Suns starters: Guo Xu, Joe Johnson, Marion, Stoudamire, Nene

Mavericks starters: Nash, Adrian Griffin, Finley, Nowitzki, Lafrentz.

Nene jumped the ball and won easily, and accurately dialed the ball to Guo Xu, Guo Xu received the ball in the middle of the field without a single step, and directly stuffed it to the front court with both hands.

Marion cut away from Finley at full speed on the right, jumped up in two steps after receiving the ball, and scored with a one-handed smash. 2 to 0.

Zhang Li sighed: "It's too fast, as soon as the ball kicks off, Guo Xu launched a fast attack, and it took less than three seconds to score." ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Lafrenz is not in good health, he can't jump high and can't quickly retreat to the basket to protect the restricted area, and Nowitzki didn't react. ”

The Mavericks attacked, Nash and Lafrentz blocked and dismantled in the middle, Nene and Guo Xu wrapped Nash, the latter divided the ball to the middle, and Lafrentz hit a high jumper. 2 to 2.

The Suns attacked, Guo Xu and Xiao Si played blocking and dismantling in the middle, attracting Nowitzki to change the defense and Nash to chase the defense, passed the ball to the middle, and Xiao Si returned one in the vacant position. 4 to 2.

After a couple of passes from the Mavericks, Adrian missed the layup from the baseline, and Nowitzki grabbed the rebound in the front court and easily put the basket in the restricted area. 4 to 4.

Guo Xu broke through the perimeter after blocking and dismantling, Joe Johnson relied on the ball to cover the ball without the ball and ran to catch the ball and did not shoot, and took a step to attract Lafrentz to defend and then distributed it to the side of the empty cut Nene, Griffin pulled a foul, and Nene made two free throws and one hit. 5 to 4.

The Mavericks battled together, Nash relied on Lafrentz to cover the run without the ball, received a pass from Finley and hit a three-pointer on the left side. 5 to 7.

Although the coaching staff of both teams stressed the need to defend solidly before the game, they failed to defend their opponents.

Guo Xu soon began to show his advantage, whether it was a positional battle or a counterattack, he could hold the ball in the face of Nash and go head-to-head directly, and there would be a gap in the bag. After the pick-and-roll, the Mavericks' two interior lines were misaligned, and it was difficult to keep up with his speed.

The poor defense and dismantling of interior players is a weakness that has always existed in the Mavericks, otherwise in Guo Xu's previous life, the Mavericks could have won the championship in 2006, but the defense line was broken into a sieve by Wade alone.

Nicknamed the same as "The Flash", although Guo Xu's comprehensive physical fitness is not as good as that of Peak Wade, his shooting is much better than Wade, and the two have their own strengths, and they can tear apart the Mavericks' defense.

He shot 5-of-8 from the field, 1-of-2 from three-point range, and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line in the first quarter to finish with 14 points, 3 assists and 1 steal; Nash shot 3-of-6 from the field and 1-of-3 from three-point range to finish with seven points, two rebounds, two assists and one steal.

On the defensive end, Guo Xu's performance is also better than Nash, if his teammates don't cover, Nash can't get rid of Guo Xu by his personal ability, his shots are almost all stop-and-go jump shots after blocking and dismantling, taking advantage of the time difference between Xiao Si and Nene to change the defense by half a beat.

In the No. 4 position competition, Nowitzki completely suppressed Xiao Si, and Xiao Si fouled twice in less than 5 minutes and went to rest, scoring 2 points and 1 rebound.

The Suns led 30-23 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Mavericks had the upper hand, with Finley and Van Exel's two leading the bench to play well, and substitute swingman Raja Bale not only limited Jacobson, but also scored four points himself.

The scores were scorching after the two starters returned, and the Mavericks ended the first half with a one-point lead.

Bale was a target for the Suns last summer, but he opted for the Mavericks who looked stronger.

Bell now regrets that Nelson Sr. didn't give him a chance to perform at all, that is, let him be a blue-collar and responsible for outside defense, and scoring 4 points is already considered a super-level performance. He averaged 15 minutes per game this season, with only 3 points and 2 rebounds.

In the third quarter, Guo Xu scored 16 points and 3 assists, with a total of 35 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists, and the data went to 40+10. He definitely continued to play in the final quarter, as the two teams were tied at 87.

Nash is also in good shape today, the shooting rate is not inferior to Guo Xu, and it is possible to cut 30+ in a single game, but he didn't put much pressure on Guo Xu on the defensive end, and his words before the game were in vain.

No matter how perverted the opposing point guard is and how offensive he is, Nash will always be close to him without hesitation, try to block the breakthrough and interfere with the shot, and his attitude is worthy of recognition.

Nash is underrated on the defensive end, he can guard some defenders, he is always very aggressive, energetic, and at his peak he is at the league average at the No. 1 position.

It's a pity that Nash's efforts are useless to Guo Xu, Guo Xu singled him out and was able to force a layup, turn around and shoot, he couldn't cover it. When encountering blocking and demolition, Nash is even more unlikely to block the inside of the two beasts of the Sun, so he can only chase and defend.

Guo Xu and Nash have basically the same weaknesses on the defensive end, they are short and difficult to block and shoot, and they are stronger than Nash but they can't do anything about the inside air cut or shoot when they are misplaced. Guo Xu's advantage is that the chasing defender is faster than Nash, which can reduce the opponent's misplaced offensive opportunities.

At this point, he is very similar to the future "mad dog" Beverley, regardless of whether he can prevent the opponent from shooting, at least he can do it without losing his position and constantly interfere around him.

The difference between the two sides has not been opened, and the Mavericks' three strong offensive points are directly heads-up and difficult to defend, and the Sun mainly relies on Guo Xu to attack with the ball.

Marion reduced Finley's shooting percentage, and Nowitzki and Nash both shot highly. The old Nelson coach also didn't make a mistake by letting Nash and Van Exel partner for a long time to play double guard on the outside, and Griffin is a strong outside blue-collar who does a good job of defending Joe Johnson.

The score was deadlocked until the last three minutes, and when it came to the moment when the star went head-to-head, the difference in strength in the No. 1 position was even more conspicuous.

The tactic arranged by the Sun is that Guo Xu singles out Nash, and the others open up the opportunity to catch the ball, and Guo Xu doesn't have to pass the ball as long as he doesn't encounter the bag. The Mavericks' tactic was for Nowitzki to single-handedly pick up Nene and draw the pack and then pass.

In three rounds, Guo Xu hit two mid-range shots and one three-pointer, and the old Nelson directly replaced Nash and replaced Van Exel as the main defense.

Nowitzki singled out Nene and was choked, hitting 0-of-2 shots to attract Joe Johnson to the basket and split the ball, and Griffin's open mid-range shot also missed the basket.

It's no surprise that Nene was the only remaining rookie in the NBA2002 class in 2018. He moves very fast, has a lot of strength to resist Nowitzki, doesn't like to jump like Smalls, is good at close defense and interferes with shots, and doesn't pursue block statistics.

Nowitzki is about the same height as Nene and his shooting percentage has been affected by interference, and at this time he has not yet practiced the trick "Golden Rooster Independence", and his face frame offense is mostly obvious.

Nowitzki played a block in the next round, Van Exeel drew away Nene to share the ball, and Nowitzki scored in the face of Guo Xu's shot.

Guo Xu immediately used color to block and dismantle with Nene and changed direction to break through Lafrentz, attracting Nowitzki to make up for the ball and assist Marion to score an easy layup.

The Mavericks made a mistake on offense, Griffin's pass was stealed by Marion, and the "hacker" scored a single fast-break dunk to widen the gap to 11 points and seal the win.

The Suns eventually won 116-106, beating the top spot in the league to prove their strength.

Guo Xu played 44 minutes, shooting 17-of-30, 6-of-12 three-pointers, 7-of-8 free throws, and scored 47 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal.

Nash played 41 minutes and hit a series of irons in the final quarter, shooting 10-of-25, 5-of-12 three-pointers, and 7-of-7 free throws, finishing with 32 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.

Nash deliberately competed with Guo Xu in this game, and shot a lot, and the result of the mutual competition was that Guo Xu won completely.

Nash is not good at playing like this, and he wants to show it too much, which leads to the Mavericks' offensive tandem is not good, although five players scored in double figures, most of them with the ball alone.