The Way of the Center

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"Anjie's 35157 large double-double helped the Thunder defeat the Rockets. Has the title of the league's number one center changed hands?"

"Van Gundy: Ahn's performance saved the Thunder!"

"Exaggerated two double-doubles to defeat Yao Ming's club, An Jie has become the number one player in Chinese basketball."

The next morning, various newspapers with An Jie as the headline appeared again in the newspapers. Such a scene has not appeared for a long time, because Anjie has been away from the game for a month. The last time Anjie made headlines was when he blocked Duncan's key ball.

As An Jie's "queen writer" Wu Hua, the title of the "Sports Pioneer" he wrote is naturally different from those "coquettish things" on the market.

"An Jie—30 days from injury to comeback." In this issue of Sports Pioneer, Wu Hua wrote An Jie's experience when he was injured as a column, and stuffed it all into the newspaper.

Now there is a great demand for Anjie news in China. No matter what you write, as long as it is related to Anjie, it will attract people's attention.

What's more, Wu Hua's description of An Jie's injured life is all true, and this is the only one who wants to read such an article! Therefore, thanks to An Jie and Wu Hua, the sales of "Sports Pioneer" soared after An Jie's return, completely beating other competitors to the ground.

When Wu Hua was woken up by his editor in the middle of the night in Chicago, even if he killed him, he would never have imagined that the phone call would change his career. The big man who was unfamiliar and young against Michael Beasley has now become the hottest basketball player in China after Yao Ming.

In addition to Anjie, Morris and Ibaka are also famous and have been praised by many experts.

But not everyone was smooth sailing. Durant and Westbrook, who performed really badly in that game, became a new target of criticism for many people.

"Your perfect performance really made me and Kevin miserable." Westbrook couldn't help joking with Anjie as he looked at the unsightly comments.

I'm joking, but it's true that Anjie's perfect performance highlights how miserable Westbrook and Durant are. But no matter what, the entire Thunder team finally got through the storm. Now all their main players are healthy, and the team has come out of the haze of four-game losing streak.

14 wins and 11 losses, this is the current result of the Thunder. Although it is impossible to still sit in the fourth position in the Western Conference, as long as they are still within the top eight, the fans are already very satisfied with the Thunder.

After all, it is impossible for a team to reach the sky in one step. After the Bulls selected Jordan, it took six years of development before they finally won the championship. It has only been three seasons since the Thunder selected Durant. And in the past three seasons, the Thunder have made great progress step by step.

After the Rockets game, the tired Thunder players got two days off. But they will not be too happy, because after two days of rest, they will have two back-to-back away trips. And the two opponents they met on this road trip are much stronger than the Rockets and Pistons who played back-to-back before.

First, on December 22, three days before Christmas, Anjie came to Westbrook's hometown, Los Angeles again with the team.

Westbrook rushed to the City of Angels one day earlier in order to be able to reunite with his family and celebrate Christmas in advance.

This time the Thunder came to Los Angeles not to play the "Los Angeles Second Team". They will face the Lakers at the Staples Center and face Kobe's revenge.

"Hey, next time I go to Los Angeles, I won't lose again." These were the last words Kobe said to Anjie in the player tunnel after Anjie beat the Lakers in overtime last time.

Ordinary people may just say that casually, but when Kobe said this, his attitude was very serious.

At the beginning of the game, Kobe proved with practical actions that he was not joking with Anjie.

All kinds of breakthroughs, back-up turnaround jumpers again and again. Before playing against the Thunder, the Lakers have ushered in four consecutive victories. At this time, the defending champion is on the rise, and Kobe's state is also soaring.

The last time he played against the Thunder, Kobe only made 8 of 20 shots, but today, Kobe made 14 of 26 shots and scored a game-high 40 points! A full 40 minutes!

And An Jie, who had just scored 3515 in the last game, encountered significantly greater difficulties today. This time he not only had to face the "little shark" who had malicious intentions, but Gasol's return from injury also brought An Jie A lot of trouble came.

The championship-level inside twin towers of the Lakers are not a good-looking display.

21 points and 13 rebounds, but only 51 shots. An Jie's statistics are still beautiful, but the efficiency is much lower.

No way, when he managed to get rid of Bynum, Gasol would always make up for it in time. Turning around, there will always be two tall towers of the Lakers, one white and one black, in front of Anjie.

In addition to Kobe and Anjie, the other players of the two teams also performed very well.

Durant scored 30 points, the second-highest score in the game after Kobe Bryant. He changed his sluggish state in the previous game, and his shooting percentage was even higher than Anjie's insider.

Westbrook even scored 16 points and 13 assists on 6 of 10 shots, which made Phil Jackson a headache.

The two teams fought to the last moment just like the last time they met. In the last 14 seconds, the Lakers still had a three-point advantage.

Westbrook became today's end point. He performed very well before, but he missed the last key three-pointer.

Both Morris and Sefoloza then grabbed offensive rebounds for the Thunder, but neither of them made hasty shots at the last minute.

In the end, the Lakers narrowly beat the Thunder at home by three points. Both sides can be said to be in good shape, and the Thunder are honored to lose.

"We're even, buddy." Kobe, who won the game after the game, was in a good mood. Although An Jie lost, he wasn't too distressed. Because he knew that they were just a little luck away from victory.

After the fierce battle with the defending champion, all members of the Thunder team rushed to Phoenix overnight, preparing to meet their old enemy, the Suns.

The Suns have been preparing for this game for a while, are more rested than the back-to-back Thunder, and are sitting on home-court advantage. With the right time and place, the Suns are very confident that they will break the Thunder at home to avenge being blocked from entering the playoffs last season.

It's also strange to say that the three thunderbolts haven't played in the NBA for a few years, yet there are already quite a few people who want to seek revenge from them.

This game was very intense, but it's a pity that "Shark" joined the Cavaliers in the East, otherwise this would definitely become a classic center duel.

The two teams are enemies who are extremely jealous when they meet. If the Thunder hadn't spoiled the situation last season, the Suns would have no problem making the playoffs. And if the Thunder hadn't lost to the Suns in the last game last season, they would have already experienced the taste of the playoffs.

The two waves of people who were excited at the beginning fought against each other. Unlike last season, which has been hovering on the edge of the playoffs, this season, the Suns have been advancing all the way under the leadership of Gentry. Now they are replacing the Thunder. The fourth position in the West, and there is still a tendency to continue to rise.

But to the surprise of the most attacking Suns, the Thunder didn't lose at all when they faced off against them!

As the youngest player in the top ten scoring list this season, Durant showed his terrifying offensive firepower in the first quarter.

Under Anjie's support, Durant got two mid-range shots and seized them all without exception.

After that, he broke through Grant Hill, who was slower and older than last season, and made easy layups.

In addition, Durant also made Stoudemire two fouls, and all four free throws hit, no mercy.

With 12 points in a single quarter and a 100% shooting rate, Durant's power made the Suns lose in the offensive battle in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Wei's players were still forwards, but it was a pity that it was Stoudemire's turn to shine this time.

After he had a head-to-head encounter with Anjie in the first quarter, he played much smarter in the second quarter. Consecutive shots put great pressure on Anjie's defense.

In the sports game, he made 4 of 4 shots and 4 of 4 free throws. Stoudemire showed the same performance as Durant in the first quarter. He scored 12 points in a single quarter. Jie was humiliated.

The fierce and exciting match between the two teams made the fans hooked and the adrenaline of the players soared. The physical contact between the two sides is getting more and more, and the movements are getting bigger and bigger.

Because of this, at the beginning of the second half, Stoudemire and Angie clashed again.

This was an attack by Stoudemire, and Anjie took off and blocked Stoudemire's entire body.

Although the referee has sentenced Anjie to foul, it is not enough for Stoudemire to relieve his hatred.

"Little Overlord" got up quickly, pushed An Jie hard from behind, and kept talking trash.

But to Stoudemire's surprise, before Anjie turned around, another guy hit his chest hard with his shoulder.

Being hit so suddenly, Stoudemire suddenly felt out of breath. Also following this sudden top, the whole situation was completely out of control, the players from both sides were all crowded together, some of them were fighting, and of course some were playing tricks.

The man who rushed out to confront Stoudemire after Angie was shoved was none other than Andrew Morris!

Although he is still a rookie in the nba, he rushed forward to fight back against Stoudemire without fear or concealment. A year ago, when An Jie was beaten to death by him, Morris said that if he was there, he would definitely help An Jie beat that guy Stoudemire severely.

Now, he does what he says!

Ibaka and Nick Collison hugged Morris tightly, but Morris was still snarling at Stoudemire and was trying his best to break free. Looking at this posture, he really wanted to rush up and punch Stoudemire on the nose.

"You fucking messed with the wrong person! Don't touch my brother again, or you will suffer!" Da Manniu finally revealed his true nature after being "docile" in the nba for a few months.

Another guy who has been getting rid of the shackles and can't hold him is naturally An Jie himself. Last season, Stoudemire's deliberate foul caused him to almost have a concussion. Forget it, this season he will be taken advantage of by Stoudemire for a normal foul. Of course Anjie will not do it!

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and people are divided into groups. An Jie and Morris have such a good relationship, so An Jie will be a good guy who is easy to bully?

It was precisely because An Jie was "unbehaved" that Divac fell in love with him.

However, people with calm emotions still accounted for the majority. With the joint efforts of both parties, the three beasts were finally pressed down.

The referee also hit 50 boards each, and each of the three awarded a technical foul.

"Oh, awesome, Phoenix's home whistle is so fucking good! That bastard deliberately pushed my teammate and didn't get sent off, but also gave us a technical foul. Your decision is so fucking fair!" After the referee made the penalty, Morris was still dissatisfied, and even expressed his dissatisfaction openly.

The referee's expression didn't change at all. He's seen this kind of person a lot!

He calmly made a gesture to the technical table, and Morris got the second technical foul! Get kicked out!

In this regard, Andrew Morris officially became a member of the notorious "t family". Now that Stern is promoting the "zero tolerance" system, Morris is simply committing crimes against the wind.

"Hahahaha, I like this guy!" Charles Barkley praised Morris at this time.

After experiencing this small episode in the middle, the physical contact between the two sides in the game still did not decrease, and Angela's flop that got the true biography of Divac also returned to the arena.

As soon as Stoudemire touched it, Angie fell, and it fell just like the real thing. Stoudemire also fouled twice because of Angie's diving.

The game became more and more intense, and the referee had to increase the whistle scale to control the game.

With 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Anjie once again made an offensive foul on Stoudemire on the defensive end, and Stoudemire also "graduated" honorably.

When Xiaobawang came off the field, he smashed his sports glasses on the ground viciously, and the expensive sports glasses were also smashed to pieces.

In the end, Durant, who has remained calm, took over the last 12o seconds of the game. He hit two consecutive goals and hit a two plus one, allowing the Thunder to seal the victory.

With Channing Frye's 3-pointer off target, Morris jumped up in front of the TV in the locker room.

, The Thunder successfully defeated their arch-rival in the away game, and the fans were extremely excited, because it is difficult to see such a fierce confrontation during the regular season.

Christmas will be after this fierce game. I wonder if the Thunder will go to Christmas in a good mood because they won the Suns?

In short, Stoudemire of the Suns must have been on fire for several days.

With the help of this fierce competition, the Christmas atmosphere is getting hotter and hotter. (To be continued.)