Chapter 1088 [I've been waiting for this day for 13 years!] 】
At half-time, Tyrone Lue focused on defensive tactics. "Everybody defended seriously, grabbed the rebound and made a pass to Jason. Jason launched a fast attack, freely decided whether to throw or pass, and we had to play as fast as possible to counterattack. ”
Guo Xu had already expressed his thoughts during the offseason dinner, and his teammates just handed him the ball, and he could support the team's offense.
In practice, he subdued all his outside teammates, and even when he didn't pass the ball in the face of a bag, he was more efficient than others with the ball. In the team, he often forced the bag and scored with incredible moves, just like the mid-range shot that just hit Griffin and Hill.
Guo Xu is also ready to seriously guard against Paul's wave, if the Clippers don't want to lose too ugly, they should consider a stronger package in the second half, and they won't let him shoot easily. In the second half, the Lakers played more counterattacks, and he was easy to get a chance to shoot.
Once the game started, Paul lowered the tempo, which Rivers thought would make Guo Xu, who wanted to score high, uncomfortable. However, such a play will also affect the overall offensive efficiency of the Clippers, who only have two strong ball-handling points in positional battles.
The player passed back and forth, and after 24 seconds, Griffin's mid-range shot was deflected under Horford's interference, Nurkic was in position, and Guo Xu grabbed the rebound in the backcourt. As soon as he dribbled the ball past halftime, he was pinched and the ball was distributed.
Horford had a chance not to shoot a three-pointer, brought to the free throw line and waited for Guo Xu to run and pass. As soon as Guo Xu received the ball on the right side, Josh Smith and Paul wrapped it up.
Guo Xu glanced at Carter and didn't pass, turned around to find the gap between Paul and Smith, and relied on Paul to collect the ball and jump to squeeze out a little space. Smith didn't dare to be too tight, for fear of being fouled by the porcelain, and raised his hands.
What neither of them expected was that Guo Xu still did not pass the ball to find his teammates in this situation. He threw the ball high with one hand and bounced back.
He can't continue to carry the ball after jumping with the ball, and after throwing the ball out, he can run as much as he wants. He showed super explosiveness, started with the momentum, got rid of the two people at once, jumped up to catch the rebound ball, and picked up the basket with his right hand.
Griffin made a cameo appearance as a center forward at this time, carrying Nurkic but did not react. Buss played power forward and couldn't make up for Horford's defense, and the Clippers watched Guo Xu easily go to basketball.
70-58, 42nd personal score.
Thackeray began dancing on the sidelines again, a large number of fans stood up and cheered, and the Staples Center was boiling.
Barkley said: "Jason didn't want to easily assist his teammates today, he started to use his imagination to break the bag. ”
Smith sighed: "It's too strong, the Clippers try their best to defend him, but they can't prevent it." It's been years since we've seen such a horrific solo performance. ”
O'Neill smiled: "It's not many years, it's just two years since he retired." ”
In order to strengthen the defense, the Clippers sent Smith, who shot poorly, and sure enough, he was empty from the perimeter, aiming for a three-point jumper that was missed after two seconds. His shot arc was flat and bounced far away, Nurkichka man, Guo Xu picked up another rebound.
He dribbled the ball across the half court and was divided by the bag, and Carter took the ball to organize.
Guo Xu ran to the right side of the position under the cover of Nurkic and took the ball without pausing and immediately turned around, jumped up under the basket by relying on Paul's middle, dodged Griffin's block with the air lever, leaned slightly, and scored a basketball with his right backhand.
72-58, 44th personal score.
Paul is on the side, but blocking has never been his strong point, and the bounce is far inferior to Guo Xu, and he can't cover it. He felt that today was his nightmare, and he didn't have to think about winning Guo Xu, and it was impossible to win a heads-up fight.
Guo Xu's speed is so fast that it is difficult for the opponent to wrap up without the ball, because he can only be defended by the defender, and the speed of the big man can't keep up at all, so he can't run with him without the ball.
And Guo Xu began to defend seriously, Paul had no easy shooting opportunity, and passed to Griffin after failing to break through.
Griffin forced his way to the basket and was trapped, and the Lakers' two interior lines, one high and one fast, had no chance to shoot and could only pass.
Bass got open space on the left baseline and hit an iron mid-range shot.
BATH IS 203CM TALL AND WEIGHS 113 KILOGRAMS, AND BELONGS TO A SHORT AND STOUT INTERIOR WITH A TOUGH STYLE OF PLAY, WHO CAN ATTACK STRONGLY, AND HIS MID-RANGE JUMPER IS ALSO GOOD. He's an important addition for the Clippers, but he doesn't get in every open spot.
Griffin couldn't grab the rebound in the front court in the face of two rebounding strongmen, and was stuck and couldn't jump.
Horford grabbed the rebound and passed to Booker, Crawford thought the rookie would pass the ball, but Booker broke through with the ball, and a change of direction was successful, dribbling to the front court to form a 2-on-2.
Booker attracted Bass to make up the ball and gave it to Guo Xu, Guo Xu received the ball and rushed up, jumped up with all his strength, took the ball with both hands and pulled it to the back of his head, and Paul who retreated was a violent dunk.
He still has a drifting movement in the air, his head is almost flat frame, Paul can't interfere when he jumps, and he was whistled by the referee for a foul, 2+1.
When Guo Xu landed, Paul was stunned, completely unable to believe what had just happened.
Did this guy take stimulants today? Even Ross and Wall weren't so fierce, were they?
Guo Xu stood on the free throw line, and the fans shouted MVP together! He slapped the ball and made a shot, hollow hit a free throw, 75-58, his 47th personal score.
Rivers called a timeout, and he noticed that Paul, the core of the team, had a wrong expression and planned to replace him for a while. If he continued to fight like this, he suspected that Paul's mentality would be severely affected.
Rivers doesn't think about winning anymore, he plans to let the players play casually, and if he is too far behind, he will surrender and replace all the main forces, so that Guo Xu can't continue to play.
As we all know, the biggest enemy of Guo Xu to get good data before retiring is garbage time.
O'Neal sighed: "It's just that the fans in the opening game started shouting MVP, Jason is really amazing, and he beat Paul hard." Because of a wrong decision by the management at the beginning, Lakers fans have been waiting for this day for 13 years! ”
Barkley laughed: "Paul jumped too low on defense, did he really think he was defending the floor?" Jason won the Slam Dunk Contest, he just didn't like jumping most of the time, and today he completely let go. ”
Replacing Paul, the Clippers are tantamount to surrendering, and the substitute Pablo can't confront Guo Xu at all, and he doesn't know what distance to keep from Guo Xu when he encounters a counterattack.
Paul sat on the sidelines, but he didn't ask to play.
In 3 minutes, Guo Xu continued to shoot in the counterattack, and made 2 of 3 three-point shots, and his personal score reached 53 points.
The Clippers even wrapped Guo Xu in the defense of the fast break, and he passed the ball again, assisted Carter to score a dunk, and assisted Booker to shoot a three-pointer.
When the point difference widened to 25 points, the Clippers were completely messed up, Crawford and Griffin shot and hit iron one after another, one of them had no feeling, and the other chose to be bad.
Griffin is obviously not a good idea to beat Nurkic who is a lap older than him, and there is no guarantee of shooting percentage if he doesn't hit him, and he still rarely shoots three-pointers this season, and his mid-range shots are not accurate.
Paul came back and began to sleepwalk, passing the ball in the middle of the court and becoming a point guard like Fisher, and then he didn't run on the perimeter and stood still and waited for his chance.
He was desperate to be abused by Guo Xu, knowing that as long as the other party defended seriously, his speed would not be able to get rid of it at all. Whether he has the ball or does not have the ball, he has no way to take Guo Xu.
Even if his teammates played at a super level until the fourth quarter, he was killed, Guo Xu's breathing was very steady, he didn't look tired at all, and he had no problem playing the whole game.
Guo Xu made a step-back three-pointer in the face of Paul, and a misplaced strong burst caused Griffin to foul, hit both free throws, and scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter.
He led the Lakers to a 103-76 lead, and the game went into garbage time......