Among them, Anxi has improved the most, his points are 7.7 points more than last season, 2.2 more rebounds than last season, 1.3 more assists than last season, blocks have decreased, 0.4 less, steals have increased by 1.8, and overall the data is increasing. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

This season, Anxi became a substitute for the Spurs, and the key reason was his transformation in the team's role, he gave up part of his defense and instead invested a lot of energy on the offensive end, which eventually led to a surge in offensive data, but the value of data alone is not high. ”

The value of data alone is not high......

When An Xi read this, he laughed directly, he knew very well that although he got an average of 17.5 points per game this season, in the eyes of many people, his high score was actually slowly brushed out by leaning on the mountain of the Spurs.

An Xi himself knows very well that with his current strength, once he leaves the Spurs, the average points per game will indeed decline, but it will not decline too seriously, at least an average of 15 points per game can still be guaranteed, just Anxi's back play and pull-up jump shot are enough for Anxi to score a lot of points.

But of course, he won't argue about anything, anyway, Anxi now has the idea of leaving, maybe after this playoffs, whether he wins the championship or not, he will leave the Spurs at the end of the season.

The opponent of the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs is the Rockets, James Harden's first season led by himself, and the exploding James Harden averaged 25.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and it seems that another super quarterback is about to be born.

In addition to Harden, it is worth noting that Chandler Parsons is also the favorite to compete for the most improved player, plus Jeremy Lin and Omir Asik, at least in terms of starters, the Rockets are considered top-notch.

It is worth mentioning that the UAE also entered the Rockets' playoff squad, and the UAE who joined the Rockets in the second half of the season ended up playing 35 games in the season, including 14 starts, averaging 7.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, and the performance was quite good.

The first round of the Western Conference playoffs is also called the Chinese Derby, or the Chinese Derby, by the domestic media, after all, there is still a Jeremy Lin in the Rockets.

The first game was held in San Antonio, and in this round of the series, the Spurs didn't have much pressure, so they didn't take much special treatment, just take the pre-game preparation seriously, and then treat the game as an important regular season, which is enough attention.

On April 20, 2013, the playoffs were ignited, but the first day of the game did not start the Spurs and Rockets, the Thunder and Lakers, Nuggets and Warriors in the West, the Heat and the Bucks, the Knicks and the Celtics in the East, these four games started.

It is worth mentioning that Brandon Jennings of the Bucks said before the start of the playoffs: "We will solve the Heat in six games!", which caused a wave of ridicule in the United States.

However, Jennings did not show his self-reliance in the first game, and the Bucks were easily defeated by the Heat 87-110.

In other matchups, the Knicks defeated the Celtics 87-78, the Thunder defeated the Lakers 91-79, and the Nuggets narrowly defeated the Warriors 97-95.

Then, on April 21, the game between the Spurs and the Rockets began.

Before the game, the two teams didn't have any words, and the Rockets, who returned to the playoffs after three years, performed very low-key, and the Spurs have never been a high-profile team, so this group of matchups did not attract attention in the United States, but China paid great attention to this group of matchups, whether it was CCTV or Sina, and the game was broadcast live.

CCTV is still a fixed commentary combination of Yu Jia and Zhang, and the two started the commentary before the game early.

"Coach Zhang, there are Chinese players on both sides of this game, which side do you support. Yu Jia directly threw out a headache question, yes, there are Chinese players on both sides, which side will you support at this time?

Director Zhang did not mean to be stumped at all: "I will choose to support the Spurs, the reason is very simple, the Spurs have a better chance of winning, even as high as eight or nine percent." ”

Yu Jia laughed: "Director Zhang is very witty, indeed, this round of the series is actually not very suspenseful, the Spurs only need to limit James Harden, they can easily win, and in the Spurs, Kowhi Leonard, Danny Green, including Anxi, can limit Harden very well, so the suspense of the game will be very small." ”

In the home team's locker room, Popovich didn't say any nonsense, and directly announced the starting lineup for this game: "Point guard Tony Parker, scoring guard Danny Green, small forward Kowhi Leonard, big forward Tim Duncan, center Thiago Split." ”

The regular starting lineup is no different from usual.

And in the away team's locker room, Kevin McHale, who is good at making chicken soup, directly began to feed chicken soup: "Everyone is not optimistic about us, they say that we can only refuse to sweep at most, and the San Antonio Spurs have 10,000 ways to beat us! They can treat us like a little bug, they can knead us at will, but is this really the case?"

"We made the playoffs on our own, and we made the playoffs, so why can't we win against the Spurs?

"So, go on the court, use your performance, and let those dogs-mother-raisers see! We, the Houston Rockets, aren't that easy to mess with!"

Kevin McHale's chicken soup was still useful, and the Rockets players rushed onto the court with a roar.

The game started soon, the Spurs played at home, with a lot of confidence, from the beginning of the game, the Spurs played very steadily, not chaotic, and slowly played the position to attack.

On the other hand, the Rockets, although their morale is very strong, they play chaotically as soon as they get on the court, especially against the Spurs' sudden increase in playoff intensity, they are a little at a loss, and the lack of playoff experience makes the Rockets passive from the beginning.

The whole team, except for Harden, who is still performing normally, the performance of the other players is a mess.

In the seventh minute of the first quarter, Kevin McHale called a timeout and the Spurs began making regular substitutions.

In the seven-minute game, the Spurs led the Rockets by 7 points at 20:13, and judging from the 7-minute game alone, the Spurs' victory should not be a big problem.

"Ann, Manu, you guys play, replace Kawhi and Danny, Ann, you go defend James Harden. Popovich said a few brief words, and then asked Anxi to defend Harden.

An Xi nodded, and then appeared. (To be continued.) )