"Rookie, shut your mouth and play your game," Paul retorted.
"I won’t!" Zeng Xingyang sped up his dribbling rhythm as he spoke.
Switching directions left and right, Paul adjusted his steps constantly, keeping up, but it was useless to just keep up.
Zeng Xingyang wasn’t looking for Paul’s weaknesses, he was searching for his own rhythm.
He moved sideways to the right while dribbling and forcefully shot a three-pointer.
Facing Paul’s defense, the basketball traced a beautiful arc.
"Oh no, here we go again, Xingyang’s terrifying isolation plays are targeting Paul again."
"Paul is too short to stop him."
"Rivers should hurry and switch defenders, you can’t defend the point guard position ."
"Rivers’ response is quite a failure, defending Zeng Xingyang the same way as last time; it’s no surprise they’d get blown away."
Fans online were in heated discussions.
Zeng Xingyang high-fived Jokic in celebration.
Jokic was more and more impressed with Zeng Xingyang. Initially, Zeng Xingyang often needed his screens to finish, but now he could execute such offense without his screens.
"Blake, you go defend Zeng," Rivers shouted to Griffin.
Griffin nodded after hearing that.
Paul’s defense wasn’t bad, just not suitable for a player like Zeng Xingyang with a very high release point.
Barkley said, "Actually, at this point, Doug Rivers needs to admit the lineup on the court can only limit Zeng with double-teaming."
Smith said, "Wesley Johnson could create some trouble for Zeng, but they don’t seem to have realized this yet."
Miller said, "Giving Zeng a mismatch opportunity is just letting him score, he hasn’t the absolute explosiveness to pull away from small forwards of similar height."
O’Neal said, "I would be a better head coach than the Clippers’ coach, this isn’t a joke, Ballmer, please consider the Shaq’s advice seriously."
After saying this, O’Neal winked at the camera.
Filling with a playful atmosphere.
The Clippers’ offense.
Paul was also fired up with a desire for revenge.
After a round of ball movement, Crawford didn’t even get a chance this time.
Paul decisively initiated the offense himself.
On the right side, Paul dribbled continuously facing Zeng Xingyang to adjust his rhythm.
Paul took a step to the right, then felt he had slightly offset Zeng Xingyang’s rhythm, so he quickly jumped for a fadeaway jumper.
Zeng Xingyang decisively blocked the shot.
Pope controlled it, gave it to Jokic, pushing the fast break.
After the block, Zeng Xingyang sprinted forward at high speed.
The Clippers’ Redick and Crawford quickly retreated on defense.
Setting up a three-on-two opportunity up front.
Jokic charged into the paint with the ball, then drew the defense before passing out to the trailing Zeng Xingyang.
From the top of the arc, Zeng Xingyang received the ball and faked a shot.
Griffin, who came to chase, was completely faked out.
The fans on-site were in despair seeing this.
Zeng Xingyang dribbled the ball sideways to the right, then adjusted his rhythm and took the shot.
The three-pointer hit again.
Zeng Xingyang had an unusually good shooting feel today, he felt like he could make every shot.
The home fans were silenced, only the Chinese fans supporting Zeng Xingyang were shouting.
This counterattack worked mainly because of Jokic.
Jokic’s fast break speed was incredibly fast, Little Jordan couldn’t keep up with his pace, creating an opportunity for the Nuggets with more players in position.
Little Jordan was puzzled.
We’re both centers, why are you so well-rounded?
You can shoot, post-up, and facilitate the offense.
Such a comparison makes me feel useless.
Jokic ran back unconcernedly.
The Clippers’ offense came again, and it was Crawford who received the ball and scored a high-difficulty layup against Harris’ defense.
Even with most Clippers starters on the court, Crawford still played very independently.
Of course, he proved he had the qualifications to attack like that.
The Nuggets’ offense.
Zeng Xingyang dribbled to the frontcourt.
This time it was Griffin who came to play defense.
Beyond the right three-point line, Zeng Xingyang tossed the ball to the top of the arc to Jokic.
Jokic then brought the ball back over to Zeng Xingyang.
A hand-off pass, Griffin got blocked, Little Jordan wanted to quickly switch and guard Zeng Xingyang but didn’t trap him.
Zeng Xingyang, at high speed, changed direction, pushing the ball from the right side to the left front, sprinting with the ball.
In the paint, the way ahead was clear for Zeng Xingyang, so he jumped up without hesitation, gathering for a leap.
After gliding in the air for a moment, he delivered a side slam dunk.
The hoop groaned with pain.
The on-site fans couldn’t help but gasp.
Many thought it was over-the-top.
Soon after, the cheers burst out, and even neutral fans marveled at such a dunk.
The Clippers are famed as Lob City, the fans here love explosive dunks.
And Zeng Xingyang’s dunk was quite explosive.
The rhythm of breaking the defense with a screen before that dunk was very smooth.
This gave the fans a great visual impact.
"OMG, God, this guy’s dunks are so explosive."
"Dribbling past defenders and then a soaring powerful dunk, so cool."
"How come we couldn’t draft such a rookie?"
Clippers fans exclaimed, the visual impact of this ball was incredibly strong.
Barkley shouted, "An exciting game, Zeng showcased a dunk we hadn’t seen before."