Chapter Eighty-Five: Off-the-Ball Special Training

On March 15, 2012, the Spurs were given another day off, and Popovich gave the players a day off. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Early in the morning, Anxi ran with Jeff Hornacek, and after playing the Knicks, Anxi followed Jeff Hornacek to start special training for running without the ball, during this time, the Spurs' schedule was to play one game every other day, so the time for special training was still very sufficient.

After playing the Knicks on March 7, Jeff Hornacek found a disc of Reggie Miller for Anxi on March 8, running without the ball, among the stars, you really have to watch Reggie Miller.

In the next few days, Anxi began special training under the guidance of Jeff Hornacek.

Jeff Hornacek's way of training without the ball is very simple, he made a few wooden stakes in the yard to act as obstacles, Anxi's first task every day is to run around the stakes, Jeff Honacek gave a set time, when to reach this specified time, Anxi can end this initial training.

At first, Anxi felt that this training was very simple, because his speed has always been very fast, running back and forth, and running within the specified time, in Anxi's opinion, it must be very simple. As a result, when he really ran, Anxi found out that it was difficult, because Jeff Hornacek would actually stand aside and command.

That is to say, Anxi's running around the pile is actually not immutable, every time he runs, there will be a change in the route, and this change has to listen to the command of Jeff Hornacek, Jeff Hornacek asked Anxi to bypass which pile, Anxi has to bypass which pile, so, again and again, Anxi was shaken by Jeff Hornacek's command and didn't know where to run, or suddenly a turnaround run, Anxi didn't have time to react, and time was naturally delayed.

This training, in the words of Jeff Hornacek, is: the situation on the court is changing rapidly, how can you only run along one route?

And Jeff Hornacek also said that in the future, there will be other changes in this off-ball special training, such as Jeff Hornacek is no longer in command, and Anxi has to find opportunities by himself, as for how to find opportunities, Jeff Hornacek is not willing to say, but he will know when the time comes.

However, in Anxi's view, this ballless special training, in the final analysis, is running, and running out of the void at the fastest speed is victory. This is still very simple for Anxi, Anxi feels that he may not need to upgrade the jersey system, and his off-ball may improve to a very good point.

And before the 15th, the Spurs also played a few games.

On March 9th, the Spurs challenged the Clippers away, Anxi continued to start this game, guest as a power forward, Blake Griffin's nemesis who shouted at the beginning of the season, continued to be reflected in this game, Anxi's Griffin shot only 5 of 15, but the Spurs still lost the game, Chris Paul scored 36 points, on the other hand, the other players of the Spurs, the state was a little bad, and finally the Spurs lost by 12 points, ending the winning streak.

On March 11, the Spurs hosted the Wizards, and Anxi's task in this game was to stare at John ****, so after the game, John's **** data became 2 of 14 shots, and the Spurs won the game.

On March 13, the Spurs played against the Magic at home, and Anxi, who had not rested after the All-Star, was rested by Popovich.

As of the trade deadline, the Spurs' record is 35-6, ranking first in the West, and the Thunder, who are second in the West, are 33-10, and the gap between them and the Spurs is not small, and the shrinking season is only 66 games, which means that the Spurs only have 25 games left, and the Thunder only have 23 games left, and the season has passed most of the season.

On March 16, the Spurs are about to usher in the third and final meeting between the Spurs and the Thunder this season, and the first two games, each side has one win, so this game has become the best chance for the two sides to win or lose in the regular season.

The low-key Holy City media is okay, and they didn't exaggerate this game excessively, but the media in Oklahoma City is different, and now the Spurs are the first in the West, and they feel very angry, after all, the Thunder also won the Spurs, so when it comes to talking, the Russian City media is also very tough.

Royce Young, a reporter for the Thunder Daily, wrote on the Thunder Daily's game day preview column: "The Thunder Spurs are meeting again, this game is the third meeting between the two sides, and maybe they will have a winner in the regular season." For the Spurs, they are first in the West and first in the league, so they may have a certain psychological advantage, but as a reporter for the Thunder Daily, I want to say that the first two games of the Thunder and the Spurs were a 1-1 draw, and the outcome of this game is still unknown!"

As the official media of the Thunder, Royce Young's speech was very restrained, the outcome of the game is still unknown, and the Spurs have no ideas, but the Oklahoman reporter's Darnell Mayberry preview report has made the San Antonio reporter angry.

"The Thunder and Spurs are going to meet again, this is the top battle in the West, and some people say that after the All-Star, the Spurs are in good shape, and the Thunder have no chance of winning this game, so in my opinion, this argument is extremely ridiculous. ”

"Why do I say that? The reason is very simple, although the Spurs are the first in the West, they are often the first in the West, and last season the Spurs were the first in the West, and the result? They were killed by the Grizzlies in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs! Therefore, whether the Spurs are the first in the West or the bottom of the West now, in fact, they can't give them extra points, because they may be killed by a worse team at any time, not to mention that the next Spurs' opponent is the Thunder, the Thunder led by the Thunder Sanshao!"

Darnell Meberg actually used last season's black eight to attack the Spurs, which angered the San Antonio media, originally last season's black eight was a scar on the Spurs, a season is almost over, this scar is almost healed, the result is good, you will uncover it again, can the media on the Spurs' side not be hot?

The San Antonio Express, the largest newspaper in the Holy City, did not start a war of words after Darnell Meberg's remarks, and the three NBA reporters of the San Antonio Express - Jeff McDonald, Mike Monroe and Danish Ke Carney did not directly confront Darnell Meberg, and the low profile of the Holy City was also revealed in the media, and they still honestly previewed the game.

Then predicted that this game would be a tough one, with both the Spurs and the Thunder having a chance, but the low profile of the Holy City people does not mean that they will silently endure the bullying of others, and on the front page of the newspaper, the San Antonio Express used a headline called "The Game Sees the Truth" to direct the conversation to the game.

Indeed, as written in the auspicious San Antonio Express, no matter how much you salivate before the game, it is not as good as showing good form in the game and winning the game.

The war of words between the two cities did not happen, with the San Antonio media believing that the Spurs and Thunder were on the sidelines, while the Russian media were overly bullish on their teams, while the American sports media had a different view, and they were more bullish on the Spurs.