Chapter 339 [Luck, Coming Last]

The Suns' next game is an away game against the Spurs, which will be even more eye-catching.

Guo Xu and Duncan have both played luxury statistics many times this season, in fact, 40+20 is more difficult than cutting 60 points, and 40 points and 20 assists are sad to have 40 points and 20 rebounds.

The game did not disappoint the fans, with twists and turns, and the Suns defeated the strong rival Spurs 104-97 away.

Guo Xu beat Tony Parker fiercely, and he played 44 minutes in the game, shooting 12 of 14, 6 of 6 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, and got 35 points, 3 rebounds and 13 assists. Under his leadership, all five Suns scored in double figures.

He had two convulsions in a row, and he was so accurate that people exclaimed, "Is there a mistake?" "He shot 9-of-9 in the first three quarters, and if he didn't shoot a few less shots in the final quarter, he would have hit the perfect percentage of shots, but the team couldn't pull away and needed him to shoot.

Parker, a sophomore, made 6-of-13 shots and 1-of-7 three-pointers for 13 points and 9 assists, and his stats were not bad, but his performance from beyond the three-point line was terrible.

Even worse than Parker was shooting guard Stephen Jackson, who shot 1-of-9 from three-point range, 3-of-15 from the field, and added 12 points and 4 rebounds from the free throw line.

If you don't take the trap, the Suns players can't guard Duncan, just like the Spurs have to wrap Guo Xu.

Duncan also played 44 minutes, shooting 14-of-18 from the field and 7-of-9 from the free-throw line to finish with 35 points, 21 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks. If it weren't for the Spurs' 3-of-26 three-pointers, the Suns wouldn't have won.

Outside teammates casually shoot a few open three-pointers, Duncan will not be frequently packed, and should be able to hit a terrifying triple-double of 40+20+10, which is enough to go down in history.

Duncan's skills are all routine movements on the inside, the basic skills are very solid, the left and right sides of the frame, the back can be single, the opponent is not sandwiched, and his scoring efficiency is super high.

O'Neal only serves two people, one is Hakeem Olajuwon and the other is Tim Duncan. When the team competes, they are basically one-on-one. In Guo Xu's previous life, Duncan's peak was longer, O'Neal's peak was more dazzling, and the strength of the two was basically equal, and no one could prevent anyone.

On a day off, the Suns beat the Kings 115-84 at home, overpowering two important Western Conference rivals in quick succession.

Marion shot 11-of-18, 3-of-5 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with 27 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and two blocks.

Guo Xu had a bad hand, 1 of 6 three-pointers, but he also scored 22 points, 8 assists and 3 steals by relying on breakthroughs.

Kings core Chris Webber shot 11-of-29, with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, just looking at the stats are beautiful, and then looking at the shooting rate of only 37.9%. He was not in good shape after returning from injury, and he was not sure of Xiao Si and Nene alone, and he wanted to abuse vegetables like Duncan, but he lost face.

Peak Webb's style of play is like a small forward, it is James's style of playing as an organizational forward, he shoots a lot of jumpers, often bad things if he doesn't have a target, and the scoring efficiency is not very high.

Kings fans gradually disliked Webber because he couldn't lead the team to win a championship and always dropped the chain at critical moments. There are also people who feel that he is a little overestimated, and he is suspected of swiping data when he is healthy.

Just like the game in 2001 when Webb was at the peak of his career stats, he scored 51 points, 26 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and the statistics were terrifying. But fans only have to look up the number of shots he took that game and they will see that he made 47 shots.

What is the concept of scoring 51 points on 47 shots in a game? "Admiral" Robinson scored 71 points on 41 shots, and Kobe Bryant scored 81 points on 46 shots. And the Kings also lost to the Pacers in overtime that game, the Kings scored only 2 points in overtime, and Webb was completely invisible on 0-of-5 shooting.

In the game played the same day, the Mavericks lost to the SuperSonics 100-107, with a 48-16 record, only two games ahead of the 46-18 Suns.

Mavericks center Lafrentz has returned, playing a conservative 12 minutes. When no one is available on the inside, the Mavericks also play small-ball tactics like the Suns, and for a while, the 203CM Nahura is a center, and they can't defend the inside line at all.

After a mid-term trade, the SuperSonics formed the outside duo of Ray Allen and Rashad Lewis, both of whom are well-rounded players who can shoot three-pointers, and the Mavericks can't defend them.

With 18 games left in the season, most of the teams are starting to swing, the Western Conference semi-finals are close, and the 6-10 records are also close, and the competition is heating up.

The Rockets were the first to withdraw from the playoff race, and coach Tomjanovic was diagnosed with bladder cancer and had to miss games to treat the disease, and the Rockets have lost consecutive games since then.

Larry Smith, the temporary first assistant coach, distrusts the young Yao Ming and begins to reuse Cato. Smith thinks centers should be as strong as O'Neal and turn over the interior instead of making jumpers.

After the loss, Smith continued to treat Cato as his father, but often angrily scolded Yao Ming in the locker room, saying that his style of play was too soft to complete the tactics he arranged.

Fat Black Smith was an excellent center in the NBA back then, nicknamed "Villain". He has a tendon in his brain, and he knows how to dominate the basket at both offensive and defensive ends. In Guo Xu's previous life, he soon left the NBA and went to the Development League as a coach.

Smith not only buried the Rockets, but also sparked infighting. Once, when he accused Yao Ming, Francis stood up and roared, "You know how to accuse others!" It's all your fault! Yao Ming was doing very well, we were all doing well, it was you who made it all bad! Everyone will fight according to what I say in the future, don't listen to his nonsense! ”

Unfortunately, the players couldn't really play as Francis said......

In the final stage, the shortcomings of the Suns also began to appear, and the newcomers were very inconsistent in their performance and lack of ability to withstand pressure. Guo Xu, Marion, and Kukoc became the key and helped the team fight for three thrilling overtime games.

The best thing was the game against the SuperSonics, the two sides drew in overtime, Guo Xu quickly counterattacked in the last 5 seconds to attract the ball after the bag, and Kukoc hit the whistle for three points.

As luck would have it, the Suns lost five of their last 18 games and finished the regular season with a 59-23 record, trailing the Spurs and Mavericks with 60 wins but finishing second in the West.

Currently, there are only four divisions in the NBA, and when the Bobcats joined in 2004, the team became 30 and it was changed to six divisions.

Western and Eastern teams only play two games in the regular season, four games in the same division, and in the West, the Suns benefit from the Suns schedule by drawing opponents from different divisions to play three or four games.

There are seven teams in the Pacific Division, and the other six are the Lakers, Clippers, Trail Blazers, SuperSonics, Warriors, Kings.

This district includes the injury-plagued Kings, all of whom have been weakened to varying degrees during the season, with three teams outside the playoffs, and only Kukoc has been lucky for the Suns to be off for two months.

Looking at the Central Division, only the Nuggets are a bad team, and the Grizzlies, Jazz, Rockets, Timberwolves, Spurs, and Mavericks all have the strength to compete for playoff spots, and they almost hit their brains.

In Guo Xu's previous life, the competition in the West was not so fierce, and the butterfly effect caused the early rise of the Grizzlies, who suppressed the Jazz and were not afraid of the Lakers and Trailblazers at all.

By the rules, the Suns are the division champions, and one more win than the Kings is second in second place, who is fourth.

The unluckiest team was the Mavericks, who led the record table for nearly the entire season and lost to the Spurs in their penultimate game. With a tie, the Spurs dropped to third place because they beat the Mavericks 3-1 in the regular season.

The Spurs came from behind to sit first in the league.