For Xu, there is nothing better than welcoming the second game of the Indiana Pacers-Miami Heat series with a Rookie of the Season trophy. The joy of winning the Rookie of the Season award is far greater than the excitement of defeating the Miami Heat in the first game of the series.
After the first series game between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat, Xu Nuo went to New York, the headquarters of the NBA League, to receive his own trophy. This is the first personal honor trophy that Xu Nuo has won in his career, so Xu Nuo attaches great importance to it.
Before the start of the second game of the series between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat, Xu Nuo specially showed off his Rookie of the Season award to all the fans at Conseco Arena, the home of the Indiana Pacers. Trophy.
This trophy also has a very special meaning for the Indiana Pacers, because the Indiana Pacers have not won NBA honors for many years, whether it is regular season MVP, best defensive player, most improved player or even The honor of being the scoring champion has been away from the Indiana Pacers for many years. Therefore, the promise of this award broke the "honor drought" of the Indiana Pacers in recent years.
Promise¡¯s parents and Ellen and Paige all came to the Conseco Arena and witnessed with their own eyes the Promise raising the Rookie of the Season Award trophy in the center of the Conseco Arena. Mom and Dad were filled with pride. They didn't expect that their son would win the Rookie of the Season award. In fact, even Xuexi himself didn't expect it.
Of course, the promise to show the Rookie of the Season Award trophy to the entire audience is just the "appetizer" tonight, and the "big dish" tonight is still the second game of the series between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat.
In the first game, Xu Nuo¡¯s buzzer-beater before the end helped the Indiana Pacers narrowly defeat the Miami Heat at home, 91:90, taking a 1:0 lead and taking the initiative in the series. Before the start of this game, the Miami Heat, unwilling to fail, vowed to win tonight's game.
In the first few minutes of the game, the Miami Heat, who were playing away, gave the Indiana Pacers, who were at home, a disincentive. "Little Emperor" LeBron, who scored 37 points in the first game; James made all three of his opening shots and scored six points in a row, helping the Miami Heat turn the tables and take an 8:2 lead, forcing the head coach of the Indiana Pacers to Coach Larry Brown had to call for a timeout.
"It seems that the Miami Heat tonight is planning to focus on LeBron; James, LeBron; James scored 37 points in the last game and is in the best condition." Larry; Coach Brown said, "This time, we don't want to make a fuss about defense. No matter how hard we try, we can't completely restrict LeBron James! Therefore, we have to strengthen the offense so that LeBron James has to allocate his energy. Defense so he can¡¯t focus all his energy on offense!¡±
Coach Larry Brown said this and looked at Danny Granger, the team's leading scorer who was facing off against "Little Emperor" LeBron James in this game.
"Danny, you are our team's leading scorer, and you are also facing off against LeBron James, so this task is left to you!" Coach Larry Brown said seriously.
"I know!" Danny Granger nodded.
Immediately afterwards, Coach Larry Brown looked at the team's starting point guard Xu.
"Promise, your task is to organize the team to create scoring opportunities for Danny, and then pass the ball to Danny's hands in a timely manner!" Coach Larry Brown said.
"I will definitely complete the task well." Xu Nuo said lightly.
After the game restarted, the Rookie of the Season promised to immediately assist Danny twice in a row; Granger scored a shot, proving that his title of Rookie of the Season was by no means a waste. Danny Granger scored five consecutive points with the promised pass assist, helping the Indiana Pacers narrow the gap between the two teams at 7:10.
"The Indiana Pacers' offense is still indispensable for the promised passing organization!" The game commentator for this game is still the Indiana Pacers star Reggie Miller, sighing in the commentary box on the side of the court. He said, "As long as I promise to bring out my passing power, the Indiana Pacers' offense will become much smoother!"
However, although the promised two assists helped the Indiana Pacers narrow the point difference, "Little Emperor" LeBron James' display of power allowed the Miami Heat to continue to expand their lead. "Little Emperor" LeBron; James hit two consecutive pull-up jumpers.??Scored ten points on all five shots about five minutes into the game. "This guy really dares to vote!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart.
Faced with a seven-point disadvantage, Xu Nuo could not help but speed up the offensive rhythm. Although it is still early before the end of the game, the Indiana Pacers have enough time to catch up with the score, but in the playoffs, it is very difficult to catch up with a seven-point disadvantage, and Xu Nuo does not want to wait until the last moment of the game. Their team is still seven points behind their opponents. The reason why Xu Nuo accelerated the pace of the game was to catch up with the seven-point disadvantage faster.
However, the promised pass was intercepted by "Flash" Dwyane Wade. In this series, the promised pass success rate was greatly reduced, even higher than the pass success rate in the first round of the playoffs. It has also been reduced a lot. "Flash" Dwyane Wade immediately launched a quick counterattack after stealing the promised pass, but when Dwyane Wade wanted to pass the ball to Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers Xu Nuo, who had been following Dwyane Wade with quick eyes and quick hands, intercepted Dwyane Wade's pass.
"Xu Nuo actually intercepted the ball after the pass was intercepted, which instead created an opportunity for the Indiana Pacers to counterattack quickly!" Reggie Miller said loudly on the sidelines.
After successfully stealing the ball, Xu Nuo immediately dribbled toward the Miami Heat basket. "Flash" Dwyane and Wade couldn't catch up. He could only watch Xu Nuo dribble under the Miami Heat basket. Easy layup.
Coach Larry Brown soon understood why the Miami Heat chose to focus on "Little Emperor" LeBron James. It was because the other players on the Miami Heat were in very average condition. Even "The Flash" Dewy Well, the same goes for Wade and "Dragon King" Chris Bosh. In this case, the Miami Heat can only concentrate the ball in the hands of "Little Emperor" LeBron James.
"But LeBron; James simply can't maintain such a hot touch throughout the game!" Xu Nuo said in his heart.
Sure enough, after hitting all six consecutive shots, "Little Emperor" LeBron James' seventh shot missed the basket. Indiana Pacers power forward David West grabbed the defensive rebound, and the Indiana Pacers immediately launched a quick counterattack.
"This is an excellent opportunity to chase points!" Reggie Miller said, sitting in the commentary box on the side of the court.
Xu Piao Astronomy! At 17:18, the Indiana Pacers at home were only one point behind the Miami Heat on the road!
"Finally caught up!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart.
However, Promise still dare not relax at this time. There are about three minutes left in the first quarter. In these three minutes, anything is very likely to happen. The Miami Heat are also very likely to win in these three minutes. The score difference widened once again. Xu Nuo bent down and faced the Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers in front of him cautiously.
Although the two superstars Dwyane "The Flash" Wade and "Dragon King" Chris Bosh are not in very good condition, Mario Chalmers is in surprisingly good condition. Mario Chalmers received a pass from "Little Emperor" LeBron James from outside the three-point line, and shot a long three-pointer from the outside. Xu Piao Astronomy.
"It seems that we must be careful with this kid tonight!" Xu Nuo said coldly in his heart.
At the end of the first quarter, the Indiana Pacers at home trailed the away Miami Heat by two points, 21:23. "Little Emperor" LeBron James scored 14 points on seven of nine shots in the first quarter, accounting for almost two-thirds of the Miami Heat's team's scoring. Although Xu Nuo only scored two points, he had four assists. The role of these four assists was far more important than the two points.
"Although 'King' LeBron James scored 14 points on seven of nine shots in the first quarter, the Indiana Pacers were only two points behind the Miami Heat and were not left behind by the Miami Heat." Game commentator Reggie Miller said, "It seems that the Indiana Pacers are not afraid of LeBron; James has turned on his personal offensive mode!"
What Reggie Miller said was exactly what Coach Larry Brown was thinking at this time.