Chapter 1103 [Death Five Small, Ambiguous Location]
Guo Xu's personal strength has reached an unprecedented height in the history of the NBA, and he surrendered without a fight.
is also a winning record at the beginning, and before the game started, the two stars of the Nets involuntarily put themselves in the position of the weak, even if Guo Xu joined the weak Lakers, a team that had just been rebuilt.
Guo Xu has the impression of "always a winner", and all the players feel that it is extremely difficult to beat him, and this mentality will affect the performance on the court.
Guo Xu has a great sense of pressure with 11 championship rings in his hand, and he continues to improve his momentum in five consecutive 50+ games, which is much more terrifying than Jordan's first comeback, making opponents feel terrified.
Beverley is looking forward to this matchup, and he feels that his defensive style will be effective against Guo Xu, and this will be a good opportunity for him to increase his popularity. Guo Xu has scored 50+ in the previous games, as long as Guo Xu only scores 30 points to prove his strength.
In China, Beverly has the nickname Mad Dog, and he gives himself the nickname of Trash Dog, and he is very happy when people call him these two nicknames, both Mad Dog and Junk Dog are compliments in black American culture, to praise him for being tough.
After he successfully defended once, he passionately shouted "I am dog" at the camera, and the nickname was called.
People are ambitious, and Beverley doesn't want to be told he's the Nets' weakest starter, he wants to be a star.
When the players played, Guo Xu received warm applause, even if he played away, fans like to watch him soar high scores, this style of play is more enjoyable than the winning mode of more blossoms.
Mike Brown emphasized tactics and asked for Guo Xu as soon as he came up, and Beverley was a little unhappy.
Brown said to Beverley alone: "All the teams that started with a single defense of Jason Guo were cut high by him, and then they had no choice but to pack." Let's skip this part, Patrick, I'm glad you have faith, but he's Jason. ”
The coach didn't save face for Beverley, indicating that he was not optimistic about him.
Many people think that Brown is a mediocre coach, good at coordinating player relationships, and an out-and-out good man, and the players agree with this. Brown knows that his on-court adaptability is poor, and if he wants to play well, he has to plan well before the game.
The Lakers changed their lineup and planned to strengthen their defense, starting five: Guo Xu, Andre Roberson, Vince Carter, PJ Tucker, Al Horford.
It was a decision made by Tyrone Lue after discussions with female assistant coach Becky Harmon, and the Nets mainly relied on outside players to score and break a lot. The best way to defend against swingmen is to put out a swingman lineup, and Nurkic will have a hard time defending James and Wade as starters.
China's CCTV5's Zhang Reasonable commented: "It's not a big belt and four small, it's a dead five small lineup, and the tallest Horford is only 208CM tall, and his weight is not big." He is a standard power forward with a relatively high level of mobility. ”
Yu Jia said: "Tucker who just got traded to the team is a starter, and I feel that he is not much taller than Guo Xu, is he a Lakers big forward?" ”
Zhang said: "It could also be Robersen, he played as a big forward in college, and the key to small-ball tactics is to change defenses, and several people are in vague positions." ”
Robertson played in 105 games for the University of Colorado, averaging 9.6 points and 10 rebounds per game, leading the team in rebounds, blocks and steals for three consecutive seasons, just 10 minutes short of the all-time total rebounding record.
If he had played his fourth year of college, the varsity total rebounding record would have been his, but he opted to enter the draft.
Robertson, who entered the NBA, was no longer able to play power forward, and his height and weight suffered. After adjusting the starting lineup today, Roberson was in a good mood, and Tyrone Lue gave him the task of defending Wade.
Nets starters: Beverley, Wade, James, West, Howard.
Howard jumped the ball and the game began.
James took the ball on the periphery, and the veteran Carter let him go two steps away. This seems to be a tough defensive task, but Carter is very suitable for defending James, with speed and strength, and his height of 198CM will not be thrown casually.
James can't be like Guo Xu as long as the opponent can't cover the three-point rush, he doesn't shoot many times on the outside, he has to find a rhythm, only one season averages more than five shots per game.
He took the ball and tried to break through but couldn't get past him, and passed to Wade on the wing.
Wade was unable to break through the bottom line with the ball and was close to Roberson but also failed, and he was obviously at a height disadvantage and did not play hard, and passed the ball to West.
West, who is 206CM tall, seems to have an obvious advantage over Tucker, as soon as he catches the ball, Tucker immediately closes to the top defense, West dribbles two steps with his back, and Tucker does not retreat half a step to follow, so that he can only move sideways.
Half a head shorter, Tucker is two kilograms heavier than West, and his strength advantage is obvious. West didn't turn around, his shooting rhythm was not good and he didn't shoot strongly, and he went out to find James on the periphery.
The Nets have a lot fewer fans than the Lakers because their game is very ugly, so to speak, there is no strategy, that is, the players take turns to play alone, and the more complex runs are only Wade's baseline air cut and Beverley's wing run.
Howard knew that his body was past its prime, and that increasing the back punch could lead to the recurrence of an old injury, so he didn't dare to die. If it was a few years ago, I wouldn't even have this three-point no-ball cover tactic.
Howard couldn't stop Guo Xu at all, he was always very fast to bypass the side cover, and he always went to the inside, and the guard couldn't catch the ball and broke through.
Beverley took a step after getting the ball and was close to him, almost missed, and almost ran out of 24 seconds to pass the pass, and finally James forced a layup under the bag of Roberson and Carter.
Horford flicked the ball out with one hand, Guo Xu stuck Beverley and grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and turned around to successfully break the fast attack. He hit the basket in just over three seconds and scored a one-handed dunk. 2 to 0.
Wade, who is known for his speed, has begun to slide, and he can't catch up with Guo Xu, who is on the right side of the defensive position from the left.
It was Beverley's turnover, who was sometimes overactive and liked to scramble for rebounds, especially in the frontcourt. In one playoff game, he averaged 2.2 frontcourt rebounds per game for the Rockets. Since entering the league, he has more than one rebound per season in the regular season.
Just looking at the rebounding data, Beverley is better than Guo Xu.
Guo Xu's single-game rebounds rarely exceed five, and he averages only four rebounds per game. In fact, if Guo Xu wants to grab, he will definitely beat Beverley with his physical fitness and reaction speed, he just prefers to play fast offense and not grab the work of his interior teammates.
The Nets attacked, James singled out Carter to change direction and break through, was caught by Roberson near the penalty area, and gave it to Wade.
Wade took a step inside the three-point line, aimed at the right 50 degrees and missed the shot, and the rebound was grabbed by Tucker.
Wade didn't get a long-term contract with a high salary, and because of his poor shooting, Heat manager Pat Riley has long been dismissive of him. Wade, who has never won a championship for the team, Riley said that he would clean it and would not be polite to him.
Last season, Wade shot 42.9 percent from mid-range and 37.8 percent from two points for the Bulls, accounting for 48.5 percent of the total shots. He only shot 28.5 percent from three-point range and basically didn't shoot.
The Lakers immediately counterattacked, Guo Xu received the ball and advanced quickly, and Beverley used a glue-like close defense. He can slow down his opponent's advance, play against thin defenders, and he can also hit opponents with an unstable center of gravity and wait for an opportunity to steal.
Because he likes confrontation and has a lot of defensive moves, Beverley is a very controversial player, and fans think he is dirty.
Beverley successfully got close to him during the run, but what he didn't expect was that he was directly pushed away by Guo Xu's lower center of gravity......