Super Role Player

Los Angeles, Staples Arena, this is the first time I have been here after transferring to Anxi.

Come to Staples again, but the Lakers have already changed.

Kobe Bryant returned at the beginning of the season, only played 6 games, and was declared out for the season again. Now the Lakers can only rely on Nick Young to support the scene. Mike D'Antoni's run-and-gun tactics killed Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash ran away with Dwight Howard, and in this game, the only remaining player, Pau Gasol, was also sidelined due to injury. There have been rumors in the league that Pau Gasol will be traded.

In this game, the 76ers regarded the Lakers as an opponent to practice tactics. After the start, they ran continuously and played the tactics they wanted.

Anxi's performance in this game seemed very dull, with no highlights. The game was won easily, and the battle was over in three quarters.

In the end, Anxi scored 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and all statistics were lower than usual. Facing this Lakers, the 76ers did not need Anxi to show his strongest strength.

109:78, the 76ers won easily.

After defeating the Lakers, the 76ers ushered in a three-game winning streak, with 19 wins and 11 losses. The 76ers continued to bite the Eagles in front of them and could overtake the Eagles and become third in the Eastern Conference at any time.

After the game, Anxi was not in a hurry to leave the scene. He hugged Kobe Bryant who was watching the game.

Kobe Bryant is wearing a suit and already has a confident smile on his face.

"Anxi, you did a good job. It's a pity that I can't let you come to Los Angeles to play." Kobe finally patted Anxi on the shoulder and said goodbye to Anxi.

Anxi himself felt a little pity for not being able to come to Los Angeles to play, but it was just a pity. The Lakers' young owner Jim Buss already regretted it. White Howard, their goal was to retain the league's No. 1 center Dwight Howard, but they directly snubbed Anxi.

Even Mitch Kupchak never considered signing Anxi at all, and now, the Lakers find that they, the best commercial development company in the NBA, have missed the cash cow of Anxi, and may also miss the best opportunity for revival in the post-Kobe era.

After playing against the Lakers, time has come to the new year, and 2014 has arrived.

On January 1, 2014, the 76ers arrived at the Denver Plateau. They put on the 76ers' retro jerseys from the 1980s. When Charles Barkley, who was commentating the game on the spot, looked at the 76ers jerseys of their era,

Suddenly I felt a little emotional.

The 19-11 76ers re-emerged, relying on Anxi who transferred from the San Antonio Spurs...

Before the start of this game, the league released two eye-catching news in succession, both related to Anxi.

The first one is the selection of Player of the Month, Coach of the Month, and Rookie of the Month in December.

The Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December was eventually picked by Anxi. In December, Anxi averaged 28.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 3.4 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. He ranked second in the league in points and first in steals. Coupled with the 76ers' excellent record of 10 wins and 3 losses in December, the Eastern Conference Player of the Month naturally belongs to Anxi.

Anxi won the Player of the Month, and McAway also became the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month again. Although he occasionally struggled, among the 13 rookies, McAway's data was still the best, and his record was the same.

The Coach of the Month went to Dwayne Casey of the Toronto Raptors. In December, the Raptors achieved a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, which was not as good as the 76ers. However, Dwayne Casey won this award, which is the biggest The reason lies in the Raptors' progress.

Compared with the record of 6 wins and 9 losses in November, the Raptors improved significantly in December. The five starting players in the team all averaged double figures. They won six away games in December. At the end of December In 9 games, the Raptors won 7 of them, and their state improved significantly.

Dwayne Casey also became the third head coach in Raptors history to win this award. The first two were Lanny Wilkens in 2002 and Sam Mitchell in 2007.

In the Western Conference, the Coach of the Month was won by Anxi's father-in-law Jeff Hornacek. In December, he led the team to a record of 9 wins and 4 losses, including successive victories over the Mavericks, Warriors, Rockets and Clippers and other Western Conference strong teams. As of now, the Suns rank 8th in the league in scoring with an average of 103.7 points per game. Under the leadership of Jeff Hornacek, the Suns are fierce in the new season.

Jeff Hornacek also became the first person in NBA history to win Player of the Month and Coach of the Month for the same team.

22 years ago, it was Jeff Hornacek's only All-Star season. As the Suns' leading guard, Hornacek averaged 20.1 points per game.

Larry Bird and Larry Drew have both won Player of the Month and Coach of the Month, but they won these two honors on different teams. Among them, Larry Bird was with the Celtics as a player and with the Pacers as a coach. Larry Drew was in Kansas City as a player and as a coach with the Eagles.

The Rookie of the Month in the Western Conference was won by Trey Burke. This "god" rookie in 2K finally broke out in reality. In December, he averaged 5.9 assists per game and led all rookies in free throw percentage of 91.9%. , ranking second with 14.8 points per game and 32.7 minutes of playing time. In 16 games in December, Burke scored in double figures in 13 games, provided 5+ assists in 12 games, and had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.03. In addition, in the 7 games won by the Jazz in December, Burke averaged 18.1 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds per game, with a total field efficiency value of +84, and helped the Jazz win 6 of the last 11 games. .

The Western Conference Player of the Month went to Kevin Durant. This is the second consecutive time he has won this honor this season. In December, Kevin Durant averaged 29.4 points per game, ranking first in the league. In addition, 9 rebounds and 4.5 assists.

Anxi won the Player of the Month in December, but this was what Anxi deserved, but another piece of news officially released by the NBA sparked heated discussions in North America.

The voting for the first phase of the All-Star Weekend was announced. In the Western Conference, Stephen Curry received 549,095 votes, leading the Western Conference together with Anthony Davis, who received 544,623 votes, while Kobe Bryant received 521,542 votes, becoming third in the Western Conference. Second in the field.

Kobe Bryant's dominance of the backcourt in the Western Conference was shaken by Stephen Curry, which became a big news before this All-Star Weekend.

But the bigger news is yet to come.

After Kobe Bryant was seriously injured, LeBron James's popularity skyrocketed in the NBA. However, LeBron James, who received 552,967 votes in the first stage, was not the league's vote leader, or even the Eastern Conference's vote leader!

On the throne of the alliance's vote king, there is a short name written on it - "an-xi"!

709209! Anxi's votes in the first stage exploded, leading LeBron James in second place by 150,000 votes, almost a crushing lead!

People can't help but wonder: Is Anxi worthy of the throne of voting king?

Therefore, the 76ers' record of 19 wins and 11 losses, as well as Anxi's current position averaging 28.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 3.4 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, have played a role. Anxi's average data and performance are definitely worthy. He deserves to be the king of votes!

However, in North America, many localist fans have expressed dissatisfaction. They believe that the reason why Anxi was able to defeat LeBron James and become the vote king was because of the vast number of Chinese people behind him. They do not recognize Anxi’s strength, and of course they do not. The identity of the Anxi vote king.

One of the radical reporters even ran to LeBron James and asked about the matter and asked LeBron James what he thought.

In this regard, LeBron James, who has always had a high emotional intelligence, chose to avoid answering.

However, the controversy over North America's top vote-getter is not over, because a month ago, they were discussing whether Anxi could replace Dwyane Wade as the All-Star starter because of Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, and a month later, Anxi had already He squeezed out LeBron James and became the top vote-getter in the first stage of the All-Star voting. This gap made many fans in North America find it unacceptable.

But the local media in Philadelphia said: The All-Star vote winner is nothing at all!

"In the history of the league, Yao Yao from the East also won the All-Star vote king in the 2005 and 2006 seasons, but Anxi's performance was better and more outstanding. It is nothing at all for him to become the All-Star vote king. What's more, Anxi became the top vote-getter in the first stage of the All-Star Game, completely crushing second-placed LeBron James..."

However, at this time, Americans' sense of national honor had already risen. They began to continuously appeal on Twitter, Facebook and IG, calling on Americans to vote for LeBron James and not to allow a foreign yellow man to become a ticket for the NBA All-Star Weekend. king.

Domestically, through reprints on several major portals, domestic fans also learned about everything that happened in the United States. A large number of posts appeared on forums such as Hupu, Tieba, and Zhihu, shouting: "Brothers! The time to fight has come. ! Let us climb over that wall! Vote for our Anxi! One vote every day!"

Just like that, a big battle began.

As the person involved, Anxi felt dumbfounded. His thoughts were the same as those of the local media in Philadelphia. He was just the All-Star vote winner, no big deal...

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On January 1, 2014, the 76ers challenged the Nuggets in an away game. Due to the ticket king incident, this game attracted the attention of North American fans.

Amid the calls for the Nuggets to defeat the 76ers, Anxi scored 23 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in the game, leading the 76ers to easily defeat the Nuggets.

After all, the Nuggets at this time are no longer the Nuggets of November. Just one month later, the Nuggets' state began to decline, and there were also internal problems. It was rumored that some players within the team were dissatisfied with coach Brian Shaw. , and the performance dropped like a meteorite.

In this game, the Nuggets played no better than the terrible Lakers, so the 76ers easily won a victory.

The American fans were disappointed, but the Chinese fans were happy. They cheered as if they had won a local war.

On January 2, 2014, the 76ers played back-to-back against the Kings.

After consecutive back-to-back games, the 76ers' main lineup was already quite tired. Brett Brown, who came from the Holy City, naturally learned the Holy City's rotation*, so in this back-to-back game against the Kings, including Anxi, Micah Wei, Thaddeus Young, Jae Crowder and Cole Aldridge in the paint have all been rotated.

The 76ers' starters naturally became point guard Tony Wroten, shooting guard James Anderson, small forward Evan Turner, power forward Byron Mullens and center Spencer Hawes.

Just when everyone took it for granted that the 76ers would lose this game, Tony Wroten made 6 of 13 shots and scored 21 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Evan Turner scored 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. Spencer Hawes in the paint scored 28 points and 10 rebounds, plus James Anderson and substitute Francisco Garcia scored in double figures.

The 76ers actually relied on the explosion of a group of substitute players to win the game 113:106.

The 76ers' victory was surprising, and the radical fans in North America were also very disappointed.

The 76ers actually won?

"The Kings are so bad, we need a better team to save the United States!" an American fan named William Hunter said on Twitter. Defeating the 76ers seemed to be suddenly elevated to the national level.

Anxi saw this tweet, which had been retweeted millions of times, with a look of helplessness on his face.

Because of Anxi and because of the All-Star votes, the 76ers have almost become the public enemy of the United States. Fortunately, it is just a group of radical fans enjoying themselves. The opponents of the 76ers do not regard the 76ers as enemies, and the game continues as usual. With.

On January 4, 2014, the 76ers arrived in Portland. In Portland, they will continue their road trip and challenge the Portland Trail Blazers away from home.

Portland in January is different from Philadelphia, which is also on the northern coast of the United States. The weather in Portland is as warm as spring. When the 76ers got off the plane, it was raining outside. The light rain continued, making people feel like spring has already arrived. Just like arriving.

However, the biting cold wind blowing in the face still made Anxi tighten his clothes and quickly stepped off the plane.

An unexpected win in the last game allowed the 76ers to usher in a five-game winning streak before challenging the Trail Blazers, improving their record to 21 wins and 11 losses.

If this game is won, the 76ers can usher in a six-game winning streak, tying the winning streak at the beginning of the season. However, the opponent in this game is not that easy to mess with. The Trail Blazers are in hot shape this season. Inside main players LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard both average more than 20 points per game. Together with Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews and Robin Lopez, the Trail Blazers have a A competitive starting lineup.

On the bench, Mo Williams is always able to score in double figures. Dorell Wright, who left the 76ers, has also become one of the Blazers' bench gangsters, plus Anxi's more optimistic C.J. McCollum and Will Barton, the Trail Blazers relied on this lineup to win 26 games in the Western Conference and only lost 7 games. The last time the two teams met, it also ended with the Blazers winning.

Therefore, the 76ers' opponents in this game are a bit strong.

Turner Sports also temporarily listed this game as a national live broadcast. Countless North American fans who wanted to see the 76ers lose turned on their TVs and turned to Turner Sports.

If you add in the live broadcasts of CCTV and Tencent Sports, the number of people watching this game may reach hundreds of millions.

Before the game started, the fan named William Hunter sent another tweet: "Pioneer (Pioneers)! Come on! Defeat the Chinese!"

Then it once again received tens of thousands of reposts and discussions. This fan named William Hunter has become an Internet celebrity.

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After getting off the plane, the 76ers went directly to the arena and started pre-game adaptability training in advance.

The Trail Blazers haven't arrived yet, but many fans have already arrived on the sidelines, as well as many media reporters, playing with their equipment in preparation for the upcoming game.

Because of the vote king incident, this originally ordinary regular season became more heated, comparable to the Spurs' battle of the century against the Heat last season.

The 76ers are in trouble. In fact, the difference in strength in this game is quite obvious. The Blazers are obviously a head above the 76ers. The 76ers only have one All-Star - Anxi, while the Blazers directly There are just two of them - Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge, plus powerful players like Batum, this game is almost one versus two or even more in Anxi.

Therefore, the 76ers are still under a lot of pressure. On the one hand, they want to continue winning, but on the other hand, the attention from North America makes them a little bit overwhelmed.

Anxi was training with his teammates, and a group of Trail Blazers fans were watching. Fortunately, there were no aggressive Blazers fans, and no one was causing trouble. Most of the fans just watched quietly, and then took out their mobile phones. Photograph.

At this time, a young fan, who was at most five or six years old, ran all the way to Anxi.

Anxi was shooting, and the shooting coach passed a fast and hard pass. The little fan just ran to Anxi, startling Anxi. Fortunately, Anxi had quick eyes and quick hands, and pushed the basketball aside, and then looked at the little fan. fan.

With yellow hair and dark skin, he looks like an Asian.

Anxi tried to ask in Chinese: "Little brother, are you here to see me?"

The young fan replied with a sweet voice: "Yes, Anxi, take a photo with me." Then he raised the phone in his hand.

Anxi laughed. The little fan was very cute and called Anxi directly. He touched the little fan's head affectionately, then nodded in agreement: "No problem."

At this time, the parents of the little fans also came over and looked at Anxi with apologetic smiles. They were busy taking pictures and did not notice that their children ran to Anxi.

Anxi smiled and didn't take it seriously. He stopped training, took a photo with the young fan, and then gave him another autograph.

Then, I chatted with the parents of this little fan.

It turned out that they were traveling to the United States from China. They were from Dalian in the northeast. The husband was named Zhong Yu, the wife was named Xu Yourong, and the child was named Xiaomao. After chatting for a while, Anxi took a photo with the three of them, and then continued training.

When Xiao Mao went to the auditorium, he waved to Anxi. Anxi smiled and didn't care. He turned and motioned to the shooting coach to continue.

The Trail Blazers quickly arrived at the scene and started pre-game warm-up training. When Damian Lillard came on the court, he won a round of cheers. Now the second-year point guard is conquering the tear with his excellent performance. City (Portland), there have been many fans outside since ancient times. In Portland, Damian Lillard's popularity has surpassed LaMarcus Aldridge, who has single-handedly dragged the Trail Blazers forward in recent years. .

When the Blazers arrived, Anxi had stopped training, wiped his sweat, and was interviewed by Turner Sports host Doris Burke on the sidelines.

The interview before the game was originally not Anxi's turn, but there was no way. Now the most popular basketball player in the United States and even the world is Anxi. Doris Burke stopped Anxi directly on the sidelines.

"An, can I ask you a few questions?" Anxi and Doris Burke are also old acquaintances. As the 76ers' best player, Anxi has to participate in post-game interviews on the sidelines in almost every game. As a special One of the well-known anchors of Na Sports, most of the time, the person interviewing Anxi is either Doris Burke or Craig Sagel.

Therefore, faced with the old acquaintance's request, Anxi naturally couldn't refuse. He nodded and stopped on the sidelines.

"What do you think of this game?" Doris Burke asked a very brief question.

Anxi raised his eyebrows. Although this question was simple, Anxi knew that it would not be easy to answer.

He thought for a moment, and then said slowly: "The Trail Blazers are a very powerful opponent. They are now third in the Western Conference, second only to the Spurs and Thunder. This game is destined to be a difficult one for us. competition, but we will work hard to win and never give up until the last minute.”

"What do you think about the controversy that some fans in North America have against you?" Doris Burke finally asked this controversial question.

Anxi didn't hesitate this time. He had already thought about how to answer: "The All-Star vote winner makes them sensitive, but I don't think this is the original sin. I will use my performance to prove that I am worthy of being the vote winner." honor."

But after saying this, Anxi immediately regretted it.

Your own performance?

Anxi thought for a while and realized that there was nothing else he could do except win this game.

And if they don't win this game, it is conceivable that criticism of Anxi will come overwhelming after the game. Although it is quiet now, the feeling that a storm is coming is still very obvious.

But Anxi couldn't imagine the difficulty of winning this game. The 26-7 Trail Blazers were one level ahead of the 76ers, and they were in good shape. Anxi could only fight with all his strength. His last answer was, He has already pushed himself to the edge of the cliff, and this game must be won. (To be continued.)