The way of the center

Chapter 496 The League's No. [-] Center?

"I did not do as well as Anjie today, but I don't think it has anything to do with Mr. Sam Smith. This is the game between the Grizzlies and the Trail Blazers, me and Anjie. I don't care much about other people's comments After the game, Gasol Jr., who was the loser, was unexpectedly very popular with reporters.Nonsense, the reason why these reporters are willing to pay attention to this game is not because of him and An Jie.

But Marc Gasol doesn't intend to get involved in the war of words between Anjie and Sam Smith. He respects Anjie, but he also hates Sam Smith who looks down on inside players.It's just that Gasol's character prevents him from being sarcastic towards Sam Smith like An Jie did.

"Mark is an excellent center, there is no doubt about it. Some people have no right to judge us." As for Anjie, his remarks were naturally not as gentle as Marc Gasol.

"Mr. An, is the "someone" you mean Mr. Sam Smith?" The reporters are the least afraid of big troubles. On the contrary, if nothing happens, these guys will lose their jobs.Therefore, picking things up is exactly what reporters are good at.

No, right after An Jie finished answering, a reporter popped up and threw out a sensitive question.

"I said, I don't know Sam Smith, please don't distort what I mean." An Jie sat on the podium with a smile on his face, and the reporters all praised An Jie's sophistication.

"Mr. Sam Smith is Michael Jordan's queen reporter and the most famous player in the NBA."

"I told you, I don't know him." Before the reporter finished speaking, An Jie interrupted.He ended the topic rudely. To put it bluntly, An Jie would not respect those who did not respect An Jie.No matter how old Sam Smith is, An Jie will not be afraid.

"Okay, let's talk about the game itself. Today's matchup between you and Marc Gasol." It wasn't until Wu Hua stood up to make a clearance that the press conference was back on track.He knew An Jie's temper well. If this group of ill-intentioned guys continued to provoke him like this, God knows what An Jie, a fearless guy, would say.

After the press conference, Wu Hua found An Jie alone.Of course, now his identity is not a reporter, but An Jie's friend.

"Don't meddle in this matter anymore. It's not a day or two for that old Sam Smith to be arrogant and arrogant. There is no need to be as knowledgeable as this kind of person." Wu Hua finally waited until Ann came out of the dressing room. Jie, he didn't beat around the bush, he directly explained his intentions.

"So that's why Angkor came to me." An Jie smiled at Wu Hua. This sunny smile was exactly the same as when Wu Hua first met An Jie in college.

"Actually, I didn't pay too much attention to this matter. Sam said it was a disaster, and I happened to be better than Mark today. This matter should pass like this. Don't worry, I don't have the energy to argue with those experts. Just teach him a lesson, I know." An Jie is not a narrow-minded person, and he didn't plan to sneer at Sam Smith again.An Jie has seen a lot of these experts who speak wild words and get slapped in the face.The only difference this time is that Sam Smith has a bigger name.

"Well, concentrate on playing and don't think about those messy things. If necessary, I will write something for you to fight back." Wu Hua patted An Jie's chest. There was no way for him to touch An Jie's shoulder.
On the second day after the game ended, An Jie saw countless articles questioning Sam Smith in the media.Now there is no need for An Jie to speak, there are a lot of people who will speak for him.

"Anjie: I never knew who Sam Smith was."

"Sam Smith—a poor pawn who challenged a giant."

"Where does Sam Smith's confidence come from?"

In the newspaper, a large number of headlines in bold and black must be enough to give Sam Smith a headache for a long time.Even Jordan, who retreated behind the scenes, couldn't stand it anymore, and personally excused Sam.

"It's just his job, like all of us have to do what we have to do."

However, Jordan's defense is so weak.Now, if you don't bombard Sam Smith, you are ashamed to say that you are a basketball reporter.

However, in the face of the attacks from all over the world, Sam Smith seemed to have evaporated from the world, and he did not make any counterattack remarks on any occasion.

People felt that Sam, who had always been arrogant and conceited, had finally met a hard bone this time to make him docile.And as the season progressed and other news continued to pour out, the spat between An Jie and Sam Smith gradually faded out of people's sight.

After defeating the Grizzlies, the Trail Blazers defeated the Timberwolves, who currently have a record of 15 wins and 14 losses, in cold Minnesota.

During the period when Love was injured, Timberwolves Montenegro center Nikola Pekovic was shining.Frequently scored 20+10 and became a center force with a sudden rise.

Anjie is not very familiar with Pekovic.When he played the Timberwolves before, Pekovic didn't impress Anjie too much.And in the past, as long as he played against the Timberwolves, Love would always be An Jie's opponent.

But in this game, when Anjie and Pekovi had physical contact, Anjie was shocked.The strength of this Montenegrin man can be said to be no less than that of Dwight Howard!
And such a big Pekovic is not as rough as Howard and Jordan Jr., this guy's low-post offensive skills are very superb.Its excellent small hook even made Anjie passive on the defensive end.

However, when Anjie and Ricard gradually studied Pekovic thoroughly, the Montenegrin center who was in the limelight also suddenly misfired.

Due to the lack of good passing and ball control ability, Pekovic can usually only complete the attack near the penalty area.As long as he is a little farther from the basket, his flaws will tie his hands and feet.

What Anjie has to do is to keep Pekovic as far away from the basket as possible.This trick worked very well. Pekovic's two consecutive mistakes in the middle distance proved the correctness of Anjie and Ricard.

With Pekovic tied down, the rest of the Timberwolves are less of a threat.Anjie led the team to triumphantly, and finally won the back-to-back road trip 102 to 97.

Now, the media will no longer be surprised that Anjie won another outstanding center.It would be strange if An Jie couldn't hold it down.

I don't know if God deliberately arranged this schedule for Anjie. Since Sam Smith said that Anjie can't perform well when he meets a good center, Anjie has met Marc Gasol and Pekovic in succession.After Pekovic, there is another white big man with the best 20+10 stats, Nikola Vucevic, waiting for Anjie.

Vucevic's rookie season as a Swiss insider was tepid, averaging 5.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, which is very consistent with his No. 16 rookie status.

However, after the transfer to the Magic, due to Howard's departure, Vucevic was able to sit in the starting position.The Swiss are taking their chances and letting themselves shine.Before meeting Anjie, Vucevic had scored 20+10 in four consecutive games, becoming the biggest attraction of the entire Magic team.

"Why does this kind of guy keep popping up recently?" An Jie looked at his next opponent with a headache. Recently, he encountered strong opponents frequently. An Jie even thought that the position of center forward would soon rise again.

However, after fighting Vucevic, An Jie discovered that the current centers are actually not as good as the media hype.

At the beginning, Anjie was "educated" by Vucevic's great shooting range.In terms of shooting, Vucevic is no worse than Anjie.It can even be said that Vucevic's shooting range is farther than Anjie.In the low post, Vucevic's jump hook is also excellent.

However, a timeout by Ricard changed the situation again.

Anjie began to use his physical advantage to defend the Swiss more. As for the offense, the pick-and-roll cooperation between Lillard and Anjie made Vucevic miserable.

Vucevic's poor athletic ability makes it very difficult for him to defend the pick-and-roll.Not to mention asking him to block Lillard who broke through after the pick-and-roll, or Anjie who cut inside after the pick-and-roll, Vucevic couldn't keep up.

Using this tacit pick-and-roll, An Jie succeeded in dunking empty baskets frequently.There were even a few times when Lillard sent an alley-oop directly to Anjie.People who don't know thought it was Griffin and Paul who passed on the wrong uniforms.

The advantages of Vucevic are worthy of recognition, but the disadvantages are also obvious.An Jie used his all-round attributes to defeat a strong insider again and won the victory for the Trail Blazers.

119 to 125, the Trail Blazers scored [-] points with three players and double figures with five players scored extremely high scores at home.The Magic have already performed at a super level today, but the Blazers are still even better.

武切维奇的20+10记录也在安杰这里断开，14分8个篮板，这就是武切维奇今天的贡献。27分15个篮板，这就是安杰又一次击败对手的资本。

For three consecutive games, he defeated other centers who were good enough by an overwhelming advantage. This move by An Jie undoubtedly made more people pin the title of the league's number one center to An Jie.

"Sam Smith may be confused. If you ask me, if you look at the inside line of the entire league, no one can compare with Ann!"

"The number one center in the league? No, no, I even think he is the best player in the league."

"The MVP candidate ranks second, which is enough to prove An's performance this season."

More and more people began to praise An Jie, and An Jie had a very happy time with Yingqiu and Catherine.

Some media even suggested that An Jie's excellent performance might have a lot to do with his cohabitation with Catherine.In short, no matter what the content is, the conclusion of most media is-An Jie is already very strong.

"I don't want to experience another two-game losing streak, Dwyane." Looking at the overwhelming reports about Anjie, a black player joked with his teammates.

"The media loves to exaggerate. It's not like you and I didn't dominate the media news back then. An is indeed very good. I could see it when he went to the team for trial training before. It's just that this guy is not invincible." The man named Dewayne smiled slightly, as if he would not be fooled by An Jie's recent state at all.

"Hahahaha, you guy, do you still think you're young? These kids are amazing." James couldn't help shaking his head when he thought of last year when the young Thunder entered the finals to compete with him for the championship.This generation of young people is really talented.But James will not show mercy to these young people.

That's right, the next opponent of Anjie and the Trail Blazers is the Miami Heat led by LeBron James, who is currently the No. [-] candidate for MVP!
Anjie vs. the Big Three of the Heat!The match that the media have been waiting for for a long time is finally about to be staged!

(End of this chapter)