Legend of Tomorrow

The Hawks' current internal and external core is Zach Randolph and Jeff Teague.

Black Bear Randolph has long passed his prime and is recognized as a black hole in interior defense. This season, he averaged 15.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, which is pretty good.

Teague is nicknamed Yun Mamba by Chinese fans. He is a person with a story. Fans say that he dribbles like a Mamba, but is perfectly invisible at critical moments. In the past two seasons, he only has Randolph and himself in his eyes. He kills the Eagles with a divine block, and kills the Eagles with a Buddha block. He was especially bad when playing against the wind, hitting the ball like crazy and often hitting misses.

In a parallel world, Teague has achieved an outstanding record because of Millsap and Horford on the team. Now those two people have nothing to do with the Hawks.

The worst thing is that Teague is also a big hole on the defensive end. Data shows that Teague's defensive efficiency this season is 112.6, ranking 296th in the entire league.

The young player that the Hawks focus on training is dunker Aaron Gordon, who is not strong enough to play power forward and has average skills as a small forward. If Gordon plays small forward, he will overlap with Otto Porter, the second overall pick in 2013.

The 2013 rookie class is recognized as bad, but Porter has developed well and became the Hawks' starting small forward this season. He averaged 30.4 minutes per game, 11.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.4 steals, shooting 47.6% from the field and 36.8% from the three-point range.

Generally, the Hawks' starting shooting guard is Kyle Korver. The defensive end is not fast enough, which is equivalent to a black hole.

In short, the Hawks' defense is among the bottom three in the league. The head coach is not Mike Budenholzer of the Spurs, but Lionel Hollins. They can't even see the defensive system, which is mainly man-to-man.

Guo Xu wanted to get high scores. This was really a perfect opponent, and there was no need to save face for them at all.

Because of the huge gap in strength between the two sides, the game was only broadcast live on local channels. China's CCTV5 and Tencent both broadcast the Lakers game live, almost every game this season. Chinese fans advocate individual heroism, and what they like to watch most is when stars score soaring points. If the Lakers are not broadcast and another game is chosen, many people will be dissatisfied.

After the warm-up, both teams started the game. Suns Five: Guo Xu, Seth Curry, Vince Carter, Al Horford, Nurkic.

Let Curry start in order to make the defense worse and fear that the Hawks will lose too quickly. Tyronn Lue is a great puppet coach. He knows what Guo Xu wants, and he tries his best to arrange the troops and formations according to his heart.

Guo Xu will not steal the coach's tactical board, because Tyronn Lue himself does not need a tactical board.

His tactics are generally dictated directly, which is to try every means to get the ball to the boss and create opportunities for the boss to cover him!

Hawks starting lineup: Teague, Korver, Porter, Randolph, Spencer Hawes.

The Hawks made a mistake by not letting Chris Humphries, acquired in the mid-term trade, start again. Because Hawes moved too slowly, he was purged from the team after joining the Clippers after playing only one season. His ability to defend pick-and-rolls is very poor.

Occasionally, coach Hollins will let Randolph play as a center forward to play small-ball tactics, so the overall defense will be extremely poor. When the opponent passes the ball to the inside for singles, Randolph can only use his strength to resist. It is difficult for his jumping ability and height to interfere with his shooting.

As soon as Guo Xu saw the Hawks' lineup, he knew that the extra shooting practice today would not be in vain, and it was exactly what he wanted. If the Hawks let Gordon and Randolph team up inside, the defense will change faster and it will not be so easy to score.

Nurkic won the jump ball and the Lakers attacked first.

Horford pulled to the outside center to receive the ball and pulled Randolph out. Guo Xu ran from the left to the right from the bottom line, and ran out of opportunity under Nurkic's off-ball cover.

Teague was slow to pursue the defense, and Hawes was also slow to change defense. Guo Xu caught the ball and made an easy shot from the right corner, hollowing into the net, 3-0.

Zhang Liji said: Guo Xu hit a three-pointer at the beginning. He feels good today. I hope he can keep it up.

Yu Jia said: He is currently averaging 47.2 points per game, and his performance is very scary. He has scored 30+ points in all games so far. If he ends up with 30+ points in 82 games, it will definitely be a super historical record that no one can break in the future.

When the Eagles attacked, Guo Xu started to let off steam in the first round, leaving Teague two meters away and straightening his body. No one in football matches defended like this except when facing a free kick and setting up a wall.

Teague's three-point shooting percentage hit a career high this season, 40.1%, averaging 1.4 shots per game. He took aim and hit the shot, returning a three-pointer. 3 to 3.

The Lakers attacked, and Nurkic set a screen for Guo Xu as soon as the half was over. He moved laterally and changed directions to avoid Teague, and he stopped one meter away from the three-point line on the right side and made a three-pointer.

Teague was very fast, still slightly inferior to Guo Xu, and his pursuit failed to cover him. Hawes was farther away from Guo Xu than the three-point line, and there was no interference from defense changes. It was an easy shot to score. 6 to 3.

The atmosphere at Staples Center was lifted. All the fans were applauding. Jack Nicholson, the movie star sitting in the front row, gave Guo Xu a thumbs up, and the cameraman gave him a close-up shot.

After 2010, Nicholson rarely went to the Lakers' home games to watch games. Before that, he had two hard-to-buy seats on the bench, and was known as the Lakers' mascot. In 2013, Nicholson was extremely disappointed with his favorite Lakers team, so he wanted to buy the Lakers and become the coach himself. He boasted that he was second in the league in coaching ability.

Now that Guo Xu is back, the old man is also back to support him.

When the Eagles attacked, Guo Xu continued to put Teague two meters away, and used the no defense skill at the beginning.

This is not the first time that Teague has been treated like this by Guo Xu. Except for the first two seasons when Guo Xu retired and was away, it happened twice every season. Teague felt humiliated when he first entered the league, but now he is used to it. In the past, he thought Guo Xu did this because he looked down on him, but now he understands that Guo Xu just wants to play a little longer.

As long as he is confident of defeating his opponent, Guo Xu dares to let a star like Paul take mid- to long-range shots at will. The real test for these point guards is not the offense, but the defense against Guo Xu. For the sake of face, they had to find a way to prevent Guo Xu from getting super high scores.

Teague took aim and made another three-point jumper from the middle. Guo Xu didn't even stretch his hand and the ball went in again. 6 to 6.

Teague felt a little happy. His highest personal three-point record in a single game was four goals. He felt good today and seemed to have hope of breaking his personal record and breaking more than one goal.

When he thought this, the offensive rhythm had actually been disrupted by Guo Xu. He is a defender who focuses on breakthroughs. Mid- and long-range shooting is not his strong point and he doesn't take many shots.

The Lakers attacked, and after halftime Nurkic came up for a pick-and-roll. After Guo Xu moved sideways with the ball, Randolph and Teague double-teamed. Guo Xu immediately passed the ball to Horford and ran to the left corner.

Horford brought support from the high post, and Guo Xu slipped to the bottom line. It was difficult for opponents to handle this kind of ball, so the defender had to follow. After a ball-free screen, Guo Xu caught the ball in the bottom corner, and Teague was in place to pursue the ball.

Guo Xu first took a step to the left, dribbled behind his left hand to the baseline, quickly started to pass Teague, collected the ball and threw it to avoid Hawes' block.

He didn't hit the ball with enough force, but Nurkic was already empty under the basket and easily grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a tip-in. 8 to 6.

The Lakers are so strong now. As long as they form a triangle offensive position, Nurkic and Curry can perform efficiently. After Guo Xu attracts the focus of defense, they can get simple shooting opportunities.

Teague brought the ball to the frontcourt, but Guo Xu still didn't guard him. He took a third consecutive outside shot and the ball missed...