In the last minutes of the second quarter, Popovich called a timeout in a row, but he still couldn't stop the Spurs' decline. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the case of a group of role players unable to score, Tony Parker, the only one who can stand up, is also in poor shape. In the end, in the second quarter, the 76ers extended the difference to 15 points in one fell swoop, and at halftime, the 76ers led the Spurs with a score of 72:57.

After halftime, Anxi scored 26 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists and 2 steals, completely suppressed Kowhi Leonard, and he also continued the excellent form of the previous games, and it seems that he will not win the top five in the MVP rankings.

The Spurs' poor form in this game also gave the 76ers a chance to win.

In the third quarter, the 76ers continued to extend their lead.

Kawhi Leonard's performance in the second half recovered slightly, but the 76ers' offense in the first two quarters was too smooth, Pau Gasol and McCarvey were in good shape, and the score gradually expanded in the third quarter without even Anxi's strength.

Popovich also sighed at the problem that no one could step up and score when the team needed to score.

Although Kawhi Leonard has made great progress, but limited by the Spurs' system, there is not much room for independent play, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili can play alone, but in this game Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are not in very good shape, as for Duncan, the state has declined a little faster this season, and it is difficult to take care of both offensive and defensive ends.

Therefore, when the Spurs needed to score the most, no one could stand up and score, but the defensive end was blown up by Anxi, and in the end they could only lose a good game.

The third quarter played more than 7 minutes, and the difference had been stretched to 20 points.

Popovich, who has never paid much attention to the wins and losses of a regular season game, began to think about giving up the game early.

Soon, after three quarters, the 76ers led by 22 points, and in the fourth quarter, the Spurs simply replaced all the bench players and gave up the game.

And An Xi, who scored 33 points, 7 rebounds, 18 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in the third quarter, also completed a three-quarter clock-out.

Sitting on the sidelines in the fourth quarter and watching the players at the end of the team's bench fighting on the court, Anxi was still a little surprised, he didn't expect that the team would win this game so easily, after all, in terms of record, the Spurs are now only slightly worse than the Pacers and Thunder, and they are the third strongest team in the league.

And as a veteran of the Spurs, Anxi knows that Popovich doesn't care about the Spurs' regular season record, but it doesn't mean that the Spurs didn't play well in the regular season, on the contrary, the Spurs are the most stable team in the regular season, and they can always win the game steadily, but the Spurs lost a bit miserably in this game, and they were defeated by the 76ers in the third quarter, and the 76ers also clocked out in advance, and Anxi's accident is not surprising.

In the end, the 76ers defeated the Spurs 117-98 on the road to win their 11th straight game, and the hot form continued.

And Anxi's data for the whole game has not changed, after all, Anxi did not play in the entire fourth quarter.

In the whole game, he got 33 points, 7 rebounds, 18 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, and scored repeatedly at critical moments, and was the absolute hero of the 76ers' victory over the Spurs.

After the game, as the former head coach of Anxi, Popovich was interviewed and was naturally asked about Anxi.

Regarding Anxi's transfer issue, Popovich had to explain again: "At that time in Philadelphia, there was a better opportunity waiting for An, so I asked him to take that better opportunity. ”

However, the reporter repeatedly questioned that Popovich made a wrong choice, and Popovich immediately admitted his mistake: "That's right, my choice was wrong, I shouldn't have let Ann go." ”

Such a simple admission of mistakes also made the reporters stunned.

In fact, in Popovich's heart, he still thinks that Anxi has become a superstar in the league on the spot, and Kawhi Leonard will not be worse than Anxi, but Kowhi Leonard's growth rate is a little slower, and one day in the future, Kowhi Leonard will also be a superstar-level player.

Of course, letting go of Anxi will eventually be a regret in Popovich's legendary career.

After the game, for the 76ers, the most important thing to celebrate is not the victory of this game, but because of the victory of this game, their victory finally came to 50 games, 50 wins and 23 losses, starting in mid-March, and after that, the 76ers did not lose a single game!

They are now on an 11-game winning streak, and the NBA has won more than 10 games in a row, which means that the team has the strength to compete for a championship, so the Philadelphia media rejoices.

After the game, An Xi, who was in a good mood, also accepted an interview with the media, and questions about Spurs were naturally inevitable.

"Yes, I chose to leave the Spurs at that time, and I was actually very reluctant, but I knew that leaving the Spurs was the right choice, I could get more opportunities in Philadelphia, and Coach Popovich also supported me to leave, so in the end I chose to leave......"

"If you were given a chance, would you choose to come back to San Antonio?"

"I'm doing well in Philadelphia, so I don't have any thoughts of leaving Philadelphia for the time being, but if, I mean, if something special happens in the future and I have the opportunity to come back to San Antonio, I'll be back......"

"Let's not talk about the Spurs, let's talk about the 76ers' current record, after this victory, the 76ers have won 11 consecutive games, and the teams that have won more than 10 consecutive games in the NBA are considered to have the strength to compete for the championship, so do you think the 76ers have this strength?"

Looking at the ESPN reporter who asked this question, An Xi was not modest, and nodded directly: "I think we have the strength, and our goal is to win the championship." ”

Anxi directly shouted the slogan of competing for the championship, and the media reporters were in an uproar.

And An Xi's words were quickly spread.

On the evening of March 29, U.S. time, 76 people had boarded the plane and flew to Houston.

In a program called "NBA Today" in the ESPN Sports evening, the host Stuart Scott first took several ESPN experts to review the 76ers' victory over the Spurs, and then touted Anxi a few times as a matter of course, and finally mentioned Anxi's championship slogan after the game.

Stuart Scott asked, "Mark (Stein), Henry (Abbott), Royce (Webb), what do you think of the 76ers' championship rhetoric?"

Mark Stein is probably ESPN's most objective basketball expert, and although he sometimes talks nonsense, most of the time, his remarks are very objective, and this time, he spoke first and analyzed the 76ers' championship prospects.

"Needless to say, the 76ers are now the three strongest teams in the East, the other two are the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat, if the 76ers' goal is to compete for the championship, then there is no problem, with Anxi and Pau Gasol, the 76ers already have the strength to challenge the Pacers and the Heat, and the 76ers' regular season record also proves this, they beat the Heat twice, and also beat the Pacers twice, taking advantage of the direct confrontation with the Pacers and the Heat. ”

Mark Stein doesn't think there's anything wrong with the 76ers shouting championship slogans.

But there are people who support it, and naturally there are people who oppose it, and Henry Albert, who has always been unaccustomed to Anxi, immediately spoke: " No, Mark, I think that the regular season record cannot be equated with the playoffs, last season the Bulls also beat the Heat in the regular season, but the result is that the Heat easily defeated the Bulls to advance, I think, purely from the perspective of strength, they only have Anxi and Pau Gasol are star-level players, but the Heat have the Big Three, and Ray Allen, the strength is not at all comparable to the 76ers, this gap is not very obvious in the regular season, but in the playoffs, it will be quite obvious......

Royce Webber didn't speak at first, and he was the last to express his opinion: "Overall, the 76ers, who won 50 wins and won 11 consecutive victories, shouted the slogan of the championship, I don't think there is any problem, of course, Henry is right, in terms of strength, the 76ers are still far behind......"

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The playoffs are approaching, and all the talk about the playoffs will generate a lot of saliva, and this time again, ESPN discussed the 76ers' championship prospects, and then Yahoo Sports and Turner Sports also discussed the 76ers' championship prospects.

Overall, they all believe that the 76ers are qualified to shout the slogan of competing for the championship, but in terms of strength, they are still very optimistic about the 76ers. (To be continued.) )