Chapter four hundred and twentieth: tenacity, toughness, unity, blood
The Portland Trail Blazers in the 2o11-2o12 season gave people roughly the impression as follows: a center with an average of 3o13 per game, a power forward with a basketball IQ and physical fitness, two guards with no impact, one who occasionally looks back but is like a disappearing former All-Star forward on the bench, two defenders who often have their heads boiling to make their opponents desperate, and two old insiders who may have existed since Pangu opened the world. Such a lineup looks very good, especially the "3o15 center" point, which makes people shine. But such a lineup is not worth mentioning compared to the other three teams in the East and West Finals.
Indeed, George Ricard is an expert in weaving tactics. His "ghost ideas" even made old people like **Vic conquered. Otherwise, this guy would not have changed from a high school basketball coach to an nBa-level coach in just a few years. Nell Orsey was afraid that he would make a big mistake when he asked Ricard to skip the assistant coach and be a head coach directly. However, the excellent results of the Trail Blazers this season have turned his gambling into another victory.
However, even the most powerful coach is needed, an excellent team lineup is his own talent. If you don’t believe it, you can let Feier Jackson coach the Bobcats and see if the Bobcats can soar into the sky.
However, with such a slightly mediocre lineup - in this era when stars began to play together, the Trail Blazers' lineup can only be described as mediocre. Ricard actually led the team and re-entered the Western Conference Finals after 12 years. It can be said that the Trail Blazers' actions were enough to make a splash. Nell Orsey didn't expect his team to be so close to the O'Brien Cup so soon. But for Ricard and the Trail Blazers players, such results are far from enough. Seeing that the O'Brien Cup is right in front of them, they are unwilling to take a vacation early.
After Oklahoma suffered another bitter fruit, today the game returned to Portland and back to the Rose Garden Stadium, which made most teams fail. The Battle of Kings Mountain is a special name given to this game by the media. In, or, go, home, such games are always the match that fans like to watch the most.
"An, we have many people watching your game together today! We won two games in a row and advanced, just two games, come on! There is no football here today, only your performance!" Catherine has left the United States again. She is now in Milan, Italy. However, in this city ruled by football, Catherine still found many like-minded friends. The reason? Of course, the reason is because of the arrival of this battle of Tianwang Mountain.
"I bet on you 10,000 US dollars! You have to know that for an old retired man, 10,000 US dollars is not a small amount! Give me more effort and fall when it's time to fall, don't hesitate!" Divac can always use unusual methods to fight Angel.
"Relax Ajie, the discussions about today's game in China have been overwhelming. In our community, a temporary studio will be built downstairs tomorrow to play your game with giant screens! Many people will watch the game tomorrow, and your mother and I have been interviewed by reporters many times. Everyone has confidence in you, and you must also have confidence in yourself!" Anjie's parents showed infinite pride in the conversation.
Countless people called Anjie before the game started. Everyone knew how important this game was to Anjie and the Trail Blazers. Therefore, no one would be willing to miss the live broadcast of this game, either local to the United States or other regions.
An Jie always responds to all the people who call with an optimistic attitude, but when the ears are quiet and the phone no longer rings, An Jie's smile disappears immediately.
Blessings are always beautiful, but only Anjie knows how difficult this game is.
His offensive pressure is not great, and even Morris cannot limit Anger in one-on-one defense. However, it is precisely because of this that the Trail Blazers are forced into a dead end. Van Gundy's bold change allowed him to find a way to deal with the Trail Blazers before the team lost power: let Anger swing as much as possible, but strangle the other four Trail Blazers to isolate him and cut off support.
Ricard used this move to deal with Paul when he was playing against the Clippers in the first round of the playoffs. Facts have proved that this move is very useful. The Trail Blazers can easily sweep the Clippers. Ricard's move can be said to have brought great help to Anjie and the others.
However, Ricard could never use such a tactic in the second round of the series and now against the Thunder. Because even if he isolates Westbrook, the Thunder still has an attack point that will stand up and break the deadlock and force Ricard to change his tactics. However, when the Thunder isolated Anger, there is no second person in the Trail Blazers who can break the deadlock.
Aldridge is the second leader of the Trail Blazers, but facing Ibaka's defense, this guy still cannot turn the tide with his own strength.
"Damn, why do you think so much?" An Jie shook his head vigorously. Now the locker room is empty, and his teammates are all warming up on the court. An Jie doesn't want to lose his fighting spirit before the game starts. It's useless to think so much. It's better to just go on the court and fight!
This tall guy put on the Trail Blazers' most-selling oo jersey and put on the world-swimming generation of center forwards. Anjie pushed open the door to the locker room, and the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the butcher is here.
Fighting, this is the only thing Anjie can do now. But perhaps because of his hard work, this guy made Ricard feel frightened in the first quarter.
"Once again! Ann fell down again! Morris and Ibaka went to Anfeng at the same time. I can't remember how many times Ande was violated, but I think he must have hurt very much." Seeing that Anger was overturned to the ground by Morris and Ibaka again, Mike Bryn shook his head unbearably.
"It's okay, man!" Morris rushed up first to pull Angel up.
"Go to you, Morris! It hurts so much!" Angel grabbed Morris's hand and stood up, but his tone was not very friendly. Now is a time to fight for survival, and Anger cannot be friendly to Morris, just as Morris will overturn Anger again and again without hesitation.
Ibaka still paid the price for his foul after two free throws. However, this way of scoring made all the Trail Blazers fans very worried.
Just now the game started, the Trail Blazers' offense was very difficult. Everyone in Oklahoma thought that the powerful Thunder was about to set the victory at the beginning.
However, the Trail Blazers came over tenaciously.
The Trail Blazers used their desperate defense and gambling double-team to curb the Thunder's idea of trying to open the score. They were embarrassed, ugly, and staggered. However, even so, facing the Thunder's fierce attack, the Trail Blazers still stood firm in the Rose Garden!
In the first quarter, the two sides tied with a score of 24 to 24. Thunder fans couldn't believe that they actually suffered a loss on the offensive end! The Trail Blazers' defense is really unbelievable!
"I can't imagine how the Thunder scored under such a desperate defense. It was a game where they had to go home if they lost, but it was obvious that the Trail Blazers players didn't want to take a vacation early."
The Trail Blazers don’t want to lose, and the Thunder don’t want to play any damn tiebreak anymore! If they win this game, they will enter the finals and compete for the O’Brien Cup! Damn Game 7, Damn Trail Blazers, no one in the Thunder team will be willing to continue to waste in the Western Conference Finals!
In the second quarter, Westbrook and Bledsoe were both crazy, and their breakthrough could be described as desperate. Raymond Felton, a guy who is growing older, can no longer make effective defense against these two people.
21, 21, and another three-pointer. In the second quarter, the Thunder gradually took the initiative under the leadership of these two defenders, but the tenacious resistance of Anger and Aldridge still made the Thunder's expectation to open the score.
51 to 5o, the Thunder entered the second half with only one point advantage. If these guys want to step over the Trail Blazers' bodies and enter the finals, they have to make a tougher move!
So in the third quarter, the rest of the Trail Blazers fully enjoyed the death entanglement that only the superstars were qualified to enjoy. Jeff Van Gundy was having a big fuss during the break of the halftime, reminding the importance of the Thunder defense, which was fierce! This coach, who is famous for his defense, does not allow his team to lose in defense!
The young and energetic Thunder did it, with the perverted Westbrook, the perverted defender Seifrosa, the tall and long arms Durant, and two inside lines with athletic ability and strength. It is not difficult to do a good job in such a lineup. Of course, this does not include limiting Angel.
Anjie was still struggling to move forward under Morris' defense. He bit the score for the Trail Blazers one by one. He used his falls to win a chance to breathe. He couldn't let the Thunder break the score, and he couldn't let the Thunder break the score! This was the only sound echoed in Anjie's mind in the second half of the third quarter.
The offensive punched and kicked, and used his best hammer wrench, but the Trail Blazers still blocked the Thunder's aggressive attack.
"Look at them! They can't do it anymore! All these guys can do is this! Don't relax, just act in one go, we'll almost eat the Trail Blazers!" Jeff Van Gundy was so anxious that he jumped up and down during the holidays. In the last 12 minutes, the Thunder must defeat the Trail Blazers within these 12 minutes!
"We are only 12 minutes away from victory! Hold on to the pressure and hold on, we must reach the final!" Ricard also hit the tactical board with his fists, and both sides were already red in their eyes.
Yes, the killing was red. Even though most of Anjie and the Thunder were brothers, friends, and teammates who fought side by side with each other, at this moment, all the Thunder members wanted to swallow Anjie alive.
So after two minutes in the fourth quarter, the situation emerged.
During an attack, Angel leaned against Morris and turned to the basket, and he planned to force a dunk.
At this time, Ibaka, as the blocking champion in the nBa league this season, naturally did not allow Anjie to go to the basket again to do evil.
He used his exaggerated bounce and jumping power to make up for the shortcomings in timing and height and wingspan. The guy quickly caught up with An Jie and held the basketball tightly.
In the end, Anjie's dunk ended in failure, but the referee once again blew Ibaka's foul.
The fans of Rose Garden cheered loudly, but this time, when the Portland hero stood up again, everyone gasped.
"An! You're bleeding!" Aldridge immediately rushed to Anjie.
"Ah?" An Jie touched his face with his hand, but there was a burning liquid flowing on his face.
Photographers on all channels avoided such shots as required. After all, the picture with blood on their faces was too bloody. The game was temporarily suspended by the referee, and the Trail Blazers team doctor immediately rushed into the field.
It turned out that when Ibaka's elbow hit the corner of Anjie's eyes when the cover fell to the ground. This gravity blow directly broke the fragile corner of his eyes.
Although Ibaka did it unintentionally, he still "winned" the booed him by 20,000 people in the audience.
After some simple handling, Anjie was forced to leave the field. In fact, Anjie could continue to fight in such a situation and continue to fight the Thunder. But nBa's regulations are so that Anjie must abide by it.
Ibaka didn't feel apologized? Of course he had. When Anjie was still in the Thunder, he had a very good relationship with Anjie. If Anjie had not fought against him and studied in training, Ibaka's defense would not have been so terrifying. However, in the face of victory, this friendship could not have become a reason for Ibaka to be ruthless.
During the time when Anger was away, the Thunder took advantage of the victory and rushed to the inside line guarded by Marcus Cambi and Aldridge. Ibaka and Morris also scored frequently. The two had been frustrated for too long when Anger was on the court.
"I'm OK, I'm OK, there's no blood!" An Jie yelled at the referee at the technical station. Finally, after a dead ball, An Jie appeared again!
"an!an!an!..." Rose Garden now has only one shout, Portland's hero returns to the battlefield, he is the only hope for the Trail Blazers to win!
Afterwards, the game returned to the rhythm of the first three quarters. An Jie, who was sticking with Band-Aid, was still violated again and again. The Thunder players did not show any sympathy for An Jie's lottery. But An Jie did not hate them, because he would have done so.
"Oh, this is the most tragic game I have ever seen." Seeing that Ibaka committed the crime because she overturned Angel again, even O'Neal shook her head in a hurry. How hard this guy's body is to achieve this level!
Van Gundy also made a difficult decision when using a rough and lethal defense against An. Doesn’t he feel sorry for his former general? There is nothing he can do about it. Who made An Jie stand opposite the Thunder now?
An Jie was still affected by such a rough defense. This guy's offensive efficiency began to decline, and the number of fouls on the defensive end was gradually increasing.
With 1 minute left in the game, the Trail Blazers were 8 points behind. Wu Hua's hands were trembling, making it impossible for him to complete the shooting. Because he knew that the Trail Blazers were dead, it was only a matter of time...
Anjie was still trying his best, and his bandaid was knocked out again and blood was poured out again. However, he wiped it with a towel while Aldridge was free throwing, replaced it with a new bandaid, and then played again.
Everyone, including Thunder players, is full of respect for Angel. But respect does not help the Trail Blazers win.
The Trail Blazers were completely defeated by Van Gundy because of their lineup strength.
Tough, tough, united, and bloody. This Trail Blazers team left a deep impression on the world, but...
"The game is over! Oh my god! 11o to 1o5, the Trail Blazers lost their battle of Kings Mountain! The Thunder won the first place in the West, and they are the Western Conference champions! This group of young people are going to the finals!" Kenny Smith followed the craziness of the Thunder players and gave a passionate commentary.
Chapter completed!