The Way of the Center

The winter sun has just risen from the horizon, and the snow on the streets has not yet melted. It was supposed to be a quiet winter morning, but the city of Portland became commotion early.

"My God!" A middle-aged man wearing glasses couldn't help shouting in surprise when he saw the scene in front of him.

This middle-aged man is the owner of a Nike franchise store. Today he got up early to open the door as usual. However, he had just walked to the door of his store, but he found that there was already a long queue of people who came here to buy things!

The boss has opened the store here for ten years and has never seen such a situation. He hurriedly pushed through the crowd, and a large pile of green and colorful dollars had already been delivered to the door by himself!

This guy hastened to start a business, and the fans crowded excitedly into this small franchise store. When these fanatical fans walked to the cashier with a pair of basketball shoes, the boss was not surprised at all when he looked at the things in their hands.

This group of people are all here to buy the third generation of the center forward! Not only this franchise store, but all the places in Portland where the first sale of the third generation of Center Forward's Way sneakers were all sold out today, and the goods were sold out immediately.

Perhaps Nike itself did not expect that this pair of center shoes would be so popular.

Temporarily chose to release the third generation of Center Forward on the day after Anjie achieved a historic triple-double. I have to say that Nike's move is really good. Anjie's performance has greatly stimulated consumers, and consumers have greatly stimulated Nike's economic growth.

In Portland, the third-generation sneakers of the center forward are "hard to find", while in China, the same thing happens in major cities. Although the sales in Europe and other regions are not so exaggerated, the sales volume is also very encouraging.

Anjie scored a historic triple-double performance yesterday and became a live advertisement for Nike. Some people who were not fans of Anjie also came here especially and took home the superstar's sneakers.

Even Yao Ming, who was far away in China, called Nike directly to buy ten pairs. Afterwards, Yao Ming also sent a text message to joke with An Jie: "Put on your sneakers, I think I can come back."

Nike's exaggerated publicity for Anjie is not just as simple as depositing more money in its own bank account. In fact, this is an important step for Anjie to improve his status in the international basketball world.

Now, people who watch basketball all over the world know that you, An Jie, are amazing. Fans all over the world will choose his sneakers. Anjie's global influence strategy has been reached, and what Nike should think about now is how big a contract they should offer Anjie after the offseason again, in order to guarantee that Anjie will sign the contract.

Not only Nike, but also many big brands are scrambling to send contracts at this time, for fear that they won't have anything to do after Anjie's popularity cools down.

It can be said that although the game against the Cavaliers was just an ordinary regular season. But An Jie, through the victory in that game, completely promoted himself to a different position.

An Jie has achieved great success here, but James has become the most embarrassing person these days. In the game against the Trail Blazers, James made only 5 of 14 shots and only scored a poor 14 points. His poor performance is in stark contrast to Anjie's history-making performance, so in the past few days, James has also pushed himself and the team to the forefront.

But fortunately, on the second day, the Cavaliers, who fought back to back, defeated the Milwaukee Bucks at home, avoiding a losing streak. Otherwise, the reporters will definitely not let James go easily. After all, James has made such a big fuss this summer. If he does not perform well, he will live up to the expectations of the fans.

The Cavaliers slowed down, while the Trail Blazers led by Anjie were still victorious. In November, Angie has become the Western Conference player of the month. But in December, since that historic triple-double, Ainger's performance seems to be even better than last month.

The Paul George-less Pacers are at the Moda Center on Dec. 4,

Anjie showed no mercy and scored another triple-double with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, leading the team to an 82-92 victory.

On December 7, the Trail Blazers traveled east to New York, and Anthony encountered the Chinese butcher again. In this game, "Melon" did not perform badly. He scored 23 points and 10 rebounds on 47 percent shooting. "Nerve Knife" J.R. Smith came off the bench and also scored 20 points.

But Anjie still dominated the game, scored 28 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, and achieved a triple-double in three consecutive games. The Trail Blazers won again, 20 wins and 1 loss, and 10 consecutive victories.

On December 9, the Trail Blazers challenged the rising Pistons away for the second consecutive time. The Pistons this season are by no means ordinary people. They have the former "beautiful mid-range shot" Josh Smith, the budding young guard Caldwell Pope, and the powerful center "Zhuang Shen" Drummond in the new era. With Jennings, the star of hope for the Bucks, and D.J. Augustin, an old friend of Anjie.

Such a lineup is definitely strong enough for the Eastern Conference. What's more, the Pistons also invited Anjie's mentor's brother, Stan Van Gundy to coach himself. It can be said that everyone is full of hope for this year's Pistons.

However, the land that An Jie stepped on will inevitably become a wasteland. In the eyes of Portland fans, he is the king. In the eyes of fans of other teams, An Jie is a terrifying executioner!

Even Drummond, who is good at defense, fought with Angie throughout the game, even if Jennings scored 20 points like a flashback, even if Josh brought a lot of trouble to Aldridge unexpectedly. But An Jie finally became the final winner.

His confidence almost collapsed throughout the game, and this guy played even more excitedly after meeting a strong player. He kept changing ways to torment Drummond's nerves. Although Drummond completed a powerful block on Anger's head, the only bright spot of Drummond in the whole game was also That's it.

Mid-range shots, footsteps, hooks, dunks...Anjie can do anything a center forward can do. An Jie can do what a center forward can't do. On the other hand, Drummond, although this guy performed very well in rebounding and defense, but the "Zhuang Shen" with a single offensive method still showed a huge gap between himself and Anjie.

With 25 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, he scored a triple-double in four consecutive games. Anjie's madness is already unstoppable.

Last year, almost everyone thought it was Anjie's peak season. But who would have thought that Anjie's performance this year could be even better.

The Trail Blazers were advancing all the way, until Lillard returned from injury in the Trail Blazers' back-to-back games against the Timberwolves on December 10, and Anjie's consecutive triple-doubles finally stopped.

In this game, the Blazers' possession of the ball was once again handed over to Lillard. Because of this, Anjie's assists were not in double figures. But the yellow-skinned No. 00 continued to output double-doubles with 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Trail Blazers' winning streak also came to 13 consecutive victories.

"Crazy Anjie is about to shake the NBA league!"

"The number one active player in the league - An Jie!"

"December Time magazine cover character confirmed, An Jie was selected!"

An Jie, these two words almost bombarded the entire basketball circle. You can see Anjie's name whether it is a commercial event or a competition scene.

The singing of the Trail Blazers fans lingered in the night sky of Portland, and it seemed that the city of roses could really never fade under the irrigation of Anjie.

Unknowingly, Anjie and the Trail Blazers have accompanied the fans to Christmas.

Two days before Christmas, the Trail Blazers' winning streak finally came to a halt. The two guys, Westbrook and Morris, may feel that they should "discipline" their good brothers, so in that game, Westbrook scored 45 points on 60% shooting, and at the last moment Contributed a three-point lore. And Morris gritted his teeth and carried Anjie to the end, successfully limiting Anjie's shooting percentage to 48%. These two guys worked together to become the second player to crush the Blazers this season in one fell swoop.

This season, being able to win the game against the Trail Blazers is a great honor. The Thunder, which fell into a trough this season due to Durant's season reimbursement, also attracted attention because of the victory in this game.

After the game, An Jie, who had a great time playing, took the initiative to celebrate the victory of Westbrook and Morris. After all, the loss of this game was not painful to the Trail Blazers.

27 wins and 2 losses. Before Christmas, the Trail Blazers who lost the ball are still the best team in the league, not one of them.

At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on the Christmas battle. The matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Trail Blazers became the finale of the NBA league that day.

This is also the first time that people have the opportunity to see the Blazers losing streak!

When the Blazers are the best in the league, the entire league will be against them. Everyone wants to prove themselves by beating the first place, and everyone wants the high-spirited Trail Blazers to overturn the gutter.

Therefore, people are extremely "expecting" to see the Trail Blazers losing streak. And Duncan and his San Antonio Spurs have become the "hope" of the league.

A festival destined to be bloody is coming, it seems that this year, An Jie's Christmas will not have any festive atmosphere.