rpbooks Chapter 252 2:0
Chapter 252 2:0
Chapter 252 20
With the whistle of the referee Bill Kennedy on duty in this game, the second quarter of the game officially began.
Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy knew in his heart that the Indiana Pacers would definitely continue to send the team's sixth man promise at the beginning of the second quarter, so Stan Van Gundy sent two point guards. Duhon and backup point guard Ishmael Smith, who rarely showed up in playoff games.Coach Stan Van Gundy wants the two point guards to rotate the defense against Promise on the court so that he can put pressure on Promise.
Therefore, when he promises to get the ball on the court, he will always face the double-team defense of Chris Duhon and Ismael Smith.
When Chris Duhon faced the promise, his eyes were almost bursting with anger, as if he wanted to tear the promise to pieces.
Because in the previous competitions, Chris Duhon would lose every time he fought against Xu Nuo, and he could not beat Xu Nuo once.No wonder, then, that Chris Duhon was angry with Promise in himself.
However, the crux of the problem is that you can't just stop at performance, you must really beat your opponent on the court.
In this regard, Chris Duhon did a little less.
Xu Nuo made his first offense in the second quarter and scored a shot under the double-team defense of Chris Duhon and Ish Smith.When Prom used Tyler Hansbrough's screen to break away from Chris Duhon's defense and drive toward the Orlando Magic basket, Ish Smith immediately blocked the line that Promise continued to drive.At this time, Chris Duhon also quickly bypassed Taylor Hansbrough and participated in the double-team of Xu.However, when the double-team defense was about to form, Xu Nuo jumped up between Chris Duhon and Ismail Smith to make a small throw, and the ball "swiped" into the net.
"Facing the double-team defense of Chris and Ismail, he can shoot so calmly. Is he really just a rookie?" Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said with a hint of fear. thought.
However, facing Chris Duhon and Ish Smith, two Orlando Magic backup point guards who are far inferior to him, the promised performance is far from over.
Chris Duhon faced Promise with the ball at the top of the arc, looking unsure whether he was going to attack or pass.However, at this time, the other Orlando Magic players were firmly marked by the Indiana Pacers. It seemed that Chris Duhon had no choice but to attack by himself.But Chris Duhon passed the ball out of his hand inexplicably, promised to have quick eyes and quick hands, and immediately started to stop Chris Duhon's pass.
"Fast break!" came the chants from the fan stands around the stadium.
And Xu Nuo did exactly that. After cutting off Chris Duhon's pass, Xu Nuo immediately dribbled towards the frontcourt. At this time, the only Orlando Magic player who could barely stop Xu Nuo was K Rhys Duhon himself.However, Chris Duhon was not the opponent of Xu Xu at all in terms of speed. In desperation, Chris Duhon had no choice but to hug Xu Xu, hoping to stop Xu Xu's fast break with a foul.
However, when the referee Bill Kennedy blew the whistle in his mouth, Xu Nuo threw the ball in his hand towards the basket.The ball rolled rapidly in the air, hit the backboard with a "boom", and then rebounded with a "swipe" and went into the basket!
"Beautiful!" The fans' stands and the Indiana Pacers' bench beside the court were boiling at the same time, while Xu Nuo excitedly rushed to the technical stage, roaring at the fans in the stands, and the fans in the stands became even more crazy.
"This goal is really divine!" said the game commentator on the commentary booth.
Coach Stan Van Gundy, head coach of the Orlando Magic, stood courtside with a dumbfounded expression on his face.After a while, coach Stan Van Gundy murmured, "No one can stop him with this shot..."
Xu Nuo stood on the free throw line and made an additional free throw. The Indiana Pacers at home have already led the visiting team Orlando Magic by 36 points at 30:[-].Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy had no choice but to ask for a long timeout and rearrange the team's tactics.
During the timeout, coach Christian Van Gundy replaced "Big Baby" Glenn Davis, hoping to rely on Glenn Davis' inside offense to recover the score.However, coach Larry Brown played the main force when the game restarted, and sent center Roy Hibbert to guard Glenn Davis.In this way, Glen Davis has no advantage in front of the Indiana Pacers inside players.
However, the Orlando Magic still concentrated the ball in the hands of Glenn Davis when attacking. Glenn Davis wanted to play singles with his back to Roy Hibbert as before, but his shot was blocked by Roy Hibbert. Yi Hibbert blocked it directly.The Indiana Pacers immediately launched a quick counterattack after getting the ball and successfully extended the lead to eight points.
Coach Stan Van Gundy clasped his hands, the frown forming a knot on his forehead.
At this time, the Orlando Magic had no choice but to attack aggressively.Ryan Anderson hit an outside three-pointer to finally close some points, but Danny Granger quickly responded with a long three-pointer from beyond the arc, and the Indiana Pacers continued to lead eight. point.As the days wore on, Coach Stan Van Gundy became increasingly restless, walking up and down the courtside.
As in the first game, the head coach's anxiety affected the players on the court. The Orlando Magic players became eager for success in offense and fell into the predicament of going it alone.In this way, the Orlando Magic fell behind more and more. At the end of the first half, the Indiana Pacers had already led the Orlando Magic by 54 points 41:[-].
"This way, the second half of the game will become easier." Paul George said as he walked towards the players' locker room.
"Maybe, it's impossible for the Orlando Magic to come back." Xu Nuo said.
Even the cautious promise that this game will definitely win, it seems that the Orlando Magic really have no chance in this game.
Even the players on the Orlando Magic were starting to think they had little chance of winning.
However, there is another person who believes that the Orlando Magic have not lost and they still have hope of winning. He is the small forward Hedo Turkoglu who once led the Orlando Magic to the Finals.
Although his competitive state is not as good as before, Hedo Turkoglu's unwillingness to admit defeat is still there.Although the team now lacks the absolute main force "Warcraft" Dwight Howard, the team still has enough competitiveness, at least it will not lose so badly.
Therefore, starting from the second half of the game, most of the Orlando Magic's possession of the ball was in the hands of Hedo Turkoglu, rather than the team's main point guard Jameer Nelson to control the ball.
"Could it be that the current Orlando Magic has run out of skills and started to let Hedo Turkoglu attack again?" Xu Nuo thought in his heart.
Seeing that the Orlando Magic began to concentrate the ball in the hands of Hedo Turkoglu, coach Larry Brown repeated his old trick and once again let Paul George guard Hedo Turkoglu.Although Paul George was successfully fouled by Hedo Turkoglu two or three times, overall Paul George's defense against Hedo Turkoglu was pretty good.Hedo Turkoglu didn't score a single field goal, except for the six free throws he swindled.
"Hido Turkoglu's competitive state is really not as good as before!" Coach Stan Van Gundy thought in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of the time when Hedo Turkoglu led the team against the Los Angeles Lakers. The scenes of fighting at the top of the alliance.
However, the reality now is that it is impossible for Hedo Turkoglu to return to the excellent state of the year.
Seeing Hedo Turkoglu on the court being closely watched by Paul George, coach Stan Van Gundy had to replace Hedo Turkoglu.At the end of the third quarter, the Indiana Pacers continued to lead the Orlando Magic by 80 points 66:[-].
From the looks of it, the Orlando Magic really have no chance of winning.
In the fourth quarter, Xu Nuo only played about 4 minutes before being replaced by coach Larry Brown early, because the Indiana Pacers had already led the opponent Orlando Magic by as many as 1 points.The subsequent games have become garbage time, so he promised not to get even [-] minute of playing time.At the end of the game, the promised data was fixed at [-] points and nine assists.
However, for Xu Nuo, his data is not important, what is important is that the team won the game.The final score was 106:86. The Indiana Pacers beat the Orlando Magic by a full 2 points, rewriting the big score to 0:[-].No matter from all aspects, the Indiana Pacers break through the first round is not a problem.
Coach Stan Van Gundy walked toward the visiting locker room without saying a word, with his head down.He didn't expect that this game would be worse than the first game, so he needed to be more cautious after returning to Orlando.
(End of this chapter)