super point guard

Chapter 229 The Battle of Texas (3)

Chapter 229 The Battle of Texas ([-])

If it were in the past, the first few minutes of the second quarter would definitely be the performance of Xu Nuo and the Indiana Pacers' bench gangsters, but in tonight's away game against the San Antonio Spurs, in the second quarter The point guard who led the bench players in the first half was no longer promised, but replaced by OJ Mayo.

Due to the ankle injury of the team's original main point guard Darren Collison, Promise was once again pushed into the starting position by coach Larry Brown.Because of this, sitting out the first few minutes of the second quarter was a promise to play the entire first quarter, and the point guard on the court was replaced by OJ Mayo.

Although OJ Mayo's personal offensive ability is excellent, his organizational ability and passing ability are slightly inferior.In front of the strong defensive San Antonio Spurs, OJ Mayo's personal offense was firmly restricted, making it difficult for OJ Mayo to score.Without the excellent passing organization of the point guard, the Indiana Pacers' offense has become a chaotic battle. The player starts the personal attack mode.As a result, the Indiana Pacers' scoring ability declined sharply, and the San Antonio Spurs took the opportunity to take the lead again.

Coach Larry Brown of the Indiana Pacers touched his nose and frowned in thought.In fact, the personal offensive ability of the players on the court is pretty good, whether it is point guard OJ Mayo, shooting guard Paul George, or small forward Rudy Fernandez.It's just that facing the San Antonio Spurs, who focus on team defense, the team only needs a good guard who can connect these players with excellent scoring ability.

Coach Larry Brown thought about it. Among the Indiana Pacers, apart from Darren Collison, who was exempted due to injury, there is only one person who can meet the above conditions.Another backup point guard, George Hill, did a good job in defense and outside three-pointers, but he was still a little bit worse in passing organization.

Coach Larry Brown thinks this way, Manu Ginobili has once again intercepted OJ Mayo's pass on the court, and the San Antonio Spurs without Tim Duncan on the court can launch a quick counterattack without any scruples.Manu Ginobili broke through and scored a layup throughout the game. The San Antonio Spurs at home have already led the Indiana Pacers by five points 26:21.

Seeing the team falling behind more and more, coach Larry Brown had no choice but to get up and ask for a timeout.

"Now the second quarter has been played for about 3 minutes, and we actually only made one goal and scored a poor two points!" During the timeout, coach Larry Brown said, "Our defensive work is not bad. Not bad, but we have a pretty serious problem with our offense!"

Coach Larry Brown said so, took out the tactical board, and began to write and draw on the tactical board.

"In the attack just now, Rudy should have used Ronnie's blocker to run outside the three-point line to receive the ball, but Ronnie couldn't help Rudy get rid of the defense, and he didn't appear at the right time. In the position." Coach Larry Brown said while drawing tactics on the tactical board, "It is precisely because of this that they can clearly guess our tactical intentions, and Ovington's pass will make a mistake. "

Substitute center Ronnie Turiaf nodded. Although the loss of points this time seemed to be OJ Mayo's mistake, in the final analysis the responsibility still lies with him.

"However, just now Irvington's pass selection also has obvious problems." Coach Larry Brown cleared his throat and continued, "Although Rudy failed to come out to catch the ball at the right time, our power forward JJ —Hickson has already reached out for the ball behind DeJuan Blair, in fact, we can choose to hang inside at this time, after all, the offensive efficiency of the inside is higher and more sure."

OJ Mayo sniffed and didn't speak.

"The difference of five points is actually not that big. It's only the beginning of the second quarter. We still have enough time to recover the score." Coach Larry Brown continued, "But we can't always think about how to retreat. We must move forward. From now on, we must play every minute of the game as if it were the last minute of the game, so that we will have the motivation to continue playing!"

"Have you heard, guys! We must play every minute of the game as if it were the last minute of the game!" Team captain Danny Granger said loudly.

Although coach Larry Brown did not make any substitution adjustments during the timeout this time, even the promise that Coach Larry Brown once wanted to play was still sitting on the team's bench under the court, but in the game After the restart, the Indiana Pacers' offense became much more fluid.The players on the court have started to play every minute of the game as the last minute of the game, as coach Larry Brown said, so that the players become more patient when attacking , Use every passing opportunity to find scoring opportunities.After Rudy Fernandez hit two consecutive outside 1-pointers, the gap between the two teams became one point again.

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich looked livid and began to make substitutions, and the two leading stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker all returned to the court.Seeing Tony Parker back on the field, coach Larry Brown looked to Commitment on the bench.

"Promise, get ready to play!" Coach Larry Brown said to Promise.

Xu Nuo nodded and stood up from the chair. "It seems that Coach Larry Brown is definitely going to pair me with Tony Parker tonight!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart.

But there was no dead ball on the court, so Xu Nuo sat in front of the technical table and watched the game on the court.Tony Parker broke through OJ Mayo's defense, drove into the Indiana Pacers paint for a layup, and drew a defensive foul from Ronnie Turiaf.Tony Parker added a free throw to give the San Antonio Spurs a four-point lead over the Indiana Pacers with 31:27 to go.

At this time, the buzzer in the AT&T Arena rang, and Xu Nuo made his debut again, replacing combo guard OJ Mayo.Just as the San Antonio Spurs were about to serve, the buzzer sounded again, and Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert stepped in to replace underperforming backup center Ronnie Turiaf.

When the referee Jason Phillips confirmed that the Indiana Pacers would not continue to make substitutions, he handed the ball to Stephen Jackson of the San Antonio Spurs who was in charge of serving the baseline.As soon as Tony Parker got the ball, Xu Nuo immediately stuck to it.

"Do you want to entangle with me until the end of the game?" Tony Parker said to Xu Nuo.

"Who is sent to defend you is the arrangement made by the coach, I just finish my own work!" Xu Nuo said to Tony Parker coldly.

Tony Parker smiled slightly, and suddenly accelerated the frequency of dribbling in his hands. With just a simple shoulder shake, Xu Nuo was left behind by Tony Parker.

"Tony Parker got rid of the promised defense!" The on-site commentator immediately shouted loudly, "Tony Parker showed his superb dribbling skills, and now Tony Parker is rushing towards the basket at high speed, and it seems that there is no one left. I can stop him!"

Amidst the shouts of the on-site commentator, Tony Parker has quickly come to the basket of the Indiana Pacers, jumping up amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene and preparing for a layup.However, suddenly, Tony Parker felt the lights around his body dim, and then, Tony Parker saw a big hand firmly pressing the ball he had already thrown on the backboard!

"It's a promise again!" said the on-site commentator. "This is the second time that promise blocks Tony Parker's layup tonight! Tony Parker has been blocked twice so far, and these two blocks Cover comes from promises!"

Before the on-site commentator's voice fell to the ground, the fans' stands around the stadium were booed all over the sky.On the court, the Indiana Pacers took advantage of the promised block to launch a quick counterattack again. Although the San Antonio Spurs had retreated quickly, Paul George still received a pass from Rudy Fernandez and scored a layup. The Indiana Pacers Rewrite the score on the field to 29:31, only two points behind the San Antonio Spurs!

"You're so fast!" Tony Parker said to the promise in front of him after he cleared the ball from teammate DeJuan Blair.

"It's just so-so." Xu Nuo said lightly with an indifferent expression on his face.

"You'd better not be too arrogant, you kid who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth!" Although Tony Parker was irritated by Xu Nuo's indifferent expression.

"You are not the first person to say this to me." Xu Nuo continued to respond to Tony Parker lightly.

Tony Parker sneered and started to attack with the ball.In Tony Parker's heart, he had secretly vowed that he must defeat the promise in front of him.

Thus, the most exciting duel in this game is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)