Legend of Tomorrow

The Suns vs. Warriors game was broadcast nationally on TNT and was the focus of the NBA's publicity.

Although the Warriors are outside the playoffs, they have recently won seven games in a row. They have scored high scores after the All-Star Game and are a winning team on offense.

In addition, the Warriors' starting point guard is Gilbert Arenas, who has improved the most this season. The matchup between him and Guo Xu is the biggest gimmick. Guo Xu is recognized as an inspirational star, and many people now say that Arenas is Jason Guo second.

The difference is that Guo Xu didn't care about the draft at all, happily joined the Lakers, and soon surprised everyone.

After Arenas was selected second in the second round, he expressed his dissatisfaction to the media and believed that he was seriously underestimated. He predicts that he will be selected between 11 and 19, and even if he cannot be a lottery pick, he will not be too far away. Because he is relatively famous in college, leading Arizona to the NCAA finals.

Scouts all look down on Arenas because the 19-year-old played as a shooting guard in college and is only 191cm tall. Even if he has strong scoring ability, he has little future.

Probably most of the scouts of each team are really useless, otherwise there is no way to explain why in Guo Xu's previous life, in 2004, Ben Gordon, who was also 191cm tall and played shooting guard and only participated in the draft at the age of 21, would become the top pick and be selected by the Bulls. The two have similar styles, Arenas is still two years younger, and age represents potential in the draft.

Arenas, who is somewhat paranoid and confident, announced to the media that he would be a starter for the Warriors before the middle of the season. As a result, his journey into the NBA was not smooth and he was on the bench for 40 games. No one pays attention to him, and no one knows that the Warriors' bench is sitting on the bench of a scoring champion from Southern California, the core of the NCAA runner-up.

Fortunately, Arenas had plenty of playing time in the second half and won the trust of the head coach. He played in 47 games and started 30 games, averaging 10.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

I like people to doubt and look down on me. Arenas later said in an interview: Because then I can easily throw these doubts back in their faces.

This season, Arenas has exploded, currently averaging 18.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game.

His success comes from hard work. When everyone is sleeping, he takes a basketball and shoots crazy shots in the training hall. When he is tired, he sleeps in the training hall. The person who the Warriors know best is the groundskeeper.

In this regard, he is very much like Kobe and Jordan. He is very neurotic and hates failure. Once something goes wrong, he will start to resort to masochistic training. He developed broad shoulders, thick arms, and the physical fitness to be able to bounce around in overtime.

Now many fans have begun to question the management and scouts of the teams they support.

Missing Guo Xu can also be said to be because he did not participate in the trial training. Missing Arenas is obviously blind, right?

The one who got the most criticism happened to be the Bulls management that drafted Ben Gordon with the highest pick in the previous life. In 2001, they were extremely weak at the No. 1 position, and then decisively selected a blue-collar swingman Trenton Haar with the first pick in the second round. Serge shares playing time with Artest, Jason Richardson, Hoiberg and others.

After the warm-up, the starting players came out. Arenas said nothing, but Guo Xu could see from his eyes that he wanted to score.

When Guo Xu first entered the league, he would be excited when he met the stars. This was a good opportunity to prove his strength to everyone. Of course, he might also be taught how to behave by the other party.

Arenas really wants to challenge Guo Xu. Guo Xu has always been poor at defensive shooting due to his limited height. He cannot block shots and can only interfere. Pull-up jump shots against people are what he is good at.

On the contrary, Guo Xu's attack on Arenas is also difficult to defend. As a heavy defender, he lacks explosive power and does not move fast, so he suffers greatly when preventing breakthroughs. On the defensive end, his advantage is that he is not afraid of mismatches and can also compete against the No. 2 position.

The Suns' starting five: Guo Xu, Joe Johnson, Kirisek, Marion, Stoudemire.

Warriors five: Arenas, Shane Battier, Antoine Jamison, Troy Murphy, Eric Dampier.

Last season, the Warriors mainly relied on small ball tactics. After guard Larry Hughes was poached by the Wizards, coach Eric Musselman began to let Jamison play the small forward position. Power forward Murphy is tall and tall. 211cm, plus center Dampier, may be called a big ball tactic.

Dampier won the jump ball and the game was on.

Arenas moved to the three-point line and was closely followed by Guo Xu. He used his height advantage to pass the ball from Guo Xu's head to Battier, who was cutting through the air. The latter layup and was blocked by Joe Johnson.

The two were about the same height, but Battier was slightly weaker in strength and could not get rid of the entanglement. Joe Johnson doesn't like to jump, but it's not that he can't jump. His pull-up jumpers and turnaround jumpers are not low.

Dampier got out of position and grabbed the offensive rebound. He bumped into Stoudemire and then got up and dunked the ball in with both hands. 0 to 2.

Dampier, who will be affectionately called Mr. Dan by Chinese fans in the future, is not without merit. Not only is he 211cm tall and 120kg in weight, but his athletic ability is also good. He is at his peak at the age of 28 this year. The presence of O'Neal and Duncan has caused Western teams to hoard meat shields crazily, and Dampier is considered the top three blue-collar meat shields.

The person that Suns manager Brian wanted to trade the most was Dampier, but the Warriors manager had to give up when he asked for the young and promising Nene to be used as a bargaining chip.

When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu and Stoudemire played a pick-and-roll in the middle, easily creating a mismatch opportunity. Dampier and Murphy failed to prevent it. Arenas was slow to pursue the defense. Guo Xu took a step laterally and made a three-point jumper from the right side.

In this position, he was particularly sure of the open position, and the ball hit the net hollowly. 3 to 2.

Kenny Smith commented: The Warriors' defense still has a big problem. Jamison is really good at small forward, and Dampier can also defend the penalty area inside. But this is not a good idea to deal with the Suns. The Suns' three-pointers are the best in the league. The most powerful.

Barkley said: This is better. Stars from both sides can score points. Even if the Warriors lose, they must lose beautifully.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Warriors made a mistake. When Battier passed the ball to Jamison, his intention was too obvious. Marion stretched out his long arm to steal successfully, picked up the basketball and passed it to Guo Xu for a solo fast break.

Guo Xu quickly made a stop in front of the free throw line and used a Bowing to Buddha fake move, which attracted Arenas to stop and take a small step forward, then changed direction to the right and successfully broke through, and succeeded in an easy layup. 5 to 2.

Arenas did not dare to foul. If he got into foul trouble at the beginning, he would not be able to separate from Guo Xubiao. And his speed is obviously at a disadvantage, and he will not be able to keep up once he fakes a move.

The Warriors attacked. Arenas brought the ball to the frontcourt and was closely followed by Guo Xu and passed to Jamison. What he is good at is facing the frame. If he cannot turn around well, it will affect the offensive rhythm.

Jamison caught the ball with his back on the left, attracting Kirisek's defense. One-on-one is an opportunity. The Suns are a mixed defense. Guo Xu mainly defends and the point guard has free position, and others are responsible for the four areas.

Jamison protected the ball to observe the situation, and then passed it back to Arenas who was cutting from the right.

The Warriors cooperated in a small area. Dampier blocked Guo Xu. Stoudemire did not change defense in time. Arenas caught the ball and scored a layup. 5 to 4.

The home fans of the Suns also gave Arenas some applause. The two teams set the tone for the game at the beginning, which is what fans like to see. It would be even better if the stars of both teams can surge in points like the Suns did against the Spurs.

For most fans, the regular season process is more important than the results. (https:)

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