It was just over halfway through the first quarter, and both sides played high scores.

Sanders called a timeout to strengthen the defense, and he saw it very clearly that Guo Xu's strength is stronger than the veteran Trill Brandon, who currently has an annual salary of 10 million.

Guo Xu's style of play is similar to Trier's, blocking and breaking through, receiving and shooting, fast speed and range. Guo Xusheng is young, he is more explosive than Trier, and his strength also has the upper hand in confrontation.

If Guo Xu is also a lottery pick, Sanders will not feel depressed, but Guo Xu's ranking is too low, and the Timberwolves, who hold the No. 22 pick in the second round, can select him. Management drafted a shooting guard named Igor Rakosevich and wasted a draft pick without signing it.

SANDERS REPLACED TRIER AFTER THE TIMEOUT WITH ANTHONY PILLER, A SHOOTING GUARD WHO IS 193CM TALL AND WEIGHS 94 KG. In this way, Billups can rely on his physical advantage to eat Guo Xu in the No. 1 position. However, the Timberwolves' pre-game deployment has been disrupted, and Sanders originally saw Trier as the key to defeating the Lakers, and Trier turned out to be a defensive hole.

Trier looked at the other side unwillingly, he felt that Guo Xu was like himself when he was younger, but his luck was much better. Guo Xu plays for the Lakers and could get a championship ring this year, but he is still empty-handed and has never played in a big city.

The three teams Trill has played for are the Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Minnesota Timberwolves. If you make a one-two-three-four division of the cities where NBA teams are located, these three teams are probably in the fourth line, which is seriously uncompetitive.

In the two timeouts, "Zen Master" Jackson did not use the tactical board, but just casually emphasized a few words of triangle offense, allowing the players to keep an eye on their own people, and he was too long to take a timeout.

It's really easy to be a coach like this, Jackson's strength is the control of the team, the management of stars, and the technical and tactical things are not his strong point.

This is good news for Guo Xu, even if he is at a physical disadvantage in the face of Billups, the "Zen Master" will not immediately replace him to rest, and will be happy to see him find a way to fight on the court. As long as he doesn't play too badly on the defensive end, his playing time will definitely increase, and it's no surprise that Harper is out for 35 minutes.

The game continued, Billups did not find a block in the face of Guo Xu, and pulled out three points in the middle, Guo Xu predicted accurately, jumped with all his strength to interfere, the ball bounced out of the frame, and Ryder grabbed the defensive rebound.

Billups is a heavy guard with average speed, average breakthrough ability, two-point shooting generally relies on his body to eat opponents, and he is best at shooting cold arrows from the perimeter. In Guo Xu's previous life, this was once known as the "ball blind dissolver", Guo Xu knew him too well, otherwise he would be embarrassed to post on the Chinese NBA forum.

In the Lakers positional battle, O'Neal attacked in the low post, attracted Garnett's bag, turned around and hooked his hand to hit the iron, Grant grabbed the rebound in the front court, and the second offense was blocked by Garnett, who turned around.

There was chaos under the basket, O'Neal grabbed the offensive rebound again, and just wanted to grab it, the basketball was slipped off by Szzerbiak from underneath.

Szebiak broke the ball and made a long pass to find Billups who reached out for the ball, Guo Xu knew how strong Billups was, and chose a gambling steal in the retreat, jumped up with all his strength and touched the basketball with one hand, blocking the pass, and the ball fell and was picked up by the retreating Kobe.

After Guo Xu landed, he immediately got off Billups with a fast attack, received a pass from Kobe Bryant and grabbed three points one meter outside the 70-degree three-point line on the left side, without interference, and hit it hollow!

22 to 16, Guo Xu's personal 12th point.

Woodson shouted, "Jason hit another three-pointer, and he's likely to break his single-game scoring record today." ”

"He did a good job on the defensive end as well, and he let Billups go back with two rounds," Horvath said. ”

In the next round, Billups failed to break through and distributed the ball to Garnett, and he was entangled by Guo Xu when he ran without the ball.

Guo Xu is difficult to defend against Billups alone, but he has teammates. His close defense makes Billups difficult to turn around, and it is enough to put a cold arrow on the outside, if Billups relies on his body to squeeze him and force a breakthrough, the speed is not fast, and the Lakers can help defend inside.

After a couple of passes, Szczebiak hit a mid-range shot in front of Ryder, O'Neal grabbed the rebound, and when he returned to the defense, Garnett yelled at Szczebiak, a little unhappy with his offense.

Szczebiak was drafted by the Timberwolves in the first round in 1999 with the sixth place, and the coach didn't plan a game for him. In fact, he has a strong individual attacking ability, a well-rounded technique, and can take on more responsibilities, but now he rarely takes the initiative to attack with the ball.

Last season, Szzelbiak, who was born with a calf and was not afraid of tigers, was dissatisfied with the ball and tried to attack with the ball more on the field, but he was taught a hard lesson by the team boss, and this season is much more honest.

Garnett once told Szzebiak in the dressing room: "Some people don't know who the boss of this team is! Then the two clashed, and Garnett punched the poor rookie in the face with a "you roll the calf."

And the most well-known thing for the two fans is that Garnett spit directly into Szzebiak's face.

At that time, the Timberwolves hosted the Raptors, Garnett sat on the bench early because of foul trouble, and Szczebiak was scolded by the head coach for missing a shot. Perhaps the "Wolf King" also realized that there was something wrong with his behavior and quietly walked away.

Garnett was absent from the press conference after the game and was spotted at the training ground two days later, and when asked about it, Garnett said: "Frankly, it was just a misunderstanding, somebody was trying to amplify it. I was a bit out of control, and Szzelbiak was playing so badly that he deserved some lessons, and I was just doing it for me. ”

With Garnett here, the Timberwolves are a rookie hell, not only confidence, but also psychology will be affected.

Positional offense, O'Neal forced the attack caused Nesterovic to foul and go to the free throw line.

Both sides began to make substitutions during the dead-ball period, with Guo Xu off the court, Bryan Shaw on, and the Timberwolves replacing Nesterovic with Lafonso Ellis.

Teammates high-fived Guo Xu in celebration, and his outstanding performance was an important reason why the Lakers were ahead.

Jackson called Guo Xu to his side, and said: "You can only rest for a while, keep this excitement, as long as Trill plays, I will let you play, I will arrange for you to be in the position all the time, I believe you can beat him." ”

"No problem." Guo Xu said with a smile, he liked to hear this too much.

Guo Xu is the most suitable for Trier, if he doesn't defend the main defense, it is not difficult for Trier to pass the 198CM tall Brian Shaw, Kobe can also defend Trier, but Jackson wants him to deal with swing people.

Jackson began to give Guo Xu a task, the coaching staff knew very well that the veteran Harper was injured at this age, and it was not easy to recover his state, and what was waiting for Harper was to retire after the season.

In terms of the importance of the Lakers, Guo Xu can be called the top three.

On the court, O'Neal hit both free throws, 24-16, and the Lakers' advantage is getting bigger and bigger.