Chapter Ninety-Eight: Super Single Defense
"Ann, you're out on the job of keeping Klay Thompson at bay. "After thinking about it for a long time, Popovich finally made up his mind and smiled, why fight with this group of fans, the most important thing is to win the game."www.biquge.info
On the Warriors' side, several players who stopped were smiling, and Mark Jackson smiled and patted Klay Thompson who walked down.
"Well done, Clay, but next, the Spurs are going to be replaced by Anxi, you have to keep doing it!"
Klay Thompson smiled: "Anxi? I was thinking that I would meet him!" Breaking through the defense of the Spurs' two big outside defenders one after another, Klay Thompson's confidence is also enough, and he wants to challenge Anxi, who has been in hot form recently.
"Then you have to work hard, Clay, Anxi is not so easy to challenge. Stephen Curry, who was wearing a suit on the side, said with a smile.
"Of course!" Klay Thompson was confident.
With 2 minutes and 22 seconds left in the first quarter, Anxi came out, and the Oracle Arena resounded with cheers.
Anxi finally appeared, and the Chinese fans in San Francisco held up special signs to cheer for Anxi, and the entire Oracle Arena seemed to have suddenly become Anxi's home stadium.
"Anxi! Come on! Anxi! Come on!" Chinese cheers sounded on the sidelines, and Anxi waved his hand towards the gathering area of Chinese fans, causing a huge cheer.
Klay Thompson has already stood opposite Anxi, for Anxi's cheers, Klay Thompson feels uncomfortable, after all, this is the home court of the Warriors, and the opponent got such a big cheer on his home court, Klay Thompson's mood can be understood.
The Spurs' offense, Anxi made a cover for Patrick Mills in the high post, and after attracting the defense, the blocker shot, Anxi's mid-range shot, hit it with difficulty, and scored 2 points as soon as he got on the court.
Seeing the basketball into the basket, An Xi raised his right hand that threw the basketball high, pointing to the sky, and cheers rang out on the sidelines.
Back in the backcourt defense, Anxi faced Klay Thompson, who took the ball from Charles Jenkins and faced Anxi in a triple threat move.
The triple threat action is to face the defender, bend down, hold the ball on the waist side with both hands, and keep shaking the body at the same time, this action is very convenient whether it is a breakthrough, passing or shooting directly to the basket, so it is called a triple threat action.
"Ann, I know you're good defensively, but today, my hands are hot, I'm going to blow you up!" Klay Thompson blurted out trash talk very directly.
Anxi was unmoved, he listened to a lot of trash talk, and when he was training with Bruce Bowen for single defense some time ago, he didn't listen to too much trash talk.
Seeing that Anxi was indifferent, Klay Thompson pouted silently, anyway, he was going to blow up Anxi, and now he was very confident.
How confident is Klay Thompson, so much so that he wants to hold the ball first and hit Anxi first.
Holding the ball and posing in a triple threat posture, Klay Thompson tested it with a probe step, An Xi didn't react, Klay Thompson's temptation was too fake, and the center of gravity of the whole person didn't move.
Seeing that An Xi didn't react, Klay Thompson didn't waste any more time, and with an arrow step, he rushed forward, and An Xi stopped in front of Klay Thompson steadily.
Klay Thompson then dribbled the ball under his crotch, shaking his shoulders sharply, and then suddenly changed direction and rushed a step from the other side of Anxi.
Anxi's defense was very stable, he took a few easy steps, and he entangled Klay Thompson, and Klay Thompson couldn't get out of Anxi's defensive circle at all.
Klay Thompson continued to shake his shoulders, constantly making feints, and his feet were also swaying left and right, his right foot suddenly took a step forward, and his left foot stepped forward, An Xi took a step back, Klay Thompson's eyes lit up and he found an opportunity.
He quickly withdrew his left foot, and it was a step-back jumper on the spot!
An Xi reacted immediately, at this distance, An Xi didn't pay attention to it at all, his right arm stretched out, and his right hand skillfully blocked Klay Thompson's shooting angle!
If there is any difference between Anxi's defense and Kawhi Leonard's defense, Anxi thinks that Anxi's blocking shot may be more threatening, and many players have to adjust their shooting posture when facing Anxi's blocking, resulting in a missed shot.
Anxi blocked Klay Thompson's ball, and the angle of the block was also very good, Klay Thompson had to adjust his shooting angle, and the final shot also ended in iron.
The Spurs grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack, Patrick Mills counterattacked to the front court with the ball, and while the Warriors were not yet able to stand firm, he rushed to the free throw line and hit a shot to score 2 points.
A few seconds later, Klay Thompson faced Anxi again, this time he learned to be obedient, he found that Anxi defended the ball, although not as aggressive as Kowhi Leonard, but the degree of difficulty was higher than Kowhi Leonard, especially the final blocking of the shot, which simply made Klay Thompson have a feeling that the ball must not hit.
So, this ball Klay Thompson learned to be obedient, he chose to play without the ball, play the transfer ball, and avoid Anxi's strengths.
However, Klay Thompson is not Kevin Durant, who can rely on his superior off-ball and accurate shooting to make Anxi unable to defend, Klay Thompson is now a starter-level scoring guard at best, and this game feels hot and does not pose a threat to Anxi's defense.
Still running back, Klay Thompson shook off Anxi one step, Charles Jenkins' pass also arrived, and he threw the ball when he caught it!
An Xi pounced, and hit the basketball with a pair of big hands, and he was off!
With a snap, the basketball fell in Klay Thompson's hand and fell to the ground! An Xi, who landed on the ground, grabbed the basketball, and the other players of the Warriors saw this and began to defend frantically.
Anxi was not in a hurry, and when Klay Thompson came back to his senses, he slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.
On the sidelines, Popovich sat back in his seat safely, Anxi's defense reassured him too much, a Klay Thompson who had just killed the Quartet, was now choked to death by Anxi, and there was no chance at all.
The game was controlled by the Spurs in this way, and Anxi saved the Spurs again, and after playing, locked Klay Thompson, who scored 15 points in a row.
And after Anxi appeared, Klay Thompson couldn't find his feel anymore, and no matter how hot his hands were, it was useless.
Soon, the first quarter ended, and at 35:30, the Spurs in turn led by five points.
In the second quarter, because of the existence of Anxi, the Spurs began to exert strength, Klay Thompson began to sleepwalk, the Warriors' offense was chaotic, and the defense was easy to break, and at the end of the second quarter, the Spurs beat the Warriors 37:20, and led by 22 points at halftime.
That's it, Anxi was put back on the bench by Popovich in the second half, and the game has been stabilized, so let this group of San Francisco fans do it in a hurry!