The Way of the Center

When did this guy Pachulia go bad? In fact, as early as the Eagles, Pachulia was not a good bird.

It's just that at that time, the attention of the Hawks and Pachulia was very low, so people just didn't know that Pachulia played dirty.

By the time of the Mavericks, most fans already knew what kind of player Pachulia was. Although this guy has a very good personal relationship with Dirk Nowitzki, and he is also deeply loved by Dallas fans. But there is no doubt that he is definitely the object of loathing for many players in the league. His small moves that hurt people on the field really made many people gnash their teeth at him.

Finally, when this guy joined the Warriors and deliberately stepped on and injured Leonard in an important game that everyone watched last season, Pachulia's last "fig leaf" was completely torn off by himself.

Now, Pachulia is definitely recognized as one of the dirtiest players in the league. And he and Draymond Green combined to become the dirtiest inside partner in the league.

People have long wanted to see how the two tough guys, Angie and Morris, will deal with the two villains, Pachulia and Green. As a result, this picture has appeared just now, that is, An Jie and Morris are not afraid of them at all!

Even though Green was waving his iron elbow, Morris was still entangled with it, making it impossible for him to defend immediately.

Even though Pachulia had already made a hurtful move, Anjie was still not afraid, and successfully completed a dunk dunk with an eye for an eye!

When Pachulia, who finally calmed down, saw An Jie provoking him, the Georgian center became irritable again in an instant!

He began to take care of Anjie personally. Even though it was the Warriors' offensive round, Pachulia only wanted to entangle with Anjie.

Pick-and-rolls, tactics, running positions, gaps. These things were completely left behind by Pachulia.

Curry had just passed half court when he raised his hand and asked Pachulia for a pick-and-roll. However, three seconds later, Pachulia was still messing around with Anjie in the interior, ignoring Curry's intentions at all.

Seeing this situation, Draymond Green immediately blocked it instead of Pachulia, but the best pick-and-roll opportunity has passed, and the Warriors' tactics have been seen through. As a last resort, Curry had to pass the ball.

Durant feinted after receiving a pass from a mid-range position, and then used his speed advantage to overtake forcibly and passed Iguodala.

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Morris was pulled to the outside by Green. As for Iguodala, he has been surpassed by half a body. It seems that Durant's goal is bound to be won.

However, Pachulia's sudden appearance blocked Durant's offensive line! This guy wanted to run with An Jie wholeheartedly, but he didn't realize that Durant had already rushed behind him!

"Fuck!" Durant yelled, bumping into Pachulia. And the basketball in his hand naturally fell to the ground.

Watching Durant being guarded by his own people, Steve Kerr couldn't laugh or cry.

Iguodala, who had just been easily broken through, planned to make up for his mistakes. He threw himself and fell to the ground to get the ball.

Without saying a word, Pachulia immediately pressed on Iguodala. Iguodala felt a sharp pain in his lower back, but he fought back the pain, threw himself on the ground and passed the basketball to Napier.

Napier and George immediately went into a fast break, and in the end, George used a simple layup to give the Blazers a lead. When George scored the ball, coach Steve Kerr immediately called a timeout.

The team was overtaken in a good situation. In addition to the high morale of the Trail Blazers themselves, Pachulia is the culprit!

"What are you doing? Zaza!" Cole, who has always been good-tempered, couldn't hold back this time and yelled at Pachulia.

"I..." Pachulia wanted to defend himself, but he found that he was speechless!

Indeed, the attack just now was indeed ruined because of his own mistakes. If he hadn't blocked Durant like an own goal, Durant would have completed a wonderful dunk, and then there would be no quick counterattack from George.

Pachulia lowered his head. He knew that he had fallen into An Jie's trick and caused trouble to his teammates.

Cole patted Pachulia on the shoulder in reassurance. "I think you need to rest, rest man, JaVale, get ready to play!"

After hearing Cole's order, McGee quickly took off his training clothes, bouncing around very excitedly. The Trail Blazers have now overtaken the score, and it doesn't make any sense for the Warriors to dwell on Pachulia's mistakes.

"Except for Pachulia, the starting players continued to play. Ricard knew that the competition of the second team was not good for him, and he would not make a substitution so early. Fight the Trail Blazers to the end and keep working hard!" Cole After speaking, he began to write and draw on the tactical board.

On the Trail Blazers side, Ricard did not relax at all. He needs to widen the gap as much as possible, so that the team will not be completely defeated in the second team.

Finally, the timeout is over. Anjie stepped onto the court again, but that nasty Pachulia was replaced by JaVale McGee.

At least now, An Jie can devote all his mind to basketball. After all, after Pachulia was off the court, An Jie didn't have to think about ways to irritate his opponents.

After replacing Pachulia, Steve Cole was going to let the Warriors' offense completely open. Surprisingly, however, the Warriors failed on the first offense after the timeout ended!

In the face of George's indestructible will, Durant's shot was seriously interfered with and missed. Although Paul George is not a monster-level defender like Leonard. But George, who has been selected to the defensive first team once and the second defensive team twice, is by no means a soft persimmon.

Durant suffered a loss, and the Warriors had no second chance to attack. With Ainger and Morris at the rim, it's nearly impossible for the Warriors to grab offensive rebounds.

Sure enough, Angie was once again the rebounding guy. Although McGee jumped high, this energetic big man completely miscalculated the direction of the rebound rebound.

After Anjie took off the rebound, instead of passing the ball to Napier, he gave it to Iguodala.

Iguodala gestured and moved forward unhurriedly. Obviously, the Trail Blazers have changed their tactics, and they intend to start the offense from Iguodala, the most experienced point!

Since Durant went to mark George, the person standing in front of Iguodala can only be Klay Thompson.

Although Iguodala is not a serious scorer, Clay also knows that if he gets too close to Iguodala, the 34-year-old veteran will definitely educate himself with his excellent instantaneous explosive power.

Therefore, when Iguodala was advancing with the ball, Thompson didn't dare to step forward to block it, but just kept backing with open arms.

Just as Iguodala took his position, Morris immediately made a pick-and-roll, and the person who needed the pick-and-roll was An Jie!

"The small forward holds the ball, and plays pick-and-roll between two inside players. Coach Ricard, always likes to show us something different." Jeff Van Gundy analyzed the game seriously, only to be completely immersed in the basketball court , Van Gundy will experience the happiness that basketball brings to him.

With Morris' pick-and-roll, Anjie got near the free throw line. Iguodala made a quick pass, and Ainger got a fleeting shot.

It's that simple? All that happened just now was just for a CIC? All the fans were whetted. At the same time, Drummond Green followed up instead of McGee and defended in front of Anjie.

As an inside player, Green is not as tall as Paul George. This guy may be able to defend others with his agility and ferocity, but in front of An Jie, Green's height can be used to make a big fuss!

As soon as Green pounced, Anjie immediately took the ball. An Jie passed the ball very easily, because he didn't have to think about Green in front of him at all, he just had to pass the ball from Green's head.

The basketball scraped past Green's scalp and headed straight for Morris. Morris was already standing under the basket at the moment, and as soon as he received the basketball, he jumped up on the spot and dunked with both hands!

McGee jumped up behind Morris to block, but he didn't touch anything. The jumping ability of this beastly power forward may not be much worse than his own.

Once again vigorously hanging the frame, Ricard's subtle tactics and the players' super execution ability allowed the person with the weakest offensive firepower in the starting lineup to score a wonderful two points. Steve Kerr shook his head, the point difference has been further widened.

Ricard's unreasonable playing of cards really made the Warriors hard to defend against. The Warriors suddenly lost their defensive focus, and without a defensive focus, the entire defense became extremely messy.

"Ann was double-teamed inside, but he didn't pass the ball out! God, how did the ball find Iguodala. Andre shot! Go in! Six points, the Blazers opened the gap to six point!"

"George broke through and scored the ball. After attracting Green and McGee, he stuffed the ball into Ann's finger. Ann easily picked the basket, don't be too simple!"

"Napier's 3-pointer! No, it didn't go in... Oh! God! Monster dunk! Ann's dunk is amazing, it's the perfect combination of power and speed!"

Cole never imagined that after returning from the timeout, the first to open up the situation on the offensive end would be the Trail Blazers who played at home and exhausted their strange moves.

Due to the lack of inside pillars, the Warriors' basket is frequently hit. No matter how good the Warriors' perimeter defense is, it doesn't help, because Ricard didn't plan to dig in from the outside at all, but planned to use all kinds of weird defenses to completely defeat the Warriors from the inside out!

It wasn't until the last three minutes of the game that the Warriors' second team came on the field, and the situation of the game finally changed.

Nick Young's two wonderful three-pointers left Evan Turner in the dust. His two and three wonderful goals also narrowed the point difference instantly. But until the end of the first quarter, the leading side was still the Portland Trail Blazers.

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors players walked off the court panting one by one. Cole high-fived his players one by one, but still did not forget to look at An Jie on the other side of the court.

Cole turned his head and looked at the inside lineup in front of him again. Maybe sometimes, basketball really can't just rely on the little guys to get everything done...

The impact of Anjie and the Trail Blazers is bound to become more and more violent. Cole wants to get out of the Moda Center, there is only one choice, attack!

"Stephen!" Cole walked up to Curry and sat down. Obviously, he was going to make a lot of arrangements for Curry.

"In the second quarter, let's fight against the Blazers!" Steve Kerr waved his hand, if we want to fight, let's fight harder! Cole would like to see how many strange and strange moves Ricard can use.

Just 12 minutes into the Western Conference finals, Ricard was about to force out a fully fired Golden State Warriors.

Doing our best from the first round, this is the only criterion for surviving after the two strong men meet!

Blazers and Warriors, Durant and Ainger...fight, keep going!