Chapter 115 [The New Man in the World Catches Up with the Old Man]

Guo Xu and Megan went to the famous Sichuan restaurant "Tianfu House" in Los Angeles and ordered a few signature dishes.

The first dish on the dish was husband and wife lung slices, Megan stared at Guo Xu with strange eyes as soon as she heard the name of the dish, and then heard that in addition to beef, there were chicken gizzards and beef shutters in this dish, she was suddenly a little disgusted, and a little scared, and her face became even worse.

After tasting a bite of beef shutters, Megan directly swore loudly. "It's so spicy...... Oh, God...... I want to sneeze. ”

Guo Xu's family opened a restaurant, and he has eaten countless spicy dishes since he was a child, and he tasted them with relish. He didn't feel spicy at all, and exclaimed, "It's really good, authentic." ”

Then another dish of meat came up, and Megan was disgusted with all kinds of things, saying that she wouldn't touch anything. "Look at this fat meat...... It's all oil, how can you eat this? Why are you so hateful? ”

Guo Xu said: "In China, only hot girls who are not afraid of spicy can have good luck, and you still want to be a star in the future?" I'm here to take you to exercise, you know? ”

Megan clumsily picked up a piece of pork belly with chopsticks, stared at it again and again, and was about to cross-eye, and finally gritted her teeth and stuffed it into her mouth, chewed two bites, and slapped her face in the next second. "Oh my God, this one is delicious!"

Back to the pot meat is one of the representative dishes of Sichuan cuisine, with full color, flavor and flavor, very good for rice, Guo Xu also started.

After that, the Americans' favorite kung pao chicken, Megan ate the spring breeze on her face, and after adapting to it, she didn't feel very spicy, and praised: "My taste has evolved, it turns out that Sichuan food is really delicious, I love this chicken to death." ”

Guo Xu also ordered a fish-flavored shredded pork with rice, and didn't ask for the spiciest Mao Xuewang or boiled fish.

He knows that Sichuan food is characterized by eating very refreshing, but if it is too spicy, it will be uncomfortable the next day, and he will have a competition tomorrow night, but he doesn't want to affect his state just to eat. With his eating habits, there will be no problem with eating this little spicy, and he doesn't know what will happen to Megan tomorrow.

On the 22nd, the Lakers sat at home to meet the challenge of the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves started with 7 wins and 4 losses, which can be regarded as a strong team, and the head coach is Philip Sanders.

The Timberwolves' core "Wolf King" Kevin Garnett is the league's hottest interior star, super popular, and is often compared to the Spurs' Tim Duncan. This season, he averaged 22 points, 11.4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.8 assists per game, which is comprehensive and stable, and he was almost the same last season.

The second leader of the Timberwolves is Trill Brandon, who has been selected for the All-Star Game twice, a small guard who is 180cm tall and weighs 82 kilograms, and averaged 17.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game last season, shooting 46.6% from the field, 40.2% from three-point range, and 89.9% from the free throw line.

At the beginning of the season, Trier's form dropped significantly, averaging 16+7 data plus two steals per game.

For two days in a row, the media has been promoting the alignment of Guo Xu and Trier, and many experts say that Trier is Guo Xu's template, and they are both small guards who are good at combining sudden points and shots.

Trill is one of the most inspirational NBA players in NBA history, when he was a child, he suffered from a leg disease, his feet would gradually deform, and his legs even reached the point of severe deformity, his father had to take him to the hospital to be tied with corrected braces, and his legs were fixed with splints, just like two small saplings. At that time, his father's greatest wish was not to let his leg disease affect his son's future.

Later, no one can forget how this little boy with a splint strapped to adapt to life step by step and become a basketball star. When he threw the splint off his leg and was able to run forward independently, many people were moved, and sometimes strong willpower can really work miracles.

In the 1991 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers drafted Trill with the No. 11 pick in the first round, and the first draft was basically big men, and the second point guard was him.

The 1995-96 season was a year of complete explosion for Trier, who became the Cavaliers' boss, averaging 19.3 points and 6.5 assists per game, with fewer than two turnovers, and was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the first time, but lost to the Knicks in the playoffs.

In the 1996-97 season, Trier continued to perform wildly, averaging 19.5 points and 6.3 assists per game, and he not only had incredible speed and sharp breakthroughs, but also conquered everyone with accurate mid-range jumpers, and was once again named an All-Star.

Sports Illustrated named him the best point guard of 1997, a time when many star point guards were leading the way, and Trill managed to take his place.

"The fact that it wasn't painful for me was that time, but it gave me plenty of time off the pitch to learn from their respective strengths." It was his humble personality and perseverance in defying fate that Trier was selected for the NBA's Sportsmanship Award in the same year.

Guo Xu's deepest impression of Trier was that in the 99 playoffs, he was broken through again and again by the Spurs' 33-year-old point guard "Little General" Johnson. After a few injuries, Brandon's fitness has deteriorated so much that he doesn't have the speed advantage he had when he was younger. His good stats in the Timberwolves are largely due to tactical benefits, and his strengths have been fully utilized.

Guo Xu admires Trier, but he must work hard to win and strive to play beautiful statistics to continue to increase his popularity.

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the new people in the world catch up with the old people.

After the warm-up, the game begins. Lakers veteran Ron Harper will miss at least two weeks of games with a shoulder injury in the matchup, Phil Jackson started Guo Xu for the first time, and Pan Persi is also on the 12-man squad.

Lakers five: Guo Xu, Kobe, Fox, Grant, O'Neal.

Timberwolves five: Trier, Billups, Szczebiak, Garnett, Nesterovich.

O'Neal jumped the ball to win the Lakers first, Kobe received the ball and brought it to the right side, Guo Xu ran to the right side of the bottom line to form a triangle, Kobe hoisted the ball to O'Neal who wanted the ball at a low position at 45 degrees.

Nesterovic was a decent blue-collar center, with O'Neal squeezing twice and turning and shooting wide of the basket due to his interference, and Garnett grabbed the rebound.

The Timberwolves attacked, Trill and Nesterovic blocked and dismantled in the middle, attracting O'Neal to switch defenses and Guo Xu to chase after the defense, and distributed the ball to the middle.

The reason why Trill didn't play a pick-and-roll with Garnett was to pull O'Neal out of the box, and if Grant came out to block and pick-and-roll, he gave Garnett the ball to pick up O'Neal like a misplacement.

The Lakers did not give Garnett a chance to single out O'Neal, at this time, Nesterovic's weakness was revealed, he was too slow to cut in the air, jumped up two steps after receiving the ball and wanted to dunk, but was chased by O'Neal and covered from behind, Guo Xu picked up the basketball.

The Lakers attacked, Guo Xu passed to Kobe Bryant first, Kobe and Grant blocked and dismantled on the left side to attract Garnett to change defense, and gave the ball to Grant on the periphery, who had no chance to shoot in the face of Billups's closeness, and passed to Guo Xu, who ran to 50 degrees on the right side.

Under normal circumstances, Guo Xu should have given O'Neal a drop ball, but he didn't play according to the coach's arrangement, and receiving the ball on the periphery to face Trier was a dry three-point pull. Trier couldn't jump up, but he didn't expect Guo Xu to force his reaction and react half a beat slower, just reaching out and slightly interfering.

Guo Xu hit three points in his first shot, 3-0.