Chapter 619 [Substitution mistakes, soaring performances]
David Li Laren made a foul and entered the dead ball, and Guo Xu appeared in the fourth minute because the substitute players couldn't control the rhythm well.
Blake plays steadily, has a stable three-pointer, and is also very hard-working in defense. But his shortcomings are obvious and cannot drive the entire team.
After joining the Suns, Blake was trained to be a point guard like Fisher, who passed the ball after halftime, rarely broke through with the ball, and looked for opportunities outside the three-point line to catch the ball and shoot three-pointers.
Once the team's second scorer, Josh Howard, feels bad and needs others to come forward to score, the Suns will be in a bad situation. David Lee and Ariza have to practice, which is far from the peak.
Therefore, no matter how many balls Guo Xu pitches, no one will find it unreasonable. If he is a pseudo-fan, he will not know the remaining people in the Suns at all.
Guo Xu performed as soon as he appeared, and relied on David Lee to catch the ball. He forced a breakthrough in the face of double teams and almost hit Thomas. He pulled the ball up, turned around and passed by, and threw a handball from the middle to make a throw-in. 39 to 41.
This kind of flying throwing is very difficult, but as long as you take a quick action, the opponent cannot block it at all, and the inside line doesn't have time to make up for defense.
Before the cycle, Guo Xu rarely played like this. Now he has made throwing and throwing into a conventional weapon, because this move is easy to avoid double-teams and blocking. His moves are not very standard, so he throws them if he has room.
The characteristic of this style of play is that whether there are people who defend the shooting rate is similar, which is just a gambling feel. The opponent can only pray that he will not make a shot. Guo Xu knows that this is much lower than shooting and shooting with the ball, but he is confident that he will be more accurate than Iverson and Kobe.
During the cycle, Guo Xu's throwing and shooting percentage is stable at more than 40%.
If someone thinks he is strong, it is because he was too accurate before. Like Alan Houston, Hamilton's shooting percentage of 45% of two-point shooting percentage can be called the "central shot king" and Kobe can tour 45% of his shooting percentage. What are his concerns?
Guo Xu and Laga Bale returned to the court, and the Suns' fast break ability became stronger, and the Knicks still played fast break. Salem made a breakthrough layup missed by Bale's interference, and David Lee grabbed the rebound.
David Lee is not just a colander when playing. His ability to control rebounds is now stronger than Stadameier and Nene. He also has a good vision and can quickly find his teammates and launch a counterattack with a pass.
Blake received the ball and passed it to Guo Xu. Guo Xu took it to the frontcourt. Before the double-team came up, he shot three-pointer against Spider on the left, and the ball bounced out of the box.
The offense was not over yet, and the Suns players' physical fitness advantages were taken out. Ariza snatched the frontcourt rebound and immediately split it out again. The Knicks' three defenders returned to defense quickly enough to protect the rebounds.
Guo Xu ran to the left corner to receive the ball and swung the ball, shaking Stardy away, and made a 45-degree jump shot and three-pointer. The other two defenders were drawn away and failed to make up for defense.
42 to 41, Guo Xu scored 35th.
The Knicks attacked, and Stardy played the pick-and-roll and forced a breakthrough to pass David Lee. When he made a layup on the left, Guo Xu caught up with the nail-board hat from behind, and the ball bounced back to David Lee's hand.
As soon as he landed, Guo Xu immediately turned around to participate in the fast attack. Blake dribbled the ball and passed it to him after halftime. Stardy just made a layup and rushed out of the baseline, and returned to defense slowly.
Blake, Ariza and Haslem followed and quickly went down. Guo Xu made a rush from outside the three-point line in the middle, hitting Salim's three-pointer. 45 to 41.
Salim, who is 185cm tall, is just a rookie in the second round, and cannot see the situation clearly. He retreated a little further, afraid that Guo Xu would pass by, and he would form 4-for-2 in the frontcourt, but he forgot how much Guo Xu likes to shoot three-pointers.
Official timeout, Zhang Heli sighed: "Guo Xu made his 8th three-pointer in this game, scored 38 points, and he didn't finish the first half."
Xu Jicheng said: "It's just half way through the second quarter, and he may win 50+ in half."
Zhang Heli said: "His scoring ability is really comparable to Michael Jordan. If he didn't take into account the organization, he would have won a lot of scoring champions."
After the timeout, Coach Thomas made a wrong adjustment, replaced Curt Thomas and replaced Curry.
If Larry Brown is the Knicks coach, it is not easy for Guo Xu to score high scores, because Brown will try every means to strengthen the defense, even if his subordinates are a group of people who cannot defend.
Brown looked down on people like Curry. In the season he coached, Curry averaged only 25.9 minutes per game, which was due to a serious shortage of people in the interior. At that time, Curt Thomas went to the Suns, and David Lee was a rookie Brown hated very much.
Assassin Thomas is a coach who advocates offense. After becoming the Knicks coach, Curry's playing time increased to a career-high 35.2 minutes, scoring a peak data of 19.5 points and 7 rebounds.
Thomas knew Curry had flaws in his defensive end, but he wanted him to play more and use his offensive ability to help the team win. More importantly, he wanted to prove that his deal with the Bulls was right, at least he did not lose too much.
The Suns replaced Valaijo and David Lee to form a double tower to create opportunities for Guo Xu. The two are more suitable for cover. Haslem has better defense but her figure cannot stop people.
The Knicks attacked, and Thomas arranged the tactics to play pick-and-roll on David Lee's side, Fry and Curry cover it, and then cut the empty shot to attack the basket, or they let the defender break through in a misaligned manner, pull the stand and wait for the mid-range shot.
David Lee missed someone again when he was in a pick-and-roll. His awareness of changing defense was too bad, so he followed the big man and had no idea about defending the defender. Marbury easily made a layup. 45 to 43.
When the Suns attacked, the two inside players began to provide double cover for Guo Xu. Guo Xu first ran from the right bottom corner to the left, and then ran to the middle. His teammates closed the door and blocked the chasing Stardy and Green.
Double-teaming without the ball is a technical job. The Knicks have many new players this season, and they don’t cooperate well. Guo Xu did not waste any chance to catch the ball in the middle, and took a step forward from the three-point line, turned around and jumped into a three-pointer, and made a three-pointer, and completed it in one go.
48 to 43, the individual score is 41.
Many home fans gave Guo Xu an applause. His performance of scoring was too crazy, with the ninth three-pointer.
Stardy and Curry played pick-and-roll in the middle, misplaced David Lee easily scored a layup. 48 to 45.
This loophole can be compensated by just going to Haslem. D'Antoni will not replace people, just to help Guo Xu get better data.
Guo Xu successfully received the ball with double cover. Marbury let go of Payton on the side to block. Guo Xu reacted quickly, and then turned to the other side after taking the ball and then turned to the other side. He held the ball and broke through the weak side on the right. Green let go of the bottom corner and Bale and Spideri formed double-team again.
Guo Xu passed the ball, Bale made a easy move and made a three-pointer.
51 to 43, Guo Xu had the second assist. This would make the Knicks very uncomfortable, but Guo Xu was also uncomfortable.
The Suns' defense has loopholes, and four people retracted and blocked the penalty area. Spedy broke through after pick-and-roll and was also double-teamed, passing the ball to Fry, who missed the open mid-range shot from the basket.
David Lee grabbed the rebound and passed the ball, and Guo Xu got a chance to counterattack and beat Marbury one-on-one.
Guo Xu did not slow down and lowered the center of gravity and pulled the ball to the near penalty area. He took a European step and took a step to the right first. At the same time, he turned the ball to the left behind his right hand and took another step to the left.
Marbury did not gamble and steal and followed the side to defend. The two of them were at a disadvantage in their physical confrontation with Marbury. Guo Xu jumped up against him and made a layup with his left hand.
When Marbury saw that he couldn't jump up, he chose to foul. As a result, the referee blew a whistle, and Guo Xu still threw the ball out and hit the board and fell into the basket.
Guo Xu also hit the penalty, 54 to 43.
Chapter completed!