Super Role Player

The Masters Tournament started soon. There was really nothing to play in this Masters Tournament. Even Anxi didn’t pay much attention to it and had no specific tactics.

Alan Houston, Shaunie Schimmel, Mani Davis, Abhishek Bachchan and Michael Rapaport started the game. For the Western Conference team, James Harden also put up a similar lineup. NBA legend Chris Mullin, WNBA star Maya Moore, sports star Blake Ripper, famous singer Nick Cannon and celebrity pre-game MVP and famous comedian Kevin Hart.

In terms of lineup, the Western Conference team is a little stronger. After all, the Western Conference team has an extra Kevin Hart.

Generally speaking, former NBA stars who participate in the Masters are not allowed to really exert their strength, so the real test is the strength of these amateur players. Kevin Hart's strength has been proven in previous Masters, and it must be The strongest among amateurs, so when the two teams fight, the East Team still has some difficulty.

The game was divided into two halves. In the first half, Anxi was on the sidelines mobilizing its troops. Alan Houston failed to perform. WNBA star Shawnee Schimmel did not play for a few minutes and was replaced by Anxi due to physical and gender issues. Go down.

On the other hand, Money Davis was very active on the court and scored consecutively, helping the East team stabilize the situation.

The Indian Abhishek Bachchan was a show-off on the court. The game lasted three or four minutes. Abhishek Bachchan only touched the ball once and did not score. , Abhishek Bachchan was replaced.

Michael Rapaport, on the other hand, performed well and scored five or six points, so he was always there.

Anxi replaced Ansel Elgort and Anthony Anderson in the second half. The performance of the two Hollywood movie stars was still very good. Generally speaking, the East and West were just rookies pecking each other. The score of the two teams was not high. At halftime After the game, the score only exceeded 30 points. At 37:30, the West Team led by 7 points.

The disadvantage of 7 points is huge, because the scoring ability of both teams is very poor. A 7-point point difference is equivalent to a 15-point point difference in an ordinary NBA regular season. The gap is still quite large.

However, after halftime, Anxi had some ideas. After observing the halftime game, Anxi found that Mani Davis has strong breakthrough ability. After all, he is fast and has strong physical fitness. Therefore, Anxi felt that in the second half, Maybe we can use Money Davis as the core to implement a breakthrough and distribution strategy.

For breakthrough points, the team still needs a few shooters from the outside. Michael Rapaport's three-pointers are still somewhat accurate. Although Alan Houston cannot play too much, he can still shoot a few open shots from the outside. With both of them shooting , coupled with Shawnis Schimmel's mid-range shot and inside protection, a quite satisfactory core lineup was formed. In the second half, the East Side team, which was a little weaker, still had to strive for victory.

For this game, several major television stations in the United States sent their own capable commentary teams. Turner Sports sent out a commentary team of Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Mike Breen. The four of them occupied a large area. There was a big gap, and the commentary for the second half of this Masters game began.

"Anxi's coaching debut is not a success. Look at this situation, the East Region team is going to lose!"

Shaquille O'Neal looked gloating. He was happy to see Anxi fail to achieve his goal after talking big words. After all, this way they would have something to talk about. As long as Anxi loses this Masters game, they can laugh at it after the game. Anxi's coaching ability.

Kenny Smith also agreed with Shaquille O'Neal's view, but he believed that Anxi was still limited by the strength of the team.

"Compared to the West Division team, the East Division team is still a little inferior in strength. The role of the coach is still too small in this kind of exhibition game that disrupts the competition."

The second half of the game started after a fifteen-minute break. Anxi made adjustments. The core lineup on the field changed and became Money Davis, Michael Rapaport, Ah An Houston, and Shaunie. Four of Chimer will definitely start, and the other one will rotate.

Anxi first sent the Indian Abhishek Bachchan, and he was ready to let the Indian try again.

On the first kick of the game, Money Davis broke through, and although West End's defense was pretentious, it still managed to hold off this one.

After all, Money Davis is an amateur player, and his judgment of the situation on the court is still a bit poor. If it were Anxi and he couldn't get a layup, he would choose to pass the ball.

But Money Davis still chose to go strong and failed to score in the end.

Anxi stood up on the sidelines and organized a wave of defense. Then he turned around and Shawnischimel grabbed the rebound. Anxi shouted loudly: "Fast break, fast break, give the ball to Mani!"

Money Davis is very fast. Shawnee Schimmel is a professional player after all. After Anxi shouted, she immediately reacted and made a long pass over the top, and immediately passed the ball to Money Davis. , Money Davis hit the basket at high speed, and the West End team was unable to defend in time. Money Davis seized the opportunity and succeeded in a layup.

The point difference was narrowed to 5 points, and after this fast break, Mani Davis also found some feeling.

After the West End team's offense failed again, Money Davis turned around and continued to break through. The West End team was surrounded and surrounded. Money Davis passed the ball outwards. The ball was directly given to Alan Houston, and Alan Houston got an open space. With the opportunity, he hit a two-point shot that crossed the line, and with a bang, the point difference was narrowed to 3 points!

In just two or three rounds, the point difference was narrowed to 3 points. Anxi's tactics were about to succeed.

He waved his arms on the sidelines and continued to encourage the team to keep up the good work.

Within a few rounds, Money Davis' breakout style of play achieved great results. The West team could only score once a minute, but the East team scored consecutively, which gave it a bit of a professional basketball feel. .

"Money Davis' breakthrough was very sharp and his distribution was very good. It reminded me of LeBron James. Could it be that the Eastern Conference team's style of play in the second half came from Anxi's guidance?"

"The East District team overtook the score and now they are in the lead. Anxi did a great job!"

The trend in the commentary box suddenly changed. The East Team played a breakthrough ball in a decent manner. This may be the simplest tactical method and the most effective.

The final result is that the Eastern District team has also made certain progress, and the comments about Anxi have naturally changed.

The second half of the game ended quickly under the control of the East Team. In the first half, the two teams played 37:30. In the second half, the situation was completely reversed. The East Team beat the West Team 47:29, and the whole game was 77: 59, the East Team defeated the West Team.

Money Davis, who scored 17 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, eventually became the MVP of the Masters Game. He also broke Kevin Hart's monopoly.

When receiving the award, Mani Davis also thanked Anxi. After all, without Anxi's breakthrough ball-breaking tactics, nor Mani Davis' performance, there would be no winning by the East Team.

The Masters Tournament ended successfully, and Anxi also made a good start for his "coaching career" and won his coaching debut.

After resting for about half an hour, Anxi entered the locker room backstage again. This time, the players under him changed again.

The Rookie Challenge is about to begin, and Anxi will lead the international team to challenge the hegemony of the American team.

In the afternoon, Anxi talked a lot with these young players and practiced tactics. Now, before the game started, Anxi said a few more words.

Anxi has played for Popovich before, and he still knows a little about the art of coaching. It is quite useful to say a few words before the game to boost morale.

"Although this game is just an exhibition game, for some people, this game is not less important than any regular season game you play, and for others, this game is You also need to think carefully about the meaning of it."

Anxi walked back and forth in the center of the locker room, and then continued: "This game, in its name, is the international team versus the American team. The hegemony of the United States is not only reflected in its political economy, but also in its political economy. In terms of basketball, now we have the opportunity to break their hegemony, and this game is the opportunity!"

Confront the United States, defeat the United States, and break hegemony. Anxi is talking big, but it is very effective.

The young international players were excited and clamoring to defeat the US team's hegemony and prove that international basketball is no worse than American basketball.

After the Masters and before the Rookie Game, Anxi once again was interviewed by David Aldridge on the sidelines.

"How do you feel now that you won the Masters?"

Anxi smiled and replied: "It's great. This is a good start for my coaching career."

"You showed your coaching talent by beating the stronger Western Conference team. What do you think Brett Brown will think?"

Hearing this question, Anxi smiled even more happily: "Brett? I think he should feel the crisis. He must do a good job, otherwise..."

"For the rookie game, is your goal still to win?"

"certainly!"

"Do you have any special arrangements, like the breakaway ball tactics used in the previous Masters Games?"

Anxi continued to laugh: "To be honest, there must be arrangements, but the game hasn't started yet, so I definitely can't reveal it."

David Aldridge nodded helplessly and stopped asking.

After the interview ended, the warm-up on the field also ended, and the game was about to begin. Anxi gathered five starters on the sidelines and shouted: "Come on!" Then, the five starters walked to the center of the field.

“The rookie game is about to begin, and the international team’s starters have been announced, including point guard Dennis Schroeder, shooting guard Andrew Wiggins, small forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, power forward Nikola Mirotic and center Rudolf Rudd. Digobert.”

"The starters for the U.S. team are also out, with point guard McAway, shooting guard Victor Oladipo, small forward Caldwell-Pope, power forward Cody Zeller and center Nerlens Noel."

"In this game, in addition to the confrontation between the young players on the court, what we can also look forward to is the confrontation between the two coaches on the sidelines, An Xi and Stephen Curry."

Anxi glanced towards the US team. Stephen Curry was wearing a suit and was also commanding in a decent manner. The game started with a jump ball between the two teams.

Rudy Gobert is long and has long arms. In the duel at the center position, the International Team has an advantage. Although Nolens Noel is Anxi’s teammate, Anxi must admit that at the center position, Nolens Noel is the best. Not as good as Rudy Gobert’s.

That showed on the jump ball, too, with Rudy Gobert winning the jump ball to give International the first down.

The international team's offensive routine is the pick-and-roll. At the beginning, the international team stood in the horn position and set a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc. Dennis Schroeder used the pick-and-roll to rush into the paint, but then, under the interference of Nolens Noel, Dennis Schroder Rhodes' layup missed and the rebound was taken by Cody Zeller.

The U.S. team immediately counterattacked, but the counterattack was also suppressed by the international team. The U.S. team's offense was still very poor. McAway was restricted by his state and could not perform. Victor Oladipo was the best attacker of the U.S. team, but in terms of scoring In terms of strength, he is still inferior to Wiggins and Antetokounmpo, not to mention Cody Zeller and Nerlens Noel in the paint. They are not offensive players at all.

Therefore, this shot was blocked by McAway, but was blocked by Dennis Schroeder alone.

On the contrary, in the subsequent fast break counterattack, it was Dennis Schroeder who used his speed advantage to rush to the frontcourt and directly made a layup.

2 points are credited, 2:0!

Wiggins and Giannis Antetokounmpo did not perform well at the beginning, but Dennis Schroeder, the French point guard, was very active at the beginning, making consecutive fast break breakthroughs, and finally took the lead to score 2 points.

Subsequently, the U.S. team attacked. After organizing for a while, McAway found an opportunity and passed a pass to Cody Zeller. Cody Zeller made a mid-range shot and also scored 2 points.

But then, Andrew Wiggins began to take over the game. Anxi arranged several singles tactics for Wiggins, all of which were through pick-and-rolls and got opportunities for mid-to-long-range shots.

Andrew Wiggins's mid-to-long-range shooting is still very accurate. He just doesn't have many opportunities in his rookie season, otherwise he can kill everyone.

Now, Anxi has given Wiggins enough opportunities, and Wiggins naturally scores continuously.

The Masters Game was replaced by the Rookie Game. In terms of lineup, Anxi finally had an advantage. In the first quarter, Anxi directly let Andrew Wiggins play various singles and score various points. The International Team took the initiative in the beginning.

Then, Anxi replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo early, letting another big killer of the international team take a rest. With a half-main lineup, they achieved a 5-point lead in the first quarter.

Then, in the second quarter, Anxi replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has long hands, legs, arms and body, another big killer of the international team. But at this time, a surprise player broke out in the US team, and this surprise player was Zach LaVine, Anxi's opponent in tomorrow's dunk contest.

LaVine is considered to be very similar to Kobe Bryant, shooting guard, No. 8 player, 13th overall pick entering the league, explosive dunks, etc.

In the rookie game, Zach LaVine also broke out. After scoring three consecutive points, he actually helped the US team stabilize the situation.

But Anxi's counterattack came quickly, and they directly adopted the tactics of the Masters Game, allowing Antetokounmpo to break through and score the ball, and put Dante Exum, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Niko on the outside. Ramirotic made a three-pointer. At halftime, the international team led the US team by 11 points at 66:55.