Legend of Tomorrow

On the 15th, the Suns back-to-back challenged another powerhouse Spurs in Texas.

The two sides played an overtime, the sun lost the game 104 to 110.

Rookie players have a common weakness, that is, they don't know how to allocate physical strength, which will make them hit the rookie wall. Yesterday, a few newcomers of the Sun ran wildly, and their back-to-back status declined significantly.

Stoudemire had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was only 40%; Nene had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was 60%. He was mistreated by Duncan and graduated with 6 offenses in 26 minutes.

Duncan played 51 minutes, made 16 of 25 shots, made 6 of 6 free throws, scored 38 points, 16 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 blocks.

It is said that Duncan's debut is the peak. In fact, "Stone Buddha" has become stronger in the past two years. The single-core led the Spurs to achieve excellent results. This season, they averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.

David Robinson, one of the Spurs' two towers, has averaged less than 10 points per game this season and will retire after the season ends.

The Spurs' second scorer is second-year point guard Tony Parker, who averages 15 + 5 per game and is often scolded by Popovich.

Ginobili, the "Pampas Vulture" who is not yet bald, is just a rookie this year, coming off the bench and averaging 7 + 2 stats.

Of course, the Spurs are also pleasantly surprised. In 2001, Stephen Jackson, who signed a two-year salary at the end of the year, averaged 12 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game.

In the summer, the Spurs renewed the swingman Bruce Bowen at a low salary. Although he has poor scoring ability, he has a precise three-point corner. The brown sugar defense makes the Spurs' outside line solid.

Also playing team basketball, the Spurs are mainly defensive. They restrained the Sun in tactics, but they could not prevent Guo Xu, so the strength of the two teams was not much different, and the score was very close.

Guo Xu made 14 of 26 shots, 4 of 10 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, scored 38 points and 12 assists, almost staged back-to-back 40 + 10. He blew up the Spurs sophomore Tony Parker, who only made 3 of 18 shots, 2 of 5 threes, 7 of 9 free throws, and only got 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Parker's condition is poor, and Popovich must also let him play, because his speed can keep up with Guo Xu, and his height can also interfere with the shooting. Substitute defender Spradi Clarkston played Guo Xu at all.

Spiti and Guo Xu were at the same level and were the 20th rookie in the first round in 2000. They were unlucky to be reimbursed for their injuries during the rookie season. Scouts thought he was much stronger than Guo Xu at the time, but he shot poorly in the 76ers last season, had poor assists and defended black holes. So the 76ers' management gave up on him and the Spurs traded.

Guo Xu's breakthrough and shooting of Speedy could not be stopped. The whole game only played for 4 minutes. When he was fighting hard, he couldn't help the team.

Although the Suns suffered their 15th defeat this season, Guo Xu still ranked third in the mvp rankings, behind Duncan and Nowitzki. Many people now think that Guo Xu and Duncan are superstars of the same level. It's just a different way of leading the team.

Both Duncan's offense and defense are core, and Guo Xu is super offensive, which can drive the entire team to attack.

The Suns returned to Phoenix for three days of trimming and began another wave of road trips in the east.

In the game against the Hornets, the two sides staged a dragon-fighting match, which was tied at 114 in regular time, and then played two overtime points to win, and the Suns won 140 to 133.

The Sun team scored 6 double figures, 4 scored 20+, Guo Xu was in a sluggish state, 8 of 1 three-pointers, hit a total of 15 iron, 33.3% shooting rate, 25 points and 15 assists.

Joe Johnson performed very well, scoring 24 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. In the last 6 seconds of regular time, he greeted Byron Davis with a three-point equalizer.

The Suns ’weakness on the defensive end showed again. The offense can be scored, but it cannot be prevented, especially when the opponent also counterattacks.

The Hornets players have a decent attacking power, with Byron Davis, David Wesley, Jamal Marsh trident on the outside, Magloire and pj Brown on the inside. The overall level of the Hornets is no problem in the playoffs, it is difficult to go far.

One day later, the Suns vs. Magic, Guo Xu scored 24 points, 17 assists and 5 steals, led the team to score five double figures, four scored 20 +, 117 to 107 win.

McGrady scored a game-high 41 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. The second most Magic scored was Sean Camp, scoring 22 points. With the efforts of McGrady, the Magic and the Sun hit the fourth quarter.

Grant Hill was reimbursed again, and the Magic management was completely reduced to laughter.

Since the release of "Shark" O'Neal, Magic has never had any luck. With the exception of McGrady, all high-paying contractors are glass people, just like the curse.

Xu Jicheng ridiculed and said during the live broadcast: "Do you expect Hill to save the team? Hill is not on the operating table now, just on the way to the operating table."

Some irony is true. Hill's big contract also locked up the Magic's salary space. In 2000, he signed a seven-year 93 million dollar contract with the Magic. It will not expire until 2007, which is terrible.

After the game, Guo Xu rarely praised his teammates, but conducted a self-examination, saying that including himself, the Sun players have been too lax on the defensive end, which is very bad.

"We can't go on like this. Players can't be forgiven if they have flaws, but we must concentrate on it, otherwise the offense will be beautiful and the playoffs can't go far. Newcomers don't know the defensive strength of the playoff teams. It will improve and the confrontation will be more intense, but I know this, they must be psychologically prepared in advance, I want to lead by example and seriously defend. "

Guo Xu now said it was not too late, which was slightly better than when Nash joined in 2004. Once the rookies have developed the habit of not defending, it will be difficult to change in the future.

In the previous life, the Suns were the pioneers of the "small ball era." The team had the same smooth offense as the future Warriors but failed to win the championship. Their weaknesses are poor defense and some strange personnel changes in the Sun management.

Later, Cole and Gentry, who coached the Warriors, were the general manager and coach of the Suns, so they can combine the experience of the Suns regular season success with the lessons of the playoffs and have the Warriors' glory. Guo Xu has seen the future warriors, and if he wants to succeed, he must defend firmly while attacking ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The Suns currently have no thorns and no tumors. When the boss Guo Xu made a speech, young players would listen of.

In the next game against the Heat, the Suns were much more active when defending, winning 28 points and easily defeating their opponents. However, the good sun defense is also directly related to the Heat's overall strength is too poor.

The former star center Alonzo Mourning was reimbursed for the kidney disease season, and the outside core Eddie Jones was also missing due to injury. The second-round rookie Rasu Butler became the starter. Last season, the non-draft entered the NBA's Malik A. Lun is also a starter.

The team's most beneficial person is No. 10 rookie Caron Butler. He obtained a lot of shots and unexpectedly became the Heat's second scorer. When Jones is away, he is the Heat's first scoring point, the strength is not good, the shooting rate is not high, Marion can get him alone.

The Suns returned to Phoenix with a three-game winning streak. The next four games are all home games and the schedule is more comfortable.

Guo Xu and Ai Weier often chat online, and they have become friends, and their agreed meeting time is coming ...

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