NBA's No. 1 guard

Chapter 320 The 30-year-old Warcraft
At 1:10 p.m. on January 7, at the Toyota Center in Houston.

The attendance rate of the Rockets has always been a big problem. Xu Xiang took a special look at it and found that it was okay today, and there were quite a few spectators.

The Rockets advertised on the sidelines to solicit votes for Harden and Warcraft. The All-Stars are still more than a month away, and the voting is about to close.

If Xu Xiang remembers correctly, Harden should be selected as an All-Star substitute this year. As for Warcraft, there should be no hope. There are too many people ahead of him.

Moreover, Warcraft's dominance in the interior has declined greatly in recent years. So far this season, although they can still score double-doubles per game, their scoring average has dropped to 13.7 points per game.

The double-double data of 13.7 points is still very good for others, but if it is compared with his peak period, it is too far behind.

Warcraft's peak period was a super double-double data of 22.9 points and 14.1 rebounds!
At that time, the only man in the league who could replace James alone!

He is only 30 years old this year, so it stands to reason that the data should not have dropped so much.

The age of 30 should be the beginning of a player's decline in strength. This seems to be a turning point, but the turning point of Warcraft is too big.

You see Shifu Duncan and Warcraft are both historical players, but how did Duncan perform when he was 30 years old?
Duncan was born in 76, and the 06-07 season happened to be when he was 30 years old.

At the age of 30, he led the Spurs to the finals again and encountered the "little emperor" who led the team to the finals for the first time. As a result, the ambitious LeBron was easily swept out by him.

The little emperor was sadly defeated and didn't win a game!

After that game, the classic words came out: the future is yours, but thank you for letting us win the championship again!
Also 30 years old, the gap is really too big.

"Today I am honored to invite Mr. Su to explain the game between the Rockets and the Pacers with me." In the studio, Mr. Wang introduced today's commentators as usual.

"Today the Rockets' attendance rate is good."

Sure enough, they also noticed this problem at first sight.

"Maybe everyone wants to see a matchup between the two best shooting guards in the league today."

"In the post-Kobe era, there are not many top shooting guards. Xu Xiang and Harden should be the best among them."

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If Xu Xiang hadn't been born as a dark horse, Harden would definitely be the undisputed candidate for the league's No. [-] shooting guard!

Once Kobe retires this season, Harden will immediately become a representative of the league's new generation of shooting guards.

But now there are more Xu Xiang.
Although Harden's performance was explosive, especially after the departure of Warcraft this year, he played a phenomenal performance, but Xu Xiang is not bad. He just turned 21 this year, and the titles on his head are almost countless.

Judging from the current situation of the two, Xu Xiang still holds the lead.

So far, in the rankings of shooting guards, Xu Xiang is also ranked third after Kobe and Wade, Harden is ranked fourth, fifth is DeRozan, and sixth is Tang Shen.
This is the ranking of active players, and both officials and fans recognize this ranking very much.

On the field, the game has already started, and the starting lineups of both sides are shown on the big screen.

For the Pacers, George Hill and Xu Xiang are on the outside, Pickle and Plumlee are on the front line, and Hibbert is the center.

For the Rockets, Beverly and Harden are on the outside, Ariza and Howard are on the front line, and Capela is the center.

The Rockets coach Bickerstaff put Warcraft in the fourth position, and the center played Capela, which was unexpected by everyone before.

"What does Teacher Su think of the Rockets' lineup?"

"Warcraft, I have notified the management of the Rockets before the start of this season, and I will "run away from home" and will not play with you."

"Since you all don't respect me and still show this bearded man, then I'll leave! Make room for you!"

"Warcraft feels wronged. He obviously came to be the core, but looking at it now, the average number of shots taken by the bearded man is more than him."

"After so many years, Howard's temper has not changed at all. A child has a temper. He gets angry when he is angry, and he leaves when he says he is angry."

"I think this may be a measure taken by the Rockets. You are leaving, and I can't stop it. Then I have to make some preparations in advance? Just let Capela come up to get familiar with it."

"I guess that's what they paid attention to."

On the court, the game started, Hibbert beat Capela with a jump ball, and the Pacers won the first offense.

Warcraft looked at Capela, who had lost the ball, and his eyes twitched. In his opinion, how could he lose the jump ball to the stupid big man on the opposite side?
George Hill dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. As soon as the ball was distributed to Xu Xiang, Beverly, the defensive core of the Rockets outside, stuck to Xu Xiang's face. It seemed that Beverly was going to defend Xu Xiang.

Beverly's style is tenacious and tenacious, his athleticism is among the best in the backcourt, and he is very good at judging the path of the ball. Under his tight defense, Xu Xiang can't find any room to attack.
"Bang!"

The first shot was missed, the rebound was taken by Howard, and the Rockets pushed for a positional battle.

The Pacers adopted a 3-2 regional defense, focusing on Howard on the inside and Harden and Ariza on the outside. The thinking is very clear.

Harden took the ball to the frontcourt and beckoned Capela to come out for a pick-and-roll. He couldn't call Warcraft, and Warcraft always asked for the ball under the basket. How could he come out to pick-and-roll for you?
Capela came out for the pick-and-roll conscientiously, and Paojiao predicted his position in advance, but the pick-and-roll failed, Harden forced a step back to open up the shooting space, and the three-pointer soared!
This is Harden's signature move.

"Bang!"

Harden didn't score a three-pointer!

Both sides opened the game with only one three-pointer and missed.

Switching offense, George Hill organized from outside the three-point line, Xu Xiang fell to the bottom corner, and Beverly stood one step away from him, ready to pounce.

The insider Hibbert wanted the ball to take Capela alone and succeeded, turned around and pulled out a dunk!

The Pacers won a good start, and it is still difficult for Capela to guard Hibbert.

Harden of the Rockets advanced to the frontcourt, and Pickled Pepper came up again. The attention of both sides was the same. I used the best defense on my side to match your core players. The Pacers had Pickled Pepper, and the Rockets had "Blood Shell".

Warcraft inside opened his hand for the ball, Harden hesitated, but passed the ball, Warcraft received the ball and turned left and right in small steps!
Plumlee lost his position in an instant!

Warcraft receives the ball and jumps directly!

"boom!"

Dunk score!

The score was 2 to 2, Warcraft returned one!
(End of this chapter)