Chapter 661: The Rose of Portland
In the last five seconds of the game, the guy in the blue No. 30 jersey was on the outside control.
At this point, the Trail Blazers still have a two-point lead, and if they want to win the game, they just need to guard against opponents' three-pointers.
It looks like the Warriors are running out of options. David. Li was even leaning on An Jie to ask for the ball, and according to his thoughts, it was better to drag the game into overtime first than to lose directly.
However, the number 30 in the away shirt ignored David. Lee, who beckoned to 2005 No. 1 and once the hope of the Bucks' revival, seven-foot center Andrew. Bogut.
At this point, there were 2.3 seconds left until the end of the race. As soon as Bogut's block arrived, No. 30 immediately borrowed the block to dodge.
This guy is very spiritual on the court, don't look at him skinny, but he still plays quite well by using the trick of blocking and getting rid of defenders.
Lillard couldn't seal his opposition in time, but his aggressive interference forced the No. 30 to step back to a big step beyond the three-point line.
Without time to hesitate, the Warriors' No. 30 picked up and shot one step from beyond the three-point line.
"Win!" Lillard smiled, shooting a three-pointer from such a distance, it was still a kill, he didn't believe that the baby-faced guy in front of him would have the ability to seal his throat with a sword.
However, An Jie, who was staring at the basketball flight trajectory on the inside, "chuckled" in his heart.
He is a master at judging where a rebound will land, and he can usually determine where the basketball is likely to bounce back based on the arc, direction and speed of the basketball's flight, as well as the way it spins.
It's not always accurate, but the hit rate is pretty good. Anjie's average of 13.6 rebounds per game this season is not generated out of thin air.
But this ball, An Jie found that he couldn't judge the landing point. To be exact, this ball has no place in his opinion, because basketball will definitely fall straight to the net!
"Brush!" Sure enough, the basketball, which flew from a big stride outside the three-point line, went over everyone's heads and hollowed into the net!
"No!" The excitement at the Moda Centre collapsed in an instant, and just a few seconds earlier, they were two points ahead. But now, they have become the lagging side. No, the word backward is not quite exact. Because now that the game time is over, the Trail Blazers are not behind, but have already lost the game!
The skinny No. 30, who hit the shootout shot in front of Lillard, jumped happily, and after that, Klay Brown jumped happily. Thompson rushed up and picked him up. And then there's Bogut, David. Lee, Steve. Blake......
An Jie looked at the lore who was championed by the Warriors players in disbelief, this guy didn't give An Jie this impression before.
Thin, not good at fighting, injuries and illnesses...... But it was such a guy who made An Jie miserable on his home ground today.
He looked at Divac on the sidelines, and Divac just spread his hands helplessly. An Jie set his eyes on the lore again, and the name behind the No. 30 jersey had been deeply imprinted in An Jie's mind. There are five simple letters written on it – Curry.
"Click!" The sound of some kind of switch sounded, and it wasn't until Rickard turned off the projector and turned on the lights in the locker room that Angel realized that he was not there, but watching the video of the game lost to the Warriors that day.
Maybe it was this experience of being killed that really made An Jie remember it vividly, so he brought himself into the scene again.
A month ago, on March 16, the Warriors relied on Curry and Klay. Thompson's excellent performance was able to kill the Trail Blazers, who had won 12 consecutive games at the time, on the road.
Curry's performance in that game and that shot more than one step outside the three-point line made Anjie refresh his understanding of this guy.
After that, Ricard started to put up the slides, and the slides were all about the No. 30 defender.
Stephen. Curry, when Anjie was still playing in the NCAA, he occasionally heard this guy's name.
Of course, in those days, the whole world was talking about Michael. Beasley, discuss Rose, discuss Griffin, and even discuss Anjie.
Curry? He's just a star player who played well at Davis Academy. And in the NCAA, there are too many star players like him, coupled with Curry's thin body, many scouts have drawn a cross on this guy's name.
In his first two years in the league, this guy averaged 18 points per game. But in Monta. In the face of Ellis's eye-catching and the Warriors' already sparse results, Curry's terrifying performance did not cause much uproar.
You know, he's just a seventh-overall pick. Griffin, the No. 1 player in the same year, still attracted attention without a game, and the second-place Thabit could only play garbage time in Memphis. Although Harden, who finished third, proved himself at the sixth man position, his performance at that time was still not comparable to Curry's.
Plus the Kings Tyrek. Evans's rookie performance at the peak of his rookie has made Curry's popularity drop again and again.
In the third year of his career, Curry played just 26 games due to injury. This guy, who has never been full attendance since entering the alliance, and has been stopping all the way, was directly forgotten by the world in that year.
In the 12-13 season after his comeback, Curry's performance was still eye-catching. But unfortunately, that year, it belonged to Anjie and his pioneers, and it belonged to the 6VS00 battle. Stephen. Curry seems to be so unlucky, he should have shocked the whole league, but for various reasons, he has not reached the expected height.
But everything changed when he beat the Trail Blazers in such spectacular fashion on March 16.
Now the whole world knows that the guy called Curry in the Warriors seems to be very powerful, and even An Jie has completely changed his perception of Curry.
Looking back on Curry's experience now, An Jie realized that this guy can't be just a flash in the pan. Because of his excellence, it started from the first day he entered the league, but people didn't know it.
At the end of the slideshow, Ricard looked at his players. "What, what do you guys think?"
"We haven't found such a monster in the west." Lillard, who was directly opposite Curry, was the first to answer Ricard's question.
"Curry's performance was really good, but the Warriors didn't get a lot of attention in those years, so people ignored that. I think their strength is by no means just the sixth place in the West on the surface. Anjie also joined the discussion.
"yes, I just want you to know that. The Warriors are no slouch! Their strength may even be above the Clippers! We can't just treat them as an ordinary sixth place in the West, but we have to treat them as teams like the Heat and Spurs! "Rickard has long been attracted to Curry's performance, so he also knows that the Warriors are not as simple as everyone thinks.
"Tomorrow, April 16, we will meet the Warriors again after a full month of losing to them. Tomorrow's game is extraordinary, and I think you all know that whether the record of 72 wins can be tied or not depends on how we play tomorrow! I'm not going to say anything like 'just let go of the pressure and just enjoy the game tomorrow.'" Tomorrow's game, we can only win! But how to beat the mighty Warriors, that's what we have to look at today. ”
Everyone got serious, and Riccard smiled with satisfaction when he saw the attitude of the players. As long as the Trail Blazers start to face up to the Warriors, the Warriors won't be so scary.
"Tactically in general, we've practiced enough in the past few days. In today's tactical meeting, let's talk about some details. First of all, the inside line, without a doubt, is the focus of our attack! Don't just stare at Ann and LaMarcus when it comes to inside offense. I want all of you to focus on the interior offense, to punch, to attack the frame, to hit the weakest parts of the Warriors. Don't be Bogut and David. Li and these two guys were frightened, they are just strong on the outside and doing it in the middle now. The Warriors are great on their offense, not on the inside of those two who are more famous than powerful. ”
"Don't worry, it's not that hard to break through Curry's defense." Lillard held his breath, Curry completed a stunner on his head in the last game, and tomorrow, Lillard must use an excellent performance to regain face for himself.
"Andre, you're going to be a second-year rookie for the Warriors, Harrison. Barnes. This guy looks like he has a lot of potential, but he's still very immature. Look for more opportunities in him, I'm sure you can eat this guy! Seeing that Lillard was so excited, Rickard shifted the conversation to Iguodala, who has been tepid lately.
Iguodala has indeed been "playing dead" for a long time in the month when Anjie and Aldridge broke out. This guy is a role player at heart, but he has the ability to be a giant.
But when the team needs to step up, Iguodala never backs down.
"I'll look for a breakthrough in Barnes." Iguodala's answer was brief, but Ricard knew it was enough. Iguodala is the kind of player who won't let you down.
Subsequently, Ricard successively assigned tasks to each of them. This is the first time since the regular season that this season has been an intensely prepared tactical meeting.
"Alright, I'm almost done with what I need to say. We've come this far, guys, and after tomorrow we're going to fight for the championship again." But until then, we have one more thing we have to do. ”
"Let the damn Bulls get off the altar!" An Jie shouted out the truest thoughts in his heart, from entering the NBA to the present, An Jie is eager not only for the O'Brien Cup, but to become a legend, a legend that can be as famous as Jordan, O'Neal, and Kobe!
The O'Brien Cup is just part of the story.
"This is our time guys, so that the world will never forget, back then, in Portland, there was a rose, blooming brilliantly!"
"Roar!" Everyone slapped the table and stared, and followed An Jie and yelled.
April 16, the final game of the NBA regular season in 13-14, is likely, tomorrow is likely to be the day of the second 72-game winning streak.
At the beginning, people put the record of 72 wins in the first place where it was impossible to break the record. No one believed that in the 21st century, there were still teams that could do such things.
But tomorrow, AnJie and the Trailblazers will try to surprise the world once again.
This is not a basketball game, this is a complete basketball revolution!