Chapter 376 [Spurs make an off-board move, close the door and let Bowen go]
After a few passes by the Spurs, Bowen received the ball in the bottom corner of the right side and shot a three-point shot, Xiao Si pounced and interfered very actively, hitting the iron again, Ginobili rushed to grab a rebound in the front court, and gave the ball to Bowen again, and Xiao Si missed the fast attack.
It's a pity that Bowen has never proven himself on the offensive end, he feels even more cold today, and he still doesn't score in the 45-degree vacant mid-range, Marion grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and immediately landed a long pass to find Guo Xu's single fast attack.
Guo Xu made a sharp stop in front of the three-point line on the left side, holding the ball in his left hand and approaching with his right hand, Carter hurriedly stepped forward to interfere with the shot.
Guo Xu played a counterattack and chased three points is a trick, but this time he used the "worship Buddha" feint again, changing direction to the right side to break through, Carter wanted to pull people to foul but didn't pull it, and watched Guo Xu score a layup on the middle.
17-2, 11th personal point.
The essence of the "Worship Buddha" move lies in the feints of the non-ball carrier and the legs, the ball carrier must be horizontal, and the wrist flip to get the ball will be whistled for a foul, and it does not look like he is going to shoot.
The Spurs attacked, Ginobili received the ball and hit the three-point iron, Bale's interference was very in place, and Xiao Si grabbed the backcourt rebound and played a counterattack.
Guo Xu himself brought to the frontcourt, ignoring Marion on the left side to ask for the ball, and took a step forward from the three-point line on the right side to stop and suddenly pull out three points, this time Carter retreated relatively backward, and when he realized that it was not a feint, it was too late to take a step forward and block again.
Guo Xu hit a three-point shot against Carter, and the shot quickly seemed like a blind throw, 20-2, his 14th personal point.
The Spurs home fans were silent, and just five and a half minutes into the first quarter, the margin had reached nearly 20 points.
Guo Xu didn't have any celebratory movements, and his face was expressionless. Popovich asked for another timeout.
Xu Jicheng said: "Today was definitely a nightmare start for Anthony Carter, Guo Xu always created a mobile phone opportunity, and he made all 6 shots. ”
Zhang Li said with a smile: "The Spurs must be replaced, and Guo Xu will definitely play super data in the opening game if they don't make substitutions." ”
Xu Jicheng shook his head: "This is not necessarily, if you continue to play like this, you will have to enter garbage time at halftime." ”
Rasso Nesterovic and Carter came off the break, short power forward Malik Rose came on, and Ron Mercer came on, at which point the Spurs were out of point guard and Ginobili was a cameo point guard.
The game continued, Duncan received the ball in the low post on the left side and singled out Diop, and then turned to the middle to shoot.
Diop was stunned and couldn't keep up, but Marion let go of Rose and jumped up from the side to block Duncan's shot, and Diop picked up the basketball.
Guo Xu ran to Diop to ask for the ball, dribbled and passed to Marion who was about to go, Marion singled out Rose and forced a layup, which made Spurs fans feel collapsed.
22 to 2, Guo Xu scored 16 points.
Zhang Reasonable said with emotion: "If Guo Xu had today's state during the seventh battle, the sun would definitely win." ”
Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "Last season, many people wondered why Popovich insisted on letting Parker play for a long time, more than 35 minutes per game, and the answer was that it would not work without Parker Spurs. ”
Duncan pulled out to catch the ball in the frame, and after probing for a jumper, he finally scored two points, and he switched to playing Diop in the same way as O'Neal, and saw the brilliance of the blue-collar worker. 22 to 4.
Guo Xu blocked and split the ball to Xiao Si, Xiao Si took the ball and cut into Ginobili and was blown to hit the man, Xiao Si smiled when he returned to the defense, the team was a lot ahead, and his mind was still very relaxed when he made a mistake.
At this time, the Suns made substitutions, Joe Johnson and Haslem came on, replacing Diop and Marion. Spurs also made a change, replacing Ginobili with Turkeglu.
Popovich called Bowen to the sidelines and whispered, "You come to defend Jason, take care of him when you have the chance." ”
Bowen understands that the "care" he is good at is that when the opponent jumps, he can only interfere with the jump, and then stretch his foot underneath, and the opponent may sprain his ankle when he steps on it.
In Guo Xu's previous life, many players hated the move, and Bowen was the most famous, followed by Pachulia during the Warriors. Coincidentally, the Spurs were the biggest victim of Pachuria's footing, injuring star Kawhi Leonard in the playoffs. Warriors coach Steve Kerr is the Spurs coach who studied under Popovich, and he learned from the old man.
Although no one said it explicitly, but when you think about it, you know that in many cases, without Popovich's instructions, the Spurs players would not do some bad moves, and Bowen was still a very clean defensive player in the Heat. Today, even pseudo-fans can see that the Spurs can't beat the Suns, and Popovich decided to use an off-the-market move.
The Spurs were awkward on offense, and Mercer struggled with the dribble past half-court and stumbled on Bale's close defense.
No one on the outside is good at breaking through the ball, the formation can't be pulled apart, and the Spurs ran out of 24 seconds and didn't create a good shot. Turkoglou took advantage of his height to single out Joe Johnson and hit an iron in the middle of the jam, and Rose wanted to rush for the rebound, but pushed Haslem and was whistled for a foul.
After playing more than 7 minutes at home, the whole team scored only 4 points, and the Spurs players began to get anxious.
In the Suns positional battle, Guo Xu took it to the front court and passed to Joe Johnson, who changed direction with the ball and passed Tekglou, and the pull-up jump shot was deflected by Duncan's supplementary defense.
The Spurs grinded back and forth and there was still no vacancy, and it took 20 seconds for Mercer to single out Bell and turn around and shoot wide.
Guo Xu dribbled the ball across the halfcourt, waved his teammates away, and singled out Bowen with the ball in the middle. As a reborn, he knows that Bowen is good at defending and dirty, but he has the confidence to go head-to-head because it's a misalignment.
Guo Xu dribbled the ball to his left hand under his crotch, shook his left shoulder lightly, and quickly changed direction to the right with the ball in his left hand, and Bowen followed. Guo Xu took a step into the three-point line and suddenly stopped, dribbled the ball behind his right hand to his left hand, and changed direction to the left, almost shaking Bowen to the ground.
Bowen is 201CM tall, and his specialty is defensive swingman, making him too reluctant to keep up with the speed.
Guo Xu stepped back with his left foot and stepped out of the three-point line, the middle shot was slightly backwards, the ball drew a beautiful arc, and he hit another three-pointer without interference.
25 to 4, 19th personal point.
The Spurs attacked, Diop was down, and the Suns' defense in the restricted area was not so good, and Rose relied on his strength advantage to single out Marion and force a layup to score. 25 to 6.
D'Antoni will not deliberately strengthen the defense anymore, he thinks it is enough to defend in the opening game, and now he just wants to attack.
Guo Xu passed the ball to Joe Johnson, and he ran to the left side to pull away, at which point Joe Johnson could single out Turkglou.
Haslem ran from the baseline to the left 60 to help Guo Xu block Bowen without the ball, Guo Xu cut inside and received a pass from Joe Johnson. Guo Xu relied on his speed to dribble into the basket in one step, and Rose was slow to change defenses.
Duncan made up for the rebound, Guo Xu threw the ball to the rebound, he shot quickly, the ball was faster, but it was not a layup. Stadameyer flew up from the right, received a rebound ball from the board, and scored with a two-handed smash in the air.
27 to 6, Guo Xu's fourth assist.
At this time, Popovich was also a little panicked, he found that Bowen couldn't prevent Guo Xu, and it was difficult to pad his feet if he wanted to.
Guo Xu has a variety of playing styles, both with and without the ball. There's one thing he almost never does, and that's to shoot a jump shot at someone taller than him, and as long as Bowen is in charge, he'll take advantage of his speed to get rid of it.
Running against a sensitive little guard like Guo Xu, Bowen is definitely not good, he can't even play his own strengths.