Chapter 169 [A true iron man who can be tempered by the sky, and he is a mediocre talent without being envied]

All five players on the Lakers team scored double-doubles, and the starting and bench lineups were able to attack and defend, and the big win was reasonable.

O'Neal chipped 20 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, and if it weren't for his poor performance on 2-of-11 from the free throw line, Guo Xu wouldn't have had a chance to play that long.

Kobe Bryant played for a short time and didn't shoot much, only 16 points and 5 assists.

The role players were also super efficient, with Fox shooting 5-of-8 from the field and 4-of-4 from three-point range to finish with 14 points and 6 rebounds; "Cobra" Horace Grant made 5-of-7 shooting and finished with 10 points and eight rebounds.

Coupled with Horry's two three-pointers, the Lakers hit a total of 14 three-pointers in this game, and the shooting rate was as high as 60%, and the Heat made a total of 3 of 16 three-point shots, less than a fraction of the opponent's, and the shooting rate was only 18.8%, which doomed the home team to a fiasco.

Most of the Heat's three-pointers were shot by Hardaway, who played 34 minutes, shooting 3-of-16, 1-of-9 three-pointers, and 2-of-4 free throws, finishing with nine points, three rebounds and seven assists.

With this garbage efficiency, it seems that Hardaway can consider retirement. In fact, this kind of play is a regular occurrence for "Bugs", who is one of the NBA's most inconsistent stars on the offensive end, shooting 43.1 percent from the field in the regular season and just 39.3 percent in 56 playoff games.

Back in the 1991-92 season, Hardaway set an unprecedented record in NBA history against the Timberwolves on December 27 - 0-of-17 shooting from the field!

Guo Xu was the only protagonist at the press conference, and the reporters forgot how many people looked for his shortcomings after the last game, and they were ready to praise him fiercely in the report today. There is no way, the 2000 high-ranking rookies are too uncompetitive, and if they don't praise Guo Xu, there will be no one to support.

Lakers teammates were interviewed, praising Guo Xu.

O'Neal said: "Jason is my favorite kind of guard, he keeps the team's outside three-point firepower, and when Glen Rice was traded in the summer, a lot of people looked down on us and thought we couldn't do without Glenn's three-point shot, and Jason made up for that with his arrival, and he was very good at breaking through and could take on more tasks, and we had a great time working together. ”

Kobe Bryant was full of praise. "We often practice together in the stadium and go heads-up. Jason is very strong, and he has earned my respect with his strength. Off the pitch, he's also a very reliable friend. ”

Jackson commented: "Jason's outstanding performance is the reason for his personality, only personality can make great players, coaches can't shape players' personalities. It's not like talent, Jason is confident, he brings personality to the game, he doesn't just shoot three-pointers, he shows the crowd his outlook on life. ”

Jackson paused for a moment, and then said: "The key to Guo Xu's success is persistence, he is a tireless player, he doesn't have a good height, but he knows how to play to his strengths, speed, technique, shooting. He has a special feel for the game, is able to organize a team and is not afraid to play with superstars. When a teammate can score, he can pass it, and that's what I need. ”

After playing with the 76ers, Jackson was worried that Guo Xu's mentality would be wrong, but after only two days, Guo Xu eased up and became stronger like a phoenix nirvana, and he had never been so satisfied with any rookie.

The reporter asked Guo Xu to talk about his feelings, and he thanked his teammates first. "My high score is related to my teammates, especially Kobe Bryant and O'Neal attracted the center of gravity of the defense, and the Heat's defensive experts went to defend them, and it was difficult to help me defend, so I got better shooting opportunities, brothers, thank you!"

The "OK combination" who came to the press conference was very comfortable to listen to, and Kobe and Guo Xu are now also in the "honeymoon period".

There are reporters who want to lead the war. "Did you shoot so many shots in this game because you faced Thiem and knew he was poor defensively?"

"No, it's because of the coach's arrangement, some of my ball control skills are imitations of Thiem, and the good play today is hand hot." Guo Xu hopes to defeat the veteran to prove himself, but he will not be sarcastic about the veteran, and stepping on it too much will be disgusting.

The reporter asked: "Are you excited to become the first guard since Iverson to score 40 points in his rookie season?" ”

Guo Xu thought for a while and smiled: "I'm very happy to get 42 points, but I'm not excited, because it's just a regular season, and it's not a big deal." I think the playoffs are the key, and the only one who has the last laugh is the winner. It's like Iverson scored 40 points to lead the 76ers to win against us last time, but that doesn't mean they can still win in the playoffs. ”

Guo Xu deliberately mentioned Iverson and the 76ers, which attracted everyone's attention.

The reporters all smelled the big news, and one asked: "Do you want to say that you are optimistic about the 76ers and the Lakers meeting in the Finals?" ”

Guo Xu nodded: "I hope so, I want to avenge the last game, we have finished the two games with the 76ers in the regular season, and I don't want to wait until the regular season next season to play against him, so the best situation is to see you in the finals." ”

The flashing lights in the venue flashed, and it was only in January that Guo Xu gave Iverson a "finals battle letter", no matter whether the two teams could meet in the end, it showed that he was extremely confident and a good publicity gimmick.

Guo Xu is indeed confident in dealing with Iverson, not because he blew up the aging Hardaway today, but because he is confident in the rules of leaving the time loop.

In the dream, he suppressed Iverson in the Lakers' championship game, and even if he didn't perform so well in the first few games, he would probably be able to fight for half a pound. If he can't get to the point of PK with Iverson, the cycle will not end.

Now that he's out of the loop, don't you even dare to say a few crazy words? As long as the media starts to pave the way for the two from now on, when it really comes to the finals, he will definitely be in the spotlight.

It's not like the NBA's prediction of "23vs24" in the NBA in the previous game, which fans have been looking forward to but there are always people who miss the game. As long as there is no butterfly effect, Guo Xu and Iverson will definitely face each other in the final.

Guo Xu also knows very well that as long as the media exposes what he said today, there will definitely be many people on the Internet who don't want to see him to jump out and spray wildly, just like after the last game.

Because of this, he has to write this battle letter, which is a good opportunity to promote himself.

If a group of people sprayed him from January to June, even if he was infamous on his back, everyone would know him because of it.

When the Lakers defeated the 76ers to win the championship, and Guo Xu performed very well, I wonder what the expressions of these blacksters will be? What will online fans say about him?

Guo Xu guessed that many people would become his fans, scold those trolls for him, and give him justice.

There was a strange phenomenon in Guo Xu's previous life, the worst star who was hacked on the Internet was often the most popular superstar.

For example, when Kobe Bryant was on a retirement tour in his last season, there were 6 billion Komi, but there were significantly more people who hacked him, at least 10 billion, which made the attention he received unparalleled.

And few people are black, and Spurs superstar Tim Duncan, who has won more personal honors than Kobe, did not have the treatment of retiring from the show and left the NBA quietly. To put it bluntly, in the vanity fair of the NBA, the lack of gimmicks for players is the original sin, and Duncan's popularity is far from worthy of his historical status.

It is a mediocre talent who can be tempered by the heavens and is not envied.