The All-Star Weekend in 2013 was a perfect ending, but the fans' horizons did not end here.

One day after the All-Star Weekend, nBa officially arranged 8 matchups for 16 teams for fans.

For fans, such an intensive schedule can prevent their viewing experience from being interrupted. But for players, such an intensive schedule can bring them only torture.

Angel and Lillard arrived at Phoenix overnight because the Trail Blazers will challenge the Suns at the American Airlines Center Arena in today's game. Catherine flew to Portland first and waited for Angel to return.

Ricard had been waiting in Phoenix with others, and Angel and Lillard, two guys with All-Star missions, arrived in the early morning of the day before the game began. Fortunately, Houston is not far from Phoenix. If this game was to play in the East, Angel and Lillard would really be in tears.

Since Sir and Nash left one after another, the Suns have officially entered the reconstruction period.

This season, Phoenix's Suns' record has only 17 wins and 36 losses, ranking second to last in the West. All their winnings combined are not as many as the Trail Blazers' winning streak. There is no way, a team that has no stars and is not very good at winning, will definitely have vulnerable combat effectiveness.

But even so, Ricard was still worried. Angel and Lillard, the two central axles, were very tired today. It is still unknown how much strength they can play on the court.

If both Angel and Lillard are abnormal, even the second-last Sun in the West may have an upset.

The teams ranked at the bottom beat the top three teams, and this kind of drama will be staged several times every season. Therefore, Ricard's worries are not groundless.

Before the game started, he thought about a lot of rotation methods, trying to minimize their physical energy consumption while allowing Lillard and Anjie to swing. What's more, Anjie's fingers have just recovered, so he doesn't want Anjie to fall into the pit of injury due to overwork.

Ricard and Anger felt that before their nerves recovered, they were already sitting in the visiting team locker room of the American Airlines Center Arena.

"It's so fucking. Less than 24 hours ago, I was wearing the All-Star team uniform and staying in the Toyota Center locker room." While changing clothes, An Jie also complained a little.

"Don't worry, An, we won't let the winning streak end here." Iguodala patted Anjie on the shoulder. His meaning was very simple. Today, others will help Anjie carry more burdens.

Warm up, final deployment, play, game. Everything is going on in an orderly manner, but the center of everyone's topic is also as always Anjie.

People are talking about his winning streak, people are talking about his excellent performance in the All-Star Game, and people are talking about any possibility of being born in Anjie. But there is one topic that has become the focus of today - Anjie's physical fitness.

"I also came to Phoenix directly after the All-Star Game. To be honest, even if I just comment on the game, this approach still made me feel tired. I can't imagine how Angel will deal with the fierce confrontation later." An espn commentator began to complain to the fans.

"The Suns center "Polish Hammer" Gotat is not a soft persimmon. This guy has a very tough style. He won't let Anjie be too relaxed today. On the contrary, he will seize the opportunity that Anjie is still very tired and consume Anjie crazy."

Everyone was worried for Anjie that it would be a bit too regretful if the Trail Blazers' winning streak was eventually ruined by the Suns, the second-to-last in the West.

Gott was also extremely excited when warming up. I believe that the current coach of the Suns, Lindsay Hunter, must have arranged a lot of tactics for Gottt.

This heart-wrenching game finally began. Under Gott's fierce look, Anjie jumped high and still won the lead in attacking for the Trail Blazers.

But Anjie knew that Gott's ability was more than that. From then on, Anjie would not be easy on both offense and defense.

Sure enough, Anjie had just stepped into the three-point line, and Gotat sticks to Anjie to repair his defense like a candy.

Although Gotat's data is not gorgeous, this guy's style is really tough and his role on the field is also very huge.

With this guy pushing and pushing without leaving any effort, An Jie found that if he insisted on getting a good position, he would inevitably consume a lot of physical strength. Today, what An Jie can't afford to overdraw is physical strength.

So Anjie gave up the fight and instead mentioned that he helped Lillard make a pick-and-roll at a high position. He was not afraid of Gotat, but he needed time to find a better way.

After successfully breaking through the defense of Suns Slovenian defender Dragic, Lillard didn't think about it and killed the penalty area and prepared to make a layup.

However, due to the lack of a good rest, Lillard's degree today was not as fast as usual. Louis Scola, a member of the Golden Generation of Argentina, completed the backup defense in time, which strongly interfered with Lillard's layup.

Lillard's finishing ability under physical contact has always been his weakness. Now, coupled with his lack of physical strength, he failed to score the ball.

Seeing the Trail Blazers' first attack full of fatigue, the fans who supported Anjie and the Trail Blazers couldn't help but feel nervous. Such a start is not a good sign.

In contrast, Golan Dragic seemed particularly confident in front of Lillard today. Through smooth advancement and timely passes, he assisted Scola to swing over Hickson with his footsteps at the basket and successfully scored.

An Jie really wanted to pounce on and make up for defense, but his degree was slower by a few seconds. However, it was often the time difference of these few seconds that could determine success or failure.

The Suns, who seemed to be very different from the Trail Blazers, actually controlled the rhythm on the field. Dragic was the commander-in-chief of this beautiful rhythm. The direction of the entire game was under the control of this Slovenian.

Today, he can not only score by himself, but also assist his teammates in scoring. Lillard seems so immature in front of him and has no power to fight back.

In the whole first quarter, the Trail Blazers were led by the nose. If Matthews and Iguodala hadn't performed positively, the Suns might have been mostly ahead.

3o to 23, the powerful Trail Blazers were seven points behind the penultimate Suns in the West. Ricard immediately sat among the players with a stool. He was eager to change the situation, otherwise the game would only be more and more beneficial to the Suns.

After the second quarter started, the Suns immediately felt the change. On the offensive end, Anjie no longer set himself at the forefront, but instead moved more behind the free throw line.

The tired Lillard no longer organized the offense, but handed over the ball as soon as he passed the half.

Ricard used a very classic tactic that can indeed save Anjie a lot of physical strength, that is, let Anjie act as the organizer as the high point.

Gotat's current entanglement has little impact on Anjie, because Anjie will not hold the ball for too long. He will always find teammates who have a chance to appear quickly and accurately. The broader vision makes Dragic, a point guard, admire very much.

In fact, this is not because An Jie really has eyes behind his mind, but he spent a lot of time memorizing all the tactics that Ricard taught him. Therefore, he can complete those beautiful passes without watching people again and again. Because An Jie has a clear idea of ​​when his teammates will appear in wherever they are.

In this way, Anjie's physical fitness has not only been liberated, but the Trail Blazers' offense has also been activated.

Although the offensive efficiency is lower than when An Jie was allowed to do the main attack, this is enough to deal with the Suns.

Since then, Angel and Dragic have brought the audience a pleasant pass performance. The two organizers with completely different styles have shown all their skills to fight for the team's victory.

However, the firepower of Iguodala, Matthews and Lillard is beyond the reach of the Suns.

Where is Gotat? He was full of blood and expectation before the game. But now, he could only wave his arms in front of Anjie like a fool, and his physical and physical advantages were not swayed at all.

In the second quarter, under Anjie's excellent organization, the Trail Blazers successfully completed the counterattack. However, the lead of just four points still could not reassure the fans of the Trail Blazers. After all, Dragic had fully demonstrated his outstanding form today, and it was not impossible to lead the Suns to counterattack in the second half.

During the halftime break, Suns coach Lindsey Hunter arranged a lot of defensive strategies for Anger's organization. As long as you strangle the passing route, no matter how powerful Anger is, he will never be able to let the basketball pass through the body of the defender.

So in the second half, Gotat's defense against Anjie was no longer so fierce. However, just when everyone thought that Anjie, who was standing behind the free throw line again, was about to pass the ball, he broke through!

With a beautiful one-handed buckle, Anjie's sudden force made both Gotat and Scola unable to react. Anjie had already rested enough. Although his physical strength was still weak, Anjie could still handle it in just one half.

In the second round, Gotat was a little afraid of Anjie. And Anjie just smiled jokingly, and then broke forward again after two of his crotch changes!

The Polish Hammer would not fall twice in the same place. He moved quickly and blocked Anjie's offensive route. Anjie either squeezed him away or was called an offensive foul.

However, Anjie's moves were not just those. He suddenly stopped suddenly when he rushed to Gotat, and then immediately turned around and won a little space for himself, and made a jump shot.

Another move that only outside players can do, but now people will no longer be surprised to see Anjie do all this. Anjie's all-around type has long been known to everyone in the world. Even if he knocks Gotat down, fans think it is reasonable.

Gotat was completely confused now. Why did the Chinese who tried his best to avoid confronting him in the first half suddenly resurrect in the second half? But before he could think about it, An Jie was already scoring one after another.

Afterwards, Gotat showed that even if he was tough, Anjie was not afraid of anything. Now Anjie will not worry about lack of physical fitness, because there is only such time for the competition.

Pretending to be dead in the first half, he was resurrected in the second half. Ricard and Anger, two thug guys, successfully put Lindsey Hunter, the interim coach.

In the fourth quarter, Dragic was still working hard, and he did help the Suns keep close to the score.

But often every time the Suns are about to rebel, Anjie will stand up and use various different means to set aside a little distance again. Then the Suns chase and Anjie will pull again. The game has entered a vicious cycle. The longer the Suns drag it, the more unfavorable it will be for them.

At this time, if a star stands up and breaks the balance, the Suns can gain an advantage in one go.

Unfortunately, the biggest problem is that the Suns have no stars.

Finally, under Ricard's excellent strategy and Anger's comprehensive skills, the Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Suns 102-98 away. If Dragic, who was under great pressure at the critical moment, had it not been difficult to become powerful, the winner and loss of this game would have to be said for another reason.

In any case, Anjie and the Trail Blazers finally passed the first game after the physical collapse. Their winning streak has officially become 26 consecutive victories.

But after the game, Ricard did not seem very happy because he knew that although he could win this game, he encountered many difficult problems.

The opponents behind the Trail Blazers will be stronger than the Suns. And the physical strength of Angel and Lillard will not recover so quickly.
Chapter completed!