super point guard

Chapter 134 Rose with thorns

The Indiana Pacers continued to use the "inverted triangle" defensive tactic they had been using in the second quarter in the second half. However, Derrick Rose's excellent play in the second half made the Indiana Pacers' tactic lose its effectiveness.

The second half of the game had just begun, when the Indiana Pacers continued to resort to the "inverted triangle" defensive tactics, Chicago Bulls power forward Carlos Boozer mentioned the high pick and roll for Derrick Rose.While Derrick Rose didn't need Carlos Boozer's pick-and-roll to get past Promised defenses easily, Carlos Boozer's pick-and-roll was one of the Chicago Bulls' cracks at the Indiana Pacers' "inverted triangle" defense. key point.Carlos Boozer dropped back slightly to the free throw line after the pick-and-roll, so that David West and Danny Granger couldn't form a close defense at the free throw line.

"It seems that Chicago Bulls coach Tom Tebodeau made very effective adjustments to the Indiana Pacers' defense at halftime," said Jeff Van Gundy, who was explaining on the spot, "Indiana Pacers There's just no way the Jazz can form their defense the way they did in the second quarter."

"Fix Derrick Rose!" Coach Larry Brown yelled from the sidelines.

Xu Nuo wanted to chase Derrick Rose very much, but Xu Nuo was blocked by Carlos Boozer outside the paint area.When inside center Roy Hibbert tried to move to block Derrick Rose's driving layup, he was firmly blocked by Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah.With his teammates covering him, Derrick Rose made his way into the Indiana Pacers paint and jumped high towards the basket.

"Oops!" Danny Granger scrambled away from Carlos Boozer, turned and ran into the paint and charged, palm out to block Derrick Rose's layup.

However, Derrick Rose suddenly received the ball in mid-air and hugged him tightly, so that neither Danny Granger nor center Roy Hibbert could cover Derek Rose. Rose's layup.Derrick Rose, meanwhile, used his body to carve out a space for himself, throwing the ball toward the rim with feel while his body was down.

"Derrick Rose's layup!" Jeff Van Gundy yelled.

"Don't score under our basket!" Roy Hibbert yelled, jumping hard to block Derrick Rose's layup.However, the ball avoided Roy Hibbert's blocking hand, hit the backboard, and then bounced into the net!

"Damn it!" Roy Hibbert slapped himself on the palm, looking frustrated that he didn't block Derrick Rose's layup.

"Don't be upset because you didn't defend your opponent's attack, attack quickly!" Coach Larry Brown stood on the court and shouted loudly.

However, the Indiana Pacers' first attack in the second half of the game did not succeed. Chicago Bulls center and rebounder Joakim Noah took off the backcourt rebound, and the Chicago Bulls immediately launched a quick counterattack.But this time the Indiana Pacers retreated in a timely manner, and the Chicago Bulls players had to slow down and shift the game from a fast break to a positional battle.

"Promise, don't let Derrick Rose break through so easily again!" Coach Larry Brown stood on the side of the court and shouted at Promise.

Seeing Coach Larry Brown put such a heavy responsibility on himself, Xu Nuo once again became cautious and nervous.However, in front of the promise, Derek Rose's face was expressionless.

"The more expressionless Derek Rose's face is, the more it shows that Derek Rose is full of self-confidence at this time, and the more it shows that Derek Rose is difficult to deal with." Xu Nuo thought in his heart.

Just as Xu Nuo was thinking this way, Derek Rose suddenly shook his shoulders. Xu Nuo immediately realized that Derrick Rose was about to start a breakthrough, so Xu Nuo began to move his feet to defend.At the same time that Xu Nuo's feet had just started to move, Derek Rose had already noticed Xu Nuo's slight movement from the corner of his eyes.Derek Rose smiled coldly in his heart. After taking a step forward to dribble the ball, he suddenly took a step back, received the ball, and jumped up.

"It's a three-pointer!" exclaimed the live commentator Jeff Van Gundy.

Of course, Xu Nuo knew that Derrick Rose was going to shoot a long three-pointer, because Xu Nuo clearly saw that Derrick Rose's feet had returned beyond the three-point line again after taking a step back.Xu Nuo hurriedly changed direction and rushed towards Derek Rose.

However, at the same time that Xu began to rush to Derrick Rose, Derrick Rose had already jumped up and shot from beyond the three-point line. "Be careful not to be fouled by Derrick Rose!" Danny Granger shouted at Xu Xu.

Hearing Danny Granger yelling like this, Xu Nuo immediately slammed on the brakes. He didn't continue to rush towards Derrick Rose, and he didn't even reach out to interfere with Derrick Rose's shooting. He just looked at Derrick Rose. Chris Rose made a three-pointer right in front of his eyes.

"Your three-point shot is a shortcoming in your offense, why do you still choose to shoot from outside the three-point line?" Xu Nuo said in his heart.

However, the ball rolled quickly in the air, crossed a nearly perfect arc, and flew straight towards the basket. The ball hit the backboard with a "boom".

"Rebound!" Immediately, a chaotic hand-to-hand fight ensued under the Indiana Pacers' basket.

Xu Nuo looked at the ball hitting the backboard and yelled in his heart that it was not good. It seemed that the ball might bounce and go into the basket.

The Indiana Pacers' group of post players under the basket has already grabbed position and is ready to fight for this rebound.But after the ball hit the backboard with a "boom", it rebounded with a "swipe" and got into the net bag.

"Derrick Rose's [-]-pointer went to the basket!" Jeff Van Gundy said from the sidelines.

"Beautiful!" The bench players of the Chicago Bulls all stood up excitedly and shouted loudly.After hitting this outside three-pointer, Derrick Rose remained expressionless, stepped back and began to return to his own half to prepare for defense.

After Xu Nuo took the ball from DeMar DeRozan, he looked up at the scoreboard next to the big screen above the court and saw the score of 43:48 on the scoreboard. "We also want to try to score an outside three-pointer!" Xu Nuo said loudly, holding up three fingers.

"Why do you have to force a three-pointer at this time? The second half of the game has just started, and you can slowly seek a two-pointer." Coach Larry Brown thought this way from the side of the court, "Is the promise really true?" Confidence to organize a perimeter attack?"

After Xu Nuo dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he pointed to the point on the left end of the free throw line outside the three-point line, and signaled David West to step forward as a screen.David West referred to the high post as a pick-and-roll for Promise, who immediately got off Derrick Rose's defense and rushed to the Chicago Bulls' paint.Without the cover of his teammates, it would be difficult for Xu Xu to break through Derrick Rose's defense at this time.

And while promising to rush to the Chicago Bulls paint, Danny Granger used DeMar DeRozan's block to get rid of Chicago Bulls small forward Luol Deng's defense and ran to three. Empty space outside the breakout line.At this time, although Xu Nuo was rushing towards the Chicago Bulls' basket, the ball suddenly flew out of Xu Nuo's hands and flew towards Danny Granger outside the three-point line.

Watching the ball fly to Danny Granger on the outside, Derrick Rose was taken aback. "How on earth did this kid see Danny Granger running beyond the three-point line?" Derek Rose said puzzledly in his heart.

Also puzzled was Jeff Van Gundy, who served as an on-site commentator on the sidelines of the court. "Can anyone tell me how Promise passed the ball?" Jeff Van Gundy said loudly.

However, at this moment, Danny Granger arrived at the ball, and when he received the ball, he immediately raised his hand and shot from outside the three-point line.

"Yes!" Xu Nuo said to himself as he watched the arc of the ball rolling rapidly in mid-air.

Sure enough, the ball was tumbling in mid-air, and "swiped" into the net hollowly.

"Another three-pointer, from a promised assist," Jeff Van Gundy said.

"Beautiful!" the Indiana Pacers bench boiled,
With the promised assist Danny Granger made an outside three-pointer, the Indiana Pacers rewritten the score to 46:48, only two points behind the rival Chicago Bulls.After hitting a three-pointer, Danny Granger came to Xu Nuo and whispered, "Good pass!"

In the next offense, Derrick Rose said the first words he said to Xu Nuo in this game for the first time.

"That pass just now was really exciting, rookie!" Derrick Rose whispered to Xu Xu.

"Thank you for saying that." Xu Nuo also whispered.

However, at this moment, Derek Rose suddenly jumped up slightly, waved his long arm, and the ball flew out quickly.Under the basket, Chicago Bulls small forward Luol Deng received the ball and scored a layup under the block of Roy Hibbert. At 46:50, the Indiana Pacers were just four points behind the rival Chicago Bulls.

"It can't go on like this!" Coach Larry Brown said loudly, stood up from the coach's bench, and asked for a long timeout.

When Xu Nuo was walking towards the Indiana Pacers' bench, he kept thinking about a question: how did Derrick Rose see Luol Deng running to the basket just now?
(End of this chapter)