The Way of the Center

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Today, there is simply nowhere to park near Staples. Because the parking lot outside the stadium has been occupied by tens of thousands of fans.

They are die-hard Lakers fans who haven't bought tickets but don't want to watch TV at home. And outside the gymnasium, it became the gathering place for these guys to revel. They can watch the situation on the field through the big screen outside the field. Maybe there are a few lucky guys who can sneak into the scene.

They came here for only one purpose, to witness the Lakers win this difficult series and advance to the Western Conference Finals! They are so confident, because now almost all basketball fans around the world know about An Jie's situation.

"What is the biggest variable in this game!? According to reliable sources, An Jie's body temperature is still above 38 degrees 5. It is only one hour before the start of the game, and An Jie's body temperature should not drop too much. Therefore An Jie is the biggest variable in this game! Whether he can play is still unknown. Even if he can play, An Jie's performance is unpredictable." Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping anxiously looked for An Jie on the live screen, Now everyone is warming up on the court, except An Jie is not there.

"Ann will definitely play today. He is not the kind of guy who will give up the game voluntarily. Even with a high temperature of 40 degrees, An will definitely play. The problem is that this is the most critical tie-breaker, and the Los Angeles Lakers He's not someone who's idle. Even if Ann can play, how much help can he bring to the Thunder?" Not only domestic TV, but Kenny Smith also talked about this topic in t.nt's studio.

With many questions and concerns, Anjie finally warmed up 30 minutes before the start of the game. Judging from the warm-up situation, An Jie is fine except that his eyes are a little blurred. Now, all Thunder fans let out a sigh of relief.

Half an hour later, when both teams stepped into Staples, the world looked up to the Lakers, but it was only right. The league's No. 1 shooting guard, a well-ordered locker room, the entire lineup that matches Kobe, and a wise champion coach, these are the advantages of the Lakers.

And what about Thunder? A main center who doesn't know how he is, a point guard who is too young and reckless, and a head forward who lacks blood. The current Thunder to the Lakers is like a graduate who has just stepped out of school to an industry elite in a neat suit.

However, in the first quarter, under the eyes of all Los Angeles people, the "graduate" of the Thunder repaired the Lakers!

The Lakers found that Anjie had no problems at all. On the defensive end, Anjie is a solid shield behind Sefolosha, interfering with Kobe's cuts and jumpers. On the offensive end, Bynum found that he still had less than the slightest advantage. Under An Jie's tough entanglement, he couldn't help defend the penalty area in time. There is only one thing that is particularly strange, that is, the number of independent attacks by An Jie today is unexpectedly small! Most of the time, Anjie is helping his teammates to support or pick and roll. Occasionally hit a few balls, and the efficiency can only be said to be not too bad.

"Look at this guy, do you believe he still has a high fever!? I can't see it at all, I can't imagine how to play under such circumstances, but Ann just did it, and he did it well!" The first quarter hit After that, the Thunder completely stunned Staples. On both offense and defense, the defending champions are being led by the nose. Anjie made 2 of 4 shots in a single quarter, made two free throws, scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

"That guy definitely has a physical problem! I can feel it. He was trying his best to fight me in the first quarter. The further the game goes on, the bigger the loopholes for Ann will definitely be!" Although Bynum failed in the first quarter. Humiliated, but he knew that there was definitely a problem with An Jie's physical condition!

"Well! In the second quarter, we made more breakthroughs and continued to put pressure on the inside of the Thunder!" Zen master admired An Jie's perseverance, but in order to win,

Even if it is victory without force, you will not hesitate!

As a result, Bynum and Gasol began to go around the front to defend Anjie, and the Lakers began to try their best to push the pace and continue to strengthen their aggressiveness. In order to achieve his goal, the Zen master did not hesitate to replace Fisher and let the "spring man" Shannon Breen strengthen the breakthrough of the Lakers.

Kobe used his experience and skills to create damage in the interior, showing his prowess in the middle distance. An Jie's lateral movement speed and take-off height are obviously not as good as in the first quarter. Those balls that could be blocked in the past have become blocking fouls in this game. Those attacks that could be blocked cleanly in the past have become thugs today.

There is nothing wrong with Zen Master's policy. Now everyone can see that the Lakers are actively looking for Anjie to play!

In the past, An Jie was the point that others most wanted to avoid, but today, he has become the focus of others' attack.

Naturally, Van Gundy would not let it go. He immediately replaced Anjie with Ibaka and let Morris top the center position. But even so, the Lakers gradually approached the score, and completed the overtake before the halftime ended.

At Staples, everyone was buzzing, both on and off the court. This was a game in which the Lakers had the upper hand. Now that Anjie is down, the Thunder have no chance!

During the intermission, many reporters asked Van Gundy about Anjie. Van Gundy just replied that everything is normal for Anjie, and the second half of the game will still proceed as planned.

It is true to say so, but Van Gundy's anxious expression will not lie.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Anjie sat on the bench in a towel. He was exchanging ideas with Van Gundy from time to time, but he seemed to be in good spirits.

Just one minute into the game, a quick whistle ignited Staples again. Artest elbowed Durant in an attack, whether it was intentional or unintentional, but it is an indisputable fact that Durant's mouth is bleeding.

Durant covered his mouth in pain, while Morris covered Artest's mouth. After being convicted of a foul, Artest was quite unconvinced and kept mocking Durant for acting. As a result, Morris directly covered Artest's mouth and pushed him.

The conflict was ignited at this point, who is Artest, the protagonist of the most notorious stadium violence incident of this century, the Auburn Hills Palace Smash! In the playoffs, this guy even dared to play with Kobe, let alone a first-year rookie.

Morris and Artest scuffled together, but in just a few seconds, they were separated by the referee and the players of both sides.

In such a critical game, the pressure on the referee is also very high. In the end, he gave Morris and Artest a flagrant first-degree foul, and no one was ejected. Although Stern implements a zero-tolerance policy, he also implements a whistle-blowing orientation that makes the game more exciting.

Durant could continue to fight, but under NBA rules, he had to leave the field briefly to deal with the bleeding wound. Without Durant and Anjie, the Thunder was beaten up by the Lakers. Although the others worked hard, did the Lakers not work hard? Didn't Kobe and the Twin Towers work hard?

Minutes later, Durant and Angie returned, giving Thunder fans hope.

Anjie's defense has returned to toughness, and Durant's off-ball running and long-range shooting made Staples fans chill. With Durant's containment, Westbrook's scalpel-like breakthrough also cut the Lakers' chest.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Thunder team tied the score again, but unfortunately after a timeout, Kobe went all out. The two teams competed anxiously. Anjie almost disappeared on the offensive end, because he had a high fever and he could only take care of one side, either defense or offense. Anjie chose the former, because dizziness and brain swelling really affected his touch.

Until the end of the third quarter with more than a minute to go, Kobe's breakthrough hit Anjie fiercely. Yao Ming's heart skipped a beat when he saw this scene. This was the case last year, which led to a series of injuries for him.

Anjie fell to the ground, and Kobe "knocked down" a big Chinese man again. But An Jie was not injured, but it was difficult for him to stand up by himself due to his persistent high fever and huge physical exertion.

An Jie was supported off the field and rested for less than 30 seconds, and then reappeared after the next dead ball. In Game 7 of the 1970 Finals, Wesley Reed limped out of the tunnel and walked in front of Wilt Chamberlain. Today, also the crucial seventh game, Anjie walked slowly in front of Gasol and put on a defensive stance. Even the proud Los Angeles people applauded An Jie.

In the end, the two sides ended the third quarter with the same score. If the series between the Lakers and the Thunder is the most exciting series in the semifinals of the entire division, then this tiebreaker is the most exciting game in the entire series.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder have not been dragged down. Nick Collison fell to the ground to save the ball, Sefolosha hit consecutive three-pointers, and Anjie also stumbled and made many free throws. The Thunder were very embarrassed and miserable, but they were still clinging to the score.

The Thunder played a game that left Staples jaw-dropping. They tried every means to hug the Lakers' legs and make the Lakers roll with them in the mud. At this moment, An Jie's head hurts to the extreme, but he is still unwilling to give up. Even though every time he received the impact of Bynum, he was extremely painful, but he still insisted on not giving an inch.

Anjie and the Thunder made a choice that the outside world couldn't understand. They knew better than anyone how far they were from the defending champion, but they still fought without hesitation. What are these young people for? Fighting for a contract? no need. Fighting for the championship? very hanging. But it was this kind of Thunder, using this almost rogue style of play, that forced the Lakers to play their best.

They also used a forward defense against Anjie, continued to press on Durant, and double-teamed Westbrook. The Zijin Army no longer relaxed, they began to grind their positions patiently with the Thunder, and Kobe began to rush to the Thunder basket desperately. The Lakers seem to be saying: "You don't want to let you lose easily just now, but now force us to exert our strength, and you still get nothing."

Thunder's three young men played the entire fourth quarter, and even An Jie, who was feverish, persisted until the end.

So embarrassing and so important for 12 minutes, it was beaten down by the Thunder's three young masters. Now there are only more than two minutes before the end of the game, and they are only 3 points behind the Lakers!

Resoluteness comes from trust, and trust comes from the team. Barkley is right, the Thunder are a group of young players who can't be trampled to death. In fact, the Thunder almost died, give them a little more time, and they will die completely. Of course, An Jie didn't need to say much. At this moment, his whole body was weak, and it was very difficult for him to stand still. And Durant and Westbrook have long been exhausted under the "careful care" of the Lakers. Panting heavily, the three young men waited for the final two minutes of the trial to arrive. What if, what if they seized the opportunity to come back?

So the game came to the last two minutes, so the Thunder really died. Kobe hit a few soul-stirring jumpers on the heads of the overstretched Thunder players.

Van Gundy has all the cards, but in the away game, Anjie's physical condition is not good, Kobe's performance is stable, and the bald referee Joey Crawford...all the factors that are not good for the Thunder are all there. up. And these factors finally killed Lei Ting, who was stubbornly resisting.

The Thunder were still chasing. It wasn't until Kobe scored a three-pointer in the last five seconds to reduce the point difference to 7 that they finally accepted the fact that they were powerless.

104 to 111, the Thunder used stalking defense to force the Lakers to make 16 turnovers, but all this still can't change the ending that may belong to them.

From everyone's point of view, the script seems to have been written long ago. The defending champion and legendary Kobe will definitely not stumble on the youth army. But the Thunder used their own hard work to postpone their own death time and time again. From the initial prediction of 4-0 to the last minute of the tiebreaker, the Thunder did their best.

When the game ended, the entire Staples shook. Most of them cheered for the victory of the Lakers, but some people cheered for the spirit of the Thunder.

An Jie looked up at the score, and suddenly felt that the last bit of strength in his body had been hollowed out. He suddenly softened and fell towards the floor...