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Chapter 624 [Love and Hate, New Record]

The phrase "defending home court" is often quoted by the media when reporting on sports games. The unspoken rule is that players must fight with all their might when playing at home, and they cannot lose at home.

Most of the time, this sentence is very morale, but sometimes it becomes an invisible shackle, leaving the home team in a dilemma, such as the Knicks today.

If this is on the road, it will be much easier. Knicks players can play at will and be taken away by the opponent in a wave and entered garbage time. They will lead too much, and Guo Xu must rest after the game, otherwise they will maliciously brush data.

It's not okay to completely give up resistance at home. After the game, the Knicks will have to make the media squirt to death and offend fans. Who would be willing to support a team without enterprising spirit? I'm afraid that those who go to home to watch the Knicks in the future will boo the Knicks.

During the suspension period, Assassin Thomas felt a dilemma and didn't know how to arrange the tactics.

He was very conflicted inside. On the one hand, he was very happy to see a small defender who was similar in size to him dominate the league and surpass Jordan; on the other hand, the Knicks played such a game, and he was likely to lose his job after the end of this season, and the job of the manager and the coach were lost together.

So, Thomas loves and hates Guo Xu, just as complicated as Robert Pattinson's feelings for "Twilight".

In the end, Thomas decided to stop Guo Xu from getting high scores and sent a small lineup.

He is not stupid, and he can see that the Suns deliberately let the score go even further. Otherwise, there will be obvious defensive loopholes. How could rookie David Lee play for so long? How could he play magical data with 2 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists?

In fact, Thomas underestimated David Lee, who is the key training target of the Suns coaching staff.

How hard does David Lee train in his daily life? How much pressure is he under? If he can't become a star, David Lee has to go home to inherit billions and live and wait for death. How boring it is, most people can't imagine it at all. This is his motivation to become stronger.

Five players from the Knicks played: Stardy, Marbury, Barnes, Marik Ross, and Cott Thomas.

This lineup has the strongest mobility. Marbury, who has already committed five fouls, should be careful to control the fouls and stay on the field to strengthen the team's offense. When Guo Xu received the ball, at least two people went up to double-team, and Marbury would not go up and was responsible for defending the organizers.

Thomas thought about it. This was a relatively safe arrangement of troops. It was better to protect the frame than the big man. If the Suns attacked the inside and entered garbage time, he would replace all the main players, and Guo Xu would not be able to play.

The small lineup has a much better effect on the outside, but unfortunately Thomas woke up too late. If he didn't let Curry play with rookie Freddo in the first three quarters, Guo Xu would not be able to have 30+ in two quarters. No matter how good the touch is, he would have to be five or sixty.

Guo Xu's record-breaking resulted in Curry's credit. He is different from a younger brother like Haslem. He is not playing counterfeit balls, but he really has no defensive ability.

The Suns sent Valaijo, David Lee, Ariza, and Payton to partner with Guo Xu. The tactics were still double covers on the inside. Payton organized to help Guo Xu create a mobile phone opportunity.

Payton played for a long time today. He spent the rest of the second quarter and Guo Xu's scoring efficiency decreased. Blake was not as good as a veteran in rhythm control. Today, Guo Xu was not the only one who wanted to hit his personal record. Payton has sent 15 assists and is almost breaking the record. His highest assists in a single game in his career are 18.

After the game started, Guo Xu lost his touch again and made five consecutive shots.

The Knicks' defense is too tight. Guo Xu was double-teamed as soon as he passed the half, and he could only shoot under strong interference. Such opportunities are not easy to get. When counterattacking, he dared not stop and make complicated fake moves. He was all rushing or forcing. He played too quickly and completed an attack in 5 to 7 seconds.

Knicks Marbury, Marik scored 6 points, narrowing the gap to single digits, 93 to 85.

Just when people watching the game thought Guo Xu had no energy and could no longer maintain scoring efficiency, Assassin Thomas helped a lot. He vaguely saw hope of winning and replaced Curry who had been resting for a while.

He wanted to reverse and wanted Curry to strengthen his offense.

D'Antoni replaced David Lee, replaced Haslem to strengthen his pick-and-roll defense, and he also replaced Howard with the second ball-holding offensive point to ensure the Suns won.

After Curry came on the court, he received the ball from the low post on the right side, and fought Valaijo alone and turned around and scored, narrowing the gap to only 6 points.

When returning to defense, Curry clenched his right fist and roared angrily, full of domineeringness, and the fans at the scene also gave him the applause.

However, the situation suddenly changed, and Guo Xu suddenly regained his shooting feeling, made three three-pointers in a row, setting a new single-game three-point record, and the gap between the two sides widened again to 15 points.

Guo Xu's style of play has not changed. He relied on double cover to catch the ball and scored two goals, and scored one of them in the counterattack. He dared to take action before, but he didn't make it. Stardy couldn't block his shot when counterattacking.

Regardless of whether the offensive choice is reasonable or not, he will predict that the opponent cannot cover the ball and throw it to the ball, which will give full play to the role of "elevator door cover" to the extreme.

D'Antoni thought of a way to help Guo Xu catch the ball quickly and fight back. When the inside player grabs the rebound, he directly dials the outside line, allowing Payton and Guo Xu to take the rebound and launch a fast attack immediately, saving the big man's time to pass the ball.

One of the double guards has a height advantage, and the other has amazing qualities, and the chance of taking rebounds against their respective opponents is very high.

Curry received the ball from a low post, turned around and hooked the ball at the basket, 102-89.

When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu's teammates covered the cover as soon as he passed half of the game. He sprinted at full speed and cut to the basket without the ball. He received a counter-loop from Payton and dunked the ball with both hands in the air.

In this round, the defender was blocked by double covers, Curry couldn't replace defense and let Guo Xu get clean, and the Suns played the Hawks' attack routine.

104 to 89, Guo Xu’s 90th score.

The Suns' wave of shocking the Knicks directly. Assassin Thomas woke up as if he was dreaming and quickly replaced Curry. He realized that Guo Xu was still very physically strong, how could a small guard with no energy receive a dunk at all times?

Guo Xu cannot be physically weak, and Kobe cannot compare to him in this ability alone.

Kobe is heavy and consumes more. In the final quarter, he relies more on perseverance and hard work to play. His speed and bounce will decrease.

Guo Xu played in a friendly match in the time loop for 40 minutes and was running and shooting all the time. He was used to this extreme style of play. His physical strength is likely to be the first in the NBA.

It was too late for the Knicks to replace Curry because Guo Xu regained the rhythm of his shooting and his style of play remained unchanged. He found cover to catch the ball and shoot and breakthrough in the positional battle, and scored three-pointers in the counterattack.

In the next 4 minutes, he made 3 of 6 three-pointers and used fake moves to shake Marbury, made fouls and made 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 101 points with free throws, breaking Chamberlain's record.

Marbury's last offender pressed Guo Xu down fiercely. After graduating from the sixth offender, the others' defense was not very good.

At the best, they are unwilling to send Guo Xu free throws, which is equivalent to giving away points; at the worst, they are too bloodless.

Guo Xu broke the record with one minute left, and the Suns led by 20 points to secure the victory, but he was still not satisfied with trying to score more points, so he shot two more times and missed the basket, which only reduced the shooting percentage.

In the final game, Guo Xu played 44 minutes in total, made 33 of 58 shots, 19 of 35 three-pointers, and 16 of 17 free throws, scoring 101 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals and 1 block.

Not only did he break the scoring record that has been covered for many years, he also set a terrifying single-game three-point record, which undoubtedly will become two extremely difficult records in NBA history.
Chapter completed!
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