Super Role Player

On the court, the game continued with the 76ers' offense.

Pau Gasol got the ball in the high post, Anxi circled around from the sideline to the high post, and with hand-to-hand coordination at the top of the arc, Anxi avoided Patrick Beverley's defense and entered the inside.

For the Rockets, Motiejunas immediately changed defense and kept up with Anxi, but at this time Anxi had formed a situation of using small to defeat the big. Facing Motiejunas's defense, Anxi made a simple and easy change of direction to accelerate, and directly hit the target. Passed Motel.

He rushed into the penalty area and dunked with a bang.

At 5:2, the 76ers fans at home cheered, but the Rockets did not pay too much attention to Anxi's dunk. Instead, they quickly served the ball from the backcourt, and James Harden took the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt.

The core of the Rockets' lineup is James Harden, the head coach is the useless coach Kevin McHale, and the general manager is Daryl Morey, who is often criticized by domestic fans.

What many people don’t know is that Morey has a magic ball theory, which comes from the famous American reportage writer Michael Lewis. This theory involves all aspects of a sports team’s trading, management and tactical play.

What is shown in tactics is that they despise defense and completely ignore mid-range shots. On the offensive end, they attach great importance to three-pointers, requiring players to either end the offense close to the basket or end the offense with a three-pointer. Therefore, the Rockets did not take 76 at all. Keep the goal in mind, and then focus on attacking with the ball.

James Harden rushed to the frontcourt and beat the 76ers with a time difference. He directly hit a three-pointer.

Swish! The ball goes in!

The audience was silent. James Harden turned around and began to celebrate the three-pointer. He held it in one hand and sprinkled it with the other hand like salt.

Jae Crowder was angry because he knew the meaning of Harden's celebration. Harden had previously said in front of reporters that the meaning of this celebration was: The person guarding me is a rookie, and you need to cook him.

To put it in layman's terms, it's: Find someone powerful to guard against me!

Anxi stood aside, and he had to admit that on the offensive end, James Harden's offensive talent is still very strong, with various European steps, three-pointers and weird fouls, and his passing is also very good. Perhaps at this stage, James Harden's offensive talents are still very strong. The only problem with Den is his defense.

Therefore, Anxi turned around and gave the ball to Jack Crowder on the offensive end, giving Jack Crowder a chance to play an answerball.

After more than half a season of progress,

Jae Crowder has also begun to have several singles skills. Among them, the most powerful pull-back jump shot is already considered a relatively accurate one. Jae Crowder also used this trick on this shot. James Harden was completely shaken away from the step-back jumper, and the basketball bounced into the basket with a swoosh!

The ball goes in! Jack Crowder returned the ball, and he waved his long arms excitedly, even shaking the long tail on the back of his head.

The 76ers fans at the scene screamed and cheered loudly, and there were fans wearing the 76ers' No. 99 jersey constantly showing the number on their chests.

Then, during the Rockets' offense, Jae Crowder tried hard to defend James Harden, but Harden rushed into the paint and drew a foul.

Jae Crowder was angry again, especially after Harden stepped to the free throw line and made two free throws.

But Anxi couldn't continue to give the ball to Jack Crowder. He had to ensure his scoring and offense. Therefore, in the next round of the 76ers' offense, Anxi once again got the ball in the high post.

It was still Patrick Beverley who defended him. Anxi started to play post-up again without thinking.

Naturally, Beverley couldn't stop this kind of crushing force, so the Rockets immediately chose to double-team again.

But it was impossible for Anxi to pass the ball again, so before Trevor Ariza arrived, Anxi turned over and made a jumper, and with a bang, the second two points were scored!

In the next few rounds, the two teams interacted with each other, and there were several iron fights. Anxi made various strong attacks, but in the face of the Rockets' tight defense, Anxi chose to pass more.

The Rockets' tactics ignore defense, but they can't stand it. They have Patrick Beverley, Trevor Ariza and Dwight Howard, who are strong in single defense. Corey Brewer and Josh Smith on the bench are also strong in single defense. Relying on personal defense, the Rockets did a good job in limiting Anxi.

Halfway through the first quarter, the two teams tied at 15:15. The score was still relatively high. Anxi scored 6 points and 3 assists. In other words, in the next three or four minutes, Anxi only hit one shot and scored two points.

Therefore, Anxi played quite depressed. The Rockets' tight defense on him forced Anxi to prioritize defense.

At this time, the game entered an official timeout, and Anxi began to look for ways to break through the Rockets' defense off the court.

In fact, the method is very simple. Anxi can just play without the ball again. This is a method that will always be effective, but this time, Anxi is not going to do that.

After coming off the field, Anxi began to apply for unlimited firing rights from Brett Brown.

At the beginning of last season, the condition for Anxi to join the 76ers was unlimited shooting rights. However, after a successful season, this condition was not fulfilled. Because of the final success, Anxi did not bother with this issue, but occasionally Anxi will also demand this right.

This time, Anxi made a request again. Brett Brown hesitated for a while and nodded.

"No problem, but An, I hope you still focus on the playoffs this season."

Anxi doesn't take it seriously. He just wants to play a historic regular season now.

And after getting the guarantee of unlimited fire rights, Anxi can farm unlimitedly again.

The 76ers made substitutions, McAway came on, and Pau Gasol in the post was also replaced by Channing Frye. On the Rockets' side, Josh Smith, who rejected the 76ers' invitation, replaced Motie Yunas. It also strengthened the team's interior defense.

The battle between the two teams resumed after the timeout.

Anxi began to attack continuously in the mid-range. This position was abandoned by the Rockets' magic ball theory. Of course, it was on the offensive end. On the defensive end, the Rockets still deployed a tight defense in this position. However, Anxi was now attacking with force. All kinds of strong plays are simply strong plays that ignore the defense, so the Rockets' tight defense becomes useless.

Anxi's low post shot and back-turn jumper opened the scoring.

Then he continued to play in the low post and scored another 2 points with a baseline layup. His score in the first quarter exceeded 10 points.

At this time, the Rockets' players guarding Anxi also changed, from Patrick Beverley to Trevor Ariza, because it was obvious that Anxi began to stare at Beverley's size difference and tonnage difference and constantly beat him from behind, Changing the defender to Ariza is obviously a better choice.

Ariza's defense was also very effective, and then he defended Anxi's turnaround jumper.

But then he still couldn't guard Anxi's pursuit three-pointer.

In the end, after the first quarter, the 76ers led the Rockets by 2 points, 32:30.

Anxi scored 13 points in the first quarter, which was not high compared to the first two games, but the strong attack in the second half of the first quarter still made many people see Anxi's strong desire to attack.

In the second quarter, the two teams came on the bench. Anxi continued to play hard in the first quarter and consumed a lot of physical energy, so he rested off the court as soon as the second quarter started.

The 76ers added point guard McAway, shooting guard James Anderson, small forward Evan Turner, power forward Pau Gasol and center Cole Aldridge.

But such a lineup was quickly defeated by the Rockets' bench lineup. In the opening game, the 76ers were hit by a 7-0 offensive climax by the Rockets. The Rockets overtook the score in one fell swoop.

However, Brett Brown did not rush to replace Anxi, but persisted until the sixth minute of the second quarter. After the Rockets' lead reached 9 points, he called a timeout and prepared to replace Anxi.