Chapter 1113 [Fighting Warriors is Like an Exhibition Game]
The Warriors players retreated very quickly, and the main defense was the Lakers' quick counterattack.
Guo Xu took the ball to the front court to face Curry in the positional battle, and the Warriors still wanted Curry to try to defend for a few rounds, and when he couldn't stand it, he would go to the trap again.
Directly on the perimeter to wrap up the star, it is easy to have open shooting opportunities, and most of the Lakers' role players are good at catching and shooting. If Guo Xu plays blocking and dismantling, Green can change the defense fast enough to help Curry pinch and put interior players to shoot from a long distance.
Guo Xu gave his teammates a code and told them all to pull away, Horford covered Booker without the ball on the left side, and Carter and Tucker stood outside the three-point line on the right.
Guo Xu held the ball in the middle and singled, dribbled the ball under the crotch to the left hand, quickly collected the ball behind the back and transferred it to the right hand, and at the same time jumped sharply and moved horizontally. Curry's center of gravity, which was attracted by the step-down dribble, moved slightly to the right, and he didn't keep up with Guo Xu's second move, and he didn't have time to jump and block.
Guo Xu made a three-point jumper and hit it with a slight interference from Curry. 3 to 0.
This kind of interference is useless, he can't cover the shot and there is no physical contact, Guo Xu will not be affected when he shoots. He glanced at the basket and made a quick shot, which felt similar to the empty space.
Guo Xu was uncomfortable as soon as he made a move on the periphery, his speed, especially the lateral movement speed, was not fast enough, and he was slow among star point guards. And Guo Xu is really fast as a bolt of lightning, his steps are fast, and his dribbling skills are also fast.
Iverson said in a recent interview that Westbrook, Irving, Rondo, Wall and others are relatively fast in the league, but there is only one player on the active team who can barely keep up with Guo Xu, and that is Wall.
Guo Xu is not as good as Wang Jun in heads-up after the sixth level of the earth, but his role in the system is no less than that of Wang Jun, because his dislocation is more obvious when he plays blocking and dismantling, and he is invincible when he is heads-up.
The Warriors attacked, and Guo Xu pressed Curry as soon as he passed the half.
Curry changed direction to receive the dribble behind his back and failed to pass Guo Xu, and he was blocked solidly. When other teams deal with the Warriors, they often wrap Curry on the perimeter, and the Lakers are Guo Xu himself today.
Curry couldn't squeeze Guo Xu, and he couldn't get rid of it by his skills, so he dribbled two steps to pass the ball to find his teammates. Green receives the ball from outside the three-point line on the left side, and Tucker passes the ball from two steps away, and can also help his teammates pack players near the restricted area at any time.
Green was almost empty and didn't dare to shoot three-pointers, and then looked for Curry who was running, and Gobert covered without the ball. Guo Xu bypassed the chase defense very quickly, and as soon as Curry received the ball, he stuck it, not giving him room to shoot, and he could only throw it at him if he wanted to.
Curry failed to break through and passed the ball again, and Middleton singled out the card and switched direction to shoot the ball in the stop. 3 to 2.
Middleton has emerged as the Warriors' second-leading scorer this season, averaging 18.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game while shooting 46.2 percent from the field and 40.7 percent from three-point range.
Unlike Klay Thompson in the original Splash Brothers, Middleton can not only play off the ball, but also score and play with the ball. He also defends well, often defending the arrows in the opposite No. 2 and No. 3 positions.
Because he was improving every season, the Warriors gave up on signing Demarre Carroll to a contract extension.
The Lakers attacked, Guo Xu singled Curry, dribbled the ball under the crotch, and after holding the ball in his left hand, he violently changed direction to the right side and passed Curry, and hit the basket along the line of the restricted area. Gobert made up for the defense, Guo Xu circled under the basket, and passed the ball to Horford in the horn position with one hand.
Horford was completely empty, and easily hit the net with a hollow shot. 5 to 2.
The Warriors attacked, Curry passed the ball to Green in the half, Green passed to Redick who was running, the latter broke through Booker after receiving the ball, and the shot in the emergency stop was deflected under Tucker's retreat interference, Horford pulled the ball out, Carter picked up the ball and made a long pass to Guo Xu, and sent an accurate pass.
During the training, they gradually played a tacit understanding, Carter knew how big Guo Xu's speed advantage was, Guo Xu accelerated straight to get rid of Curry, and received the ball in front of the free throw line and took two steps to the basketball. 7 to 2.
The Warriors attacked, and Curry was close to Green just after halftime. His feints were completely useless to Guo Xu, and the other party could predict his every move.
It's just that Curry felt a lot of pressure at the beginning, and this feeling of being completely seen through was terrible. If Guo Xu was so defensive in the whole court, the media would definitely not say anything good about him if they compared the two after the game.
The media doesn't care whether Guo Xu is serious about defending or not, and what is the difference between playing a weak team, they just look at the data and the victory or defeat.
Green took aim after being let go, hit a three-point jumper from the middle, and Horford grabbed the rebound and passed it to Guo Xu.
The two passed the half court together, Guo Xu followed behind Horford's buttocks, his center of gravity dropped very low, and he pushed Horford's waist one meter before the three-point line.
This is the code, Horford immediately ran forward two steps, Guo Xu pulled up a three-pointer, Curry jumped up from the side and failed to cover, and the ball went in. 10 to 2.
Zhang Li said with a smile: "This kind of cover is like playing, Curry doesn't dare to post too close, it's not easy to chase and defend when he gets close to Horford to block him, and 216CM Gobert doesn't dare to defend too far away, he is too high, and it's easy to be passed out of the line." ”
Yu Jia said with a smile: "Pushing teammates like this is a reasonable use of the rules, and he plays very smart." Before the game, most people were optimistic about the Warriors, but Guo Xu took the Lakers who were at the bottom of the West last season and lacked Bosh to take the lead. His dominance is too strong, and he can fight casually if he doesn't cover it. ”
Zhang Reasonable said: "Curry is completely incomparable, and he hasn't scored too much under Guo Xu's single defense." ”
At this time, there was a mistake on the court, Curry and Gobert played blocking and dismantling, Horford switched defenses to block Curry, and Guo Xu chased the defense to form a bag. Curry found a gap between the two and hit the ground to pass to Gobert, a little far away, and Tucker dropped back to cut off the basketball.
Defending a big forward like Green without a basket, Tucker can shrink back very far, and Curry is obstructed from paying attention to his position and passes a risky ball.
Guo Xu saw that Tucker broke the ball, and immediately turned around and got rid of Curry's defense with a fast attack, and Tucker passed a high ball to the front with both hands.
Guo Xu made an unexpected choice in the middle, he took two steps after receiving the ball, smashed the ball to the ground with one hand, and bounced back on the rebound.
The process of hitting the ground and hitting the board slowed down the ball, but Guo Xu rushed to the basket without slowing down at all, jumped up to catch the ball in the air, and the windmill dunked the basketball with his right hand. His movements are very stretched, and he is perhaps the most beautiful in a small man's buckle in actual combat.
12 to 2, 10th individual score.
Curry followed behind and looked dumbfounded, although Guo Xu had won the dunk championship before, he didn't dare to say that his bounce was stronger than Nate Robinson, but now he dunked significantly more fiercely than "Little Potato".
He is more physically fit at 34 than at 24, is there still a reason for him?
Warriors head coach Mark Jackson asked for a timeout and needed to be adjusted, the Warriors players couldn't guard Guo Xu, and there was a problem on the offensive end, and now the two interior lines can be empty.
In the past, the Warriors could easily score like this, and it was enough to have three people on the court who could shoot three-pointers. The key to the disadvantage of the Warriors' offense is that when playing against other teams, the opponent has to wrap up to limit Curry, and now Guo Xu has limited Curry with a single defense.
Yu Jia sighed: "Guo Xu is worthy of being the first person in the history of basketball, playing warriors is like an exhibition game, and this ball can get high scores in the slam dunk contest." ”
Zhang Li smiled: "But Guo Xu is probably disappointed today, he said in an interview that he doesn't care about the outcome and wants to compete with a team that is evenly matched, the two teams don't seem to be evenly matched, he is a one-sided beating Curry." ”
Yu Jia said: "The successor is not as good as the genuine version, and the successors of other stars are the same." ”