Chapter Five Hundred and Fortieth: Shattered Dreams
"Come again! Come again!" Anjie picked up the basketball on the ground and threw it into Aldridge's hand. Just now, Aldridge hit the ball on Angel's head for the third time in a row. This big guy feels more hot today than the Victoria's Secret model's figure. If Aldridge can bring this state to tomorrow's game, Zach Randolph will probably be beaten to doubt his life.
"Hehe, you can't stop me today. Just like your performance in the game yesterday, I can't be stopped!" Aldridge smiled and caught the basketball thrown by Anjie. He could feel that today was his best day since he returned from injury.
Aldridge's confident fortune was close to the three-second zone, and immediately hit the back but responded to Anjie's blockade.
Anjie did not retreat this time, and he firmly attached himself to Aldridge. Such defensive strength is almost certainly the same as in the real game!
"Are you going to come true?" Aldridge smiled and exerted his strength for the first time! Anger was pushed back half a step. In fact, Aldri's ability to advance in low-level singles was very strong, but his playing style usually makes people mistakenly think that this guy lacks strength.
An Jie resisted the soreness coming from his abdomen and tried hard to put it on again. Just as An Jie's center of gravity changed, Aldridge suddenly turned around and broke through. This guy trained with An Jie for so long, which made his pace flexibility greatly improve.
After throwing away half of Anjie's body, Aldridge stretched out his long arms and made a layup. Anjie unyieldingly planned to complete the block from behind. Unfortunately, Aldridge still took Anjie one step ahead and picked the ball into the ball.
"Hahahaha, yeah! I said An, I can't be stopped today." Aldridge jumped up excitedly and scored four goals in a row on Anger's head. Even in training, this is a very rare thing.
"Damn it, if you can't bring such a performance to the court tomorrow, don't blame me for being rude to you in training in the future." Although Anjie just played very seriously, when Aldridge scored, he still smiled happily.
Aldridge is in excellent form, which is beneficial and harmless for the Trail Blazers. If he can even play Angel, then Aldridge will have no problem when facing Randolph or even Marc Gasol.
Ricard and Divac, who were supervising the training on the sidelines, were also very happy. Every back-attack and defense practice between Angel and Aldridge is a virtuous cycle. If Angel can defend Aldridge, most inside players will not cause trouble to him. If Aldridge can defeat Angel, most inside players will not be able to oppress Aldridge's offense.
Not only Aldridge, Iguodala, Lillard, Contney Lee, Matthews and even the elderly Fischer were in excellent form today.
Maybe it was the reason why the victory of the last game boosted the morale of the Trail Blazers. In short, everyone on the team is in good shape now. As long as Ricard is more cautious in the next game, it is no problem for the Trail Blazers to turn the total score into 2-0.
"Okay guys! That's all for today's training! I'll perform well tomorrow. I don't want to be embarrassed in front of home fans!" In order to prevent the players from being too tired, Ricard stopped when he saw the good news and ended the training early. Sometimes training too long is not necessarily a good thing, which is why he and Divac interfere with Angela's practice time.
After taking a shower and changing his clothes, An Jie talked and laughed and joked with his teammates in the locker room. After that, he seemed to suddenly remember something.
So in this pleasant locker room, Anjie turned on the TV. Today is the first time the Thunder and the Spurs series, and he suddenly wanted to see how this year's Thunder played.
On the TV screen, Westbrook is breaking through with the ball. This guy is still as brave and direct as before! But unlike before, Westbrook's scoring efficiency is much higher after breaking through.
Since this is the playoffs, the Spurs cannot allow Westbrook to easily hit the basket. Although Westbrook was overturned by the Spurs' fierce defense again and again before, he was always able to stand up immediately and then rush again in the next round!
This time was no exception. Westbrook toughly carried Tony Parker away and then flew towards the basket guarded by Burris Dior.
This is how Westbrook plays. He is always used to throwing himself first and then thinking about how to deal with the ball.
"Russell's forced layup again. This guy with great physical fitness is not afraid of a type of frame protector like Dior!" As soon as Mike Brin finished speaking, Westbrook had physical contact with Dior.
Dior did not give in, and Westbrook did not intend to retreat. The guy exerted force suddenly, carrying Dior's "big" body in the air and pushed the ball forward!
After being hit in the air and twisted the movements, Westbrook fell heavily to the ground. However, Thunder fans didn't care. Westbrook had to fall countless times in a game, but every time, he could get up quickly like Superman. Some experts were joking that Westbrook's bones were made of steel. So the fans didn't care about Westbrook's fall again. Including Anjie, who watched the game in the locker room, did not take it in his heart.
A second passed, and Westbrook did not jump up like people thought. Well... Maybe this is because this time it really hurts to fall.
But five seconds passed, and Westbrook, who fell to the ground, still did not get up. The Thunder players found something was wrong. Jeff Van Gundy and Andrew Morris rushed over and patted Westbrook on the shoulder.
When Morris turned Westbrook's face upwards, photographers from major media finally captured the twisted expression on Westbrook's face due to severe pain.
"What are you doing!? This guy... this guy is injured, right?" An Jie unconsciously approached the TV, and his actions also attracted the attention of his teammates.
"Let's... it's over! Russell Westbrook, with the support of the staff, walked into the player's passage! Oh my God, Westbrook, who is known as the steel bars, was actually injured! Next, the Thunder must deal with it carefully! The situation of the entire game will change instantly!" Mike Brin's surprised tone represented this senior commentator, and he did not expect Westbrook to be injured.
This tough guy who plays basketball gives people the impression that he is "can't fight to death". No matter what means you use or what methods you use, Westbrook will never fall down. He will always get up from the floor in the first second, chant a few words to the sky, and then continue the game.
But just now, Westbrook was actually helped back to the locker room by the staff. This scene was very ordinary on the NBA field, but it was not ordinary on Westbrook.
"No, no, this is impossible, the team doctor must have made a mistake!" An Jie knew very well that the basketball team doctor could only make a preliminary judgment on the situation of a player due to the lack of sufficient equipment on the court. Maybe ten minutes later, the team doctor felt that it was not serious and would put Westbrook back.
With this mood, Anjie watched the whole game. But from beginning to end, Westbrook did not appear as people thought, jumping around from the player channel.
"God! Don't joke!" Anjie immediately took out his cell phone and prepared to call Westbrook.
Just as he was about to do that, Anjie's cell phone rang. The name on the caller ID was "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
"Hey! Russell, tell me, you're fine at all!" Anjie shouted anxiously at the receiver.
"I...I can't save the appointment, Doctor Ann said there seemed to be something wrong with my knee meniscus, my playoffs...my playoffs, it's over..."
After listening, Anjie took a breath. Although he couldn't see the picture, Anjie heard it clearly. Westbrook's voice was filled with a slight crying voice. This guy didn't joke with him.
An Jie's mind was blank. Although it was not his injury, the sadness that came to an abrupt end of his dream still made An Jie shed big sweat.
Yesterday, Westbrook was ambitious and was ready to return to the top of the West. But today, he was reimbursed for the season, and Bai Youyi was unable to perform his strength.
What does it mean to be a shattered dream? Being injured in a good playoff situation is simply a huge blow.
"I'm sorry, brother, I can't keep my promise." Westbrook said, silently hung up the phone, buried his head deeply between his arms. No one saw that two lines of wet marks were crossed on the face of this omnipotent defender Zero.
"What's wrong? I've scored a few more goals on your head, so what about that." Aldridge, who had just finished taking a shower, saw Anjie sitting on the stool with his eyes blank, walked over and teased him.
But after looking at it again, the expressions of the teammates around him seemed to be a little wrong. Only then did Aldridge realize that Anjie was not joking with him!
"We must win tomorrow!" Just as the entire locker room was in silence, An Jie suddenly said under the light, breaking the quiet atmosphere.
"Ah?" Everyone was stunned. They were ready to curse Anjie. After all, Westbrook was Anjie's good brother, and everyone knew that. But no one would have thought that Anjie's first sentence would be like this.
The playoffs are full of too many accidents. The longer the game is dragged, the more likely it is to happen.
Angel didn't want to work hard for a season, but ended up having the same bad luck as Westbrook.
He really couldn't imagine whether he could withstand such a blow. An Jie did get reimbursed once in the season, but even those who have experienced it don't have the courage to experience it again!
Taking advantage of the current situation where everyone in the Trail Blazers, including himself, Anjie must seize the opportunity to win the O'Brien Cup! If it is delayed for another year, God knows what will happen!
Westbrook's crying voice still echoed in Angel's ears, but this sound did not only bring Anger a heartbreaking feeling. It also brought Anger a stronger will!
Things in the world are impermanent, and disasters come as soon as possible. Only by seizing the current opportunity can An Jie not leave any regrets for himself. Therefore, An Jie would say that thoughtless to people.
Cherish the present, seize the opportunity, show mercy, defeat your opponent and win the championship!
In the second game tomorrow, Anjie will continue to exert his strength and will never give the Grizzlies a little room to breathe.
Chapter completed!