Chapter 651: Out of Control
With just an extremely beautiful step, An Jie successfully avoided the Rockets' double-team defense and successfully scored a goal.
Not to mention Terrence Jones, although this guy was very versatile in college, NBA and NCAA were two completely different concepts. If McHale hadn't had anyone available at the power forward, he wouldn't have let Jones be the starting player.
But Howard, this is an All-Star Center. A college star player and an NBA star player work together, and they can't do anything to Anger. This will undoubtedly boost the morale of the Trail Blazers who have lost Ricard and Aldridge!
While the Trail Blazers players were excited, Dwight Howard's anger was also heating up. Perhaps after getting along with Kobe, this guy now hates the feeling of being disrespected.
Just now, An Jie was playing tricks on himself like this and even squirting about those trash words at him, which undoubtedly meant his disrespect for his performance.
So in the Rockets' second offense, Howard wanted to stabilize his position and ask for the ball to Harden.
Although Harden is the real core of this Rockets, Howard's request cannot be ignored.
The center is like a willful girl. You can't always ignore him and let him not catch the ball for a long time, otherwise, these big men may be in a bad mood.
So, Howard got his wish and received the basketball. Anjie gritted his teeth and insisted that Howard, this guy, actually became stronger again!
Howard's offense is nothing to say. The forced attack after a hard chisel is the only single choice for this guy with amazing physical fitness.
An Jie was not afraid. After all, he had not fought with Howard once or twice. He knew how big the impact would be in the future.
However, Howard's turn after pushing forward made An Jie's body suddenly stiff! It turned out that Howard did not want to win by relying solely on brute force as before. This angry beast directly stabbed his elbow into An Jie's stomach!
Since the referee stood behind An Jie, he did not see the little movements on Howard's elbow. So An Jie could only suffer the loss of this dumb man.
Howard pushed Anjie away with his elbow and immediately jumped up to hook his hand, but Anjie also endured the pain and jumped to interfere.
Howard's stiff hook finally hit the basket's neck, but An Jie, who was hit by a dark elbow, did not take advantage of it at all.
Divac, who saw the clues, complained to the referee off the court, but this guy with a hot temper was far less than Ricard's, and he could not attract the referee's attention.
Divac was not afraid that Anjie would suffer a loss, but he was worried that Howard, who was now angry, would make some extraordinary moves to hurt Anjie.
If the Trail Blazers take on Angel again without Ricard and Aldridge, it would be a big loss.
The worried Divac turned his attention to the court again, but Anjie continued to engage in the hand-to-hand battle with Howard like a person who was fine.
Howard's pushing was very powerful. An Jie felt that his waist could not be used to force. His waist could not be used to force, so he naturally could not be able to push.
Seeing that Anjie's position was not stable, Lillard hesitated whether he should pass the ball. Just when Lillard was undecided, Anjie raised his hand.
"Ball!" Seeing that Lillard was still stunned, Anjie shouted directly.
Few people will be so blatant to ask for the ball, because it undoubtedly reveals your next plan.
Terrence Jones doesn't plan to waste this opportunity. As soon as Lillard makes a goal, Jones will try his best to intercept the game!
Even if the interception is not successful, Jones can successfully complete the double-team of Anjie as soon as possible.
As Anger wished, Lillard chose a quick direct pass.
Terrence Jones was overjoyed, and he was waiting for a direct pass!
The basketball flew halfway through, and Jones took two big strides. Unfortunately, Lillard passed the ball too quickly, so fast that even if Jones predicted it in advance, he could not touch the basketball.
But similarly, as soon as An Jie catches the ball, he will immediately encounter double-team before he can adjust.
It seemed that this was still a failed pass. After Jones was released, Lopez began to cut into the basket, but what's the use? Angel, who was facing the basket and Robin, had no chance to pass the ball at all.
Angel tried his best to catch the incoming ball, and at the same time, the encirclement between Howard and Jones was formed instantly.
However, Anjie did not let the ball stay in his hands. After Anjie received the ball, he didn't even look at it, and immediately threw the basketball behind his head. Howard and Jones were both stupid, and there were still shots like this?
Jones turned his head and saw Robin Lopez rising into the air with an explosive head.
Lopez steadily caught Anger's extremely unreasonable throwing ball behind his head, and used his powerful hands to push the basketball into the basket!
"Bang!" The basket made a loud noise, and everyone in Moda Center was stunned.
Just now, Angel and Lopez completed the air relay!?
"alley-oop!" Mike Bryn's shout confirmed this fact. Yes, that was indeed an air relay just now!
After scoring the goal, Lopez immediately took off for a second time and touched his chest with An Jie in the air. The arrogant way of celebrating the two men happened in front of Howard, who looked confused.
He looked up at the big screen. In that case, God knew how Angel saw Lopez cut in. But this guy not only saw it, but also completed the assist with such an incredible pass.
Howard still couldn't believe what had just happened in front of him, but An Jie was already proudly hooking his finger at Howard.
Divac smiled and shook his head. Back then, people said that he was the center forward who was the best passer in the NBA. But now Anjie has raised the center forward's passing skills to a whole new level.
Anjie can also replicate this kind of ball that only guys like Nash and Paul can pass!
An assist, which was several times more exciting than a goal, gave An Jie the capital to show off his power in front of Howard.
It's almost there, An Jie can see that this once invulnerable monster is about to explode!
The game came to the third quarter with the goals between the two sides. An Jie's performance on the court was still excellent, and Howard's offense when facing An Jie's defense was still in a mess.
James Harden is the only person on the court who can compete with Angel. This defender committed a lot of fouls today, of course, most of them were Lopez and Leonard.
And Howard? This guy's movements on the court were getting bigger and bigger. Once, he pushed Anjie to the ground for rebounding without being stuck and took a rebound foul.
This foul was also a signal. An Jie knew that the time was right!
Once again, James Harden first broke through after receiving Jeremy Lin's pass, and then suddenly stepped back and pulled back to pull out three-pointers.
This is not the first time Matthews has lost this trick today. He has tried very hard to block Harden's sight. But like before, basketball still fell into the net!
After the goal was hit, the Rockets were only 2 points away from the equalization score. Anjie looked at Howard and it was time to end the big trouble.
Old Miller, who replaced Lillard, was completely at ease when he was against Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin did work very hard in defense, but Miller's speed of speed and slowness made Juvenile unable to seize the best opportunity to defend himself.
This time, Anjie did not take the position in the inside. Instead, he ran to the high position and prepared to pick-and-roll for Old Miller.
Howard didn't know what Anjie wanted to do, but he knew that only by constantly putting pressure on Anjie could he reduce Anjie's success rate as much as possible.
Little did Anjie not stand for Miller to pick-and-roll, but instead fought with Miller and cooperated with him.
That's right, it's not that the center forward is to hand over the defender, but that the defender is to hand over the center forward!
McHale held his chin, and Anjie must have his plan to do so.
But Howard, who played on the court, didn't think so much. His only idea now is to defend An Jie.
Therefore, Howard, who could not get around the pick-and-roll at the first time, went to Angel through Miller. Angel's jersey was grabbed by Howard, and Old Miller was also violently attacked by Howard, a strong man.
Suddenly, Anjie took off the basketball game and turned around exaggeratedly, as if Howard's power to grab the jersey was particularly huge.
Old Miller, who was sandwiched between the two giants, suddenly fell to the ground, looking like he was ruthlessly knocked away by Howard.
Howard crossed the fallen Miller and continued to chase Anjie. At this time, the referee's whistle also rang out!
Miller, who was still very "painful" just now, suddenly got up from the ground.
Although Miller is nearly forty years old, and even though his size is several times different between him and Howard, Miller, who was humiliated by the crotch, had to ask Howard for an explanation.
Although veterans are not as impulsive as young people, they have a set of rulers in their hearts, who can do whatever they can and who cannot let them do what they do. After passing this line in the veteran's heart, the veteran will react.
For Miller, a guy like Howard is not qualified to humiliate himself. This is an NBA, a basketball game, and what he wants is the winner. Since he is standing on the court, he is the opponent. If he wants the demeanor of a senior, he will naturally be able to sit in the comment seat after retirement. But at this moment, Miller can't swallow this tone.
So when Old Miller confronted Howard hard, even Howard himself was a little surprised.
And An Jie, the "master behind the scenes", did not expect that he would involve Old Miller.
In order to protect his teammates, Anjie hugged Miller with one hand and gently pushed Howard away with the other hand.
However, Howard, who was upright now, responded fiercely to An Jie's slight push!
Howard first knocked An Jie off the hand that touched him, and then slapped An Jie's chest with a heavy palm.
Suddenly, Old Miller rushed up and stood up for the young players in the team. This is the instinctive reaction every veteran would make. Fortunately, Jeremy Lin immediately blocked Miller and separated the two, thus avoiding the escalation of the conflict.
An Jie also pointed at Howard and cursed. He didn't care what small movements a person used in the game. As long as they were not intentionally injured, An Jie could accept them. Because An Jie believed that small movements were also part of basketball, he himself was also a player who liked to use small movements very much. But if he did it directly, An Jie wouldn't be able to bear it.
Howard and An Jie confronted each other through the crowd. Suddenly, An Jie broke through the "blockade line". It seemed that he planned to really fight with Howard! Howard hit a heavy punch in his chest, An Jie didn't want to let it go.
Just as An Jie clenched his fists and was about to rush to Howard, Ariza suddenly appeared and hugged An Jie. Although Ariza could not stop An Jie, the rampant butcher, Rocket One never let go from beginning to end.
"You soft guy! We have a fight openly!" An Jie was still very excited. Not every time he had such a scene, he could control himself. After all, this guy was only in his twenty years.
Howard slowly retreated with the support of his teammates. He knew that his palm just now must have become the "evidence of crime" in the eyes of the referee. Now, it is better not to add fuel to the fire.
The situation has completely lost control, even beyond An Jie's imagination.
How will this farce happen between the Western Powerhouses end?
The three referees came to the technical stage and they had to play back to determine whether to give a major punishment to one of Howard, Angel and Miller. The key judgment that affects the outcome of the game will soon be generated.
Angel and Howard still glared at each other, and no matter what, neither beast could continue to stay on the same field.
Chapter completed!