The Way of the Center

The dramatic lore invalidation allowed the Thunder and the Bulls to return to the court after a fierce battle for 48 minutes. This is a double test of the players' perseverance and physical strength.

Either way, Anjie has never experienced overtime. But standing in the middle circle and preparing to jump the ball at this time, he didn't have any special feelings. On the other hand, the Bulls players, one by one bent over and gasped, they are exhausted!

Five minutes of overtime, this is undoubtedly a blow to Denagro. In addition to this game, the Bulls only sent three substitute players to play! It's not that Denagro is too dependent on the first five, but the Bulls' series of injuries left him no choice. Because of this, the physical exhaustion of the Bulls' first five players is very huge, and now these five minutes will undoubtedly drain their physical strength completely!

Although the Thunder only had a battle with the Rockets yesterday, Jeff Van Gundy has been rotating strictly according to the plan. Physical strength? Even in the face of overtime, Van Gundy is confident that his fully rested players can stick to it.

The five-minute overtime seems to be short, but in these intense five minutes, the players who are suffering will feel that the time is very long.

Basketball is still being contested by An Jie, and Tyrus Thomas' bounce height also declines after his physical strength declines. Joe Smith caught the basketball shot by Anjie, and then passed it to Westbrook, who was advancing, and the Thunder's offense officially began!

"Although they are playing back-to-back games, the Thunder are like a team playing in the first quarter, and the Bulls players are like lead on the soles of their feet." Not to mention the players on the court, just Even the commentators and fans off the field clearly saw this.

Everyone on the Thunder is full of motivation, and Anjie, who has been resting for a week, is even more active. On the first attack, Anjie opened the scoring mode!

"Westbrook passed the ball to Durant. It seems that Russell is not very confident in himself today. An Jie opened his hands in the low post for the ball! Durant fed it in!" An Jie asked for a position. , This is a signal for the Thunder to be strong inside!

Why choose Anjie? Jeff Van Gundy naturally has his own considerations. The first is that Anjie is full of energy after a full rest, and good physical fitness is the basis for outstanding performance. And Durant and other outside players may have fluctuations in their hit rate due to the decline in their strength. At this time, choosing Anjie as the offensive core of overtime is undoubtedly the most suitable choice!

Nervous, Tyrus Thomas did not expect that he would feel nervous when facing a rookie. Any loss of points in overtime may ruin the entire night's efforts.

But this is the hard gap in strength, and Thomas has nothing to fill the gap.

An Jie turned around, intending to force a breakthrough. With a weight of 1o2 kilograms, power is still not dominant, which makes Thomas unable to stop An Jie from moving. There is no way, he can only watch An Jie break into the penalty area, and now he can only look for opportunities to block to remedy the failed defense in front.

An Jie slammed the ball with both hands after reaching the foot of the basket. This is the habit of most centers preparing to jump and dunk on the spot! Tyrus Thomas exhausted all his strength to take off. He wants to use a beautiful hot pot to return the color!

Unfortunately, An Jie is not within the range of most centers. He did this action entirely to make Thomas fooled. Seeing Tyrus taking off, An Jie still attacked the frame. In the face of Thomas, who was much shorter, An Jie was almost undisturbed. Although he was hit and his center of gravity was a little unstable, he still managed to keep his shot, and the basketball fell into the net.

At the same time, the referee's hurried whistle sounded through the entire United Center Arena, 2+1!

An Jie's free throws are still as stable as ever. So far in this game, An Jie has only missed one free throw in the fourth quarter, but he has not made the same mistake again in overtime.

Do you want to change to Jokin Noah? Denagro is in a dilemma. If he doesn't change players, the only thing he can arrange is double-teaming. After all, Thomas has been completely defeated, and let him defend An Jie the Bulls one-on-one is undoubtedly choosing to commit suicide.

As for the Bulls' offense, Derrick Rose was not to be outdone. He used his little strength to break into the penalty area like crazy. Facing Anjie's blockade, Rose layup from the side with a nice drawbar to avoid the block, and then he gliding to the other side of the basket successfully made a layup.

97 to 96! Both sides fight again!

An Jie held three threats with the ball in the high position. After a few probing steps, An Jie suddenly initiated a breakthrough, and then used a series of turns to sway Thomas to his feet and easily succeeded in a close jumper.

Derrick Rose broke into the three-second zone, but this time he did not choose to layup, but suddenly dropped the shot. Rose's throwing posture is very strange, but he can use his height advantage well. The basketball was hollow into the net, and Anjie and Westbrook still failed to defend Rose.

At this time the overtime was halfway through, and Jeff Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout after Rose scored his second goal. Now it's time to start the second step.

After the timeout came back, the Thunder's offense immediately changed. Sure enough, Denagro did not switch to Noah to try it, but took a double-team with An Jie.

This also coincides with Van Gundy's arrangement. This time he replaced Wilkins with Watson, who has a better shooting ability, in order to make outside opportunities become scoring. You know, the Thunder still has two scorers on the perimeter.

Ben Gordon naturally did not dare to leave Durant, but Anjie chose to play alone with Thomas near Ben Gordon.

Seeing Anjie turned around and broke through the frame, Ben Gordon didn't worry any more and ran directly towards the penalty area.

An Jie now has more interference and he immediately turned around and fed the ball out. Durant took the ball within the three-point line and shot it. He also courageously sent An Jie an assist in return.

As the score gets bigger and bigger, Derrick Rose's offensive force is getting stronger and stronger. However, this time his breakthrough hit a wall again. Anjie did not wait for him at the basket, but moved a little bit earlier, so as to prevent Rose’s throwing shots and also when Rose was just starting three moves to prepare for a layup. Engage with him physically to interfere.

"Can Derrick Rose continue this time? No, Rose missed. This time he barely scored a layup! Do you know how good Anjie's defense is? Ask Derrick Rose and you will definitely get the answer! "

Rose will change if he doesn't work. Anyway, the Bulls have three scoring guards on the court. Denagro yelled a signal from the sidelines to signal the players to change the end point of the offense.

During this time, the Thunder scored again. It was still a pass from An Jie pretending to be singles. Earl Watson played a role as soon as he came on the court, and his steady mid-range shot gave the Thunder a greater advantage.

"I think the Bulls are going to be unable to withstand it. The Thunder's offensive momentum is very strong, and Anjie has made the Bulls lose out on both ends of the offense and defense. Maybe this is the role that a traditional center can play, no one now Will come to question An Jie's health, he has no problem!" The espn commentary also praised An Jie again and again. In addition to ccTV, today's television stations all over the world are full of praise for An Jie's performance. It was originally a competition between the best rookies of the month in the East and the West, but An Jie was killed halfway through, and he became the most dazzling one.

Denagro’s beautiful illusions have not been realized. Although Ben Gordon’s offense was very good in the whole game, but only overtime, with Durant’s defensive determination to never retreat, this British basketball player Did not make a goal.

The same thing was born to Larry Hughes. Seeing that his two big brothers could not stand up, Rose began his crazy breakthrough road again.

But at this point in the game, Rose can't afford much. Now Westbrook has no problem defending him at all, and Derrick Rose is the same as before, playing high and low.

After Rose made two consecutive layups at the beginning, the Bulls' score has not changed. Yes, there has been no change until the last second of overtime.

"My God! Who would have thought that this five-minute overtime game would be a massacre!"

15~www.NovelMTL.com~ This is the score of the two teams within five minutes of overtime. Except for Derrick Rose’s two goals, no one has made any achievements, and Rose did not make it in overtime. Continue his performance in the second half. In the entire five minutes, the Bulls scored four points with two goals from Rose.

"An Jie is undoubtedly the top priority for the Thunder to win. This center will completely dominate overtime! Whether it is offensive or defensive, he has achieved perfection!" espn did not hesitate to select An Jie as the best of the game .

1o9 to 98, Derrick Rose and his Bulls survived 48 minutes, but completely collapsed in the final 5 minutes.

With 28 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, Anjie proved with practical actions that he is no worse than the East and West Rookie of the Month. He Anjie is also a strong contender for this award and even the rookie of the year!

Durant proved by action that second place is not necessarily worse than first place, while Anjie proved by action that even if it is twelfth, it is possible to beat first place!

In the United Center Arena, there is a bronze statue of Jordan outside the gate and a jersey of Jordan inside the stadium. But today, there is only one protagonist, the traditional center from China, An Jie! (To be continued.) 8