Legend of Tomorrow

Chapter 1087 [The 41-point season may have been lazy]

Guo Xu continues to let loose. As long as the team leads by a big score in the regular season, he dares to keep letting loose. He just needs to work harder in the playoffs.

His defensive ability is definitely better than Paul's, but he never cares about the defensive lineup award and doesn't want to give it away. Being selected to the All-Defensive Team shows that he worked too hard.

Guo Xu scored 25 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, and was forced to pass the ball in the final minutes.

The Clippers stepped up their double-teaming, and their strategy was to prevent Guo Xu from taking an easy shot and let others go. The Clippers will accept it if someone else throws them to death, let's not let the star score super high points first.

Seth Curry, who came off the bench, got a chance to perform. He hit three three-pointers in the first quarter and made 3 of 4 shots.

Under the leadership of Guo Xu, the Lakers led 39 to 28 by 11 points.

Seth and Guo Xu partnered on the outside. It was not difficult for the Clippers players to score, and they scored 11 points in the last few minutes. Crawford and Rivers both made three-pointers.

Paul scored 13 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. If you don't look at the game process and just look at the data, his performance seems to be good.

In the second quarter, Guo Xu rested and the two sides rotated their lineups. The Lakers were beaten by the Clippers. After 5 minutes, the point difference was only 2 points.

The Lakers' substitutes are Mo Williams, Clarkson, Robertson, Boozer, and Bonner.

Tyronn Lue's idea is to let Robertson strengthen the defense in the second quarter, but the Lakers have three defensive black holes in the rotation, and Clarkson is not very far from the black holes. The problem is too serious.

How can Robertson stand up to this? He can only focus on taking care of Crawford.

Robertson went to guard Crawford, but Clarkson was too weak to guard Pierce. The veteran could play him behind the back to take advantage of his strengths. Rivers also asked Griffin to lead the bench. It was easy to beat Boozer alone. If he and Hill couldn't make a shot, they could still rush for offensive rebounds.

Bonner is a big man who can shoot three-pointers from a distance, but his ability to protect rebounds is poor. At his peak, he averaged no more than 5 rebounds per game. Last season with the Spurs, he averaged 1.6 rebounds in 13 minutes per game. In the playoffs, he was a marginal player and only played in garbage time.

After three minutes of playing, Tyronn Lue quickly replaced Bonner and replaced him with cornerstone Sacre. He waved a towel many times on the sidelines to warm up. After coming out, he was in good condition. He defended the penalty area twice and was pure soy sauce on the offensive end.

Only Clarkson and Boozer scored 4 points for the Lakers. Their offense was weak and they looked like a different team from the first quarter.

Stars who don't cheat will definitely not be able to hit the championship with this kind of lineup. The weakness of the Lakers' bench is too obvious. They were either inexperienced, poorly organized, or poor defensively.

In a parallel world, Boozer is competing in the Chinese CBA this season, and his defense cannot keep up.

In the parallel world, Clarkson was traded to the Cavaliers in 2018 before playing in the playoffs with James for the first time. He averaged 4.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 14.9 minutes per game, shooting 30.1% from the field and 23.9% from the three-point range.

Forgetting about victory and defeat, he can produce good statistics, which he cannot do to drive his teammates, and he doesn't know how to do it.

Harrell and Josh Richardson were not on the roster. Guo Xu can only perform with Harrell. His rough energy is not suitable for starting, he has no support, no shooting range, and cannot control fouls. He might as well go to the Development League to practice his basic skills first.

The Clippers need Griffin and Paul to be on the court, so they can move the ball very well.

Griffin can play as a point forward like James, he just has a poor shooting ability.

Tyronn Lue's adjustment method was to replace Guo Xu. He immediately beat Clippers substitute point guard Pablo Prigioni twice, including a 2+1 backhand layup after being beaten during a counterattack.

Pablo is 191cm tall and weighs only 84kg. He entered the NBA as a non-draft player and has almost no breakthroughs. His organizational skills make do and he relies on catching and shooting to score. He is like a weakened version of Blake.

When Guo Xu counterattacked, he could pass him by changing direction. The second time he pulled someone, he didn't even try to stop him, allowing Guo Xu to jump up and throw the ball.

The point difference widened to 7 points. Rivers quickly replaced Paul and emphasized the double-teaming tactic.

Tyronn Lue sent Horford and Carter to add two shooting points. After Guo Xu came on the field, Thackeray also started to play. After covering the screen, he received Guo Xu's pass and dunked twice.

After Paul was blocked by the side screen, the Clippers insiders rushed to defend Guo Xu, leaving the basket empty.

It would be even worse if the inside players were not guarded. At 4 minutes and 47 seconds, Guo Xu moved to catch the ball and shot a three-point jumper. He hit the ball on the right side due to Paul's interference.

At 4 minutes and 15 seconds, Guo Xu caught the ball and feinted to shake Paul up. He took a step laterally and raised the ball with both hands to shake up Crawford, who was defending. Robertson was open and he didn't pass the ball. He jumped forward and bumped into Ke. Lawford committed a foul.

After Guo Xu made all three free throws, the point difference widened to more than 10 points.

At 2 minutes and 25 seconds, Paul used a pick-and-roll to break into the paint and missed a layup due to Horford's interference. The Lakers counterattacked. Guo Xu quickly changed directions with the ball and passed Griffin. His center of gravity dropped so low that the latter didn't even want to pull anyone. Can hold it.

Guo Xu drove straight into the middle and made an unexpected choice. He collected the ball and took off a little before the free throw line. After gliding for a distance, he dunked the ball with his right hand and scored with one hand.

This was Guo Xu's personal 38th point. The audience stood up and shouted MVP!

In the TNT live broadcast room, Barkley and O'Neal held their heads in their hands, their mouths opened in an O shape in disbelief.

Smith exclaimed: Jason not only had a pull-up dunk in this opening game, but also completed a take-off dunk from the free throw line. Did he practice high jump and long jump after two years of retirement?

Barkley lamented: This is unbelievable. He looks more athletic at the age of 34 than he did at the age of 24. Has he played at his best? He may have been lazy in the season when he averaged 41 points per game.

In the last minute, Pierce turned around with the ball and broke through. Guo Xu let go of Paul and stole the basketball from the side, then turned and started a fast break. Defending Paul does not keep up, giving him more opportunities to gamble and steal.

Guo Xu advanced, and Paul retreated until he reached the three-point line.

Paul maintained a good defensive distance this time, but Guo Xu couldn't pass easily, and the other Clippers players were in position.

Guo Xu lowered his center of gravity while facing Paul with the ball, dribbling to the left under his crotch to his left hand. His left hand quickly connected behind his back and dribbled to his right hand. His right hand dribbled the ball to the left to change direction. While dribbling in front of his body, he used his left foot as a guide. At the center of the ball, he took a small step forward with his right foot and turned his back. Then he turned sharply in the opposite direction. He pulled the ball with his left hand and passed Paul completely on the right side.

When he turned his back, Paul thought he would break through from the left, and his center of gravity was lost. If he forced a change of direction, he would probably be knocked down.

Guo Xu reached 45 degrees in two steps, and Griffin and Hill jumped out to double-team. He made an emergency stop, dribbled the ball behind his back to his left hand, and then turned around with his right foot as the pivot.

When the two big men saw Guo Xu dribbling from behind, they were worried that he would break through the baseline or pass the ball to an open teammate, so they did not immediately save the ball. As a result, he turned around to get into a multi-body position, shot a huge fadeaway jumper, and hit the net without interference from Griffin.

Griffin defended very hard, and Paul was dumbfounded when he saw Guo Xu doing this move from the side. What the hell is this? Even on the street court, few people play like this, and his fake moves are dazzling.

This is called the integration of technical movements. Guo Xu can make some connections at will. Only in this way can he score against Wang Jun's defense on Earth 6. It is impossible to deal with aliens with ordinary feints and physical strength.

In the end, Paul hit another three-pointer under Guo Xu's release, and the Lakers led 68-58 at halftime.

Guo Xu scored 40 points, 1 rebound, 6 assists and 2 steals at halftime, playing like crazy.

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