Legend of Tomorrow

The Suns' next away game was against the Spurs, 95-107, and their winning streak was ended.

Guo Xu played 38 minutes and scored 33 points and 10 assists. He led 5 players in the team to score in double figures but could not win a victory.

The turning point of the game was in the final quarter. The Suns were leading by 3 points at the beginning. D'Antoni replaced Guo Xu and rested for 3 minutes. The Spurs beat him 11 to 2. He replaced Guo Xu and failed to catch up.

The Spurs are worthy of being a veteran defensive team. Their defense against Guo Xu is very targeted and relatively successful. They would rather leave others open to take shots than allow Guo Xu to shoot comfortably. There are always people in front of him to interfere.

Tony Parker does a good job of defending without the ball. He is very fast and is one of the few people in the league who will not be thrown away by Guo Xu's speed. He can also play an role on the offensive end. Not only is he fast, he can also play pick-and-roll and organize offense.

In the fifth season of his career, Parker's personal ability reached its peak. He protected the ball like Henry, and Guo Xu was not easy to defend.

This season, the Spurs' overall strength has reached its peak in the past 10 years. The GDP combination is the core, and everyone else plays their part and can also play a role.

The team's Bruce Bowen is a defensive expert and a famous 3D player. Only Nesterovich's performance was disappointing, and he was very poor on both offense and defense.

The Spurs' bench is led by Michael Finley and Brent Barry, as well as excellent blue-collar center Nazr Muhammad, veterans Crazy Van Exel, Robert Horry and so on. Benno Udrih, a first-round pick in 2004, is a power forward for the Argentina national team, and Fabricio Oberto, who was not drafted into the NBA, is a fringe player.

The Spurs have always implemented the economic team-building strategy of superstars and role players, coupled with Popovich's magical command, excellent team culture, and a united atmosphere, all of which have made them a strong team that no one in the league dares to underestimate. .

After this game, the two teams' records were even, with both 7 wins and 2 losses. However, the Spurs' lineup was obviously much stronger than the Suns, and the scapegoats still couldn't grasp Guo Xu's handle. The scapegoat can only say over and over again that his scores have begun to decline. He cannot get high scores against strong teams, so 101 points is just a brush.

This is nonsense. If Guo Xu can get 70+ points against a strong defensive team, then his average of 50+ per game in a single season is too little. 60+ is a guaranteed minimum. Let Chamberlain play the Celtics every day, and he can average 40 points per game?

A decline in form is inevitable, which is why Guo Xu chose to fight hard in the first game of the cycle. Even for a person like him who has been tempered for a long time, playing for about 40 minutes in each game is a double test of mental and physical strength, not to mention that he also made a long-distance flight to attend the movie premiere.

Happy Death Day became a hit and became a standout hit in November.

With no competitors, it grossed US$38.42 million at the box office in North America in its first week. The original film grossed over 100 million at the global box office without any publicity. Now that Guo Xu is here, it is the best publicity. Even though it was filmed 10 years earlier, it still achieved better results.

Megan Fox has also successfully become a new star in Hollywood, and many of her expressions of fooling around in the time loop have been circulated on the Internet.

Since it is a holiday season, and if the release time is extended to after Christmas, the global box office is expected to exceed 150 million. Meghan is going to be popular this time. She single-handedly broke the 2004 Disney Mean Girls group .

After two days of rest at home, the Suns lost to the Grizzlies 93-115.

Guo Xu scored 38 points and 6 assists, shooting only 43.7% from the field. The Grizzlies also double-teamed him tightly.

This year, veteran coach Hubie Brown has chosen to retire at the age of 72. The management has strengthened Lionel Hollins. The Grizzlies' style of play is still the same as last season and the core lineup is retained.

After studying Guo Xu's two high-scoring games, each team had a way to deal with it. They sent two fast people to constantly pester him to make it difficult for him to catch the ball. After catching the ball, they immediately double-teamed him and forced him to pass the ball. Never give him an easy shot.

The Grizzlies lineup has made some changes. After sending away White Chocolate Jason Williams, there are two small men at the 1st position. It is Chucky Atkins, who is 180cm tall, and Nate Robinson is the substitute. They are both very fast and can shoot three-pointers.

The Grizzlies' team building idea is very correct. Randolph and Gasol, two inside men who can both shoot and attack in the low post, serve as the pivot. The perimeter is full of players who can shoot three-pointers. The small guards are good at pick-and-roll breakthroughs. .

David Lee was simply unplayable in this game. As soon as he appeared on the stage, his weaknesses were exploited and attacked. Except for David Lee, the Suns only have Kukoc and Josh Powell left in the interior rotation. They can open up shots on the offensive end, but the defense is equally bad.

Varejao does not have a suitable center substitute. As long as he takes a rest, the Suns' penalty area defense will have problems, and this is precisely the Grizzlies' strength.

The Suns chose to double-team the Bears by shrinking into the penalty area, and Mike Miller, Mike Dunleavy, Eddie Jones, Atkins and others were able to catch the ball and shoot three-pointers with a high shooting percentage.

The Grizzlies lineup restrains the Suns. If the two teams meet in the playoffs, the Suns will not be able to advance. The Grizzlies' weakness is that their offensive and defensive transition rhythm is not fast enough and they focus on pushing positions. If the Suns want to win against them, they must work hard on running and gun counterattacks.

In this game, Guo Xu turned into a cancer in order to get high scores, and he didn't pass many passes. Once a run-and-gun game begins, teammates will easily get easy scoring opportunities. His three-point shot is naturally not as effective as breaking through to attract double-teams and then splitting the ball when there is interference.

In the past, Guo Xu would mainly choose to pass the ball, but now he chooses to mainly shoot, and he also shoots rush shots, just as if his teammates can't make the shots. The reason is simple, he doesn't want his points per game to drop quickly from a high point.

After the game, many people analyzed the reasons why Guo Xu played like this. Experts believed that he was trying to average 40 points per game in a single season, and was not simply competing for the scoring title. Due to those two super high scores, after two consecutive games with less than 40 points, he is currently averaging 47.7 points per game.

The season has just begun, and Guo Xu's statistics will definitely drop in the later stages. No one thinks he can break Chamberlain's record of 50 points per game, but in the end it is amazing enough to average more than 40 points per game. No one has done it since 1963. past this point.

In NBA history, there are only four players who have averaged 35+ per game in a single season, including Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Rick Barry and Jordan. Among them, Chamberlain averaged 35+ points per game in 5 seasons, a record that will never be matched again.

The scary thing is that Guo Xu is still shooting 50% from the field and has a lot of assists. Jordan's peak score is 37.1 points. He seems to be able to easily surpass it and take fewer shots.

Jordan averaged 27.8 shots per game in his most unique season, which was the same number as when Kobe Bryant scored 35.4 points. According to Guo Xu's scoring efficiency, the number of shots must have been 40+.

Guo Xu did have a plan and vowed to score more than 40 points and surpass Jordan with an average of 38 points per game. But the numbers are not pleasant and not that impressive.

How hard can it be to just average two more points per game? The meaning after getting it is completely different, and the gold content is higher than Chamberlain.

There will definitely be young psychos who will say that Chamberlain is greater, as if they saw Chamberlain playing in the 1960s, but Guo Xu believes that they must be a very small number, and his popularity will not be worse than that of Jordan at his peak, or even more high.

He must seize the opportunity. After his teammates return from injury, there will be no store like this after passing this village.

After Stoudemire and Marion are able to play next season, he will still choose to pass the ball mainly. Otherwise, the evaluation he will receive will only be negative. Everyone can see that he has a cancerous style of play.

In the next game, Guo Xu is ready to seize the opportunity and strive to score super high scores again and end his losing streak.

The Suns' next opponent is the Raptors...