Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Top 3 Against Texas (4)

San Antonio is located in south-central Texas, the southernmost part of the United States, and is one of the three major cities in Texas (the other two being Houston and Dallas) and is a major stop on the Mexican rail line. It is also the second most populous city in Texas (after Houston in the same state) and the seventh most populous city in the United States. The headquarters of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company, the largest landline and mobile phone service provider in the United States, is located in San Antonio. It is also the place of residence of www.xstxt.orgichaels.

SBC Arena is an indoor stadium that is home to NBA team San Antonio Spurs. Completed in 2002 with an investment of USD 186 million from local sales taxes, 18,797 seats were used for basketball games in the summer and about 13,000 seats for ice hockey games in the winter. There are 50 sets of luxury bags inside. SBC Communications Group, headquartered in San Antonio, spent $41 million to acquire the naming rights for 20 years. The original Spurs used the Alamo Stadium, which opened in 1993, as their home stadium, but because it was designed for American football, it can accommodate 50,000-77,000 spectators, and it is not very effective to separate more than half of each basketball game, so it caused dissatisfaction among the team and some Spurs fans, and the Spurs and Bayer County Axes have been negotiating for several years, and threatened that if there is no new stadium, the Spurs will move out of San Antonio. In the end, an agreement was reached to jointly build a new arena, including the right to use the SBC Center for a nearly two-week livestock show every year, and next year's exhibition will be from February 3rd to 19th, which is why the Spurs have a long away game every year, and in recent years, the Spurs have won more and lost less each long away game, and they are also ready to better participate in the playoffs. In addition to being a venue for competitions, the SBC Center is also the city of San Antonio's art gallery, which houses a large number of precious works of art. The stadium has a capacity of 18,797 spectators, which is not huge, but the simple and practical style coincides with the Spurs' steady style. The facilities in the stadium are designed with practicality in mind, with the number of private rooms being passable, and the rest of the facilities such as the restaurant, toilets and meeting rooms are also top-notch. While the arena doesn't go well with words like "luxury," the high level of San Antonio fan enthusiasm provides ample attendance. The SBC Center is designed to reflect the culture of South Texas, and since the area is historically known for its livestock pastures, the arena's porch is a local ranch with elements of modern architecture. The stadium provides fans with the most convenient facilities, including more than 7,000 parking spaces, 4 cloakrooms, 32 lounges, and 60 luxury boxes with an annual fee of more than $125,000. To its credit, SBC's hanging screen is the world's first screen to use 10-pixel technology on the display. In addition to this, the gymnasium also offers a variety of assistive facilities specifically for people with disabilities.

Fans will have more fun than having dinner while watching the game at SBC, as it has the most complete range of food, including barbecue, pizza, sandwiches, and hot dogs. "Watching a Spurs game every night is a treat," said one local fan, "and not only do you get to taste all kinds of delicious food, but every time you watch a game, you'll find that more than half of the faces here are familiar to you." "Interestingly, SBC even has a manual shoe-shine service for fans.

In the 2006-07 season, the SBC Center was officially renamed the ATT Center.

In the NBA, the SBC Center Arena is the famous home of the Devils, and the fans here have always been "crazy", coupled with the Spurs' "boiled frog" game mode, it can grind other teams to death, unless the disparity in strength is too great, otherwise it is difficult to win a victory in the SBC Center.

Against the San Antonio Spurs, who emphasize defense, the Philadelphia 76ers don't have a big advantage. As we all know, the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, Vic, was the assistant coach next to Larry Brown back then. The two are very familiar, especially ** Vicky, who has a good hand in his hand.

Needless to say, in this era, except for the Lakers at their peak, the Kings in '02 and the Pistons in '04 (only now demolished by Luke), no team has such a luxurious interior lineup, three of the best four centers in the 90s and the best power forward in the early 20th century (I always thought that Tim was a power forward rather than a center, and Garnett was also a power forward, or even a small forward), the two-tower tactics of these two people just haven't been completely harmonious yet, if they really work together, O'Neill can't stop it (it's true, it was like that in '02-03). Coupled with the fact that there was a man named Samachi Walker squatting on the bench, almost no one could force the Spurs' interior line.

On the outside, the point guard is the "little general" Avery Johnson, although he is only 1.80 meters tall, weighs only 81.6 kilograms, and entered the NBA as a non-draft player in 88. However, the hero did not ask where he came from, and in his 16-year career, he averaged 8.2 points and 5.5 assists per game. Johnson spent 10 seasons with the Spurs in his 16-year career, reaching the pinnacle of his career in the 95-96 season, averaging 13.1 points and 9.6 assists per game. In the 98-99 season, he was the main point guard and won the championship with the Spurs.

Despite not being a superstar, the Spurs retired their No. 6 jersey in '07 in recognition of their loyalty to the team. By this time, Johnson had become the Mavericks' head coach. Coupled with a good output on the bench, the overall firepower of the Spurs has risen by more than a notch.

On the other hand, on the Philadelphia 76ers' side, the situation is not so rosy. Although there are now two very good interior players in Big Ben and Theo Ratliffe, neither of them has the slightest chance of winning against David Robinson. scored, David Robinson's highest score was 71 points, more than Joe's gang leader, and they also snatched the scoring title from O'Neal. As a center contemporaneous of Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, Robinson averaged 21.1 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in his career. Of course, the 76ers also have Tyrone Hill, this guy was pretty good in the early 90s, but now he's going to be blown up by Tim Duncan in every way. The outside is slightly better, the 76ers still have Allen, Luke and Tony Kukoc, plus McGee on the bench, which is enough to provide strong outside firepower, and the Spurs don't have "Uncle Bao" and "Martial Saint", no one can stop the 76ers' outside attack. But there is another point, as we all know, the closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score, the outside line is the support, the inside line is king, so when Larry laid out the tactics, he emphasized a point very much: "Rush inward, I try hard to rush inward, kill them, as long as the two guys on the inside line go down, we win!" ”

Of course, the Spurs also knew it, so they also resolutely played inside until the 76ers surrendered, and then the extremely fierce hand-to-hand combat was about to begin.

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