Legend of Tomorrow

In Guo Xu's previous life, some people said that Yao Ming and Stoudemire were lifelong enemies. This is too exaggerated because the two have never met in the playoffs. If these two are lifelong enemies, then Durant and James, who have faced each other in the finals of Heat vs. Thunder and Cavaliers vs. Warriors, must have a bad relationship.

However, in their rookie season, Yao Ming and Stoudemire were indeed in competition. The most depressing thing about Yao Ming is that Stoudemire is ranked at the top of the rookie list. Stoudemire is jealous of Yao Ming's status as the number one pick and is depressed that he is underestimated.

2002 was actually a small year for the draft. There were very few players in this class who truly performed as All-Stars. Sixteen years later, only Nene is left among the 2002 rookies still competing in the league. Stoudemire has top physical fitness and was only selected with the ninth overall pick. The Suns did find a treasure.

Stoudemire was obviously a little excited when he faced Yao Ming today. He sprinted from his own penalty area to the opponent's basket. After being fouled, he was so excited that he lost his crosshairs. Both free throws missed, and the ball was given to the Rockets. , Yao Ming also added a rebound.

When the Rockets attacked, Yao Ming started the pick-and-roll. After receiving the ball in the middle, he saw that there was no misalignment. He raised his head high to support the pass, and passed the ball when Francis ran back. The latter took a step inside the right three-point line and faced Guo Xuqian and made a jump shot. 5 to 10.

Guo Xu had nothing to do against this kind of pull-up. Francis was a guy who participated in the slam dunk contest. His jump shot was very high, and no one shorter than him could cover it.

Most players with superior physical fitness often have relatively rough skills. This is because they have obvious advantages over their opponents and their opponents do not interfere much with their shooting, so they relax in further exploration of their skills.

Francis is the best counter-example. He only needs to practice mid-to-long-range shooting and one-stop pull-up jump shots, which will make his opponents feel overwhelmed. However, he prefers to get to the basket for dunks or trick layups. He destroyed himself in a year.

He could have been a player at Westbrook's level, but ended up being Francis who retired and went bankrupt.

When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu waved his teammates away and held the ball from the outside to challenge Francis.

Tang Shuai's tactics are very similar to the game when the Lakers defeated the Suns. They used positional zone defense and man-to-man defense to prevent counterattacks, forcing Suns players to take shots in the presence of interference and reducing their shooting percentage.

Back then, the Lakers also fought back, and their opponents couldn't defend against it. O'Neal easily broke through double teams in positional battles. During the counterattack, Guo Xu and Kobe had obvious advantages in singles, so they set a terrifying record.

The Suns have flaws. They often rely on the players' physical talents to play a wave of games, and they don't have the dominance of the Lakers' Big Three era.

One of the two starting swingmen is a rookie this year.

One is a second-year rookie, and it is difficult to guarantee his shooting percentage when being heavily guarded. Although the Rockets' power forward Griffin is mentally disabled, his body is not disabled. He returns to defense very quickly and will not be easily thrown away against Marion. Only Stoudemire has an obvious speed advantage. As a center, he cannot often participate in fast breaks, otherwise the backcourt rebounds will not be well protected.

In Tang Shuai's system, Yao Ming often screens and stands high to wait for opportunities to catch and shoot. Playing like Ewing did with the Knicks, as long as he does not rush for offensive rebounds, he can still return to defense in time.

Running and gunning is a great weapon for beating opponents. When encountering a team that can run, it depends on the star's personal ability, so Guo Xu started to challenge one-on-one.

Francis has a problem with his game attitude and his professionalism has always been questioned, but he was very serious when facing Guo Xu today, observing his opponent's movements with all his concentration.

Guo Xu dribbled the ball from his hips to the right. Francis quickly moved laterally to keep up. Guo Xu kept one step away, and his center of gravity dropped very low. He slapped the ball with his right hand to his left hand, and quickly slapped the ball with his left hand twice more, getting lower and lower. , it looks like it’s about to fall off at any moment.

Francis has always been an impatient person. He thought he had a chance to reach out and steal immediately. Guo Xu tapped the ball with his left hand and passed it to his right. He suddenly started to move his feet, turned to the right and took a step past Francis. He made an emergency stop jumper from the right corner and the ball went hollow into the net.

Francis failed to steal the ball and turned around, it was too late to pursue the defense, and even slight interference could not do it.

7 to 10, Guo Xu scored his 5th individual point.

Zhang Lili sighed: Guo Xu has so many tricks. He uses the changes in rhythm to shoot the ball with ease.

The live broadcast showed a slow-motion replay of the goal. Guo Xu dribbled the ball three times with his fingertips, hitting the ball so low that it was almost touching the ground, and then avoided the steal and changed direction.

Xu Jicheng said: Thomas the Smiling Assassin is famous for his fingertip dribbling. I didn't expect Guo Xu to be able to do the same. Many people said he was a little assassin. Although he didn't admit it, this breakthrough really looked like it.

Simply dribbling with your fingertips is not practical. The key is that players who can do this have solid basic skills and can perfectly connect simple techniques together.

When the Rockets attacked, Francis was picked and rolled by Marion. After a pause in protecting the ball, Guo Xu caught up. He then distributed the ball to the center, which had already delayed the opportunity.

Marion immediately rushed to Yao Ming in the middle. The latter avoided the block in the mid-range shot, but the ball missed due to interference. Marion then turned around and retreated, blocking the backcourt rebound.

Marion did a lot of work in one round. His athleticism and defensive awareness can defend him from the 1st position to the 5th position.

In his previous life, Marion had never been selected to the All-Defensive Team, not even the second team. Maybe it's because of the Suns' overall defense, which is not comprehensive enough and can only defend Laga Bell from the outside. He was selected to the All-Defensive Team.

In the final analysis, it is because he looks too ugly and his playing style is too ugly. The judges feel that the opponent's lower shooting percentage is because of Marion's frightening, and it has nothing to do with his defensive skills...

The Rockets attacked, Francis forced a breakthrough after a pick-and-roll, and it was difficult for Guo Xu to catch up when Yao Ming was covering him. Like O'Neal, Yao Ming occupies too much area. Even if he doesn't follow the screen, he is very powerful and can create mismatch opportunities and breakthrough space for his teammates.

Francis changed direction and passed Marion, got to the basket and forced to take off. He drifted in the air to avoid Stoudemire's cover block, jumped from the left to the right and made a backhand pull to the basketball. 7 to 12.

Rockets fans stood up and applauded. Seeing such a wonderful goal, many people felt that it was worth the ticket price and it didn't matter whether they won the game or not.

It has to be said that Francis' playing style is really wild at this time, full of enjoyment and eye-catching. It's a pity that his peak period in his previous life was so short that when people discuss point guards with explosive styles, they always mention Derrick Rose and Westbrook more, and few people remember him.

If you put aside factors such as record and offensive efficiency, and just talk about the picturesque playing posture, Francis is even better than the two in the future. Not only does he have excellent jumping, but his dribbling skills are also like street ball, very gorgeous.

When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu went to the frontcourt and played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire, attracting Griffin to switch defense and pass to Marion. The latter misplaced Yao Mingla and hit him outside. He made a one-step mid-range shot from inside the three-point line and cut through Stoudemire grabbed the offensive rebound and made a strong second attack, causing Griffin to foul and hit the board with one hand.

Stoudemire also hit the extra free throw, 10 to 12.

Griffin fouled for the second time, and Tang Shuai had no choice but to make substitutions and sent in Maurice Taylor, who was strong in offense and weak in defense, but was highly paid and incompetent.

Taylor is not fast and has a slightly chubby figure. He is 206cm tall and weighs 116kg. The Rockets' defense has a weakness.

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