NBA's No. 1 guard

Chapter 144 The second match of the three-way trip!
After winning the Suns, the Pacers' record came to 10 wins and 8 losses, and it was finally time for the "back-to-back" away games.

On December 12, the Pacers' first back-to-back game was against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers can also be regarded as a strong team in the West. They are now ranked fifth in the West, one place higher than the Suns.

Their current head star is LaMarcus Aldridge, and Adelaide is still in the Blazers. Xu Xiang remembers that he will leave next year and join the Spurs as one of the new pillars of the Spurs.

Ade's characteristics are steady, accurate and ruthless!

He never plays tricks on you. Even in the All-Star Game, he still shoots the mid-range honestly. If it is true, it feels like a replica of Duncan.

Adelaide's hook is very powerful, a bit like the "sky hook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar back then, but his arc is smaller and his accuracy is not as good as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.He has a strong ability to protect the frame inside and has a very deep understanding of where rebounds fall. He is often able to win offensive rebounds and complete a second offense.Like Duncan, he played as a center forward as a power forward, and he is also very good at low-post singles.

And his efficiency is very high. Last season, he averaged 26.2 points per game. This is already a very high number for a power forward or a center.

Another person that the Trail Blazers need to pay attention to is Damian Lillard.

This third-year rookie!

This guy was at his peak when he debuted. He started in his rookie season and averaged 19.0 points per game. In the second season, his scoring average has reached 20 points per game, and this year is only his third season.

He was the 2012th pick in the first round in 6. He was favored by all parties from the beginning. What he is most proud of is his big heart. He can often make unbelievable lore shots at critical moments.

In the 2012-2013 season, he directly won the best rookie of the year, and was selected as the first team of the best rookie of the year!
Others don't know, but Xu Xiang knows how powerful this "Killing God" is. If his three-pointer is accurate, he might as well give way to Ku Hao!
His body is very strong, he didn't miss a game in his rookie season, and he averaged 38.6 minutes per game. His healthy body and long wingspan gave him an overwhelming advantage in confrontation with defenders.

Xu Xiang clearly remembers that after Adelaide left the Trail Blazers next year, Lillard officially took over the position of "team boss". Now, the management of the Trail Blazers has faintly had this idea, and Lillard's biggest shortcoming is that he is too arrogant.

The Trail Blazers' management has already made a choice between Adelaide and Lillard. They prefer to believe that the young Lillard will lead the team to victory.

Xu Xiang groped his chin and thought about it carefully. There will be many big fish in the free market next year, and Adelaide is one of them. If the Pacers can trade Adelaide over, and wait until Paul George returns from injury, then this lineup can compete for the championship!

But Adelaide is too expensive, and the Pacers don't have any good bargaining chips. Hibbert and West are definitely not wanted by anyone. They are too old, and their styles are no longer suitable for this arena.

Unless they trade Xu Xiang or Paul George.
But Xu Xiang will definitely not want it. There is already a very good defender, so there is no need for another one.

And if the Pacers win Adelaide, it can also weaken the competitiveness of a hidden opponent for them. You have no idea what kind of power Adelaide will explode in the hands of Mr. Popo.

Apart from Adelaide and Lillard in the Blazers' starting lineup, Robin Lopez is counted. He and his brother Brock Lopez are twin brothers and participated in the draft in the same year, but he does not have the strength of his brother "Daluo". This can only be regarded as a blue-collar player at best.

The small forward position of the Blazers is generally Nicolas Batum, who is also French like Parker. This is a "triple-double paranoid". In November last year, the Blazers played against the Spurs. In that game, the Spurs had given up resistance.

This kind of players who are still playing at the last minute in order to pursue statistics has never been liked by fans and the league. If you don't know how to abide by this kind of unspoken rules, you will definitely be hated by others wherever you go.

After the game, not only everyone on the Spurs, but also Mr. Bobo was angry. He said: If the NBA becomes a data league, then we don't need to play any games, can you just stand where you can shoot?
Batum himself was obviously aware of the problem, and he apologized during the post-match interview, saying that he just wanted to satisfy his "triple-double" idea and didn't notice that this was a serious mistake. He apologized to the Spurs and hoped to get their understanding.

To be honest, you can be without technology in the league, but you must not be without emotional intelligence!

He averaged 13.0 points last season, 5.1 assists and 7.5 rebounds.

The game ended quickly, and the Pacers lost their ability to catch up in the third quarter, and were directly taken away by a wave of offense led by Alder!
Even Xu Xiang's scoring efforts couldn't stop this fact. The Pacers lost the game away by 99-108 by 9 points.

Xu Xiang scored 27 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds in this game, but the rest of the Pacers were blown up, especially Scola at the power forward position. He was about to be psychologically shadowed by Adelaide.

In this game, he scored 32 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists on Scola's head, almost a triple-double!

Xu Xiang secretly made up his mind that next season he would absolutely suggest to the team to trade Scola, and he could no longer be allowed to dawdle here.

(End of this chapter)