Legend of Tomorrow

Guo Xu took a break in the second quarter, and the Raptors quickly overtook the score under the leadership of Mike James, Morris Peterson, and Bonner.

This Raptors team has no shortage of talent. When Marvin serves as the power forward, the team's overall mobility is super strong, and it can either stay in position or counterattack.

The Raptors can't win, mainly because the center's defense is too poor and no one protects the frame, much like the Lakers last season. This weakness is fatal. Give the Raptors Kwame Brown and they can make the playoffs with their depth.

The Suns are now better inside than the Raptors. Although they don't have a 20+10 star like Bosh, the three rotating insides are good at rebounding and the two are good at defense. Except for Varejao, all the insides have stable mid-range shots. , can open up space.

The Raptors mainly relied on Bonner to open up space. He was in great shape and made 2 of 2 three-pointers; Peterson and James scored 5 and 6 points respectively.

On the Suns side, veteran Kukoc made a mid-range shot and a three-pointer to stabilize the situation. Howard and Bell each scored two points. When Guo Xu returned to the court after a 5-minute rest, the Suns were 1 point behind 45 to 46.

The Raptors also adjusted their lineup, replacing Bosh and Rose, and replacing Marvin and Dotta Smith. Starting center Aruyu continued to guard the water fountain on the sidelines with a dull expression.

Smith is a second-round pick selected by the Raptors in 2004. He is a swingman with a height of 201cm and a weight of 98kg. His body is not bad, but his skills, shooting, and defense are average, and he has no special skills. This season he can only play on the fringe for 5 or 6 minutes, and he can be waived tomorrow summer.

The Raptors in the 2004 draft could be said to be a complete failure. Neither of the two players they selected could be cultivated, and they had loopholes as soon as they appeared. Arruyu usually starts and plays for a few minutes. After being replaced, he doesn't play for a long time. He waits for the opponent to attack the basket and his teammates really can't defend him. Then he comes up and plays for a while.

If you really encounter a strong inside man who is good at scoring, Aruyu, who relies on steroids to build his muscles, can't guard him, so he only plays 12 minutes per game as a starter this season, which is similar to his rookie season. The Raptors really want to trade him, but no one wants him. .

As soon as Guo Xu came on the court, the situation changed drastically. He faced James too easily.

James is a defender who rarely commits fouls, averaging only two per game. He has already committed two fouls in the first quarter. He is afraid that he will not be able to stay on the court and continue to play, so he will not reach out and get close to him casually on the defensive end. This year, the league has sanctioned this There are so many fouls.

James was at a disadvantage in terms of speed when defending Guo Xu, and he did not have a close confrontation. This gave Guo Xu a lot of space to catch the ball and make moves to accelerate. During Guo Xu's counterattack, James was either passed by or unable to block the shot due to a layup. This undrafted rookie is far different from Guo Xu in terms of physical fitness, and he is always a little slower.

Mitchell could see that James couldn't prevent the counterattack, so he asked Peterson, the best defensive player on the team, to help double-team for several rounds, leaving Howard empty. As a result, Guo Xu succeeded in a three-point shot, a breakthrough layup, and once attracted a double team to assist Howard in an alley-oop dunk.

Peterson is 201cm tall and weighs 100 kilograms. He is not at a disadvantage against swingmen and moves, but it is difficult to defend against point guards. Moreover, Guo Xu is an alumnus of his university, so he knows everything about him. How can he guard against this?

In the last two minutes of the second quarter, another strange scene appeared on the court. The Raptors double-teamed Guo Xu in the midfield. Payton did not shoot himself, but organized in the open space. He passed the ball to Guo Xu, who kept running under double screens.

Guo Xu didn't care about the position of his teammates and would throw the shot whenever he had the chance. He scored 17 points and 1 assist in a single quarter and 47 points, 3 assists and 1 steal in the half, almost 50+ points, which was only one point less than the Knicks game. The most amazing thing is that this is the data he played in 19 minutes. He scored 8 more three-pointers and his shooting percentage was higher than that of the Knicks.

The Suns ended the first half with a 64-56 lead.

During halftime, fans online began to discuss whether it would be possible to see a second 100-point game? Even if Guo Xu doesn't score 100, he should easily reach 80.

TNT's ratings for this show exploded, it was like broadcasting the finals live.

Stars' scoring surge attracts fans the most.

During halftime, Barkley said that if it weren't for Chamberlain, maybe Guo Xu would take all the top ten points in a single game in the NBA in the future.

Chamberlain only scored 100 points once, and the others were all 70+. He has never scored more than 80 points. If Guo Xu scores 80 points in this game, can it be said that his scoring ability is better than that of Chamberlain, who cannot shoot three-pointers?

Many people expect him to set another record. 33 points in the half is an impossible task for most people, but it seems not difficult at all for Guo Xu, who has a hot hand.

In the visiting team's locker room, coach Mitchell was furious and criticized the players' defense, especially the defense of the two point guards.

He is a retired player who became the head coach, not an academic coach. He has been playing for the Timberwolves in the later part of his career. He has assisted the hard special for a long time and has also acquired some tough habits. He can be called a hard guy.

In fact, the Raptors' current situation is inseparable from Mitchell. He has always been a failed man.

He was a failure as a player, and his honors were all in vain. He was just a role player. His only decent resume was that he played 757 games for the Timberwolves and scored 7,161 points, ranking second in team history behind Garnett. .

But what kind of team are the Timberwolves? Except for the 2003-04 season, they struggled with failure most of the time. Mitchell retired in 2002, and the time he entered the Western Conference Finals had nothing to do with him. All his achievements were earned as a blue-collar worker and he had no personal talent at all.

Later, he started coaching, first as an assistant, but still failed.

When the Bucks failed, the Bobcats failed, and he was hired by the Raptors as the sixth head coach in the team's history in ten years, he repaid everyone's love with a 33-49 record, and made Aruyu the first in the history of the league. The worst No. 8 pick was the loss of Vince Carter, the greatest player in Raptors history.

At that time, the Raptors generals could no longer coexist. Before Carter was traded, he and Mitchell had a conflict in the locker room. Carter lifted Mitchell up like a barbell and threw him onto the massage table. After leaving, Carter became more energetic as soon as he beat the Raptors and made several kills.

Careful Raptors fans will find that Mitchell is as precise as an alarm clock in terms of who to rotate players, when and how long each player plays. When the time comes, no matter how well this person performs, he will be pulled off the court. The only thing that can change this law is a foul. People who are troubled by fouls will be replaced in advance.

After every timeout, the Raptors' offense would be a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, which would end up being seen through by the opponent. The Raptors' back-and-forth passes usually end with forced shots from the wings. Mitchell often ignores the opponent's defensive weaknesses and refuses to take advantage on this point. He chooses to let the core work hard to attack the opponent's defensive strong points, and then loses in a hard battle.

In Guo Xu's previous life, this guy actually won the best coach award with an ordinary record of 47 wins and 35 losses in the 2006-07 season. The reason was that the Raptors won many more games than last season.

How much does the Raptors' improved record have to do with Mitchell? That is actually the credit of the general manager, caused by the transaction.

That season, the Raptors selected No. 1 overall pick Bargnani and traded for point guard TJ Ford and center Nesterovich. Their substitutes included Humphries, Garbajosa, Calderon, Peterson and other strong players. . Then the Raptors were eliminated 4-2 by the declining Nets in the first round.

To be honest, this guy really deserves to be fucked, so the Raptors treat him as a treasure and can send Carter away for him.

With the help of such an undercover coach, as long as Guo Xu dares to take action, it is really difficult to achieve high scores.

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