On the morning of the 4th, Guo Xujia practiced shooting, rested in the afternoon, and went to the team's open training session in the evening.

The result was beyond Guo Xu's expectations, Phil Jackson didn't give him a chance to be in the limelight, and he was abused.

The Lakers allowed 1,200 season ticket holders to enter the team to watch the Lakers' internal workouts, and the next day, the Los Angeles Daily News introduced the session with the phrase "they've been there, they've seen it, they've almost fallen asleep" to describe the atmosphere of the fans, reflecting the dreary nature of the session.

There are staff members who explain to the fans in the field the training of each group, as well as the reasons for the training, how to perform these elements and how to complete them. It's boring, and the fans aren't interested. It wasn't until the end of training that the fans began to cheer and it was one of the few highlights.

Guo Xu failed to confront Fisher, and the two split their playing time and were divided into a team.

Jackson put Guo Xu, Rydell, George, Horry, and Medvidenko together against the OK group, Harper, Grant, and Fox.

This is the substitute starter, Guo Xu and others are completely unable to compete. If he could lead the team to play with the OK combination, he would be a superstar now.

Jackson also deliberately arranged for Kobe to defend Guo Xu, and Harper to defend Ryder to limit Guo Xu's play.

Kobe Bryant is always very serious in training, preoccupied with defense, Guo Xu is difficult to get rid of this recognized defensive strongman without relying on interior cover, even if he gets rid of it, Grant's defense is not ambiguous, and the penalty area is guarded by O'Neal alone.

Because Grant wears goggles to participate in the competition all year round, the Jianghu people give him the nickname "Cobra". He is a very traditional interior player, accurate in the middle but not at all three-point shots, the value is mainly reflected in the cover, defense and rebounding, although he moves slowly, but the sense of defense is very good, can stand at a distance that makes Guo Xu uncomfortable to break through, as long as he blocks him for a second, Kobe Bryant bypasses the cover to chase up.

Kobe Bryant was a player who started defense, and because he was snubbed by his coach when he first entered the league, Jerry West encouraged Bryant to practice defense first, so he worked on the defensive end and asked "Glove" Payton for advice.

Last season, the 21-year-old Bryant became one of the league's most well-rounded perimeter players, and his defensive attitude, physicality, and pressing were all recognized.

Guo Xu hasn't played such an aggrieved game for a long time, and has been interfered with by Kobe, so he can only find a gap to make a quick shot or share the ball, even if he wants to make a reluctant shot, it is not easy to take it back after dividing the ball.

Guo Xu's highlight was the rapid advancement in the transition between offense and defense, and when he counterattacked, he assisted Ryder twice to score, once to assist George to score, and once forced a breakthrough past Harper for a layup.

He also played outside the three-point line, shooting 2 of 5, moving sideways and making quick shots after blocking and dismantling, and Kobe Bryant was slow to chase and blocked.

After playing a total of 20 minutes, Guo Xu got 8 points and 4 assists, and he was very dissatisfied with his performance, but the coaching staff was already pleasantly surprised.

There is a huge gap between the defensive intensity of the NCAA and the NBA, although the NCAA often scores only 5 or 60 points in a game, but the lack of scoring does not mean that the defense is strong, but most of the NCAA players have rough skills and poor scoring ability.

For example, Adam Morrison, a parallel trade prospect in Guo Xu's previous life, averaged 28.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game in the NCAA 2005-2006 season, shooting 50% from the field and 43% from three-point range.

As a result, Morrison entered the NBA and played a total of 161 games before retiring, averaging 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 20.4 minutes per game, shooting 37.3% from the field and 33.1% from three-point range.

It takes a while for most NCAA rookies to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA, and some even never get used to it, and are eliminated.

After Grant and Fox entered the starting lineup, the Lakers' defense was stronger than last season, and the famous guards in the league would also feel uncomfortable.

After that, Jackson arranged training to focus on running tactics, and the group confrontation time was not long, and Guo Xu and Kobe Bryant were in the opposite position every time.

There was no chance to match up in the confrontation, so Fisher often asked Guo Xu to go head-to-head to show his personal ability. He is stronger than Cliffs and can shoot basketballs, Guo Xu is really not good at guarding against him, but he can explode with him with his own advantages. FISHER IS 185CM TALL, WEIGHS 95 KG, HAS A NEAR-ROUND BODY, ACCELERATES IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND CAN'T MOVE QUICKLY, AND THIS WEAKNESS HAS ACCOMPANIED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

Guo Xu was completely blown up against Kobe Bryant, Kobe's defense was too tight, he couldn't shoot easily, so he could only keep looking for cover to get rid of, misplaced and forced the inside line or distributed the ball to his teammates.

When counterattacking, Guo Xu's defense of Kobe Bryant was more difficult, and the difference between the two was obvious. He can prevent the face frame from breaking through, but Kobe Bryant can turn around and break through or jump shots in one step. Kobe Bryant's strength is strong, the shooting point is too high, he can't even seal his eyes to interfere, so he can only hope that Kobe Bryant has a bad hand and turns three irons.

I am not afraid of Harper, Brian Shaw Guo Xu, although these two are 198CM tall, their advantages are mainly used to pass the ball, and their ability to hold the ball alone is average, as long as someone interferes closely, the shooting rate will be reduced.

Seeing that O'Neal, who was slapped by Guo Xu's forced breakthrough layup, assistant coach Kirk Lambis whispered on the sidelines: "Phil, although you want Jason to be the sixth man on the team, will it be too much to practice like this as soon as you come up?" Aren't you afraid that he will be hit and lose confidence? ”

Rambis knew that Jackson wanted to reuse Guo Xu, so he put pressure on him to work out against Kobe. But Guo Xu is only 19 years old in a little more than a month, and Rambis is worried that the mentality of young players will be problematic.

Jackson didn't tell Guo Xu what he thought, and Lambis was afraid that Guo Xu would have some bad feelings.

Jackson was very confident in Guo Xu and smiled: "Different players have different practice methods, Kobe Bryant was just a substitute in his rookie season, but he dared to challenge all the stars as soon as he played." Jason is also not the kind of person who is willing to be a role player, and he doesn't lose confidence easily, don't believe you call him to the sideline and ask him how he feels about Kobe Bryant? ”

During the pause, Rambis really called Guo Xu to his side and asked, "Jason, we have been arranging for you to be on the bench and let Kobe Bryant defend you, how do you feel?" ”

"I'm very happy, thank you, there's no better workout than this, I feel like I've learned a lot of new things in the past few days." Guo Xu said excitedly.

"Play well, attract the defense and get the ball out a little bit faster." Rambis patted Guo Xu on the back and encouraged.

This is indeed a good exercise, if Guo Xu can play in the face of Kobe's defense during team training, and the opponent uses ordinary players to defend him during the game, he will be under much less pressure and will play very resolutely.

If you face players such as Harper and Fisher who have poor defense breakthroughs, Guo Xu has no sense of accomplishment when he gets a high score in the team, he is the kind of person who usually likes to play games with the highest difficulty to challenge himself.

Rambis was relieved, he felt that Guo Xu and Kobe Bryant were the same kind of people, so he liked to play against strongmen, and if he sent someone with average strength to defend him, he would feel uncomfortable and would feel despised.