Chapter 1212 [A Wonderful Scene, Forty Minutes in a Single Quarter]
Guo Xu is taking advantage of Westbrook's characteristics to score, and not guarding will put constant psychological pressure on Westbrook.
This forces Wei Shao to use his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths. His shooting ability is far inferior to Guo Xu's. And once he breaks in and fails to score, Guo Xu will immediately get a solo fast break opportunity, and the Lakers insider will definitely grab the backcourt rebound.
It's impossible for Dion Waiters to guard Guo Xu when his team is on offense. That would be crazy. He is not that active on defense. In fact, after hearing that coach Donovan arranged for Wei Shao to defend Guo Xu, he was a little gloating.
Waiters was selected by the Pacers with the fourth overall pick in the first round of 2012 and won the Rookie of the Year award that season. He doesn't feel that his scoring ability is worse than Wei Shao's, he is even a little better than his shooting ability.
He thought he could become the scoring leader even with so many shots, but the Thunder coach didn't reuse him. The coach always asks him to defend the scorers at positions 1 and 2, leaving Wei Shao with enough energy to grab rebounds and attack.
Why are we always going through life and death, and all the benefits belong to you?
As long as the coach doesn't tell him, West will not help Wei Shao double-team or defend Guo Xu. He is a completely free agent this summer and no longer wants to continue playing for the Thunder. He plays alone, loves to stick to the ball, and doesn't take anyone seriously. If the Thunder didn't really lack scoring points, they wouldn't have renewed his contract for 6.8 million for one year.
The Thunder attacked, Wei Shao's breakthrough attracted three people to shrink the ball, and Grant missed the three-pointer with an open jumper. Adams grabbed the rebound and passed to Guo Xu.
Guo Xu made a fast break three-pointer from one meter away from the three-point line. Grant was a step too slow to catch up and block the shot. He hit his eighth three-pointer.
37 to 18, Guo Xu’s 34th point.
It's still the same loophole. Once Wei Shao bursts in, he can't defend himself, and active pursuit and defense are useless. Once the distance was widened, he couldn't catch up. Guo Xu was faster. If he wanted to keep up, he would have to shoot from the outside unless he stopped breaking through.
Donovan called another timeout. He didn't need to save the timeout. He felt that the team would have to take a break soon after playing like this.
He replaced Grant and replaced him with McDermott, who is good at shooting three-pointers. He believes that the Lakers will definitely create scoring opportunities for Guo Xu. If Durant does not focus on the offense, replacing Grant, who is good at defense, will not cause serious loopholes.ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
When the Thunder attacked, the Lakers' defense became even more relaxed. All four players shrank near the penalty area and waited to grab rebounds, allowing the Thunder players to shoot as they pleased. In this way, if the shot fails, the possibility of Thunder players grabbing offensive rebounds is almost zero, and the two blue-collar insiders cannot squeeze into the penalty area.
Wei Shao had an open opportunity and did not shoot another three-pointer. After this timeout, the players all knew that Guo Xu was about to break the single-quarter scoring record. Donovan asked them to use up 24 seconds as much as possible, reduce the number of rounds, and not give Guo Xu an easy chance to take action.
After a few passes back and forth, the new Mike Dermott received a pass from Taj Gibson and hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner. 37 to 21.
Durant also started to let loose. Even though he knew this was a three-point shooter, he still shrank into the penalty area to give the opponent plenty of room to shoot. Guo Xu said he would only play this game, not wanting the Thunder to lose too quickly.
Guo Xu was double-teamed as soon as he passed the half. He passed the ball to Horford and ran to catch the ball and shoot. Wei Shao and Waiters double-teamed him without the ball.
Upon seeing this, Horford passed the ball to Booker, who ran to the left corner and was completely left open. The latter took an easy shot and hit another three-pointer. 40 to 21.
The Lakers' overall offensive efficiency today is amazing. In addition to Guo Xu's 8 three-pointers, his teammates also scored two.
After scoring the goal, Guo Xu took a walk and returned to defense, making it clear that he would continue to not defend. Wei Shao slowly dribbled the ball through the half.
Wei Shao couldn't help but be distracted. He was thinking about how to get assists. At this moment, the most accurate McDermott was followed by Durant. Passing to Waiters may not lead to a goal...
Just as he was thinking about it, Guo Xu suddenly came out from behind and stole the basketball with a sneak attack. He picked up the ball and turned around for a fast break.
Guo Xu's move is quite damaging. Many players have been successfully attacked by him in the regular season. It is easy for opponents to make mistakes when "people who are not guarding" suddenly attack like this. This season, he ranks first in the league in steals per game with 2.1.
Wei Shao is still a player who easily gets hot-headed. When he gets excited, he chooses to pull someone for a foul. He knew how fast Guo Xu was, and once he accelerated, he would not be able to catch up. But there was no one in the Thunder half, and Wei Shao was sentenced to two free throws for a foul.
Guo Xu stood on the free throw line, and the Los Angeles fans uniformly shouted MVP. He steadily hit two free throws. 42 to 21, personal 36th point.
The Lakers still have the ball. The players stand in a row, Horford is responsible for serving, and Adams provides a screen for Guo Xu. Horford did not pass the ball to Guo Xu, who was being guarded, but directly passed the ball from the sideline to Durant, who was cutting in the air.
Durant dunked the ball with both hands and scored, but McDermott missed the ball. 44 to 21.
In this round, the Lakers successfully scored 4 points, and the point difference widened to 23 points.
This is not in line with Guo Xu's plan. He didn't want to widen the point difference. Unfortunately, the Thunder team is a bunch of rubbish. With this kind of defensive intensity, they have only scored 21 points now?
McDermott did not disappoint, hitting another three-pointer under Durant's pass. 44 to 24.
Coach Donovan frowned on the sidelines. He felt that it might be better for the Thunder to lose in one breath. It was very humiliating now, and it would be even more humiliating to hold on to the score.
Guo Xu passed the ball to Horford across half court, and the latter passed to Durant on the right. Guo Xu cut through, and Adams gave him a ball-free screen in the middle. Durant passed the ball at the right time.
Adams completed the task by blocking one person. Guo Xu used his speed to cut in from the right, dribbled the ball behind his back to his left hand, and changed direction to the left. He jumped horizontally with all his strength under the left basket, pulled the lever in the air to avoid the blocks of Wei Shao and Thompson, and scored with his right hand hook.
46 to 24, Guo Xu’s 38th point.
Zhang Lili sighed: "Guo Xu has set a new player's historical single-quarter scoring record, and it was in the playoffs."
Yu Jia smiled and said: "This proves that if he wants to, he can still average 50+ per game this season. Durant just watched the excitement in the first quarter and only scored 2 points. In fact, it might be better to let Durant take a break and lead the bench." good."
Zhang Liji said: "No, then halftime will be garbage time, and the game will be boring."
Wei Shao was fooled and lost his mind. As soon as the half was over and he saw an open space, he chose a pull-up three-pointer and lost control of the rhythm. He scored another three-pointer without any interference. 46 to 27.
Donovan had a dark face on the sidelines and didn't know what to say. He knew Wei Shao's character, and if he was asked to delay at this time, he would feel very uncomfortable. He likes to score points with his opponents. As long as the data goes up, losing is not nothing.
But if he fights like this... he is helping Guo Xu.
Facing a double-team in the midfield, Guo Xu chose to pass the ball again. After receiving the ball, Horford broke into the penalty area, attracted the defender and passed the ball to Adams, who dunked and scored. 48 to 27.
He made a quick shot just for time. There was still half a minute. Even if the Thunder used up all 24 seconds, they would still have time for the Lakers to make a final attack.
The coach shouted to Wei Shao from the sidelines, asking him to control the rhythm for the final attack. There was a wonderful scene on the court. The game was in progress. Guo Xu went directly to the bench to drink water. He was definitely selected into the top five.
Wei Shao noticed Guo Xu's behavior and his facial features were distorted with anger, but he could only endure it, after all, he was a ninja turtle.
Wei Shao started in the last 4 seconds. Guo Xu ignored him and others also shrank into the penalty area. Wei Shao made a large mid-range shot from inside the three-point line.
Adams grabbed the backcourt rebound and threw it into the frontcourt. Guo Xu, who was not defending, caught the ball in front of the free throw line. He turned around and easily dunked the basketball with both hands. starter
50 to 27, he scored his 40th point!