When Guo Xu was still a rookie, he had a clear advantage over Anthony Carter, and now he is too easy to single out Carter.

On the defensive end, Guo Xu can be lazy to his heart's content, Carter played an average of 18.6 minutes per game for the Heat last season, only 4.2 points and 4.1 assists, shooting 35.6% from the field, and not shooting three-point shots at all.

Carter's strength is that he is steady on the offensive end, and he will work the defensive end. He defends well against the average defender, and is a qualified substitute, so it is difficult for him to play as a starter.

WHAT'S BAD IS THAT THE SPURS NO. 1 POSITION HAS NO ONE TO REPLACE, AND THE THIRD POINT GUARD JASON HART HAS EVEN WORSE DEFENSE, HE IS A BIG POINT GUARD WHO IS 191CM TALL AND WEIGHS 84 KILOGRAMS, AND HE IS NOT FAST AND CAN BE EASILY PASSED.

Ironically, Hart was the 20th rookie in the second round of the class of 2000 and was once ranked ahead of Guo Xu. He played just 11 games in the first three seasons of his career, not because of injury, but because of a lack of strength.

At this time, Popovich somewhat regretted trading Barbosa to the Warriors, and in the summer he looked down on Barbosa and felt that he could only play shooting guard. If Barbossa is here, at least he can keep up with Guo Xu's speed.

Of course, if Barbossa stays, it will be ruined, and when Parker returns, he will not have a chance to play, and his style of playing the No. 1 position lacks the ability to play, and the No. 2 position overlaps with Ginobili. It's hard for him to be a star without an attacking coach.

Zhang reasonably commented: "Judging from this moment, the Suns' defense has improved a lot, Diop can resist Duncan, and will not let him hit the basket casually, and the offense will be handed over to Guo Xu, and it can still be opened." ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "The Spurs are under a lot of pressure today, and if the home opener is a black start." ”

There were no substitutions on either side after the timeout, and the Spurs battled in a position, Duncan received the ball from the outside on the right side, and after probing, he changed direction and broke through to Diop, attracting Xiaosi to make up for the ball, and Rasu Nesterovic got the open space and scored with a two-handed dunk. 9 to 2.

The Suns attacked, Guo Xu continued to block and dismantle, and the Spurs changed to joint defense on the defensive end and carried out a package.

Last season, the Spurs knew that the outside line had to be covered, Guo Xu was too fast, except for Parker, others chased half a beat slowly, although Parker's single defense suffered, at least he could chase the defense in place so that Guo Xu frequently fell into singles.

Bowen and Duncan blocked Guo Xu's breakthrough route, Guo Xu distributed the ball to Marion, who received the ball and hit a three-point jumper, which missed the basket under Carter's chasing interference, and Nestrovic grabbed the rebound in the backcourt.

The Spurs attacked, Duncan failed to attract the bag in the low post, Diop resisted it outside the box, Duncan dribbled two steps to the middle and turned and throw, and deflected the basket under Diop's long arm interference.

Duncan, known as the "Stone Buddha", will also be guarded, and he hates the meat shield-type interior line with super strength, excellent reach, and no slower speed than him, that is, Diop and Kwame Brown.

Duncan's technique is not fancy, he is good at using his strength, height and reach advantage to score, Diop is not inferior to Duncan in all three aspects, and his strength is slightly superior.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Diop's Duncan shot less than 40% many times, the most classic one was the 2007-08 Spurs VS Nets regular season, Duncan played 35 minutes, 4 of 14 shots, and the shooting rate was only 28.6%.

As long as Diop is on the court, his teammates don't have to be in the low post, just keep up with the rest of the Spurs, and let Dumb and Agua go head-to-head.

Diop, the rough brother in history, as the worst interior offensive player in history, can play in the league for so many years, it is not for nothing.

The Suns attacked, Guo Xu attracted the bag and then divided Marion, who dribbled to Xiao Si in the middle of the empty cut, Xiao Si went to the basket to hold the ball and singled Lasu, turned around and forced it to deviate under the interference.

Rasu defended well in the low post, but there was a mistake when he grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and passed Carter, Guo Xu suddenly rushed forward, passed Carter who slowly retreated, directly cut off the basketball, and passed to Marion who cut the baseline from close range, who got rid of Bowen and scored an easy layup.

11 to 2, Guo Xu's second assist.

The Spurs attacked, Guo Xu put Carter two meters away from the periphery and retreated to the penalty area, if he hadn't faced Carter in a defensive posture, he might have been whistled for a three-second defense violation.

He can't shoot on the ground, and in this case, the Spurs can't cover Carter inside, and they will definitely catch up.

Carter was powerless in the face of this situation, and the premise of powerlessness was incompetence, and this "stupid bird" could not fly.

Carter took a one-step pull-and-go shot from inside the three-point line, and with little interference, Smalls grabbed the rebound. This is the biggest difference between him and Parker, Parker is very sure if he goes far and shoots in the middle, and the opponent can break through when he is close.

Guo Xu still plays the same way, first looking for blocking and dismantling, and trying to create a misplaced breakthrough opportunity. This time he took the right side of Ginobili and followed Bale to the bottom corner.

Guo Xu misplaced Duncan, brought a 45-degree turn to the face frame, and pulled away from Xiao Si, who was standing in the middle of the lane. At this time, Carter was very embarrassed, and the chasing defense would vacate Xiao Si, and not chasing Guo Xu to get a misplaced opportunity.

Duncan maintains a one-and-a-half-step distance, which can not only prevent breakthroughs but also rely on height advantages to interfere with shooting, Guo Xu dribbles the ball behind his right hand to the left hand to the outside line, widening the distance between the two, which makes Duncan uncomfortable, and he will shoot if he doesn't go out.

Duncan was attracted to take a step out, Guo Xu held the ball in his left hand, brought his right hand close, and made a "worship Buddha" feint, lowering the center of gravity and changing the direction by a large speed to pass Duncan.

Lasu followed Diop far away on the left side, and Guo Xu did not wait for the opponent to make up for the defense, and quickly made a layup to score.

13 to 2, 9th personal point.

On the basketball court, no player is perfect, and the "Stone Buddha" is no exception.

When people talk about a well-rounded player, they like to say that this person can play five positions, which is a far-fetched statement.

No one can be efficient at all five positions, the coach on the offensive end will not let Garnett play point guard, and on the defensive end, letting Jordan play Malone and O'Neal is also a dead end.

In Guo Xu's previous life, LeBron James was perhaps the closest person who could play five positions, he defended Derrick Rose on the outside and Pau Gasol on the inside, and his expression when defending was impressive......

Duncan's effect of changing guards is far inferior to guarding the penalty area, and he is 213CM tall, and it is impossible for him to move as fast as a guard, especially in terms of lateral speed, he is much slower than Guo Xu, and he will be passed if he stands too far out.

But the Spurs can only arrange it this way, otherwise Malik Rose will have to come out early, and center Rasu is much worse than Duncan.

Zhang Reasonable smiled: "Guo Xu can't play the wrong Duncan, the sun plays like this is very reasonable, he splits the ball when he encounters a bag, and no one covers himself, this is an MVP-level performance." ”

"This is not a normal Spurs today, the outside defense of the two guards is too poor......," Xu Jicheng shouted: "Mistake!" ”

Carter was close to Guo Xu just after half of the court, Lasu covered, and Carter used the width of the court to move horizontally and was blocked by Xiao Si. He protected the basketball, the breakthrough speed was too slow, Guo Xu bypassed and reached out from behind to poke the basketball, and started to pick up the ball faster than Carter.

Xiao Si immediately launched a fast attack, and Guo Xu turned around and passed over.

Xiao Si caught the ball before the free throw line and dribbled with a tomahawk split, and the meat shield center Lasu was thrown away slowly.

15 to 2, Guo Xu's third assist.

The Spurs were beaten by a wave, Duncan couldn't attract the bag in the low post, the defender's perimeter breakthrough was also blocked, everyone didn't know what to do, Popovich just called a timeout, didn't call a second in a row.