On January 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season is in full swing, and in a focus game that ended this morning, the Spurs returned to their old home Alamo Stadium to face the defending Warriors, pouring in 68,323 fans, breaking the league's all-time record for the regular season, but lost 113-144.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, today's game is not held at the AT&T Center at home, but back at the Alamo Stadium, the first home stadium in San Antonio's history is the "HemisFair Arena", but the Alamo Stadium has witnessed many glory times for this powerhouse.
The Alamo Stadium was the home of the Spurs from 1993 to 2002, and they won their first championship in 1999 and hosted the 1996 All-Star Game, when Jordan defeated San Antonio-born O'Neal to win the All-Star Game MVP, which made the owners quite unimpressed.
In order to give fans a chance to relive old dreams and enter the time tunnel, the Spurs returned to their old home Alamo Stadium, selling 68,323 tickets, and breaking the record of 62,046 fans pouring into the Bulls and Hawks battle on March 27, 1998 to witness Jordan.
Despite the unprecedented cheering of the home audience, the Warriors still played an exaggerated 17-4 start as soon as the game started, completely not giving face to the Spurs playing at home, and Stephen Curry also threw off the low tide of his previous game, shooting 4 of 7 in the half, including 1 of 4 from three-point range, scoring 10 points, with DiVincenzo's 12 points in the half, and after playing the first half, the Warriors led 74-60.
In the second half, the Warriors' three-point firepower continued to erupt, not only Stephen Curry and Klay a bottle of water, DiVincenzo, Poole, Lamb and others also shot three-pointers, helping the Warriors quickly extend the lead gap to 25 points, and the score was broken by 100 points before the end of the third quarter, and the gap was extended to more than 30 points in the final quarter, and the game quickly entered garbage time.
In terms of statistics, a total of 8 players on the Warriors team scored more than double digits, Klay Thompson scored 16 points, Stephen Curry contributed 15 points, substitute DiVincenzo scored a team-high 22 points, and the Warriors' 144 points also set a new season high.
The Spurs started with just three double-doubles, with Jones contributing a team-high 21 points, Keldon Johnson scoring 17 points and McDermott grabbing 14 points from the bench. The San Antonio Spurs, who lost the game, had good news after the game.
According to James Piercey, a well-known NBA analyst in the United States, in order to further improve the team's strength and enrich the team's tactical play so that it can rebuild at the end of next season, the Spurs management decided to further recruit in the middle of the season, and the intended object is Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis. It is reported that the Spurs have sent an official offer to the Los Angeles Lakers and are still waiting for a response.
According to the famous NBA analyst James Piercey, the Spurs in order to get the trade chips given by Anthony Davis is also a big gamble, not only directly sent the team's three full of players, but also sent three valuable first-round picks, which fully shows the sincerity of the Spurs to reach this deal. The specific trade plan given by the Spurs is as follows:
Los Angeles Lakers gets: Jacob Peltel, Josh Richardson, Doug McDermott, 2024 first-round pick (title protected)
San Antonio Spurs acquired: center Anthony Davis
Why did the San Antonio Spurs make this deal?
The Spurs had a very impressive start to the season, but since championship competition was not the team's main goal, the team began to look at this offseason's draft, hoping to win the top pick and select the top favorite Wen Banyama by swinging the spot. But that doesn't mean the Spurs will rot forever, the team has a lot of outstanding young players, and needs an All-Star like Davis to lead the team forward.
Could the Spurs be bolder this summer to convince a superstar like James Harden to join with a four-year top salary? Of course, these are just our assumptions. The arrival of two All-Stars and the growth of young players make such scenes thought-provoking.
The Spurs traded three of their veterans for Davis, which would put their spending on salary caps close to net neutral, which would preserve flexibility for free agents. So far this season, Anthony Davis has averaged 34.1 minutes per game, 28.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.2 blocks, shooting 53.9% from the field and 29% from three-point range, which are new highs since joining the Lakers, and even scored 55 points and 17 rebounds in the Wizards game.
The Spurs are sure to adopt a more conservative approach this season. However, in the final stages of Popovich's coaching career, making an aggressive effort can lead to some fascinating possibilities.
Why did the Los Angeles Lakers agree to make this deal?
The Los Angeles Lakers continue to be led by LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook this season, but the team's performance is very unsatisfactory, the season is halfway through, and the team needs to make changes as soon as possible, otherwise, the Lakers will have another failed season this season.
LeBron James is a real weapon in the center position, and overall pinning him down is very challenging, but when he catches the ball under cover and has the momentum to rush to the basket, it's a nightmare for any defense. By trading Davis, the Lakers have complete space on the offensive end.
The Lakers will fill the role player vacancy left by their trade for Anthony Davis by trading for Doug McDermott and Josh Richardson. If they choose to keep LeBron James playing the No. 4 position, Jacob Peltel could be immediately appointed center. So far this season, Richardson has averaged 22.0 minutes per game, with 11 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocks, shooting 43.4% from the field and 35% from three-point range; Peltel averaged 26.4 minutes per game, scoring 11.9 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.2 blocks while shooting 62.4 percent from the field.