Guo Xu didn't expect it to be so easy to score, the two major interior defenses of the supersonic are black holes, and the terrible thing is that Wenbeck's salary this season is also 10.13 million, which is the third highest salary on the team.

With these two big burdens, Payton can't bring the supersonic even if his personal ability reaches the level of peak Jordan, and he doesn't have to think about competing for the championship in the past few years, and it is sad to enter the first round of the playoffs. For the 32-year-old Payton, it's really cruel.

Wenbeck was once a dominant figure in the NBA, joined the Bucks with the eighth pick in 1993, and was selected as an All-Star in his second season with a luxurious stats of 17.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1 steal and 1.4 blocks.

At that time, Wenbeck, who was 211cm tall and weighed 105 kilograms, looked omnipotent.

He was selected as an All-Star three times, to the All-NBA All-NBA Team three times in 1997, to the All-NBA Team Second Team in 1998, and he was also the power forward of the 2000 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, winning a gold medal!

After winning the Olympic gold medal, Wenbeck went on vacation, did not play in the preseason, drank and had fun all day long, and when the new season began, the supersonic coaching staff was surprised to find that he had become a fat man.

Wenbeck is currently averaging 12 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, which is lower than his rookie season numbers. He always seemed careless on the defensive end, and the coaching staff had to make him a substitute.

His weight has increased from 105 kilograms at his peak to 122 kilograms now, and he can resist O'Neal in the low post, and he did well in the first quarter, but he can't defend the pick-and-roll, and the alcohol makes his reflexes sluggish and his lateral movement slow.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Wenbeck was one of the NBA players with an IQ of about 50 and could only play basketball. Soon after retiring from the army, he went bankrupt and went to work at a Starbucks coffee shop in Rhode Island to make a living.

He said in an interview: "I am a father of four, and I want to support my family, no matter what others think. ”

That sounds like a lot of responsibility, but who can ignore the fact that he lost $100 million in his family's fortune?

At the end of the timeout, the SuperSonics made adjustments, and Ewing went off the break to bring on Jeraney McCoy, a blue-collar center with a height of 208cm and a weight of 111kg. The 23-year-old McCoy was a 1998 second-round pick with the fourth pick, and he couldn't shoot the basket and couldn't pull the basket, so the offense was not easy to play.

Outside Shamond rested and replaced Payton, who has played an average of 41 minutes per game since the start of the game, and he can't defend without him.

The game continued, and Payton ate Guo Xu hard when he came out, first passed the ball to Barry, then received the ball with his back on the right side, and turned around and shot in one step, and the action was very smooth. Payton's height and arm span advantage make it a mismatch to hit Guo Xu.

30-40, Phil Jackson was on the sidelines, squinting at the game and not planning to make a substitution.

The Lakers attacked, and Guo Xu and Foster were cracked again. McCoy was not slow to change the defense to block the breakthrough route, Payton bypassed the cover and chased the defense quickly, and forced Guo Xu to pass the ball before and after.

Foster is now a seven-minute fringe man, occasionally playing for a while, he is very slow to cut into the air, and he is blocked without immediately taking a shot after receiving the ball in the middle. McCoy wasn't far away, back in the middle to interfere in front of him, and Foster held high and passed to the receiving teammate.

Ryder received the ball and singled out Barry and forced a breakthrough layup miss.

The Lakers evacuated the restricted area with two inside lines, and the opportunity has come out, but Ryder is in a state that has declined rapidly, and he has no absolute advantage in holding the ball and hitting anyone, and only the catch and shot is quite reliable.

Supersonic offense, Payton dribbled Guo Xu began to be close to him as soon as he passed the half, he has experience, the defensive tall guard can't give space, and he can comfortably pull out the jump shot as soon as he has space, but he can't cover it. Although Payton's three-point shooting percentage has not been high, he has a very resolute shot, averaging 2.2 goals per game last season, who knows which game he will have a convulsion?

Payton hit Guo Xu twice in front of the left three-point line and failed to squeeze away, Guo Xu lowered his center of gravity, and his boxing pace and concealed his elbow made up for the lack of weight to a certain extent.

Purely looking at strength, Payton is not as good as Cliffs, he is not afraid.

Payton turned to the middle, but Guo Xu pinned his leg and failed to get up, he stumbled slightly, and the referee's whistle sounded.

If the star point guard uses this kind of small action to defend and will not be blown fouls, Stockton is the best at doing this, Guo Xu can't, the referee blows the rookie very strictly, especially the away game, most of the fouls he is blown are small actions, not so defensive and not good.

Supersonic sent a throw-in, Payton put away his contempt for Guo Xu, and it was much easier for him to play Jason Williams. Guo Xu's defensive ability at the No. 1 position is above the average level of the league, not only is it not overrated, but it is also a little underestimated because of his height.

Barry passes the ball to Mason, who forces his way through and singles out George to throw a shot wide from near the box. George is physically strong and doesn't get pushed off so easily, and Mason is a gruffy rookie with poor offensive options.

The Lakers attacked, Guo Xu dribbled to the front court to observe the position of his teammates, and felt that there was no advantage in any position, and the block was broken just now. After thinking about it, he decided to single out Payton and waved his teammates away.

The Lakers have a contagion called the "superstar mentality." Kobe Bryant was infected by O'Neal and then to Guo Xu. The symptom of this disease is that the opponent's defense is strong with the ball, and when you think that it is all heads-up, it is definitely not as reliable as throwing your teammates, even if they are facing a weaker single defense.

Before the game, Guo Xu said that "dodging the strong point attack" was the assumption that the OK combination was present, and the three of them played more to cooperate, and now there are no big names on the field, so he firmly believes that he should vote by himself.

Payton lowered his center of gravity and stayed one step away to prevent breakouts and interfere with his shots. He has read Guo Xu's information and some highlights from previous games, and knows that Guo Xu is best at cross-step change of direction and step-back jumper.

Boy, I'm tired of Tim Hardaway in the 90s, can you be better than when he was at his peak?

How strong is Payton's faceframe breakout?

In the 1993 Western Conference Finals Supersonic against the Suns, the Suns star point guard Kevin Johnson, who was almost unstoppable in the previous two rounds, performed a big failure under Payton's shadow-accompanied close guarding, and after the game, Payton's cousin Green excitedly said "Kevin Johnson is like a baseball in a glove under your defense", although the SuperSonics lost 3-4 in the end, but the name of "The Glove" has since spread and become a well-known nickname in the league.

Who is Kevin Johnson? He cried Iverson in his rookie season, and deducted the "big dream" Olajuwon, averaging 20+10 data per game for three consecutive seasons, and ranking seventh in history with an average of 9.1 assists per game in his career.

Guo Xu calculated the distance, dribbled the ball to his left hand under his crotch, suddenly accelerated to break through the left side, and relied on speed and Payton to open up half of his body to shoot a three-point shot. This was the action he had in mind before the game, and sure enough, he was taken by surprise by Peyton, who moved sideways half a beat slower, and the chase failed to cover it, and the ball went in.

33-40, Guo Xu's personal 10th point, he clenched his right hand to celebrate when he returned to defense.

Charlie, the commentator, shouted: "Jason Guo is right in the face of Payton's defense, it's so beautiful, he really dares to play." ”

Joe smiled: "Because of Jason, Jackson dared to let O'Neal and Kobe rest a little more in the second quarter, and the SuperSonics didn't dare to let Payton rest, which is an advantage for the Lakers." ”

Guo Xu's first two moves were the starting style of the killer crossover, and he suddenly started to deceive Peyton. After all, Payton is a point guard with a height of 193CM, and it is impossible to be as agile as Guo Xu at 180CM, and the lateral movement is slightly inferior, which is Guo Xu's only advantage against him, and he takes advantage of it.

Now Peyton feels that Guo Xu's greatest talent is not his technique and body, but his ball quotient. People who play with their brains are more difficult to deal with than people who play with their bodies.