Standing pretty old

Chapter 165 Taking Pacers Lightly

On Christmas Day, Ruan Erniu and Han Meimei spent the whole day.

The team is on vacation today, and Ruan Erniu also gave himself a rare day off, and did not train on this day.

It seems wrong, while he was chatting with Dr. Han, he was still lifting dumbbells. In Er Niu's words, this is not training, but just keeping the body active.If you don't lift a few words, you will always feel uncomfortable.

People are always envious of the physical talents of top athletes, but they don't know that they also reached such heights through day after day of boring training.

It is no exaggeration to say that any NBA superstar has a tendency to masochistic.If it weren't for this, they wouldn't have won those heavy honors at all.

How can it be successful?Talent is superior to others, and hard work is not to lose to others, plus unwavering determination and inexplicable luck.

Therefore, success is a small probability event, and Ruan Erniu is destined to be unique.

After a pleasant Christmas holiday, Ruan Erniu once again devoted himself to the tense regular season.

When they came to the training arena the next day, most of the players obviously still had the shadow of vacation syndrome.

There are not a few guys who lean on their waists and yawn.

Although the Indiana Pacers will be visiting tonight, Woodson is not going to let these lazy boys go.

The training intensity on match days is indeed lower than that on non-match days, but this does not mean that players can save energy.

Before the start of training with the ball, Woodson said that if anyone doesn't train well, he won't have to play in tonight's game.

Under the high pressure of the egg head, the players can only train hard to find a good state.

On the evening of December 12, at the Philips Arena, the Atlanta Hawks ushered in their today's opponent, the Indiana Pacers.

Ruan Erniu's opponent today is O'Neal again, but he is Jermaine O'Neal, not Shaquille O'Neal.

O'Neal has a baby face, but he is a standard league veteran.

Born in 1978, he joined the league at the age of 17. After careful calculation, this is actually the No. 12 year since he joined the league.

At his peak, O'Neal was also a top player who could stably output 20+10. Of course, this was before he was injured.

After the Palace of Auburn Hills incident, Miller Sr. lost his final chance to win the championship, and then the Pacers, who could compete with the Pistons, also fell apart.

Now the boss of the Pacers should be the league's third-year student-Danny Granger.

So far this season, the Pacers have been able to win a record of 15 wins and 13 losses, thanks to Granger's leadership.

He averaged 19.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game, all career highs.

In addition, the team's power forward Troy Murphy, point guard Jamal Tinsley, the third pick in 02, and the swingman of the forward and guard-Mike Dunleavy. (His father is the old Mike Dunleavy, the head coach of the Clippers. Americans don’t like to use their brains when naming names. Often, whatever the father’s name is, the son’s name is also the same. Just add JR or a few generations and it will be fine!)
If you have to give this Pacers a definition, it is the whole. The offensive points of this team are scattered. Except for Granger, it is difficult for you to find an absolute strong point.

Pacers general manager Larry Bird played a key role in rebuilding the team.Being able to quickly reunite the team after the Palace of Auburn Hills, Bird is not only a Hall of Fame player, but he also did a great job as the team manager.

"Hey! Kraft, do you have time for a chat?" Larry Bird appeared in Atlanta's training half at some point, and directly approached Ruan Erniu.

Ruan Erniu threw the ball into the basket in a calm manner, turned around and said with a smile, "Of course, Larry, what's the matter?"

Byrd was straightforward, and Er Niu didn't mean to be twitchy at all.

Larry Bird said: "If you still fail to win the championship with the Eagles, would you consider changing teams? Tell me from the bottom of your heart!"

Ruan Erniu was stunned, shook his head and said, "This is just my rookie season, I still want to prove myself first!"

Byrd asked, "Have you considered it?"

Er Niu can't talk about him anymore, if it's an ordinary person, Ruan Er Niu can naturally ignore him, but facing a generation of legendary Larry Bird, Ruan Er Niu is not qualified to be the old man. Put on a show in front of you.

"No, I haven't considered leaving Atlanta!"

Bird nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Then you can start thinking about it now!"

After finishing speaking, Bird didn't say hello, turned around and left!
Woodson was not far away, he frowned and said, "What do you mean, is the big bird recruiting our calves?"

Larry Drew beside him shook his head and said, "Who knows what Bird, the trash talker, meant. Maybe he was really trying to attract Kraft, maybe he was just trying to distract Kraft and let the Pacers win. This game is not guaranteed!"

Woodson nodded and said, "I don't know about others, but our bosses Levenson and Jillon will never sell Kraft. His commercial value is immeasurable!"

Larry Drew said: "Then there is nothing to worry about, the rest will be left to Kraft, he can handle it!"

As Ruan Erniu continued to display super god-level standards in the game and refreshed his own technical statistics in various ways, the Eagles now took trust in Ruan Erniu as a matter of course.

In the game, Ruan Erniu's actual performance did not live up to the team's trust.

Facing O'Neal, who was no longer as brave as before, Ruan Erniu cut a gap in the low position at the beginning of the first quarter.

Little O'Neal couldn't stop this brutal beast at all. When his weak knees encountered Ruan Erniu's strong buttocks, he could only retreat step by step, otherwise his lower body might be destroyed by Erniu at any time.

And Danny Granger also suffered from Lunar Eclipse's key marking in this game, and his performance was not satisfactory.

During the half-time break, the team mascot Hack Eagle, who was wearing a Santa Claus costume, presented various gifts to the fans after the game. Interestingly, he performed the act of swallowing human heads again in the KISS-CAM session. trick.

It's a pity that this time the target was a tall and hunky man. He beat Huck Eagle hard and made all the fans laugh.

To be honest, it is not that no one on the Pacers side stood up to resist.

Troy Murphy, who is definitely more than 6 feet 11 inches (211CM), has shot Marvin Williams from beyond the three-point line many times.

Mike Dunleavy also played well. On the offensive end, he can always continue to fire for the Pacers.

However, his defensive 囧囧sen also ushered in an explosion in this game.

In the game, he made 18 of 9 shots and 9 of 9 free throws. He scored 27 points, 11 assists and 4 rebounds efficiently.

At the same time, Dunleavy graduated with 6 fouls in the fourth quarter, completely sealing the victory for the game.

Ruan Erniu didn't play this game for a long time. In 32 minutes of playing time, he scored 26 points, 19 rebounds, and 3 assists. He didn't exert much effort and easily won the victory.

95:112, the Eagles won their first victory after Christmas at home.

　The third update is finished, I have already sent the group to the introduction, if you don’t see it, I will post it again in the book review area tonight

　　
　
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