Chapter 1138 [Eight games of 60+, the era of pot]
On the 17th, the Lakers defeated the Celtics 110-102 away and refused to lose in a row.
Guo Xu played in the whole game, scoring 65 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 steals. This time he was able to achieve his goal mainly by defense.
Marcus Smart and Terry Rozier are both strong guards, good at breaking through with strength advantages rather than skills. Their good playing style cannot collide with Guo Xu, and forced breakthroughs have been intercepted many times.
Moreover, these two shots were too bad. Guo Xu made a free shot and they made a random shot. They just scored in double digits, which made people speechless.
Smart's shooting percentage this season is 34.8%, three-point shooting percentage is 25.3%, and 8.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4 assists. Such a person can actually start, which shows how bad the Celtics' outside line is.
Rozier is also very poor, with an overall shooting percentage of only 32.2%, 31.8% of three-pointers, 6.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists. He averaged only 1 free throw per game, and he was not good at breaking through without shooting range. It makes people wonder why he became the No. 16 pick in the first round.
The most amazing thing is that in the first draft, some experts commented that Rozier was an excellent outside pitcher and ball handler, with super athletic ability and physical fitness.
After sending Rondo away, the Celtics' No. 1 position was this kind of strength. They may be the worst shooting in the league, perfectly inheriting Rondo's mantle and being good at fighting the air on the outside.
Because Pierce was too defeated, no big-name star was willing to join the Celtics. Isaiah Thomas became the boss of the Cavaliers, and Celtics manager Angie couldn't trade him as a temporary savior. The Celtics would not make it to the playoffs this year.
The starting point guard of the Celtics last season was Zhu Holiday, who was selected as an All-Star. He has great strength, but his attendance rate is less than 50% for two consecutive seasons. In the summer, Anji was traded as a junk to the Mavericks and only changed back to the role players.
As a result, Holiday got out of the haze of injuries this season, and averaged 30 minutes per game and scored 17.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.4 steals, and can make breakthroughs and shoot.
The Celtics have no core to rebuild around, and coach Brad Stevens is in trouble.
This guy and Guo Xu are old acquaintances. During the first time cycle, Guo Xu became friends with him in Polis. Later, he left a contact information and often chatted on the Internet.
Stevens became famous as head coach at Butler University. He started coaching the Celtics in 2013. Now he lacks Thomas and will be less than Al Horford in the future. Without his internal and external core, it will be difficult for him to lead the team to achieve results.
Of course, that's not something Stevens needs to worry about. His contract expires three years after the end of this season, and the Celtics management has no intention of renewing his contract.
At the end of the game, he shook hands with Guo Xu and couldn't help but complain. "Jason, because of you, I'm afraid I'm going to be unemployed after the end of this season."
Guo Xu smiled and said, "Don't be so pessimistic. I'm optimistic about you. Many teams will change head coaches this summer. You can try teams such as Kings, 76ers, Hawks, and Knicks. You are much better than those coaches."
This is Guo Xu's sixth consecutive game, a terrifying historical record.
On the 18th, the Lakers faced the weak Bulls back-to-back. Everyone thought Guo Xu would continue to score high scores. This team could not make the playoffs and their defense began to worsen.
As expected, Guo Xu showed his strength at the beginning, scoring 25 points in a single quarter, and tortured Derek Ross.
Ross scored only 8 points in a single quarter, which was still the case when Guo Xu let the water go, and made 0 of 2 three-pointers in the open space.
In parallel world, Ross is probably one of the most popular regular season MVPs in NBA. Even though he was not very strong at his peak, he mainly scored through breakthroughs. His popularity is because he often made beautiful trolley layups and dunks to be selected as the top five goals.
He won the MVP's 2010-11 season, with an overall shooting percentage of 44.5%, a mid-range shooting percentage of more than 40%, a three-point shooting percentage of 33.2%, a real shooting percentage of 55%, and scored 25 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1 steal in 37.4 minutes. He only ranked ninth in the league in efficiency.
You should know that when Westbrook, who is in the parallel world, was the core of the Thunder, he scored a triple-double of 31+10+10 in 34.6 minutes of playing time.
On Earth One, Rose has no honors, because the Bulls do not have Joe King Noah, an excellent blue-collar center, and Jimmy Butler, and Roll Deng are all later joined. Without good teammates, he is just an ordinary star defender.
Guo Xu felt that this person was completely helpless. He was injured three times. After returning, he still used the knee-damaged style. He liked to change directions significantly during running. The only change was that there were fewer dunks and trolleys, and the increase in throwing shots.
Guo Xu let out two meters away, and Ross also chose to break through. He hit Wu Youxing like this, but he couldn't beat Guo Xu at all.
In order to prevent Ross from being on guard, he could not get a single point. Guo Xu not only did not close to his body, but also stood motionless and let him pass by. In this way, Ross still had only 4 of 7 shots, because Nurkic was staying near the penalty area and could make up for defense.
After Ross got out of the field, Aaron Brooks, who was substituted, was defending a black hole. Guo Xu just rushed to shoot when he counterattacked. When the distance was close, he forced a breakthrough and broke through and broke the defense.
In the third quarter, Guo Xu broke through and knocked Brooks to the ground, and then the big windmill dunked the ball. He was a normal breakthrough referee who would not blow the ball and hit people. Xiao Heidou's lower plate was too unstable.
On the contrary, Brooks was always knocked down by Guo Xu, and the ball could not be protected and was stolen twice. He could only face the frame and had no back. He had not changed after many years in the league.
So even if Brooks has excellent offense, can break through and shoot, and has won the fastest-progress player award, no team has given him a big contract, and his upper limit is the best sixth man, which can't be higher.
Guo Xu scored 66 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, leading the team to win 15 points, and 60+ in seven consecutive games.
At this time, all teams realized one thing, and double-teaming Guo Xu could not stop him from scoring. He could even sprint in a straight line during fast break and even beat Ross, who had always been known for his speed. Brooks was one of the fastest defenders in the league. He could barely keep up, but he had no choice but to deal with Guo Xu.
To limit Guo Xu, he must have no ball and double-teams, and the positional joint defense will be close to the attack, and it depends on whether he feels good. When his hands are hot, he can score three-pointers as soon as he passes the midfield.
On the 20th, the Lakers beat the Kings again.
This time, Guo Xu was on the court with garbage time, scoring 70 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. His three-point shooting percentage was not high, but he made 26 free throws in the game, setting a new high for personal free throws.
Guo Xu made a one-stop layup after breaking through various breakthroughs. Once he misplaced the King's inside, he could only use fouls to stop him. The King did a poor job of double-teaming, and the wing defense was useless, so it would be good that Harden would not miss anyone.
Roy Hibertra was half a beat slow for fouls and couldn't bend down. He was likely to have no ball to play after the end of this season.
After this game, Guo Xu completed eight consecutive games of 60+. As long as he searched for basketball, the Internet was full of news about him.
"If he keeps playing like this and persists in the whole season, he feels like he can average 60+ per game. He can't defend at all. This is not playing basketball, but playing basketball. If he rushes, he can only foul."
"The most important thing for the guard is his speed, except shooting. Stephen Curry can never compare with Jason. His speed is too slow. The two of them are not in the same level of breakthrough."
"Are Parker scared when he played the Spurs next game? He is so miserable. He entered the league a year later than Jason, and was in the Western Conference. He abused the playoffs after the regular season. He is not crazy and strong yet."
"I feel sorry for Curry for a second. If Jason hadn't come back, he would have a high chance of leading the Warriors to build a dynasty for three consecutive championships this year, and won the regular season MVP three times. Now 80% of these are gone."
Chapter completed!