super point guard

Chapter 26
Stan Van Gundy is really mad.

Less than 4 minutes into the second quarter of the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Orlando Magic, his team was already eight points behind the Indiana Pacers 25:33.

In other words, by this stretch of the second quarter, his Orlando Magic had been outflanked by the Indiana Pacers on an 11-3 offensive spurt.

Although this is only a preseason game, and although this wave of offensive climax does not actually have much to do with promises, Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is still full of anger, his eyes are like copper bells , staring closely at the promise of galloping on the court.

"What the hell is there to stop that kid?" Coach Stan Van Gundy yelled at his assistants.

His assistant coaches also seemed to be speechless by Xu's almost incomprehensible performance, and none of them answered coach Stan Van Gundy's questions.In fact, coach Stan Van Gundy has no good way now. The main point guard Jameer Nelson and the backup point guard Gilbert Arenas are sitting on the bench, and they don't seem to want to play at all. Meaning, and it’s just a preseason game now, the main players should be rested more, so the point guard on the court is already the team’s third point guard, Chris Duhon, but it seems that Chris Duhon Du Hong also had no good way to stop Xu Nuo.

But now the team is eight points behind the opponent, even if this is only a preseason game, but the victory is still what coach Stan Van Gundy wants. "It seems there is really no other way." Coach Stan Van Gundy murmured.

So, when there was another dead ball on the court due to a foul, coach Stan Van Gundy played out the biggest card in his hands-center Dwight Howard.

"Although this is just a preseason game, the victory is still necessary." Coach Stan Van Gundy said to himself.

"They put Dwight Howard on the field again, do they want to strengthen their offense?" Xu Nuo thought in his heart, "It seems that Josh (McRoberts) needs to be careful."

As promised, Josh McRoberts really needs to be careful to deal with Dwight Howard's impact on him.Josh McRoberts finally received a promised pass and was about to score a layup, but was unexpectedly fanned out of bounds by Dwight Howard with a chasing cap behind him.

Josh McRoberts, who was slapped by Dwight Howard, looked very frustrated. He took a hard look at Dwight Howard and shook his head.

"It's okay buddy, just pay him back next time." Xu Nuo comforted Josh McRoberts.

But Josh McRoberts was not able to return the ball to Dwight Howard. To be precise, Josh McRoberts was completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Dwight Howard.

After being slapped by Dwight Howard on the offensive end, Josh McRoberts could not limit Dwight Howard on the defensive end.On the next play, Chris Duhon dribbled the ball upfield and handed the ball directly to Dwight Howard.Dwight Howard used his body to lean on Josh McRoberts and started dribbling in individual singles. Josh? McRoberts was no match for Dwight Howard physically. Dwight Howard easily carried Josh · Mike Roberts, hook shot.

"Coach Larry Brown should react as soon as possible and make a substitution at the center," Xu Nuo thought in his heart, "I don't know why it's been so long since Coach Larry Brown plans to make a substitution..."

Meanwhile, Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Brown was thinking, "Look again, Josh should be able to handle it."

But then Dwight Howard's offense made Coach Larry Brown immediately dispel the idea of ​​​​waiting for a substitution.When Dwight Howard once again capped the Indiana Pacers, coach Larry Brown lost his composure and replaced Josh McRoberts with backup center Jeff Foster.

Jeff Foster is indeed physically stronger than Josh McRoberts, and Jeff Foster is just a standard blue-collar player who started on defense. He is better than Josh McRoberts in defending Dwight Howard. Advantages.Seeing that the Indiana Pacers made substitution adjustments, coach Stan Van Gundy also made changes. Hedo Turkoglu, who had just had a rest, made another appearance.

"I didn't expect Stan Van Gundy to follow the rhythm of others in directing the game," Xu Nuo thought. "It seems that compared with Coach Larry Brown, Stan Van Gundy is still a bit inferior after all."

At this time the game restarted, and Xu Nuo began to concentrate on facing Chris Duhon's defense.

In fact, for Xu Nuo, breaking through Chris Duhon's defense was as easy as pie.If Gilbert Arenas is not as good as before, then Chris Duhon is not as good as before.But now Xu Nuo does not focus on his own offense. After that one-stop dunk by Jameer Nelson, Xu Nuo has never scored too many points, but he has 4 assists. What Xu Nuo has done now is even better. Most of them are invigorating the team's offense.

But the Indiana Pacers on the court now have too few scoring points. Center Jeff Foster's scoring ability is equivalent to zero, and Paul George's scoring ability is also slightly worse. Only Taylor Hansbu Lu and George Hill can still be trusted.However, neither Tyler Hansbrough nor George Hill are finding it difficult to score now.With Dwight Howard inside, Tyler Hansbrough trying to put the ball in that goddamn hoop would be worse than killing him, and George Hill is being held back by JJ Redick on the perimeter.There was no way, Taylor Hansbrough had no choice but to pass the ball back to Xu Nuo again.

But the time for this attack is almost here, and the 24-second timer above the backboard is showing the last 4 seconds left for this attack.Promise faces Chris Duhon, holds the ball from beyond the arc, and pops up.

At this time, Chris Duhon's first reaction was to promise to pass the ball, and he couldn't help but prepare to take a step back and prepare to defend the promised pass.But when Xu Nuo made a shot at the last second, Chris Duhon suddenly realized that Xu Nuo performed another stunt in front of him - a pull-up jumper!
"This kid's pull-up jumper looks like Tracy McGrady!" Chris Duhon was taken aback.

At this time, Chris Duhon could only pray in his heart that the promised goal would not be scored.

However, the ball drew a straight and weird curve in the air, and went straight into the net while spinning at a high speed!
With a "swipe", the ball entered the net hollow when the 24-second attack time expired!

The players on the Indiana Pacers bench all jumped up.

"Pull jump shot!" Xu Nuo heard his teammates yell, "This is Tracy McGrady's famous stunt!"

Xu Nuo, who made a three-pointer at the buzzer, didn't have much excitement on his face, he just clenched his fists and raised them above his head.

With the promised three-pointer at the buzzer, the Indiana Pacers once again opened up the point difference, and the score on the field became 36:31. The Indiana Pacers still lead the Orlando Magic by 5 points.

Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy and Chris Duhon, who was defending Promise, both looked resentful. Neither of them thought that Promise would hit a three-pointer at the buzzer with a pull-up jumper.This goal was a big blow to the morale of the Orlando Magic. If this goal is missed, then the Orlando Magic is likely to tie the score in the next attack, but this three-pointer hit, the Magic The team can only continue to struggle to catch up with the five-point difference.Stan Van Gundy was sitting on the coach's bench, muttering something to himself, and Chris Duhon was almost red-eyed.

"It's useless to be anxious." Xu Nuo looked at Chris Duhon and said.

But Xu Nuo didn't expect that his three-pointer made Dwight Howard start to explode.

The Orlando Magic went on the offensive and the ball went back and forth between the five Orlando Magic players about seven or eight times before Dwight Howard got his chance inside, but his shot was missed by Jeff Fosse Under Te's defense, he didn't make a hit, and the ball flew straight off the field.At this moment, the figure of Hedo Turkoglu miraculously appeared near the sideline, and the moment the ball was about to fly out of bounds, he brought the ball back into the field. Flying straight towards the penalty area, Dwight Howard jumped up and received the ball before the other players had reacted, then turned around and scored a layup.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you lose one or two goals!" Coach Larry Brown stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly. He knew very well that this goal would also have a great impact on the morale of the team.

But Dwight Howard's performance was not over yet. In the next Indiana Pacers offense, Tyler Hansbrough's shot was forced to the floor by Dwight Howard, and the Orlando Magic immediately launched a fast attack.Xu Nuo used his speed to catch up to Chris Duhon who was about to dribble to the basket and was about to make a layup. Just as Xu Nuo wanted to block Chris Duhon, Chris Duhon suddenly threw the ball back behind him. pass.Xu Nuo then saw Dwight Howard go to the basket, receive the ball and slam it into the basket.

It was the Orlando Magic bench who jumped up to celebrate, and now the Orlando Magic are only one point behind the Indiana Pacers. .

Coach Larry Brown lost his composure this time and called a timeout.

Xu Nuo looked livid, glanced at Chris Duhon, and walked towards the team's bench with his head down.

"I will definitely return this ball!" He said firmly.

(End of this chapter)