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Chapter 1196 [Just play, and retire when you get tired of playing]

On February 2, the Lakers played against the Wizards at home, which was a live broadcast across the United States.

Before the game started, Guo Xu won the Crystal Trophy first. He won the Western Conference Player of the Month in January and won the award for the third consecutive month. A Los Angeles reporter interviewed him on-site, but he was asked about the Oscar-winning issue and did not take the Wizards seriously at all.

The Wizards are currently only ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference. They just lost 10 points to the Clippers yesterday, and their back-to-back physical strength is at a disadvantage. Before the game, Guo Xu was ready to brush up the data. The Wizards are a team with strong offense and weak defense, and may play super data.

Guo Xu is not willing to have no desires when he plays a winning streak. He occasionally wants to break out and leave a deeper impression on the fans. Wall is a good counterattack, and it feels more enjoyable to beat All-Star players.

As long as Wall is not injured in the Eastern Conference, he can be selected as the All-Star every year. This season, he averaged 36.5 minutes per game, scored 23 points, 4.2 rebounds and 10.7 assists, shooting percentage of 45.1%, three-point shooting percentage of 32.7%, and free throw shooting percentage of 80%.

Wall has scored his personal peak data, and many media expressed their optimism about him, believing that he has super physical fitness and is one of the most suitable point guards in the league to defend Guo Xu, and is expected to end the Lakers' winning streak.

The media's original intention was to praise Wall, and Wall felt a little panicked. Because the players who were promoted like this before last season against the Lakers usually died very ugly, Guo Xu liked to beat up people who could fight him the most.

Guo Xu is free in the basketball world. Will his attack on the stars destroy the league's star-making plan? Will it affect the league's ratings after retiring for the second time? This is not a question he needs to consider. He can flash people if he doesn't want to play any day. What will he become in the NBA in the future depends on Xiao Hua's skills.

Guo Xu never regards Wall as a strong enemy. In fact, it can be seen in many aspects that Wall is not good, it is just a data brush.

Wall is not good at leading the team to win, and this is his seventh season in the league. He has not touched the floor of the Eastern Conference Finals. US Basketball Association Chairman Jerry Colangelo also looks down on Wall, so he only lets him be a sparring team, and has never been selected into the Dream Team's 12-man roster.

Wall, who missed the Rio Olympics last year, said in an interview: "This is a bit difficult, but my career has been ignored by the outside world, and I am used to it. I just need more motivation to stimulate me to move forward. Being selected for the American basketball training team this year is an opportunity, but my main goal and focus will be on the Wizards."

Colangelo's explanation is: "We want to choose players that are most suitable for the American men's basketball system, rather than selecting star players. This is our criteria for selecting players."

This sentence can be translated into a translation that Wall will affect the Dream Team's system. The fact that many assists do not mean that he is very team-based.

Lakers starters: Guo Xu, Booker, Durant, Horford, Adams.

Wizards starter: Wall, Bradley Bill, Kentavios Cadwell Pope, Love, Nurkic.

Adams jumped and the game began.

Booker received the ball and passed it to Guo Xu. The three of them quickly opened from the outside. Guo Xu and Adams played pick-and-roll in the middle. The Lakers immediately created an opportunity with a simple cooperation. Guo Xu and Nurkic, the former teammate, were too familiar with him.

Nurkic also knew how strong Guo Xu was. Last season he was a witness of 50+ per game. He did not change defense in the interior, and Guo Xu threw 10 three-pointers in one game without any pressure.

The center switched the defense, Guo Xu changed direction and broke through, and relied on two steps to get rid of the basket. Love made up for defense, Guo Xu jumped into the middle and passed the ball behind the ball to the left bull horn position. Horford made a free mid-range shot and hit a steadily. 2 to 0.

The Wizards attacked, Guo Xu let Wall go two meters away and let him go at the beginning. Wall averaged 1.1 three-pointers per game, basically shooting at an open position. Everyone knows that his breakthrough threat is even greater.

Wall aimed and chose to take the middle lane, and the ball made 2-3.

Guo Xu dribbled the ball through the half, Wall defended alone. It was not that Wall was confident that he would limit Guo Xu alone, but that this season, the teams crossed Guo Xu's sidelines to make an appointment to lose, and he passed the ball with the opportunity and finished it.

Booker's role is relatively single. He runs directly to the left bottom corner to stand firm. If his teammates don't slip through the bottom line, he will usually not move. As long as the Lakers big man doesn't come out to cover Guo Xu, he will have to quit Durant if he wants to double-team the outside.

Seeing that no one came up to double-team, Guo Xu took him to the three-point line to play pick-and-roll with Adams.

Adams played for three years in the Wizards and was very skilled in helping Wall block people. Wall was more skilled in blocking Wall. He often fought in groups during training in the team. His screening time was just right. Wall was a heavy point guard with a height of 193cm and a weight of 95 kilograms. Once blocked, he could not quickly get around the pursuit.

Wall tested the speed of 100 meters, and the fastest reaching 10 seconds 3 is the top level in the league. But he is still a little slower than Guo Xu, because he is tall and sensitive.

Guo Xu broke through to the right and got rid of Wall again, leading it to 45 degrees to attract Nurkic and Wall to double-team, and passed the ball to the middle between the gaps. Adams cut the ball with an aerial cut and scored and spiked the ball with one hand. 4-3.

The Wizards attacked, Guo Xu continued to let Wall go two meters away. It didn't matter if the opponent threw in, he just wasn't careful and was so confident.

Wall was also confident for a while and chose to make three-pointers in a row, but unfortunately the ball missed the basket this time, and the rebound was snatched by Adams and held it in his arms.

In the Lakers' positional battle, Guo Xu and Adams played pick-and-roll and then drove a step to the left to pass the ball. Horford just gave Booker an unball cover and then cut into the inside by himself.

Love hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to switch to Booker or his own, but was removed by Horford's simple back-run. Guo Xu reacted quickly and passed the ball. Horford took the ball and jumped up with one-handed dunk.

6 to 3. Guo Xu made the third assist.

Wall and Nurkic played pick-and-roll, Adams kept a distance from defending the break, but Guo Xu bypassed the cover to form a double-team. Wall passed the ball to Nurkic, and Adams moved sideways to resist.

Nurkic leaned back and couldn't squeeze. The two were about the same body, and Adams looked stronger. He passed the ball to Bill, who played pick-and-roll with Love, and Horford switched defense to block the breakthrough route.

Bill passed the ball, Booker switched to defense and kept a step and more than one distance in front of him. This was a dislocation, but Love's height advantage was not obvious, and he didn't have the speed to break through. He was almost used up in 24 seconds. After exploring, he jumped to Booker for a three-point jump, and missed under interference.

Horford grabbed the rebound and passed it to Guo Xu from close range. Wall retreated quickly and did not step forward to disturb Guo Xu. He could easily dribble and pass the ball.

Guo Xu saw Booker at a glance and passed it to the frontcourt with one hand. Booker got the opportunity to misalign and ran away from Love.

His pass was very powerful, and he hit the center of the rebound and rebounded, just bounced towards Booker. Booker jumped up and took the rebound ball and rushed into the basketball. Love followed behind and had no choice.

8-3, Guo Xu had the fourth assist.

The fans were shocked and could not believe that Guo Xu could give such an assist, and then screamed and applause thunderously.

Barkley said excitedly: "He saw that he was passing the ball consciously and threw it at the rebound, which is likely to be the best goal today."

Kenny Smith said: "With his magical passing ability, I think Jason can dominate the league after he is 40."

Barkley said: "I guess his physical fitness will be better than Nash after he is 40, and his data will not be bad. But he shouldn't play until he is 40, and he will retire if he gets tired of playing."
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