The Way of the Center

　　 Giardina sat tired on the plane, thinking that he would be able to relax after the new album was completed. Unexpectedly, the various publicity and commercial activities that followed after that gave her no chance to rest at all. Even his 17th birthday was spent on the plane.

"Tina, why aren't you sleeping?" The cold waking Abrahi turned his head, but found that Giardina was still listening to music with headphones in. He looked at his watch, and it was already two o'clock in the morning. .

　　 "I'm not tired of Mr. Abrahi, you can rest soon."

"I really don't understand you. I just finished filming the commercial, and now I have to go to Oklahoma City to perform for the Thunder before the game. Why do I have to be so busy?" It's the Oklahoma City Thunder again. It has become the only professional sports team that Abrahi remembers his name.

　　 "Of course I should be more busy when I was young." When it comes to this, Giardina is also very helpless. The appearance fee given by the Thunder is not high, it can be said that it is not worth her running around. But if she doesn't come yet, the big Chinese boy may never belong to her.

　　 already have a girlfriend? The young Giardina didn't care about this at all. She didn't do shameful things, they were playing fair.

　　 "I will come to Oklahoma City tomorrow, how do you entertain me?" Giardina thought for a long time, and finally sent an SMS like this to Anjie. She smiled at the screen and suddenly felt that her eyelids were very heavy, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

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　　 "Toot toot..." The alarm clock by Morris' bed rang. He reached out to turn off the alarm, but accidentally shot the alarm clock on the ground.

　　 "Damn hell." Morris had to get up, pick up the alarm clock, and turn it off. Tonight, it will be his first official NBA game. In order to keep himself in a good state, he decided to get up at 6:30 with An Jie and go to the training ground.

　　 "Ann, are you awake?" An Jie's small villa was very empty, and it seemed too big to live alone. Therefore, at Anjie’s invitation, Morris did not buy his own house in Oklahoma City, but lived with Anjie under the same roof. In this way, the two do not need to be in contact on the phone all day.

　　 "It's weird, why is it so quiet?" An Jie was already busy downstairs at this time, but today, there is no movement at all.

　　 "This kid sometimes overslept." Morris smiled and shook his head. As expected, An Jie is not Superman. But when he walked to the door of An Jie's room, he found that the door of An Jie's room was not closed, and An Jie himself was not in the bed.

　　 At this time, An Jie has arrived at the Oklahoma City Airport. After waking up early in the morning and seeing the text message from Giardina, Anjie hurried out and decided to wait here.

　　 Giardina has come to Oklahoma City more than once to watch his game, but after each game, Anjie hasn't paid much attention to them. In the summer, Anjie also repeatedly refused her invitation to travel. Now that people come to their own "turf" again, if An Jie still doesn't do anything, it is indeed a bit impolite.

　　 Giardina looked at the unanswered text message and was very disappointed. It seems that this should be the last time she has come to Oklahoma City.

　　 But when she walked out of the airport exit, he found An Jie was looking around anxiously at the exit.

　　 "Who is the kid waiting for?" Abrahi was full of questions, but found that Giardina had pushed the crowd away and ran towards Anjie.

　　 An Jie was still looking around with the help of his height advantage, but found that he was hit by someone. Looking down, Giardina has rushed over and hugged himself.

　　 Fortunately, there were no reporters at the airport in the morning, otherwise this scene would definitely make headlines in the entertainment section of various newspapers.

"Let's go Tina, I have to report to the team. There is still a game tonight." The 17-year-old girl, although Giardina looks and builds the same as a domestic college student, in the eyes of Anjie , He still couldn't imagine the progress of his relationship with this little girl.

　　 "Hmm." Giardina nodded obediently.

　　 Driving the car borrowed from Morris, Anjie sent Giardina and Abrahi to the hotel that had already been arranged. Although it was just a simple way of doing things, Giardina was very happy in his heart. Does this mean that An Jie still has a good impression of him?

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"Damn it, is this kid kidnapped by a thug sent by the Kings." Morris looked at his watch. Usually Anjie was the first to go to the training ground, but today in the first game of the regular season, he was surprised. Coming at the latest.

　　Although it was not late, but for the entire Thunder team, only An Jie was absent.

"Don't worry about that kid, his condition has never been a problem." Westbrook practiced shooting on his own. Insufficient shooting rate was his biggest problem last season. In the first game of the new season, he must play. Different things come.

　　 Just when Morris was worried, An Jie ran into the training ground out of breath, his clothes hadn't had time to change.

"Hey, why did you go? You drove my car away, and you didn't leave me your car keys, which made me wait for a taxi on that **** mountain for twenty minutes." Morris saw it. When Anjie arrived, he began to talk about his "tragic" experience in the morning.

"I picked up a friend at the airport, hehe, you know that my car has only two seats, which is not convenient. Hey, are you ready to go to the locker room tonight." Anjie didn't have time to go to the locker room, so he sat in the training ground The clothes began to change on the floor.

　　 "Just waiting for you to come to Ann, we said yes, the playoffs." Durant also gathered around at this moment, looking at the new and familiar lineup, everyone was full of expectations.

　　 "Come on, first of all take my old club the operation." After changing his clothes, An Jie picked up the basketball on the ground and shot it at will. The basketball was hollow into the net.

　　 "Morris, don't be caught by me tonight." After the goal, Anjie smiled triumphantly at his good brother.

　　 "Hmph, you can take care of your own business, but I have studied under the boss for one more year." Morris did not show any weakness, and made a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line...

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　　 Van Gundy stood on the sidelines seriously, looking at the upgraded Thunder lineup with satisfaction. Last season, the Kings couldn't compete with the Thunder. Now, Van Gundy not only wants to win, but also wants to win beautifully.

　　On the Kings roster, only Sesbin Hawes and Dante Green are two pure insides. The empty inside defense will become Van Gundy's key attack targets. After all, the current Thunder team is more than just An Jie!

　　 "Morris! Where's your protective gear!" Van Gundy couldn't help screaming while looking at Morris' bare ankles. What hasn't changed is that his protection of players is still strict.

　　 "Hey, go to the locker room to put it on later." Sure enough, Morris still couldn't escape Van Gundy's eyes in order to loosen his ankle.

　　 Van Gundy has announced the starting list for this game yesterday. Although the starting power forward is still Kostic, everyone knows that he is just a fake starter. Andrew Morris and Serge Ibaka are Anjie's real powerful assistants.

　　 Because of this, both Morris and Ibaka were very active when warming up. The importance of the NBA debut is self-evident. No one wants to leave a bad impression on the coach in the first game.

An Jie relied on Morris for back-beating exercises during the warm-up time and time again. To outsiders, the two were just making gestures. Only An Jie knew that Morris’s strength and strength were quite comparable even in the NBA. Good level too.

　　 This summer, Morris has not been idle either.

"The Thunder's offseason focus on strengthening is the inside line, so facing the weak inside the King, I think the Thunder team will have a greater chance of winning." The t.nt trio directly chose to come to Che this time. In the live commentary game at the Sapik Energy Arena, the Thunder's excellent performance last season has made them a very popular team. Therefore, for the first game of the new season, t.nt chose the Thunder to do the national broadcast.

"Don’t forget Kenny, Andrew Morris and Serge Ibaka are rookies. Although Presti’s draft operations in the previous two years have been very successful, this does not mean that Ibaka and Morris’ Ability can be compared with the Thunder Three." Charles Barkley's task is still to defy the tune, and it's time for Reggie Miller to make a pertinent evaluation.

"Anyway, even if Ibaka and Morris both misfire, Anjie can still use his own strength to make trouble in the interior of the Kings. The Kings want to win, in addition to relying on Jeff Green and Kevin Martin, rookie player Tai The performance of Rick Evans is also crucial." Although only the fourth pick, Evans is the most anticipated guy from the preseason experience. No way, who made the top pick Blake Griffin "dead" himself, increase the amount of training indiscriminately, and cause his rookie season to be completely reimbursed.

There is still half an hour before the start of the game. This time the players did not return to the locker room. Instead, under the mobilization of the host, the Thunder prepared a special for Anjie and Durant at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Celebration ceremony.

　　Although the Best Progress Award and the Rookie of the Year Award have long been in the hands of Durant and Anjie, Presti insisted on holding an award ceremony for the two of them in the first home game of the new season. In this way, in addition to boosting the morale of the team, it can also greatly stimulate the fans' desire to buy tickets.

　　 With the tacit cooperation of the live dj and the host, the atmosphere of the whole award ceremony was very warm. When Durant and Anjie raised the trophy, there was even a neat shout of "mvp".

　　 "Next, let us ask Tiffany Giardina to bring us "The Stars and Stripes Never Fall"!"

　　 Once again singing the national anthem ceremony, Giardina still ran out of the player channel ~www.NovelMTL.com~ waved to the audience. The fans of the Chesapeake Energy Arena also showed great face and gave cheers and applause without hesitation.

　　 Giardina couldn't help but glanced at the big man when he ran to An Jie. Unexpectedly, this time, An Jie gave Giardina a thumbs up.

　　 When Giardina finished singing the national anthem and the lights turned on again, the atmosphere of the scene was pushed to its climax.

　　 The Thunder team’s starting five have already taken off their training uniforms, and An Jie bounced around in the middle circle, eager to try.

　　 "Come on!"

　　 "You said we would go to the playoffs! Come on!"

　　 "This is our home court! Get rid of them!"

　　 There were various shouts from the stands. Unlike the desertedness at the beginning of last season, Chesapeake Energy Arena was not absent!

　　 Outstanding performance with 47 wins last season? Records are used for breaking and reference. From now on, everything has been returned to zero.

　　 As Anjie grabbed the basketball in the air before Hawes, his second NBA season, the Thunder's 09-10 season, officially began!

　　 "Audience friends, the journey of the blue and white lightning to hit the playoffs, officially set off!"

　　 It is highly anticipated and highly anticipated. Rookie of the Year, Sports Illustrated cover. Will the Thunder make it to the quarter-finals that everyone expects in the new season, or will they disappoint the lottery again? From this moment on, the answer will be revealed layer by layer. (To be continued.)