super point guard

Chapter 175 The Sixth Person

Being able to defeat the mighty enemy Los Angeles Lakers in an away game has ignited a strong fighting spirit throughout the Indiana Pacers team. This fighting spirit is like a blazing flame. In the hearts of the Indiana Pacers players, no matter what will not be extinguished.

Therefore, for the Indiana Pacers players, the tough schedule of the next week is nothing.

After defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, the Indiana Pacers will face the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics for two consecutive times.Although the Indiana Pacers have defeated these two teams, their strong strength still dare not let the Indiana Pacers have the slightest carelessness.In the middle of this period of the schedule, the Indiana Pacers will also face the Philadelphia 76ers, who are as impressive as the Indiana Pacers this season, head-to-head.Compared with this difficult schedule, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers is only the beginning of this devil's schedule.

Xu Nuo, like his teammates, is working hard to prepare for this difficult devil's schedule.Although Xu Nuo has gradually recovered now, and he also had a good performance in the game against the Los Angeles Lakers. It can be said that he has gradually broken through the so-called rookie wall, but Xu Nuo still dare not neglect in the slightest.When facing the next opponent, if the team makes a slight mistake, it is very likely to lose five to six games in a row, so that the team's ranking will drop a lot.And Xu Nuo's next opponents should not be underestimated, whether it is Rajon Rondo, Jameer Nelson or Jrue Holiday, they are not idle people, Xu Nuo dare not be careless in the slightest.

However, what is more beneficial to Xu Nuo is that Xu Nuo will not fight these powerful opponents one by one at the beginning of the game, and promise to sit on the bench first and observe how the opponents attack and how their teammates defend them.Because promise is now sitting on the Indiana Pacers' bench, not the team's starting point guard.This news was confirmed once again before the Indiana Pacers played against the Orlando Magic at home.

Promise was once again called into the head coach's office by head coach Larry Brown before the Indiana Pacers' game against the Orlando Magic.

The head coach's office in Conseco Arena is much nicer than the visiting head coach's office in Air Canada Arena, home of the Toronto Raptors, and at least promises a chair to sit in.But promised not to sit down in front of Coach Larry Brown, but stood and listened to Coach Larry Brown.

"Sit down." Coach Larry Brown said with a smile.

"Me?" Xu Nuo pointed to himself in surprise.

"At this moment, there are only two of us in this room. Who else would it be if it wasn't you?" Coach Larry Brown said with a smile. This sentence surprised Xu Nuo even more than the one that Coach Larry Brown asked him to sit down just now. Xu Nuo didn't expect that coach Larry Brown, who has always been known for his strictness, would make such a joke.But Xu Nuo still sat down and looked at Coach Larry Brown with some trepidation. He didn't know what Coach Larry Brown would say next, and he didn't know exactly how Coach Larry Brown would arrange himself.

"As long as I'm not sent down to the Development League, I'll agree to whatever I do!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart.

Coach Larry Brown looked at the promise and finally spoke.

"In the last game we played against the Los Angeles Lakers, you performed quite well, even exceeding my expectations." Coach Larry Brown said with a slight smile, "Although I have seen that you have It's true that your form has improved, but I'm still amazed at how well you performed in the game."

"That's what I should do, Coach Brown!" Xu Nuo said hastily.

Coach Larry Brown nodded, "I know," Coach Larry Brown said, "but I hope you can listen to me carefully and not interrupt me."

Xu Nuo immediately shut his mouth, sat upright, and continued to listen to what Coach Larry Brown had to say.

"Your recovery is indeed what our coaching staff has always wanted to see, so that we will have more chances of winning against other teams." Coach Larry Brown continued, "This way we will have more opportunities on the offensive end. There are so many choices, this is indeed a happy trouble for our coaching staff."

Xu Nuo swallowed nervously, and continued to look at Coach Larry Brown.

"In addition, in addition to you who are gradually recovering, our current starting point guard Darren Collison is also in good condition. Although it seems that his statistics are not as dazzling as yours, objectively speaking, Darren Collison Len's performance is much more stable than yours." Coach Larry Brown looked at the promise and said, "In this regard, our coaching staff still hopes that Darren Collison will be the team's starting point guard."

Xu Nuo nodded, "I know, I obey the arrangement of the coaching staff!" Xu Nuo said.

"I haven't finished my sentence yet!" Coach Larry Brown said with a slight frown, "Another thing, after discussion with our coaching staff, we decided to let you play a very important role in the team. "

"What is it?" Xu Nuo asked impatiently.

"Sixth Man!" Coach Larry Brown said word by word.

Xu Nuo nodded, he understood.

"You want me to play as the sixth man on the team like Jason Terry or Lamar Odom of the Dallas Mavericks," Promise said.

"Exactly!" Coach Larry Brown nodded and said, "It is undeniable that you performed very well as the starting point guard, but in this situation, as the sixth man of the team, you will Playing more power. I don't think there's any team other than Jason Terry in the Dallas Mavericks who can play as active a sixth man as you. The second team will pose a major threat to the opponent!"

"Sounds really good." Xu Nuo said.

Coach Larry Brown leaned back in the swivel chair and watched Promise with a penetrating gaze.

"So what about Irvington?" Xu Nuo continued to ask, "Irvington seemed to be the sixth man in the Memphis Grizzlies. If I played as the team's sixth man, wouldn't Irvington be the team's sixth man? Is it the seventh or eighth person?"

Coach Larry Brown smiled slightly.

"We introduced Irvington at the beginning to ease the plight of the team after Darren was injured," coach Larry Brown said. "After Darren returned from injury, our backcourt did seem a bit congested. Before that, we The team does not have a very clear sixth man. Maybe you have discovered that after Darren came back, I often put you on the court with Irvington. Strictly speaking, the two of you together are the real team. The sixth man in the sense. Now, Irvington may be able to serve as the team's starting shooting guard when DeMar is not in good form."

"Indeed, DeMar has not served as a starter for many games." Xu Nuo said.

Coach Larry Brown nodded.

"Okay, then I'll be the team's sixth man!" Xu Nuo said, "Maybe at the end of the season, I can still be named the best sixth man!"

"If you play more time off the bench than any of our team's starters, you are eligible to participate in the selection of the best sixth man award." Coach Larry Brown said seriously, "But , for me, personal awards are not the most important, what is important is our team's results!"

"Yes, I see, Coach Brown!" Xu Nuo stood up and said loudly.

"It's getting closer and closer to the start of the game, and it's time for us to prepare for the game." Coach Larry Brown also stood up from his chair and said, "Who is our opponent tonight, the Orlando Magic? ?”

"Indeed." Xu Nuo nodded.

"We've had two wins this season," coach Larry Brown said.

"Once in the preseason and once in the regular season," Xu Nuo said.

"For the Orlando Magic, you must be very impressed." Coach Larry Brown looked at Xu Nuo and said with a smile, "This team is the team that made you famous in one battle."

"Coach Brown, you are joking." Xu Nuo also said with a smile.

When Xu Nuo walked out of the head coach's office and returned to the court again, Ellen Paige, who came to watch Xu Nuo's game (it seems that there are several chapters that haven't appeared), said to Xu Nuo with an unhappy face: "Really, go It's been so long, let people wait here!"

"Coach Larry Brown asked me to go to his office, I have to go!" Xu Nuo said, and hurried to the team's bench.

In tonight's game, Xu Nuo really played as the team's sixth man, but his playing time exceeded the playing time of Darren Collison and George Hill, scoring fourteen goals in about 28 minutes. Points and eight assists, helping the team beat the Orlando Magic again with 102:95 and achieved six consecutive victories.In this game, DeMar DeRozan served as the starting shooting guard, but DeRozan only played [-] minutes, and most of the playing time was divided by OJ Mayo and Paul George.

"It doesn't matter who starts the team, as long as the team can win!" Xu Nuo said.

(End of this chapter)