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Chapter five hundred and forty-fifth: the moment to show results

In the first game, the Grizzlies lost to Anjie, who was in a magical state. Gasol still remembered that there were several goals that day, and he had completely blocked Anjie. However, Anjie still insisted on taking action and scored the ball.

This unreasonable goal is the most damaging defensive morale. Once the Grizzlies' defense is loose, they have nothing.

Do you want the Grizzlies to chase points by offense? Please let Lionel Hollins find a few stable three-point shooters first. Don’t think that the Trail Blazers are also a team that focuses on inside offense, but the three-pointers of Matthews, Batum, Contney Lee and even Fischer are also very fatal. These things are exactly what the Grizzlies lack.

So the Grizzlies can rely on only defense, and Anjie is their biggest obstacle on the defensive end.

But today is different. Marc Gasol is ready to fight Anjie to the end. He doesn't believe that the Chinese wearing the No. 00 jersey can perform unreasonablely in two consecutive games. As long as Anjie can be restricted, the Trail Blazers' offense will be much worse.

"Follow An, follow An, always. I want you to defend him at all costs and make him difficult to do any moves." Lionel Hollins still arranged tactics a second before the game started, and this guy did everything he could. Next, it depends on the performance of Anger and Marc Gasol.

Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping were still here, and they were also confident in the second game of the Trail Blazers.

"In the first game between the two sides, Anjie has proved that his ability is above Marc Gasol. Perhaps when encountering other teams, Gasol will be the advantage of the Grizzlies. But when they meet the Trail Blazers, the advantage of the center position will be gone. When a team cannot play the strongest, it will be difficult for them to win." Zhang Weiping was hurrying to analyze the playoff trend.

"Guide Zhang is right, unless there are surprises on the Grizzlies, such as Mike Conley, and Tony Allen. Otherwise, the Grizzlies' situation is really bad. OK, the referee has thrown the ball into the air. The game has officially begun, everyone, the audience will be the first to start!"

Before the game, the scene of Westbrook's injury kept appearing in Anger's eyes. He sympathized with his brother very much, and at the same time, the scene also sounded a wake-up call for himself.

Seize the present! Win all the games you can win and leave no regrets in your career!

Thinking of this, An Jie instantly felt like he was full of strength. He jumped suddenly and rushed to the basketball before Marc Gasol.

Without any suspense, the Trail Blazers won the first attack. Anjie rarely lost to his opponent in a competition. After 82 games in the regular season, Anjie may not have even lost 10 games in a competition.

Lillard had just received the ball, and Tony Allen set up a formation to prepare for defense. Seeing this, Lillard immediately gave the ball to Iguodala, and the small forward Iguodala controlled the ball and advanced!

Iguodala skillfully controls basketball and organizes offenses in a good manner. Due to Lillard's existence, people seem to have forgotten that this small forward with extremely strong athletic ability has also good ability to organize offenses.

When he was still playing in Philadelphia, Iguodala was often compared with AI. Allen Iverson, who was 183 cm, had the heart of the shooting guard in the body of the organization guard. And Iguodala, who was 198 cm, had the soul of the organization guard in the body of the shooting guard.

Although after coming to the Trail Blazers, Iguodala's position became the third position due to tactical needs, this did not affect Iguodala's ability to organize offensives.

Compared to Lillard, Iguodala's organization was more calm. The guy shouted loudly, and his teammates obediently followed Iguodala's command and running.

"Damn!" Although Tony Allen defended Lillard very much, he knew that he had been led to the weak side by Lillard. At this moment, the target that Tony Allen wanted to defend was Iguodala, who was in control of the ball.

But there is no way. No matter how powerful Tony Allen's defense is, all he can do is watch.

Iguodala commanded for a long time. After his teammates pulled the space away, he suddenly made a pass and fed the ball to Anjie.

Anjie held the ball with the basket on his back, and kept testing Gasol's defense on his back. At the same time, Aldridge started running. When he just ran to the free throw line, Anjie passed the ball.

Randolph did not dare to rob, he was afraid that he would lose his position because of the forward steal. This guy knew that to defend Aldridge, you had to ensure that you would always stand in front of him.

After receiving the ball, Aldridge only made a simple test, but because he was in the penalty area, he had to make a decision quickly, otherwise he would be yelled to violate the rules for three seconds later.

After the tentative step, Aldridge did not choose to break through. Instead, he took a step back and threw it at it!

Aldridge's shooting point was very high. Randolph, who had no advantage in height and wingspan, reacted in time, but could not touch the basketball raised by Aldridge.

However, defense is not just steals and blocks, which can interfere with the opponent's shooting, which is also a kind of successful defense.

Randolph did this, thinking he had blocked Aldridge's sight. With such severe interference, the Trail Blazers' first offense ended in failure.

Anjie looked at the flight trajectory of the basketball and smiled slightly. Afterwards, the basketball drilled into the net. Mark Gasol thought Anjie didn't want to waste his energy on the block, but he didn't know that Anjie had expected the result of this attack. Aldridge scored countless times in Anjie's head. So Anjie also knew very well what the ball would be and what circumstances would he need to compete for rebounds.

"It works!" Ricard waved his arm vigorously. He asked Angel and Aldridge, the two leading stars, to "harm each other", which was indeed the right choice.

Randolph said nothing, he just shook his head in annoyance. But Lionel Hollins, who was sitting on the bench, was very nervous. Today, it would be Aldridge's turn to break out, right?

The Grizzlies launched a counterattack, and Mike Conley's desire to attack today seemed particularly strong. It can be seen from the fact that he made a dazzling string of dribbling moves in front of Lillard.

Conley almost disappeared in the last game, which made the media complain about him. Today, Conley really wants to prove that a first-year-old rookie can't do anything to him!

Don't say that these dazzling dribbling moves are fancy. Conley's fake moves really deceived Lillard. Taking advantage of Lillard's hesitation, Conley suddenly accelerated the breakthrough and plunged into the penalty area.

Anjie faithfully implemented Ricard's order and defended the basket! So when Marc Gasol exited the three-second zone to make room for Conley to attack, Anjie did not choose to follow Gasol out. Instead, he opened his arms and waited for Mike Conley to fall into the trap.

Conley did not slow down at all. Facing An Jie with his big hands spread, he jumped suddenly, as if he was planning to force a layup!

However, just as Anjie jumped and prepared to block the block, Conley stuffed the ball from Anjie's armpit into Gasol's hand in the air.

Gasol didn't even jump. He just slapped his foot and shot the ball out. The uninterrupted shot was hollow into the frame.

"With a beautiful cooperation, the connection between Gasol and Mike Conley is very tacit." Even Yu Jia, who supports Anjie, praised the Grizzlies' offense this time. After all, it is difficult to see these scenes on the Grizzlies, who are not good at attacking.

Ricard knew that Lionel Hollins would not remain indifferent after losing a game, but he didn't expect that Hollins would put Bao on Mike Conley.

In the first game, the Grizzlies' offensive core was Gasol Jr. But today, the Grizzlies' offensive core became Conley.

"Interesting." Ricard held his chin with his hands. The Grizzlies actually found a way out on the offensive end? Does this mean that the Grizzlies are about to evolve, or that they are just struggling to death?

The offensive ball rights have returned to the Trail Blazers again, Tony Allen still keeps pace with Lillard, while Iguodala once again plays the role of an offensive.

Perhaps the low-key Iguodala during the regular season is often forgotten, but the players and coaches of the Trail Blazers know how great Iguodala's role is.

It’s not that this guy can’t fight, but he especially likes the positioning of the character players.

After Iverson left the 76ers, everyone hoped that Iguodala could serve as the ace. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for others. But strangely, Iguodala's style of playing is still a role player, and he is more willing to be a second-in-command.

Maybe, this guy is a player of this style at heart. Even though he has strong personal abilities, he is still willing to finish all the dirty and tiring work. This guy doesn't compete for data, but just does everything the team needs calmly.

That's why Iguodala is not so eye-catching in the regular season. But this doesn't mean that this guy is useless.

Iguodala pretended to pass the ball, but borrowed Aldridge's pick-and-roll and suddenly broke through!

The heavy steps of "Old Prince" Tyshaun Prince were like walking in the mud that was beyond his knees, and where was Iguodala? The speed was skating on the ice!

In almost one step, Prince was cleaned by Iguodala. Prince, who had no advantage in speed, was helpless when he encountered Aldridge's pick-and-roll.

Iguodala broke through with the ball, and the Grizzlies' lineup began to shrink unconsciously. Faced with such an opportunity, Iguodala was not greedy for me. He just gently passed the ball backwards and raised the high position to pick-and-roll Aldridge, who had the opportunity!

Now, Prince is the one who stands in front of Aldridge. If even Randolph's height cannot interfere with Aldridge's shooting, Prince will not be able to do it.

Aldridge shot as soon as he catches the ball, and it is still the iconic high shooting point. The basketball is like being controlled remotely, drew a perfect arc and entered the net hollow again!

"It can be seen that Aldridge's touch today is very hot."

After the ball entered, Anjie slapped high-fives at Aldridge and Iguodala respectively during the retreat. The excellent performance of these two guys greatly reduced the burden on him.

With his teammates showing such a strong performance, how could An Jie, the star in the world, retreat?

This time, Marc Gasol and Randolph both made a double pick-and-roll cooperation for Conley.

Although An Jie received the order to hold the basket to the death, his tactics were dead, but his people were alive.

Seeing Gasol mentioning the high position, Anjie followed him and chased him out. He didn't want to give Gasol a chance to shoot at an open position. Anjie understood that the Spaniard's fixed-point shooting ability is no worse than himself.

Seeing Anjie walk out of the penalty area, Mike Conley is so happy. As long as Anjie is not here, he will be fearless!

The little guard took advantage of the pick-and-roll and rushed straight to the basket. The huge obstacles of the double pick-and-roll made both Lillard and Aldridge helpless against Conley's breakthrough.

Conley was very fast, but fortunately, even though Iguodala showed up, he forced Conley to slow down.

However, Conley, who had already rushed up, was not afraid of Iguodala's blockade. He took three steps directly with inertia and pressed Iguodala's body with his shoulders to complete the layup. No matter how bad it is, Conley felt that committing a foul was also an option!

He jumped high, and Iguodala had no room to block. Mike Conley gave the basketball lightly. He was bound to win such a good opportunity!

Lionel attaches great importance to himself, and Conley doesn't want to disappoint his coach. He hopes Conley can lead the team to win, so Conley stands up now!

The basketball gradually approached the basket, and Iguodala stared at the spinning basketball tightly, as if the basketball would change its flight trajectory because of Iguodala's fierce eyes.

Conley and Iguodala are about to land, and in the spotlight, the basketball is about to start falling.

Some of the Grizzlies fans who came with the team stood up and raised their arms. They finally had a chance to cheer in the Rose Garden. However...

"Bang!" There was a crisp sound at first.

"Boom!" Then there was the dull sound of the basketball hitting the rebound.

After seeing again, An Jie had just landed on the ground and gritted his teeth.
Chapter completed!
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