Chapter 633 [Incarnation of a tumor, swears 40+]
The Suns' next away game is against the Spurs, with a 95-107 win streak ending.
Guo Xu played for 38 minutes, scored 33 points and 10 assists, leading the team to score in double digits but couldn't get a win.
The turning point of the game was the final quarter. At the beginning, the Suns were still ahead of 3 points. D'Antoni replaced Guo Xu for 3 minutes and was beaten 11-2 by the Spurs. He failed to catch up with Guo Xu after replacing him.
The Spurs are worthy of being a veteran defensive force. They are very targeted and successful in defending Guo Xu. They would rather let others take empty positions than let Guo Xu shoot comfortably, and there are always people in front of them.
Tony Parker did a good job when defending without the ball. He was very fast and was one of the few people in the league who would not be thrown away by Guo Xu at speed. He can also play a role on the offensive end, not only fast, but also pick-and-roll and organize offenses.
In his fifth season of his career, Parker's personal ability reached its peak. His ball protection is like Henry, and Guo Xu is not easy to defend.
This season, the Spurs' overall strength has reached its peak in nearly 10 years. The "GDP combination" is the core, and everyone else can do their own responsibilities and can also play a role.
The team Bruce Bowen is a defensive expert and a famous 3D player. Only Nestrovic's performance is disappointing and his offense and defense is terrible.
The Spurs' substitute is led by Michael Finley and Brent Barry, as well as excellent blue-collar center Nazel Mohamed, veteran "crazy" Van Exel, Robert Horry and others. The first round rookie Benno Yudri in 2004, Argentina national team power forward, and Fabricho Oberto, who was not drafted to the NBA, is the marginalist.
The Spurs have always implemented the economic team building strategy of superstars and role players, coupled with Popovich's magical command, excellent team culture, and a united atmosphere. All of this makes them a strong team that no one in the league dares to underestimate.
After this game, the two teams had a uniform record, both winning and losing 7, but the Spurs lineup was obviously much stronger than the Suns, so the black pots still couldn't catch Guo Xu's handle. The black pot could only say that his score began to decline, and he could not get high scores when playing against a strong team, and 101 points was a win.
This is nonsense. If Guo Xu can play 70+ on a defensive team, then he averages 50+ per game in a single season, and 60+ guaranteed. If Chamberlain plays the Celtics every day, he can average 40 points per game?
It is inevitable that he will decline, which is why Guo Xu chose to fight hard in the first game of the cycle. Even if he is a person like him who has been tempered for about 40 minutes in each game, it is a double test of his spirit and physical strength. Moreover, he also performed a long-distance flight to participate in the premiere of the movie.
"Happy Death Day" became popular and became the only star in November. It had no competitors. It won a box office of 38.42 million US dollars in North America in the first week. The original movie had a global box office of over 100 million without publicity. Now Guo Xu is the best promotion. Although it was 10 years earlier, it still achieved better results.
Megan Fox also successfully became a Hollywood star, and many of her expressions of making noise in the time loop have spread online.
Since it is a holiday season, and if the release time is extended to Christmas, the global box office is expected to exceed 150 million. Meghan is going to become popular this time, and she broke the Disney "Mean Girl" group in 2004.
After two days of rest at home, the Suns lost to the Grizzlies 93-115.
Guo Xu scored 38 points and 6 assists, with a shooting percentage of generally only 43.7%. The Grizzlies also closely double-teamed him.
This year, the old coach Hubby Brown chose to retire at the age of 72. The management has straightened Lionel Hollins. The Grizzlies' style of playing is still the same as last season and retains the core lineup.
After studying Guo Xu's two high-scoring games, each team had a way to deal with it. He sent two fast people to keep entangled and made it difficult for him to catch the ball. After receiving the ball, he immediately joined the double-team to force him to pass the ball, and never gave him a chance to shoot easily.
The Grizzlies' lineup has changed a bit. After sending off "White Chocolate" Jason Williams, the number one position is two small men. Chucky Atkins, who is 180cm tall, and Nate Robinson is the substitute. They are both very fast and can shoot three-pointers.
The Grizzlies' team building idea is very correct. Two inside players who can shoot and attack from low posts are Randolph, Gasol is the axis, and all players who can shoot three-pointers on the outside are good at pick-and-roll breakthroughs.
David Lee was simply unable to play in this game. He was caught in the weakness and attacked hard as soon as he appeared. Apart from David Lee, only Kukoc and Josh Powell were left in the Suns' inside rotation, and he could shoot at the offensive end, and his defense was also bad.
Valaijo does not have a suitable center substitute. As long as he rests, the Suns' penalty area defense will have problems, and this is exactly the Grizzlies' strength.
The Suns chose to double-team the two bears by shrinking into the penalty area, and then split Mike Miller, Mike Dunleavy, Eddie Jones, Atkins and others were able to catch the ball and shoot three-pointers, with a high shooting percentage.
The Grizzlies lineup will restrain the Suns. If the two teams encounter each other in the playoffs, the Suns will not be able to advance. The Grizzlies' weakness is that the pace of offense and defense conversion is not fast enough, and they should mainly push the position. If the Suns want to win, they have to work hard on running, bombardment and counterattack.
In this game, Guo Xu turned into a cancer for high scores, and there were not many passes. Once the running and shooting starts, his teammates will easily get a chance to score easily. When he scored three-pointers, he was in a situation where there was interference. Naturally, it was better to break through and attract double teams and pass the ball.
In the past, Guo Xu would choose to pass the ball, but now he chooses to shoot the ball, and he also needs to shoot the ball, just pretending that his teammates can't make the shot. The reason is very simple, he doesn't want to let the average score fall quickly from a high point.
After the game, many people analyzed the reason why Guo Xu played like this. Experts believe that he is trying to average 40 points per game in a single season, not simply to compete for the scoring champion. Because of those super high scores, he currently averages 47.7 points after two consecutive games after less than 40 points.
The season has just begun, and Guo Xu's data will definitely drop in the later stages. No one thinks he can break Chamberlain's record of 50 points per game, but it is amazing enough to maintain an average of more than 40 points per game in the end. No one has done this since 1963.
In NBA history, there are only 4 players who averaged 35+ per game in a single season, including Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Rick Barry and Jordan. Chamberlain has averaged 35+ per game in five seasons, and this record will definitely be no one to come.
What's scary is that Guo Xu's current shooting percentage is still 50%, and he has a lot of assists. Jordan's peak of 37.1 points seems to be able to surpass it easily, and he uses fewer shots.
Jordan averaged 27.8 shots per game in the most unique season, just as many as Kobe scored 35.4 points. According to Guo Xu's scoring efficiency, the number of shots with this is definitely 40+.
Guo Xu did plan and vowed to score more than 40 points, and he could surpass Jordan with an average of 38 points per game, but the numbers were not nice and it was not that impressive.
How difficult is it to just average two points per game? The meaning of getting it is completely different, and the value is higher than that of Chamberlain.
There will definitely be young psychiatrists who will say that Chamberlain is greater, as if they had watched Chamberlain play in the 1960s, but Guo Xu believes that it must be a very small number, and his popularity will not be even higher than Jordan's peak time difference, or even higher.
He had to seize the opportunity. After his teammates recovered from injury, he would not have this store after passing through this village.
Next season, after Marion can play, he will still choose to pass the ball, otherwise the evaluations he gets will only be negative, and everyone can see that he is a cancer-like playing style.
In the next game, Guo Xu was ready to seize the opportunity and strive to score a super high score again and end his losing streak.
Chapter completed!