Chapter 624 [Love and Hate, New Record]
The phrase "defend the home field" is often quoted in the media when covering sports matches, and the unspoken rule is that players must fight hard at home and not lose too ugly at home.
Most of the time, this sentence is very morale-boosting, but sometimes it can become an invisible shackle that puts the home team in a dilemma, like the Knicks today.
If this is on the road, it will be much easier, the Knicks players can play casually, and be taken away by the opponent into garbage time, and Guo Xu must rest after leading too much, otherwise it is malicious data.
It's not okay to give up resistance completely at home, and the Knicks will have to let the media blow up after the game, and they will offend the fans. Who would want to support a team that isn't aggressive? I'm afraid that people who come to watch the game at home in the future will boo the Knicks.
During the pause, the Assassin Thomas was caught between a rock and a dilemma, not knowing how to arrange his tactics.
He is very conflicted inside, on the one hand, he is happy to see a small guard of similar size to himself dominate the league and surpass Jordan; On the other hand, the Knicks are playing this kind of game, and he's likely to lose his job after the season, and it's the manager's and coach's jobs that go hand in hand.
Therefore, Thomas has a love-hate relationship with Guo Xu, just as Robert Pattinson's feelings for "The Twilight Zone" are as complicated.
In the end, Thomas decided to prevent Guo Xu from scoring high points and sent a small lineup.
He is not stupid, he can see that the Suns deliberately let the water not let the score widen, otherwise there are obvious defensive holes, how can rookie David Lee play for so long? How could he possibly put up a magical stat of 2 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists?
In fact, Thomas underestimated David Lee, who is a key target for the Suns' coaching staff.
How hard does David Lee usually train? How stressed is he? If he can't become a star, David Lee will have to go home to inherit billions, eat and wait for death, how boring it is, ordinary people can't imagine it, this is the motivation for him to become stronger.
The Knicks have five players: Spedy, Marbury, Barnes, Malik Rose, Kurt Thomas.
This lineup is the most mobile, and Marbury, who has already committed five fouls, must carefully control fouls and stay on the court to strengthen the team's offense. When Guo Xu received the ball, at least two people went up to wrap the bag, and Marbury did not go up, responsible for defending the organizers.
Thomas used his brain, this is a relatively stable arrangement, not as bad as the big man's frame, if the Suns attack the inside line in a wave to open the score into garbage time, he will replace all the main forces, Guo Xu will not be able to play.
The effect of the small lineup on the outside line is much better, but unfortunately Thomas woke up too late, if he didn't let Curry and rookie Freido play in the first three quarters, Guo Xu couldn't be 30+ in two quarters, and no matter how good the hand was, he would have to score fifty or sixty points.
Guo Xu's record-breaking is due to Curry, he is different from Haslem, who is not playing match-fixing, but really has no defensive ability.
The Suns sent Vallejo, David Lee, Ariza, Payton and Guo Xu to partner up, and the tactics were still inside double cover, Payton organized, and helped Guo Xu create a mobile phone opportunity.
Payton played a long time today, and Guo Xu's scoring efficiency dropped throughout the second quarter when he rested, and Blake was not as good as the veteran in terms of rhythm control. It's not just Guo Xu who is going to hit the personal record today, Payton has so far handed out 15 assists, which is almost a record, and the highest number of assists in a single game in his career is 18.
After the start of the game, Guo Xu lost his hand again, and shot iron five times in a row.
The Knicks' defense was too tight, Guo Xu was caught as soon as he passed the half, and he could only shoot under strong interference, which was not easy to get. When counterattacking, he didn't dare to stop and make complicated feints, all of them were rush shots or strong bursts, and he hit too quickly, completing an attack in 5 to 7 seconds.
The Knicks Marbury and Malrick scored six points to narrow the margin to single digits, 93-85.
Just when the spectators thought that Guo Xu had lost his stamina and could no longer maintain his scoring efficiency, the Assassin Thomas helped a lot. He vaguely saw the hope of winning and replaced Curry with a break for a while.
He wants to turn around, he wants Curry to step up his offense.
D'Antoni replaced David Lee, replaced Haslem to strengthen his pick-and-roll defense, and he also switched on Howard, the second ball-handling offensive point, to ensure the Suns won.
Curry came on the court and received the ball in the low post on the right side, singled out Vallejo and turned and scored to narrow the gap to just six points.
When he returned to the defense, Curry clenched his right fist and roared, full of domineering, and the fans at the scene also gave him applause.
However, the situation suddenly changed, Guo Xu suddenly regained his shooting feeling, hit three three-pointers in a row, and set a new single-game three-point record in one fell swoop, and the difference between the two sides also widened to 15 points.
Guo Xu's style of play has not changed, relying on double cover to run and catch the ball and shoot two goals, and he scored one three-point shot in the counterattack. He dared to shoot before, but he didn't make it, and Spedy couldn't block his shot when he counterattacked.
He doesn't care whether the offensive choice is reasonable or not, as long as he predicts that the opponent can't cover it, he will throw the ball when he catches it, and he plays the role of "elevator door cover" to the extreme.
D'Antoni thought of a way to help Guo Xu quickly catch the ball and counterattack, and when the interior player grabbed the rebound, he directly dialed it outside, so that Payton and Guo Xu could take the rebound and immediately launch a fast attack, saving the time for the big man to pass.
One of the two guards has a height advantage, and the other has amazing qualities, and they have a good chance of getting rebounds against their respective opponents.
Curry received the ball in the low post, forced the basket and turned around and scored with a hook shot, 102-89.
The Suns attacked, Guo Xu covered his teammates as soon as he passed the half, he sprinted at full speed without the ball and cut to the basket, received Payton's anti-hanging ball, and scored with both hands in the air relay.
In this round, the guard was blocked by a double screen, Curry couldn't change the defense and leaked Guo Xu cleanly, and the Suns played the Hawks' offensive routine.
104 to 89, Guo Xu scored his 90th personal point.
The Suns directly blinded the Knicks in this wave, and the assassin Thomas woke up like a dream and hurriedly replaced Curry. He realized that Guo Xu still had a lot of physical strength, how could a small guard who had no physical strength catch a dunk in the air?
It is impossible for Guo Xu to be without physical strength, and Kobe Bryant can't compare to him just by looking at this ability.
Kobe Bryant is heavy and consumes more, and he is playing more with perseverance and hard work in the last quarter, and his speed and bounce will decrease.
Guo Xu played the whole 40 minutes in a friendly match in the time loop, running and shooting all the time, and he has become accustomed to this extreme style of play. His physical strength is probably the number one in the NBA.
It was too late for the Knicks to replace Curry, because Guo Xu found the rhythm of shooting, his style of play remained the same, and he found cover in the positional battle to catch the ball and break through, and grabbed three points in the counterattack.
He shot 3 of 6 three-pointers in the next 4 minutes, and also shook Marbury with a feint, made 2 of 3 fouls and made 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 101 points on free throws, breaking Chamberlain's record.
Marbury made the last foul and knocked down Guo Xu fiercely, six fouls graduated, and the others did not move much defensively.
On the bright side, they are unwilling to send Guo Xu free throws, which is equivalent to giving away points; At worst, they're too bloodless.
With one minute left in the game, Guo Xu broke the record, and the Suns led by 20 points to seal the victory, but he was still not satisfied with wanting to score more points, and made two more shots that missed the basket, only to reduce the shooting percentage.
At the end of the game, Guo Xu played a total of 44 minutes, 33 of 58 shots, 19 of 35 three-point shots, 16 of 17 free throws, and got 101 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals and 1 block.
Not only did he break the scoring record that had been in the dust for many years, but he also set a terrifying single-game three-point record, which will undoubtedly become two of the most difficult records in NBA history to break.
The Suns won 117-99, and Guo Xu scored two more points than the entire Knicks......