Chapter 658: The trick to change the situation
"Come back, baby, and stop working. You need to rest now, it's not good to work too hard. On the phone, An Jie was talking to Catherine crookedly, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Aldridge couldn't believe that An Jie, a fierce guy, would also speak in such a tone.
Catherine has been pregnant for almost four months, and even though she is a model, she can see a slight bulge in her belly at the moment.
An Jie naturally hopes that Catherine will rest at home like this, after all, if she is too tired during pregnancy, it is not good for both mother and baby.
"Hahaha, fool. Have you ever seen a woman who is less than four months pregnant and would sit idle at home. Rest assured, I don't feel anything at all right now. When that time comes, I'll come back consciously. You'd better focus on your season, and when your holidays come, we'll be able to get through the delivery period well. Catherine doesn't miss An Jie, firstly, she can't give up her job casually, although An Jie is now making astronomical money a year, but Catherine doesn't want to become a housewife at such a young age. Second, Catherine didn't want to distract Anjie herself. After all, winning 26 out of 30 is no joke.
It's true that no one is saying that 72 wins in the regular season is a hard metric that the Trail Blazers must accomplish this season. But again, no one wants to see the Trail Blazers miss out on this record-breaking opportunity. Even Jordan himself has said, "If Anjie could, he would have taken the record, but you know, if they got 72 wins and couldn't win the title, it wouldn't make any sense." ”
Jordan was right that the Bulls' 72-win record was brilliant because they managed to win the O'Brien Cup while winning 72 wins.
This is also a question that the Trail Blazers have to face at the moment, whether to fight to break the record or save energy to prepare for the playoffs.
Rickard, who is currently calling the shots from his hospital bed, has decided to be the number one goal for a better record!
While a 72-win run would put the Trail Blazers at risk of injury, too hard in the regular season would make it more difficult for the Trail Blazers in the playoffs. But the true brave will not back down because of fear.
Now that damn record is in front of you, and that historical number one position is waiting for you to sit on. You're too scared to fight for it? No, that's not a choice a man should make.
After hanging up the phone, An Jie also fell asleep early. Don't look at the last 30 games left, but the last 30 games are destined to be quite hard......
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In the first game of the final 30 games, the Trail Blazers faced a terrible opponent, the San Antonio Spurs.
The Trail Blazers and Spurs have met twice this season, with each side winning one game each. Judging by the historical head-to-head record, the two sides seem to be evenly matched.
However, even the most stable team can't be consistent in every one of the 82 regular-season games. Today, the Spurs are in a rare slump.
Maybe it's because the back-to-back games have made the aging Spurs a little unbearable, and in the late stages of the season, the players' physical reserves are already tight. At this time, there were back-to-backs, and back-to-backs were also met by the Trailblazers. The invasion of these unfavorable factors made the Spurs play unsatisfactory today.
** Vicky would have yelled on the sidelines for the first three quarters of the game, but by the fourth quarter, he was also quite silent.
The Spurs seem to be able to score every single one of them today, but it's actually because none of the guys who have the final word can step up.
Basketball is a game that requires close integration between teams and individuals, and it has been proven that only the outstanding team without the outstanding individual still cannot make a team go far. Didn't the Nuggets, who had no stars in previous seasons but played well in the regular season, be beaten back to their original form for this reason in the playoffs?
In the final moments of the game, the tired Spurs failed to make it on three consecutive offenses, and the Trail Blazers seized the opportunity under the leadership of Anjie. The tired Duncan couldn't stop Anjie's crush, so the Spurs eventually lost 100-93 at home.
The defeat of the Spurs boosted the morale of the Trail Blazers players. So just one day later, they "dropped" the Pelicans, led by Davis, a second-year rookie.
"Brother Thick Eyebrows" Davis's performance today impressed An Jie, this guy cut 36 points and 9 rebounds, even An Jie himself had to admit that in his second year, he was far worse than Davis.
Although Anjie only scored 26 points in this game, he grabbed 18 rebounds. On top of that, Anjie also dished out 10 assists, and the Trail Blazers also scored 20 points with four players, easily shooting down the Pelicans again.
Therefore, basketball is a combination of individual and team games. Davis's individual is great, but the Pelicans are not at the same level as the Trail Blazers.
111-103, the Trail Blazers won another away game. And their winning streak has also reached 12 consecutive wins.
However, the good times were short-lived, and on March 16, the Trail Blazers faced the biggest dark horse of the season, the Warriors, on their home court.
The Warriors' two young guards, Steve Curry and Klay Thompson, have completely made Anjie remember their names.
These two guards, who didn't seem to be physically strong and not very impactful, used the way of shooting to score 64 points! Curry scored 37 points and Thompson scored 27 points.
Like Anjie, the style of play of these two guys is completely opposite to the trend of the league, in this era when guards are increasingly desperate to attack the basket, Curry and Thompson choose to play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses and use shooting to solve problems.
The Warriors fought the Trail Blazers until the end until Steve Curry hit a one-step shot from beyond the three-point line in the final 1.3 seconds.
An Jie was completely dumbfounded at the time, a thin guy with a baby face, who looked harmless to humans and animals, and had barely heard of it in the past few years, could actually kill himself in this way.
"What the. An Jie shook his head helplessly, maybe in the next few years, he will have a strong opponent again.
After the game, Anjie also took the initiative to say hello to Curry and Thompson.
"I remember you. Anjie said to Curry and Thompson, which also means that the two small guards of the Warriors have officially been included in the hostile list.
113-112, the Warriors completed the stunner at the Moda Center. The Warriors have always seemed to be associated with the word dark horse in the 21st century, and now that they killed the defending champion on the defending champion's home court, it may be that the Warriors in the future will be more than just a dark horse.
Losing this game is also a wake-up call for the Trail Blazers. Winning 26 out of 30 games is not something that can be done so easily. Even the most inconspicuous-looking opponent has the potential to defeat him.
It was precisely because of the loss in this game that the Trail Blazers became more cautious in the following games. Even if the opponent is a team that has missed the playoffs, Anjie and his teammates will not take it lightly.
The season went on and on, and there were a lot of great moments along the way.
For example, Anjie looked at a quadruple-double of 23 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 blocks against the Magic, and Aldridge scored a season-high 40 points against the Wizards.
Lillard also recorded a triple-double of 30 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists against the Knicks, and that has happened many times, in other words, everyone on the Trail Blazers is very, very good.
The 72-win record is getting closer and closer for the Trail Blazers, and the world is holding its breath. Because they may be witnessing the birth of a living legend!
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On April 9, 2014, there were four games left before the end of the regular season, and the Trail Blazers' record officially came to 69-9.
With 69 wins, this has allowed the Trail Blazers to tie their record from last year. At this time, with four games left in the regular season, almost everyone believes that it is almost a certainty that the Trail Blazers will break the Bulls' record!
However, in today's game against the Suns, the Trail Blazers had a lot of trouble.
The Suns are currently ninth in the West, and they still have a chance to make the playoffs. And usually at the last moment, this kind of team is often the most combative!
In the first half of the game, there were no accidents, the Trail Blazers kept suppressing the Suns, even if Bledsoe played very hard, but the strength of the rest of the Suns team could not make Bledsoe's efforts reward.
From the third quarter of the game, the situation changed. The Suns' backup small forward, Gerald Green, who entered the league in '05, burst out without warning.
Before the game, no one cared about this guy at all. Angel didn't even know that Gerald Green was playing for the Suns right now, because this guy has been changing teams almost every year for the past few years, and Divac naturally doesn't have a defensive strategy for one of the Suns' benches.
But Gerard Green made up for the disadvantage with a basket that was unbelievably mid-range and lucky enough to avoid Anjie's block.
With 32 points on 60 percent shooting, Gerard Green's sudden outburst left the Trail Blazers with no time to react.
In the end, the Suns also survived on their home court. 109 to 113, Gerard Green, a guy who has never been remembered, did something that could change history.
He's dedicated to the Trail Blazers' tenth defeat of the season!
69-10! This means that if the Trail Blazers lose one more game in the next three games, everything they have done before will be undone!
The whole of Portland was nervous, and Divac was under a lot of pressure.
From 30 to 3, it looks like it's still going to be difficult......
Is the Dynasty Bull really too high to reach? No, Anjie won't believe it!