super point guard

Chapter 66
Faced with his team's poor performance at the beginning of the game, Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Brown did not make substitutions immediately, nor did he make any major adjustments. He just used a 20-second official short The opportunity to pause was simply rearranged.Xu Nuo originally thought that coach Larry Brown would make substitutions at this time, but the team did not have a substitute player.Xu Nuo has also been looking forward to Coach Larry Brown calling his name, but Coach Larry Brown did not look at Xu Nuo on the bench.

"When do you think Coach Larry Brown will let us play?" Xu Nuo finally couldn't help asking the team veteran James Posey who was sitting beside him.

In the extremely noisy Ford Center arena, James Posey could barely hear the promised question, "What are you worried about, you will definitely play earlier than me." James Posey said.

Xu Nuo nodded "Oh" and said nothing more.

At this time, James Posey seemed to suddenly think of something, turned his head and asked Xu Xu: "Aren't you worried that you won't get [-] points in this game?"

Xu Nuo knew that James Posey was referring to Sir Charles Barkley speaking ill of him, Xu Nuo shook his head and said, "No, it's not what you said."

James Posey smiled, turned his head and continued to focus on the game on the court.Xu Nuo raised his head and looked at the scoreboard above his head. At 4:12, his Indiana Pacers were still eight points behind their tonight opponent, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

In fact, coach Larry Brown's rearrangement during the last 20-second official timeout was very simple, that is, to resolutely hand the ball to the team's inside line, especially to their center Roy Hibbert hands, because Roy Hibbert has played better than their power forward David West so far in this game.Roy Hibbert held the ball with his back to the Thunder's big center Kendrick Perkins, and did not show the slightest panic.Roy Hibbert used his footsteps to falter a little, and then suddenly turned quickly and threw a shot. Before Kendrick Perkins had time to block Roy Hibbert's shot, the ball went high Over his head, hollow into the net!

"Roy played really beautifully!" said Xu Nuo, who was sitting on the team's bench beside the court.

"Don't forget that Roy once trained with the legendary NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon," Deng Tai Jones, who was sitting next to Xu Nuo, said to Xu Nuo.

"Hakeem Olajuwon!" Xu Nuo exclaimed, "Such a great legendary center, I really want to meet him!"

But Deng Tai Jones did not talk to Xu Nuo again, because his attention was completely attracted by the game on the court.

On the court, Kevin Durant received a pass from Russell Westbrook and missed a mid-range jumper under the defense of Danny Granger, and the fans in the Ford Center immediately burst out. With a sigh of disappointment, Promise notices that this is Kevin Durant's first missed shot of the game.

Although David West is not in good form on the offensive end, he has done a good job on the defensive end and ensuring the team's rebounds.After David West grabbed the backcourt rebound, the Indiana Pacers immediately launched a quick counterattack.But Danny Granger didn't wait for other teammates to settle down, and directly shot a long three-pointer from the outside. The ball hit the basket's neck heavily and then rebounded quickly. Thunder power forward Serge Ibaka He jumped high and put the rebound in his arms.

At this time, the Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook was standing near the center line. When he saw Ibaka grab the backcourt rebound, he immediately started to rush to the frontcourt. Found Westbrook for the first time.Xu Nuo saw the substitute players on the Thunder bench at the other end of the court and many fans in the stands stood up. It seemed that everyone was looking forward to Westbrook's wonderful dunk performance. There are plenty of people who have "seen" Westbrook's dunk in their minds.

But at the same time Russell Westbrook was catching the ball and rushing upfield, Indiana Pacers point guard Darren Collison was scrambling to stop Westbrook. Brook dunks.When the two rushed to the basket, they jumped up almost at the same time, but Darren Collison didn't make it. It crashed directly out of the stadium, and the fans, especially the female fans, started screaming loudly again.

"Be careful!" Seeing Darren Collison being knocked out of the field, Xu Nuo couldn't help shouting.

After Westbrook dunked successfully, all the substitute players on the Thunder bench jumped up, but Xu Nuo also looked nervously at Darren Collison on the sidelines.But what they worry about is not just whether Darren Collison will get hurt, but whether Russell Westbrook fouled when he dunked.

But the referee on duty didn't blow his whistle. Darren Collison got up from the floor and began to argue with the referee.

"Russell made a very subtle push when dunking!" Xu Nuo heard Darren Collison say to the referee.

But the referee on duty shrugged, but Xu Nuo didn't hear what he said.Coach Larry Brown stood on the edge of the court and waved his hand firmly to Darren Collison, which meant that he should stop complaining to the referee and take the ball to organize the team's offense.

"Now the league implements zero tolerance, it is not a good thing to always chatter to the referee." Xu Nuo said.

"You're right," James Posey beside him said in agreement, "To be honest, it's not bad if the referee didn't call Darren a foul just now."

On the court, the Indiana Pacers still handed the ball to the inside center Roy Hibbert when attacking, and Roy Hibbert still held the ball with his back to Kendrick Perkins.At this time, Danny Granger used David West's blocker to get rid of the defense and rushed to the Thunder's paint area. Roy Hibbert immediately passed the ball in his hand to Danny Granger. out.Danny Granger caught the ball and forced a layup, which drew a thug foul from Serge Ibaka.

Promise watched Danny Granger walk to the free throw line and thought to himself that Coach Larry Brown's strategy of giving the ball to the inside was still correct.But Danny Granger's first free throw went wide of the basket, and there were bursts of jeers from the stands.

At this time, Coach Larry Brown began to make the first substitution and adjustment, Xu Nuo immediately felt a burst of nervous excitement in his heart, looking forward to Coach Larry Brown calling his name.But coach Larry Brown simply replaced David West with backup power forward Tyler Hansbrough, promising to hang his head in disappointment.

Danny Granger adjusted slightly and made his second free throw. With 7:14 to go, the Indiana Pacers still trailed the Thunder by seven points.

"I don't know if Taylor's condition will be better than David's." Xu Nuo said, holding his chin with his hand.

"It's hard to say that Taylor won't be affected by the 'phobic sequelae'." James Posey said.

Xu Nuo almost laughed out loud when he heard that.

"Forget your theories," Promise told James Posey, "there's no 'phobic sequelae'!"

James Posey didn't say anything after hearing this, but shook his head slightly.

On the court, the Oklahoma City Thunder just started to organize an offense, but was stopped by the referee on duty. It turned out that Tyler Hansbrough was entangled with Serge Ibaka while defending.Although the referee had already blown his whistle, it was obvious that Tyler Hansbrough had already fought with Serge Ibaka, and the referee hurried forward to separate the two.The substitute players of the two teams all stood up, as if they were ready to rush to the field at any time, and the fans in the stands once again booed all over the sky.

"Taylor looks so bookish from the outside, I didn't expect to be so bloody when playing!" Xu Nuo said excitedly.

"The so-called people should not be judged by their appearance!" James Posey said with obvious disdain, "You still have a lot to learn, newcomer!"

Tyler Hansbrough and Serge Ibaka were finally pulled away by other players on the court, and the referee on duty awarded a technical foul to each of them.After Kevin Durant and Darren Collison made free throws, the Oklahoma City Thunder resumed their playmaking.

But the clash sparked by Tyler Hansbrough boosted the Indiana Pacers' morale, and the team's defensive intensity increased along with it.Facing the suddenly strengthened defense, the Thunder players seemed a little uncomfortable. They made several consecutive shots, and Kevin Durant's long-range three-pointer also hit the neck of the basket.With Roy Hibbert and Tyler Hansbrough scoring respectively, the Indiana Pacers began to catch up with the score bit by bit.

"One of the main reasons why they caught up with the score during this period of time is the outstanding performance of the two big inside players. Maybe we should call a timeout and adjust our tactics." The assistant coach of the Thunder said to the team's head coach Scott. Coach Brooks said.

"Wait and see." Coach Scott Brooks said, frowning.

But coach Scott Brooks called a timeout after Danny Granger finally hit an outside 15-pointer to make it 17:[-].

(End of this chapter)