super point guard

Chapter 165 All-Star Starting List

The day after the road victory over the Toronto Raptors, Xu Nuo followed the team back to Indianapolis to prepare for the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Philadelphia 76ers.Due to the back-to-back games, Xu Nuo looked a little listless when he stepped on the floor of the Conseco Arena and looked very tired, but Xu Nuo's poor state did not seem to affect the team's performance.

Although the Indiana Pacers played poorly in the first quarter, they were eight points behind the visiting Philadelphia 14ers at 22:76 at the end of the first quarter. Lowest scoring record in a single quarter this season.But in the next three quarters, the Indiana Pacers showed their strong defensive skills, allowing the Philadelphia 76ers to score only 54 points in the next three quarters. The Indiana Pacers also achieved a reversal at home with 92: 76 defeated the Philadelphia 76ers and won two consecutive victories.

Xu Nuo, who was in a poor state due to fatigue, was plagued by foul problems in this game. He only played 13 minutes, scored seven points and four assists, and his state was still sluggish.Fortunately, the team won, which covered up the problem of Xu Xu's poor performance in this game.

Although Xu Nuo's poor performance did not affect the team's victory, his sluggish state during this period has affected Xu Nuo's votes in the All-Star voting.Although there are many Chinese fans behind the promise, this cannot stop the decline in the All-Star voting. Now the number of votes among the Eastern Conference point guards has been passed by the Boston Celtics. Rajon Rondo and Deron Williams of the New Jersey Nets slipped to fourth place, and Promise was followed by Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards. John Wall and Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers and many other young point guards are constantly rushing to the promised position.From this point of view, the situation of promising to squeeze into the Eastern Conference All-Star team is already in jeopardy.

"It doesn't matter. Now you have made history. Even if you can't become an All-Star player in the Eastern Conference, you have already done a very good job." Promised girlfriend Ellen Page comforted and promised, "In my In my eyes, you will always be the best!"

Although Ellen Page kept saying this, Xu Nuo still felt a sense of loss.Being able to become an NBA All-Star player has been my dream for a long time, but now I was so close to this dream, but now it is getting farther and farther away, Xu Nuo always feels uncomfortable in my heart.

After playing the game against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Indiana Pacers will not usher in the team's next game in three days. They took this opportunity to promise to rest at home, and at the same time, they also took the opportunity to let their The mood slowly calmed down.

Xu Nuo's original plan was indeed like this, but in the past few days, Xu Nuo's original plan was completely disrupted.

Just one day before the Indiana Pacers headed to Sacramento, California, for an away game against the Sacramento Kings, the NBA officially announced the starting lineup for the 2012 Orlando All-Star Game.The Western Conference's All-Star starting lineup is point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Blake Griffin and center Andrew Bynum; The All-Star starting lineup is point guard Derrick Rose, shooting guard Dwyane Wade, small forward LeBron James, power forward Carmelo Anthony and center Dwight Howard.In the starting list of the Eastern All-Stars, Xu Nuo was naturally unnamed.

"Even Danny Granger, the boss of your team, failed to enter the Eastern Conference starting list, let alone you." Ellen Page said to Xu Nuo, "It's actually pretty good, at least we still have Time to spend that All-Star break together."

"You've already told me about this before." Xu Nuo said, the disappointment still hard to hide in his tone.

Looking at Xu Nuo, Ellen Page couldn't help but shook her head and sighed.

After promising to come to the team's home arena, Conseco Arena, teammates didn't make much comment on the NBA All-Star starting roster.In the words of head coach Larry Brown, talking too much about these things in the locker room or on the training ground will affect the players' attention, which will affect the players' game state.Promise to actually talk about it with his players was on the way home with George Hill after practice.

"Hey, George, do you know that the starting roster for the All-Star Game has been announced?" In the car, Xu Nuo asked George Hill.

"Of course I know." George Hill said with a smile, but his eyes were still looking ahead.

"What's your opinion on that list?" Xu Nuo continued to ask.

"What else can we have an opinion on?" George Hill shrugged and said, "I can only say this, this list has nothing to do with us."

Xu Nuo glanced at George Hill and shook his head when he saw the indifferent expression on George Hill's face.

"What are you shaking your head for?" George Hill kept looking forward, but every move he promised couldn't escape George Hill's eyes. "Do you still think we can enter the All-Star starting lineup?" George Hill Hill asked.

"Why not?" Xu Nuo asked George Hill back.

George Hill smiled, "I know you were selected for this year's All-Star candidate list, but you have to know that even Danny Granger and David West were not selected for the All-Star starters , let alone us role players?" George Hill said, "I also know that you were once very hopeful to enter the All-Star team, but you have to know that there are too many real superstars in this league. The role players want to enter the All-Star starting list, I think we should wait for the next life!"

"It's true." Xu Nuo said with a little helplessness.

George Hill glanced at Xu Nuo, saw Xu Nuo sigh, and couldn't help laughing.

"I think there is still a little hope for you to be selected for the All-Star bench." George Hill said.

"How do you say that?" Xu Nuo frowned and asked.

"After all, you played really well as the team's starting point guard, and of course you left a very deep impression on the other team's head coaches. I think those head coaches will consider voting for you when they vote. Tickets." George Hill said.

"Oh..." Xu Nuo nodded slightly after hearing this.

"In addition, in view of the vast Chinese market behind you, I think NBA officials will also intentionally let you enter the All-Star." George Hill continued.

"If I was selected into the All-Star just because of this, I might as well not be selected." Xu Nuo looked forward and said with a serious face, "If I can be selected into the All-Star, then I only hope that I rely on myself The strength was selected into the All-Star lineup!"

"Hey, rookie, you have a lot of ambition." George Hill said with a smile.

"Did you really never think about being an All-Star?" Xu Nuo asked George Hill.

"In fact, being selected as an All-Star does not necessarily mean being selected for the All-Star Game." George Hill said, "We can also participate in the three-point contest, slam dunk contest, skill challenge, shooting star competition and rookie challenge. Participating in these games can also be said to be selected as an All-Star."

"Of course I know this." Xu Nuo said impatiently, "The point is, you will be called an All-Star only if you are selected for the All-Star game, right?"

"I don't want others to call me an All-Star, because I will feel very stressed." George Hill said, "If possible, let me participate in an All-Star three-point contest, so that I can have Hoping to be the champion of the three-point contest, that's it."

After Xu Nuo heard this, he couldn't help sticking out his tongue, "It's not easy to be able to do this." Xu Nuo said.

"But you can consider participating in the Skills Challenge, maybe you can win the championship." George Hill said to Xu Nuo.

"I participate in the skills challenge?" Xu Nuo's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes!" George Hill nodded and said, "With your strength, maybe you can really win the championship. You submit an application to the league, I support you!"

Promised to stop talking, he began to seriously consider participating in the skills challenge.

As a result, the idea of ​​promising to participate in the skills challenge was supported by the entire Indiana Pacers team. In the words of coach Larry Brown, "I don't want the Orlando All-Star Game without an Indiana Pacers player. figure".

And Ellen Page is also very supportive of promise to participate in the All-Star Skills Challenge. For Ellen Page, if promise can really win the skill challenge, her face will also be radiant.With the support of coaches, teammates and Ellen Page, Xu Nuo became more determined to participate in the All-Star Skills Challenge.

However, the most important thing to promise now is how to play well in the next regular season.Starting from an away game against the Sacramento Kings, he promised that his Indiana Pacers will usher in a continuous western road trip again, and in this western road trip, the Indiana Pacers will go to Los Angeles to challenge the mighty Los Angeles Lakers , this game is a severe test for the promise and the Indiana Pacers.

(End of this chapter)