On December 31, after an awkward night, Anxi finally found a way to get along with the Hornacek family. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Early in the morning, Anxi met Jeff Hornacek, who got up early and exercised in the morning, downstairs in the apartment, and chatted tepidly, Anxi knew that he had passed Jeff Hornacek's test. Americans are originally more open, they advocate free love, the relationship between Anxi and Abby, Jeff Hornacek was only angry when he first found out, and when he saw that Anxi was also a young talent in the basketball world, he naturally recognized Anxi.

"Can you play at Spurs right now?" While running, Jeff Hornacek chatted with Anxi.

"Yes, my role in the team is more of a jack-of-all-trades right now." An Xi replied obediently.

"Okay, I'll make a deal with you, and if you can be a starter in the NBA, I'll agree to your relationship with my daughter!"

"But, in the last game, we played the Clippers, and I was the starter?"

Old Hornacek was choked by An Xi all of a sudden, and he replied angrily: "I mean to be a regular starter of the team, not the kind of one that plays two games a game." ”

After chatting for a few words, and setting a deal that Anxi didn't want to accept but had to accept, but it didn't make sense, Anxi went to the training gym, and he found that the atmosphere of the team didn't seem right.

After a little inquiry, Anxi learned that the team was going to trade.

Before Anxi came, Richard Jefferson was called to the general manager's office, and he still hasn't come out.

Because there was still a game in the afternoon, in the morning, Anxi did some recovery training, and between trainings, Ekdiogu and James Anderson were called to the general manager's office to talk, so that the general situation of the transaction was probably clear to Anxi.

Richard Jefferson, Ectiago and James Anderson are all leaving......

An Xi was a little unhappy, although he knew that this was business, this was the NBA, but he still felt a little sudden.

In the afternoon, Ecdiogu left the team first, and the news from the team was that Ecdiogu was cut, and the contract he signed with the Spurs at the beginning of the season was a non-guaranteed contract, and now that Ecdiogu is cut, the Spurs don't have to spend a penny.

Then, Richard Jefferson and James Anderson packed their things and left the team, and before the afternoon game began, the media released reports that the Spurs had completed the trade.

According to the report, the Spurs packed Richard Jefferson and James Anderson, plus a future second-round pick, in exchange for Kwame Brown and Dominic McGuire from the Golden State Warriors, as well as a trade exception worth $3 million.

At this point, on the eve of the New Year, the Spurs completed a trade to strengthen the interior, in exchange for Kwame Brown as a defensive center, and Dominic McGuire is an interior forward who can play both power forward and small forward, and both players are out of contract, which can be regarded as solving the problem of Richard Jefferson's future garbage contract for the Spurs.

Sending away two players at once and terminating one player, the Spurs only had 12 players available for the afternoon game, but fortunately, only Richard Jefferson has been in the normal rotation among the players sent away, so the afternoon game still does not affect the team's performance.

at& T Arena, the Spurs welcomed the opponent of this game, Jazz.

Last season, Jerry Sloan suddenly resigned midway through the season, and the team's top player Deron Williams was also sent to the Nets, although Al Jefferson was brought in at the beginning of the season, but in the end the Jazz failed to make the playoffs due to a series of chaos.

This season, the Jazz haven't made too many reinforcements, they have similar ideas to the Rockets, they don't want to mess up, and it's difficult to have the strength to go further. However, stronger than the Rockets, the Jazz's lineup is still good, the inside double short Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap, plus Derrick Favors and Enes Kante on the bench, the Jazz have the strongest interior combination in the entire NBA, plus Devin Harris, Gordon Hayward, Raga Bell and C.J. Myers on the outside, the Jazz still have the strength to enter the playoffs.

The Spurs' starting lineup for this game is point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Danny Green, small forward Cowhi Leonard, power forward DeJuan Blair and center Tim Duncan, and Anxi is still on the bench.

At the beginning of the game, the Jazz used their interior advantage to take turns to attack the Spurs' interior, and once achieved a certain advantage, the short and fat DeJuan Blair and the consecutive starter Tim Duncan faced the Jazz's four interior attacks in turn, and they were indeed a little overwhelmed.

So, Anxi played early in this game, and his task was to restrain Paul Millsap, who was already close to going berserk.

Anxi once again stepped into the power forward position, facing Paul Millsap.

"The Spurs replaced China An, it seems that Popovich is ready to take advantage of his defense, if Paul Millsap is not restricted, this game Spurs will go far."

Against Millsap, Anxi began to think about the technical characteristics of this new opponent, at this time Millsap was still in the early stages of his career, and he had not yet developed a mid-range shot or even a three-point shot, so Paul Millsap's offensive means were very limited, that is, some close-range face frame offense, and some rebounds after grabbing rebounds.

Therefore, it is quite simple to defend such a big forward, Anxi only needs to stick to Paul Millsap and not give the opponent too much room to move.

Of course, it is easier said than done, that is, Anxi, a physical monster, if he were someone else, he would definitely not be able to bear the power of Paul Millsap.

The Jazz's offense, Anxi directly stuck to Paul Millsap, and when a player with strength comparable to a big shark sticks to you, you will find that you can't turn around.

That's how Millsap feels now, but fortunately, there is another thing called running, Millsap has to start running, he is an inside lineman, but under Anxi's defense, it is difficult for him to ask for the ball after getting a good position.

Jazz's offense, Paul Millsap got the ball through running, and then under the pressure of Anxi, he had to choose to face Anxi with his back.

After a few sittings, he couldn't move at all, and Paul Millsap had already expected it, after all, Anxi's power was something he felt from the beginning.

So, Paul Millsap had to turn on the spot, take a step back to open up the distance, and complete a jumper.

However, because of Anxi's interference, this jumper was already deformed the moment it was shot, and the shot was naturally ironed.

In this way, Anxi was once again treated as a stone by Popovich, and where there was a leak, he would make up for it.