super point guard

Chapter 20 Appearance
When Promise arrived at Conseco Arena, home of the Indiana Pacers, the locker room and practice field were empty.

"You came early, rookie." A staff member of the team said to him after seeing the promise.

"It doesn't matter," Xu Nuo said to the staff member with a smile, "it happens that I can practice hard by myself."

Xu Nuo first went to the weight room to practice his own strength. Coach Larry Brown told Xu Nuo that his body was too thin compared to other NBA players, and he should exercise his strength. The strength of the lower body is not bad, but the strength of the upper body is much worse.Therefore, I promised to get into the weight room to practice bench press as soon as I came to the gym, which is very good for strengthening my upper body strength.

About half an hour later, Xu Nuo heard the sound of the door of the weight room knocking, Xu Nuo put down the barbell and looked towards the door.

"Promise?" The visitor seemed surprised, "Why so early?"

"You are quite early, Solomon." Xu Nuo said.

"Hey," Solomon Jones said, "There is no training today, and I am idle at home. Why not come to the arena earlier to prepare for the game."

"That's right." Xu Nuo said, lying down and continuing to practice bench press.

"Hey, who do you think will start tonight?" Solomon Jones said to Xu Nuo with a smile.

Xu Nuo lowered the barbell with a "Dang" sound, "How would I know?" He said, "However, I think this is just a preseason game. It doesn't matter who is the starter and who is the substitute."

"Well," Solomon Jones nodded, "that's true."

Afterwards, Xu Nuo stood up and left the weight room without chatting with Solomon Jones.When he walked into the locker room, he suddenly felt as if he had returned to the day when he first walked into this player locker room, because the scene in front of him was so similar to that day, except that he was sitting in the locker room. The man who laces his sneakers in front of the closet becomes Paul George.

"I didn't expect you to come so early." Paul George raised his head and saw that the person who came was Xu Nuo, and said with a smile.

"I thought there would be some work for me in the team, so I thought it would be better to come earlier," Xu Nuo also said with a smile, "but I didn't expect that when I came to the arena, I would find the locker room and training There was no one on the field, so I had to practice strength by myself first."

Paul George laughed, "I think it's because you feel nervous at home and think it will be relieved after you come to the arena, but you find yourself getting more and more nervous." He said.

Xu Nuo tilted his head, "How do you know?" He asked.

"Rookies are like this," Paul George said as he put on his sneakers. "I was like that too."

"To be honest, I don't like myself when I'm nervous," Xu Nuo said.

"This is normal." Paul George finished and walked out of the locker room.

As time passed, players came to the arena in twos and threes, and the players' locker room gradually became lively.But Xu Nuo found that he became more and more nervous amidst the noise.In order to relieve his tension, Xu Nuo left the locker room and went to the court to practice shooting.

"Don't be so nervous, take it easy." Team assistant coach Dan Burke and Josh McRoberts both said to promise.

"Well, I'm not nervous," Xu said after Josh McRoberts told him that, "but I really want to know how you're facing your first fight."

When the players arrived, their head coach Larry Brown came to the players' locker room and began to roughly arrange the tactics for the players in tonight's game.Although this is just an ordinary preseason game, it seems that Coach Larry Brown seems to take this game very seriously.

"Don't take it lightly just because it's just an ordinary preseason game," said coach Larry Brown with a slightly hoarse voice. "A seemingly ordinary game can reflect that you are here. The state and mentality at the time, although the state has ups and downs, but the mentality is especially important! This is the first game of this season, I hope my players can face this game with the best mental state!"

After speaking these words, Coach Larry Brown began to explain the tactics. The most important thing to do in the face of the Orlando Magic is how to limit their center Dwight Howard. This is how every team in the NBA faces the Orlando Magic. A problem that everyone faces when they are in the team.In the current NBA, there seem to be very few players who can limit Dwight Howard one-on-one, and in the Indiana Pacers, neither David West nor Roy Hibbert Constrain Dwight Howard one-on-one, and David West is only a power forward instead of a center. "It's unlikely that we can completely limit Dwight Howard," coach Larry Brown said, "so what we have to do in the game is to cut off the connection between their perimeter and Dwight, we have to guard them We must beware of Orlando's outside three-pointers. If we let them shoot three-pointers, then we will die in this game. So we must keep an eye on Orlando's outside lines, and we must not let them Orlando's perimeter is open, as for Howard on the inside, we let him score, no matter how many points he can score alone, can he score more points than our team?"

In fact, Coach Larry Brown's tactics are a bit similar to what the Detroit Pistons "Bad Boys" did when they faced Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. Bulls players, let Jordan score alone. After all, no matter how good Jordan is alone, no matter how many points, it is impossible for one person to beat the entire team. The Pistons relied on this style of play to beat the Chicago Bulls twice and reach the top of the NBA .For the Indiana Pacers, such a tactic will suddenly increase the defensive pressure on their perimeter, so Xu Nuo also felt the pressure on his shoulders suddenly increased, facing Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson As for the "General" Gilbert Arenas, he has no idea what kind of performance he will perform.

However, being able to compete with the NBA's No. [-] center Dwight Howard on the same court is what promises to look forward to very much.Before I participated in the draft, I really wanted to join the Orlando Magic and fight side by side with Dwight Howard. Although I am in the Indiana Pacers now, it is also very good to be able to compete with Howard.Thinking of this, Xu Nuo found himself getting more and more nervous.

But Xu Nuo is useless no matter how nervous he is, because the time for the start of the game is getting closer and closer, what Xu Nuo thinks about now is still how to play this game well.

"Guys, are you all ready?" the team captain Danny Granger shouted at the players.

"Ready!" shouted the players.

"Let's go then!" shouted Danny Granger.

The players formed a circle in the tunnel, put their hands together, and chanted, "1-2-3, Pacers!"

It's finally time to play.

Promise, like everyone else, jumped up and patted the Indiana Pacers team logo above the exit of the player tunnel when he ran out of the tunnel.And when Xu Nuo followed Deng Tai Jones and ran into the field in the center of the arena, he was immediately overwhelmed by the deafening cheers from the fans in the stands.

"No way?" Xu Nuo said in surprise, "Is it so crazy?"

"What did you just say?" Deng Tai Jones, who was running in front of Xu Nuo, turned around and asked Xu Nuo.

"I said these fans wouldn't be so crazy!?" Xu Nuo said loudly, "This is just a preseason game!"

"Of course," Deng Tai Jones also said loudly to him, "This is the first game of the new season. These guys have been waiting for a long time!"

But at this time, they couldn't help but say more, and the host on the scene had already begun to introduce the lineups of the two sides.

When the on-site host began to introduce the players of the home team Indiana Pacers, the fans in the stands once again burst into shouts like a tsunami.

"Pacers! Pacers! Pacers!" The fans in the stands shouted in unison.

This is the first time Xu promises to see such crazy fans at the scene, which is completely different from the NBA game scene seen on TV.Xu Nuo has also played in basketball leagues in China, but no matter if it is the CUBA college league or the CBA professional league, the fans at the scene will not be so crazy.At this moment, amidst the frantic shouts of the fans, the starting players of both sides began to be introduced to the audience.

"The starting point guard of the Indiana Pacers, No. 2 player Darren Collison!" The host shouted loudly, which was naturally accompanied by cheers from the audience.

"It seems that Coach Larry Brown still hasn't put himself among the starting players." Xu Nuo thought to himself, which is natural, after all, Darren Collison is much better than himself in every aspect , How can a second-round rookie player become the team's starter when he just joined the team.

Xu Nuo was thinking about this, and the on-site host has already announced the name of the next player: "The starting shooting guard of the Indiana Pacers, player No. 25 Brandon Rush!"

There was another cheer, and Brandon Rush hopped onto the court, gave Darren Collison a high-five, and stood next to Darren Collison.

Xu Nuo took a sneak peek at George Hill. He said this morning that George Hill might become the team's starting shooting guard, but he didn't expect that Brandon Rush would take the starting shooting guard position. up.

"The starting small forward of the Indiana Pacers, No. 33 player Danny Granger!" The host continued to shout with his high voice.

The cheers of the fans at the scene were even more deafening. Danny Granger smiled and ran into the stadium amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene like a tsunami.

"So popular!" Xu Nuo said loudly.

(End of this chapter)