Super Role Player

Chapter 137 The first upgrade in the playoffs (2-in-1)

The remaining attributes that can be upgraded seem to be many, but the three post attributes overlap. In total, the only ones that can be truly selected are one off the ball, one pull-up jumper, one post and one in the low post.

Of the four attributes, the ones with the highest values ​​are post and low. If you choose to post, there are three options to choose from. If you think about it carefully, Olajuwon’s post tends to be more about footwork at the basket, and Karl Malone is more about physical confrontation. And Kobe Bryant has post-up skills from the outside, so if you really have to choose, it is best to choose Kobe Bryant's post-up skills, which is more suitable for Anxi.

But if you think about it carefully, Anxi's current back-up attribute of 80 points is enough. The other three attributes are all at 70, which is lower and needs to be improved.

Taking into further consideration that low-level attributes are not important to Anxi, the choice becomes simple.

Given the choice between off-ball and pull-up jump shots, Anxi didn't think much about it and chose a pull-up jump shot.

On the one hand, the bonus value for emergency jump shots is 3 points higher.

On the other hand, Anxi now needs more offensive methods with the ball, so that he can have a greater threat with the ball.

Therefore, Anxi chose a pull-up jumper.

After choosing to upgrade, Anxi was thinking about more things. Now, he found that he had too few upgrade options, especially now that he needed several interior offensive skills. Thinking about it carefully, at this time, he Where can I find someone to learn from?

Anxi used his brains and found a candidate in front of him, Jeff Hornacek. He also had a season where he averaged 20+ per game, but obviously Jeff Hornacek is a shooter and his inside offensive skills are also limited. He was very lacking, and there was no use counting on his father-in-law.

After thinking carefully, Anxi could only sigh. Maybe he could only count on Pau Gasol.

Pau Gasol's hook shot is good, and the bonus attribute may be 80, but layup is not good, around 70 at most, but if you think about it carefully, it is good to have it, and Anxi will not choose it. After thinking about it, Anxi I was planning to ask Pau Gasol for advice.

After the first playoff game, the 76ers only had one day of rest. They did not arrange training, but all the players arrived at the training hall and conducted warm-up training, which also gave Anxi a chance.

The morning training was spent casually. In the afternoon, after a nutritious meal, James Anderson proposed to go to the court to have a three-on-five game to digest lunch, but Anxi shook his head and refused.

He turned to look at Pau Gasol, and then made his request without any detour: "Paul, there is something I want to ask you."

It has been two or three months since Pau Gasol joined the 76ers. Generally speaking, he behaves very modestly and has no disputes with others, but after finishing games or training, he doesn't interact much with the team.

Therefore, when Anxi asked him something, Pau Gasol was also startled and thought something had happened.

But when he arrived at the gym, Anxi asked: "Paul, I heard that your inside hook is very good. Can you give me some guidance?"

Pau Gasol immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and nodded: "Of course."

Pau Gasol knows that Anxi is a hard-working player, just like Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles. He often practices on his own. Now he hopes to learn the inside hook. The purpose is naturally to continue to strengthen himself. As his teammate Pau Gasol Naturally, Er is very happy to help Anxi. He also hopes to make contributions to the 76ers, and this requires Anxi to continue to improve. In Pau Gasol's view, Anxi now is still far away from Kobe Bryant back then. some gaps.

After the rest day, the first playoff games of the first round of the Eastern and Western Conferences were all over. The Pacers lost to the Hawks 93:101 in the first game. They lost unexpectedly. Paul George was in a bad mood. He had to win the second game. If you don’t win again,

Then the Pacers' ability to challenge the Heat will be greatly reduced.

The 76ers defeated the Bobcats by 26 points at home, which proved the strength of the 76ers. The media believes that the 76ers may really become the Heat's biggest opponent in the playoffs.

The Heat faced the Nets, who had killed them four times in the regular season, but the game was relatively easy. At the end of the game, 107:86, the Heat beat the Nets by 21 points. They proved with actions that the regular season was indeed different from the playoffs. of.

The last matchup in the Eastern Conference was between the Bulls and the Raptors. Logically speaking, the two teams were equally powerful, but they also failed in the first game. The winner was still the Raptors. They bulldozed the Bulls by 19 points in three quarters and gave up in the fourth quarter. After some points difference, they finally defeated the Bulls 102:93, a difference of 9 points.

However, the Bulls recovered 10 points in the final quarter, which still made people doubt the gold content of the Raptors' victory.

In the Western Conference, the Spurs defeated the Mavericks by 5 points in the first game 90:85. Although they entered the playoffs in eighth place, the Mavericks' performance was not bad at all. If it weren't for the bad luck in the final quarter, who would win this game? It’s hard to say if you lose.

The Thunder defeated the Grizzlies 100:86 in the first game. The Grizzlies' defense brought many difficulties to the Thunder, and the game was also very difficult. Although they won, the media reporters were also very optimistic that the Grizzlies could take two pieces of meat from the Thunder.

The Clippers played the Warriors. The two teams also fought fiercely. In the end, it was the Warriors who won. They won 109:105. Although they only won by 4 points, this was something many people did not expect. The Warriors also defeated. The same as the Hawks, but the difference is that they defeated the Clippers as the sixth seed in the Western Conference.

In the last matchup in the Western Conference, the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers, but were also defeated by the Trail Blazers.

The game was very tense and the winner was not decided until the last moment.

With 25 seconds left in the game, the Rockets led 120:119, but with 17 seconds left in the game, Damian Lillard caused a foul on Chandler Parsons, went to the free throw line and made two free throws. , overtaken the score, 121:120.

Then James Harden hit a three-pointer, and the time was fixed at 12 seconds.

The Rockets could only foul and sent Joel Freeland to the free throw line. He made one of two free throws, 122:120, and then came the Rockets' decisive moment.

It was James Harden still holding the ball. He broke through in one step and shot two points with a bang.

The final kill failed!

As a result, the Trail Blazers completed a victory over the top with 122:120.

After the first games of the first round of the Eastern and Western Conferences, the media also analyzed the prospects of the playoffs in a decent manner.

Judging from the results of the first game, the 76ers and Heat have no worries about advancing. After all, they are both big wins.

The four groups of matchups in the Western Conference are all very tense. It seems that each matchup will last more than six games, including the matchup between the Thunder and the Grizzlies.

In the Eastern Conference, the Pacers lost to the Hawks in their first game, but the media believed that the Pacers had a chance to defeat the Hawks in six games and break through the first round of the Eastern Conference. The showdown between the Bulls and the Raptors was the most unpredictable. It seemed that the Raptors would win easily in the first game. However, the Bulls' late counterattack was unstoppable by the Raptors. Therefore, media reporters predicted that the Bulls and Raptors will fight in about five games to determine the final winner.

On April 23, 2014, the second game between the 76ers and Bobcats continued at Wachovia Arena.

Before the start of this game, the league officially announced that Michael Carter-Williams became the Rookie of the Year in the regular season this season. Therefore, the Wachovia Arena before the game became Michael Carter's home court, and everyone was waiting for him. McAway cheered, and amid the wild cheers, McAway received the Rookie of the Year trophy from Adam Silver.

In the regular season this season, McAway averaged 15.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game. He ranked first among rookies in scoring, assists and steals, and ranked among the top three rookies in rebounds.

In addition to McAway, those who are eligible to compete for the best rookie are the Magic's second-place Victor Oladipo and the Jazz's Trey Burke. Victor Oladipo averaged 13.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 10 assists per game in the regular season. 1.6 steals, the data is completely behind McAway, the team's record is also far inferior, and there is no way to compete with McAway.

This is especially true for Trey Burke. In the regular season this season, he averaged 12.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game. His data also lagged behind McAway in all aspects.

Generally speaking, the quality of the 2013 rookie class is not high. Except for McAway, who has a bit of star status under the leadership of Anxi, none of the other players performed well.

Before the game started, McAway received the Rookie of the Year trophy. The protagonist of this game seemed to be McAway. The cameras before the game also kept close-ups of McAway. However, in the last game, McAway Wei's performance was not very good. While he was completely outplayed by Kemba Walker, his personal performance was also very poor.

The 76ers hope that McAway can regain his regular season form because of this Rookie of the Year trophy, and McAway himself thinks so.

Therefore, as soon as the game started, McAway showed his strong fighting spirit. Facing Kemba Walker's strong attack, he directly went up and defended extremely tough for the first time.

But the tough result was that McAway was fouled by Kemba Walker.

Of course, even so, Anxi still applauded McAway, which seemed to be defensive! Just be tough, tough enough to scare your opponents!

Kemba Walker went to the free throw line and made two free throws, and the Bobcats scored in the opening game.

However, the 76ers quickly retaliated. Anxi broke through with the ball and went straight to the basket. Then he faced Al Jefferson's defense and wanted to dunk, but Al Jefferson's defense was equally tough. , he directly pushed Anxi down from the air, so the referee blew the whistle, and Anxi also fouled Al Jefferson.

He also stood on the free throw line and made two free throws.

The game was tied at 2:2 at the beginning. Then, the Bobcats attacked. Al Jefferson singled inside and succeeded in a turnaround jumper and returned a goal.

Subsequently, Anxi held the ball in the low post and found an opportunity to play in the low post. It was Mike Jiji who defended Anxi. However, Anxi's low post singles was just a show. It was a great threat and forced Josh McRoberts to move towards Anxi. But at this time , Anxi found an opportunity and passed a ground-breaking pass to McAway who was cutting in the air. McAway got the first scoring opportunity of the game!

He rushed into the paint and made a flying layup!

McAway's score immediately triggered a frenzy at the Wachovia Arena. After all, the pre-game award ceremony made McAway the absolute protagonist of the game. McAway's every move will arouse fans from the bottom of their hearts. Issued support.

The game quickly fell into a stalemate, but in this game, the Bobcats showed a better state. On the 76ers' side, Anxi and Pau Gasol struck one after another, but the Bobcats continued to seize opportunities.

The game lasted for more than three minutes, and the score reached 10:6, but the Bobcats led by 4 points.

In the 76ers' offense, Anxi held the ball. The game reached the fourth minute of the first quarter. Anxi's scoring data was still only 2 points based on free throws. During this period, he took one shot, but did not score, and passed it to his teammates. Two opportunities, Pau Gasol and McAway also failed to hit.

Seeing the score gradually falling behind, Anxi decided to come on his own.

On the first goal, Anxi greeted Omer Asik's pick-and-roll. After a single block from the outside, Anxi Yi Gao was bold and directly moved sideways and shot a three-pointer.

With a swish sound, and with the high-pitched "Three" from the on-site DJ, the Wachovia Arena burst into cheers.

The Bobcats attacked, and Kemba Walker wanted to score a three-pointer from the outside. However, McAway's defense in this game was much better than in the previous game. At least his concentration was improved a lot. This ball directly found the opportunity and interfered with it.

Pau Gasol got the rebound. The 76ers failed to make a fast break and had to enter a positional battle. The one holding the ball was McAway, who controlled the 76ers' rhythm.

After McAway looked for an opportunity on the outside for a while, he broke through to attract the defense, and then distributed the ball to Anxi.

As soon as Anxi got the ball, the Bobcats' already chaotic defense became even more stretched. Facing Anxi's sudden attack, they could only force two people to attack Anxi in an attempt to control Anxi as soon as possible and then regain control. Organize defense.

But Anxi didn't stick to the ball at all. When Gerald Henderson and Mike Gee pounced on him, Anxi distributed the ball.

The basketball gave Jae Crowder in the bottom corner an unguarded opportunity. Jae Crowder seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer with a bang.

At 12:10, the 76ers took the lead and scored two consecutive three-pointers. The atmosphere at Wachovia Arena was completely excited.

After a brief cheer, the fans shouted in deafening chorus: "Defense!"

In the midst of this chorus of shouts, the Bobcats played more tenaciously than the previous goal. Kemba Walker scored suddenly, and Mikey beat Anxi who was already out of position and hit the basket and succeeded, 12 draws!

The 76ers served from the backcourt and the Bobcats retreated quickly.

McAway holds the ball from the outside, and Anxi stretches the space without the ball. Soon, McAway gives the ball to Pau Gasol who is in the high post.

Facing the defense of Josh McRoberts, Gasol tried to pass the ball. After shaking McRoberts, he controlled the ball with a long stride and entered the penalty area.

The Bobcats were completely unprepared for this. They originally thought that Gasol had withdrawn to a high position just to organize and coordinate the attack, but Gasol made a false shot and penetrated into the paint...

At this time, the Bobcats' basket was very empty, because Al Jefferson was also dragged out by Omer Asik. Pau Gasol rushed into the paint, sideways passed Gerald Henderson's defense, and succeeded in a layup. .

At 14:12, the 76ers regained the lead.

Next, Al Jefferson got stuck under the basket and Kemba Walker passed the ball in. However, Al Jefferson's low post singles was completely interfered by Omer Asik. He missed and rebounded. Also taken by Jack Crowder.

Jack Crowder, who got the rebound, immediately passed the ball to Anxi. Anxi rushed to the frontcourt and hit a chasing three-pointer.

With a bang, accompanied by the cheers of Wachovia's home court, the 76ers widened the point difference!

At 17:12, the excited Wachovia Arena was filled with cheers. When the Bobcats got the ball, they started shouting in unison again: "Defense!"

"Kemba Walker hit the basket! He passed the ball! It was given to Mikey, and Mikey's chance was not very good. He continued to pass, Al Jefferson! He turned around and made a layup! Still didn't go in!" CCTV live broadcast In the room, after Yu Jia's series of explanations, Al Jefferson's layup continued to hit the ground running.

But this time, Josh McRoberts rushed out, jumped high, grabbed the rebound in the air and dunked directly, finally scoring 2 points.

17:14, the 76ers' offense, Anxi and Pau Gasol's perfect cooperation. After the pick-and-roll in the middle, the basketball came to Gasol hand-to-hand, but Anxi made an empty cut into the inside, and then received Pau Gasol. The ball was returned to the ground, and Anxi received the ball and dunked!

19:14!

In just a few minutes, the 76ers went on a 13:4 offensive spurt, going from 4 points behind to 5 points ahead of the Bobcats!

Steve Clifford was helpless and was once again forced to call a timeout.

Steve Clifford's timeouts have always been very effective, and this time was no exception. After the timeout, the Bobcats used double coverage from the outside.

Josh McRoberts' screen allowed Kemba Walker to pass McAway, but Jae Crowder made up the defense and seemed to block Kemba Walker's breakthrough.

Subsequently, Gerald Henderson made a screen in place and blocked Jae Crowder. Together with Al Jefferson inside, after continuous screens, he finally created an easy scoring opportunity for Kemba Walker.

Then, Anxi passed the ball to Pau Gasol, who hit the ball in the mid-range, and the rebound was won by Josh McRoberts.

The Bobcats once again used multiple screens, but this time it was Al Jefferson who came down from the pick-and-roll to score.

After two consecutive goals, the point difference was narrowed to 1 point.

It seems that the bobcat is quite tenacious. It keeps falling behind and can keep catching up.

After being beaten by the Bobcats twice in a row, Anxi couldn't help it anymore. He held the ball himself, rushed to the frontcourt, and hit a three-pointer without waiting for the players on both sides to get into position.

In the midst of everyone's surprised eyes, there was a "swish" sound! Three more points!

After this three-pointer, Anxi's score in the first quarter had reached 13 points, and his three-pointer quickly helped the 76ers stabilize their position. So far in the first quarter, Anxi has already made three three-pointers, and every three-pointer is a three-pointer that flies out against the defense. It seems that Anxi's touch is very hot.

At 22:18, the 76ers led by 4 points.

Next, the 76ers seemed to have opened a three-point account. Not only Anxi, but also McAway also scored a three-pointer.

At the end of the first quarter, they continued to score two three-pointers. At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers led the Bobcats by 8 points at 28:20 at home.

Anxi scored 13 points and 3 assists in the first quarter. The 76ers were on full fire. McAway also scored 7 points, which was the second highest score for the 76ers. In the entire first quarter, the 76ers actually He hit 6 three-pointers and started a small three-point rain.

In the second quarter of the game, the two teams came on the bench, but the 76ers' bench actually continued the three-point firepower of the main lineup. They scored three-pointers in a row at the beginning, and then scored through fast breaks. They started with a wave of 8: 4, expanding the point difference to double digits.

The Bobcats immediately changed to the main force. After Kemba Walker came on the court, he actually led the team to an 8-0 victory. Although the Bobcats' substitute center Biyombo did not attack, the 76ers' offense was really a little bit better when he was on the court. It was not easy to play, so it gave the Bobcats a chance, allowing them to directly reduce the point difference to 4 points.

Brett Brown quickly began to prepare for substitutions, and he called Anxi.

Anxi stood up from the bench, walked to the technical stage, and waited for the Bobcats to finish this wave of offense and was about to play.

In the last attack before Anxi came out, the Bobcats continued to seize the opportunity. Kemba Walker broke into the paint and hit another mid-range jumper!

So, when Anxi came on the court, the 76ers' lead was only 2 points left. During this period, the Bobcats went straight to a 10-0 run, which seemed to be very strong.

Turner Sports commentator Reggie Miller couldn't help but sigh: "The Bobcats played too tenaciously, catching up after falling behind, catching up after falling behind. Although this game only lasted a quarter and a half, such a plot It’s been repeated many times.”

After the Bobcats finished this wave of offense, Anxi came on the court, but because there was no chance of a dead ball, the 76ers called a long timeout to interrupt the Bobcats' momentum.

After the timeout, the 76ers' offense consisted of point guard Shaun Livingston and shooting guard James Anderson. Anxi played the third position, Francisco Garcia was the fourth position, and Cole Al was the center. Delic, this is a small lineup. Before playing, Brett Brown specifically ordered the team to speed up and play fast breaks.

For the first ball, Anxi controlled the ball to the top of the arc. At the same time, Mikey, who was substituted with Anxi, pushed it out. Anxi had already shot three three-pointers in this game, and Mikey did not dare to let Anxi have an outside shot anymore. An opportunity to make an easy move.

Anxi signaled to the inside line, and Cole Aldridge pulled him out directly.

McGee also noticed this. In order to prevent Anxi from forming a small-to-large offensive, he started moving in advance, trying to avoid Cole Aldridge's cover.

But Anxi suddenly took advantage of this opportunity, stepped back to the left, directly distanced himself from Mike Ji, and then threw the basketball in his hand under Mike Ji's horrified eyes.

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