rpbooks Chapter 166 The promise to start recovery
Chapter 166 The promise to start recovery
Chapter 166 The promise to start recovery
In the early morning of January [-] local time in the United States, Xu Nuo and the team flew to Sacramento, California in the hazy night, and started their road trip to the west.
The first game of the away game is against the Sacramento Kings. Although the Sacramento Kings once dominated the NBA at the beginning of this century, the current Sacramento Kings are already a bully underdog. elegant demeanor.Therefore, for the Indiana Pacers on the road, this game against the Sacramento Kings will be a very easy game.
But they were wrong.
Because the Sacramento Kings have a point guard who is as young and promising as the promise, and that is Tyreke Evans.
Although in the last two seasons, Tyreke Evans has been affected by injuries, and compared with his rookie season, he still has some regression.But at least in terms of the performance of fellow rookies, Tyreke Evans' performance that year was even better than the promise.
And if Xu Nuo met Tyreke Evans earlier, then Xu Nuo could compete with Tyreke Evans.However, the state of the promise is very bad now. Coach Larry Brown does not think that the promise at this time can stop Tyreke Evans.
So the Indiana Pacers' starting point guard tonight is still Darren Collison, who entered the NBA in the same year as Tyreke Evans, rather than a promise.
But Coach Larry Brown didn't think that tonight's game against the Sacramento Kings would be the signature game that promised to start a recovery, just as Coach Larry Brown didn't think that Tyreke Evans would be in the The state exploded in the game.
Coach Larry Brown of course knows that Tyreke Evans is the number one star in the Sacramento Kings and is his team's worst enemy tonight. Coach Larry Brown also revolves around how to defend Tyreke Evans is well prepared.But no matter what coach Larry Brown did, his disciples couldn't stop Tyreke Evans who was rushing left and right on the court.
Just after the opening of the first quarter, Tyreke Evans made a long shot from outside the three-point line and scored the first point of the game.Although Danny Granger is quite eye-catching on the offensive end, the Indiana Pacers' defense against Tyreke Evans is really not flattering.In the first 4 minutes of the game, Tyreke Evans actually scored seven points!Darren Collison, who was facing Tyreke Evans, had only one assist, two turnovers and one foul.Seeing Darren Collison's weak performance, Coach Larry Brown had to make substitutions.
But at this time, coach Larry Brown was not replaced by Promise, but by George Hill.
Xu Nuo, who was sitting on the bench, watched George Hill walk onto the court, and couldn't help but mutter inwardly: "Have I become the team's third choice at the point guard position?"
George Hill himself is a point guard who is good at defense, and George Hill did play a certain defensive effect after he played, making Tyreke Evans miss his first shot in this game. shots in the game.Soon, however, Tyreke Evans adapted to George Hill's defense and continued to score.And George Hill was reduced to a fixed-point fort on the outside, only shooting three-pointers from the outside.Without an excellent offensive organization, the Indiana Pacers' offense began to stagnate, and they could only rely on Danny Granger and David West to score alone.
Coach Larry Brown, who had been pacing up and down the court, glanced again at the bench behind him, then pointed to the commitment sitting next to Rudy Fernandez.
"Do you want me to play?" Rudy Fernandez pointed to himself and asked suspiciously.
"No!" Coach Larry Brown said, looking impatient, "Promise, you're going to replace George!"
"Yes!" Seeing that Coach Larry Brown was finally going to send himself on the court, Xu Nuo looked excited, and hurriedly took off his sports jacket.
But coach Larry Brown didn't just replace the promised player. OJ Mayo replaced the team's starting shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, and the Indiana Pacers once again sent two point guards.
On the side of the Sacramento Kings, Tyreke Evans still stayed on the court. This was because the other players of the Sacramento Kings were in poor condition. Vince stayed on the court.Tyreke Evans got the ball and started the offense after the Indiana Pacers led the Sacramento Kings by two with 15:13 to go after a David West hit a mid-range jumper.
"It turns out that you are Xu Nuo, a rookie point guard who once became famous in the league." Tyreke Evans said to Xu Xu in front of him.
"Exactly." Xu Nuo replied in a low voice, while continuing to concentrate on guarding against Tyreke Evans' attack.
"I've seen you play," Tyreke Evans continued, "and you're playing really well."
"Thank you." Xu Nuo said, his tone became cold again.
"But tonight, you don't want to stop me!" Tyreke Evans said with a smirk.
"That's not necessarily the case." Xu Nuo said coldly.
Tyreke Evans snorted from his nostrils, promised that Tyreke Evans was about to start attacking, and couldn't help but concentrate more.In fact, when I promised to say that sentence just now, I didn't have any confidence in my heart. After all, I haven't been in a good state recently. Can I stop Tyreke Evans? do not know either.
At this moment, Tyreke Evans suddenly started, his shoulders kept shaking, and the ball kept spinning between his hands.However, Xu Nuo was not moved by it. Relying on his own intuition, Xu Nuo judged that Tyreke Evans appeared in Tyreke Evans just to confuse himself through fake actions.
"Hey, good boy." Xu Nuo heard Tyreke Evans squeeze out such a sentence through his teeth.
Xu Nuo didn't care about whether Tyreke Evans' words were admiration, sarcasm, or something else, but continued to face Tyreke Evans' attack with full concentration.At this time, Tyreke Evans broke through with a cross step, and it seemed that he was about to break through the promised defense.However, just when Tyreke Evans was proud, he suddenly felt that the ball in his hand had gone.
"Oh, no! Xu Nuo actually broke the ball in the hands of Tyreke Evans!" The on-site commentator said loudly from the side of the court, "The Indiana Pacers have turned from defense to offense!"
Tyreke Evans turned around in a hurry, and sure enough, he saw Xu Nuo dribbling towards the frontcourt. "Damn it, give me the ball back!" Tyreke Evans roared, and immediately accelerated to catch up.
But the speed of promise is much faster than that of Tyreke Evans, not to mention that promise is about to come to the center line when Tyreke Evans starts.Tyreke Evans tried his best but failed to catch up with Xu Xu. In desperation, Tyreke Evans only stretched out his hand and barely grabbed Xu Xu's jersey.However, despite this, Xu still scored a layup.When the whistle in the referee's mouth rang, Tyreke Evans fouled!
"Beautiful!" The Indiana Pacers' bench boiled, "See, Promise beat Tyreke Evans!" Paul George yelled from the bench.
"Maybe this ball will become a landmark ball that promises recovery." Rudy Fernandez said.
The head coach of the team, Larry Brown, looked at the promise and seemed thoughtful.
Tyreke Evans exhaled and watched in resignation as Promise walked to the free throw line.At this time, the crazy fans in Arco Arena, the home of the Devils of the Sacramento Kings, began to use various means to interfere with Xu Nuo's free throws. At 18:13, the Indiana Pacers had a five-point lead over the Sacramento Kings on the road.
"Attack, attack quickly, keep your impact on the court!" Sacramento Kings coach Keith Smart shouted from the sidelines.
However, in this attack, Tyreke Evans' pass was blocked by Xu Nuo, who got the ball and Xu Nuo scored a one-stop fast break dunk, and the Indiana Pacers continued to expand the point difference.Xu Nuo just came off the bench and scored five points in a row, stealing Tyreke Evans twice in a row. "Our wonder boy is finally recovering!" Paul George shouted from the bench.
Coach Larry Brown looked at Promise, who was celebrating wildly on the court, and a faint smile flashed across his face.
Tyreke Evans, who was promised steals twice in a row, looked even more frustrated, and Sacramento Kings coach Keith Smart could only get up and ask for a long timeout.
"Hey man, you're finally starting to recover!" Paul George yelled at Promise as he made his way to the bench.
"Yeah, I've been silent for too long." Xu Nuo said to Paul George with a smile.
The team's chief assistant coach, Coach Brian Shaw, came over, smiled and patted Xu Nuo on the shoulder. "Good job!" Xu Nuo heard Coach Brian Xiao say this.
In the first quarter, Xu Nuo scored five points, two assists, two steals and one rebound, and started his all-around performance again.Perhaps, as Paul George puts it, promise is finally starting to recover.
(End of this chapter)