The Way of the Center

Sitting tired on the plane, Giardina thought he would be able to relax after the completion of the new album. Unexpectedly, the various publicity and commercial activities that followed did not give her a chance to rest at all. Even my 17th birthday was spent on the plane.

"Tina, why aren't you asleep?" Abrahim, who was woken up from the cold, turned his head, only to find that Giardina was still listening to music with his earphones plugged in. He looked at his watch, and it was already two o'clock in the morning .

"I'm not tired Mr. Abrahim, you can go on to rest."

"I really don't understand you. I just finished filming the commercial, and now I have to go to Oklahoma City to perform for the Thunder before the game. Why keep myself so busy?" It's the Oklahoma City Thunder again. It has become the only professional sports team that Abrahim remembers its name.

"Of course I had to be more busy when I was young." When it came to this matter, Giardina was also very helpless. The appearance fee given by the Thunder is not high, and it can be said that it is not worth her running around. But if she doesn't come, that big Chinese boy may never belong to her.

Already have a girlfriend? Young Giardina didn't care about that at all. She didn't do anything shady, they were playing fair.

"I will come to Oklahoma City tomorrow, how will you entertain me?" Giardina thought for a long time, and finally sent such a text message to Anjie. She smiled at the screen, and suddenly felt that her eyelids were very heavy, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

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"Beep, beep..." The alarm clock next to Morris' bed rang. He reached out to turn off the alarm clock, but accidentally slapped the entire alarm clock on the ground.

"Damn it." Morris had to get up, pick up the alarm clock, and turn it off. Tonight will be his first official NBA game. In order to keep himself in good shape, he decided to get up at 6:30 with An Jie to go to the training ground.

"Ann, are you awake?" An Jie's small villa was very empty, and it seemed too big to live alone. Therefore, at the invitation of An Jie, Morris did not buy his own house in Oklahoma City, but lived under the same roof as An Jie. In this way, the two don't have to communicate on the phone all day long.

"Strange, why is it so quiet?" An Jie was already busy downstairs at this time, but today, there was no movement at all.

"This kid sometimes oversleep." Morris shook his head with a smile. Sure enough, Anjie is not a superman. But when he walked to the door of An Jie's room, he found that the door of An Jie's room was not closed, and An Jie himself was not on the bed.

At this time, An Jie has arrived at the Oklahoma City Airport. After waking up early in the morning and seeing the text message from Giardina, An Jie hurried out and decided to wait here.

Giardina has come to Oklahoma City to watch his game more than once, but Anjie didn't pay much attention to him after each game. In the summer, An Jie also repeatedly rejected her travel invitations. Now that he came to his "turf" again, if An Jie still didn't do anything, it would be really impolite.

Giardina looked at the unanswered text message, disappointed. It seems that this should be her last visit to Oklahoma City.

But when she walked out of the airport exit, he found An Jie looking around anxiously at the exit.

"Who is the kid waiting for?" Abrahim was full of doubts,

But he found that Giardina had already pushed through the crowd and ran towards Anjie.

An Jie was still looking around with his height advantage, but found that he was hit by someone. Looking down, Giardina had already rushed over to hug him.

Fortunately, there were no reporters at the airport early in the morning, otherwise this scene would definitely make headlines in the entertainment sections of various newspapers.

"Let's go, Tina, I have to go to the team to report. There is still a game tonight." The 17-year-old girl, although Giardina's appearance and figure are the same as domestic college students, but in the eyes of An Jie , he still couldn't imagine any progress in his relationship with this little girl.

"Yes." Giardina nodded obediently.

Driving the car borrowed from Morris, An Jie sent Giardina and Abrahi to the hotel that had been arranged. Although it was just a simple way of dealing with people, Giardina was very happy in his heart. Does this mean that An Jie still has a good impression of him?

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"Damn it, has this kid been kidnapped by the thugs sent by the Kings?" Morris looked at his watch, usually Anjie was the first to arrive at the training ground, but today in the first game of the regular season, he unexpectedly Come the latest.

Although it's not yet the late time, the only thing missing from the entire Thunder team is Anjie.

"Don't worry about that kid, his condition has never been a problem." Westbrook practiced his shooting on his own. The unstable shooting rate was his biggest problem last season. In the first game of the new season, he must play well. Something different comes.

Just when Morris was worried, An Jie ran into the training ground panting, before he had time to change his clothes.

"Hey, why did you go? You also drove my car away, and didn't leave me your car keys, making me wait for a taxi on that damn mountain for twenty minutes." Morris saw Arriving at Anjie, he began to talk about his "tragic" experience in the morning.

"I picked up a friend at the airport. Hey, you know my car only has two seats, which is inconvenient. Hey, are you ready to have a big fight tonight?" An Jie didn't have time to go to the locker room, so he sat on the training ground I started changing clothes on the floor.

"Just wait for you to come, Ann, we agreed, the playoffs." Durant also gathered around at this moment, looking at the new and familiar lineup, everyone was full of anticipation.

"Come on, let's take my old club first." After changing his clothes, An Jie picked up the basketball on the ground and shot it at will, and the basketball was hollowed into the net.

"Morris, don't let me catch you tonight." After scoring the goal, An Jie smiled proudly at his good brother.

"Hmph, just mind your own business. I've been studying under the boss for an extra year." Morris didn't show any weakness, and made a three-point shot from beyond the three-point line...

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Van Gundy stood solemnly on the sidelines, watching the upgraded Thunder lineup with satisfaction. Last season, it was difficult for the Kings to compete with the Thunder. Now, Van Gundy not only wants to win, but also wants to win beautifully.

The Kings only have two pure insiders, Sespin Hawes and Dante Green, on the roster. The empty inside defense will become Van Gundy's key attack target. After all, there is not only one Anjie in the current Thunder team!

"Morris! Where's your protective gear!" Looking at Morris' bare ankle, Van Gundy couldn't help but yelled. What has not changed is that his protection of players is still strict.

"Hey, I'll go to the locker room and put it on later." Sure enough, Morris, who wanted to loosen his ankles, still couldn't escape Van Gundy's eyes.

Van Gundy announced the starting lineup for this game yesterday. Although Krstic is still the starting power forward, everyone knows that he is just a fake starter. Andrew Morris and Serge Ibaka are Anjie's real powerful assistants.

Because of this, both Morris and Ibaka were very active in warming up. The importance of the NBA debut is self-evident. No one wants to leave a bad impression on the coach in the first game.

An Jie relied on Morris for back hitting practice time and time again during warm-ups. To outsiders, the two of them were just gesticulating casually. Only An Jie knew that Morris's strength and strength were comparable even in the NBA. Nice level too.

This summer, Morris has not been idle.

"The Thunder's focus during the offseason is on the inside, so facing the Kings who are weak inside, I think the Thunder have a better chance of winning." The trio of t.nt directly chose to come to cut The live commentary game at the Sapeak Energy Arena, the Thunder's excellent performance last season has made them a very popular team. Therefore, for the first game of the new season, t.nt chose the Thunder for the national live broadcast.

"Don't forget Kenny, Andrew Morris and Serge Ibaka are both rookies. Although Presti's draft operations in the first two years have been very successful, this does not mean that Ibaka and Morris The ability can be compared with the Thunder's three young masters." Charles Barkley's task is still to sing the opposite, and then it's up to Reggie Miller to make a pertinent evaluation.

"Anyway, even if both Ibaka and Morris misfire, Anjie can still use his own strength to make waves inside the Kings. The Kings want to win, in addition to relying on Jeff Green and Kevin Martin, the rookie player Ty The performance of Rick Evans is also very important." Although he is only the fourth overall pick, Evans is the most anticipated guy in terms of preseason experience. No way, who let the champion Blake Griffin "kill himself" and increase the amount of training indiscriminately, causing his rookie season to be completely reimbursed.

There is still half an hour before the start of the game. The players did not return to the locker room this time. Instead, under the mobilization of the on-site host, the Thunder prepared a special event for Anjie and Durant at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. celebration ceremony.

Although the Most Improved Award and the Rookie of the Year award have long been in the hands of Durant and Anjie, Presti insisted on holding an award ceremony for them at the first home court of the new season. In this way, in addition to improving the morale of the team, it can also greatly stimulate the fans' desire to buy tickets.

With the tacit cooperation of the on-site DJ and the host, the atmosphere of the whole awards ceremony was very warm. When Durant and Anjie raised the trophy, there was even a neat shout of "mvp" from the scene.

"Next let's ask Tiffany Giardina to bring us The Star Spangled Banner!"

Another national anthem was sung, and Giardina still ran out of the player tunnel and waved to the audience. The fans in the Chesapeake Energy Arena were also very respectful, giving cheers and applause without hesitation.

When Giardina ran to An Jie's side, he still couldn't help but glanced at the big man. Unexpectedly, this time, An Jie gave Giardina a thumbs up.

When Giardina finished singing the national anthem and the lights were turned on again, the atmosphere at the scene was pushed to its climax.

The starting five Tigers of the Thunder have already taken off their training clothes, and An Jie is bouncing around in the middle circle, eager to try.

"Come on, Ann!"

"You said we were going to the playoffs! Come on!"

"This is our home field! Get rid of them!"

There were all kinds of shouts from the stands. Unlike the desertedness at the beginning of last season, Chesapeake Energy Arena was full of people!

Excellent performance with 47 wins last season? Records are meant to be broken and referenced, and from now on, everything has been reset to zero.

With Anjie taking the basketball in the air before Hawes, his second NBA season, the Thunder's 2009-10 season, officially began!

"Friends in the audience, the blue and white lightning's journey to the playoffs has officially started!"

Highly anticipated and highly anticipated. Rookie of the Year, Sports Illustrated cover. Can the Thunder reach the top eight as expected in the new season, or is it a disappointing lottery again? From this moment on, the mystery will be revealed layer by layer. (To be continued.)