"Am I right? The current Trail Blazers are even more terrifying than when Oden and Roy were there. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Russell, An Jie has only been gone for a few days, have you forgotten how terrible his defensive skills are? At the beginning of the second half, I want you to temporarily reduce the number of breakaways, divide the ball more and create damage. The Trail Blazers' defense, especially the interior defense, is definitely not the same as it was back then. In the Thunder locker room at halftime, Van Gundy was giving task to Westbrook, who was not shooting well.

Before the start of this season, he couldn't have imagined that he would actually arrange tactics against Anjie in this familiar locker room. But now, he has to do it, and limiting Anjie is the key to the Thunder's victory over the Trail Blazers.

Van Gundy also had brief contact with Ricard during Anjie's injury. Although this is their first meeting, Van Gundy knows that Ricard is a very good manager. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to train guys like Anjie and Morris. This game is not only a competition between the players on the field, but also a game between Van Gundy and Ricard.

"In the second half, we continued to take advantage of the opponent's relatively narrow formation and looked for opportunities on the outside. Batum, Durant, Bledsoe, shoot when you have the chance, don't hesitate! Van Gundy knew Angel, so he didn't want the Thunder to run into the gun. Even if Westbrook and Bledsoe have some of the best impacts in the league, even if Durant has been the scoring champion for two consecutive seasons. But Van Gundy still didn't want them to go toe-to-toe with Anjie, and he knew that doing so would be exactly what Rickard was doing.

After the start of the second half, the Thunder did exactly as Van Gundy arranged, and the number of shots from the outside increased significantly.

All the tactics of the Thunder can run out, and the timing of everyone's shots is not too much of a problem in Van Gundy's opinion. But the only difference from what was envisioned was that the Thunder players were starting to shoot and couldn't score.

"Durant's three! Hitting the iron again, the ball bounced a little far, but An Jie still moved quickly and controlled the rebound. The Trail Blazers counter back, Jamal. Crawford's advance is fast! Pretty! Shaking off Morris for a layup with a behind-the-back dribble, a move that only Crawford would use in the actual game. ”

"Bledsoe received a pass from Ibaka, a mid-to-long-range jumper, or no! Raymond. Felton's defense was very good. Although the Trail Blazers' formation shrank a little towards the basket, Felton's awareness of going out was outstanding. ”

"Westbrook wants to make a foul! No, the referee didn't blow it, the ball was exchanged again, and now it's the Trail Blazers' offensive round! ”

With the three consecutive offensive failures of the new Thunder Sanshao, the Trail Blazers also took advantage of this to play a wave of 7-0 small climax, overtaking the score in one fell swoop.

In the first half, the Thunder players did not have a problem shooting percentage, and Van Gundy couldn't count it, and the second half will be abrupt.

In fact, it is not that the Thunder players have a bad hand, but that Rickard has changed his defensive strategy according to the situation on the court.

The three perimeter players do not shrink and perform a one-to-one defense. But Aldridge and Anjie will have to shrink and be ready to cover the penalty area. The downside to this is that there could be a crack in the mid-range, but the Thunder players didn't see that. They still choose to shoot from mid-to-long range or inside, but few are willing to try real mid-range shots.

In this small-ball era, the status of mid-range shooting is getting lower and lower. Either go for the threes with a higher score or choose the interior with a higher shooting percentage. There are fewer and fewer players and teams who will really rely on mid-range shooting to play games. And the Thunder are obviously included.

can't shoot three-pointers, and the inside line can't get around Anjie's level. The Thunder's offensive firepower suddenly stalled, but the Trail Blazers continued to move forward.

In the second half, An Jie obviously felt a lot more pressure from behind him, and in order to prevent him, Van Gundy did not hesitate to use a double bag on An Jie. If you want to put it on the Thunder, if you want to put it next to Anjie, and when you want to put it next to Durant and Westbrook, absolutely no one dares to do it. They would rather let An Jie fight alone than let the momentum of the Thunder Three Youths all fight.

But right now, the Trail Blazers don't have a guy with the same characters as Durant and Westbrook. Therefore, as long as Ibaka is allowed to target Aldridge and Morris and Durant are used to contain Angel, the Trail Blazers' offensive efficiency is bound to drop a lot.

And so it is, "Elvis" Gerald. Wallace felt very, very bad today, even though Durant frequently gave him big gifts in order to wrap up Angel, and Gerald. Wallace didn't take his chance.

Van Gundy didn't take it for granted that Durant would be able to trap Anjie, he decided which point to let go after research and consideration. As it stands, Gerard. Wallace really didn't disappoint Van Gundy.

Anjie knows that there is no way to go on like this, he can single out Morris and Ibaka, but if he wants him to ensure an efficient offense under the double interference of Durant and Morris, Anjie admits that he can't do it yet.

Not to mention whether the level is enough, how can the pair of legs that have not fully recovered stand out between the two?

At this time, Anjie has to pass the ball. But it can't be passed on to Gerrard, who has been throwing iron repeatedly. Wallace is here, and Angel has to find a new target.

"Everybody runs, aggressively get out of the defense, we intersperse the runs!" In the process of returning to the defense, An Jie shouted to his teammates around him. It doesn't matter if anyone hears it, or if anyone wants to listen to him. But An Jie decided to remind his teammates that this was what he should do.

Rickard had thought that Anjie's private humility made it difficult for him to be a leader, but now it seems that he was wrong. An Jie, this child, was born to be a leader!

The interruption of the game in the third quarter made the offensive efficiency of both sides much lower. Van Gundy strangled the Trail Blazers with a bag, and Rickard left the Thunder helpless with a semi-shrunken lineup.

But after Anjie's reminder, the Trail Blazers really made a change.

Gerrard. Wallace no longer stood still waiting for Anjie to pass the ball, and although he was not marked by Durant, he still ran aggressively. As soon as Wallace ran, the others had to move with him. As soon as the Trail Blazers' interspersed running position is formed, it is bound to make the Thunder team change defenses.

In a penetrating run, he was originally in line with Wesley. Matthews' Sephorosa was forced to chase back Wallace from the Neche.

Unbeknownst to him, Anjie did not let Wallace, who cut into the penalty area, receive the ball, but made a wide range of transfers and hit the ball out of the line again.

When Matthews received the ball, there were no Thunder players within two meters of him. The Trail Blazers' interspersed runs made the Thunder's defense messy, while Anjie's good ability to read the game and accurate passing allowed the Trail Blazers to find opportunities in this chaos. Now, it's up to Matthews to pull off that final blow.

Matthews' hand in this game is not good, and it can only be described as average. But in the face of this big vacancy, there is no reason why he can't throw.

Feet slightly apart, jump, to the highest point of the shot, press the wrist, fingers. Wesley. Matthews seemed to be warming up and threw the ball out comfortably. It wasn't until after he hit the ground that Sephorosa rushed over to interfere. But at this time, the jump interference is no longer helpful.

After An Jie saw Matthews throw the basketball, he immediately turned around and prepared to jam the rebounding position. But Morris also learned from Divac for a while, and although his card position skills are not as good as Anjie, they are definitely excellent.

Anjie's card position did not succeed, but was occupied by Morris. An Jie has no bottom in his heart, if this ball is not scored, he will not even have the opportunity to grab the rebound and play a second offense.

As everyone knows, Matthews' basketball is as accurate as a cruise missile, and it crashes into the net with a very high arc.

The scoring drought between the two sides was finally broken by this three-pointer, and An Jie's shouting played a role. When he was in the Chinese team, Wang Zhizhi once taught An Jie. You're the center, and you see a lot of things on the inside more clearly than the rest. What's there, you shout it out, and as the core, that's what you have to do.

But since then, Anjie has rarely commanded his teammates on the field. Because in the Thunder, although he is important, the real core has always been Durant. To put it bluntly, he also exists to serve Durant.

But now at the Trailblazers, everything is different. Now it's not just the head coach who supports him as the core, but even the players of the Trail Blazers have subtly formed this subconscious.

Anjie's command paid off, not only to make Anjie more confident in himself, but also for the Trail Blazers' players to have more confidence in him.

After winning on the offensive end, Anjie also brought this to the defense.

He can see the entire defensive lineup under the basket, so his defensive command is always timely and accurate.

"Watch out for Gerald behind you! Westbrook broke through! With An Jie shouting, Gerald, who was originally on the flank. Wallace hesitated, then turned and took a step back, just in time for him to block Westbrook's path from 45°.

"Doot toot!" At this moment, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth and awarded "Elvis" a blocking foul.

Although they were fouled, at least they prevented Westbrook from completing the breakthrough. Just now, Wallace was still hesitating whether he should listen to Anjie and leave Durant to make up the defense, and the few tenths of a second of hesitation was enough for someone like Westbrook to advance far. That's why he was fouled.

If from the beginning, Wallace did not hesitate to carry out An Jie's reminder, then the ending may be a different story entirely.

Next time, Gerald. Wallace will definitely execute Anjie's cry quickly, because he knows that Anjie's cry is worthy of his trust!

In the subsequent games, An Jie received more and more support, and people were willing to take An Jie as the center point to run and respond. And Jeff. Van Gundy's wrap-and-roll defense was also broken by the united offensive efforts of the Trail Blazers players.

Matthews, Crawford, Aldridge, all benefited from Anjie's passing. The Thunder team defended An Jie, but failed to defend the other four.

And Durant's hand in the third quarter of the game was also surprisingly bad, missing four consecutive free throws, which is not to say that the Thunder's newly introduced blue-collar center Nazr. Muhammad, but is talking about Kevin. Durant!

The defense was broken and the offensive end was not played. The Thunder fell into a slump in an instant, and even Batum and Bledsoe came on the court, which didn't make much difference in the situation.

An Jie only scored 2 points in this quarter, but handed out 5 assists! At the end of the third quarter, Ricard let Aldridge come on the court to attack, and Aldridge made all 3 shots to maintain the lead until the end of the third quarter.

78-74, the Trail Blazers were stunned by four points because of An Jie's leadership.

What is called the core, it's not that you can score the most, you are the core. Leading the team and leading the teammates to victory together is the role that a core should have.

The fourth-quarter showdown was about to begin, and the atmosphere at the Chesapeake Energy Arena was pushed to the highest point. Whether Anjie can continue his winning journey at the Chesapeake Energy Arena is about to be revealed.