NBA's No. 1 guard

Chapter 143 The first match of the three-link!
Just after Xu Xiang came back from reading, Mallory called.

"Xu, do you have anything to do today? If you have nothing to do, come and go shopping with me." At this time, Xu Xiang was in the arena. Today is December 12. The team has a day off and will start training tomorrow. There is really nothing to do today.

Xu Xiang looked up at the time, it was 10:10 in the morning, and he had been training here all morning.

"Where are you? I'll go there after I take a shower." Xu Xiang replied.

Mallory seldom goes out shopping now. Her main task now is to help Xu Xiang deal with his Twitter and other social networking platforms. If there is anything to post, Xu Xiang doesn't have to come by himself. Mallory helps.

Therefore, there is much less free time now than before. Xu Xiang also proposed to invite a special team to do these things, but Mallory refused. She has nothing to do anyway, so she might as well find something to do.

Sometimes she will post photos of Xu Xiang when he was playing, and she will also release photos of them hanging out together, so now Xu Xiang has a lot of fans on Twitter, most of them are for Xu Xiang, and half are for Mallory.

"I'll wait for you at home, hurry up." Mallory said dissatisfiedly, Xu Xiang went to the arena even though he didn't train today, it's so unpleasant!

After Xu Xiang hung up the phone, he shook his head with a wry smile. Going shopping was more tiring than his training. Do you think he has any B numbers in his heart?

But in order to make up for Mallory's hard work during this period, Xu Xiang could only hold his nose and rush forward.

As a result, as soon as he drove the car out of the arena, Mike over there called. He was very surprised why Xu Xiang's account was missing more than 2 US dollars for no reason, so he quickly called Xu Xiang after he found out.

Mike hung up the phone after Xu Xiang told him that he had been used by him and not to worry.

At 10:40, Xu Xiang drove the Audi R8 back home on time. Mallory was impatient for a long time, and finally had some free time, so it was impossible not to go out and have fun.

The next day is the shopping time of the day. From 11 to 6 o'clock in the evening, they are all shopping and eating. The two of them also went to the department store to sweep up a lot of goods. The daily necessities in the house are almost gone.

On December 12, the Pacers' "three-way trip" finally set sail. They are on the plane tonight. They first went to Phoenix to challenge the Suns. This is their second match this season.

The last time the Pacers played against the Suns at home, they easily took away the victory. Xu Xiang clearly remembered the kind of Thomas who taught Donald Sloan how to be a man, and then won a game at the Pacers' home court.

This time, the identity of host and guest was switched, the Suns became the home team, and the Pacers became the visiting team, and the disadvantage was even greater.

The Suns are now ranked sixth in the West, while the Pacers are ranked third in the East. At first glance, they thought the Pacers were much stronger than the Suns, but looking at their record: 10 wins and 6 losses ranked sixth, while the Pacers ranked third with 9 wins and 8 losses. The gap between the East and the West is too big.

On the evening of the 2nd, all the Pacers arrived in Phoenix on time.

On December 12, the first shot of the Pacers' "three-in-a-row" battle was fired.

Recently, the turmoil about Dragic's trade has intensified, and the issue of "general discord" has also been unearthed by media reporters. According to the famous reporter Woshen, Dragic's team has already started negotiations with multiple teams. However, the Suns' management still has nothing to say, which seems to be a default choice.

Although the trouble has reached the point of being very stiff, Hornacek still gave Dragic face. All the airports in front of him let him play the starting point guard position, and this time is no exception.

And Thomas Jr. is still sitting on the bench honestly, sitting next to him is PJ Tucker, and next to him is Gerald Green.

Xu Xiang looked at them and then at his bench, and almost cried "wow", the gap is too big, the bench is full of "all-star players", how can this be played?
The Pacers' tactic is very simple. They keep covering and changing defenses, shoot when they find an open spot, and hand the ball to Xu Xiang if there is no open space. The Suns are still playing their "point guard" tactic, using speed to consume the physical energy of the Pacers players. Their running speed without the ball is very fast, causing Xu Xiang and George Hill.

By the time Xu Xiang came up in the second quarter, the point difference had been stretched to 6 points. Xu Xiang hurriedly made a mid-range three-for-three to save the situation.

At this time, Hornacek’s perception of Dragic in the audience was even worse. Not to mention that he did not abide by his own tactical philosophy. Now the situation is that the Suns’ substitutes are winning points, while the main players are losing points.

The game in the third quarter seemed very stalemate. Thomas Jr., who came off the bench, has now scored 11 points, and Dragic has played a lot more than Thomas Jr., but his score is not as high as others.

However, Thomas Jr.'s scoring is basically done with "strike iron", which is why Dragic has always looked down on him.

In the fourth quarter, the Pacers played a 10-0 climax as soon as they came up, forcing Hornacek to call a timeout and replace Thomas Jr., Thomas Jr. stopped the bleeding for the Suns with a three-pointer as soon as he came up, and then made another breakthrough, scoring 5 points in a row, but Xu Xiang didn't give them a chance at all, and continued to maintain his lead until the end.

Hornacek looked irritated at the expressionless Dragic. He played 34 minutes today, but only scored 9 points, 6 assists and 7 rebounds.
The Pacers successfully won the first victory of their "three-game winning streak", with a score of 109-104. They only won by 5 points, which is not much, but Xu Xiang scored 24 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in the game, maintaining his average level.

(End of this chapter)