"An Jie defended the best defensive player for the second year in a row, and deservedly became the first person in Chinese basketball!"

"MVP Rankings: Anjie is still number one. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yao Ming: He has made history and pushed Chinese basketball to a whole new level. ”

Early the next morning, newspapers were hung up in the newspapers and periodicals in China. One thing these newspapers have in common is that they all take the front page headlines from Anjie.

Even some comprehensive daily newspapers put AnJie at the forefront. It can be seen from this that Anjie's defense of the Best Defensive Player Award has caused a lot of sensation and impact in China.

Because what AnJie is doing now is something that no one has ever done in this country of 1.3 billion people. Even Yao Ming has never received such an honor, and twice in a row.

So now in China, Anjie has become a household name. Even people who have never cared about basketball know two names. One is called Jordan, and the other is called Anjie.

Under the hype of the domestic media, many people who know little about basketball have also begun to watch the playoffs. They all want to see what this guy called "the first person" by Yao Ming is like.

David Stern is now in love with the Chinese market, because with the help of the Chinese market, he has one less thing to worry about.

Trail blazers and grizzlies, this group of matchups has a very special place. That is, both teams have a strong defensive focus and play at a very slow pace.

After all, in the current league, it is very rare for two teams with centers as the core to meet in the playoffs. It's the second decade of the 21st century, and few teams in the league are willing to build around a center, let alone one of the few teams that meet in the playoffs.

Therefore, this kind of slow-paced and defensive game is destined to be less fast-paced than other games, and the scene will not be better than other games. So Stern is worried that the ratings of this Western Conference semifinals will become a disaster.

In the 05 Finals that year, the Spurs played against the Pistons, isn't it a lesson for this upcoming series?

In the finals that year, both teams had a high level of skill and tactics, and the defense was very fierce. But the whole game was spent in iron, and the fans naturally didn't want to watch it.

But fortunately, now that AnJie has called for the Chinese market, David Stern doesn't have to worry about ratings at all. It's just that he hopes that such a series will not stifle the enthusiasm of Chinese fans for basketball.

Stern is still worried about the financial gains of the series, while Rickard has gathered the whole team and honestly sat in the locker room to watch the Grizzlies' game footage.

He doesn't care if there are fans watching his game, even if the Rose Garden is empty, Riccard won't mind. After all, he is the head coach of the Trail Blazers, and leading the team to victory is the only thing he needs to think about.

And the players watching the video at the bottom are also very serious, and they understand that their next opponent is not a leaderless and declining team like the Lakers. The Grizzlies are resilient and as united as the Trail Blazers.

After sending away two guys who seemed to be very powerful, but actually had a negative impact on the team, Rudy Gay and O.J. Mayo, the Grizzlies' combat effectiveness and efficiency immediately rose a notch.

Mike Conley, a small guard who entered the league a year before Anjie, has matured and allowed him to organize the Grizzlies' offense well. Randolph, who was scolded by 10,000 people in the Trail Blazers, although he passed his peak moment, his performance was still eye-catching and became an indispensable backbone of the Grizzlies. Tony Allen's defense still makes most of the league's perimeter players miserable, and even LeBron can't easily deal with Allen's close defense.

But if there is one of the most important aspects of this Grizzlies team, it is undoubtedly the "Spanish Mobile Fortress" who was drafted in the second round in '07 and narrowly missed Anjie for the best defensive player this season, Marc Gasol.

Gasol averaged 14.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in the regular season this season, which may not be worth mentioning compared to Angel, but Gasol Jr.'s role in the team's defense and offense is not reflected in the statistics.

This guy's playmaking and containment can always help his teammates get their chances, and his defense on the interior is the Grizzlies' strongest barrier.

In some ways, Gasol Jr. and Anjie are very similar.

"Do you see what's going on?" said Riccard for a few moments before he spoke to the players.

"Tony Allen is going to be a big problem. "Iguodala just watched the footage and thought Tony Allen was not easy to deal with. He's already one of the best defensive perimeter players in the league, but this Tony Allen seems crazier than he is.

"That's right, what else?"

"Although there is no Mayo and Battier and others, the Grizzlies are still very evenly matched on the bench. Nicholas Batum, the centerpiece of the Trail Blazers' second team, said slowly.

"Well, that's true, but that's not the key point we need to pay attention to. ”

"The Grizzlies' offense is more about relying on the interior. They rarely shoot from the outside, and when they do, they are very inefficient. An Jie looked at it for a long time before speaking, and his speech also made Ricard smile slightly.

The Grizzlies have a terrible outside offense, and they probably have the lowest shooting in the league. Tony Allen has no shooting ability, and Mike Conley and "Old Prince" Tyshawn Prince have been shooting from time to time. They were able to beat the Clippers 4-2 because of that tough defense. If they can't attack, they make their opponents even less offensive than they are!" Rickard immediately began to analyse the players.

"So, I want you to shrink your defense in the game, stifle their scoring points inside, and the Grizzlies will fall into a scoring drought. The reason why the Clippers can't do this is because Griffin really doesn't have a problem with Gasol and Randolph. But we're different, Ann, and I want you to be around the basket all the time, whether it's Randolph or Gasol, or your old NCAA rival Darrell Arthur, I'm going to eat them!"

"We see, sir. Isn't it just shrinking and shrinking, no problem. In the first round, Anjie almost "played", but now he knows that he has to step up!

"The Grizzlies like to defend, so we'll play with him. I still don't believe that with the Grizzlies' offense, they can score more points than us!" Ricard hammered the table hard, and he was bound to win the Western Conference semifinals.

Meanwhile, in Memphis. Although the sky has gone dark, Marc Gasol is still accompanied by his trainer and practicing his low-post attack in the face of fierce confrontation.

"Anderson, you're still too gentle, you have to push harder, push me harder, even if you add a little bit of action!" Gasol shook his head disgruntled after another easy hook goal. The confrontation given to him by the trainer holding the mat is still not fierce enough, and on the field, An Jie will not treat himself so gently.

"Do you want to increase the intensity of the confrontation?" said the trainer named Anderson was already pushing a lot harder than usual, but in order to protect the health of the players, he did not dare to move too much.

"Yes, stop me with all the methods you can do!" Gasol Jr. replied in the affirmative, if you want to beat Angel, you have to get used to the feeling of shooting in high-intensity confrontations.

"Then you're welcome, Mark. The strong trainer moved his muscles, took the pads, and leaned in again.

Gasol Jr. was pushed by this and launched a small step. Gasol smiled, this was the training effect he wanted.

"Just keep it up at this intensity, Anderson, you're getting more and more like Ann. OK, now, add a little bit of action...... No, with your elbow Anderson, elbow. ”

In this way, Marc Gasol started another round of hand-to-hand combat with the trainer, while Anjie and Ricard dissected the Grizzlies' tactics layer by layer.

Although the methods are different, the goal of both teams is exactly the same - to prepare hard to defeat their opponents in the Western Conference semifinals!

Attitude, strength, unity. The Grizzlies have all the good qualities, and they are low-key and the Lakers F4 who had a lot of glamour before the start of the season.

Breaking out of the West is easy to say, but there are many difficulties in it, and only An Jie and his teammates can understand it.

Tomorrow, this big battle that has attracted the attention of Chinese fans is about to start. Which defense can take the lead in devouring the opponent, and is the second place really not worse than the first place?

All the answers will be revealed the next night!