Chapter 374 [Target double king, two advantages]
On October 28, the NBA's first opening match was played in San Antonio, with the Suns vs. Spurs.
This is a battle between opponents last season and the focus of this round carefully arranged by the league.
Last year, the two teams played very fiercely, attracting the attention of a large number of fans. Guo Xu is the star with the highest exposure in the NBA in the summer, and everyone wants to see how he can perform this year.
ESPN live broadcast across the United States, and China CCTV5 also broadcasts the game live. Zhang Heli introduced as soon as he came up: "Today is a good opportunity for Guo Xu to play beautiful data. Anthony Carter is average in strength and is a role player."
Xu Jicheng said: "Even if the point guard is missing, the Spurs are not weak. How to defend Duncan is a difficult problem that the Suns have to solve today."
How important is data to stars? Not only fans, but also commentators like to watch stars play super data.
Guo Xu likes data as soon as he enters the league. He gives gifts to his teammates before the start of the regular season, which won everyone's favor. Needless to say, his teammates also know that when they receive his pass, they try to take action directly and add assists to him.
This year, Guo Xu's goal is to play a super double-double, and compete for the scoring and assisting kings at the same time. As long as he does, there will be no suspense in the regular season MVP for the rest of the year.
He has the confidence to do it because he has two advantages.
First, the Suns have the fastest offensive rhythm in the league, and are easy to create single-handed opportunities and assist data. They run like the future Thunder team. Westbrook averages triple-double per game. Can he not score 30+10 per game after hard work?
Second, he remembers that all the data kings in this season in his previous life were not very outstanding. McGrady averaged 28 points per game and became the scoring king. He can't remember the specific data of the assist king, and he must have not been in double digits.
Before the game started, the Spurs held a championship ring awarding ceremony. "Admiral" David Robinson came to watch the game and received his own ring. The audience gave him warm applause.
Robinson has a legendary career, with a peak season data of nearly 30+10+5+3, helping the Spurs win the championship twice. In 1987, he was selected by the Spurs as the No. 1 pick and played for the team until he retired. In order to commend his outstanding contribution, the boss gave him some shares of the Spurs as rewards.
When the Suns players appeared, Spurs fans booed Guo Xu because he predicted that his competitors this season in an interview and did not take the Spurs seriously, which made Spurs fans very unhappy.
Guo Xu also reached the worst time after entering the league. He was used to big scenes and was booed by others. He was very relaxed and made six three-pointers in a row with warm-up, which made a hot touch.
During the preseason, Guo Xu kept playing and played more with the new players according to the coach's arrangements. He can let go of the ballot today.
The players appeared and the Suns adjusted their lineup surprised many people.
Five Suns: Guo Xu, Lagabel, Marion, Stardameier, Diop.
Five Spurs: Anthony Carter, Ginobili, Bruce Bowen, Duncan, and Nestrovic.
Zhang Heli said in confusion: "The Suns actually sent a blue-collar center at the beginning. I didn't hear any player was injured before the game."
Xu Jicheng analyzed: "I think the team's defeat last season made the coaching staff understand that the opponent cannot be defeated by attacking. Diop must have come up to strengthen the defense."
Diop jumped to Nestrovic and the game began.
Guo Xu received the ball and dribbled outside the three-point line and waited for his teammates to pull away. Diop went to the low post on the left to stand to attract defense. Bale went to the bottom corner on the right, and Marion was 70 degrees on the left, and they were all pulled away.
Guo Xu and Xiao Si played pick-and-roll and broke through the right side in the middle. The Spurs used a man-to-man tactic, and the right side was a weak side. No one could double-team Guo Xu on the wing. Duncan hurriedly changed defense, and Guo Xu passed the ball to the middle. Carter chased the defense from behind, and Guo Xu attracted the attention of the two.
Sir Xiao received the ball easily at the high position, and Duncan turned around and could only reach out and interfered slightly, and the ball entered. 2 to 0.
Sir Si made an ordinary jump shot, but the Suns fans in front of the TV were very excited. This goal was not as beautiful as a dunk, but it represented Sir Si's progress. If he could have a stable mid-range shot last season, the Suns might have eliminated the Spurs.
D'Antoni cheered up Sir twice on the sidelines, and was very satisfied with the disciple's performance.
The Spurs attacked, and Carter and Duncan played pick-and-roll without much power. He was not fast and was easily bypassed by Guo Xu to follow him.
Guo Xu is experienced. When dealing with such players who lack range, you just need to defend and make breakthroughs and keep a distance. This is the type that all defenders like to defend.
Carter passed the ball, Duncan supported him in the middle, and Ginobili took the ball and shot with the cover from the side, and missed under the interference of Bale.
The Suns are also a man-to-people. Bale's pursuit speed is better than Joe Johnson. Diop grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed it to Guo Xu.
Guo Xu made a single fast attack, and a dribble from behind changed direction and passed Carter by speed, making a layup from the left. 4 to 0.
The Spurs attacked, and the Suns formed a contraction. Duncan received the ball from the right and played singles on the back, but he pushed it twice without squeezing Diop. The Suns had no defense, and Duncan couldn't make any moves after turning around. He passed the ball to find his teammates, and then pulled it out.
After several passes, Bowen made a jump shot from the bottom corner on the left.
When a big man is moving near the penalty area, the bottom line is prone to misalignment opportunities. Unfortunately, Bowen is not good at holding the ball and can only catch the ball and shoot. He doesn't make many shots in each game, so Xiao Si's slight interference has an effect.
Marion protected the backcourt rebound, and the Suns position battle. Guo Xu played pick-and-roll with Xiao Si again. The ball passed the ball in the middle. Xiao Si faked it against Carter and missed the basket again.
Duncan grabbed the rebound, and Carter was pressed by Guo Xu when he dribbled the ball through the half. He moved the ball horizontally and returned to his own half. There would be no particularly obvious home whistle in the opening game, because this game was very eye-catching.
In the Suns' attack, Guo Xu played pick-and-roll with Xiao Si for the third time. Duncan thought he would break through and pass the ball, and the position distance was relatively long. As a result, Guo Xu moved one step horizontally to take the right foot and retreated, and made a 70-degree jump shot on the right.
Carter, nicknamed "Stupid Bird", is of average talent and does not chase fast enough. His height of 185cm has no advantage against Guo Xu. He jumped from the side late and didn't cover it.
Guo Xu knew that Carter could not block, so he was not panicked at all. His shooting rhythm was perfect and the ball was hollow into the net.
7 to 0, the 5th point in the individual.
When the Spurs attacked, Carter made another mistake. He wanted to pass the ball to Ginobili, who was cutting the baseline at a blank. He saw the opportunity but the pass was a little stronger. Ginobili failed to catch it with one hand and hit the baseline.
**Vicci shook his head on the sidelines. Although he often scolded Tony Parker in the past two years, it was for the good of the players. He hoped that Parker could play a greater role. An old point guard like Carter is too lazy to scold, and it is useless to scold him no matter how he scolds him. It is the life of a substitute.
When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu continued to play pick-and-roll with the ball, attracting Duncan to pass the ball to the middle, Sir Xiao cut the belt and jumped up, facing the retreating Nestrovic forcibly missed, and Diop grabbed the frontcourt rebound.
Diop is a weird guy. He felt that he was too far from the basket when he stepped on the left penalty area line, so he chose to split the ball out of the periphery and run to Guo Xu on the left. In fact, he only needed to drive one step to get into the basket and dunked it, and he didn't dare to move a single step.
Guo Xu took a 50-degree catch scout step. Carter stepped forward to try to fit in. Guo Xu took a big step with his right foot, dribbling and passed Carter one step, and the bottom line was in a hurry to stop and pitched in.
Chapter completed!