The Way of the Center

After the review on December 1, the Thunder officials never revealed any news about Anjie. Although Wu Hua knew what An Jie's situation was, he did not disclose An Jie's latest situation to the public in accordance with the official wishes of the Thunder.

But just the next day, the attentive fans discovered that the Thunder posted a set of photos of Anjie training in the pool on their official website.

"Ann's recovery training has started and is expected to come back in the middle of this month." Above the photo, there is only such a simple sentence. And it was this simple news that made the fans of Oklahoma City cheer.

So in the Thunder's home game against the 76ers that night, the fans in the Chesapeake Energy Arena were very active, cheering loudly.

An Jie finally returned to the Chesapeake Energy Arena for this game. He sat on the sidelines in casual clothes, cheering for his teammates, and came back to familiarize himself with the atmosphere of the game.

In the third quarter of the game, Morris was knocked down by Dalembert in a storm, but the referee did not call a foul.

After Dalembert got the ball, the 76ers immediately called a timeout. At this moment, An Jie, dressed in casual clothes, suddenly rushed into the court and pulled Morris up from the ground.

Everyone clearly saw An Jie using the injured leg as a support, and he forcefully pulled the "big bull" up. Although it is just a small detail, it still makes the fans full of confidence in Anjie's recovery.

In the end, with both fans and players performing well, the Thunder easily won 1o6 to 117 at home.

Durant scored 3o again, and if this continues, Durant will overtake Anthony to rank second on the scoring list. Below him, there are superstars like Wade, Kobe, and Nowitzki. It's no wonder that Durant will become the core of the Thunder team with a lot of potential stocks.

Morris also had a good performance in this game, with 18 points and 7 rebounds, still working hard to fill the Thunder's internal gap when An Jie was unable to play.

Now everyone is admiring how good Presti's vision is. They seem to forget how much doubt Morris and Presti were in the draft.

And Van Gundy is also grateful that Presti has greatly strengthened the team's inside in the summer. Otherwise, after Anjie is injured, the Thunder will really have no inside players to provoke the backbone.

Fortunately, they now own Morris and Ibaka.

As the comeback date gets closer, Anjie has more and more training programs. Now, he has been allowed to conduct some confrontational ball training with the trainer. As far as the performance of the training ground is concerned, there is no problem with Anjie's state.

Anjie still trains hard every day, and will continue to train himself later. However, because of the knee injury, the content of Anjie's additional training can only be to avoid the lower limbs.

The Thunder fans are looking forward to that day, but during this period their team still has a lot of teams to play.

On December 4, the Celtics Big Three stepped into the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Without An Jie, the defensive pillar, the Celtics played quite easily under the leadership of the Big Three.

Although Morris had a good performance in the previous games, he obviously failed the test in this one.

Seven of the Celtics scored in double figures. Among them, Garnett, under the alternate defense of Morris and Ibaka, made 1o of 11 shots and easily scored 23 points and 8 rebounds.

Garnett's abnormal performance makes the Thunder fans look forward to Anjie's comeback. Morris can only play a certain role as a replacement, but if the Thunder want to be safe in the penalty area, then An Jie has to come.

1o5 to 87, did not make the finals last season, but this season, the Big Three, who performed well this season, took the victory away without any effort. Although Durant scored 36 points, he was still powerless. After all, except for him and Westbrook, everyone else only scored in single digits.

An Jie was eager to watch off the court. He wanted to go on the court and fight with the Celtics Big Three. But unfortunately, he still received ice treatment before the game, so he couldn't risk playing at this moment.

Although defeated by the Big Three, the Thunder players were not discouraged.

In the next week, they immediately played a two-game winning streak in response to doubts from all walks of life.

Defeated the Jazz at home and captured the Grizzlies away. Although James Harden, the player Presti originally wanted to pick in the Grizzlies game, performed well and scored a Grizzlies-high 24 points, Durant has another 3o-up performance and Wei Stbrooke's relatively stable shooting percentage still allowed the young Harden to swallow the defeat.

After winning two consecutive victories, there are only six days left before Anjie's comeback. Whether it is the fans or Anjie himself, there is a feeling that they can't wait.

Everything is going in a good direction. The team wins and the players are about to heal. This season looks so good.

However, in the week when Anjie is about to return, the Thunder has ushered in the longest three-game losing streak of the season after two consecutive victories!

To be precise, the Thunder have never lost a streak until now in the o9-1o season. But it's okay if it doesn't come, because he lost three games in a row.

First, on December 13, the Cleveland Cavaliers challenged the Thunder away. In fact, there was no problem with the Thunder players' swings in this game. Durant had 29 points and Westbrook had 26 points.

The problem was LeBron James. He scored a game-high 44 points alone and blocked the Thunder's fierce offensive.

1o2 to 99, the Thunder, which was only three points short, was unfortunately defeated by the strong Eastern Knights.

If the problem in this game is that James has played well, then the Thunder did not have any excuses for the second defeat.

In the face of the Denver Nuggets, where only eight players can play, the Thunder gave up victory with less than 4o% shooting.

In addition, they allowed the Nuggets to score in double figures and added to the team's death.

The offense can't make it, the defense can't hold it. Want to win in this state, it is really a fantasy.

93 to 1o2, two consecutive losses.

Two days later, the Mavericks will not miss this great opportunity for An Jie to be injured. Nowitzki opened the bow inside and outside, and shot Morris and Ibaka and other insiders completely lacking temper.

He made 2 of 2 three-pointers and made 72% of his total field goals. Nowitzki easily scored 35 points to help the Mavericks regain the hatred of last season, and also sent a three-game losing streak to the Thunder by the way.

The three-game losing streak is a big blow for the ambitious Thunder team this season. Their ranking quickly dropped from fourth in the West to seventh.

Morris had performed very well before, but in the last three games he was frequently hit by matchups, which made this optimistic insider also a little depressed.

But the good news is that the Thunder will host the Pistons in the next game. An Jie will go into battle! This game is likely to change the Thunder team and put an end to this **** losing streak!

The Thunder fans are all looking forward to the upcoming big explosion after this over-depressive week!

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An Jie has a towel around his neck, the game is over, and the sweat on his body has already dried out. Because at the end of the fourth quarter, he and Durant did not play at all.

After an absence of one month and two days from the stadium, Anjie, who missed a full 14 games, finally finished the game safely.

19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting only 46% from the field. Although Anjie has been working hard in the following training, he is indeed in poor condition after being away for so long.

1o9 to 98, the Thunder are at home and back in Anjie. With the fans sitting in full, ~www.NovelMTL.com~ lost the game and lost 11 points.

"The Thunder fans are a little too optimistic, and Ann is not the savior. They have to accept the fact that even though An Jie is back, the Thunder still lost four games in a row!"

In Anjie's comeback battle, Chesapeake Energy Arena's tickets have long been sold out. Countless people are expecting him to turn the tide with the Thunder and make a comeback. However, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

An Jie’s injury is not a problem, but he really can’t find the state of the game.

"Losing is my problem, I wasted too many opportunities, and three turnovers caused the opponent to fight back." An Jie also admitted this in an interview after the game.

The score of 19 points is not low, but it still can't match people's expectations of him.

The Thunder has lost four games in a row. An Jie has just returned from injury but is in bad shape. Where will the Thunder and Anjie go...

An Jie looked at the text messages that comforted him with annoyance. Where was the problem? (To be continued.) 8