Legend of Tomorrow

On the 17th, the Lakers defeated the Celtics 110-102 in an away game, refusing to lose consecutive games.

Guo Xu played the whole game and scored 65 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 steals. This time he was able to achieve his goal mainly due to defense.

Marcus Smart and Terry Rozier are both strong guards who are good at breaking through with strength advantage rather than technology. Their good style of play cannot knock Guo Xu away, and they were intercepted many times when they forced breakthroughs.

Moreover, these two shots were too tough. Guo Xu let them loose and shot casually, but they could only score in double figures, which made people speechless.

This season, Smart shot 34.8% from the field, 25.3% from three-point range, and scored 8.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 4 assists. This kind of person can actually be a starter, which shows how bad the Green Army's perimeter is.

Rozier was also very poor, shooting only 32.2% overall, 31.8% from three-point range, and scoring 6.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.3 assists. He averages only one free throw per game, has no shooting range and is not good at breakthroughs. It makes people wonder how he became the 16th pick in the first round.

The most amazing thing is that during the draft, some experts commented that Rozier was an excellent outside shooter and ball handler, with super athletic ability and physical fitness.

After sending away Rondo, the Green Army's No. 1 position has this kind of strength. They may have the worst shooting in the league. They have perfectly inherited Rondo's mantle and are good at single-handedly attacking the air on the outside.

Because sending Pierce away was too bad of a character, no big-name star was willing to join the Celtics. Isaiah Thomas has become the boss of the Cavaliers, and Green Army manager Ainge cannot trade him as a temporary savior. The Green Army will not make the playoffs this year.

The starting point guard of the Green Army last season was Jrue Holiday, who was selected as an All-Star. He was very good, but his attendance rate was less than 50% for two consecutive seasons. In the summer, he was traded to the Mavericks by Ainge as a garbage. Back to role players.

As a result, Holiday got out of the haze of injuries this season, averaging 17.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.4 steals in 30 minutes per game, and he can shoot suddenly.

The Celtics don't have a core to rebuild around, and coach Brad Stevens is out of luck.

This dear friend and Guo Xu are old acquaintances. Guo Xu became friends with him in Polis during the first time loop. Later, he left his contact information and often chatted with him online.

Stevens became famous as the head coach at Butler University. He started coaching the Celtics in 2013. Now the team is missing Thomas, and there will be Al Horford missing in the future. Without the internal and external core, it will be difficult for him to lead the team to achieve results. .

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That's not what Stevens needs to worry about. His three-year contract expires at the end of this season, and the Green Army management has no intention of renewing his contract.

At the end of the game, he shook hands with Guo Xu and couldn't help but complain. Jason, because of you, I'm afraid I will be unemployed after this season.

Guo Xu smiled and said: Don't be so pessimistic. I'm optimistic about you. Many teams will change their head coaches this summer. You can try it with teams like the Kings, 76ers, Eagles, and Knicks. You are much better than those coaches.

This is Guo Xu’s sixth consecutive game with 60+ points, a terrifying historical record.

On the 18th, the Lakers faced the underdog Bulls back-to-back. Everyone felt that Guo Xu would continue to score high points. This team would not be able to make the playoffs, and its defense began to deteriorate.

As expected, Guo Xu showed off his power at the beginning, scoring 25 points in a single quarter and brutally beating Derrick Rose.

Rose only scored 8 points in a single quarter, and this was despite Guo Xu's release. He made 0 of 2 open three-pointers.

In a parallel world, Rose is probably one of the most popular regular season MVPs in the NBA. Even at his peak, he was not very strong. He mainly relied on breakthroughs to score points. He was popular because he often performed beautiful pull-up layups and dunks and was selected into the top five goals.

In the 2010-11 season when he won the MVP, his overall shooting percentage was 44.5%, his mid-range shooting percentage was more than 40%, his three-point shooting percentage was 33.2%, and his true shooting percentage was 55%. He scored 25 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1 steal in 37.4 minutes. The value only ranks ninth in the league.

You know, in the parallel world, when Westbrook was the core of the Thunder, he had a triple-double of 31+10+10 in 34.6 minutes of playing time.

On Earth 1, Rose had no honors because the Bulls did not have Joakim Noah, an outstanding blue-collar center, and they also lacked Jimmy Butler and Luol Deng who joined later. Without good teammates, he is just an ordinary star defender.

Guo Xu felt that this guy was completely hopeless. He had been seriously injured three times. After his comeback, he still used the same style of play that hurt his knees. He liked to change directions drastically while running. The only change was that there were fewer dunks and pull-ups, and more floaters.

Guo Xu was two meters away, but Rose also chose to force the attack. If he hit Wu Youxing like this, it would be impossible to beat Guo Xu.

In order to prevent the unguarded Rose from scoring a point, Guo Xu not only stayed close to him, but also stood still and let him pass by. In this way, Rose only made 4 of 7 shots, because Nurkic was staying near the penalty area and could make up defense.

After Rose came off the court, substitute Aaron Brooks was a defensive black hole. When Guo Xu counterattacked, he just faced him and shot. When he was close, he forced a breakthrough and knocked away the defense.

In the third quarter, Guo Xu broke through and directly knocked Brooks to the ground, and then Dafengche dunked the ball in. He was breaking through normally and the referee would not call the ball to hit someone. Xiao Heidou's bottom plate was too unstable.

On the contrary, Brooks was knocked around by Guo Xu, unable to protect the ball, and was intercepted twice. He can only face the frame and has no back-up. He has not changed his game even after entering the league.

So even if Brooks has an excellent offense, can shoot suddenly and win the Most Improved Player Award, no team will offer him a big contract. His upper limit is the best sixth man, and it cannot be higher.

Guo Xu scored 66 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, leading the team to win by 15 points, with 60+ points in seven consecutive games.

At this time, every team realized one thing. Even double-teaming Guo Xu could not prevent him from scoring. He could even sprint in a straight line during fast break to get rid of Rose, who has always been known for his speed. Brooks is one of the fastest guards in the league. He can barely keep up, but there is nothing he can do against Guo Xu.

If you want to restrict Guo Xu, you must double-team without the ball, use positional and zone defense to attack nearby, and then you have to see whether he feels good. When his hands are hot, he can hit a three-pointer as soon as he passes midfield.

On the 20th, the Lakers defeated the Kings again.

This time Guo Xu played in garbage time and scored 70 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He made 5 of 15 three-pointers, but he made 26 of 28 free throws in the game, setting a new personal free throw shooting high.

Guo Xu made all kinds of breakthroughs and layups. Once the Kings got out of position, they could only use fouls to stop him. The Kings did a poor job of double-teaming, and the wing defense was ineffective. Harden would be good if he didn't miss anyone.

Roy Hibbert was slow to pull fouls, and he felt like he couldn't bend down. He might not have the ball to play at the end of this season.

After this game, Guo Xu completed the feat of scoring 60+ points in eight consecutive games. As long as you search basketball, the Internet is full of news about him.

If he keeps playing like this and persists for the whole season, I feel that he can average 60+ per game. He is completely impossible to defend. This is not playing, but playing with the ball. If you rush, you can only foul.

The most important thing for a guard, apart from shooting, is speed. Stephen Curry can never be compared with Jason. His speed is too slow, and their breakthroughs are not at the same level.

Is Parker scared to play the Spurs in the next game? He is really miserable. He entered the league a year later than Jason, both in the Western Conference. After the regular season and the playoffs, he is still not crazy and strong.

I feel sorry for Curry for a second. If Jason hadn't come back, he would have a great chance of leading the Warriors to three consecutive championships this year to establish a dynasty and win the regular season MVP three times. Now 80% of these are gone.

Regardless of whether the Lakers can win the championship this year, just looking at the data, everyone says that now is the era of pot...