Chapter 159 [Correct Template, Stadium Commander]
The protagonists of the movies "Groundhog Day" and "Edge of Tomorrow" all return to the beginning of the cycle immediately after death, and Guo Xu also encountered this situation.
The scene of the car smashing down is still vivid, and the frightened Guo Xu's heart almost jumped out of his throat, but a burst of ecstasy followed. He has this ability, and he is a god-like existence in the time loop, so he doesn't have to be afraid of anything.
It's wonderful for someone with an adventurous spirit and a huge brain. He immediately had a lot of ideas, turned on the computer and looked up some information.
At noon, he deliberately went to the Chinese restaurant to eat again, calculated the time and walked on the other side of the road, wanting to see who killed him, and witnessed the whole process of the car accident.
A bear child ran across the street without looking at the car, and a slightly chubby young man heroically rushed over and pushed the child away, but he was hit by the car and flew away. In order to avoid the "flying man", it was a female driver who overturned the car, and she was wearing a seat belt with touching technology, but it was no big deal, but she couldn't get out of the overturned car, so she could only wait for someone to save her.
The only deceased in this accident was the hero who saved people, and he couldn't wait for the ambulance to come and ran out of gas.
Guo Xu silently wrote down this incident, preparing to wait for the time loop to end to prevent this tragedy from happening, with him, the hero's fate can be changed, as long as he stops the child one step earlier and doesn't let him jaywalk.
In the afternoon, Guo Xu took a small gift to visit the Lakers' retired celebrity, star point guard "Magic" Elvin Johnson.
If he is a person who likes to drill the horns, facing Kobe Bryant will really have a psychological shadow, fortunately he has a cheerful personality and is not so easy to deny himself, and when he has doubts, he will find a way to ask for help.
Although Johnson only played for the league and the Lakers for 13 seasons, he is still the No. 1 star in Lakers history, even when Kobe Bryant retired, he could only be ranked second.
THE 206CM TALL AND 98-KILOGRAM JOHNSON WAS DRAFTED BY THE LAKERS IN 1979 AS THE TOP PICK, AND WON A CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FOR THE LAKERS IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON, LEAVING A SHOCKING LEGEND.
In the finals, the Lakers met the 76ers led by "Dr. J" Irving. The Lakers led 3-2 in the first five games, but Abdul-Jabbar suffered a serious ankle injury. At this time, "Magic" took the initiative to change from point guard to center, and in the sixth game, he scored 42 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, leading the Lakers to win the championship.
Johnson won the Finals MVP for his outstanding performance, becoming the only player in NBA history to win the Finals MVP in his rookie season. He played in 16 playoff games, averaging 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 9.4 assists and 3.1 steals per game.
He went on to win four NBA championships for the Lakers in '82, '85, '87 and '88. His peak 86-87 season averaged 23.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 12.2 assists per game, if it weren't for the early retirement due to AIDS, the brilliant career of "Magic" would have continued, and the all-time assist leader may not be Stockton.
Guo Xu talked about his recent head-to-head with Kobe Bryant, and asked for advice on ways to become stronger.
Johnson smiled: "It's normal that you and Kobe Bryant can't win heads-up, if you want to be stronger, you should follow the path of Isaiah Thomas and assist more teammates, not compete with Kobe." The size difference is too much, how can you possibly guard against him? The Pistons couldn't have let Thomas defend Jordan back then. ”
Guo Xu patted his head, and suddenly had a feeling that he had been taken out of rhythm recently.
Because the condition for the time loop is that he suppresses Iverson in the finals, he always wants to beat his opponent by scoring, and strives to be the same as in his dream. In fact, he wants to play, not only one way to score.
Iverson is not an orthodox point guard, averaging only five assists per game for three consecutive seasons, and has averaged 4.5 assists per game this season, and is a point guard on the offensive end like Kobe.
Guo Xu has averaged less than five assists per game in the Lakers this season, and he almost forgot that he was a point guard and didn't have much time to keep the ball.
If he increases assists, actively cooperates with his teammates, and maintains a high shooting rate to play 20+10 data in the finals, he can also be regarded as suppressing Iverson, who has a low shooting rate of 30 points, but in a different way.
"Smiling Assassin" Thomas is 185CM tall and weighs 82 kg, which is similar to Guo Xu's figure, and his style of play can be imitated.
Thomas is currently the league's most successful small point guard, with 12 career All-Star selections and two All-Star MVPs. He led the Pistons to two championships, was named NBA Finals MVP in 1990, was named to the All-NBA First Team three times, was named to the Second Team twice, and was named to the Top 50 Superstars and Hall of Fame.
Thomas broke through sharply, his mid-range shot was acceptable, and there were basically no three-point points. He averaged 21.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 13.9 assists and 2.3 steals per game in his peak 1984-85 season and 19.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 1.9 steals throughout his career.
Johnson suggested that Guo Xu go back and study Thomas's game video more, and develop comprehensively, not only to have a certain ability to hold the ball alone, but also to cooperate with teammates, so as to become a real star.
How to improve the ability to assist, Johnson said vaguely, and there was no secret skill to teach Guo Xu.
This is not Johnson's private collection, but the point guards in the 80s had a lot of assists, which was directly related to the fast transition between offense and defense in the league at that time. At that time, the average score of the strong team could reach 115+ per game, and the defense was also single-defense. The 188-186 matchup between the Pistons and the Nuggets was a product of the fast pace and looked like an All-Star Game.
In the 90s, the pace of the NBA dropped significantly, a lot of quality interior players emerged, and the offensive axis of many teams began to change.
Up to now, the league advocates that defense wins championships, strong teams are all positional battles, and it is very difficult for point guards to get double-doubles, and Kidd averaged 10.1 assists per game last season to be the assist king.
Guo Xu feels that this trip is not in vain, it is very important for players to find a correct template, and if the positioning is not clear, it is easy to wander around for many years like Billups.
Thomas, as the most decorated small man star in NBA history, is not a vegetarian in physical fitness, and he once scored 25 points in a single quarter with an injury, which shows the horror of scoring ability.
After thinking about it, Guo Xu decided to practice his physical fitness first, not to train himself to be a superman, and not to go out of this time loop.
He is not obsessed with single-handing Kobe, Johnson is right, swing man is the most powerful single-handed, can attack and defend.
Center and point guard are positions with obvious advantages and disadvantages, no matter how good O'Neal is, he also needs his teammates to drop the ball for him in the low post, and it is impossible to attack with the ball on the periphery, and the point guard, as the shortest position on the court, will definitely suffer on the defensive end.
Just because they're flawed doesn't mean they're not important. Conversely, players in these two positions are the most likely to create misplaced scoring opportunities, i.e., simple scoring opportunities, which swing people don't have. A person with a height of about 2 meters plays blocking and dismantling, and the opponent will not have obvious misalignment as long as he changes his defense actively.
The point guard can't win Kobe Bryant single-handedly, it doesn't mean that he can't win Kobe Bryant with the team, what Guo Xu has to do is to try his best to give full play to his own advantages, drive the whole team's offense through the combination of sudden points and shots, and be the commander on the court.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Kobe Bryant won the scoring championship for two consecutive seasons, but was eliminated by Nash in poor physical condition in the first round of the playoffs. And Nash has won the regular season MVP for a row, and Kobe Bryant only has one regular season MVP in 2008.
If Guo Xu is obsessed with singles like Kobe, even if the data is beautiful, it may not be a good thing for the team, he understands.