The Way of the Center

The frenzied summer has quietly arrived, and what matches this hot early summer is naturally the equally hot NBA playoffs. 』E Xiao┡ said Ww┡W. 』1XIAOSHUO. COM

In the morning of the City of Roses, the sky is finally no longer gray. The scorching sun tore through the clouds and threw them straight to the ground. The wet grass was covered with dew, and countless roses were awakened by the morning glow again.

Catherine was still a little sleepy, but the sunlight that penetrated the curtains hit her eyes. She snorted lazily, rubbed her sleepy eyes, turned over, preparing to hide from the sun, and also in order to be able to hug the big man who had been sleeping beside her for the past two days.

However, when Catherine put her arms around her, she didn't touch Angie's strong chest. After opening her eyes, Catherine realized that she was the only one in the bedroom.

"Ann?" Catherine yelled, but there was no response from the empty villa. Catherine quickly picked up the phone on the bedside table and checked the time. It was 10:25 in the morning, no wonder Anjie was not there. This guy must have been in the Rose Garden for a while...

The second most consecutive hits in a single game in the history of the nBa league, and the player with the highest number of shots in the 100% shooting percentage in the history of the nBa playoffs. 17 of 17, double-double, victory over the Spurs... In the past two days, An Jie has once again become the focus of fans' attention, but this time, fans are no longer paying attention to him because of the San Antonio Post the big red headline.

A few days ago, An Jie was pushed to the forefront by countless people, and his strength was also greatly questioned. Now, a few days later, An Jie has become a historical center forward again. Even An Jie himself feels that the outside world's praise for him is a bit too much.

But it doesn't matter, this is how the media make money. How can it attract attention without exaggerating the content and creating topics? Moreover, such exposure is not a bad thing for An Jie.

The sales volume of the Way of the Center was greatly stimulated by An Jie's performance. On Muslav's side, countless business contracts have also been actively embraced by him. Even the leaders of Chinese basketball such as Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming were dug out by the reporters and expressed their views on An Jie.

An Jie knew that the miracle he created unintentionally had affected too many things. But there is one thing that must not be affected, and that is the upcoming game tonight!

An Jie is not a fool. The reason why he was able to make 17 of 17 shots in the last game was that apart from his own strength, good luck also helped him a lot.

So today, An Jie can't guarantee that he can still be efficient. He can't take the enemy lightly, even if they beat the crap out of the Spurs two days ago.

therefore,

Because of Catherine, he didn't practice extra for two consecutive nights. Today, facing the dawn of the city of tearing, he was the first to arrive at the Rose Garden Stadium.

When they came, Anjie and Aldridge said hello, and that guy was jogging around the perimeter of the court as usual. Entering the training hall, the stadium security had already opened the gate of the training field for An Jie, lest An Jie, an "annoying" guy, would disturb himself who had just finished his shift.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, and now An Jie only hopes that everything will go well in the game tonight.

**Vich has not looked very good since he entered the public eye today. There is no way, the Spurs were really aggrieved by the loss in the last game. Even after two days, **Weiqi still couldn't force himself to squeeze out even half a smile.

This gray-haired old man came to the Rose Garden Stadium with emotions today. In the past two days, he has adjusted his tactics according to Ricard's defensive strategy. The Spurs players are also working overtime in Portland to practice offensive moves. If he doesn't win a game in Portland, Vicki won't be able to swallow the breath in his heart.

And what about Ricard? His palms were sweating and he spoke too fast. It was obvious that this rookie coach was a little nervous.

Against the Spurs, Ricard almost exhausted all his abilities. Now if he is asked to come up with something novel to catch the Spurs by surprise, Ricard really can't come up with it.

Maybe in the summer after the end of this season, Ricard will make great progress, but during the mere playoffs, Ricard can't make many changes. After all, he's done a good enough job that if no one reminds him, many people forget that this foul-mouthed guy is coaching an NBA-caliber team for the first time.

Therefore, from a tactical point of view in this game, neither team has an advantage. How the game turns out depends more on the players' performance.

At the start of the game, the Spurs showed that they were more integrated than the Trail Blazers. Duncan, Leonard and Boris Diaw each scored a goal from the outside, mid-range and inside. The Trail Blazers are already one of the best overall teams in the league, but compared with the "grandfather" of the Spurs, the Trail Blazers' offense still seems a bit too dependent on Anjie.

But fortunately, although the Spurs' offense was very smooth at the beginning, the Trail Blazers still bit the score. Only this time, the first one to stand up for the Trail Blazers was no longer Anjie, but LaMarcus Aldridge!

After three games, Aldridge has gradually gotten used to Diaw's opportunistic defense. Therefore, in this game, when Anjie's receiving route was blocked by the Spurs, Aldridge was able to show his talents in front of Dior.

Dior's defense is indeed very smart, but the difference in physical fitness and height between the two cannot be made up by Dior's intelligence alone. Maybe the first three games were okay, but Aldridge, who is also making continuous progress, will not let Dior see himself dead for the fourth time.

"Turn over and shoot a jump shot. The ball has a very high arc of flight. If you have it, go in again! A low-key but deadly killer, isn't Coach Vitch forgetting about Aldridge, a dangerous guy?"

"Diao took off and blocked the block! No, this is Aldridge's fake action. The foul was successful, and Aldridge got two free throw opportunities. To be honest, letting Aldridge free throws is the same as directly sending the Trail Blazers. no difference."

"Aldridge took advantage of the situation to cut in, and Ann stuck Duncan tightly behind him, and Duncan's defensive speed was greatly slowed down! One-handed dunk, wow, this scene is really rare!"

Aldridge, Aldridge. Throughout the first quarter, the name that appeared most frequently was Aldridge. The person who scored on the Spurs' side seemed to be different every round, but on the Trail Blazers' side, it seemed that Aldridge was always scoring.

Six minutes into the first quarter, Ricard replaced Anjie ahead of schedule. An Jie, who only made history in the last game, seemed to have disappeared today. He could only assist Aldridge in defense and pick-and-roll.

But Rickard was not disappointed by Anjie's sinking in the slightest. It is best for Aldridge to withstand it now. Therefore, An Jie, who has saved a lot of physical strength, will always play a role at critical moments.

So An Jie was forgotten by people at the end of the bench. Except for Catherine, few people would pay attention to An Jie. So what if the last game made history? People now care more about Aldridge, who performed better on the court.

An Jie sat down and sat until the middle of the second quarter. Duncan felt good on the offensive end when Anjie was off the field. After Aldridge became the key target of Aldridge, his shooting percentage also dropped a lot.

Seeing that the Spurs were about to expand their advantage to five points, Ricard was finally willing to beat Anjie out!

Facts have proved that it is not unreasonable for Anjie to overwhelm Aldridge as the head star of the Trail Blazers.

After Anjie came back, the Blazers' defense immediately became different. Driving to the paint is now as difficult for the Spurs as outside shots. As for the offense, Anjie obviously doesn't have a magical halo on his head today, but his offensive efficiency is still not low, comparable to Aldridge, who just performed well.

If this is the case, the Spurs still have a chance to stabilize their advantage. But Anjie's excellent coping ability is something that Aldridge doesn't have yet. Under Anjie's organization, the Trail Blazers not only consolidated their defense, but also enriched their offense. The Spurs could only watch helplessly as the point difference was tied. Until the end of the halftime game, the two sides could not tell the difference.

54 to 54, the rhythm of the game seems to have returned to the previous two games.

"The second half! The weakness of the Trail Blazers is in the second half. In the two games we won against the Trail Blazers in the playoffs, almost all comebacks started in the second half!" **Vich thought that today the Trail Blazers He will still go the old way, but when the second half of the game really started, he found that the anxious situation was not relieved at all.

The gdp trio played very well in the third quarter. Parker's steady shooting, Ginobili's terrifying pass and monster breakthrough, and Duncan's steady play against Angie all made the Spurs' score stable. rise.

However, just as Ricard expected, Anjie, who had been quiet for long enough in the first half, finally took over the invisible baton from Aldridge in the second half!

An Jie began to bombard the Spurs' hinterland again, and his all-around offensive methods made the seasoned Duncan a little embarrassed.

Dejuan Blair, Thiago Splitter and Matt Bonner took turns to share the pressure for Duncan, but none of them could restrain Anjie's swing.

Blair is too short, and Anjie can easily hit and score without going into the penalty area and directly hooking. Splitter has too little experience, and Anjie's dreamy footsteps always deceive him into dizziness. As for Matt Bonner, this guy's soft style of play couldn't withstand An Jie's powerful back attack.

In the end, Vicki found that the only way to limit Anjie's momentum was to continue to let Duncan go. Taking turns to face this move will not work against An Jie at all.

So the third quarter also ended with neither side having an advantage, 75 to 73. The Spurs only relied on Ginobili's buzzer shot at the last moment to lead by two points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the coaches of both sides asked most of the main players to rest, and let the team's second team temporarily support the situation.

Courtney Lee and Jamal Crawford performed fairly well, and none of them "transformed" into a superstar today. As a result, Ricard's second team could not choose a third and better player. There is a threat of attack.

Fortunately, the performances of veteran Spurs Stephen Jackson and small guard Gary Neal were also very average. The two sides presented a boring four-minute game to the excited fans. Four minutes later, Vicki took out gdp, and Ricard sent Anjie and Aldridge. The two coaches have a tacit understanding, allowing the rhythm of the game to enter the decisive stage!

"Wesley Matthews! Three points!" At the critical moment, the Spurs paid the price for their defense that focused on blocking the penalty area.

Anjie and Aldridge admitted that it will be very difficult for them to lead the team with scoring under the targeted arrangement of Vicki. But Anjie was always able to find a way to transfer the ball to the outside, and Matthews, Felton and Gerald Wallace, who responded from the outside, did not disappoint Anjie's trust in them.

So in the second half of the last quarter, it was rare for the Trail Blazers to rain three-pointers. Wesley Matthews' three-pointer came with just one hand. The Blazers' strengths are in the mid-range and three-second zone, but today, the Spurs were almost killed by the Blazers' worst scoring method.

He made 6 of 9 three-pointers. This is the answer sheet given to Ricard by the three outside players of the Trail Blazers at the last moment. But these 6 three-pointers went straight to the point and took the Spurs' last breath.

Although the Spurs relied on the cooperation of Parker and Duncan to bite the score, Anjie and Aldridge made a three-pointer and a dunk at the basket at the last moment, but they set the tone for victory.

After a fierce game, the Spurs finally swallowed the second consecutive defeat in the Rose Garden by 6 points.

1o3 to 1o9, even if Vitch was beaten to death, he would be shot through by the Trail Blazers with a three-pointer!

What the **** nonsense, let him ** Vitch met!

Ricard looked at the results with satisfaction. He admitted that when Anjie and Aldridge couldn't score, Ricard just tried the outside line with a gamble mentality. As everyone knows, this test really opened up the outside line.

This result is indeed accidental, but accidental, it must be based on a certain strength.

In any case, Ricard and his players managed to tie the series to a 2-2 tie without any risk.

Ricard, who got a little respite, was not proud. He did not forget that in the playoffs, the Trail Blazers had never conquered the aTT Center yet.

However, one of the two matches that will determine the outcome will be held at the aTT Center!

**Vitch and Ricard are now looking for a way for the team to win two games in a row, tiebreaker? Whoever likes to fight will fight, anyway, the two utilitarian guys Rickard and ** are not interested in the tiebreaker.

It's not easy to tie the score, but don't forget, the playoffs are still going on. The competition between the two teams with close strength seems to be at a stalemate.