Legend of Tomorrow

After several passes by the Spurs, Bowen received the ball from the right corner and shot a three-pointer. Stoudemire jumped out and interfered very actively. He struck again. Ginobili rushed to grab an offensive rebound and once again passed the ball to Bowen. , Stoudemire missed someone in his fast break.

It's a pity that Bowen has never proven himself on the offensive end. His touch was even colder today. He still missed the 45-degree open mid-range shot. Marion grabbed the backcourt rebound and immediately passed the long ball to Guo Xu for a single fast break.

Guo Xu stopped suddenly in front of the three-point line on the left, holding the ball with his left hand and moving closer with his right hand. Carter quickly took a step forward to interfere with the shot.

Guo Xu's counterattack and pursuit of a three-pointer is a unique trick, but this time he used the Buddha fake move again, changing direction to the right to pass through. Carter tried to pull someone for a foul but didn't stop him, watching Guo Xu score a layup in the middle.

17 to 2, personal 11th point.

The essence of Bowing to Buddha lies in the fake movement of the non-ball-holding hand and legs. The ball-holding hand must be horizontal. If you turn your wrist to pick up the ball, you will be called a foul, and it does not look like you are going to shoot.

The Spurs attacked, Ginobili caught the ball and hit a three-pointer. Bell's interference was very good. Stoudemire grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed it to counterattack.

Guo Xu brought it to the frontcourt by himself, ignoring Marion's request for the ball from the left. He suddenly stopped in front of the three-point line on the right and suddenly made a three-pointer. This time, Carter retreated further back. When he realized that it was not a fake move, he made a three-pointer. It's too late to take a step forward and block the shot.

Guo Xu hit a three-pointer against Carter, and the shot was very fast, like a random throw, 20 to 2, his 14th point.

The Spurs home fans were silent. Just five and a half minutes into the first quarter, the point difference was already close to 20 points.

Guo Xu didn't make any celebrating moves and returned to defense expressionlessly. Popovich requested another timeout.

Xu Jicheng said: Today was an absolutely nightmare start for Anthony Carter. Guo Xu could always create opportunities and made all 6 shots.

Zhang Lijia smiled and said: The Spurs must make a substitution. If not, Guo Xu will definitely produce super statistics in the opening game.

Xu Jicheng shook his head: That's not necessarily true. If we continue to play like this, we will enter garbage time in the first half.

Rasu Nesterovich and Carter took a break, short power forward Malik Rose came on, and Ron Mercer came on. At this time, the Spurs had no point guard, and Ginobili was the guest point guard.

The game continued. Duncan caught the ball in the low post on the left and singled out Diop. After a feint, he turned around and shot in the middle.

Diop was stunned and couldn't follow up, but Marion let go of Rose and sneaked up from the side to block Duncan's shot.

Diop picked up the basketball.

Guo Xu ran to Diop to ask for the ball, and passed it to Marion who was about to leave. Marion singled out Rose and missed a layup. Something that made Spurs fans feel devastated happened. Guo Xu sprinted at full speed and threw away Ji. Nobili quickly followed up, grabbed the offensive rebound and directly put in the ball with both hands.

22 to 2, Guo Xu scored 16th point.

Zhang Lili said with emotion: If Guo Xu was in the same state as he is today in the tiebreaker, the Suns would definitely win.

Xu Jicheng smiled and said: Last season, many people were curious about why Popovich insisted on letting Parker play for a long time, more than 35 minutes in each game. The answer is that the Spurs can't do it without Parker.

Duncan pulled out to face the frame to catch the ball, stepped forward and finally scored two points with a jump shot. He instead used the same method to deal with O'Neal to beat Diop, clearly seeing the excellence of this blue-collar player. 22 to 4.

Guo Xu blocked and split the ball to Stoudemire. Stoudemire took the ball and knocked over Ginobili with an air cut. He was called to hit someone with the ball. Stoudemire was smiling when he returned to defense. The team was far ahead. He still had a very good mentality even though he made a mistake. Relax.

At this time, the Suns made substitutions, Joe Johnson and Haslem came on, replacing Diop and Marion. The Spurs also made adjustments and replaced Ginobili with Turkoglu.

Popovich called Bowen to the sidelines and whispered a few words: You come to guard Jason, and take care of him when you have the chance.

Bowen understands this well. The care he is good at is that when the opponent jumps, he only cannot interfere with the jump. If he stretches his foot underneath and catches it, the opponent may sprain his ankle if he steps on it.

In Guo Xu's previous life, many players hated this move. Bowen was the most famous, followed by Pachulia during the Warriors. Coincidentally, the Spurs were the biggest victim of Pachulia's step, and they injured their star Leonard in the playoffs. Warriors coach Steve Kerr is a Spurs coach who studied under Popovich, and he learned exactly what the old man did.

Although no one said it explicitly, one can easily tell that in many cases without Popovich's instructions, Spurs players would not have made some bad moves. Bowen was still a very clean defensive player in the Heat. Today, even fake fans can see that the Spurs can't beat the Suns, and Popovich decided to use an off-the-table move.

The Spurs were quite embarrassed when attacking. Mercer had a hard time dribbling the ball through the half, stumbling under Bell's close defense.

No one on the outside is good at breaking through and passing the ball, and the formation cannot be stretched. The Spurs almost ran out of 24 seconds and failed to create a good shot opportunity. Turkoglu took advantage of his height advantage to single out Joe Johnson, and hit a mid-range shot under interference. Rose wanted to rush for the rebound, pushed Haslem hard and was called for a foul.

After playing at home for more than 7 minutes, the team only scored 4 points, and the Spurs players became anxious.

In the Suns' position battle, Guo Xu brought it to the frontcourt and passed it to Joe Johnson. The latter changed direction with the ball and passed Turkoglu. His emergency stop jump shot missed due to interference from Duncan's defense.

The Spurs passed back and forth and still had no open space. It took 20 seconds for Mercer to single out Bell and miss his turn and jumper.

Guo Xu dribbled the ball across half court, waved his teammates to move away, and held the ball in the middle to challenge Bowen. As a reborn player, he knows that Bowen is good at defense and also very dirty, but he has the confidence to single out the opponent because it is a mismatch.

Guo Xu dribbled the ball to his left hand from his crotch, shook his left shoulder slightly, and quickly changed direction to the right with the ball in his left hand. Bowen followed. Guo Xu took a step inside the three-point line and suddenly stopped suddenly. He dribbled the ball behind his right hand to his left hand, then changed direction to the left, almost knocking Bowen to the ground.

Bowen is 201cm tall and his specialty is defending swingmen. It is too difficult for him to defend defenders and it is difficult to keep up with the speed.

Guo Xu stepped back with his left foot and stepped out of the three-point line. He shot slightly backward from the middle and the ball drew a beautiful arc. He hit another three-pointer without interference.

25 to 4, personal 19th point.

The Spurs attacked, Diop made a move, but the Suns' defense in the penalty area was not so good. Rose relied on his strength advantage to single out Marion and forced a layup. 25 to 6.

D'Antoni will no longer deliberately strengthen defense. He feels that it is enough to defend against one wave at the beginning. Now he just wants to attack.

Guo Xu passed the ball to Joe Johnson and ran to the left to pull away. At this time, Joe Johnson could single out Turkoglu.

Haslem ran from the baseline to the left and blocked Bowen without the ball for Guo Xu. Guo Xu cut inside and received a pass from Joe Johnson. Guo Xu relied on speed to reach the basket with one step, but Rose was slow to change defense.

Duncan made a defense and retreated to the basket. Guo Xu threw the ball towards the backboard. He shot quickly and the ball was faster, but it was not a layup. Stoudemire flew up from the right, received the rebound ball, and dunked the ball in with both hands.

27 to 6, Guo Xu’s fourth assist.

At this time, Popovich was also a little panicked. He found that Bowen couldn't guard Guo Xu and it was difficult to get a foothold.

Guo Xu has a variety of playing styles, both with and without the ball. There is one thing he almost never does, and that is to take a jump shot against someone taller than him. As long as Bowen is on defense, he will use his speed advantage to get rid of him.

Bowen would definitely not be able to compete against a nimble little guard like Guo Xu. He wouldn't even be able to use his own strengths.