The Way of the Center

After losing to the Kings, the Blazers finally got a day's respite. E novel Ww W. ㄟ1XIAOSHUO. On this day, they don't have to play games, and they don't have to travel around by plane. Doing a good job in regular training is what everyone in the Trail Blazers needs to do well today.

Encouraged and driven by An Jie, the Trail Blazers players are very active in training today. Winning the next game is the only thought of the players.

Among them, An Jie is naturally the most excited one, not only because Nike will send people to investigate him, but An Jie's strong desire to win also drives him to become the most active guy on the training ground.

"Oh my god, scored again!?" In the last event of the day, in the group confrontation training, Courtney Lee once again hit a three-pointer on the head of Gerald Wallace, and this is already Courtney. Lee hit a three-pointer for the fifth time, and it was a consecutive hit!

The first two times Courtney Lee was able to make the ball was indeed because Gerald Wallace was absent-minded about his defense. But in the next three consecutive hits, Gerald Wallace swore that he had tried his best to defend, and he didn't release water because it was just training.

It's a pity that Courtney Lee's hand feeling has been fed out now. When a shooter has a touch, even a face-sealed defense can hardly contain him.

"Haha, today's basket feels two or three times bigger than usual!" Courtney Lee smiled at Gerald Wallace, hoping that this fiery touch can be carried over to tomorrow's official game among.

"My God, if you are so accurate tomorrow, then I won't have a few rebounds." An Jie also joked with Courtney Lee, who is in hot form. In fact, An Jie would rather have no rebounds himself, and I want my teammates to hit more shots.

Now that the entire Trail Blazers team has entered the game state, Ricard looked at his lively players on the field with satisfaction. The Nuggets who will come to the city of tearing tomorrow as a guest, I am afraid it will be more or less ominous.

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Although it was just an ordinary regular season, the outside of the Rose Garden Stadium was still very lively. Since Anjie moved into the city of tearing, the Rose Garden Stadium has never been deserted.

Ricard also appeared at the Rose Garden Stadium today. Of course, there are two high-level personnel of Nike beside him.

"Mr. Rice, Mr. Burke, please." Outside a luxurious private room, Ricard stopped his footsteps.

The two middle-aged men from Nike, one black and one white, nodded friendly and politely at Rickard, and walked into the private room.

Now, on the field below, players from both sides have already begun to warm up. As soon as the two Nike executives sat down, they set their sights on An Jie.

The big yellow-skinned man in the Trail Blazers training uniform on the field was shooting mid-range jumpers. Before the game started, there were countless signs or posters with Anjie's photo printed on the stands in the Rose Garden. This guy is not only popular in China, but also in the United States. And in Europe, because of the existence of Meslav and Divac, Anjie also has a certain fan base. You know, all of this has not included the huge Chinese market behind Anjie.

If even this kind of guy's sneakers are not easy to sell, then there are not many players in the world who sell good sneakers.

After the three chatted for a while, the game finally officially started. An Jie easily won the basketball in the hands of his defeated opponent, Koufus. In college, Koufos was not An Jie's opponent. Now, the gap between the two is even greater.

After the first ball after the opening, An Jie sat directly inside. While Koufos has good defensive awareness and length, strength has always been a weakness for the white center.

If you have no strength in melee combat, no matter how good your defensive awareness is, it cannot make up for the disadvantage in strength.

People who fight as hard as An Jie still can't withstand the impact of Yao Ming and O'Neal. The reason is that there is a certain gap between him and Yao Ming and O'Bill in terms of weight and strength. Now, facing Koufos, Anjie has become the side with more strength and height. However, Koufus' defensive ability is not even as good as that of Anjie.

Seeing that An Jie was steadily approaching the position, Raymond Felton hit the ground and made a pass, allowing An Jie to get the ball to attack independently as he wished.

If this were placed on the Thunder, Westbrook might have broken through with the ball long ago. Even if he wanted to pass, it would have to pass Durant's hands first. But in the Blazers, none of this will happen. In the Trail Blazers, everyone is playing around Anjie!

After Anjie got the ball, Koufos swallowed. He will never forget what kind of opponent An Jie is. When he was still playing in NCAA, he experienced this horrible taste!

"Boom!" Before Koufus could recover, Anjie pushed towards the basket violently.

Koufus took a big step back, and every muscle in his body protested with pain.

Just when the Greek hadn't adjusted his center of gravity and pace, Anjie's second attack came one after another.

This time, Anjie completely pushed Koufus out of the defensive position. Seeing this situation, An Jie held the ball with both hands, jumped to the basket, and then took off on the spot to dunk.

Koufus only had time to raise his hands, but Anjie had already dunked the ball.

"An~~~~Jie!" The dJ shouted Anjie's name loudly, and the fans in the stands of the Rose Garden Stadium cheered loudly.

"Hey, it works!" An Jie pointed at Felton during the process of returning to defense. The jump just now was learned from Felton.

"Ann was very strong when he came up today, and he sounded the alarm for the Nuggets with a strong inside dunk."

"Look at Coach George Karl's expression, he was very nervous from the first second of the game!"

Indeed, even though George Karl had experienced many battles, he was still burned out by An Jie. Looking around, in the current Nuggets team, there are only two inside players, the Brazilians Nene and Koufos, who can make a move. But relying on these two people to restrict An Jie is almost a dream.

But it doesn't matter, the Nuggets can make up for the trouble Anjie caused them in other ways. The perimeter offense of the Nuggets is now George Karl's trump card.

However, the first to be difficult on the three-point line is still the Trail Blazers at home.

Wesley Matthews' aggressive movement finally paid off, as long as you can run out, Angie can pass.

After passing two off-ball pick-and-roll screens, Wesley Matthews received a pass from Angie that was as precise as a guard. After receiving the ball, there was no one around Matthews. He shot calmly, and the basketball drew a perfect arc and fell straight into the net.

George Karl knew that although the most dangerous point of the Trail Blazers was Anjie, the most dangerous place was the restricted area. But once this group of outside shots are opened, the Blazers will be unstoppable!

So George Karl simply gave up the idea of ​​containing Anjie, and went all out to defend the Trail Blazers' perimeter players, leaving Anjie in a one-on-one fight.

This trick is indeed effective, but the validity period has not been maintained for a single session. When the Trail Blazers' second team came on the field, the Nuggets' originally flat score was pulled apart again.

George Karl originally thought that the tense score would last until the end of the game, but when the second teams of both sides entered the field, he was caught off guard.

Courtney Lee's running position made the Nuggets' second substitute, Jordan Hamilton, miserable. This guy's footsteps never stopped. By the time Lee stood still, Courtney Lee had already received a pass from his teammate and made a shot.

Seeing Courtney Lee make a move, Anjie immediately stood up from the bench. His eyes follow the trajectory of the ball until the moment it hits the net hollow.

An Jie jumped up happily, waving a towel in his hand. Courtney Lee's fiery touch was really brought into the game!

George Karl stood up nervously. He knew what kind of player Courtney Lee was. This kind of guy is either not accurate, or very accurate. That three-pointer just now gave George Karl a hint of danger.

Sure enough, after only one round, Courtney Lee hit another three-pointer. At this moment, Jordan Hamilton's defense can't be said to be bad, but Courtney Lee can go in anyway!

"Haha, that's it!" Gerald Wallace yelled from the bench, as Courtney Lee scored a goal on his head yesterday.

If An Jie controlled the first eight minutes of the first quarter, the last four minutes belonged to Courtney Lee.

I have to admit that everything An Jie did in the locker room has achieved results! With his encouragement, his teammates all put in 100% effort!

When the first quarter ended, the score that should have been tied was 26-33. Courtney Lee's unstoppable touch made George Karl's perimeter blocking plan collapse across the board.

Although the first quarter of the game ended with the Trail Blazers leading, the two Nike executives sitting in the luxury box still had more to say. Indeed, An Jie's performance has not really started yet!

Moslav leaned easily on the back of Dermasha, and he was full of confidence in Anjie's state. Next, let these two guys be dumbfounded.