Chapter 274 [Run, brother! 】
Adelman adjusted his lineup, replaced Divac, and replaced Keon Clark, enhancing the mobility of the inside.
This is a timely adjustment. The Suns' internal speed advantage is too great and it is impossible to defend without switching. Clark is 211cm tall, 226cm wingspan, and 100 kilograms. He is a player with poor confrontation, amazing speed, jumping and good at blocking shots.
With his outstanding performance of 11.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks last season, the Kings gave Clark a two-year contract of $10 million. However, Clark, who is lazy, has declined a lot this year and has lived a free and easy life. Since his school days, he has been drinking as much as he can even give himself two cups in the players' lounge.
The Suns did not substitute, and continued to fight back as the main focus, with pick-and-drop positions as the auxiliary.
Jackson passed to Peja, who made three threatening positions on the right side, made a quick stop and jump shot after exploring, avoiding Marion's blocking goal. 13 to 8.
On the Suns' attack, Guo Xu played pick-and-roll with Xiao Si in the middle and broke through on the left. The Kings players immediately felt very uncomfortable because the left side was a weak side, and the wing players could not help double-team.
Guo Xu was able to average 24 points per game while being frequently double-teamed by his opponent, so he dribbled the ball to the weak side and widened the distance to get a chance to fight. As long as the opponent doubles the teammates in charge of pick-and-roll in the middle will have obvious gaps. Previously, the Suns could still get a bargain at the basket with two starting players, and the opponent could not double-team Guo Xu all the time.
Weber changed defense, Guo Xu dribbled the ball to the bottom line, calculated the time to stop accurately, and the ball held in the left hand of the face frame changed direction to 45 degrees. Jackson caught up, and Guo Xu pulled the ball between the gaps between the two and passed the ball to the middle.
Xiao Si rushed up, and with another move to catch the ball, he "slashed Huashan". Weber turned around and couldn't defend, and Clark didn't make up for the defense. It was not that they didn't work hard, but that this thing really couldn't cover it up.
When comparing the action and creativity in the dunk competition, Sir Xiao is not as good as Vince Carter, Jason Richardson. But he is the same type as the future "Little Emperor" James. He is particularly good at actual dunks and integrates dunks into the competition environment. Not to mention the Kings' inside line, Duncan and Garnett can't do anything about his trick.
15-8, Guo Xu had the sixth assist.
Kings players are a little crazy, especially Weber, who is the league's top star power forward. Today's rookie against the position has been dunking continuously. How can he tolerate this?
Weber took the ball frame in the middle to explore the steps, Sir Serena keep a distance, Weber strodes again, Sir Serena raised the center of gravity, Weber immediately broke through with the ball and scored a layup. 15-10.
Nene failed to make up for defense in time, and he lacked awareness of assisting defense just after entering the league. Clark had no range to vent, but no one told Nene that he wouldn't do this. He was bad in English, and he looked at the opponent's information and was overwhelmed when he saw the English on the paper.
When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu played pick-and-roll with Xiao Si in the middle again and walked on the left with the ball. Weber blocked it for a moment and returned to the position to close the air defense cut. It was impossible for him to catch the ball easily anymore.
Guo Xu opened the space 45 degrees on the left side, dribbled the ball under his crotch and changed the direction to the right with his left hand, and the center of gravity was lower than the racket. He passed Jackson, who was chasing defense in one step, and made a jump shot with a quick stop at the bull horn position, and hit a two-pointer steadily.
Jackson had inertia to chase and defend, and could not keep up with Guo Xu's change of direction. His speed was already at a disadvantage.
17 to 10, Guo Xu scored two points in his personal score.
Hovas commented: "The Suns scored all five starters. If they don't double-team Guo Xu, he will be a chance to play alone. Today's Suns' offense is too beautiful."
Woodson said: "I remember the Lakers last season. The offense is unstoppable and the average per game is close to 120 points. This is directly related to Guo Xu. As soon as he leaves the Lakers No. 1 position, he can no longer see a sharp breakthrough and a perfect pick-and-roll."
The unlucky Fisher is caught in the shooting again. Now, as long as the Lakers game is live, the commentator will definitely attack Fisher.
What kind of experience is this? In dozens of countries, dozens of languages, and hundreds of TV stations around the world compared Fisher and Guo Xu in all aspects and came to a consensus conclusion that Fisher is a useless man, and he can only catch the ball and shoot the ball when playing the starting lineup, and he can't help the substitutes.
The Kings attacked, Jackson dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and was personally assigned by Guo Xu. His teammates passed it twice and almost made a mistake.
After the substitution, the Kings players shared the ball less smoothly. Clark's organizational ability was far inferior to the "ghost hand" Divac, who averaged 3.5 assists per game. Clark fought Nene with one-on-one and turned around and hooked, and missed under interference.
Nene is 211cm tall and has a wingspan of 224cm, and his hook is still able to interfere. He is stronger than Clark, and his body tilts very well when he hooks with his body.
As soon as he entered the league, Nene showed his defensive talent and performed better than Si on the defensive end.
In Guo Xu's previous life, what many fans didn't know was that Nene's defensive ability was actually better than Cambi. The latter was just a data brush, and he didn't actively switch defense and wanted to grab rebounds. Single defense was often beaten, and only assisted defense blocks were still acceptable.
Camby won the best defensive player and the Nuggets' defensive efficiency was the top three in the league that year, with the other two teams being the Suns and the Warriors.
The reporters in charge of the selection did not care about this, and when they saw Camby scored a beautiful data of 11.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game, they gave him this prize. In fact, Camby was beaten by Duncan in the playoffs.
Later, Cambie left, the Nuggets traded Billups, and the center became Nene who made a comeback. Then, the Nuggets rushed from the top three to the top three in the league, but Nene had never been labeled as a "defensive player". The Nuggets vs. Lakers, Nene and Martin successfully restricted the Lakers' inside line in many games. If it weren't for Ariza's several key steals, the Nuggets would have gone further.
Marion grabbed the rebound, and the three Suns were about to go down. Guo Xu advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing that Xiao Si was followed, he didn't rush to pass the ball. He dribbled the ball towards Jackson. When he was about to hit, he slapped the ball with his left hand and made a big change in the middle. He successfully turned the direction and passed the ball.
Jackson is a player who prefers No. 2 and is very similar to David Wesley. He is very strong. Although he is at a loss at No. 2, he can stick to his opponents well and defend against No. 1.
He faced Guo Xu too many times in the past two years, and he met again in the playoffs for four games, and he was hit in the shadow of the situation. He felt a little panicked when he saw Guo Xu.
Christie let go of Joe Johnson to make up for defense, Guo Xu stopped in the run and passed the ball behind his left hand to the right bottom corner.
Joe Johnson received the ball from the running position, took a quick shot at the big open position, and entered the net hollow!
20-10, Guo Xu had the seventh assist.
After the Kings attacked, Peja made a single jump shot after a few passes. He was the team's No. 2 scorer after Weber. Facing Marion, who had a very long arms, he was not easy to perform.
Nene grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Suns' counterattack came again.
Guo Xu passed the ball to Joe Johnson over the half. The latter was much stronger than Christie, who was 198cm tall and weighed 91kg. He leaned on his men to the inside and forced a layup to miss the situation. This was the first time the Suns missed the shot after the opening. Before the attack was over, Marion rushed up to grab the frontcourt rebound and passed it out of the periphery.
Guo Xu did not pause after receiving the ball, and passed it to Nene who ran to the low post on the left. Nene took the ball in the penalty area and hit Clark who had 100 kilograms. He turned around and pulled it up and dunked it with a one-handed dunk!
22-10, Guo Xu had the eighth assist.
Chapter completed!