super point guard

Chapter 232 The Battle of Texas (6)

Chapter 232 The Battle of Texas ([-])

With the whistle of the on-duty referee Jason Phillips, the Indiana Pacers challenged the San Antonio Spurs in the last and most critical quarter of the game.

In the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, two core point guards, Xu Nuo and Tony Parker, who had been competing with each other in the first three quarters, were sitting on the bench off the court. Both Coach Povich and Larry Brown are going to put their team's strengths into the final minutes of the game to compete with their opponents.The Indiana Pacers point guard on the court at this time was George Hill, while the San Antonio Spurs point guard was backup combo guard Gary Neal.

Since both teams played on the bench, the scores of both teams crawled like snails.However, the San Antonio Spurs still have two good scorers in Manu Ginobili and DeJuan Blair, and the Indiana Pacers have Rudy Fernandez and Paul George.But at this time, both teams put their main energy on defense, and offense became secondary instead.So, nearly 3 minutes after the start of the fourth quarter, the two teams scored only eight points in total.

"I bet that the score in this game will definitely not exceed [-] points!" said DeMar DeRozan, who was sitting next to Xu Nuo.

"I feel that I can't even reach 75 points." Xu Nuo said.

"That's right!" Danny Granger nodded.

Xu promised that while they were talking, Paul George's outside three-point long shot missed the basket again. The score on the field was still 61:60, and the Indiana Pacers in the away game still led by one point.

"Now the game has fallen into a tug-of-war. This kind of game can best test the endurance and psychological quality of the players." Danny Granger said, "Under this situation, even if there is only a little bit of slack, It is very likely that you will be left far behind by your opponent.”

"So far, the guys are doing pretty well," David West said.

However, as soon as David West finished speaking, the Indiana Pacers players on the court made a mistake, allowing Manu Ginobili to easily break into the Indiana Pacers paint area. Then the San Antonio Spurs took the lead. "Pay attention to the protection of the inside line, and pay attention to the defense of the inside line!" Coach Larry Brown shouted at the disciples on the field from the side of the field.

"It doesn't look like a boast!" Danny Granger said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

However, the players on the court quickly made up for their mistakes. Rudy Fernandez hit a long three-pointer from the outside to help the Indiana Pacers once again overtake the score on the court.After the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, the two teams tied 5-64, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich got up and called for a long timeout, seemingly disaffected by his team's current tie. The situation is quite unsatisfactory.

After Rudy Fernandez and the others returned to the bench, coach Larry Brown took out his tactical board.

"From now on, let's decide the outcome!" Coach Larry Brown said with a serious face.

After this timeout, both Danny Granger and David West returned to the court, and on the side of the San Antonio Spurs, the "GDP" Big Three all stood on the court.

Xu Nuo glanced at Coach Larry Brown, feeling a little impatient. "Now that Tony Parker has returned to the court, why doesn't Coach Larry Brown replace me?" Xu Nuo thought in his heart, but he didn't say anything.Xu Nuo knew very well in his heart that it was best not to easily reveal his dissatisfaction in front of Coach Larry Brown, who runs the army with an iron fist.

"There are only the last 7 minutes left before the end of the game. We must do our job well in these 7 minutes, and we must not let the victory slip away from our fingertips!" As the team captain Danny Granger shouted at his teammates.

After Danny Granger and David West returned to the court, the Indiana Pacers began to focus the ball on Danny Granger and David West instead of In the overall basketball like before, every player can get the ball and have a chance to attack.David West, with his back against Tim Duncan, holds the ball near the free throw line.At this time, Danny Granger used the screen of center JJ-Hickson to get rid of Stephen Jackson's defense, took the ball from David West, and rushed towards the San Antonio Spurs basket.

"Fill it up!" Tony Parker yelled at DeJuan Blair.

However, just as DeJuan Blair blocked his body in front of Danny Granger, Danny Granger had already thrown the ball in his hand towards the basket.At the same time, the on-duty referee Jason Phillips blew his whistle.

DeJuan Blair didn't feel surprised when he heard Jason Phillips blow the whistle, because he thought the ball must be an offensive foul by Danny Granger.But when DeJuan Blair saw Jason Phillips pointing at him, DeJuan Blair opened his mouth in surprise.

"What?" DeJuan Blair exclaimed in surprise. "How could it be my foul?"

In fact, DeJuan Blair did not need to question the referee at all, because his feet were not steady when he blocked Danny Granger's breakthrough, and DeJuan Blair was not completely facing Danny Granger. Granger makes a foul.The on-duty referee Jason Phillips completely ignored the boos in the AT&T Arena and still called DeJuan Blair's defensive foul.Danny Granger made two free throws and the Indiana Pacers once again led the San Antonio Spurs by two.

At this moment, coach Larry Brown looked at Xu Xu, who was still sitting on the bench.

"Go on, Promise!" Coach Larry Brown said to Promise, "Give 'em a final blow!"

At this time, Xu Nuo was eager to hear Coach Larry Brown call his name. Hearing what Coach Larry Brown said, Xu Nuo immediately jumped up from the chair and took off his sports coat.Immediately afterwards, Coach Larry Brown looked at the team's main center, Roy Hibbert.

So, after Danny Granger made two free throws, Promise and Roy Hibbert returned to the court at the same time, replacing George Hill and JJ-Hickson, so that, in addition to the shooting guard Except for Paul George, the players in the other four positions are all the main players.Seeing the Indiana Pacers make substitution adjustments, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich also started to make substitutions, with Boris Diaw replacing Danny Granger who had just given two free throws DeJuan Blair.

"It looks like the final decisive battle is about to begin!" Xu Nuo thought while bending down, carefully facing Tony Parker in front of him.

"Hey, rookie, the two of us have been wrestling for almost a whole night tonight, and it should be time to decide the final winner." Xu Nuo heard Tony Parker say to himself.

"This is your own business, what does it have to do with me?" Xu Nuo said lightly.

"If you think so, then you just wait to taste the taste of failure!" Tony Parker said angrily.

"Oh?" Xu Nuo frowned.

However, as soon as Tony Parker finished speaking, a breakthrough had already been initiated.Xu Nuo was slightly taken aback, but still quickly blocked the line that Tony Parker continued to break through.Tony Parker paused for a moment when he saw that Xu Nuo was still blocking him, and then suddenly changed the direction of his breakthrough.However, at this moment, Paul George suddenly appeared next to Tony Parker's right hand, and was about to steal Tony Parker's dribble.Tony Parker hurriedly changed the ball to his left hand, but at the moment Tony Parker changed hands, Xu Nuo made a sudden shot and knocked out the ball in Tony Parker's hand.

"What?" Tony Parker was taken aback.

At the same time, Paul George had already picked up the ball and rushed to the frontcourt. The San Antonio Spurs rushed back to defend, but the old San Antonio Spurs had no time to defend in front of the young Indiana Pacers.Paul George dribbled the ball upfield and tossed the ball high.Xu Nuo, who followed behind, also jumped high and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands!

"Beautiful!" The Indiana Pacers' bench boiled. After the promised dunk, the Indiana Pacers had a four-point lead over the San Antonio Spurs.Seeing the team's poor momentum, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich hastily requested another timeout.

Compared with the boiling Indiana Pacers bench, the home team San Antonio Spurs bench is an oppressive silence, just like the fans in the AT&T Arena at this time.Although the four-point gap is not that big, and there are still three minutes left in the game, it is actually not easy to catch up with the four-point disadvantage in such an intense and high-level game.

"Now, it is our last chance to reverse the situation and win the game!" Coach Gregg Popovich said.

(End of this chapter)