The Way of the Center

With just an extremely beautiful footstep, An Jie successfully avoided the double-team defense of the Rockets' two insiders and scored a goal.

Not to mention Terrence Jones. Although this guy was very versatile in college, the NBA and NCAA are two completely different concepts. If it weren't for McHale who is really unavailable at the power forward position, he wouldn't let Jones start.

But Howard, this is an All-Star center. A college star player and an NBA star player teamed up, and they couldn't do anything to An Jie. This will undoubtedly boost the morale of the Trail Blazers who lost Ricard and Aldridge!

While the Blazers players were boiling with enthusiasm, Dwight Howard's anger was also heating up. Maybe after his bad experience with Kobe, this guy now hates feeling disrespected so much.

Just now, An Jie played with himself like this, and even sprayed those trash words at himself, no doubt he did not respect his performance.

So in the Rockets' second offense, Howard wanted to stabilize his position and asked Harden for the ball.

Although Harden is the real core of this Rockets team, Howard's request Harden cannot turn a blind eye.

The center forward is like a wayward big girl, you can't keep him cold and let him miss the ball for a long time, otherwise, these big men may get angry.

Therefore, Howard received the basketball as he wished. An Jie gritted his teeth and insisted, this guy Howard has become stronger again!

There is nothing to say about Howard's offense. The forced attack after the hard chisel is the only singles option for this amazing physical guy.

An Jie was not afraid. After all, he had not fought Howard once or twice. He knew how big the impact would be in the future.

However, Howard's turn after advancing made An Jie's body suddenly stiff! It turned out that Howard didn't want to win by brute force as before. This angry beast directly stabbed its elbow in An Jie's stomach!

Since the referee stood behind Anjie, he didn't see the small movement on Howard's elbow. So this ball, An Jie can only suffer from this dumb loss.

After Howard pushed An Jie away with his elbow, he immediately jumped up to hook, but An Jie also resisted the pain and jumped up to interfere.

Howard's stiff hook finally hit the basket's neck, but Angie, who got a dark elbow, didn't take advantage of it at all.

Seeing the clues, Divac complained to the referee off the court, but this guy, who is far less hot-tempered than Ricard, couldn't attract the referee's attention.

Divac wasn't afraid of An Jie's loss, but he was worried that Howard, who was already enraged, would make some outrageous moves and hurt An Jie.

If the Blazers lose Ricard and Aldridge and then catch Anjie, it will really be worth the candle.

The worried Divac turned his attention back to the field, while Anjie continued to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Howard like a normal person.

Howard pushed so hard that An Jie felt that his waist could not exert strength at all. The waist can't exert force, so naturally it can't push forward.

Seeing that Anjie's position was not stable, Lillard hesitated, whether he should pass the ball or not. Just when Lillard was hesitating, Anjie raised his hand.

"Ball!" Seeing that Lillard was still in place, An Jie yelled directly.

Few people will ask for the ball so blatantly, because it will undoubtedly expose your next plan.

Terrence Jones doesn't intend to waste this opportunity, as soon as Lillard hits the ball, Jones will try his best to intercept it halfway!

Even if the interception is unsuccessful, Jones can successfully double-team Anjie in the first place.

Lillard chose a fast direct pass as Anger wished.

Terrence Jones was overjoyed, what he was waiting for was a direct pass!

The basketball flew halfway, and Jones stepped out in two big strides. It's a pity that Lillard passed the ball too fast, so fast that even if Jones predicted it in advance,

Can't even touch a basketball.

But in the same way, as soon as An Jie catches the ball, before he has time to adjust, he will immediately be double-teamed.

It seems that this is still a failed pass. After being emptied by Jones, Lopez began to cut to the basket, but what's the use? An Jie, with his back to the basket and Robin, had no chance to pass the ball at all.

Anjie tried his best to catch the ball, and at the same time, the encirclement circle of Howard and Jones was formed in an instant.

However, Anjie didn't let the ball stay in his hands for too long. An Jie didn't even look at the ball after receiving the ball, and immediately threw the basketball behind his head. Howard and Jones were stupid, and there is such a shot?

Jones turned his head, but saw Robin Lopez with an afro head soaring into the air.

Lopez caught Angie's extremely unreasonable throw behind the head firmly, and pressed the basketball into the basket with his powerful hands!

"Bang!" The basket made a loud noise, and everyone in the Moda Center was dumbfounded.

Just now, An Jie, who had been cornered, completed an alley-oop with Lopez! ?

"Alley-oop!" Mike Brin's shout confirmed this fact, that's right, it was indeed an alley-oop just now!

After scoring the goal, Lopez immediately took off for the second time and touched his chest with Anjie in the air. The arrogant celebration of the two elders happened right in front of Howard who was stunned.

Looking up at the big screen, God knows how Angie saw Lopez cut in that situation. But this guy not only saw it, but also completed the assist with this incredible pass.

Howard still couldn't believe what just happened in front of his eyes, but An Jie had already hooked his finger at Howard proudly.

Divac smiled and shook his head. Back then, people said he was the best passing center in the NBA. But now An Jie has raised the passing skills of the center forward to a whole new level.

This kind of ball can only be passed by guys like Nash and Paul, and Anjie can also reproduce it!

An assist that was several times more exciting than a goal gave Anjie the capital to show off in front of Howard.

Soon, An Jie could tell that this once invulnerable monster was about to explode!

The game came to the third quarter with the goals from both sides coming and going. Anjie's performance on the field was still excellent, and Howard's offense was still in a mess when facing Anjie's defense.

James Harden is the only one on the field who can compete with Angie. This guard committed a lot of fouls today, of course, most of them were on Lopez and Leonard.

And Howard? The guy got more and more moving on the floor, even getting a rebounding foul on one occasion by shoving Ainger to the ground for a rebound without getting stuck in position.

This foul is also a signal. An Jie knew that the time had come!

Another time, James Harden took a step after receiving a pass from Jeremy Lin, and then suddenly stepped back to pull a three-pointer.

Today is not the first time Matthews has suffered from Harden's trick. He has worked very hard to block Harden's sight. But as before, the basketball fell into the net!

After the ball was hit, the Rockets were only 2 points away from tying the score. An Jie looked at Howard, it's time, it's time to end this big trouble.

The old Miller who replaced Lillard played against Jeremy Lin with ease. Jeremy Lin's defense was indeed very hard, but Miller's fast and slow speed made Jeremy unable to grasp the best time to defend.

This time, Anjie didn't want to be in the paint. Instead, he ran to the high position, ready to pick and roll for the old Miller.

Howard didn't know what An Jie wanted to do, but he knew that only by constantly putting pressure on An Jie, could he reduce An Jie's success rate as much as possible.

As everyone knows, Anjie did not stand still for Miller to pick and roll, but played a hand-to-hand cooperation with Miller.

That's right, it's not that the center forward is assigned to the defender, but the defender is assigned to the center forward!

McHale supported his chin. An Jie must have his plan in doing so.

But Howard, who was playing on the court, didn't think so much. His only thought now was to guard Anjie.

Therefore, Howard, who couldn't bypass the pick-and-roll in the first place, went to Anjie through Miller. Anjie's jersey was firmly grasped by Howard, and the old Miller was also violently attacked by Howard, a strong man.

Suddenly, Anjie dropped the basketball, and he turned around exaggeratedly, as if Howard's grip on the jersey was particularly powerful.

The old Miller, who was sandwiched between the two giants, fell to the ground suddenly, and seemed to be ruthlessly knocked into the air by Howard.

Howard stepped over the fallen Miller and continued to chase Anjie. And at this moment, the referee's whistle sounded suddenly!

Miller, who was still very "painful" just now, suddenly got up from the ground.

Don't look at Miller is nearly forty years old, don't look at the difference in size between him and Howard by several times. But Miller, who was humiliated by his crotch, had to ask Howard for an explanation.

Although veterans are not as impulsive as young people, they all have a set of rules in their hearts, who can do what in front of him, and who can't let him do what in front of him. After passing the line in the veteran's heart, the veteran will respond.

For Miller, a guy like Howard is not yet qualified to humiliate himself. This is the NBA, it's a basketball game, what matters is the outcome, since standing on the court is the opponent. If you want the magnanimity of the seniors, you will naturally have it after you retire and sit on the commentary table. But at this moment and now, Miller couldn't swallow this breath.

So when the old Miller confronted Howard toughly, even Howard himself was a little surprised.

And An Jie, the "behind the scenes", never thought that he would involve Old Miller.

In order to protect his teammates, Anjie hugged Miller with one hand, and gently pushed Howard away with the other.

However, Howard, who was now in a rage, reacted fiercely to An Jie's slight push!

Howard first knocked off An Jie's hand that touched him, and then slapped An Jie's chest heavily.

Immediately, Old Miller rushed forward. It is an instinctive reaction of every veteran to stand up for the young players in the team. Fortunately, Jeremy Lin immediately blocked Miller and separated the two, thus avoiding the escalation of the conflict.

An Jie also pointed at Howard and yelled at him. He didn't care what small moves a person used in the game, as long as the small moves were not intentional to hurt people, An Jie would accept them. Because An Jie believes that small movements are also part of basketball, and he himself is a player who likes to use small movements very much. But if you do it directly, then An Jie can't bear it.

Howard and An Jie confronted each other across the crowd. Suddenly, An Jie broke through the "blockade line". It seemed that he was going to fight Howard for real! Howard hit a heavy punch in the chest, and An Jie didn't want to let it go.

Just when An Jie clenched his fists and was about to rush in front of Howard, Ariza suddenly appeared and hugged An Jie. Although Ariza couldn't stop Anjie, the runaway butcher, the Rockets never let go from beginning to end.

"You bastard! Let's fight openly!" An Jie was still very excited, and not every time such a scene happened, he could control himself. After all, this guy is only in his twenties.

Howard backed away slowly under the support of his teammates. He knew that his palm just now must have become "criminal evidence" in the eyes of the referee. Right now, it's better not to fuel your own fire.

The situation was completely out of control, even beyond An Jie's imagination.

How will this farce between the western powerhouses end?

Three referees walked up to the technical stage, and they had to use replays to determine whether to impose a major penalty on one of Howard, Angie and Miller. Key judgments that affect the outcome of the game will also be produced soon.

Anjie and Howard were still glaring at each other. In any case, these two beasts could not continue to stay on the same field.

The years of grievances between An Jie and Howard finally broke out. This time, it depends on who can have the last laugh.