The Way of the Center

"The Warriors’ starting perimeter was born for chaos! Stephen Jackson, Jamal Crawford, who just transferred from New York, and Monta Alice, who returned from injury, will undoubtedly continue to increase defensive pressure on the Thunder. !"

15-14, the Thunder temporarily led by one point. The scoring was so high until halfway through the first quarter, and Jeff Van Gundy was violent off the court.

"Russell! Are you going to fight the opponent again!?" Van Gundy yelled to Westbrook with a serious face. The offensive end tried his best, but the defensive end was careless. This made Jeff Westbrook. Van Gundy was quite dissatisfied.

Montaellis once again drove the ball towards the Thunder's halftime. Of course Westbrook heard Van Gundy's scolding. He opened his arms and tried to restrain his offensive force.

"Defense, defense." Westbrook kept reminding himself that he couldn't let this guy score easily!

Westbrook is fast, but Monta Elise is also lightning fast! There was no pick-and-roll and no cooperation. After Alice succeeded a few times in front, she still chose to go it alone!

"Alice is very fast, and Westbrook has been overtaken by him more than once today!"

Indeed, Westbrook had too much wanted to end the defense quickly in the previous few rounds, so fortunately, he was back on the offensive end. Therefore, after being broken in front, Westbrook simply broke the jar, allowing Alice to score easily.

But now, Van Gundy’s criticism of naming names makes Westbrook have to be vigilant.

"Huh, it's easy." Through the breakthrough after shaking again, Montaellis thought that he could still cast it as easily as before.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to take a shot, Westbrook just overtakes from the side, crossing between Alice and the basket!

"Russell Westbrook is very active in defense this time! He stopped Monta Elise!"

Just as Alice was hurriedly looking for his teammate, Westbrook's hand was already cut off. Alice was about to pass the ball to Stephen Jackson, who slipped to the bottom line, but Westbrook cut the ball first. He made a mistake!

"Westbrook's steal, Kyle Waver has already started, there is no defensive player in front of him!"

Kyle Waver is just a second-round show in the same year as An Jie. This guy with very mediocre basketball skills, but his physical fitness is very good.

If Westbrook represents the best-physical guards, then Kyle Waver is an impact player in the second echelon.

Westbrook's pass directly penetrated the audience, Kyle Waver failed to hold the ball in the first time, but it was completely unable to stop his impact on the basket.

"Two-handed back buckle! A model of a sporty player! After Damien Wilkins was injured, Weaver has gradually found the feeling of the game!" Wonderful dunk, no matter which channel the commentator is, there is no doubt A word of praise was issued. Four of the five starting players are rookies, and three of them are freshmen. It is not easy for the Thunder to maintain the lead with such a lineup.

Seeing that Westbrook finally made some achievements on the defensive end, Jeff Van Gundy was willing to relax his tight nerves and hoarse throat.

After hard work, you will be rewarded immediately, which will undoubtedly make a person work harder next time! After successfully completing a defense, Westbrook immediately corrected his attitude a lot. Now starting from the first position, the Warriors have to face the iron wall arranged by Van Gundy!

Stephen Jackson's breakthrough point, he pretended to make a shot, but actually turned his wrist in the air and gave the ball to Jamal Crawford.

Crawford took advantage of the opportunity to squeeze Weaver into the penalty area. He knew how strong An Jie's defense was, so Crawford did not intend to layup directly. He was ready to complete a pull rod action!

He jumped to face An Jie, but withdrew his hands in the air, flew to the other side of the basket, ready to complete the attack with a backhand.

Everything went according to plan, Crawford's movements were very stretched and beautiful, and the Warriors fans at Oracle Arena were ready to scream and cheer.

Crawford was just about to take a shot, but suddenly he was hit by a huge force and flew out. With his thin body, he lost his center of gravity and fell out of the bottom line.

"Angel fouled! My god, he was not fooled by Crawford's actions! It's a pity that this was not a clean block." When Crawford faced Angel and took off, Ann Jie felt that this guy couldn't be so stupid! Unless it is a defender like Kobe, Wade, etc., it is possible to choose to directly attack the frame against Anjie. Jamal Crawford dared to do this, there must be fraud in it!

Thinking of this, An Jie didn't take off. Sure enough, Crawford was planning to use a tie rod to lay up to avoid blocking. Angel did not have time to judge the timing of the blocking, but he would not let Crawford easily score at the basket. Even if he commits a foul, An Jie has to let Crawford know that the penalty area he guards is not allowed to break into at will!

"Damn it!" This was the first foul on An Jie's back, and Crawford fell hard. Seeing Anjie's indifferent expression after hurting himself, Crawford felt very upset. Although he hit all of the two free throws afterwards, it is still difficult to understand his hatred just for free throws.

"You can't stop Lao Tzu!" Crawford, who suffered a loss, yelled at An Jie angrily. Although he has been wandering among the NBA teams, he has played a single game when he played for the first two teams. After smashing 50 points, after coming to the Warriors, he also scored 50 points in the game against the Bobcats.

Playing for three teams and scoring 50 points in all three teams, this is undoubtedly another great record. Crawford's provocation is not to speak big words, but that he really has the ability to do so.

"If you think you can, try it!" Unlike Crawford's fierce expression, An Jie just smiled disapprovingly in the face of the provocation, as if he didn't put Crawford's cruel words in his eyes.

Although Anjie's defense allowed Crawford to score two free throws, Van Gundy nodded in satisfaction. The Thunder's defensive intensity has now been greatly increased. As long as the rhythm of the game can be controlled, the Warriors will be at a loss as to what to do.

Although the story of Ronny Turiaf, the stocky center of the Warriors is inspiring, the physical disadvantages are actually laid there.

To say that Anjie’s parents brought him the greatest wealth, undoubtedly the height of 2.19 meters and the wingspan of 2.34 meters. The physical condition is something Turiaf of 2.08 meters cannot change no matter how hard he tries.

"The seemingly thin An Jie was initially thought that strength and confrontation would be his shortcomings, but An Jie used practical actions to break this doubt! No matter whether it is core strength or confrontation ability, An Jie will undoubtedly not Fall in the wind!" McBryn was one of those people who didn't like An Jie before. But now, he will definitely admit that he is a fan of Anjie!

When the Thunder's offensive rhythm was gradually controlled and once again turned into a positional battle, An Jie's opportunities also increased.

Turiaf? This kind of guy is completely unable to pose a threat to An Jie now.

Back hitting, turning around, hooking, no extra moves, easy to score.

In the past, An Jie liked to use his footsteps to seek opportunities, but now facing a counterpoint weaker than his own strength, An Jie's offense is getting more and more capable. There is no gorgeous action, only extremely high efficiency.

"Scoring steadily, it's too easy. In the last game, An Jie's shooting percentage and scoring were not ideal, but that was because An Jie was facing a big shark, and he played a full 42 minutes on the court! Make no mistake, An Jie’s state has never gone wrong!"

Watching the initiative of the game is being taken by the Thunder a little bit, the Warriors coach Sr. Nelson did not change his tactics. Running and bombing, chaos, small lineup, only in this way can the Warriors be unique!

Stephen Jackson has a high shot point, so he can usually shoot without completely getting rid of the defense. But Durant, who was tall and long in arms, obviously made Jackson's advantage disappear. Once again, Jackson was forced to pass the ball out of reluctance after he was ready to take the shot.

The ball returned to Monta Alice's hands. Since everyone didn't have a good chance, Alice could attack without restraint.

Share the ball? In Alice’s eyes, sharing the ball is the job of his teammates. His job is to attack the frame, attack the frame, and continue to attack the frame!

Turiaf came out for the pick and roll, and Anjie had to keep up. Although this short center has little threat on the offensive end, it does not mean that Anjie can put Turiaf in the shot.

Alice was anxious, and Turiaf's pick-and-roll was not in place before he started suddenly. His failure to cooperate with the pick-and-roll not only did not have the effect of assault, but the quality of the pick-and-roll was greatly compromised.

After bypassing Turiaf's cover, Alice glanced at the three-second zone. Nick Collison is entangled with his teammate Kailana Azubuk at the moment, and Alice will naturally not let go of this chance of scoring.

Even though Jamal Crawford had run out of the open, Alice chose to ignore it! He continued to accelerate, and there was indeed no one in front of him to stop him, but Alice did not worry about being behind him.

"Damn, I shouldn't have encouraged this guy to take more shots before the game! Now he is messing up!" Stephen Jackson saw Westbrook and Anjie who were chasing back in time. He seemed to be able to guess Ai. Liz's next destiny.

Alice jumped to the position of two steps within the free throw line, ready to jump and dunk. Unexpectedly, Westbrook immediately posted it, which greatly affected Alice's take-off height!

"No, unless there is a foul, otherwise Westbrook will not be able to save this defense." TV's commentator shook his head. This first-year guard is really unbelievable and frequently loses chains at critical moments.

Indeed, Westbrook can only do so much. Unless he jumps and bumps or pulls a foul now, Westbrook will not have a third way to prevent Alice from scoring directly.

But Westbrook can't stop it, and it doesn't mean that other people on the Thunder can't stop it either. Westbrook's full recovery and defense made Alice's bullet speed greatly slowed down, which just gave Anjie, who was not so fast, an excellent opportunity to block!

Westbrook was ready to foul ~www.NovelMTL.com~ but at this time, there was a huge pressure behind him, and An Jie's huge palm appeared on his head.

Seeing this situation, Westbrook hurriedly stopped, and he didn't need to foul, this time the defense was successful!

"Oh! God! Did you see it!? An Jie! It's him again! He completed a chase through Westbrook!" The most pleasing shot of the defensive end is undoubtedly the strong blocking. An Jie used an almost volleyball action to fly the basketball that Alice had just thrown away. The ball hit the backboard and bounced heavily. From this we can see how much effort An Jie has exerted.

Two consecutive attacks in the three-second zone were blocked by An Jie. Under An Jie’s defense, the area near the Thunder's basket became a veritable penalty zone!

Anjie pointed **** at Crawford and Alice, indicating that he had successfully defended the penalty area twice.

Starting from Anjie's solid foundation, the Thunder's defense has become indestructible centered on Anjie!

Do you like chaos and offensive? Unfortunately, I like to defend and block shots! Defensive pillar, Van Gundy undoubtedly gave Anjie a bigger role! (To be continued.)