Super Role Player

On the afternoon of the second day after the game, Anxi had just finished training, and when he swiped his phone, a headline popped up.

"The United Arab Emirates officially announced that it has signed a contract with the Rockets, but the terms of the contract have not yet been announced!"

Anxi, with quick eyesight and quick hands, clicked in directly.

"On the afternoon of January 19, U.S. time, the Houston Rockets and Chinese basketball player Alian held a press conference in Houston, announcing that they had reached a contract with Alian, and they will play next. The specific terms of the contract have not been announced."

Seeing this news, Anxi smiled. Anxi didn't ask about the specific terms of the contract, but he probably knew that the United Arab Emirates signed with the Rockets for one year, with an annual salary of about 2 million.

For the UAE, this one-year contract is the best choice, because he can have enough opportunities to prove himself. Once he proves himself this season, the new contract of the UAE next season will not be 2 million. not enough.

January is gradually coming to the end, and the voting for the All-Star Weekend is also coming to an end.

This season, because of Anxi's outstanding performance, many fans in China shouted the slogan of making Anxi an All-Star, and frantically voted for Anxi on major portal websites. However, the results of the previous rounds of voting were announced. Only tens of thousands of votes were received.

However, the official explanation is that overseas votes have not yet been counted, and overseas votes will not be counted until before the start of the All-Star Game.

But Anxi didn't care, he didn't want to participate in the All-Star, and even in his heart, Anxi still prayed that the domestic fans would not really cast him in the All-Star. After all, in Anxi's view, if he really enters the All-Star, with Anxi's real strength, he will become the laughing stock of the United States.

Of course, every year in the All-Star Game, there will always be a few players like Anxi squeezed into the All-Star Game, but they are all in the East. If there are not enough stars, they will pull one or two to make up the number, but it is far different in the West. Well, there are too many stars in the West, and the 12-man roster for the All-Star team doesn't even have enough points.

Anxi still wants to enter the All-Stars with his true strength, and he still disdains being voted in by fans.

On January 25, after the Spurs defeated the Hawks, 76ers and Hornets in succession, they won 6 consecutive victories, and then they challenged the Mavericks in an away game in Dallas.

Anxi knew through Ivo Clark that the Mavericks had asked to buy Anxi before, but the final offer was rejected by Vicki, but DeJuan Blair was still traded to the Mavericks. This former teammate of Anxi came to the Mavericks. He didn't feel comfortable, and his average playing time was less than five minutes per game. He went directly from the stable rotation of the Spurs to become the water dispenser manager of the Mavericks.

Before the game starts,

Anxi greeted DeJuan Blair: "DeJuan, long time no see."

"Ann." The two shook hands and hugged. "How about it, I heard that you rejected San Antonio's contract extension, are you planning to leave?"

Anxi frowned, then shook her head.

"Ann, I think you should leave as soon as possible. Look at you now. You obviously have the strength to start, but you can only play as a substitute." DeJuan Blair also shook his head, as if sighing for Anxi.

Anxi laughed a few times. DeJuan Blair's attitude was a bit strange. He seemed to have a bad impression of the Spurs suddenly. Maybe the Spurs traded him to hurt his heart.

Without saying anything to DeJuan Blairdo, Anxi finished his warm-up and returned to his position.

The game started quickly, with the Spurs returning to their regular starting lineup with point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Danny Green, small forward Kawhi Leonard, power forward Boris Diaw and center Tim Duncan. The starting lineup put out by the Mavericks is point guard Darren Collison, shooting guard Mayo, small forward Sean Marion, power forward Dirk Nowitzki and center Chris Kaman.

The Mavericks have a poor record this season, losing 24 of their first 42 games. In the fiercely competitive West, the Mavericks fell out of the playoffs early, although there is still a chance to recover, so this game is It is considered a top priority by Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle.

Rick Carlisle can be said to be the head coach with the strongest on-the-spot adaptability in the league. Last season, he led the Mavericks composed of veterans to defeat the Heat to win the championship. Last season, the championship lineup was dismantled However, he still led the team to the playoffs.

However, this season, the Mavericks continued to dismantle the championship lineup and introduced a group of new players, but the effect was not very good. Rick Carlisle was also very worried about this.

The game started soon, the Spurs were determined to win, and the Mavericks were unwilling to lose, so a fierce game began at the American Airlines Center Stadium

The Mavericks started with the ball. Darren Collison's dribbling was very steady. The Mavericks' offensive style was a positional offense. They used high pick-and-rolls to get jump shots for the team's scorers, so Kaman directly from the The inside line was pulled out.

Darren Collison made a quick breakthrough, threw Parker away through the screen, pulled up a jumper, and hit the first goal of the game!

Then, when the Spurs attacked the Mavericks, Vicki didn't make too many changes. In Vicki's view, against the current Mavericks, with the normal strength of the Spurs, they can easily win.

Therefore, the Spurs' offense is slow play and slow attack, without any intention of restraining the Mavericks at the tactical level.

On the Spurs' first ball, Tony Parker broke through with the ball, Darren Collison stuck to the defense, Boris Diaw and Parker cross-screened, and immediately created an opening. Tony Parker hits a long jump shot

bang, no entry

Kaman on the inside took off the rebound, the Mavericks turned around and hit a counterattack, Mayo quickly broke through with the ball, and made a layup before the Spurs fully returned to defense, 40!

The Spurs' offense is still unhurried, and it seems that the 4-point deficit in the opening game is no big deal at all.

It was still Tony Parker, who cut in with the ball and quickly attracted double-teams. After scoring the ball, Tim Duncan made a mid-range jumper! twenty four!

Vicki clapped his hands off the field, but the Mavericks were still attacking resolutely. After Darren Collison rushed to the frontcourt with the ball, a pick-and-roll screened and directly hit a three-pointer. The sound of a basketball scraping the net immediately drew wild cheers from the American Airline Center.

27. **Vich frowned, but he still didn't speak. The Spurs' offense was still the same, slowly running in the half court to find opportunities.

Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard's off-ball pick-and-roll, there was an open corner, Parker's pass arrived immediately, and Danny Green made a jumper three-pointer!

With a bang, cheers sounded again at the American Airline Center

The Mavericks grabbed the rebound, then seized this opportunity, and counterattacked again. It was Mayo who scored, and he made a jumper from mid-range with the ball and hit a 2-pointer! 92!

The Spurs fell behind at the start, and the situation was not good. **Vichick shouted from the sidelines: "Play your offense well! Defense puts pressure on them!"

But it was still useless, maybe the feel of the blacksmith would be contagious. This time, Kawhi Leonard, who got an open opportunity, went on to hit the iron, but missed a mid-range shot. Duncan grabbed an offensive rebound and even missed a tip-up!

In the end, Marion burst out from the side and grabbed the second rebound

The Spurs' retreat this time was fairly timely, but the Mavericks still tore through the Spurs' defense line through slow positional warfare. Nowitzki's mid-range jumper hit easily with a swish! 112!

Next, the Mavericks unexpectedly played a smooth offense. On the contrary, the Spurs were constrained by poor hand feel and missed shots again and again. Vicvic had to replace Manu Ginobili in advance, but the score was already behind.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Spurs trailed by 12 points at 1628. Yang Yi, who was commentating the game at Central Five, couldn't help sighing: "The Mavericks are not. Although this season's performance is poor, you can lie down and beat others. Hurt you, so the Spurs must get serious as soon as possible, or they will lose this game."

Just like what Yang Yi said, the Spurs must get serious, but the main player didn't feel good. After waiting for two more rounds, the Spurs had to call a timeout when the point difference was pulled to 15 points.

"Who are you all?" After a pause, Vicki looked at this group of players who were 15 points behind the Mavericks, and suddenly said this inexplicable sentence.

As a result, Duncan replied directly and very cooperatively: "Tim Duncan, graduated from Wake Forest University, played for 16 seasons"

The Spurs' bench quickly let out a few chuckles, and the stern-faced Vivic showed a smile, and then he clapped his hands: "Okay, your hands don't feel good, let's adjust as soon as possible, Ann , You go out and replace Kawhi, Corey, you go out and replace Tony, remember, next, we play the success rate in the offense, let the defense ignore him, and play the offense we should have! Defeat Dallas defense!" To be continued.

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