super point guard

Chapter 348 The Battle of Tianwang Mountain ([-])
Xu Nuo exhausted the strength of his legs and jumped high to interfere with Russell Westbrook's shot.However, the ball passed Xu Nuo's fingers high and high, and went into the net with a "swipe" sound!
Russell Westbrook held his arms high and looked coldly at Promise.

"See? You can't completely guard against me!" Russell Westbrook said to Xu Nuo coldly.

Xu Nuo didn't say anything, nor did he show any expression changes, and went straight to the bottom line to get the ball.Promise took the ball from teammate DeMar DeRozan and dribbled forward.After coming to the frontcourt, Xu Nuo handed the ball directly to power forward David West, and he began to cruise back and forth outside the three-point line.

"Compared with the previous four games, tonight's promise doesn't seem to have such a strong desire to attack, and he rarely takes the initiative to attack with the ball." On-site commentator Reggie Miller said, "I don't know if this is Larry. Was Coach Brown's intentional arrangement, or did he promise to know that he was in a bad state tonight, so he didn't take the initiative to attack?"

"If you promise not to participate in the offense, then who will be the offensive organizer of the Indiana Pacers?" Another game commentator Mark Jackson said.

David West switched from having the ball behind him to facing up to the basket, facing Oklahoma City Thunder power forward Serge Ibaka.At this time, Danny Granger suddenly started and rushed towards the basket. David West passed the ball immediately. Danny Granger caught the ball and scored a layup. thug foul.

Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks frowned slightly on the sidelines, stood up from the coach's bench, and walked to the referee Joe Crawford.

"Kevin didn't seem to have fouled just now." Coach Scott Brooks said to referee Joe Crawford.

"But we can see very clearly that Kevin Durant did have a defensive foul." Joe Crawford said, spreading his hands.

On the court, Kevin Durant didn't say anything, standing in the three-second zone and watching Danny Granger make free throws.Danny Granger walked to the free throw line and made a solid three-pointer.

"In the first three games, the Indiana Pacers' several offenses after the opening had a direct relationship with promise, but promise has not had an assist or a score in this game until now. Coach Larry Brown's The tactical adjustment was really sudden." Reggie Miller said.

However, Mark Jackson beside him shook his head, "It's not that it has nothing to do with the promise." Mark Jackson said.

As Mark Jackson spoke, Russell Westbrook dribbled upfield once again.Xu Nuo bent over and stared closely at Russell Westbrook in front of him.

"I've already said, you can't guard me at all!" Russell Westbrook said with a sneer.

"Then just give it a try." Xu Nuo said coldly, his expression unchanged.

Russell Westbrook wanted to shoot a dry three-pointer from outside the three-point line like last time, but this time the promised defense did quite well, and Russell Westbrook couldn't find a chance to shoot.So Russell Westbrook handed the ball to Kevin Durant, and at the same time started to rush towards the basket. Kevin Durant immediately returned the ball when he received the ball, Russell Westbrook He was already under the Indiana Pacers basket when he received the ball.

"When did the Pacers' defense become so bad, it's full of loopholes!" Mark Jackson said.

Reggie Miller shook his head: "Not necessarily."

Just when Russell Westbrook was about to make a layup, he suddenly felt a shadow over his head, and then heard a "boom", the ball had already been hit on the backboard and bounced off.Russell Westbrook looked back, and sure enough, he saw Xu fall from mid-air to the floor.

"It's the promised chase!" Reggie Miller exclaimed.

As soon as Xu Nuo landed, he immediately turned around and rushed towards the front court.Russell Westbrook shook his head helplessly and had to quickly return to defense.However, before Russell Westbrook returned to the backcourt, DeMar DeRozan had already scored a layup, and Russell Westbrook could only bend over to pick up the ball.

"It seems that Xu Nuo didn't put in too much energy on the offensive end, just to be able to limit the opponent Russell Westbrook on the defensive end." Reggie Miller said with a smile, "If Xu Nuo can really prevent Russell If Westbrook said, the Oklahoma City Thunder's offensive firepower will be weakened by nearly half. Only relying on the offense of Kevin Durant and James Harden, the Oklahoma City Thunder is It's hard to beat the Indiana Pacers with so many good scorers!"

"But can the promise really limit Russell Westbrook?" Mark Jackson shook his head and said, "I believe Russell Westbrook will not admit defeat so easily!"

But in the next attack, Russell Westbrook's pass was successfully intercepted by Xu. Because the Oklahoma City Thunder returned quickly, the Indiana Pacers did not play a quick counterattack.Still, Promise broke through Russell Westbrook and set up center Roy Hibbert for a dunk that gave Oklahoma City a six-point 9-3 lead.

Seeing himself thwarted twice in a row, Russell Westbrook had to hand the ball to Kevin Durant.Kevin Durant hit two straight mid-range shots to help the Oklahoma City Thunder chase four points in a row.However, Danny Granger soon singled out Kevin Durant and the Indiana Pacers entered the official timeout with an 11-7 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder by four points.

"Now Russell Westbrook doesn't seem to take the initiative to attack with the ball." Reggie Miller said.

"Russell Westbrook has realized that his offense has been strictly guarded by the opponent, and it is quite difficult to continue to run rampant with the ball like before. If Russell Westbrook can put his main energy on passing the ball In terms of organization, it may receive better results." Mark Jackson said.

After the timeout, the Oklahoma City Thunder continued to focus the ball on Kevin Durant.Kevin Durant took his third straight pull-up mid-range shot, but this time he missed the rim.Power forward Serge Ibaka grabbed the offensive rebound and immediately attacked again, but his layup was knocked on the neck of the basket under the interference of David West. Center Roy Hiber Te grabbed the backcourt rebound.

"Fast attack!" Xu Nuo shouted loudly, and at the same time started to rush towards the frontcourt.Although the Oklahoma City Thunder's players quickly retreated, Xu still assisted teammate DeMar DeRozan in the fast break for a dunk.

"Xuan's ball handling ability in the fast transfer of the ball is really excellent!" Reggie Miller said loudly, "During high-speed operation, Xu Nuo can still pass the ball accurately in the encirclement of many players. In the hands of teammates, the Oklahoma City Thunder defense was eclipsed by the promise of a scalpel pass!"

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks thought for a moment and decisively made substitution adjustments. The team's sixth man, James Harden, replaced Thapo Sefolosha and stepped onto the court.

"Although the substitution should be their normal rotation this time, being able to force them to replace James Harden is equivalent to forcing them to play all the cards in their hands and forcing them to do their best. It's a good thing to say." Xu Nuo said with a sneer.

James Harden's shooting touch does not seem to be as cold as ice because he has been sitting on the bench. In his second shot after playing, James Harden hit a long three-pointer from the outside.In order to deal with James Harden, DeMar DeRozan will naturally not be able to score layups as well as he did in the previous few minutes.So he promised to hand over the ball more to the inside, and the Indiana Pacers' offense remained smooth.

Seeing Xu Nuo adjusting his offensive strategy on the court and shifting his focus from the outside to the inside, Coach Larry Brown couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"Compared to Russell Westbrook on the other side of the court, promise is more sensible when playing!" Coach Larry Brown said to himself.

Since two consecutive offensive setbacks, Russell Westbrook rarely took the initiative to attack with the ball. He made two shots after receiving the ball, but both missed the basket.In the entire first quarter, Russell Westbrook scored just three points and one assist, while Promise recorded four assists but didn't score a single one.

"In the first few games, Xu Nuo and Russell Westbrook performed quite well, and it can be said that they exploded with their opponents; in this game, neither of these two players performed very well. Promise is doing slightly better statistically," Reggie Miller said.

"In this way, the promise and Russell Westbrook really match each other." Mark Jackson continued.

Russell Westbrook looked depressed when he left the court. Westbrook's depression was not only because of his poor performance, but also because his team had already scored 19:26 at the end of the first quarter. We are more than seven points behind our opponents!
(End of this chapter)