In the third quarter, Guo Xu continued to play, and the other four were Blake, Ariza, Haslem, and David Lee.

D'Antoni arranged extreme tactics, and the role players tried not to shoot, only responsible for defending and helping Guo Xu create a chance, covering and passing the ball to him to shoot, and then actively fighting for rebounds in the front court, and then returning to defense if he couldn't grab it.

Since no one else was needed to shoot, Josh Howard, who had a strong desire to attack, sat on the bench.

This arrangement is very targeted, and the Raptors currently have one of the worst stats in the league, and that is the protection of rebounding. The Raptors' overall backcourt rebounding is extremely poor, which is a big reason for their poor record.

The Raptors are averaging 37.8 rebounds per game, the league's bottom-to-bottom.

Bosh averaged 9.5 rebounds per game, three of which were frontcourt rebounds, and the second was swingman Peterson with 4.9 per game, and no one else was good at rebounding. Last season, the Raptors had a terrible rebound, and Marshall, who was in second place, had 6.6, and if Villanueva could have grabbed more than 6, now there are no such two.

As for the tactics of getting rebounds on the defensive end, the Raptors don't have it at all, and Sam Mitchell doesn't arrange it. If it were the Thunder team in the future, these waste teammates would have been warned by Turtle Fist a long time ago.

After the start of the game, the following scene appeared on the court.

Raptors generals: "You defend the outside line first, and then we will help defend when he catches the ball." ”

Guo Xu: Whew.

Raptors generals: "He just feels good, he will always cool down, wrap him!" ”

Guo Xu: Whew.

Raptors generals: "He has begun to get tired, everyone has the limit of physical strength, and when physical strength decreases, the natural hit rate will be low." ”

Guo Xu: Whew.

Raptors generals: "Damn, it's all 60+, but our performance is not bad, as long as we win the game, he is not only tired of points but also can't pull away, no matter how good a person is, he can't fight against a whole, we have to let him cut empty." ”

Guo Xu: Whew.

Raptors generals: "You are paralyzed, you are 70+, do you dare to let your teammates also vote a few?" ”。

Guo Xu: Whew.

Raptors generals: "......"

Miraculously, this section Mitchell resolutely does not arrange off-ball wrapping Guo Xu like coaches of other teams, and always allows him to comfortably receive the basketball to make moves, or sudden or shot. When he finds his rhythm, it's too late to get on the bag.

Kobe Bryant's 81-point game The Raptors defended like this, Kobe Bryant didn't feel the pressure at all when he received the ball, as long as he made coherent movements and shot fast enough, he could break the bag. Kobe, who is not good at shooting three-pointers, shot 7 of 13 from the outside, and almost all of his shots were easy and easy for no one to shoot.

As long as Guo Xu is not able to catch the ball through the off-ball bag, he will definitely be able to restrict him, even if there is cover, teammates are prone to mistakes if they want to pass to him. The Spurs and Grizzlies all won like this, with 3 defenses and 4 in other positions, deliberately putting Payton, Vallejo, Ariza and others to shoot.

After playing like this for a while, Guo Xu couldn't find a familiar offensive rhythm, so he could only counterattack and attack, and after throwing a few waves, the feeling would gradually cool down.

With the help of Mitchell, Guo Xu scored another 28 points in a single quarter, hit 4 three-pointers, and did not have an assist. He had a total of 75 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in the third quarter to give the Suns a 96-83 lead.

A 13-point lead is not much, Guo Xu will continue to play in the final quarter, and the Raptors players are panicking when they see him now.

In fact, the Raptors players have already made a bad move, and when they fouled, they beat hard, and Rose also chased Guo Xu when he assisted in defense, but Guo Xu mainly shot fast, jumped not high, and stepped on Rose's foot once when he landed, but he stumbled and was not injured.

Barkley said: "I don't know what the audience in front of the TV feels, but now I just see Jason receiving the ball and I feel like I'm going to score and no one can stop him. ”

Smith sighed: "I think he's going to go for 100 points again today." ”

The final quarter continued, the Raptors attacked first, and James hit a three-point jumper in the middle, his sixth three-pointer of the game. 96 to 86.

He's scored a career-high 38 points and is offensively efficient, shooting 68.2 percent from the field and 15-of-22 shooting. But he couldn't be happy at all, and today he really saw the gap between himself and the superstar.

In the past, James always had the illusion that as long as he had a lot of possession like Iverson, he could play luxury statistics and even shoot better. He just didn't meet a coach who appreciated him, and he was born at the wrong time.

Facing Guo Xu, James found himself like a clown, and the real star is not Iverson's kind of person who cuts down a high-scoring team and loses, but someone who makes you feel powerless.

James knew very well that Guo Xu didn't defend seriously, and the terrible thing was that he felt that even if Guo Xu stroked on the entire defensive end, 3 minutes of seriousness would be enough to lock up the victory. This is not a man, this is a devil who likes to play with people in applause.

The Sun sent David Lee and Vallejo to form the twin towers to cover Guo Xu.

The Raptors sent a small lineup, Bosh center, Marvin power forward, and the other three are Peterson, Calderon, and James.

On the outside, the two small guards wrapped Guo Xu without the ball, even if Payton scored easily, he resolutely refused to let Guo Xu shoot.

Guo Xu took the ball and immediately returned it to Payton, and then began to slide to the bottom line. At 45 degrees, David Lee and Vallejo closed the door together to block people, Bosh chased out, and Calderon also chased Guo Xu on the side to form a bag.

There will be defensive loopholes in this way, but everyone in the Raptors believes that this is the most suitable defensive method, because Guo Xu will definitely not pass the ball, he will definitely force a shot!

Guo Xu held the ball and shook it to the right side to enter the three-point line, hit the ground and passed to the basket in the gap between Bosh and Calderon, and Vallejo easily dunked the basketball with both hands. 98 to 86.

Raptors generals: "......"

The Raptors attacked, James passed to Calderon, Payton put two steps to defend and shoot, at this time Calderon couldn't kill time to slow down the offensive tempo, otherwise the easy scoring opportunity may be gone.

He opted for a jumper and hit a 60-degree shot from the left side. 98 to 89.

The Suns attacked, and David Lee and Vallejo made double covers for Guo Xu outside the three-point line and helped him catch the ball.

Guo Xu held the ball and broke through the right side, attracting Marvin and James's bag, stopped and half-turned to pass the ball to the middle, David Lee cut the ball and scored an easy layup.

100-89, Guo Xu's 5th assist.

Raptors generals: "......"

Mitchell shook his head sluggishly on the sidelines, and his expression seemed to say: I said that you are not particular about this person, you don't play cards according to the routine, you have to shoot when attacking.

The Raptors attacked, and after a few passes, Rose hit a jumper, David Lee grabbed the rebound, and Guo Xu received the ball and launched a counterattack.

Calderon returned to the defense at full speed, let go of Payton and James to wrap together, Guo Xu passed the ball to the other side in the run, and Payton easily scored on the basketball.

102-89, Guo Xu's 6th assist.

Mitchell watched the game from the sidelines, his heart completely disrupted.

No, I'll do it myself.

It's a fart, it's this thing that starts passing!

Mitchell wanted to ask Guo Xu: "No, you don't continue to shoot?" ”

Guo Xu may reply: "Yes, I'm afraid it's upheld." ”

Bosh made a mid-range shot on the pick-and-roll offense, 102-91.

The Suns attacked, Guo Xu slipped the bottom line again, ran from the right side to the left corner and received Payton's pass, Bosh and Calderon wrapped it again, Guo Xu changed direction and dribbled to the basket. Vallejo misplaced against James, turned easily under the basket, and scored with a one-handed smash.

104-91, Guo Xu's 7th assist.

Mitchell was forced to ask for a timeout......