The Way of the Center

"Angie played with an injury and still scored 28 + 12, blowing out Anthony Davis!"

"Anthony David: It's not a malicious foul, it's just trying to defend."

"Monty Williams: Ann is a great player, no one wants to play against him."

The next morning, the headlines of the sports sections of various newspapers were once again occupied by An Jie. But this time, the pictures of various media are not Anjie's explosive dunks or violent blocks. All the media used the moment when An Jie's finger bent abnormally as a picture for the news.

Just seeing that picture, everyone couldn't help shouting "God" in a low voice. But that guy Anjie insisted on finishing the fourth quarter under such circumstances. And what people don't know is that he will not miss a game in the following games.

"You idiot!" On the phone, Catherine cursed with some crying.

"I'll be fine, even the doctor said I can play." Of course the doctor didn't say that, but Anjie had to lie to Catherine.

"If you are injured, rest. Even if you wait for the injury to heal, the Trail Blazers can still make the playoffs. You are now 18 wins and 4 losses. Even without you, even if they lose some games, the Trail Blazers You can still stay in the top eight. Isn’t it good if you work hard for the championship in the playoffs?” Catherine really couldn’t understand why An Jie would sacrifice his health for a job. Sometimes Catherine would think, basketball or herself, which one is more important to Anjie.

"It's not the same as Catherine. If we fall too low in the ranking, the playoffs will be more difficult. The team must strive to maintain the top spot so that we can increase our chances of advancing in the playoffs. Don't worry Catherine, I I know my own body very well."

"I'll come to see you in the next few days until you recover from your injury. Before that, I won't take any jobs.

After that, Catherine's tone became tough.

"Hey, you can't delay your own work because of this."

"I have made a decision. You have the right to choose, and so do I. I will take care of you until you recover." Catherine was already packing her luggage while she was on the phone.

"It's okay, it's okay, hehe." An Jie smirked, and it was boring to face such an empty house every day when he went home. After all, he can't hang out with his teammates outside every day.

After talking on the phone with Catherine, An Jie took his belongings and went out, ready to start a new day of training.

Now An Jie drove very slowly, because his two bandaged fingers could not be bent at all, which also affected his driving to some extent. When he finally "climbed" to the entrance of the rose garden, it was only ten minutes before the training started. It seems that in the future, I have to go out earlier.

Before the training started, Anjie did not warm up with his teammates, but let the team doctor fix his fingers in the infirmary first.

This kind of fixation is different from ordinary fixation. In order to allow Anjie to move freely on the basketball court as much as possible, the fixation given to him by the team doctor usually does not wrap Anjie's fingers too thickly. But also in order to prevent the injury from expanding, the team doctor had to tie An Jie's two injured fingers together with a bandage, so as to fix each other.

"That's it?" An Jie looked at his fingers that were not as exaggerated as before, but still unable to move after being tied together. Fortunately, he was injured on his left hand. If it was his right hand, he might not even be able to make the most basic shots.

"Be careful yourself, come to me if you feel uncomfortable during training." The chief team doctor patted An Jie on the back, and An Jie stepped onto the training ground happily. But when the training started, the situation was not as smooth as An Jie thought.

When he was training low-post singles at the basket with the trainer, An Jie found that he was not so comfortable when he turned around and controlled the ball with his left hand. And the accuracy of his left-handed hook was also greatly affected. As for shooting, although the left hand is only an auxiliary hand, for An Jie who is used to shooting with both hands, the unnaturalness of the left hand also makes his shooting rate less stable.

Playing with injuries is not as simple as An Jie thought.

Ricard and Divac silently observed Anjie's training situation throughout the whole process, and sure enough, just as they thought beforehand, Anjie's performance was a mess. Suddenly depriving you of the right to use two fingers, even daily life will be affected, let alone playing basketball.

"I don't think God has completely abandoned us yet." Ricard shook his head as he watched An Jie hook again.

"At least he gave Ann three days to get used to it." Ricard looked at the schedule before training today, and the Trail Blazers got a rare three-day "long vacation". Taking advantage of these three days to let An Jie adapt to his new state will be beneficial and harmless to his next game.

"I hope three days is enough for him to get used to it." Divac said, walking towards Anjie. At this time, he had to teach An Jie some experience.

"Okay, let's stop first." Just as An Jie was about to start confronting the trainer holding the pad again, Divac's voice suddenly came out.

"Ann, is it uncomfortable to play?" Divac said, looking at An Jie's hand.

An Jie nodded silently, and sat cross-legged on the spot.

"Listen, you have to learn to use three fingers to control the basketball. As far as your big hands are concerned, this is not a problem at all." Divac said, picked up the basketball on the ground, and used only three fingers to exert force, and it was done. A hook.

"Your injured fingers are not completely useless. Don't treat them as injured fingers, and use them naturally. Although those two fingers cannot exert force or move, it is still possible to fix the basketball. After Divac finished speaking, he passed the basketball to Anjie.

"With three fingers?" An Jie hugged the basketball, thoughtful.

"As long as you get through this period, believe me, you will become stronger." After Divac finished speaking, he personally supervised Anjie's training and guided him in time. In three days, there are only three days left for Blazers and An Jie. In the past three days, Divac had to rack his brains to make Anjie, who had injured his finger, become the same as before!

Three days later, the An Jie who played again must be the An Jie who is still dominant! To achieve this, An Jie couldn't do it by himself. But with Divac's call, everything is different.

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At ten o'clock in the evening, there was a cool wind blowing in Portland in winter. The night security guard at the Rose Garden Stadium couldn't help but wrapped up his big cotton coat and walked out of the warm duty booth.

"Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!" The security guard cursed, and walked into the rose garden in the face of the shaving winter wind.

"It's okay...it's okay..." After the security guard entered the stadium, he immediately warmed up a lot. He turned on the flashlight and began to do some routine inspections of the dark venue.

Half an hour later, the security guard walked into the player tunnel. He would stop in front of all the rooms to see if the doors were locked.

Media reception room, locked. On the second training ground, everything is normal. Training Ground No. 1... The security guard turned the doorknob lightly, but the gate of Training Ground No. 1 was opened.

The security guard looked in curiously, and there were still a few lights on in the training ground. Under the lamp, An Jie, with one hand wrapped in a bandage, was still trying to control the basketball with three fingers.

He looked exhausted and his fingers were swollen and big. But this Chinese person has no intention of stopping. He was still concentrating on training, so concentrated that he didn't even notice someone poking his head in at the gate of the training ground.

"Come on, Ann." The security guard shook his head with a smile, and gently closed the door of the training ground without making any noise, which naturally did not affect An Jie's training.

After that, the security guard continued to patrol the players' channel with a flashlight. This winter, there are people who work harder than him in the rose garden and are sweating silently......

Blast Anthony Davis? Playing with injuries and still scoring 20 + 10? The league's No. 1 center in the new era? All these glories made An Jie stand out and made him a topical figure in the NBA.

But how many people can see the dedication behind all of this......

Three days is very tight, but An Jie plans to use three days to create five days.

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