Chapter 64: The Beauty Judge (3/5, 3 chapters in one)
Brett Brown didn't hold any player accountable, because the opening game has so far been the 76ers actually losing on experience, and they have been led by the experienced Hawks, the more mature Hawks. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
And Brett Brown also knows that there is only one way to solve the current predicament.
"Ann, then you step up your individual attack, play more singles, and create opportunities for your teammates through singles. "Brett Brown's solution is very simple, that is, let Anxi strengthen his individual offense and let Anxi play more, at least Brett Brown believes that Anxi is still very stable at this point.
As for the defense, Brett Brown didn't seem to have much to do, and he could only re-emphasize the man-to-man defense before ending the timeout.
After the timeout, there were no substitutions for both teams, and Anxi held the ball directly from the backcourt, and he had to strengthen his individual attack according to Brett Brown's arrangement.
Demarai Carroll posted it, which was a point that Anxi had to solve first.
An Xi beckoned and motioned for his teammates to pull away, and soon, his teammates scattered and cleared the inside line.
Anxi's threat on the offensive end is still quite big, Demarai Carroll is a little nervous, Anxi found this nervousness, he stretched out a probe step, and shook Carroll tentatively, but Carol directly stepped back and retreated to the three-point line, Anxi was not polite, directly retracted the probe step, jumped one step at a time, and shot three-pointed.
"Anxi's three!" shouted Charles Barkley, the ball was an open three, and he felt like it was basically there.
Boom, sure enough, the ball went in!
"Three-point hit! After a timeout, Anxi directly used a three-point shot to help the 76ers narrow the difference!"
Anxi beat his chest in celebration and walked towards the backcourt, and the Wajovia Arena erupted in a huge cheer again.
As the cheers stopped, the Eagles' offensive began.
The Eagles are still unhurried, moving the ball in the front court and organizing the offense.
On the left side, Demarley Carroll and Al Horford blocked without the ball, and after the block, they directly formed a big fight and a small shot, Jeff Tig directly distributed the ball to Al Horford, and Horford stood against Jack Crowder's defense and threw a mid-range shot.
At 13:7, the Eagles continued to lead.
The 76ers' offense, Anxi continued to come on his own, and the Hawks strengthened their defense against Anxi, and they always had another player on the wing to threaten Anxi's offense.
However, Anxi didn't care, and directly accelerated, breaking through Demarley Carroll's defense, although Carroll continued to cling to Anxi, but Anxi turned around on an inside line and hooked up successfully.
Then, the Hawks' mid-range shot finally hit the iron, and the score was still 13:9, and the 76ers bit the score to the death.
After the timeout, Anxi scored five straight points, and Mike Budenholzer began shouting from the sidelines, asking his players to increase their help defense against Anxi.
So this time, after Anxi broke through, Kyle Cavour came directly over.
Anxi did not choose to pass, but relied on his physical advantage to continue to crush into the penalty area, and then, directly against the defense of De Marley Carroll and Kyle Korver.
With a snap, the basketball flew straight out!
"Is this a block?" Charles Barkley on the sidelines didn't see it very clearly, but the referee on the bottom line, Lauren Hotkamp, saw it clearly and blew the whistle directly.
With a beep, Lauren Haultkamp signaled for Kyle Cornwall to foul.
Now Kyle Cavour is gone.
He spread his arms and walked towards Lauren Haultkamp with a questioning attitude.
As a rookie referee who has just officiated two NBA games, Lauren Haultkamp is a little nervous, but she is sure that Kyle Cavour fouled, and when he slapped the basketball, he directly slapped Anxi's arm.
Lauren Hultkamp just wanted to defend something, Anxi directly pulled Kyle Korwall, and then Lauren Hultkamp became even more nervous, with a whistle in his mouth, he was about to blow.
Anxi grabbed Kyle Cornwall, and then showed his arm: "Hey, buddy, my arms are all red." ”
At this moment, Kyle Cornwall had nothing to say, turned around and left.
Lauren Haultkamp breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed a grateful look towards An Xi, as a rookie referee, especially a female referee, Lauren Haultkamp was most afraid of others questioning her decision.
Anxi walked to the free throw line, Lauren Hotkamp blew a whistle, and then passed the basketball to Anxi.
An Xi began to execute the free throw, slapped the basketball twice, and then held the basketball from top to bottom, tiptoe slightly, and threw the free throw.
With a bang, the penalty was steadily hit.
There was a burst of applause on the sidelines, An Xi and his teammates gave a high-five, and the sidelines began to change.
So far in the opening game, McCarvey's performance has been a bit bad, it can be said that he has been completely suppressed by Jeff Teaig, and the extremely fast Jeff Teague can pass McCarvey almost as soon as he accelerates, and when the defense is so bad, McCarvey's offensive performance has not been able to play.
With a little thought, Brett Brown switched to Shaun Livingston.
The point guard position is currently the best position on the 76ers' bench depth, and the three point guards are all excellent and have their own characteristics, McCarvey is versatile, Tony Roten is quite aggressive, and Shaun Livingston has an advantage over the other two in terms of experience and control of the rhythm.
Now Brett Brown is replaced by Shaun Livingston in order to control the tempo and use Livingston's experience to block Jeff Teague who is bound to score every time.
After the substitution, Anxi began to execute the second penalty.
still slapped the ball twice, and then threw a free throw directly, and continued to hit accurately.
With both free throws, the score became 13-11, and the 76ers trailed by only two points.
However, the Hawks are still strong, and after the 76ers replaced Livingston, the outside defense has improved, and Jeff Teague broke through and was directly stopped by Shaun Livingston.
But then Al Horford mentioned high and directly blocked and covered, and Jeff Teague made a big turn past Shaun Livingston and threw a shot at Cole Aldridge, who was making up the defense.
The basketball flew out, and Cole Aldridge couldn't control his body and crashed directly into Jeff Teague's body.
With a beep, it was that Lauren Haultkamp on the bottom line again, and she blew for a foul on Cole Aldridge.
The throw didn't go in.
However, this time, Lauren Hotkamp's penalty is debatable, because Cole Aldridge bumped into Jef Tig after he completed his shot, so the foul of this ball is punishable or not, but Lauren Haultkamp blew it, and there is nothing to say.
But Cole Aldridge was not convinced, he felt that his defense was fine, it was the rookie female referee who made a mistake, and he found Lauren Hotkamp with a tall man.
This time, Anxi didn't intervene, he smiled and watched as Cole Aldridge pressed Lauren Hotkamp, questioning the referee's decision, but the foul was already an unchangeable fact.
So, soon, Jeff Tig stepped to the free throw line and hit both free throws.
At 15:11, the Eagles continued to maintain a four-point lead.
On the 76ers' side, Anxi continued to play singles, this time it was still a double bag, but Anxi's turnaround jumper missed, and a sigh rang out from the Wachovia Arena.
This made Anxi a little depressed, Brett Brown shouted on the sidelines, asking Anxi to share the ball after being caught in the bag, Anxi nodded to show that he understood.
The Hawks' offense, a 4-point lead obviously can't make them feel satisfied, Jeff Tig advanced to the front court with the ball, observed the 76ers' defense, and directly gave the basketball to Al Horford, who was in a good position in the low post, Horford's low post offense was quite good, after the back hit, a small hook directly, Cole Aldridge didn't react at all, and the basketball had already drilled into the basket with a bang.
At 17:11, the Eagles extended their lead.
Switched to the 76ers offense, after Anxi got the ball with his back, the Hawks directly implemented a package on Anxi.
Demarley Carroll and Jeff Tig leaned sideways to grab the basketball in Anxi's hand, Anxi looked up and looked around while protecting the basketball in his hand, and at this time the Eagles had already filled the defensive holes near Anxi.
Anxi made a high pass, Sean Livingston raised his hand to receive the basketball, and in the face of Kyle Cornwall's defense, he directly dribbled and followed a turn, and then turned over for a jumper.
Bang, the goal actually went in!
Charles Barkley was shocked, he felt that for this ball alone, Shaun Livingston's back-to-back turn-and-turn jumper could be regarded as the league's top, with smooth movements, neat turns, and a high shot point that was difficult to block, and looked very chic.
On the court, Anxi gave Shaun Livingston a thumbs up, because the first 11 points of the game were all scored by Anxi, and Shaun Livingston's 2 points broke the scoring drought of other players in the 76ers.
The Hawks' offense came quickly, they once again caught a defensive mistake by the 76ers, and after rotating the defense, the 76ers missed Demaree Carroll, Demarai Carroll's three-point shot, Anxi pounced, but it was still a step late.
With a bang, the basketball hit, 20:13!
An Xi looked at the eagle who was celebrating wildly and playing momentum, and asked for basketball directly in the backcourt.
Holding the ball to the frontcourt, Sean Livingston directly gave Anxi a blocking cover at the top of the arc, Anxi took a step sideways with the help of the cover, stepped on the three-point line and shot directly, and the interference of Demaray Carroll did not work.
With a bang, An Xi's jumper hit, and the referee ruled that it was a long-range two-point shot.
And after these 2-point hits, the difference still has no intention of narrowing, the Hawks continue to attack, Paul Millsap mid-range frame attack, move sideways to avoid Thaddeus Young's defense, hit a mid-range shot, 22:15, the difference is still 7 points.
And this 7-point difference was maintained until the end of the first quarter, and at the end of the first quarter, the Hawks led the 76ers by 7 points at 35:28, and the 76ers scored very concentrated in the first quarter.
Anxi scored 18 points, Shaun Livingston hit 3 of 5 shots, and two free throws, for a total of 8 points, Anxi and Shaun Livingston alone scored 26 of 28 points, and the other two points were Cole Aldridge's inside rebounds, including Thaddeus Young and Jack Crowder, James Anderson and others who played in the first quarter did not score.
During the break, regaining his touch was what Brett Brown said the most.
In the second quarter, the 76ers chose to continue to let Anxi play to ensure the score on the court, Tony Rotten and Evan Turner partnered with Anxi on the outside, plus Spencer Hoyis and Byron Mullens on the inside, the 76ers launched a scoring offensive in the second quarter.
The Hawks replaced Al Horford and Jeff Teague, who had excellent first-quarter performances, with Louis Williams, the former Sixth Man of the Year and backup center Gustavo Ayon, and the two substitutions gave the 76ers a chance to chase points.
In this game, Louis Williams was in a bit of a bad state, and he missed three points at the beginning of the second quarter, and then was hit by Tony Roteng, who was holding the ball, and played a layup 2+1, plus a free throw, and the difference was directly narrowed to 5 points.
Then, the 76ers seized this opportunity, played fast breaks, and after narrowing the gap in a row, forced Mike Budenholzer to make a new substitution.
The Hawks replaced Shervinmark and Al Horford, replaced Kyle Korver and Paul Millsap, and then, with another set of main players to play against the 76ers, and in this way, the Hawks gradually stabilized the situation.
However, after halftime, the 76ers still narrowed the difference, 57:60, at halftime, the 76ers were only three points behind the last.
However, in the second half, the Hawks set off another counterattack, and Al Horford and Paul Millsap on the inside directly beat the 76ers by 8 points in the third quarter, counting the remaining 3-point difference in the first half, and after three quarters, the 76ers trailed the Hawks by a full 11 points.
Anxi didn't play much in the first half of the third quarter, and although he scored 8 points in a row in the second half of the game, he still couldn't help the team recover the decline.
After three quarters, Anxi scored 35 points alone, but the team still trailed by 11 points, so in the fourth quarter, Anxi continued to play.
For the situation that is still behind after three quarters of games, Brett Brown is not surprised at all, the current 76ers still have a big gap in strength compared with the Hawks, at least the Hawks' tactical system has been formed, more experience, and the 76ers want to reach the current level of the Hawks, it will take a long time to change.
However, this does not mean that the 76ers have to admit defeat, in this game, the goal of the 76ers is still to win, although the strength cannot be compared with the Hawks, but the 76ers at least have one more variable, that is, Anxi.
In the fourth quarter, the Hawks had the ball in the first place, Jeff Teague and Paul Millsap came to an outside block, and then, Teague accelerated to break through McCarvey's defense, rushed inside and threw a high throw, and the basketball went around Kerr Aldridge's hand and drilled into the basket.
Cole Aldridge was a little depressed, he had always been in this game - make up the defense, make up the defense, and then make up the defense, and in the fourth quarter, he still had to make up the defense, and the leakage on the outside was too serious.
Jeff Teague hit a throw-up that brought his individual score to 27 points in the game, completely breaking the 76ers' point guard line.
McCarvey advanced to the front court with the ball, and Anxi directly wanted to pass the ball, and then motioned for his teammates to pull away.
When his teammates were fully stretched, Anxi took the ball directly with his back, and Kyle Korver pounced and wanted to double wrap Anxi.
An Xi immediately turned around and directly turned around and jumped out.
With a bang, the basketball went into the basket cleanly.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Anxi still maintained his good hand, and this turnaround jumper helped Anxi score the 37th point of the game, but the 76ers still trailed by 11 points, and if they really want to close the gap, they must do a good job defensively.
When he turned back to defend, An Xi shouted: "Defend and defend!"
But the Hawks' offense has just begun, and the outside line is leaking again, or Jeff Teague, and it is still McCarvey's defense, almost one step, Jeff Teague passed McCarvey, and the Hawks relied on this fresh offense to break the 76ers' defense.
After breaking through McCarvey's defense, Jack Crowder stepped forward to make up for the defense and missed Demare Carroll in the bottom corner, and Carroll received the basketball and did not miss the opportunity.
Jump lightly, and three points fall into the bag.
With a score difference of 14 points, An Xi shook his head.
Turned around and put into the attack, after Anxi singled with his back, he encountered the bag again, but fortunately, after the ball, the empty cut McCarvey played a role, he received Anxi's pass and threw it directly.
The difference became 12 points.
And back on the defensive end, Anxi took the initiative to apply for a change of defense to Jeff Teague.
But this time, Kyle Korver made a counter-run, cooperated with Paul Millsap to make an off-ball block, and then accelerated to shake off Thaddeus Young, who was switching to him, and rushed to the sideline outside the three-point line, directly receiving a fast pass from Jeff Teague.
Then, another three-point shot.
Kyle Korver, who is known for his three-point shooting, did not miss this opportunity, hitting a three-point shot, and the contrast came to 15 points!
After two consecutive three-pointers, the 76ers' defense collapsed a little at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Brett Brown reacted quickly and immediately called a timeout.
Then after thinking about it for a second, he decided to make a substitution immediately: "Evan, you play, replace Michael, Ann, you go to play point guard, Evan go play the second position, play the speed, we have to chase the points!"
Brett Brown shouted to chase the points, the timeout ended, and the 76ers fielded a weird lineup.
Originally, the 76ers' starting lineup was relatively high, but now Anxi is directly promoted to the point guard position, and the main lineup is higher.
The higher advantage was soon brought into play, and on the first shot after the timeout, Anxi directly took advantage of his height advantage and threw a three-pointer over Jeff Tig's head.
Three-point shooting narrowed the gap to 12 points.
The Hawks' offense, after the 76ers replaced Evan Turner, the big colander on the outside was gone, and the defense was finally better, the Hawks' offense failed to find too good a chance, Jeff Tig made a strong shot in the face of Anxi's defense, and the rebound was won by Kerr Aldridge.
When McCarvey saw this scene, he had mixed feelings.
However, the entire 76ers have no special opinion of McCarvey, and Brett Brown has no intention of giving up on McCarvey, even if he suddenly turned into a big colander on the defensive end in this game.
In fact, poor defense is a common problem for many rookies, especially those who play beautiful statistics as soon as they enter the league, not because they can't defend, but because they have to put their energy into the offensive end.
The Hawks' shot missed, and the 76ers played another wave of fast breaks, Anxi broke through to attract the defense, and after the pass, Jack Crowder on the inside made a layup.
The margin has narrowed further.
However, at this point, Mike Budenholzer directly called a timeout.
Mike Budenholzer's timeout seemed very smart, not long after the 76ers' timeout, after the 76ers played a series of outstanding performances on the court, Mike Budenholzer called this timeout, on the one hand, his timeout interrupted the offensive momentum of the 76ers who were just rising, on the other hand, Mike Budenholzer also had to adjust.
Mike Budenholzer's adjustment was very simple, he directly replaced Louis Williams, replaced Kyle Korver, formed a two-point guard combination, and played against the 76ers on the outside.
After the timeout, the Eagles played the offense they wanted.
Jeff Tig took possession of the ball and then passed to Paul Millsap in the high post and then cut through Louis Williams from both sides of the free throw line for a cross run.
Paul Millsap played Thaddeus Young with his back, waited for the two defenders to run out of the box, and passed directly to the outside, and Louis Williams received the ball and continued to break through.
Evantner, who was originally defending Louis Williams, was already out of position defensively, and as a result, Cole Aldridge could only go up for such a sudden break.
Louis Williams makes a low cross, and Al Horford on the inside receives the basket and gently puts it into the basket.
He hit a 2-point shot, and the margin widened to 12 points again.
The 76ers are still struggling to narrow the gap, and Anxi forced Demarai Carroll and hit a mid-range shot to score his 42nd point of the game.
However, the Hawks' offense was still sharp, and Louis Williams rushed inside with the help of cover, and a mounted arrow hit another 2-pointer.
The 76ers' offense, Anxi singled with his back, attracted a pass after the defense, and Evan Turner scored 2 points on a layup.
Then, the Hawks also scored 2 points with Al Horford's mid-range shot, and Al Horford also scored the 24th point of the game and performed well.
In this way, the Hawks relied on their dual-point guard system to directly fight against the 76ers, and the result of the attack was that the 76ers fell behind until the end of the game......
In the end, the 76ers lost to the Hawks by 7 points 112-119 at home.
The loss in this game was a bit embarrassing, Anxi scored 47 points in the whole game, once again refreshed his career scoring record, and also had 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, but the team still lost.
There is no problem with the performance of the 76ers on the offensive end, although they rely too much on Anxi, but at least the offense that the 76ers want is gradually playing.
The problem on the defensive end was too big, McCarvey became a colander, and the late quarter substitution of Evan Turner made the defense slightly better, but he was still dragged down by the Hawks, and the game was lost. If the 76ers can defend well, this game simply can't end in a loss.
However, the improvement of defense has little to do with Anxi, Anxi's single defense is invincible, but his co-defense is average, and he can only improve the team's overall defense to a certain extent, and the improvement of defense depends on the coaching staff to establish a good defensive system.
After the game, Anxi swept away the depression and exchanged with Mike Budenholzer on the sidelines for a while.
The Hawks won this game, beat the 76ers twice this season, and overpressed the 76ers in the Eastern Conference standings, Mike Budenholzer was in a good mood and gave Anxi a few suggestions.
"Ann, your offense has indeed improved a lot, but there are also a lot of problems, I found that after the whole game, you didn't break through much, basically relying on back singles and outside blocking and dismantling to score, if you want to further improve your dominance of the game, you have to improve your breakthrough as soon as possible. ”
An Xi nodded, breakthroughs naturally need to be improved, An Xi knows very well, he has already started the training of breakthroughs, and Alan Iverson's guidance has also benefited An Xi a lot.
"Also, passing, your passing should have improved a little, but it wasn't enough. Mike Budenholzer looked at Anxi and said, "The 76ers' offense relies on you a lot, but your passing is difficult to create more opportunities for your teammates, especially the wide range of moving balls. ”
"Finally, and most importantly, you have to add a little bit of defense, the 76ers' defense is really terrible, your single defense is good, your help defense should be good, right? ”
Hearing the last point, An Xi smiled bitterly in his heart, Mike Budenholzer took it for granted that his co-defense was good, but Anxi himself knew very well that his co-defense could not be compared with single defense at all, maybe the next step was to think about the team's record, Anxi really had to improve his co-defense...... (To be continued.) )