Chapter 18: Ending the China Race (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"Huh!"
The ball is in!
Anxi jumped up!
"The ball is in! The 76ers narrowed the margin to single digits! ”
For Anxi's main group, the moment the point difference narrows to single digits, their task is completed, and more time in the preseason is reserved for that group of players on training camp contracts. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Therefore, after Anxi played with the main force for a while, he was replaced by Brett Brown, and the score difference on the court was only the last 6 points.
The 76ers replaced the main force, and the Warriors also replaced the main force at the right time, and the two teams fought off the bench, and the 76ers still inevitably fell behind.
The 76ers' bench played chaotically, everyone wanted to perform, but everyone was stuck in a solo battle, so in the face of the Warriors' more skillful offensive and defensive coordination, the point gap that had just been narrowed by Anxi was opened up.
However, at this time, the score difference was widened, and it was no longer so important, An Xi talked to his teammates on the side with a smile, and then squinted his eyes from time to time, looking at the game on the field, thinking: Maybe this game is over, and the team's 15-man squad should be basically released, right?
Anxi knows that this season's team's roster is basically like this, the signing of Shaun Livingston, Francisco Garcia, and the Jack Crowder obtained by the trade should be the limit of what the 76ers can do at the moment, and the next step is to select the remaining players from the group of training camp contracts and fill the 15-man squad.
The subsequent signing of Cole Aldridge is not a fully guaranteed contract, so there is also the possibility of leaving, but looking at the performance of this game, Anxi feels that Cole Aldridge should not leave, he is the only center in the current 76ers team who has the ability to protect the basket.
The game was quickly over, and the 76ers lost the game unsurprisingly, they lost by 15 points, which is not an ugly score.
For the 76ers, losing is not terrible, after all, they are more of a patchwork team now, and it would be strange if they could win against a playoff team like the Warriors.
However, in the eyes of those media reporters who have never been optimistic about the 76ers, the 76ers lost to the Warriors by 15 points, although it is a preseason game, but it is enough to prove that the 76ers in the new season will be very bad, they will say: Look, a preseason, the Warriors did not play with all their might, the 76ers lost by 15 points, and when it comes to the real regular season, how to play?
But Stephen Curry doesn't think so, the wave that just came up in the third quarter made Stephen Curry see what the strongest 76ers under the leadership of An Xi are like, at least the impact in a short period of time, the Warriors can't resist, and it's definitely not a big bad team in the media's mouth.
After the game, Anxi was interviewed by several domestic media on the sidelines, while Stephen Curry was also stopped by a reporter from the United States.
The two were on each side, answered a few questions, and then happened to end the interview together, Anxi chatted with Da Yao and Liu Wei on the sidelines for a few more words, and then walked towards the players' tunnel, just in time to meet Stephen Curry on the way.
Seeing Stephen Curry, An Xi thought of the sentence: "Why did you choose the 76ers, a big bad team?" ”
So, Anxi stopped Stephen Curry: "Hey, Stephen, do you still think we're a big bad team?" ”
Stephen Curry had already walked a long distance, and he looked at An Xi behind him and shook his head.
Although he didn't speak, Anxi knew that Stephen Curry had recognized the strength of the 76ers.
The loss in the first game of the China tournament did not affect the mood of the 76ers players in the slightest, and the 76ers and Warriors had a day of rest in the city, where they spent a day touring around the city before boarding a plane to the capital the next night.
In the capital, both the 76ers and the Warriors were warmly welcomed by fans, especially the 76ers, who were the most welcomed.
After the start of the game, Anxi's state was also affected to a certain extent, although he only played for a total of ten minutes in the last game, but with a high shooting rate, he scored 22 points plus 4 assists, and only missed three shots in the whole game, and it is obviously difficult for Anxi to have such a high shooting rate in this game.
Perhaps Bret Brown felt that he had seen enough of the performance of the training camp players, and he gave the main players more opportunities in this game, so the first half of the game was relatively deadlocked.
However, in the second half of the game, the 76ers still fell behind and lost by 10 points in the end.
Tony Rotten, who started the game in the last game, got 14 points and 3 assists, and continued to start this game, because Anxi was in average condition, he got more opportunities, and also showed a higher desire to attack, and even held the ball to the inside, and after the game, Tony Rotten also scored a high score of 20 points.
Evan Turner had eight points, three rebounds and four assists in the last game, and this game continued to show his all-around attributes, with 14 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.
On the inside, Thaddeus Young scored 15 points and 6 rebounds in two consecutive games, Spencer Hawes did not perform well, with 6 points and 3 rebounds in the first game, and although he played as many as 27 minutes in the second game, he only scored 4 points and 5 rebounds, and shot only 2 of 7.
The two veterans who signed in full security played well, with Shaun Livingston scoring 7 points and 5 assists in the first game and 11 points and 3 assists in the second game, while Francisco Garcia scored 9 points on 3-of-5 shooting from three-point range in the first game and 13 points on 3-of-4 shooting and two 2-pointers in the second game.
The traded Jack Crowder has poor stats, scoring only 2 and 5 points in two games, but his role on the defensive end has been shown, and he is considered the best player on the 76ers outside defense except for Anxi.
The original Indian center Hawes did not perform well, but he gave Kerr Aldridge more opportunities, 4 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks in the first game, and 4 points, 7 rebounds and 3 big caps in the second game.
And the No. 11 rookie McCarvey, who couldn't get the main position, also performed quite badly in the two games, with 4 points and 2 assists on 1-of-3 shooting in the first game, and 0-of-2 shooting in the second game without scoring a point.
However, Anxi, who was originally going to talk to McCarvey, finally changed his mind, and he decided to wait and see what happened.
McCarvey's strength must be fine, but now, Anxi feels that his comfort will not have much effect, and McCarvey needs more time to find himself......
After the two China games, the 76ers spent two more days in the capital, visited the Forbidden City, climbed the Great Wall, and Anxi also booked four tables in Quanjude, and invited his teammates and coaches and the league staff to eat a roast duck.
In the end, 76 people boarded the plane back to the United States. (To be continued.) )