Chapter 8 The True Colors of a Strong Team
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An Xi, who was a little restrained by Kawhi Leonard at the beginning, soon began to show strong individual offensive strength.
In the next wave of attack, Anxi continued to play singles with the ball.
After the outside line continued to shake, An Xi suddenly raised the basketball and made a gesture to throw.
This was a feint to worship the Buddha, and An Xi shook Kowai Leonard, and then accelerated violently and rushed in.
Kowai Leonard reacted immediately, and he also retreated, re-entanglement with Anxi, but this retreat seemed a little reluctant, because Anxi's feints were very crisp, and Kowai Leonard couldn't keep up.
In this way, just after Anxi accelerated further, Kowhi Leonard was cleaned up by Anxi.
An Xi didn't stop and continued to rush towards the basket.
Tim Duncan waved his arms to make up for it, the Spurs' defense was very layered, but under Anxi's accelerated breakthrough, Duncan was also squeezed away by Anxi, although he still relied on Anxi, stretched out his left arm and wanted to interfere, but Anxi's strong layup still made Duncan unable to completely interfere with the ball.
The basketball got into the basket with a hard time, and the ball went in!
After being restricted by Kawhi Leonard in the opening game, Anxi suddenly broke out and scored 5 points in a row, letting everyone know that the real Anxi is not something that can be prevented casually!
At 5:8, the 76ers trailed by 3 points, and the Spurs served from the backcourt.
They attacked quickly and played a wave of counter-attacks.
The 76ers also reacted and quickly organized the defense, and Noren Snoll on the inside began to show his role, faster and better frame protection Nolen Snoll blocked Tony Parker's breakthrough layup, and Anxi followed closely behind, cutting off Tony Parker's ball.
In turn, Anxi suddenly picked up speed and accelerated to play a fast attack.
This wave of fast offense once again showed the role of Noren Snoel, unlike the slow-moving Omir Asik, Nolen Snoll was very fast, and after defending Tony Parker's breakthrough layup, he saw Anxi break the ball successfully, so he accelerated and ran back at the same time, and followed the fast break together.
An Xi rushed to the frontcourt, and the Spurs quickly returned to defense.
Anxi blocked Kawhi Leonard in front of him, and he forced a breakthrough directly in the middle, attracting almost all of the Spurs' defense, and then suddenly threw the basketball into the sky.
"Bang dang!"
With a loud bang, there was already a 76ers player hanging on the basket, it was Jack Crowder, with a long cornbraid tied at the back of his head, and he looked very wild on the basket.
He rushed to the basket from the other side, and at the most critical moment, he received Anxi's high throw ball, and finally completed this empty catch.
"Good shot!"
"Well done!"
The 76ers bench was boiling again, and Jack Crowder also ran over to high-five An Xi with an excited face, and An Xi smiled lightly and high-fived Jack Crowder.
At this point, the score became 7:8, and the 76ers were only one point behind.
Next, the Spurs missed the offense, grabbed the offensive rebound and shot a three-pointer, still missed, Anxi grabbed the rebound and launched another fast break, this time he passed the ball to McCarvey.
McCarvey made a quick break, made a layup and caused a foul on Danny Green, who was returning to the defense, and went to the free throw line to make both free throws to overtake the score.
McCarvey's strength is still there, at least his ball control and breakthrough are above the level, and his passing ability is also very good, coupled with strong rebounding and stealing ability, if it is the other 29 teams, McCarvey will also be given a position as the main point guard.
But it's a pity that he is now in the 76ers, the 76ers have Anxi, there is Paul Gasol, there is little demand for McCarvey's passing and ball control, and the breakthrough is the same, in the case of Anxi at the No. 2 position, the best choice for the No. 1 position is a point guard who does not occupy the ball, can shoot three-pointers, and has strong single defense ability.
And it is just that McCarvey does not meet the requirements of any of the above points, so now McCarvey's starters are playing very aggrieved, and Anxi can play when he gives the ball.
However, Sam Sinki has no idea of trading McCarvey, who was the league's rookie of the year last season anyway and looks promising, and it is unlikely that the 76ers will just give away potential stocks in the team.
On the court, after McCarvey hit both free throws, the 76ers played their own rhythm.
The next offense, the Spurs' offense, Tony Parker's pull-up jump shot finally scored, and then on the 76ers' side, Anxi controlled the ball by himself, hit the inside, and made a backward jumper, which also scored successfully.
Then the Spurs' offense missed, and the 76ers' counterattack was also futile.
The two teams went back and forth, and at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs and 76ers were tied at 28-25, with the Spurs leading by three points.
In the entire first quarter, Anxi's passing and shooting combined, scoring 8 points and 4 assists, Anxi's performance in the first quarter was a little flat, and there was no particularly explosive performance, which made many fans who were used to watching Anxi's explosive performance in the finals last season be overwhelmed.
In the second quarter of the game, Anxi sat on the sidelines and rested for a while, leaving space on the court for McCarvey and Pau Gasol.
Unlike last season, Brett Brown has practiced a lot of tactics this season, and now, in the absence of Anxi, McCarvey and Pau Gasol played a triangle strategy, which gave McCarvey a lot of room to play, and scored in the second quarter, plus Evan Turner, who played at the same time, the three joined forces to help the 76ers stabilize the situation.
An Xi, who was sitting on the court, began to think about the team's playing style in the first quarter.
To say that in the first quarter, although Anxi only scored 8 points, the threat on the offensive end is really surprising, as long as Anxi gets the ball, the Spurs must shift the defensive focus to Anxi's side.
However, what makes Anxi frown is that the 76ers did not get an easier scoring opportunity because of Anxi's huge threat on the offensive end.
In the first quarter, the 76ers played a pick-and-roll strategy, through continuous outside blocking and pick-and-roll, to get space on the offensive end, but it is clear that falling behind by 3 points in the first quarter means that the 76ers' blocking and pick-and-roll tactics are average.
Anxi thought about it a lot, and so did Brett Brown, and it was Brett Brown who really had the right to change his tactics.
Anxi was there thinking about the tactics of the first quarter, and Brett Brown was thinking about it too, and soon, he made a decision.
In the middle of the second quarter, it was time for the 76ers to make a substitution, Brett Brown came directly to a four-up and four-down, new signings Louis Williams and Channingfrye came on, replacing McCarvey and Pau Gasol, plus Anxi replaced Evan Turner, Jack Crowder replaced James Anderson, and the lineup on the court became a lineup of point guard Louis Williams, scoring guard Anxi, small forward Jack Crowder, power forward Channingfrye and center Cole Aldridge.
At this time, the score on the court was 43:35, and the 76ers trailed by 8 points.
Before Anxi and their appearance, Brett Brown announced that Anxi can hold the ball infinitely and play unlimited, but he must stick to the blocking and pick-and-roll tactics he played before.
This also means that Anxi is the only point of possession in this new lineup, and this is the decision made by Brett Brown, he decided to use a different lineup to test the team's tactics.
On the first goal after Anxi came out, he felt the benefits of this semi-main and semi-substitute lineup.
Louis Williams came to the front court with the ball, Anxi was ready to get the ball at 45 degrees on the left side, Jack Crowder was ambushed in the bottom corner, and power forward Channingfrye was also ambushed in the bottom corner of the other side, and the presence of two shooters outside the three-point line made the Spurs' defense jealous.
The Spurs also know Channingfrye very well, after all, Channingfrye played for the Suns before and is also an old rival of the Spurs, so they are well aware of Channingfree's threat outside the three-point line.
So, Anxi took the ball on the outside, changed direction in the possession of the ball, drilled into the inside line, went straight into the penalty area from the left side, and went all the way along the gap, directly attracting the Spurs' supplementary defense.
But in the next second, Anxi made a point-splitting shot, and immediately shook off Danny Green, who was supplementing the defense, and Anxi rushed into the interior and made a layup.
The Spurs can't do much, the 76ers put two strong three-point shooters on either side, and there is also a Louis Williams on the outside who can shoot and explode at any time, and it is difficult for them to put all the focus of defense on Anxi.
And this gave Anxi a chance.
Anxi scored a layup and scored his 10th point of the game.
The score became 43:37, and the 76ers trailed by five points.
Then, the Spurs went on offense.
The 76ers' lineup, defense is the biggest problem, Louis Williams is a super sixth man, but he is not favored by Mike Budenholzer, the main reason is his defense, Channing Fry is the same, he is a big man who likes to float on the outside, and he does not play any role in the defense of the interior.
Fortunately, the 76ers also had Anxi, Jack Crowder and Kerr Aldridge on the court, and the 76ers reluctantly organized their defense and began to deal with the Spurs' offense.
The Spurs are also a semi-main and semi-bench lineup at this time, with Patrick Mills and Manuginobili as two bench partners on the outside, and the front line is the two main forces of Kawhi Leonard and Duncan, plus Aaron Baines at the center position, they continued to pass the ball on the outside, and finally Patrick Mills made a three-point shot from the outside.
It's a pity that it was a little shorter and didn't enter.
Kerr Aldridge yelled and grabbed the rebound, and then passed the basketball to Anxi.
Anxi counterattacked strongly, and against the defense of Kowai Leonard, he came to a horse archery, and with a bang, Anxi scored another 2 points.
At 43:39, the margin continued to narrow.
The Spurs' offense, they still patiently looked for opportunities on the outside, and this time, they managed to find an opportunity, Manuginobili burst inside and made a layup.
On the 76ers' side, Anxi continued to break through with the ball, and this time, the Spurs resolutely implemented a package on Anxi, and Anxi also chose to share the ball.
Channingfrye on the outside line received the ball and shot, this was his first shot with the 76ers, and how big the role of 32 million in four years depends on the result of this ball.
Channing Frye made a three-point shot, and all the Spurs fans grew their mouths.
In the next second, with a bang, the basketball accurately drilled into the basket!
At 45:42, the 76ers trailed by just three points.
Channing Frye's three-point shot also made many people realize the role of Frye, a big three-point shooter can make more changes in the 76ers' tactics.
Time continued to advance, the game continued, the 76ers played more and more smoothly, compared to the difficulty in the first quarter, in the second half of the second quarter, under the leadership of An Xi, the 76ers were like a bamboo, all the way to the score overtake.
In the end, at halftime, it was 56:50, which in turn led the Spurs by 6 points.
At this point, the 76ers have shown some characteristics of a strong team, at least on the road, and the Spurs are inseparable, and it is not something that ordinary teams can do.
Anxi scored 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in the half, the data is not bad, but it can only be regarded as excellent, such a statistical performance, compared with last season's finals, can only be regarded as tepid.
However, this is also what the 76ers want to see, because Anxi can't break out in every game, there are 82 games in the regular season, and if Anxi needs to break out in every game to win, then this game will be too difficult.
A healthy team must have a healthy core player, and the 76ers need Anxi to play every game healthy, so Anxi needs to maintain his condition and not overconsume himself.
The game restarted in the second half, and the 76ers returned to the main lineup in the first quarter, and Brett Brown watched it for a few minutes, and sure enough, with the presence of McCarvey on the outside, the 76ers' offense did not play so smoothly.
However, the Spurs did not overtake the score because of this, and the two teams played very anxiously, and the 76ers played a strong defense in the second half to restrain the Spurs' offense.
The Spurs wanted to fight back, but they couldn't play an effective offensive wave when Anxi was running all over the court to make up for the defense.
So, the game ended in the third quarter, and the 76ers still led the Spurs by 2 points at 74:72.
In the third quarter of the game, Anxi got 7 points and 2 assists, and the data of the whole game has become 22 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, the superstar is highlighted, Pau Gasol also scored 15 points and 7 rebounds, and perfectly played the role of the second leader, although McCarvey was suppressed by Anxi, he also got 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, and performed well.
Next, in the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, Brett Brown, after thinking about it, chose to put McCarvey on the bench and sent Louis Williams.
Although it was not Channingfrye, the three-point shooter, who was replaced by Pau Gasol at the No. 4 position, such a lineup actually played a role in the second half of the second quarter.
Pau Gasol can't shoot from beyond the three-point line, but his mid-range shooting is accurate.
In this way, Anxi scored another 10 points in the fourth quarter, Pau Gasol also scored 9 points, and the two combined to score 19 points, helping the 76ers defeat the Spurs by 101:93, 8 points, and win the first win of the season.
Anxi scored 32 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in the whole game, and Pau Gasol also scored 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, scoring 56 points in a double-core combination, and the 76ers defeated the Spurs, and the true colors of the strong team were unobstructed.