Chapter 12: The opening streak
Regarding the real strength of the Knicks, through this battle, Anxi saw it very clearly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After several major repairs, Amare Stadamail has long lost the ability to fly away from the sky back then, and now even the strength of the starter is almost gone.
Neither Durham Porter on the inside nor Jose Calderon on the point guard position are too strong, and sending away Tyson Chandler in exchange for the two of them is obviously a big loss, and the Knicks failed to exchange for a point guard above the level of the line, but also lost the gate of the interior line.
With just one Carmelo Anthony to back up, the Knicks' prospects this season are not optimistic.
But Anxi definitely won't say anything, time will test whether he really sees it clearly.
Defeating the Knicks at home, the 76ers ushered in a wave of two consecutive wins at the start of the season.
The 76ers then rested for a few days, and when the time entered November, they had their third game of the season.
They played away from home against the Indiana Pacers, who lost Paul George.
This season, the Pacers, who have lost Paul George, are not ready to take advantage of the trend, at least the team's president Larry Bird is still continuing to bring in reinforcements, they have brought in C.J. Myers and Chris Copeland to fill the void of Paul George, welcome Rodney Stucky to supplement the guard line, plus keep Roy Hibbert, David West and George Hill and other key players, the new season, the Pacers still aim for the playoffs.
In the first two games, the Pacers also achieved a record of one win and one loss, winning the Bucks, losing to the Grizzlies, winning the weak team in the East, losing the strong team in the West, and there were no unexpected results, and the wins and losses of these two games are obviously difficult to see the true strength of the Pacers.
Of course, in front of the 76ers, no matter how strong the Pacers are, they can't match the 76ers.
Soon, the game began.
With two consecutive wins, the 76ers didn't give the Pacers any face, and they broke out at the beginning.
McCarvey scored 4 points and 4 assists in the opening game, but Anxi had to play without the ball, the team was in good shape, and Anxi was happy.
So, this gave the excellent McCarvey in this game enough room to play, he continued to score through breakthroughs, and in the first quarter of the game, under the explosion of McCarvey, the 76ers led the Pacers by 9 points at 29:20.
Without Paul George, the Pacers' perimeter defense has become porous, and under the 76ers' fast-play and fast-break offensive tactics, they have become difficult to withstand any of the 76ers' attacks.
Frank Vogel is also very depressed, the Pacers always go back to the word, every time they get better, the team always has an accident, it was hard to cultivate a Danny Granger, but within two seasons Danny Granger continued to be injured and couldn't support the team at all.
Then Paul George showed up, and the Pacers were back on track, only to suffer a frightening broken leg injury before the season began.
The two cores have been injured at critical moments, or serious injuries that have been reimbursed for the season, which makes Frank Vogel wonder if the Pacers have suffered a curse.
But now he has nothing to do but take the Pacers to fight for every victory.
Trailing by nine points in the first quarter, in Frank Vogel's opinion, it was a score that could be chased.
So, in the second quarter, he made a desperate gamble and sent a complete offensive small lineup, aiming straight at chasing points.
But coincidentally, the 76ers also put on a small lineup.
Anxi, who didn't make much effort in the first quarter, was continued to be put on the court by Brett Brown, plus Luis Williams, Francesco Garcia, Channing Fry and Cole Aldridge.
Anxi, who only scored 7 points and 2 assists in the first quarter, then completed a big explosion in the second quarter.
He scored 18 points in a single quarter, plus five assists, to help the 76ers score 43 points in a single quarter, shattering the Pacers' idea of chasing points in the second quarter.
In the second quarter, the 76ers beat the Pacers a 43:27, and the difference of 16 points was expanded in a single quarter.
At halftime, the 76ers led the Pacers by 25 points at halftime, 72-47.
Obviously, for the 76ers, this is another no-brainer victory.
The final score between the two teams was 125-97, and the 76ers outscored the Pacers by 28 points.
In this way, all three games in the first week of the new season were played, and the 76ers won a three-game winning streak, showing excellent form at the beginning of the game.
defeated the Spurs in the first game, Anxi cut 32 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, and defeated the Knicks in the second game, Anxi got another 46 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, and in this game Anxi still clocked out in the third quarter, and finally got 33 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and averaged 37 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in the three games.
So, at the end of the first week, Anxi's strong performance deservedly made him the best player of the week in the first week of the East.
The 76ers' current three-game winning streak is naturally firmly in the first place in the East, but there is another team in the East that has not lost a game, namely the Miami Heat that has defeated the Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors and the Midvorkee Bucks.
Other teams in the East have more or less lost a bit, like the Cavaliers, who only played two games, one against the Knicks and the other against the Bulls.
And the Bulls' loss was naturally a loss to the Cavaliers.
The Raptors lost to the Heat, the Hawks lost to the Wizards, and in short, only the 76ers and the Heat were all wins in the East to end the first week of the game.
The West also has two teams that have not lost a game, one is the Rockets led by James Harden and Howard, they defeated the Lakers in the first game, then beat the Jazz back-to-back, and beat the Celtics at home in the third game, winning all three games, surprisingly occupying the first place in the West.
As a result, many people shouted that the combination of the first quarterback and the first center in the West looks like it is going to explode this season.
Another team that has won all three games is also a surprise, and the Warriors, who were in Pot 2 in the West last season, also started the season strongly.
Under the leadership of new coach Steve Kerr, the Warriors first beat the Kings and Lakers one after another, and then beat the Trail Blazers by 5 points, and also won a three-game winning streak, Klay Thompson, who averaged 30 points per game in three games, became the best in the West in the first week of the new season.
Then, time went on, the season went on, and the 76ers had their fourth game, this time against the Bucks.
The Bucks have continued to wow this season, and new coach Jason Kidd has not been able to bring much change to the Bucks, at least for a short time, and they have lost all three games in the new season and remain at the bottom of the East.
However, the progress of Jabari Parker and last season's rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo still gives the Bucks some hope.
Although the Bucks have a poor record in this game, they are actually a strong challenge to Anxi, and in this game, he must face a group of young swingmen from the Bucks, Jabari Parker, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Chris Middleton......
Of course, for the 76ers, there is nothing wrong with winning this game.
In the face of this group of young swing guards, An Xi also showed a relatively good performance.
In the first three quarters of the game, the 76ers didn't give the Bucks too many chances, and they maintained the lead under the outburst of Pau Gasol, but the lead was not large until the final battle of the fourth quarter of the game.
At the beginning of the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, Anxi broke out, he was not ready to give the Bucks any more chances, four consecutive wins, the 76ers must win.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Anxi continuously shot cold arrows outside the three-point line and scored 6 points in a row.
Then he blocked Giannis Antetokounmpo's layup, grabbed the rebound and went all the way to the fast attack, rushed to the front court to split the dunk with one hand, and suddenly extended the difference to double digits.
Two three-pointers and a dunk in a row, at the most critical moment, Anxi showed his sharp fangs and easily began to tear the Bucks.
The 76ers extended their lead, and the Bucks, led by Jason Kidd, set off a wave of counterattacks, but soon, under another three-pointer from Anxi, the counterattack was extinguished.
The beep of the final timer sounded, and the 76ers won again, beating the Bucks by 111-98, 13 points, for their fourth straight win since the start of the season.
In the whole game, Anxi scored another 38 points, plus 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks, and his average score per game has reached 37.3 points, ranking first in the league's scoring list.
He also averaged 9.5 assists per game, second only to Chris Paul's 11.3 assists.
He averaged 3.5 steals per game, which also ranked first in the league.
As a result, the NBA official website released the first MVP ranking of this season, and Anxi made it impossible for everyone to ignore him with a strong performance.
In addition to Anxi's own bravery, the 76ers won all four games and their unrivaled attack power also sparked a lot of discussions.
"In the first four games, the 76ers can average 116 points per game, and have staged an explosive output of 30 or even 40 points in a single quarter several times, obviously, the 76ers have improved faster this season than their offense, they have more scoring points than last season, and the offense has become fast or slow, the tactics are rich, and the offensive end has naturally improved greatly, such an improvement is naturally a good thing for the 76ers' championship defense journey."
Su Qun, a well-known domestic commentator, made an evaluation of the 76ers' offensive performance this season, and the evaluation was very pertinent, which also sparked some discussions.
"The 76ers' performance this season is indeed very good, winning all four games, and now they are the first in the East, in four games, there are two crazy wins, and two games are also locked up early, especially the opening game against the Spurs, the 76ers played very easily, which makes people feel confident in the 76ers' journey to defend the title."
"Anxi is too strong, this season his control of the game has reached another level, from now on, Anxi is a worthy candidate for the regular season MVP, and the 76ers are also the strongest contenders for the championship, even if the Cleveland Cavaliers form a new Big Three."
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The 76ers won all four games, but the Rockets in the West lost in Game 4, and it is worth mentioning that they lost to the Heat who did not lose one game in the East.
In this game, Ruhr Deng shot 13 of 19 shots, completely blowing up Trevo Ariza, who was opposite him, and scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game.
Dwayne Wade was in complete control of the ball, and he also had a 20 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists in this game, and Chris Posh's shot was also guaranteed, and he hit back-to-back shots from mid-range for a period in the third quarter to help the Heat seal the victory.
In the end, he also got a 20 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists in the game.
After this victory, the Heat also extended their winning streak, and like the 76ers, they won a wave of four in a row.
It is worth mentioning that their next opponent is the 76ers......
This game is the home game of the 76ers, so, the day before the game, the Heat arrived in Philadelphia and stayed at the National Hotel in Philadelphia.
They held a press conference, and the four-game winning streak allowed Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to fully regain their confidence, at which point they had forgotten about LeBron James, and if it weren't for that brotherhood, maybe they would have started to laugh at LeBron James, because the Cavaliers, who also played four games, only managed two wins, losing to the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors, and the second loss also gave the Warriors a fourth straight win.
As a result, the Warriors, the Heat, and the 76ers became the only team in the East and West to win all three.
The Cavaliers are 2-2, and such a record is naturally not good, so at this time Wade and Bosh are proud in their hearts, and of course, Ruhr Deng is even more proud, he feels that he has proved that he is a star player who can do better than LBJ.
At the pre-game press conference, he asked reporters: "Facing the 76ers, who have also won four in a row, what is the goal of the Heat?" "Such a question.
Ruhrdeng gave a small surprise: "Victory, of course!" ”
However, when the reporter asked further: "But the 76ers are strong, and they are also a team with four consecutive wins. ”
Ruhrdeng showed his complacent: "Four wins in a row? Sorry, we just beat the Rockets, who have won three in a row, and the 76ers, who have won four in a row, will be no exception! What's more, in Zach Lowe's preseason predictions, the 76ers are below us. ”
Such words naturally reached An Xi's ears, and An Xi sneered back.
In Anxi's view, whether the Heat is really as strong as Zach Lowe predicted, and whether the Heat's current record really reflects their true strength, everything still needs to be tested by the 76ers.