Chapter 68: A good start to his coaching career
The Masters Tournament started soon, and there was really nothing to play in this Celebrity Tournament, and even Anxi didn't pay much attention to it, and there was no specific layout tactics. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Alan Houston, Shaunis Chiller, Mani Davis, Abshek Baqiang and Michael Rappaporte started the game, while on the Western Conference side, James Harden also put on a similar lineup, NBA star Chris Mullin, WNBA star Maya Moore, sports giant Blake Ripper, famous singer Nick Canon and celebrity pre-game MVP, well-known comedian Kevin Hart.
In terms of lineup, the West Side team is a little stronger, after all, the West Side team has one more Kevin Hart.
Generally speaking, the former NBA celebrities who participated in the Masters Game are not allowed to really exert their strength, so the real test is the strength of these amateur players, Kevin Hart's strength has been proven in the previous Masters games, and it must be the strongest among the amateurs, so the two teams fight, and the Eastern District team is still a little difficult.
The game was divided into two halves, in the first half, Anxi was deployed on the sidelines, Alan Houston failed to play, WNBA star Shaunis Chimmel did not play for a few minutes, and was replaced by Anxi because of physical fitness and gender problems.
It was Mani Davis, who was very active on the court, scoring consecutive points to help the Eastern Conference team stabilize the situation.
The Indian Abshekbach Qiang played soy sauce on the field, and after three or four minutes of the game, Abshekbach Qiang only touched the ball once, and he did not score, and the defense on the field was also pretentious, so after three or four minutes, Abshekbak Bachchan was replaced.
It's Michael Rappaport, who did well on the court and scored five or six points, so he was always there.
Anxi was replaced by Ansel El Gotte and Anthony Anderson in the second half, the performance of the two Hollywood movie stars is still very good, overall, the east and west sides are rookies pecking each other, the scores of both teams are not high, after halftime, the score is only more than 30 points, 37:30, the West team is ahead by 7 points.
The 7-point disadvantage is very large, because the scoring ability of both teams is very poor, and the 7-point difference is equivalent to the 15-point difference in the ordinary NBA regular season, and the gap is still quite large.
However, after half-time, An Xi had a little idea, after the observation of the half-game, An Xi found that Mani Davis's breakthrough ability is very strong, after all, he is fast and has strong physical fitness, so An Xi feels that in the second half, he may be able to use Mani Davis as the core to play a breakthrough strategy.
Break through the ball, the team's outside line still needs a few shooters, Michael Rappaport's three points are still somewhat accurate, although Alan Houston can't play too much, but it's still okay to shoot a few empty positions on the outside, with the two of them shooting, plus Shaunis Chimel's mid-range shooting and interior protection, a decent core lineup is composed, in the second half, the East team, which is a little worse, still has to strive for victory.
In this game, several major TV stations in the United States have sent their own capable commentary teams, and Turner Sports has sent a commentary combination of Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Mike Brin, and the four of them occupy a large space and begin to explain the second half of the Masters.
"Anxi's coaching debut is not a success, look at this situation, the Eastern District team is going to lose!"
Shaquille O'Neal gloated with a look on his face, he was happy to see that after Anxi said a big thing, he couldn't complete the goal, after all, this is how they have a topic, as long as Anxi loses this celebrity game, they can laugh at Anxi's coaching ability after the game.
Kenny Smith agrees with Shaquille O'Neal, but he believes that Anxi is still limited by the strength of the team.
"Compared with the West District team, the strength of the East District team is still a little worse, and the role of the coach is still too small in this kind of disruptive exhibition game."
The second half of the game started after a fifteen-minute break, and Anxi made adjustments, and the core lineup on the court changed to Mani Davis, Michael Rappaport, Ahan Houston, and Shaunis Chimel four must start, and the other one rotated.
Anxi first sent the Indian Abshek Bachan, and he was ready to let the Indian play again.
In the first goal of the opening game, Mani Davis broke through, and although the defense of the Western Side team pretended, this wave was still prevented.
Mani Davis is an amateur player after all, and his judgment of the situation on the court is still a little worse, if it is Anxi, he really can't get a layup, he will choose to pass.
But Mani Davis still chose to go strong and did not score in the end.
An Xi stood up on the sidelines, and after organizing a wave of defense, he turned around and grabbed the rebound, and An Xi shouted loudly: "Fast attack, fast attack, give the ball to Mani!" ”
Mani Davis is very fast, Shaunis Chimmel is a professional player after all, after Anxi shouted, she immediately reacted, a long pass over the top, immediately passed the ball in front of Mani Davis, Mani Davis hit the basket at high speed, the West team couldn't defend back, and Mani Davis seized the opportunity and made a layup.
The margin was narrowed to five points, and after this wave of fast breaks, Mani Davis also found some feeling.
After the West Side team's offense lost again, Mani Davis turned around and continued to break through, the West Side team was surrounded and blocked, Mani Davis distributed the ball outward, the ball was directly given to Alan Houston, Alan Houston got a chance to vacate the position, a two-point shot that stepped on the line, and with a bang, the difference was narrowed to 3 points!
In just two or three rounds, the difference was narrowed to 3 points, and An Xi's tactics were about to succeed.
He waved his arm from the sidelines and continued to inspire his team to keep going.
Within a few rounds, Mani Davis's breakthrough play-and-shoot style was very effective, with the West Side team scoring once a minute, while the East Side team scored one after another, but it played a little bit of professional basketball.
"Mani Davis's breakthrough is very sharp, and the ball is also very good, which reminds me of LeBron James, is the style of play of the Eastern Conference team in the second half from the guidance of Anxi?"
"The Eastern District team overtook the score, and now they are ahead, Anxi has done a good job!"
The direction of the wind on the commentary bench changed suddenly, and the Eastern Team played a breakthrough ball in style, which may be the simplest tactical play and the most effective.
The final result is that the Eastern District team has also made some progress, and the comments on Anxi have naturally changed.
The second half of the game was quickly played under the control of the East Side team, the first half of the two teams played 37:30, and in the second half, the situation was completely reversed, the East Side team played the West Side team 47:29, and the full game was 77:59, and the East Side team beat the West Side team by a large margin.
Mani Davis, who had 17 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, eventually became the MVP of the Masters, and he also broke Kevin Hart's monopoly.
When receiving the award, Mani Davis also thanked Anxi, after all, there was no Anxi's breakthrough strategy, no Mani Davis's play, and no Eastern Team won.
The Masters ended successfully, and Anxi also made a good start to his "coaching career" and won his coaching debut.
After a break of about half an hour, An Xi entered the locker room backstage again, and this time, the players under him changed again.
The Rookie Challenge is about to begin, and Anxi will lead the international team to challenge the supremacy of the American team.
In the afternoon, Anxi talked a lot to this group of young players, and also practiced tactics, and now, before the game started, Anxi said a few more words.
Anxi had played for Popovich before, and he still knew a little bit about the art of coaching, and it was quite useful to say a few words before the game to boost morale.
"This game, even though it's just an exhibition game, for some people, it's not going to be any less important than any regular season game you play, and for others, you need to think about what this game means."
An Xi walked back and forth in the center of the locker room, and then continued: "This game, in its name, is the international team against the United States, the hegemony of the United States, not only in its political economy, but also in its basketball, now, we have a chance to break their hegemony, this game, is the opportunity!" ”
Confronting the United States, defeating the United States, and breaking hegemony, Anxi said big, but it works.
The young international players were excited, screaming to beat the hegemony of the American team and prove that international basketball is no worse than American basketball.
After the Masters game and before the rookie game began, Anxi was interviewed by David Aldridge again on the sidelines.
"How do you feel about winning the Masters?"
An Xi replied with a smile: "It's great, this is the beginning of my coaching career." ”
"You showed your coaching talent against the stronger West Division, what do you think Brett Brown will think?"
Hearing this question, An Xi smiled even more happily: "Brett? I think he should feel the crisis, he has to do a good job, otherwise he ......"
"For the rookie game, are you still aiming to win?"
"Of course!"
"Do you have any special set-ups, like the previous Masters break-and-shoot tactics?"
An Xi continued to laugh: "To be honest, there must be an arrangement, but the game hasn't started yet, so I definitely can't reveal it." ”
David Aldridge nodded helplessly and stopped asking.
The interview ended, the warm-up on the field was over, and the game was about to start, Anxi gathered five starters on the sidelines and shouted: "Come on!" Then the five starters walked to the center of the field.
"The rookie game is about to begin, and the starting lineup for the international team has been released, point guard Dennis Schroder, scoring guard Andrew Wiggins, small forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, power forward Nikolai Mirotic and center Rudy Gobert."
"The starting line-up for the U.S. team is also out, point guard McCarvey, shooting guard Victor Oladipo, small forward Caldwell Pope, power forward Cody Zeller, and center Noren Snoel."
"In this game, in addition to the confrontation of young players on the court, what we can also look forward to is the matchup between the two coaches on the sidelines, Anxi and Stephen Curry."
Anxi glanced at the American team, Stephen Curry was wearing a suit and was also directing in style, and the game began, and the two teams jumped the ball.
Rudy Gobert has long arms and long arms, and in the duel of the center position, the international team has an advantage, although Noren Snoll is Anxi's teammate, but Anxi must admit that in the center position, Noren Snoll is not as good as Rudy Gobert.
This was also reflected in the jump ball, which Rudy Gobert won and the international team attacked first.
The offensive routine of the international team is to block and dismantle, the opening international team stood in a bull's horn position, a block at the top of the arc, Dennis Schroder with the help of a block, a lunge rushed into the interior, but then, under the interference of Nolen Snoll, Dennis Schroder's layup did not score, and the rebound was won by Cody Zeller.
The U.S. team immediately counterattacked, but the counteroffensive was also extinguished by the international team, the U.S. team's offense was still very poor, McCarvey was constrained by the state and couldn't play, Victor Oladipo was the best attacker of the U.S. team, but in terms of scoring strength, he was still a little worse than Wiggins and Brother Alphabet, not to mention Cody Zeller and Noren Snorl on the inside, they were not offensive players at all.
So this goal McCarvey was strong, but in the end it was defended by Dennis Schroeder.
On the contrary, it was the subsequent wave of fast-break counterattacks, or Dennis Schroder, who used his speed advantage to rush to the front court and make a layup directly.
2 points in the account, 2:0!
Wiggins and Giannis Antetokounmpo didn't show much in the opening game, but Dennis Schroeder, the French point guard started very actively, breaking through consecutive fast breaks, and finally scored two points first.
Then, the U.S. team attacked, and after McCarvey organized on the outside for a while, he found an opportunity and gave Codyzeller a pass, and Codyzeller hit a mid-range shot and also scored a 2-pointer.
But then, Andrew Wiggins began to take over the game, and Anxi arranged several singles tactics for Wiggins, all of which were through blocking and dismantling, and got the opportunity to shoot from medium and long distance.
Andrew Wiggins' mid-to-long-range shooting is still very accurate, and there are only not many opportunities in his rookie season, otherwise he can kill all sides.
Now, Anxi has given Wiggins enough opportunities, and Wiggins has naturally scored one after another.
The celebrity game was replaced by a rookie game, and in the lineup, Anxi finally had an advantage, and in the first quarter, Anxi directly let Andrew Wiggins play all kinds of singles and scores, and the international team took the initiative at the beginning.
Then, Anxi replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo early, allowing another big killer of the international team to go off the court and rely on a one-and-a-half-main lineup to take a five-point lead in the first quarter.
Then, in the second quarter, Anxi replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo, another big killer of the international team, but at this time, the American team also broke out, this wonder soldier is Zach LaVine, Anxi's opponent in the slam dunk contest tomorrow.
LaVine is considered a lot like Kobe Bryant, a shooting guard, a No. 8 player, a 13th pick in the league, a dunk blast and so on.
And in the rookie game, Zach LaVine also broke out, and after hitting three points in a row, he actually helped the American team stabilize the situation.
But Anxi's countermeasures also came quickly, directly offering the tactics of the Masters Game, allowing Brother Alphabet to break through the ball, and put Dante Exum, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Nikolai Mirotic on the outside, three-point shots, and at halftime, the international team led the United States team by 11 points at 66:55.