super point guard

Chapter 53 The new season opener
The Indiana Pacers' new season opener is at 07:30 p.m. Eastern Time on November [-]nd. They will go to the "Motor City" Detroit to challenge the Detroit Pistons, which is now much more lonely than ever, and then they will go to Oklahoma City in the west challenged the Oklahoma City Thunder, a youth guard that has been gaining momentum in recent years.In other words, the new season has just started, and they are promised to make a long trip.Xu Xu likes to travel, but Xu Nuo likes traveling by car. In fact, he doesn't really like flying in the sky.

Xu Nuo had never been to the "Motor City" Detroit before, this industrial city with a strong blue-collar atmosphere.Xu Nuo first heard about this city because of the Detroit Pistons, an NBA team, not because Detroit is a very famous Motor City in the United States and even in the world.When the team's bus just drove into the urban area of ​​Detroit, Xu Nuo immediately and clearly felt the difference between the two cities of Detroit and Indianapolis.Indianapolis is a very quiet small city, and the residents there seem to be very law-abiding; compared with Indianapolis, the hustle and bustle in downtown Detroit makes people feel very noisy, and Detroit The city is also much larger than Indianapolis.However, Xu Nuo has been to New York City, Xu Nuo feels that compared with the glitz of New York City, Detroit is still more simple.

Although it is said that the Detroit Pistons team is based in Detroit, in fact the home stadium of the Detroit Pistons, the Palace of Auburn Hills, is not in the downtown area of ​​Detroit, but is 2004 kilometers away from downtown Detroit. The suburb of Auburn Hills is far away from the bustle of the city, hence the name of the Palace of Auburn Hills.The Palace of Auburn Hills Arena, the most impressive basketball stadium, should be the "Auburn Hills Palace Fight" that occurred during the 2005-[-] NBA season. That team fight can be called the most notorious in NBA history. A notable fight, surpassing the subsequent gang fight in Madison Square in New York.Xu Nuo noticed that the two teams involved in the "Auburn Hills Palace Fight" were their opponents tonight, the Detroit Pistons, and the Indiana Pacers he was playing for now. Don't experience a "Palace of Auburn Hills incident" like that.

The Detroit Pistons impressed Xu Nuo the most because of the famous group of "Bad Boys" and the Pistons that won the NBA championship in the 2003-2004 season.Xu Nuo knew that the head coach of the team that led the Detroit Pistons to the championship was his current head coach Larry Brown, so Xu Nuo believed that his team would reach the same height as the Detroit Pistons.As for the "bad boys" who once suppressed Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls, the promise just hopes that their rather iron-blooded defense will not continue to the present, although the promise is very clear that the current Detroit Pistons The team is already very weak compared to the past.

But even so, Xu Nuo felt so nervous before the game that he couldn't sit still in the players' locker room and had to come to the court to practice shooting.According to common sense, Xu Nuo has already played the NBA preseason, so he shouldn't feel nervous, but Xu Nuo knows that the regular season is completely different from the preseason, and the defensive intensity in the regular season is very strong. The intensity must be much greater than the preseason.Xu Nuo doesn't know if he can adapt to the intensity of NBA regular season games, Xu Nuo just hopes that he won't make a fool of himself in the game.

The time to play the game finally came. When Xu Nuo ran into the huge court in the Palace of Auburn Hills along with his teammates, the fans in the arena immediately burst into piercing screams.Xu Nuo didn't know whether these screams were for his own team or the home team Detroit Pistons, Xu Nuo felt that the latter was more likely.When the players of the home team Detroit Pistons ran into the stadium, the screams became louder, and many media kept taking pictures in the arena.

"My God!" Xu Nuo said loudly, "Where am I!"

"In an ordinary NBA arena." The team veteran James Posey next to Xu Xu said to Xu Nuo after hearing Xu Xu's words.

Among the constantly changing colorful lights in the arena, the on-site announcer began to introduce the starters of the two teams.When introducing the players of the visiting Indiana Pacers, Xu Nuo found that the fans at the scene did not respond.However, when it was time to introduce their head coach, Coach Larry Brown, the fans once again broke out into a tsunami of shouts and warm applause to welcome the man who once brought the city The meritorious coach who came to the NBA championship.

And when the on-site announcer began to introduce the starting players of the home team Detroit Pistons, the cheers and applause became more enthusiastic.

"The starting point guard of the Detroit Pistons, No. 3 player Rodney Stuckey!" The announcer at the scene shouted.

"Tonight's opponent is actually Rodney Starkey." Xu Nuo said.

"What's the matter?" George Hill asked him. "Stucky isn't enough for you?"

"I just really want to play against Tracy McGrady." Xu Nuo replied to George Hill.

George Hill looked at the promise as if he saw an alien, thinking in his heart that you, a small rookie player, still want to guard Tracy McGrady, it is not bad to do your own job well.Although George Hill thought so in his heart, he said: "It is estimated that Tracy may play as a shooting guard."

Before George Hill finished speaking, the announcer called Tracy McGrady's name: "Detroit Pistons' starting shooting guard, No. 1 player Tracy McGrady!" The noise grew louder, much louder than the cheers that had greeted Rodney Starkey.

"McGrady is really a shooting guard, which is normal." Xu Nuo said, "But it seems that he is doing well in Detroit."

George Hill nodded seriously after hearing it, "It should be much better than when he was with the Houston Rockets." He said this, promising not to speak after hearing it.

"The starting small forward of the Detroit Pistons, No. 22 player Tayshaun Prince!" The announcer at the scene shouted.

This time, the cheers and applause from the fans in the arena were weaker, and Xu Nuo even heard some boos.This made Xu Nuo feel very strange. As a veteran of the team and a hero who won the championship that year, Tayshaun Prince should be loved by the fans. Why are there still boos?

The team's veteran James Posey seemed to see through Xu Nuo's thoughts at this time, and smiled and said to Xu Nuo: "Because there are rumors that Tayshaun Prince wants to leave the Detroit Pistons, and now Tayshaun Prince wants to leave the Detroit Pistons. The performances of Lins in the game are getting worse and worse, so of course the fans don't like him very much."

Xu Nuo let out an "oh" after listening, "I like the latter message better," he said.

Knowing that the promise was referring to what he said about Tayshaun Prince's performance getting worse and worse in the game, James Posey couldn't help but smile slightly.

"It's okay, you're not facing up to Tayshaun Prince." James Posey patted Xu Nuo on the shoulder and said.

Xu Nuo just smiled and said nothing.

"The starting power forward of the Detroit Pistons, No. 31 player Charlie Villanueva!" The announcer at the scene shouted again.

But this time there was very little applause at the scene. Xu Nuo watched the "hairless hero" Villanueva walk up to Tayshaun Prince and stand beside him. Both of them looked very indifferent.

"I guess they are already very used to this kind of situation." Xu Nuo thought in his heart, he didn't know if he might get used to it someday in the future.

"The starting center of the Detroit Pistons, No. 9 player Chris Wilkes!" The announcer at the scene then shouted.

Xu promised to see the big black man walking up to Charlie Villanueva and stood up. This time, he promised to know why the Detroit Pistons let him be the team's starting center without asking, because the previous Detroit Pistons Starting center Ben Wallace is getting old.However, when Xu Nuo saw the savage-looking muscles of Chris Wilkkous, he could only rejoice that he was not the team's starting point guard, so that he didn't have to fight at the beginning of the game. Faced with guys like Chris Wilcox.

Before the game started, Xu Nuo saw Tracy McGrady walking towards him. Although Xu Nuo felt very puzzled in his heart, he still went forward.

"Hi," Tracy McGrady said to Xu Nuo, "you're Chinese, am I right?"

"Yes." Xu Nuo nodded.

"How is my good brother Yao Ming doing in China now?" Tracy McGrady asked.

Only then did Xu Nuo realize that Tracy McGrady was here for Yao Ming, "Senior Yao Ming is doing well recently." Xu Nuo said.

"That's good." Tracy McGrady nodded, and then said to Xu Xu: "I think you are the rookie player who is called the next John Stockton?"

"Where is it?" Xu Nuo said hastily, "I just hope that I can be as good as you are."

Tracy McGrady smiled slightly, "I look forward to playing with you in the game." Tracy McGrady said.

"Me too." Xu Nuo said with a smile.

After they parted, Xu Nuo suddenly remembered that he didn't know who would win the game compared with Tracy McGrady's jumper.In this regard, Xu Nuo said that he did not know at all.

(End of this chapter)