super point guard

Chapter 157 The Timberwolves' Challenge
If it was in previous seasons, the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Minnesota Timberwolves was definitely just an ordinary NBA regular season, and not many people would pay attention to their games.This season, however, is different, as both teams have a young but promising point guard.The Indiana Pacers have promise, while the Minnesota Timberwolves have "Golden Boy" Ricky Rubio.

It is precisely because of the existence of these two young point guards that this originally inconspicuous duel has become extremely compelling.

Ricky Rubio, a talented point guard who has already represented the Spanish national team in the BJ Olympics at the age of 17, is known as the best young basketball player outside the NBA, and entered the NBA with the aura of "golden boy".So far, Ricky Rubio has scored 10.7 points and 8.6 assists per game for the Minnesota Timberwolves. His performance is quite eye-catching, proving that he is fully capable of integrating into the NBA.

And the promise is just a player who was selected with the No.12 pick in the second round. And there are amazing performances from time to time. Compared with Ricky Rubio, Promise is even better in statistics.The duel between these two rising star point guards who have become popular in the NBA recently will naturally attract a lot of attention.

But for Xu Nuo, the reason why he has been looking forward to this game is not because of Ricky Rubio, he and Ricky Rubio are not familiar with each other.The main reason why he promised to play against the Minnesota Timberwolves is because his friend Derek Williams is in the Minnesota Timberwolves.

"Hey, boy, we haven't seen each other for a long time!" Before the game, Derek Williams came across the court and said to Xu Nuo with a smile.

"Yeah, it's been a long time." Xu Nuo said with a smile and hugged Derek Williams.

"Now you kid is really popular in half the sky," Derek Williams said, beating Xu Nuo's chest with his fist, "You beat me much better!"

"It's normal." Xu Nuo said with a smile.

"When I first met you, I knew you would be extraordinary." Derek Williams continued, "Now you have more influence than my No. [-] pick."

"But anyway, you are also the No. [-] pick," Promise said. "With Ricky Rubio around, you should be very comfortable playing. I hope you can have a good performance in tonight's game."

After promising to return to his team's bench, coach Larry Brown said to promise: "I will give you unlimited firepower tonight. You have to suppress Ricky Rubio on the court."

"Unlimited firepower?" Xu Nuo opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"The Minnesota Timberwolves offense relies heavily on Ricky Rubio's passing support. If you can suppress Ricky Rubio on offense, let Ricky Rubio spend his energy on defense. It makes it harder for him to focus on the offense."

"Yes." Xu Nuo nodded.

"But who will organize our offense?" Darren Collison asked on the side.

"Didn't you see our starting lineup tonight?" Coach Larry Brown looked at Darren Collison and said, "I'm going to send two point guards tonight."

Hearing what Coach Larry Brown said, Xu Nuo knew who the team's starting shooting guard was tonight, either George Hill or OJ Mayo.And when Xu Nuo stood on the court, he saw that the team's starting shooting guard was replaced by OJ Mayo from DeMar DeRozan.

"Get ready to start the game!" Joe Crawford, the referee on duty, stood in the center of the court and said loudly.

"It's this guy again." Xu Nuo looked at Joe Crawford and said to himself.

And across the court, Ricky Rubio was ready to play.Compared with the Ricky Rubio in the previous promise impression, the current Ricky Rubio has grown a beard and looks much more mature.But in Xu Nuo's view, Ricky Rubio in this way seems too old-fashioned, and it would be better to feel more pleasing to the eye before.

"Now the players of both teams have come to the court, and this much-anticipated game is about to begin." The on-site commentator for this game is still "Van Bald" Jeff Van Gundy, " Tonight's game will be a showdown between two young but promising point guards, the promise of the Indiana Pacers or the Ricky Rubio of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Who's better? Answers to it all , we will see the outcome in tonight's game." Jeff Van Gundy said loudly while sitting on the sidelines of the court.

With Jeff Van Gundy's commentary, Joe Crawford tossed the ball in his hands, and Roy Hibbert beat Darko Milicic to grab the opening jump ball.

As coach Larry Brown had arranged before the game, the Indiana Pacers' starting point guard was Promise, but Promise handed the ball to OJ Mayo after dribbling to the frontcourt.According to the team's original tactics, OJ Mayo needs to hand the ball to David West inside, but David West was not able to occupy a favorable position in the hand-to-hand battle with Kevin Love. "Roy, go and cover for Danny!" Xu Nuo pointed to Danny Granger and said loudly to Roy Hibbert.

Roy Hibbert took one look at Promise and stepped up to pick and roll for Danny Granger, who then took advantage of Roy Hibbert's pick and roll to get out of the screen and make a big detour around the field Circle, ran to the three-point line to receive the ball, OJ Mayo immediately passed the ball out.

"This should be what I promised myself. We didn't arrange it like this before the game." Coach Brian Shaw, the chief assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers, said to Coach Larry Brown.

Coach Larry Brown nodded slightly, but he didn't say anything, but continued to watch the game on the court.

However, Danny Granger did not shoot directly after receiving the ball, but dribbled towards the inside to break through.After Danny Granger dribbled inside and drew the Minnesota Timberwolves defense to himself, Danny Granger suddenly swung the ball with his long arm and the ball was in the hands of Xu beyond the three-point line.

"Great shot!" The Indiana Pacers' bench stood up, watching Xu Nuo shoot from beyond the three-point line against Ricky Rubio's defense.The ball drew a nearly perfect arc in the air, and "swiped" into the net hollowly.

"Promise scored the first point of the game!" Jeff Van Gundy said from the sidelines, "Promise made a three-pointer from the outside under Ricky Rubio's defense!"

In the next attack, Ricky Rubio wanted to hit the ground and pass the ball to Kevin Love in the inside, but the promise in front of Ricky Rubio had quick eyes and quick hands, and he reached out and broke Ricky. Rubio's pass.The Indiana Pacers immediately launched a quick counterattack, promising to hand the ball to OJ Mayo who was on the fast break, but OJ Mayo passed the ball back to Xu.At this time, Xu Nuo was already outside the three-point line, and no one in front of Xu Nuo was defending, so Xu Nuo directly pulled up a jumper, shot a three-pointer from the outside, and the ball went into the net again!
"Oh! Xu Nuo felt hot when he came up! He has made two consecutive outside three-pointers in the opening game!" Jeff Van Gundy said loudly.

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost six points in a row to reorganize their offense. Ricky Rubio finally assisted Kevin Love to score a dunk, opening the scoring for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

"The pass is really good!" Xu Nuo praised Ricky Rubio in his heart, "The overall situation is really good, and the vision is also very wide. It is worthy of Ricky Rubio!"

In the third attack of the Indiana Pacers, the ball did not come to the promised hands. Danny Granger shot from outside the 45-degree three-point line that he was best at, but the ball bounced out of the basket.Kevin Love, last season's rebounding champion, immediately jumped up and put the backcourt rebound in his arms.

"What Ricky Rubio is best at is passing the ball in fast breaks. We must stop Ricky Rubio's fast breaks!" Xu Nuo thought like this while following Ricky Rubio closely.

But Ricky Rubio didn't panic because of this, but suddenly made a sudden stop when he came near the three-point line, and then the ball flew out of Ricky Rubio's hands.

"Not good! Let him pass the ball!" Xu Nuo yelled in his heart, and at the same time stretched out his hand to intercept Ricky Rubio's pass.But the ball was still accurately passed to the fast-following Kevin Love, who received the ball and dunked directly.

"The two point guards on the court were already on the same pitch at the beginning of the game," Jeff Van Gundy said. [-] assists to Kevin Love for a dunk. Oh no, Xu Nuo has hit three outside [-]s in a row!"

Xu Xu received a pass from inside center Roy Hibbert and hit another three-pointer from the outside. 9:4, the Indiana Pacers at home got off to a fantastic start.Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman had to get up and call for a timeout, promising to yell at the sky and jump to the team's bench.

(End of this chapter)