The Way of the Center

On the first game day of the new NBA season, fans were overwhelmed by the wonderful games.

In the same-city derby in Los Angeles, the Lakers, which were not satisfactory last season, showed an unexpectedly strong momentum after Howard's departure and Kobe's reimbursement for the season.

Paul Gasol, the All-Star insider who was almost used up by D'Antoni last season, carried the banner of the Lakers. He was not afraid of Griffin and Jordan Jr. throughout the game, scoring 15 points and 13 rebounds.

In addition, the Lakers' new aid, Belgian small forward Xavier Henry's eye-catching performance of scoring 22 points also made the Lakers fans at the Staples Center very happy. The return of the Lakers champion Jordan Farmer was also very high-profile. He used 16 points and 6 assists to make Paul feel a headache.

In this way, the Lakers with only Gasol and Nash left in the super F4 combination, unexpectedly defeated the Clippers with a complete lineup and the championship in the first game.

Such a fierce and unexpected duel naturally became the second highest-rated match of the night.

The opening game is another game between the upstart Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference after welcoming Rose back and last year's Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat.

This summer, Pat Riley was as calm as if there was no temperature. The Heat only picked up a few league discards piecemeal, Oden, Beasley and Mason. Moreover, they also pardoned Mike Miller, who played steadily in the playoffs last season, but sometimes in the finals. For the inside that is difficult to add, the Heat have not made any changes.

Because of this, Carlos Boozer scored a full 31 points in the Heat's weak interior. And Jimmy Butler, who rose strongly during Rose's injury, also scored 20 points in front of the Heat.

It's a pity that the revenge-hungry Heat now only have Anjie and the Blazers as opponents in their hearts. other people? It's just a stepping stone on the road to fucking revenge.

Rose, who came back from injury, was abused by Wade, a guy who was also injured. The Heat also relied on their stronger overall strength to win the game 95 to 107.

As for the game with the highest ratings on the opening day, it was the match between the defending champion Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns.

The Suns have always been considered the biggest dark horse in the Western Conference this season before the game, while the Trail Blazers were the biggest winners in the Western Conference last season.

Such a duel is enough to attract attention. What's more, there are hundreds of millions of Chinese fans watching this game in distant lands.

Anjie and Blazers also lived up to expectations,

Unlike the Heat and Lakers, they leave the suspense of the game until the end. Instead, after only two and a half quarters, the victory was almost sealed.

Although the suspense of the game has long been lost, the intensity of the game has not diminished in the slightest. Every confrontation between Plumlee and Anjie was so exciting, and there were far more highlights in this match than the other two.

Because of this, this refreshing game will be the highest-rated game of the day.

After the game, Anjie also showed off his shiny championship ring to the reporters. And this picture has become the news picture of many newspapers and Internet media today.

Although the first game achieved a hearty victory, Anjie and the Blazers are still under suspicion.

A big tree attracts the wind. This Chinese idiom is also applicable even if it is placed on the land of the United States.

The Trail Blazers are a championship team, and the championship team naturally has countless pairs of eyes monitoring the whole process. Among these people, some will support the championship like Wu Hua and Bill Walton. But there will always be a few people with bad intentions.

Sam Smith, the well-known reporter who formed a relationship with Angie last season, pointed out in his column.

"Last night's game, the Trail Blazers won a big victory. But I will not be happy for Anjie, but ashamed of what he did! 33 to 17, this data is the result of the two teams yesterday The ratio of the total number of fouls. How many of these are Angie's diving and acting. How many times are from the league's favoritism and protection of the championship team. If the Blazers are really the championship, then they should use Use your own strength to win the game, not rely on this crooked way!"

Although Sam has been immersed for a while after being severely slapped in the face by Anjie last season, a guy like him will never stop. Back then, he was able to entangle with Chuck Daly's bad boy army, and now, he would also fight to the death with An Jie.

Everything is good and bad, and An Jie has long been used to living in the comments of others.

An Jie doesn't care whether it's good words to him or Sam who speaks bad words to him.

After a big victory and a war of words from the reporters, Anjie still got up early the next day, ate the breakfast prepared by Catherine, kissed his wife goodbye, and then drove the somewhat old RX-7 go out.

He didn't have time to care about those boring remarks, and he didn't have time to compete with these guys. Training, training, training...Anjie is always the first to start training and the last to finish training every day. Such hard work day after day is the secret of his success.

How difficult is it for a center to survive in the NBA? If you have the time to go to BBR, a basketball statistics website, you will find that among the players registered in the NBA this season, there are only 22 pure centers who have played for less than four years. This number cannot even be filled by 30 NBA teams. For comparison, there are 89 pure defenders and 84 pure forwards.

Before these young players entered the league, they were told that the position of center is not very popular nowadays, and it is difficult for active centers to get any big contracts from capitalists. Teams don't build around you, and even if they build around you and give you 40 minutes to play, you're still vulnerable to injury. Even a big man like An Jie, who has achieved fame, is reimbursed for a year in the season? Last season, didn't Anjie persevere after playing with an injury?

In such a big environment, the center is no longer a good job. It's not for nothing that Anjie is called "the last big traditional center". After all, people who play like Yao Ming, O'Neal and Anjie in the league today can count without wrenching fingers, because this number is 0.

Even last season, "Black Yao Ming" Roy Hibbert's performance in the Eastern Conference finals was like a huge Australian lobster, which left a deep impression on people. But everyone still pays more attention to the topic of how much Paul George's jumper is like Tracy McGrady. People don't care about how black Yao Ming is or how similar Yao Ming is, because even if there are Hibbert and Angie Now, there is no way to stop the fact that the center is doomed to wither.

No way, it takes about four years to train an excellent center forward, but it may only take two years to train an excellent guard. After all, whether it is consciousness, skills or body, it takes a very long time to upgrade a center from the NCAA level to the NBA level.

Think about the scene of An Jie being easily dismissed by others when he played in the NBA in his first year. It is not that An Jie has not experienced these difficulties.

In addition, the league has now issued a series of restrictive rules, from the expansion of the offensive and defensive three-second zone, to the differential treatment of penalty scales for internal and external physical contact, from the setting of interference balls to the relaxation of zone defense. These rules all open the door to outsiders and wear shoes to insiders.

In such a difficult environment, An Jie became a double MVP and won the championship, not all due to luck and talent.

An Jie is indeed lucky, he can always meet a group of like-minded comrades in arms. An Jie is also very talented. First of all, his height is something no one else can learn anyway. Secondly, An Jie's learning ability is extremely strong, which also allows him to be stronger every season than the previous year.

But it is his tireless efforts and matching diligence that have supported Anjie to get to where he is today.

It is precisely because of this that An Jie allowed himself to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA game more quickly, and also allowed himself to successfully justify his name as a center.

Let Sam Smith and his ilk entertain themselves with what they say. Now Anjie only has training in his eyes, and of course, only their next opponent, the old rival Denver Nuggets!

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This season, the Nuggets lineup has undergone a lot of changes. They introduced Nate Robinson, the shortest slam dunk king who shined in last year's playoffs, and signed Russian center Mozgov back. Coupled with Darrell Arthur and Anthony Randolph, who are good at shooting, the Nuggets' inside lineup is definitely enough to make other teams in the league cast envious eyes.

By the way, the addition of J.J. Hickson, the champion of the Trail Blazers last season, gave the Nuggets a shot in the arm.

Facing a team with such a variety of inside players, the new Nuggets coach Brian Shaw will definitely fight Anjie in a wheel-to-wheel battle.

He didn't expect any one of these people to defeat An Jie, but it was still possible to combine the strength of all of them to drag An Jie down.

Anjie has started his new day of training at the Moda Center, and J.J. Hickson is also training for himself at his new home, the Pepsi Center.

In addition, Hixon learned this from An Jie. Although he has a good relationship with Anjie, it is precisely because of this that Hickson is more eager to compete with Anjie in the game.

"I really don't want to meet you so early, old man. But don't worry, I will do my best! I will not let you down in this game!" During the training interval, Hixon sent a message to An Jie "Gauntlet".

Another meeting between old friends, another rare inside showdown.

Can Brian Shaw's insiders drag down An Jie, and can An Jie survive alone in this long-grown jungle?

The new season is still going on, no matter how hard the way of the center is, An Jie will take it one by one!