' defense, and Vogel can't scold him.

Paul wants to shoot, that's not okay.

The ball bounced twice in the basket and bounced out again.

Warcraft stuck Ayton firmly, and took the rebound without even taking off.

In terms of jumping, he is not as good as Ayton as he is getting old.

When it comes to strength and positioning skills, he is no worse than young people.

"Hua, it's easy to defend." James paid special attention to him. He was beaten by Paul just now, and he told him not to think too much.

For the Lakers, it was still James who broke through and scored, and this time it was Rivers who made the contribution.

He was also very excited. Meng Hua's arrival filled him with a sense of crisis.

As soon as Rivers scored, Meng Hua immediately appeared on the bottom line of the Suns, more active than Paul.

Paul catches the ball, spins left, spins right, dribbles behind his back...

His dribbling is dizzying, Meng Hua is just close to the body, but he does not reach out to steal the ball.

After halftime, Meng Hua stuck even tighter.

Shamet screened and Paul dribbled to the left side of the court.

Meng Hua passed through Shamet and continued to press.

Paul's turnovers are rare, and his style of play is very solid.

As in offense, so in defense.

Don't look at him stealing a lot, stealing the ball a lot, even if he can't steal it, he won't lose his position.

Ayton had a chance inside, but he felt that only 60% of the passes could pass, and he didn't pass the ball.

The positions of Shamet and Johnson were also not good, so Paul had to pass to Bridges, who had the most space.

The moment Bridges received the ball, James had already made up for the loopholes in the team's defense.

Bridges lobbed the ball to Ayton, and Ayton layup against Warcraft, who was hated by Warcraft.

In the Tencent live broadcast room, teacher Zhang Weiping talked eloquently: "Everyone sees Meng Hua's defense, which is what we often call aggressiveness. What's wrong with Paul, don't be afraid. If you keep fighting against him, he will feel uncomfortable."

It has to be said that both he and Meng Hua are elites in domestic basketball, and even though several generations have passed, they still share the same thinking.

(End of this chapter)