Super Role Player

Kevin McHale is not in a hurry. On the one hand, the number of fouls has not been reached. Even if the 76ers continue to kill Howard, Howard does not need to go to the free throw line unless the 76ers commit four consecutive fouls and miss the ball for the fifth time. Howard needs to go to the free throw line only if he fouls.

On the other hand, it's Kevin McHale's gamble. Dwight Howard made one of two free throws in the last wave. Although he missed one shot, he also made one. McHale, who is well aware of Dwight Howard's free throw patterns this season, knows , Howard's free throws this season are very accurate, but most of the time they are inaccurate.

But looking at today's first free throw, one of two free throws, McHale felt that he could take a gamble.

On the court, the 76ers made a wave of offense, Anxi missed a mid-range shot, Howard grabbed the rebound, the Rockets counterattacked, advanced to the frontcourt, and the basketball was given to Dwight Howard again.

This time it was a feed during a counterattack. Dwight Howard rushed to the free throw line to catch the basketball. Then he turned around, took a long stride to break through Pau Gasol's defense, entered the penalty area, and dunked successfully. The Rockets took the lead. !

The Wachovia Arena suddenly booed loudly. No one expected that the Rockets could struggle with the 76ers to this extent in Philadelphia, especially when Anxi broke out and scored 34 points in more than two quarters.

James Harden played great, and Dwight Howard played even more surprisingly. The former first shooting guard and first center combination showed their strength, and they kept the score in the face of Anxi's explosion.

The Rockets went ahead and Pau Gasol seemed to be completely blown away by Howard.

However, as a veteran, Pau Gasol remained calm and refocused on the offensive end.

Anxi is not in a hurry. Although the Rockets overtook the score, the 76ers still have a greater chance of winning this game, because the 76ers still have many trump cards, such as the shark-cutting tactic that can be used later.

For Anxi, what he needs to do now is to guard James Harden well and then play his own offense well.

So re-entering the offensive end, Anxi began to dribble the ball at the top of the key and single out Patrick Beverley.

It was still a strong attack on the offensive end. Anxi was not afraid of the Rockets' defense at all. He lowered himself to dribble the ball, and then slowly moved toward the three-point line.

Anxi's offensive intention was not obvious yet, so no one from the Rockets came up to help defend. The 76ers pulled away. Almost everyone watched Anxi play this singles game from a distance. Only James Harden found a player close to Anxi. The position is in place, and it seems that it will be made up to Anxi at any time.

After Patrick Beverley entangled himself,

Anxi's left shoulder sank slightly, and he continued to dribble while changing hands, then suddenly accelerated and rushed into the three-point line.

The moment he rushed into the three-point line, Anxi immediately dribbled the ball from the hip, and suddenly made another change of direction. This change of direction was different from the previous change of direction. This change of direction was very large and faster. .

Therefore, just after Anxi made this change of direction, Beverly was thrown away by Anxi.

James Harden, who was close to Anxi, didn't have time to cover up the defense and could only watch Anxi rush towards the penalty area.

Dwight Howard made up for it, but at this time, Anxi suddenly made a set of stunning and gorgeous moves.

He stepped on the inner circle of the free throw line, leaned against Dwight Howard, and suddenly made a 360° turn to the right. Using his speed, he took another step past Howard, and then he faced the basket.

A quick turn around caused the whole audience to scream, and then, facing a situation with no defense in front of him and pursuers behind him, Anxi's choice was also very simple. He jumped up suddenly with one step and used his right arm to attack the opponent with one hand. He held up the ball, raised his left arm to block Howard, and then flipped his hand hard the moment he approached the basket.

Bang!

Dunk!

The ball went in!

Anxi roared to the sky when he landed, and the Wachovia Center cheered wildly.

This goal not only tied the score, but more importantly, when Howard dunked and the Rockets were in full swing, Anxi hit back with an extremely exciting goal, which suddenly damaged the Rockets' morale. Lifted his morale.

One positive and one negative, Anxi's goal is of great significance.

In the commentary box, Doug Collins cheered, and Sean Battier explained the follow-up to the goal calmly: "Anxi played very beautifully. This was his 36th point of the game. Anxi continued his strength on the offensive end. Performance, he is still a point that is difficult for opponents to solve in this game.”

On the court, the Rockets' offense, under the signal of Brett Brown on the sidelines, Channing Frye once again committed an off-ball foul on Howard. Now, at the beginning of the third quarter, another role of Channing Frye's appearance was reflected, That's a foul on Howard.

As a substitute, Channing Frye will not commit too many fouls. After this foul, he only committed two fouls, and the team's number of fouls in a single quarter has accumulated to three. Then one more foul can complete the game. Fouls accumulated.

Howard was fouled and the Rockets served from the sideline and prepared to continue attacking.

This time, James Harden prepared to do it himself. As the real leader of the Rockets, it was obviously strange not to score a goal at the beginning of the third quarter, so James Harden scored a goal.

Facing Anxi's tough defense, Harden also played very resolutely. He still took a European step, broke into the inside, and succeeded in a layup.

The Rockets once again took the lead.

Harden scored again. In this game, he and Anxi formed a momentum of confrontation. Although his score was more than ten points less than Anxi, he scored 22 points just at the beginning of the third quarter. Harden's score in this game was also Going towards a high score.

On the other side, the 76ers' offense, with Anxi's beautiful goal before, the 76ers' morale has been completely boosted. Anxi's continuous strong attacks have also completely heated up the hand.

So when Anxi got the ball from the backcourt, he made up his mind to shoot a three-pointer. He could no longer let the Rockets maintain a one-goal lead.

Advancing to the frontcourt with the ball, Anxi did not shoot this three-pointer casually. Although he often performed long-range three-pointers before, this does not mean that Anxi can casually shoot long-range three-pointers. , especially now that Patrick Beverley is staring at Anxi and is on guard against Anxi's super long three-pointers.

Advancing beyond the three-point line, Anxi dribbled the ball continuously from his hips. It was the same pattern again. Patrick Beverley was a little confused about Anxi's thoughts. Could it be the same change of direction breakthrough again?

Anxi quickly lowered his body, accelerated, and rushed towards the three-point line again.

At this moment, Beverly felt that he could confirm that Anxi's goal must be a reuse of the previous one.

But just when Beverley retreated and took a step laterally, Anxi suddenly stopped, took a step back, stood outside the three-point line, and shot a three-pointer.

Beverly quickly jumped back, but it was already too late.

With a swish sound, three points hit the net.

Anxi's three-pointer helped the 76ers overtake the score. They led the Rockets by 1 point.

This three-pointer also helped Anxi increase its score to 39 points, which is about to break 40 points.

During the Rockets' offense, Channing Frye committed his third foul of the game. Then, when the Rockets sent a sideline ball again, Channing Frye rushed forward again and committed his fourth foul of the game. fouled, and then sent Howard to the free throw line.

Dwight Howard was thinking hard. When the score was anxious, his opponent used this trick again, killing Huo. Now is the time to test Howard's free throw shooting percentage.

Kevin McHale also stood up. At this time, it was time to verify whether he could continue to gamble.

Dwight Howard made another two free throws, and Wachovia Arena gave out a burst of cheers because the score was tied and the 76ers once again took the advantage to their side.

Then, the 76ers attacked, and Anxi suppressed the rhythm and continued to play singles in positional battles.

The Rockets began to change players to defend Anxi, and Trevor Ariza got in front of Anxi.

But for this ball, Anxi played a high post singles, turned around and hit a jumper, and the 76ers took the lead.

Turning back to defend, Channing Frye continued to step forward and slash Howard, receiving his fifth foul and sending Howard to the free throw line again.

This time, Howard missed both free throws. The 76ers replaced Channing Frye with Nolens Noel, and the Rockets finally had no choice but to replace Dwight Howard and made a compromise.

Once Howard left the game, the game became easy for the 76ers.

Originally, the Rockets had two offensive points on the field, one was Howard and the other was James Harden. Now that Howard has left the field, Harden is supporting alone. Facing Anxi's strong defense, he naturally cannot bear the pressure. The first two goals were okay. , scored consecutive European goals, and also caused a foul in Anxi.

But then, Anxi's defense found a feel, Harden continued to hit the iron, and the point difference began to slowly widen.

Anxi's score also increased rapidly during this period, and Anxi's rhythm was also brought up by various fast-paced attacks.

Just like that, Anxi scored another 17 points in the third quarter, and the score in the game rose to 46 points.

The 76ers also took a 15-point lead at the end of the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the Rockets stepped up their double-teaming efforts against Anxi and began to counterattack.

But in the fourth quarter, Anxi's personal scoring pressure was almost gone. He increased his passing. The fourth quarter opened with a 10:2 score, and the point difference widened to more than 20 points. The Rockets were in danger.

Anxi also scored 4 points in the next two rounds, and his personal score rose to 50 points.

The game is over.

In the end, the 76ers won the game 112:92, with a score difference of 20 points. Anxi scored 50 points, and also had 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. 50 points in this game. , allowing Anxi to reach a record of five consecutive games with 50+ points, and the entire North America is cheering for Anxi's consecutive high scores.