The Way of the Center

The moments of happiness are always short. An Jie has to leave less than 24 hours after coming to New York.

Although nothing happened to the Thunder in the Christmas game, the Thunder will have a game at home tomorrow. Anjie must quickly meet the team and participate in training on Christmas Day.

After that unforgettable night, Catherine and Anjie were even more reluctant to each other. However, this is where the sorrow of professional basketball players lies. Their happy time had to come to an abrupt end.

And Anjie must put aside his children's personal affair and devote himself to the continuing regular season.

He left by plane at 8 in the morning and will rush to the Chesapeake Energy Arena to train non-stop in the afternoon. In the evening, Anjie will continue to practice more and will never be lazy.

Is Anjie tired? Of course very tired, but as a Chinese, he knows that only by constantly polishing himself can he survive in this cruel place of the NBA.

Christmas is the biggest holiday in the United States. Most people are now at home and watch the Christmas battle carefully arranged by David Stern with their families.

All members of the Thunder, including the trainers, are sweating on the cold training ground at the moment, preparing for the game tomorrow.

While holding super high annual salaries, professional players have almost sacrificed their private lives for basketball.

There are still four games left in 2009. According to Jeff Van Gundy, they have to win at least three of these four games to be considered a pass.

This is not Van Gundy's self-inflation, but most of the next few opponents are opponents that the Thunder must not be considered strong.

After experiencing the gloomy four-game losing streak, they have to use a wave of winning streaks to make their record bright if they want to stabilize the ranking.

The gap between the top ten teams in the Western Conference so far this season is still small, and a wave of winning streaks may not even allow the Thunder to rise in the powerful Western Conference rankings. But if you still lose, the chaser behind will complete an instant overtake.

December 16, the day after Christmas. The Thunder ushered in a challenge from the Charlotte Bobcats at home.

Although it is not a heavy showdown, the Chesapeake Energy Arena is still full due to the east wind of the Christmas holiday. Presti can no longer drink and watch football in the luxury box, because the rental rate of the luxury box is also very high this season.

This season, the Bobcats have Stephen Jackson joined, and the forward strength has been greatly enhanced. Judging from the current results, they have a great chance of making the playoffs.

You know, since the establishment of the team, this is the closest the Bobcats have been to the playoffs.

The Bobcats, who were fully rested in this game, played without problems, but the state of the Thunder's three minors was even better.

"Elvis" Gerald Wallace also appeared to be overshadowed by Durant's excellent performance, scoring 30 points and grabbing 6 rebounds again. Durant officially surpassed Anthony after this game and came in Ranked second in the scoring list!

An Jie's offensive force in this campaign is also very strong, because the Bobcats have no insiders, they do not hesitate to use Burris Dior to play the fifth position. And Angel Dior's defense naturally didn't feel much pressure.

He scored 22 points and 10 rebounds on 10 of 15 shots. If Durant hadn't taken up too many shots, Anjie could have scored more.

The Frenchman Dior made only 1 of 8 shots under Anjie's strict defense. As an inside player, the shooting rate is obviously unacceptable. 3 points and 4 rebounds. This is the result of a confrontation with Anjie in the fourth position.

Although Westbrook only scored 13 points, considering that he only shot 10 times, this performance is not bad. Under normal circumstances, the more Westbrook fails to score, the more he wants to play. Whenever Westbrook takes more than 20 shots, then his shooting percentage must be a disaster. 【】

91 to 98, the Thunder won the offending Bobcats cleanly. After Christmas came back, their state did not fall but rose, and the holiday did not let these boys relax.

The next day, Anjie got on the plane again. Recently, because of Christmas and the team's too many away games, he was about to vomit on the plane.

The Thunder's destination today is New Jersey, and Anjie's national teammate Yi Jianlian has been waiting in New Jersey for a long time.

Since returning from injury on December 23, Yi Jianlian's performance can be described as stunning.

On the 23rd, he returned to the first game against the Timberwolves with the Nets. Yi Jianlian came off the bench and scored 22 points and 9 rebounds on Love and Al Jefferson, and made 4 of 6 3-pointers.

Only that game Yi Jianlian happened to catch up with Anjie and Stoudemire, so the limelight was overshadowed by Anjie.

After that outstanding game, on December 26, Yi Jianlian directly gained the trust of Nets coach Kiki Vandeweghe, squeezing out Josh Boone and sitting in the starting power forward position.

And he lived up to expectations, scoring 17 points and 6 rebounds in 36 minutes, but the Nets lost, so Yi Jianlian's excellent performance was also buried.

Today is the third game after Yi Jianlian's comeback. Everyone is looking forward to his ability to continue to play his worth, and Yi Jianlian also feels that he is in good shape.

With Yao Ming injured, the first meeting between An Jie and Yi Jianlian has undoubtedly attracted much attention, and it has become a key broadcast of CCTV5.

In addition to real-time broadcasts, CCTV also sent live reporters to New Jersey to deliver first-hand reports on the scene for domestic fans.

"I've been in a very good state recently. I won't be attacked today." Before the game, An Jie and Yi Jianlian joked in a friendly manner.

In the national team, the relationship between Yi Jianlian and An Jie was pretty good, so Yi Jianlian also talked and laughed at An Jie.

"We have all lost nine games in a row. We should win one game." Yi Jianlian began to laugh at himself. Indeed, the Nets have played 30 games, but only won two of them, which is almost better than last season. The Thunder during the Lasimo era was even worse.

"I also hope you can get rid of the losing streak sooner, but not today." An Jie patted Yi Jianlian on the chest, joking, and after a fight, Yi Jianlian in hot form will be the number one dangerous person. Anje knows this point better than anyone else.

"Don't think I will show mercy to An Jie. I'll go to warm up. See you on the court." Finally, Yi Jianlian and An Jie gave a hug. When they separated, the two officially changed from friends to enemies. .

There is no friendship in the NBA. Even compatriots must do their best to defeat the opponent.

"Ann! Don't forget Brook Lopez, your old opponent! I know your compatriot is in the limelight recently, but he doesn't need you to worry about it. I want you to fight Brook Lopez with all your heart. Don't lose your mind!" Van Gundy knew that the duel between the two big Chinese men had been heated up by the outside world, but he played to win, not to please the audience. Not surprisingly, the number of times he sent Anjie to match Yi Jianlian in this game shouldn't be too many.

"Knowing the boss, I will finish my own affairs, and I will not intervene if I shouldn't." Anjie knew that Van Gundy was worried that he would be too concerned about Yi Jianlian and miss Lopez. He did. I want to play against Yi Jianlian, who is in good shape, but An Jie just thinks so. When he was on the court, he would never leave the defense without authorization.

"Audience friends, maybe everyone has been looking forward to this game for a long time. Yi Jianlian and An Jie, who also experienced injuries not long ago, also played very well when they came back. Today, the two are finally right. Together, let us look forward to the performance of the two Chinese players today!" Yu Jia is already too excited at this moment. It is really a rare scene to watch two Chinese players compete on the same field in an NBA game.

An Jie entered the NBA for more than a year, but for various reasons, this was the first time he played against Yi Jianlian.

The confrontation between Yao Ming and An Jie this season is hard to see, but the derby of Yi Jianlian and An Jie who are in good shape is still quite worth seeing.

Before the start of the game, Yi Jianlian's expression became very serious. He is actually a very professional and serious player. The previous NBA road was not smooth, and there were various off-court reasons.

However, I have to admit that Yi Jianlian still has a lot of shining points in the NBA~www.NovelMTL.com~ He also played more than one beautiful game.

I don't know the particularity of Chinese Derby, can it take his performance to the next level?

"The starting power forward, from China, let us welcome, Yi~~~~~~ Jianlian!" The live DJ dragged the word "Yi" for a long time, and the Nets fans also responded to the third appearance. Yi Jianlian reported enthusiastically.

This Chinese who has returned from injury has brought them enough surprises. They believe that Yi Jianlian will play better.

"It's so rare to hear another Chinese name." Seeing his compatriots are so popular, An Jie sincerely hopes that Yi Jianlian can play at the level, but this does not mean that he will release water in the game.

Only full-fledged confrontation is the greatest respect for Yi Jianlian!

Come on, let this group of guys see the strength of our Chinese on the basketball court!

An Jie and Yi Jianlian, their first confrontation, officially started. (To be continued.).

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