Chapter 333 [Jason Guo Second, the tone of the attack]
The Suns vs. Warriors match TNT Radio is a national live broadcast, which is the focus of NBA's key publicity.
Although the Warriors are ranked outside the playoffs, they have recently won 7 consecutive games. The stars have scored high in the game and are a team that wins offensively.
In addition, the Warriors' point guard is Gilbert Arenas, who has improved the fastest this season. His match with Guo Xu is the biggest gimmick. Guo Xu is a recognized inspirational star. Now many people say that Arenas is "Jason Guo Second".
The difference is that Guo Xu didn't care about the pick at all, and happily joined the Lakers, which quickly surprised everyone.
After being selected in the second place in the second round, Arenas expressed dissatisfaction with the media, believing that he was seriously underestimated. He predicted that he would be selected from 11-19, and even if he couldn't make a lottery show, it wouldn't be too far apart. Because he is quite famous in college and led Arizona to the NCAA final.
Scouts looked down on Arenas because he was 19 years old and played as a shooting guard in college, and was only 191cm tall. Even if he had strong scoring ability, he had no future.
Perhaps most of the scouts of each team are useless, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why in Guo Xu's previous life, he was also 191cm tall in 2004, playing the shooting guard and only participated in the draft at the age of 21, would become a "Tanhua" and be selected by the Bulls. The two have similar styles, and Arenas is still two years younger, and his age represents potential in the draft.
Arenas, who was a little paranoid and confident, faced the media's announcement that he could start the Warriors before the season. As a result, he did not go smoothly into the NBA's back road and sat on the bench for 40 games. No one paid attention to him, and no one knew that there was a Southern California scoring champion sitting on the bench, the core of the NCAA runner-up.
Fortunately, Arenas had enough playing time in the second half and won the trust of the head coach. He played in 47 games and 30 games, averaging 10.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
"I like people to doubt and despise me," Arenas later said in an interview: "Because I can throw these doubts back into their faces with ease."
This season, Arenas has exploded, currently averaging 18.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game.
His success comes from diligence. Just when people are sleeping, he takes basketballs and shoots wildly in the training hall. When he is tired of practicing, he sleeps in the training hall. The Warriors and the person he is most familiar with are the court administrators.
He is very similar to Kobe and Jordan. He is very nervous and hates failure. Once there is a little bit of failure, he starts to use self-abuse training. He has developed broad shoulders and thick arms, and can still jump around in overtime.
Now many fans are starting to question the management and scouts of the team they support. Missing Guo Xu can also be said to be because he does not participate in the trial training. Missing Arenas is obviously blind, right?
The worst person who was criticized was that he chose Ben Gordon's Bulls management with the highest pick in his previous life. In 2001, they were extremely weak at the No. 1 position, and then decisively chose a blue-collar swinger Trenton Hassel, who shared his playing time with Artest, Jason Richardson, Hoyberg and others.
After the player appeared after the warm-up, Arenas didn't say anything, but Guo Xu could tell from his eyes that he wanted to score.
When Guo Xu first entered the league, he was also excited. This was a good opportunity to prove his strength to everyone, and of course he might be taught by the other party.
Arenas does want to challenge Guo Xu. Guo Xu has always done poor defensive shooting, unable to block, can only interfere, and jump shots against others is what he is good at.
On the contrary, Guo Xu is not easy to defend against attacking Arenas. As a heavy defender, he lacks explosive power and moves fast, and is very disadvantaged to prevent breakthroughs. His advantage on the defensive end is that he is not afraid of misalignment and can fight against the No. 2 position.
Five Suns: Guo Xu, Joe Johnson, Kirisek, Marion, and Stardameier.
Five Warriors: Arenas, Sean Bathir, Antoine Jamison, Troy Murphy, Eric Danpier.
Last season, the Warriors mainly focused on "small ball tactics". After defender Larry Hughes was poached by the Wizards, coach Eric Musselman began to let Jamison play small forwards, power forward Murphy is 211cm tall, and center Danpeir can be called "big ball tactics."
Danpier won the jump ball and the game began.
Before Arinas was transported to the three-point line, Guo Xu was close to him, and he used his height advantage to pass the ball from Guo Xu's head to Bathir, who was cut. The latter took the layup and was blocked by Joe Johnson.
The two were about the same height, and Bathir's strength was slightly inferior and he could not get rid of the entanglement. Joe Johnson didn't like to jump, but it wasn't that he couldn't jump up. His quick stop jump shot turned and leaned back and jumped to make a point.
Danpier scored an offensive rebound, hit Xiao Si and then got strong, and dunked the ball with both hands. 0 to 2.
Danpier, who is affectionately called "Old Egg" by Chinese fans in the future, is not useless. Not only is he 211cm tall, he weighs 120 kilograms, and his athletic ability is not bad. He is at the peak of his 28-year-old. The existence of O'Neal and Duncan has caused the Western Conference team to hoard meat shields crazily, Danpier is the top three blue-collar workers.
The person who Suns manager Brian wants to trade most is Danpier, but the Warriors manager asked to make young and potential Nene as his bargaining chips, so he had to give up.
The Suns attacked, Guo Xu and Xiao Si played pick-and-roll in the middle, easily creating a misalignment opportunity. Danpier and Murphy did not defend themselves. Arenas slowed down in chasing and defending. Guo Xu moved one step and jumped on the right three-pointer.
He is particularly confident of this position, and the ball enters the net with a hollow 3-2.
Kenny Smith commented: "The Warriors' defense is still a big problem. Jamison is really good at attacking as a small forward. Danpier can also defend the penalty area in the inside, but it is not a good idea to deal with the Suns in this way. The Suns' three-pointers are the best in the league."
Barkley said: "This is better, both stars can score points, and the Warriors will lose beautifully even if they lose."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Warriors made a mistake. Bathil's intention was too obvious when passing the ball to Jamison. Marion stretched out his long arm to steal successfully, picked up the basketball and passed it to Guo Xu to make a single fast attack.
Guo Xu quickly took the emergency stop in front of the free throw line and used a fake move of "Words" to attract Arenas to stop and take a small step forward, then changed direction to the right and successfully made a layup. 5 to 2.
Arenas dared not foul. If he was troubled by foul at the beginning, he would not be able to split up with Guo Xubiao. His speed was obviously at a disadvantage and he would not be able to keep up once he took fake moves.
The Warriors attacked, and Arenas dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and was passed to Jamison by Guo Xu. He is good at attacking in the face frame. If he doesn't turn around, it will affect the rhythm of the attack.
Jamison received the ball from his back from the left to attract Kirisek's defense. One-on-one challenge is an opportunity, the Suns are a mixed defense, Guo Xu's main defense and point guard position is free, and the others are responsible for the four areas.
Jamison protected the ball and observed the situation, and Yun passed it back to Arenas, who had a blank cut on the right.
The Warriors played a small-scale cooperation, Danpier blocked Guo Xu, Xiao Si failed to replace defense in time, and Arenas received the ball and scored a layup. 5-4.
The Suns' home fans also gave Arenas some applause. The two teams set the tone for the game at the beginning, which is what fans like to see. If the stars of the two teams can score, it is better as when the Suns play against the Spurs.
Chapter completed!