Chapter 470: Temporary Narrow Victory
"Team doctor!" Riccard's heart tightened for a moment when he heard Angel shout the word. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe injury that everyone in the league hated was still here.
"What the hell is going on?" Paul George didn't want any misunderstanding between Anjie and them, and he rushed to the "scene", where Aldridge was still curled up on the ground in pain.
Seeing this, George turned his face to look at Hibbert and West.
"It's true that I fouled him, but I swear I hit him in the palm of the hand so that he wouldn't be like this. Hibbert raised his hand, he didn't want to carry the black cauldron that hurt Aldridge on his back.
"It looks like LaMarcus shouldn't be able to keep the game going, and the Trail Blazers haven't had any major injuries since Ann joined last season. It was precisely because of the high level of fitness of the roster that they were able to reach the Western Conference Finals last season. All of this seems to make us forget that the Trail Blazers were devastated by injuries back then!" Mike Brin now remembered two names, Brandon Roy and Greg Oden.
"No, no, no, it's fine. I don't think he's like this because of his trauma. The team doctor did a brief examination of Aldridge on the field and found that all his bones and joints were healthy.
"It's not the cause of the injury?" Ricard suddenly became more nervous, and he quickly called for the team doctor to send Aldridge back to the locker room. In fact, at this time, the team doctor of a medical team had already dialed the ambulance.
The team doctor is right, Aldridge's injury is much more serious than a broken tendon......
"What the hell is going on?" asked Riccard in confusion, who just waved his hand.
"Let's win this game for me first!"
After a commotion, the referee urged the players to restart the game. Due to Aldridge's injury, according to the rules, Rickard had to designate a man on the bench to replace Aldridge and also make free throws for him.
There is no doubt that J.J. Hickson, who has performed well on the bench, has become this replacement. He hadn't just come on the court before he was warm, so he hit only one of his two free throws. But it doesn't matter, the Trail Blazers are still in the lead.
In the following games, the Trail Blazers were not affected by Aldridge's injury. But their offensive firepower on the inside line is undoubtedly lowered by a notch.
J.J. Hickson undoubtedly has the ability to start, but more often than not, it's the dirty work on the defensive end and rebounding that shows his worth. Offensively, although this guy has a certain mid-range range, he is not accurate. Most of the time he wants to score, it's around the basket.
Unable to open up space for Angel, West and Hibbert can use bag clips on Angel unscrupulously. And Hickson's lack of offensive means also made Ricard's tactical options much less instantaneous.
Thankfully, Anjie and Orsi have done a good job this summer, and even without Aldridge, there is always someone who will step up and fill the void he has left behind. It's just that when An Jie is attacking, he will play very hard.
Once again, he was about to go deep on the inside, but in the next second, Hibbert and West actually used a defense against him at the same time!
If you go around alone to defend An Jie, An Jie still has a way to get rid of it. But when the two elders raised their hands in front of them, the situation was very different.
Anjie doesn't talk about scoring now, Lillard can't even pass the ball. Hickson was let go, but Lillard didn't give him the ball, after all, he was really no threat away from the basket. It's not that Lillard doesn't trust Hickson, it's that in training, everyone knows each other's abilities.
Helplessly, Lillard had to give up the idea of continuing to attack the interior. He beckoned Iguodala to finish his game with the perimeter players.
Eventually, through the inside cut after the pick-and-roll, Iguodala received a pass from Lillard to complete the layup. The current Trail Blazers still have a strong outside scoring ability even if they are seen dead on the inside.
Riccard is rejoicing, but fortunately, the Trail Blazers have completed their transformation this summer. This is to be changed to last season's lineup and Aldridge is injured, and this game is really dangerous for the Trail Blazers.
After that, the two sides fought very anxiously. The Pacers kept their hands on the score, and although they couldn't complete the comeback, they didn't let the Trail Blazers go too far under the leadership of Paul George.
While Ricard is concerned about the situation on the pitch, he is also worried about Aldridge's injury. If the team doctor's diagnosis was correct, Aldridge would have been terrible if he hadn't fallen to the ground due to trauma!
"Hey, the results are out. Divac received a text message from the team doctor on his phone, and he and Ricard had been concerned about Aldridge's health issues, but they didn't expect that the time to come came.
"Is that the one?" asked Ricard, distracting himself from the pitch a bit, as he asked Divac.
Divac didn't answer, just nodded silently. Riccard looked very angry, and unknown reporters thought that Riccard was dissatisfied with the team's performance.
By the fourth quarter of the game, the Pacers, who were fighting back-to-back, and the Trail Blazers, who had been running back and forth on the road, were running out of energy. At the beginning, Matthews and Batum were inaccurate on the court in a row. Seeing this, Riccard took Iguodala ahead of time. But once Iguodala came on the court, he also gave the Pacers more confidence with three consecutive irons.
Paul George wants to lead the team back now, but they are not much better off in back-to-back games than the Trail Blazers. George Hill and Lance Stephenson seem to have made an appointment with Batum. And "Black Yaoming" Roy Hibbert also played very badly under Anjie's defense. Shooting just 23% from 3-of-13 shooting, Hibbert, as a center, had a lower shooting percentage than Stephenson, who didn't feel good.
As a traditional centre-forward, Hibbert has made people see potential and hope in him. But in front of An Jie, this guy undoubtedly exposed a lot of problems. The disadvantage of confrontation ability and movement at his feet makes it impossible for him to carry the heavy load against a truly top center.
After that, it was completely a war between Angel and Lillard against George and West. Although there were five people on each side of the field, three of them were actually decorations. Now it's up to George to crush a tired Iguodala and West to take advantage of Aldridge's absence. If they can't, then Angel and Lillard can keep that advantage until the last minute!
As it turned out, young George was still too immature in front of Iguodala. It would have been troublesome enough to deal with an Anjie, but Iguodala gave up the attack completely because of the cold hand, but instead performed better on the defensive end.
On West's side, because Hickson was repeatedly hit by West's shots, Ricard replaced Hixon with Meyers Leonard, allowing him and Anjie to build a two-center lineup.
The effect of this substitution was obvious, Leonard had the advantage of reach and height, and it was not easy for West to shoot in front of him.
Of course, West tried to trick Leonard with his skillful footwork, and it turned out that the slow-moving Leonard was really powerless about it.
But whenever West successfully shook into the inside line, An Jie would always suddenly come out and give him a "surprise". Hibbert had been completely blinded by Anjie, and his point of attack had completely lost its threat. It is precisely because of this that An Jie dared to boldly complete the good show of front blocking and blocking with his "little brother" Leonard.
The Pacers' last two points of attack were both contained, and all that awaited the Indianapolis fans was defeat.
In the end, after a full 48 minutes, the Trail Blazers narrowly won 98-92 on the road. If Aldridge had been there, the game might not have been so hard.
An Jie alone grabbed 33 points and 13 rebounds, and there is no doubt that the best of the game will definitely belong to him in the future. It's just that Anjie is really not in the mood to be interviewed by reporters now, and after a friendly hug with Paul George, Anjie hurried into the players' tunnel. This formation made it look like it was the Trail Blazers who lost.
"How's LaMarcus? Is it a broken finger?" Anjie still clearly remembered Aldridge's painful look just now, if it was just an ordinary scratch or sprain, it would be impossible for a tough guy to look like that.
"No, LaMarcus has very healthy bones. But ......" Seeing Ricard's brow furrowed, Angel really couldn't associate the word "very healthy" with Aldridge.
"But?"
Ricard pointed to his heart. "I don't know what the scientific name of the disease is, but LaMarcus has a heart problem. We've known about this before, but he hasn't had any problems. But now ......"
"Heart...... Have a heart problem?" An Jie swallowed, this did sound much more scary than breaking a bone or two......
"Let's go, let's go to the hospital after taking a shower. Angel quickly took off his clothes and walked into the shower, hoping God wouldn't joke with the Trail Blazers again.