The Way of the Center

"It's so fucking amazing!" Seeing that the Rockets took less than seven seconds to score points against the excellent defensive Trail Blazers, even Ricard had to sigh with emotion.

"The Rockets play very fast, we must take the initiative to suppress the rhythm. Otherwise, sooner or later we will be led by the nose by D'Antoni." Divac on the side began to discuss with Ricard.

"Suppress the rhythm? As long as Chris Paul can rush up, we will never be able to suppress the rhythm! How rare, are you eager to let that kid Napier completely contain Paul? Damn the injury!" Ricard couldn't help cursing, this If Lillard was there at the time, everything would be much simpler.

"So let the Rockets run away?"

"Don't worry about Vlad, the soldiers will block you, and the water will cover you. Look again, we will always find a way." Ricard stood on the sidelines with folded hands. Today, this ruffian coach can no longer sit on the bench and turn upside down. Erlang legs up.

"It's okay, it's okay! We just hit back, it's just a ball, it's nothing!" After the Rockets successfully scored with an extremely beautiful running and bombing style, An Jie also shouted to cheer up his teammates.

The Rockets' attack just now was indeed wonderful, but An Jie didn't want his teammates to lose confidence as soon as they came up.

After being encouraged, Napier was able to control the ball calmly in front of him, but just after halftime, after seeing Paul pressing forward, Napier began to panic again.

"Ball!" Just as the flustered Napier was still thinking about how to play this time, Anjie's roar reached his ears.

Napier didn't hesitate, if Anjie called for a pass, then pass the ball directly to him, it must be right!

Anjie received a pass from Napier from beyond the three-point line, and Swiss center Capela had to open his arms and run to a defensive area that he was not good at.

Afterwards, everyone found out. The position where An Jie is standing is exactly where Napier is tactically. In other words, Anjie has now taken over the ball and plans to be the number one in organizing the offense himself!

Seeing this situation, everyone in the Trail Blazers immediately began to move according to tactics. The entire system of the Trail Blazers started working immediately, and the entire offense began to get on track!

An Jie saw that except for Capella, everything in front of him was completely empty. So it was decided that he would play this ball by himself!

Anjie began to dribble the ball with one hand like a defender, and commanded his teammates to move with the other hand. Capella stared at the front with all his attention, but An Jie was not afraid of the Swiss at all, he would definitely be shocked later!

The biggest problem with Capela, a big black man, is his questionable basketball IQ. This guy can't read the game very well, and his defense is basically a little poor. He relies more on his body for food, and he is easy to be dribbled by opponents.

Unfortunately, standing in front of Capela at this moment, ready to attack, may be the most dribbling center on the planet!

An Jie began to lower his center of gravity, dribbling with his left and right hands alternately. Capela also had to lower his center of gravity, but such a defensive posture made Capela, who was accustomed to inside defense, very uncomfortable.

Just as the distance between the two sides was shortening, An Jie suddenly paused, then immediately changed direction, heading towards Capela's left!

"Beautiful dribbling moves, it's hard for you to imagine that Ann is a center with a height of 2.19 meters! Just like back then, it was also hard for us to imagine that a guy with Durant's height and long arms could actually dribble."

Under Jeff Van Gundy's exclamation, Capela tried his best to change his center of gravity and leaned towards An Jie.

Although Capella's movements were very embarrassing, it seemed that he could really prevent An Jie from breaking through!

"It's a mess!" D'Antoni looked at the field proudly. This time, Capela successfully completed the defense!

At the moment when An Jie and Capela had physical contact, when everyone thought that An Jie's breakthrough had come to an end.

An Jie, who had just completed a breakthrough in changing directions, was leaning on Capela again,

Use him as the axis and turn to the right!

Anjie's superb pace and dribbling movements made D'Antoni grow his mouth. And what about Capela? He just changed his center of gravity to the left, only felt a gust of wind blowing, and then An Jie disappeared.

"Beautiful follow-up action! When everyone thought that An's breakthrough had failed, he broke all doubts with a beautiful turn! This is the first person in the league! The first person in the league will not fail so easily !"

With the cheers of the fans in the audience, An Jie jumped high after stepping into the free throw line. Ryan Anderson didn't dare to step forward to stop him. He didn't want to be the background for An Jie's dunk.

In this unstoppable situation, An Jie stretched his body in the air, and after gliding for a certain distance, he smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

"Tomahawk-style dunking! Ann fully demonstrated the aesthetics of violence! Look at the trembling basket, this is why Ryan Anderson dared not step forward to obstruct it!"

Anjie dunked, landed, beat his chest, and roared. Fans inside the Moda Center raised their arms high and yelled along with their king.

Paul even felt that the entire basketball court was trembling in this frenzied atmosphere. That guy An Jie is still as difficult to deal with as ever!

Anjie's goal is not just as simple as allowing the Trail Blazers to score two points. Improving the morale of his teammates is what An Jie hopes to get in return.

The blood and passion of all the players were awakened by An Jie's attack just now. Chris Paul was the first guy to feel the change. Now he wants to bring the ball near the three-point line calmly, but it is not as easy as before.

Although Napier is still unable to force Paul to make a mistake, it is impossible to completely prevent Paul from advancing. But as long as the opponent feels uncomfortable in the attack, Napier can be considered a success.

This time, the scene of the Rockets completing the offense in seven seconds did not appear again. The Blazers' defense is very tight, whether you're Paul or Capela, everyone gets the close-press treatment.

No matter how powerful Paul's passing is, it is impossible to pass the ball without gaps. The Rockets' tactics failed to play out, so they had to rely on the personal ability of the stars to solve it.

In the end, although James Harden relied on his superb skills, he used a step-back jumper to score two points on George's head. But D'Antoni knows that if the Rockets continue to play like this, the ending will definitely not be good!

"Did you see Vlad, there are some things that we don't need to worry about at all." Ricard smiled proudly as he watched Anjie change the state of the team with just one attack.

In the following games, the two sides had offense and defense against each other. Anjie's cameo role in the No. 1 position made the Rockets helpless. And the Rockets' fast running and bombing did put a lot of pressure on the Blazers.

But overall, under the tight defense of the Trail Blazers, Anjie and the others still had the upper hand at home.

At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers temporarily led the Rockets by five points 20-25.

D'Antoni is already a little flustered at the moment, and the five-point gap is not that big, but if the opponent is the Trail Blazers and the battlefield is still the Moda Center, then everything will be different.

The Trail Blazers are notoriously difficult to chase points, and they are also known for widening the gap. Their defense and transition offense will cause you to fall behind by double digits if you don't pay attention.

D'Antoni seemed particularly busy during this intermission. On the Trail Blazers side, everything is proceeding step by step.

The second quarter is coming soon, and the second quarter has just started. The Chinese fans in front of the TV and watching the game now cheered again.

This time, it wasn't because An Jie scored another incredible goal. In fact, An Jie is currently sitting on the bench and hasn't played yet.

The reason why the Chinese fans cheered was because another Chinese player, Zhou Qi, went into battle at the beginning of the second quarter!

"That kid from your country won't cause us too much trouble." Seeing Zhou Qi, who was also tall and long, stepping onto the court, Iguodala couldn't help but elbow An Jie beside him.

"I'm not sure about that, Andre. That boy Zhou is an X factor." An Jie began to look at the field seriously. From the perspective of the Trail Blazers, he certainly didn't want Zhou Qi to perform too well. . But from the perspective of a Chinese player, An Jie hopes that Zhou Qi can perform well.

An Jie was really conflicted at this time, that is to say, under this conflicting psychology, the match between the two sides in the second quarter officially began.

On the first offense in the opening game, Zhou Qi and Eric Gordon completed a high-quality pick-and-roll cooperation.

The latter went directly to the basket through the pick-and-roll. Nurkic, who was a little slower, didn't have time to make up the defense, and the Rockets recovered two points.

In the second attack, Zhou Qi and Gordon repeated their tricks. Only this time, Gordon didn't attack the frame by himself after bypassing the pick-and-roll, but suddenly split the ball and passed the basketball to Zhou Qi, who was unmarked beyond the three-point line.

Zhou Qi didn't hesitate, and just shot from outside the three-point line. This may be why D'Antoni likes Zhou Qi. The shooting range of this Chinese kid is very suitable for the Rockets' bombardment style.

Meyers Leonard's interference was still one step too late, Zhou Qi was not affected in any way, and the three-pointer also went directly into the net.

In just two rounds, the Rockets evened the score, and Zhou Qi and Gordon used the pick-and-roll to complete the two goals.

Ricard looked at An Jie, obviously, he wanted to ask An Jie why he didn't warn Zhou Qi that he was so threatening.

But An Jie just spread his hands innocently, and he said that Zhou Qi is an X factor. It doesn't matter if he can't play, D'Antoni has plenty of people who can be replaced. But once it is played out, it will not be very beneficial to the Blazers.

After the Trail Blazers' offense, Evan Turner's breakthrough layup was blocked by Zhou Qi. After the Rockets attacked, Zhou Qi received a pass from Gordon under the basket and forced a layup.

Although the skinny Zhou Qi was directly knocked to the ground by Nurkic, the basketball still fell into the net by accident, and Zhou Qi got a chance to hit a three-pointer!

After standing on the free throw line, Zhou Qi, with a soft touch, did not disappoint his teammates. This guy made the free throw steadily and made a three-pointer!

The fans of the Trail Blazers were stunned at this moment. Could it be that the Moda Center is really a blessed place for Chinese players?

"Your compatriots are in good shape today!" Ricard did not expect Zhou Qi to become a threat before the start of the game. His appearance actually allowed the Rockets to overtake the score.

This guy can always have a short-lived performance during the regular season, but Ricard did not expect that this time, flowers will bloom in the Moda Center.

"Don't worry boss, Zhou Qi is still too young, he can't change the situation. After the ball is dead, I will defend him myself!" An Jie smiled at Ricard, and walked to the technical stage eagerly Registration is ready to go.

Chinese derby? Ever since I played against Yao Ming in my rookie season, I really haven't met him again.

An Jie became excited. After playing later, no matter whether Zhou Qi is his compatriot or not, An Jie will not be soft...