Chapter seven hundred and eighty nine: year after year
At this time last year, Curry was sitting in the locker room and turned on the TV. He was not for anything else, but just wanted to see Anjie's VP awards ceremony.
At that time, Curry's eyes were full of yearning. He really hoped that he would become a great player like Angel one day.
However, just one year later, Curry led the Warriors to a record of 73 wins, only one game less than the 74 wins the Trail Blazers set. And most importantly, Curry doesn't have to watch this year's VP award ceremony on TV.
"Let us congratulate, this year's regular season VP winner, Stephen Curry!" Adam Xiaohua shouted, pulling Curry out of his memories.
The baby-faced No. 3O guard smiled and took over the trophy from Xiao Hua. Until this moment, Curry couldn't believe that all this was true.
Last year, the scenes that Curry was extremely yearning for in front of the TV are now truly born in Curry himself!
The Warriors' small ball style and Curry's three-pointer who ignored the distance to cover the entire half have become the objects of learning in the entire basketball world.
At this moment, the hot Warriors and Curry are like a team, that is the Portland Trail Blazers last year.
In the Warriors this season, people can always clearly see the shadow of the Trail Blazers in the past. The two teams have also created one record after another. Both teams are also very strong on the field, and both teams also have an epoch-making superstar. So this year, the Warriors have the biggest call for winning the championship. After all, the record of 73 wins is there. If the Warriors lose like this, it would be too shameless. After all, in Ba history, no team will lose the O'Brien Cup when they have a record of 70 or more in the regular season.
One day after the VP award ceremony, Curry and his Warriors fought their tiebreak with the Thunder.
The battle was very fierce, because after so many years of ups and downs, the Oklahoma City Thunder finally couldn't wait to taste the O'Brien Cup. But unfortunately, in the end, Westbrook's shooting percentage of only 33 and Curry's performance of 37 points allowed the Warriors to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder at the last moment and advance to the Western Conference Finals!
At the end of the game, Durant's expression on his face was very complicated. He no longer listened to Westbrook's comfort to him as before. Perhaps the defender who always loved to rush hard at that critical moment could no longer convince Durant.
Durant was thinking about something he had never thought of before
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The Warriors were all over the place and were able to reach the Western Conference Finals successfully, which also means that they will meet the Portland Trail Blazers who eliminated themselves last year! Curry and the Warriors waited for this revenge for a whole year!
Although the Trail Blazers dragged the broken lineup, they still reached the Western Conference Finals under the excellence of Angel and Lillard.
"I know that the Warriors are very strong this year, but the team will definitely give their all. We are not easy to mess with!" In an interview with the media, Anjie expressed his strong determination. Although the lineup of the Trail Blazers this season is indeed not that luxurious, the basketball game is not a simple "11=2" game.
Anjie is still very confident in his wrestling with the Warriors, who have won 73 wins this season.
"War of the Century!" This is the name that the media came up with for the showdown between the Trail Blazers and the Thunder this year. It can also be seen that the Warriors have reached a point in their strength this season.
However, this year, Curry did not disappoint everyone's hope for him.
With the shortage of soldiers, the Portland Trail Blazers, Anjie and Curry fought until the final battle of the tiebreak.
But in the end, the Warriors' strength advantage began to be revealed. A guy like J. McCollum, after he arrived on the stage of the Western Conference Finals, could not perform as freely as he did in the regular season.
Although Damien Lillard is active enough, compared with Curry, this guy's performance is still slightly inferior.
Anjie's average of 32 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks per game is enough to make him deserve respect, but he cannot win the game.
At the moment the game ended, An Jie suddenly collapsed on the ground. This season, he felt that it was really hard.
The burden of the entire team is on himself. The continuous invasion of injuries has also made the team's performance not stable enough. All these factors will eventually be on An Jie alone. If he doesn't carry the team to win, who can do it?
Carrying and carrying, An Jie once again reached the Western Conference Finals. However, when facing the powerful Warriors, even An Jie really couldn't bear it.
Looking at Curry standing on the technical stage celebrating wildly, An Jie could only shake his head helplessly. He got used to winning the championship, and suddenly failed again in the playoffs. An Jie found that he still felt a sour nose.
The offseason is coming early, and An Jie hasn't "enjoyed" early vacation for a long time. But if possible, An Jie hopes that he is still fighting for the championship on the field.
2o16 June 23, Anger's birthday. On the morning of Anger's first day at the age of 27, he reached an agreement with the Portland Trail Blazers in his office at the Moda Center.
Paul Allen and Nell Orsey have issued a five-year contract worth 2020 million yuan for Anjie! The former Microsoft giant has invested a lot in order to retain Anjie, the Eastern giant!
Angel smiled and signed his name on the contract. He didn't even let Meslav check the details of the contract. He believed in Portland, just as Portland believed in him. Even though he had just experienced a not-so-successful season, Angel did not hesitate to bet his entire future to the city of Portland.
No, to be more precise, Anjie has bet on Portland! Five years later, Anjie will be 32 years old. No one can tell what will happen during these five years.
The contract of 2020 million is also likely to be the last big contract in Anjie's career.
The news that Anjie renewed his contract with the Trail Blazers shocked the whole world. Because the amount of 2020 million is a contract amount that has never appeared in Ba history!
Anjie's contract has the last year's player option and has the right to veto the transaction. With such a large amount, the Trail Blazers are quite sincere.
In this way, the story of Anjie and the Trail Blazers is destined to continue. However, the hottest news of this summer has not come.
The final result of this season is somewhat unexpected. The Warriors, who defeated the Thunder and the Trail Blazers and won 73 in the regular season, actually lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers led by James on the finals stage. The Warriors also embarrassingly became the first team in Bah's history to win more than 70 games in the regular season but failed to win the championship.
Although the 15-16 season ended, the popularity of Ba did not fade. A few days later, on July 4, a news that was more explosive than Angel's 2020 million contract renewal of the Trail Blazers suddenly surfaced.
Kedurant, the former good brother of Angel, and the once strongest king of Oklahoma, has officially announced that he is about to join the Golden State Warriors who have just defeated him in the playoffs!
"Are you sure!?" On the phone, Angel's voice was full of surprise. He really couldn't believe that Durant would leave Oklahoma. He couldn't believe that Durant's next home would actually be the already very powerful Golden State Warriors!
You know, the Warriors already have a VP like Curry, but now another VP-level guy has to join in. This combination, looking at the entire history, never existed!
On the other end of the phone, Durant's voice was very calm. "We fought side by side back then. Now, you have created your own dynasty. Where is me? I have never even touched the edge of the O'Brien Cup. I long for the championship trophy just like you. I can't stand it. I have been mediocre in my entire career."
"Are you the championship?" Angel looked at the night sky in Portland, thinking. This league is getting more and more messy.
"You do this, Russell's side." Angel knew Westbrook's character very well. He knew that Westbrook would definitely not have any good feelings for this matter.
"Russell doesn't seem to care about me very much recently, hahaha, but I think he will understand me in the end." Durant's laughter was full of bitterness, but all the bitterness was not worth mentioning in front of the championship.
"Hey, An. If I meet next season, I won't be lenient!"
"When did you become lenient?"
As of July 4, 2o16, the third young master of Thunder who had shocked the league finally dispersed. However, when Anjie and Durant were on the phone, he still felt that everything that had happened was still in front of him.
"Do you think the three of us can get the O'Brien Cup?" Durant asked.
"Of course!" An Jie answered firmly.
Back then, when the three of them were still in Oklahoma, the scene where Durant said this became a moment that Anjie would never forget in his life. But now, no one could have thought that the agreement between them would be completed in this way.
After hanging up the phone, Angel called Westbrook again. Sure enough, this guy was now angry with Durant.
"I will prove it to everyone! Even if I am the only one in Oklahoma, I will bring this team to the top!" Westbrook was as energetic as he was back then, but he and Anjie were no longer young
In 2o16, this summer of chaos in the world has just begun. Anjie's opponents are getting stronger and stronger. How long will it take for the summer belonging to the Trail Blazers to come again?
Anjie doesn't want to retire in Portland with a 5-year, 200 million contract, and he doesn't want to be able to do anything to the point of retirement. One dynasty and three O'Brien Cups, but he still can't satisfy Anjie's appetite.
An Jie will definitely do the plan to retire after winning three more championships!
Maybe this summer does not belong to the Portland Trail Blazers, but Anger believes that that moment will always come.
Chapter completed!