Super Role Player

USA Today's reporter Sam Amick has been paying attention to the status and situation of several championship favorites. After the All-Star Game, the Spurs game made Sam Amick interested. He defeated the Bulls in the first game, although he lost Clippers, but Sam Amick found an interesting phenomenon.

This phenomenon is related to Anxi. Sam Amick found that after the All-Star Game, Anxi was mentioned by Popovich as a starter, and Anxi's performance also made Sam Amick couldn't help playing with statistics.

Playing against the Bulls against Derrick Rose, Rose made 9 of 25 shots and only 36% from the field; then he played against the Bobcats, and Gerald Henderson made 2 of 18 shots from the field, and his shooting percentage was only 11%. For the Nuggets, Ty Lawson made 5 of 16 shots and hit 31%; against the Knicks, Melo Anthony made 2 of 10 shots and hit 20%; The hit rate is only 33%; against the Wizards, John Wall's hit rate is 14%...

After the All-Star Game, Anxi played 6 games, and none of the players who played against him had a shooting percentage of more than 40%. Gerald Henderson, the lowest, was only 11%. Only 25 goals were scored, but the number of shots was 98. Calculated in this way, the total shooting percentage of these Anxi defense players is only 26%. How terrifying is this statistic?

And the most important thing is that Anxi faces the arrows of the opposing team in every game. The Bulls' Rose was even the regular season MVP of last season, and there are super giants like Carmelo Anthony, Blake Gor The league's strongest new-generation power forward like Riffin, a star point guard like John Wall... In short, Anxi's opponents are not weak.

And Greg Popovich's usage of Anxi also attracted Sam Amick's attention. In every game, Anxi starts, and then the opponent's arrow players are the opponents. From this point of view, Anxi is now It is already the strongest shield on the outside of the Spurs.

So, after much deliberation, Sam Amick wrote a line on USA Today's preview of the Spurs vs. Thunder game: "Winner—the battle between the strongest shield of the Spurs and the scoring champion!"

Then the content is: "In the final game between the Thunder and the Spurs in the regular season, I am more optimistic about the Spurs. Let me briefly describe the reasons as follows: Friends who have followed the Spurs games recently may have discovered that the Chinese player Anxi has started 5 consecutive games. 5 He started every game, plus the previous game against the Bulls, the players who played against China An in the 6 games did not shoot more than 40%, and the total shooting rate was only 26%.”

"China An seems to have erected a strong shield on the outside. After the All-Star, because of the reduction of the offensive role and the improvement of China An's own progress, he has been invincible on the outside defensive end. It is foreseeable that the Spurs will play against the Thunder. , Kevin Durant will face such a test. Once Anxi continues to defend, the Spurs will definitely win this game..."

Sam Amick revealed one of the biggest advantages of the Spurs at present-Anxi, and Sam Amick is naturally not the only one who pays attention to Anxi, such as Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, he also posted similar Therefore, Anxi suddenly became the focus of this Thunder Horse battle.

Anxi's single defense is already so against the sky, so in this game, can he defend Kevin Durant? Many people began to think and question, but they were all aware of the fact that if Anxi could guard against Kevin Durant, then the Spurs would surely win the Thunder Horse battle. And if Anxi can't defend, then the outcome is truly unpredictable, so in this Thunder Horse battle, the Spurs do have some advantages.

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On the trade deadline, the Spurs did not make any moves. Originally, Gregg Popovich was planning to make a deal to find a way to exchange for a point guard to make up for the lack of a point guard position. The Spurs contacted the Cavaliers and planned to use Kwame Brown. A second-round pick next year, from the Cavaliers in exchange for Ramon Sessions,

Unexpectedly, the Cavaliers spoke directly to the Lions. They rejected Kwame Brown and replaced Kwame Brown with Anxi.

So, Popovich immediately stopped the deal, but Ramon Sessions did not stay in the Cavaliers, he was sent to the Lakers.

Without completing the reinforcement of the point guard position, Popovich set his sights on the free market. Patrick Mills, who had just returned from the gold rush in China, attracted Popovich's attention. The Spurs' last 10-day contract of the season , It was used on Patrick Mills.

In this way, Patrick Mills, who had previously played for the Trail Blazers and had a mediocre performance, became the new aid of the Spurs, but because he did not register in time, he could not catch up with the Thunder game.

Anxi spent the time before the game in Jeff Hornacek's special training. The time came to March 16, 2012. The Thunder Horse War was about to start, and all eyes of the United States were on the Thunder's home stadium, Chesapeake Energy. arena.

As the focus of the league, ESPN, TNT, and NBC all broadcast the game live across the United States, and the three groups of commentators filled the technical stations.

The domestic CCTV also chose to broadcast the game, with Director Zhang and Yu Jia as the commentators for the game.

Recently, Anxi's fiery state has also helped him win more fans in China. Compared with the nickname given to Anxi by the United States, the nickname given to Anxi by domestic fans is obviously more normal-Anshen, yes, Anxi is indeed a bit over the top now. God meant it, so there is nothing wrong with calling Anxi to calm the nerves.

Before the start of the game, Popovich’s task for Anxi was naturally to prevent Kevin Durant. In the first two encounters, Anxi failed to defend against Adu. This time Anxi improved a lot. There are more expectations.

In this game, the starting lineup for the Spurs is point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Anxi, small forward Kawhi Leonard, power forward Boris Diaw, and center Tim Duncan. The two perimeter defensive gates are set up, obviously to lock Adu and Westbrook and win the game.

On the Thunder side, starting point guard Russell Westbrook, shooting guard Sabo Seforosa, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Serge Ibaka, and center Kendrick Perkins.

The two teams have played each other before, so they are familiar with each other. The game started, the Spurs won the jump ball, Tony Parker received the ball and controlled the front court, and Boris Diola came up high and took the ball.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs will play high-post support tactics. The current Spurs have a lot more tactical routines. From the beginning of the season, there were only three or four offensive tactics. Now there are many more offensive routines, among which the high-post support tactics have increased. A lot, the joining of the French magician is indispensable, and his passing has greatly enriched the Spurs' tactics.

Boris Diaw stood at a high position to organize the offense, and other Spurs players started to run. The Spurs' running positions have several characteristics, such as more screens, more cuts, and more wraps. In short, it is cuts, screens, and wraps. , No matter what team, the Spurs will tear the line of defense apart.

In the first wave of offense at the beginning of the game, Anxi went around the bottom corner, Tim Duncan cut out suddenly, set a screen for Kawhi Leonard, and then a double screen, Tony Parker rushed to the middle distance, and immediately made a jumper, which was successful hit.

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