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Chapter 1044 Kobe's 58 Points in a Single Game (Fourth Update!)
Tang Tian's steal was too quick.
Although it didn't have the visual impact of Leonard's "death wrap," it was fast, accurate, and ruthless. Rozier had taken two steps forward before he even realized it.
After the steal, Tang Tian dribbled the ball himself, charging to the frontcourt and igniting the entire Pelicans' bench with a tomahawk dunk.
As if Walker's contribution to the Top 5 plays wasn't enough, Tang Tian was joining in on the fun!
Slaughter, magnesium powder, and Top 5 plays, I want it all.jpg. The Pelicans really wanted it all.
Rozier was furious.
He didn't even know how the ball disappeared just now.
But it definitely wasn't a matter of ability; it was his own carelessness and Gilchrist's failure to block properly that led to it.
The Hornets advanced the ball to the frontcourt, and Rozier signaled Kaminsky to come up for a pick-and-roll this time.
Kaminsky was slow, but he had the size, and after a few screens, he finally managed to get in the way.
Rozier seized the opportunity, dribbled inside a step, and chose a direct pull-up jump shot.
He knew Tang Tian's defense was strong, and he had to seize every opportunity.
That's what he thought, and that's what he did, but he underestimated Tang Tian's reaction speed.
Kaminsky's screen was limited, and the moment he jumped, Tang Tian had already retreated to his defensive position.
Although he jumped later, Tang Tian had the advantage in jumping ability and height.
He tried his best to raise his shooting angle, but he still couldn't avoid Tang Tian.
It felt like a huge black cloud was always looming over his head.
"Bang!"
Tang Tian showed no mercy, using a forceful block to send the ball flying back.
The ball slammed into Rozier's head, and Rozier fell to the ground.
A true head-on block!
The arena went silent.
"Clatter!"
The cigar in Jordan's mouth fell to the table.
This block was too brutal!
And the next second, the referee blew his whistle, signaling possession for the Pelicans.
The ball went out of bounds off Rozier's head, resulting in a change of possession on the court!
The Pelicans' bench reacted first, followed by a burst of wild shouts.
Bryant waved a towel, rushing to the sidelines, yelling.
The job that once belonged to Forbes now belonged to him.
The audience in the arena reacted and became restless.
Don't hit a man in the face, but Tang Tian hit him in the head with the ball!
Rozier was even a little dizzy from the block. After being helped up by his teammates, he shook his head several times to recover.
He looked at Tang Tian with a look of fear in his eyes.
So this is what Tang Tian is like when he gets serious.
Perhaps this was the first time Tang Tian had been serious this season.
With possession for the Pelicans, Walker hit a three-pointer with Dedmon's screen, extending the lead back to 25 points.
Also a short guy at 185, Walker clearly played much smarter than Rozier.
The biggest difference was reading the game and then choosing his shots.
In the Hornets' frontcourt offense, Rozier still chose to attack himself with the ball.
He was really confident, and he was really stubborn.
In this regard, he and JR Smith were on the same level.
This time, he also found an opportunity, creating space with a series of crossovers after a screen, and then shooting.
But unfortunately, he was a little short, and he only thought he had gotten rid of the defender.
The moment he shot, Tang Tian provided enough interference, and the ball fell short of the rim.
An air ball!
After scoring 8 consecutive points, after the defender switched from Butler to Tang Tian, he failed on three consecutive possessions!
Tang Tian said he wouldn't let him score 10 points, and his score would forever be fixed at 8 points!
And not just for that stretch, but throughout the entire quarter, Tang Tian completely shut down Rozier.
A defense that even made Durant say "I can't beat him" in his heart, Rozier really had no way to deal with it.
With Rozier shut down, the Hornets completely lost their ability to chase points.
This Hornets team was full of young talents handpicked by Jordan.
Nicolas Batum, the "French Pippen" who was clearly starting to decline but was entrusted with an important task by Jordan, signing a 5-year, $120 million contract last summer;
Frank Kaminsky, a star player from the University of Wisconsin, but a limited talent and a representative of slow-footed humans;
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, the team's most talented player, with good energy on the defensive end, but with a crooked shooting hand that could never make a basket, and also prone to injury;
Marvin Williams, also a lottery pick, possibly the only player on the team whose salary matched his performance, but already 31 years old;
And Malik Monk and Dwayne Bacon, the team's new hopes selected by him;
Maybe a fried chicken roll would be nice too.
This kind of team is really just a perennial loser.
Since Jordan took over in 2010, except for Walker, all the other rookies have been overrated busts.
But the only Walker was also let go by him.
This kind of team deserves to be bad.
The Pelicans opened up a lead of more than 30 points by halftime.
Jordan also left the VIP box during halftime.
He likes to slap others in the face, but he doesn't like being slapped in the face by others.
After leaving the arena, he boarded his private plane to Las Vegas.
It was time to go there and splurge!
Interestingly, Tang Tian continued to defend in the second half, preventing Rozier from scoring a single point.
On the other hand, Walker continued to score like crazy.
In the end, Walker scored 58 points in three quarters.
If it weren't for the fact that the point difference was too large in the last quarter, and Stevens didn't let him play, it would have been a certainty for him to break his own single-game record of 60 points.
The Pelicans also defeated the Hornets 124-66, winning their eighth consecutive game of the season.
Walker had a game-high 58 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists.
Tang Tian and Butler played the role of supporting cast in this game, with the two combining for only 15 shots.
As soon as the game ended, fans on social media were already discussing it.
"Um, Walker scored 58 points, and the Pelicans won by 58 points (ฅ´w`ฅ)"
"I understand now, it's not that the Pelicans have a connection with 58, it's that Tang has a connection with 58, I can't even count how many 58s this is!"
"I think Tang and Butler were really brothers in this game. Two superstars played the role of supporting cast. This is the legendary brotherhood basketball!"
"Yes, compared to a style of play that grabs offense, defense, and assists, with a usage rate of seventy or eighty percent, this is more like the meaning of brotherhood basketball."
"I think you're dissing someone, but I dare not say."
"What's there to be afraid of saying? Isn't it OKC Westbrook! He didn't play brotherhood basketball!"
"Pfft! Brother, you're awesome, dissing two with one hit, I concede!"
"Rozier is still the most miserable. He was 3 of 16 from the field, only making those 3 shots in the second quarter, and only scored 8 points in the end! Just the change of Walker!"
"After watching the game, you know that he is too far behind Walker. Besides daring to shoot, he has no other advantages. He really thinks he is the boss of the team!"
"Isn't he the boss personally appointed by His Airness, a presence that will surpass Walker?"
"Cough cough, just listen to what Jordan says. If you take it seriously, it can only mean that you are really still young."
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