super point guard

Chapter 334 End of Three Quarters
In a basketball game, the third quarter can be said to be the most critical quarter of the game. Many teams will seize the opportunity to expand their lead in the third quarter and win the game. Victory, such as the 2008-2009 season championship Los Angeles Lakers.If the Indiana Pacers can extend the team's lead to more than ten points in the third quarter, then winning the final victory of the game will be much easier.

The Indiana Pacers were able to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder by seven points at the end of the first half, and most of the credit was attributed to the team's star Danny Granger and the point guard's commitment.The points scored by Danny Granger and Xu Xu accounted for almost two-thirds of the Indiana Pacers' team points.Without the outstanding performance of Danny Granger and Promise, the current Indiana Pacers are likely to face a situation of falling behind.

However, as the on-site commentator Jeff Van Gundy said, in the first half of the game, only Danny Granger and Xu Nuo performed well on the Indiana Pacers team. Their performance can only be said to be quite satisfactory.In the second half of the game, the Oklahoma City Thunder will definitely defend Danny Granger and Xu Nuo strictly, so whether the Indiana Pacers can continue to attack as efficiently as the first half of the game is still unknown.

Coach Larry Brown, as the head coach of the Indiana Pacers, naturally thought of this long ago.

On the first possession of the second half, it wasn't Danny Granger or Promise that the Indiana Pacers were on the offensive line, but power forward David West.

This adjustment caught the players of the Oklahoma City Thunder a little off guard. Although Serge Ibaka's defense was fairly good, he couldn't resist David West's continuous impact.After David West scored four points in a row, the Indiana Pacers smoothly extended their lead to ten.

"It's neither Danny Granger, nor a promise, but the ball is concentrated in the hands of David West." Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks thought quickly while rubbing his chin , "Danny Granger and Xu Nuo played so well in the first half of the game, but they were not the core of the team's offense after the start of the second half. In the NBA, it is estimated that only two people dare to make such adjustments. Personally, one is Gregg Popovich, the iron-blooded coach of the San Antonio Spurs, and the other is Coach Larry Brown!"

Coach Scott Brooks thought in this way, and soon there was a solution to the problem.On the court, center Kendrick Perkins and power forward Serge Ibaka switched defensive positions, and the Thunder player standing in front of David West was replaced by Kendrick Perkins.

"Swapped places?" Xu Nuo frowned slightly and thought.

"Although Kendrick Perkins is a good human shield on the defensive end, he is not as mobile as Serge Ibaka on the defensive end. And David is fully capable of firing from a distance outside the penalty area, However, Kendrick Perkins' defensive area is not that large. Coach Scott Brooks put Kendrick Perkins to guard David, this approach is indeed open to question." Sitting on the sidelines coaching bench Coach Larry Brown thinks so.

When facing Serge Ibaka, who has a slightly larger defensive area and is more mobile, David West repeatedly broke through with the ball and hit Serge Ibaka's defense; When facing Kendrick Perkins, whose defensive area is only within the three-second zone and has less mobility, David West instead began to frequently shoot mid-range shots.Facing different opponents, David West adopted different offensive methods, and all of them received very good results.Although Kevin Durant worked very hard on the offensive end, he still couldn't help the team narrow the point difference.

"Danny Granger scored 4 points in the first half, but now almost [-] minutes into the second half, Danny Granger still hasn't scored a point. Is this Larry Brown We don’t know the coach’s tactical adjustments. The only thing we can be sure of is that Kevin Durant’s points are almost catching up with Danny Granger.” Jeff Van Gundy, the live commentator, said, "However, despite this, the Indiana Pacers still occupy the initiative of the game and hold the lead."

When Danny Granger scored for the first time in the second half, the third quarter had already been played for nearly 5 minutes. Danny Granger received a promised pass from outside the three-point line and made a long-range three-pointer from the outside. Help the team lead the Oklahoma City Thunder by 64:54.Although Xu Nuo still failed to score in the second half of the game, this is already Xu Nuo's third assist in the second half of the game.

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks watched the promise on the court, and the wrinkles on his brows squeezed into the word "Chuan".

"This is already the No. 13 assists promised in this game, but only 5 minutes have passed in the third quarter!" Coach Scott Brooks thought with a sad face, "What kind of method should I use? , can we limit the promise that it is easy to get assists? After all, the threat he brought to the team with his thirteen assists is far greater than the eleven points he got!"

Seeing that the team was still unable to narrow the point difference, coach Scott Brooks had no choice but to send the team's sixth man James Harden to the court to strengthen the team's offensive firepower.In this season, I don't know how many times the Thunder's three minors led the team to catch up with the score in the third quarter, thus reversing the game.Coach Scott Brooks replaced James Harden at this time, which is not only the team's normal personnel rotation, but also hopes that the Thunder's three players on the court can lead the team to narrow the gap with the Indiana Pacers as before , to lay the foundation for the final big reversal, but——

"Do you think we will let you reverse the game so easily?" Xu Nuo said to himself coldly.

Xu Nuo broke through with the ball, faced the siege of Serge Ibaka and Russell Westbrook, and skillfully passed the ball from behind Serge Ibaka to center Roy Schaeffer. Burt.Roy Hibbert made a small hook shot after receiving the ball, and the Indiana Pacers took the lead 66:57.

No. 14 assists!

This is already the No.14 assists promised in this game!
Coach Scott Brooks on the sidelines was going crazy.

"Why can't you stop the promise from that kid?" Coach Scott Brooks shouted at his disciples standing on the edge of the court.

When James Harden was replaced just now, coach Scott Brooks also gave point guard Russell Westbrook a face-to-face instruction, asking Russell Westbrook to always pay attention to guarding against promised passes, Take every opportunity to steal the promised pass if you can.However, the promised pass was too elusive. Even though Russell Westbrook raised his vigilance, he still couldn't stop the promised pass.

Russell Westbrook on the court shrugged and spread his hands, looking helpless.Since entering the NBA, Russell Westbrook has played against many top NBA point guards, but in Russell Westbrook's eyes, those top NBA point guards are not as good as the little one in front of him. Rookies are hard to guard against.

"Promise this kid, sometimes he doesn't play cards according to common sense, and sometimes he is as strict as a traditional point guard. God knows what kind of plans and actions that kid will have next. "Russell Westbrook said bitterly.

Until the second half of the third quarter, the Oklahoma City Thunder at home still trailed the Indiana Pacers on the road by as much as eight points.In desperation, Kevin Durant had to turn on his personal offensive mode again, scoring four points in a row in an instant, which made his teammates and the fans of the home team at the scene once again see the hope of tying and overtaking.

However, just when the Oklahoma City Thunder were about to catch up with the score, Xu Nuo received a pass from Danny Granger outside the three-point line and made a three-pointer from outside under the defense of Russell Westbrook. The ball hits a long shot! 73:66, the Indiana Pacers once again lead the Oklahoma City Thunder by seven points!

Although this three-pointer was the only time Xu Xu scored in the third quarter, it was also a very crucial score.Relying on the promised long-range three-pointer, the Indiana Pacers successfully curbed the Oklahoma City Thunder's counterattack and stabilized the game.Since then, until the end of the third quarter, the Oklahoma City Thunder failed to narrow the point difference to within seven points.

At the end of the third quarter, the visiting Indiana Pacers still led the Oklahoma City Thunder by nearly ten points, 79-70.This does not bode well for the Oklahoma City Thunder at home.

"Will the Oklahoma City Thunder lose this game?" Jeff Van Gundy, the on-site commentator, asked, "But you know, this is the home court of the Thunder. Big advantages, in the eyes of the young guys on the Thunder team, nothing is impossible."

Indeed, in the eyes of Xu Xu, who has scored [-] points and [-] assists, nothing is impossible.

(End of this chapter)