super point guard

Chapter 79 The Weird Pass

It wasn't until the last 2 minutes of the second quarter that Xu Nuo waited for another chance to play.When he played this time, Xu Nuo's opponent on the court was still the Boston Celtics' starting point guard Rajon Rondo, not Delonte Way ster.In the 5 minutes of the first quarter, Xu Nuo scored nine points and three assists under the defense of Rajon Rondo.But this time Xu Nuo only had time to pick up a backcourt rebound, and the first half of the game was over. The score was 49:45, and the home team Indiana Pacers still maintained a four-point lead.

"It's really nice to promise that kid to play," Indiana Pacers head assistant coach Brian Shaw told head coach Larry Brown as he walked to the team's locker room.

Coach Larry Brown was still expressionless after hearing this, "Why did you see that?" He didn't directly answer what Coach Brian Shaw said, but asked a question instead.

"As long as the kid is promised to play, then he can contribute to the team more or less." Coach Brian Shaw said.

Coach Larry Brown nodded slightly. After all, what Coach Brian Shaw said was true, "That's true." Coach Larry Brown admitted.

"Maybe we should give the promised kid some more playing time." Coach Brian Shaw continued.

But this time Coach Larry Brown didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Among Coach Larry Brown's three assistant coaches, except for the other two assistant coaches, coach Dan Burke and coach Jim Boylen, who were neutral about commitments, lead assistant coach Brian Shaw The coach has always favored promises, and has been telling Coach Larry Brown that he should give promises more playing time.Although Coach Larry Brown himself appreciates promises, Coach Larry Brown does not dare to let a rookie player stay on the court for too long, especially in this regular season.

Of the 15 minutes at halftime, coach Larry Brown spent almost five minutes praising his commitment to playing well in the first half.You must know that Coach Larry Brown has always been extremely demanding on players in the position of point guard, including Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 5ers, so when Coach Larry Brown was in the player locker room When Xu Nuo was specially praised, the players of the whole team were taken aback, including Xu Xu himself, because Xu Nuo never thought that Coach Larry Brown would specifically praise himself during the intermission.

But despite this, Xu Nuo did not appear on the court at the beginning of the third quarter. Darren Collison was still the starting point guard for the Indiana Pacers in the second half of the game, and Xu Nuo continued to sit on the ball. On the team bench.

Generally speaking, the first 5 minutes of the third quarter is a very critical period of time for the entire game, especially when the score is stalemate like this game.Every team that wants to win the game will suddenly exert its strength during this period of time, and even directly determine the final outcome of the entire game during this period of time. For example, the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 are like this child's.However, in these 5 minutes, the home team Indiana Pacers failed to exert their strength. Instead, the visiting team Boston Celtics successfully overtook the Indiana Pacers by two points with 57:55 through a burst of indiscriminate bombing.

"Hey, Larry, I said, we can't go on like this!" Coach Brian Shaw, the chief assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers, turned his head and carefully reminded Coach Larry Brown.

"Are you going to say again that it's better to play the promise kid?" Coach Larry Brown said.

"But, Larry, you should notice," coach Brian Shaw went on, "Boston's offensive spree was instigated by their point guard, Rajon Rondo, and we found that Darren was defending Rajon Rondo. Jane Rondo didn't do that well."

"I know," Coach Larry Brown said, nodding, "but we can't just make changes for the sake of making changes."

"We believe that Xu Nuo will do better than Darren." Coach Brian Shaw said.

Coach Larry Brown didn't answer, but asked the other two assistant coaches.

"Dan, Jim, tell me we should put promises on the field?" Coach Larry Brown asked.

"Among our three point guards, Darren's offense is stronger than defense, while George's defense is stronger than offense. It seems that Xu Nuo is the only one who can achieve a balance between offense and defense." Dan Burke The coach said so.

"Maybe we should take another look at the situation on the court, and decide whether to substitute or not based on changes in the situation on the court." Coach Jim Boylen said.

Coach Larry Brown nodded. After the three assistant coaches said this, he already had a decision in his heart.

At this time, Rajon Rondo once again assisted their power forward Kevin Garnett to score a mid-range jumper on the court. The Boston Celtics opened up the point difference 63:57.Darren Collison had just dribbled the ball upfield when coach Larry Brown got up and called a timeout.

"Promise, you're ready to play!" Coach Larry Brown said loudly.

Xu Nuo was a little surprised when he heard Coach Larry Brown calling his name. After all, only 6 minutes had passed in the third quarter.But he was surprised, Xu Nuo stood up immediately, took off his sports coat, and stood beside Coach Larry Brown.

"We haven't done a good job in the past few minutes, especially on the perimeter. We have let Rajon Rondo do whatever he wants on our territory!" Coach Larry Brown pointed at himself during the timeout The players yelled, "You must show our tough defense! We want to show those guys in Boston that our Indiana Pacers are definitely not easy to mess with!"

Coach Larry Brown replaced DeMar DeRozan with Danny Jones during the timeout, while James Posey replaced Danny Granger.

"Hey, David, what should we do next?" Xu Nuo asked David West as he walked onto the court.

"What did you say?" David West said to Xu Nuo with some surprise.

"I said, after DeMar and Danny are off the court, we don't have a real breakthrough player on the court." Xu Nuo said.

"You can be the breaker," David West said simply.

Xu Nuo wanted to say something more, but the on-duty referee Joe Crawford had already blown his whistle, and Xu Nuo hurried to the bottom line to catch the ball.

Since there was no stable three-point shooter on the court at this time, the Indiana Pacers changed their tactics and began to focus on the inside.After Xu Nuo dribbled to the frontcourt, two inside players of the Indiana Pacers, David West and Roy Hibbert, came up at the same time and made a double screen for Xu Nuo.David West, Roy Hibbert, and Duntay Jones and James Posey from beyond the arc all played as Promise dribbled off the defense and headed for the Boston Celtics paint. Standing on the line of the free throw line.Immediately after David West and Roy Hibbert set a double screen, David West turns back and cuts to the basket for the Boston Celtics, while Roy Hibbert remains Attract the Boston Celtics defense near the free throw line.

At this time, he promised to pass the ball in time, either to the air-cut David West, or to Dengtai Jones and James Posey outside the three-point line.However, when Xu Nuo was about to pass the ball, Xu Nuo suddenly found that three players from the Boston Celtics surrounded him.

"Hey, you still want to intercept my pass." Xu Nuo said with a sneer in his heart, and then he faced the three Celtic players who surrounded him, and suddenly flicked his wrist!
Rajon Rondo, who is the closest to Xu Nuo, can’t figure out how Xu Nuo passed the ball to David West inside, because standing on the field between Xu Nuo and David West Three Celtics players.But with a flick of Xu Nuo's wrist, the ball spun at high speed, scraping the floor of the court and directly piercing through the Boston Celtics' defense.Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett, and Leonard Kostic, who were almost standing on the same line, bent down almost at the same time, trying to steal the promised pass, but they also found that their fingers The tip of the head can't even scratch the skin of the ball.The air-cut David West received the ball and directly pulled up for a dunk, and at the same time caused a foul by Krstic who returned to the defense.

"Wow oh oh oh oh..." The commentator on the scene shouted, "How did the ball promise to pass? Can anyone tell me how he passed the ball? Who can watch it? Do you know how he passed through the defense of three opponents at the same time?" The poor on-site commentator was already a little incoherent, "Oh, my God, that pass was so weird!"

After assisting David West for a dunk, Xu Nuo smiled coldly, hugged David West, and then looked at the three Boston Celtics players.

Leonard Kostic put his hands on his hips, with a bit of a helpless smile on his face, Kevin Garnett lowered his head, looking like the "Wolf King" back then, and Rajon Lang Duo put his hands behind his head, and the surprised expression on his face was like an alien suddenly descending in front of him.

Moreover, even the smile on the corner of Xu Nuo's mouth looked so weird at this moment.

On the sidelines of the Indiana Pacers coaching bench, Coach Brian Shaw turned his head and said to Coach Larry Brown: "It seems that letting Xu Nuo play is really the right decision."

Coach Larry Brown touched his chin and smiled faintly.

(End of this chapter)