Chapter 115 [New People in the World Drive Out Old People]
Guo Xu and Megan went to the famous Sichuan restaurant "Tianfu Zhizhi" in Los Angeles and ordered several signature dishes.
The first dish served was husband and wife's lung slices. When Megan heard the name of the dish, she stared at Guo Xu with strange eyes. When she heard that in addition to beef, this dish also contained chicken gizzards and beef louvers, she felt a little sick. I was still a little scared, and my face became even worse.
After taking a bite of the beef louver, Megan started swearing. "Fucking hot... oh god... I want to sneeze."
Guo Xu's family owns a restaurant. He has eaten countless spicy dishes since he was a child, and he began to savor them with relish. He didn't find it spicy at all, and praised: "It's really good, authentic."
Then another dish of twice-cooked pork was served, and Megan was so disgusted with it that she didn't touch it any more. "Look at this fat...it's full of oil, how can it be eaten? Why are you so hateful?"
Guo Xu said hey: "In China, only hot girls who are not afraid of spicy food can have good luck. Do you still want to be a star in the future with this little ability? I'm here to take you to exercise, you know?"
Megan awkwardly picked up a piece of pork belly with chopsticks, stared at it again and again, almost cross-eyed, finally gritted his teeth and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it twice, and was slapped in the face the next second. "Oh my god, this is so delicious!"
Twice-cooked pork is one of the representative dishes of Sichuan cuisine. It is delicious in color, flavor and very suitable for rice. Guo Xu also started it.
Then came Kung Pao Chicken, which is the favorite of Americans. Meghan was so happy after eating it that she no longer found it spicy after getting used to it. She praised: "My taste has evolved. It turns out that Sichuan food is really delicious. I love this chicken to death." ”
Guo Xu also ordered a fish-flavored shredded pork to accompany the rice. He didn't want the hottest Maoxuewang or boiled fish.
He knows that the characteristic of Sichuan cuisine is that it tastes good, but if it is too spicy, he will feel uncomfortable the next day. He has a game tomorrow night, and he doesn't want to affect his state just because of eating. With his eating habits, there would be no problem with eating this spicy food. He didn't know what Meghan would do tomorrow.
On the 22nd, the Lakers sat at home to meet the challenge of the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves started with 7 wins and 4 losses, which is considered a strong team. The head coach is Flip Saunders.
Kevin Garnett, the core "Wolf King" of the Timberwolves, is a hot inside star in the league. He is extremely popular and is often compared to the Spurs' Tim Duncan. This season he averaged 22 points, 11.4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.8 assists per game. He is comprehensive and stable. He had almost the same data last season.
The second leader of the Timberwolves is Trill Brandon, who has been selected to the All-Star Game twice. He is a small guard who is 180cm tall and weighs 82kg. Last season, he averaged 17.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game, and his field goal percentage was 46.6. %, three-point shooting percentage was 40.2%, and free throw shooting percentage was 89.9%.
Trier's condition declined significantly at the beginning of this season, averaging 16+7 plus two steals per game.
For two consecutive days, the media has been promoting the matchup between Guo Xu and Trier. Many experts said that Trier is the template for Guo Xu. They are both small guards who are good at combining sudden points and shots.
Trier is one of the most inspirational NBA players in NBA history. When he was a child, he suffered from leg disease and his feet gradually deformed. His legs even became severely deformed. His father had to take him to the hospital to have braces strapped on. The bracket is used to fix the legs with splints, just like caring for two saplings. His father's biggest wish at that time was not to let the leg disease affect his son's future.
Later, no one could forget how this little boy with a splint went through all kinds of hardships step by step to adapt to life and become a basketball star. When he put aside the splint on his leg and was able to run forward independently, many people were moved. Sometimes strong willpower can really create miracles.
In the 1991 NBA draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Trier with the 11th pick in the first round. The previous picks were basically big players.
The second point guard is him.
The 1995-96 season was Trier's breakout year. He became the boss of the Cavaliers, averaging 19.3 points and 6.5 assists per game with less than 2 turnovers. He was selected to the Eastern All-Star Team for the first time, but after Lost to the Knicks in the playoffs.
Trier continued his crazy performance in the 1996-97 season, averaging 19.5 points and 6.3 assists per game. Not only did he have amazing speed and sharp breakthroughs, he also conquered everyone with his accurate mid-range jumpers and was once again selected to the All-NBA Team. star.
"Sports Illustrated" named him the best point guard in 1997. This was an era when many star point guards were leading the way, and Trier successfully occupied a place.
"In fact, those years did not make me miserable, but gave me enough time off the court to learn their respective strengths." It was such a humble character and the perseverance to fight against fate that made Trier successful. In the same year, he He was also selected as the NBA's Sportsmanship Award.
Guo Xu's deepest impression of Trier was in the 1999 playoffs, when he was broken through again and again by the Spurs' 33-year-old point guard "Little General" Johnson. After several injuries, Brandon's physical fitness has seriously declined, and he no longer has the speed advantage he had when he was young. The good data he got in the Timberwolves was largely due to his tactical benefits, and his strengths were fully utilized.
Guo Xu admires Trier, but he must work hard to win and strive to produce good data to continue to increase his popularity.
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the new people in the world drive out the old ones.
After the warm-up the game begins. Lakers veteran Ron Harper injured his shoulder in a confrontation and will miss at least two weeks. Phil Jackson started Guo Xu for the first time, and Pan Peixi also entered the 12-man game roster.
Five Lakers: Guo Xu, Kobe, Fox, Grant, O'Neal.
Timberwolves five: Trier, Billups, Szczerbiak, Garnett, Nesterovich.
O'Neal won the jump ball and the Lakers attacked first. Kobe received the ball and brought it to the right side. Guo Xu ran to the right baseline to form a triangle. Kobe lobbed the ball to O'Neal in the low post who was looking for the ball with his back at 45 degrees.
Nesterovich is a pretty good blue-collar center, and he defended alone. O'Neal squeezed twice and turned around to shoot, but his shot missed the basket due to his interference. Garnett grabbed the defensive rebound.
When the Timberwolves attacked, Trier and Nesterovich played a pick-and-roll in the middle, attracting O'Neal to change defense and Guo Xu to pursue the defense, and then distributed the ball to the middle.
The reason why Trier did not play a pick-and-roll with Garnett was to remove O'Neal from the penalty area. If Grant came out to defend the pick-and-roll, it would be like a mismatch for him to pass the ball to Garnett to challenge O'Neal.
The Lakers did not give Garnett a chance to challenge O'Neal. At this time, Nesterovich's weakness was revealed. He was too slow to cut through the air. After receiving the ball, he jumped up in two steps to dunk, but was chased by O'Neal. Covering it from behind, Guo Xu picked up the basketball.
When the Lakers attacked, Guo Xu first passed to Kobe. Kobe and Grant played a pick-and-roll on the left, attracting Garnett to switch defenses. The ball was passed to Grant on the outside. The latter had no chance to take action against Billups, so he passed it to the running back on the right. Guo Xu at 50 degrees.
Under normal circumstances, Guo Xu should have lobbed O'Neal, but he did not follow the coach's instructions. He received the ball from the outside and met Trier with a pull-up three-pointer. Trier couldn't jump, so he didn't expect Guo Xu to take action forcefully. His reaction was half a beat too slow, and he only stretched out his hand to interfere slightly.
Guo Xu hit a three-pointer in his first shot, 3-0.