Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Battle for the First Place (Part 2)

In the final game of the Devils' schedule in December, the 76ers traveled to Oakland to challenge the current No. 1 Warriors in the West. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The 76ers have lost two games so far and have a 20-2 record that ranks first in the league, while the Warriors have a 19-3 record, losing one more game than the 76ers and just two in the league.

As a result, this game between the two teams directly facing off has become a battle for the top spot between the Eastern and Western teams, and it is also a battle for the first place in the league.

The Warriors had a day off before the game, and they had some physical advantage over the 76ers, who had two games in two days and had a long journey.

Oakland, adjacent to San Francisco, is rumored to be the new owner of the Warriors has been hoping to move the team to San Francisco across the bridge, but due to financial and stadium constraints, it has not been able to take shape, but in fact, even if the Warriors are located in Oakland, most of the fans they attract are from San Francisco.

San Francisco is the largest Chinese community in the United States, with the largest number of Chinese in the United States.

With the rapid improvement of the Warriors' record, the 76ers and Anxi have become one of the biggest opponents of the Warriors, and the influence of Americans' local thinking is very heavy, so in front of the Warriors, the 76ers and Anxi have also become enemies.

With Anxi's appearance, boos rang out in the Oracle Arena, with only a few cheers in the corner, showing the sheer number of local Chinese.

And when Anxi waved at the group of Chinese, the boos in the stadium were actually even louder, and Anxi smiled and didn't care.

James Anderson, who had just returned from injury, smacked his lips: "This group of Golden State fans, are you afraid of you?"

An Xi shook his head: "Don't joke James, this game is not easy to play......"

Anxi saw the scrappy Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, as well as the Draymond Green, who has made great strides this season.

An Xi walked over, said hello to Curry, and chatted a few words.

"Stephen, you've been playing well this year, a big dark horse. Anxi called the Warriors a big dark horse, and the meaning is obvious, Anxi does not recognize the Warriors as a strong team.

Stephen Curry didn't fight with An Xi either, he gritted his teeth, looking like a bad teenager, and muttered: "Don't play word games with me, Ann!"

At this time, Draymond Green came over from the other side, Draymond Green was so dark that when he grinned, he showed a mouthful of white teeth, which was very funny, and Anxi felt that Draymond Green could even go to advertise black toothpaste.

Draymond Green's trash talk skills are much better than Stephen Curry's, and as soon as he saw An Xi, he replied, "Ann, we're going to rub you the floor of Oracle Arena in this game!"

An Xi waved his hand and ignored the Warriors' players, but he still saw the Warriors' vigor and positivity from the words of Stephen Curry and Draymond Green.

The starters of both sides exchanged pleasantries and took their positions on the field.

The Warriors' success this season has been made possible by their offensive and defensive starting lineup, starting point guard Stephen Curry, shooting guard Klay Thompson, small forward Harrison Barnes, power forward Draymond Green, and center Andrew Boggart.

Except for center Boggart, the other four players can shoot from outside the three-point line, and except for Stephen Curry, the other four players have a certain one-on-one defense ability and a certain ability to help defense, which is such a lineup with good offense and defense, which helped the Warriors achieve an excellent record of 19-3 in the opening season.

On the 76ers' side, McCarvey and Pau Gasol have not yet returned, and Brett Brown gave the team a regular starting lineup in this game, starting point guard Ismael Smith, scoring guard Anxi, small forward Jack Crowder, big forward Channing Fry and center Noren Snoll, starting point guard with Ismael Smith, naturally taking into account the defense of Stephen Curry.

In the Warriors' offense, Curry's ball-handling offense is still very important, and sending Ismael Smith to mark the defense all the time is obviously the safest approach.

At the beginning of the game, Noren Snoll and Andrew Boggart jumped the ball, and in the end, Andrew Boggart, who had evolved into a floor flow inside, first dialed back the basketball and grabbed the ball for the opening attack.

Anxi quickly retreated and confronted Klay Thompson.

Klay Thompson has also ushered in an explosion this season, and his average of 22.7 points per game so far means that Klay Thompson is making great progress on the road to All-Star shooting guard, which also means that Anxi's task in this game is to prevent Klay Thompson, the new star No. 2 position.

Klay Thompson's offensive ability with the ball is not strong, he is better at catching and shooting by running without the ball, and Draymond Green and Stephen Curry in the Warriors are excellent passers, which gives Klay Thompson a good living space, and of course, it also increases the defensive pressure on Anxi in this game.

At the beginning, the Warriors played a simple outside blocking and dismantling tactic, and after the blocking and dismantling of the ball was handed over to Curry, Curry rushed in, and directly stopped and threw a jumper, and with a bang, it went out of the basket.

Noren Snoll steadily protected the rebound, and then passed the basketball to Anxi.

And then, Anxi has to face the Warriors' young and powerful wing, Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes are both above-level single defense players, Anxi also knows that the Warriors still have Andre Iguodala on the bench, and he is destined to be played by the Warriors on the offensive end in this game.

In the first attack in the opening game, it was Klay Thompson who defended Anxi, and he was close to Anxi and did not give Anxi too much room to play.

An Xi chose to hit with his back, he turned and advanced two steps, and then suddenly turned over and made a jump shot.

Klay Thompson's defense is very good, and Anxi hasn't found his touch at the beginning, so the ball is also iron.

The two teams hit the iron one after another, and the Warriors, who grabbed the rebounds, started their offense again.

At this time, the new Warriors coach Steve Kerr on the sidelines frowned, Anxi's first goal was not scored, but he could see that Klay Thompson was struggling to defend Anxi, Anxi's back singles were very strong, and Steve Kerr even felt that Anxi's back singles were stronger than his No. 23 teammate back then.

Steve Coll also knows that there are still many weapons in Anxi's offensive arsenal that have not been taken out, and perhaps the most rare thing for the Warriors in this game is to prevent Anxi from dying.

The Warriors' offense, Draymond Green's outside line is another high-quality cover, or Stephen Curry, he moved a step sideways and accelerated to break through Ismael Smith's defense, this time, Stephen Curry's breakthrough was resolute, after rushing into the interior, dodging Noren Snoll's defensive block, and throwing the basketball into the basket.

The ball was scored, the Warriors scored the first point of the game, and the Oracle Arena was boiling.

Then, Noren Snoll reluctantly slapped his hand, turned around to pick up the ball, and served in the backcourt.

Ismael Smith took the ball to the front court and then passed the basketball to Anxi, who did not hesitate and started another wave of singles.

He struck a three-threat pose from beyond the three-point line, then reached out to probe and after Klay Thompson shook his defensive center of gravity, Anxi took a step forward and rushed inside.

At this time, Harrison Barnes on the other side hurriedly came over to help.

Anxi didn't look at Harrison Barnes, rushed again, and then directly threw the basketball to Jack Crowder, who had already appeared vacant in front of him.

Jack Crowder jumped up lightly and threw the basketball from beyond the three-point line.

Then, the white net flower turned up made all the Warriors fans in the scene open their mouths, and the ball scored!

Jack Crowder's recent form has been hot, and Anxi opened the game with an assist to help him score three points! The excellent form of both teams also made a good start to this game.