When Guo Xu was still a rookie, he had a clear advantage in facing Anthony Carter. Now it's too easy for him to fight Carter alone.

Guo Xu can be lazy on the defensive end. Last season, Carter averaged 18.6 minutes per game with the Heat, only scored 4.2 points and 4.1 assists, with a shooting percentage of 35.6%, and he didn't shoot at all.

Carter's advantage is that he is steady on the offensive end and will work hard when he has a good attitude on the defensive end. He is not bad in defense against ordinary defenders and is a qualified substitute. If he makes him start, it will be difficult for him to force him.

The bad thing is that no one can replace the Spurs No. 1 position, and third point guard Jason Hart has a worse defense. He is a big point guard who is 191cm tall and weighs 84 kilograms. He is easily overwhelmed if he is not fast.

Ironically, Hart is the 20th rookie in the second round of the 2000th round, and once ranked ahead of Guo Xu. He only played 11 games in the first three seasons of his career, not because of injuries, but because of poor strength.

At this time, Popovich regretted trading Barbosa to the Warriors. In the summer, he looked down on Barbosa and felt that he could only play as a shooting guard. If Barbosa was there, he would at least keep up with Guo Xu's speed.

Of course, if Barbosa stays, it will be ruined, and Parker will have no chance to play once he returns. His style of playing No. 1 lacks organizational ability, and playing No. 2 overlaps with Ginobili. If he does not meet an offensive coach, it will be difficult for him to become a star.

Zhang Heli commented: "From this moment, the Suns' defense has made considerable progress. Diop can withstand Duncan and will not let him play to the basket casually. The offense will be left to Guo Xu and can still be opened."

Xu Jicheng smiled and said, "The Spurs are under great pressure today. If they open the home game, they will be black."

After the timeout, neither side made a substitution. In the Spurs' positional battle, Duncan received the ball from the outside on the right. After exploring, he broke through in a direction and fell to Diop, attracting Sergeant to make up for defense and pass the ball. Rasu Nestrovic got an open position and dunked with both hands. 9-2.

When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu continued to play pick-and-roll, and the Spurs changed to joint defense on the defensive end and double-teamed.

Last season, the Spurs knew that this was necessary for double-teams on the outside. Guo Xu was too fast. Except for Parker, the others chased and defended for half a beat. Although Parker suffered a loss in single defense, he could at least chased and defended in place, so that Guo Xu frequently fell into singles.

Bowen and Duncan blocked Guo Xu's breakthrough route together. Guo Xu passed the ball to Marion, who was running. The latter received the ball and jumped into the three-pointer. Under the interference of Carter's pursuit and defense, Nestrovic grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The Spurs attacked, and Duncan failed to attract double teams at the low post. Diop resisted him outside the penalty area. Duncan took two steps to turn and throw the ball in the middle, and missed the basket under the interference of Diop's long arm.

Duncan, known as "Stone Buddha", will also be defensive. He hates the flesh-shield-type inside line with super strong strength, excellent arm span, and no slower speed than him, which is the type of Diop and Kwame Brown.

Duncan's skills are not fancy, he is good at exerting his strength, and scores in height and wingspan advantages. Diop's three items are not inferior to Duncan, and his strength is slightly better.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Duncan, who Diop defended many times, shot less than 40% of his shooting percentage. The most classic was the regular season between the Spurs and the Nets in the 2007-08 season. Duncan played 35 minutes, made 4 of 14 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 28.6%.

As long as Diop is present, his teammates don’t have to double-team in the low post, but follow the rest of the Spurs, so that Ah Dai and Agua will fight one-on-one.

As the worst inside offensive player in history, it is not unreasonable that Diop, a rough guy, can play in the league for so many years.

When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu attracted double teams and then divided Marion. The latter was lucky to give Xiao Si a free cut in the middle. Xiao Si went to the basket to play Rasu with the ball, and turned around and forced himself to miss the interference.

Rassu had a good low post defense, but made a mistake when he grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed Carter. Guo Xu suddenly rushed forward, crossed Carter who was slowly retreating, and directly broke the basketball, passing it to Marion, who cut the baseline at a close distance. The latter got rid of Bowen and scored a layup easily.

11 to 2, Guo Xu made the second assist.

The Spurs attacked, Guo Xu let Carter go two meters away from the outside and retreated into the penalty area. If he hadn't faced Carter in a defensive posture, he might have been banned from defending for three seconds.

He is not aware of breakouts but not a shot. In this case, the Spurs cannot cover Carter in the inside and will definitely catch up.

Carter is powerless in the face of this situation, and the premise of being powerless is incompetence, and this "stupid bird" cannot fly.

Carter led a quick stop to the three-point line and made a mid-range shot. He made a blacksmith without any interference. Sir grabbed the rebound. This is the biggest difference between him and Parker. If Parker goes far, he is very sure of mid-range shots, and the opponent can break through when he gets closer.

Guo Xu still plays the same way, first looking for pick-and-roll, and try to create a chance of misalignment breakthrough. This time he walked on the right side without double-teaming, and followed Bale to the bottom corner.

Guo Xu was misplaced and faced Duncan, and took him to a 45-degree turn-around frame, and set a distance from Xiao S, who was standing in the middle. At this time, Carter was very embarrassed. He would be free to chase Xiao S, and if he didn't chase Guo Xu, he would get a chance to misplace.

Duncan maintains a one-and-a-half distance, which can not only prevent breakthroughs but also interfere with the shooting by relying on his height advantage. Guo Xu dribbled the ball behind his right hand and led the outside of his left hand, widening the distance between the two, which made Duncan feel uncomfortable. He would shoot if he didn't follow him.

Duncan was attracted to take a step out. Guo Xu held the ball with his left hand and moved his right hand closer. He used the "Worship Buddha" false action, lowering the center of gravity and changing direction significantly, passing Duncan with speed.

Rasu followed Diop on the left and was far away. Guo Xu did not wait for the opponent to make up for defense, and quickly made a layup and scored.

13 to 2, the 9th point in the individual.

On the basketball court, no player is perfect, and "Stone Buddha" is no exception.

When people talk about a star with comprehensive skills, they like to say that this person can play five positions. In fact, this statement is very far-fetched.

No one can perform efficiently in all five positions. The offensive coach will not let Garnett play the point guard, and the defensive end will let Jordan defend Malone, and O'Neal will be dead.

In Guo Xu's previous life, LeBron James may be the closest person to being able to play in five positions. He defended Derek Ross from the outside and Paul Gasol from the inside. His expression on defense was impressive...

Duncan's ability to switch defense defenders is far inferior to guarding the penalty area. He is 213cm tall and cannot move as fast as a defender. Especially in terms of horizontal movement speed, he is much slower than Guo Xu. If he stands too hard on the outside, he will be overwhelmed.

But the Spurs can only arrange this, otherwise Marik Rose will have to appear early, and center Rassus will be much worse than Duncan's pick-and-roll defense.

Zhang Heli smiled and said, "Guo Xu can't do anything if he plays misplaced Duncan. The Suns play like this very reasonably. He passes the ball when he encounters double-teams, and no one doubles them. This is an MVP-level performance."

"This is not a normal Spurs today. The two defenders are too poor on the outside..." Xu Jicheng shouted: "A mistake!"

Carter was close to Guo Xu just after halfway through the ball. Rasu covered him. Carter used the width of the court to move horizontally and was blocked by Xiao Si. He protected the basketball and the breakthrough speed was too slow. Guo Xu bypassed and reached out to poke the basketball from behind, and started to pick up the ball faster than Carter.

Xiao Si immediately took out a fast attack, and Guo Xu turned around and passed by.

Xiao Si received the ball in front of the free throw line and used a tomahawk buckle, and the meat shield center Rasu was thrown away at a slow speed.

15-2, Guo Xu made the third assist.
Chapter completed!