The Way of the Center

Not only the fans, but even many media were shocked by the result of this game. At the end of the game, none of the reporters dared to rush onto the court because they didn't know what to ask the Thunder players.

The questions they prepared were all set for Kobe and the Lakers. The Thunder's victory at Staples completely exceeded their expectations.

According to the records of the regular season matches between the two teams and the state of the first round of the game, many experts believe that the Lakers may advance with a score of 4 to 1, or sweep their opponents directly!

"Only in the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the Thunder have a glimmer of hope to win." This is the view expressed by countless basketball magazines and newspapers. Today, however, the Thunder's first win in the series at the Staples Center really surprised many.

Until now, An Jie's emotions gradually calmed down. The bloody battle just now had already made him red-eyed. Just now, he couldn't care about the consequences of the previous collision on his opponent or himself. The only thing he thought about was to use any method to prevent the opponent from scoring and allow himself to score.

When An Jie was clapping hands with his teammates, the reporters who reacted also surrounded him. The series between the Thunder and the Lakers was supposed to be a head-to-head confrontation between Durant and Kobe, but the number of people who interviewed Anjie today was several times that of Durant!

Durant made 7 of 24 shots, and Kobe was not much better, 6 of 19. The two cores of the Lakers and Thunder both performed abnormally, which brought many variables to this game. After the core state is abnormal, the Thunder's resilience is obviously stronger.

Speaking of which, the Thunder's lineup is indeed "unbalanced" enough. The scoring champion is the core. After the scoring champion fails, Van Gundy still has a starting center for the Western Conference star team! Phil Jackson has tried his best, but Anjie's performance of 24 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots made all his arrangements useless.

And besides Anjie, Westbrook's 26 points are also very dazzling. The star of the Thunder has never been Durant, but the Thunder's three young men.

On the other hand, the Lakers, in addition to Kobe Bryant's poor state and the restriction of the Twin Towers, the cold touch of the rest of the Lakers also accelerated their deaths.

Even Fisher, an old guard who has always been calm, only made 4 of 12 shots today. Bad form is not an excuse, and the league will not arrange a rematch just because you are in poor form.

If you lose, you lose. If you are in a bad state, you can only blame yourself.

"Crazy, Angie must be crazy. Did you see the look in his eyes in the fourth quarter? He was going to swallow Bynum alive!" Charles Barkley also rarely said at the end of the commentary Later, he praised Anjie.

Except Angie,

The most popular person among reporters is Kobe. Kobe was just changing clothes in the locker room at the moment, but in front of him, there were more than a dozen cameras shooting at him without any blind spots. These reporters took up more than half of the Lakers locker room.

But after shooting for more than ten minutes, no one dared to step forward to ask questions. They knew that Kobe must be in a bad mood after losing, and no one wanted to be the "early bird".

Kobe changed his clothes, now it's time to take off his shorts.

"Is this going to be filmed too?" Kobe pointed to his sweat-soaked pants and asked the group of reporters facing the camera.

The reporters did not speak, but shook their heads collectively.

"If you want to ask anything, ask now, or my teammates will be very inconvenient." Kobe looked around, there was no way, Shannon Brown's locker had been completely occupied by reporters, and he had to fight with the French. Mar first shared a place. Even if not for himself, Kobe has to think about his teammates.

Hearing Kobe speak, this group of reporters dared to bring up the topic. When a player reaches the level of Kobe and Jordan, interviewing them is not as easy as interviewing Angie.

"After losing this game, do you have any countermeasures for the next game? You know, this is your home court."

"Angie seems to be in complete control of the game. Can you knock down this young All-Star center?"

"You feel very bad today, what caused this situation?"

If you don't ask, you're done. When you ask, the questions thrown by the reporters are not just one or two, but a bunch of miscellaneous ones.

Kobe also had no choice, he answered the reporters' questions one by one, and kept suppressing the anger in his heart.

Kobe was not happy after losing the game, and now he has to deal with this group of boring reporters patiently, Kobe is even more irritable. This irritability not only spread in Kobe's heart, but also spread to other people in the locker room.

"We must work harder in the next game, because the Thunder have proved that they did not get away with it by fluke. Although we lost this game, our goal will not change. The championship is our only aspiration. Well, today's interview Just stop here." Finally, Kobe summed up the interview loudly. This sentence is not only for reporters, but also for fans. At the same time, Kobe also wanted to tell his teammates this sentence.

It's normal for the Lakers to be defeated, but the Lakers are never afraid of being beaten!

After the reporters were all driven away, Kobe silently closed his eyes in front of his cabinet. He recalled every confrontation in this game, recalling his failed attacks time and time again. The soreness in the muscles has not dissipated, but this competitive and paranoid guy has already begun to look forward to the second duel between the two sides.

In the press conference after the game, Jeff Van Gundy used all the compliments on his players. And Durant, who almost disappeared for the entire game, also directly pointed out that Anjie and Westbrook were the turning points of the game.

"Honestly, when I missed shots so many times, I almost thought we were going to lose the game. I don't deny that my other teammates are also working hard, but without the efforts of Ann and Russell, we can't win. Come down." Durant said, smiling slightly at the two teammates sitting next to him, when he behaved abnormally, instead of blaming him, Anjie and Westbrook helped him carry the burden.

On the other side, Phil Jackson's expression was not very good-looking. Most of the answers the reporters got were just perfunctory ones from the Zen master. If it wasn't for the fear of losing his style, Phil Jackson wouldn't have bothered to attend this damn press conference.

An hour later, the Thunder players took the bus to the hotel together. The Lakers players disbanded on their own.

"You beat Ann, good job. But in the playoffs, you have to win three more games." Hitting the send button on the phone, Bryant also twisted the key and started the car.

Looking at the moonless sky in Los Angeles, Kobe bid farewell to this aggrieved game with unwillingness and greater motivation.

Just the next day, Van Gundy's joy was gone. Because now he has to start preparing for the next match between the two sides.

No matter how extravagant the Thunder is in today's newspapers, no matter how many bullshit analyzes they have done. Van Gundy will not forget that his opponent is the Los Angeles Lakers!

At the same time, Phil Jackson also got rid of the unhappiness in his heart and returned to work.

Counting from the player era, Zen Master has been in the NBA for nearly 40 years. He has never seen such strong winds and waves before. The ten rings on his fingers were not put on by himself.

A great team is able to quickly get rid of the shadow of failure, and then beat the opponent head-on in the next game!

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There is enough sunshine in California to feel comfortable in May. More and more people poured in from Los Angeles International Airport, some of them came here because of basketball, but more people just took a fancy to the prosperity and beaches of Los Angeles.

A private flight also landed safely under the warm sunshine. In Los Angeles, private flights are not uncommon. There are too many Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon characters here, and the airport staff have long been accustomed to these handsome guys.

A girl in a miniskirt stepped off the plane, and she took a look at the blue sky in Los Angeles with sunglasses on.

Seeing this, the girl thought of the blue theme of the Chesapeake Energy Arena. That color is really similar to here.

"Remember that you only have one month's vacation, Tina, starting from today!" Abrahim got off the plane after him, he didn't want his cash cow to encounter any accidents in Los Angeles.

"I know, let's go, let's buy tickets."

"Buy a ticket? What ticket?"

"Of course it's the tickets for tomorrow night's game? It must be in the second row, and behind the Thunder's bench?" Giardina stuck out his tongue at Abrahim mischievously.

"Even if you can't see the 30th row of the stadium at all, you can't buy tickets. The tickets for tomorrow night have been sold out a week ago!" Abrahi spread his hands, and Giardina would Choosing to come to Los Angeles for vacation, it really has other intentions.

"Then buy it from others at a high price. No matter how expensive it is, we will buy it." What Giardina lacks now is not money, but the love from the opposite sex.

Abrahi held his forehead. Sometimes this little girl is very sensible and works hard. But sometimes, she is really difficult to serve.

Besides Kobe and the Lakers, another seemingly weak girl also bared her fangs at An Jie. (To be continued.)