The Way of the Center

Why is the role of a star in the NBA league so critical, because at some moments, the outstanding performance of a star can even overwhelm an entire team. ??A star's outstanding performance can determine the outcome of the game.

The performance of the Nets in the third quarter is still excellent. Under the leadership of Yi Jianlian, each of them can score, and everyone has a chance.

In contrast to the Thunder, the Thunder's offense actually had a big problem in the second quarter. No fourth player other than the Thunder's three players can score, and everyone else's score is zero except for the Thunder's three players. This problem is obvious.

And Van Gundy may be able to adjust the Thunder's defense very efficiently, but in the face of this offensive, which is good or bad, Van Gundy can't bring much change to the team.

And even if the rest of the Thunder don't score, don't they still lead? Since it is leading, what can be adjusted.

The performance of the Thunder's three young men was really great, especially Durant and Anjie, the two tall and thin guys with high efficiency almost took up more than half of the Thunder's points.

So far in the third quarter, the Thunder's offense remains unchanged.

Sefolosa's two three-point shots missed the basket. Morris missed two consecutive layups and was interfered by Lopez and Yi Jianlian. Kyle Weaver also got two shots. Opportunities, but also fruitless.

Even Westbrook had already made two shots in the third quarter. If he didn't give the ball to Durant and Angie at this time, who else could he give it to?

Durant added his own breakthrough in this quarter. Van Gundy wanted Durant to cause damage in order to compress Yi Jianlian's playing time.

However, Brook Lopez actively helped Yi Jianlian to bear all these fouls. Even so, Durant still got a lot of free throw opportunities. He stood at the free throw line four times and made eight free throws, all of which were hit!

This is good, Yi Jianlian was not affected, but Lopez had to rest because of too many fouls.

Vandeweghe looked at the bench, and only Tony Batty, a veteran, can go to the fifth position.

Tony Batty had played against Anjie when he was still in the Magic last year, and the result, needless to say, was horrible. This season, facing the improved Anjie, Batty still has no chance of winning.

Originally, Lopez couldn't guard Anjie, but now that Batty is allowed to come, it would be like giving up the three-second zone.

In desperation, Vandeweghe also used Yi Jianlian to guard against An Jie for a while,

Yi Jianlian did effectively reduce An Jie's direct scoring, but he still had two fouls by An Jie.

The Thunder's offense in the entire third quarter belonged to Durant and Anjie. The two scored points together, and Westbrook's two free throws made up all the Thunder's points in the third quarter.

Yi Jianlian still scored a team-high 8 points in this quarter, and his scoring was only behind Durant and Anjie. However, it is difficult to beat four hands with one punch, and Yi Jianlian has scored 26 points in three quarters, which is definitely an amazing statistic. However, out of breath, he found in despair that the score gap had been widened by the Thunder.

"The Thunder is cutting flesh with a knife. They only win one or two points in each quarter, and the results are now almost 10 points." Indeed, the game looked very anxious, but the Nets never had an advantage. Never felt pressured.

If it weren't for Durant's "spoiler", this game would have become a solo show by two Chinese players in the NBA. However, because of a Durant gap, the Nets were overwhelmed and unable to turn around.

This is the role of stars, and this is why the Nets are at the bottom of the league. It is impossible for Yi Jianlian to play like this every game, but Durant can continue to perform like this.

Although only eight points behind, the morale of the Nets has been polished by Anjie and Durant. Yi Jianlian and his teammates found that no matter how hard they tried, the point difference would never shrink.

Anjie and Durant's "defying" performance in the third quarter has already sentenced the Nets to death.

As soon as the last quarter of the game started, the Thunder's third young master sat on the bench talking and laughing again.

During the time when Anjie was off the court, Lopez finally got a chance to perform. But he only started acting at this time, isn't it too late?

The Nets, who had almost lost their fighting spirit, were defeated, and Yi Jianlian, who had performed well before, was also affected. His shooting percentage dropped sharply in this quarter, and he failed to grasp several open shots.

The score was not gradually opened until the fourth quarter. Before that, the difference between the two teams had never been in double digits. But in fact, by the end of the third quarter, the Nets had already lost half of the game.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder finally scored more. After all, the three masters were all off the court, and the others got the chance to play freely.

The two rookies Ibaka and Morris are the most excited because they have been holding back off the court for a long time. It's just that Yi Jianlian is pitiful. While An Jie is resting in peace, he still has to face the attacks of Ibaka and Morris in turn.

"The U.S. League doesn't have that strength anymore. It was only 12 points behind at the beginning of the fourth quarter. It's a pity, it's a pity." Yu Jia also knew that the Nets had almost no ability to counterattack. The exciting and fierce derby battle became anticlimactic due to the efforts of Anjie and Durant.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, Van Gundy still took the Thunder's three players up, even though the game has almost lost suspense now.

And after Thunder's third young master came on the field, they no longer played as carefully and cautiously as they did in the first three quarters. The three young men played at the home court of the Nets. Even though they made frequent mistakes, the three of them were all smiling.

No one on the Nets can stand up. Even though Yi Jianlian has now scored 29 points, he still failed to drive his teammates.

When Vandeweghe replaced Yi Jianlian, the game was officially over. Yi Jianlian looked enviously at An Jie who was running on the field. The No. 16 showed the attitude of a winner.

Of course, the UAE knew that the team's performance was not good recently, but he played well in three consecutive games, but he still couldn't help the team win even one game. This kind of frustration has never been experienced by An Jie.

Although his qualifications are richer than Anjie, he has played one more year in the NBA than Anjie. But even at the home court of the Nets, more reporters chose to go to Anjie and Durant after the game. Yi Jianlian performed equally well, but few reporters paid attention to him.

1o5 to 89, the humiliating point difference made Yi Jianlian's excellent performance come to naught. The Thunder won their second game back from Christmas, and easily.

Durant scored 40 points and 5 rebounds in this campaign, and his shooting percentage was as high as 68%. After Durant surpassed Anthony, James' position in the scoring list was in jeopardy.

And the second most popular person in the Thunder team is An Jie.

"It's the first time you competed with Yi Jianlian. Is the special relationship between you two the reason for your outstanding performance today?" Thanks to the wonderful performances of An Jie and Yi Jianlian, not only Chinese reporters but also many American journalists are concerned about the Chinese Derby. Reporters also squeezed into the crowd asking about Derby.

"Yi Jianlian's performance was very good. We suffered a lot from him today. But I never regarded him as a special person. In my eyes, he was an ordinary enemy. Therefore, my performance today is the same as that of Yi Jianlian. It has nothing to do with your strength." An Jie laughed wantonly at the camera, and won another victory after recovering from injury, which of course made him very happy.

Except for Durant and Anjie of the Thunder, the players of the Nets, who were defeated at home, walked into the player tunnel one by one dejectedly.

They were suppressed by the more powerful Thunder throughout the game. Although Yi Jianlian performed well, the rest of the Nets were a little bit more than capable. Yi Jianlian really tried his best, but his teammates are not doing their best.

Everyone in the Nets was snubbed by the reporters and fans, except for Yi Jianlian, who was intercepted by the reporters all by himself, out of tune with the happy Thunder players on the court.

"UA, we all know that you performed well in this game. You scored a quasi-double-double with 29 points and 7 rebounds. What do you think the Nets didn't do well that led to the conceded goal?" the questioner asked. It was the on-site reporter sent by ccTV.

The Nets didn't do well in this game. Yi Jianlian couldn't finish talking with him all night. But the reporter was waiting there, and it was impossible for Ah Lian to turn around and leave without answering.

"I think we didn't do a good job of defending Durant, including me. I couldn't be more vigilant against him. Also, I am not very satisfied with myself in terms of shooting percentage. I think I should have been able to cut down. The higher score is just that the shot selection in the back is a bit impatient, which leads to a lower shooting percentage." The first half of the sentence is quite pertinent, and the latter paragraph about the poor shooting percentage is Yi Jianlian's too modest performance.

11 of 20 shots, such a hit rate is definitely not just a passing level. You must know that Yi Jianlian obtained this data only under the obstruction of An Jie and Morris.

It is no exaggeration to say that this game can be selected as one of the best games of Yi Jianlian's NBA career. It's a pity that once Yi Jianlian plays well, the Nets will lose. This seems to be the unbreakable curse surrounding Yi Jianlian.

"Hey, you played well." After accepting the interviews with the reporters, Yi Jianlian and An Jie gathered around the court at the same time.

Yi Jianlian was very helpless, Anjie's 31 points and 13 rebounds made his efforts in vain.

"You also played a beautiful game, but it's a pity that you were a little bit unlucky." An Jie's tone was more and more similar to Van Gundy.

"Okay, be careful not to get injured on the court in the future, and you have to continue to show excellent performance." From this moment, Yi Jianlian and An Jie changed from enemies to friends again.

"You too, I want to play a few more international games with you." An Jie also put away his fierceness, and turned back to the boy who was good at interacting with people.

The fierce Chinese derby finally came to an end. Although the process was very exciting, the ending was obviously very sorry for the wonderful process.

The two Chinese, An Jie and Yi Jianlian, almost ruled the court. This game also made the nba completely reduced to the stage of the Chinese.

It's a pity that only one of the two excellent players can become the winner. Perhaps, this is the cruel professional game. There are many good people, but only one winner.

With a big win in New Jersey, the spirited Thunder continued to move forward. The ravages of blue and white lightning just showed its head. (To be continued.) 8