The Way of the Center

Kobe may be one of the most influential people in the nba league now, not only in Los Angeles, even when he is playing away, his appearance will cause a sensation.

The Thunder and Lakers buses arrived almost at the same time, but as soon as Kobe appeared, the reporters around the other players all went to Kobe's side.

"This guy really has a strong appeal." There was still a reporter beside An Jie, Wu Hua.

"The most lethal ball-handling attacker in the league, and one of the best defensive players in the league. Even though there have always been scandals about him, it can't shake his kingly momentum." An Jie smiled and watched To Kobe, this guy is not as arrogant in private as he appears on the surface. In the summer in Houston, An Jie realized the truest side of his idol.

"It seems that you also respect him a lot." Wu Hua never expected that An Jie would have such a high evaluation of Kobe. Isn't this kid not afraid of anyone and not convinced by anyone?

"Now I respect him, but on the court, I don't respect anyone, even if the person standing in front of me is Jordan. Because I am eager to win." Only then did Wu Hua see that An Jie's smile was not because of Not out of respect, but a smile out of excitement about the challenge you're about to win.

"Ann! Let's go!" Alton yelled in front and waved to An Jie. The rest of the Thunder team had already entered the arena, only An Jie dragged behind.

"Here we come!" An Jie immediately agreed to his assistant coach, and after saying goodbye to Wu Hua, he trotted over.

"You can be this kind of guy's An Jie, you can!" Wu Hua looked at An Jie's running back and said to himself silently. This young man has accomplished too many impossible things. At the beginning, people even doubted whether a guy who had only received one year of formal basketball training could play in the NBA, but now Anjie is standing in the Western Conference semifinals against the Lakers.

An Jie's progress is as rapid as the Thunder's take-off. No, maybe faster!

Giardina found himself in Oklahoma less easily than in Los Angeles, where Giardina was so insignificant in the star-studded galaxy. However, in Oklahoma, a city where there are few stars, Giardina attracted a "siege" from a group of fans as soon as he appeared.

She just wanted to go to her seat and sit down. An Jie had just asked someone to send the ticket to her in the morning. An Jie did not break his promise. The second row, the seat behind the Thunder's bench, belonged to Giardina.

But it took Giardina nearly half an hour to get to his position. Along the way, people asked her for autographs or group photos. Giardina is not a particularly big celebrity now,

So it's not good to refuse. Fortunately, no fanatical male fans rushed to hug her, otherwise the little girl would have no power to resist.

After finally walking to his own seat and sitting down, Giardina was already dripping with sweat. Wrapping her jet-black hair, the little girl turned her attention to the field, looking for the boy wearing the No. 16 jersey.

But Giardina looked around, only to see the Lakers players warming up. The players of the Thunder, including the coaching staff, are not on the court, which is what makes many fans strange.

The Thunder have always been very active in warming up, which song is this singing today?

"Could it be that Van Gundy fell ill?"

"No, no, I think Durant may have been injured suddenly." The fans chattered and discussed, and they had already prepared for the worst.

While the fans were still guessing and worrying, all members of the Thunder team were lying on the beds in the recuperation room, comfortably doing muscle relaxation massage.

Van Gundy knew that the training intensity of these two days was a bit high, so restoring his strength became a top priority. Massage, no doubt, is a good way to relax the muscles of the players.

The players of the Thunder team enjoyed lying on the small bed one by one. The fatigue and soreness of their muscles seemed to have eased a lot. Wouldn't it be nice to have this item in daily training...

"I did this to reduce your chances of getting injured, and to allow you to fight freely on the court. If you are still so loose on the court, don't blame me for being rude." In the end, Van Gundy still gave the players A wake up call. The current comfort is to prepare for the next tempering.

"Don't worry, boss, I'm full of energy now." Even though he said so, Morris was already pressed down to the point of falling asleep...

Now, even the Lakers players are wondering. There are still 40 minutes to start the game, but the warm-up half opposite them is still empty.

"Those guys must be scared, they don't even have the courage to fight!" When Bynum said this, he didn't have any courage, because he said it to comfort himself.

Kobe ignored Bynum's words, the more the Thunder didn't come out, the more Kobe felt something was wrong. What are those guys doing? Could it be that some new tactics have been thought of and are being arranged in a hurry?

Suddenly, Durant rushed out of the player channel first, and behind him, other Thunder players also filed out. Until An Jie, the last member of the team, also ran out of the court, everyone in the Thunder team was there, not bad.

Suddenly, the Chesapeake Energy Arena finally gave out deafening cheers. The warriors defending the home court are finally here! Fans have been waiting for this moment for a long time.

To Kobe's surprise, the players on the Thunder team were alive and well, and they were so excited during the warm-up. And he could tell that those guys were not pretending to be in this state.

"It turned out that they went to receive physical therapy. It seems that they decided to fight another bloody battle." Kobe shook his head, still thinking too much.

Kobe continued to warm up with confidence. He knew that a short physical therapy would not bring any great advantage to the Thunder!

The warm-up ended quickly, and there were still a few minutes before the official start of the game. The starters took off their training uniforms and gathered on the court. Bryant and Artest embraced, which is his trademark appearance action.

An Jie, on the other hand, stepped onto the explanation platform with one foot and tied his shoelaces carefully.

"Your home game, won't it embarrass me?" An Jie heard someone talking to him, and turned his head to look, it was Kobe!

"You haven't seen any scenes. A mere Chesapeake Energy Arena can't trouble you." Before the game started, Anjie and Kobe were naturally in harmony.

"Don't make fun of me, Ann, I know that once you play, you will immediately become a beast." Kobe smiled and shook his head, no wonder Dameng thinks so highly of this guy that he let him train at the same time as himself last year . An Jie's potential is indeed too surprising.

"Then get ready, Bryant, I'm here to fight you for the victory!" After speaking, An Jie stretched out a fist, and Kobe also fist bumped An Jie in response.

"Hey! Come here!" It wasn't until the referee shouted at them that Anjie and Kobe finally stepped into the field.

The moment the two stepped into the arena, their smiles stopped abruptly, replaced by desire for victory and focus on the game! From this moment on, they are sworn enemies!

An Jie and Kobe parted ways without saying another word. Let's express the next emotion in the way of basketball.

Bynum watched the menacing An Jie walking towards him, and couldn't help swallowing. Before Ainger, people said he would be the center who ruled the West. But when An Jie appeared, few people mentioned his name anymore.

Although Bynum spoke tough, in his heart, the little shark had already developed a little fear of Anjie. Unlucky guy, if he knew that An Jie was the real core of the Thunder today, he would definitely complain about why God was so cruel to him.

"Friends in the audience, I am now at the Chesapeake Energy Arena to bring you the commentary of the game! Take a look, this is the blue ocean that capsized Anthony!" After Barkley finished speaking, the photographer They tacitly patted the auditorium of the Chesapeake Energy Arena. This time, there were more fans wearing blue short-sleeves than when they were playing against the Nuggets!

"The atmosphere here is really fanatical. Although the Thunder have only moved to Oklahoma for two years, the hearts of the local fans have already been conquered by the Thunder! Maybe the fans never imagined that they would advance to the playoffs so quickly and play Enter the second round!" Kenny Smith had to admit that the atmosphere here made him very excited.

"Not only broke into the second round of Kenny, they have already won a victory over the Lakers. Don't forget that the score is now 1 to 1. It is still unknown who will advance to the Thunder or the Lakers. If the Thunder I wouldn’t be surprised if the Thunder really defeated the defending champions and entered the Western Conference Finals, because the Thunder have already done many seemingly impossible things.” Reggie Miller finished his final summary, and the referee also threw Out of basketball.

After the kick-off, there was a burst of unified and neat slogans immediately.

"!!" Now, in addition to Boston's North Shore Garden, another place also sounded the charge to overthrow the Purple and Gold Army.

Amidst the neat and regular shouts of the fans, Anjie held the ball at the three-point line, while the other four Thunder immediately ran according to the tactical arrangement.

"Are you planning to use Andang to attack the core from the very beginning!?" Kenny Smith's eyes widened. Van Gundy wouldn't really let Durant, the scoring leader, take a backseat.

An Jie raised the basketball with both hands and kept observing the running of his teammates. Bynum went up to interfere from time to time, but he didn't dare to get too close to Anjie, in case he was broken by this nimble center forward.

Now, except for the front where Anjie is, everything else can be counted as the weak side. And this is exactly the area that Durant and Westbrook focused on attacking!

Artest followed Durant as usual today, even though Morris hung up two off-ball pick-and-rolls for Durant during the period, Artest still followed up tenaciously.

Seeing that the off-ball pick-and-roll couldn't work, Durant went outside the three-point line.

"Hmph, after running for so long, I still have to catch the ball from the outside." Artest became proud. The youngest scoring champion was also limited by himself!

As soon as Durant stepped out of the three-point line, he suddenly ran back and plunged towards the basket! The triumphant Artest didn't react in time, and was thrown away by Durant's back run.

An Jie saw the timing and suddenly made a pass, letting the basketball fly over Artest's head and go straight to Durant.

Durant stretched out his long arms to control the ball. At this time, Bynum was still outside by Angela, and Gasol was still rushing to the penalty area.

"It's now!" Durant suddenly stopped after a dribble under his crotch, completely throwing off the defense of Gasol and Artest.

This kind of space is enough for Durant to complete the shot calmly.

"Swipe." The basketball went into the net without a doubt, Durant's off-ball escape and Anjie's pass made the Thunder's offense very smooth!

"Ann may not be the core of the offense today." Watching the Thunder's first goal, Barkley seemed to recall the era when he was still playing.

"Then what is he?" Kenny Smith asked.

"He is the absolute core of the Thunder team, not just limited to scoring!"

Zen Master hasn't found anything wrong yet, but the success of the first execution has greatly boosted Van Gundy's confidence!

Seemingly ordinary goal, but contains the power of ancient tactics. (To be continued.)