The Way of the Center

At 8:00 pm on January 17th, at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the Miami Heat challenged the Oklahoma City Thunder away. Although this game is not a battle of focus, it is definitely enough to attract attention.

There are only three games in the nba today. The Mavericks vs. Raptors game is not very suspenseful. The Jazz vs. Nuggets game is almost over. At this moment, most neutral fans choose to switch their TV channels to t.nt TV to watch This battle between the Heat and the Thunder.

"It's a very simple comparison. The Heat had just ushered in two consecutive victories. The Thunder were just the opposite. They lost consecutive losses to the Spurs and the Mavericks, and they had two consecutive losses. Moreover, Wade and Michael Beasley recently It's been an excellent month..."

"So you're not optimistic about the Thunder again?" Before Barkley could finish speaking, Kenny Smith interjected.

"No, quite the opposite. The reasons for the two games that the Thunder lost were obvious. They went through two extremes, extreme arrogance and extreme ego. It can be said that this was after the Thunder team lost to the Spurs. Coach Van Gundy overcorrected. Therefore, Coach Van Gundy should have found that balance point in this game. With his ability, this is enough for him to adjust the players' mentality.” Having been slapped in the face countless times, this time, he decided to side with the Thunder.

"My God, you must have been abducted by aliens last night and underwent brain modification. You actually support Thunder? Come on, I'm not deaf." Kenny Smith was ready to refute Barkley, but Barkley today Don't play cards according to the routine.

"Wade and Westbrook, Beasley and Durant, the confrontation between these two groups can indeed be said to be evenly matched. But inside, the Thunder have the advantage. If Van Gundy wants to establish a lead, Anjie will be the key point." Reggie Miller began to talk about analysis in a deeper direction, and he couldn't listen to Barkley's nonsense throughout the pre-match analysis.

"Jermaine O'Neal, well, if the time is pushed back four or five years, he and Anjie are still evenly matched. But now? I have to admit that Jr. O'Neal is a loophole for the Heat in this game." People, O'Neill, who is covered in injuries, has long been the target of bullying.

"Charles, how many points do you think O'Neal can score under Ann's defense?" The game was about to start, and Kenny Smith immediately asked Barkley the last question.

"No more than ten points. Believe me, not only Jermaine O'Neal, but all the inside players of the Heat will not score in double digits in this game." Slap in the face. In fact, he knew very well the strength of the Thunder team and An Jie's strength.

"Okay, here are Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller, now, let's cut back to the scene." Under the rendering of the t.nt trio,

The audience in front of the TV is looking forward to this game even more.

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"Long time no see, Ann, how's it going?" Before the jump ball, Mario Chalmers, the second point guard of the Heat, greeted An Jie in a friendly manner. The two played against each other in college and worked together briefly during the Heat's tryouts, so they have a good impression of each other.

"Two consecutive losses buddy, you know we can't continue to lose." An Jie winked at Chalmers, not only responded friendly but also expressed determination.

"You will get out of the predicament, but not today. I know you are excellent, but just like in college, we have to be the winners in the end." Chalmers finished with a smile and sat back on the bench. Jermaine O'Neill bounced into the middle circle. He looked at the strange Asian face in front of him, and felt a little nervous.

Last season due to injuries, he only played 27 games, so this is the first time O'Neal has played against Anjie. But before that, Spoelstra emphasized in his ears more than once how dangerous this Chinese is.

"You should pay attention to his hook with Jermaine."

"Can't let him shoot."

"Even if he is outside the three-point line, stick him to death"

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Spoelstra's repeated emphasis is still circling in O'Neal's mind. Little O'Neal really didn't dare to slack off, and now he no longer has the capital to be arrogant.

Wade moved his battered knee, Michael Beasley glared at the three Thunder juniors one by one, and Spoelstra stood on the sidelines from the beginning, fidgeting. Compared with the Thunder that lost two games in a row, the Heat that won two games in a row seemed to be more nervous.

"Ready? How about you? OK!" After asking Anjie and O'Neal, the referee took a step forward and skillfully threw the ball high.

The two tall men competed to take off, but O'Neal, who had no advantage in height and jumping, was quickly defeated. Anjie once again won the first attack for the Thunder. It seems that Anjie rarely fails in scrimmage.

"Okay, the game has officially started. There has been a little change in the Thunder's starting lineup. Andrew Morris did not come off the bench today, but directly replaced Krstic as the starting lineup. The Heat's starting lineup is the same as the previous game. Exactly the same, now Russell Westbrook has the ball."

This is Morris's first start after entering the NBA, so he is very excited, which also makes Michael Beasley, who plays the fourth position, very uncomfortable.

Although Beasley is only two centimeters shorter than Morris, the gap in weight and strength is huge. As soon as the first ball came up, the person who turned his back to the inside was not An Jie, but Morris, who started for the first time!

What about Anjie? He obediently pulled to the 45-degree position on the right side of the mid-range, and helped Morris distract O'Neal so that he could be one-on-one with Beasley in the three-second zone.

"Coach Van Gundy's purpose is very clear! As soon as he comes up, he will kill the Heat inside!"

Beasley knew that he couldn't bear the impact of the "big bull", so he decided to give full play to his advantage in agility. Beasley lowered his center of gravity and reached forward, ready to knock the basketball out of Morris' hands.

Although Morris' skills are rough, his basketball IQ is not low. Feeling that the center of gravity of Beasley behind him was moving forward, Morris leaned on Beasley and turned around. In the process, he did not forget to give the guy with annoying eyes a dark elbow.

Beasley was completely pushed away by Morris's squeeze, and now the entire basket was emptied, and Morris gathered enough energy to complete a powerful jumping dunk on the spot.

Morris also took advantage of the opportunity to do a pull-up before letting go and landing. He gave Beasley a haughty look, and Bisley's already annoying eyes were even uglier.

"It's okay Michael, let's call back!" Wade hurried forward and patted Beasley on the shoulder. "The Flash" knew that it was an indisputable fact that this guy had awe-inspiring talent, but his personality was indeed not very good. Now only by stabilizing Beasley's emotions can it be possible for him to play at the level.

On the court, you have to score, you have to connect with your teammates, and you have to take care of your teammates' emotions. Wade is both a father and a mother, and he was very tired from the fight. You said that if Riley chose Anjie back then... hey.

Thinking of Anjie, one of the problems Wade has to face now is to deal with Anjie's defense. As Van Gundy said, Wade is a defender who likes to break through to the inside to score points. Since it is inside, Wade will definitely start a duel with Anjie.

Wade is having a headache for Anjie, and Anjie is also worried about Wade. Having played professional basketball for more than a year, Wade has always been one of the most difficult guards in Anjie's mind.

In the blink of an eye, Wade came in through Michael Beasley's pick-and-roll.

Jermaine O'Neill quickly turned around to restrain An Jie, but An Jie would not be restrained so easily. Without the ball, he leaned against O'Neal and turned around, then got rid of the entanglement and faced Wade head-on!

"This footstep is really beautiful!" Wade secretly applauded Anjie's footsteps for getting rid of the entanglement in his heart, but this does not mean that the soul of the Miami team will surrender!

Holding the ball with both hands, Wade took a big step to the left! An Jie hurriedly adjusted and headed towards Zuo Feng. Just when Wade was about to collide with An Jie, he suddenly changed his pace and center of gravity, and stabbed to the right again.

This sudden change of direction allowed Wade to clean up Anjie. After breaking through Anjie, Wade jumped up and layup without hesitation. Although Morris tried hard to chase back, he was still a beat too slow.

"Beautiful lost step, Wade's iconic breakthrough! Anjie didn't respond!"

An Jie has watched so many videos, so it's not that he doesn't know how powerful Wade is. It can be said that this move was specially created to get rid of the big man's defense. But most of the time Wade's lost step is to go to the right first and then change to the left, which allows him to make follow-up actions more smoothly. But today, Wade first went to the left and then to the right, Anjie was really "fascinated" by this step.

Wade led by example and completely shattered the Thunder's most solid defensive barrier. No matter how unbearable the Heat are now, at least they still have Wade. And Wade, just can be the guy who can change the situation of the game.

"Tsk tsk, top guard." An Jie shook his head helplessly. Even if you study the video thoroughly, you may not be able to guard Wade.

Jermaine O'Neal was very afraid of Anjie from the beginning, but fortunately, he has not learned about Anjie's defense so far, and Anjie has not attacked with the ball in front of O'Neal.

After Wade's goal, the Thunder's morale remained high. Westbrook held the ball in high spirits and advanced quickly, but today he didn't have a brain fever, he chose to pass the ball to Durant for handling.

Durant tried several times to break through Quentin Richardson's defense, but was unsuccessful.

"This guy can defend, as long as he wants." Charles Barkley was not surprised by Richardson's tough defense, because he knew that the Heat's starting small forward had this ability. .

The offensive time passed by second by second, and Durant still didn't get a chance. He looked up at his teammates, and An Jie was raising his hand for the ball.

Without even thinking about it, Durant made a lob pass, turning the field to the inside. Quentin Richardson, who is only 1.98 meters tall, was beyond the reach of this pass.

"It's coming!" Little O'Neal saw An Jie catch the ball, and all the muscles in his body tensed immediately!

"The center's last hope."

"The league's No. 1 center candidate."

"After Yao Ming and O'Neal, he will rule the inside of the league."

The evaluations of An Jie from the outside world immediately emerged in O'Neill's mind. What kind of guy is it that wins so many reputations?

"Boom!" Just the first time, O'Neill knew that Anjie was not easy! Although O'Neal's defense is not as terrible as O'Neal's, it is by no means bad. But this first time Anjie made an effort, he took a big step back from O'Neill, who was no longer in glory!

Before O'Neal could catch his breath, Anjie immediately turned towards the basket. Little O'Neill gritted his teeth and followed suit.

Just as Jermaine's footsteps stabilized, An Jie turned around in the opposite direction. As soon as he turned around and gained a slight gap, An Jie started to shoot without delay.

Jermaine O'Neal took off desperately to block, he knew that the chance of the ball being blocked was very small. Because that's how he played back then.

"Swipe." An Jie's shot was extremely gentle, and his movements were coherent and smooth. As for basketball, there is no doubt that it is hollow into the net.

"This is too bullying. It's like Jermaine O'Neal fighting against himself back then." Kenny Smith was right. When An Jie completed this series of actions, Jr. O'Neal really saw The shadow of my youth.

But now, the scorer is not O'Neal, but Anjie.

Seeing the energetic big yellow-skinned man happily high-five his teammates, O'Neal knew that he had to suffer in this game. Those good reputations are really not blown out.

2 to 4, both sides scored the ball in the first three offenses. The next confrontation is getting more and more attention.

With the recovering Thunder facing the Heat, this game seems to be very anxious. (To be continued.)