The Way of the Center

"Team doctor!" When Ricard heard An Jie yell out the word, his heart tightened for a moment. The injury that everyone in the league hates has finally come.

"What's going on?" Paul George didn't want any misunderstanding between An Jie and them. He rushed to the "scene" immediately, and Aldridge was still curled up on the ground in pain.

Seeing this situation, George turned to look at Hibbert and West.

"It's true that I fouled, but I swear, I won't make him like this if I hit his palm." Hibbert raised his hand, he didn't want to take the blame for hurting Aldridge.

"It seems that LaMarcus should not be able to continue the game. Since Ann joined the Trail Blazers last season, almost no one has had a major injury. It is precisely because of the high health of the lineup that last season they were We were able to reach the Western Conference Finals. All these things seem to make us forget that the Trail Blazers were destroyed by injuries!" Mike Breen suddenly remembered two names in his mind, Brandon Roy and Gray Greg Auden.

"No, no, no serious problem. I think he didn't suffer from trauma." The team doctor did a simple check on Aldridge on the field, but found that his bones and joints in all parts were very healthy.

"Isn't it caused by trauma? Could it be possible!" Ricard suddenly became more nervous, and he quickly called the team doctor to send Aldridge back to the locker room. In fact, at this time, a team doctor from a medical team had already called the ambulance.

The team doctor is right, Aldridge's injury is much more serious than a broken bone...

"What's going on?" An Jie asked Ricard in confusion, but Ricard just waved his hand.

"Win this game for me first!"

After a commotion, the referee urged the players to restart play. Due to Aldridge's injury, according to the rules, Ricard had to designate a person on the bench to replace Aldridge and also take free throws for him.

no doubt,

J.J. Hickson, who performed well off the bench, became the replacement. He hadn't warmed up when he just played, so he only made one of two free throws. But it doesn't matter, the Trail Blazers are still in the lead.

In the following games, the Trail Blazers were not affected by Aldridge's injury. But their offensive firepower in the interior has undoubtedly dropped a notch.

J.J. Hickson undoubtedly has the ability to play as a starter, but more often than not, he can only show his value on the dirty work of defensive end and rebounding. In terms of offense, although this guy has a certain range of mid-range shooting, he is not accurate. Most of the time he wants to score, he finishes around the basket.

Unable to open up space for Angie, West and Hibbert can double-team Angie unscrupulously. And Hickson's lack of offensive means also made Ricard's tactical choices a lot less in an instant.

Fortunately, Anjie and Orsi did a good job this summer. Even if Aldridge is missing, someone will always stand up to fill the vacancy left by him. It's just that when An Jie is attacking, he will play very hard.

Once again, he was about to reach a deep position in the interior, but in the next second, Hibbert and West both defended him at the same time!

If only one person goes around to defend An Jie, An Jie still has a way to get rid of it. But when the two elders held up their hands in front of them, the situation was quite different.

Not to mention scoring now, Lillard can't even pass the ball in. Hickson was emptied out, but Lillard didn't give him the ball. After all, he is really not a threat far from the basket. It's not that Lillard doesn't trust Hickson, but that in training, everyone knows each other's abilities well.

Helpless, Lillard had to give up the idea of ​​continuing to attack the inside. He beckoned for Iguodala, ready to cooperate with outside players.

In the end, through a pick-and-roll cut inside, Iguodala received a pass from Lillard and completed a layup. Even if the current Trail Blazers are seen as dead inside, they still have a strong outside scoring ability.

Rickard is thankful, fortunately, this summer's Trail Blazers have completed their transformation. If this is replaced with last season's lineup and Aldridge is injured, this game is really dangerous for the Blazers.

After that, the two sides played very anxiously. The Pacers have been clinging to the score. Although they have been unable to complete the overtake for a long time, they did not let the Blazers go too far under the leadership of Paul George.

While Ricard was concerned about the situation on the court, he was also worried about Aldridge's injury. If the team doctor's diagnosis is correct, and if Aldridge did not fall to the ground due to trauma, the result will be very bad!

"Hey, the result is out." Divac received a text message from the team doctor on his mobile phone. He and Ricard have been paying close attention to Aldridge's health problems. Unexpectedly, what should come is still here.

"Is that it?" Ricard asked Divac, distracting himself slightly from the pitch.

Divac didn't answer, just nodded silently. Ricard looked very angry, and reporters who didn't know thought Ricard was dissatisfied with the team's performance.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Pacers who fought back-to-back and the Trail Blazers who traveled continuously away from home had no energy left. At the beginning, Matthews and Batum missed consecutively on the court. Seeing this situation, Ricard took Iguodala up ahead of time. But after Iguodala came on the court, he also gave the Pacers more confidence with three consecutive strikes.

Paul George wants to lead the team to counterattack now, but their situation in back-to-back battles is not much better than that of the Trail Blazers. George Hill and Lance Stephenson seemed to have an appointment with Batum and the others, and they kept fighting. And "Black Yao Ming" Roy Hibbert also played very embarrassingly under Anjie's defense. He made only 23% of his 3-of-13 shots. As a center, Hibbert's shooting percentage was even lower than that of Stephenson, who has a poor hand.

As a traditional center, Hibbert let people see potential and hope in him. But in front of An Jie, this guy undoubtedly exposed a lot of problems. The disadvantages of confrontation ability and foot movement make him unable to shoulder the heavy responsibility against the real top center.

The subsequent game completely turned into a war between Anjie and Lillard against George and West. Although there are five players on each side, three of them are actually decorations. Now it depends on whether George can defeat the tired Iguodala, and whether West can seize the opportunity of Aldridge's absence to show his talents. If they can't, then Anjie and Lillard can maintain this advantage until the last moment!

Facts have proved that the young George is still too immature in front of Iguodala. It was troublesome enough to deal with Anjie. After Iguodala completely gave up the offense because of the cold hand, he performed even better on the defensive end.

As for West, because Hickson was repeatedly attacked by West with shots, Ricard replaced Hickson with Meyers Leonard and let him and Anjie set up a double center. lineup.

The effect of this substitution is very obvious. Leonard has the advantages of wingspan and height. It is not easy for West to shoot in front of him.

Of course, West tried to tease Leonard with his superb footwork, and it turned out that the slow-moving Leonard was indeed powerless.

But whenever West successfully swayed into the paint, Anjie would suddenly come out to give him a "surprise". Hibbert has been completely fooled by Anjie, and his attack point has completely lost its threat. Because of this, An Jie dared to boldly complete the good show of blocking the front and back with his "little brother" Leonard.

The Pacers' last two attack points were both contained, and nothing but defeat awaited the Indianapolis fans.

In the end, after spending a full 48 minutes, the Trail Blazers narrowly won the away game by a narrow margin of 98 to 92. If Aldridge was on the court, the game might not have been played so hard.

Anjie scored 33 points and 13 rebounds alone, and there is no doubt that the best player in the game will also belong to him. It's just that An Jie is really not in the mood to be interviewed by the reporters now. After hugging Paul George friendly, An Jie hurried into the player tunnel. This formation made it seem like the Trail Blazers were the loser.

"How's LaMarcus? Is it a broken finger?" Anjie still clearly remembers Aldridge's painful expression just now. If it's just an ordinary rub or sprain, it's impossible for a tough guy to look like that of.

"No, LaMarcus's bones are very healthy. But..." Seeing that Ricard frowned tightly, An Jie really couldn't associate the word "very healthy" with Aldridge.

"but?"

Ricard pointed to his heart. "I don't know the scientific name of this disease. In short, Lamarcus has a heart problem. We have learned about this problem before, but he hasn't had any symptoms. But now..."

"Heart...Is there a problem with the heart?" An Jie swallowed, this really sounds more scary than breaking one or two bones...

"Let's go boss, we'll go to the hospital after taking a shower." An Jie quickly took off his clothes and walked into the shower, hoping that God would stop joking with the Trail Blazers.

Please remember the first domain name of this book: . Mobile version reading URL: