rpbooks Chapter 338
Chapter 338
Chapter 338
With referee Derek Stamford's whistle blowing, the timeout ended and Xu took the ball from DeMar DeRozan.
At this time, what Coach Larry Brown had just said to himself sounded in Xu Nuo's mind:
"The core of the offense after the game starts is Danny!"
Although it was just this sentence, Xu Nuo already understood how to play the next game.
As soon as Xu Nuo stopped outside the three-point line, power forward David West had already mentioned the high position to do a pick-and-roll for Xu Nuo.Promise, which had already stopped, suddenly started again, just to get rid of Russell Westbrook's defense.Xu promised to quickly break into the paint area of the Oklahoma City Thunder with the ball, followed by a slight flick of the wrist, and the ball passed from Kendrick Perkins and Thabo Sefolosha to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder passed between players and landed precisely on Danny Granger as he sprinted to the rim.
"Did they start to use Danny Granger as the core of the offense again?" Kevin Durant, the small forward of the Oklahoma City Thunder who was in charge of marking Danny Granger, struggled to defend Danny Granger. Granger, thinking so in his heart.
And Danny Granger did not disrupt his offensive rhythm because of Kevin Durant's follow-up defense. After receiving the promised pass, he continued to rush to the Oklahoma City Thunder's basket at high speed.Although center Kendrick Perkins quickly filled the position, Danny Granger still made a solid layup.
"This is another assist from a promise!" said Reggie Miller, a live commentator on the sidelines of the court.
"It seems that the Indiana Pacers are going to consciously focus on the ball in the hands of Danny Granger." The commentary partner Mark Jackson went on to say.
The Oklahoma City Thunder naturally continued to hand the ball to Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant slipped the baseline and passed the ball to center Kendrick under the defense of Danny Granger. · Perkins.While Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert is no longer in his original defensive position in order to supplement Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins received a pass from Kevin Durant with ease Dunk.
Roy Hibbert looked at the ball rolling down from the net and couldn't help shaking his head helplessly.
Xu Nuo looked at Roy Hibbert under the basket with torching eyes.
In the next attack, Xu Nuo did not hand the ball to Danny Granger as everyone expected, but to the inside center Roy Hibbert.
"Isn't it centered on Danny Granger?" Reggie Miller asked doubtfully.
"It's a smart choice!" said Derek Williams, who was sitting in the audience beside the court. "When everyone thought they would pass the ball to Danny Granger, they passed the ball instead To Roy Hibbert inside, beyond all expectations."
Roy Hibbert held the ball with his back to Kendrick Perkins, and began to use his footwork and technical advantages to single Kendrick Perkins.Roy Hibbert made a breakthrough with the dribble, and after a 360-degree turn, he made a small hook shot, but his shot was weak, and the ball almost got stuck on the neck of the basket.Oklahoma City Thunder power forward and spring man Serge Ibaka leapt high and collected the defensive rebound.
"Fast break!" Russell Westbrook yelled loudly, and at the same time started to rush towards the front court at high speed.In order to defend Russell Westbrook, Xu Nuo also started towards the frontcourt.However, the powerful energy at the start made it difficult for Xu Nuo to stop the car. As a result, Xu Nuo collided with Russell Westbrook beside him, and the two fell heavily to the floor at the same time.
"Be careful!" Ellen Page worriedly whispered in the stadium-side audience, knowing that Xu Nuo had an old back injury.
But there was no possibility of injury from this small collision at all. Xu Nuo and Russell Westbrook sat up from the floor and smiled on their faces almost at the same time.But despite this, the on-duty referee Derek Stamford still blew a promise for a foul.
"Although the foul was called, it just prevented the opponent from a quick counterattack. This foul was worth it." Derek Williams said.
However, Kevin Durant still used the cover of his teammates on the offensive end to run out of space to receive a pass from Russell Westbrook and made a long three-pointer from the outside. At 14:11, Oklahoma City in the away game The Thunder took the lead for the first time in this game.
"During this attack, you must give me the ball!" Danny Granger said to Xu Xu who was dribbling the ball forward while running forward.
"Okay." Xu Nuo nodded.
So he promised to only give the ball to Danny Granger. Danny Granger took the exact same bottom line breakthrough as Kevin Durant, but unlike Kevin Durant, Danny · Granger's driving layup caused Kevin Durant's defensive foul instead of passing the ball to a teammate after driving like Kevin Durant did.Danny Granger went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws, and the Indiana Pacers were still behind.
However, at the same time that Thabo Sefolo gave the ball to Russell Westbrook, the promise suddenly started, and at the moment Russell Westbrook was about to receive the ball, the ball from Russell Westbrook He grabbed the ball in his hand!Immediately afterwards, Xu Nuo scored a quick layup before Russell Westbrook and Thabo Sefolosha started to defend, helping the team tie the score!
Suddenly, the entire Conseco Arena became boiling!
"No one thought that Xu Nuo would suddenly start a steal from behind Westbrook, and he would be able to steal successfully!" Reggie Miller sighed, "At that moment, Xu Nuo's awareness, speed and physical agility were all obtained. Great performance!"
"It's really pretty," said Derek Williams in the stands, approvingly.
On the sidelines, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks couldn't help but frown.
"It's unbelievable that Russell would make such a low-level mistake." Coach Scott Brooks thought in his heart, "And, even if he is intercepted by the opponent, Russell is fully capable of turning around quickly and counterattacking again. How could Xu Nuo score a layup so easily?"
That's what coach Scott Brooks thought, as the Indiana Pacers hit another fast counterattack on the court.Promised to pass the ball in the fast break, the shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, who was outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, made a long three-pointer from the outside after receiving the promised pass, and the Indiana Pacers once again made the score Overtake!
Seeing that the situation was not good, coach Scott Brooks immediately got up and asked for a timeout.
In this timeout, the two game commentators on the sidelines, Reggie Miller and Mark Jackson, commented on the promised performance.
"From the beginning of the game, Xu Nuo seemed to focus on his own personal offense, but in fact, Xu Nuo still focused on passing the ball and supplemented by personal offense." Reggie Miller said, "At the beginning of the game Up to now, in just 7 minutes, Xu Nuo has scored seven points and four assists. Almost all the Indiana Pacers' scores are directly related to Xu Nuo. It seems that Xu Nuo has continued in the last game In such a good state, even Russell Westbrook, it is difficult to stop the promised offense."
"If you look at the 7-minute game alone, Xu Nuo's performance is indeed very good, surpassing his opponent Russell Westbrook." Mark Jackson continued, "But Russell Westbrook's Physical strength is far better than promise, and his stamina is better than promise. Facing an opponent like Russell Westbrook, it is really difficult for promise to maintain such an efficient performance throughout the game!"
"The last game was played on the road. Promise was able to score double-twenty figures under the defense of Russell Westbrook. This time it was played at the Indiana Pacers' own home court. Promise's performance should be It won't be much worse than the performance in the last game." Reggie Miller raised his objection calmly.
Hearing that Reggie Miller and Mark Jackson, the two seniors, paid so much attention to their performance on the court, Xu Nuo couldn't help smiling slightly.
In the remaining 5 minutes of the first quarter, although Xu Nuo sent out only one assist, he grabbed two rebounds and successfully intercepted Russell Westbrook's pass, and his zero-turnover performance was also commendable. Can order.At the end of the first quarter, the Indiana Pacers at home led the Oklahoma City Thunder by two points at 25:23. Scored seven points in the game.
"Although Danny Granger and Xu Nuo performed well, and the performance of other Indiana Pacers players is not bad, but the Indiana Pacers are only two points ahead of their opponents." Mark Jackson said, "It seems The Oklahoma City Thunder are desperately trying to win this game to avenge their loss at home!"
"But the home field advantage is on the side of the Indiana Pacers, and it is quite difficult for the Oklahoma City Thunder to win." Reggie Miller took over and said, "At this time, the Indiana Pacers have already occupied With the right time, place and people and the three major advantages, how can we not win!"
(End of this chapter)