The Way of the Center

"Ann's pick-and-roll was in place, and Andre Iguodala broke through again! This time, Bogut didn't defend Iguodala, but stuck to Anjie. Harrison Barnes struggled It's useless to bypass Anjie, and Andre has surpassed him by at least two positions!" As Iguodala's breakthrough deepened, Mike Breen couldn't help standing up.

After Iguodala broke through, Drummond Green quickly made up the defense. I have to admit that this stocky insider's defensive speed is really fast. After all, two seasons ago, Draymond Green's registered position was still a small forward.

But in the face of Green's supplementary defense, Iguodala was not afraid. Don't look at Iguodala's statistics this season are a bit "horrible", but at critical moments, this guy will definitely stand up for the team.

Seeing Iguodala jump up to meet Green with his arms raised high, the fans in the Moda Center were all taken aback. Is it possible that the 31-year-old Iguodala still wants to reproduce the violence he experienced in the 76ers? buckle?

"Come if you want!" Green is not someone to provoke. Although this guy is short, he is never afraid of physical confrontation. Iguodala wants to be head-to-head, but Green wants to be taught.

Just when Iguodala and Green were about to make contact, the experienced small forward suddenly hooked his waist in the air, put the ball in his arms, and successfully passed Green's armpit.

After evading Green's defense, Iguodala stretched his body again and raised the basketball in his arms above his head again. A nice pull up layup! Iguodala escaped the defense beautifully and scored successfully!

"Good shot! Definitely one of the top 10 shots in this series! Andre's movement is so smooth, when people forget about him, he will always stand up and tell everyone, I'm still this ball One of the pillars of the team!" Mike Breen stood up and shouted for Iguodala's wonderful performance. After this goal was scored, the Trail Blazers also officially overtook the score, leaving the Warriors in a passive position.

It seems that this is Iguodala's wonderful goal. But in fact, Anjie's pick-and-roll and his containment of the defense are the keys to the success of this offense.

Ricard gave Iguodala and Anjie a thumbs up. These two guys fully utilized what he arranged.

The Warriors' defensive chain was cut by Ricard.

The Warriors are indeed strong, but their defense is not impeccable. Although Bogut is very intimidating when he sits at the basket, he is afraid that the opponent will use the center to pull the outside line for pick-and-roll cooperation. He will be trapped in his footsteps, making Bogut unable to expand to delay the opponent. If he expands, he will not be able to protect the basket. And Green's height disadvantage also makes him very disadvantaged in front of inside offensive players like Anjie and Duncan. The old and hot Spurs are choking on this point, and they played the Warriors in the regular season so that they wanted to cry. Ricard, who has studied countless Warriors game videos, also "learned from Popovich" to lead the team out of the predicament.

You know, Anjie's destructive power on the offensive end is unmatched by even Duncan. With Anjie as the pick-and-roll, whether it is inside or outside, whether it is attacking or involving defense, Anjie can help the team score.

Steve Kerr couldn't limit Angie's pick-and-roll for a while, so he didn't call a timeout at all, but hoped that the team could make up for this disadvantage with strong offensive firepower.

Now that David Lee has been sidelined by Cole, the Warriors cannot effectively solve the defensive problem even if they make substitutions just relying on Ezeli on the bench and Speights who is more offensive than defensive.

The first quarter of the game came to an end in the confrontation between the two sides. When the red light on the backboard came on, the score of the two sides became 29 to 31. After 12 minutes of fierce fighting, the Warriors were temporarily behind by two points.

The Warriors fans, who were so happy, couldn't help calm down when they saw this scene. Although the current Warriors are indeed strong enough, it is not so easy to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers.

The playoffs are completely different from the regular season.

The Warriors can't rely on the winning experience in the regular season to defeat the defending champions again.

Steve Kerr glanced at the players in front of him, and David Lee looked at Kerr expectantly, but Kerr finally looked away from David Lee.

"In the next game, we will put more energy into the offense!" Steve Kerr's words surprised many Warriors fans.

Obviously, the reason why the Warriors fell behind just now is because they didn't have much to do on the defensive end. However, their coach not only does not want to solve the defensive problem, but also wants the team to devote more energy to the offense.

"Play against the Trail Blazers, and slowly speed up the pace of the game! As for defense, I want you not to hesitate, make up defense when you need to make up defense, and press when you need to press. A mere pick-and-roll is not enough to make us be defeated. Defeat!" Cole wrote and drew on the tactical board, and everyone in the Warriors also listened carefully to the deployment. The strength of the Trail Blazers, they have experienced it just now. If such a game is not taken seriously, their result will only be the same as the previous two teams!

Wu Hua frantically held up the camera to shoot in the stands. This time, he was not shooting the stadium, but the stands behind him.

Wu Hua recorded the expressions of the group of Blazers fans wearing dark red short-sleeved T-shirts, regardless of age or gender. The stands of the Moda Center, which can accommodate nearly 20,000 people, are also a unique landscape.

This group of guys, men, women and children, were all shouting to the rhythm of the live DJ. They are all waiting, waiting for the heroes of their city to play again.

"Beep~~~" The unique electronic beep sounded in the NBA league, the coaches began to throw away the tactical board, and the players played for each other. Wu Hua withdrew his gaze and focused on the court again. He raised his arms, ready to cheer for Anjie's entrance. Today, this guy is also wearing a red T-shirt with "Rip, City" on it...

An Jie stood up from the bench, and immediately, the cheers in the Moda Center soared to a climax.

An Jie jumped twice and stepped onto the court again. Sometimes, the support of this group of fans can really bring great motivation by itself.

Over there, Ezeli has replaced Bogut and sent the baseline ball. Curry quickly advanced across the half, and the Warriors' offense came head-on.

The offense ran a series of pick-and-rolls and off-ball runs, and Curry eventually set up Klay Thompson for a 3-pointer. As soon as the second quarter came up, the Warriors overtook the score.

In this defense, Wesley Matthews' palm was already sealed to Thompson's face. However, for this natural shooter, Matthews' interference was a bit late.

However, before the Warriors, who had just overtaken the score, had not had time to be happy, An Jie used a chance to cut inside after a pick-and-roll, carried Aizeli on his shoulders and completed a powerful dunk!

The Trail Blazers' tactics are still basic and simple, but Anjie's destructive power is unmatched.

Originally, the inside players of the Warriors had obvious shortcomings, but now they have encountered a team that focuses on inside offense, and they are even more at a loss.

The two sides took the lead alternately again, but Cole was not discouraged. He didn't expect to be able to restrain An Jie with such a defensive lineup, but he believed that the offensive firepower of the Warriors would be stronger than An Jie.

"Three-pointer again! Stephen Curry! With this shot, Curry is still two steps away from the three-point line!"

"Ann directly hooked through Azeli's defense! Azeli wanted to reach the basketball, but he was still a long way off! It's too easy, the inside of the Warriors is simply Ann's playground!"

"Curry assisted Draymond Green and made a mid-range shot. Green was not afraid of Aldridge, and his expression even contained some provocative meaning."

"Ann's going for a layup!? No, it's a fake pass. The basketball came to Aldridge. Instead of taking a shot, Aldridge followed up with a one-handed dunk! Wow! We rarely see Aldridge have Such a tough time! It seems that Green really made Aldridge angry. But I want to say, Ann's precise pass in the double-team is the key point of everything!"

For a while, the mouths of the commentators were "occupied" by Anjie and Curry.

A No. 00 and a No. 30, they made this Western Conference Finals extremely exciting. Sometimes the two teams took the lead alternately, and sometimes they were tied, and the score was always very tight.

When Curry hits an unreasonable three-pointer, Anjie can always do some incredible things inside. When Curry assists his teammates to score, Anjie can also use his exquisite passing to connect the whole team.

Fans and commentators are getting more and more excited. Such a great matchup is the Western Conference Finals they want to watch!

The two teams come and go, no one can take too much advantage, and no one can widen the gap too much.

There is no doubt about the personal abilities of Anjie and Curry, and the team strength of the Trail Blazers and Warriors is equally great. Even the brain battle between Cole and Ricard was evenly divided.

At the end of the second quarter, the two sides ended in a tie. 58 to 58, the scores of the two teams are relatively high, and O'Neal even claimed: "This is the most exciting half of the NBA this season!"

The meeting of two powerful teams sparked passion in Rose City. The half-time battle is over, but the two sides are still standing on the same starting line.

The outcome between the strong and the strong is often not decided until the last moment.

The first game of the series, Anjie and Curry, has been tested. Whoever can last until the end of the 48-minute game will win the final victory!

This is a tug of war, not only about skills and tactics, but also a test of willpower.

In such competitions, usually only the strongest of the strongest can have the last laugh.