The Way of the Center

Chapter 416: : Relying on defense to chase points

Even at night, there is no coldness in the air of Oklahoma. E┡Fiction Ww┡W. 1XIAOSHUO. COM Compared to Minnesota and Toronto, Oklahoma has a very mild climate. So even if you go out now, just wear a short sleeve.

What's more, the atmosphere in Oklahoma tonight can be directly described as fanaticism. On the square in front of the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma, the Thunder officially set up a giant screen stage there. Thunder fans who could not get tickets to enter the stadium will be able to play in Chesapeake. Outside the Peak Energy Arena, in the atmosphere of a professional dJ, you can watch everything in the stadium through the huge Led screen.

Now the game is about to enter the fourth quarter in a blink of an eye, and the Thunder have now achieved a 7-point lead. In the first three quarters of the game, the Thunder was tied at most and has never been passive. For the fourth quarter competition between the two sides, Oklahoma City fans are very confident. The first three quarters have been won, and the powerful Thunder has no reason to lose the fourth quarter!

Durant, the scoring leader, is in the limelight today. He scored 19 points in just three quarters. Westbrook's impact not only forced Anjie to leave early, but also allowed him to get a high score of 21 points! Although the efficiency is not as good as Durant, such a high score is indeed the main reason why the Trail Blazers are now passive.

Bledsoe and Batum have been stifling the confidence of the Trail Blazers' second team, and Ibaka and Morris' defenses are also quite satisfactory. In short, no matter how you look at it, the Thunder have an advantage. Today, at their home court, Oklahoma City fans can't wait to meet the Thunder's first victory in the Western Conference Finals.

Anjie? An Jie's performance is indeed worthy of respect, and An Jie's many wonderful goals in this game also won him the applause of the Thunder fans. It's just a pity that An Jie had to sacrifice for the Thunder's victory.

"Beware of their passes and breakthroughs. Now I want you to defend one-on-one. Forcing them to make mistakes, forcing them to give up opportunities! It's time, it's time to let the game come to our hands!" Ricard Glancing at the Thunder bench on the other side, it's good, this group of guys are not complacent because of the 7-point lead.

In this way, the restless mood will certainly spread to the young Thunder team. Fatal mistakes will definitely appear frequently in the next games. Ricard arranged everything and was silent for three quarters. Now, it’s time for fans all over the world to see the strength of the Trail Blazers!

"Ann, they will definitely continue to impact you on this point later. Pay attention to the number of fouls you make, I want you to hold on to the last second!" Before going on the field, Ricard also reminded Anjie that he had committed a foul. The number has accumulated to four times. If they lose An Jie, even if they have Aldridge in excellent form, they will not be able to compete with the thunderous Thunder team.

"Understand the boss, don't worry." An Jie blinked at Ricard before turning to the court. Westbrook was staring at An Jie at the moment. Seeing An Jie also saw himself, he tilted his head and spread his hands.

"It's over Russell, your acting time is over." An Jie muttered in his mouth, what he couldn't do in college, he must do it today!

This time, Van Gundy directly allowed Westbrook and Bledsoe to be on the court at the same time, coupled with Durant's pull and the assistance of Ibaka and Morris, the Thunder's offensive firepower is unprecedentedly strong.

Bledsoe and Westbrook are both guards with perverted physical fitness and full impact. The repeated impact of these two on the basket will certainly not make An Jie feel too comfortable.

With Ibaka's high pick and roll, Westbrook once again "hurried." But this time, it was no longer Anjie, but Aldridge!

"Are you planning to help Ann carry this offense?" Westbrook originally wanted to pass the ball back to Ibaka and let the Congolese big man complete the shot. But this guy suddenly changed his mind and decided to play Aldridge one!

Although Aldridge's defense is not bad, it is still far behind An Jie. Use a goal to force Anjie to defend himself. This is Westbrook's plan!

Raymond Felton felt that his legs were about to break, but he still could only watch Westbrook's distance from him increase. He can't do anything to defend this time, and can only pray that Aldridge can stop the **** zero guard.

Westbrook didn't evade at all, he leaned on Aldridge's body and planned to force a layup. Aldridge was afraid of fouls and didn't take off. He just stood in place with his hands up to slow down Westbrook's impact and difficulty in attacking the frame as much as possible.

"It's too soft!" Westbrook, who was in physical contact with Aldridge in the air, dismissed this level of blocking at all. He continued to increase his strength and just squeezed Aldridge away in the air and shot the ball!

Westbrook smiled before he even landed. He is bound to win this ball!

However, just before the basketball shot by Westbrook fell, a long arm and that big palm suddenly appeared from behind Aldridge. Westbrook's smile gradually solidified. He knew who it was. Apart from Ibaka on this field, only this guy could block this kind of layup.

"Pop!" A big fan! The basketball swished past Westbrook's scalp. Wesley Matthews has rushed to the front court at this moment, and when he received the basketball, everyone was still looking behind him!

Westbrook looked at Angel in disbelief, so that Wesley Matthews completed the dunk over there, but he did not react at all.

"You can't fight like this anymore, I won't let you succeed again." Anjie patted Westbrook on the shoulder. Ricard was right. The frivolous Westbrook is easy to be at a critical moment. careless! This ball Anjie has long been ambushing behind Aldridge, and Aldridge stepped forward only to help Anjie bear Westbrook's impact.

When Westbrook put down his guard and thought he could overpower Aldridge, Angel's opportunity came.

The block is completed through Aldridge, which is the most interesting kind of center defense. Back then, O'Neal used a lot of this method to stifle the opponent's offense, and now, An Jie has reproduced those scenes perfectly.

"You used to be behind us like this...Wait, I won't be fooled!" Westbrook's aggressiveness is no worse than Anjie, he retreated beyond the three-point line and prepared Start his next round of offense.

Inadvertently, Anjie has used his words to arouse Westbrook's scoring**. Doing so will indeed make Westbrook, who is already very dangerous, even more dangerous. But the advantage is that it can make Westbrook's calmness disappear!

Westbrook first gave the basketball to Durant this time. Durant was about to break through Gerald Wallace's defense, but in the process of the breakthrough, he suddenly stopped a jumper.

In the first three quarters of the game, he used this trick repeatedly. But Gerald Wallace is not a fool either. How could he not be alert after being teased by Durant so many times?

So Durant made a sudden stop jumper this time and was greatly interfered by Gerald Wallace. The basketball failed to enter the frame gracefully again, instead it bounced out.

Morris made a full leap, but did not catch the offensive rebound as he wished under An Jie's card position, but clicked the basketball again.

At the moment when Morris was unable to complete the second take-off after landing, Anjie jumped high, straightened his long arms, and controlled the backboard rebound. It wasn't until everyone on the Thunder team retreated to the other half of the defense that Anjie handed the ball to Raymond Felton. To force the Thunder to make mistakes, first they can't make mistakes themselves. Therefore, Anjie played very cautiously.

Offensively, but this time Anjie no longer stays low as soon as he comes up. He played more flexibly and mentioned a pick-and-roll for Felton in the high post.

Felton tried to break through the pick and roll, but found that Westbrook was still haunting himself. When Westbrook practiced pick-and-roll prevention, he practiced with An Jie. Therefore, in this league, Westbrook will be the best way around, is An Jie's pick and roll!

But Felton, who was stopped, was not in a hurry. His calm wrist flicked and Morris quickly turned around, but An Jie had already received the ball and broke through!

"Defend!" Morris yelled. In any case, An Jie should not be allowed to get close to the basket. So Durant stretched out his long arm, but did not cut off the basketball. Ibaka moved to the basket, but the Thunder still scored.

There is no doubt that when Ibaka was attracted to the basket, Aldridge was naturally released. Aldridge, who is feeling hot today, also added another assist to Anjie's data.

The Trail Blazers scored two more points, but the Thunder did not respond.

In the last offense, Durant's forcible breakthrough shot allowed Westbrook not to get too much possession time. He thought Durant would pass it back to him, but he didn't know that Kd actually shot it directly.

Westbrook, who was eager to score, eager to beat Anjie, is now even more impatient. When he was still in the Thunder, Anjie did not lose because of Westbrook's head heat. Now, Westbrook's problem remains unchanged. Maybe this guy's character is like this, it won't change for a long time.

Westbrook hit the penalty area guarded by Anjie for the second time, and Aldridge moved to the basket as usual, but Westbrook didn't care so much, he threw himself into the air again.

However, before jumping to the highest point, Westbrook suddenly lost control of the ball!

Panic lowered his head to the basketball, Westbrook realized that Gerald Wallace had been in ambush for a long time, waiting for the moment he layup, so that the basketball can be cut away!

"Westbrook's critical moment error, the Trail Blazers' conversion offense! Raymond Felton chased for a three-pointer!? Yes! Hey, Felton's state must have been greatly affected by their current performance. Encouragement! Now the Trail Blazers are blooming more. The seven-point advantage of the Thunder since entering the fourth quarter has disappeared in an instant!" Mike Brin couldn’t believe it, the Trail Blazers, who have been committed to slow-paced battles. It was actually able to tie the score quickly in a short period of time.

But unlike other teams scoring fast, the Blazers can score fast not by offense and fast pace~www.readwn.com~ but by their defense!

Continuously forcing Westbrook and Durant into the defensive trap, this is the effect Ricard hopes to get!

"Huh, good job, keep it up." Ricard held his hand and looked at the masterpiece he had created with satisfaction.

For the low-key Trailblazers in the first three quarters, the fourth quarter does not intend to continue to be satisfied with the score.

Win the game, that's why Ricard and his children are standing here!

An Jie and Aldridge and Felton high-five in turn in the process of retreating. This big oo man wearing a black jersey has gone from being guarded by the Chesapeake Energy Arena to a Chesapeake Energy Ball. The most dangerous saboteur of the pavilion!

"Boy Ann... Let's go on, he is not unbreakable!" Durant patted Westbrook's ass, Westbrook took the baseline ball from Morris, once again Rushed towards the frontcourt.

No one will choose to give up, whether it is the Thunder or the Trail Blazers, whether it is Westbrook or Anjie. If you want to win, you must fight to the end.

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