NBA's No. 1 guard

Chapter 168 I Was Traded?
To be honest, Xu Xiang was not very satisfied with the Bulls as the last opponent in 2014.

So far, they have successfully surpassed the Raptors with a record of 23 wins and 8 losses, ranking first in the Eastern Conference!
With such an opponent as his last match of the year, if nothing else, the pressure must be very high.

On the 29th, the day of group training, Xu Xiang arrived at the arena early. Even if the team did not arrange training, he would sometimes come to the arena to train, this is to maintain his physical vitality!
In this regard, we must learn from Lao Zhan. He can spend day after day in the gym or arena, so he can maintain his body so well.

"Xu, there was a meeting above." At this time, Pacers assistant coach Nate McMillan quietly walked to Xu Xiang's side after observing no one was around.

Among all the coaches, including Frank, the relationship between McMillan and Xu Xiang is not as good. They have known each other since the summer league. At that time, Nate admired Xu Xiang very much and strongly recommended Xu Xiang to the head coach Frank. Since then, they have formed a very deep friendship.

In addition, as the first assistant coach, Nate is usually responsible for many things, and he has more contact with Xu Xiang. He feels more and more that Xu Xiang is really a person who can "surpass James and chatter" in the future!
"A meeting?" Xu Xiang asked curiously.

What's the meeting at this time?About tomorrow's game?
"No, the boss is here, the president is also here, I can only stand aside and listen." Nate said quietly.

"Boss and CEO are here?" Xu Xiang became even more curious about these things. What could alarm them? Generally speaking, the CEO would be alarmed at most, and the boss usually does not appear.

Even the president seldom cares about the affairs here now. He is very relieved of Pritchard, so he has let go of many rights.

"They're talking about your deal!"

The language is amazing!

Xu Xiang's hand holding the ball froze, trade me?
What kind of trick is this playing?
impossible?

Seeing that Xu Xiang was shocked, Nate continued to whisper: "The Clippers made a very sincere trade offer, and I was kicked out before I could hear the details."

"The Clippers?"

Is what Paul said true?
He really has the ability to impress the Pacers' management?

Xu Xiang was instantly confused.
Since he joined the Pacers until now, he has always felt that he was the only one who left voluntarily, and there was absolutely no case of being traded, but now, it is obvious that things are developing in a direction that he does not know
"However, I don't think it will succeed. If I were to choose, it would be impossible to impress me unless James or Curry were traded now!" Nate saw Xu Xiang's unbelievable appearance, and comforted him.

"Thank you, Nate." It took Xu Xiang a long time to realize, and thanked Nate next to him.This matter must be very confidential. If he can tell Xu Xiang, he really has nothing to say.

"Also, I heard that George's injury seems to have improved significantly." Nate said something that surprised Xu Xiang.

When everyone was here, Frank still didn't come down.

Xu Xiang didn't see Frank for the whole day.

On December 12, the Pacers' last game of the year finally started.

The long-awaited game finally started at 8 o'clock in the morning!

Although this is the last game of the year for the Pacers, it's not for the Bulls. They have another game tomorrow.

The Bulls obviously want to win this game and keep their No. [-] spot in the Eastern Conference, so the tactic adopted by coach Thibodeau is to defend Xu Xiang and fight against you.

Thibodeau learned from Jeff Van Gundy. His tactical feature is defense. Whether it is zone defense or single defense, he has his own system. In addition, he is a workaholic. He must have studied Xu Xiang's video many times before the game.

He found from Xu Xiang's game video that this yellow-skinned kid really couldn't find any weaknesses in terms of offense, except for a weaker defense. He had time to think about what kind of existence Xu Xiang would be if he was trained by him.
He did not deal with Xu Xiang in the same way as other teams. Instead of defending, he adopted a more careful and meticulous defense. If one person can't do it, two people, two people can't do it, three people, and they will stare at you!

You are just a stable scoring point for Xu Xiang, can you get another 60 points if you are exhausted?
In that case, he also admitted.
When the two sides played against each other last time, Xu Xiang did not play and was "unilaterally rested". This game Xu Xiang has no plans to continue to rest. Although it is difficult to win, Xu Xiang still wants to give it a try.

"It seems that Thibodeau is imperative for this game. Look at their starting lineup: Rose, Dunleavy, Butler, Gasol, Noah, basically none of them are short." Teacher Wang praised in the studio. The Bulls' lineup is really solid, without a single defensive loophole.

"The Pacers are not very easy to play. They are still a regular lineup: George Hill, Xu Xiang, CJ, West, Hibbert. No matter how you look at it, they are much weaker than their opponents." Teacher Su said.

"Don't tell me, this lineup looks like the Pacers are a group of "low-profile" Bulls." Teacher Wang looked at it carefully and laughed outright.

"Okay, the last game of the Pacers this year is about to start, let's see what they can do."

The Bulls' defense today was really desperate. As long as Xu Xiang took the ball, it was at least two or more pincers, and Xu Xiang could only make a hasty shot or pass it to a teammate, but today the Pacers seemed to be working overtime again. Even if there was an open opportunity, they couldn't make a shot. Even Hibbert's forced dunk was dunked out of bounds.
The two sides played very anxiously, and it was evenly divided until the end. Then the role of the star was revealed at this time. When Rose missed a layup, Gasol made up the goal when no one expected it.

And Xu Xiang was really tired at this time. Every time he made a goal, he spent more physical energy and energy than the opponent. Every time, he was double-teamed by two or three people, and his teammates couldn't play for a long time. There was no time. After receiving the serve from the bottom line, Xu Xiang directly made a super long three-pointer from the audience, but unfortunately, he missed!
With a score of 92-90, the Bulls won and secured their No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference, while the Pacers could only bitterly swallow the bitter fruit of failure.

Xu Xiang played 39 minutes, made 28 of 18 shots, 8 of 3 three-pointers, and 11 of 9 free throws. He scored 48 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound.
After the game, Thibodeau said that although they won the game, everyone from the coach to the players admired Xu Xiang very much. Xu will definitely be a great player at the historical level in the future!But if it is in his hands, it will definitely be even more brilliant!

Rose also expressed his admiration for Xu Xiang. He felt that his youngest Mr. MVP might be lost.
In this game, he scored 28 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds by shooting from inside and outside. Although he scored a lot less than Xu Xiang, other statistics, or the ability to connect teams is obviously much higher than Xu Xiang.

Coach Frank is also very depressed. Xu Xiang lost the game after playing like this. What else can he say?
You can't ask Xu Xiang to do everything alone, right?

When facing the media, he said: "Obviously, today the opposite side is a whole, and we are just a group of stragglers."

(End of this chapter)