Chapter 377: Countdown to the playoffs

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March was undoubtedly a brilliant month for the Trail Blazers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Sports Illustrated Magazine, and even ranked the Trail Blazers at the top of their power rankings!

The Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs, who have performed well this season, have all been ranked behind the Trail Blazers led by Anjie in Sports Illustrated.

No way, the Trail Blazers' 15-game record in March is indeed worthy of Sports Illustrated's expectations of them. You know, 11 of these 15 wins are in a winning streak! If such a team does not deserve to sit at the top of the power rankings, then there is indeed no team that dares to claim to be the first.

However, unlike Sports Illustrated, the Trail Blazers are only sixth in ES's power rankings. In this ranking, the Trail Blazers are also the two teams with the biggest media disparity.

"They do have a lot of momentum, but due to the strength of their roster, the Trail Blazers can't put in much performance even if they enter the playoffs. I'm more optimistic about the prospects of the Los Angeles Clippers, after all, the combination of Chris Paul and Griffin has shown extraordinary potential!"

However, Sports Illustrated doesn't think so, in Sports Illustrated's view, the Trail Blazers have a strong star Anjie, and a very stable and efficient second attack point, LaMarcus Aldridge. On top of that, Wesley Matthews and Gerard Wallace were able to share the scoring task between the two effectively. Raymond Felton can't surprise anyone, but he doesn't poke any big baskets either.

On the Trail Blazers' bench, the scoring firepower of Jamal Crawford and Contney Lee is enough to make many teams sweat. Coupled with the defense of two veterans, Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas, the strength of the Trail Blazers' second team is actually not bad.

In short, when the season comes to this, most teams will face polarized evaluations. It's just that the pioneer has become the most eye-catching one of them.

&nbsbsbs Except for Mike Brin, there's no fucking anyone who understands!" Jamal Crawford tossed the newspaper aside, unhappy with ES's assessment. Because the words of ES are translated, it is nothing more than saying that everyone in the Trail Blazers team except for An Jie is rubbish!

Naturally, this kind of evaluation does not make Jamal Crawford happy.

Jamal Crawford is definitely a player who likes money over glory. After playing in the NBA for so many years, Jamal Crawford doesn't know how to write the word "extra practice". He came to the training ground on time every day and left work on time in the afternoon. He won't spend much time on the training ground unless his teammates have entertainment for him to participate in later.

It wasn't until Anjie arrived that Jamal Crawford was surprised to find that there were still people in the world who volunteered to work overtime for free!

It can be said that the reason why Jamal Crawford cannot become a superstar and can only be a sixth man is also one of the reasons for his attitude towards the job of basketball. He rarely suffers from mood swings because, win or lose, playing basketball is just an ordinary job.

But today, Jamal Crawford's heart is in a rare mood swing. Crawford was furious and excited about ES's evaluation.

He can have no honor, but he can't stand to be looked down upon by others!es, you guys, look at the millions of annual salaries that you get, whether you deserve it!

So, bad luck befell Kevin Love and the Timberwolves again. ES just said that the strength of the Trail Blazers' lineup is ordinary, so on April 1, the Trail Blazers used a six-man double-double performance to beat the front teeth of ES critics all over the ground.

Kevin Love had 26 points and nine rebounds, but the Timberwolves still lost 106-119 to the Rose Garden. Looking at the astonishing statistics, Kevin Love had nothing to do but sigh.

Anjie 26 points, Aldridge 24 points, Gerard Wallace 12 points, Wesley Matthews 15 points, Raymond Fieldon 10 points, Jamal Crawford 18 points!

In this game, the Trail Blazers played their team basketball to the fullest. The Timberwolves' defense is certainly poor, but without a little strength, it is impossible to play such excellent team statistics.

"Some people just like to talk nonsense and be self-defeating. The Trail Blazers are third in the West, behind the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs! If that doesn't represent the strength of our roster, then what can we? However, those reporters took the initiative to find Jamal Crawford in the dressing room.

Obviously, the reporters of ES are the most embarrassed. Because Crawford's mouth is gibberish and self-indulgent, and he is referring to ES.

With a win over the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers once again avoided a losing streak. And there are only 25 days left until the start of the playoffs.

&nbsbs critics must be very embarrassed right now, because Sports Illustrated's review of the Trail Blazers seems more pertinent as it stands.

But as the saying goes, feng shui takes turns. Even the Bulls, who were invincible back then, had moments of losing in the regular season. What's more, the current Trail Blazers are still far from the Bulls.

Fresh off the win over the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers are back in the hate back-to-back games. Their opponent, the Utah Jazz, had a three-day break!

In this intensive shrinking schedule, to have three days of rest is simply VIP level treatment. The Jazz, who have had enough rest, are naturally in great shape, and the Trail Blazers, who are not tired but are somewhat affected by back-to-back schedules, were forced into a desperate situation by the Jazz today.

Although the Jazz are now ninth in the West, they are actually tied with the eighth Mavericks in the West. Earlier, the Mavericks had already lost to the Clippers at home, which means that if the Jazz win this game, they will successfully squeeze the defending champions out of the playoffs!

With such a layer of motivation, the already energetic Jazz is even more out of control. Especially Boozer's backup at the time, Paul Millsap, one of the core of the Jazz team, and Aldridge started a wonderful offensive duel. However, he still used a 31-point performance to defeat Aldridge and experience the entire league.

He was 14-of-20 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, and finished with 31 points and 11 rebounds. No, no, it wasn't Anjie who cut this statistic, it was Paul Millsap who broke out.

When he played against Millsap before, Anjie knew that this guy could not only be a substitute in the future. Unexpectedly, now he has become a star-level person.

Compared to Paul Millsap's excellence, Al Jefferson, another star of the Jazz, has performed much worse.

Under Anjie's defense, Jefferson shot just 35% from the field as a center forward. And An Jie scored a game-high 33 points on the head of the former "Yao Ming killer". 13 out of 15, Anjie's efficiency was even more intimidating than Paul Millsap's.

However, at the last moment, the second-year rookie of the Jazz team, the handsome Gordon Hayward, suddenly made a force and hit consecutive three-pointers, so that the Trail Blazers instantly lost control of the game.

In the end, although Anjie's statistics were still gorgeous, the Trail Blazers still lost to the Jazz with a score of 102-97 under Hayward's explosion without warning.

The Jazz have finally fulfilled their dream of climbing beyond the Mavericks into the playoffs. If the Mavericks can't overtake the rankings in the next game, then they will be embarrassed to become the defending champions who can't even make the playoffs.

Lost to the Jazz, but Anjie and Aldridge's form is a pity. At present, even if the Trail Blazers lose, it is only possible to be overtaken by the Grizzlies. Fortunately, today, they are still in third place in the West. The playoffs are only 24 days away.

There are 23 days left before the start of the playoffs, and the Trail Blazers have not played on this day, but Anjie has spent all his time on physical training. He knows that the playoffs are the biggest test of his physical fitness!

With 22 days to go until the start of the playoffs, the Trail Blazers comfortably defeated the bottom-ranked New Jersey Nets at home. The Nets are already rotten, and now the injuries of their two biggest stars, Lopez and Delon, have completely made this team completely uncompetitive.

This game naturally became the lowest attendance at the Rose Garden Arena this season. 88-112, the Trail Blazers won the opponent without any effort, and Anjie scored 28 points in this game, which was still because Rickard greatly reduced his playing time. Otherwise, An Jie would definitely go crazy again.

21 days before the playoffs, Anjie did not practice in the evening, but received Giardina, who came from afar to visit him. With 20 days to go until the playoffs, the Trail Blazers won again, Aldridge beat the defending champion Mavericks in the last minute, and Nowitzki also lost in this battle for the most powerful forward.

...... Fifteen days before the playoffs, Aldridge was injured in a game against the Warriors, and Angel was the first to rush up and push David Lee away, and this is not the first time David Lee has black-footed his opponent. The stadium clash almost broke out, but fortunately, the aging Camby acted as a peacemaker and pulled Angel aside. In the end, though, the Trail Blazers emerged victorious.

...... With 14 days to go until the playoffs, Aldridge was confirmed to have suffered a mild sprain and could return after a few days of rest. It was on this day that An Jie finally relaxed a lot. It is said that the Trail Blazers will be finished without Anjie, but without Aldridge, Anjie will also be at a loss.

...... There are still 5 days left before the playoffs, and An Jie disappeared early at the exit of the parking lot after today's training. The old guy from Divac said that he brought a lot of Serbian specialties to Anjie.

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Paul Millsap watched in despair, and the score was 74-88.

Against the same opponent, Millsap led the team to victory in early April. But now, the Jazz team is being beaten all over the ground by Anjie and the Trail Blazers.

Yes, Millsap could do nothing but watch his teammates fight to the death on TV but could not do anything.

If the Jazz win this game, they will be able to enter the playoffs. But as things stand, it's almost impossible for the Jazz to turn the tables around.

Who would have thought that Millsap, who was like a god more than 20 days ago, is now, because of injuries, he can only stay away from the field and watch his teammates fight.

When he was still on the Thunder team, An Jie tried his best to help the team surpass the Jazz. If it weren't for the last regular season game being blocked by O'Neal, Anjie would have really fulfilled the Thunder's playoff dream.

And now, the Jazz are doing their best, but they can't hurt Anjie and the Trail Blazers. This Jazz, which lacks Sloan and DeLong, is very different from the one back then. Iron-blooded division has also become an outdated adjective.

At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 97-86. Anjie and his Trail Blazers beat the Jazz on the road.

Al Jefferson, who scored only five points in this game, was the nemesis of a Chinese player back then, and now another Chinese player has become his nemesis.

The Jazz's playoff dreams were shattered, and they were tied with the Mavericks, but because the Mavericks had a better record in the battle between the two teams, the Jazz could only finish ninth.

It's not a big gap, but the Jazz still can't make up for it. Because today, April 26, is the last game day of the NBA regular season in 11-12. Today, there is only one day left until the playoffs begin!

The Jazz have no more games to chase down the Mavericks, and the Trail Blazers have to face the next series of fierce games!

Anjie is not envious of the Jazz players at all for starting their vacations early, he knows that he has fought for a season for the last two months of fighting!