The Way of the Center

"Hohohoho, a wonderful low-post singles game. Ann has been very strong offensively since the second quarter. Now, let's see how James will play and respond."

More than half of the second quarter was played, and Anjie completed the scoring task assigned to him by Ricard very well. Just now, even if James personally defended An Jie, he still couldn't stop An Jie's footsteps.

Can pass James with his feet, let alone a center, even many outside players cannot do this. Anjie's back-up skills have really become the top existence in the league.

Even James himself began to go to the Olajuwon training camp for special training. Among them, Anjie's performance is the place that can impress James the most. When Olajuwon took the initiative to accept An Jie as a disciple, it really achieved results. In recent years, the business of the Olajuwon training camp has been getting better and better, and even James, Anthony and other stars have signed up. Without Anjie, the Olajuwon training camp would not have been so convincing.

One-on-one defense against An Jie failed, James intends to vent all his grievances on the offensive end. So far James has performed very well, and he has repeatedly responded with difficult goals in the face of Anjie.

This time, James is also not to be outdone. Gerald Wallace's worries before the game became a reality. In the face of LeBron James, the former Bobcats All-Star simply had no power to fight back.

At the small forward position, Gerald Wallace has always been the stronger one. But today, his physical advantage is simply useless against James. How could Gerald Wallace be able to cope with a guy who even struggled against An Jie.

James didn't use extra skills at all, but went straight to the penalty area after a simple change of direction in front of his body.

That simple change of direction in front of the body could not fool Gerald Wallace at all. "Elvis Presley" accurately judged the direction of James' breakthrough, and wanted to use his chest to withstand James' impact.

He did so. If it were someone else, Gerald Wallace would have successfully defended the ball. But facing James, Wallace was directly crushed!

Even if he guessed James' breakthrough trajectory, he couldn't stop James from advancing. James is like a heavy tank. Although a small armored vehicle is in front of him, he can still ignore the obstacles in front of him and drive straight to the basket.

He easily rushed past Gerald Wallace's defense, but James didn't feel any complacency in his heart. He knew that facing the Blazers, the real difficulty of attacking was after the breakthrough. How to deal with Anjie behind Gerald Wallace is what James really needs to think about.

as expected,

James had just gritted his teeth and made a breakthrough. As soon as he looked up, he saw Anjie return to the basket "on time".

Seeing a heavy tank rushing towards him without any reduction, An Jie didn't take half a step back. No matter who it is, as long as he dares to step into the three-second zone, he will stick to it!

James continued to rush towards the basket, and Angie raised his arms and was ready to accept the impact. Just when the collision like a comet hitting the earth was about to happen, the orange-red basketball suddenly flew to the outside.

James' breakthrough attracted the attention of almost all Trail Blazers players, and even Anjie did not direct his teammates' defense in time. Because his attention is also all on James.

Watching the basketball fly by in front of his eyes in astonishment, An Jie groaned inwardly. Because the person waiting to catch the ball in the open is also a guy who should not be ignored.

The guard wearing the Heat's black away jersey received a basketball from James. Although his three-point shooting percentage has been criticized by the outside world, it does not mean that he is not sure of such an opportunity.

He took off, shot, and his posture was a bit stiff. It could be seen that he was not a shooter, but even so, Jamal Crawford still tried his best to interfere with the jump. Why the whole Blazers team is so nervous about a person who doesn't shoot three-pointers very well, the answer is simple, because this guy's name is Dwyane Wade.

"A big open opportunity! LeBron James' breakthrough shot fooled everyone in the Trail Blazers!" With Mike Brin's exclamation, Wade's three-pointer also went into the net. This is Wade's first three-point shot today and the first three-point hit. This guy may not have a good three-point shooting percentage, but it is still not allowed to give him a big open.

"The Trail Blazers better not forget that LeBron isn't the only danger on the Heat."

The Big Three of the Heat refer not only to James. Today, Bosh played very awkwardly under the care of Anjie and Aldridge in turn, completely failing to reflect the role that a giant should have. But Wade has been scoring silently. Maybe it's because James is too dazzling, which caused people to ignore Wade's performance. But in fact, Wade's state today is also very good!

"This is difficult..." Ricard clasped his hands and thought. An Jie tried his best, but he could only restrain James slightly. But if Wade stood up again at this time, it would mean that Anjie had two hands and couldn't handle it.

As the saying goes, what you are afraid of will come, and before Rickard has figured out a countermeasure, Wade once again caused damage to the Blazers inside.

With the increase of age, Wade's breakthrough speed is no longer as good as before, and the power of his lost step has also greatly decreased.

Angie still remembers that in his rookie season, Wade used the stray step to clean himself up. At that time, even as Wade's opponent, Anjie was full of amazement.

But now, Wade's lost step can no longer be improved as before, and naturally he can't complete the breakthrough as beautifully as before. However, there are slow ways to play slow. Now Wade can use his breakthrough footsteps to frequently create fouls, and Anjie has become the first victim.

An Jie originally thought that it would be enough to block Wade's breakthrough footsteps, but he didn't expect that Wade's stray step did not avoid the big defender like before, but actively leaned on the big defender.

Once the big defender has the slightest suspicion of infringing on the offensive side during the defender's breakthrough, the referee will whistle without hesitation. This time, there is no exception.

Although Wade didn't let Wade score directly, Anjie's defense was almost equivalent to a failure. Wade is not allowed from beyond the three-point line, but he is very stable at the free throw line. Two free throws and two free throws, the two sides who were originally even, immediately had a five-point gap because of Wade's three-pointer and free throw.

The role of the Trail Blazers immediately became a chaser. Although the score gap is not big, the psychological changes of the two sides are very rich. Now, more pressure falls on the Trail Blazers at home.

This is the role of a star. A gap in an anxious and difficult game is enough to change the situation of the game. Even if Bosh is restricted miserably today, James and Wade are enough for Anjie and the others to drink a pot.

Fortunately, Anjie's momentum on the offensive end has not stopped. Under Spoelstra's defensive principle of not double-teaming, Anjie has hardly encountered any obstacles.

Facing Joe Anthony, Anjie can use his skills and flexibility to easily find opportunities. Facing Bosh, Anjie can directly attack wildly with O'Neill-style crushing style of play.

The offensive performance of Aldridge and Wesley Matthews, like Anjie, was not affected.

Therefore, although the Heat suddenly gained momentum in the second quarter, the score was still not opened much. 55 to 50, the Heat entered the locker room with a five-point difference.

"Ann, keep sticking to the basket! Whether it's James or Wade, they are the kind of players who like to break through and shoot close to the basket." Ricard doesn't expect James and Wade to be locked up on the outside , Looking at the entire league, no one can do this. He can only pin his hopes on Anjie, and only the barrier formed by Anjie in the interior can become the most feared obstacle for James and Wade.

On the offensive end, the Blazers must also rely on Anjie to operate. Otherwise, An Jie is the core? He has to be on both ends of the offense and defense for the Blazers to play at their level.

"If Spoelstra still doesn't double-team, you make that Filipino regret making this choice! If he double-teams, LaMarcus and others, I hope Anjie can get help in time!"

"Don't worry, I'm ready to score at any time." What Courtney Lee loves most is to support this kind of thing.

"The point difference is only five points, solid defense, strengthen offense. Let's go, go to the field, let me continue to fight!"

Under Ricard's arrangements and instigation, the Blazers, who were behind at halftime, did not lose heart, but instead played more vigorously.

Especially Anjie, he has used two fierce defenses in this quarter to force James and Wade to choose to shoot from the outside.

While attacking, the poor Bosh was overturned to the ground one after another by Anjie "in accordance with the rules". The game became more and more intense, with more and more physical contact. After an easy eight-game winning streak, James certainly did not expect that they would encounter such tenacious resistance today.

Looking at this situation, it is just a dream come true to try to open the score in the third quarter. So Ricard and Spoelstra tacitly replaced their main players for a minute or two the day before yesterday, allowing the rotation players to resist this period of time first.

As for the second team, the Heat are not even a star behind the Trail Blazers. Courtney Lee's three-pointer allowed the Blazers to narrow the gap, and Jamal Crawford's breakthrough allowed the team to turn the score over.

When the third quarter ended, the score became 78 to 78, and the two sides drew!

The weak advantage that Wade and James have finally established cannot withstand scrutiny at all. If you want to tell the winner, you have to wait until the moment when the game is over!

In the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, An Jie was ready to turn the tide. But James and Wade will not let him succeed easily.

No matter who wants to win, both sides have to pay a lot of sweat. This game is not easy for anyone.