The Way of the Center

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"Hello, Catherine."

Catherine has now left the United States. She is very concerned about An Jie's career, but she didn't watch a game between the Lakers and the Thunder. Not because of other reasons, just because my work is too busy. Just like the current An Jie, how can he care about the fashion circle?

An Jie's violent beating of Brown not only made An Jie hot, but also made Catherine's popularity rise rapidly. Although it was not a good event, the result was very good anyway.

With her first stunning appearance, and under the influence of news operations, Catherine's status in img company has rapidly improved. Now, Catherine has gone to Milan with the company, a famous cultural city in Italy and one of the fashion centers in the world. Here, a medium-scale fashion show is about to be held, and this is the first step for img to promote Catherine to the world.

Fortunately for Catherine, the company agreed to her request to travel with her father. Now Catherine's only relative is his father. It's just a pity that another man in her life couldn't walk with her. Catherine really wanted to enjoy the scenery of Milan with An Jie.

In Italy, besides fashion, another biggest theme is football. Especially in the city of Milan, you can always see fans wearing AC Milan or Inter Milan jerseys on the street. But there are also some outliers among them. Although there are few people who like basketball, there are still some.

Catherine can only watch Anjie occasionally through TV in her free time, usually only for a few minutes, and she has to keep working. So when she received a call from An Jie today, Catherine was very surprised.

Anjie said that during the playoffs, he hopes that he can concentrate on preparing for the game. He has indeed done so. Since playing the playoffs with the Lakers, he has hardly spoken to anyone other than his teammates and coaches, even his parents, Divac and Ricard are no exception.

"Ann!? What's the matter with you?" Catherine rarely heard An Jie being so listless.

"It's nothing? Haha, you haven't called for a few days, are you not used to it?" An Jie laughed. Giardina is indeed beautiful and enthusiastic enough, but An Jie found that he still can only talk to Catherine. Find that feeling in your body.

"It's already midnight in the United States right now? Why aren't you sleeping? Why, the game didn't go as planned? I read from the news that you already got the match point yesterday?" Catherine looked at her watch, now Milan The city has just been illuminated by the sun, which also means that it is early morning in the United States.

"I can't sleep, I feel... I feel a lot of psychological pressure. I'm tired Catherine, this series has been played too hard." Tough guy, butcher, never say never, this is what An Jie gave Impressions from the outside world. But this 20-year-old guy also has a weak side. Perhaps only Catherine can know what the real An Jie looks like.

When playing against the Nuggets, the two sides also fought for a full 6 games before deciding the winner. But at that time, An Jie didn't feel particularly tired. Because the Nuggets are not the Lakers, the name Kobe Bryant will not surround your ears, and when you close your eyes, the faces of the champion twin towers will not appear in front of you.

Anthony is great, but he doesn't make the Thunder fearful like Kobe. Even if the Lakers trail by 20 points, as long as Kobe is on the court, Anjie's spirit will be tense.

The Brazilian and Kenyon Martin also caused trouble to Anjie, but once Anjie defeated them, they were no longer a threat. But this is not the case with the Twin Towers of the Lakers whose will is far beyond An Jie's imagination. An Jie defeated them a hundred times, and they will stand up again a hundred times.

Especially Bynum, this guy may have a bad temper, a bad character, and a little low basketball IQ. But to be honest, An Jie really admires his spirit of being willing to fight and defeat despite repeated defeats.

Thinking of this, An Jie felt dizzy. Too long, the series seems too long...

"There is a lot of psychological pressure...but this is the playoffs, Ann, people say that the playoffs are cruel, not just because of the game itself. If you are really tired, you can tell the coach, he will let you rest Yes, he will understand you." Catherine became anxious, it has been almost three years since playing ncaa, and An Jie never said that she was under a lot of pressure. Now that An Jie would say that, he must be feeling really uncomfortable.

"Ha, thank you, Catherine." Now, people will say that the Thunder has already won the match point, so let's work on it, the Thunder will advance in just one game, let's work on it. But Catherine was the only one who reminded An Jie that it was time to rest.

"I believe in you, Ann. If you want to get honors, you have to be tempered. Hold on for a while, and it will pass in a while."

After talking on the phone with Catherine, An Jie felt much more at ease. It's not that Catherine taught him what to do, but that after sharing the blockage in his heart, the pressure will naturally reduce a lot.

But An Jie can decompress himself, and the rest of the Thunder may not be able to find a way. An Jie is not the only one who feels stressed and exhausted. You know, most of his teammates are rookies who have just entered the league.

On the second day of training, the players still worked hard. They earnestly completed every task and every training that Van Gundy arranged. But Van Gundy can also see that the pace of this group of young men is very heavy.

The active atmosphere during training is also gone. Now everyone's mind is how to beat the Lakers, how to beat Kobe. As for the others, I didn't even think about it. The more this is the case, the more pressure the players have, and the more pressure they have, the more they hope to find a way to win, such a vicious circle.

Everyone's emotions can affect the people around them. Now, except for Van Gundy and An Jie, everyone's heart is heavy. Anjie is an excellent center and Van Gundy is an excellent coach, but neither of them is an excellent counselor. Anjie did try to decompress his teammates in the locker room, but all failed in the end.

Just yesterday, the Big Three of the Celtics defeated the Cavaliers with the Little Emperor and the Sharks, and eliminated their opponents with a total score of 4-2. What does this mean, this means the entire second round, only the Lakers and the Thunder are still undecided.

Now, fans all over the world can only watch this nba game. Thunder fans all over the world hope that the Thunder, which has won the match point, can break out of the tight encirclement. These expectations are heavily pressed on this group of guys who are just in their early 20s. Are the Lakers under pressure? As the defending champions, their pressure is even greater! But don't forget, they were once champions, they have already experienced these moments, and they have long been used to them. But for everyone on the Thunder team, every step is the first time. Every first time, they will be overwhelmed.

The Thunder are working hard, and they won't give up. But everyone has a heavy psychological burden in their hearts. In this heavy atmosphere, the Thunder ushered in their sixth matchup with the Lakers at home.

"We must win!"

"We got the match point and advanced in one fell swoop!"

"The Thunder are definitely the winners, we hold the match point, we play at home, we have all the advantages!"

In the locker room before the game, none of the Thunder players said a word. They are nervous, they are afraid that if they fail to win, if they fail to advance, how many people will be disappointed. The outside world seems to have decided that the Thunder will be the winner, but the Lakers don't think so. The Thunder players know this, they are just afraid that they will not be able to live up to the imagination of the outside world.

For young people, this is a very normal psychological problem. But in the brutal playoffs, even a little psychological burden will affect your performance.

When the game started, people felt that the game was a bit weird. The Thunder is still the same Thunder team, and their performance is normal, but it just feels weird, and I can't tell where the blame is.

"The Thunder played too cautiously! They couldn't let go of their hands and feet, and they didn't dare to make moves! Just now Westbrook could actually shoot the ball, but he was afraid, afraid that he would waste the opportunity, and the opportunity passed him like this Pass it." It wasn't until Kenny Smith made an analysis that the fans realized what was strange about the Thunder.

Yes, this young team is no longer frivolous, no longer bold, and no longer plays hard.

"This Tianwangshan battle is really important to the boys of the Thunder team. You know, this is the only home game for the Thunder team. If they can't win the Lakers to advance today, the difficulty of advancing to the next game will only be Bigger! But because this game is too important, the players of the Thunder team can't let go. It is a good thing to be cautious, but there must be a degree in everything. After being too cautious, the Thunder team will not play well. Many advantages I can’t even perform.” Reggie Miller looked anxious, the Lakers’ state today is really mediocre, as long as the Thunder play a little better than usual, it is very likely that they will win the game and advance to the Western Conference Finals. But it is precisely because of their excessive caution that they have been unable to take the initiative in the game.

The Thunder are always only 5 to 8 points behind the Lakers, so it can be said that the difference is not that big. But this group of young men who are very good at chasing points have been unable to fill this small gap for a long time. Although the Thunder are at home, the rhythm of the entire game has been under the control of the Lakers.

The Thunder fans yelled until their voices became hoarse, until nothing came out. But even so, it still couldn't help the young people on the field to untie the shackles.

Anjie is the most sober among them. He successfully assisted his teammates to score with several highly entertaining passes. But Anjie is not Kobe, he can only temporarily boost the morale of his teammates, instead of maintaining the morale of his teammates for a whole game like Kobe.

In the end, Kobe passed Sefoloza and broke into the inside. Artest felt good today. He made three three-pointers in the previous game. It was for this reason that Durant hesitated when faced with a critical decision. up.

If it was changed to the past, Durant would definitely move laterally to stop Kobe without hesitation. But today, he is afraid. He is afraid that Artest will get the ball and hit a three-pointer after he defends. I chose what I think is the most conservative plan and continue to stick to Artest!

It was precisely because of kd's hesitation and excessive caution that Kobe easily stopped and made a jump shot in the three-second zone. An Jie's supplementary defense was very quick, his fingers almost touched the basketball, but it was still a small gap.

After the goal was scored, the Lakers pulled the point difference to 5 points again, but the time left for the Thunder was only 8 seconds...

Afterwards, the Thunder, who dared to fight and fight hard, still did not revive, and excessive caution at critical moments was even more fatal. After Durant got the ball according to the tactics, he didn't dare to shoot without completely getting rid of the defense. The result was that he wasted too much time, which eventually made the Thunder powerless.

108 to 103, under the eyes of everyone, the Thunder team lost the battle of Tianwangshan and lost the advantage of holding the match point.

After the game, Kobe punched the audience at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. You all hoped to see us eliminated here. Sorry, your hopes have failed!

And everyone in the Thunder team just stood there with their heads down. They lost, but not clearly. Everything they were worried about also became reality at this moment...