super point guard

Chapter 155 New Year, New Beginning
The Indiana Pacers played their final game of 2011 after their third win of the season over the Detroit Pistons and a road win over the Toronto Raptors in Toronto for the team's longest six-game winning streak of the season. Game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This game is already the third time the Indiana Pacers have played against the Cleveland Cavaliers this season. Compared with the previous two games, there are two differences in this game.

The first difference is that the "No. [-] pick" point guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kyrie Irving, missed the game due to injury and sat on the bench beside the court wearing a suit.

The second difference is that Indiana Pacers point guard Darren Collison finally returned to the court after missing 26 games.However, Darren Collison's comeback did not shake the promised position of the team's starting point guard. Since Darren Collison had just returned from injury, coach Larry Brown chose to let Darren Collison sit On the bench, allow some time for Darren Collison to figure out his game.

"The position of the team's starting point guard will be given to you sooner or later." Xu Nuo said to Darren Collison before the start of the game.

"It doesn't matter, if you can continue to maintain your outstanding performance, it's fine for me to be your substitute." Darren Collison said to Xu Nuo with a smile.

And Kyrie Irving, who was wearing a suit, also hugged Xu Nuo before the game, "It's a pity that I can't play against you on the court tonight." Kyrie Irving said to Xu Nuo with a smile.

"I hope you can recover as soon as possible. I hope we can compete on the court. It is really interesting to play against you." Xu Nuo said to Kyrie Irving.

Promise didn't have much time to chat with Kyrie Irving, as the Indiana Pacers' game against the Cleveland Cavaliers is about to start.

It is precisely because of Kyrie Irving's absence due to injury that the Cleveland Cavaliers' starting point guard for this game was replaced by Ramon Sessions.With the whistle of the chief referee on duty, the game officially began. Xu Nuo bent down and faced his opponent carefully.

Ramon Sessions dribbled up the court, handed the ball to Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Anthony Parker, and began cruising up and down the three-point line himself.And Anthony Parker faced DeMar DeRozan with the ball. After making a few fake moves, he saw that he had no chance to break through, so he handed the ball to Tristan Thompson inside. Let Thompson single.However, Tristan Thompson failed to single David West and had to pass the ball back to Ramon Sessions on the outside.Ramon Sessions missed a long [-]-pointer and David West received a backcourt rebound.

"Attack while their defense is not stable!" Xu Nuo yelled at his teammates after getting the ball, while he dribbled the ball and ran towards the frontcourt.

But the rest of the Indiana Pacers couldn't keep up with Xu's speed, and Xu single-handedly went to the basket of the Cleveland Cavaliers.But the Cleveland Cavaliers' defense was very timely, so Xu Nuo had to slow down the pace of the game and wait for his teammates to fall into positional battles.When Danny Granger came to the frontcourt, Xu Nuo immediately handed the ball to Danny Granger.Danny Granger took the ball immediately, and the ball hit the backboard with a "boom" and then bounced into the basket. 2:0, Danny Granger scored the first point of the game.

"An assist was recorded so soon!" Darren Collison, who was sitting on the sidelines of the court, looked at the promise on the court and opened his mouth in surprise. "The game has just started in less than 30 seconds." He said.

Afterwards, the Cleveland Cavaliers still failed to find their own offensive rhythm, and repeatedly hit the iron when attacking. The Indiana Pacers took advantage of the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense and frequently used quick counterattacks to score.Relying on his speed advantage, Xu Nuo often rushed to the front line of the fast break, scored four points in a row, and helped the Indiana Pacers lead the Cleveland Cavaliers 8:0 in the opening game.Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott had no choice but to request a timeout.

"We started off well!" Coach Larry Brown said loudly during the timeout, "We will continue to strengthen our defense, use their mistakes to counterattack quickly, and continue like this!"

However, after the timeout ended, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who returned to the court, lowered their game rhythm and began to attack in a regular manner.Veteran Antawn Jamison hit a long 7-pointer from the perimeter to open the scoring for the Cleveland Cavaliers, once again carrying the load in Kyrie Irving's absence The burden of the whole team.After the offensive opened, Ramon Sessions also frequently singled promises. Although promises have been defending very hard, Ramon Sessions still helped the Cleveland Cavaliers chase the score to 10:[-] with only a three-point difference.

"Damn Ramon Sessions!" Xu Nuo gritted his teeth, looked at Ramon Sessions, and said fiercely.

After that, Xu Nuo strengthened his defensive efforts, let Ramon Sessions pass the ball twice in a row, but launched a quick counterattack after stealing, and assisted his teammates Danny Granger and David West twice in a row Score.The Indiana Pacers took an 7-18 lead seven minutes into the first quarter, despite Antwan Jamison's 14-pointer over Danny Granger and Anthony Parker's streak. Four points for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"Strengthen the defense, we must ensure the quality of our defense!" Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott shouted at his disciples.

However, the Cleveland Cavaliers' defense still didn't improve. Danny Granger broke into the Cleveland Cavaliers' restricted area single-handedly and jumped up against Cleveland Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao.Anderson Varejao also jumped up with his hands up in order to block Danny Granger.Then Danny Granger leaned on Anderson Varejao while tossing the ball in his hand toward the hoop.When the referee's whistle blew, the ball scored and Danny Granger added a free throw.

"I didn't foul, Danny Granger was flopping!" Anderson Varejao couldn't help reasoning dissatisfiedly to the chief referee when he saw that the referee called him a foul, but the referee on duty And didn't bother with Anderson Varejao's theory.Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott gestured firmly to Anderson Varejao, asking him to step off the court.Anderson Varejao walked back to the team's bench with a dejected look on his face, and Cleveland Cavaliers' backup center Ryan Hollins entered the game.

Danny Granger made a free throw and the Indiana Pacers continued to expand their lead.After Danny Granger made a free throw, Coach Larry Brown made substitutions. Rudy Fernandez and Tyler Hansbrough replaced Danny Granger and David West respectively.But since then, the Indiana Pacers' shooting percentage began to decline, and the Cleveland Cavaliers took the opportunity to gradually catch up with the score.At the end of the first quarter, the Indiana Pacers led the Cleveland Cavaliers by four points at 30:26, and promised six points and three assists in the first quarter.

"Our performance is good, but in order to beat the opponent, we have to perform better!" Coach Larry Brown shouted to the Indiana Pacers players. We were chased by them. Although we still maintain the lead, our advantage is running out! In the second quarter, we will defend harder to curb their counterattack momentum!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, Darren Collison, who had been absent for 26 games, replaced Promise, and Darren Collison appeared again in the Conseco Arena.Meanwhile, coach Larry Brown replaced DeMar DeRozan with Danny Jones.Coach Larry Brown was worried that the Cleveland Cavaliers would overtake the score in the second quarter, and the replacement of Dengtai Jones was to strengthen the team's perimeter defense.

But coach Larry Brown's fears became reality. Just after the start of the second quarter, Darren Collison, who returned from injury, was intercepted by Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Daniel Gibson, and the Cleveland Cavaliers successfully counterattacked quickly. Score.After that, small forward Omi Casspi also hit a long three-pointer from the outside. The Cleveland Cavaliers successfully overtook the score and led the Indiana Pacers by one point at 31:30.After that, Coach Larry Brown continued to make substitutions. OJ Mayo and Jeff Foster replaced DeMar DeRozan and Roy Hibbert respectively.

"Now we play completely from the bench!" Xu Nuo said to Danny Granger beside him as he sat on the team's bench.

"Yeah!" Danny Granger nodded while watching the game on the court.

"It seems that Coach Larry Brown really has great confidence in our team's substitute players!" Xu Xu said.

"Because our bench lineup is really good," Danny Granger said seriously. "It can be said that our bench lineup is completely comparable to the gangsters of the Sacramento Kings."

As Danny Granger said, the Indiana Pacers' bench players played well in the second quarter, helping the Indiana Pacers end the first half with a five-point lead 59:54.Xu Nuo didn't play too long in the second quarter. In the first half of the game, Xu Nuo scored seven points, four assists and one rebound.Although only leading by five points, all the Pacers players walked to the locker room with relaxed expressions on their faces.Only coach Larry Brown looked serious and seemed dissatisfied with the performance of the players in the first half of the game.

(End of this chapter)