Chapter 107 [Four o'clock Los Angeles, picturesque posture]
The Rockets also made adjustments, veteran Olajuwon went off the court to rest, replaced Jason Coral. Walter Williams from the outside rest, replaced Katino Mobri.
The game continued. As Guo Xu dribbled the ball, Francis stepped forward to press the ball. He leaned against the width of the court to protect the basketball and other covers.
Grant pulled out of the three-point line and blocked Francis with one step. Guo Xu moved horizontally and got rid of it. He stopped and jumped in one step. Coral was not far away, but the speed of switching defense was too slow, so the ball entered! 19 to 23.
Guo Xu got up early for three consecutive days and practiced outside shooting. He had to practice to adjust his condition and strengthen his physical memory. He got up at four in the morning the day before yesterday.
Do you know what Los Angeles looks like at 4 a.m.?
Guo Xu shivered and froze back before he walked out of the community. He shrank his quilt and sucked his sleep until after 7 o'clock. He went out after breakfast.
Rockets attacked, Francis and Thomas played pick-and-roll in the middle.
Thomas is a short power forward with a height of 201cm and a weight of 118 kilograms. He was selected by the Rockets in the first round in 1999. He did not falsely report his height, was extremely solid in body, had good rebounding ability, and he had stable mid-range shots on the offensive end and could occasionally shoot three-pointers.
The 201cm player cover is relatively easy to bypass. Guo Xu made a correct judgment and retreated without waiting for Thomas to come up. He blocked Francis within the three-point line and successfully worked closely.
After losing on the court, Guo Xu carefully studied Francis' information, recalled the game he and Yao Ming had partnered in his previous life, and formulated a way to deal with it. We must strictly prevent breakthroughs and never let Francis raise the speed. Once he rushed, Guo Xu, who was underweight, would be difficult to resist. It was not scary to let Francis stop and jump shot. He was unstable in mid-range shots and three-pointers.
Francis leaned against Guo Xu with his back against the ball. Guo Xu used boxing steps and held the left elbow in a hidden way. Francis turned to the right, and Guo Xu followed suit and kept the interference in front of him.
Francis made a jump shot backward, Guo Xu jumped up and tried his best to reach out to cover his eyes. The 50-degree mid-range shot on the right side missed the basket.
Unfortunately, the ball was flat and bounced far. Jason Coral relied on his height advantage to grab the frontcourt rebound. He wanted to grab the shot, but was grabbed by Fox.
Coral made one of two free throws, 19 to 24.
The Lakers attacked, Guo Xu waited for cover from outside the three-point line. Seeing Fox on the right side providing Kobe with no ball cover, Kobe cut in the inside. Coral followed Grant to the outside, while the Rockets were empty inside. Guo Xu passed the ball to Kobe with one-handed dunk. The latter took three steps with the trend and got rid of Thomas's one-handed dunk.
21 to 24, Guo Xu was the first assist.
The Rockets attacked, and Francis failed to get rid of Guo Xu's entanglement after pick-and-roll. He protected the basketball with his back and passed it to Mobley, who was running. The latter failed to make a mid-range shot under Kobe's interference. Grant grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed it to Guo Xu.
Guo Xu observed the situation and stabilized the pace and landed on the position. Jackson said that he could have a fast attack, but except for Coral, the Rockets' four other players retreated quickly and had no advantage in numerical attacks.
Grant jogged slowly through the half and blocked Francis in front of the three-point line. The cover of "Cobra" is not so easy to bypass. This is his 14th year in NBA. He has grasped the timing of the cover very perfectly and will block people with small movements.
In theory, cover is a legal action by a player to delay or prevent an opponent from reaching the position he wants to reach without causing improper physical contact. NBA has never said that screening fouls are being moved. Insiders can move during pick-and-roll. As long as the player is very straight and has no extra movements on his hands, he is rarely called for fouls.
Guo Xu broke through on the right after getting rid of Francis, and his center of gravity dropped very low, and he passed Coral in one step by speed.
Thomas' main defense Fox stands very well outside, and no one is able to defend himself at the basket. Guo Xu holds the ball with one hand and jumps up with all his strength. When the height of the ball is approaching the basket, he follows the ball with his other hand and dunks the ball with both hands! 23 to 24, the 5th point in his individual.
He was fast and had a great inertia. He grabbed the basket with both hands and walked around for half a circle before he could offset the impulse.
As soon as Guo Xu landed, bursts of warm applause and cheers burst out from the audience.
Joe McDonal, a commentator at Los Angeles Sports Channel, shouted: "I can't believe that Jason Guo actually made a breakthrough dunk! His movement is very similar to Iverson, very elegant."
Partner Charlie Parsley was also surprised: "Jason's physical side data has not been made public. Judging from his performance in these games, his physical fitness is definitely not bad. This dunk should be selected into the top five goals."
In front of the TV, Megan Fox was stunned and something bad happened.
She had previously said that Guo Xu was not beautiful in playing basketball and could not dunk, so Guo Xu bet with her that if she successfully dunked in the game, the two of them would go to the "Tianfu Home" in Los Angeles to eat Sichuan cuisine, and she had to eat more.
Meghan could not deny that the goal was as beautiful as a picture, but she was afraid of being so hot that she wanted to die.
In the Rockets' offense, Francis and Thomas played pick-and-roll outside the three-point line, Fox and Guo Xu doubled the ball to force the latter to pass the ball, Thomas was empty in the middle, aiming for a jump shot and three-pointer that missed the basket.
Last season, Thomas made 122 three-pointers, only 32 shots, with a shooting percentage of 26.2%. This is really nothing special. Fox has rich defensive experience, so he will definitely not kill anyone if he makes a shot.
Grant took the backcourt rebound and passed it to Guo Xu. Guo Xu slowly brought it to the frontcourt and followed Grant's butt. Grant did not turn around, and Guo Xu put one hand on his back, as if pushing him away.
Francis was a little speechless when he saw this scene, but NBA did not have any regulations to push his teammates to foul. He decided to retreat and bypass Grant's defense at any time. As a result, as soon as he retreated, Guo Xu took a quick three-pointer to the right and took a quick three-pointer. Francis did not interfere at all.
This is a trick that Guo Xu had specially practiced during training. Grant didn't even show his cover posture, but he was 208cm tall and could have a certain covering effect as long as he stood. This kind of brain-opening trick was seen by Guo Xu in his previous life in his wonderful goals. He could hit one unexpectedly.
Guo Xu got a nearly open shooting opportunity, no waste, and made a three-pointer!
26 to 24, he scored 8th and surpassed the score.
Joe shouted: "Jason Guo, three-pointer!"
Charlie said: "A very imaginative attack, Jason got back in form today after three games of silence. The Lakers need someone to stand up and score when O'Neal is in poor form."
The Rockets attacked and patiently passed the outside line. Mobri passed the ball to the empty cut Francis. This time Guo Xu failed to keep up. The opponent was one number bigger than him and had great strength when he turned around.
Francis broke into the penalty area and made a layup, hitting Grant and causing a foul. He turned halfway through the air, pulled the rod and threw the ball towards the basket with his backhand. His movements were very irregular, just blindly, but the ball fell into the basket after hitting the board.
In this goal, Francis showed amazing physical fitness and ability to stagnate the air, and his strength was enough to fight against some inside players. In Guo Xu's previous life, Francis was selected as the Western Conference All-Star starter three times, not just relying on Chinese fans to win votes.
Francisgar also made a free throw, 26-27.
Grant was replaced with two fouls on his back and rested, and Robert Horry came on as a substitute.
Chapter completed!