super point guard

Chapter 18 Intra-Team Competition

From the first day of the Indiana Pacers training camp promised to participate in the Indiana Pacers' first preseason game on October [-]th, in the ten days between the promises, each day's schedule is exactly the same.Every morning, Xu Nuo left his home on the Ohio River with George Hill, who lived near his home, and drove to the Indiana Pacers' home arena, Conseco Arena, to attend the team's training camp.Training is usually only in the morning, and there is very little training in the afternoon, and it is only for two or three hours. Xu promises that after getting used to it, he will feel less tired after training.However, they often have extra training. If their head coach Larry Brown is not satisfied with their training, he will let them practice for a period of time, and once even practiced for nearly an hour. .After the training is over, Xu Nuo usually goes to a certain bar or restaurant in downtown Indianapolis with his new good friends Dengtai Jones and Roy Hibbert for an hour or two. Then they head to one of the Indianapolis attractions to have fun.Of course, Xu Nuo's friends took care of Xu Nuo's cultural background and never took him to any nightclub or other places, and Xu Nuo himself didn't want to go to that kind of place either.After playing with his new friends, Xu Nuo went home by himself.In the evening, I occasionally talk on the phone with my old friends in China, and chat with my good friend Derek Williams of the Minnesota Timberwolves for a while.In the past ten days, every day has been like this.

However, in these ten days, Mike Dunleavy, an old courtier who has been with the team for many years, announced his departure from the team. From then on, he promised that he would never see this taciturn veteran in the team.In addition, the exciting news for the players of the Indiana Pacers is that free agent power forward David West has finally announced that he has officially joined the team. arms.After getting David West, Xu Nuo feels that everyone in the team is full of energy during training. It seems that the joining of David West has made everyone's confidence burst. Both Ranger and Darren Collinson think the team will go further than last season and reach the second round of the playoffs.But in any case, everyone's mental outlook has taken on a new look, and everyone's fighting spirit is high to welcome the upcoming new season.

And as the preseason approached, Coach Larry Brown became more and more strict and demanding in training. Of course, the players also trained harder and harder.Everyone understands that the season is about to start now, and coach Larry Brown is about to determine the team's starting roster, although the team's starting roster is always changing according to the actual situation.In fact, in the current team, only Danny Granger and David West can secure the starting position. Even David West faces Josh McRoberts and others. However, other players, even Darren Collison, the previous second-in-command of the team, could not guarantee that the starting position must be in their own hands, because he was hit hard by the promise.But everyone in the team, including Xu Nuo, thinks that they can enter the team's starting list, so they are working harder and harder in training, hoping to gain the appreciation and trust of Coach Larry Brown.

However, until the day before the start of the preseason, Coach Larry Brown still hadn't officially announced the team's starting roster.However, on this day, after the players practiced shooting under the leadership of head assistant coach Brian Shaw, coach Larry Brown made a decision to divide his players into two teams for a game. Intra-team match.

Everyone actually understands what Coach Larry Brown means by doing this. Coach Brown definitely regards the performance of the players in this intra-team confrontation as an important basis for him to decide the team's starting lineup, so everyone is gearing up and preparing for it. Put on a good show in front of Coach Larry Brown.

And Xu Nuo felt very nervous. Although he participated in the NBA preseason, this intra-team match was the first time he played against real NBA players. Although this was just a training game, Xu Nuo Still feeling very nervous.Danny Granger saw Xu Nuo rubbing his fingers nervously, and said to Xu Nuo with a smile: "Don't be nervous, this is just a training match, take it easy."

Xu Nuo looked at Danny Granger with a smile and nodded, but his heart was still extremely nervous.

Teaming issues were quickly resolved, with the promise to line up with shooting guard George Hill, small forward James Posey, power forward Tyler Hansbrough and center Josh McRoberts, while possession Guard Darren Jones was on the same team as shooting guard Brandon Rush, small forward Danny Granger, power forward David West and center Roy Hibbert. Players including Duntai Jones, AJ Price, Paul George and Solomon Jones served as substitutes.

Xu Nuo didn't know if Coach Larry Brown had arranged this on purpose. Although there was still no hint of a starting lineup in such an arrangement, Xu Nuo thought that everyone must have more or less made up their minds.But Xu Nuo has no time to think about these things at this time, because Roy Hibbert and Josh McRoberts are already preparing to compete for the opening ball.

The referee in this intra-team match is naturally their assistant coach Jim Boylen, while the other two assistant coaches Brian Shaw and Dan Burke lead a team respectively, and the head coach Larry Brown Just stand aside and watch carefully.During the jump ball, Josh McRoberts gave the ball to Xu, and after receiving the ball, Xu began to dribble forward, and the game officially began.

Xu Nuo's opponent in the game was the team's number one point guard Darren Collison. For some reason, Xu Nuo felt that he couldn't let go of his hands and feet when facing Darren Collison.Moreover, during the game, he promised that as a rookie player, he did not dare to command his teammates in the game. He promised that the team would only rely on small forward James Posey to organize the team's offense and defense most of the time. In addition to assisting Josh McRoberts for an alley-oop dunk, he had no achievements.Throughout the first half of the match, they were also always in a backward situation, and they kept praying in their hearts that the team had better not be behind because of themselves.

Although their assistant coach Brian Shaw didn't seem to want to blame Xu Nuo, after the first half, veteran James Posey began to teach Xu Nuo a lesson.

"Why are you so timid in the game?" James Posey asked promised.

Xu Nuo didn't seem to expect that James Posey would ask him such a question, and seemed to be stunned for a moment.

"I heard that you played well in summer league. Some people say that you are the next John Stockton. Is the player who is called the next John Stockton not even a mediocre practice game?" Can't you play well?" James Posey exclaimed, "If you still want to gain a foothold in the team, then let us see your John Stockton-like skills!"

Xu Nuo looked at James Posey and pursed his lips.

In fact, James Posey himself didn't know whether his words would be effective, but both the coaches off the court and his teammates on the court found that the promise of returning to the court again became more important. Be aggressive, and dare to direct teammates, and start to play more confidently.

Coach Larry Brown stared at Promise through thick glasses.

Because he knew that Xu Nuo was about to start displaying his true abilities.

Not long after the start of the second half, Xu Nuo made a long three-pointer from the outside in front of Darren Collison, and he used his best pull-up jumper. Darren Collison had no way to stop it. The promised shot this time was just a disturbance in a pretentious way.

"This kid, he shoots like McGrady." Darren Collison said to himself when he returned to defense.

But the promised show is far from over.

On the next possession, Darren Collison tried to pass the ball to Danny Granger, but promised to steal Darren Collison just like he stole Danny Granger in that one-on-one. Lisson passed the ball, and then flew straight to the opponent's basket.At this time, Xu Nuo's speed advantage showed up. Darren Collison tried his best and tried his best to catch up with Xu Nuo, so he had to watch Xu Nuo score a layup.

"Well done!" cried James Posey.

"Too fast!" Darren Collison exclaimed.

Xu Nuo smiled lightly.At this time, no matter which player on the court, they no longer underestimate the promise, including Brandon Rush.

So Darren Collison began to strengthen his defense against Xu Nuo, resolutely denying Xu Nuo a chance to shoot, but they ignored another point, that is, Xu Nuo's pass.

Promise kicked off his passing game after a beautiful, swirling ground-up long pass assisted by Tyler Hansbrough's dunk.

In an attack, Xu Nuo who dribbled the fast break was blocked by Brandon Rush in front of him, and Xu Nuo had to dribble back.At this moment, Xu Nuo suddenly waved his arm and casually threw the ball towards the basket from beyond the three-point line.

"What the hell is he trying to do?" Brandon Rush thought to himself.

Brandon Rush didn't realize it, and at the same time that the ball in Xu Nuo's hand was thrown, Tyler Hansbrough had already started to enter the penalty area, received the promised ball and returned to the basket Darren Collison scored a dunk.

"Is this a pass too?" AJ Price from the sidelines said in surprise.

You know, when Xu Nuo threw the ball in his hand, he was in the position with his back to Tyler Hansbrough, and Brandon Rush deliberately used his body to block Xu Nuo's pass line of sight. "How did he see someone following?" Brandon Rush asked suspiciously.

Xu Nuo just smiled lightly and didn't say anything.

Promised not to notice, Coach Larry Brown was already watching him closely.

Although Xu Nuo's team did not defeat the opponent to win the intra-team match, Xu Nuo has already won the recognition of his teammates with his own good performance.

After today's training, Coach Larry Brown called all his assistant coaches into his office and left very late.And no one except Coach Larry Brown and his three assistant coaches knew exactly what they said in the office.

(End of this chapter)