Chapter 317: The Spur of Despair
An ordinary off-ball pick-and-roll combination, but when used on Anjie and Aldridge, it was enough to make this offense extraordinary. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
It's hard enough to be able to pass assists to each other in a tight three-second zone between two interior lines. In most cases, the relationship between the two interior players is to help each other to contain each other, and there is very little real tactical cooperation. Even with the Lakers' championship twin towers, you rarely see how Gasol and Bynum can play together.
The slightly smaller three-second zone wasn't enough for the two bulky guys to run any tactics, but Anjie and Aldridge did just that.
Their solution is to expand the space. Anjie's own offensive range is drawn within the three-point line, so he and Aldridge can cooperate as much as they want.
People think that a player in the center position should chisel on the inside, die on the inside, and do everything on the inside. In fact, even in the golden age of the center of the four major centers back then, you can repeatedly see Olajuwon and others confronting opponents outside the three-point line, and then breaking through with the ball alone to complete the scoring task.
It's only because there are so few dominant big men in the league right now that fans have the misconception that "centers should stay inside the whole game".
Anjie's beautiful breakthrough made Duncan only shake his head helplessly, and what about Split? Once again, he succeeded in becoming a foil.
With the tacit cooperation of Anjie and Aldridge, the Trail Blazers' offense was once again revitalized. Leonard's change of defense can no longer pose a threat to Anjie. Maybe this guy will become a top defender in the future, but now, facing Anjie, he is still a little too tender.
At the end of the second quarter, the score between the two sides was still not stretched. But the team that is slightly ahead is the trailblazer who is in the back.
Popovich's wrap-and-wrap tactics officially failed, and 50-54, the Trail Blazers took the lead at Rose Garden. Maybe that morning run to warm up really brought good luck to Anjie and Aldridge.
The Trail Blazers' offense was so dazzling that Popovich always thought that the problem behind them was defense.
But when he saw the technical statistics at halftime, Popovich realized that their offense was just as miserable.
Spurs bench No. 2 Gary. Neil was the Spurs' top scorer in the entire first half, and while Popovich is a proponent of team basketball, the Spurs don't need the kind of superstar who averages three or four points per game. But Duncan's 3-of-9 shooting tied Toney. Parker's 1-of-6 shooting is no longer a "team basketball" sentence that can cover up past failures.
As the two cores of the team, these two guys neither restrained their opponents on the defensive end nor showed their performance on the offensive end. Popovich knows that his GDP will always have one or two games a season that is out of whack, especially Duncan, a surprisingly consistent guy who hasn't actually been able to perform at a high level in 82 games.
It's understandable that there aren't many people on the planet who can play every game in a long season. But Popovich still hopes that Duncan and Parker can get back to feeling soon. Losing to another team Popovich doesn't take it too seriously, but the Trail Blazers? No, the Trail Blazers are the team that Popovich has to win! Such an opponent must not accept defeat!
Popovich made a lot of adjustments in the locker room at halftime, and just four points weren't enough to hold back the mighty Spurs.
At the beginning of the second half, Duncan was back in front of Aldridge, and the defender of Anjie became Thiago, who had already been badly hit in the first half. Split.
The Brazilian, who left Aldridge, was not out of the nightmare, and Anjie's attack was more fierce than Aldridge's.
Collision, collision, collision. Anjie shot at Split's lack of strength, and the Brazilian's muscles were protesting, but he could only withstand all the impacts again and again.
Whoever gets the inside wins the world, and that's always been Rickard's winning credo. Perhaps in this era of increasing pace and small men taking over the Alliance, such a creed will seem a little old-fashioned and a little outdated. But it turns out that when a team's interior line is really strong to a certain extent, this sentence still applies, no matter what era it is in.
Now, Popovich and Duncan have a strong sense of powerlessness. A team with the outside line as the core, no matter how much you toss, the efficiency is still not as good as an efficient single with an excellent inside line in the low position.
The Spurs' perimeter defense is excellent, and Duncan's defense is excellent. But even so, the Trail Blazers couldn't be stopped.
Anjie and Aldridge were both too good to score today, and the Spurs could only limit one of them at most. But even if one of Anjie and Aldridge were able to attack, it would be a devastating blow for the Spurs.
The defense is not improving, and the Spurs' offense is even more of a mess.
San Antonio's squad rarely has had a moment when they've been out of shape, and they've usually been hopelessly consistent. But today, the Spurs were an exception.
Duncan wasn't quite efficient, but he was able to score consistently. Can the Frenchman Tony. Parker played five minutes in the second half and still didn't score a goal.
Fortunately, the Spurs teenager Kawai who amazed the whole game in the first half. Leonard stepped up at this point, and he took Tony. Parker's burden, in Gerald. Wallace scored six straight points on his head. On top of that, he also completely locked up the Trail Blazers' outside offense.
Although Prestie is missing from Prestige, who jumped to the Thunder, the Spurs' draft vision is still at the top of the league. If others had known that Leonard could play like this in the NBA, how could he end up with the 15th pick?
It can be said that the Spurs have not collapsed now, and it is entirely because of him Leonard. With a rookie on the rookie, how long can the Spurs survive the onslaught of the Trail Blazers?
The Spurs still didn't make any progress in the third quarter, and the Trail Blazers, with Anjie and Aldridge attacking, had extended their lead to eight points.
"At the beginning of the fourth quarter, you take a break, and I'll put you both on at the right time. Remember for me, once you two are on the field, there's only one mission, win the game! Ricard said and tapped the tactical board hard, and the Spurs had enough. It's time to make a break.
At the start of the fourth quarter, the Spurs finally got a little respite. The departure of Anjie and Aldridge not only means that the Trail Blazers' offense will be discounted, but their defense will also be greatly affected.
Anjie's substitute Marcus. Camby is indeed strong enough and very experienced, and he is completely an old fritter. But all he can do now is help An Jie carry two or three fouls, so that An Jie can get a few more minutes of rest.
He tried to attack on the inside once, but the Brazilian Split used a block to tell him that he wasn't something anyone could bully.
Aldridge's substitute Cotter. Thomas's offense is more one-dimensional, usually focusing on mid-range jumpers. On the field, he has a tactical role over a practical role. With Cotter. Thomas, who can provide a response for the perimeter players to penetrate the return pass after the breakaway, can also open up space for the attacker. But against Duncan, none of his advantages existed.
Jamal. Crawford's performance continued to show no improvement, and his striking iron became the main theme of the Rose Garden period.
Eight, six, three, one...... The Spurs and the Trail Blazers didn't play well, but without Anjie and Aldridge, the Trail Blazers were still chased by the Spurs and had only one point left.
At this point, Rickard finally looked up at the big screen. With five minutes to go until full-time, Anjie and Aldridge had had a long break. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed the two most dangerous beasts of the Fractured City.
"It's been a long time, Ann and LaMarcus are back in the game! This is a signal that coach Rickard wants to close the game, let's see if the Spurs, who have improved a lot, can do anything! ”
Anjie and Aldridge high-fived each other, one 00 and the other 12, which is the pride of Portland.
Aldridge's expression was flat, but his mood was extremely excited. What about Angel? His gritted teeth expression put all his emotions on his face.
In the first attack after the debut, Anjie received Gerald. Wallace's breakaway ball. An Jie wanted to take advantage of the chaos to dunk, but was entangled by the old and spicy Duncan first, curbing An Jie's smooth attack.
"This breakthrough point fans are very confused, but unfortunately, Duncan's guy is not a person who can be easily deceived."
Kenny. As soon as Smith finished speaking, Anjie scored. Although An Jie was blocked by Duncan for the first time, his jumper after turning back fell into the basket accurately. Duncan swore he had blocked it, but he couldn't help it, he couldn't poke the ball out of the bottom of the hoop.
After changing the Spurs offense, Leonard, who was originally full of momentum, broke through Gerrard again. Wallace's defense, but when he was about to go to the basket, Anjie, who rushed to the horse, fanned out of the baseline with the ball.
Duncan tried his best to contain Anjie, but Anjie can get rid of Leonard now, let alone an elderly Duncan.
Although the referee blew An Jie's foul for this ball, An Jie has undoubtedly taken all the territory under the basket for himself.
No matter how good Leonard is, he is also human. Long before he entered the NBA, he had heard of the butcher's name. Today he knows that this nickname is really not groundless.
Leonard was supposed to be Popovich's last card, but now, it looks like it's about to be torn apart by Angel.
Leonard was emotionally affected, hitting only the first of his two free throws, and after the second shot slammed into the frame, Anjie immediately picked up the defensive rebound. And in the subsequent offense, he assisted Aldridge to complete a mid-range shot, allowing his good partner to score beautifully on Duncan's head.
collapsed, and the entire Spurs team from top to bottom was beaten out of temper by Anjie and Aldridge. In Barkley's words, the Spurs have finally experienced what it's like to be hopeless with stability.
No matter how hard they try, Aldridge's shooting rate can always stay above 50%, and Anjie is even more exaggerated to let his shooting rate reach 65%.
These two elders, one yellow and one black, can always keep scoring. They are like a pair of wind-wound machines, as if they could never go wrong.
Today's Trail Blazers play more like Spurs.
When the full-time match was over, Popovich finally had a sense of relief. The damn game was finally over, and he really didn't want to see his team play such ugly basketball again.
After returning to the locker room, even Duncan was scolded by Popovich. But no one else will know about this......
99-108, Rose Garden ushered in the Trail Blazers' sixth win of the season. And An Jie, who has not tasted defeat so far this season.
The two games the Trail Blazers lost were in Anjie's absence.
The devil knows how far An Jie can go, as long as he can win, it's best to never stop.