USA Today's reporter Sam Amick has been keeping an eye on the state and situation of several championship favourites, and after the All-Star break, the Spurs game has intrigued Sam Amick, beating the Bulls in the first game, and although he lost to the Clippers later, Sam Amick found an interesting phenomenon. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This phenomenon is related to Anxi, Sam Amick found that after the All-Star, Anxi was mentioned to start by Popovich, and Anxi's performance also made Sam Amick can't help but play with the data.

Playing against the Bulls to defend Derrick Rose, defending Rose shot 9 of 25 with a shooting rate of only 36 percent; then playing the Bobcats, defending Gerard Henderson shot 2 of 18 with a dismal shooting rate of only 11 percent; playing the Nuggets, defending Tylawson with a shooting rate of 5 out of 16 with a shooting rate of 31 percent; playing the Knicks and defending Melon Anthony with a shooting rate of 20 percent; playing the Clippers defense with Griffin shooting 5 of 15 with a shooting rate of only 33 percent; playing the Wizards, John Wahl shot 14 percent from the field......

After the All-Star, Anxi played 6 games, and none of the players opposite him had a shooting rate of more than 40%, and the lowest Gerard Henderson was only 11%, 6 games, Anxi's opposing players only scored 25 goals in total, but the number of shots was 98 times, so calculated, the total shooting rate of these players in Anxi Defense was only 26%, how terrifying is this data?

And most importantly, Anxi faces the arrows of the opposing team every game, the Bulls' Rose is even the regular season MVP last season, and there are supergiants like Carmelo Anthony, the league's strongest new generation power forward like Blake Griffin, and star point guards like John Wahl...... In short, Anxi's opponents are not weak.

And Greg Popovich's use of Anxi has also attracted Sam Amik's attention, every game, Anxi is the starter, and then the opponent's arrow players are opposed, so from this point of view, Anxi is now the strongest shield on the outside of the Spurs.

So, after thinking about it, in the preview of the Spurs vs. Thunder game in the United States today, Sam Amick wrote a line of words: "Winner and loser - the clash between the Spurs' strongest shield and the scoring champion!"

Then the content is: "In the final game of the regular season between the Thunder and the Spurs, I am more optimistic about the Spurs, and briefly describe the reasons, as follows: Recently, friends who have followed the Spurs game may have discovered that the Chinese player Anxi has started 5 games in a row, and all 5 games are starters, plus the previous game with the Bulls, the players who played against China An in 6 games, the shooting rate did not exceed 40%, and the total shooting rate was even only 26%. ”

"China An seems to have erected a strong shield on the outside, after the All-Star, because of the reduction of the offensive role, coupled with the progress of China An itself, he has been invincible on the outside defensive end, it is foreseeable that the Spurs vs. Thunder, Kevin Durant will face such a test, once An Xi continues the defensive state, this game Spurs will inevitably be able to win the ......"

Sam Amick revealed one of the biggest advantages of the Spurs at present - Anxi, and Sam Amick is not the only one who pays attention to Anxi, such as Adrian Wonalovsky of Yahoo Sports, he also posted a similar preview, so all of a sudden, Anxi became the focus of this Reima battle.

Anxi's single defense is already so against the sky, so in this game, can he prevent Kevin Durant? Many people began to think and began to question, but they are very aware of the fact that if Anxi can prevent Kevin Durant, then this Reima battle, the Spurs will win. And if Anxi can't prevent it, then the outcome is really unpredictable, so in this Thunder Horse battle, Spurs do have some advantages.

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At the trade deadline, the Spurs didn't make any moves, originally Greg Popovich was also ready to make a trade, trying to find a way to exchange for a point guard to make up for the lack of a point guard position, the Spurs contacted the Cavaliers, ready to use Kwame Brown plus a second-round pick next year, from the Cavaliers to Ramon Sessions, but I didn't expect the Cavaliers to open their mouths directly, they rejected Kwame Brown and replaced Kwame Brown with Anxi.

So, Popovich immediately called off the deal, but Ramon Sessions did not stay with the Cavaliers, and he was sent to the Lakers.

Without completing the reinforcement of the point guard position, Popovich set his sights on the free market, and Patrick Mills, who had just returned from the gold rush in China, attracted Popovich's attention, and the Spurs' last 10-day contract of the season was used on Patrick Mills.

In this way, Patrick Mills, who previously played for the Trail Blazers and performed averagely, became a new signing for the Spurs, but because he did not register in time, he could not catch up with the game with the Thunder.

Anxi spent the pre-game time in Jeff Hornacek's special training on March 16, 2012, when the Reima battle was about to begin, and all eyes of the United States were on the Thunder's home stadium, the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

As the focus of the league, ESPN and TNT, as well as NBC, broadcast the game live across the United States, and the three sets of commentators filled the technical desk.

And the domestic CCTV also chose to broadcast the game, and Director Zhang and Yu Jia served as the commentators of the game.

Recently, Anxi's hot state has also helped him win more fans in China, compared to the nickname given by the United States to the little ghost, the nickname given by domestic fans to Anxi is obviously more normal - Anxi, that's right, Anxi is indeed a bit of a supergod now, so it's not wrong to call Anxi a god.

Before the start of the game, Popovich's task to Anxi was naturally to prevent Kevin Durant, the first two encounters, Anxi failed to prevent Adu, this time Anxi has improved a lot, and Popovich has more expectations for Anxi.

In this game, the starting lineup on the Spurs' side is point guard Tony Parker, scoring guard Anxi, small forward Kowai Leonard, big forward Boris Dio, center Tim Duncan, this game, Popovich put his two outside defensive gates out, obviously to lock Adu and Wei Shao, win this game.

On the Thunder side, starting point guard Russell Westbrook, scoring guard Saboseforrosa, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Sergi Ibaka, and center Kendrick Perkins.

The two teams have played each other before, so they are familiar with each other, and at the beginning of the game, the Spurs won the jump ball, Tony Parker received the ball and controlled it to the frontcourt, and Boris Diola pulled to the high post and took the basketball.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs were going to play the tactics of high strategy, and now the Spurs, there have been a lot more tactical routines, from only three or four sets of offensive tactics at the beginning of the season, to now there are a lot more offensive routines, among which the high strategy tactics have increased a lot, and the joining of the French Magician has contributed a lot, and his passing has greatly enriched the tactics of the Spurs.

Boris Dio stood in the high position to organize the attack, and the other players of the Spurs began to run, and the Spurs' running position has several characteristics, more covers, more cuts, and more bypasses, in short, cuts, covers, and bypasses, so that no matter what team, the Spurs will tear apart the defense.

In the first wave of offense at the beginning of the game, Anxi went around the corner, Tim Duncan suddenly cut out, made a cover for Kawhi Leonard, and then it was a double screen, Tony Parker rushed to the middle distance, and immediately it was a jumper, and he hit it successfully.