In the second half, the Suns players who were very relaxed continued to run and bomb, supplemented by positional blocking and dismantling, and fought with the Timberwolves to attack.

Guo Xu was mainly responsible for launching a counterattack from the backcourt in this quarter, reducing his shots, scoring 2 goals in 4 shots, scoring 5 points and dishing out 7 assists, including two beautiful backcourt long passes.

Marion made two three-pointers and two mid-range shots to score 10 points in the quarter.

Smalls attracted Garnett's defense, and Nene was powerful again, shooting 3-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line against Trent's defense, scoring 10 points in the first quarter.

In order to prevent Guo Xu from breaking through, the Timberwolves must help defend inside, otherwise Hudson will be too much to think of suicide, and in order to strengthen mobility, he can't use heavy interior Nesterovic or Mark Jackson.

Trent is a power forward who is only 203cm tall, and he can't defend himself with his weight and strength alone. Nene cut in and shook the ball twice, and the shooting percentage near the box was very high, which he mainly practiced when he was in Brazil, and the mid-range shot was still very poor, but it was enough.

Garnett went to defend Nene as the main defense, Guo Xu and Xiao Si blocked and dismantled, and Xiao Si rushed up again. He couldn't rush up and singled Trent with Nene in one way, and the two often practiced together, and the progress was obvious.

Guo Xu scored 26 points and 21 assists in the third quarter, and now he is about to score 30+20 again, and the Suns lead by 19 points 102-83.

In the Christmas game, Guo Xu left his strength in the face of his old club Lakers, and he was not polite to deal with the Timberwolves, continued to play in the last quarter, and directly requested the coach.

"Mike, arrange double guards and double screen tactics, I have enough assists, I want to get 40+20, as long as I have the opportunity, I will shoot myself."

The coolest thing about him being the boss of the team is that he can make this kind of request, he is not qualified to make a request when he is in the Lakers, and he only made an unlimited shot of 67+10 against the Hawks once, or under the premise that Kobe Bryant is absent.

D'Antoni is not the kind of coach who demands that his players have to be selfless, he likes to be a fan on the sidelines when he arranges his offense, he likes to watch his players play super stats, he likes to watch them score.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Nash has always been very selfless because of his personal character, not required by D'Antoni, Harden can play casually in the De's offensive system, and he can continue to shoot if he has a bad hand.

D'Antoni agreed without thinking about it, and said with a smile: "No problem, you are bold to throw, if they narrow the difference, we will change tactics." You have to be careful not to get hurt. ”

"Don't worry, I'll focus on shooting."

Guo Xu is not Iverson, he will not rush into the pile when he can stop and shoot jumpers. After his layups are misplaced and completely past the opponent's interior line, if the opponent follows, he will definitely choose to pass the ball and let his teammates hit the basket.

There are a lot of supermen in the team, and if he has to be tough in the No. 1 position, it will be purely sick.

The Timberwolves rested Hudson in the last quarter, the veteran Stritland played, and Coach Sanders knew something bad was going to happen as soon as he saw Guo Xu playing again.

Sure enough, after the Timberwolves missed, the Suns immediately counterattacked, Guo Xu chased and shot three points in a row on the periphery, no tactics, he threw it when he had the opportunity, Strickland was far away, and he would be passed if he was close.

Guo Xu made 2 of 4 three-point shots, broke through once to attract the defensive point, assisted Xiao Si to score a violent dunk, and was pulled in a breakthrough and hit both free throws. After he had eight points and one assist, Sanders called a timeout.

Many of the Timberwolves' home fans have defected, Guo Xu applauded after scoring the goal, and the Suns played much more beautiful than the Timberwolves.

Xu Jicheng commented: "Guo Xu is unstoppable today, he will adjust his playing style at any time, the Timberwolves defend the pass, he shoots by himself, prevents him from scoring, he will divide the ball, and he can play no matter what." ”

Zhang Li smiled: "His style of play is much better than a player who is simply good at scoring, because you can't guess what he will do next." I don't think he's just the No. 1 point guard in the NBA, he's the No. 1 attacker right now, and I can't think of any other active player who is more offensive than him. ”

Xu Jicheng agreed: "He is really good, he is also the core of the team, Garnett can't compare with him." ”

After the timeout, Guo Xu continued to play.

As soon as he received the ball, the Timberwolves player wrapped him up from beyond the three-point line. As a result, this defense failed in the first round, Guo Xu took the ball to the middle circle and opened it out, and Alston shot three points in the open position.

The street ball king is a poor offensive choice, not a lack of baskets, he usually practices three-point shooting in the team, and there is still a certain certainty of vacancy.

Hudson was completely dumbfounded, he was blown up too badly this time, and his mentality collapsed when facing Guo Xu. Guo Xu let him shoot casually in two steps, and his three points also missed the basket.

The Sun chased and counterattacked, Guo Xu first sprinted to the frontcourt, then stopped and moved sharply, and received a pass from Alston in the middle.

He swayed outside the three-point line, Hudson took a small step forward, and Guo Xu immediately changed direction with the ball to break through. As soon as Hudson stretched out his hand, Guo Xu deliberately hit him on the arm with the ball, and the referee blew the whistle.

Guo Xu not only practiced dribbling skills in the team, but also practiced "touching porcelain", which has a great chance of hitting the free throw line and can cause damage.

He practiced when he was with the Lakers, but he didn't have a whistle in his rookie season, and he was slightly better last season, averaging only 4.6 free throws per game because he had to share the ball with his teammates. This season, Guo Xu averaged 7.3 free throws per game, a career high.

He made two free throws and scored his 36th point.

Kendall singled out Alston and took advantage of his height advantage to miss the basket with a pull-up jumper that missed the basket and lost his touch. Xiao Si grabbed the rebound and made a quick counterattack, and Alston quickly dribbled the ball across the half court to pass Guo Xu.

This time Hudson's defense was even worse, and he opted for closeness, which is supposed to be a positive sign of defence, but only if the player can adapt to the physical confrontation. Hudson's strength was too poor, Guo Xu caught the ball and hit him, and he succeeded in passing with a turn, smashed into the basket on the right side, glanced behind him, and shot a high rebound.

Garnett, who returned to the defense in the middle, flew up, jumped with all his strength and failed to cover the basketball, Guo Xu's arc of picking up the basket was too high, and the ball was very light and bummered twice on the basket after hitting the board and fell in. It was his 38th personal score.

Since Guo Xu is playing the board and shooting, of course, the height of the ball will not exceed the top edge of the rebound, but Garnett can't cover it, which disappoints the KG blowers.

There's a well-known legend in the NBA that Garnett just entered the league and said he could touch rebounds when he practiced with the Timberwolves, and then his teammates laughed, "Kid, everybody here can touch rebounds!" Then the young and frivolous Garnett added, "I'm talking about the top edge of the rebound. Immediately afterward, I saw him jump quickly in succession and touch the top edge of the rebound ten times.

This story sounds very enjoyable, but unfortunately, it is fake, and Garnett himself has refuted the rumors.

There is a monster in the NBA that could touch the top edge of the rebound, not Garnett, but "Warcraft" Dwight Howard, who is still in high school.

Howard broke O'Neal's record of more than 10 years in physical testing, and he participated in the 2007 Slam Dunk Contest by sticking a big head to the rebound, about 20cm from the top edge of the rebound. At that time, he completed the dunk in the air, and if he directly ran and touched the height, he should be a little higher.

Next, Guo Xu was strictly guarded and was forced to pass the ball a few times, and all three shots missed the basket. But the opportunity still appeared, the Timberwolves missed the shot, Guo Xu counterattacked with the ball, forced a breakthrough and hit Hudson's arm, the ball fell to the ground, and the referee blew a foul.

Guo Xu hit both free throws and was replaced 4 and a half minutes early, and the data was fixed at 40 points and 23 assists, setting a new record!