The Way of the Center

Irving limped in the player tunnel. Through the big screen, An Jie could see the expression on the young defender's face, which was so unwilling and painful.

The painful expression on Owen's face did not come from the pain in his knee. Rather, he knows that his trip to the finals this year may have come to an end...

"Damn it!" Irving took off his jersey and slammed it to the ground. He rejected all the people who came to help him, and limped towards the locker room by himself.

The big screen at the scene suddenly went black and then lit up again. But the picture has returned to the court.

James and An Jie looked away at the same time, and they happened to meet each other. Having met James on the stage of the finals for three consecutive years, Anjie can be said to know James very well.

Therefore, only Anjie captured the expression of James sighing slightly. This time, even the "little emperor" felt that the Cavaliers were hard to recover.

"The game isn't over yet! It's not over yet! Everyone, keep defending!" James began to shout loudly on the court. This is what a team leader should do. Even if the team has been pushed to the edge of a cliff, the leader must not fall down. Down!

Australian guard Matthew Dellavedova stepped in and became the only candidate for the Cavaliers' No. 1 position at this critical moment.

In the World Cup last summer, Anjie was very impressed with Dellavedova. One word to describe this guy is "crazy".

He belongs to the kind of particularly active player, as long as he is on the court for a second, he will do his best to fight.

But unfortunately, this is not the FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup, this is the nba finals, the highest level stadium on this planet. Dellavedova's positivity may not be able to make up for the impact of Irving's absence on the Cavaliers.

Since it was Irving who blocked the ball out of bounds just now, it is now the Trail Blazers who serve again.

Dellavedova's active entanglement did cause Lillard a lot of trouble, but his tight defense gave Lillard a lot of passing opportunities.

Just when Dellavedova and Lillard were entangled, the orange basketball suddenly flew into the hands of Aldridge, who was in position at the middle distance.

Young Tristan Thompson saw this and immediately posted it, but Aldridge just threw the ball in the air at will and let it go.

Thompson turned to look,

An Jie, who was ambushing outside the three-second zone, had already cut in at this time, but Mozgov was thrown halfway away by An Jie.

An Jie, who was wide open in front of him, jumped lightly and caught the basketball thrown up by Aldridge.

Before Mozgov could react, Anjie smashed the basketball into the basket with one hand to help the team take the lead.

The fans of the Cavaliers hugged their heads and sighed. Irving's injury cast a shadow over everyone on the field.

Angie wearing a mask is the Dark Knight in Portland, but Hellbringer in Cleveland. His dunk almost shattered the Cavaliers' hopes of winning.

With 40 seconds left in the game, the Cavaliers were still two points behind. With no time wasted, they immediately organized a counterattack.

When Irving is not on the court, James is standing directly on the baseline and waiting, intending to control the ball by himself.

However, what James didn't expect was that Iguodala, this guy, actually followed him. In response to James' full-court press, from the first second he received the ball, Iguodala did not intend to allow the No. 23 to comfortably handle the ball.

I have to admit that Iguodala's defense did cause James a lot of trouble. You know, Iguodala's body is also very strong.

James stumbled along the way before finally bringing the ball over the halfway line eight seconds before. However, when James dribbled the ball across the half, he realized that he had no passing options.

Thompson and Mozgov are basically zero on the offensive end, and Dellavedova's shooting is not accurate. As for the Cavaliers shooting guard Iman Shumpert, this guy feels freezing cold today. And the key ball is by no means Shumpert's strong point.

James adjusted his breathing. At this moment, going it alone seemed to be his only option!

As a result, James began to distance himself from Iguodala. Iguodala didn't force it up, and deliberately left a little space, just to prevent James from breaking through.

Seeing that Iguodala was not fooled and the game time was getting less and less, James didn't hesitate and started to speed up!

The bodies of the two strong forwards slammed into each other. In the end, James was knocked back a few steps, and Iguodala was knocked back by James.

"Damn it!" Seeing that the 24-second attack time was about to run out, James didn't wait any longer, but jumped up high outside the three-point line and shot!

"Oops!" Iguodala had already given James a lot of space, and when he was knocked open, it was almost impossible for him to block this three-pointer.

In this way, James got a nearly open shot. Angie, who was at the basket, immediately crossed a gear, and Mozgov and Thompson didn't even have a position at all.

The orange basketball was spinning in the air, and James' eyes were fixed on it. This ball carried all hope.

"Boom!" With a crisp sound, the basketball hit the neck of the basket and bounced out. James missed his three-point shot!

Seeing this situation, An Jie's legs were like clockwork. He immediately took off with precision, opened his big hands, and took off the rebound steadily.

Without hesitation, Mozgov immediately deliberately fouled Anjie and sent him to the free throw line. With 6 seconds left in the game, the Cavaliers were only 2 points behind. But now, everyone knows that James is gone!

Angie walked to the free throw line amid boos from the entire Quicken Loans Center arena, and one ardent Cavaliers fan even took off his shirt to reveal his fat body and did a funny dance in the stands behind the backboard to show Come to distract Anjie.

An Jie naturally saw this funny scene, but his attention was all on the referee's basketball.

An Jie steadily made two free throws, pulling the point difference to four points. The Cavaliers have no timeout, which means that this game has ended early.

When Dalavidowi moved forward with the ball, James did not follow up, but walked directly to the bench.

Irving, who was being examined by the team doctor in the locker room, couldn't help crying when he saw this scene. Obviously his performance today is so good, obviously the Cavaliers are about to reverse the situation, obviously...Obviously the victory in this game should belong to Cleveland.

But now, with his injury, everything has disappeared.

Irving's knee was not healthy, and he played with an injury. But the intensity of the finals still far exceeded Irving's imagination. Maybe his battered knees couldn't support such a game at all. It's just that this young and passionate No. 2 defender doesn't know it.

At the end of the game, Anjie's key rebounds and key free throws ensured that the Trail Blazers could get off to a good start.

With 26 points and 15 rebounds, Anjie's data is still exaggerated, and the Trail Blazers' victory is still beautiful. It's just that behind this glamorous stadium, no one noticed that LeBron James had already quietly left the stadium.

This proud "little emperor", who was trying to snatch the O'Brien Cup from Anjie, walked out of the court with his head down.

After the game, An Jie, who was named the best player in the game by espn, was naturally "hunted" by the media as always.

Many questions from the reporters were not painful or itchy, such as their views on the victory of the game, and whether they had the confidence to win the series and so on. However, a question from Wu Hua made An Jie fall into thinking.

"Ann, what do you think of Kyrie Irving's injury!?" Wu Hua's unique question attracted everyone's attention.

"It's a pity, really. Kyrie is a very good young guard. He can make the game more thrilling. It's just a pity that God didn't favor him tonight. I just hope that Kyrie can get better sooner." An Jie's words are true, absolutely no falsehood.

It seems that this year, LeBron James can only fight with Anjie naked.

No one would have thought that Game 1 of the NBA Finals would end in such a dramatic situation.

The Trail Blazers made a 1-0 start. If the Cavaliers lose the next home game, James will have no choice when the game returns to the city of tearing!

So the second game of the finals, this is a fateful game for James. When the time comes, he will let the whole world know. Even without Irving and Love, LeBron James will definitely do his best!

After winning a game, what awaited An Jie and the others was just the coming of another more intense battle...