The Way of the Center

"Drip, drop, drop..."

"Uh...Damn..." Hearing the alarm clock ringing, An Jie turned over in pain. For the first time since graduating from high school, Anjie felt that the sound of the alarm clock was so "deadly."

In the past, it was for basketball and for training. An Jie will consciously go to bed early and get up early without feeling tired. However, it was close to three o'clock when I returned to the hotel yesterday, and Catherine, who had already slept in the car, was very energetic...so when An Jie really fell asleep, it might be four or five o'clock It's after that.

An Jie picked up the alarm clock and looked at it. It was already nine o'clock in the morning. Usually at this time, he has finished his morning training, but at this time today, he just woke up.

It seems that it is a good thing that Catherine is not by his side. If An Jie lives like this every day, he may not be able to use his strength when fighting inside.

"Are you leaving, dear?" Catherine was woken up by An Jie's movement, and she turned over lazily without even opening her eyes.

"I have to go. I made an agreement with Lamarcus that I will accompany him to the Fan Jialianhua today. If I don't hurry up, I will be late." An Jie looked at Catherine enviously, and he also wanted to sleep more for a while.

"Go, Ann, drive slowly. Tonight, I will watch the game." Catherine went back to sleep contentedly. To her, the night yesterday couldn't have been more wonderful.

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Although very tired, An Jie still made it to the appointment on time. Seeing the two pillars of the Trail Blazers appearing at the fan Jialianhua scene, the atmosphere of the whole scene immediately became lively.

At the request of the fanatical fans, the two big men, Anjie and Aldridge, competed in the mid-range shot on the basketball court on the street. Both Anjie and Aldridge's mid-range shots are very accurate. Fans have long wanted to know who is better, a center or a power forward. Today, they have the opportunity to witness the answer.

Anjie is indeed good at mid-range shots, but mid-range shots are only his auxiliary weapons. But for Aldridge, CIC is his best technique. Therefore, the outcome was actually predictable. Aldridge scored 4 more goals than Anger and won the game. However, Anjie, who lost, was not angry. Instead, he laughed with the fans and applauded Aldridge.

An Jie knew that the reason why Aldridge wanted to accompany him was because Aldridge was a bit introverted, and he might be shy facing so many fans alone. But with Anjie's company, Aldridge can have a good time.

The happy fan Jialianhua event ended,

Anjie and Aldridge finally walked into the locker room of the new Amway Center in Orlando. The main purpose of their coming here is finally about to be achieved.

"Hey, why did you come here!" When Anjie and Aldridge walked into the locker room, Durant and Westbrook had already changed their clothes. Their habit of coming to the locker room to prepare was more or less influenced by An Jie.

"How about it, do you have the confidence to have a big fight today?" An Jie found that this locker room seemed no stranger to him. Although everyone is not on the same team, he has found the feeling of playing in one team.

"As long as you can receive my pass, I promise you won't have a problem winning the game." Westbrook blinked at Anjie. It seems that Anjie and Westbrook are bound to hit a few aerial shots in this game. The relay cooperated.

"LaMarcus, I lost to you in the mid-range shot just now, and we will compete for three-pointers later!" An Jie himself also came up with another way. Something invisible?

After that, the players of the Western Stars walked into the locker room one after another. Everyone greeted Anjie and welcomed him back again. It was a dream-like experience for Anjie to become the starter of the Western Conference Star Team again after a year.

"I won't make any arrangements for this game. It's your only task to perform to your heart's content." Jeff Van Gundy's familiar voice echoed in Anjie's ears, and suddenly, he felt like returning to the Chesapeake The illusion of the Energy Arena locker room.

But today, they are not fighting with their backs. Today, they don't have to fight to the death. Going on the field, performing to my heart's content, and telling the fans that I'm back with Anjie, all of this is enough.

Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Angie. This is the starting five of the Western Stars this year. Apart from Kobe and the popular Griffin, Anjie's votes rank third in the team. Not to mention Kobe, he deserves to be the king of the Western Conference. But Griffin actually relied on his explosive and exciting style of play to attract so much attention. In terms of statistics and strength, Griffin is really worse than Anjie.

On the Eastern side, there are no inside players at all. Except for Dwight Howard, who is playing at home, the other four players in the starting lineup are all outside players. Wade, James and Anthony of the 03 generation are all on the starting list. The youngest MVP, Derrick Rose, controlled the rhythm of the Eastern Stars.

Anjie was very positive from the beginning of the game. Although Howard is very popular in Orlando, there is an unchangeable fact that Howard has never won against Anjie this season!

Therefore, the duel between An Jie and Howard became the first program of this All-Star Game. 【Zero↑Nine△Small↓Shuo△Net】

"Ann! This is my territory! Today, I won't let you succeed!" Howard yelled at An Jie who was holding the ball with a smile.

Seeing that Anjie is preparing to play singles by himself, even superstars such as Kobe and James have created enough space for these two inside players. Everyone has the right to perform, and now, this stage belongs to the two most destructive beasts in the league today!

An Jie wanted to break through the frame directly, but suddenly, he changed his mind. An Jie was in a back-to-back state and took the initiative to lean towards Howard. Howard put away his smile, he knew that Anjie was going to play for real!

An Jie pushed twice, and the first step advanced a lot, but Howard, who was well prepared for the second part, failed to let An Jie succeed. Seeing that the tough moves had lost their effect, An Jie prepared to use some soft methods.

He leaned back first, but Howard easily carried it this time. He knew that An Jie just leaned back for the follow-up action, and he had no intention of continuing to push forward with brute force at all!

Anyway, Howard is also the best defensive player for three consecutive years. It is impossible for Anjie to fool him into a daze with a little trick.

Sure enough, Howard guessed An Jie's intentions correctly. An Jie just wanted to turn around, but found that Howard had completely strangled the space for turning around. Although he failed to make the first step, An Jie didn't panic. He didn't expect to be able to pass the best defensive player this time. If that was the case, then defending the title in this one-on-one match would be too boring.

Seeing that his left turn could not be completed, An Jie immediately took another turn and turned around. Once An Jie turns around, 90% of the insiders in this league will get nervous, and the remaining 10% are just because they don't know An Jie well enough.

After turning around, stepping back and shooting a jumper, An Jie has killed many opponents with this move. Even Howard tensed up when he saw An Jie retreating. He knew it was probably a fake move, but if he didn't interfere, the ball would still be scored by An Jie.

Would rather let him shoot! This was Howard's first thought at the moment. He would rather let Anjie shoot than take the risk of being broken by Anjie. Seeing that Howard didn't intend to pounce, An Jie calmly shot. The basketball fell into the net with precision, and as soon as An Jie came up, he scored a goal with his signature move!

"Let me tell you Shaq, you should be glad that you and Ann were not born in the same era. Otherwise, you will suffer."

"Believe me, this guy can only be equal to me at most." O'Neill replied disapprovingly, but actually highly praised Anjie. Just kidding, a center who can be evenly matched with O'Neal, can that be an ordinary person?

It can be said that Anjie took the initiative to challenge Howard to a one-on-one match, which can be said to have made a good start for this All-Star Game. Under his influence, all the stars started a round of one-on-one duels.

James played against Kobe in singles, Paul fought against Rose, Anthony played against Griffin in the low post, Durant showed off his skills in front of Wade... This round of singles made the fans hooked,

After that, Jeff Van Gundy replaced Paul with Westbrook and Kobe with Nash. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Van Gundy let the Thunder three young masters be present at the same time!

"Are you ready?" Westbrook and Anjie bumped their fists.

"Nonsense! Let's get started!"

The game continued for a while, and countless fans in the stands had already held up slogans with the words "Three Young Thunders". Westbrook looked at the reaction in the stands with satisfaction, and he knew that it was time to give this group of fans something dry!

So before this attack, Westbrook made a gesture. Nash and Griffin glanced at each other, staring at each other in bewilderment. The gesture made by Westbrook, the two of them have no idea what it means!

Indeed, this is the tactical code word used by the Thunder back then, and it's okay if others can understand it. The witty Nash immediately stepped aside, he knew that this attack had nothing to do with him. But Griffin, who hasn't gotten used to it yet, still asks for positions and balls in the paint.

An Jie can't take care of that much anymore, even if Griffin is separated, he has to complete this attack!

The person defending him now is the Eastern Stars' backup center Roy Hibbert. Although this guy is 2.18 meters tall, in terms of speed, he is more than a star and a half behind An Jie.

Angie threw Hibbert behind after a few back runs. Angie, who got rid of the defense, pointed to the basket, and Westbrook immediately threw the basketball into the air.

Griffin thought the ball was passed to him at first, and he was so scared that he quickly got rid of Anthony and prepared to jump to catch the ball. No way, in the Clippers, he is the one who does this kind of thing. Seeing the basketball being tossed into the air, he wanted to go for an alley-catch like a conditional launch.

But when Griffin just turned around, he saw that An Jie had already jumped into the air one step ahead of him. What about Roy Hibbert? He also jumped, but his jumping height and jumping speed are really quite embarrassing.

The ball was passed very high by Westbrook, but Angie stretched out his long arms in the air and grabbed the basketball one by one. Then he pressed down hard and ended the attack with a heavy dunk.

"Oh! My God! The stone is shocking! They should invite Anjie to participate in the dunk contest!" Even O'Neill exclaimed at this dunk.

Anjie's dunk height is not high, and the movement is not difficult. But every dunk of his is full of power, which is very enjoyable to watch!

After that, Anjie assisted Durant to score a three-pointer. Although it has been more than a year, the cooperation between the three of them is still tacit.

Seeing this scene, Jeff Van Gundy's goal has also been achieved. He admitted that he was a little selfish just now, and used the power of the head coach to fulfill his selfish desires. He just wanted to see what it would be like for these three to play together again.

Those scenes of the past time all appeared in front of Jeff Van Gundy's eyes.

After that, Aldridge finally made his debut in the All-Star Game, and the cooperation between him and Anjie was even more direct and effective.

People can't live in the past forever, so let everyone send blessings to the two big men, hoping that they will succeed.

After the game is still tepid, until the third quarter of the game, Wade inadvertently broke Kobe's nose.

It is probably the first time that he has fought so hard in the All-Star game.

After shining in the audience at the beginning, the Thunder's three young players can only serve as a foil for Kobe, James and others. After all, this alliance does not belong to them now. One day, they can also become the real hosts of the All-Star Weekend.

In the end, the Western Stars narrowly beat the Eastern Stars 152-149. The match was surprisingly intense, and both sides were serious all the time, not just entertaining.

When the All-Star Game MVP was announced, many people thought that Wade, who scored a triple-double, would win the award. Unexpectedly, the host at the scene called out the names of two people.

"Let us welcome, Kevin Durant and Anjie!" Two former teammates won the All-Star Game MVP together, a few years ago Kobe and O'Neal had already played. It's just that Anjie and Durant didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen to them.

Anjie and Durant held up the small trophy together. People were amazed that Durant was not much shorter than Anjie at all. At the same time, they also raised their cameras and frantically took pictures of this scene.

Westbrook was unable to lift the trophy with his two brothers due to insufficient statistics. But he is indeed the one who applauds the most and smiles the brightest.

The dream-like match made An Jie cross back and forth between the past and the present. After the dream is over, An Jie has to face the real reality.

In the All-Star Game, An Jie got great satisfaction both in love and on the court. Now, he has accumulated enough strength and is ready to continue to exert strength in the second half of the season and lead the team back to the playoffs!

The rest is over, now, continue on the road!