Chapter Seventy-Four: The First Encounter with the Bull (2,000 votes plus more)
On February 29, 2012, Anxi transferred $2.5 million in his hand to WhatsApp's account, signed an investment agreement with Cohm, invested $2.5 million, occupied 5% of WhatsApp's shares, and completed the investment, and Anxi signed another professional investment company, Sequoia Capital, they invested $8 million, accounting for about 18% of WhatsApp , and the remaining shares belong to Comm and Menachem-Rabin and another developer, Acton. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
With more than $10 million in investment raised at once, Comm can finally promote the development of WhatsApp, and the next step is to develop an overseas version of WhatsApp.
The popularity of WeChat in China and the beginning of the scale of WhatsApp make Anxi very relieved about this investment, according to the development of American Internet companies in recent years, perhaps in a year or two Anxi can recover the investment with dozens of times the income.
After the All-Star, the Spurs' first opponent was the Bulls, who played for half a season, and the Spurs had not met the Bulls, and the four teams that showed their championship strength this season had not met the Bulls. However, because this season is a shortened season, the Spurs will meet the Bulls once this season, in fact, the Heat and the Spurs are the same, and there is only one meeting.
However, there are many games in the West, the Spurs and Thunder have met three times, and there is currently one left, while the Spurs and Lakers have not met in the first half of the season, and they have two games left in the second half of the season.
In this game with the Bulls, the league was designed with only one game in mind, and the home and away divisions were assigned to the home court of the Spurs, so that the Spurs could wait for the Bulls to come to the door at home.
The Bulls have suddenly risen in the past two seasons, and last season they beat the Heat, who had just formed the Big Three, to become the first in the East, and Derrick Rose also beat LeBron James to become the regular season MVP, in which Tom Thibodeau contributed a lot, and it only took him one season to build the Bulls into a defensive powerhouse.
It has taken Popovich 2 seasons to transform the Spurs into an offensive powerhouse, while Tom Thibodeau has only spent 1 season to build the Bulls into a defensive powerhouse, and Tom Thibodeau's coaching skills can be seen.
Of course, Derrick Rose also has a lot of credit, this Bulls rely quite on Decrick Rose on the offensive end, it can be said that the Bulls' offense is supported by Rose alone, so in a battle with the Bulls, as long as the Spurs can play their own offense under the Bulls' high-pressure chain defense and lock Derrick Rose at the same time, this game will definitely be won.
Neither team had much saliva before the game, after all, they were just two unrelated teams, unlike the Thunder and Spurs, who have direct competition in the West, or the Lakers and Spurs, who have historical grudges.
Tom Thibodeau arrived at AT&&M with the Bulls in a low-key manner. amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; T arena, while Greg Popovich was taking Manuginobili to the pre-match press conference.
Playing the Bulls, this battle must be won, the Spurs' goal this season is already obvious, the first game against the championship opponent, must be won all, the Spurs must prove their strength, and they must use these victories against their direct opponents to give themselves confidence.
So at the press conference, Greg Popovich rarely shouted: "This game, the Spurs must win!"
An hour later, Tom Thibodeau, who was also holding a pre-match press conference on the other side of the arena, just smiled and didn't say anything after hearing the reporters' relays.
The game started in this inexplicable atmosphere, and it seemed that both teams were very peaceful, especially the Bulls, as if they didn't care about the game, but the roar from the visiting locker room before the game seemed to reveal everything.
Tom Thibodeau really doesn't care about this game?
"Maybe many people don't know that Mr. Greg Popovich, that is, the head coach of the Spurs, has already made up his mind about this game before the game, he thinks that the Spurs will win this game, by the way, his original words are: This game, the Spurs will win! I don't know what you think, but I just can't bear it! The game hasn't started yet! Are the Spurs going to win? Is our Bulls so bad?"
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Tom Thibodeau's roar in the away team's locker room, the stadium staff outside the locker room listened to it, but they didn't show too much surprise, they have seen this scene a lot, many coaches like to use such remarks, such a roar to stimulate the team's fighting spirit, and even some coaches who are known for chicken soup roared more than Tom Thibodeau.
In contrast, the home team's locker room is much quieter, Greg Popovich has been at the helm of the Spurs for so many years, and the Spurs have long formed their team culture, low-key, persistent, and winning!
The game started soon, in this game, Anxi was still a substitute, the starters were composed of Tony Parker, Danny Green, Kowhi Leonard, Tim Duncan and Thiago Split, and on the Bulls' side, starting point guard Derrick Rose, starting point guard Richard Hamilton, starting small forward Ruhr Deng, starting power forward Carlos Boozer, starting center Joggin Noah.
It is worth mentioning that the Spurs signed a new signing after the All-Star, Justin Duntumon, who plays for the Austin Bulls, a subordinate team of the NBDL Spurs, because of his excellent performance in the NBDL and the lack of a second point guard by the Spurs, he reached a ten-day contract with the Spurs, and if he can meet Popovich's requirements, he will sign a formal contract.
And Justin Duntumon was also on the squad for this game, and I don't know what kind of contribution he can bring to the Spurs.
In addition, it is also worth mentioning that ESPN conducted a national live broadcast of this game, commentating on this game is Spurs celebrity Sean Elliott, before the game Anxi saw a very funny scene, when Tim Duncan walked near the technical table, Sean Elliott actually hurriedly put away everything in front of him, and then escaped from the seat, watching Anxi was dumbfounded, until Tony Parker introduced the two "grievances", Anxi did not understand.
It turned out that when Shaun Elliott played for the Spurs, he was pushed down and thrown a towel by Tim Duncan......
Of course, these are just jokes, and after a few seconds, Sean Elliott and Tim Duncan are chatting, and Greg Popovich joins them, and Anxi even knows that Greg Popovich's favorite chat partner is Sean Elliott, and the two of them have a lot in common.
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