The Way of the Center

"Offensive firepower, I need you to maintain the fierce offensive firepower in the first half of the game! The Trail Blazers have been driven to a dead end, all we have to do is push them one more time, and they will fall into the abyss! Er! You have to play more cautiously. Kevin! Use your shots to score more. Serge, you and Morris must do everything possible to restrain Ann's hands and feet! Come on, we are here for the championship this season! To achieve this goal, the Trail Blazers are the hurdles we must overcome!" Coach Brooks drew densely on the tactical whiteboard in just a few moments. Every offensive route and every pick-and-roll point on it was deeply burned. In the minds of the Thunder players.

Continue to attack, this is Brooks's choice. He is full of confidence in the Thunder's offense. It is precisely because of the offense that the Blazers are still behind and unable to turn over.

"I have to remind you that the Thunder are fighting back-to-back today! Twenty-four hours ago, these nasty guys were still head-to-head with the beasts of Sacramento and Cousins! Yesterday's game, the Thunder played very hard. Now The game entered the fourth quarter, and their stamina was on the verge of collapse! Increase the intensity of physical confrontation, especially on the defensive end. We want the Thunder to make every goal more difficult! Sooner or later, that group of guys play. Let them drag themselves down!" Ricard also wrote and drew on the tactical board, but what he drew was one defensive change after another.

In the third quarter, the Blazers' defense has forced the Thunder to close their double-digit lead. Facts have proved that Ricard's choice is extremely correct. Now, as long as these 12 minutes are more, the lead will be reversed sooner or later!

The tense break was broken by the harsh electronic buzzing, and Brooks and Ricard watched their soldiers come on the field. What should be said and arranged, the two coaches have done almost the same. How the game is now depends on how the players play on the court!

As soon as the fourth quarter started, the Trail Blazers showed their strong psychological quality.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers were able to advance unhurriedly while falling behind. The fans can also understand that there is enough time for the game.

But now, the game has come to the fourth quarter. If the situation is not reversed quickly, there will be no chance for the next quarter.

So when the fans saw Miller's "slow" ball-handling command, they didn't think how anxious they were.

The Thunder's backup point guard, Reggie Jackson, another demon who borrowed the Westbrook banner in the playoffs last year, dare not despise the old man standing opposite him.

The young and energetic Reggie did not lose much in front of Miller today. As an old fritters who has been in the NBA for 14 years, Miller is very handy when dealing with a rookie like Reggie Jackson.

No, Miller called a pick-and-roll for the first time in this attack. You know, Miller owns the ball to break through the offense, this picture is not common.

An Jie's pick-and-roll has greatly slowed Westbrook's pace, although after so many years, Westbrook's ability to prevent pick-and-roll has been very good. But Anjie's pick-and-roll skills are still improving.

Seeing Miller suddenly came, Ibaka and Morris were in trouble. Should such a guy stop him from scoring, or should he stop him from passing the ball?

Decisions on the basketball court must be made in a flash, because fast-paced games will not give you too much time to think.

This situation is true for the Thunder's two insiders, and it is also true for Miller.

Should we fight or pass! ? In the end, Miller fooled Ibaka by a simple throw. The basketball went into the net with a hollow heart. No one could have imagined that the first goal after the opening of the fourth quarter would come from this veteran.

However, many neutral fans hate Ricard's choice.

It seems that the Blazers offense is still so dull. Even a guy like Miller can get the right to fire, which is enough to show that the Blazers have kept all their strength on the defense.

Sure enough, Reggie Jackson, who was in possession of the ball, just took the ball across the center line and received a "warm" hospitality from Miller.

In an instant, Reggie's rhythm was disrupted. Now let alone a breakthrough, Reggie Jackson must be very focused if he wants to keep the ball.

After finally taking the ball two steps beyond the three-point line, Reggie Jackson took a closer look. This is great. Under the close defense of the Blazers players, now I can't even see a pass route!

At this time, in order to give the players a full rest, Durant and Westbrook were not on the court. If it was before, Reggie encountered a situation where no one could pass, he would just throw the ball to Westbrook or Durant. But now, with the Thunder without a leader, the offensive line has been cut again, and Reggie is even more at a loss.

Seeing the offensive time elapsed every second, Reggie Jackson had no choice but to stand up first.

Seeing this situation, Old Miller immediately moved across and stepped firmly in front of Reggie Jackson. Reggie knew that he would not perform miracles again today.

He vaguely saw Perkins who was in a good position on the inside. Reggie didn't hesitate. He made a decisive decision and successfully handled the ball first!

However, Reggie regretted it just as soon as the ball was released. An Jie, who was blocking Perkins in between, sprinted forward, opened his big hand, and was stunned to succeed in destroying the pass before Perkins received the ball.

Fortunately, An Jie with this semi-substitute lineup was unable to fight back as fast as usual.

Andre Miller is still advancing unhurriedly, and at this time, the Thunder's lead is only the last two points left.

Kendrick Perkins, the strong low-post defender who helped the Celtics win the championship is not a persimmon.

An Jie was still in the process of taking a position and knew that this guy's defense was extraordinary.

Perkins is not afraid of confrontation, to be precise, this guy is very fond of making contact with opponents.

But I have to admit that this strong big man has no sense of existence on the offensive end than Morris. Similarly, when Anjie changed his way to deal with Perkins, Perkins would not be so fierce.

How much can a guy who is close to and invisible on the offensive analyze what the opponent thinks on offense? Surely not much.

Seeing that An Jie was struggling with Perkins in the low post, he blinked at Old Miller. Old Miller understood, he patted the ball unhurriedly outside the three-point line, waiting for his teammates to move.

An Jie started immediately, and Perkins was not to be outdone. He was like a hound staring at a lamb, biting on An Jie's ass.

Perkins can indeed be called a fierce hound, but Anjie is not a docile lamb.

Suddenly! Robin Lopez appeared before Perkins. If you just ran into it so straight, maybe who would get fouled!

There is no way. In the face of this ball-free pick and roll, Perkins has no choice but to go around.

This little time is enough for Anjie and Miller to complete the handover of basketball.

When Perkins speeded up and rushed to Anjie, Anjie did not stop, but also speeded up and ran face to face with Perkins.

Because he was chasing a little too quickly, Perkins couldn't make him turn around quickly with such a big body. This strong big center forcefully "brakes" and greets him, but he slipped and fell to the ground in embarrassment!

An Jie passed by Perkins and got rid of this trouble. The Thunder's basket was only torn apart!

An Jie rushed into the penalty area. What surprised Brooks was that none of the players on the court dared to stand in front of An Jie.

After all, no one wants to be the target of the top ten **** today.

An Jie filled the frame with both hands vigorously, and the Moda Center, which had been squeezed for three quarters of the game, was like a volcanic eruption, with hot lava flowing into the hearts of every fan.

"Come on! Kill them!"

"The City of Torn Never Give Up!"

The shouts of the fans in the stands made Van Gundy almost unable to hear the sound in the headset.

An Jie's dunk brought the two sides back to the same starting line again. After scoring the goal, Brooks immediately called the game to stop, but Anjie hooked his fingers at the main players on the Thunder bench.

"Want to beat the championship? Come on, please!"

Brooks didn't say much about Reggie Jackson's fatal mistake. Role players are like this, once you can't grasp the opportunity to perform, the head coach will refrigerate you.

Westbrook knew that now the game should be taken over by him. This guy is extremely excited during the timeout, but sometimes it is too excited, which is not a good thing.

Back from the timeout, Brooks had to put Ibaka, Morris and Westbrook on the court in advance. On the Trail Blazers side, Anjie is still playing with four substitutes.

But in fact, such a lineup can allow An Jie to allocate more energy to Westbrook.

Morris' offensive ability will not make Anjie too bothersome, let alone Robin Lopez on the court.

Although the person facing Westbrook is the old Miller, in fact, the real threat to Westbrook is Anjie!

From the first second of Westbrook's breakthrough, Anjie kept imagining in his mind the breakthrough route and attack method that Westbrook might choose.

With Robin wiping his ass, An Jie is not afraid that Westbrook will break through the ball.

Of course, Westbrook didn't know the trap that Anjie was laying out. He is still self-consciously breaking through and winning the game earlier is the only idea in the mind of this impatient defender.

So before the Thunder's counterattack horn sounded, they were ruthlessly annihilated by An Jie.

Westbrook crossed the crowd two strides to reach the basket, but was slammed by An Jie who got rid of the entanglement.

The same picture reappeared after tens of seconds, and Westbrook now sees only the basket. The more Anjie prevents him from scoring, the greater the proportion of the basket in his eyes.

Brooks wanted to shout and pass the ball off the court, but publicly questioned Westbrook, which was of no help to the team.

Westbrook is still squandering opportunities, but Anjie helped the Trail Blazers from a four-point lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter to a four-point lead~www.NovelMTL.com~ Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Brooks was finally willing to put on all the starting five. And Ricard also waved his hand to let all the main players play. Anjie's defense disrupted Brooks' plan, Brooks didn't know yet, one step was wrong, and then he would step wrong!

Subsequently, the Thunder's offense finally improved. But the later the time, the more tired the main Thunder team was forced to play early.

Where's the Trail Blazers? The main force of the Trail Blazers, who has been fully rested, is the more courageous in the battle!

Durant has been using his precise shooting to help the team clenched the score, but when the game was suitable for the last minute, even Durant lost his sight for physical reasons.

The stamina Aldridge made two consecutive jump shots on Ibaka's head, helping the Trail Blazers firmly stabilize the 4-point advantage.

In the end, this 4-point advantage was maintained until the end of the game.

104 to 108, the defending champion cleanly defeated the menacing Thunder at home.

The 19-game winning streak, the Thunder, which is considered the most likely to end the Trail Blazers’ winning streak, has become a small foil in this winning streak.

After the game, everyone praised Aldridge for hitting two key goals in a row at the last moment.

But Van Gundy said something different.

"This game was over from the moment Ann finished blocking. It was him who made the Thunder's arrangement a mess."

Van Gundy was right. Angel, who was smiling and embracing the Thunder players at the moment, was the culprit of the killer Oklahoma City Thunder!

Another powerful enemy fell at An Jie's feet. Perhaps, the era of this guy has really come!