super point guard

Chapter 87
If the Indiana Pacers had faced the Houston Rockets last season, the Indiana Pacers could have played offensive basketball against the Houston Rockets.Because in the last season the head coach of the Houston Rockets was coach Rick Adelman, and coach Rick Adelman is an offense-oriented head coach.But this season, the head coach of the Houston Rockets has been replaced by coach Kevin McHale, and the team's style of play has also changed from an offensive style to a defensive style. It's been a season against the Rockets like that.

In fact, in the last season, the Indiana Pacers' defense was already very good. This season, under the leadership of coach Larry Brown, the team's defense has improved a lot.It is also commendable that the team can still maintain the team's good offensive firepower while improving its defense.

Therefore, whether it is a confrontation with the Houston Rockets or a defense with the Rockets, this group of young lads of the Indiana Pacers will not be at a disadvantage.

Before the game, coach Larry Brown wrote the words "Looking for Commitment" on the tactical board in the team's locker room.Obviously, coach Larry Brown has regarded promise as a tactical core point of the team and an important part of the team.And it was precisely because of coach Larry Brown's trust and tactical arrangements that Xu Nuo got an offensive opportunity at the beginning of the game.

Xu Nuo dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to the team's top scorer, Danny Granger, while he was constantly cruising outside, looking for good opportunities to attack.Danny Granger dribbles past Chase Budinger, but his layup is blocked by Luis Scola, but David West Grabbed an offensive rebound.At this time, the other players of the Pacers had good offensive opportunities, but David West handed the ball to Xu Nuo.

"You can vote!" Xu Nuo heard Danny Granger yelling at himself.

Since Xu Nuo had just won the NBA Rookie of the Week trophy before the game, Xu Nuo's self-confidence was completely bursting at this time.Danny Granger hadn't finished yelling, Xu Nuo had already shot quickly.The ball drew a wonderful arc in the air, and then went into the net hollow!
"Promise—" the on-site announcer yelled heartbreakingly again, "Our best rookie promise scored the first point of the game!" With the heartrending voice of the on-site announcer It sounded, and there was also a burst of shouts like a tsunami from the stands around the stadium.

"Kevin Martin is completely empty in the right corner!" Xu Nuo yelled while facing Kyle Lowry on the court when the team was defending, "Who is defending Kevin? , Hurry up to make up the defense!"

Since Xu Nuo has now become the team's starting point guard, Xu Nuo also dares to command his teammates on the court.But it was too late for DeMar DeRozan to make up the defense again. Kevin Martin made a three-pointer from the outside, and DeMar DeRozan just extended his hand to symbolically interfere.But Kevin Martin's three-pointer hit the neck of the basket, and Roy Hibbert leaped high and received the backcourt rebound.

While Roy Hibbert grabbed the backcourt rebound, Xu immediately started to rush forward, and Roy Hibbert's pass found Xu in time.Due to the huge impact generated during the fast running, Xu Nuo couldn't hold his feet when he ran to the basket.So Xu Nuo subconsciously tossed the ball behind his head, and DeMar DeRozan, who followed closely behind Xu Nuo, jumped up high and scored a dunk!

"Beautiful pass!" The on-site commentator shouted loudly, "It is a pass from Xu! When Xu came to the basket, he did not choose to score a layup by himself, but chose to pass! This is Promise's first assist in this game! We have scored two points and one assist in less than 1 minute, what an efficient point guard! We should be proud that we have such an excellent point guard Very lucky!"

Although the on-site commentator yelled at the Conseco Arena, Xu Nuo turned a deaf ear to it, because he had to face his opponent Kyle Lowry.Compared with Xu Nuo, although Kyle Lowry is much shorter in height, his body is much stronger than Xu Nuo.Kyle Lowry used his body to forcibly squeeze the promise, and after a breakthrough with the dribble, he made an emergency stop jumper and finally scored the first point of the game for the Houston Rockets.

When Xu Nuo took the ball from DeMar DeRozan, Xu Nuo saw the head coach Larry Brown on the sidelines of the court stand up and point out two fingers.Xu Nuo knew that Coach Larry Brown meant to play No. [-] tactic, so he nodded knowingly, and Coach Larry Brown sat down again.

So Xu Nuo raised two fingers while dribbling the ball, telling his teammates that the attacking team will play No. [-] tactics this time.So after Xu Nuo dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, David West mentioned the high position and made a pick-and-roll cooperation for Xu Nuo.Xu Nuo immediately used David West's blocking screen to get rid of the defense. David West immediately turned back and ran to the basket after completing the blocking screen for Xu Nuo. Xu Nuo's pass came to David West in time. West's hands.

The fans sitting near the baseline all stood up, and it seemed that the fans thought David West was going to dunk.

But the Rockets center Luis Scola stood in front of David West. NBA fans know that Luis Scola is a well-known "Actor" in the NBA. It can definitely be ranked in the top five in the NBA.When Luis Scola's figure appeared at the basket, Xu Nuo knew that Luis Scola was going to make David West's offensive foul.

With a bang, David West and Luis Scola collided heavily, knocking Luis Scola directly to the ground.But the referee on duty didn't blow his whistle, neither David West's offensive foul nor Luis Scola's blocking foul, nothing happened.

Luis Scola sat on the floor and spread his hands to the referee helplessly, but the referee still ignored Luis Scola's protest and still did not blow his whistle.Seeing this situation, the fans at the scene began to gloat a little, ignoring the helplessness and anger of the Rockets' substitute players.

Since the referee did not blow his whistle, the game continued.Fans in the Conseco Arena uttered chants after David West threw a ball that spun around the rim as it collided with Luis Scola and failed to make it in. A disappointed "oh...".

Just as the players of the two teams were about to fight for the rebound, a figure wearing the Indiana Pacers' No. 13 jersey jumped high.

"It's a promise!" the live announcer shouted.

Immediately, the fans in the stands in the arena held their breath, anticipating what kind of performance they would promise next.Xu Nuo leaped high, grabbed the ball that was still tumbling in mid-air, and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands!
"Wow oh oh oh oh———" all the fans at the scene shouted frantically, and those fans who were standing near the baseline and were disappointed that they didn't see David West's dunk also excitedly raised their hands Raising her arms, the scream from one of the female fans even made the promise hanging on the basket feel a little harsh.

"Guo Nuo got the rebound and scored a dunk!" The on-site commentator said loudly, "No one has ever told me that Xu Nuo can also dunk! I never thought that Xu Nuo could dunk, and it was a dunk with both hands!"

In order to avoid being called a technical foul by the referee for hanging the basket for too long, Xu Nuo only hung on the basket for about two seconds after dunking and jumped off.

"Hey, rookie, this ball should be mine." When returning to defense, David West smiled and said to Xu Nuo.

"Well, it really should be yours. If your shot goes in this time, I won't take the ball to make up the dunk." Xu Nuo said, and then looked back at the female fan sitting near the baseline, "Now Some of the fans are really too much, their screams can only be received by bats." Xu Nuo said.

David West laughed when he heard it, "This is normal." David West said.

At this time, the Houston Rockets had already begun to attack, and Xu Nuo and David West hurriedly stopped talking and began to face their opponents separately.

Under the oppression of the strong defense of the Indiana Pacers, the Houston Rockets shot in the first quarter. The team only made 30.00 of 27 shots, and the shooting percentage was only a poor 18% [-]!And the Indiana Pacers played impressively offensively under the promised go-between.As the team's starting point guard, he scored six points, five assists and two rebounds in the first quarter, and made all three shots.Due to the promise of such an outstanding performance, the Indiana Pacers led the opponent Houston Rockets by a score of [-]:[-] at the end of the first quarter.

Coach Larry Brown stood on the sidelines, folded his hands, with an imperceptible smile on his face, "It seems that I wrote the phrase 'Looking for Promises' in the locker room for nothing!" Larry Brown The coach thought so.

(End of this chapter)