Chapter 363: This is the center's territory
The third quarter ended, and even An Jie gasped for a few times. The Trail Blazers, who were fighting back to back, were very tired, but they didn't know that the situation in this game would be so anxious and the pace of offense and defense conversion would be so fast.
An Jie sat on the bench and looked at the big screen. Sure enough, 77 to 77, even though they fought so fiercely in the third quarter, the score was still in a uniform state.
It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a playoff level confrontation. Although the Trail Blazers and the Knicks are not mortal enemies, because of the relationship between the two teams' star stars, both sides played very fiercely under the leadership of the leader in this game.
Even Marcus Camby was infected by this atmosphere and became serious. Then there was no reason for other younger guys not to work hard.
24 hours ago, Angel and the others were still fighting against the Pacers in Portland. But now, they had not had a good rest after rushing to Yi night, but they continued to fight in Madison Square Garden, and the intensity of the game was so great.
An Jie looked around and found that his chest was not only undulating, but most of his teammates were already exhausted.
There are still two minutes to play in the game, but the Trail Blazers players are exhausted. Ricard can only pray in his heart, praying that Mike Woodson will not see this point. If he continues to mention the Trail Blazers' physical crisis, the Trail Blazers will likely be dragged down alive!
"Listen, I know you're already very tired now! But in the fourth quarter, we have to raise the pace faster! Look at the Trail Blazers, after fighting back to back, they have basically overdrawn their physical strength after playing a fast-paced third quarter. In the fourth quarter, we just need to keep lifting to completely control our opponents!" However, Mike Woodson is also an nBa-level head coach after all. Although he is not a famous coach, he is not stupid either. Otherwise, this guy would not have been able to work in nBa for six years.
Woodson knew very well that he could not stand the situation of flying from Portland to faraway New York. No matter how strong the Trail Blazers players and coaches are, they are human beings, and they will feel tired.
Now that the Trail Blazers are indestructible in all aspects, Woodson has to put some effort into physical strength.
So when the fourth quarter game began and Anjie stood on the stadium, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
In order to keep the pace of the game faster, Woodson sent out a small lineup to match. Stoudemire was the center, and Anthony played the fourth position. J.R. Smith and Shampoo were in the backcourt, and the hot white shooter Steve Novak was the third position.
"This season, Anthony has been pushed to the fourth position more than once. As it turns out, when he plays the fourth position, his efficiency will be higher. The Trail Blazers are difficult to play now. When the Knicks runs, it is difficult for Aldridge and Ann to keep up with the rhythm." Mike Bryn saw Woodson's intentions at his eyes, but it is obvious that whether he can find a solution is the key.
"Bitch!" Ricard indeed admired Woodson's observation ability. In the first three quarters, this guy's arrangement caused a lot of trouble to the Trail Blazers, but the Trail Blazers successfully cracked it. Unexpectedly, in the fourth quarter, Woodson grabbed the Trail Blazers' most deadly point today.
The Trail Blazers took the lead in the attack in the third quarter. Now the two sides are tied, and the opponent has also come up with a targeted small lineup. The Trail Blazers must seize every offensive opportunity to prevent themselves from falling into a disadvantage.
The idea of this attack on the Trail Blazers is very clear, that is, to play Aldridge. After all, Anthony plays as a small forward. Facing Aldridge, he will inevitably be at a disadvantage in height.
With a few passes, the basketball was sent into Aldridge's hands. Normally, this was a misaligned defense. But now, Anthony is playing in the fourth position, so he doesn't have to worry about anything else, but can stop Aldridge from attacking wholeheartedly.
Aldridge pushed in, but appeared in a strong Anthony, unmoved at all!
James and Anthony's strong bodies can completely allow them to withstand the impact of inside players. Besides, Aldridge is not the kind of power-type inside player. Although Anthony struggled, he still held his position!
Seeing that the back hit didn't work, Aldridge decided to use the turnover jump shot he was good at to solve the problem.
In the inside, Aldridge may be quite agile. But in Anthony's eyes, Aldridge's movements are too slow!
Aldridge just turned around and was about to raise his hand to shoot, but he found that the basketball in his hand seemed to have been photographed and left the control!
Anthony quickly cut decisively, causing Aldridge to lose control of the ball! Then Anthony suddenly started, picked up the basketball, and ran towards the frontcourt.
Angel and Aldridge had to catch up in the back until Anthony made a fast break and completed a dunk, and the two inside players of the Trail Blazers failed to catch up.
"Stealing the fast attack of the dragon! Anthony was like a fish in the fourth position. His rapid conversion and misalignment of the pace are all the advantages that Anthony showed in the fourth position." Mike Bryn knew that due to the lack of excellent big men in this league, many outside players from that year dared to run to the inside. Today, Anthony is also among them.
However, Bolling is looking forward to what will happen if a pure and excellent inside line faces Anthony's "mistakes" in the three-second zone? It's rare that a small man can really even control the penalty area? So the scene of Anger playing against Anthony in the inside line has appeared in Mike Bolling's mind.
"La Marcus, next round, we will change positions!" During the baseline ball, Anjie quietly whispered a few words beside Aldridge. The Knicks actually dared to push an outside player to the inside. Anjie wants to try how capable Anthony is, and he dared to step into his territory!
"Amare!" Anthony saw Anger leaning towards him, and shouted Stoudemire. He hoped that his partner could help him with Anger. Anthony was willing to play the fourth position, but he didn't want to get entangled with Anger like him.
Stoudemire just started, but Aldridge was entangled first. At this moment, Angel's broad back was officially pressed against Anthony's chest!
"An leaned against Anthony, my God, let's see what this group of confrontations will have!" Mike Brynn did not expect that the scene he just imagined would become a reality so quickly. Come on, An, tell the whole world that the center position is still the ruler of the penalty area!
"Fuck!" Anthony tightened his teeth. Anger's impact was incomparable to Aldridge. Now Anthony was just in the position, but he had already hit Anthony in a miserable way.
Felton naturally saw the misalignment of the inside line. He used his strong body to break into the three-point line. J.R. Smith was afraid that he would be blocked and foul, so he left Felton some space.
And this little space is enough for Felton who just passes the ball to Anjie.
Anthony was planning to suddenly step forward before Anjie received the ball and steal the ball. However, when he was about to start, he only appeared, and Anjie's position completely made him unable to move!
Yi grabbed Anthony's jersey with one hand and pressed against Anthony's chest. Yi tried his best to open his hand and received the flying basketball. Anjie did not let Anthony show his more flexible advantage, but Anjie showed his height, wingspan and strength advantages.
Next, Anjie began to lean in and dribble the ball. Anthony could not withstand such an impact at all. The real insider fighting was more difficult than he thought!
Using your lower center of gravity and more flexible hands to steal the big man's dribble in dislocation is the best solution for Anthony now. Aldridge just now was defeated by this move.
But Anjie felt that the defender's ability to change the center of gravity was very good. His back was like an accurate machine. If the defender had any little thoughts, his back would feed the information back to the brain. Anjie retreated a little while Anthony was planning to steal, and coupled with his advantage of his arm length, Anthony could not reach the ball at all!
This leader of the o3yi generation struggled desperately, but still failed to stop Anjie from advancing.
Anjie walked to the basket with his back hit, and then he forced him to turn and tie Anthony to the outside. He easily jumped on the spot and dunked his hands!
After the dunk, An Jie deliberately pulled Yi down the basket. This dunk made this dunk full of the heavy feeling of strength. Cameron Anthony also officially lost to An Jie!
"This is my territory guy! If you want to attack, you can go out and shoot!" After scoring the goal, Anger said this to Anthony with a smile, but there was no smile on Anthony's face.
"Haha, An indeed did not disappoint the hopes of many fans. This time, the center players in the league finally came back with great confidence!" Mike Bryn also applauded Anjie in the studio. The offensive process just now was simply crushing!
In the subsequent games, the Knicks continued to make the decision without the guarantee of defense. The result of this was that neither side could defend against each other.
No matter how much Angel and Aldridge run, they can't run away from the crazy outside of the Knicks. No matter how much the Knicks score, their inside defense is still a big loophole.
The game was played in seconds, and the score was still very anxious. But even so, Mike Woodson was not in a hurry. He knew that the person who should be anxious now was Ricard!
As the game got further back, the physical strength of the Trail Blazers players became lower, and their efficiency on the court also became lower. Finally, with the last two minutes left in the game, the Trail Blazers failed to bite for several rounds, and the Knicks seized the opportunity to reverse the score.
Yioo is yio5. When Anjie, who had been resting for less than a half minutes, was replaced again. The game time was only two minutes left, and the Knicks were five points ahead.
Anjie knew that the reason why Ricard gave him a few minutes of rest was to prepare him for the ending game. As the star of Yi team, Anjie must also take on this responsibility!
"How is it!" Ricard patted Angel on the back before he came on the field.
"Don't worry, boss! When I get off the court again, it's time for us to win!" Anjie loudly responded to the coach who trusted him, and slapped Marcus Camby, who had done his best and was now overdrawn in strength. Anjie jumped twice and stepped into the court!
Anthony and Studmeier stared at the yi formation with extremely unfriendly eyes, but the scorching eyes could not stop Anjie from winning!
Since we are mortal enemies, let us fight a desperate battle between mortal enemies!
Chapter completed!