The Way of the Center

Michael Beasley, six or seven years ago, this guy was no less famous than anyone present.

The No. 1 high school student in the United States, the next NBA superstar, and even in college, Beasley also showed his impressive strength.

It was such an unlikable guy who successfully defeated An Jie in the 2008 draft and became the second pick of the year.

At that time, the Heat were rebuilding, and both Pat Riley and Wade needed a strong helper to get the Heat back on track. And Michael Beasley, a well-known genius, naturally became Riley's best choice besides Rose.

It's a pity that after Michael Beasley entered the NBA, he began to seek pleasure. Originally, this guy played by talent in high school and college. And his talent, after arriving in the NBA, is not so easy to use.

The former No. 1 high school student in the United States gradually disappeared from people's field of vision, while An Jie, who was only selected with the 12th overall pick, used his own efforts to shine in the NBA.

Two people with different starting points have gone to two completely different extremes. Watching Anjie overwhelm James on the field, Beasley pouted. I can't believe that I was actually competing with such a terrifying guy back then.

After going around in Minnesota and Phoenix, Michael Beasley joined the Heat again this year, hoping to follow in the footsteps of the Big Three and win a championship trophy.

But from the current point of view, Beasley's championship trophy was taken away by An Jie.

"Fuck!" Next to Beasley, the impatient Spoelstra suddenly cursed. Just on the court, James' forced layup was stopped by An Jie again.

Now there are only more than four minutes before the end of the game, but the Heat still can't close the score. The Heat's mentality has collapsed now. Just now, Wade didn't even grasp the opportunity of two free throws.

Desperately, Spoelstra stood up and glanced at the bench. The Filipinos suddenly came towards the substitute players, and Beasley was still wondering which unlucky guy was going to play.

"Michael! You will replace Rashad later and play the fourth position!"

"Ah!?" Seeing that Spoelstra stopped in front of him, Beasley couldn't believe it.

From the regular season to the present this season, Beasley has only played more than 20 games in total. Especially in the playoffs, Beasley couldn't even get into the regular rotation. But now, in this desperate moment,

Spoelstra actually want to replace himself?

"What are you still doing in a daze, go to the technical table and get ready!" Seeing that Beasley hadn't responded for a long time, Spoelstra cursed angrily.

When Beasley first joined the Heat before, thinking that he was the future hope of the Heat, Spoelstra would speak more politely to him. But now, don't expect the Filipinos to give the former No. 1 high school student any good looks.

Although Beasley used to be very proud, but now he dare not slack off in the slightest. If there is something that doesn't agree with Spoelstra, the Heat might let him pack up and leave immediately.

Beasley sat down in front of the technical stage. He didn't expect that he would compete with Anjie again on the stage of the NBA Finals.

The difference is that this is not a drama about Beasley vs. Angie. This time, the No. 1 high school student was just a dispensable accessory.

Chris Bosh was already out of breath, but Anjie didn't stop there. He sat down suddenly and squeezed towards the basket.

Lewis immediately raised his hands to make up for it. Anjie was double-teamed under the basket, and there was no room for a shot at all.

Anjie was unflappable, he held the ball in one hand, and circled behind Lewis. Outside the encirclement, Aldridge was left completely empty.

James immediately picked up speed and rushed towards Aldridge. Just when the desperate No. 6 just arrived in front of Aldridge, Aldridge passed the ball again. There is no doubt that the target of his pass is Iguodala.

This time, the Heat's defense was completely torn apart. Iguodala made an easy shot without interference from the middle distance, and the basketball went into the net hollow, 76 to 96. Iguodala's goal made the difference between the two sides officially 20 points!

"Hey." Wade sighed, the game still had four minutes to end, but the Heat were already behind by 20 points. It seems that his 13-14 season is really over.

After the goal was scored, Michael Beasley went into battle. When An Jie saw the guy who was still very annoying on the field, this No. 00 actually had a feeling of space-time confusion.

The first game he played in the United States was against Michael Beasley in the 2007-08 NCAA season opener. Unexpectedly, many years later, they competed in the same field again, but the situation of both sides was quite different.

After Beasley came on the court, his main task was to score. If it's for defense, Spoelstra would rather play himself than let Beasley play.

The first attack of this fallen genius after he came on the field was a mid-range shot. But now, no one would cheer for the No. 1 high school student's goal. Beasley's innocuous goal could no longer change any results. All the fans in the Moda Center have gone crazy, and they will meet again with the O'Brien Cup in more than three minutes!

After the Trail Blazers counterattacked, Aldridge took the lead in pressing into the penalty area, and Chris Bosh had to stick it up to prevent Aldridge from continuing to go deep.

Seeing this situation, Michael Beasley swallowed. Bosh goes to guard Aldridge, so doesn't that mean...

Before Beasley could finish thinking, the strong No. 00 leaned against Michael Beasley with his back!

"Ann singles against Michael, oh my god, are we back to seven years ago?" Van Gundy looked at it with great interest. After so many years, Anjie and Beasley will face off again, what will it look like? ?

Seeing that Beasley was misplaced to defend Anjie, Miller Sr. didn't even think about it, and hit the ground to pass. The basketball rebounded accurately and came to An Jie's hands.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Beasley pursed his lips, and kept pushing himself in his heart. At this moment, An Jie's strong and broad back suddenly exerted force!

"Bang!" There was a muffled sound from the fierce collision between the muscles. Only God knows how much impact Beasley received just now!

"Damn it!" Beasley panicked with chest tightness, and his strength had not improved much compared to before. But An Jie, his changes can be described as reborn! What did this guy do to him in seven years! ?

Beasley, who was unreliable in high school and college, has no way to guard against real insiders when he comes to the NBA arena. What's more, Anjie is still the top inside player in nba.

Seeing that Beasley's defense was in shambles, Bosh planned to go up and help. But Aldridge was in the middle distance, and the game didn't dare to let him go.

No double-teaming, no support. Anyway, the Heat's defeat is already set, so what does it matter if An Jie scores another goal?

Therefore, the only thing Michael Beasley can rely on now is himself. This guy adjusted his center of gravity and reposted it!

Little did he know that An Jie didn't rely on strength to continue crushing, but took advantage of the opportunity of Beasley's center of gravity to turn around suddenly! This time, Beasley was quite frightened. Because he found that An Jie turned around so fast that he couldn't keep up at all!

"Impossible!?" Beasley didn't expect that Anjie could clean himself up with just one step. As a player who mainly played the third position, he couldn't keep up with the opponent's center forward. This kind of thing, who changed it, would be unbelievable.

Beasley has been playing too little in the past few years. He doesn't know that the current basketball world is completely different from the past.

"It's fucking useless!" Spoelstra cursed in a low voice. He couldn't believe that he missed Anjie because of such a guy.

After breaking through, An Jie jumped with both feet, and smashed the ball into the frame vigorously with both hands. If it weren't for the reinforcement of the NBA's basketball hoops, Kenny Smith was really worried that An Jie would become another person who smashed the rim.

This heavy dunk completely killed the Heat's hopes. Originally, other than Spoelstra, he was already prepared, but when An Jie dunked the goal, his legs suddenly softened and he almost fell to the ground.

In the end, the Miami Heat failed. What "records are made to be broken" is nothing but self-deception. From the beginning, the Blazers had no intention of giving up the championship position. Spoelstra slumped back to his position, this season, over...

Yes, it's over. After this goal, both Spoelstra and Ricard replaced all the main players. Rickard even sent in Allen Crabbe, a first-year rookie who didn't play much. On the Heat's side, the aging Ray Allen and Wade had rosy eyes.

They lost the nba championship and did it twice in a row.

When the referee blew the long-awaited whistle, the entire Moda Center erupted like a volcanic eruption. Everyone jumped up from their seats, countless arms raised high. At this moment, the 20,000 fans at the scene and countless people outside the Moda Center shouted in unison: "We are the champions!"

If it wasn't for the foresight of the Portland city government to move most of the city's police force to the vicinity of the Moda Center, God knows whether this group of excited fans would have demolished the Moda Center.

On the streets of Portland, countless cars honked their horns. These fans who couldn't be there are celebrating the Trail Blazers' successful defending in their own way!

The moment the red light on the backboard came on, An Jie rushed out of the bench immediately. Instead of hugging his teammates, he found the Blazers' mascot, the flame cat, and snatched the flag the mascot was holding.

An Jie opened the team flag of the Trail Blazers and put it on himself like a cloak. Afterwards, the tall yellow-skinned guy wore the flag across the field, jumped onto the technical stage, and faced the stands with his arms raised high.

"Long live, Anjie! Long live, the Blazers!" The fans bowed and bowed one by one, saluting the king wearing the national flag.

"We are the champions, we are the kings of the world!" An Jie was not to be outdone, and shouted loudly at his "people".

At this time, not only the fans, but all the Trail Blazers players, including Ricard and Divac, bowed in the direction of Anjie just like the fans. This group of guys deliberately created this picture for fun, and it has become one of the most classic pictures in NBA history in the future.

"Long live, Anjie! Long live, pioneers!" The yelling continued, and people who didn't know thought that Portland was about to become independent.

Neil Orsey, who was sitting in the luxury box, couldn't help getting goosebumps all over his body when he saw the spectacular scene under his nose. He drank a glass of red wine suddenly to keep himself calm. At this time, I should have been waiting below like last year. But Orsi couldn't convince himself to miss these pictures.

At this moment, the excitement in his heart is the same as when he won the championship for the first time last year. Last year, Orsi, the general manager, had his legs go limp and knelt at the door of the player tunnel. This year, he tidied up his attire, and then bowed to An Jie along with the people on the court.

"I knew you could do it, living legend!" Orsi smiled at An Jie who was holding up the team flag on the court, then turned and walked out of the private room.

It's time to go down and accept the award. The second O'Brien Cup, here we come!