NBA's No. 1 guard

Chapter 19

Xu Xiang didn't care about him. After all, he was not a coach, and the coach didn't say anything, so why should he talk too much?
After warming up for a while, this time the coach Nate McMillan clapped his hands, called everyone on the team to him, and began to arrange tactics.

After seeing everyone coming, Nate McMillan spread out the tactical board and said, "In this game, Xu will play the first position, Donald Sloan will play the second position, Rodney Stuckey will play the third position, Raivo Allen will play the fourth position, and Shane will play the fifth position. In terms of tactics, since our training camp is too late, there is no good strategy. Just pay more attention to pick-and-roll coordination.

After all, this is only the summer league, so many tactics are useless. Play on your own and play when you have the opportunity, but don’t forget to defend and play more rotations. If you don’t have a chance to play hard, don’t blame me for replacing you, OK? "

After Nate finished speaking, he scanned the surrounding players with his eyes. He didn't care about the results of the summer league. Of course it would be better if he won, but it doesn't matter if he lost, so anyone who dares to disobey the command will be replaced immediately.

The only task he got before he came to coach was to experience Xu Xiang more. As for other people, he didn't care about it. He would replace anyone who had problems, except Xu Xiang.

Soon, the game was about to start, and the players from both sides and the referee began to shake hands in a friendly manner.

The referees this time are also the referees of the official NBA games. Because this is the summer league, the league will send their official referees to referee some more formal games, and it is also convenient for them to test the rules of the new season, killing two birds with one stone.

At the beginning of the game, the Nets' lineup for this game was Marquis Teague playing the first position, Markel Brown playing the second position, Dante Green playing the third position, Corey Jefferson playing the fourth position, and Mason Plumlee playing the fifth position.

In terms of this lineup, the most threatening one must be Mason Plumlee at the fifth position.

He was the No. 2013 pick in the first round in 22, and he was on the All-Rookie First Team last season.

Jump ball, no doubt, the inexperienced Mason Plumlee didn't jump over Shane Whittington, Shane flicked it lightly, and the ball fell firmly behind the Pacers.

Xu Xiang took possession of the ball and faced Marquisteig.This person's name should be familiar, yes he is Jeff Teague's younger brother.A strong black man, although a little shorter than Xu Xiang, his physical fitness is explosive.

Xu Xiang is not in a hurry, this is his first show in the NBA, so Xu Xiang is going to play the first ball by himself!
The ball was slowly brought across the midfield by Xu Xiang. Marquis was very alert and immediately stuck up, not giving him a chance to shoot.

But he was a little too impatient. When he saw Marquis rushing up, Xu Xiang took advantage of his quick steps to get rid of him in an instant. When he got outside the three-point line, he shot directly. He only heard a "swipe", and the ball hit the net!Directly scored a good start for the Pacers.The score is 3-0.
After the goal, Shane Whittington came over and gave Xu Xiang a high-five, and said, "Nice, man, it looks like we're going to win today" with a teasing tone.Xu Xiang also smiled at him, not bad, no mistakes.

With the Nets in possession of the ball, Marquisteig took possession of the ball and faced Xu Xiang.Although Xu Xiang's defense is not very good, he has a height advantage when facing Marquez, and his long arms are spread out to block all his passing routes.

Seeing this situation, Marquis decisively beckoned to Mason Plumlee inside, signaling for a pick-and-roll.Mason Plumlee was also very face-saving, and went directly to Xu Xiang's side to set up a pick-and-roll.Mason's move directly freed Shane Whittington inside, but he couldn't walk silently and couldn't keep up with Mason, so he could only guard the basket.

Facts have proved that the pick-and-roll is still very effective. Mason Plumlee's huge body blocked Xu Xiang's footsteps from following Marquis. When Xu Xiang went around, Marquis had already distributed the ball to Mason who was turning back to the basket after the pick-and-roll. With a "bang", Mason directly dunked with both hands and scored!The score came to 3-2.

The ball was served from the baseline, but Xu Xiang was still in control of the ball.Xu Xiang slowly brought the ball to the frontcourt, and Donald Sloan was running outside the three-point line, and Markel Brown, who was facing him, was led by him to run a lot of useless work.

This time Xu Xiang didn't want to attack by himself again, because this is team basketball, you can't be too alone, unless you have a unique status.

Slowly dribbling the ball, Xu Xiang was looking for an opportunity to pass the ball. This time, Marquis didn't dare to post it. He knew that the Chinese guy opposite him had a good shot, and it was useless to post it too tightly.

With 10 seconds left in the attack time, Xu Xiang knew he couldn't wait any longer. It just so happened that Donald Sloan ran out of a corner three-pointer at this time. Xu Xiang decisively passed the ball over. Donald caught the ball and shot it.In the opening game, the Pacers made two consecutive three-pointers and scored!After Donald scored the goal, he roared, then ran over and patted Xu Xiang, indicating that the pass was great.

Seeing that the Pacers scored two consecutive three-pointers, the coach on the opposite side couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted together from the sidelines: "Defense, defend, don't miss out, OK?" Hearing what the coach said, the Nets' morale slowly recovered. The outside world was very optimistic about the Nets' lineup this time.

Next, after everyone in the Nets stabilized, they began to show off. Although Mason Plumlee seldom played center, his personal ability was more than that of Shane Whittington. He made various cut layups, dunks, and mid-range shots.

Among the 17 points, Xu Xiang scored 11 points alone, and the remaining Donald scored 5 points, and Shane Whittington got another point from free throws. As for Rodney Stuckey and Lavoy Allen, they did nothing like sleepwalking.

In the last 2 minutes, all 5 starters were replaced.Full bench.After the starting five came down, Nate only nodded to Xu Xiang, indicating that the fight was good, and the others didn't even look at it.

Soon the first quarter ended, and the Pacers still didn't score in the last 2 minutes, but the Nets played more and more vigorously, scoring 2 more points in the last 4 minutes, so the score at the end of the first quarter was 17-29, a full 12 points behind, reaching a double-digit point difference.

Coach Nate McMillan didn't say anything, but let Xu Xiang play directly at the beginning of the second quarter, otherwise the final score might be tragic.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Xu Xiang took four substitutes to fight against the four substitutes brought by Mason.With this lineup, Xu Xiang is much more comfortable, because he can shoot unscrupulously without thinking about whether he is alone or not.

Sure enough, under Xu Xiang's crazy shots, the score was slowly forced to close. Five minutes into the second quarter, the Pacers were 5-28, only 37 points behind.At this time, the coach of the Nets called a timeout and replaced all the main lineup, and the Pacers also changed back to the main lineup.The two sides fought again.

However, the main force of the Nets came up to score frequently, but the main force of the Pacers was not as good as the substitute just now. Except for Donald who scored another 6 points, the others were still in the state of one point and two points.So until the end of the second quarter, the Pacers were still 11 points behind, which was about the same as the first quarter.

Soon, the whole game was over. Although Xu Xiang played hard for 33 minutes and scored a game-high 29 points and 6 assists, only Donald Sloan scored 17 points and a substitute Jack Odum scored 10 points. None of the others made double figures. For the Nets, Mason Plumlee scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, DeJuan Summers 12 points and 6 rebounds, Marquis Teague 14 With 6 assists, Dante Green had 13 points and 7 rebounds, blasting the Pacers, the score was fixed at 101-81, and the Nets won by 20 points.

　Thanks to sginbgi Tang Chen, thanks to Qingfeng for not being benevolent, thanks to Shihuai 308, thanks to Shitou's mood, thank you all for your support as always, thank you!

　　
　
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