The way of the center

Chapter 159 A Strong Rise
Although it is the home court of the Suns, after the game, the Thunder won the favor of the reporters.Kevin Durant, the guy who was destined to become a superstar, became the focus of the audience in his first game back from injury.

With 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, he tied with Barbosa of the Suns for the highest score in the game.Jeff Van Gundy's painstaking protective measures were not in vain. Since he is willing to let Durant start, then Durant's body must be fine.Durant's performance confirmed this point.

Westbrook also played well, with 17 points and 6 assists.Today, with his strong desire to attack, he was unexpectedly very obedient, and most of the time he was helping Anjie and Durant with the ball.Facts have proved that Anjie and Durant will not forget him after getting the ball.The distribution of ball rights among the three is reasonable, and each of them can play a role.

And Anjie, who pushed O'Neal into a desperate situation, scored a double-double again. With 20 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, he broke his record of not scoring more than 20 in March in one fell swoop. Anjie's question of being overwhelmed by reuse was self-defeating.In fact, this kind of questioning is nonsense. The only problem that can be explained is that An Jie has recently received a lot of attention.

Critics will only be willing to create topics for those who have hype value.

O'Neill lowered his head and walked towards the players. The loss of a game would not make the Sharks so downcast.The reason why he is in such a state is because Shaq, who refuses to accept the old, also realizes that his career is really coming to an end.Now, it is difficult for him to compete with these [-]-year-old boys.

"Hey, Shaq, can I interrupt you for a few minutes?" The tired O'Neal was about to walk into the tunnel, but he heard someone calling him unexpectedly.

O'Neill turned his head, and an Asian man who was very short compared to him was standing in front of him.This guy who seemed to be a reporter didn't bring a photographer with him, just holding a pen and paper, smiling all over his face.

"Ann is there." O'Neill raised his finger and pointed to the center of the court. He didn't think an Asian would leave Anjie behind to interview him.

"The person I want to interview is you, Shaq." Of course Wu Hua knew where An Jie was, but An Jie was not his target today.

"Interview me? An old man who's been beaten up by a newcomer?" O'Neill joked about himself, and sat down on the railing next to the stands.This means that he was interviewed.

"Apart from being rivals, do you and An have any other relationship?" Wu Hua said and began to take notes with paper and pen.He doesn't like to use a recording pen. When recording, he will try to figure out the inner feelings of the interviewees based on their expressions and reactions, so as to write articles.These things cannot be reflected by the recording pen.

"Oh sure, Angie's my brother. We had a lot of fun at the All-Star Game, but seriously, I hated him this game."

"hate him?"

"Yes, six years ago, Yao Ming stood up. I was young at that time, and I was not afraid of the challenge from you Chinese. But I am already at this age, and there are still people from your country who came to torture me. Anna, that stinky boy, I didn't think about my age at all on the court, look at how many points he scored? I bet, if my opponent is Yao in this game, he will never treat me like this." Wu Hua thought he had dug some explosive Information, helplessness is just another unscrupulous speech by O'Neill.But from one side, Anjie can be regarded as being recognized by O'Neill.

"Do you think he has the potential to be a great center like you?"

"Of course it's impossible. I will be the greatest center in the league, and no one will be able to surpass me in the future. Just write as I said, don't change it." O'Neal also pretended to come over to see what Wu Hua wrote in the notebook .In fact, O'Neill couldn't understand any of those Chinese.

Wu Hua shook his head with a smile. The 36-year-old Shark is still like a stunned young man with no seriousness.However, this is exactly Shaquille O'Neal's style.

"Tell that kid to work hard and don't relax." Finally, O'Neill put away his hippie smile, said this to Wu Hua seriously, and disappeared at the corner of the player tunnel
In the away game against the Suns, the Thunder not only gave the opponent a seven-game losing streak, but also successfully won the 35th game of the season, finally ranking ninth in the Western Conference.It is only one place away from qualifying for the playoffs, but it is not an easy task to change from ninth to eighth.

After returning to Oklahoma City for a day of rest, the Thunder ended their three-game road trip. On March 3, after eight days, the Chesapeake Energy Arena finally waited for their owner.

Eight days, three games, all away games, which drove the Thunder fans almost crazy.Therefore, the tickets for the game on the 16th were sold out early.This is the first time that Thunder fans can watch the game live after a week, and this time the Thunder's opponent can definitely arouse everyone's interest, they are the San Antonio Spurs!
However, when the fans stepped into the Chesapeake Energy Arena full of expectations, most of them regretted paying for tickets to watch the game.

The Thunder, the Spurs, and the two teams that are extremely slow and mainly focus on positional warfare get together, and the effect of hypnosis can be imagined.

It is precisely because both sides have fallen to the position to play, so the players' shooting rate is also very low.One look at the tricks, see the tricks.There is no smooth attack, and few passionate dunks.If it weren't for the tense score between the two sides, at least half of the audience in the Chesapeake Energy Arena would have left early.

With Manu Ginobili out due to injury, the Spurs led by Popovich have been unable to establish a lead for a long time.And the young Thunder couldn't make any big waves on the Spurs.

In the last 20 seconds of the game, the Thunder still led by two points.To defend against Duncan or Parker, to defend against three-pointers or two-pointers, this is the only question the Thunder need to think about now.

The "French Little Sports Car" took the time to ten seconds near the center line, and Westbrook was ready to fight, but he didn't dare to rush to grab it.If he reached out rashly, Tony Parker would definitely teach Westbrook a lesson.

Duncan and Bonner's pick-and-roll came up, and Anjie and Collison didn't dare to leave.Needless to say, Duncan is definitely an object that needs to be taken care of by Anjie, and Bonner's precise three-pointer is not without the possibility of becoming the end point.

Bonner pulls to the left corner, and Duncan pulls to the 45-degree mid-range on the right, which creates enough space for Parker's breakthrough.Without Anjie inside, Parker's confidence in breaking through and scoring has greatly increased.

Sudden throwing while moving, Parker is good at it.It was true that he couldn't stop the shot in front of him, but Sefoloza, who came from the flank, slapped the ball away.

The basketball went out of bounds, leaving only 2.9 seconds for the Spurs.

"Van Gundy's defense did not collapse at the last moment! Sefolosha not only hit the key ball himself, but also defended the opponent's key ball! When Wilcox was sent in exchange for Sefoloza, Presti also He has been questioned a lot, and Wilcox is also a good offensive player on the Thunder bench. But judging from the current performance, Sefoloza may be the best player for Presti this season after Anjie A signing." Mike Breen also looked at the Swiss with admiration.

In the end, the Spurs' sideline ball was blocked and Popovich hurriedly used the last timeout to give the Spurs a chance to serve again.

On the second attempt, Parker barely gets the ball and then hastily releases it.The arc of the ball was very high, but An Jie still didn't dare to slack off. He stuck Duncan tightly, for fear that the No. 21 could make a tip-up.

The basketball bounced high on the neck of the basket, and before it fell, the game time was over.An Jie heaved a sigh of relief. Although outsiders looked dull, only the players on the field knew how fierce the match was.

76 to 78, Parker missed the last shot for the Thunder made two consecutive victories.This extremely low score has also become a very strange game in the current league.

Anjie only scored 12 points and 8 rebounds in this campaign. After all, the total score is so small, and Duncan only scored two more points than Anjie.

Facing a strong enemy, many people think that the Thunder will immediately lose the ninth place in the Western Conference.Unexpectedly, when the three masters reunited and shot down the sun, the powerful Spurs could not stop their momentum.

One day after the victory over the Spurs, Rose met the three young men again.The unstoppable trio once again stepped over the bones of the No. [-] pick Bull and won the game.

96 to 103, the Thunder won three consecutive victories!The Jazz have already felt the huge pressure from behind. After experiencing extensive injuries, this youth team is rising strongly!
Now, it is up to the Jazz to stop the three thunderbolts from continuing to advance!
Two days later, on March 3, the three major generals of the Thunder faced the Suns at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, their second direct competitor on the playoff track.From Salt Lake City, the low-key but powerful Utah Jazz!
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