The Way of the Center

"Tim Duncan hit Anjie back! We can see that Duncan's desire to attack is very strong now. There is no way to do this. There is not much time left in the game. The Spurs must score quickly to keep the last hope. Duncan turned around. Hook! Scored! Goal scored! The great San Antonio hero, Duncan stood up for the team again!" Just when all the Spurs fans were desperate, Duncan made a successful post-up single, which brought them There was a glimmer of hope.

3 of 8 shots, this is the shooting percentage that Duncan handed over today. It can be said that throughout the series, Duncan was defended by Anjie in a panic. But at the moment, no one cares whether Duncan's shooting percentage is too bad. As long as he can score key goals, he will still be dangerous.

"Ann! What are you doing! Concentrate, we are about to win, we can't lose the chain at this time!" Ricard yelled at An Jie from the sidelines, and An Jie nodded silently.

An Jie admitted that when he faced Duncan just now, his attention was indeed not as focused as when he first started. Duncan spelled it out like this, which had a great impact on An Jie.

But An Jie knew that he could not show mercy. Even if Duncan was beaten to the point where he couldn't stand up, An Jie had to strike and give him the final blow!

So shortly after Duncan scored, Anjie swayed Duncan away with a step, easily picked the basket and scored again. Everyone applauded Anjie's superb footsteps, and secretly felt sad for Duncan's old state.

"There is no hope. As long as Ann is still on this field, San Antonio will never see hope." Jeff Van Gundy didn't want to pour cold water on the Spurs fans, but that was the case.

In the next attack, Anjie's consecutive hits were finally interrupted. His turnaround jumper knocked out of the frame, and Duncan's best effort greatly interfered with Anjie's shooting.

But the Spurs' nightmare was not over. Aldridge jumped to the basket at some point and took advantage of his height and wingspan to pick off an offensive rebound on Diaw's head.

The Trail Blazers' No. 2 man took off immediately and didn't give the Spurs any chance to defend.

Aldridge easily put the basketball into the basket, and a minute later, not only did the Spurs not close to the score, but the point difference was widened again. At this time, Duncan felt like a deflated ball, suddenly softening.

Across the league for 17 years, Duncan has seen countless counterattack games. So he also knows very well that unless God appears, otherwise, the Spurs will not be able to catch up in this game...

"Tim, serve quickly!" Duncan didn't recover until Parker pulled Duncan's jersey. The "Stone Buddha" still had no expression on his face, and people were wondering why Duncan was in a daze just now.

But Popovich could see that his No. 21 big boy couldn't move anymore. The San Antonio Spurs are about to lose their second home game.

Tony Parker's pass was destroyed by Lillard, the basketball flew out of the baseline, and the Spurs re-served. Taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity, Popovich replaced five players. Obviously, he wanted to replace all the starting five tigers. This means that Popovich gave up!

Tony Parker looked at the big screen at the scene, and then at the basketball "lying" quietly on the ground. The Frenchman didn't want to leave yet, and he wasn't willing to let San Antonio fall like this. But the tired bodies of Duncan and Ginobili have been constantly reminding the French that the Spurs are really old.

"Damn it!" Parker walked off the field unwillingly, and high-fived Corey Joseph who replaced him. The GDP trio sat on the bench with depressed expressions. In front of them was Popovich with the same blank eyes.

Wu Hua picked up the camera and froze the scene. The expressions of these four people are really meaningful.

Seeing that Popovich gave up the game, Ricard also replaced the main force with the second team. An Jie heaved a sigh of relief, every rest was a kind of relief for An Jie. Only by experiencing it for yourself will you know,

Playing against the Spurs is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface.

The game restarted, but there was dead silence in the ATT Center. None of the 18,000 fans left the field. Although they no longer had hope for the game, they wanted to spend the last few minutes with these big boys.

In this desperate atmosphere, the electronic buzzer at the end of the game was like a horn of freedom, which relieved everyone.

It's over, it's over. Not just this game, when the total score became 3 to 1, the entire series is almost over.

Duncan suddenly buried his face in the towel, he didn't want others to see the scene of his tears. It is precisely a veteran like him who can see reality more clearly.

Although there has been a 3-1 comeback in the history of the NBA, this kind of thing has never happened in the history of the Western Conference Finals.

The reason is simple. When the game reaches the level of the Western Conference Finals, usually both teams are very strong. It is almost impossible to win three consecutive games against a strong opponent while falling behind.

Unless, the Spurs broke out collectively after returning to Portland and won two games in a row. However, judging from the current state of the Spurs, the probability of this happening is too small.

The team's shooting percentage was 38.9%, and Leonard, Danny Green and other Spurs' fresh blood did not shoot more than 30%. Tony. Parker, although the shooting rate is good, but he was only able to score 14 points. These 14 points are also the highest score for the Spurs today.

On the other hand, for the Trail Blazers, Anjie Kuanglan scored 40 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and Aldridge also scored 31 points. Although the Spurs have done a good job of defending the rest of the Blazers, when Anjie and Aldridge can score 71 points together, the Spurs are also powerless.

"Win!" Aldridge waved his fist vigorously. This low-key Trail Blazers second leader knew that he had already stepped into the circle of the finals. Stepping into the finals means that Aldridge has the opportunity to use another championship to make his mother who suffers from breast cancer proud.

Seeing that his teammates were very excited, An Jie was also in a good mood. Indeed, this year the Spurs are indeed very strong. People say that this year is the best chance for the Spurs to win the championship, which is true.

It's a pity that the Spurs encountered a bad opponent. If they are allowed to talk directly to the Heat, the Spurs may not necessarily lose. But the war in the west is sometimes so tragic.

It wasn't until Duncan was the last to walk into the player tunnel and disappeared on the court that the fans at the ATT Center were finally willing to leave.

Anjie likes San Antonio fans very much, because no matter win or lose, they will always be by this team's side. But there is no way, An Jie also wants to win, he also wants to win the championship. And the only way to reach the finals is to break the hearts of these lovely fans.

Sorry, everyone who loves basketball. Tonight, only Portland fans can feel the joy of victory.

After the press conference, Anjie and his teammates boarded the plane home. If nothing else, they should be able to end it all in Portland, in front of their own fans.

Half an hour after the Blazers' special plane took off, the Spurs' special plane also took off from San Antonio International Airport.

Duncan leaned his head against the window, unable to close his eyes and fall asleep no matter what. The higher the plane flew, the brighter star of San Antonio became dimmer. It's like the Spurs this season, and now they've become bleak.

Maybe this team really needs a new leader to make him shine again.

Duncan's eyes fell on Leonard, a young small forward who, like Duncan, couldn't sleep. He's watching tape, figuring out why he couldn't beat the Blazers.

This fool, wanting to beat the Trail Blazers is not something that can be done by watching tape one night. Leonard needs to accumulate and grow. Only in this way can the Spurs have hope of breaking out of the West again.

But Duncan didn't bother Leonard, because this is also part of his growth.

"Come on, kid." Duncan whispered to himself, and gradually closed his eyes.

The sky in San Antonio, it's time for another person to support it.

The two planes moved forward along the same trajectory. Goodbye San Antonio. It's not that you are not strong enough, but at this moment, everyone is living in the era of Anjie...