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Chapter 1099 [Once by chance, twice by invincibility]

After the game, the Internet was full of discussions about Guo Xu. Experts who are good at being fence-brokers said that Guo Xu's personal abilities are invincible, and the Lakers are also good overall.

Other Lakers players also received high praise. Al Horford averaged 8.5 assists per game in three games, and suddenly changed from being the Thunder three-man who dragged Durant and Westbrook's back to becoming the top support inside player in the league.

Devin Booker, who scored in double digits in three consecutive games, became a rookie with unlimited potential. Many experts expressed optimism about him becoming a star. He forgot that he averaged only 10 points per game in college. When he was selected 12 in the first round, many people said it was a miracle.

Nurkic, who scored 16 points and 12 rebounds against the Trail Blazers, also became a potential center. Last season, people said he was a useless man who couldn't run fast, jump high, and had a good body.

The popularity of coach Taylon Lu has increased significantly, and all fans around the world know him, because when the media introduces him, he always mentions his single-handed deal to Guo Xu, which has become a funny joke.

Tayronlu was very humorous and said in an interview: "I have two things in my life that I am very proud of. One is that I changed Jason alone, and the other is that I coach Jason."

One person is enlightened, and the chickens and dogs are ascending to heaven. This happened to Guo Xu's team again, once by chance, and twice invincible.

Not only did Guo Xu take the heaviest responsibility on the court, he was also generous in normal times. He gave his teammates high-end Apple laptops as gifts and invited guests to a big meal twice.

The Lakers' locker room is unprecedentedly united, and everyone is willing to pass the ball to Guo Xu and cooperate with his attack.

After Guo Xu won the high score, he did not forget to praise his teammates. He would not say that his teammates were not strong enough, but only said that he wanted to brush the data, and his teammates made sacrifices. Moreover, during the dinner, he stated that he would only brush this season and promised to help his teammates perform in the future.

In this case, no one had any objections to him and was dissatisfied with his actions.

It would be unlucky for the players who rejected the Lakers in summer, and many veterans became the targets of being ridiculed by the guru.

The first thing to be hit was Josh Smith, who rejected the Lakers with a tough attitude. He played very badly in the Clippers and couldn't find any feeling. Whether it was playing small forwards or power forwards, there were problems with offense and defense.

Not only did Smith not have a chance to win the championship in the Clippers, but he was also criticized by Clippers fans. Everyone thought he was seriously overrated.

Next is David West, who jumped out of his contract and cut his salary sharply, rejected the Lakers' invitation and joined the Nets.

He was interviewed after Guo Xu scored 80 points and said: "I don't regret joining the Nets because the lineup is stronger. The Lakers only have Jason in the summer. I think joining the Lakers to compete for the championship is a risky thing. What I have to do now is to try my best to help the Nets win."

The most mentioned by the Gumi people was power forward Ed Davis. This guy is good at playing 79 games for the Lakers last season, and averaged 8.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game in 23.3 minutes, with a shooting percentage of 60.1%.

The management really wanted to keep Davis, who had super efficient rebounds, but he chose to jump out of his second year contract and refused to renew the Lakers. He signed the Trail Blazers for 20 million in three years, which is completely blind.

If Davis does not break out of the contract, although he will only receive one million annual salary this season, his net worth will soar next year after Guo Xu's good record, and a tens of million annual salary is the guaranteed one. If he goes to a weak team, he may get an annual salary of 15 million yuan.

This is entirely possible. The Pacers renewal is similar to Davis's style, with a blue-collar Tristan Thompson who averages 10+9 per game, and the contract is 82 million in 5 years.

Everyone knows that next year's NBA salary cap and players' salaries will soar, he actually signed a three-year contract to go to the weak team?

If this is the decision of Davis's agent team, he should fire his agent as soon as possible. If this is his own decision, it is quite appropriate for him to be a partner with Cousins, just like the combination of Charlotte and Dashachun.

Dashachun! What are you going to do?

I don't know what I'm going to do either!

The Suns flew to Minneapolis, rested for one day, and played away against the Timberwolves on the 2nd.

Guo Xu won the Western Conference Best Player in the first week. In the second official strength list, the Lakers have risen to fourth place in the league. No one thinks there is suspense in this game.

Many people were worried about the new No. 1 pick Carl Anthony Towns. He played very well in the first three games of the game, with an excellent instant combat power average of 20+10 per game, as if he was already a star inside player.

The Timberwolves' record of 2 wins and 1 loss is worthy of praise, but it is too early for the newcomers to play against Guo Xu's team in the fourth game. Timberwolves fans are worried that Towns will be abused out of the shadow. Guo Xu especially likes to break through the pick-and-roll misalignment, and the big man can't defend him at all.

Guo Xu is already a nightmare for all inside players. No one is afraid of misplaced against him. If he doesn't change defense, he will shoot three-pointers. If he switches defense, he will be fouled or is fouled. It is not common for him to successfully defend himself.

No one can help Towns share the defensive pressure. The Timberwolves' starting point guard is Ty Lawson, and the substitute is veteran Andre Miller. They don't want to face Guo Xu either.

Sure enough, on the night of the 2nd, Guo Xu showed off his might and scored 23 points and 2 assists in the first quarter, hitting 5 three-pointers.

Guo Xu didn't break through the inside line in this quarter, and rarely looked for cover. In the counterattack, he hit the 180cm tall Tylawson soared three points. In Zhang Reason's statement, this is "a unreasonable three-pointer, if the opponent can't block it, you can get in."

Tylawson was once considered one of the best defenders in the West, with sharp breakthroughs and accurate shooting. Unfortunately, such a pro-star fell into alcohol and could not extricate himself.

Last season, he was drunk and unconscious during training many times, which made the team's management very dissatisfied, and driving under the influence almost in prison. The Nuggets, who could not bear it, sent him to the Timberwolves, and he played in a mess again in the preseason and the opening stages.

In the summer, Tylawson completed a 30-day forced alcohol quit therapy, and many people were optimistic that he would return to his peak. This was a luxury. His physical fitness had already begun to decline, and Guo Xu could easily squeeze him out and layup when counterattacking.

In order to strengthen defense, Timberwolves coach Sam Mitchell can only let the shooting guard Oladipo be the main defender of Guo Xu, and veteran Miller be the main defender of the shooting guard, and be responsible for the organization on the offensive end.

As a veteran who has no championship ring, Miller did not have a strong team to take in at the end of his career, so it was already a tragedy that he could only join the Timberwolves. He had to misplace the main defense young man. How could it be a black hole on the defensive end?

Guo Xu can easily break double teams, he can pass the ball, catch the ball or fight Oladipo in one-on-one. It is still a good opportunity.

The Timberwolves were not quickly beaten into garbage time. Oladipo, Towns, Garnett, Gorgi Gion, Belica and others were very powerful in playing pick-and-roll, and the Lakers were not good at defending them.

The Timberwolves all had ranges in the inside, and the substitutes also led the attack with Kevin Martin and Shabaz Mohamed.

The difference in pick-and-roll defense can be said to be the Lakers' fatal weakness. Tyrone Rolling tried a variety of combinations when setting up the formation, and the inside line is always easily overwhelmed by the defender. In particular, Nurkic can hardly get out of the penalty area, and his horizontal movement speed is a tragedy.

Towns performed well, mainly receiving and shooting, and strongly attacking the penalty area as a supplement, hitting Nurkic. He played for 33 minutes, scoring 22 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

In order to strengthen mobility, Josh Richardson, Andre Robertson and Harrell got a lot of playing time. Boozer was abandoned and did not make it to the roster in this game.

In the end, the Lakers won 8 points, Guo Xu played for 43 minutes, scoring a large double-double with 61 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.
Chapter completed!
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