The Way of the Center

"In the second quarter, Wilson will attack with the ball a lot. If the opportunity is not good, don't break through easily. Compared with the Thunder's inside line, their outside line is easier to score." D'Antoni drew tactics frantically on the tactical board. He has no scruples about how much the demoralized players can listen to.

After hearing D'Antoni's arrangement, David Lee was undoubtedly the one with the lowest morale. Tell Wilson Chandler to attack with the ball, which means that D'Antoni has given up his plan to let him continue to fight the Thunder inside.

Indeed, after Anjie and Morris joined forces, his offensive efficiency is indeed not good. But before that, he was also the top scorer of the Knicks!

"David! Pull it out a lot for Wilson's pick-and-roll. You can't attack in the low post, which is exactly what Van Gundy wants." D'Antoni's yelling brought David Lee back to his thoughts.

"Yeah." David Lee snorted softly. Although D'Antoni arranged this way, he should admit that he couldn't score under the Thunder's defense? No, never possible!

The three most important insiders of the Thunder are just a group of rookies! What's so scary about a group of rookies? David Lee doesn't believe in this evil.

The second quarter began quickly. After David Lee came on the field, he was delighted to find that Anjie was still pressed on the bench by Van Gundy. This means that only two rookies, Morris and Ibaka, guard the inside of the Thunder. David Lee thinks it's time for him to save face!

"Is it really okay? You know David Lee's offensive skills are really good." An Jie turned his head and looked at the coach sitting next to him.

"Don't worry, you still don't know your brother's ability?" Van Gundy remained calm. Morris and Ibaka just didn't have much playing time, so the brilliance of these two people was covered up.

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The players of the Knicks faithfully implemented D'Antoni's arrangement. Duhon just dribbled the ball across half court, and then handed over the offensive power to Wilson Chandler.

As soon as Chandler got the ball, David Lee pulled out to wall him. Morris knew that David Lee's shooting was no worse than Anjie's, so he followed him every step of the way, and handed over the inside line to Ibaka for protection.

Wilson Chandler has excellent athletic ability and can shoot suddenly. After he borrowed David Lee's pick-and-roll, he immediately went inside, but Chandler obviously preferred shooting to scoring.

Ibaka stood ready, arms wide in the paint to welcome Chandler. Unexpectedly, Chandler suddenly braked suddenly, stopped and shot a jumper!

Durant was also fooled by Chandler's sudden stop at high speed,

So no effective interference was made. Chandler's basketball shot went into the net with precision, and seeing the changes he made immediately took effect, D'Antoni waved his fist vigorously on the sidelines.

The passion of the Knicks fans was also rekindled. Throughout the first quarter, they hardly saw the Knicks play such a smooth offense.

"The Knicks' offense seems to be improving, how will the Thunder respond?" Following the commentator's commentary, the camera was given to Van Gundy very well. However, this guy still sat calmly on the bench, talking and laughing with An Jie, as if he didn't care about the situation on the field at all.

"Doo beep! Wilson Chandler fouled, and Durant made another free throw!" Wilson Chandler is indeed capable, but don't forget that the Thunder's small forward is currently the league's leading scorer!

Does Van Gundy need to worry? He still doesn't believe that Durant, who is in good form, will be compared to Chandler.

Anjie sat on the bench for a long time in the second quarter. To be exact, the Thunder's lineup has not changed for a long time. Van Gundy seems to be very involved in chatting with Anjie. How come he has forgotten that his team is playing on the field?

But even so, the New York Knicks did not play better than the first quarter.

During this period, David Lee tried to play singles with Morris several times, but he found that he seemed to have underestimated the Thunder's rookie insider. He took four shots over Morris, only to earn two poor points for the Knicks.

Wilson Chandler's performance is indeed worth mentioning, but under Durant's strong offensive performance, Chandler's six points seem so insignificant.

Eight minutes into the second quarter, Van Gundy sent Anjie up to lead the team's second team by the way.

An Jie played with the second team, which means that An Jie will be the main attack point of the audience.

As soon as Anjie came on the court, his actions left Knicks fans scratching their heads.

Thunder backup point guard Sean Livingston had just brought the ball over the halfway line when Angie raised his hand for the ball. And still ask for the ball 45 degrees to the left of the three-point line!

"What does Ann want? It's not garbage time yet!" Mike Breen watched many Anjie games, but this was the first time he asked for the ball from beyond the three-point line.

Others don't know what An Jie wants to do, but Livingston knows it very well. Without hesitation, he made a precise pass, allowing Anjie to hold the ball outside the three-point line.

Everyone's attention was on An Jie, including the Knicks players, who wanted to know what the big Asian man wanted to do.

"Stop looking down on people!" The first-year rookie center of the Knicks, Jordan Hill, stuck tightly to An Jie. A center without the ability to shoot the three-point shot went beyond the three-point line to hold the ball. Isn't it obvious that he looks down on himself? defense? Don't you still want to break through the three-point line like a guard?

Everyone was wondering what would happen to Anjie, but they ignored that Livingston, who was passing the ball for Anjie, had already cut into the interior without hindrance.

Anjie didn't even look at Livingston's position, and completed the pass over Jordan Hill's head with a hook posture. The pass was accurate and fast, and none of the Knicks players had time to intercept it.

Livingston, who is considered tall among guards, received the ball easily. Angie's pass penetrated the entire defense of the Knicks. After receiving the ball, Livingston faced an unguarded basket. That's all.

"An Jie! What a fun!" Yu Jia smiled and shook his head, while Livingston easily made a layup. Although An Jie didn't score as soon as he played, everyone still remembered him.

Ten seconds later, the Thunder made a comeback. This time An Jie did not fall outside the three-point line again, he ran towards the inside in a regular manner, as if preparing to take a position.

When everyone was not in a good position, it was Livingston again. He made a quick pass, and Ran Anjie got the basketball in two steps outside the three-second zone on the left side of the basket.

Jordan Hill lowered his center of gravity. He knew that Anjie's breakthrough in the mid-range position was also full of threats.

Unexpectedly, Anjie didn't turn around after getting the ball, and didn't even hold the ball with both hands, so he once again sent the ball to the inside with a very fast ground hit pass.

Livingston rushed over, received a ground pass from Anjie, faced the unguarded basket again, and scored with a one-handed dunk.

Two consecutive passes from different positions yielded two identical opportunities.

"God! Is Divac possessed!? No, Ann's two-handed pass is more beautiful than Divac!" Mike Breen has no words to describe Anjie. The ball disintegrated the opponent's defense twice in a row. When the main players such as Durant and Westbrook are off the court to rest, the stadium seems to become a stage for Anjie alone.

For the third time, An Jie didn't play tricks. He played back-up singles with Jordan Hill in the low post, and when he advanced to the basket, he suddenly transferred himself to the basket. He held the ball with both hands above his head, stood on tiptoes, and seemed to be jumping and dunking in place.

The frustrated Jordan Hill naturally wouldn't let go of any chance to block Anjie. With excellent athletic ability, he jumped with all his strength, but found that he was the only one flying in the air.

An Jie lightly shook Jordan Hill up!

When Hill was still in the air, An Jie really took off.

"Bang!" The rim of the Madison Square Garden was torn apart by An Jie again. Spike Lee covered his eyes, unwilling to watch this tragic scene.

In the end, Anjie used another iconic retreat jumper to end the "slaughter" in the second quarter. After halftime, An Jie looked at David Lee provocatively, aren't you skilled? Then come and compare who is better and more comprehensive!

David Lee gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. The more he is like this, the happier An Jie is because his goal has been achieved.

If David Lee lost his composure, it would be almost impossible for him to turn the tide in the second half.

The entire second half of the second quarter became Anjie's personal show. He passed, dunked, shot, and hooked. Eighteen kinds of martial arts are complete, and people have forgotten the existence of David Lee under An Jie's wonderful performance.

David Lee? You are outdated brother, the most skilled insider is An Jie!

63 to 47, the Knicks are 16 points behind the Thunder at home. In just 24 minutes, the Thunder crushed the Knicks.

An adjustment at halftime did not make much difference for the Knicks. David Lee, who lost his mind, played crazy singles in the interior. He made six shots and scored the same score as in the second quarter, two points.

An Jie was also unceremonious, accepting all five rebounds caused by David Lee's strike.

On the offensive end, Anjie continued to demonstrate his superb passing skills and soft touch. Under his needlework, Durant and Westbrook played extremely easily.

The upbeat Westbrook completed a dunk under Anjie's pass. The poor Jeffries became the background of the Thunder's No. 0 guard. And Westbrook also relied on this ball to book a seat in today's top ten balls.

When the third quarter was about to end with one minute left, people in the stands began to exit. This is undoubtedly a huge psychological blow to the Knicks players.

An Jie knew this feeling. When the team lost nine games in a row under Carlesimo and the Thunder fans cheered for the Hornets instead, An Jie felt very uncomfortable. But now, the Thunder is no longer the bearer of this pain, but the creator.

84 to 65, after the third quarter, the Knicks scored only two points more than the Thunder at halftime. Except for David Lee's 1-of-6 shooting in the third quarter, the others' shooting percentages were not much better. The Knicks made only 7 of 28 shots throughout the third quarter. There is no reason for the fans to cheer for them in such a state.

In the fourth quarter, Van Gundy really let the Thunder's three young masters "check in and get off work". Is this the first time the Thunder has ended the game early this season? Van Gundy doesn't remember it anymore, but he loves moments like this, and he loves to seal the win early.

Those who did not play in the last quarter also included David Lee. D'Antoni couldn't stand his wanton waste of opportunities, so he simply put him on the bench.

In fact, it's not David Lee's fault. Who made the Thunder's interior defense so strong.

If Anjie wasn't on the court last season, the Thunder's inside line would become a weakness again. But this season the situation is completely different, this is the importance of strengthening the lineup in the summer.

In the fourth quarter, the Knicks finally took a single-quarter lead against the Thunder that had "give up" the game. 22 to 26, but when the game ended, there were not many people left in Madison Square Garden.

Spike Lee stared blankly at the court with his hands on his hips. Has the Knicks fallen to this level? One must know that the Thunder were a team that didn't even make the playoffs last season.

And Catherine put her hands together in front of her chest, smiling uncontrollably. Is there anything more satisfying than victory? Yes, that's the tenth straight win.

, Madison Square Garden Arena once again "bloody". This is not the first time this place has been massacred, but it is really rare to be massacred by a team that is not considered powerful.

An Jie whistled happily and walked towards the player tunnel. The wonderful end of the ten-game winning streak came to an end, and there will be a wonderful date waiting for him later... (To be continued.)