Chapter 760: Common Foul
At this time approaching June, the sun in the sky was already quite fierce. The daytime was getting longer and longer. Even though it was already seven o'clock in the evening, the entire city of Portland was still shrouded in the last ray of sunshine.
The fans were sweating profusely, and the fans queuing up to enter the field had already formed a long queue. Facing the camera of the reporters, they all excitedly waved the tickets in their hands or homemade cheering signs.
"The Trail Blazers will win!"
"Come on! Deduct the basket!"
"We can definitely win! Because we have Anjie!"
The fans shouted wildly, making the already low temperature higher. But even so, the fans' hearts would not melt.
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's such a big scene." Lillard, who was sitting on the team bus, said while waving to the fans outside the window.
This handsome guy naturally caused a group of female fans to scream, but just one second later, the sounds were covered up by huge boos.
Lillard turned his head and looked at it. Sure enough, the Warriors' team bus also arrived at the scene!
"It's been quite early." Ricard didn't expect the Warriors to appear at Moda Center at the same time as him, because he and the Trail Blazers are usually the earliest teams.
"This means they are scared, boss. Those guys are afraid that we will have a more lead after one minute of warm-up." An Jie was ready to rub his hands, and it seemed that this guy could not hope to be like a human. He pulled open his coat and rushed into the court in his oo-number jersey.
"Remember everything we arranged and trained yesterday, and fought hard on the inside! Starting from the inside, defeating the opponent!" Ricard clapped his hands and reminded the players of the tactical focus.
"I remember it, boss." An Jie moved his muscles and bones, Moda Center, ready to tremble!
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With his left hand hooked, the basketball fell straight into the net. An Jie caught the basketball with his right hand and hooked it again with his right hand. The basketball entered the net again, while An Jie received the ball leaking from the net again with his left hand, and this was repeated.
Alternate hooking practice at the basket is a seemingly simple, but it is actually a very effective way to warm up the basket.
Angel ignored the Warriors player who was warming up in the other half, and ignored Curry who was almost 100 shots outside the three-point line during the warm-up.
He just stared at the basketball seriously and silently completed his warm-up plan. Warriors coach Steve Cole, who watched the warm-up training on the sidelines, couldn't help but tightly wrap his hands around his chest. In fact, this was his performance when he lacked security.
It seems that Anjie will bite the Warriors' inside tonight and bombard it. Steve Cole has no way to do this. Double-teaming will be Kele's only choice. Just double-teaming is not necessarily easy to use on Anjie.
The Moda Center is getting noisy and there are more and more people in the stands. Cole recalls the players who are warming up and starts to emphasize once again the final deployment he made today.
On the Trail Blazers, Ricard didn't even take out the tactical board. When the players gathered towards him, he only said one sentence. "Do them cleanly and neatly!"
"Occurrence! Offensive!..." The shouts of nearly 20,000 fans at the Moda Center made Drummond Green's ears buzzing.
Cooperating with the rhythm given by DJ on the scene, Iguodala took the ball slowly under the shouts of the fans.
As soon as Iguodala crossed the center line, Anjie began to fight with Bogut behind him. The war between the centers often begins before receiving the basketball.
Bogut gritted his teeth. The endless injuries in his early years made the Australian No. 1 pick no longer reach the level he had at that time. But this guy's foundation is still there. In fact, Anjie is not easy to confront Bogut every time. Because this lunatic from Australia, like himself, will never give up easily.
Anjie tried hard to block Bogut behind him, and then arched his hips hard to the basket. Bogut kept interfering with Anjie with small movements and waiting for an opportunity to defend.
Just as the two giants were fighting each other, Iguodala had already controlled the ball and came outside the three-point line. Seeing that Iguodala was already in place, Anjie did not continue to move.
He suddenly stood still, his heels were like plunging into the hardwood floor in the center of Moda. No matter how Bogut pushed it, Anjie was unmoved.
Angel has worked very hard. If he had more than one or two seconds, he would definitely not be able to withstand it.
Fortunately, Iguodala's pass was very timely. He sent the ball to the inside before Anjie collapsed!
When Anjie received the basketball, Bogut suddenly became nervous. Let Anjie successfully receive the ball near the three-second zone, which means that this defense has failed half of it!
While Bogut held Anjie's waist hard, he poked his arm out to interfere with Anjie's dribble. But Anjie's wide back made everything Bogut did useless.
"This guy's ability to play singles on his back is really high! Even if I go on the court, there is a very likely way for Na An." O'Neal stared at the stadium under his nose. This kind of pure center matchup has not been staged in the NBA league for a long time.
"You? Of course, you old man can't do anything to An. What we need to pay attention to now is whether the Australians can resist An's attack." Charles Barkley did not forget to use O'Neal to start the game. The tricks of these two guys also eased the atmosphere of the game a little.
An Jie kept testing Bogut's defense with his back. Bogut dared not move around. He knew that An Jie was probably just confusing himself.
As expected! After tentatively speaking, An Jie did not choose to push in, but turned around with a flexibly step. This guy planned to shoot directly!
"Don't think too simple about me, bastard!" Bogut cursed in his heart. Although Anjie's back-turned and jump shot were famous all over the world when he was in college. But Bogut was not at all timid. Anjie's back-turned so firmly must have wanted to give the Warriors a try as soon as he came up.
Andrew Bogut, he will never allow such a thing to live!
So, the Australian center took a big step and followed An Jie's turn and pressed on it.
As soon as An Jie turned around, he saw Bogut pushing his arms up without reservation. If it were 8o% of the inside line in this league, they would have stopped their movements long ago and waited for an opportunity to pass the ball. Because in such a small space, they can't do anything!
But Anjie is not only not the 8o%, but also the most unique one.
An Jie, who was originally planning to turn around and shoot, did not force himself to take action after seeing Bogut pushing up. Instead, he changed his steps flexibly and stepped out!
Bogut was still pushing forward, while Anjie took advantage of the amazing footsteps to pass by Bogut!
Anjie's right step allowed him to completely get rid of Bogut's defense. Facing the empty basket, Anjie easily picked up. The moment the basketball fell into the net, the fans of the entire Moda Center also jumped up.
Anjie stretched out a finger and pointed at the dome in the center of Moda. People looked towards Anjie's finger, and where were the two championship pennants hanging quietly.
Anjie's meaning is obvious. He wants to directly point to the championship. He wants to solve the battle in the last two home courts in Portland!
"Double-team Green, we double-team next round!" Just as the first goal was scored in the game, Steve Cole had to get busy on the sidelines. Anjie planned to fight against the Warriors' inside, and the thing he was most afraid of finally came.
After the Warriors' offense was over, Curry's first three-pointer took off the basket.
Perhaps, this guy hasn't recovered from the loss of the last game. Or perhaps, the game has just begun and Curry's hand has not yet been hot.
No matter what the reason is, the Trail Blazers will not give the Warriors any chance to attack. Anger blocked Bogut and Drummond Green alone, and under the secret grab of these two unclean guys, he still jumped high and took the rebound.
Seeing Anger grabbing the rebound, Drummond Green immediately stepped forward to prepare for a steal. Many inside players were the weakest vigilance when they just grabbed the rebound. Green relied on this move, but he took advantage of others.
However, this time, when Green took a step forward, he was not greeted with the unprepared basketball, but Anjie's big elbow!
After An Jie landed, he hugged the basketball with both hands. In order to prevent the ball from being intercepted, he deliberately held the ball and turned his waist twice to avoid stealing and deterrent.
However, there is a guy like Green who hits head-on when facing deterrence. His head was hit by An Jie, and the guy instantly crawled to the ground. Seeing this, the referee nervously stopped the game.
"Something seemed to be happening on the court! The game just started, and the two sides seemed to have a conflict!" Mike Bryn grabbed the microphone and stood up. This kind of game full of gunpowder smell was the favorite thing fans and commentators watched!
Green sat on the ground with his head in pain, looking very innocent. But Anjie knew that this seemingly despicable guy was not a good guy. God knows whether Green was pretending just now.
The referee walked up nervously and stood among the players on both sides. If such important games are out of control, then the jobs of these guys will be considered a failure.
By adjusting and replaying the video, the referees found that Green was suspected of a fake fall. His movements after falling to the ground were too exaggerated, and it was not the normal reaction when he was knocked down. But Anjie's elbows were indeed in contact with Green's head.
So, the referee made a balanced judgment. He awarded Anjie an ordinary foul and the ball rights were returned to the Warriors.
The fans in the stands of the Moda Center booed, and they kept saring the referee. Green, who was still in great pain just now, suddenly stood up after seeing the judgment and rushed to the referee to question.
"It's just an ordinary defensive foul? You must be joking with me. Is it just a normal foul for this level of blow??" Green spread his hands and asked loudly. He didn't know that he could never believe that the guy was sitting pitifully on the ground the previous second.
Originally, Green hoped to use that opportunity to make An Jie foul with a technical foul, but he didn't expect that the referee's punishment would be so light.
"Don't yell at Drummond, do you think I'm a fool?? I've given you a cheap price. Go to the free throw line to prepare!" The referee ignored Green's complaint and instead "threatened" him.
Green thought in dissatisfaction and walked to the free throw line. Although Green was able to fill in the gap through two free throws, this guy couldn't balance it in his heart.
"Do you want to play tough? An. Very good, then I'll play with you to the end!" Seeing An Jie slowly running over from the other half, Green's eyes were filled with rage.
If fouls of that level are just ordinary fouls, don't blame me Drummond Green for taking heavy attacks.
Chapter completed!