On the 14th, the Suns challenged the Nets away.

This is the highlight of this round, ESPN broadcasts live across the United States, and when arranging the schedule, the Nets are the generally favored team in the East.

It turns out that the eyes of experts are always very unreliable, the Nets started with 3 wins and 3 losses, did not show the temperament of a strong team with half a point, and played overtime against the weak Bobcats to win.

The Nets trident Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson, and Vince Carter have strong offensive power, and Kostic is also a big man who can pull open the mid-range shot and has skills, but the Nets' defense is too poor, especially the interior defense.

The Nets have been short of a good center, otherwise they would not have signed Alonzo Mourning, who has a serious kidney problem. Jason Collins lacks height, Kostic has a poor matchup, and substitute Cleverd Robinson is 39 years old and is not far from retiring.

The Nets' overall defense on the perimeter has also deteriorated.

Carter's defense has been criticized, although he is not a black hole, but his defense is only mediocre, which is seriously inconsistent with his physical fitness. Many people believe that he could do better, but he is not focused enough.

Jefferson's defense is upper-midrange, but not an expert.

The biggest decline on the defensive end is Kidd, who has been selected to the All-Defensive Team several times, and he has excellent defensive awareness, and now he is also a good swing man, and he is not afraid of misplacement when it comes to pick-and-rolls. However, his speed has dropped a lot after minimally invasive surgery, and he can't keep up with the speed point guard last season, and he is easy to be framed.

Before the game, Kidd was interviewed and directly relented, admitting that he couldn't prevent Guo Xu. The reason why he said this was because the media blew him too hard, which was to roast him on the fire.

Kidd played in only 65 games last season and was named to the All-Defensive Second Team without making the playoffs, because the guard Larry Hughes was recognized as a parallel commodity, and many people on the Internet said that Kidd was the point guard who was most likely to limit Guo Xu.

Limit Mao, the person Kidd is most reluctant to align with Guo Xu, this is his nemesis.

When Guo Xu was still with the Lakers, the 2002 Finals against the Nets with a no-ball style of play could make Kidd's head bigger. AS A HEAVY DEFENDER WHO WEIGHS 193CM AND WEIGHS 93KG, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIDD'S WEAKNESS TO AVOID COVER AND CHASE DEFENSE QUICKLY ENOUGH.

He often changes guards against big men when he encounters blocking, can interfere with shooting, and can also delay the opponent's air cutting speed through close confrontation, but against Guo Xu, he can only be undelayed.

As for Kidd's All-Defensive Team selection last season, it's no surprise that he could still be selected this season and next. Because he has now begun to be called "Ji Bu Offensive", how can he mix up if he doesn't brag about defense? The league doesn't want the star to decline too quickly, and needs him to maintain his popularity and commercial value to attract fans.

After the start of the game, Guo Xu immediately brutally destroyed Kidd, and a heads-up was an opportunity, and there was no need to cover at all.

In the time loop, Guo Xu is completely familiar with Kidd's playing rhythm, no matter how good his defensive awareness is, he relies on his body to eat.

Guo Xu has two moves to hit Kidd, which is simple and effective.

He dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, Kidd broke through the defense, stepped back a little, and he stepped back to shoot a three-point jumper, Kidd's bounce speed was too late to block, so he could only step forward and interfere as much as possible.

If Kidd gets closer, then it's over, Guo Xu changes direction after dribbling under his crotch, and he can pass people in one step. Kidd's traverse speed couldn't keep up, and even if he predicted what he would do, it was useless, and he was always half a beat slower.

Not only is it difficult to prevent Guo Xu, but Kidd will also be deflated against Iverson and TJ Ford, which is one thing and one thing. Kidd is now doing better when he goes to defend star quarterbacks like Kobe Bryant and Ray Allen.

Guo Xu singled out Kidd and scored 13 points in a short time, hit three three-pointers, broke through to layups in two counterattacks, and also broke through the attraction package and assisted David Li to shoot a shot.

The Nets can only go to the bag when they see that they can't do it, Guo Xu likes to go to the weak side and pass, and Bell scored three three-pointers in a single quarter.

In the first quarter, the Suns led by 9 points 42-33, and Guo Xu scored 21 points and 4 assists.

Guo Xu not only is unstoppable in offense, but also excellent in single defense on the defensive end, and Kidd in his defense can't break through, shooting 0 of 2, not scoring a point in a single quarter, and sending 4 assists.

The overall offense of the Nets is not bad, the point difference has not widened, Carter has an advantage over Bell, Jefferson has an advantage over Payton, and the offensive firepower is guaranteed.

Kostic can't play Vallejo alone, he can pull out to cover the catch and shoot, and help the perimeter player to attack the basket.

The Nets' only offensive weakness in the starting line is Collins, who is a pseudo-starter who can be said to have no attacking power, and the offensive end can only attract defenders near the penalty area. He tried to grab the rebound ball in the front court, but he couldn't grab the defense, and he couldn't play well with the blocking and dismantling, and the effect of blocking people was average, and the periphery would be empty, cut into the restricted area to receive a pass, and any swing person could defend him.

The Suns coaching staff didn't care about defense, insisted on starting David Lee, and focused on development. Replaced Vallejo in the second half of the first quarter and sent on Haslem, and David Lee did not come off.

The Suns are ready to play like this throughout the regular season in order to help David Lee build confidence as soon as possible and help the team more on the offensive end in the playoffs. No matter how poor the defense is, D'Antoni is bullish on David Lee because he can attack like Smalls.

First there is Bole and then there are Maxima, Maxima often has, and Bole does not often have. D'Antoni is David Lee's Bole, in addition to being good at attacking with point guards as the core, he is also good at building a physical interior player into a "cake king" quickly.

David Lee's speed can participate in fast breaks, suitable for blocking and dismantling, can stand in the middle and shoot in the middle of the ball, and can also cut and attack the basket.

The price of spending time cultivating David Lee is that the defense is flawed, it is easy to be caught by the opponent and attacked, and the score difference cannot be easily opened, Guo Xu needs this.

The two benches were tied, with the Suns led by Howard and several others blue-collar; The Nets' bench is a similar problem, led by Jefferson, and the others are mediocre.

As soon as Guo Xu came back, it was Kidd's nightmare time again, he couldn't defend himself, and his teammates couldn't prevent it, so the bag was empty.

The Nets, on the other hand, did not attract a particularly good player. Jefferson mainly relies on breakthroughs and mid-range shots, and when Carter makes three-point shots on the perimeter, Bell, Ariza, and Howard can just entangle him, and if Carter also attacks with the ball, he and Jefferson will overlap again.

The Sun's ball is well distributed, Guo Xu is single-core, and the ball is handed over to him to deal with, and he has no chance to shoot and then divide the ball.

The Suns have always held the initiative, and Guo Xu is an individual scorer, attacking as fiercely as in the last game.

Guo Xu scored 20+ in the first and last quarters, leading the Suns to a 134-110 victory.

He played 42 minutes, made 24 of 42 shots, 10 of 23 three-pointers, 12 of 13 free throws, slashed 70 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, and almost won a terrifying 70+10.

Kidd had a quasi-triple-double with eight points, eight rebounds and 12 assists, shooting just 3-of-11, 1-of-4 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line.

This season, because of Guo Xu, the NBA Best Defensive Team is not so easy to select, and it is difficult for the league to find a point guard who has not been beaten by him, and who to choose will probably be controversial.

Guo Xu didn't know at this time that he might be able to bring himself the first defensive honor of his career by relying on offense, as long as he worked the defensive end, it would be difficult for the best defensive team to enter the first team, and the probability of the second team was very high.

ESPN commentator Mike Bolin sighed: "This will probably be the worst time Kidd has ever been blown up, Jason Guo deserves to be the first active person in the NBA, if he didn't pass a lot of balls, I think this one could be 80+, he's crazy!" ”