In the third quarter, Guo Xu continued to play. Phil Jackson is a coach who likes to use dead stars. He thinks that Guo Xu is more reliable than Brian Shaw and will never be used.

In this quarter, the Lakers played O'Neal. Not only did he score points, he also attracted double-teams to pass the ball and assisted the role players to score continuously.

Fox suddenly found the offensive feeling, made two consecutive three-pointers, cut the baseline and scored two goals, scored 10 points in a single quarter, and the gap between the two sides continued to widen.

Guo Xu was strictly guarded on the offensive end, and he did not get a good chance outside the three-point line. He only received the ball and missed the three-pointer, and scored 4 points by breaking through. He performed well on the defensive end and defended Billups' offense.

Billups scored 10 points in the first quarter, and no point in the second and third quarters. He could not get rid of Guo Xu's entanglement outside the three-point line. He forced his moves and missed the basket twice. He could not get rid of Guo Xu even if he broke through with the ball. He would be defended by a big man near the penalty area.

Guo Xu's defensive skills were trained with Cliffs, who was 188cm tall and weighed 93 kilograms. When encountering a strong opponent, Guo Xu knew how to use small moves and the help of his teammates to make up for his own shortcomings and make his opponent uncomfortable. He would deliberately leave room when defending and lead his opponent into the encirclement.

In addition to scoring, Guo Xu also gave two assists, giving Fox an empty cut, and passed it to Kobe to pull up the layup during the counterattack. He scored 26 points and 8 assists in three quarters.

The Timberwolves were 29 points behind and were beaten to the Husky, and the game entered garbage time.

"Wolf King" Garnett scored only 13 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. Garnett's assists were almost always passed to his outside teammates who were running at high positions. If his teammates were not shooting correctly, he would be embarrassed.

Sanders replaced the main players and was defeated early. In his opinion, the Lakers had no tactics except O'Neal and Guo Xu's pick-and-roll in the second quarter. The so-called triangular offense was to start a one-on-one challenge, but the Timberwolves just couldn't defend themselves.

There is a hidden rule in the NBA. If the side behind replaces all the main players first, it is equivalent to raising the white flag to surrender. The leading side should replace the main players and rest and go to the bench to train. If the winner ignores the hidden rules and hits the opponent hard, it will appear to be very useless. If the opponent's marginal person becomes "impatient", he will hurt the person by malicious fouls, don't blame the other party for being ruthless.

This unspoken rule existed in the 1980s, when NBA was in its darkest development stage. Many players sucked D and J on the field, and were extremely violent on the field. Each team had several thugs. Jordan's first retirement was said to be related to gambling scandals. Since the 1990s, Stern strived to build a cleaner league, but the tradition of clocking in and leaving the opponents after the core of garbage time is still there.

Jackson also adjusted his lineup, "ok combination", veteran Grant became an audience on the sidelines, and Guo Xu continued to play with the substitute, with the opportunity to reach a new individual single-game scoring record.

It’s not that Jackson deliberately helped Guo Xu to brush data, but that he didn’t play, the Lakers would not have a point guard. Kobe could organize it when he was there, but the garbage time ok combination should be given priority to rest. If veteran Brian Shaw is allowed to play the point guard, it would be difficult to travel alone to the half.

Guo Xu took on the heavy responsibility of possessing the ball, and the other four were Pan Pessi, George, Madson, and Medvedek. This was the starting lineup of the Lakers' Summer League. Although the four were not famous, they had a tacit understanding when they cooperated.

On the Timberwolves are a marginal lineup composed of William Avery, Pierre, Reggie Lester, Sam Mitchell and Dean Garrett. The core is averaging 10 points per game and shooting above 40% of the shooting percentage.

Pierre scored data in the bad team Vancouver Grizzlies at the peak season, and averaged only 14.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. He could not drive the team's offense and was not at the same level as Guo Xu. Sanders replaced Billups, so the offensive end could not be opened at all, and the end of a disastrous defeat was destined.

After the game started, Guo Xu quickly showed everyone his crazy side and dominated the ball.

Tactics? What is that?

Put away your pick-and-rolls, I want to fight William alone!

Madson was standing near the penalty area and was waiting to grab the frontcourt rebound. Medvedko went to the side to cover Pan Persi without the ball. Pan Persi and George were on the side to attract defense at the bottom line. They were all waiting to catch the ball and take action. Guo Xu dribbled the ball to the frontcourt to attack.

He singled out William to ensure super high efficiency, shooting two mid-range shots and one three-pointer; his breakthrough attracted a backup defense assist Madson easily shot from the basket, attracting side bread clutches to assist Pan Pessi to make a three-pointer. The Timberwolves' edge players were anxious, and the defensive movements became bigger and bigger.

Jackson requested a timeout during the dead ball, replaced Guo Xu and sent Ledel, allowing Pan Pessi to play the point guard, and the Lakers led by 39 points, completely entering garbage time.

The "Zen Master" knew that if Guo Xu continued to fight like this, it would be likely to cause conflict.

Guo Xu played for 33 minutes, made 12 of 18 shots, 7 of 11 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 33 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, and both important data set career highs.

Trier made 6 of 15 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, scored 17 points and 6 assists, and the data was completely exploded.

Woodson lamented: "Jason looks like a superstar today. The Timberwolves' 14th overall lottery pick William Avery faced him like a rookie, being broken through again and again, and his defense was really bad."

Hovas smiled and said, "If Jackson didn't replace Jason, he would definitely score 40+10 today. Few rookies can do this. Today he mainly faces famous veteran Trier Brandon, and his performance is so eye-catching."

Sanders finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Guo Xu being replaced. As a coach, he would never want the team to lose 4 or 50 points.

At this time, he had an idea and was going back to discuss with the team's president McHale to see if he could free up his salary and dig Guo Xu to the Timberwolves when his contract expired. As a coach who likes to play pick-and-roll, he felt that point guards like Guo Xu were very suitable for his tactical system and were better at defense than Trier.

This is something that can only be yy. Garnett's annual salary in the 2002-2003 season is as high as $2,520. With such a person, it is difficult for the Timberwolves to keep their total salary below the salary cap. Even if they trade Trier for a draft pick, they must have all the basic salary to give Guo Xu a high salary. With Trier's current state, who would have such a defensive black hole?

Moreover, even if the Timberwolves offer the maximum salary, Guo Xu will not join. He is not interested in being teammates with such a arrogant person as Garnett. What's more important is that the weather in Minnesota is too cold and he can't stand it.

Guo Xu just wants to stay in a big city. He likes liveliness, exposure, and enjoys life.

If you go to Minnesota, there are too many snow days, and players will be very painful to go to train in winter. Staying at home is a kind of happiness. Guo Xu is not the kind of passionate and passionate mentality who claims to love basketball, train hard, never enjoy it, and do nothing except play. His goal is to be dazzling and gain both fame and fortune.

After Guo Xu rested, the game scene became very ugly. The players on both sides took turns to make a fuss, and many fans chose to leave the court early. The highlight of the Lakers was that Madson played the whole quarter, grabbed 8 rebounds, and was very brave on the defensive end.
Chapter completed!