The Way of the Center

Chapter 669: : The duel of two eras

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This season, the Trail Blazers can be described as a dominant team. Judging from the regular season record, their 72 wins are naturally unmatched by other teams. Strictly speaking, the record of other teams is not even close to the Trail Blazers.

Last year, although the Trail Blazers' 69 wins were equally stunning, the Heat's 66 wins and the Thunder's 60 wins were also very impressive. The entire alliance has shown a phenomenon of contention among a hundred schools of thought.

This year is different. In addition to the Trailblazers' horrible 72 wins, the second best record in the league is the Spurs' 62 wins.

Not to mention that the Spurs have ten fewer wins than the Trail Blazers. Except for the Spurs, there is no third team in the league with more than 60 wins.

The number one Pacers in the East has 56 wins, and the Super Heat has only 54 wins. The record of these teams can not be said to be bad, but compared to the Blazers, it is indeed a lot inferior.

Therefore, the media regard this season as a season belonging to the Trail Blazers. Because in the 82 games of the regular season, there is indeed no better team than them, and there is not even a similar record.

The Mavericks originally had a chance to swap positions with the Grizzlies, but in the end, because of a gap in victory, the hapless Mavericks had to run into an incredible trailblazer.

Although the second Spurs in the Western Conference are not easy to provoke, Cuban is still more willing to see his team play against the Second Western Conference than the Trail Blazers.

However, what Cuban did not expect was that worse news was yet to come.

The news of Anjie’s acceptance of concussion testing by the Alliance has been a hot topic in the past two days. Because Anjie's absence will directly affect the trend of the entire playoffs.

Cuban also followed this news from beginning to end, but early this morning, Cuban learned that An Jie has been allowed to play!

what does that mean? This means that the last straw of the Mavericks is completely lost.

ESPN and TN.T also did a special column before the start of the playoffs as in previous years. When the Mavericks and Cuban were mentioned, the hosts expressed sympathy.

"This may be the two teams with the biggest difference in strength in the first round of the playoffs." Jeff Van Gundy looked at the playoffs against the table and shook his head.

"Jeff, if you change to coach the Mavericks, you think you want to beat the Trail Blazers, what do you need to do?"

"What needs to be done? We need to make Dirk at least five years younger! Otherwise, it's no show!" Van Gundy is not the kind of person who likes to make jokes when interpreting the game, when he can only use this joking way to answer This question shows that the Mavericks really have nothing to do.

The Mavericks did not go so well this season. Nowitzki, who is getting older, has declined very significantly this year. Monta Ellis failed to maintain his excellent performance after driving high and low at the beginning of the season.

In the fiercely competitive West, the Mavericks even almost got the ninth-placed Suns overturned, almost improving the playoffs! It can also be seen that the Mavericks can make the playoffs this year, thank God.

Complete the black eight miracle? Van Gundy couldn't think of any possibility.

"Average 30.1 points, 14.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 3.1 blocks per game, shooting 69% from the field. When a team has such an inside monster, they are hard to beat. Anjie's statistics this season , Better than the statistics when he won the MVP last year. What's more, compared to the statistics, Anjie’s dominance on the basketball court is also extremely strong. And don’t forget, the Trail Blazers still have an average per game. Aldridge scored 21.1 points and 9.1 rebounds. What about the Mavericks? Vince Carter? Please, it's the second decade of the 21st century. The Mavericks can't keep up with the rhythm of this era."

Before the playoffs started, the Mavericks had already been looked down upon by the media.

Dallas fans are very dissatisfied with this. On the Internet, fans of the Mavericks and Trailblazers also launched a fierce scolding war.

The Mavericks fans said that Anjie was a hypocrite who relied on flops to sympathize, while the Trail Blazers fans laughed at Monta Ellis's incredible mistakes on the court.

In short, although the strength gap is huge, the popularity of the fans before the battle between the two sides is still not low.

In the midst of this scolding war, April 20 finally arrived. What will this match that has attracted much attention because of the large difference in strength?

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2012-2013 season NBA championship.

Staring at the fake championship pennant hanging in the training ground, Nowitzki was fascinated.

The corridors, locker rooms, and even the current training ground, the Trail Blazers are trying their best to fill the Moda Center with anything related to the championship. This makes this Rose City team always seem inseparable from the championship.

Indeed, the Trail Blazers are also hot to win championships this year. Even the heat of the Big Three was successfully suppressed by Anjie and the Blazers.

"What are you looking at Dirk?" Seeing Nowitzki motionless, Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle stepped up and patted the German on the back.

"Huh? Oh, nothing to watch." Nowitzki smiled at Carlisle, but his heart was full of bitterness.

For 16 years, I have been working **** this 420-square-meter field for 16 years.

What is the concept of 2016? That is to say, when Nowitzki has entered the league to play, Anjie was still in elementary school. But now, the two are about to compete on the same field.

After so many years, this strong German has already felt tired. But there is no way, life will continue, and I must continue to fight against generations of powerful opponents!

Picking up the basketball, Nowitzki tried to shoot. Unfortunately, the first goal was not scored. Looking at the energetic Monta Ellis on the side, Nowitzki shook his head helplessly.

Yes, who made himself 36 years old? The older you get, the more ups and downs your state is. Nowitzki still has the heart of a championship, but his current ability cannot support such a willingness.

It's been 16 years, and soon after, I'm going to play another **** game. These games have filled his life in 16 years.

Now...maybe it's time to simply enjoy the fun of enjoying the game.

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Gasping for breath, Nowitzki ushered in another shock from Aldridge!

But Nowitzki did not retreat. Even though the shock made his chest feel stuffy and made him almost breathless, he still did not retreat!

The cheers of the fans passed by Dirk's ears, that's it, this kind of stadium, which made him obsessed for 16 years!

Aldridge frowned. He didn't know why Dirk's defense was so tough today. However, this issue will be discussed after the game is over. Aldridge, who dared not delay time, hit the ball with a pass, and Anjie, who cut in from the high post, took the ball and took three steps directly.

The experienced Nowitzki knows what Anjie wants to do. Who makes his inside partner Dalem Porter an old guy like himself? An Jie can easily cut inside, which has long been expected by Nowitzki.

Before Nowitzki had time to move his footsteps, Anjie had already jumped high. In the air, An Jie put his hands behind his head, glided for a certain distance, and then energetically filled the frame!

Shaquille O'Neal? No, no, it's not him, that guy is sitting in the commentary area in the middle of the stands. Nowitzki shook his head. Now the center raging on the basketball court is Anjie, a Chinese who may be able to surpass O'Neal.

O'Neal's figure on the basketball court has become a memory forever. And he can no longer complete the replenishment as quickly as he did in the past.

"Slow, slow." Nowitzki muttered to himself, dragging a heavy pace, and ran to the front court again.

Offensively, Nowitzki wants to get rid of Aldridge's entanglement is very difficult.

It's not that Aldridge's single defense ability is so strong, it's just that Nowitzki's own key position and running position can't be compared with the previous year.

Before he could react, Monta Ellis broke his tactics and walked past him.

Nowitzki hurriedly looked back, only to see that the young and reckless guard ate Anjie's "hot pot" again.

This offensive and defensive round is simply the epitome of the Mavericks and Trail Blazers in this game.

The old Nowitzki was powerless on the court, while the young Ellis was thrown to the ground by reality time and time again.

The fans of the Moda Center shouted hoarse, they didn't care if the person fighting with them at the moment was a 36-year-old "old man".

"You shouldn't have chosen this way!" Vince Carter reprimanded Ellis loudly on the court. This UFO, who is one year older than Nowitzki, and even the gray beard UFO, doesn't seem to have the intention to give up the game.

But what is the use? He, like Nowitzki, is just a person who has been smoothed by time.

Ellis dismissed Carter's reprimands. There was a kind of that the old guy snatched the ball from his hand.

In the first two years, Carter averaged eleven or two points per game. But after getting older, the state will collapse. This season, Carter's scoring average is a career low of 5.8 points~www.NovelMTL.com~points, can you still expect Ellis, a guy who hasn't obeyed discipline, to listen to his own words?

Carter looked at Andre Miller on the opposite bench. At least that guy chose an excellent retirement position...

"Beep!" At the end of the game, Carter and Nowitzki glanced at each other and shook their heads together.

85 to 100, the Mavericks in the away game were smashed by the Trail Blazers. If Carter and Nowitzki joined forces ten years ago, they would definitely be a champion-level combination. Unfortunately, their meeting was a bit too late...

Seeing Anjie brazenly celebrating on the other side of the court, Carter and Nowitzki were very envious.

Back then, they also fought on the court like this...

"Fly, while you are still young, fly proudly..." Nowitzki finished talking to himself, turned around and put his arms around Carter's shoulders, and the two old guys helped each other into the player channel. . Mobile users, please browse and read for a better reading experience.

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