The Way of the Center

"Chris Kaman has performed very well this season, averaging 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, which is enough to make him a quasi-All-Star player. However, today, Anjie will give him a headache for a while! Because He is the authentic starting center of the Western Conference All-Star team!" As soon as Mike Breen finished speaking, An Jie assisted Westbrook with a ground pass for a layup. Anjie's role is comprehensive. The current Thunder and the Thunder that played against the Nuggets are completely different teams.

The game has only progressed to the first quarter, and the score has been gradually opened. If it weren't for the Clippers' starting small forward Rasoul Butler who made two consecutive three-pointers from beyond the three-point line, the Thunder would have been able to score in the first quarter. Established a point difference of almost 20 points!

As soon as An Jie was in good condition, the Thunder team's condition was also improved. With Anjie's support, Durant, the scoring champion, can also get a lot of easy shots.

Clippers acting coach Kim Hughes crossed the sidelines with his arms crossed. If he didn't think of a way out, the Thunder might be able to settle the battle at halftime!

Kim Hughes is already the second coach of the Clippers this season. Due to the poor record, he replaced Mike Dunleavy. I originally thought that my coaching career would be on the right track, but unexpectedly, this was just a bigger torture to my career.

"Craig Smith!" Kim Hughes' eyes suddenly lit up. There are not many people in this league who can suppress Anjie on the offensive end, but the short Craig Smith is one of them.

After switching from the Timberwolves to the Los Angeles Clippers this season, Smith's performance has been slow to match that at the time. But now the only person in the Clippers who has defeated Anjie is this little center!

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Kim Hughes replaced Kaman in advance, and Craig Smith was ordered to fight the Chinese again!

"Coach Hughes brought Craig Smith up. He was once known as Angie's nemesis. Today we will see if Smith can maintain restraint against Angie." Now Angerby Since last season, the improvement has been even greater. Mike Brin wanted to see if Anjie could overcome Craig Smith's hurdle.

"Be careful, Ann, it's that guy again." Morris watched Anjie's games a lot last season, and he knew that Craig Smith's small throws had always made Anjie very distressed.

"Don't worry Morris, you just need to guard against Gooden. Smith, leave it to me!" An Jie was very confident that he was in the Olajuwon training camp this summer, and his youth was not wasted in vain.

Sure enough, the first offense after the substitution, the basketball hit Craig Smith. Since it is very difficult for everyone to score in the face of Anjie's defense, it is better to let a guy who has succeeded before try.

As soon as Smith leaned against An Jie's body,

I felt the change in An Jie. More shape, greater strength. But it's a pity that Craig Smith is a stocky center, and Anjie's body is not enough for him!

Craig Smith tried his best to sit back, and as expected, Anjie took a step back.

Fans at the Staples Center yelled as if they had foreseen Craig Smith's success.

Anjie didn't dare to defend the insider who was shorter than Durant. He kept observing Smith's pace, hoping to catch the momentary opportunity to block the shot.

Seeing that the distance was almost the same, Craig Smith made a quick turn. Before Anjie could react, Smith's throw had already been shot.

The basketball flew into the net accurately, without sloppiness. Once again, Craig Smith beat Angie again!

"It worked! As expected of An Jie's nemesis, his offensive methods make it difficult for An Jie to defend!"

However, An Jie, the person involved, did not show any regrets. An Jie just followed Olajuwon's turning habit to defend Craig Smith. However, after observing a round, An Jie has almost figured out the rhythm of Craig Smith's throwing.

Now the inside throw has become one of An Jie's regular weapons, and An Jie is also more comfortable defending a move he is already familiar with.

After succeeding once, the Clippers did not put any smoke bombs, but sent the ball inside for the second time. Only by suppressing Anjie can the Clippers have a chance to play an offensive game.

"It's him again, Craig Smith is not afraid to face the starting center of the Western Conference star team!"

"Come on, come on!" An Jie said silently in his heart, the humiliation he suffered before must be paid back now!

Smith originally wanted to use different moves to deal with An Jie, but he found that he could not push further, nor could he squeeze out An Jie to get the space to turn Duncan. No way, or only with the same trick.

Hit back, turn around, step on your feet, take off. Craig Smith's movements are done in one go, and he is bound to win.

But this time, Anjie seemed to have calculated the timing of Craig Smith's throw. It was neither too early nor too late, neither too fast nor too slow. He jumped just in time, allowing his finger to touch the extremely high-arc throw.

"Impossible!" Craig Smith opened his mouth in disbelief. How did Anjie achieve a qualitative change in just one round!

He didn't know that such a qualitative change took An Jie a whole summer, not a round.

After the basketball was rubbed by An Jie's fingers, it changed its flight trajectory and flew vertically into the air for a certain distance. After it fell, An Jie snatched it first.

"Missed, Craig Smith's throw missed! Beautiful block, has Angie figured out a way to defend this move?"

A successful defense might just be accidental, but when Anjie deflected Smith's throw for the third time, Kim Hughes knew that Craig Smith was no longer useful.

And the competition between Anjie and Craig Smith has also become the epitome of the entire Thunder and Clippers.

The Clippers may be able to score some points with one or two extremely exciting goals, but the stronger Thunder controlled the entire game.

31 to 21, only in the first quarter, the Thunder established a double-digit advantage. The current Clippers are simply vulnerable to the Thunder!

In the second quarter of the game, the Thunder's substitute lineup got a lot of opportunities. Because of this, the Clippers were able to get closer.

But it's just "some", because the offense of Kostic and Ibaka still makes the Clippers hard to defend.

Both have shooting ability, and both are threats around the basket. Whether it is Smith, Kaman, or Jordan, neither can stop the Thunder from making progress inside.

Little Jordan hopes to become famous in the first battle against Anjie, but now he can't even deal with Ibaka and Kostic, let alone Anjie.

But after that, Jordan still got a chance to confront Anjie. At this time, the game had come to the fourth minute of the second quarter. Anjie had just entered the field and confronted Jordan once in the penalty area.

DeAndre Jordan has not forgotten how fierce his confrontation with An Jie was in college. He always believes that he is not much worse than An Jie now.

His strong body and abnormal athletic ability can still become his greatest weapon.

However, Anjie is smarter than before. He doesn't compare with your strengths, but picks your weaknesses to play!

Low basketball IQ and relatively rough skills are the biggest shortcomings of DeAndre Jordan now. After Anjie received the pass from Livingston, he turned directly to face the frame.

Little Jordan thought that An Jie was going to break through, and the alliance retreated half a step. Unexpectedly, he found that An Jie raised his hand on the spot, planning to shoot!

Little Jordan immediately changed his weight and threw himself forward. At the moment when Jordan lost his focus and could not change his center of gravity, An Jie took the basketball back in a questioning manner, and slipped away from Jordan with one step.

"An easily fooled DeAndre Jordan. The two of them are not at the same level!" Mike Brin never stopped praising An Jie today.

After breaking through Jordan, An Jie didn't plan to attack the frame directly. He knows how terrifying the bounce and bullet speed of the guy behind him is. In this case, Jordan is fully capable of making up for himself to complete the block.

An Jie's guess was right. Under his another false throw, DeAndre Jordan covered An Jie like a big net. This time, however, the net was cast empty. Little Jordan was once again deceived by fake moves, and An Jie was not polite, accepting the free throw opportunity that came to him.

"DeAndre's athletic ability is very enviable, but unfortunately, ability is not squandered like this."

There was still no suspense in the subsequent games. The Clippers could not close the score, and the Thunder also stabilized first to maintain a good lead.

The second quarter of the game also came to an end with the wonderful performance of the Thunder's three young men coming from behind, 53 to 46, and the Clippers, who were playing at home, were still crushed to death.

"It's the second half, guys, close the game!" Van Gundy stretched out his left hand in the locker room during the halftime break, expressing his determination to win. Now they have nothing to worry about, go out, play a wave of offensive **, and win the game!

Angie, who was eager to prove himself, became more proactive. Chris Kaman was sweating profusely, but he still couldn't stop the ghost-like No. 16 of the Thunder.

In this era, a center can average 18 points and 9 rebounds per game, which is already a very good statistic, and Anjie's stats last season are no more than that.

But this game proved why Anjie can attract much attention, while Kaman is only defined as inflated by the outside world.

In the second half, An Jie used his superb footwork around the basket to trick Kaman and Jordan into being stunned. Craig Smith? There is no need to use such complicated tricks to deal with Craig Smith Anjie. You don't have to worry about being blocked if you hook or shoot directly on his head.

In addition to Anjie, the league scoring leader Durant also showed his terrifying scoring ability.

Although the breakthrough is not top-notch, Durant's shooting ability is really amazing. Rasoul Butler has already blocked several shots, but Durant, relying on his height and wingspan, was able to make the ball. In the words of cctv5 commentator Zhang Weiping, it is: this goal is unreasonable!

The offense of Durant and Anjie has already paralyzed the Clippers. However, at this time, how could Westbrook, who is a member of the Thunder's three young men, be relentless.

Playing in Los Angeles, Westbrook always dared to fight. Facing a strong man like DeAndre Jordan, he dared to kill the penalty area and force a layup.

In the third quarter, the Thunder completely killed the game in the third quarter. 79 to 64, not to mention the score difference of 15 points, the morale of the Clippers was also severely hit.

The fourth quarter completely became the performance time of other Thunder players, Morris, Ibaka, Sefoloza, Krstic... these players who live under the halo of the three young players, Also got a chance to show off.

At the last moment, when the Clippers managed to stabilize the score gap at 10 points, Van Gundy waved his hand and let the Thunder's third young master play again!

"It's so cruel! That guy Jeff is completely merciless." Kenny Smith looked at Kim Hughes with pity. This was really a brutal massacre for him and his Clippers.

San Shao didn't relax because the victory or defeat was decided after playing. Young people are like this, they don't know how to do things. Especially An Jie, all the grievances brought to him by those bad things these days, he vented on the basketball court.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, everyone in the Clippers took a deep breath. They are still alive, and this damn game will never continue!

104 to 85, the Blue and White Lightning sank the Clippers with a huge 19-point difference.

After the game, An Jie, who led the team to complete the massacre, also got a new nickname. Chinese butcher from Oklahoma City! (To be continued.)