Chapter 13: The Duel of the Powerful (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Before the strong showdown with the Heat, Anxi's Dragon Heir Generation sneakers were also officially released. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the day of its release, the sneaker became a global hit.
The stores in the United States are very large, and Adidas stores in major cities are available, but they are all about a dozen pairs, and within a few minutes, they are sold out.
There are relatively few domestic stores, only Adidas franchise stores in big cities are sold, so after the first batch of sneakers of only tens of thousands of pairs were snatched up, one or two pairs of genuine sneakers appeared on the Internet, and the most expensive pair was even fried to tens of thousands of yuan.
Of course, there are all kinds of knock-off sneakers, which look exactly like genuine sneakers, but the difference is the cutting-edge technology inside.
The price is not expensive, obviously this is the cottage culture with Chinese characteristics.
In this regard, Anxi is also helpless, and can only ask Adidas to continue to distribute goods around the world as soon as possible, and strive to minimize the impact of copycats.
On the day of the game with the Heat, the staff of Anxi Sports also sent a pair of descendants of the dragon with a new color, this pair of new color sneakers, the main color is pure white, supplemented by a little red, and the toe of the shoes is also dotted with some small golden stars.
"This color scheme is good, is it on sale in Huaxia?"
Anxi glanced up at Matt Powell, director of operations at Anxi Sports.
Matt Powell said: "Of course, this kind of red and golden color, we are ready to do our best in Huaxia, I believe it will definitely sell well." ”
An Xi nodded happily, the descendants of the dragon began to go on sale, and the sneaker market was hot, which meant that his sneaker brand was on the right track and began to make money.
For Anxi Sports, Anxi also has its own set of plans, his idea is that in the early days, Anxi Sports will not expand and develop too much, he will use Adidas's resources to research new sneaker technology, and at the same time use Adidas's processing plants and franchise stores to produce and sell sneakers.
Once his own sneakers are fully on track, Anxi will let people try to sign a few star players and expand their development.
With the descendants of this new color of the dragon, An Xi slowly walked to the locker room.
Then, after changing into sneakers and training clothes in the locker room, An Xi pushed the door out, and walked a distance with his teammates, and the passage in front of him became empty.
Further on, it was the scene of the game, and the scene was already hot, and when Anxi rushed out of the players' tunnel, the Wachovia Arena erupted into the highest cheers and screams of the whole game.
More than 20,000 fans came to the scene, most of whom were wearing Anxi's No. 7 jersey and waving their hands.
And when the new Big Three of the Heat appeared on the sidelines, especially when the fans at the scene saw the pre-game Ruer Deng, there was a huge boo at the scene, and they completely swept towards Lu Erdeng.
76ers owner Josh Harris also appeared on the sidelines, and he sat in the box in the middle of the arena with Heat owner Mitch Allison, who had come from afar.
After the two exchanged some enthusiasm, the game began.
"In this game, the 76ers are under a lot of pressure." Tencent Sports has bought out all the domestic network broadcast rights of the NBA, and this season, they will broadcast almost every game, but only when they are strong matchups like the 76ers and the Heat, they will invite two guests, plus the host, and the three of them will comment together.
In this game, the three commentators sent by Tencent Sports were the host Liu Jiachao and the commentator Yang Yi and Wang Meng.
Wang Meng then asked why, and Yang Yi slowly explained: "The 76ers have won a four-game winning streak before, but the Heat are also winning four in a row, and this game is related to the ownership of the first place in the East." ”
"And aside, if the 76ers lose, what does that mean? This means that the 76ers are actually not that strong, looking at the opponents of the 76ers in the first four games, except for one Spurs is a strong team, the remaining three, only the Knicks are a playoff-level team, the Bucks and the Pacers who lost Paul George, two teams in the lottery area, it is clear that the 76ers' four-game winning streak is not enough. ”
"At least compared to the Heat, who won the Wizards, Raptors and Rockets, this four-game winning streak of the 76ers is not as good as the Heat."
Yang Yi made a high-level statement, and at the same time, the game began.
In this game, Anxi's opponent was naturally Dwyane Wade, and the two came together, and at the beginning of the game, there was a little spark.
The 76ers took the lead in the opening offense, and the ball was given to Anxi, who immediately faced Wade's defense.
Wade spread his arms and blocked directly in front of An Xi.
Facing Anxi, the scoring maniac who is currently at the top of the scoring list, Wade is still a little nervous, he doesn't know what Anxi's next offense will do, he can only make some possible guesses, and always pay attention to Anxi's movements.
Soon, Anxi slowly moved from inside the three-point line to outside the three-point line, leaving enough space for himself.
Wade also followed, he stuck to Anxi very tightly, and signaled to Lu Erdeng behind him to be ready to wrap at any time, as soon as the game started, Wade felt the defensive pressure that Anxi gave him, and he felt that he alone could not cope with Anxi's single attack.
Soon, Anxi suddenly accelerated, seeing Lu Erdeng rushing to prepare for the bag, Anxi then made an emergency stop, moved a step sideways, and did not enter the inside line, directly pulled up the basketball, which was an outside three-point shot!
A series of actions flowed smoothly and in one go, before Dwayne Wade could keep up, and Lu Erdeng didn't have time to rush over to make up for the defense, Anxi had already made a move.
"Huh!"
The crisp sound of wiping the net sounded, three points! Enter!
Anxi clenched his fists and greeted the cheers of the 76ers fans on the sidelines.
As soon as the game began, Anxi scored a three-pointer, showing his offensive firepower and fiery touch at the beginning.
Then, the Heat's offense, their first offense of the game, Mario Chalmers brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then saw that Chris Bosh was in a good position inside, so he passed the ball in.
After Bosh received the ball, he leaned on Pau Gasol's single, but his single was only a feint, Wade on the other side cut in the air, and Bosh followed up with a pass to Wade.
Wade received the ball, rushed a few more steps, and then held the basketball to the basket.
At this time, it was Anxi again, he followed, pestered Wade, and completely interfered with Wade's air-cut layup.
The basketball bounced off the basket, and An Xi took advantage of the situation to cover Wade with his long arm and take the rebound off Wade's head.
After Anxi grabbed the rebound, he advanced to the frontcourt.
Wade could only accelerate and delay Anxi's fast offensive advancement, but when Anxi rushed to the front three-point line, a sudden change of direction accelerated, and Wade was passed by Anxi in one step.
So, Mario Chalmers, who was back on the other side, had to force towards Anxi, and when Anxi saw this, he directly passed the ball to the ground, bypassing Chalmers, and the basketball appeared in McCarvey's hands in the next second.
McCarvey took an arrow step and bounced high.
With a thud, he slammed the basketball into the hoop.
The Wajovia Arena continued to cheer, and the 76ers played the Heat 5-0 at the beginning, and Anxi scored 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
At this time, Yang Yi also waved his hand in the live broadcast room to cheer for the 76ers.
Although the high remarks he made before the game seemed unreasonable to many Anxi fans, after all, he did not make any predictions about this game, nor did he directly belittle the strength of the 76ers, so even if Yang Yi cheered for the 76ers now, it would not seem too abrupt.
The game continued, the Heat's offense.
Wade slowly controlled the ball to the front court, and this ball, he decided to single Anxi.
Wade started to dribble on the outside, then he shook his shoulders, trying to get rid of Anxi's defense in front of him, he took a tentative step to the left, pretending to break through from the left, and then suddenly turned one after another, and the right was Wade's real idea!
The moment Wade turned around, An Xi also disappeared, as a Flash, even an aging Flash, he had absolute confidence in his speed.
But he didn't have time to rejoice when he heard cheers in the arena.
At the same time, his right hand holding the ball suddenly felt empty, and then, he secretly exploded into a foul mouth.
Damn it! The ball is gone!
Another nice defense! At this moment, Wade felt Anxi's power on the defensive end again.
If it weren't for LeBron James who was opposite Anxi in the previous two years, Wade would never have been so big to play Anxi alone, so the current Wade, after realizing Anxi's defense, became cautious in his heart.
Anxi, who completed the steal, ran wildly with the ball and rushed to the front court with a desperate ride.
At the Wachovia Stadium, where thousands of people cheered, Anxi stepped into the penalty area, and then jumped up.
With a bang, the moment the basketball was smashed into the basket by An Xi, the entire Wachovia Arena cheered wildly excitedly.
"Anxi! Anxi! Anxi! All of a sudden, the entire arena was filled with the roar of 76ers fans.
After a 7-0 start, the reappointed Filipino head coach Alex Poelstra couldn't help himself, he got up from the bench and called a timeout.
After the timeout, the Heat's offense was played carefully, and they were given some chances.
First, Mario Chalmers made a three-pointer from the outside, but then, the 76ers also returned a three-pointer from Jack Crowder.
Next, the Heat made another three-pointer, this time hitting Chris Bosh.
The 76ers scored two points on a breakaway layup from McCarvey.
Then Wade's forced breakthrough layup was pressed down by An Xi again, and the counterattacking fast-break layup scored two more points.
In just 5 minutes of the opening game, the 76ers played a wave of 14:6 against the Heat, and Anxi got 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block.
The strong outbreak of the 76ers also made many domestic fans excited.
After playing a wave of 14:6 with the Heat at the beginning, Wang Meng on the commentary bench said: "The 76ers played fantastic, scoring continuously in the opening game, continuously defending the Heat's offense, and it seems that the Heat, who have also won four consecutive victories, is not the opponent of the 76ers at all!" ”
A fan named Jianzhang Yulin posted on the Tiger Fight Forum: "The 76ers are simply a test stone for a strong team, they beat the Knicks by a big score before, and now they are playing the Heat again. ”
Downstairs, a Heat fan replied: "The game has just begun, don't rush to conclusions!" ”
So, Jianzhang Yulin stopped replying to the post and continued to watch the game.
The game continued, and the Heat's offense improved, but Wade, an important scoring point, was directly dumbed under Anxi's strong defense.
The game lasted until the end of the first quarter, with the 76ers leading the Heat by as many as eight points at 26-18 in the first quarter.
In the next second quarter, the two teams switched to substitutes, and Anxi, who played the first quarter, also left the court to rest, but the Heat, under the leadership of Wade, launched a wave of counterattacks.
Their defensive intensity has also increased dramatically, and the offensive end has become faster and faster, and under the guidance of Pat Riley, Alex Poelstra has made successive substitutions to find the best set of scoring lineups.
In the end, halfway through the second quarter, the difference was tied.
Seeing this, Brett Brown decisively called a timeout.
When it was suspended, there was another quarrel on the domestic forum, and the Heat counterattacked in the second quarter, directly leveling the point difference, and Jianzhang Yulin's post was a little out of place.
In the four years of the Heat's Big Three, although they failed to win even one championship, they still left enough Chinese fans for the Heat, and at this time, they stood together and kept replying to Jianzhang Yulin's posts.
Jianzhang Yulin appeared again, and he still insisted on the argument that the heat was vulnerable.
"The reason why the Heat equalized is obviously because Anxi didn't go on, and now that Anxi is on, let's take a look at the next score, maybe the vulnerable Heat is coming back again!"
So, everyone waited for the end of the timeout and what kind of adjustments the 76ers would come up with.
Soon, the timeout ended, and the 76ers announced a substitution.
Louis Williams played the point guard in a cameo, Anxi played the second position, Jack Crowder played the third position, and the interior line was Channingfrye and Nolen Snoll, and Brett Brown directly pulled out this lineup that had been very useful in the previous games, and the goal was undoubtedly to re-widen the difference before halftime.
The Heat also made substitutions, Ruhr Deng and Chris Bosh re-played, Norris Cole and James Ennis on the outside, and the center was Shaun Williams, who had some three-point ability, Wade was replaced, and Alex Poelstra believes that with Ruhr Deng and Bosh on the court, the Heat will not be defeated so easily.
But it was clear that it would soon be clear that Eric Poelstra was completely wrong.
The lineup that the 76ers came up with at this time is completely the strongest lineup of the 76ers.