The Way of the Center

"Ann! To hell with the people of Los Angeles!"

"Get the Lakers out of here!"

"We can win, right, we can win!"

An Jie stepped into the stadium, the fans were all shouting in his ears. Some were calling him, others were cursing the incoming Lakers.

An Jie took a deep breath, and a strong and familiar atmosphere of the game came to his face. Although he only rested for a few minutes off the court, in An Jie's heart, he had been waiting for a long time. Now, he was finally released, and now, he was finally going to defeat his opponent!

Angie looked towards the Lakers halfcourt, only to find that Bynum was also looking at him. This guy has to admire his courage and spirit. But this doesn't mean that An Jie will be soft-hearted later. He doesn't care how bad Bynum's situation is, and he doesn't care if Bynum's knee is in danger. Victory is the only thing he cares about now.

"An, Ann!" Several shouts brought An Jie's thoughts back to the game.

"What's the matter, Sean." An Jie looked down and found that Sean Livingston was talking to him.

"Go to the defensive position, the Lakers have already sent the baseline ball!" Livingston pointed to the front, Bynum had already sent the ball, Jordan Farmer controlled the ball, and headed towards the Thunder's hinterland.

Now the Lakers are all on the bench except for Bynum and Pau Gasol. Farmar replaced Vujacic as the No. 1 position. Vujacic's previous performance really did not satisfy the Zen master. Shannon Brown continued to serve as the second position, and the extremely smart Luke Wharton took the third position.

As for the Thunder, Westbrook had to play with Anjie for a while. The Thunder's bench is not as deep as the Lakers', and there are only a few available. Therefore, Durant and Westbrook had to work harder.

In addition, the Congolese Ibaka is partnered with Anjie inside, while the small forwards and shooting guards are still Mayno and Livingston.

Now that there is no Kobe on the court, no one knows who the Lakers will use as the offensive point. In short, everyone has to keep an eye on it. The shooting ability of the Lakers' outside line cannot be underestimated, and the power of the inside twin towers is needless to say.

Farmar is a guy with excellent three-point shooting ability, so Westbrook dare not let him go half a step. I would rather let this guy break through than let him shoot easily.

Farmer naturally knew how powerful the Thunder's No. 0 guard was. He didn't bother with Westbrook after he brought the ball across half court, but directly fed the ball to Shannon Brown.

Shannon Brown was an amazing dunker despite his inconsistent shooting. Don't look at this guy who is only 1.93 meters tall. When he jumps up, everyone will have a big mouth for his height.

But now that the Thunder have Anjie and Ibaka inside, it shows that the Thunder's restricted area is a veritable no-fly zone. Although Brown often has problems with his offensive selection, he will not fail to see such an obvious disadvantage. After thinking about it, Brown hoisted the ball directly into the penalty area and hit Gasol.

Gasol is no stranger to this Congolese big man. After all, he was trained in the Spanish league a year ago, and Gasol has heard of him for a long time. And recently I heard that the Spanish national team also has the intention of naturalizing him.

People who can be favored by the powerful Spanish team will naturally not be too bad. Although Ibaka is just a rookie in the NBA, Gasol dare not relax at all.

Gasol held the ball with his back, and Ibaka immediately stepped back a little. He was preparing to resist Gasol's impact.

However, Gasol didn't dribble directly after receiving the ball, but turned around and shot a jumper. A clean shot, this action is very similar to Yao Ming. It is to use the advantages of height and touch to complete the goal on the head of the defensive player.

But Gasol seems to have underestimated Ibaka's bounce a little too much. The basketball he shot just flew to the basket, and Ibaka slapped him out of the penalty area!

Seeing this situation, Anjie hurriedly ran to the frontcourt, and Livingston also grabbed the blocked basketball before Farmar.

Livingston didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly made a long pass, allowing An Jie, who was running at the front, to get the ball. After An Jie got the ball, there was a Shannon Brown in front of him who returned to the defense in time. Although Brown is only 1.93 meters, it is not uncommon for him to block big men with exaggerated bounces. Now all the fans who are paying attention to this game are looking forward to see whether it is Shannon Brown's top ten goals or Anjie can complete the fast break.

Brown adjusted his steps while chasing back. He was preparing for the jump. An Jie glanced at Brown, and did not back down. After one foot stepped into the three-second zone, An Jie took off, stretched his body, and was about to slam dunk with his right hand!

Seeing this situation, Shannon Brown, not to be outdone, also "take off" again. The fans who saw this scene were all amazed, this guy Shannon Brown jumped so that he was as tall as An Jie!

The two were about to meet in the air, but Brown's height gave people a greater sense of shock. The strong Brown touched the ball with one hand, but Anjie also held the ball tightly, trying not to let it out of his control.

"Ah!" An Jie let out a low growl in the air. Brown had already tried his best, but An Jie was still able to add strength to his arm! With all his strength, Anjie pressed hard, and dunked the ball into the basket against Brown's block. At the same time, Shannon Brown also fell to the ground in embarrassment. The shocking take-off height in front of him was completely forgotten by the fans at this moment.

An Jie landed smoothly, and Shannon Brown fell in front of him. An Jie gritted his teeth and took a step towards Brown. Gasol immediately ran up behind him, holding An Jie with one hand.

"Don't try to stop me!" Anjie yelled fiercely at Brown who fell to the ground. Coupled with the picture of Gasol protecting Brown, Brown really looks like a child who has messed with the wrong person.

"Another classic picture." Wu Hua smiled and raised the camera without missing any details.

"Oh my God, An completed a slam dunk as soon as he came on the court. He had too many dunks today. Fortunately, the quality of the league's basket in this century is good, otherwise I guess the frame would have suffered some damage." Jie's dunk jump is not high, and his movements are far less graceful than those perverted dunkers. But his dunk is always full of power, a kind of not flashy, but solid and powerful dunk. It's this kind of dunk that Charles Barkley loves.

An Jie had been holding back for a long time, but Shannon Brown hit the gun entirely by himself. Anjie and Brown are not familiar with each other. Although the Thunder and the Lakers have played against each other many times, the two have never spoken a single word. It can be said that they are undoubtedly strangers. An Jie had no grievances with him, and the reason why he was so vicious was entirely due to his competitive heart.

A hot pot that overwhelmed everyone's face, and a shattering dunk. Ibaka and Anjie's defense and attack gave the Lakers a blow!

"We said at the beginning of this season that Presti and Van Gundy have greatly strengthened the Thunder's interior defense. But I guarantee that absolutely no one can imagine that their interior defense has become so strong." Lakers The two towers rarely lost in the regular season, but in the Western Conference semifinals, the Thunder made the two towers suffer.

The next Lakers offense fell to Luke Walton because he was the only player missed. Although this white forward has a very high basketball IQ, he can find opportunities every time. However, limited by his own lack of level, even if he finds an opportunity, Wharton may not be able to score the ball.

This time, he missed the unguarded three-pointer. Ibaka took off the rebound steadily, and Anjie took the lead to run towards the frontcourt again.

Before the Lakers' defense was in place, Anjie got into the paint. Livingston was also unequivocal, a long-distance hit pass, allowing Anjie to take the lead in attacking.

At this moment, Bynum has not arrived yet, so the double-team arranged by the Zen master has no chance to be implemented at all. After Anjie received the ball, he pushed in and turned around. Gasol thought that Anjie wanted to hit O'Neal's "overlord step" like in the first half, so he tried his best to block it.

Unexpectedly, An Jie's turn this time was a fake move. He just turned halfway to the right, and after feeling Gasol's center of gravity changed drastically, An Jie immediately turned in the opposite direction!

Gasol's reaction was not slow either. After realizing that he had been cheated, he blocked it immediately, but Anjie's hook had already been shot and went into the net hollowly.

Gasol has a gentle personality, and he rarely shows his emotions on the surface. But today, when the Spaniard picked up the ball on the ground, he shook his head helplessly.

The Lakers attacked for the third time, and Bynum finally got a chance to perform on Anjie's head. But under Anjie's tough defense, Bynum's best small hook also lost its accuracy. Afterwards, the Thunder still started to attack while the Lakers' formation was still in place. Anjie suddenly hooked the ball with his back behind the free throw line, which stunned everyone present, including Jeff Van Gundy.

Hooking from behind the free throw line is an age-old trick that's all but obsolete in modern basketball. But when Ibaka jumped up to catch the basketball flying in the air and dunk it into the basket, people realized that this was not a big hook at all, but an alley-oop! It's just that An Jie used a big hook to pass the ball.

The 10-point advantage was reduced to 4 points in an instant. Phil Jackson hurriedly called a timeout after Ibaka's dunk landed! He doesn't want to learn from Van Gundy, and he has to wait until the team is behind by double digits before making adjustments.

"Great job Ann, and you too, Serge!" After the game, Van Gundy praised Anjie and Ibaka. Of course, he also gave thumbs up to others.

"Okay, Livingston and Maynor, you rest for now! The next thing, leave it to your teammates!" An Jie has greatly narrowed the point difference, and Van Gundy knows that it is time to send the strongest lineup to end the game. It's time for the decisive battle!

After the timeout ended, the Zen master "tacitly" sent the Lakers to start the five tigers, and Kobe was also on the list. Seeing this situation, the entire Chesapeake Energy Arena was boiling. The most exciting and intense minutes of this game are about to begin!

Kobe carried the banner of offense as soon as he came on the court, but the morale-boosting Thunder team burst out with a more positive attitude than before. They are not afraid of physical confrontation. On the contrary, the Thunder's high-intensity physical confrontation made the Lakers players very uncomfortable. Even Kobe was made very uncomfortable by Sefoloza, a tough Swiss.

Kobe has been passing the ball, then running, then catching the ball, and then passing it... After several rounds, he still didn't get a chance! There is no way, Kobe can only make a hasty shot before the end of the 24-second attack time. However, this time, Kobe did not turn decay into magic. He knocked out the defensive shot and the Thunder attacked again!

Anjie tried desperately to get a position inside, and Westbrook also quickly played the ball, shifting the battlefield to the inside. Unexpectedly, just as Bynum's double-teaming was in place and the Lakers' lineup had just shrunk, Angie hit the ball again into Westbrook's hands.

The shrunken Fisher yelled in his heart that something was wrong, and hurried to interfere with Westbrook's shot. Westbrook's three-point shooting percentage is not high, but at least this time, he made the ball!

"i! Simple but very practical tactics! Ann contained the entire Lakers defense in the three-second zone, and Westbrook's final attack was also completed cleanly! One point, the Lakers' lead is only left one cent!"

However, this one-point advantage did not last long, and An Jie used a mid-range shot to overtake the score after a few tens of seconds. After An Jie came on the field, he successfully led the team to play an 11-0 offensive **. The incomparably strong Zijin Army was defeated by a new nba army.

In the next few minutes, Kobe finally scored a few goals, breaking the Lakers scoring drought for five or six minutes. But Anjie's efficiency made the Black Mamba feel desperate. Kobe would miss shots on offense, but Ainger wouldn't. Either he sees a teammate who has a chance and passes the ball. Once he makes a shot, he will definitely hit it!

"Ann added two more points with his signature step-back jumper from the left 45 degrees."

"Hook, let's go! Ann's small hook seems to be better than Bynum's! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar should regret defining Bynum as his close disciple, because Anjie seems to have more potential to learn his skills well!"

Until the last tens of seconds of the game, An Jie still didn't miss a single shot. The last time the Lakers attacked, Kobe made a layup under the pretentious defense of the Thunder generals. There were still 1.2 seconds left, but the score had become 96 to 101.

The Thunder sent the baseline ball, and before Kobe had time to foul Westbrook, it was over in 1.2 seconds. The Chesapeake Energy Arena exploded immediately, and countless people held up Anjie's enlarged head and shouted three letters.

"mvp! mvp! mvp! mvp!..." The shouts continued, and An Jie was not shy. He finally raised his arms on the court, enjoying this glorious moment that belonged to him.

In the last game, Kobe was the king of Staples. Today, An Jie is the emperor of Oklahoma!

He scored 12 points and sent 3 assists on all 6 shots in a single quarter. It was thanks to Anjie's performance that the Thunder could overtake the total score.

Tonight, Anjie really used his own hands to steal Kobe's victory!