rpbooks Chapter 223 Career High
Chapter 223 Career High
Chapter 223 Career High
From the beginning of the second half of the game, as long as Xu Nuo's figure appeared on the court, there must be another figure by his side following Xu Nuo closely.The owner of this figure is either Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings or shooting guard Monta Ellis.
Promise scored 52 points on 41 percent shooting in the first half, along with five assists, leading the Indiana Pacers to a [-]-[-] lead at Conseco Arena The visiting Milwaukee Bucks finished the first half with eleven points.The Milwaukee Bucks' two backcourt players, Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings, pale in comparison to the promise of efficient horror performance.In the entire first half of the game, Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings only scored [-] points and [-] assists combined.
Therefore, during the half-time break, Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings decided together that in the second half of the game, we must strictly defend against Xu Nuo and limit Xu Nuo's offense, especially Xu Nuo. That horrible shooting percentage.
Therefore, when Xu Nuo replaced Darren Collison in the second half of the game, Xu Nuo began to face the "special care" of Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings. The body fights against Xu Nuo, trying not to let Xu Nuo get the ball.
"It seems that both of them have identified Xu Xu's weakness and used their bodies to fight against Xu Xu. This way Xu Xu will consume too much energy!" Coach Larry Brown, who was standing on the sidelines of the court and supervised the battle, thought in his heart.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Nuo didn't even make a single shot within 2 minutes after playing, and only contributed one assist.Despite this, the Indiana Pacers still lead the Milwaukee Bucks by nine points 60:51.
Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings put so much energy on defense that they didn't have much energy left to attack.However, because Monta Ellis' defense is slightly worse, Monta Ellis has more offensive opportunities than Brandon Jennings.In the second half of the game, Monta Ellis' touch recovered somewhat. After Monta Ellis hit a long three-pointer from the outside, the point difference between the two teams returned to six points.
"DeMar, come here!" Coach Larry Brown standing on the side of the court waved to DeMar DeRozan on the court and said, DeMar DeRozan hurried to Larry Brown In front of the coach.
"Now their defensive attention is not on you, so you have to strengthen your personal offense during this period of time, so that you can also get rid of promises from hand-to-hand combat, and our offense will become smoother!" Larry Coach Brown whispered to DeMar DeRozan.
"I see, Coach Brown!" DeMar DeRozan nodded.
After DeMar DeRozan returned to the court, the referee Derek Richardson blew the whistle in his mouth, and Roy Hibbert handed the ball in his hand. Make a promise.As soon as Xu Nuo got the ball, Brandon Jennings immediately appeared in front of Xu Nuo.
"The defense is really tight!" Xu Nuo said in his heart, carefully dribbling the ball forward.Power forward David West mentioned the high post support, promised to pass the ball to David West immediately, and use David West's body screen to get rid of Brandon Jennings' defense .But some space just appeared in front of Xu Nuo, and Monta Ellis stood in front of Xu Nuo again.
"Milwaukee Bucks can do such a good defense!" Coach Larry Brown thought to himself, "Looks like Coach Skiles must have yelled at his players at halftime. called."
However, just as Monta Ellis appeared in front of the promise, the ball came to DeMar DeRozan's hands.
Originally, Monta Ellis was responsible for defending DeMar DeRozan. When Monta Ellis put his defensive attention on Xu, there was no one in front of DeMar DeRozan. Defensive, because Brandon Jennings didn't even touch DeMar DeRozan.As DeMar DeRozan received the ball, Milwaukee Bucks small forward Carlos Delfino scrambled to defend DeMar DeRozan's shot, but DeMar DeRozan remained steady. A solid mid-range jumper extended the Indiana Pacers' lead.
On the next possession, the Indiana Pacers played the exact same tactic, again with another shot from DeMar DeRozan.In the blink of an eye, the Indiana Pacers' lead was back in double digits.
"Looks like it can't go on like this!" thought Monta Ellis.
So, once again, when it was the Indiana Pacers' turn to attack, Monta Ellis began to distract the defense on DeMar DeRozan.And when Xu Nuo used David West's cover to get rid of Brandon Jennings' defense and received the ball, there was already a large gap in front of Xu Nuo.
"What a rare and good opportunity!" Xu Nuo sighed in his heart, and then made a quick shot from beyond the three-point line.It was too late for Brandon Jennings to go to the defense again, and he could only watch the ball "swipe" into the net hollowly.
"It's the promised outside three-pointer again!" The on-site commentator in the Conseco Arena yelled from the commentary booth beside the court, "This is the first point promised in the second half of the game, but now the promised The shooting percentage is still at a horrible [-]%, including four outside three-pointers!"
After committing to the outside [-]-pointer, the Milwaukee Bucks defense began to crumble.
Although center Drew Gooden scored four points in a row on the offensive end and barely stabilized the team's situation on the field, the Milwaukee Bucks began to lose sight of one another on the defensive end.In order to limit Xu Nuo's offense, Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis began double-teaming Xu Nuo's defense.However, Xu Nuo seized this opportunity to send out two consecutive assists, which completely offset the effect of Drew Gooden scoring four points in a row.In this quarter of the game, shooting guard DeMar DeRozan has scored eight points in a single quarter.
Promise scored four points of his own and set up teammate Danny Granger for a layup the rest of the third quarter.In the end, the Indiana Pacers led the Milwaukee Bucks by as much as 77 points with a score of 62:[-], entering the final contest.
In previous seasons, Promise's career high was 26 points against the Atlanta Hawks, but tonight Promise scored 23 points and recorded nine assists in just three quarters .If Coach Larry Brown continues to send Promise in the fourth quarter, then Promise breaking his career scoring record tonight should not be a problem.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Xu Nuo appeared on the court again.
Originally, the first half of the fourth quarter was to promise a fixed playing time, and coach Larry Brown has also kept promises to stay on the court during this period of time.On the side of the Milwaukee Bucks, the two core guards Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis all sat on the team's bench off the field.
"Now is a great opportunity for promise to show his power and open the field." Danny Granger, sitting on the bench for the Indiana Pacers, said.
Promise played like a duck to water against backup point guard Shawn Livingston of the Milwaukee Bucks.Driven by the promise, the Indiana Pacers, who played with a group of substitute players, quickly widened the point difference between the two teams to nearly [-] points. "It seems that there is no need for us to play in the fourth quarter." Danny Granger said to David West beside him.
After the team's lead extended to [-] points, Coach Larry Brown replaced Promise with George Hill.When Xu Nuo walked off the court, there was a burst of applause in the Conseco Arena.In tonight's game, Xu Nuo made [-] of [-] shots, scored [-] points and [-] assists, breaking his career scoring record.After returning to the team's bench, Xu Nuo accepted the congratulations from all his teammates.
"You played really well tonight, man!" Danny Granger said to Xu Nuo with a smile.
"If tonight is called Promise Night, I won't have any objections!" Rudy Fernandez said excitedly in his Spanish-accented English.
The remaining few minutes of the game were promised to be spent on the bench amidst excited laughter. The main players such as Danny Granger, David West and Roy Hibbert Four quarters of the game did not play, and Milwaukee Bucks' two core guards, Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis, did not show up again.The final score was 107:83, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Milwaukee Bucks by 24 points at home.
After this big victory, the Indiana Pacers' record has improved to 48 wins and [-] losses, continuing to beat the team's biggest competitor, the Chicago Bulls, by one game, and continue to occupy the first place in the Eastern Conference.If the Indiana Pacers can continue to maintain such a good state, not only is it not a dream to end the regular season as the Eastern Conference champion, but it is even very possible to win the NBA championship trophy, the O'Brien Gold Cup!
(End of this chapter)