After shopping with Yaya, Xue Ding no longer thought that his feet were his own when he returned home, so he lay on the sofa as soon as he got home.

"Honey, did you tired today?" Yaya asked gently when she saw Xue Ding lying on the bed.

"Baby, I'm not tired. Not to mention that I've only been shopping for a day today, even if I've been shopping for another night, your husband's physical strength will be fine." Xue Ding quickly sat up and said.

Although he was very tired, if he directly admitted his conscience, Xue Ding would not want to do so. He was also a professional basketball player.

When he heard Xue Ding's words, looking at his forced expression, Yaya pouted and smiled. Her husband was a confident person and wanted to save face. His performance today was already very good.

Seeing the two of them sweetly and doting on the side, Xue’s mother couldn’t help but envy them. Xue’s mother asked, “Xiaoding, what did you and Yaya buy when you went out today and have been shopping for a day.”

"Mom, Yaya and I went shopping in the mall for a day today and bought some things. Yaya also took me to customize a suit for me, but we have to wait a week to try on the sample and we can get it in two weeks." Xue Ding said.

"Yes, look at how many years have you worn those clothes. Yaya is right to buy you a suit." Hearing this, Xue's mother also agreed.

"That's right, mom, I said he didn't want it when he bought him clothes." Seeing that his mother was standing on her side, Yaya suddenly acted coquettishly in front of Xue Ding.

"Haha, he has been like that since he was a child, saying no..."

...

After a short day of rest, the Trail Blazers ushered in the challenge of the New Orleans Hornets at home. In recent years, under the leadership of Paul, the Hornets have been able to enter the playoffs in the Western Conference almost every year, but they have been unable to make a breakthrough in the playoffs. Although they have entered the playoffs for several consecutive years, they have never played in the Western Conference Finals.

This season, due to Paul's injury and missing for a while, the Hornets' record has declined, and the Hornets' record has improved after Paul's return.

But he has been hovering outside the playoffs. With the last few games left in the regular season, Paul's Hornets undoubtedly have to strive for victory and strive to make the playoffs.

In the Rose Garden Arena, the home audience has already entered the venue, and the venue is full.

Before the game, Xue Ding gave a brief interview in the player channel.

"Xue Ding, the competition for playoffs is getting more and more intense. After defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in the last game, the Trail Blazers are currently in an ideal position. However, after the game, Aldridge was determined to be reimbursed for the season, which will definitely have a certain impact on the team's strength. In this game, the Hornets led by Chris Paul were visiting the Rose Garden Arena, which was obviously for taking away a victory. Do you have the confidence to win this game?" A female reporter from Tencent asked.

"Of course I have confidence. This is at our home court. No matter who the opponent is, we will not easily let go of a victory." Xue Ding replied.

Then he walked back to the locker room to prepare before entering the venue.

Due to Ade's reimbursement in this game, the head coach used Steve Blake to replace Ade's position in the starting lineup, and the other four starting players on the court remained unchanged.

On the Hornets, David West, Peja Stoykovic, Emica Okafor, Darren Collison, and Chris Paul are ranked. This is the strongest starting lineup for the Hornets.

Near the middle circle, Okafor and Blake were preparing to jump the ball.

The referee whistle sounded.

Okafor jumped to the ball and gave it to Chris Paul who was in the backcourt.

Paul held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and started to direct his teammates to run the position at the top of the arc.

Paul is a typical traditional point guard. When the ball is in his hands, he always thinks about how to make his teammates score and how to get his team to lead.

Therefore, before the game started, the Trail Blazers made a targeted arrangement for Paul, that is, to try their best to cut off the connection between him and his teammates, that is, to cut off Paul's passing route.

Therefore, when Paul got the ball, the other four Hornets always followed a defender in front of the ball.

After Paul controlled the ball at the top of the arc for a while, he saw that his teammates could not run out of the point guard, so he had to drive the ball to the left sideline by himself.

As the key target of defense, the task of defending Paul naturally fell on Xue Ding's head.

Seeing that Paul dribbled the ball and wanted to go to the sideline, Xue Ding, who was familiar with Paul's playing style, naturally knew what he wanted to do at this time, and then hurriedly followed and stuck his body on Paul's left side.

Usually at this time, Paul would choose to walk around the bottom line first, and a ghostly pass might suddenly come in the middle, so Xue Ding stood up early.

Seeing Xue Ding defending, Paul tried to walk to the left twice with the ball, but failed.

At this time, there was not much time left before the attack. Paul gave up the idea of ​​slipping through the bottom line, suddenly accelerated and broke into the penalty area from the right.

He made two steps in, one of which stopped urgently, and suddenly shot from the middle distance near the free throw line.

"Swish!"

Two points.

Although Paul removed the meniscus after that serious injury and his explosive power decreased compared to the previous seasons, Paul was obviously aimed at winning the game at this time.

Therefore, the first attacker taught Xue Ding a lesson, which surprised Xue Ding a little.

The Trail Blazers were almost serving the bottom line ball and handed it to Xue Ding, and Xue Ding passed it to Batum in the frontcourt.

After receiving the ball, Batum broke through to the penalty area and made a backhand layup.

The Hornets just scored two points, and in less than 5 seconds the Trail Blazers quickly scored one.

On this side, Paul also wanted to get a fast break, but Stojkovic failed to catch the ball when he was about to go down and was covered by the basket.

Stoykovic's ball caused laughter from the audience, and some even booed.

Blake grabbed the rebound after Stoykovic was blocked.

It was passed to Xue Ding for a long time.

Xue Ding took the ball, and the Hornets had already settled the position early, with Paul leading the defense in the whole game.

Although Paul is only 1.83 meters tall, as the first defense winner last season, he naturally took on the task of defending Xue Ding.

After Xue Ding got the ball, Paul immediately came close to his body and kept creating physical contact, trying to take off the ball from Xue Ding's hand. Stoykovic and Okafor were also ready to come to assist in defense at any time.

Facing the three-person double-team that had been formed, Xue Ding protected the ball and faced Paul, tentatively stepping.

Then he suddenly took a step back and took a three-pointer!

"The ball draws a perfect arc in the air.

"Swish!"

The ball entered the net with a sound.
Chapter completed!