The Way of the Center

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"Big hat! Jeremy Lin's layup was ruthlessly sabotaged by Ann! God, I can't think of what the Rockets need to do to break through Ann's defense. Jeremy Lin's layup selection is no problem , It’s just that he never expected that An Jie’s defensive speed would be so fast!” With a clear sound on the court, the Rockets’ first offense in the second quarter was just like that An Jie pinned him on the backboard.

Jeremy Lin quickly retreated unwillingly. When he layup just now, he clearly saw that An Jie was still entangled with Asik. However, the moment he shot, this big guy miraculously appeared.

An Jie held the basketball high with both hands, for fear that he would be robbed. Only when the Rockets' players retreated to their own half did Anjie hand the ball to Old Miller.

Watching An Jie press down with both hands again, McHale knew that this number 00 was going to attack by himself again!

"Ann's desire to win today is extremely strong. He wants to sink the Rockets. Look, other people have opened up space for An. He wants to single-handedly fight the Turks!"

Faced with Jeremy Lin's not-so-violent defense, Old Miller steadily passed the ball with a hit to the ground to allow Anjie to control the ball as he wished.

Asik pursed his lips nervously. As soon as Anjie leaned forward, the Turk felt his whole body become stiff.

While Asik was still praying that he would not die too badly, Chandler Parsons was ordered to double-team.

Iguodala hasn't scored a point since he played today, which is why Parsons dared to let him go. What's more, between Anjie and Iguodala, there is Jeremy Lin who can intercept the pass at any time. An Jie wants to transfer the ball to the empty space, I am afraid it will not be that simple.

The double team between Parsons and Asik was formed instantly, and Anjie's room for movement was squeezed to the greatest extent. He is now unable to make any other actions except for raising the basketball with both hands to avoid steals.

But how could a simple double-teaming make An Jie misfire? After playing for so many years, which team has defeated An Jie by double-teaming?

An Jie looks very embarrassed now, but in fact he has already observed the running positions of his teammates. Instead of standing still and waiting for the ball, Iguodala came to meet Anjie.

Anjie missed the ball lightly, and Iguodala burst out with the ball! When Iguodala passed Anjie with the ball, Anjie immediately covered his crotch with both hands and made a pick-and-roll for Iguodala.

Parsons was firmly blocked by An Jie,

Asik reacted for a second and quickly chased back.

But the slow-footed Asik couldn't keep up with Iguodala's speed. With a beautiful one-handed heavy dunk, the Rockets' double-team tactic officially failed.

"McHale seems to have forgotten that Ahn's passing is also quite threatening. In the early years with the Thunder, you even had Ayn as a playmaker. Right, Jeff." Mike Breen" ", bringing the topic of passing to Van Gundy, who once coached Anjie.

"That's right, even though Ann is a center with a height of 2.19 meters, this guy's passing ability and overall view are no less than an ordinary point guard. My favorite tactic back then was to use An Spread the offense for the central axis. His vision and passing can always help his teammates find easy scoring opportunities.” Jeff Van Gundy affirmed Anjie, if McHale still wants to win, then he is the best It's best not to let Anjie revitalize the entire team.

Sure enough, in the next round, the Rockets immediately gave up double-teaming Anjie. McHale now only hopes that Asik can hold Anjie, let Howard get some breathing time and help him back a few fouls.

However, Asik, who was not strong enough, failed to complete the task. After receiving the ball with his back, Anjie squeezed Asik with his back and forced a turn, facing the frame for a dunk. With one simple step, the Turks were defeated by Anjie.

McHale covered his forehead, and the point difference was widened again. Up to now in the second quarter, Anjie still has never missed a shot. The former legendary striker of the Celtics walked up to Howard. McHale didn't say anything, and Howard nodded.

He knew what he should do, and his only task was to contain An Jie as much as possible!

Taking advantage of Jeremy Lin's breakthrough and being violated by the old Miller, Jeremy Lin who stood on the free throw line finally gave the Rockets the hope of scoring, and Howard and Harden also tore off their training clothes and rushed to the field.

The Rockets' eight-man rotation was originally tailored by McHale to allow the Rockets to maintain a high combat effectiveness at any time in the playoffs, but now, the eight-man rotation has made the Rockets' players quite nervous.

Facing other teams, the eight-man rotation may still be able to handle it. But facing the Blazers, eight people seemed a bit too few.

"Coach McHale also replaced the modern combination, but I don't think this substitution can cause much change in the situation." Jeff Van Gundy watched Harden and Howard play, but he was still not optimistic about the prospects of the Rockets.

"Oh? How do you say that?" Mike Brin asked.

"The biggest problem for the Rockets now is actually their defense. Looking at the shooting percentage of the Trail Blazers players today, the Rockets' defense is not at the playoff level at all. And Harden, he is definitely an outside defense Colander. After he comes on the court, the Rockets’ defense might be even worse. As for Howard, in front of Anjie who is in good form, Howard can’t do anything on the defensive end!”

As soon as Jeff Van Gundy finished speaking, Anjie grabbed the offensive rebound and quickly hooked it, making a second attack.

The Rockets thought their defense was finally working when Matthews missed a shot from beyond the arc. However, Anjie's active scrambling at the basket made the Rockets' joy short-lived. As soon as Howard came on the court, he was humiliated by Anjie's consecutive attacks.

Now that the game has reached the second quarter, the Rockets are already a little desperate. An Jie's condition is so good today, so good that he can't stop him from scoring at all.

Anjie just kept scoring goals, scoring goals, and scoring goals. Until the end of the game with five minutes left in the second quarter, Ricard waved Anjie off the field. Yet another nightmare for the Rockets, Damian Lillard, is back in action.

"Coach Ricard's substitutions are very clever. He deliberately staggered the playing time of Ann and Damien, so that there is always an attack point on the court that the Rockets cannot cope with. I have to admit, Darmian Mi En and An are in excellent form today. The combined score of these two guys accounted for almost 80% of the team's total score!"

Lillard, who had held back most of the game, was still excited after he came on the court. This guard who seemed to have always maintained his vitality made Jeremy Lin suffer a lot from his continuous shots on the court.

The smoother Lillard plays, the bolder this guy is.

When the game was about to end with 5.6 seconds left in the second quarter, Lillard took the ball across the half court in a leisurely manner, and then suddenly pulled up and shot two steps from the midfield line.

Jeremy Lin tried his best to interfere, but Lillard always maintained a posture of pressing his wrist. In the end, this ultra-long-range three-pointer fell into the net with the red light on the backboard.

Three points at the buzzer! Lillard is as unstoppable as Angie!

"This is the gap in strength, and we can see that the Trail Blazers haven't shown their full strength today!"

"Without too many subtle tactics, the Trail Blazers made the Rockets miserable just by relying on the individual performance of two players!"

"Is it necessary to continue the game? Coach McHale's coaching skills simply cannot cope with the current situation!"

During the break, no one thought the Rockets could come back. Because the gap between the two sides on the field has been clearly seen.

34 to 55, just halftime, the Blazers widened the point difference to 21 points!

In the third quarter, Anjie still played first, and Lillard rested on the bench. There is no doubt that Ricard's substitution strategy will be exactly the same as before.

But even if he could guess Ricard's substitution strategy, McHale couldn't do anything about it. The two guys, Lillard and Anjie, are not something that anyone in the Rockets can stop.

The impetuous Rockets began to strengthen their offense and speed up the tempo. However, what awaits them is not the indentation of the difference, but the iron strike again and again.

Anjie also performed very well in protecting rebounds today. Whenever the Rockets players miss shots, the rebounds are likely to be his.

The more missed shots, the more anxious the Rockets will be. The more anxious the Rockets are, the lower their shooting percentage will be. This team with almost no system was beaten to the ground by the defending champion. And An Jie's score in this game also jumped up.

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Motiejunas just got an open shot by mistake on the offensive end, and he also took advantage of his good luck and scored the ball.

However, the Trail Blazers players didn't seem to react much after seeing the opponent score. Especially the two leaders, Ricard and An Jie, seemed to be okay.

Now, the Trail Blazers are coming back, and Motiejunas is ready to compete with Angie.

People say that the playoffs are the stage for fame, so why can't the one who becomes famous be Motai Yunas?

Thinking of this, Motel, who was not in the eight-man rotation but qualified to play, became excited. If he looked at the expressions of Howard and Asik, maybe he could guess what a stupid decision it was to challenge Anjie.

Motaiyunas tried to support An Jie's back to prevent him from exerting force. But the Greek may not have thought that in this way, his defensive center of gravity would become lower.

Faced with this layman's defense, An Jie didn't even have to sit back. Turning around on the spot and stepping back to shoot a jumper, Robin Lopez, who was sitting on the bench, suddenly stood up when he saw this scene. Back then, Anjie used this move to kill Stanford University, which had two brothers, Robin and Brooke!

"Swipe." The basketball crossed a beautiful arc and hit the net again. This time, Robin didn't hold his head in frustration, but waved the towel excitedly.

After this shot was scored in the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, the point difference between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers was officially pulled to 30 points. The garbage time has come long ago, otherwise, Motaiyunas would not have the chance to play.

Rickard called a timeout. The main reason he called this timeout was to replace An Jie and other main players.

Meyers Leonard, Thomas Robinson, Dorell White, Allen Crabbe and Earl Watson, Anjie's old teammate from his rookie season, played five people. Ricard sent his own third team, a good humiliation of only eight people can rotate the Rockets.

"Hey, congratulations buddy, you played well!" Lillard excitedly rushed up to hug Anjie who was off the field.

"Is it just good?" An Jie smiled and looked up at the big screen. On it, there are statistics he has obtained so far.

With 46 points, 18 rebounds, 3 blocks and 1 steal, Anjie's performance really cannot be summed up in the word "good".

An Jie looked at Yao Ming who kept applauding, looked at the excited fans, and looked at the boiling commentary area. He knew that he had dedicated another wonderful show to this world.

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