super point guard

Chapter 159
At the beginning of the second quarter, coach Larry Brown continued to send two point guards, but what coach Larry Brown sent was not the promise and OJ Mayo, but Darren Collison and George Hope. you.

After Darren Collison returned from injury, George Hill rarely got a chance to play. Coach Larry Brown often used promises to rotate with Darren Collison.And because George Hill itself has the ability to play a shooting guard, coach Larry Brown let George Hill and Darren Collison play together to play a double point guard tactic.This is also the first time that George Hill has played a lot of playing time since Darren Collison returned from injury.

"Xuan, how do you think the two of them will play on the court?" OJ Mayo, who was sitting next to Xunuo, asked Xunuo.

"Actually, I don't think this is like a double point guard tactic." Xu Nuo said.

"Why?" OJ Mayo asked.

"Because I feel that George is playing shooting guard." Promise said seriously, "And the opponent didn't send two point guards, but point guard Jose Barea and shooting guard Wayne Alling. pause."

"Then why do you think Coach Larry Brown sent them two?" OJ Mayo continued to ask.

"Why, how do I know." Xu Nuo said with a shrug.

Coach Larry Brown sent Darren Collison and George Hill as double point guards. The game effect was not good. Because George Hill and he haven't played for a long time, it seems that he hasn't found his shooting touch yet. And Darren Collison, who has just returned from injury, also feels nothing.Due to the lack of fire support from the outside, the pressure on the inside of the Indiana Pacers suddenly increased. The Indiana Pacers' offense began to stagnate, and the Minnesota Timberwolves took the opportunity to overtake the score.

"Now we should call a timeout and rearrange it. It seems that our strategy of sending Darren and George has not achieved the desired effect." Coach Brian Shaw, the chief assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers, said to Coach Larry Brown.

Coach Larry Brown frowned and kept scratching his white hair.After an Indiana Pacers turnover that sent the ball out of bounds, coach Larry Brown got up and called for a timeout.

"What happened to our offense?" Coach Larry Brown yelled at his disciples, then looked at Darren Collison and George Hill.

"George, you told me tonight that you have found your best form. Is this what your best form looks like?" Coach Larry Brown shouted at George Hill. Don't you feel nothing at night?"

George Hill lowered his head and listened to Coach Larry Brown's loud reprimand without saying a word.

"Promise, Paul George, you replace George Hill and Darren Collison!" Coach Larry Brown said without looking up.

After committing to playing with Paul George, the Indiana Pacers switched to point guard Promise, shooting guard Paul George, small forward Rudy Fernandez, power forward Tyler Hansbrough and Veteran center Jeff Foster.The Minnesota Timberwolves lineup is point guard Jose Barea, shooting guard Martell Webster, small forward Michael Beasley, power forward Derrick Williams and center Nicola Pekovic is also an all-in-one substitute player.

"Hey, man, we can finally compete in the same field." Derek Williams said to Xu Nuo with a smile.

"Yes." Xu Nuo nodded.

"I can finally experience your true skills." Derek Williams still said with a smile.

"I can also appreciate the excellent performance of this year's No. [-] show." Xu Nuo couldn't help but giggled.

"Come on," said Derek Williams with a shrug, "you're doing a lot better than me."

That's when referee Joe Crawford walked to the baseline and picked up the ball.Xu Nuo walked away in a hurry, ready to catch the ball and start attacking.Derek Williams looks nonchalant with his hands on his hips.

But Derek Williams quickly paid the price for his carelessness. In the next defense, Derek Williams fouled Tyler Hansbrough while Tyler Hansbrough Also scored the ball.Joe Crawford blew the whistle to give Tyler Hansbrough a three-pointer.

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman strokes his chin but keeps his eyes on Derek Williams on the court.After Tyler Hansbruga made a free throw, the buzzer in Conseco Arena sounded, Ricky Rubio was on the court again, and Derrick Williams remained on the court.

"Although Derek Williams looked careless, but coach Rick Adelman still left him on the court, it seems that coach Adelman wants to rely on Derek Williams' impact Hit the Indiana Pacers basket." Jeff Van Gundy, who was commenting on the sidelines of the court, said, "Derrick Williams and Ricky Rubio have repeatedly staged alley-oop dunk performances this season. One reason Coach Rick Adelman kept Derrick Williams on the court."

But Jeff Van Gundy was saying that, Ricky Rubio passed the ball to Derek Williams on the court, but Derek Williams didn't catch the ball, the ball slipped through his hands, flew out of bounds.

"Such a good pass..." Ricky Rubio looked helplessly at Derek Williams who made a mistake, shook his head, turned and walked towards his team's half.

However, just as the Indiana Pacers were attacking, an accident happened suddenly.

When Xu Nuo received a pass from the inside outside the three-point line, jumped up and made a shot, the court suddenly went dark.The on-duty referee Joe Crawford hurriedly blew the whistle in his mouth, ignoring the crisp "swipe" sound coming from the darkness, which was the sound of promising a hollow three-pointer .

"What's wrong?" Xu Nuo turned his head and asked.

"It should be that the arena has a power outage." A voice from Xu Nuo said, and because of the darkness around him, Xu Nuo couldn't tell who the voice came from.

"A power outage in the arena?" Xu Nuo frowned and said, "We can catch up with this."

"Promise, come to the bench!" Xu Nuo heard someone calling himself not far away. With the voice of Xu Nuo, he could tell that it was the voice of the team's chief assistant coach, Coach Brian Shaw, so Xu Nuo slowly He quickly came to the team's bench, where his teammates had already gathered.

"It looks like the power outage will be longer." Xu Nuo heard Danny Granger say this.

"Has this happened in our arena before?" Xu Nuo asked in the darkness.

"There have been power outages in the arena before," said Jeff Van Gundy, the oldest center on the team. "This arena has been around for a long time, and it is normal to have a power outage."

"I don't know if the three-pointer I hit just now counts." Xu Nuo said to himself.

"This, I think we should wait until the power is restored." Coach Brian Shaw, the team's chief assistant coach, said.

Promising that they didn't have to wait too long, about 6 minutes later, the Conseco Arena was once again brightly lit.

Immediately after the power was restored, Xu Nuo immediately ran to the referee Joe Crawford's side.

"Mr. Crawford," Xu Nuo said very politely, because he knew it was better to be respectful when dealing with the referees, "that three-pointer at the time of the blackout sounded like a hit. Do three-pointers count?" Xu Nuo asked Joe Crawford.

"A three-pointer?" Joe Crawford said, frowning.

"Yes, although there was a power outage at that time, from the sound of the Nets, it could be heard that the three-pointer had already been hit, and the arena was still powered on when I made the shot." Xu Nuo explained patiently.

"That, I suppose, doesn't count," said Joe Crawford.

"Oh..." Xu Nuo said, turning his head to look at the coaches on the bench.Coach Brian Shaw, the head assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers, immediately went to an assistant referee on the sidelines of the court and negotiated with the referee.

In order to find out whether the three-pointer promised before the blackout counted or not, the three referees negotiated with each other on the sidelines of the court, and the players on the court had to continue to wait.The result of the negotiation was that the promised three-pointer did not count, and the score on the court was still 29:30.

However, Xu Nuo and his Indiana Pacers did not lose their game rhythm because of this accident, and played vigorously in the rest of the second quarter.At the end of the first half, the Indiana Pacers at home entered the intermission with a 47:43 lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves by four points.Promise scored four points on [-]-of-[-] shooting and had three assists in the second quarter, [-] points and five assists in the half, while Ricky Rubio had five points and seven assists.

"Looks like Promise can score far more than Ricky Rubio," Jeff Van Gundy said from the sidelines. Rubio's direct debate on who is stronger and who is weaker, we can't make a conclusion yet."

(End of this chapter)