rpbooks Chapter 243 Winning streak
Chapter 243 Winning streak
Chapter 243 Ten consecutive victories
Whether it is the Philadelphia 76ers, the young guards who are aiming for the playoffs, or the so-called "Guardian" Washington Wizards who are determined to continue to play badly, or the "regular season team" that has already locked in the fifth place in the Eastern Conference. The Atlanta Hawks, not even the leaderless Toronto Raptors in Canada and the Cleveland Cavaliers without No. [-] pick Kyrie Irving, couldn't hold back the Indiana Pacers.After easily winning these five teams, the Indiana Pacers have achieved the longest wave of nine consecutive victories this season, and the team's wins have also reached [-] wins.
You know, the Indiana Pacers won more than 2003 games, but also dates back to the 2004-61 season in the previous Reggie Miller era. In that season, the Indiana Pacers achieved a record of 21 wins and [-] losses. .In other words, after a lapse of nearly eight years, the Indiana Pacers ushered in [-] wins again.
In that sixty-win season, the Indiana Pacers broke into the Eastern Conference finals before losing to the Detroit Pistons, the champion of that season, by a big score of 2:4.And this season, how far can the Indiana Pacers go in the playoffs?
This is a question that no one can answer, a confusing question.
Judging from the current lineup of the Indiana Pacers, it should not be a big problem to break through the first round of the playoffs and advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. Maybe they can also show their skills on the stage of the Eastern Conference finals.
At least that's what coach Larry Brown had in mind.
Now the Indiana Pacers still have the last six regular season games to play. However, under the current situation of the Eastern Conference rankings, these six regular season games seem to have little meaning.
The Chicago Bulls, still ranked No. [-] in the East, lead the No. [-] Indiana Pacers by [-] games. With only six games left in the regular season, the Indiana Pacers The team doesn't seem to have much hope to compete for the regular season Eastern Conference championship.
Therefore, coach Larry Brown made a decision to give up the competition for the first place in the East, as long as he can keep the second place in the East.
Because the Orlando Magic, now without "Warcraft" Dwight Howard, has slipped to seventh in the Eastern Conference, while the New York Knicks have risen to sixth in the Eastern Conference.At this time, the Orlando Magic is the most ideal playoff opponent in the mind of the Indiana Pacers, so the Indiana Pacers will hope to be able to secure the second place in the Eastern Conference.
However, the Indiana Pacers, who have been sitting in second place for most of the season, should not slip to third place in the Eastern Conference, unless the Miami Heat, which is currently third in the Eastern Conference, suddenly all Players are hanging out one after another, otherwise, the ranking of the top three in the Eastern Conference should not change.
Then again, after the Indiana Pacers won nine consecutive victories and won the team's No.60 victory this season, the Indiana Pacers will go away to challenge the Miami Heat.
When the Indiana Pacers faced this game, their mood was very complicated.
First of all, if the Indiana Pacers want to keep the second place in the Eastern Conference, they must win this game with the Miami Heat, so that the Indiana Pacers can widen the gap with the Miami Heat.And if you want to win the game with the Miami Heat, you must send all the main players of the team to start a fierce battle with the Miami Heat.
However, the Indiana Pacers don't know what the Miami Heat's attitude towards this game is. In the last Miami Heat game, the Big Three of Miami all appeared on the stage, but this does not mean that the Big Three of Miami will also be in the game. A collective appearance in this game, maybe Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra will put LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the court Down.
Without knowing the Miami Heat's attitude towards this game, Coach Larry Brown will be very embarrassed when preparing for this game.
In the end, coach Larry Brown decided to still send his main players to start the game. If the Miami Heat did not take this game seriously, let those substitute players play more time.
When the game really came, Coach Larry Brown found out that Miami's Big Three, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, were wearing suits and sitting on the sidelines of the court. .It seems that coach Erik Spoelstra has begun to let the Big Three charge for the playoffs.
And since the Big Three of the Miami Heat are not playing, this game will become very easy.
Just after the first timeout in the first quarter, coach Larry Brown began to replace his main players.The two core players, Danny Granger and David West, went off first, and Rudy Fernandez and Tyler Hansbrough came off the bench.
Not only the two teams on the court, but even the fans in the stands beside the court did not take this game seriously.The fans watched the game leisurely, and it didn't seem to matter to them which team won.In such an atmosphere, even if the players on the court want to play seriously, they will not be able to cheer up.
Promise wasn't called on by coach Larry Brown until three minutes into the first quarter, when the Indiana Pacers led the Miami Heat with an 3-18 lead.Soon after Xu Nuo came on the field, he used a long three-pointer from the outside to help the Indiana Pacers widen the point difference.Before the end of the first quarter, Xu Nuo assisted his teammates to score twice in a row, helping the Indiana Pacers lead the Miami Heat with a score of 17:25, ending the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Xu Nuo still stayed on the court. After all, in the game where Xu Nuo played as the team's sixth man, this period of time was also Xu Nuo's fixed playing time.Since the Miami Heat did not have LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the two major perimeter players, the Miami Heat's perimeter defense seemed very difficult. It is fundamental to be close to a player like Mario Chalmers Can't help but promise.
Because of this, the Miami Heat began to regress in the first few minutes of the second quarter, unable to defend against the Indiana Pacers while scoring consecutively.It was during this period that Promise helped the Indiana Pacers to a double-digit lead in one fell swoop.Xu Nuo scored four points in a row and assisted his teammates to score twice in a row.About three minutes into the second quarter, the Indiana Pacers had a 3-33 lead over the Miami Heat by as many as ten minutes.
"It seems that this game will really be very easy." As the team captain Danny Granger said.
When Promise went down midway through the second quarter, the Indiana Pacers still had an 40-point lead over the Miami Heat 29-[-].Xu Xu scored seven points and five assists when he was off the court, and his performance was already quite efficient.
"He will maintain such an efficient performance from the beginning to the end!" Coach Larry Brown looked at the promise as he walked off the field, and said to himself.
After that, Xu Nuo didn't get any more playing time in the remaining first half of the game.Xu Nuo sat down off the court and watched his teammates continue to maintain the lead over the Miami Heat with the same leisurely pace as the fans in the stands.At the end of the first half, the away Indiana Pacers led the Miami Heat by eight points 49:41.
Midway through the third quarter, Promise replaced George Hill again.This time, coach Larry Brown replaced promise to stabilize the team's lead, because before promise to play, the Miami Heat narrowed the difference between the two teams to 8:1 with a small climax. Only one point difference!
And the promise did not disappoint Coach Larry Brown. Shortly after playing, he steals Mario Chalmers' dribble and scores a one-stop layup.After Mario Chalmers missed a three-pointer from the outside, Xu Nuo grabbed the backcourt rebound, and then passed the ball long to Paul George, who had already made a fast break.Paul George followed up with a dunk and the Indiana Pacers once again extended their lead to five points.
"In this period of time, he has shown the potential of a superstar." Coach Larry Brown looked at the promise on the court and said.
After the Indiana Pacers extended their lead this time, the Miami Heat never managed to get the score back on the court, even though the game still had more than a quarter to go.At the end of the game, the away Indiana Pacers defeated the Miami Heat 93:84 and achieved the longest ten-game winning streak of the season.In this game, Xu Nuo scored [-] points and [-] assists. Although the statistics are not particularly conspicuous, the importance to the team is not reflected in the statistics.
After defeating the Miami Heat, the Indiana Pacers also kept their second place in the Eastern Conference. In this way, the Indiana Pacers can face the last five regular season games with a more relaxed attitude.The playoffs are now the biggest issue for the Indiana Pacers to consider.
(End of this chapter)