super point guard

Chapter 32 The Shooting Guard Promise
"According to the information I have, our team doesn't seem to have the bad habit of collapsing in the fourth quarter. That should be the style of the Houston Rockets," Indiana Pacers coach Larry Brown said. He said to his players in a joking tone, but his face was serious and he didn’t seem to be joking, “However, I found that our team also has such problems now, it’s not at all What we want to see! Now we must find a way to stop our gradual decline, otherwise, I think our team may really be overturned by the opponent in the fourth quarter!"

The players of the Indiana Pacers all bowed their heads, not daring to say a word.

"The Orlando Magic's counterattack is probably instigated by their small forward Hedo Turkoglu," coach Larry Brown continued, "so we must find a way to limit Turkoglu. Staying in Turkoglu is equivalent to suppressing half of the Magic's offensive firepower. If I guess correctly, the Magic will most likely put their center Dwight Howard back on the field after this timeout. , if Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkoglu join forces, it will be very difficult for us to stop them."

After Coach Larry Brown finished speaking, he looked at Danny Granger who was silent.

"Danny," said Coach Larry Brown, "I'll put you on the field again, and will you do the job of guarding Hedo Turkoglu?"

Danny Granger nodded, "Don't worry, coach, I will definitely complete the task." He said.

"But," James Posey, a veteran of the team, said uncertainly, "if Danny puts his energy on defense, then our offensive firepower will be greatly weakened."

"I haven't finished yet!" Coach Larry Brown said seriously, "David (West), you replace Taylor (Hansbrough), and Jeff Foster will be the main center. , Jeff, your job is to defend Dwight Howard well, grab every rebound, and you don't care about other things."

"But what if Dwight Howard didn't play?" Xu Nuo said suddenly at this moment.

Coach Larry Brown glanced at Xu Nuo, and immediately Xu Nuo felt as if he had been swept away by a blade.

"Promise, you will replace George Hill." Coach Larry Brown didn't seem to hear the promise, and went straight on.

Although Xu Nuo was given a hard look by coach Larry Brown just because he said one more sentence, when he heard that he was asked to replace George Hill, Xu Nuo couldn't help saying loudly: "What?"

Coach Larry Brown glanced at Xu Nuo again, and Xu Nuo immediately regretted it. He thought that Coach Brown would definitely withdraw his decision to play himself.

But Larry Brown didn't say anything about it, didn't say a word, but continued to arrange tactics: "We are going to play a double point guard tactic, saying it is a double point guard, but Xu Xu is actually playing a shooting guard, The team's point guard is Darren Collison."

Xu Nuo didn't dare to say anything more, he could see that Coach Larry Brown was very angry at this time, but Xu Nuo couldn't be sure whether Coach Larry Brown was angry because of his recklessness or because of the team's poor performance before And angry.But to be honest, Xu Nuo has never played the position of shooting guard before. When he was in China, whether in college or in the CBA league, Xu Nuo has always played point guard and never played shooting guard. "Perhaps Coach Brown saw that he played well offensively in tonight's game, so he allowed him to play shooting guard." Xu Nuo thought to himself.

At this time, the timeout was up, and Xu Nuo walked onto the court silently.Danny Granger walked beside Xu Nuo, Xu Nuo saw that he wanted to say something to himself twice, but he didn't say anything in the end, Xu Nuo guessed that Danny Granger must have wanted to say something during the timeout just now. Talk about yourself.

As coach Larry Brown expected, the Orlando Magic really replaced their center Dwight Howard after the timeout, which made Xu Nuo admire coach Larry Brown even more.Before Xu Nuo had time to think about it, the team was about to start attacking.

The ball is not in his hands, Xu Nuo is still a little uncomfortable, and the opponent he is facing at this time is Jason Richardson, not Jameer Nelson. For Xu Nuo, Jason Richardson is better than Jamil Mill Nelson is much more difficult to deal with. First of all, Jason Richardson is physically stronger than Jamil Nelson, and he looks even thinner in front of him.In this Indiana Pacers offense, Promise didn't even touch the ball once. Darren Collison broke through and scored a mid-range jumper after receiving a pass from Danny Granger to help the Indiana Pacers. The team once again overtook the score.

On offense, Xu Nuo had no way to open up the situation. On defense, Xu Nuo had no way to deal with Jason Richardson. Jason Richardson squeezed Xu Nuo lightly and immediately flew out.The Orlando Magic also seemed to see that the promise at this time had become a defensive shortcoming for the Indiana Pacers, and they began to give the ball to Jason Richardson to attack.Xu Nuo is much faster than Jason Richardson in terms of speed, which can ensure that Xu Nuo can keep up with the opponent's footsteps when Jason Richardson breaks through, but defense is far from relying solely on speed and awareness Not enough, so Jason Richardson easily squeezed Xu Nuo under the basket and scored a layup on the inside of the Indiana Pacers. At 79:78, the Orlando Magic once again overtook the score.

Coach Brian Shaw, the chief assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers sitting off the court, saw this situation and said to the team's head coach Larry Brown: "I think we should adjust our commitment to the point guard position. Well, he's not comfortable at shooting guard at all, or we take him off? After all, we have other shooting guards on the team."

Coach Larry Brown sighed and said: "Double point guard tactics are not played like this at all. It seems that promise is still a little lacking in tactical execution. In addition, I really want to train promise to become a combo guard, because Judging from his offensive performance tonight, his offense still has a lot of potential to be tapped, but now it seems that the kid is really only born for point guards."

Coach Brian Shaw smiled and said to Coach Larry Brown: "We are all people who have played in professional leagues. We all know how important it is for a rookie to start. I think we will do it now. It’s not about picking seedlings to encourage growth, but to cultivate promise step by step, so that he can grow and mature slowly. For the current promise, a suitable environment is an important factor in his growth, and perhaps the current promise is the most suitable for controlling ball guard."

"I know that," Coach Larry Brown said simply.

At this time, Xu Nuo finally got the ball again on the court. This was the first time he got the ball after he switched to shooting guard.

"You played really well tonight," Jason Richardson said as well.

"Thank you, Gilbert Arenas has already said that to me." Xu Nuo said, but what he thought was why Coach Larry Brown didn't transfer me back to the point guard position.

"Boy, shooting guards are completely different from point guards," Jason Richardson continued. "You can get past them, but it's definitely not so easy for you to break through my defense."

Xu Nuo knew that Jason Richardson was telling the truth. In fact, he had long been thinking about how to break through Jason Richardson.At this time, Xu Nuo suddenly discovered that David West, who was inside, had already settled for a position. Out of the point guard's instinct, Xu Nuo immediately passed the ball out of his hand.For the promised pass, David West seems to have been prepared. He turned around and shot the ball directly. No matter how long Brandon Bass’s arm was, it would be difficult to stop David West’s shot. The ball hit the backboard, Then rebounded and drilled into the net.

"Another assist!" The commentator on the scene shouted again, "No. 11 assists!"

"Thank you for taking the trouble to remember it for me." Xu Nuo thought in his heart, but at this moment he was thinking more about returning to his most familiar point guard position earlier.

The Orlando Magic, which was overtaken again, made a massive attack and seemed determined to kill the Indiana Pacers with one stick.Dwight Howard's attack at the basket took effect, and Jeff Foster had to stop Dwight Howard's shot when the referee's whistle blew.

Just as Dwight Howard walked to the free throw line, Darren Collison also walked to the bench off the court, replaced by Indiana Pacers' real shooting guard Brandon Rush. "Finally I can return to the point guard position!" Xu Nuo sighed in his heart.

In the past, Dwight Howard's free throws were very bad, but at the critical moment when the two teams are stalemate, Dwight Howard actually made two free throws.I promised before that I heard that "Shark" O'Neal's free throw rate is also higher at the critical moment. It seems that Dwight Howard is also the same.The Orlando Magic also made a substitution at this point, with backup point guard Chris Duhon replacing Jameer Nelson.

"Very good!" Xu Nuo, who returned to his best position of point guard, said secretly, "Just let it go!"

(End of this chapter)