After losing to the Hawks, the 76ers' record became 16-11 and they finished fourth in the East. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Next, they traveled to the road to face the Brooklyn Nets.

This season, the Nets' lineup can be called luxurious, point guard Deron Williams, scoring guard Joe Johnson, small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Kevin Garnett and center Brook Lopez, each of which is a star with an annual salary of 10 million, plus Andrew Blache, Andrei Kirilenko, Mason Plumlee, Alan Anderson, Reggie Evans and Jason Terry, the bench is also powerful.

Before the season began, the Nets were on the list of championship favorites predicted by major media, and could even compete with the Heat and Spurs.

However, since the start of the season, the Nets have gradually emerged in their original form.

They started to lose constantly, and their 5-12 record in November was terrible, and rookie head coach Jason Kidd was questioned, but fortunately, the Nets quickly adjusted after entering December.

In December, he played 8 more games, with 4 wins and 4 losses, and gradually got on the right track.

Before playing the 76ers, the Nets had already ranked ninth in the weak East with a 9-16 record, and were only one win away from eighth.

The Nets' goal was never the playoffs, they set their goal high, it could only be a championship, and the talented general manager Billy King insisted on aiming for the championship even when the team was losing consecutive games.

Against the 76ers, the Nets, who have had a good momentum recently, wanted to play an advantage at the beginning, Deron Williams opened a strong attack, but was blocked by McCarvey, who performed well in this game, and accelerated the attack with two consecutive steals, and the 76ers directly opened the Nets with a 4:0.

Then, Anxi risked Joe Johnson's catch-up three-pointer and turned around for another three-pointer.

In this way, the 76ers opened with a wave of 7:0, and then completely grasped the initiative on the court in the first quarter, constantly relying on Anxi's singles to attract defense and create opportunities.

The communication with Mike Budenholzer after the last game also gave Anxi a little gain, Anxi felt that he should appropriately add some large-scale transfer passes, so in this game Anxi's vision suddenly broadened, constantly passing, creating a lot of opportunities, and the team's offense became smoother.

In this way, the 76ers won a hearty victory on the road in Brooklyn, they suppressed the Nets from beginning to end, and the game was played to the end, and the 76ers also defeated the Nets 117-99, ending a two-game losing streak.

A 17-11 record keeps the 76ers in fourth place in the East.

After playing this game, the time has also come to December 20th, Christmas is just around the corner, and the 76ers have no schedule for the Christmas War this season, there are only 5 games in the NBA on Christmas Day, namely the Bulls away to challenge the Nets, the Knicks to face the Thunder at home, the Lakers to face the Heat at home, the Rockets to challenge the Spurs away and the Warriors to face the Clippers at home, the ten teams participating in the game are all popular teams before the start of this season, except for the Lakers.

However, it is clear that after two months of play, the Knicks have become the bottom of the East, the Bulls are below the 76ers, the Nets are also outside the playoffs, and there are no problems with several teams in the West, but Kobe Bryant is reimbursed for the season, making the Lakers' home game against the Heat less interesting.

Perhaps David Stern has already regretted it, he didn't expect that after just one offseason, the league would change again, and there were only so many teams stable.

Since there was no competition on Christmas Eve, Anxi thought about it for a while, and he decided to throw a big Christmas party in his own home.

After all, he is also the boss of the team now, and it has been two months since he came to Philadelphia, and there is still very little intersection with his teammates outside the game.

Anxi went home to mention it to Abby, and Abby immediately agreed, and the two quickly got busy.

Anxi found someone to make an invitation, and Abby found the chef in Anjia's courtyard and began to prepare the meals for the dinner that day, as well as a team dedicated to throwing parties and a team of chefs from a well-known local Western restaurant in Philadelphia.

Then, in the last game before Christmas, Anxi distributed the invitations to all his teammates, coaching staff, management staff, and even the cheerleaders of the team received the invitations.

In their final game before Christmas, on December 22, the 76ers traveled to Midwonki to take on the Bucks.

The last time the two teams met was during the 76ers' trough, and the 76ers also unexpectedly lost to the team that is currently the second-to-last team in the East, and their form fell to the bottom.

And in this game, the 76ers, who are in hot form, are aiming for two consecutive wins.

And they also think that the game will go very smoothly and the victory will come as scheduled.

But as soon as the game opened, the Bucks made a big news, opening with a burst of random attacks, punching and killing the old master, beating the 76ers a 14:2, and then taking advantage of the fact that the 76ers had not eased up, they continued to expand the point difference, until the 76ers gradually came back to their senses and began to exert their strength, the Bucks were already leading by 19 points, and the two commentators of Turner Sports opened their mouths and were quite surprised.

In fact, although the Bucks' record this season is poor, the lineup is not bad.

Starting point guard Blanton Knight, the shooting guard was also replaced by Chris Middleton from O.J. Mayo at the beginning of the season, and the two players who were exchanged for Blanton Jennings gradually grew up in the middle of the season.

And O.J. Mayo became the Bucks' sixth man, shining on the bench.

The small forward is Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Anxi is very optimistic about the Greek demon, who is still a little immature this season, but he can already see the talent.

The original starter in this position was Caron Butler, he is now off the bench, but the playing time is at the starting level, the last time the 76ers lost to the Bucks, it was also because of Caron Butler's outburst, that game Caron Butler scored 38 points, directly crushing the 76ers' defense.

On the inside, the rotation of Larry Sanders, Ersan Ilyasova, John Henson, Epaiyudu and Zazapachulia is actually not bad in terms of strength, but this season they have already aimed at the goal of swinging badly, and they only think about losing.

And if you lose a lot, you naturally want to win one or two games, so you have won one game when you meet the 76ers before, and this time you meet the 76ers again, and they want to win again.

The offensive wave of 14:2 in the opening game blinded the 76ers, but fortunately, Anxi was still awake and kept reminding his teammates.

Bret Brown's Shaun Livingston and Evan Turner also played a role, and the 76ers gradually began to chase points, digging a 19-point hole by themselves at the beginning, and then slowly and slowly took 3 quarters to fill it up.

It wasn't until the fourth quarter that the 76ers equalized the score, and then Anxi made a burst of power in the final quarter, and the 76ers finally made a two-game winning streak before Christmas.

With 18 wins and 11 losses, the 76ers remain firmly in fourth place in the East.

……

On Christmas Eve, the iron door slowly opened, and An Xi stood at the door of his house, asking the running hall of An's small courtyard who came to help to turn on all the lights of the villa.

In the backyard swimming pool, there is already a party team specially found by Anxi to set up the scene, large bowls of food are placed on the table in the open air, American parties generally put some Western food, such as desserts and the like, but Anxi created a Chinese food party, specially let the chef of Anjia Courtyard make a few Sichuan-style hot pot and boiled fish, as well as steamed buns, steamed dumplings and other snacks on the table, it always looks a little nondescript.

Soon, the guests arrived one after another.

The first to arrive was Brett Brown, who drove his own car, taking his wife Australian Anna, and after the two got out of the car, they visited the villa in Anxi, and then sighed: "The big star of the NBA is rich......

An Xi could only roll his eyes.

Then Evan Turner and McCarvey arrived one after another, Sam Xinki also came, and he also pulled An Xi to quietly chat a few words, about the future of the team, Sam Xinki felt that a deal was needed, he wanted to talk to An Xi, and An Xi didn't pay much attention to it, he felt, at least at this stage, what deal the team did has nothing to do with him.

Unless team owner Josh Harris hands over a portion of the team's transfer rights to Anxi.

Thinking of Josh Harris, Josh Harris really had to come, he got the news, and then appeared directly in the car at the door of Anxi's house.

When Anxi got the news, he immediately greeted him, and the two exchanged pleasantries at the door, and then entered the villa together.

"Ann, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I really miss you. Josh Harris held An Xi's hand and didn't let go for a long time, and the words in his mouth were even more chilling, which made An Xi worried.

Soon, however, Josh Harris explained the reason for his visit, and although he didn't say it explicitly, the meaning behind the words was obvious.

"During this time, several of your Chinese companies have approached me, hoping to sponsor the team, and even a sneaker company called Li Ning wants to name our Wachovia Stadium, but unfortunately, the naming rights of the Wachovia Stadium are not under our management......"

Well, it turned out that Anxi's brilliant performance in the 76ers has attracted the attention of domestic business bigwigs, and he suddenly became the big Yao of the year, becoming a money-absorbing weapon and attracting investment from many domestic enterprises.

And Josh Harris's arrival is related to these investments, and the green knife shines with him in front of Josh Harris, and Josh Harris can't wait to take the money into his arms.

And before he took the money into his arms, he naturally wanted to talk to An Xi in person.

"An, in addition to me today, you will also have the CEOs of several companies in China, including the CEOs of Li Ning Company. ”

"Li Ning?" An Xi was shocked, Li Ning, this is a historical figure in the domestic sports world, if he comes, An Xi will have to welcome him.

"Mr. Josh, I see what you mean, I'll work well with the team. Anxi was no longer ready to go around the bend with Josh Harris, and directly expressed his willingness to cooperate with the team, but the implication was that what he promised him at the beginning had to be fulfilled.

Josh Harris laughed directly: "Haha, Ann, good, the team will cooperate with you well to build a team with championship strength!"

An Xi nodded with satisfaction, he got what he wanted, and he got it, so to speak, in advance.

Because at present, it seems that it should only be a matter of time before Anxi is selected as an All-Star.

reached an agreement with Josh Harris, and then, Anxi brought Josh Harris to the scene of the banquet, and then turned around and went to the gate, waiting for Li Ning and the others, who were belated.

Li Ning is already a 50-year-old middle-aged man, and he has some gray hair on his sideburns, but he is in good spirits, walks over quickly, and shakes hands with An Xi directly.

"Xiao An, it's better to meet than to be famous, it's really a young genius!"

An Xi also smiled: "Welcome seniors to the Humble House." ”

In addition to Li Ning, there were also a vice president of life insurance, a vice president of China Mobile, the president of Huawei mobile phone, the president of Harbin Beer and the vice president of Haier, which seemed to be a business exchange group from China.

Anxi was flattered, welcomed them to the living room, exchanged politeness, and then went to the scene of the open-air dinner and began the Christmas Eve carnival.

Anxi personally cut a turkey, and in a foreign country, Anxi was as happy as the Spring Festival.

The 76ers teammates on the scene let out a strange scream, and then it was time to talk to each other and communicate with each other.

Josh Harris was pulled by the boss of Harbin Beer to talk about something, Anxi estimated that it was likely to be sponsorship, and Li Ning came with more people, and several vice president-level figures actually found a few young players and chatted.

Li Ning had just finished communicating with Samsinki, the general manager of the team, when he saw An Xi and walked over with red wine.

"Xiao An, come, cheers. ”

An Xi smiled and clinked glasses with Li Ning, and then the two said something inconsequential, An Xi probably guessed Li Ning's thoughts, An Xi's sneaker contract is about to expire, it should be said that it will expire after this season, Li Ning is obviously aiming at this, he wants to sign An Xi.

Anxi's current appeal is incomparable, and even Da Yao can't compare to Anxi, because there is a saying about sneakers, which is called that the center doesn't sell shoes, and the striker swing talent sells shoes, especially Anxi, a swing man with strong physical fitness.

Now that Anxi's last sneaker contract is about to expire, Nike and his ilk are naturally like sharks that smell fishy, and they come up one by one, and the first one to come up is Li Ning.

Anxi does not reject domestic brands, Li Ning came in person, and he also gave enough sincerity, he decided to listen to Li Ning's offer.

Soon, the two talked about the sneaker contract, and Li Ning naturally mentioned that he wanted to sign Anxi: "Xiao An, are you interested in signing a contract with a domestic sneaker brand?"

An Xi smiled: "Of course there is interest." The implication is that it can be discussed, but it depends on the offer and sincerity.

Li Ning was happy in his heart, and he felt hopeful.

"That's it, Xiao An, I'll let my vice president talk to your agent about the price and treatment to ensure that you are satisfied. ”

Li Ning did not directly mention the offer, and An Xi also understood that Li Ning didn't want to be in a hurry, because he also knew very well that An Xi was not a fool, and it was impossible to agree to hear Li Ning's offer on the spot.

Therefore, Li Ning's sincerity is already very sufficient, and what Anxi wants to see next is Li Ning's offer and treatment.

Signing a domestic brand? Anxi doesn't mind.

……

Ending the conversation with Li Ning, An Xi found Abby who was talking to Mrs. Anna, the dinner gradually came to an end, An Xi was a little emotional, he called Abby aside, and the two of them enjoyed the time of two in the noise.

The two of them stood on the open-air balcony on the second floor of the villa, leaning on the railing, looking at the moon in the distance.

There were also a lot of guests on the balcony, but they were far away, and in the center of the balcony was a group of children who were playing, such as Evanette's four-year-old son, Lewis Stener.

and Byron Mullens' 3-year-old daughter, Celie Mullens, two little people dressed up like dolls playing a game of imaginative play.

Abby saw this and observed the two adorable children with interest.

Suddenly, Celie Mullens pouted and kissed Lewis Turner's face.

"Ahh......h

An Xi also noticed this, he took a sip of his red wine glass, and then smiled.

"Ann, do you like kids?" Abby asked suddenly.

An Xi was a little strange, but he still replied: "Of course, I like children very much. ”

"Then let's have one!"

"What?!" Anxi was startled.

Abby stabbed Anxi with her arm, seemingly dissatisfied with Anxi's surprise: "I said let's have one." ”

Anxi suddenly pretended to be thoughtful, and Abby pouted, pretending to be magical.

An Xi smiled: "It seems that the pack of Durex I bought online before will not be used." ”

Abby reached out and patted Anxi on the head.

An Xi smiled and hugged Abby, and whispered in her ear: "You wait for ...... at night"

At the end of the Christmas dinner, Anxi's agent Ywo Clark had already hooked up with several business tycoons from China, and told Anxi that he was going to take this group of good friends from China to downtown Philadelphia to sing and ask Anxi if he was going.

When An Xi thought of Abby, he shook his head directly, just kidding, Abby is still waiting for him!

……

After Christmas Eve, the 76ers resumed training day.

The Christmas game has also ended, and the excitement is far less than in previous years, and the battle between the Heat and the Lakers has become a battle between LeBron James and Nick Young, and the result is also obvious, and the Heat won easily.

The Bulls and Nets fought fiercely, but one comment on North American social networking sites that perfectly describes this game is rookies pecking at each other.

The Thunder led the Knicks by a large margin at the beginning, and there was no suspense in the whole game.

The Rockets and Spurs played fiercely, but San Antonio couldn't attract more fans.

The Clippers and Warriors are equally exciting, with Klay Thompson's block beating Chris Paul's jumper, but for the same reason, the Clippers and Warriors, two teams in the second tier of the West, were not the protagonists of Christmas Eve.

The 76ers didn't have anything to do on Christmas Eve, but the 76ers players gained a lot.

Early in the morning of the training day, James Anderson entered the locker room door with a smile on his face, and then saw Anxi, who was doing physiotherapy, trotting over.

"Ann, thank you......"

An Xi was stunned for a moment, and thanked him early in the morning, what's the matter?

He didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly, "What's wrong?" James?"

James Anderson couldn't hide his joy: "Li Ning Sports Company gave me a sneaker contract. ”

An Xi suddenly laughed.

With James Anderson's strength and fame, there must be no sneaker contract to get at this stage, Li Ning gave him a sneaker contract, and a fool can see that it has something to do with Anxi.

Just like when Da Yao was in the Rockets, Carl Landry, and Sean Battier all got Peak's sneaker contracts, because of Da Yao's existence, their exposure in China has increased, and it has become commercially valuable.

And the current 76ers are the same, because of the existence of Anxi, the exposure of marginal players like James Anderson has also increased, so they can also get a sneaker contract from a domestic sneaker brand that only a star can get.

However, Li Ning's signing of James Anderson can be regarded as a head start, because in the 76ers, James Anderson is also one of the few players who perform well.

James Anderson is currently Anxi's number one bench, averaging 7.2 points per game off the bench, averaging 1.2 three-pointers per game, which is also the main three-point firepower point in the 76ers.

On the training day, the players arrived one after another, and Jack Crowder also ran over to express his gratitude, it turned out that he also got a sneaker contract from Li Ning yesterday, although it has not been officially finalized, but for Jack Crowder, it is also a big gain.

Anxi's impact on the 76ers gradually shifted from the court to the off-court, and on training day, the 76ers restarted their defensive tactics.

The two-game winning streak before Christmas has kept the 76ers in good shape, and their first game after Christmas is December 28, when the 76ers travel to Phoenix in the West to take on the Suns in Phoenix.

Abby also went along, and Jeff Hornacek's coaching with the Suns has gone well, with the Suns running a 17-11 record so far this season, and the Suns have also emerged in the powerhouse West under the leadership of Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe.

Facing his father-in-law's team, Anxi was unrelenting, shooting 10-of-22 in the game, grabbing 30 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals, plus McCarvey, who scored 27 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals on 12-of-28 shooting, the 76ers defeated the Suns 115-101 and won three in a row.

After the game, Anxi chatted with Jeff Hornacek after the game, and also talked about the future development direction of Anxi.

In fact, these NBA veteran players and coaches, as long as they pay attention to Anxi, will find that Anxi has developed to a bottleneck period, and in the next step, Anxi has to consider its own development direction, whether to develop towards all-round and organize scoring, or to develop towards a single item and only focus on scoring, which has become a problem.

Jeff Hornacek's advice is completely different from that of Mike Budenholzer, whose words can be summed up as - master all the ball, lead teammates through individual offense and passing, and even help defense, which is the so-called all-round.

And Jeff Hornacek suggested that Anxi continue to strengthen his scoring ability, and the next step is to enhance his breakthrough and interior offensive means, and the organization of the pass can be handed over to McCarvey and Evan Turner, Jeff Hornacek has a good reason, the 76ers have two organizational masters, why does Anxi have to organize the offense by himself?

Thus, disagreements arise.

Anxi himself was conflicted.

Originally, Anxi's idea was already to break a certain record next step and directly upgrade the pass, but now, Anxi may consider breaking through......

After playing the Suns, the 76ers have one back-to-back game next, the opponent is the Lakers, so that night, the 76ers directly boarded the plane to Los Angeles, Abby stayed in Phoenix, she will stay with her parents for a while, and this time is the 76ers' Western road trip, and they will not return to Philadelphia until January 10.

And Abby and Anxi's plan to create a man can only be put on hold for the time being. (To be continued.) )