The Way of the Center

Chapter 846 : An icy quick loan center

Cleveland, a small city located in Ohio, may not have imagined that because of the presence of a single person, it will become the center of attention of the whole world from obscurity.

LeBron James, the joining of the strongest high school student of the year, gave Cleveland, who had been silent for many years, an instant hope. How important is James to the Cavaliers? Look at the bleak attendance of the Quicken Loans Center Arena in the years that James left, and you can see why one person can change the destiny of a city. Irving was also the No. 1 pick, but his influence is far less than LeBron.

This year, Cleveland has once again become the focus of attention all over the world. Basketball fans and reporters from all over the world gather in this once-declining city.

This is not a grand event that will change the world, and no super politician wants to announce reforms this time. NBA Finals, Anjie and James. These two factors are enough to become the “magnetite” that attracts everyone to gather here.

This is not the first time Anjie has come to the Quicken Loans Center Arena. Three years ago, he even completed a sweep of the Cavaliers in the finals here. But now, although the opponent is still the Cavaliers, it is James. But the situation is very different from that of the past.

The term small lineup, Anjie remembers that when he first joined the league, few people would mention it. In those days, if a team lost the inside, it meant that they were likely to lose victory as well.

Whether it’s the Lakers during the two consecutive championships or the Mavericks who defeated the Big Three, they all have one or more powerful insiders to support their stars without exception.

But now in 2018, the sport of basketball has changed. Look at the Cavaliers’ starting center, Kevin Love. Not to mention that Love was born as a guard, even if he is playing inside, he should be a 4th position like a fake replacement.

Now more than one team has given up the position of center, and even the NBA All-Star vote has long erased the position of center. Ironically, the most dominant player in the NBA today is precisely a center. But this year’s finals, Anjie’s dominance will be severely challenged.

The Trail Blazers bus just stopped, and reporters crazily surrounded with cameras and microphones.

The City of Cleveland has deployed a large number of police forces in the Quicken Loans Center Arena. If it weren’t for them, the Blazers players might not even be able to get off the cars.

An Jie was the first to get off the bus with sunglasses and a dark blue suit. Suddenly, the flashes were fired in succession. In fact, this is why Anjie chooses to wear sunglasses.

Through the narrow passage opened by the police for An Jie and them, the players of the Trail Blazers successfully entered the player passage of the Quicken Loans Center Arena.

An Jie took off his sunglasses and took a strong breath of Cleveland air. Here, sure enough, it is also full of strong smell of gunpowder smoke…

The players did not waste much time, but went straight to the locker room. Change the equipment early and warm up early, this is Ricard’s only plan to bring the team to appear in advance.

Although they are on the away field, in the away team locker room of Quicken Loans Center Arena, the players’ jerseys and sneakers have long been neatly placed in the cabinet by the staff.

As soon as An Jie opened the cabinet, he saw the number 00 jersey he had originally chosen, and the center-forward sneakers that made him a lot of money. He silently took off his suit and put on his jersey. From the moment he put on the Blazers black away jersey, Anjie has entered a fighting state!

When warming up today, Anjie clearly discovered that the feel of the two guys, j.r. Smith and Derek Rose, didn’t seem to be very good.

Needless to say Smith, he is a neuroknife player. As for Derek Rose, he shot 45% of his 3-pointers in the last game. But Anjie believes that Ross, who is not good at long-range shots, can’t be so impressive today.

The Cavaliers’ high three-point shooting percentage is one of the main reasons the Trail Blazers lost their home court. Today, Anjie can guarantee that he is still efficient on the inside. But the Cavaliers’ perimeter group, maybe just this courage to ensure that they are still efficient outside the three-point line.

Warm up, play the national anthem, introduce the players, and finally deploy. A complete set of procedures has come down, and the fans are looking forward to the third battle of the finals, finally kicking off.

Today, the Cavaliers still use their small lineup. Love plays center and James plays the fourth position. Wade played three, Rose and Thomas Jr. partnered in the backcourt. Whether it is Tyronn Lue or Cavaliers fans, they seem to believe that such a super small lineup can maintain continuous suppression of the Blazers.

However, on the first goal of the opening game, An Jie used a dunk leaning on Love to announce his absolute dominance of the penalty area.

Since you dare to use a small lineup, I dare to score unscrupulously on the inside. Tyron Lu intends to use such a lineup, and Anjie will let him see what price he needs to pay!

After the Cavaliers attacked, their passing speed was still very fast. The complexity of the series between the four outside players is completely beyond everyone’s imagination.

In the end, James received Wade’s breakthrough ball from the three-point line and got a shot.

“Bull Bull” Morris is definitely one of the best frame guards in the league, but he is not good at perimeter one-on-one defense. This is perhaps the biggest reason why he can’t get the best defensive player.

James is not afraid of Morris, who once blocked himself, he calmly shot from the three-point line. However, Morris’s take-off height still exceeded James’ expectations.

The “Bull Bull” didn’t have any reservations. He seemed to be blocking a layup, taking off with all his strength, intending to block James’ shot.

James couldn’t help leaning his body forward, hoping to make a foul by Morris from beyond the three-point line. Because he knew that under such interference, he couldn’t make a shot!

“Beep toot!” The referee’s whistle finally sounded, and Morris became angry and shouted at the referee. But this still cannot be changed, the fact that James will get three free throw opportunities.

Although relying on free throws, James still scored “three points” as he wished. However, this does not mean that the Cavaliers will definitely be able to drive outside the three-point line today.

After that, Anjie used a big hook in the middle distance to score the ball. An Jie’s exaggerated retro hook action seems to remind people of the former “Sky Hook” Kareem. But the more frightening thing about Anjie is that you can see the shadows of different super centers in him. Kareem is just one of them.

The Cavaliers’ defense against Anjie has undoubtedly lost again, but Tyronn Lue and the fans of Quicken Loans Center Arena are not worried. Because of the offense, this is the highlight of the Cavaliers.

“!” With a crisp sound rushing into the ears of the fans, Derrick Rose’s open three-pointer slammed out of the box. The Cavaliers made their first official three-pointer today, and they hit an iron. According to the Chinese narrator Yu Jia, this is not a good sign for the Cavaliers.

Use the three-pointer as a conventional offensive method, or even a means of winning. This is the style of play that all teams in the league have tried desperately to emulate in recent years. But not all teams can make a qualitative increase in their three-pointers.

After Rose hit the iron, Wade and James missed two consecutive three-pointers. It wasn’t until the fourth time that Thomas made a shot that finally changed this embarrassment. In the Cavaliers’ first four offenses, all shots came from outside the three-point line.

8 to 6, although Anjie has succeeded on the offensive end four times in a row, although the Cavaliers have just hit the first goal in the sports game. But the difference between the scores of the two sides was only two points. Perhaps this is the scary part of the small lineup and three-point play.

Although from the scene now, the Cavaliers do not seem to suffer. But Ricard knows at least that the Cavaliers’ three-pointers are hard to be in series like the last game. As long as the game continues to deepen and the Cavaliers’ three-point shooting rate continues to be like this, the Trail Blazers will open the score, it is only a matter of time!

At the end of the first quarter, the Blazers were still only four points ahead of the Cavaliers. But Ricard looked confident.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Cavaliers’ three-pointers all collapsed. Whether it is James or Wade, whether it is Rose or Thomas. Or j.r. and Jack Crowder on the bench. No matter who they are, they can’t hit three-pointers efficiently. On the Blazers side, Nurkic and Anjie’s partner made the Cavaliers lose points faster.

In the second quarter, the score of the two sides was stretched to 12 points. During the intermission, even if the cheerleader girls performed wonderfully in the center of the venue, the entire Quicken Loans Center Arena was still silent.

In the second half, desperate Tyronn Lu brought up Korver, who had been sealed for a long time. No one expects Korver to save the team, but Korver made 3 of 4 3-pointers in a single quarter!

This is the pitcher, this is the three-point offense. The people who saved the team in the last game may not still be able to save the team today. And people who have been doing nothing before may suddenly burst out because of the fiery feel.

Korver’s shooting gave the Cavaliers hope, but if someone says that the Cavaliers can look to Korver to defeat the Trail Blazers, then he is either a lunatic or a fool.

In the fourth quarter, although Korver’s three-pointer was still magical. But the overall low efficiency of the Cavaliers is not something Korver can pull back. In contrast to the Trail Blazers, while the Cavaliers were unfavorable offensively, the defensive end also began to collapse, giving the Trail Blazers many opportunities.

In addition to the inside, the outside players of the Trail Blazers also got a lot of shot space. Unlike the Cavaliers, the Trail Blazers’ outside group, which was squeezed for a whole game in the last game, seized the opportunity today.

Cleveland fans originally came to the Quicken Loans Center Arena with enthusiasm, but when the game ended, they were discouraged.

118 This is the score created by the Trail Blazers in the away game at the end of the game.

Although Korver made 6 of 8 three-pointers, he scored 20 points in the upcoming half of the game. But Wade’s 4 points. Rose’s 11 points, Thomas Jr.’s 15 points and James’s 38% shooting rate in exchange for 22 points all put the Cavaliers into an irreversible passivity.

Anjie has undoubtedly become the focus of today. 38 points, 17 rebounds and 4 blocked shots, his super data basis, and Anjie was even more happy that the Trail Blazers won as they wished.

In the last game, the Cavaliers won the small lineup. Today, the Cavaliers also lost to the small lineup.

Anjie and his trailblazers successfully completed their revenge in Cleveland and once again took the lead in the series.

However, the competition between traditional basketball and modern basketball, obviously, is still not over. The Cavaliers can’t feel so hot all the time. Similarly, they can’t feel as cold as they are today.

It seems that this is another protracted battle that won’t know the result until the end.