Legend of Tomorrow

In the second quarter, the Suns coaching staff changed the rotation strategy and asked Guo Xu and Steve Blake to play together to form a double guard. The two forwards were Josh Howard and Haslem, and the center was Nene.

This was done at Guo Xu's request. They studied the Kings' lineup and rotation habits. In the second quarter, they mainly relied on Bobby Jackson to score, and the shooting guard was veteran Anthony Pillar.

Piller is 193cm tall and weighs 94kg. He is 34 years old and is about to retire. Last season in the Timberwolves, he changed from a double guard to a double guard. He has no speed when playing the 1st position, and lacks height and jumping when playing the 2nd position.

Even in his youth Pillar was just a role player. He was drafted by the Lakers with the 15th pick in the first round in 1992. His four seasons with the Lakers were his most glorious period, a reliable bench score of 10 points per game. Hand, a fairly stable three-point shooting spot.

Piller's role for the Lakers was huge and historic, because in the summer of 1996, he was sent to the Vancouver Grizzlies by the Lakers, which freed up salary space for the management, and then welcomed O'Neal.

Pillar was unable to play with the Timberwolves last season, and the Wolves would rather have Hoiberg than renew his contract. Guo Xu continued to play as a shooting guard. He was confident that it would be easy to score against Piller and catch the King off guard.

King Miller and Peja led the substitutes, and the other three were Massenberg, Piller, and Jackson.

After the game started, Jackson singled out Blake for a pull-up jump shot. Haslem grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed it to Guo Xu. Guo Xu saw that the Kings retreated quickly and passed the ball to Blake before passing halftime. to the right bottom corner.

In the Suns' position battle, Guo Xu slid down the baseline and made an air cut. Nene blocked Jackson. Blake saw the opportunity and passed it to Guo Xu who ran to the left corner.

Massenberg jumped out to defend, not daring to relax at all. Guo Xu turned and faced the frame, feinted, changed direction, made a one-step pass, made a 45-degree emergency stop jumper, and scored with a rebound.

39 to 30, personal 16th point.

The Kings attacked, and after the pick-and-roll, Miller hit two points from the high post, 39-32.

Blake's pursuit speed is not as fast as Guo Xu's. As soon as Nene is lured away by Jackson, Miller catches and shoots, which is an opportunity. He has an obvious height advantage. He deserves to be an All-Star and can play both inside and out.

The Kings dug Miller into the team not to replace Webb, but to replace the retiring veteran Divac. The two have similar styles. The 36-year-old Divac's contract expires next year, and the Kings do not plan to renew his contract.

Blake dribbled the ball through the half-court set-up. Guo Xu stood in the bottom corner and ran up the line with Nene without the ball. He received the pass at 70 degrees.

Jackson's pursuit was in place, but it was enough for Guo Xu to get the ball comfortably.

He stepped outside the three-point line and feinted, changed direction to the right and quickly brought it to 45 degrees, stopped suddenly with his right hand and dribbled the ball behind his left hand, then stepped back with his left foot to open up space. The speed of Jackson who was pursuing the defense was obviously inferior. After the sudden stop, the inertia was too much, and he skidded and sat on the ground.

Guo Xu made an easy shot from the corner and scored another one.

41 to 32, personal 18th point.

Adelman frowned on the sidelines, thinking about how to strengthen his defense.

In the first quarter, he allowed Christie to defend Guo Xu and help Bibby reduce the pressure. Now that he is on the substitute defensive end, it is difficult to handle. If Guo Xu is double-teamed, his assists will definitely be indispensable.

When the Kings send in substitutes, the ball movement on the offensive end will be worse. Jackson is not a good organizer.

With 24 seconds almost running out, Massenberg beat Haslem hard in the low post, turned around and shot wide due to interference, and Nene grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The Suns launched a counterattack. Guo Xu easily changed directions and broke through to create space against Piller. He shot a three-pointer from the right and Massenberg grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The Kings counterattacked. Peja faced Howard's entanglement and had no good chance to make a shot. He passed the ball to Piller, who singled out Guo Xu and missed a layup.

Pillar's scoring in the past two seasons has mainly relied on catching and shooting, and rarely plays in isolation with the ball. When facing Guo Xu, he mistakenly thought that his height and strength had advantages. In fact, Guo Xu could duel with Wade and Kobe in the time loop. How could he be afraid of being 193cm tall, lacking impact, and three steps slow for layups? What about Le?

Jackson rushed to grab the offensive rebound, and Peja made a jump shot again. Nene and Haslem collided while grabbing rebounds, and the ball went out of the baseline.

After the dead ball, Adelman saw that Peja's touch was declining, so he took a rest and replaced him with Gerald Wallace to strengthen defense.

If Peja loses his energy, it will be difficult for the Kings to play in the second half, and the team needs him to score. After the substitution, the forward's mobility has become stronger and the pick-and-roll defense can be better, but the ability to withdraw on the offensive end has definitely become worse.

The inbounds ball came out and Jackson passed the ball to Pillar, which seemed to be a good mismatch opportunity. Piller was closely guarded by Guo Xu and forced to turn around on the left to hit the shot. Howard grabbed the defensive rebound.

The Suns counterattacked quickly. Guo Xu faced Piller, received the ball from outside the three-point line, and stepped into the frame.

With one simple move, Guo Xu can form a triple threat from the outside.

Piller did not dare to step forward and lowered his center of gravity to prevent a breakthrough. He knew he was slow and was afraid of being passed by in one step.

Guo Xu stepped back with his left foot and shot a three-pointer. Piller hurriedly took a step forward and had no time to take off. Although he was taller than Guo Xu, his bounce speed was too slow, and Guo Xu's release speed was astonishingly fast. He was just throwing blindly, ignoring the eye seal. hit.

44 to 32, personal 21st point.

Smith said: The Kings haven't double-teamed Jason yet. Today it seems they want to guard him alone, block the passing route, and cut off the connection between him and his teammates.

Barkley said with a smile: He scored 60+20 in the last game, which made the Kings very afraid of his passing. Role players would be completely unable to play if they missed the ball. But even if they prevent him from scoring double figures in assists, if he scores by himself If we score 60 points, the Kings can't win.

The Kings players kept passing the ball and looking for opportunities as arranged by the coach and made mistakes. Jackson passed a cut ball to Massenberg, but Haslem successfully intercepted it and passed it to Guo Xu.

Guo Xu took the ball and rushed forward. His speed advantage was fully demonstrated, and he led the three-point line from the backcourt in more than 3 seconds. He was so fast that Piller didn't dare to reach out to steal, so he could only retreat with all his strength to follow, preparing to interfere with the layup.

Piller was rich in experience and gradually withdrew from the center to the basket, keeping a close eye on Guo Xu and calculating his moves.

Two steps forward, now!

Piller reserves a step away so that he can take off and interfere with the layup. He had anticipated all possibilities, but the only one he miscalculated was Guo Xu's jumping ability.

What would happen if you put a dunk king easily into the basket and gave the opponent plenty of space to jump? Piller just wanted to interfere with the layup. What if the opponent didn't make a layup?

Guo Xu saw that the opponent kept retreating and his position was too upright. As soon as his mind became hot, he remembered the dunk action he had practiced so hard. He jumped with all his strength on both feet, took the ball with his right hand, and stretched out his left hand to covertly press Piller's shoulder.

Guo Xu couldn't catch the basketball with his hands, but he would clamp the ball by pressing his wrist. There was a small foul movement with his left hand, but the referee was attracted by his take-off and held the whistle in his mouth without blowing it.

Piller was stunned. He didn't expect Guo Xu to jump so fast and high, and he forgot to react for a moment.

Guo Xu relied on the push of his left hand to jump directly over Piller with his legs, and smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand.

46 to 32, personal 23rd point.

After Guo Xu landed, he clenched his fists and roared, and Piller realized what just happened.

How the hell is this possible? Doesn’t the information say that this guy is a floor streamer?

This is the fault of the Kings scouts. Guo Xu had a windmill dunk before, but the information collected by the scouts was not updated.

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