super point guard

Chapter 228 The Battle of Texas (2)

Chapter 228 Battle of Texas ([-])

"The game has just started now, we are only four points behind them, we can catch up with them!" Team captain Danny Granger shouted loudly on the court.

With shooting guard DeMar DeRozan's rash play blocked by San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan, Tony Parker seized the opportunity to quickly score two points on the counterattack, and now the San Antonio Spurs at home have already Four points ahead of the Indiana Pacers.

But that didn't dampen the confidence of the Indiana Pacers.

As Danny Granger said, the game has just begun, and there is still plenty of time to catch up with the score.Moreover, the four-point gap is nothing to the Indiana Pacers.

Xu Nuo just took the ball from DeMar DeRozan, and Tony Parker immediately stuck to it.Tony Parker's speed is comparable to Xu Nuo's, and Tony Parker is even stronger than Xu Nuo, Xu Nuo has no advantage at all in front of Tony Parker.Nevertheless, Xu Nuo still started to face Tony Parker's defense with the ball, carefully dribbling the ball forward.

"Hey, man, give me the ball!" Danny Granger put one arm against Kaoy Leonard, the defender next to him, and raised his other hand high, asking for the ball.Xu Nuo looked up at the positions of Danny Granger and David West, saw that David West was tightly entangled by Tim Duncan, so he handed the ball to Danny Granger Granger.

When Danny Granger received the ball, his body was already standing outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle. This is Danny Granger's best shooting point. It seems that Danny Granger wants to Rely on your own personal ability to shoot outside three-pointers to narrow the point difference between the two teams. "Danny, as you said yourself, we have enough time to catch up to the score, don't be so eager to shoot outside three-pointers!" Xu Nuo said loudly to Danny Granger.

However, Danny Granger didn't seem to hear the promise, or he heard it but didn't pay attention to it.Danny Granger faced Kawhi Leonard in front of him, and after two dribbles, he jumped directly beyond the three-point line.

"It seems that Danny is determined to rely on his own ability to solve the problem." Xu Nuo thought in his heart.

However, what Xu Nuo didn't expect was that after Danny Granger jumped up from outside the three-point line, he didn't shoot directly. Instead, with a flick of his wrist, the ball flew towards Xu Nuo standing at the top of the arc outside the three-point line like a cannonball. .Xu Nuo did not expect that Danny Granger would pass the ball to him, and hurriedly reached out to catch the ball.

"No one is defending in front of you, hurry up and shoot!" Danny Granger shouted at the promise.

Indeed, no one was defending Xu Nuo in front of him. Tony Parker was standing near the edge of the three-second zone, about two or three meters away from Xu Nuo.However, while Xu Nuo received the ball, Tony Parker has already rushed towards Xu Nuo.

Facing Tony Parker, Xu Nuo just made a fake shot, Tony Parker jumped up immediately, Xu Nuo paused, and Tony Parker flew from the top of Xu Nuo's head to behind Xu Nuo.At this time, Tony Parker could no longer pose any threat to Xu Nuo's shooting, and Xu Nuo made steady shots from outside the three-point line.The ball drew a straight arc in the air, and hit the inside of the basket with a "boom", and then the ball hit the floor with a "bang".

"When it's time to shoot, you still have to shoot resolutely!" Danny Granger said to Xu Nuo.

Xu Nuo nodded, only then did he understand why Danny Granger passed the ball to himself instead of shooting himself.

However, the person who promised this long-range three-pointer from the outside line should be San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker.Seeing himself being teased by the rookie player promised, Tony Parker felt very uncomfortable.So, in the next offense, Tony Parker began to play more aggressively.However, Tony Parker's breakthrough layup rarely missed the basket. Fortunately, center Tiago Splitter grabbed the offensive rebound and the ball returned to Tony Parker.

Tim Duncan stepped up to set a pick-and-roll for Tony Parker, and Tony Parker immediately sprang into action, bypassing Tim Duncan and heading for the Indiana Pacers basket.Tony Parker's breakthrough was so fast that the rest of the Indiana Pacers didn't have time to defend Tony Parker.However, just after Tony Parker threw the ball in his hand, Tony Parker suddenly heard a muffled "bang", and then the ball disappeared.

"It's Promise, the rookie point guard of the Indiana Pacers!" the on-site commentator in the AT&T Arena, home of the San Antonio Spurs, shouted. "Promise actually blocked Tony Parker's driving layup! You know, Tony Parker's driving layup has always been a rare miss!"

Tony Parker, who was blocked by the promise, shook his head helplessly, with a wry smile on his face.At this time, the Indiana Pacers have launched a quick counterattack. Although the San Antonio Spurs have always been a strong defensive team, it is difficult for them to keep up with the Indiana Pacers on the court. up.Promise hit the ground pass to DeMar DeRozan in the fast break, DeMar DeRozan caught the ball and scored a dunk, and the Indiana Pacers took the lead.

"It's all my fault for conceding the ball this time!" Tony Parker said to his teammates while getting the ball, and took the initiative to take responsibility for conceding the ball.

After the accidental loss of points, the San Antonio Spurs played more steadily, looking for every opportunity to score very patiently.Tony Parker assisted shooting guard Danny Green for two consecutive three-pointers at the end of the 24-second shot, and the San Antonio Spurs quickly widened the point difference.Trailing San Antonio by five with 10:15 to go, coach Larry Brown got up and called for the team's first timeout of the first quarter.

"Prior to this, the tactics we used have always been to shrink the basket, limit Tim Duncan's movement space, and let Xu Nuo defend Tony Parker one-on-one." Coach Larry Brown said, "Until now, Our tactics were not very successful, because Tim Duncan's range of activities on the court is very flexible, rather than defending the basket. In addition, Tony Parker's breakthrough is very lethal, and it is indeed difficult for one person to limit Tony Parker. Parker's breakthrough. Now we're going to put David one-on-one on Tim Duncan, and then DeMar and Xu double-team Tony Parker. This way, Danny needs to be on the lookout. Remedy."

"Understood!" Danny Granger nodded and said.

The Indiana Pacers did not make any substitution adjustments during the timeout, but the home team, the San Antonio Spurs, did. Sixth man Manu Ginobili appeared on the court, and Tim Duncan sat off the court. DeJuan Blair replaced Tim Duncan.

"In this way, the tactics that Coach Larry Brown just arranged seem to be changing." Xu Nuo said to himself.

"You're right!" Danny Granger, who was walking beside Xu Nuo, said.

Xu Nuo frowned tightly and said nothing more.

While the San Antonio Spurs went on the offense, the Indiana Pacers defended as coach Larry Brown dictated.With Tim Duncan off the court, the San Antonio Spurs had almost all of the ball in Tony Parker's hands.Whenever Tony Parker gets the ball, there are always promises and DeMar DeRozan defending in front of him. Tony Parker has to pass the ball to Manu Ginobili, but Danny Granger Soon appeared in front of Manu Ginobili, Manu Ginobili continued to distribute the ball.When Kawhi Leonard got the ball, DeMar DeRozan had already rotated quickly, making it difficult for Kawhi Leonard to get an offensive opportunity.

"As expected of Coach Larry Brown, the Indiana Pacers' defensive rotation has done quite well, and they must have been trained quite rigorously!" San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich thought in his heart.

Here, the San Antonio Spurs were unable to attack for a long time, but the visiting team, the Indiana Pacers, instead seized the opportunity to counterattack and scored four points.Although these four points were not promised, they all came from the promised assists.So far, Xu Nuo has scored three points and four assists, and most of the Indiana Pacers' points are directly related to Xu Nuo.

Seeing his team's lead shrink to one point, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich called for a timeout.During this timeout, both sides began to make large-scale substitutions. The San Antonio Spurs Kawhi Leonard and Tiago Splitter were both replaced. Indiana Pacers coach Larry Brown The coach replaced Promise and center Roy Hibbert.

However, after this timeout, both teams on the court became difficult to score, and the basket was like a cover for the players on the court.At the end of the first quarter, the San Antonio Spurs were just one point ahead of the Indiana Pacers with 19:18 to go.

"Another defensive battle!" Xu Nuo thought.

(End of this chapter)