Chapter 307: A New Home
Cousins' face was full of black lines, and the big guy with a usually hippie smile was now frowning. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"It's just luck, it's just that damn guy's luck!" Cousins kept comforting himself in his heart, believing that his strength must be above that Chinese.
So Cousins' third attack, instead of holding the ball in the low post, he decided to use his better athleticism to break through Angel in the middle distance.
Cousins did get his way, and if Anjie is fully adapted to the game now, then he can keep up with Cousins. But An Jie is playing an official match for the first time in a year today, so his steps are still a little heavy.
Although he was overtaken by Cousins by half a position, Cousins still failed to score the ball under the influence of Anjie's extreme interference and large defensive range.
Seeing the basketball knock out of the frame, Cousins wanted to grab the offensive rebound immediately and launch a second offense. But under Anjie's superb card position, Cousins not only did not grab the rebound, but was also whistled for a rebounding foul.
"Are you fucking kidding me!?" Cousins immediately rushed to the referee, and within five minutes of the game, Cousins was already clashing with others.
Seeing this situation, Kings coach Paul Westphal immediately replaced Cousins. First, because Cousins has been in trouble with too many fouls, and secondly, it is also to calm the young man so that he doesn't do something out of the ordinary again.
Without Cousins, the Kings had to replace him with J.J. Hickson.
Hickson, while athletic, also has some impact on the offensive end. But this guy's defense is extremely bad, whether it is help defense or blocking ability, it is difficult to be satisfied.
So now the Trail Blazers' offense is really on track, Anjie's play in the high post can get Filton and Matthews to the basket repeatedly, and Aldridge's shooting is a pain for the Kings. Hickson and Hayes faced all this, and there was no way to fight back.
After five minutes of playing in the first quarter, Rickard took Anjie down. Now that Anjie's legs have not fully recovered to their best condition, Riccard will also control Anjie's playing time appropriately.
In Anjie's absence, J.J. Hickson did show his talent on the offensive end. But the Trail Blazers maintained their lead under Aldridge's steady play, and this lead was maintained until the end of the first quarter.
19-25, the first quarter of the game of the Trail Blazers can be described as dominant on both offensive and defensive ends. You know, this is still the score played by the Trail Blazers when Anjie was not on the court for most of the time. Anjie and Aldridge, the combination of these two interior leaders, also let people see the infinite possibilities.
"Aldridge and Ann are definitely one of the most underrated duos this season. You know I'm not going to praise people easily, but really, I'm bullish on Ann and Aldridge, as long as they're healthy. During the break, Charles Barkley made his point. But this time, even Kenny Smith didn't refute it.
"The first quarter was good, but Gerrard! I need you to shoot more! You're too restrained, and you have to be more active in the second quarter!" Ricard knew that the once brilliant but serious injury "Elvis" still had a lot of heat to play, and he needed to bring out the heat of Gerard Wallace. If he can do it, the Trail Blazers' strength will be even more terrifying. Don't forget, this guy is the first All-Star in Bobcats history.
As soon as the second quarter came up, An Jie was still the anchor of the Trail Blazers. On the offensive end, though, it's Gerard Wallace who has the ball more.
But Rickard's attack is by no means an attack in which a player holds the ball alone. Although it looks like it was Gerard Wallace who shot it, everyone on the Trail Blazers wasn't idle. Everyone was running non-stop to open up space for Wallace. Anjie and Aldridge, on the other hand, kept doing off-ball or ball-based blocking.
Under Ricard's well-laid out attacking tactical movement, Wallace repeatedly had open shots and easily hit a few balls from mid-range.
Later, when the Kings began to focus on the outside, Anjie sat in again.
By this time, Cousins was back on the court. The short break didn't make Cousins's brain much clearer, but made him more anxious to save face.
His defense has become more ferocious, but his holes have also doubled widen. Angel admits that Cousins' talent is indeed good. But his immature mind and temper have become his biggest problem now.
Seeing Angel catch the ball in one step from beyond the three-second zone, Gerard Wallace immediately cut in. Aldridge, meanwhile, slipped off the baseline and ran to the side close to Anjie, ready to catch and shoot at any moment.
The running position of these two guys scared everyone on the Kings team into a cold sweat. They desperately wanted to keep up with Wallace and Aldridge, for fear that as soon as Anjie passed, these two guys would get a chance.
Anjie looked in Aldridge's direction and made a pass in his hand. No one in the Kings team dares to slack off, and they don't look at the drama of passing the ball, and An Jie often plays it. The direction he looks at is not necessarily the direction in which he wants to pass the ball.
Just when everyone was waiting for an interception of An Jie's pass, An Jie's wrist suddenly shook, turned the pass into luck, turned Cousins as the axis, and hit the basket!
Everyone, including Cousins, who fought against Anjie, did not recover from Anjie's superb deception. They watched An Jie jump up and down, their hands hanging on the frame, but they forgot how they should react.
"It's a defender's technique!" exclaimed Reggie Miller, the kind of technique that turns passing into movement, even a defender, doesn't necessarily do it. The last time he saw a guy with a great wrist was Chris Paul, but Anjie not only did it as a center, but did it so realistically that everyone on the Kings thought he was dazzled.
After the goal, Anjie only high-fived Aldridge and Wallace, and Cousins Anjie's interest in Cousins has been greatly reduced.
"Cousins is already one of the top centers in the league, but Anjie is playing against him. Everyone on the Trail Blazers can be involved in the offense, so everyone is a threat. So when others are running, Anjie can get a greater chance. That's the style of coach Ricard, teamwork, unpredictable. This is also the most suitable style for Anjie!"
In the second quarter, the Kings resisted for only a moment, and then were completely suppressed by the combination of Angel, Aldridge and Gerard Wallace.
Anjie was replaced after only half of the second quarter, but now, Rickard is not worried about being overturned. The passion of the Trail Blazers has been fully mobilized by An Jie, and the morale of the Kings has been greatly reduced because of An Jie.
At halftime, Anjie felt that the Trail Blazers' locker room was not only orderly, but also a little more active than before. A win in one game doesn't change anything, but if the win in this game is won through everyone's smooth cooperation and joint efforts, then the atmosphere of the team is bound to change.
Although Anjie is the heart of Riccard's head coach, he also shares the ball unselfishly on the pitch, and when a team-mate scores a goal, he will also come forward to high-five him. Now, the Trail Blazers are slowly becoming a true whole.
"It's been okay in this half, the Kings guys were completely bluffed by us. If you can't win this kind of competition, it's no different from what the idiot media say. Rickard hasn't changed his tactical set-up too much, and he believes that with the current quality of the Kings players and coaches, there is no way to recover the decline.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, the Kings were beaten out of breath. Under Anjie's aggressive attack, Cousins quickly received his fourth foul of the game. And under Anjie's strong blow to the inside, the Kings couldn't pay too much attention to Aldridge's shooting.
Anjie and Aldridge benefit each other and help each other. The Kings with Cousins were originally dominant on the inside, but today, the Kings were beaten by the combination of Anjie and Aldridge.
The cheers of the Tear City grew louder and louder, and the Trail Blazers fans were getting more and more excited. They were already delighted with Anjie's arrival, but they didn't expect that Anjie and Rickard would make a sea change for the Trail Blazers.
The No. 00 yellow-skinned center has become the most eye-stealing person. Every movement and expression of his face will attract a flash of light in the media area. What about Cousins? No one remembers him now, so let's rest this guy on the bench.
By the end of the third quarter, the score was 65-75. The Trail Blazers comfortably took a double-digit lead, while the Kings haven't seen any signs of recovery.
Tyrek Evans couldn't even get past Wallace, and Cousins was pushed to the ground.
In the fourth quarter, Anjie made another foul on Cousins as soon as he came up. This time Cousins was already very cautious, but was still caught off guard by Angel's fake wrestling.
Angel knows that Cousins may be ahead of him and is a strong point for the Kings. But now, with too many fouls, he's become the weakness of the Kings. If he can get Cousins off the court early, there will be no suspense in the fourth quarter.
So An Jie really did this, and at the moment when Cousins' elbow touched An Jie's cheek, An Jie suddenly fell to the ground and covered his face, seeing that the referee hurriedly blew a foul.
No way, Cousins has long been famous. The referee would rather believe that it was Cousins who fouled than that it was Anjie who faked the fall.
When Cousins picked up his fifth foul of the game, he went on a complete rampage. He pointed at the referee and An Jie's nose and scolded, and the consequence of doing so was that he was sent off the field directly.
Paul Westphal held his forehead helplessly, losing Cousins and trailing by more than ten points, which also means that the Kings can no longer win.
After that, the Trail Blazers were completely unstoppable. They score in a variety of ways and defend in a variety of performances. Tyrek Evans is completely incapable of leading the team forward, but Anjie can get the team running well in a limited amount of time.
Halfway through the fourth quarter, Rickard replaced Anjie again. Only this time, all the fans at the Rose Garden Stadium stood up and applauded An Jie. The City of Tears may indeed have welcomed their next master.
An Jie also waved to the audience after getting off the stage, his new home seemed to be pretty good.
In the end, the Trail Blazers not only maintained the lead on the sustained offense of Aldridge and Gerard Wallace, but also widened the margin. The defeated king was powerless to fight back, and could only watch the score difference on the big screen get bigger and bigger.
When the game was over, the Kings players walked into the tunnel one by one with their heads down. The most pitiful of all was Paul Westfaal, who had to force a smile and shake Riccard's hand.
79-101, the Kings lost by a big score on the road. They are both Trail Blazers, but the Trail Blazers who lost to the 76ers and the Trail Blazers who beat the Kings are completely two teams. Among them, it is just a difference between Anjie.
Anjie enjoyed the cheers and applause from the audience, a deal is not the end of the world. He will continue to win in the future!
Now, who else would say the Trail Blazers trade was stupid?