Chapter 1087 [The 41-point season may be lazy]
Guo Xu continued to release water, as long as the team was ahead by a large score in the regular season, he dared to keep releasing it, and he just worked hard in the playoffs.
His defensive ability is certainly better than Paul's, but he never gets a lot of awards for defensive lineups, and he doesn't want to give them away for nothing. Being named to the All-Defensive Team shows that he has worked too hard.
Guo Xu scored 25 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, and was forced to pass the ball in the last few minutes.
The Clippers strengthened their efforts to wrap up, and their strategy was to resolutely prevent Guo Xu from making an easy move and let others go. was voted dead by others to the Clippers, and then admitted, let's not let the star cut the super high score.
Seth Curry, who came off the bench, got a chance to perform, hitting three three-pointers in the first quarter, 3-of-4.
Under the leadership of Guo Xu, the Lakers led by 11 points 39-28.
Seth and Guo Xu partnered on the outside, and it was not difficult for the Clippers players to score, scoring 11 points in the last few minutes. Crawford and Rivers Jr. both made three-pointers.
Paul had 13 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, and if you don't look at the game process and just look at the data, his performance seems to be good.
Guo Xu rested in the second quarter, and the two sides rotated the lineup, and the Lakers were beaten by the Clippers, and the difference was only 2 points after 5 minutes.
The Lakers' benches are More, Williams, Clarkson, Robertson, Boozer, Bonner.
Tyrone Lue's idea was for Roberson to strengthen his defense in the second quarter, but the Lakers rotated with three defensive black holes, and Clarkson wasn't too far away from the black holes, so the problem was too serious.
How can a Robertson stand up? He can only focus on taking care of Crawford alone.
Robertson went to defend Crawford, and Clarkson's defense against Pierce was too poor, and the veteran could play his strengths with his back. Rivers also put Griffin off the bench, and it was easy to single Boozer, and he and Hill could still rush to the frontcourt to rebound if they couldn't shoot.
Bonner is a big man who shoots three-pointers and has a poor ability to protect rebounds. He averaged no more than 5 rebounds per game at his peak, played 13 minutes and grabbed 1.6 rebounds per game with the Spurs last season, and was on the fringes in the playoffs.
After playing three minutes, Tyrone Lue hurriedly replaced Bonner and replaced him with "Cornerstone" Thackeray, who warmed up with a towel on the sidelines many times, and was in good shape after coming out, defending the penalty area twice, and playing soy sauce on the offensive end.
The Lakers only scored four points from Clarkson and Boozer, and their offense was lacklustre, and they were tied in the first quarter.
This kind of lineup hits the championship, and the stars who don't hang up will definitely not be able to do it, and the weakness of the Lakers' bench is too obvious. They are either inexperienced, poorly organised or terrible defensively.
In the parallel world, Boozer has been playing in China's CBA this season, and the defense can't keep up with the rhythm.
Clarkson was in the parallel world, and it was not until 2018 that he was traded to the Cavaliers to play his first playoff game with James, averaging 4.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 14.9 minutes per game, shooting 30.1% from the field and 23.9% from three-point range.
Forget about the wins and losses, he can brush up on good data, let him lead his teammates, he can't do it at all, and he doesn't know what to do.
Harrell and Josh Richardson were not in the squad. Guo Xu can only play with Harrell, his rough energy is not suitable for starters, there is no range, and he can't control fouls, so let's just go to the development league to practice basic skills first.
The Clippers want Griffin and Paul to have one person on the floor to move the ball well. Griffin can play as a playmaker like James, he's just a little worse at shooting.
Tyrone Lue's adjustment was to replace Guo Xu, and he immediately hit the Clippers backup point guard Pablo Prigioni twice, including a 2+1 backhand layup after breaking through the beaten hand in the counterattack.
Pablo is 191CM tall and weighs only 84 kilograms, entered the NBA without a draft, has basically no breakthroughs, has organizational skills, and scores by catching and shooting, like a weakened version of Blake.
When Guo Xu counterattacked, he could pass him with a change of direction, and the second time he pulled the person, he didn't hold it, so Guo Xu jumped up and threw the ball.
The margin widened to seven points, and Rivers hurriedly replaced Paul and emphasized the bag and trap tactics.
Tyrone Lue sent in Horford and Carter to add two more shooting points. After Guo Xu came out, Thackeray also began to play, and after covering, he received Guo Xu's pass and dunk twice to score.
After encountering the side cover Paul was blocked, the Clippers interior players hurriedly pounced to defend Guo Xu, and the basket was empty.
The inside players are even worse if they don't go out, 4 minutes and 47 seconds, Guo Xu ran to catch the ball and shoot a three-point jumper, and hit it on the right side under the disturbance of Bao **.
4 minutes and 15 seconds, Guo Xu received the ball and shook Paul up, moved a step sideways and raised the ball with both hands and shook Crawford, who was making up the defense, Robertson did not pass when he was empty, and jumped forward to collide with Crawford to make a foul.
After Guo Xu hit all three free throws, the score difference widened to more than 10 points.
2 minutes and 25 seconds, Paul broke into the interior line by blocking and dismantling and missed a layup under Horford's interference, the Lakers counterattacked, Guo Xu quickly changed direction with the ball and passed Griffin, the center of gravity dropped very low, and the latter couldn't pull it if he wanted to.
Guo Xu drove straight into the middle and made an unexpected choice, closing the ball and jumping a little before the free throw line, gliding for a distance and then slamming the basketball with one hand with his right hand.
This is Guo Xu's personal 38th point, and the audience stands up and shouts "MVP"!
In the TNT live broadcast room, Barkley and O'Neal held their heads together, their mouths open in disbelief into an O-shape.
Smith exclaimed: "Jason not only had a pull-up dunk in this opener, but also completed a free-throw line jump dunk, did he retire for two years to practice high jump and long jump?" ”
Barkley lamented: "It's unbelievable, he looks more athletic at 34 than he was at 24. Did he play to the best of his ability? His season averaging 41 points per game may have been lazy. ”
In the last minute, Pierce held the ball and turned to break through, Guo Xu let go of Paul to break the basketball from the side, and turned to break the fast attack. Defending Paul doesn't keep up, giving him more opportunities to gamble on steals.
Guo Xu advanced, and Paul retreated, all the way to the three-point line.
Paul kept a good defensive distance this time, Guo Xu couldn't pass easily, and the other players of the Clippers fell into position.
Guo Xu held the ball in the face of Paul to lower the center of gravity, a left crotch dribble to the left hand, the left hand quickly connected to the back dribble to the right hand, the right hand to the left side of the ball to change direction, the front dribble at the same time with the left foot as the axis, the right foot to the left front of the back of a small step, the sharp reverse turn, the left hand pulled the ball to the right side completely past Paul.
The moment he turned his back, Paul thought he was going to break through from the left, and his center of gravity was shaken, and if he forced a change of direction, he would probably be shaken down.
Guo Xu took two steps to 45 degrees, and Griffin and Hill pounced together. He made a sharp stop, dribbled to his left hand behind his back, and then pivoted with his right foot as the pivot to make a big turn back.
When the two big men saw Guo Xu dribbling behind him, they were worried that he would break through the baseline or pass the ball to an empty teammate, so they didn't save immediately. As a result, he used a spin to swing out a multi-body, a big step-back jumper, and hollowed into the net under Griffin's interference.
Griffin defended very hard, and Paul was dumbfounded when he watched Guo Xu do this set of moves from the side. What the hell is this? It's rare to see people play like this even on the street court, and his feints are dazzling.
This is called the integration of technical movements, Guo Xu can make some connections as he wants, and he can only play like this to score against Wang Jun's defense on Earth Six. Ordinary feints, relying on physical fitness and a trick rarely trying to deal with aliens is impossible.
In the end, Paul hit another three-pointer under Guo Xu's release, and the Lakers led 68-58 at halftime.
Guo Xu scored 40 points, 1 rebound, 6 assists and 2 steals in the half, and he went crazy.
Online fans are all talking about the match, and the black pots are gone......