super point guard

Chapter 64 The Eve of the Competition
Since Xu Xu slept well last night and did not hear any strange sounds in the Scoven Hilton Hotel, Xu Xu was in much better condition during the team training the next day than yesterday, at least Xu Xu thought so Yes, so Xu Nuo has become one of the few players in the team who is still in good condition.

The game between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder was at 10 p.m., and the Indiana Pacers players arrived in the locker room [-] minutes before the game started, but they promised to come earlier.Since NBA players are not allowed to leave the locker room before the head coach of the team arrives in the player locker room, they promised to stay alone in the locker room to organize their equipment. Also arrived at the Ford Center Arena.Coach Larry Brown of the Indiana Pacers showed up in the players' locker room after the players were all present.

"Tonight we are going to face a huge challenge!" Coach Larry Brown stood in front of the tactical board and said to everyone. You played at your own level in the game. Your biggest task in tonight's game is to seriously guard the Thunder's two stars: Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, especially Kevin Duran Especially at this point, if we can successfully limit Kevin Durant, we will have a lot more chances of winning."

Having said that, Coach Larry Brown paused and cleared his throat. The players sitting in their respective positions were all silent, waiting quietly for Coach Larry Brown to continue.Xu Nuo originally wanted to cough, but at this moment he tried his best to hold back.

"Although Kevin Durant is a small forward, he has the height of a power forward. It is indeed difficult to defend him." Coach Larry Brown continued, "But fortunately, our two Small forwards Danny Granger and James Posey will not suffer too much physically, and it should be possible to deal with Kevin Durant.

"Kevin Durant's main weapon is his good mid-range and long-range shooting, but we still can't underestimate his ability to break through to the basket and score." Coach Larry Brown said, "And, how Cutting off the link between Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook is also something we should address.

"The key to this question is how to defend Russell Westbrook. Russell Westbrook mainly relies on his body to play, relying on his explosive physical fitness, and his mid-range and long-range shots are especially in the three The shooting outside the line is his shortcoming. This requires our point guard to try not to let Westbrook drive to the basket, and it is best to trap him outside the three-point line. However, I found that our point guard It's hard for a ball guard to do that."

Coach Larry Brown said this, Xu Nuo felt that Coach Larry Brown seemed to glance at his side when he was speaking.

"In addition," coach Larry Brown continued, "in this game, we must pay special attention to our defense problems. When we played against the Detroit Pistons in the last game, we did not return to the defense in time. Lost some points. The Thunder team we will face tonight is younger, more dynamic and more impactful than the Pistons. More points were lost in the game. In terms of defense, we should pay more attention to Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Many of the cooperation between the two of them occurred in the fast break, especially Their slam dunks. If you guys don't want to be in the background of the top ten shots of the night, play defense for me!"

Having said that, Coach Larry Brown paused for a moment, and Xu Nuo began to figure out how to defend Russell Westbrook in his own mind.

"Of course, our offense is still based on Danny (Granger) as our core, and all tactics must be centered on Danny." Coach Larry Brown continued, "David (West) must You will be defended vigorously by the opponent’s power forward Serge Ibaka, so tonight, David, your task is still to focus on passing the ball, supplemented by personal scoring.”

David West nodded, Xu Nuo suddenly remembered that David West was not in a good state during the training this morning.

"We're a perimeter-oriented team, but we can't put the burden of scoring on Danny (Granger), DeMar (DeRozan) and Darren (Collison). On the body," coach Larry Brown continued, "so I hope that other players in the team will also participate in the offense more, you must know that we are a team." Coach Larry Brown said here, promising took a look.

"Promise, I know what Charles Barkley said recently, but I will not allow you to play longer or create more opportunities for you because of this." Coach Larry Brown said to Promise, "In my team, the individual must always obey the overall, understand? No matter what you do in the game, you can't dissociate from the team's overall tactics!"

Xu Nuo nodded silently.

"Okay," Coach Larry Brown said, pointing to the key words on the clipboard, "you just do what I just said, I hope you guys can play a great game !"

After Coach Larry Brown finished speaking, he left the players' locker room.At this time, the team's chief assistant coach, Coach Brian Shaw, began to play the video of the Thunder's last game against the Phoenix Suns in the locker room. Xu Xu just watched it for a while, and some basketball reporters poured into the locker room.

"Hey, Promise, say something about what Sir Charles Barclay said!" said a reporter, sticking his tape recorder under Promise's nose.

Xu Nuo frowned slightly, feeling a little annoyed by this informal reporter in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face. "What did Charles Barkley say about me?" Xu Nuo asked the reporter.

"He said you're not going to get [-] points for the whole season," said the reporter, not noticing that he was actually the only reporter who covered the promise, and the other reporters surrounded Danny Gerrard. Surrounded by team "big guys" like Ranger and David West.

"Oh," Xu Nuo nodded, and thought about it in his mind for about two seconds, "It seems that I should score [-] points in the game, so as not to make Sir Barkley's face too ugly." Xu Nuo Said so.

However, although Xu Nuo said so, in fact, he had no idea in his heart.Yao Ming was able to say that in the face of Charles Barkley's bet, it was because of Yao Ming's strength.And don't say that you have scored [-] points in the game, as long as you can get [-] points, you are already thankful.It seems that I will be ridiculed by Charles Barkley for the rest of my life, Xu Nuo thought in his heart.

Xu Nuo found that most of the reporters who interviewed before the game were asking questions about the game itself, but as for the haunting of the Scoven Hilton Hotel, few people mentioned it.However, when Xu Nuo was about to leave the player's locker room and go to the court to shoot for a while, he heard a reporter ask the team center Roy Hibbert beside him: "I heard that you also live in that house. It is rumored that the haunted Hilton Hotel, I wonder if this matter will have any impact on your state in the game?"

"Oh, no." Roy Hibbert shook his head and said, "You know I've never been afraid of ghosts, so haunted things won't affect me, and I don't know that it has nothing to do with the game. what is the relationship."

"But there are indeed NBA players who are in poor condition in the game because of this." The reporter insisted.

"I know that," Roy Hibbert said, "but I would never be like that."

The reporter looked disappointed, so he grabbed the promise as he was about to head out of the locker room.

"Oh, I fell asleep after taking Valium last night. I didn't hear anything." Xu Nuo said to the reporter with a smile. Seeing the disappointment on the reporter's face, he turned and left the player. locker room.

When Xu Nuo came to the court, he found that Thunder star Kevin Durant had been practicing on the court for a while.Among his teammates, only Deng Tai Jones, Paul George and George Hill were on the court, so Xu Nuo joined in.Xu Nuo originally thought that Deng Tai Jones and the others would talk about Charles Barkley to him, but no one spoke on the court, and the four of them were practicing silently.As the time for the start of the game is approaching, the players in the locker room are about to come out.

In the visiting locker room of the Indiana Pacers, most of the players are already ready. After all, the visiting team's players will not spend as long in the locker room as the home team's players.

"Guys, are you ready?" Indiana Pacers captain Danny Granger exclaimed.

"Ready!" The players also replied loudly.

"Then let's go!" Danny Granger shouted loudly, "Let them take a look, our team must not be underestimated!"

So, the Indiana Pacers played under the leadership of veteran James Posey.

(End of this chapter)