Super Role Player

The game continued, and at the end of the first quarter, Manu's three-pointers and Anxi's three-pointers directly helped the Spurs to overtake the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs took a lead of 33:32 and entered the second quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Anxi continued to play, the point guard position was replaced by Patrick Mills, the power forward position was replaced by Thiago Splitter, and Anxi and Manu were added as a substitute for the Spurs.

The Clippers are also on the bench, with point guard Eric Bledsoe, shooting guard Jamal Crawford, small forward Matt Barnes, power forward Lamar Odom and center Ryan Hollins.

The Clippers’ bench is considered to be one of the strongest in the league. The backup point guard Bledsoe has the ability to start, plus Super Six Crawford, perimeter defensive Titans Matt Barnes, the best one ever. The best sixth man, Odom, and Meat Shield center Hollins, in addition to the injured Chauncey Billups and the injured Grant Hill sitting on the bench, if the two wounded come back, the Clippers’ The depth of the bench is straight up to the Spurs.

The Clippers’ offensive round came up in the second quarter. Bledsoe made a breakthrough after a pick-and-roll and rushed into the interior. Eric Bledsoe had a nickname called James Jr., his outside shooting was not good, but The breakthrough is very powerful, the body is also very strong in the point guard, and the style of play is similar to that of James.

The first goal was a breakthrough similar to James, but the Spurs did not double-team, and Bledsoe chose to force the △←long△←wind△←wen△←to learn, ww↙w.cfw≈x.ne★t The basket, the basketball brushed the edge of the net and got into the hoop.

"Twopoints! Eric Bledsoe!" the DJ of the Staples Arena shouted loudly, and the Clippers led by one point.

With the Spurs' offense, Manu and Split came to a pick-and-roll cooperation from the outside. Manu cut into the inside and then passed the basketball to the ground. Patrick Mills from the outside made a three-pointer, but unfortunately he didn't make it.

The Clippers attacked, Bledsoe made a breakthrough, Crawford shot the ball from the outside, hit two points, the Clippers expanded the lead.

Then, Manu held the ball steadily and pressed the half-court, Aaron Baynes walked to the top of the arc and made a pick-and-roll for Manu, and Manu quickly went inside with the ball.

Manu's entry to the inside does not mean the end of the Spurs offense. An Xi knew that he still had a chance to receive the ball, so he moved his legs and ran out from the bottom corner.

Crawford followed An Xi closely, and An Xi also stepped away from his legs, rushed to the top of the arc.

Aaron Baynes hadn't left this position yet, An Xi glanced at Crawford who was rushing over from behind, and one of them ran back and rushed to the penalty area from the other side of Aaron Baynes.

Crawford hurriedly changed direction, one forced his body to turn around and rushed towards the restricted area, but Anxi turned sharply again and rushed directly to the bottom corner!

There was no one in the weak corner, and the nearest was Ryan Hollins, who was preparing to help defend Manu, so Manu Ginobili passed the ball to Anxi without hesitation...

After several non-ball changes in a row, Anxi got this opportunity!

No one in front of them, Anxi's golden opportunity! He shot!

"An open three-point jumper! Anxi!" Yu Jia yelled, and when the basketball fell into the hoop, he immediately shouted: "Go in! Unguarded chance! Anxi never misses! Never! Fumble!"

It's 33 levels! Popovich clapped his hands, and so far, he is satisfied with Anxi's performance.

After turning into a substitute, Anxi’s pressure on the defensive end was much less. Although his opponent was still a super sixth man like Jamal Crawford in this game, he was not a superstar like Kevin Durant, Anxi after all. He can always put most of his energy on the offensive end.

After scoring 7 points in 2 minutes in the first quarter and another three-pointer in the second quarter, Anxi was satisfied with his performance.

Then, after the next wave of defense against the Clippers, it was time for the Spurs to attack again.

Anxi pulled up to the high post and directly caught the ball in singles. Anxi's back has risen to 70, which is considered a starting-level back in the league. Facing the defense of Jamal Crawford, Anxi sits and hits once and then turns around. Jump shot!

The basketball quickly flew to the highest altitude, then fell quickly, and got into the basket all at once!

Huh! With a crisp sound of wiping the net, Anxi scored another 2 points!

Then, Bledsoe's layup succeeded and the Clippers tied the score again.

As for the Spurs' offense, Manu and An Xi made a cross screen at the top of the arc. After Manu attracted the defense, he scored the ball directly to An Xi not far away.

Anxi made a quick shot with a scream! Make another three points!

In this way, An Xi and Manu paired together, and led the Spurs to play a wave of offensive climax in the second quarter. Not only was the point difference equalized by the Spurs, in the second half of the second quarter, Manu and An Xi joined forces. Go ahead and expand the lead.

In the end, the Spurs took 66:56 at halftime and took a 10-point lead into the intermission.

Anxi, who scored 7 points in two minutes in the first quarter, continued to explode in the second quarter and scored 11 points on 4 of 6 shots. After two quarters, Anxi scored 18 points in the half.

Manu, who played with Anxi, also scored 11 points and 5 assists in the half, and the combination of Anxi and Manu was beginning to emerge.

"How, Mike, how do you think the effect of hitting the bench?" During the intermission, Popovich did not rush to make arrangements, but chatted with Mike Budenholzer outside the locker room.

"Very good. Compared to Danny being on the bench, Ann's style of play seems to be more suitable for the bench. He has a lot more offensive skills than last season. He can shoot on the ball, or he can cut in with the ball himself, and he has a back. Technology..." Mike Budenholzer paused~www.ltnovel.com~ continued. "In the starting lineup, Anxi's playing style and style overlapped with Kawhi's, so Anxi could only shoot three-pointers, but couldn't play in the middle of the shot and the back, because those two positions belonged to Kawhi."

"Now, he appears on the bench lineup. Manu has the ball, made a mid-range shot, breaks through, and Anxi shoots when he catches the ball. He can occasionally play back singles twice. It should be said that the bench is alive."

Popovich nodded: "Yes, the substitute is alive. Now this substitute, at least the outside line is above the starting level of other teams. Maybe we can beat many downstream teams by relying on this set of substitutes alone. Up."

"This is a good development, but it remains to be seen whether there will be problems with the first launch."

The two discussed the arrangement of some starting substitutes, and in this way, the matter of Anxi's substitutes was basically determined.

"Would you like to talk to Ann?" Mike Budenholzer was afraid that Anxi would suddenly become a substitute and would have thoughts in his heart, so he asked Popovich.

Popovich shook his head: "No, maybe, let him be on the bench, he is too late to be happy." (To be continued.)