In the morning, Anxi woke up from his sleep, got dressed, and looked at the door next door, there was no movement, as if yesterday's beauty appeared out of thin air, and today disappeared out of thin air. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today is the start of the preseason, because of the suspension, this season the NBA has only scheduled two preseason games, the Spurs will face the Houston Rockets at home and away on December 19 and December 22 respectively, and today, December 19, the Spurs will first go to Houston to challenge the Houston Rockets away.

Anxi, who trotted all the way to the training hall, packed his things, and after getting the No. 7 jersey in his official game by the way, he got on the team bus with his bag and Manuginobili's, and then arrived in Houston by plane.

After a short break, in the afternoon, the Spurs made their way to the Toyota Center, home of the Rockets, to prepare for the evening game.

This season's Rockets look miserable, Yao Ming, who has been waiting for several years, finally chose to retire due to injury, so after retaining most of the players from last season, the Rockets' roster looks like a lottery team, with Kevin Martin and Luis Scola being the team's two biggest players.

The hopeless Houston Rockets, while still gaining traction from the Chinese market, are already in dizzy prospects.

The attendance rate of the Toyota Center shows this, when the Yao Mai combination was still rampant in the league, the attendance rate of the Toyota Center could reach more than 90%, but now, a long-lost preseason game has begun, and the attendance rate of the Toyota Center is at most 60%, and there are even many Chinese fans who appear, wearing the No. 7 jersey of the Spurs, obviously coming to Anxi.

In the away dressing room, the game is about to begin, and Popovich has changed his previous attitude of banking and is serious.

Before the start of the game, quickly lay out the tactics in the game: "Although this game is a preseason game, it is an opportunity for you to prove yourself, if you want to get a place in the new season, you have to play well in this game, we will insist on using our four sets of offensive tactics in this game, and play more rotations in defense!"

"So the starters of this game, point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Danny Green, small forward Cowhi Leonard, power forward Tim Duncan, center Thiago Split!

In the first game, Anxi's role was a substitute, and he didn't know if he could get playing time, but I think everyone would get a chance in the preseason, right?

After coming to the court and warming up, the game officially begins.

An Xi, who was sitting on the bench, looked around, and he was pleasantly surprised that there were many Chinese fans wearing Spurs No. 7 jerseys on the sidelines, well, maybe this is the privilege of the Chinese, when he was just a rookie player, there were fans wearing their own jerseys on the sidelines.

At the start of the game, the Rockets started point guard Kyle Lowry, shooting guard Kevin Martin, small forward Chase Badinger, power forward Luis Scola, and center Samuel Delim Porter.

Greg Popovich stood on the sidelines with a cold face to supervise the game, and although it was a preseason, Popovich showed that he still took this game very seriously.

Thiago Split won the jump ball and the Spurs went on the offensive right away.

Tony Parker made a gesture of two, which was about to play the number two tactic.

Tony Parker cut in with the ball, and Danny Green on one side quickly cut out, and after a cross screen, he took away the defense of Luis Scola and Kevin Martin.

Tony Parker hit a ground-and-pound pass, and Tim Duncan hit a shot from a 45-degree angle, and the Spurs scored two points first.

Then, the Rockets attacked, Danny Green stuck to Kevin Martin who held the ball, Danny Green added Co to Wileonard on the outside, and Tim Duncan guarded the interior, and the Spurs' defense was very solid on paper.

In this way, after more than half of the first half, the Spurs led by 21 points at 56:35.

The rookie head coach opposite Kevin McHale, who was coaching for the first time, shook his head helplessly and called a timeout.

Popovich also retired from the sideline holding his chest, and he has changed several times since the game, but Anxi has never had the opportunity to play.

After taking such a big lead, it was clear that the Spurs were going to make another substitution.

"Ann, you go on the court and play the point guard position, Richard comes on the court and plays the small forward position, and Corey, you go on the court and play point guard. Sure enough, Popovich quickly announced a three-man substitution, with Anxi coming on as shooting guard, Richard Jefferson, who was relegated to the bench this season because of the emergence of Kawhi Leonard, came off the bench as a small forward, and Cory Joseph came on top of TJ Ford.

The game restarted, Anxi finally stood on the NBA court, Anxi was a little emotional, although it was only a preseason, he also had to do his best, if he wanted to get a place in the new season.

On the sidelines, Mike Budenholzer, who was still talking and laughing with Popovich, suddenly frowned, he glanced at the Spurs' lineup and said: "Greg, don't you think the team is very short of the inside line now? The outside line has been changed twice, but the inside line can only use Tim and Thiago, and if this continues, Tim will be tired." ”

Popovich nodded and sighed: "Yes, De Juan has gained weight again this season, he can't play for the time being, although Matt is an insider, his role in the team is more like an outside, the new Ek...... The strength is not up to the mark, maybe we have to trade. ”

Popovich squinted at Anxi and Richard Jefferson on the court, thoughtful.

An Xi also dreamed of becoming an NBA star as soon as he appeared on the stage, but he knew that those dreams would only appear in some novels or movies, and with his current strength, he should be an honest role player.

As soon as he got on the court, it was the Rockets' offense, Kevin Martin took the ball through the half, and Anxi stuck it up.

As a professional defensive player, An Xi has naturally studied the information of every player he may face, Kevin Martin, who is good at shooting and breaking, is extremely good at making fouls, but his physical fitness is poor. So when defending Kevin Martin, Anxi directly pasted it, using his body to make it difficult for Kevin Martin to make technical moves, and then he had to stretch out his hand less to prevent being deceived and fouled by the opponent.

Sticking to Kevin Martin and not giving the opponent the slightest chance, Kevin Martin soon had to pass the ball, and he passed the ball to Goran Dragic, the backup point guard who had just come on.

Off the court, Popovich nodded with satisfaction: "Ann's defense is still very good, he can play more in the new season, but Mike, the offensive training for him still can't be stopped, we are now an offensive team, and the proportion of defense is already very small." ”