The Way of the Center

An Jie completed the lore, which was originally a happy day. But today, no one can laugh. In Portland in particular, it's been completely in the shadows these days.

The favorite player of countless people, on this great day, suddenly announced that he will retire after this season. This lore is very likely to be the last lore in his career. Although An Jie is not retiring today, the day when he retires is not far away. Fans are now wringing their fingers and counting the days.

The day after An Jie announced his retirement, the Blazers' official website and An Jie's Twitter and Weibo exploded.

Countless fans rushed into these websites, expressing one meaning in different languages: "Please don't leave!"

When An Jie announced his retirement, the number of hits on the Internet soared. Even some big men were crying while watching the video.

The media began frantically looking for the wonderful footage of An Jie's career. The most common sentence seen on newspapers and news websites was: "An era is coming to an end."

Wu Hua is undoubtedly the saddest of all the reporters. Ever since An Jie became unknown, Wu Hua has been following him in Ames City. It can be said that it was An Jie who made Wu Hua's career as a sports reporter. Now, this guy who has been with me all the way is about to leave.

The reporter who has stood by An Jie's side from the beginning to the end, and has stuck with him like a good brother for 16 years, is about to say goodbye to the good friend he is most familiar with.

At this juncture, Wu Hua couldn't write an article. As long as this guy thinks about An Jie's career, he will always be in a daze. After a few hours, I found that there was always a penny left. Because looking back at An Jie's career is also equivalent to looking at Wu Hua's own career.

Although Wu Hua was unable to hand over the results for a long time, it was not easy to press in the newspaper, so let Wu Hua procrastinate. Because the club believes that only the articles written by Wu Hua are the most flavorful and can best reflect An Jie's entire career.

Wu Hua is the only reporter in the world who can do this.

In addition to fans, there are naturally many people in the nba league who have expressed their voices.

"People always say that he is full of fighting spirit. In fact, he is more fighting spirit than people think! I like him and like everything he shows on and off the court." This is Kobe Bryant posted on his Twitter The paragraph above, accompanied by a picture, is a photo of An Jie covering himself.

You know, this is a Kobe who is so competitive that he is paranoid. Want him to praise someone with a blocked photo of himself,

This is not easy. There is no doubt that Anjie conquered not only fans, but also superstars like Kobe.

"Ann is the greatest player in the world. Yes, the greatest center is no longer enough to describe him. The biggest regret in my career is that I haven't defeated him once. Bless you, buddy." Anjie defeated James again and again, and he also expressed his views on Anjie's retirement. Not only did this guy not hold any grudges, he also gave An Jie a high evaluation.

James originally thought that after joining the NBA, he would usher in an era of his own. Unexpectedly, another guy changed all that.

As for the active players, after each game, there will always be someone who will come forward to take a photo with An Jie and hug him. Although they are rivals on the court, in private, the players are still very willing to give away the legend.

The most exaggerated game was the one where the Trail Blazers challenged the Thunder away before the All-Star Game.

After the game that day, all Thunder players stood in a row and hugged Anjie one by one. Fans at the Chesapeake Energy Arena put up a "Welcome Home" sign. Even the Oklahomans have not forgotten the short time Anjie played here. Even if it's only three years, but once owned the legendary Oklahoma City Thunder, I feel honored.

The moment Westbrook hugged An Jie, his eyes suddenly turned red. The scene of the two fighting in the NCAA March Madness Championship was still vivid in my memory, but now, An Jie is about to leave the court. This damn guy, he agreed to win the championship together...

As for the All-Star Game, this year's All-Star Game has completely become An Jie's exclusive game. Most of the fans who came to watch the game came for Anjie's last All-Star.

In the All-Star Game, Anjie appeared with his wife and children more than once. Looking at this happy family, it's no wonder that An Jie wants to accompany them well.

After the All-Star Game, all star players who participated in the game recorded a video of blessing Anjie. All this moved An Jie deeply. The nba is not just a cold battlefield, but also full of human touch in this battlefield.

After the All-Star Game, the Trail Blazers' performance has been steadily rising. Everyone hopes to bid farewell to the heroes of this team with the best possible result. Although the Trail Blazers with an old lineup now want to win the championship, the possibility is not great. But the players are still working hard, they just want to fight with Anjie for the last season.

In the end, the Trail Blazers entered the playoffs with a record of 51 wins and 31 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference.

During the playoffs, as long as it is a Trail Blazers game, the games will definitely be full and the ratings will explode. Although Anjie is about to retire, he did not relax himself on the court. This guy is still the same as before, trying his best!

An Jie's opponents also gave him the greatest respect. This does not mean that other players will play tricks in the game, but that they will guard against Anjie as always. Besides, a center who can still average 17.6 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, who would dare to put water on him?

In the first round of the playoffs, Anjie led the team to defeat the Clippers again. Although the Clippers are quite different now than they were back then, Anjie still has a sense of accomplishment. At least when I faced the Clippers team, I never lost!

In the second round, the Blazers encountered the mighty Los Angeles Lakers. Ingram and Lonzo Ball, who were in their prime, have restored the Zijin Army to its former glory. This year, the Lakers are here for the championship. The aging Trail Blazers are not a stepping stone for the Lakers at all.

However, the tenacity of the Trail Blazers and Anjie exceeded everyone's expectations. An Jie would rather fall down again and again, and struggle to get up again and again, and never back down.

Julius Randall, known as "Little Morris", is not a good stubble. His impact will always make people sweat for Anjie. However, the 36-year-old veteran dragged his injured leg and blasted the Lakers inside.

Julius Randall? In An Jie's words, although this guy works hard and has first-class physical fitness, he is still far behind Morris.

In the end, the Lakers and the Trail Blazers fought to the tiebreaker. In the decisive battle, Anjie turned the tide, scored a game-high 33 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and sent 4 blocks, helping the Blazers narrowly beat the Lakers by three points and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

I don't know if it was God's arrangement. In the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers met Anjie's old club, the Oklahoma City Thunder, which was in its heyday.

Under the premise of having the old guy Westbrook, the Thunder still has two popular young stars. They have achieved 69 wins in the regular season this season, ranking first in the league. The strength gap between the two sides is obvious.

In the playoffs, the Thunder, who are eager to win the championship, will not show mercy just because An Jie is a veteran of the Thunder.

They've won two home games cleanly and then won another on the road. In an instant, the total score of the playoffs became 3 to 1. Everyone knew that An Jie might not have many remaining matches.

No matter how reluctant the fans are, this legendary ending battle may have to be staged recently.

This evening, An Jie stayed to practice again after many years. In his last few games, An Jie hopes to draw a successful conclusion for himself.

Dreams start here, and dreams end here.

"Boom, boom, boom..." In the training ground of the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the sound of the collision between the basketball and the hardwood floor was once again intertwined into a beautiful song... ..

An Jie glanced at the rebound and threw the ball seriously. This time, really, it's time to say goodbye.