The Way of the Center

Chapter 844 : Times Clash

“Ann, Ann! In the first game of the Finals, you scored 26 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in a triple-double performance. Do you have anything to say about this!?”

“For LeBron’s 18 points and Dwyane’s 11 points, do you think they are completely limited by the Blazers’ defense?”

“Coach George Ricard, can you tell us about your tactical thinking? How did you train the team during the closed training days?”

After the game, there was an uproar at the scene. The knight who was originally a favorite to win has already “escaped” the scene in embarrassment. The trailblazers, who were dismissed as useless by the media before the game, were surrounded by reporters who slapped themselves in the face.

Those guys who were still categorically saying that the championship belongs to the Cavaliers yesterday have become loyal followers of the Trail Blazers today.

An Jie originally wanted to rush back to the locker room directly, but he found that there were more and more reporters around him, and the dense rows of microphones were raised high. If An Jie didn’t say anything, he might be trapped here all night.

“My triple-double is nothing. The team won. This is the most important thing.” Anjie smiled and replied, and some reporters took the initiative to make way. Sure enough, his path forward became a lot easier in an instant.

In this way, under the interviews and shootings of countless media all over the world, An Jie finally walked into the player channel. The tall No. 00 center let out a sigh of relief, and the nerves that had been tense before the start of the game finally relaxed.

As An Jie walked to the locker room, he was thinking about what happened just now. Leading the Blazers with an incomplete lineup to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, all that just happened actually happened.

Closed training, a $500,000 ticket, and the previous efforts made by Lillard and George…These were not in vain.

An Jie smiled and pushed open the locker room door. At this time, the rest of the pioneer team had all been waiting inside. As soon as An Jie came in, all the players rushed towards An Jie and hugged the guy tightly in the center.

Sweat, hard work, exhaustion and laughter are all combined at this moment. Where is Ricard? He did not participate in the crazy celebration of the players. This guy just leaned on the chair calmly, the corners of his mouth still slightly raised.

The pressure on Ricard these days is too great. The punishment from the league comes from the pressure of the boss on his trust. If Ricard can’t win, he will become the object of spurn by the audience overnight.

Now, the burden on this guy is a little relieved. During this rare period of vacuum, let the coach, who has unknowingly gray hair, take a good breath…

Although it takes four games to win the series, at least the Blazers are known to the world. They are not so vulnerable!

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On the second day after the game ended, fans who were still eager to discuss began to live on the Internet. Some fans even watched the video over and over again to analyze the changes in the Blazers’ tactics.

Where’s Anjie? An Jie was pushed to the altar again. After all, the last pure insider who could score a triple-double in the Finals dates back to Duncan in 2003. In other words, Anjie once again made his name equal to that of the legend. The name “Future Hall of Fame Member” has been increasingly used by the public on An Jie.

At this moment, although the Blazers reversed the whole situation, the Cavaliers coach Tyron Lue did not have the intention to pay attention to the news related to the Blazers.

Ricard’s closed training caused Tyronn Lue to make a lot of wrong judgments in the first game. Now, with the only video of the game, Tyronn Lue has entered a state of brainstorming. . Every move of the Trail Blazers players, every pick-and-roll without the ball, was recorded by Tyron Lue.

“The boss seems to have not come out since I went in this morning.” Wade, sweating profusely, leaned to James’ ear and muttered in the direction of Tyron Lue’s office.

At this point, the Cavaliers’ day of training has ended, and the exhausted players are dragging their bodies, ready to go back to the hotel to have a good rest, and prepare for the next day’s game.

But when the number of people in the training ground became less and less, Tyronn Lu, who studied the video of the game, still did not go out of the office.

“It must be studying the Trail Blazers’ game video. The changes they made during the closed training days have made Lu’s previous plans useless. Now, Tyron Lu must start from scratch. Next, make a new game plan.” James knows very well what Tyron Lue is doing. Although the stars such as James in the Cavaliers are the protagonist, why doesn’t Tyron Lue yearn for a championship?

The ceiling lights of the training ground were turned off by James before he left. Finally, the true leader of the Cavaliers looked at Tyron Lu, who was still closing the door and continuing to work. I hope this guy can find a way to resist the enemy.

The team has fallen behind 1-0, and the pressure on the Trail Blazers has fallen on the Cavaliers. If the next game loses another away game at Moda Center, the entire series will be quite difficult for the Cavaliers.

The last time James and Anjie met in the finals was the second time he was swept in the finals after he continued Duncan. This kind of humiliation, James will certainly not stop there.

This is the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Cavaliers, they won’t be easily defeated.

That night, Tyronn Lu had watched the Trail Blazers video over and over ten times. The tactics of the Trail Blazers were so subtle that Tyronn Ludu had to give Ricard a thumbs up in his heart.

But no matter how good Ricard and his team are, Tyronn Lue must now figure out a feasible way to change the situation.

Now there is less than 24 hours before the second game of the finals. Before the tactical training at noon tomorrow, Tyronn Lue must take care of everything properly.

This guy rubbed his temples, although the Cavaliers lineup looked gorgeous. But under the tactical suppression of the Trail Blazers, he really doesn’t have much advantage. The Cavaliers’ stars are all outside. Although Love is an inside player, his style of play is also biased towards defenders.

“Guard!?” Tyron Lu had a flash of inspiration. Yes, since his team has so many powerful guards, why can’t you use them all?

Even if you keep Tristan Thompson and other inside players on the court, they can’t contribute more to the Cavaliers’ defense. That being the case, the Cavaliers might as well play a small lineup downright!

Small lineup, if the Cavaliers use a small lineup, it will definitely impact the Blazers’ defensive system!

As if Tyronn Lu had discovered a new world, he started to simulate tactics in his mind frantically. Defensively, the Cavaliers can’t guard Anjie. That being the case, it is better to let go and destroy the enemy with a more fierce attack!

Give up the inside line and use the huge advantage of the outside line to deal with the Blazers. Tyron Lue’s decision has changed the game of basketball again…

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Anjie received a pass from Iguodala hanging inside the pass near the three-second zone. When he received the ball, a very magical scene appeared again.

On the field, except for Anjie and Love, the other eight players of the two teams are all near the three-point line. In the entire three-point line, there are only two people, An Jie and Love.

Facing Love’s single defense, An Jie naturally played without any pressure. At this time, there is no doubt that An Jie is still at the peak of his personal ability. Superstars who are generally at their peak have no solution. For example, Kobe, who was still able to score goals with two or three defenses, for example, Wade, who was as fast as lightning and broke through like a knife, or the “big shark” who did whatever he wanted on the court. And now An Jie, the same is true.

An Jie just leaned back and hooked directly. A simple offense gave the Trail Blazers two points.

“This is the 40th point Ann scored in this game! But we can clearly see that Ann is not very happy. Because at this moment, the Portland Trail Blazers are still 5 points behind the Cavaliers!” Mike Brin While feeling Anjie’s strong personal ability, he also had to admire the courage of Tylen Lu.

Handed the inside to Anjie, and then tried his best to defend the other four of the Trail Blazers. In this way, even if Anjie’s passing is superb, it is difficult to create opportunities for his teammates.

The Cavaliers only sent Love as an inside post, played with James in the fourth position, and then sent Jr. Thomas, Rose and Wade at the same time. Their attack power is not comparable to An Jie alone.

In the beginning, the rest of the Trail Blazers were still looking for opportunities. But when the game progressed to the grinding time at the end of the fourth quarter, the situation simply became a situation where one person played four people.

Today, the person who kept ranting on the sidelines changed from Tyron Lue to Ricard. But no matter how he roars, the Blazers’ overly “popular” perimeter configuration still makes the Cavaliers’ defense get stuck.

An Jie had just scored a goal here, and the Cavaliers immediately attacked. They just want to use this extremely fast pace to fully control the game.

James quickly broke through to attract the defense, and then a precise point. Thomas, who had been ambushing for a long time outside the three-point line, opened his hand and hit another three-pointer.

In an instant, the difference between the two sides became 8 points. At this moment, it was less than one and a half minutes before the end of the game.

Tyronn Lu is ecstatic on the sidelines, who can say that the insiders win the world? Who said that basketball is still a game that cannot be separated from the insiders? He wants to prove today that it is not that the closer to the basket the closer to victory!

Anjie was still able to score inside, and the inside scoring ratio between the Blazers and Cavaliers became an exaggerated 23 to 55.

From a conventional point of view, the Trail Blazers should have gained such a big inside scoring advantage, it should be a lot ahead. But the Cavaliers, it happened to be the leader at the moment.

This is not in line with the normal basketball style of Tyronn Lue, which overturned the unprepared Trail Blazers.

In the end, although An Jie scored a large double-double with 45 points and 16 rebounds, the Cavaliers, who scored in double figures with four and scored with three in 20, still managed to win a city after a big defeat.

The Blazers fans haven’t been happy for long, and the total score in the finals has become a 1-1 draw.

The times are finally changing. The collision between the pioneers playing old-school basketball and the knights playing modern basketball is a collision between two different basketball concepts.

Is the center uselessness theory able to stand up, or the traditional one that can win the championship? The significance of this year’s O’Brien Cup seems to have surpassed the championship itself.