super point guard

Chapter 227 The Battle of Texas (1)

Chapter 227 The Battle of Texas ([-])

On the evening of March [-]th local time in the United States, in the AT&T Arena, a basketball stadium located in the small town of San Antonio, Texas in the west of the United States, the Indiana Pacers' away game against the San Antonio Spurs will soon begin.

Before tonight's game, the Indiana Pacers had just defeated two relatively poor teams, the Washington Wizards and the Philadelphia 76ers, and achieved two consecutive victories.These two consecutive victories are of great significance to the Indiana Pacers, because the team had just lost consecutively to the team's two biggest rivals in the East, the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls. After these two consecutive victories, the Indiana Pacers The team's morale will thus be stabilized.

With the aftermath of two consecutive victories, the Indiana Pacers came to San Antonio to challenge the mighty San Antonio Spurs away.

The current San Antonio Spurs have surpassed the young guard Oklahoma City Thunder and successfully climbed to the top of the Western Conference.After a big win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs have won six straight and are at their peak.To challenge such an opponent in an away game, you have to work harder than ever to win.

With the Indiana Pacers' starting point guard Darren Collison suffering a sprained ankle in the previous game against the Philadelphia 76ers, coach Larry Brown once again pushed the promise to the starting point guard position tonight go up.But Darren Collison still came to San Antonio with the team, wearing a suit and sitting on the team bench beside the court.

With the game's on-duty referee Jason Phillips blowing his whistle, the game officially began.Roy Hibbert snatched the opening jumper over the head of San Antonio's starting center Tiago Splitter, and the ball came to Promise.

"Coach Larry Brown making Promise the starting point guard?" San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich mused in his own head, "while Darren Collison was sitting out injured. , but it is not necessary for Xu Nuo to be the starting point guard, is it intended to use Xu Nuo's speed to defend Tony Parker?"

Coach Gregg Popovich thought so, promising to dribble into the frontcourt on the court. "One ball!" Xu Nuo raised the index finger of his left hand and said loudly.

Tony Parker bent over and stared at the promise in front of him with wide eyes.Danny Granger used David West's screen to get past San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard's defense, making a circle and running beyond the 45-degree three-point line.Just as Danny Granger settled down, Xu Nuo passed the ball in his hand.And Kawhi Leonard struggled to squeeze past David West, tenaciously standing in front of Danny Granger again.

In fact, Kawhi Leonard was originally selected by the Indiana Pacers, but the Indiana Pacers traded him for George Hill.Danny Granger held the ball and faced the young player Kawhi Leonard, who almost became his teammate, without making too many pauses, and directly shot from outside the three-point line.

Kawhi Leonard saw that Danny Granger was about to shoot from beyond the three-point line and jumped up to block Danny Granger's shot.However, Kawhi Leonard couldn't touch the ball at all, and the ball went over Kawhi Leonard's raised arm, tumbling in the air and heading straight to the basket.

However, just as the ball was about to fall, Thiago Split jumped high and fanned the ball out of the court from the air.

"It's an interference ball!" Xu Nuo immediately shouted at the referee Jason Phillips on duty.

Before the words of the promise landed, Jason Phillips had already blew the whistle in his mouth.But Jason Phillips did not directly indicate that the ball was an interference ball. The other two assistant referees on the field, Michael Smith and Kevin Scott, rushed over. The three referees got together and began to discuss whether the ball should be How to punish.After a while, the three referees even began to watch the live video to make more correct judgments.During this period, players from both sides gathered around their team's bench, waiting for the result of the penalty.

In the end, the three referees agreed that Tiago Splitter's "block" turned into a goaltend, and Danny Granger's three-pointer counted.The result of this penalty has just been announced, and there are bursts of boos from the fans stands around the stadium.

However, the booing could not change the result of the penalty. Thiago Split shook his head helplessly, and only ran to the frontcourt to attack.

As the "Stone Buddha" Tim Duncan is getting old, the core of the San Antonio Spurs' tactics has now become point guard Tony Parker.When Tony Parker dribbled to the frontcourt, Tim Duncan mentioned the high position and cooperated with Tony Parker as a pick-and-roll screen. Tony Parker changed direction and ran past Tim Duncan.However, at this moment, Tim Duncan felt a black shadow flash in front of his eyes, and then promised to block Tony Parker again.

"This kid can actually keep up with Tony's footsteps!" Tim Duncan thought in surprise, but there was still no change in expression on his face.

However, while promising to block in front of Tony Parker, Tony Parker has quickly passed the ball out, and Tim Duncan, who is near the penalty circle, received the ball.Now that Tim Duncan is getting old, mid-range and long-range shots have become a major lethal weapon for Tim Duncan, and Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics has the same situation as Tim Duncan.Tim Duncan made a mid-range shot immediately after receiving Tony Parker.Although Danny Granger made a timely save, he was still unable to block Tim Duncan's shot.

Xu Nuo only looked up at the ball, and then gave up the fight for rebounds. "This goal must be scored." Xu Nuo said to himself.

Sure enough, the ball hit the inside of the basket and went into the basket with a "bang".Tim Duncan gave Tony Parker a high-five after his shot to thank Tony Parker for his assist.

"This game will definitely be very difficult to play." Xu Nuo thought to himself while dribbling the ball forward.

Danny Granger originally wanted to follow the tactics of the first round and continue to shoot long three-pointers from the outside, but Danny Granger was firmly watched by Kawhi Leonard and had no chance to get it ball.Xu Nuo had no choice but to hang the ball inside. Center Roy Hibbert got the ball and turned his back to San Antonio Spurs center Tiago Splitter.

In terms of overall strength, Roy Hibbert is definitely above Tiago Splitter, but Tiago Splitter's defense is slightly better.Roy Hibbert tested Tiago Splitter with his footsteps, then turned around and made a small throw.The ball swished around the rim and flew out again, and veteran Tim Duncan grabbed a backcourt rebound.

"Damn it!" Roy Hibbert smashed his palm angrily.

Although the San Antonio Spurs have a very fast point guard Tony Parker, the San Antonio Spurs are not eager to play fast counterattacks after a successful defense.The Indiana Pacers were already in defensive position when the San Antonio Spurs came to the frontcourt.Tony Parker had just dribbled the ball to the top of the three-point arc, and suddenly swung his arm, and the ball immediately flew like a cannonball to shooting guard Danny Green who was standing outside the three-point line in the left corner of the court.

"Don't shoot a three-pointer!" DeMar DeRozan yelled, rushing towards Danny Green.And Danny Green faced the rushing DeMar DeRozan, and decisively shot from outside the three-point line!The ball flew high over DeMar DeRozan's head, tumbling through the air, and brushed into the net.

DeMar DeRozan watched the ball go into the net and couldn't help shaking his head helplessly, determined to return Danny Green's goal in the next attack.

So, when Xu Nuo just dribbled to the frontcourt, DeMar DeRozan immediately reached out for the ball.In fact, Xu Nuo didn't want to hand the ball to DeMar DeRozan, but when Xu Nuo saw that DeMar DeRozan had been reaching for the ball, he had to pass the ball.After DeMar DeRozan got the ball, he started one-on-one with Danny Green.

"It seems that DeMar wants to return a ball to Danny Green." Danny Granger thought so.

DeMar DeRozan faced Danny Green, crossed past Danny Green's defense, and then dribbled towards the San Antonio Spurs basket. "Nice job, DeMar!" shouted Danny Granger.

"Wait a minute!" Xu Nuo shouted.

DeMar DeRozan didn't seem to hear the cries of promise, or if he heard it and ignored it, he continued to drive toward the San Antonio Spurs' basket.However, just as DeMar DeRozan was about to make a layup, a white figure appeared in front of DeMar DeRozan.

"Tim Duncan!" Danny Granger said in surprise.

Tim Duncan lightly stretched his ape's arms and pressed DeMar DeRozan's layup directly on the backboard.Kawhi Leonard jumped high, pocketed the ball, and handed it to Tony Parker.This time Tony Parker dribbled alone and rushed forward. Although the promised speed could keep up with Tony Parker, he failed to prevent Tony Parker's fast break.Tony Parker scored a layup and the San Antonio Spurs had a four-point lead over the Indiana Pacers.

"Tonight's game is really not that easy to win." Xu Nuo said to himself.

(End of this chapter)