Chapter 166 (1/2)
Horace - Grant empty cut, pressure Mason to grab the offensive rebound, close pass to the deep basket of O'Neill.
O'Neal hit Brian on the right, jumped up and slammed the ball with both hands, and Mason grabbed the defensive rebound.
Hadaway dribbled to the front court, and the cross step was blocked by Guo Xu's horizontal movement. He leaned on his back, but Guo Xu didn't move. He turned to the right to break through and hit Guo Xu's arms again. The rhythm of the dribble was disrupted, and he almost made a mistake and passed it to Mason in a hurry.
Hathaway was once the originator of the change of direction in the crotch dribble in NBA. His signature action attracted many stars to imitate. But now he can't do it. After two major injuries, his explosive power is not as good as before, and his breakthrough is not powerful. Guo Xu's defense against him is much easier than that against Kobe, and he doesn't feel any pressure at all.
As early as 1998-1999 season, hadawi's condition has been seriously declined. The score mainly depends on the outside line's sudden cold arrow and the jump shot after the pick and roll, and the hit rate is not high.
Last season, he averaged 13.4 points and 7.4 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 38.6%, a three-point shooting rate of 36.7% and an average of 2.6 free throws per game. He was even worse in the playoffs. He averaged 7.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists in 26 minutes per game, with a shooting percentage of 29.4%, a three-point shooting rate of 20.6%, and only 1.4 free throws per game.
As soon as the ball goes out, hadawi can't get it back. Guo Xu follows closely. He doesn't run very much in order to save his physical strength.
Pass 20 seconds, Bryan La more outside, receive the ball in the face of O'Neill interference, rebounds by Horace grab, pass to Guo Xu organization.
To the front court, Horace wanted to pick and roll in the middle, Guo Xu played a secret signal to let him go to the side, directly holding the ball to single.
He dribbles the ball from his hip to his left hand, gently pokes his left shoulder, makes a fake move to the left, and then hits the ball with his left hand to the right.
Hathaway was so familiar with this move that he moved in front of Guo Xu. But this is not over, Guo Xu's right hand behind the back dribble to the left hand, left foot strides out, again changes direction.
Guo Xu in the technical connection aspect promotion obviously, subconsciously completed the change direction, in the time cycle, he moves slowly, can not get rid of Kobe's entanglement, dribbles skillfully incomparably.
Hadawi's lateral movement was unable to get up and was passed by one step. Guo XuZhong Road near the free throw line stop jump shot, 2-0.
The heat attack, hadawi middle and Brian block split ball, Bryan face O'Neill did not have a chance to shoot, passed to the running Eddie Jones.
Jones on the right after three threats to explore the bottom line, Kobe's side to keep up, Jones forced layup to the basket, O'Neill took the rebound.
In the positional battle of the Laker, Guo Xu took him to the front court and waited for his teammates to open up and play singles with the ball.
He dribbled the ball to his right hand, put his right shoulder forward, and held the ball to the left. He did the same trick on the other side.
Hathaway moved sideways to keep up, one and a half steps away. At the same time, Guo Xuxu took a big step to his right hand and hit the ball with his right hand.
It's the change of speed and rhythm to attract the opponent's center of gravity forward, and then change direction. Hadawi didn't want to rush forward, but he was too slow, Guo Xu was too much, and he was still unable to keep up with him.
Guo Xu stopped the jump shot near the free throw line and scored 4-0.
He seldom shoots three points when he is single with Kobe, either layup or middle shot. By the way, he improves the shooting rate of several positions. Whether it is man to man or package, opponents in order to deal with O'Neill, it is difficult to make up defense in the high position.