The Way of the Center

On Christmas Eve, it snowed heavily. On this day, which is no less grand than the Chinese New Year, the entire city of Portland is decorated beautifully, and every large shopping mall is full of people who are crazy about shopping because of promotions. Christmas trees, Christmas stockings and various models of Santa Claus and elk flooded the streets of the City of Roses. There are smiles on people's faces, and everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the new year.

Duncan, who was sitting in the team bus and watched this scene, sighed. When he was young, the only thing he wanted was to win more games and more championships. But now that I am older, I actually feel homesick because of these scenes.

After so many years of debut, Duncan has never had a birthday and Christmas in peace. This guy who said every year that his health is no longer good, but he attends work every year.

He wished he was at home in San Antonio, eating turkey and watching TV. But there was no way, not only could all this be impossible, what he was going to fight later was the finale of the Christmas War, and it was also the most difficult match.

City of Roses, I don’t know since when, the San Antonio Spurs and Duncan have been unable to climb over this hill...

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Tonight, the most lively place in Portland is the Moda Center. Thousands of fans flocked to the Moda Center, hoping to spend Christmas with the Trail Blazers. They also believe that Anjie and the team will use a victory as a Christmas gift for everyone.

The parents of Catherine and An Jie and the bearded people shuttled among the crowd. Of course, this time, a new family member in Catherine's arms joined the ranks of the Christmas battle.

After a group of people entered the Moda Center through the VIP passage, they found that the general manager of the Trail Blazers, Nell Orsey, was already waiting inside.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Mrs. An, what's going on?" Orsi politely shook hands with the Anjie family.

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Orsi, everything is fine." Catherine replied skillfully.

"Come with me, I've reserved a luxurious private room with the best location for you. The red wine and snacks are ready, just waiting for you to come." Orsi made a gesture of invitation, this year due to An Xiang's age Because she was still young, Catherine was afraid that he would not be able to stand the loud noise at the scene.

Therefore, this is also the reason why An Jie's family chose to go to the luxury box to watch the game this time. If it wasn't for An Xiang, Catherine would prefer to go to the stage, after all, that is the place where she can better feel the frenetic atmosphere of the competition.

Walking into the luxurious box, it really has everything that one expects to find here, just as Orsi said. As the performance of the Trail Blazers is getting better and better, more and more stars and rich people come to the Moda Center to watch the game. Because of this, the luxury boxes in the Moda Center have become much more upscale than before.

Catherine couldn't wait to run to the floor-to-ceiling windows and cast her eyes on the court. At this moment, the fans in the entire Moda Center were restless, and the tall No. 00 had already started shooting on the field to warm up.

From the beginning of the warm-up, ESPN's lens has never left Anjie. Even today the sidelines are full of stars, even the Spurs are hot stars. But during the period before the start of the game, the topic of Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy has always been Anjie.

Straight double-doubles, consecutive victories. Two years ago, the Miami Heat were able to compete with the Blazers in the regular season. Last year, the San Antonio Spurs were the closest team to the Blazers. But this year, the Trail Blazers are the dominant team. It seems that no team is at the same level as them. The Trail Blazers have become the league leader alone.

"Do you think Ann can still score a double-double against Duncan in this game?" Seeing that players from both sides had already stood around the center circle, Mike Breen asked Jeff Van Gundy the last question.

"It's not that I think, it's that Anjie will definitely score a double-double in this game!" Van Gundy, who once coached Anjie, said in a very confident tone. Today is the Christmas game, and Anjie will definitely not let the fans down!

The referee threw the basketball into the air,

The entire Moda Center became restless. The finale of today's Christmas battle is finally staged!

The ratings of various TV stations have soared all the way, and everyone is focusing on the last Christmas battle. Under the eyes of everyone, Anjie easily moved the basketball into Lillard's hands by surpassing the distance of Splitter's entire palm.

As soon as An Jie fumbled the ball, he immediately ran forward. Split didn't notice An Jie's "strangeness", until Duncan felt a gust of wind passing by him, and he finally reacted.

"Retreat, retreat!" Duncan yelled quickly, and turned around to chase. By the time the Spurs players reacted, Angie had already run into the three-point line, and in front of him, only Leonard was defending.

Without hesitation, Lillard threw the basketball high. Duncan took off halfway to intercept the ball, but unfortunately he is no longer the "flying devil" he was back then. The basketball passed Duncan's fingers and went straight to Anjie.

"Are you planning a direct alley-oop!?" Spurs star Kawhi Leonard looked at the basketball flying in the air in disbelief. Lillard actually passed this kind of alley-oop ball from midfield, so he is too confident in his passing and Anjie's offense!

As long as the defense of this ball can interfere with An Jie's inability to take off comfortably, the basketball will fly out of the baseline by itself. Thinking of this, Leonard boosted his confidence. The Trail Blazers' first performance, and he's going to bury it with his own hands!

The basketball began to fall, and An Jie also began to adjust his steps, ready to take off. Leonard, who is famous for his defense in the league, immediately posted it. As long as he interferes with Anjie's jump, it will be over!

However, when Leonard came into contact with An Jie, he did not expect that An Jie's impact was already so great! Leonard, who was not prepared enough, was overwhelmed by An Jie. An Jie, who jumped high, grabbed the basketball. Because his lower body hit Leonard, An Jie leaned forward.

With the help of this forward gravity, An Jie straightened his arms and slammed the ball towards the basket! After the ball was scored, An Jie, who lost all his center of gravity, fell off Leonard's shoulders. It seemed that the fall was not easy.

"Extremely violent dunks! My God, even if it was an alley-oop, An was able to complete the dunk through the defender. It was simply too terrifying! Top ten shots! This alley-oop initiated from the midfield, Definitely the number one in the top ten goals of this year's Christmas game!" As soon as Mike Breen finished speaking, An Jie, who fell heavily to the ground, got up suddenly and ran back to his own half to prepare for defense. It seems that this tough guy has nothing to do!

"This alley-oop is simply earth-shattering. The dunks by Griffin and others are better than the height of the jump. And Anjie's dunks are purely relying on strength to win! Such dunks often look more Shocking, but also more entertaining." Jeff Van Gundy nodded approvingly while talking. I am really lucky to have coached such a guy in my career.

The Spurs players didn't realize what was going on after scrambling for the ball, and the Trail Blazers directly pushed the game to a climax. After the opening, the center forward completed the sneak attack, which is unbelievable just thinking about it.

"It's okay, it's just two points. Let's play at our own pace, don't mess up!" Popovich began to shout from the sidelines to stabilize the morale of the army. Anjie's goal just now not only allowed the Trail Blazers to score two points, but it must have severely hit the morale of the Spurs players.

So now, Popovich is going to remind the players on the court with his own yell: "We haven't fucking lost yet!"

The Spurs were as steady as ever, and after Parker came to his senses, he deftly brought the ball across the half. Duncan didn't fight Angie in the paint, because that was almost suicidal. He roamed the mid-range and kept Splitter low.

Popovich already knew that Rickard would make Angie and Aldridge switch defensively, so Splitter's positions were carefully arranged.

Just when everyone was expecting how the Spurs would fight back, Parker made a decision that surprised everyone.

The guy didn't pass the ball to Duncan, and he didn't even pay attention to Leonard who raised his hand from beyond the three-point line. Parker hit a pass, allowing Brazilian center Splitter to catch the ball!

"Parker passes the ball to Split, who will Split transfer the ball to?"

Everyone doesn't think Splitter will attack by himself. However, the next second after receiving the ball, the Brazilian leaned against Aldridge suddenly, and then quickly hooked!

An Jie turned around and blocked all the people who tried to enter the penalty area to compete for rebounds. Aldridge is alone at the basket, and protecting the rebound should not be a problem.

However, the basketball, which was regarded as definitely impossible to hit, was hollowed into the net under the surprised eyes of everyone! Splitter, who has always done dirty work on the offensive end, actually scored a goal on Aldridge's head!

Split's sudden attack caught the Trail Blazers by surprise. Who would have thought that the least threatening person would be the first to open up the situation for the Spurs.

"It's just a coincidence. It's impossible for Split to not score a single point in the whole game." Ricard said to himself, he didn't believe that Split would become the team's defensive threat.

However, tens of seconds later, this seemingly elegant Brazilian defeated Aldridge for the second time in a row!

"A beautiful pull-up layup, Splitter's back run and the final finish are very exciting! My God, is the Brazilian possessed by Anjie today!?" Kenny Smith looked at the player who just scored in disbelief. In the replay, Splitter threw away Aldridge through a reverse run. After receiving the pass, he did not lay up directly, but flew over the basket and pulled the bar. Just when everyone thought Splitter must be crazy, the basketball hit the net again!

"Are you kidding me!?" This time, Ricard didn't hold back in his heart, but yelled out.

Do you want to use Anjie to defend Split and liberate Duncan? ? Popovich guy, what did the Brazilians eat?

Under the surprised eyes of the Trail Blazers fans, Popovich also opened his eyes wide. Splitter's performance was completely beyond his expectations.

But it turned out that his state was played out, and Popovich couldn't waste it. Countless tactical ideas began to fly in Popovich's mind.

Sorry Portland fans, today, even God wants the Spurs to win the game!

Splitter and Anjie, the two centers with a huge gap, became the focus at the beginning of the game.

After all, who doesn't eat dumplings? The most indispensable thing in the NBA is short-lived people.

Today, the Spurs will not only have the old trio of old wagons to stand up. The difficulty for the Trail Blazers to win seems to be getting bigger and bigger.