The Way of the Center

"The game is over! 109 to 107, the Thunder team finally confirmed the victory of the game!" When the game ended, it was already half past noon Beijing time. Yu Jia came to the studio early to prepare for the live broadcast, and all morning till now, no drips have entered. But now, he didn't feel relieved, on the contrary, he was still unfulfilled.

The Thunder still won, and the results were exactly the same as their predictions before the game. However, this process is full of variables. Many fans would not be surprised to see the news that the Timberwolves lost to the Thunder, but looking at the score and the process, most fans couldn't believe it.

"Huh, the **** is finally over!" Van Gundy let out a sigh, and now he admires the old men like **Vicci and Jerry Sloan even more. At such an age, he can withstand the heart test of the NBA game. Van Gundy is afraid that one day his blood pressure will soar and he faints to the ground.

In the game just now, his heart felt like riding a roller coaster, with great ups and downs. Fortunately, the Thunder finally had a "smooth landing" without risk.

Kevin Love stared at the big screen unwillingly, and those people who looked down on them still succeeded. Even though they made a desperate resistance, the Thunder still took the victory away from the center of the target. He felt a little numb in his heart, and losing has almost become the main theme of his life in the past two years.

"Hey, don't be discouraged, you guys almost did it." Westbrook did not forget his former teammate. Before Anjie, Love was looking after him.

Love smiled bitterly, trying to say something, but in the end he still didn't say it. He just slapped Westbrook with a high five and hurriedly walked towards the player tunnel.

On the way, no reporter stopped him. Love scored 25 points and 11 rebounds today, but no one will remember his name. Only the winner has the right to enjoy praise.

Looking at the back of Love's decline, An Jie even felt sorry for him. Today, he was twice grabbed offensive rebounds by Love on the inside, and at the same time he also allowed Love to score a lot of goals from the outside. I have to admit that Love's performance today is no worse than himself. If An Jie is qualified to enjoy honor, then Love also has this ability.

Just behind the winner, there must be an equally good guy who accepts the punishment of failure. And Love has become the shadow behind the glory of the thunder three young masters.

"Bang!" There was a muffled noise in the home team's locker room in the target center. Now, only Kevin Love is still in the locker room.

At this moment, Love was propping a fist on the locker cabinet, and that cabinet was sunken by a few centimeters.

Love concentrated all the unwillingness in his heart on this punch. The poor cabinet has unfortunately become Love's punching bag.

With 20 points and 14 rebounds, Anjie's data can only be said to be on par with Love. But as the winner, and the person who invested the key goal, An Jie's attention was not comparable to that of Love.

It may be cruel, but this is the NBA, this is an alliance of the weak and the strong, and the winner is king. Only victory is a hard indicator to measure everything.

Regardless of the thunderous conditions of the Thunder today, it only needs a loss of one game. Most people who still praise them will immediately turn their guns and attack the Thunder.

Only two days later, this phenomenon was fulfilled.

On February 23, the Thunder once again met their old enemy, the Sun. But this time, Nash, the true core of the Suns, missed the game due to injury. This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for the Thunder to reach ten consecutive victories again.

Chesapeake Energy Arena is intact. After all, what can be more refreshing than defeating a deadly enemy at home? However, with Durant's missed shot and Anjie's missed tip in the last five seconds, the Suns, lacking a core, won the victory at the Chesapeake Energy Arena instead.

Stoudemire's wanton celebration at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, for him, defeating Anjie and defeating the Thunder are the most exciting moments.

This season, he has already "predetermined" the starting center position in the Western Conference, but An Jie, an old acquaintance who is only in the second grade, forced him to the bench. At that time, Stoudemire swore in his heart that he must find face on Anjie.

30 points and 9 rebounds, 12 of 20 shots. In the current league, few insiders can get this kind of data on Anjie. However, Stoudemire, who was erupted by emotions, did just that.

The elderly Grant Hill also taught the young scoring champion Durant a good lesson. As the former Jordan’s successor, although Hill lost most of his athletic ability due to a serious injury, the foundation is still there. Not only did he score 21 points, he shot 72%. Durant's contempt for the veteran made him a big mistake.

If there are only these two people showing off, then the sun without Nash may not be able to retreat in the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Unfortunately, Jason Richardson and last year's little-known second-round pick Glenn Dragic also scored 20 and 16 points respectively, completely crushing the nine-game winning streak of the Thunder.

After struggling for 48 minutes, the game ended in the defeat of Durant and Anjie. 104 to 102, the Thunder lost to their rivals at home and completely interrupted the nine-game winning streak they had worked so hard to build.

"The starting center for the Western All-Star team should be Stoudemire!" The sports page of the Phoenix Post printed such a big headline. As everyone knows, the day before yesterday, this newspaper praised An Jie's performance.

However, Anjie’s 16 points and 10 rebounds are really not on par with Stoudemire. In addition to the Thunder’s three minors, none of them have scored in double digits. This is also the biggest loss for the Thunder. the reason.

Even Anjie couldn't make waves inside the Suns, so Morris and Ibaka would have no chance.

Losing to the Suns, at least there will be a game against the Spurs tomorrow to look forward to. However, playing back-to-back with the Spurs after 48 minutes of dying with the Suns is also a challenge for the Thunder.

This time, the Spurs and Thunder finally no longer follow the "tradition." The game was not dragged to the last second, and the score was no longer anxious. 87 to 95, it's a pity that the Thunder, who played back-to-back away games, were the previous score.

Ginobili, the "Demon Blade" in this game, finally drew it. Once the Demon Blade became powerful, the opponents of the Spurs were generally more fortunate.

The state of the exhausted Thunder team is completely incomparable with the Spurs. Except for Angel, Sefrosa and Morris, the other Thunder team’s shooting percentages are below 50%. Durant and Westbrook are the two biggest players. Instead, the offensive arrows of the team are the two with the lowest shooting percentage.

From nine consecutive victories to two consecutive defeats, the Thunder once again took the roller coaster. From the darling of the media to the object of criticism, except for a few loyal media, almost everyone has a big change in the reputation of the Thunder.

Wu Hua and the "Sports Vanguard" are naturally rare loyal supporters of the Thunder and An Jie.

"The outburst of the opposing star and the exhaustion of back-to-back matches, these two factors are very unfavorable for winning, but they were encountered by the Thunder. The Thunder are still too young, and their system is not even particularly mature. Invincible. It’s not something the young Thunder can do. But these two losing streaks are what the Thunder have to pay during the long regular season. No team will win smoothly. The Thunder will have no problem, at most. With a game, they can reverse the decline." This is a paragraph in the latest issue of "Sports Vanguard" An Jie's column, which is also Wu Hua's view of the current Thunder team.

In his eyes, it is normal for a team to lose in the regular season, and there is nothing to fuss about. The only reason for this situation is that the light of the Thunder was too dazzling. It is suddenly dimmed, and people will not feel used to it, but will think that the end of the world is coming. As everyone knows, this is just a necessary process for the sun to rise again.

As expected by Wu Hua, the Thunder broke the deadlock before the "at most one" game appeared, and once again added another number of wins for himself.

After losing to their old opponents the Suns and Spurs in a row, the aggrieved Thunder team cast their anger on their next opponent. It's unlucky to say that within a week, the Timberwolves met Thunder twice. But this time with the Thunder, the Timberwolves failed to stage an impressive resistance again.

Durant 25 points, Anjie 24 points, Westbrook 18 points, Morris 13 points, Krstic 10 points, Sefrosa 10 points, Ibaka 14 points, Collison 10 points. The Thunder made 10 appearances and 8 scored in double figures. They used the overall hard power gap to tear the Timberwolves defense to pieces.

Love has resisted desperately as always, but now he still cannot save the team on his own. With 19 points and 9 rebounds, Love also got the team's highest points and the team's highest rebounds. However, the overall strength of the team has made him a funeral for the Thunder.

The morale boosted the Thunder, and they won their last rival in February ~ www.NovelMTL.com ~ the Toronto Raptors ranked 8th in the East.

Bosh was injured, but the headless Raptors couldn't get up at all. Italy's space-based insider Andrea Ballari's 14 points are already the Raptors' highest score.

With Valliari’s weak defense, Anjie scored a game-high 29 points in one fell swoop, and also had 10 rebounds. Not only did he turn his consecutive double-double record into 15 games, but also helped the Thunder to win the game. The 119-99 victory over the invading enemy from the north marked a successful conclusion for February.

On February 28th, the last day of February, China's Spring Festival basically came to an end. The Thunder used a victory to make the regular season of the 09-10 season come to an end.

In the last month and a half, the Thunder has stepped into the playoffs with one foot. As long as the other foot is not maimed, the problem of stepping in will not be too big.

Van Gundy began to pray to God, even though he hadn't been to church for a long time. I hope those dramatic things can stay far away from the Thunder. In the last month and a half, I hope everything goes well.

The Thunder has passed the regular season experience. (To be continued.)