super point guard

Chapter 27 The end of the first half

Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy knew he was doing the right thing by bringing Dwight Howard on the court when coach Larry Brown had to get up and call a timeout.

It was thanks to Dwight Howard's consecutive scoring after he came on the court that the Orlando Magic were able to go from eight points behind the opponent Indiana Pacers at 25:33 to only one point behind at 35:36.

But the last thing coach Stan Van Gundy will tolerate is that the only Indiana Pacers scored during this period was the buzzer-beating three-pointer promised to make, which shows: Even if his The team completely guarded the other players of the Indiana Pacers to death, and it was impossible to limit the promised performance.

How to limit the promised performance has become a problem that coach Stan Van Gundy needs to solve now, at least in this game.

Meanwhile, coach Stan Van Gundy was caught in a dilemma:
Is it to continue to keep most of the main players on the field for the victory of this game, or to replace Dwight Howard and the others in order to ensure the rest of the main players, and only let the substitute players play?This is just a preseason game, so there is no need to work so hard.

But now coach Stan Van Gundy has to win this game.

Compared with Stan Van Gundy's dilemma, Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Brown's attitude is much more determined.

"It seems we have to find a way to do our inside defense well," Coach Larry Brown said to his players. "We have to stop the opponent's offense, or we will fall behind. I don't want to see us We are in a backward situation, we must win this game!"

"David (West), you replace Tyler (Hansbrough), and you're on the court to help Jeff (Foster) defend Dwight Howard," coach Larry Brown arranged, "Dan Nicky (Granger), you replace Paul George, Brandon (Rush) replaces George Hill, we have to strengthen our offense while defending."

As a result, with the exception of Promise and center Jeff Foster, the other three Indiana Pacers players on the field were all starters.

Xu Nuo felt a little puzzled, because coach Larry Brown had just told him to let the main players take a good rest, but now he sent all the starters.Just as Xu Nuo was thinking, Coach Larry Brown came to him.

"Promise, continue to maintain your offensive power," Coach Larry Brown said to Promise, "You will pose a greater threat to them!"

Promise nodded.

Xu Nuo had just walked back to the court, and Magic point guard Chris Duhon, who had just assisted Dwight Howard to score, stood beside Xu Nuo.

"Hey, rookie, how about that shot I just assisted Dwight?" Chris Duhon asked Xu Nuo suddenly, with the expression on his face like he just won the NBA championship.

Xu Nuo glanced at Chris Duhon, and said with disdain: "So-so, just an ordinary assist in an ordinary preseason game and an ordinary goal."

Chris Duhon was immediately annoyed.

So far, Chris Duhon is the Orlando Magic's most minutes played point guard in this game, surpassing Jameer Nelson and Gilbert Arenas, Jameer Nelson after he left the court. Never played again, and Gilbert Arenas still doesn't seem to be recovering from the one that Promise knocked over.In Chris Duhon's view, coach Stan Van Gundy allowed himself to play for so long to show that he played well in this game, so Chris Duhon was a little proud at this time, but he did not expect to promise to The reaction to his own subtle passing was so lukewarm.

Seeing Chris Duhon's reaction, Xu Nuo shrugged, "It was really just an ordinary assist and an ordinary goal in an ordinary preseason game." Xu Nuo said.

"Then see if you can beat me in the next game." Chris Duhon snorted and said quite dissatisfied.

Xu Nuo had a gloomy face: "If you really want to humiliate yourself, feel free."

After speaking, Xu Nuo went straight away to start the game, leaving only Chris Duhon who was blowing his beard and staring with anger but was useless.

Promised not to "break his word," he disgraced Orlando Magic's last remaining point guard, Chris Duhon, on the court the following possession.

In order to strengthen the offense, the Indiana Pacers once again sent a trio of Danny Granger, David West and Brandon Rush.But David West has less energy to attack because he has to defend Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, and Danny Granger is dead by Brandon Bass of the Orlando Magic. The entanglement left only Brandon Rush with a chance to shoot but his mid-range jumper missed the basket.Fortunately, center Jeff Foster snatched an offensive rebound from Dwight Howard and the ball returned to Promised.

Xu promised to dribble slowly towards Chris Duhon outside the three-point line, and Chris Duhon, who was defending him, also looked cautious. It seemed that Chris Duhon had to make a promise against death.Xu Nuo sneered in his heart, and suddenly started to speed up, and his body also rushed out.Chris Duhon didn't dare to neglect at all, and hurriedly followed Fang Xu.However, at this moment, Xu Nuo made another sudden stop, and Chris Duhon wanted to change his direction, but he flew out directly due to the strong inertial force, and fell on the ground like Gilbert Arenas. He fell to the floor, and his body lay flat on the floor.Xu Nuo smiled, and once again retreated beyond the three-point line and directly shot an outside three-pointer.At this time, Chris Duhon was beyond his reach, and he could only watch the ball obediently get into the net.

At 39:35, the Indiana Pacers once again opened up the point difference.

The audience went crazy, a small rookie player actually played all three Orlando Magic point guards around, this is the first time everyone has seen it.

But after another successful three-pointer, Xu Nuo didn't show any expression on his face. He just said to Chris Duhon who was knocked to the ground by himself: "Hey, are you okay?"

Chris Duhon, who got up from the floor by himself, heard the words promised, and the veins on his forehead were exposed. It seemed that Chris Duhon was extremely angry.Xu Nuo was taken aback when he saw Chris Duhon's reaction, thinking that this guy wasn't going to fight.Xu Nuo was thinking about it, but saw Chris Duhon, who could no longer restrain his emotions, rushing towards him. Before Xu Nuo realized what was going on, he found that Danny Granger and the others had already blocked him in front of you.Xu Nuo couldn't help taking a few steps back, with an innocent expression on his face.

"What do you want to do?" Xu Nuo heard Danny Granger say loudly to Chris Duhon, "Why do you show your prestige to a rookie! This is my territory, and I will not allow others to bully my brother!"

After all, Chris Duhon was held back by everyone and did not bother Xu Xu any more. The referee on duty looked at Xu Xu and seemed to see the innocent expression on Xu Xu's face. Reese Duhon made a technical foul.Since this was only a preseason game, the referee on duty was lucky not to send Chris Duhon straight off the field.Danny Granger pushed his promise and asked him to shoot the technical foul free throw.Xu Nuo was taken aback, he didn't expect that everyone would let him perform technical foul free throws.But fortunately, Xu Nuo didn't miss the free throw. At 40:35, the point difference between the two teams returned to five points.

Chris Duhon was called a technical foul, and the person who was most angry was not himself, but Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, because in this way, Dwight Howard lost the points that Dwight Howard had so hard to catch up with before. .After Promise made the technical free throw, coach Stan Van Gundy replaced Chris Duhon.Chris Duhon walked dejectedly back to the bench and sat in his seat with a dejected expression on his face. Stan Van Gundy didn't even look at him as he walked past coach Stan Van Gundy.

But what Xu Nuo cared most about was not these, but what Danny Granger said just now.Immediately after he hit the free throw, he walked up to Danny Granger and whispered, "Thank you for what happened just now."

"It's nothing," Danny Granger said with a smile, "You are my brother, I will not allow others to bully my brother, you can rest assured about that."

Xu Nuo nodded, but his heart was endlessly moved. It seemed that he still had a good elder brother who treated him like Steve Francis treated Yao Ming back then.

Since then, it was not Dwight Howard who had scored 8 points in a row, but JJ Redick on the outside who caused great trouble for the Indiana Pacers.Dwight Howard on the inside was double-teamed by Jeff Foster and David West, so the outside line got a chance instead. Coach Stan Van Gundy breathed a sigh of relief after JJ-Redick made an outside three-pointer, but JJ-Redick's outside three-pointer was nothing more than the Orlando Magic's in this game. It's just the second three-pointer he made.

Facing the re-appearance of Jameer Nelson, Xu Nuo deliberately suppressed his performance, because he did not want to embarrass Jameer Nelson again, Xu Nuo was worried that if Jameer Nelson went on like this, he should see a psychiatrist .In the remaining time of the second quarter, Xu Nuo did not have a single personal breakthrough or shot, but he assisted Danny Granger to score a layup, which can be regarded as a tribute to Danny Granger's protection of himself just now. A small reward.But Jameer Nelson, who was facing promise, didn't show any performance, no points, no assists, only a mid-range jumper, and he hasn't been able to hit the basket yet.

尽管在上半场比赛结束之前奥兰多魔术队小前锋希度·特考格鲁在突破之后的急停压哨中距离跳投命中篮筐，但是主场作战的印第安纳步行者队仍旧以46:42领先奥兰多魔术队四分结束了上半场的比赛。在上半场许诺凭借着自己出色的表现得到了9分以及5次助攻，9分的得分在步行者队里已经是第三高，只有球队老大丹尼·格兰杰的12分以及大卫·韦斯特的10分比许诺的得分高，而且在大卫?韦斯特所得的10分里有8分还是在第一节时得的，但是许诺的5次助攻却是全队最高。

Therefore, when walking towards the player's locker room after the first half of the game, Xu Nuo had a relaxed expression on his face, chatting and laughing with Roy Hibbert beside him while walking.In Xu Nuo's view, the game in the second half will definitely be very easy.

(End of this chapter)