The Way of the Center

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Today, there is no place to park near Staples. Because the parking lot outside the stadium has been occupied by tens of thousands of fans.

They were all **** Lakers fans who didn't buy tickets, but didn't want to watch TV at home. And outside the stadium, it has become a gathering place for these guys to revel. They can watch the situation inside the stadium through the big screen outside the stadium. Maybe there are some lucky guys who can sneak into the scene.

They came here for only one purpose, to witness the Lakers win this difficult series and advance to the Western Conference finals! They are so confident, because now basketball fans all over the world know about Anjie's situation.

"What is the biggest variable in this game!? According to reliable sources, An Jie's body temperature is still above 38 degrees 5. Now only one hour from the start of the game, An Jie's body temperature should not drop too much. Therefore, An Jie is the biggest variable in this game! Whether he can play or not is still unknown. Even if he can play, An Jie’s performance is unpredictable.” Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping anxiously looked for An Jie’s figure on the scene. Now everyone is warming up on the court, but An Jie is not there.

"Ann will definitely play today. He is not the kind of guy who will voluntarily give up the game. Even with a high temperature of 40 degrees, Ann will definitely play. The problem is that this is the most critical tie-breaker, and the Los Angeles Lakers It's not just waiting. Even if Ann can play, how much help can he bring to the Thunder?" Not only the domestic TV, in the t.nt studio, Kenny Smith also talked about this topic.

With many questions and concerns, Anjie finally came to the court to warm up 30 minutes before the start of the game. As far as the warm-up was concerned, An Jie was fine except that his eyes were a little blurred. Now, all the Thunder fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Half an hour later, when the two teams stepped into Staples, the world looked at the Lakers, but it was only natural. The league's number one shooting guard, an orderly locker room, Kobe's entire lineup, and a wise champion coach are the advantages of the Lakers.

And where is the Thunder? A main center who doesn't know what the state is, a point guard who is too young and reckless, and a forward who lacks blood. The current Thunder to the Lakers is like a graduate who has just stepped out of school and a strong suit of the industry elite.

However, in the first quarter, under the noses of all Los Angelesers, the "graduate" of the Thunder repaired the Lakers!

The Lakers found that Anjie had no problems at all. On the defensive end, Angel is a solid shield behind Sefrossa, interfering with Kobe's cut and jumper. On the offensive end, Bynum found that he still didn't take the slightest advantage. Under Anjie's tough entanglement, he couldn't help defending the restricted area in time. The only thing that is particularly strange is that Anjie has unexpectedly fewer attacks on his own today! Most of the time, Anjie is helping his teammates to cope or pick and roll. Occasionally playing a few balls, the efficiency can only be said to be not too bad.

"Look at this guy, do you believe he still has a high fever now!? I can't see it at all. I can't imagine how to play in such a situation, but Ann did it, and it's not bad!" After that, the Thunder completely scorched Staples. On both ends of the offense and defense, the defending champions are led by the nose. An Jie made 2 of 4 shots in a single quarter, had two free throws, scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

"That guy definitely has a problem with his body! I can feel it. In the first quarter, he was doing his best to smash me. The later the game, the bigger the loopholes in Ann will definitely be!" Was humiliated, but he knew that An Jie's physical condition definitely had a problem!

"Yeah! In the second quarter, we made a lot of breakthroughs and continued to put pressure on the inside of the Thunder!" The Zen master admired An Jie's perseverance, but in order to win, even if it is impossible to win, he will not hesitate!

As a result, Bynum and Gasol began to defend Anjie around the front, the Lakers began to push fast-paced, and continued to strengthen their aggressiveness. In order to achieve his goal, the Zen master did not hesitate to replace Fischer and let the "spring man" Shannon Brin strengthen the Lakers' breakthrough.

Kobe used his own experience and skills to create damage on the inside, and showed great power in the middle distance. An Jie's lateral speed and take-off height are obviously not as good as the first quarter. Those **** that could be blocked in the past have become blocking fouls in this game. Those offenses that were able to be cleanly covered in the past have become thugs today.

The Zen Master’s policy is not wrong, and now everyone can see that the Lakers are actively looking for An Jie to fight!

In the past, Anjie was the point that others most wanted to avoid, but today, he has become the focus of others' offense.

Van Gundy would naturally not let it go. He immediately replaced An Jie with Ibaka and let Morris top the center. But even so, the Lakers gradually approached the score and completed the lead before the end of the midfield.

In Staples, no matter whether it is on the court or off the court, everyone is boiling. This was a game where the Lakers had more advantages. Now that Anjie has collapsed, the Thunder has no chance!

During the intermission, many reporters asked Van Gundy about Anjie. Van Gundy just replied that everything is normal for Anjie, and the second half of the game will continue as planned.

That's right, but Van Gundy's anxious expression doesn't lie.

At the beginning of the third quarter, An Jie sat on the bench in a towel. He exchanged opinions with Van Gundy from time to time, but it seemed that there was no problem in spirit.

Just one minute of the game, a rush of whistle ignited Staples again. Artest elbowed Durant in an attack, whether it was intentional or unintentional, but it is an indisputable fact that Durant's mouth is bleeding.

Durant covered his mouth in pain, and Morris covered Artest's mouth. After being convicted of a foul, Artest was quite unconvinced, and has been mocking Durant for acting. As a result, Morris directly covered Artest's mouth and pushed the opponent.

The conflict was ignited. Who is Artest? The protagonist of the most notorious stadium violence in this century! In the playoffs, this guy even dared to play Kobe, let alone a first-year rookie.

Morris and Artest fought together, but within a few seconds, they were separated by the referee and the players from both sides.

In such a critical game, the referee is also very stressed. In the end, he gave Morris and Artest a first-degree malicious foul, and didn't send anyone off the field. Although Stern pursued a zero-tolerance policy, he also pursued a whistle-blowing orientation that made the game more exciting.

Durant can continue to fight, but under the rules of the NBA, he had to stop briefly to deal with the bleeding wound. The Thunder lacked Durant and Anjie and were beaten by the Lakers. Although the others worked hard, the Lakers didn't work hard? Kobe and the Twin Towers don't work hard anymore?

A few minutes later, Durant and Anjie both returned, giving the Thunder fans unlimited hope.

Anjie's defense has returned to strong, Durant's off-the-ball running and long-range shooting have chilled the Staples fans. With Durant's containment, Westbrook's scalpel breakthrough also cut the Lakers' chest.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Thunder once again equalized the score, but after a timeout, Kobe was fully fired. The two teams were playing the game like this, An Jie almost disappeared on the offensive end, because he could only take care of one side, either defensively or offensively.

It wasn't until the third quarter was over a minute or so before that Kobe's breakthrough slammed into An Jie. When Yao Ming saw this scene, his heart was "cocked". This was the case last year, which led to a series of injuries.

An Jie fell to the ground, and Kobe "fallen down" a big Chinese man. But An Jie was not injured. He was just suffering from a high fever and a huge physical exertion.

An Jie was assisted and rested for less than 30 seconds before returning to the field after the next dead ball. In Game 7 of the 1970 Finals, Wesley Reid limped out of the player's channel and walked in front of Chamberlain, and the audience suddenly screamed. Today, in the same crucial seventh game, Anjie walked slowly in front of Gasol and set up a defensive posture. Even the proud Los Angelesers gave An Jie a round of applause.

In the end, the two sides ended the third quarter with the same score. If the series between the Lakers and the Thunder is the most exciting series in the semifinals of the entire division, then this tie-break is the most exciting game in the entire series.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder have not been dragged down. Nick Collison fell to the ground to save the ball, Sefrosa hit three consecutive points, and Anjie also stumbled and made multiple free throws. The Thunder are embarrassed and miserable, but they are always clinging to the score.

The Thunder played a game that made Staples jaw-dropping. They used all kinds of methods to hug the Lakers' legs and let the Lakers follow them and tumble in the mud. At this moment, An Jie's head hurts to the extreme, but he is still unwilling to give up. Even if every time he accepts Bynum's impact, he is extremely painful, but he still insists on not giving up.

Anjie and the Thunder made a choice that the outside world could not understand. They knew better than anyone how far they were from the defending champion, but they were still fighting without hesitation. What are these young people for? Fight for the contract? No need. Fight for the championship? Very hanging. But it was this kind of Thunder that used this almost rogue style of play to force the Lakers to play their full strength.

They used a forward defense against An Jie, continued to press Durant, and double-teamed Westbrook. The Purple and Gold Corps no longer relaxed, they began to patiently grind their positions with the Thunder, and Kobe started desperately attacking the Thunder team. The Lakers seem to be saying: "Just let you fail easily, don't you don't want to, now force us to work hard, you still can't get anything."

The Thunder three played a whole quarter in the fourth quarter, and even An Jie, who had a fever, persisted to the end.

Then the embarrassed and important 12 minutes was defeated by the Thunder Third Master. Now only two minutes before the end of the game, they are only 3 points behind the Lakers!

Resoluteness comes from trust, and trust comes from the team. Barkley is right. The Thunder are a group of Xiaoqiangs who can't step on them~www.NovelMTL.com~ Actually, the Thunder almost died. Give them a little more time and they will die. Naturally, An Jie didn't need to say much. At this moment, his whole body was weak and it was very difficult to stand still. Durant and Westbrook were already overstretched under the "careful care" of the Lakers. The three young men panted, waiting for the final two minutes of the trial. What if, what if they seize the opportunity to comeback?

So the game came to the last two minutes, so the Thunder really died. Kobe scored a few breathtaking jump shots in the heads of the overstretched Thunder players.

Van Gundy played all his cards, but An Jie was not in good physical condition in the away game, Kobe played steadily, and the bald referee Joey Crawford...all the unfavorable factors for the Thunder are all present. Up. These factors finally killed the tenaciously resisting Thunder.

The Thunder were still chasing, and it wasn't until the last five seconds that Kobe put in a three-pointer to change the point difference to 7. They finally accepted the fact that they were unable to recover.

104 to 111, the Thunder used a stalking defense to force the Lakers to make 16 turnovers, but none of this can change the outcome that may have belonged to them.

From everyone's point of view, the script seems to have been written long ago, and the defending champion and legendary Kobe will certainly not stumble in the youth army. But the Thunder used their own hard work to postpone their death time and time again. From the initial prediction of 4-0 to the last minute of the tiebreaker, the Thunder did their best.

When the game ended, the whole Staples shook. Most of them cheered for the Lakers' victory, but some of them cheered for the spirit of the Thunder.

An Jie looked up at the score, and suddenly felt that the last trace of strength in his body was hollowed out. When he suddenly softened, he fell towards the floor...