The game between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers was very intense from the beginning, and after Anjie won the ball for the Trail Blazers, the offensive and defensive scenes of the two sides were very exciting and dizzying. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoDuring this period, the scores of the two teams also alternated leads, and neither team had a real upper hand.

An Jie's desire to attack today is extremely strong, and the sound of him shouting at his teammates for the ball has become the main theme on the field. It's been a long time since Morris and Ibaka have met a decent opponent, but today, neither of them dares to relax.

After Westbrook scored another goal with a pull-up jump shot after the breakaway, the Trail Blazers' offense followed.

Angel put a couple of pick-and-rolls on Felton and Gerard Wallace, but it didn't work out well. You must know that the Thunder team relied on tough defense to become a strong team back then, and even without An Jie, the Thunder team will still not change this.

Now An Jie knows that the defense of the Thunder team is so annoying.

Originally, Anjie's run-in with the team was not perfect, and now it has encountered the Thunder's impregnable defense, which has led to the Trail Blazers not playing several tactics in a row. Seeing that there was not much time left for this attack, An Jie directly gave up blocking and dismantling and stabbed towards the inside line.

"Is it coming again!?" Morris set up his position, he and An Jie have faced each other countless times on the training ground in the past few years, he knows An Jie, and An Jie knows him equally. There are no secrets between the two sides, only a hard-fought duel of strength.

Anjie took a step inside the free throw line to get into position, and Felton couldn't pass the ball calmly in such a small space, so he passed a high lob that only Anjie could catch.

Sephorosa leaped high in the middle of the pass, but was still some distance away from the basketball. When the basketball began to fall, An Jie's big hand was like a suction cup, firmly grasping the ball in his hand.

Morris immediately held the force point of An Jie's waist with both hands, and kicked the ground with both legs to support him. One step inside the free throw line to hold the ball, AnJie will definitely choose to advance!

Unexpectedly, when Morris made all the preparations, he did not feel the impact from Anjie. Anjie glanced at the basket and Morris's defensive stance of low center of gravity, so he turned around and hooked his hand, and the basketball slammed into the front of the basket, but finally climbed in.

"Ann's hand is still so soft, there is nothing Morris can do in the face of this big hook!" Ann Jie was soon praised by Reggie Miller.

As An Jie scored the ball, the score was tied again. This is the fifth time that the two sides have been tied, but now the first quarter has only been played for eight minutes.

Yes, Anjie played eight minutes today and has not been replaced by Ricard, which is the main reason why the Trail Blazers were able to bite the score.

Wesley Matthews didn't feel good from the outside in the first quarter, and his two three-point shots were off target. Aldridge was still able to score a few goals, but his shooting percentage wasn't as consistent as his usual shots. It can be said that the state of the Trail Blazers in the first quarter of the game was very average, but they were able to tie with teams at the Western Conference Finals level again and again, relying on Anjie's scoring on the inside.

After the goal was scored just now, An Jie had 8 points in the account today, and the shooting percentage was a clean 4-of-4. In the face of Morris and Ibaka's defense, Anjie was undaunted. He always finds weaknesses in the duo's defense and strikes them.

It wasn't until three minutes left in the first quarter that Anjie was replaced by Ricard. It was in the three minutes that the substitutes on both sides came on the court that the Thunder were finally able to pull the score away slightly.

Jamal Crawford was still playing well, but he couldn't match the double onslaught of Batum and Bledsoe on the Thunder's bench.

21-26, the Trail Blazers showed no signs at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, finishing their first quarter by just five points.

"Shrink formation!" Riccard shouted the tactical term as soon as the players were seated at the intermission.

"The Thunder didn't shoot very well today, but they were so easy to hit the inside! How many mid-range shots did Westbrook get today? In the second quarter, we will shrink the formation and not let go of the shots!" Ricard said and rubbed the tactical board a few times with a marker pen to emphasize.

"Is it really okay to let them shoot? KD and Bledsoe's projection is no joke. Anjie knew the Thunder, so he also questioned Ricard's tactics.

"Ahn, against a team like the Thunder, we can't defend everything. We can only focus on the key points and strangle a little bit to weaken the opponent's offensive firepower. After that, we used our own attacks to make up for the difference. Sometimes we have to compromise on certain aspects for better tactical results. Rickard was glad that Anjie was able to ask himself questions, at least it showed that Anjie was thinking about the game, not just stupid what the coach told him to do. This guy has what it takes to be a leader, at least in this regard.

"Got it, don't worry, as long as the Thunder players step into my territory, I promise not to let them score!"

As soon as An Jie finished speaking, the short inter-holiday time was over. An Jie stood up and stretched out his palm between everyone.

The Trail Blazers players looked at each other at first, and then put their hands on Anjie's palms in turn.

"1!2!3!" After everyone put their hands on it, An Jie shouted out three numbers.

"Pioneer!" No one knows why An Jie, a guy who has only come to the Trailblazers for less than ten games, did this, everyone only knows that following this Chinese is right!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Westbrook, who had tasted the sweetness before, held the ball again and was ready to score with the breakthrough he was good at.

Now that Westbrook is playing better and better, he also spends more time with the ball than he did when Anjie was there. A super scorer like Durant, who is a scoring champion, also has to play without the ball for him. For others, it is even more rare to receive a pass from Wei Shao.

Raymond Felton is a prime example of a short defender, but he doesn't move as fast as Westbrook. Speaking of which, how many guards in this league can be faster than Westbrook?

So even though Felton was barely able to fight Westbrook, as soon as Westbrook accelerated, Felton was completely out of line.

With Morris's high pick-and-roll, Westbrook changed direction in front of the body and broke through from Felton's side like lightning.

"Got it!" Just as Westbrook was triumphant, it suddenly went dark in front of him, and Aldridge had shrunk in, across Westbrook and the basket.

Westbrook can't slow down now, and if he rushes hard, he will definitely be a dribbling man, and if he wants to shoot, he is likely to be blocked under Aldridge's interference. Westbrook then turned his throw into a pass and let Ibaka, who was out of space, get the ball.

Ibaka wanted to shoot straight after he got the ball, and he did. But just after he shot the ball, he noticed that a palm that was higher than the trajectory of the basketball suddenly stretched out.

If this ball was someone else, An Jie really didn't dare to jump and block rashly, because he was afraid that the opponent was making a fake move. But Ibaka, Anjie knows him too well, don't look at Ibaka's strong body and excellent athleticism. But when he gets an open spot, he's definitely going to shoot.

So Anjie saw Ibaka get the ball, and immediately pounced on his former teammate. An Jie's timing to make up for the defense was actually a little late, but thanks to his height and arm span, An Jie still rubbed the basketball.

After An Jie changed the trajectory of the basketball, it went straight up and down into the air, and An Jie immediately jumped for the second time and grabbed the basketball. After winning the ball, Anjie wanted to launch a fast attack directly from the backcourt, but when he was about to pass the ball, he found that there was no crazy Durant or Westbrook in front of him, only Felton and Matthews waiting in the backcourt to advance with the ball.

An Jie smiled helplessly, he was really used to their existence. So after that, An Jie honestly handed the ball to Felton next to him and ran towards the front court.

Subsequently, Anjie attracted the defense of Morris and Ibaka under the basket, but in this small space, Anjie forced the ball to pass it to Aldridge's hands.

Aldridge got his hands up and down, and the basketball hollowed into the net. Anjie and Aldridge, the inside and outside combination, really have too many offensive means.

Only two points were recovered, and it didn't make the Thunder a big mess. Westbrook passed the ball this time, but Durant still chose to break through. Against Gerald Wallace, Durant has a clear height advantage. He can calmly finish a throw or layup on Wallace's head after a breakaway, but like Westbrook, Durant gets caught up in the encirclement as soon as he gets inside.

In the end, Felton slipped the basketball out of Durant's hand in the chaos. If it weren't for the fact that the Trail Blazers players on the court now really don't have the ability to fight back, the Thunder would have lost points again because of this mistake.

But it doesn't matter if you play positional battles, Ricard is best at attacking positionally. After some conduction, this ball finally came to An Jie's hands. Anjie pushed a few steps inside, and this time Ibaka didn't dare to rush to make up for the defense, so in a one-on-one with Morris, Anjie hit a step-back jumper after shaking his shoulder.

"Morris, who is in the third grade, is already one of the best interior defenders in the league, but An Jie still has no pressure to score in front of him!" Yu Jia was pleased to see An Jie score again, and every time An Jie's scoring methods would be very different. An Jie's all-round offensive skills were vividly displayed.

To deal with a guy like Morris, Anjie had to change his ways. If he kept using the same trick, Morris wouldn't have let Anjie score as he wished.

Immediately after the goal was scored, Van Gundy called a timeout. Shrinking defense, he has seen the Trail Blazers' defensive strategy. During this timeout, Rickard also replaced the poor Gerard Wallace with Jamal Crawford, opening up more possibilities for the Trail Blazers' transition offense.

Subsequently, while Durant and Bledsoe did make a few shots from the outside, Westbrook was completely choked at this point.

Only 1 of 6 shots were hit, and no fouls were made to the free throw without any fouls. Westbrook was out of action under the Trail Blazers' resolute shrinking defense, and the goals of Durant and Bledsoe, the Trail Blazers could also make up for it with their own offense.

Even though Durant and Bledsoe were able to hit the basket, the Trail Blazers players on the court were determined to follow through with Ricard's setup. The Trail Blazers' changes proved successful in this quarter, as they won the Thunder by three points in the first quarter and moved the overall score to 51-53.

At halftime, the Oklahoma City Thunder had a paltry two-point lead over the Trail Blazers at home. And when Westbrook is restricted, the Thunder's second half will only get harder.

The match between the two sides did not disappoint the fans, the score was very close and the scene was very good.

Anjie had 14 points and six rebounds in the first half, and his playing time had obviously returned to normal, much more than in previous games.

His preparation for this game has paid off, and now, it depends on whether An Jie can carry the banner of leading the team and lead his teammates to kill the game completely.

It doesn't matter, Anjie and Ricard have a way!