Since Jackson was suspended, the organizational tasks of the Warriors' entire team have fallen on Zhou Xuan alone, and his assists have shown a clear upward trend recently.

Zhou Xuan recorded 17 assists in the third quarter, and at the end of the fourth quarter, Watson came off the bench.

Relying on the blocking and dismantling attack, Calderon's assists also reached 10, but he could only be a foil compared with Zhou Xuan.

NBA players have a lot of assists, and in the European League, more than five assists are good guards, and there is a reason why it is difficult to have high assists on the international stage.

The NBA's stats manual defines "assist" as the act of helping the first player to touch the ball to score a direct score when the ball is in the live ball phase. It sounds simple, but it's not, the situation on the pitch is changing rapidly, and it's impossible to predict what happens and how many steps a team-mate takes from receiving the ball to the time he throws it.

This means that it is not possible to use a computer software or auxiliary machine to accurately count the number of assists, and the number of assists per player at the end of a game is completely "dependent" on who is counting them. Generally speaking, the statistician of the home team is responsible for counting all the players of the two teams, so the statistics of the team playing at home are better than playing away from home, back in the 90s, this was an "unspoken rule" of the league.

An NBA spokesman said that after each game, a special team reviews the game footage to determine if there are any major errors in the stats of those technical statistics. But in recent years, the number of assists has indeed risen significantly compared to the past, and Hall of Famer Oscar Robinson's 14-year career average of assists has been lower than Chris? Paul's average for the first three years of his career.

To find out exactly how much of a role NBA scorekeepers can play in stats, Deadspin interviewed Alex, a former veteran NBA scorekeeper. In his opinion, the two statistical items that have the most room for scorekeepers to play freely are assists and blocks.

"In the NBA, an assist is a pass that leads directly to a score, and that's a matter of opinion," Alex said. Generally speaking, the team's home scorekeeper takes special care of his star. Stockton is averaging nearly 15 assists per game. But if it weren't for his face, it wouldn't be so much. ”

In addition, there is also a situation where the scorekeeper is "born once and cooked twice". Alex said that when he counted Rahim, a rookie in 1996, he had such a situation: "In my first year, I didn't know him very well, I could only look at the back number, and sometimes I would count his data on other people's heads; After the second year, I made up for it with the intention of being at home and often having a loose standard for his stats. ”

The stats show that Raheem's rookie season was just seven more at home than on the road with 91, and by the following year, the difference had become 53.

Zhou Xuan is Chinese, and the skin color on the court is different from others, who will mistake him? This is also a big advantage of his invisibility. There were a few passes to the inside today, and Biedrins dribbled and turned to shoot, which also counted as assists, and of course, being able to pass the ball to the right place is also a reflection of his playmaking ability.

As soon as Zhou Xuan gets off the court, the Warriors' offense will become scattered, and his teammates have begun to rely on his organization. This is a problem that wasps and the sun also have, and it is not a good sign. Nash can still teach Dragic as an apprentice, but Zhou Xuan can't teach Watson, his method of calculating the opponent's intentions and teammates' running positions is not something that few people in the league can learn.

Smart sat beside Zhou Xuan and said lightly: "Zhou, your assist is about to break the record, continue to play like this in a while." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "It's not important to break the record, the important thing is to win." ”

"You did a good job today, especially to give the ball to the inside." Smart laughed.

"I'll do the same in the future."

On the surface, Zhou Xuan is not interested in breaking the record, but in fact, he is counting it. And he even calculated to help Biedrins brush the data, and on the defensive end, as long as he was blocked by the cover, he did not chase Calderon, but switched to the middle. The outside player is easy to break through in the face of Randolph, and he has more chances to block than Derings when he breaks in, and he does have a lot of blocks today, and he hasn't played so beautifully for a long time.

After playing for four minutes, Zhou Xuan returned to the court, and the difference between the two sides was still 10 points, and the Raptors had a chance to catch up, but when they saw Zhou Xuan come back. The Raptors players are a little discouraged, especially Calderon. He knew that he couldn't prevent Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan's playing style was flexible and changeable, and he still focused on passing. Calderon was either passed or misplaced after the block, even if Zhou Xuan didn't break through and drop the ball inside, he could only watch. Defensively, he felt like he was just a showman from start to finish.

On the offensive end, Calderón and Zhou Xuan play in a similar way, but Zhou Xuan breaks through better, and his passing awareness is also above him, and he knows very well how rare this is.

Zhou Xuan attacked in the back of the court, blocked and hung to Randolph, who leaned in the face of Calderon, stepped back and made a jumper, hollow into the net. Garnett once said that one of the most difficult tactics to defend in basketball is pick-and-roll.

That's right, the pick-and-roll tactic can be called an unbreakable tactic on the basketball court. And Zhou Xuan has already used this ultimate tactic very properly. As long as he has a teammate blocking him, he can easily pass the ball to the most suitable player to attack after getting rid of the defense. Randolph can squeeze out space with his body in a disposition, and make a stable mid-range shot, and the style of play between the two can be written into the textbook.

If Bosh didn't change his defense, following Randolph, Zhou Xuan rushed into the interior with the ball, attracted the defense and passed the ball, and Biedrins also had a chance.

At 6 minutes and 11 seconds, Zhou Xuan assisted Bidelins to score a two-handed smash.

5 minutes and 20 seconds, the Warriors broke fast, and Zhou Xuan assisted Watson to score a layup.

At 4 minutes and 06 seconds, Zhou Xuan was unguarded after blocking and dismantling, and hit a stop-and-go jump shot.

At 3 minutes and 43 seconds, the Warriors quickly counterattacked, and Zhou Xuan passed Azubuike to score a jumper.

At 3 minutes and 15 seconds, Zhou Xuan blocked and dismantled the ball in the middle and passed to Randolph for a jumper.

The Raptors struggled with O'Neal Jr. or Bagnani the entire game. When using Bagnani, the Warriors could easily score inside, but O'Neal Jr. still couldn't prevent it in the fourth quarter, and the Warriors played a wave of 8-0 to pull the score away.

With a 17-point lead, Zhou Xuan was substituted with three minutes left. The Warriors won the game 118-101.

In the fourth quarter, he had 2 points and 5 assists, and he had 11 points, 3 rebounds, 22 assists and 2 steals. Calderon's 16 points and 15 assists were also excellent, but he couldn't help the team win.

Zhou Xuan can pass Calderon to assist his teammates, but throughout the game, Calderon has been relying on cover to avoid Zhou Xuan, and has not broken through successfully, and his assists come more from sending cannonballs to Bosh and Bagnani.

When Stanley left the court, he loudly said his stats, and the fans cheered together. The home fans were back in the house today, and the crowd was feasted on a head-to-head battle that made history a treat.

That is, after Sessions hit the Bulls with 24 assists last season, Zhou Xuan also completed 20+ in his rookie season. And Sessions lost that game, which was more like brushing data, but Zhou Xuan helped the team win the game.

With the exception of Sessions, only a handful of active players in the league have ever had a more outstanding assist feast. On Feb. 8, 1996, in the Dallas Mavericks' 136-133 win over the Utah Jazz, Kidd had 25 assists in a single game. Jamal for the Pacers? Tinsley, who had 23 assists in a single game on November 22, 2001, Steve Bush. Nash and Andre? Miller's career-high assists in a single game were just 22. As for the league's two hottest point guards today, Chris? Paul and Delon? Williams, the highest number of assists in a single game so far in his career, is just 21.

Zhou Xuan has surpassed the two top point guards in terms of assists per game and consolidated his position on the assist list. It all came so fast, and the past few seasons have proven that the Warriors are a rookie paradise.

The Raptors are hell now. Twice out of the first round of the playoffs, and now they are reduced to the point that they can't even make the playoffs, and if there is no reinforcement, I really don't know if they can keep Bosh in the Dragon King Temple in 2010.

Biedrins also had an excellent performance this game, chipped in 16 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks. Randolph didn't shoot much, and he was not inefficient, with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

After the game, a group of reporters surrounded Zhou Xuan and asked him to talk about his feelings, and he praised the performance of his teammates, but he didn't say much.

Back in the locker room, his teammates also congratulated Zhou Xuan, and Biedlins especially thanked Zhou Xuan for passing him a lot of balls. He knows that the team is ready to trade, and before leaving, he also wants to help his old club get back useful people in return. If the person he changes is not good enough, he also feels quite shameless.

When Zhou Xuan attended the press conference, the reporter asked a question. "As we all know, Nash is a star who is very good at playing pick-and-roll and running and shooting, and you can compare to Nash in every aspect this year except scoring, do you think you are also a star now? Others say that your defense is also good, who do you think is better now you or Nash? ”

Zhou Xuan thought for a while and said: "I feel that I am already at the star level, and I am very confident in passing. So I hope the fans will vote for me, and I'm willing to give the fans a good game at the All-Star Game. As for who is stronger and who is weaker with Nash, I can't say. The two teams have different lineups, I have some very good teammates, Zach and Andries, they are both great interior players, they can grab rebounds, they can attract defense, they are especially good for blocking and pick-and-rolling, and my excellence is based on the good performance of my teammates. ”

Zhou Xuan's original intention was to keep a low profile and share the credit for winning the game with his teammates, not wanting to compare with Nash. Nash has two MVPs, what does he have? If you say that you are better than Nash, your character will be ruined.

He never dreamed that his words would still be used by reporters, and the "old man" would be unlucky.