The way of the center

Chapter 123
The bearded restaurant was full of reporters. After Morris pushed through the crowd and sent Catherine back to the restaurant, those reporters still surrounded the place tightly.

The bearded man has already locked the door and closed the business.Now the restaurant is like a big cake, surrounded by countless ants hoping to hollow out the inside of the cake.

"It's like this on the first day. After a few days, these reporters won't bother you anymore." Morris looked helplessly at the "hungry and thirsty" reporters outside the window. He and An Jie had also experienced such a situation. matter.

"This is a picture from how long ago." The bearded man picked up the Ames Times with glasses. Anjie is already a big man in this small city of Ames. You can find all the news about him in the local found in the newspaper.

In the newspaper, there were several pictures of An Jie and Catherine together, in the movie theater, in front of the restaurant, everything.But most of these photos were taken when Angie was still playing for the Cyclones, and the guy who took the pictures had Angie's idea in college.

In the past, An Jie was not as famous as he is now, so these photos he took were worthless. After all, who would care who a college player's girlfriend is.

But what this camera guy does is track down college star players and take some interesting pictures.In this way, when this player becomes famous, the value of his photo will be multiplied dozens of times, and if that player fails in the end, he will not lose anything.

In addition to An Jie, he also followed and secretly photographed many other college star players, but now An Jie's commercial value is undoubtedly the highest, so these old photos in his hand have also become green dollars.

"Steve Fried, he specializes in this kind of thing. Some time ago, Michael Beasley went to a nightclub and fooled around with three women when he was in college. Didn't he also disclose the photos. Don't worry, it's not like that anyway. What kind of scandal, I can also increase your attention by the way." Meslav has seen this kind of thing a lot, that Fred made a fuss about college players, and didn't deliberately target An Jie.

"But I don't want the media to disturb Catherine's life. She has been very distressed these days. Even during class, there will be several reporters outside the classroom waiting to interview her."

"You make a statement like this, so that the media will not interfere with Catherine. If there is any media that refuses to let go, then you will not accept their interviews in the future. Anyway, those regular big sports media will not be so boring. , and the Chinese media will naturally not oppose you, you don’t have to worry that they will give up on you because of Catherine.” The big media don’t care who An Jie’s girlfriend is, but the small media don’t care if An Jie really pulls them If he is blacklisted, it will not affect An Jie's reputation.

"I can only do this. I will ask Angkor to help me write a statement." An Jie now finds Wu Hua most of the time when he wants to make a speech. Because of An Jie, the average sales volume of each issue of "Sports Pioneer" Doubled from a year ago.The above column about An Jie was written by Wu Hua with the personal authorization of An Jie.

Although she managed to get rid of the entanglement of the media, Catherine was well known in Ames City.Walking on the street now, many people would whisper to her, and no one would like this feeling.

Before the matter was completely resolved, An Jie had to devote himself wholeheartedly to training.An Jie was very distressed. Now is the time when Catherine needs protection and support the most, but he can only be busy with other things in the distant Oklahoma City.

On January 1, after being "upset" by the Clippers, the Thunder will meet the Nets again at home.

Unfortunately, Chinese player Yi Jianlian was unable to play due to injury in several matches against the Nets. Therefore, the live broadcast sessions carefully arranged by CCTV have not received the expected ratings.It was originally a Chinese Derby, but due to the absence of Yi Jianlian, the highlights were much less.

Brook Lopez, who was eliminated by Angie from the March Madness Tournament, has now secured the starting center position of the Nets. You must know that the decision to choose Lopez, the Nets have already started planning a year ago. Choosing Lopez is to let him play the main force.

Lost by Anjie in the NCAA, Lopez hopes that he can make a comeback in the NBA.

After the defeat in the last game, Durant also reflected on it for a long time. His single-minded style of play would indeed affect the performance of his teammates. Therefore, he deliberately reduced the number of shots he took in this game. The entire Thunder team The offense is well-organized, and everyone gets a chance.

The defensive end is still the strong point of the Thunder team. Although Anjie had to put more energy on Brook Lopez, the rest of the Thunder team completed their defensive tasks very well today, without Anjie at all. Come help them "wipe their ass".

With the exception of Brook Lopez, four of the Nets' starting five shot below 40 percent.The shooting percentages of Vince Carter and Devon Harris, their two main outside offensive points, are only 23% and a poor 16% respectively.

In a game where defense is the main rhythm, the two sides naturally failed to score high.No one scored more than 18 points in this game, and Durant's [-] points were already the highest score in the game.

And the match between Brook Lopez and Anjie this time can be said to be a tie. After all, it is different from college now. Anjie and Lopez are no longer the offensive core of their respective teams, so the two of them also It's not like in college that you can attack as much as you want, and you can have duels again and again.

Anjie only took seven shots, hit five of them, scored 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists.Lopez hit six goals in ten shots and scored 8 points and six rebounds. This time, Lopez failed to avenge his shame, but Anjie once again won the victory with the team.

85 to 94, Van Gundy finally played a defensive game with satisfaction, Durant adjusted his mentality and greatly improved the efficiency of the Thunder.

With two games left in January, the Thunder are currently 20-20. Facing the remaining two opponents, the Grizzlies and the Jazz, Van Gundy only hopes that the team can maintain a 50% winning percentage.

Sure enough, against the Grizzlies, who are still struggling at the bottom of the league, the Thunder played very easily.Although Rudy Gay was in a very brave state after returning from injury and scored 25 points in this game, it still cannot be compared with Durant's 35 points.

And OJ Mayo, who expected to explode like Eric Gordon, became a key to the Grizzlies' loss. He scored 17 points, which is not a small amount, but the price was high. It was an embarrassment of 15 shots and only hitting 4 goals.

Damien Wilkins once again proved his superior defensive ability. When Eric Gordon scored 41 points on his head, people were all about this shooting guard with almost negligible offensive ability. Questioned and criticized Van Gundy's employment strategy.

But after defending Carter and Mayo with only about 20% shooting rate, the reporters who stood and talked without back pain finally shut up, after all, reality gave them a big slap in the face.

Anjie scored 16 points and 11 rebounds against Marc Gasol in this campaign. Although Gasol was not well-known before, Anjie felt that he was the most difficult rookie center besides Lopez. .Angie, Lopez and Gasol are not drafted high, but their performance is undoubtedly much better than many high-ranked perimeter players.

No way, in this era of faster and faster game rhythms, people are more willing to choose a guard like Rose, and they don't want to choose a big man. Among the top ten in the 08 draft, only Lopez and Love can be regarded as inside players.The other eight managers all undoubtedly chose guards or small forwards.It can only be said that many outstanding big players have been seriously underestimated.

102 to 114, the Grizzlies' No. [-] show did not help the team win. On the contrary, his performance directly pushed the Grizzlies into the abyss.If it weren't for Gasol's steady performance, the Grizzlies would only fall further behind.

The team has won two consecutive victories, and January is coming to an end soon. There is still the last game left, and the competition of the entire regular season is about to be officially announced.

It's a pity that facing the Jazz without Boozer, the immature Thunder's third young man still couldn't take away the victory in Salt Lake City.

The Jazz led by Jerry Sloan have strict discipline, they will never be careless, and they will never underestimate the enemy.

Although Carlos Boozer was injured, Paul Millsap filled Boozer's vacancy very well.This second-round pick in 06 is undoubtedly the biggest surprise of the Jazz this year. Seizing the gap between Boozer's injury, Millsap shined brilliantly, which made Boozer, who was still recovering from his injury, have to fight for his starting position. feel worried.

Facing a difficult game, the shortcomings of the rest of the Thunder team's lack of ability were once again exposed.In this game, only the Thunder's three young players scored in double figures, and the others were completely unable to compete with the Jazz.The Jazz played well under the deployment of coach Jerry Sloan, and all five starters scored 15 points.The Thunder had three players against twelve players, and Jeff Van Gundy was helpless with such a lineup.

With 18 points and 8 rebounds, Anjie completed his task well in front of Okur, but in the absence of other supporters, the Thunder still had to swallow the bitter fruit of losing.

110 to 90, the Jazz defeated the Thunder by 20 points. With a complete and good system and several rookies with outstanding personal abilities, who is stronger and who is weaker, now finally has a clear answer.

After the game, the Thunder also ended the entire January schedule.During this month, Anjie experienced a week of truce and Catherine's exposure, and his life was not satisfactory.Fortunately, the team's record is stable, 1 wins and 21 losses, still maintaining a 21% winning percentage.

Such a result may be enough to squeeze into the top eight in the East, but in the fiercely competitive West, the Thunder's three young players must continue to work hard in the next half of the season in order to win a place in the playoffs!
Half of the 82 regular season games have passed, and the challenges ahead will only become more difficult.

(End of this chapter)