super point guard

Chapter 196 The worst start

Chapter 196 The worst start

The lively Orlando All-Star Weekend is finally over, and Xu Nuo can finally concentrate all his energy on the next regular season.

After a break from the All-Star break, the packed Indiana Pacers looked even stronger.In the first game after the All-Star weekend, the Indiana Pacers beat the visiting Golden State Warriors 89:62 at home, followed by a 119:116 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in the Western Conference.After those two victories, the Indiana Pacers improved their team record to 44 wins and [-] losses, continuing to rank ahead of the Miami Heat and second in the Eastern Conference behind the Chicago Bulls.

The two consecutive victories brought about not only a better record, but also an improvement in team morale, which also made the players of the Indiana Pacers more confident when fighting against the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat Heart.Because in the next two games, the Indiana Pacers will face the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls in a row.The confrontation between the top three in the Eastern Conference made these two games even more interesting.

Promise and his Indiana Pacers played against the Miami Heat on night two of their win over the New Orleans Hornets.

This is not the first time that Xu Nuo has faced the Miami Heat with the Big Three. In the first round of the confrontation between the two teams, the Indiana Pacers where Xu Nuo is located lost to the Miami Heat by three points in the away game.The Indiana Pacers are playing at home tonight, Xu Nuo is even more convinced that the team will be able to beat the Miami Heat.

If the team can really beat the Miami Heat, then the team will sit more firmly in the second position in the Eastern Conference.If they enter the playoffs with this ranking, the Indiana Pacers will have home-court advantage over every other Eastern Conference team except for the Chicago Bulls.

Before the start of the game, there was a hustle and bustle in the Conseco Arena, which created a very good atmosphere for the battle, which also allowed the Miami Heat players to feel the pressure from the away game.

Fans thought this would interfere with the performance of the Miami Heat players, but they were wrong.

The accident in the progress of the game was something that no one could have imagined.

Including the players of the Miami Heat.

With a whistle from tonight's on-duty referee Mike Callahan, Roy Hibbert began a battle for the opening jump ball with Miami Heat starting center Joel Anthony.Roy Hibbert hands the ball to Darren Collison and the game officially begins.

As the game started, Xu Nuo, who was sitting on the bench, also felt a burst of blood in his body rushing upwards and "buzzing" in his head.

"Calm down, you must be calm!" Xu Nuo said to himself in his heart.

Darren Collison dribbles upfield and inside power forward David West struggles to get his back to Chris Bosh on the edge of the lane and Darren Collison puts The ball was given to David West, and he moved to the weak-side three-point line without the ball.

"Darren's style of play is a little bit similar to Promise!" Coach Larry Brown thought with a blank expression.

At this time, Danny Granger and DeMar DeRozan on the strong side ran a cross position with each other. Danny Granger came outside the 45-degree three-point line, and DeMar DeRozan DeRozan came near the bottom corner of the court.David West handed the ball to DeMar DeRozan as Danny Granger fired again, heading for the rim.LeBron James, who was in charge of defending Danny Granger, wanted to follow Danny Granger, but was blocked by David West. No matter how strong LeBron James was, he could not get rid of David West. ster.Danny Granger relied on David West's screen to kill the basket. At this time, DeMar DeRozan threw the ball high in the air. Danny Granger received the ball and was a Alley-oop dunk!

The Conseco Arena is boiling!

Xu Nuo, who was sitting on the bench, watched Danny Granger and DeMar DeRozan high-five on the court, couldn't hold back his excitement, and hit his palm with his fist.From this point of view, everyone is in a good state tonight, and the team is completely capable of defeating the powerful team of the Miami Heat.

However, a game cannot be judged by one or two balls. Just after the Indiana Pacers used their overall cooperation to score the first point of the game, the progress of the next game made the Conseco Arena Everyone shut their mouths.

Of course, this "everyone" does not include the Miami Heat players.

On the Miami Heat's first offense, LeBron James, after making a big circle around the court, suddenly used a Chris Bosh screen to break away from Danny Granger's defense and start from the left three-point line, Run toward the hoop.Dwyane Wade, who stood at the top of the three-point arc to support him, had quick eyesight and quick hands, and threw the ball in his hand.Another alley-oop, but this time it was the Miami Heat who completed the offense.Dwyane Wade and LeBron James also high fived to celebrate, but it felt more domineering.

"It's really hard to guard against!" Xu Nuo sighed in his heart.

The head coach Larry Brown, standing on the sidelines of the court, remained expressionless and said nothing.After returning from the All-Star break, Promise felt like Coach Larry Brown was more serious than ever.

After that, the Indiana Pacers' offense seemed to be short-circuited suddenly. No matter who it was, they couldn't throw the damn ball into the damn basket.Offensive opportunities came up, but they just didn't score, including a mid-range shot from Danny Granger, including a layup from inside the penalty area by David West.The Miami Heat relied on the fast defensive counterattack after winning the backcourt rebounds to score again and again. Soon the Indiana Pacers fell behind the Miami Heat by 2:8 by six points.

"What's going on here?" Xu Nuo thought helplessly, while looking at Coach Larry Brown standing by the court.

Coach Larry Brown frowned, and his face became more and more ugly.

But Coach Larry Brown still didn't call a timeout.

However, coach Larry Brown also had to get up and request a long timeout after LeBron James scored another quick counter dunk.

At 2:10, such a score silenced the Conseco Arena.

None of the Indiana Pacers players expected the game to start like this.

Since the outside shooting rate is not high, the Indiana Pacers had to start from the inside.In a basketball game, if you want to finally let the inside play out, you have to play outside first, forcing the opponent to expand the defense, so that the pressure on the inside will be much less, and you can play a good game; but if you finally If you want to play the outside line, then play the inside line first, forcing the opponent's defense to shrink to the inside line, then the outside line can gain room to play.

The ultimate goal of the Indiana Pacers is to bring out the two strong points inside, David West and Roy Hibbert, but their outside line is tightly held down by the opponent and cannot be played well. , The pressure on the inside line suddenly increased. If you hit the inside line hard at this time, the effect would definitely not be much better.Therefore, the Indiana Pacers' strong play inside did not receive good results, and the score fell more and more behind.

After DeMar DeRozan made one of two free throws, LeBron James pulled off the backcourt rebound as the rest of the Miami Heat got close to the Indiana Pacers basket.So LeBron James flicked his long arm, and the ball flew across the court in the air. Dwyane Wade jumped high and received a long pass from LeBron James for an easy layup.

At 5:26, with almost 4 minutes left before the end of the first quarter, the Indiana Pacers at home had trailed their rival Miami Heat by as many as 21 points!

There was complete silence in the Conseco Arena at this time, not even booing.

No one thought that the game would become like this.

Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Brown had to request a timeout again.

The players of the Miami Heat seemed to be going crazy, celebrating wantonly on the bench, as if they had already won the game, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, who had just staged an exquisite cooperation, even came There was a fierce chest bump.The players of the Indiana Pacers walked to the bench with lonely and frustrated faces, promising to stand up and meet their teammates.

"Tonight's game was really big." DeMar DeRozan said with a look of frustration.

"It doesn't matter, the game has just started for 8 minutes, and there are still five 8 minutes left. We have enough time to catch up with the score, and we may even overtake them!" Xu Nuo comforted DeMar DeRozan in this way .

DeMar DeRozan looked up at Xu Xu, "I guess only you would think this way now." DeMar DeRozan said.

——Even DeMar DeRozan, who has always been the most optimistic in the team, thinks this way, so the other players are probably extremely discouraged at this time.

However, at this time, it's not just a promise to someone who thinks the team can reverse the Miami Heat and win tonight's game.When Xu Nuo turned around and faced the team's bench, bursts of angry roars immediately came from his ears.The roar was so piercing that even Xu Nuo was taken aback.

"It's Coach Larry Brown!" Xu Nuo exclaimed in his heart.

(End of this chapter)