The Way of the Center

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

Beard has locked the door tightly and suspended business. Now this restaurant is like a big cake, with countless ants around hoping to hollow out the inside of the cake.

"It was the same 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 this. thing.

"These are all photos from how long ago." The bearded man wore glasses and picked up the Ames Times. Anjie is already a big man in the small city of Ames. You can read all the news about him locally. Found in the newspaper.

In the newspaper, there are several pictures of Anjie and Catherine when they are together, in the cinema, in front of the restaurant, everything. But most of these photos were taken while An Jie was still playing for the Tornado. The guy who took the picture got An Jie's idea when he was in college.

Before, Anjie was not as famous as he is now, so these photos he took are worthless. After all, who cares about the girlfriend of a college player.

But this guy who took pictures was just tracking college star players and taking some interesting pictures. In this way, when this player is famous, the value of his photo will be increased several times, and if that player fails in the end, he will not lose any.

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

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

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

"You made a statement like this to tell the media not to interfere with Catherine. If any media is still reluctant, then you will never accept their interviews again. Anyway, those formal 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 you up for Catherine.” The big media don’t care who An Jie’s girlfriend is, and the small media even if An Jie really pulls them. Entering the blacklist will not affect Anjie's reputation.

"That’s all, I will ask Angkor to help me write a statement." An Jie will find Wu Hua most of the time when he is about to make a speech. Because of An Jie, the average sales volume of each issue of the Sports Pioneer is compared to one. Both doubled years ago. The above column about Anjie was authored by Wu Hua to write it personally.

Although successfully driven away the entanglement of the media, Catherine is well known in Ames. Now walking on the street, many people will whisper to her, and no one will like this feeling.

Before the matter was completely resolved, An Jie had to devote himself to training again. Anjie was very distressed. It was the time when Catherine needed the most protection and support, but he could only be busy with other things in the distant Oklahoma City.

On January 26, after being "upset" by the Clippers, the Thunder will meet the Nets again at home.

It's also regrettable that in several matches with the Nets, the Chinese player Yi Jianlian was unable to play due to injury, so he painstakingly arranged the live broadcast, but has not received the expected ratings. It was originally a Chinese Derby, but due to the absence of Yi Jianlian, the highlights are much less.

Brook Lopez, who was eliminated from the March Madness Championship by Anjie, is now firmly established as the starting center of the Nets. You must know the decision to choose Lopez. The Nets had already started planning a year ago. They chose Lopez is to let him play the main force.

After being killed by Anjie, Lopez hoped that he could win back a city on the court.

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

The defensive end is still the strength 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. Help them "wipe their butts."

With the exception of Brook Lopez, four of the Nets' starting five have shot below 40. Their two main offensive points, Vince Carter and Devin Harris, had a shooting percentage of only 23 and a poor 16 respectively.

In a game where defense is the main rhythm, the two sides naturally failed to score a high score. No one scored more than 20 points in this game. Durant's 18 points were already the highest score in the game.

And Brook Lopez and Anjie’s matchup this time can be said to be a tie. After all, it’s different from college now. Anjie and Lopez are no longer the core offensives of their respective teams, so neither of them is. You can attack as much as you did in college, and fight again and again.

Anjie only took seven shots, hit five of them, scored 13 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Lopez hit six goals in ten shots and scored 14 points and 6 rebounds. This time, Lopez failed to be ashamed, but An Jie won again with the team.

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

There are two games left in January. The current record of the Thunder is 20 wins and 20 losses. Facing the remaining two opponents, the Grizzlies and the Jazz, Van Gundy only hopes that the team can maintain a winning percentage of 50.

Sure enough, the Thunder played very easily against the Grizzlies who were still struggling in the league's countdown. Although Rudy Gay returned from injury in a very brave state, this game also scored 25 points, but this is still not on par with Durant's 35 points.

But Mayo, who expected himself to break out like Eric Gordon, became a key to the Grizzlies' loss. He was expected to score 17 points, which is not a small number, but the price is 15. The awkward shots and just 4 goals.

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

But after keeping Carter and Mayo at a shooting rate of only about 20, the reporters who stood still and couldn't talk finally shut up. After all, the reality gave them a big slap in the face.

An Jie scored 16 points and 11 rebounds against Marc Gasol in this campaign. Although the fellow Gasol was not well-known before, An Jie felt that he was the most difficult rookie center apart from Lopez. Angel, Lopez and Gasol are not high draft picks, but their performance is undoubtedly much better than many high-ranked perimeter players.

No way, in this era of faster and faster competition, 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 2008 draft, only Lopez and Love are considered inside players. The other eight managers have undoubtedly chosen guards or small forwards. It can only be said that many outstanding big players are seriously underestimated.

102 to 114, the Grizzlies' flower show did not help the team win, on the contrary, his performance directly pushed the Grizzlies into the abyss. Had it not been for Gasol's steady performance, the Grizzlies would only be behind more.

The team won two consecutive victories, and January quickly came to the end, with the last game left, and the entire regular season competition was about to be officially announced.

Regrettably, facing the Jazz where Boozer is absent, the naive thunder three still can't take the victory in Salt Lake City.

The Jazz team led by Jerry Sloan is disciplined, they never take it carelessly, never underestimate the enemy.

Although Carlos Boozer was injured, Paul Millsap filled Boozer's vacancy very well. This 2006 second-round show is undoubtedly the biggest surprise for the Jazz this year. To seize the gap between Boozer’s injury, Millsap shines, and this makes Boozer who is still recovering have to make his own starting position. Feeling worried.

In the face of difficult games, the shortcomings of the Thunder's other players' abilities were once again exposed. In this game, only the Thunder three scored in double figures~www.NovelMTL.com~ The others couldn't compete with the Jazz at all. The Jazz played well under the deployment of coach Jerry Sloan, and all the starting five scored 15 points. The Thunder are three players contending with the twelve opponents, and Jeff Van Gundy is powerless with such a lineup.

With 18 points and 8 rebounds, Anjie completed his task well in front of Okur, but in the absence of support from others, the Thunder still had to swallow the bitter fruit of the loss.

110 to 90, the Jazz defeated the Thunder by 20 points. With a complete and good system and a few outstanding rookies with outstanding personal ability, who is strong and who is weak, now finally has a clear answer.

After this game, the Thunder also ended the entire January schedule. In this month, Anjie experienced a week of truce and Catherine's exposure, and his life was not satisfactory. Fortunately, the team has a stable record, 21 wins and 21 losses, and still maintains a winning percentage of 50.

Such a result may be enough to squeeze into the top eight in the East, but in the highly competitive West, the Thunder must continue to work hard for the next half season to win a place in the playoffs!

The 82 regular season games have passed halfway, and the challenges afterwards will only become more difficult. To be continued.