The way of the center

Chapter 484

An Jie and Paul responded to each other with a flop, but the commentators of the game took it more seriously.Because they knew that if both An Jie and Paul were forced to this point, it could only show that both of them had a great desire for victory at the moment.Both Paul and Angie want to win, so they can bring more exciting performances to the fans.Because basketball is not like football and there is a tie. In this case, if they want to win, they have no other choice but to continue to work hard and desperately!

"I'll return the ball to you, yellow-skinned guy." After the free throw, Paul, who passed by An Jie, spoke to An Jie for the first time.But Paul didn't mean to express his friendliness with this sentence.

"I will continue to play with you, whatever method you use, I will accompany you to the end!" An Jie was not to be outdone, no matter if it was dark or visible, clean or dirty.On this court, Anjie is not afraid of any kind of challenge.

In the next round of offense, De Nagro was no longer satisfied with the double-team.When Anjie received the ball in the low post, in addition to Griffin and Jordan, Chris Paul also rushed into the crowd.

Seeing this situation, Anjie was about to give the ball to Lillard, but Paul stole the ball before he passed the ball.Chris Paul averaged 2 steals per game this season, which also ranks first in the NBA.Wouldn't it be easy for him, the steal king, to steal the ball from a big center now?

After the mistake, Anjie immediately chased back, but Chris Paul's speed was too fast.This guy succeeded in a layup and a fast break under Lillard's interference. If it weren't for today's Christmas game, the penalty scale was relatively loose, and Lillard's move just now might have given Paul another chance to hit a three-pointer. .

"Anke seldom makes mistakes. He should have been underprepared for the ball just now, so Paul took advantage of it. After all, a defender rushed inside to double-team. This is indeed an uncommon bold tactic. But I bet Chris Paul could never steal the ball from Ann's hands twice in a row." Mike Breen immediately commented on Paul's steal just now, but unlike many people, he did not Think Angie will make the same mistake again.If you want to say that Anjie has the lowest stat in the league, it must be the number of turnovers per game.

Naturally, Paul also knew that he was able to succeed only because he did not play the cards according to common sense and caught Anjie by surprise.So for the second time, he directly gave up harassing An Jie, because this guy knew that if he approached An Jie with a fluke mentality, he would only give Lillard an open shot in vain.

Although there is no Paul, Angie is still unable to move an inch under the double-team of Griffin and Jordan.Compared to the first quarter, Jordan and Griffin are now double-teaming faster and with more movement.And "thanks to" the referee's inaction, even if Anjie was violated, he would not be able to get a free throw.

He swayed under the basket several times and didn't get a chance. An Jie had to throw the ball out.However, Matthews' reluctant offense did not help the team score.

"To be honest, the inside melee in this game is too tragic. If the referee doesn't do something, the situation will get out of control sooner or later." Maybe ordinary fans can't see it, but O'Neill can see that the three guys are inside way.Anjie's injured two fingers must have been injured twice by Jordan Jr. and Griffin.

Under the rough double-team defense of Griffin and Jordan Jr., Anjie's firepower in the second half of the second quarter was greatly weakened.And Chris Paul's technique of deceiving fouls with fake ones also made Anjie's inside partner Hickson suffer from foul troubles.

The veteran Jared Jeffries was ordered in a crisis, but the result after he played was that he was insulted again and again by the young Griffin.

With the outstanding performance of Matt Barnes and Crawford on the Clippers' bench, the Clippers slowly established an advantage and the score was gradually opened.The two teams, who were originally playing inextricably, created an 8-point difference after the second quarter! 59 to 51, only this time, the trailing side is the Portland Trail Blazers!

At the end of the half-time game, the fans saw Ricard walking into the player channel in disgrace.Fans who are familiar with him know that this young coach is not happy!
Catherine bit her fingers nervously. She was worried about An Jie's injury and the result of the game.This little girl is getting more and more involved in watching football now.

"I'm sorry, boss. It's my fault." After returning to the locker room and closing the door, J.J. Hickson raised his hand to speak, breaking the silence of the locker room.

Since Aldridge was injured, Hickson's performance has been unsatisfactory.If it weren't for him, the opponent wouldn't be able to double-team An Jie recklessly.

"Okay J.J., you bravely stopped Chris Paul for me, and you let him know how powerful our penalty area is. You did a good job, no one blames you." Angie immediately patted Schick Sen's shoulders, he has always believed in one sentence: "If you lose the game, everyone is responsible."

Ricard held his chin and remained silent.It is impossible for him to blame Hixon now. Solving problems when encountering problems is the only way to win.Obviously, blaming Hixon won't solve the problem.

Let Hixon boldly shoot in the middle distance! ?With luck, Hickson might be able to throw in one or two.But if he is unlucky, he will only squander good offensive opportunities.Ricard is not capable of allowing Hickson to practice a precise mid-range shot during a halftime break, but he has the ability to change the candidate at the fourth position.

Meyers Leonard's shooting is good, but if he plays the fourth position, the team's mobility is really poor.Jared Jeffries is too old, and the young white insider Joel Freeland has limited abilities.After looking around, Ricard found that he really couldn't pick any candidates.

It also needs mobility, range, and defense.Ricard sifted and sifted, but a bold idea emerged.

"Hey!" Ricard, who had been silent since entering the locker room, suddenly spoke out, which shocked many people in the locker room.

"Listen, in the second half of the game, let's play something different!" The corners of Ricard's mouth curled up slightly, and the players knew that their boss had another trick.

"Friends in the audience, welcome back to the live broadcast of the Christmas game. Now we are bringing you the second half of the game between the Clippers and the Trail Blazers. As soon as the second half came up, Coach Ricard seemed to have made some personnel adjustments The starting center is still our Chinese player An Jie, but the small forward has become the Frenchman Nicolas Batum. Eh? No? Iguodala is also on the court at the moment? Could it be that Coach Ricard wants to Let Iguodala and Anjie partner inside!?" Yu Jia raised his voice unbelievably, and George Ricard actually played a big and four small lineup on the Trail Blazers!

"Damn it!" Most American commentators also yelled in amazement. When Ricard was teaching at the university, his style was very old-fashioned and retro.He resolutely plays the position, resolutely takes the inside as the core of the attack.Ricard scoffed at the small lineups that are gradually becoming popular in the league now!
But now, this coach who hates small lineups has used his most hated tactics!
But in the first round of offense, people found that the Trail Blazers' small lineup was very different from other teams' small lineups.First of all, they didn't speed up, but still played their positions unhurriedly.Secondly, he is not mainly used to attack from the outside, but still uses strong inside as his main scoring method.

Lillard, Matthews, Batum, and Iguodala made one stop outside the three-point line, and there were only Anjie and Jordan in the entire restricted area!
Now Lillard doesn't even need to break through the ball. He easily passes a lob into the penalty area. Anjie catches the ball and shakes his shoulders for a close-range fallback jumper.The basketball skimmed Jordan's fingers and fell hollow into the net.

Low-post singles, no one in this league can really contain Anjie's low-post offense!Even Jordan, known as the "extreme blue collar", couldn't do it.

For the Clippers to attack, De Nagro naturally let Griffin use his huge height, weight and strength advantages to crush Iguodala.But today's inside players have a common problem: extremely lack of offensive means.The reason why An Jie was able to gain a firm foothold in the NBA when his body was still weak was because of his kaleidoscopic offensive methods.

Griffin found that even if he could crush Iguodala and sit in the low post, he still had to face Anjie's help defense.Just when Griffin was still hesitating whether to attack or pass, Iguodala suddenly stepped forward and took the basketball from Griffin's hands cleanly.

In the second round, Griffin decided to continue double-teaming Anjie.But Anjie just made an easy pass and assisted Iguodala to complete the mid-range shot.Iguodala may not be a top scorer right now, but there is a price to be paid for leaving this guy with nothing in front of him.

The Clippers attacked again, and Griffin took advantage of his height to make a mid-range shot.But Iguodala's top defense did not give Griffin much advantage.Griffin, who was not good at shooting, had to end up with iron under the interference of Iguodala.

After that, Griffin, who kept a hand, double-teamed Anjie, but was concerned about Iguodala's running position.After Anjie passed the ball to Iguodala again, Griffin, who saw Iguodala about to shoot, jumped forward immediately.

However, Griffin was able to make up the defense in time, which was already expected by Iguodala.His shot is fake, and his breakthrough is real.Iguodala easily passed by Griffin who was cheated. Under Anjie's excellent position, Jordan couldn't move, and could only watch Iguodala complete a powerful attack Shen's tomahawk split button.

Ricard's unexpected substitution made the Clippers hard to guard against.They lost points again and again, but it was difficult to fight back on the offensive end.

"Obviously playing a lineup of one big and four small, but instead of working hard on fast pace and shooting range, he made a big fuss inside.To me, this is simply a unique small lineup style in the system of Ricard and Anjie!Everything they did was to liberate An Jie! "Mike. As soon as he finished speaking, An Jie made another easy hook hit under Jordan's single defense.

The Clippers were completely stunned. Not only did they fail to stabilize the point difference, but they were beaten by the Blazers and lost their way.

Anjie's offense made repeated shots, and what was even more frightening was that the Trail Blazers' perimeter group also opened fire.

Under Lillard, Matthews and Batum's consecutive three-pointers and Anjie and Iguodala's frequent attacks on the Clippers inside, the Clippers were completely defeated in the third quarter.

In this quarter, the Clippers allowed the Trail Blazers to score 32 points!As for myself, only 19 points were recorded!Regardless of the fact that the Blazers are only leading by 5 points now, if it weren't for Crawford and Barnes calling the shots on the bench, the Clippers' lag may have started from double digits.

De Nagro didn't react until the end of the third quarter.Ricard's strange small lineup made him wonder how to deal with it for a while.

Are you playing a small lineup yourself?Or continue to believe in Paul and Griffin?
Now that the problem has been kicked to De Nagro's feet, how to continue depends entirely on his choice.

Ricard's side 
"In the fourth quarter, I will give you 8 minutes at most! Solve the battle early! Don't fight them until the end!" The Christmas battle, which was supposed to be evenly matched, gradually turned into a one-off match under Ricard's command and An Jie's play. A white massacre!

Under Ricard's time limit, the Blazers launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the fourth quarter.Chris Paul thought there would be a process, but the Trail Blazers were so straightforward.

"This group of guys, are you dying!? Now that they are playing like this, what are they going to do at the last moment?" Paul cursed secretly in his heart, but he didn't know that the Trail Blazers didn't intend to let the suspense of the game stay until the end.

"It's Ann! He made DeAndre Jordan dizzy with his superb footsteps! Little Jordan not only let Anjie score the ball, but was called for a foul."

"Iguodala's floater! No, it's a pass! Here it comes! Ann's alley-oop, beautiful!"

"Nicholas Batum~~~~~ Three!"

"Play! Play!" In desperation, De Nagro replaced the excellent Crawford and Barnes.However, facing the defense of the Trail Blazers starting lineup, the performance of these two guys is not as magical as it was in the first three quarters.

Especially Crawford, the Blazers and Ricard know his habits very well, and naturally they can successfully contain him.If you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

Under such a fierce offensive, the cheers of the Rose Garden Stadium became louder and louder, while the suspense of the game became smaller and smaller.

5 points, 7 points, 8 points, 11 points, 20 points!When the 8 minutes stipulated by Ricard passed, the Blazers had opened the point difference to 20 points!And out of the 20 points, An Jie got half of the points!

DeAndre Jordan is expressionless now, he is no longer in the mood to compete with An Jie.Because of An Jie, he had already been beaten into submission!

Chris Paul is still working hard. He not only attacks by himself, but also finds ways to revitalize the team.However, the Clippers, whose morale was slumped, couldn't get up.When Griffin dunked an alley-oop pass, Paul knew it was over 
Eventually, Ricard reneged on his word.He didn't replace all the starting five tigers until the 9th minute of the game.This guy is worried that 4 minutes will not be enough for the Clippers.

Facts have proved that Ricard was completely overwhelmed.Although the firepower of the Trail Blazers' second team has been greatly reduced, under Fisher's organization, they will not be in a mess.

The Trail Blazers' scoring is still growing steadily. Although it is not as violent as the Clippers, the 20-point advantage is always there, making Paul unable to overcome.

A loud noise made Chris Paul's hands soften, and the basketball rolled to the side.

That sound was exactly the beeping of the timer after the game.Paul stayed put, they even had the advantage at halftime, but now 
"The high-profile Christmas game is over! 100 to 114, the Trail Blazers won again with a huge advantage! This season, they have completed a double kill against the Clippers!" Mike Brin yelled frantically. He has now and A mania for rose gardens all in one.

The massacre on Christmas Eve, Ricard and the butcher, once again won a winning streak and presented a wonderful show to the NBA world.

(End of this chapter)