The Way of the Center

The Portland Trail Blazers' 25-game winning streak put Anjie on the cover of Time magazine again. His achievements are not limited to the basketball circle. The eyes of the whole world are attracted by this terrifying 25-game winning streak.

After all, the best start record in the last North American sports league was the 24-game winning streak created by the Golden State Warriors. Before the Warriors, the St. Louis baseball team's 20-game winning streak was the best record in the entire North American sports league. The St. Louis team's record was created in 1884!

This is why Anjie's record can shock the entire North American sports circle. Because not only basketball, even other sports, such a start is almost impossible to complete.

The Trail Blazers are not making history, but miracles! What An Jie and the others are doing now is likely to be something that other professional athletes will not be able to accomplish in their lifetime. And the legendary nature of this record is not limited to the sport of basketball.

Although the Trail Blazers are star-studded, An Jie, as the leader of the team, has undoubtedly become the one who has received the most attention. For the first time ever, a Chinese face appeared on the list of legends in the North American sports circle.

Now An Jie doesn't dare to drive to and from get off work alone like before, because as soon as his car appears on the street, there will be a large group of reporters swarming from all directions. Moreover, most of the faces of this group of reporters were very unfamiliar to An Jie. This shows that many of them are not basketball reporters at all.

When his reputation had broken through the basketball circle, An Jie never thought that this would bring him such a big trouble.

An Jie didn't enjoy being besieged by many reporters at all. He prefers that before, he could at least walk freely on the streets of Portland.

Now this group of "outsiders" will not know when Anjie can be disturbed and when they should keep their distance like Portland fans. Now as soon as An Jie appears, the reporters will pounce on him like ants on a cake.

In order to solve the problem of being besieged by reporters, An Jie even had to buy a very low-key Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle for transportation. The RX-7 that has been with Anjie for nearly ten years, I am afraid that it can only be kept in the garage during this period of time.

In addition to An Jie, the security guards of the Moda Center also have to face the harassment of many reporters every day. Ricard explicitly stipulated that, except for the media open days that the league strictly requires, all journalists are not allowed to enter.

Although the reporter will greatly increase the popularity of his players, it will also distract them who are concentrating on basketball.

For Ricard, the team's results come first. He would rather be the target of scolding by reporters than to disturb his players.

And Ricard's order has suffered from the stadium security. Facing the group of reporters who treat death like home every day, the security guards also work very hard. In order to create a quiet training environment for the players, many people are working hard for it.

This situation lasted for three full days, and the foreign journalists who were frustrated were finally willing to let it go.

People think that the Trail Blazers' winning streak is amazing enough, but in the away game against the Washington Wizards, the Trail Blazers won again!

"If I were the President of the United States, I would definitely be waiting at the entrance of the MIC Center, waiting to invite these legendary superstars back to the White House, and then ask each of them for an autograph. In this way, he will have no regrets in his presidential career! Watching the dejected Wall being replaced and the game entering garbage time 4 minutes earlier, Mike Breen had to use an exaggerated metaphor to describe the strength of the Trail Blazers.

Although the actual situation is not as exaggerated as Mike Breen said, there are really a lot of fans gathered outside the MIC Center in Washington.

They didn't come here to cheer for the Wizards, nor did they come to see how Wall faced off. The purpose of their coming to the MIC Center is just to see the legendary team.

When the Trail Blazers drove out of the MIC Center on the team bus after the game, they saw thousands of fans outside the stadium cheering in the direction of the team bus. You know, this is Washington, not Portland!

Apart from those few rival cities, the Trail Blazers have become all-name icons. As long as there is a Trail Blazers game, tickets are bound to be sold out, whether it is on the road or at home.

In the past when playing away games, all Anjie and the others heard was insults. But now, more and more cheers will appear on the road.

With this shareholder style, the Trail Blazers have made great strides all the way. Until December 21, the Trail Blazers defeated the Mavericks at home, and their winning streak has become 30 games!

The 30-game winning streak is not just a perfect start. The Trail Blazers even surpassed the 27-game winning streak created by themselves that year, becoming the second longest winning streak in NBA history. The number one ranking is the 33-game winning streak created by "Ancient Beast" Chamberlain.

However, since there were no video records of Chamberlain's games, many experts did not admit it. They are more willing to think that An Jie and his pioneers are the first in history!

Before winning the O'Brien Cup, this brand new Trail Blazers team has already swept the league. Fans even joked online that they wouldn't be surprised if the Blazers went 82 games this season.

Although it was just a joke, from this aspect, it also shows that the strength of the Trail Blazers is unprecedented.

The first man in the league, the top three swingman in the league, the top ten point guard in the league, plus a power forward with a top five defensive ability in the league.

The combined power of these guys made even the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers have to worry.

In this era of giants, the Trail Blazers are the super team of super teams.

On December 23, the Trail Blazers went to Toronto to face the "King of the North" Raptors. Although the combination of DeRozan and Lowry is very strong, almost no one is optimistic that these two guys can wrestle with the Trail Blazers.

Fans have begun to celebrate the Trail Blazers' 31st consecutive victory in advance, and even Lillard himself thinks so.

The game went very smoothly, the resistance of the Raptors was very fierce, but the Blazers controlled the rhythm of the game from beginning to end.

Five minutes into the third quarter of the game, Lillard was very calm in the face of Lowry's defense.

This guy reached out and called Angie to pick and roll for himself, and then used an instant acceleration to pass the old Rockets player who was king in Toronto.

Facing Serge Ibaka, an ex-Thunder teammate of Anjie and Morris, who is also known for his defense, Lillard is not afraid at all, he is ready to force a layup!

Maybe Lillard played too excitedly, maybe Ibaka played too frustrated. In short, these two guys have no intention of avoiding it.

An Jie shouted, ready to ask for the ball. But Lillard has already taken off and collided with Ibaka solidly.

Instead of avoiding the foul, Ibaka, distracted by Ainger and Morris, pushed Lillard hard in the air.

Lillard lost all focus and dropped the basketball. The referee blew the whistle in time, and there is no doubt that Ibaka was definitely a foul. If there is another time, it is no exaggeration to call him a malicious foul!

Just when everyone thought the collision had come to an end, the furious Ibaka secretly took a small step forward.

"What!?" An Jie, who also likes to use small moves, naturally didn't let Ibaka's move go, not to mention, it was an intentional hurtful move that touched the bottom line for An Jie!

Lillard, who lost his center of gravity, didn't realize what was waiting for him at all, and his foot landed squarely on Ibaka's instep. Angie saw Lillard's ankle twisted at an exaggerated angle, and he knew it was over!

"Stinky boy, what are you doing!?" Before people realized what happened, An Jie rushed to Ibaka with a brisk stride.

"It's his own carelessness! This kind of brave guy deserves to get hurt!" Ibaka's expression of indifference made An Jie completely angry.

Ibaka hasn't learned much in the past few years, and his playing is getting dirtier. He once deliberately hit Griffin's crotch, which caused a lot of criticism.

For the sake of Ibaka's teammate with him, Anjie has not provoked the Congolese person very much. But now, Ibaka attacked his good brother and deliberately hurt others, An Jie couldn't bear it.

Seeing Lillard fell to the ground in pain and Anjie rushed towards Ibaka again, Morris knew that things had gotten out of control. He wanted to go forward and pull Anjie and Ibaka apart first, and then slowly check Lillard's situation. However, before Morris came to An Jie, An Jie suddenly raised his fist and swung it heavily at Ibaka's head!

"Damn!" Morris immediately took a trot and grabbed An Jie's arm. Although Morris' pull greatly reduced the power of An Jie's punch, Ibaka was still not spared. His nose was hit by An Jie's punch, and he became famous on the spot!

"Beep beep beep beep!" The referee's whistle sounded hastily, and the players on the benches of both sides immediately rushed forward when they saw this situation!

"Who! Who the hell dares to touch An Jie!"

"I fucking hit you!"

"Stop making trouble, can you take care of the injured player first!"

"Fuck you! I've disliked you for a long time!"

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As a result of the players swarming up, the scene completely lost control. Those who persuade and fight. Those who protect their teammates and those who do black hands are all huddled together.

What about Anjie? This guy became the object of siege by the Raptors players, and Ibaka even hit Anjie's chest in the chaos.

During this period, Anjie broke free from the shackles of Morris and forced towards Ibaka for the second time. Fortunately, Iguodala and Nurkic stopped quickly to prevent the conflict from escalating again.

Where is Morris? Morris, who was already irritable, has also turned from persuading to fighting during the conflict.

This guy has been guarding An Jie's side, and he will be rude to any Raptors player who dares to come forward.

He knew that he could be suspended, and he could fight this fight for An Jie. But An Jie himself, absolutely not!

An Jie is still struggling to break free, intentionally hurting someone is really unacceptable to An Jie. It wasn't until Rickard stood in front of An Jie and Morris that the two wild big men finally calmed down for a while.

But don't forget that Ricard himself is not a good person.

Seeing that Lillard still couldn't stand up, Ricard walked up to the referee and yelled loudly.

"How many times have I told you the fuck! The Raptors have a problem with their defense, there is a problem! You don't care! Okay! Now my player is injured, who the hell am I going to go to! I'm going to you fucking dog Do you want the mother!?" Ricard scolded and began to cough. It's cold winter now, and it's the season when Ricard's old illness, acute bronchitis, frequently occurs.

Divac had to run from the crowd again to help Ricard out of the way.

"This matter is too bad! It must be dealt with severely!" On the other hand, the current NBA commissioner Adam Silver has also received a notification of the situation of the game.

The normally kind and bald president was furious at this moment, baring his teeth. Court violence has always been something every NBA president tries to avoid, and as the most popular Trail Blazers in the league, such a situation is simply committing crimes against the wind!

The 31st consecutive victory imagined by the fans did not come, but a possibly bigger storm has already landed in the snowy Toronto...