Chapter 873: [3 points brigade, open city]

Just like the Sun coaching team planned before the game, the Lakers are the easiest to score with Joe Johnson and Artest. They face a single defense that is not strong enough to shoot at long and medium distances.
In Guo Xu's past life, D'Antoni used this defensive strategy to almost eliminate the Warriors in the 2018 Western Conference finals when he was coaching the Rockets. Players have to do very simple, guard against three-pointers and layups, put Durant in the middle distance singles.
The three giants of Durant, Curry, and Thompson sit in town. The Warriors are still struggling to play the Rockets. If Paul was absent due to injury, the Rockets reached the finals after two games and Ariza grabbed seven undercovers.
The Lakers are a team with a lot of offense, but the star's personal ability and overall strength are obviously different from the Warriors in the 2017-18 season.
When attacking, D'Antoni is the one he usually trains for. Players singles, inside screens, making bottom corners and three-point mobile phones on both sides.
Gasol Jr. had a great cover for Guo Xu on the bottom line. His figure was very suitable for the cover. He often played like this in the Spanish national team, so he became the immediate power of the Sun and quickly integrated into the team system.
After being blocked by Gasol Jr., even Ellis, who is famous for his speed, is difficult to circumvent in an instant. Guo Xu's corner is big when he receives the ball. This is a difficult multiple choice question.
Bogut didn't change defense, Guo Xu could catch the ball and directly shot. He changed the defense and actively followed out. Guo Xu looked for a pass when he passed to Gasol. How could Ellis prevent a 216CM high center?
Therefore, Bogut can only choose to continue to follow the low Gasol, let Ellis go all out to defend Guo Xu, slowing down will be free, catching Guo Xu can single.
The Lakers are not good on the weak side. The Suns only have Guo Xu and Gasol Jr. Roy passes back to the middle immediately after the pass. If Artest dare to go to the package, Guo Xu will take a free throw. Three-point chance.
Roy has performed well outside the three-point line this season, and his shooting percentage is close to 40%. How can a team dare to empty him?
When the Suns sent the twin towers in the last series, Guo Xu almost cried Bibi on the weak side and shook it twice to make a jumper. Ellis attacked and defended weakly, and the ability of single defense was not enough to watch Guo Xu, and the points gradually widened.
The Suns only need to guard against Bogut, the Lakers' overall offensive efficiency will be reduced, Fisher does not play the team only two three-point points, the withdrawal effect is worse.
The Sun's method of dealing with the triangle offense is single defense. Artest's performance is the most disappointing. The defender he faces is only Morrow. He dares to take responsibility when singles, but he really is not the core material. For most of the season, they were blacksmiths.
When the offensive and defensive conversion rhythm was unsatisfactory, the Suns led 31 to 23 in the first quarter. Guo Xu performed the most eye-catching, scoring 11 points and 4 assists.
The rotation between the two sides in the second quarter was a tie. The Lakers had a strong defense. Battier defended Hill's body similarly. Odom, who had a rest inside, took a substitute. Jason Smith also performed well.
The Lakers released Turiaf in the summer, focusing on training Smith, which is a very wise choice.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Smith was still playing for the Wizards in 2018. He is an excellent bench insider. He moves fast and has a decent shot. He is good at playing pick-and-roll with his teammates. As a pure blue collar lacking range, Turiaf was eliminated by the NBA in 2014.
Outsider Lord Lowry has played his specialty. He has become a defensive expert when dealing with the point guard of the steel cannon. If 82 regular season games have been against Deron, Lowry, Kidd, Davis, etc. Several, Fisher can be selected for the best defensive lineup.
Sun's defense is not vegetarian. Haslem and Millsap are more mobile inside and can defend the two big guys close to the Lakers, allowing them to shoot under confrontation and interference. The shooting rate is not high.
The two starters came back one after another. Jackson let Artest guest power forward, Odom play center, and the sun tactics to fight the small ball again, and 8 points behind the first half and still have to play.
In the third quarter, Hill and Green wheeled to defend Joe Johnson, Stoudemire was the center, Millsap power forward, Guo Xu started a quick counterattack.
In order to limit Guo Xu's breakthrough and shooting, the Lakers began to wrap up outside and relax the defense of the wing players. As a result, Hill and Green scored successively, and the score difference widened to 20 points.
Gerald Green, who was nicknamed "Wheat Di" at that time, was very difficult to block the shot against the defender. He was very determined after shooting short shots and made 2 of 4 3-pointers.
Green made 38.5% of his three-pointers in the regular season, and it was not a good idea to let him go. The Suns "Three Point Brigade" and "City of Open Access" are not ridiculous, players generally choose to shoot in an efficient position.
Hill has a shorter range, wins in all rounds, can make a midrange shot, can make a breakthrough after swaying, and can also attract defensive responses to pass.
Hill is mainly to use the veteran's experience advantage to ensure that the team can quickly transfer the ball. At the peak, he can average 7.3 assists per game and has a good sense of passing. He averaged only 5.3 points and 1 assists per game in the playoffs, but he didn't mess up. He only shot when he had a good chance, shooting 48% from the field.
The Sun led 19 points into the final quarter. Guo Xu took a break to let the young players exercise.
The Lakers finally got the upper hand, and Bogut scored 6 points against Jordan.
Many people may not believe it. In Guo Xu's previous life, Little Jordan's defense and supplementary defense were good, and his single defense ability was average. Not only the old Duncan can eat him alone, even Kaman, who played in the final season of the Blazers in 2016, has played several singles against Jordan.
He is good at rebounding and blocking shots, and is suspected of swiping data, so Guo Xu has always looked down on him.
The Sun chose Jordan to prepare to be a bargaining chip. This summer, management will consider sending him away. The coaching staff gave him a steady playing time in the regular season. The data is brilliant and the efficiency is brilliant.
Roy singled Artest's efficiency is not high, these years is Artest's last peak, moving speed is fairly fast. After 11 years, Artest will become a slow-moving "Charity World Peace".
ESPN commentator McBrin analyzed during the suspension: "The Lakers' overall strength is not weak, and they are lost to the star's ability compared to the Suns. Jason Guo does not play, and the difference between the two teams cannot be pulled apart."
Guo Xu and Stoudemire came back after the timeout. The lineup was the starting game of Gamil Sap. The three men pulled away, and Guo Xu and Stoudemire could not help the Lakers.
He did not include Guo Xu on the weak side after pick-and-roll. He included Guo Xu and Xiao Si's empty-cut singles had a high hit rate. The wing was caught and Guo Xu scored the ball for his teammates ...
The difference between the two sides quickly widened to 23 points ~ EbookFREE.me ~ entered the garbage time.
In the end, the Suns beat the Lakers 122 to 98 and made a good start.
At the press conference after the game, "Master Zen" Jackson said bluntly that the Lakers could not prevent Guo Xu.
Guo Xu played for 34 minutes, scoring 27 points and 12 assists. He didn't make much effort and shot 70% from the field. Lakers Joe Johnson scored 25 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, but shot only 45%.
The core gap between the two teams is obvious. At that time, Joe Johnson was only Guo Xu's younger brother at the Sun. He played a lot of games with Guo Xu.
Ellis is even more uncomfortable for Guo Xu. He is a player who plays through the face frame breakthrough. Guo Xu is particularly good at defending against breakthroughs, but just puts Ellis on a jumper. He scored 17 points and shot only 43% from the field.
Inside Stoudemire scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, is also a position where the Sun has an advantage, one to one is difficult to prevent.
With these two guys in place, the Lakers can't win in other positions.