The Way of the Center

The Thunder and the Trail Blazers played fiercely from the beginning. After An Jie won the ball for the Trail Blazers, the offensive and defensive scenes of the two sides were once very exciting and dizzying. E Novel Ww "W. %1XIAOSHUO. During this period of COM, the scores of the two teams also alternately lead, and no one has the real advantage.

An Jie's offensive force today is extremely strong, his voice shouting at his teammates for the ball has become the main theme on the court. Morris and Ibaka have not met a decent opponent for a long time, but today, neither of them dared to relax.

After Westbrook scored a goal with an emergency stop jumper after the breakthrough, the Trail Blazers' offense also followed.

Angel hooked Felton and Gerald Wallace a few picks and rolls, but the results were not satisfactory. You know, the Thunder relied on tough defense to become a strong team. Even without An Jie, the Thunder will still not change this point.

Now Anjie knows that the Thunder's defense is so annoying.

Originally, Anjie and the team's running-in was not perfect, but now they are encountering the Thunder's defense like a bronze wall, which has resulted in the Trailblazers failing to play several consecutive tactics. Seeing that there was not much time left in this offense, An Jie gave up the pick and roll and went inside.

"Are you coming again!?" Morris set up his position. In the past few years, he and An Jie have fought countless times on the training ground. He knows An Jie, and An Jie also knows him. There are no secrets between the two sides, only a head-to-head duel of strength.

An Jie took a step within the free throw line. Felton couldn't pass the ball calmly in such a small space, so he passed a lob that only An Jie could catch.

Sefrossa jumped high in the middle of the pass, but he was still a long way from basketball. When the basketball began to fall, An Jie's big hand was like a sucker, firmly grasping the ball in his own hand.

Morris immediately supported the strength of An Jie's waist with both hands, and kicked his legs on the ground abruptly to provide support. Holding the ball within the free throw line, Anjie will definitely choose to advance!

Unexpectedly, when Morris made all the preparations, he did not feel the shock from Anjie. An Jie glanced at the rim and Morris's low defensive posture, so he turned to the big hook, the basketball knocked to the front of the rim, but finally climbed in.

"Ann's hand is still so soft, there is no way to face this big hook, Morris!" Soon, Anjie was praised by Reggie Miller.

As Anjie scored the ball, the scores of the two sides were tied again. This is the fifth time the two sides have tied the score, but now the first quarter has only played for eight minutes.

Yes, Anjie played eight minutes today and has not been replaced by Ricard. This is also the main reason why the Trail Blazers can bite the score.

Wesley Matthews didn't feel good on the outside in the first quarter, and all two three-pointers missed the target. Aldridge can still score a few goals, but his shooting percentage is not as stable as he usually does. It can be said that the state of the Trail Blazers in the first quarter of the game is very average, but they can tie with the Western Conference Finals team again and again, relying on An Jie's inside scoring.

Just after the goal was scored, Anjie already had 8 points in the account today, and his shooting percentage was 4 for 4 cleanly. Facing the defense of Morris and Ibaka, Anjie was not afraid. He can always find the weaknesses of the two defenses and give them blows.

It was not until the end of the first quarter with three minutes left that Anjie was replaced by Ricard. That is to say, in the three minutes that the substitutes from both sides played, the Thunder were finally able to slightly open the score.

Jamal Crawford's performance is still outstanding, but still can't match the double impact of Batum and Bledsoe on the bench of the Thunder.

21 to 26, the Trail Blazers did not show any weakness at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, ending their first quarter with only five points.

"Shrink the formation!" During the break, Ricard shouted out this tactical term just after the players were seated.

"The Thunder's shooting percentage is actually not high today, but their impact on the inside is too easy! How many mid-to-close shot opportunities Westbrook got today? In the second quarter, we will shrink the formation and let it go. Let it go!" After Ricard finished speaking, he rubbed the tactical board heavily with a marker to show his emphasis.

"Is it really okay to let them shoot? Kd and Bledsoe's shooting is not a joke." Anjie knew the Thunder, so he also questioned Ricard's tactics.

"Ann, against a team like the Thunder, we cannot do everything in defense. We can only focus on the key point and choke a little bit to weaken the opponent's offensive firepower. Later, we will use our offense to make up for points. Poor. Sometimes in order to have better tactical effects, we have to compromise in certain areas.” Ricard is very happy that Anjie can ask himself questions. At least this shows that Anjie is thinking about the game, not the coach asking him to do it. Well, what is he doing stupidly. This guy, at least in this regard, has the conditions to be a leader.

"Understand the boss, don't worry, as long as the Thunder players step into my territory, I promise not to let them score!"

An Jie had just finished speaking, and the short break was over. An Jie stood up and stretched his palm among everyone.

The Blazers players looked at each other first, then put their hands on Anjie's palms in turn.

"1! 2! 3!" After everyone put their hands up, An Jie yelled three numbers.

"The Trail Blazers!" No one knows why An Jie, who just came to the Trail Blazers and played less than ten games, did this. Everyone only knows that following this Chinese, it's not wrong!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Westbrook, who had tasted the sweetness before, once again held the ball, ready to score with the breakthrough he was good at.

Westbrook is playing better and better now, and he has more time holding the ball than before when Anjie was there. A scoring leader like Durant, who is also responsible for playing off the ball for him. Others, it is even more rare to receive a pass from Westbrook.

Although Raymond Felton is a model of short and stout defenders, his movement at his feet is far not as fast as Westbrook. In fact, how many guards can beat Westbrook in this league?

So even if Felton is still barely able to fight Westbrook, once Westbrook is added, Felton is completely lost.

Borrowing Morris's high pick and roll, Westbrook changed direction and broke through Felton like lightning.

"Successful!" Just when Westbrook was proud, his eyes suddenly went dark. Aldridge had already retracted and lay between Westbrook and the rim.

Westbrook can't reduce it now. If he rushes forward, he will definitely hit someone with the ball. If you want to shoot, it is very likely to be blocked under Aldridge's interference. So Westbrook changed his shot to a pass, letting Ibaka who went out to get the ball.

After Ibaka got the ball, he immediately wanted to shoot, and he did. But when he had just shot the ball, he found a palm that was higher than the trajectory of basketball suddenly stretched out.

If the ball is replaced by someone else, An Jie really doesn't dare to jump and block the block rashly, because he is afraid that the other party will make a fake move. But Ibaka, Anjie knows him too well, regardless of Ibaka's strong body and excellent athletic ability. But when he gets an open position, he will definitely choose to shoot.

So Anjie immediately rushed to his former teammate after seeing Ibaka get the ball. The timing of An Jie's defense was actually a little late, but thanks to his height and wingspan, An Jie still got into the basketball.

After An Jie changed the trajectory of the basketball, he went straight up and down into the air. An Jie immediately took off twice and grabbed the basketball. After getting the ball, Anjie wanted to pass the ball directly from the backcourt and start a fast attack, but when he wanted to pass the ball, he realized that there was no crazy Durant or Westbrook in front of him, only waiting in the backcourt. Felton and Matthews advancing with the ball.

An Jie smiled helplessly, he was really used to their existence. So Anjie honestly handed the ball to Felton next to him, and ran towards the front court by himself.

Subsequently, Anjie attracted Morris and Ibaka's defense at the basket, but in this small space, Anjie just passed the ball and sent it to Aldridge.

Aldridge raised the knife and dropped the basketball hollow into the net. Anjie and Aldridge's combination of inside and outside, really has too many offensive methods.

Just being recovered two points, it will not cause the Thunder to mess up. Westbrook passed the ball this time, but Durant still chose to break through. In the face of Gerald Wallace, Durant has a clear height advantage. He can calmly complete a throw or layup on Wallace after the breakthrough, but like Westbrook, Durant fell into the encirclement defense as soon as he got in.

In the end, Felton cut off Durant's basketball in the chaos. Had it not been for the Trailblazers players on the court now that they really didn't have the ability to fight back, the Thunder would have lost points again because of this mistake.

But it doesn't matter if you play a positional war. Ricard is best at positional offense. After some conduction, the ball finally came to An Jie's hands. An Jie pushed in a few steps. This time Ibaka didn't dare to make up the defense rashly, so in the one-on-one with Morris, An Jie hit the retreat jumper again after shaking his shoulders.

"The third-year Morris is already one of the best inside defenders in the league, but An Jie still has no pressure to score in front of him!" Yu Jia was delighted to see An Jie score again, every time An Jie scored. , Will be very different. An Jie's comprehensive offensive skills were fully demonstrated.

To deal with a guy like Morris, An Jie had to change his way. If you keep using the same trick, Morris will not let Anjie score as he wants.

After the goal was scored, Van Gundy immediately called a timeout. Shrinking defense, he has seen the defensive strategy of the Trail Blazers. During this timeout, Ricard also used Jamal Crawford to replace Gerald Wallace, who had a bad feel, and brought more possibilities for the Trail Blazers to switch offense.

Later, although Durant and Bledsoe did score a few goals from the outside, but Westbrook was completely strangled to death.

6 shots only hit 1 goal, and no one's foul was caused, and there was no free throw opportunity~www.NovelMTL.com~Westbrook lost his role under the resolute contraction of the Blazers, while Durant and Brad The Trail Blazers can also use their own offense to make up for Suo's goal.

Even if Durant and Bledsoe can hit the shots, the Blazers players on the field still firmly implemented Ricard's arrangement. Facts have proved that the Blazers' change in this quarter was successful. In this quarter, they won the Thunder by three points and the total score was moved to 51 to 53.

At the end of the game, the Oklahoma City Thunder only led the Trail Blazers by a negligible two points at home. And when Westbrook is restricted, the Thunder will only be more difficult to play in the second half.

The match between the two sides did not disappoint the fans, the score has always been very close, and the scene is very beautiful.

Anjie scored 14 points and 6 rebounds in the half, and his playing time has obviously returned to normal, much more than in previous games.

His preparations for this game have been effective. Now, it depends on whether Anjie can carry the banner of leading the team and lead his teammates to kill the game completely.

New Thunder Third Young Master? It doesn't matter, Anjie and Ricard have a way!