In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the Lakers and Spurs were real rivals. In Guo Xu's previous life, between 1999 and 2005, the Spurs and Lakers won three championships each, and only the 2004 championship was won by the Pistons.

In 2007, the team with O'Neal and Duncan won four championships each, and it is clear which two of the most dominant stars in the NBA at this stage are.

This season, the Spurs are recognized as one of the teams that could threaten the Lakers' title defense, with a 10-4 record, second in the West behind the 13-3 Lakers.

In the first meeting between the two sides, Spurs won at home, and O'Neal was in poor form that day. This time the Lakers already have experience, and Guo Xu has an advantage against Spurs veteran Avery Johnson.

After a fiasco defeat to the SuperSonics, "Zen Master" realized that no matter how strong the star was, he would always be blind and BD would not work, so he changed his strategy.

"Jason starts, the opening is mainly to block and dismantle the attack, Shakel covers in the middle, Jason can choose to attack by himself, or he can attract the defense and distribute the ball to Shakel in the middle. Shackle's air cut attracts the ball to the defense or the ball, and Bryant can catch the ball on the wing or break through the ball......"

Jackson is well aware of the Spurs' strengths, and the "Twin Towers" are very good at defending the restricted area, and continue to let O'Neal play the triangle offense in the low post, which will hit the opponent's hands.

The Spurs were knocked out of the first round by the Suns in the playoffs last season, which does not mean that the Spurs are weak, they are one of the few teams on the inside that have the ability to limit O'Neal.

Every time O'Neal encountered the Spurs' "twin towers", he struggled, and Duncan and Robinson could take turns defending O'Neal, draining his stamina. On the offensive end, Duncan can even single-handedly pick up O'Neal to score points, making him uncomfortable.

"Stone Buddha" Duncan is stable and scary as soon as he enters the league, O'Neal's height and weight are advantageous, but Duncan can score by skill, whether it is turning around and throwing in the middle, or turning around to play the board and shooting, it is difficult to block.

The Lakers coaching staff is jealous of Duncan, and the beneficiary is Guo Xu, and Jackson is targeting the Spurs' No. 1 defense. "Little General" Johnson is only 178CM tall, and if he changes the defense of Guo Xu inside, O'Neal can easily squeeze him out of the empty basket. Interior players can't change defenses slowly, Guo Xu has outstanding shooting ability.

In Guo Xu's previous life, the Lakers often used the main offensive strategy of the guards when they played the Spurs during the three consecutive championships, so Kobe Bryant would get better data when he played the Spurs, and the Lakers' offensive ability at the No. 1 position was poor at that time. Now Jackson has chosen Guo Xu, who is easier to create mismatch opportunities than Kobe Bryant and has stronger three-point ability.

Guo Xu can lead the opponent's big man to the three-point line, Kobe Bryant is mainly shot, and the opponent will wait for him to attack near the horn position.

On the defensive end, Jackson also needs Guo Xu to deal with Johnson, and Brian Shaw is afraid of small men who are fast and can break through.

When the players played, Guo Xu felt that the air in the stadium had become fresher today, and he practiced shooting in the morning, in order to clean up Johnson, who was shorter than himself, and he was confident that he would play this game well.

The highlight of the event, ESPN's all-American livestream, was very gratifying before it even started, and it was not much of a surprise that it will finish in the top three of all the regular season games that have been broadcast.

Jordan's retirement and the adverse effects of the league's shutdown have caused the ratings of NBA games to fall to the bottom, and the Lakers have become more and more popular in the past two seasons and are helping the league recover little by little.

Guo Xu greeted Austin Nichols and Megan Fox during the warm-up, and they waved to the court.

This shot happened to be captured by the cameraman, and Megan's family, who watched the live broadcast at Port St. Lucie's home, were very happy and felt that she was a bit of a star.

After the warm-up, players from both sides came out. Lakers five: Guo Xu, Kobe, Fox, Grant, O'Neal.

Spurs Five: Avery Johnson, Derrick Anderson, Sean Elliott, Duncan, David Robinson.

O'Neal jumped the ball to win, the Lakers attacked first, Guo Xu received the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt, and the person who defended him was Johnson.

Johnson was the best of the short players, entering the NBA in '88 without a draft. HE IS 178CM TALL AND CURRENTLY WEIGHS ONLY 73 KILOGRAMS, AND PLAYED IN 82 REGULAR SEASON GAMES FOR THE SPURS LAST SEASON, AVERAGING 11.2 POINTS, 1.9 REBOUNDS AND 6 ASSISTS PER GAME.

Johnson was only a role player before joining the Spurs, and reached his peak after joining the Spurs in '94, averaging double-doubles in points per game in five seasons, and in the peak '95-96 season, he averaged 13.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 9.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 49.4% from the field.

However, Johnson is now almost 36 years old, has experienced several major injuries and physical decline, and plays by experience. In order to make himself faster, he lost four kilograms in the summer, which was a bad decision, and he suffered badly in the preseason, and the small guard only has speed and is not at the top, and he is currently averaging only 5.6 points and 4.3 assists per game.

The Spurs already have an Achilles' heel at the No. 1 position, with Steve Kerr on the bench only able to catch and shoot, and two-way guard Antonio Daniels has a decent shot, average breakover, poor organization, and no tricks.

Guo Xu made a secret signal to O'Neill in the middle to cover, but the fat man hadn't come up yet, and he was a three-point point in the middle. Johnson was deceived and was thinking about how to bypass the cover and chase the defense, but his reaction was half a beat slower, but he just stretched out his hand and didn't jump up the block.

Guo Xu warmed up just now and threw a few three-pointers to strengthen his memory, and he felt very good, hollow into the net. 3 to 0.

The Spurs attacked, Johnson and Robinson blocked and dismantled in the middle, and Guo Xu bypassed the cover and chased the defense from the internal test, blocking Johnson's breakthrough route.

After the last contest and looking at the information given by the scouts, Guo Xu determined that Johnson was not good at shooting three-pointers. In this way, it will be easier to prevent him from attacking, as long as he prevents a breakthrough. Johnson passed the ball down the middle, and the "Admiral" faced O'Neal and responded with the ball high up.

On the baseline, Duncan gave Elliott an off-ball screen, and the latter suddenly cut to the basket in the left corner and received a pass from Robinson in the middle.

Veteran Grant moved slower and was not good at switching covers, Fox chased the defense from behind to pull people to foul, his small action was seen by the referee to blow the whistle, and Elliott also scored on the basketball easily.

Elliottga hit a free throw, 3-3.

Guo Xu took the ball to the front court, stretched out three fingers and gave O'Neal a code, which means "I'm going to throw three points directly". O'Neal understood, didn't go out to cover, and squeezed the front court rebound in the low post to get ready to fight for the card position.

Guo Xu dribbled under his crotch and turned to the right side, took a step back, and made a three-point shot against Johnson at 70 degrees.

Johnson jumped up to interfere, his hand had reached Guo Xu's face, but unfortunately it was ineffective, Guo Xu grasped the rhythm of the shot by feeling, and the ball drew a perfect arc and hollowed into the net! 6 to 3.

ESPN commentator Mark Woodson exclaimed, "Beautiful! Resolute shot, Jason Guo hit two three-pointers in the opening game, he was in great shape today, and let the two stars of the team play supporting roles. ”

Partner Tom Horvath said: "Jason is a convulsive player, once he has a hot hand he is an All-Star level, Johnson can defend and is afraid of people who shoot like this, I think the Spurs have to find a way to help defend it." ”

The home fans gave Guo Xu a warm applause, and Jackson also stood on the sidelines and applauded.

"Zen Master" feels that Guo Xu is very likely to become an all-star in the future, much better than Fisher, if Guo Xu is arranged with tactics today, he may play terrifying statistics and set a new personal high!