Chapter 116: Double-Digit Lead (Second Update)
After the 76ers took a three-point lead, Popovich also walked to the sidelines, waved his hand, and signaled the team to make a change. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Spurs' offense, Patrick Mills broke through to attract the defense, and distributed the ball to Marco Belinelli, who had a chance on the other side, Anxi pounced, Belinelli hesitated for a moment and continued to divide the ball.
It was Austin Daye who received the ball and cut inside empty-handed and made a layup, but Kerr Aldridge raised his long arm and blocked him.
Austin Daye's layup was deflected wide by Kerr Aldridge's interference, and Kerr Aldridge spun around and grabbed the rebound.
After Austin Daye scored 6 points in a row, the inside layup also missed, and Popovich on the sidelines couldn't help but spread his hands, and then directly called Kowhi Leonard on the bench, ready to make a counterpoint substitution, and use Leonard to limit Anxi.
However, because it is the 76ers' possession, the Spurs cannot make substitutions, so Popovich and Kawhi Leonard can only continue to watch Anxi wreak havoc on the Spurs' outside line.
On the court, Anxi took the ball outside the three-point line on the right side, stretched out a probe to test Marco Belinelli, and Marco Belinelli was really fooled, leaned forward, and slowly pasted up. At this moment, An Xi's left foot suddenly took a big step, an acceleration, and an instant change of direction was successful, and Maco Belinelli couldn't react at all, waiting for him to turn his head to look at An Xi who was gone.
An Xi had already made a one-step pull-up jump shot from inside the three-point line and threw the basketball out.
Bang, the ball goes in!
Anxi didn't celebrate, silently preparing to defend back.
With a beep, the referee blew the whistle, the Spurs called a timeout, and the score had come to 54:49, and Anxi scored 10 points in a row after playing, helping the 76ers overtake the score in one fell swoop and leading the Spurs by 5 points.
On his home court, his team was suppressed by the 76ers, and Popovich was also a little unhappy.
After a failed bag defense in the first quarter, Popovich finally decided to let Leonard defend An Xi alone, and no longer implement crazy bag clamping on An Xi.
The game restarted, and the Spurs' offense, although they were replaced by Kawhi Leonard, the Spurs' offensive style of play did not change, and they still followed the tactics and played the blocking and cutting routines that Anxi was more familiar with.
Outside Patrick Mills and Boris Dior completed the pick-and-roll, and Mills burst inside to complete the toss and scored 2 points.
At 54:51, the margin was narrowed to 3 points.
The 76ers' offense, Anxi was a great threat when he held the ball in this game, so even if Shaun Livingston was there, Anxi still held the ball.
Anxi attacked with the ball, he did not choose to break through, facing Kowai Leonard, who defended him alone, Anxi made a three-threat move on the outside, and then lowered his body, took a quick step towards the front, and made a gesture to shoot.
Kowai Leonard was shaken by An Xi's feint first, and when he saw that An Xi was about to make a move, he was even more impatient, jumped up directly, and pounced on An Xi.
Anxi adjusted, and after being hit by Kawhi Leonard, he aimed at the basket and threw the basketball into the air.
Honk!
The referee's whistle blew just in time, and the basketball arced through the air and fell straight into the basket.
There was a bang, and there was an exclamation on the sidelines.
"3+1! It's 3+1! Anxi made it 3+1! It's so beautiful!" shouted Kenny Smith. Charles Barkley also shouted on the side: "As soon as Kowai Leonard came out, Anxi gave him a dismissal." ”
The referee signaled that the three points were valid, and Anxi had to add a penalty.
At this time, the fans at San Antonio's home stadium couldn't bear it anymore, and booed Anxi for the first time, Anxi walked to the free throw line, and hit the free throw with the boos in the sky.
Hit four points successfully!58:51! The difference instantly came to 7 points.
Popovich, who had just called a timeout, was a little depressed, and he attributed the shot to the Spurs' bad luck.
However, soon, the Spurs' offense missed again, and Kawhi Leonard held the ball and wanted to play an answer-ball, but the forced breakthrough of Anxi failed, and Anxi was instead made a steal by Anxi, terminating the Spurs' offense.
After the steal, Anxi advanced quickly, Kowhi Leonard also quickly retreated, and the front court formed a one-on-one opportunity, Anxi singled out Kowhi Leonard, and the fans let out a burst of screams.
It is rumored that Coach Greg Popovich chose Kawhi Leonard between Anxi and Kawhi Leonard, but obviously, Anxi completely suppressed Kowhi Leonard in this game!"
Charles Barkley opened his eyes wide while introducing the situation of Anxi and Kowai Leonard, and when Anxi stepped away and rushed to the basket, Charles Barkley shouted: "Anxi, is he going to dunk?"
Anxi rushed very fiercely, and Kewai Leonard knew that he couldn't stop it, so he forcibly blocked it, but he was made a 2+1 by Anxi, and he gave way at the moment.
With a clang, An Xi slammed the basketball into the basket.
"Anxi! He scored again! He broke down Kawhi Leonard's defense!" Kenny Smith shouted loudly, for Anxi, although this dunk was beautiful, it was not the most important, and the most important thing was that Anxi scored again, and Popovich replaced Kowhi Leonard, but he failed to limit Anxi at all.
"Perhaps now we can say that the wise Greg Popovich also made a stupid choice, he chose Kowhi Leonard and gave up the faster-growing Anxi. ”
Off the field, Popovich sighed, and Popovich was also a little amazed at Anxi's growth speed, and he didn't expect that Anxi's progress would be so great.
Anxi broke out in four games in the finals, and Popovich thought Anxi would become an All-Star level player in the new season, and sure enough, Anxi performed well in the first month of the 76ers and became a qualified All-Star.
But obviously, when they met again at the end of the season, Anxi improved again, and now Anxi should be a player at the same level as Kevin Durant and LeBron James, and turn his head to look at Leonard Kowai, Leonard didn't get many opportunities in the Spurs, but now he is also an All-Star level player.
The progress is not slow, but it has obviously been thrown off by Anxi......
Sighing, Popovich walked to the sideline and began to direct the game, Anxi scored again, the difference between the two teams has reached 9 points, the 76ers played a wave of small climaxes, for the Spurs, they have to make adjustments.
Soon, Popovich called another timeout, re-introduced Tim Duncan, strengthened the team's interior defense, and then replaced Tony Parker with Patrick Mills, who had been doing reasonably well during this time.
GDP came back two, and the Spurs also began to exert their strength.
Tony Parker broke through Shaun Livingston and hit a mid-range jumper to hit a two-pointer cleanly to solve the Spurs' scoring drought, and the score also came to 60:53, with the Spurs trailing by seven points.
For the backward Spurs, defense is the most important, Anxi continued to hold the ball, threatening the Spurs' basket, and the Spurs also had to shift their defensive center of gravity towards Anxi, Anxi did not choose to force a shot, he chose to pass.
Anxi passed the ball to Antoine Jamison, who had just been substituted, Jamison singled inside, although he was old and his competitive state had declined a little seriously, but the technical things, Jamison had not lost it.
Facing Tony Parker, Jamison hit big and small, dribbled a step inside, and then turned around and made a jumper.
Bang, successful hit!
At 62:53, the 76ers held on to a nine-point lead.
The Spurs' offense, Tony Parker continued to exert power, threw his hand after breaking through, and a series of actions were very coherent, but unfortunately the basketball was a little off and didn't score.
Kerr Aldridge protected the rebound, and the 76ers did not rush to break fast, Kerr Aldridge gave the basketball to Anxi, and Anxi slowly advanced to the frontcourt, this opportunity to expand the point difference to double digits, Anxi still decided to make good use of it.
In the 76ers positional battle, Anxi gave the ball to Shaun Livingston, who organized the offense in the high position, and Anxi threw himself into the off-ball offense.
After a lap of running from the bottom line, Anxi shook off Kowhi Leonard and rushed to the top of the arc to catch the ball, which immediately attracted the defense of almost all players of the Spurs, because Anxi got a big vacancy, including Duncan, Parker and Leonard, all rushed towards Anxi frantically.
At this time, Anxi chose to pass the ball.
A ground-hitting pass passed through everyone in the Spurs and passed to the hands of Cole Aldridge, who received the ball and made a direct dunk!
64:53!
With a beep, the Spurs immediately called a timeout. (To be continued.) )