The Way of the Center

　　 In the middle of the night, on the deserted streets of Charlotte, the white snow is already quietly covering the city with "bedding". The winter in December is always accompanied by the arrival of white snow. For people living here, this is already a thing of habit.

"Tsk." Aldridge suddenly felt a little chilly, so he wrapped the quilt covering him tightly. But then, when a urge to pee came, Aldridge had to lift the warm quilt and walk towards the toilet.

"It's snowing. It must be beautiful tomorrow." After the solution, Aldridge glanced at the outside world through the window. When he got up tomorrow, it would become white. Thinking of this, Aldridge couldn't help but smile. However, at this moment, Aldridge suddenly felt that his breathing became a bit rapid and difficult!

"No, don't do it now!" Aldridge had to kneel on one knee and support the bedside table with one hand to ensure that he did not fall.

After more than ten minutes, Aldridge recovered his calm. But in this cold winter, Aldridge was sweating profusely because of the incident just now.

"It's okay LaMarcus, it's okay..." Aldridge muttered to himself, sat back on the bed in shock, and wiped the cold sweat that made his spine chill. Everything is normal for the Trail Blazers this season, and his own career is on track. He doesn't want to see any mistakes here...

"What's the matter... buddy" An Jie who lives in the same room with Aldridge asked in a daze.

"It's okay, go to sleep."

After defeating the Bobcats, only one day later, the Trail Blazers will continue their road trip. From the November 26th victory over the Pistons in Detroit to the last victory over the Bobcats in Charlotte, the Trail Blazers have gone through five consecutive away games. After that, there was a sixth game waiting for Ricard and his players in Indiana.

Such a schedule is naturally unavoidable for Ricard to greet Stern's "female relatives" with "enthusiasm", which also makes the Blazers players work harder than others.

It is tiring enough to think about it while ensuring the quality of training as much as possible, but everyone in the Trail Blazers must face it all.

No, they have just defeated the Bobcats before they have time to enjoy the fruits of victory. Early the next morning, Ricard led the players on the plane again and headed towards Indianapolis, the largest city in Indiana.

Although hard work, but due to the team's repeated victories, so the players are still very emotional. After all, most of the people in this team are still young, and running around is not a big problem for a group of young guys. Sometimes Fischer and Divac really envy this group of people, their lives, there is still a lot of room for struggle.

On the plane, Damien Lillard showed his superb rap skills to his teammates. Although this young black guy lives by playing basketball, his rap is really good, and everyone on the Trail Blazers is dancing with him. Lillard said that in addition to basketball, his other dream is to release a rap album and become a rap singer. And now that he has performed well on the basketball court, he has a business contract one by one, and he is certainly not far from fulfilling his second dream.

In this hard rush, it is with these little episodes in life that this team can maintain a very high combat effectiveness and cohesion. As the leader in the locker room, Anjie is naturally very concerned about the players' state and emotions. Due to the change of age and status, An Jie is no longer just concerned about whether he can play well, and the state of the entire team is within An Jie's focus.

Just now, everyone was excited about Lillard's performance. Only the low-key guy Aldridge seemed to be in a moody mood.

"What's the matter, buddy? You look...seem worried." An Jie then remembered that Aldridge seemed to be moving in the hotel room at midnight last night. Could it be related to that?

"What's the matter? I'm fine, okay." Aldridge hammered An Jie's chest as he said. Seeing Aldridge had no discomfort, An Jie didn't care. But thinking of his energy last night, Aldridge was still in shock.

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After arriving in Indianapolis, the team gathered at the hotel where they stayed, allocated rooms, rested, and then went to the Bankers Life Arena for regular training.

The training on the day before the game is generally not too difficult, the main purpose is only to adapt to the venue and tactical running exercises. Today, Ricard's plan has not changed.

Even if it just got off the plane, the team's state has not been affected in the slightest. Ricard and Divac looked at the running figures on the field with satisfaction. If nothing else, facing the Pacers tomorrow, victory should be achieved!

Even though the guy Paul George showed great talent after Daniel Granger was injured, Ricard admitted that he thought that kid would become a great weapon in the future. But the current NBA cannot be controlled by George. The Pacers, who are now 9 wins and 9 losses, are not the biggest threat to the Trail Blazers.

Everything is so normal, everything is proceeding step by step. As for Aldridge rested for a full twenty minutes before getting up after the training, even the careful An Jie couldn't find the clues of this kind of thing...

The game on December 5th began so plainly. Before the game, Paul George, one of Anjie’s admirers, naturally embraced and chatted with Anjie. He excitedly told Anjie about his experience of playing against the Heat’s Big Three in the playoffs, and said that he must be today. Will do everything possible to pursue a victory.

"Even if you let the horse come and take George, you know, the final outcome will not change." And Anjie's answer was as tough as Paul George thought. But isn't this the reason George likes Anjie?

Another Pacers player who has a good relationship with An Jie is their substitute No. 1 D.J. Augustine. The two guys met in college because of a game, and they also appreciate each other because of a game. Augustine also became the first object of Anjie's jersey exchange.

Augustine threatened to compete with Anjie in the NBA back then, but now, one of them is a substitute and the other is a superstar. Although the gap is huge, it did not affect the two people's goodwill towards each other "heroes and heroes".

It can be said that this game is still very enjoyable when a team is friendly to you from the star to the bench.

The Pacers will naturally not give An Jie their water, but at least they can fight with people who like them, and they will always find more fun and avoid more injuries.

The process of the game has been very anxious, the Pacers showed their extraordinary strength. There may not be any superstars in this team, but each of them can play a corresponding role.

But in terms of hard power, the Trail Blazers led by Anjie are indeed even better. It is precisely because of this strength that the anxious score has been unable to be turned into a lead by the Pacers.

Until the end of the half game, the score between the two sides was still 50 to 48, and the Blazers only led by two points with Anjie's buzzer hook at the end of the second quarter. Paul George was very excited when he saw Anjie, so this guy has become the number one troublemaker today.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Paul George used a three-pointer to help the Pacers take the lead for the first time since the start of the game. Of course, even so, the pressure is still on the Pacers side. Because the Trail Blazers can always find ways to defeat the Pacers' defense.

Damien Lillard has become more and more adept when he is in charge of the ball. He has found a balance between the two styles of "self attack" and "teammate attack".

As soon as Lillard walked outside the three-point line and made a gesture, Anjie and Aldridge both raised them. The Pacers' "Black Yao Ming" Hibbert and experienced power forward David West are also in pursuit.

Although it is likely that Lillard will make a surprise attack on the penalty area, Hibbert and West did not want to try Anjie and Aldridge's shots.

As soon as the pick-and-roll of the twin towers was in place, Lillard kicked the ground. The Pacers' starting number one, George Hill, although his wingspan is exaggerated, his style is tough. But when faced with Lillard's terrifying start-up speed, he was still a little slow. Coupled with Anjie's perfect pick-and-roll, Lillard was able to leave Hill behind.

Seeing Lillard's successful breakthrough, Anjie and Aldridge were not idle either. An Jie ran to the mid-range position on the wing and was ready to catch the ball. An Jie who received the ball at the mid-range position can either attack or reorganize. It can be described as a position with the best of both worlds. And what about Aldridge? He followed up quickly! Ready to meet Lillard's goal at any time, and also to make up for Lillard's missed basket~www.NovelMTL.com~Because of fear of Hibbert's height, Lillard does not intend to come by himself because of fear of Hibbert's height. When he was about to take off, he suddenly passed the ball back to his head, and he knew that Aldridge, a trustworthy guy, was behind him.

Aldridge caught the ball steadily and directly took the ball and started three steps. When he rose into the sky, Hibbert and West also rushed towards Aldridge.

In the air, Aldridge was hit hard by two big men. Just when he was about to complete the dunk, a big hand slapped Aldridge's ball-holding hand fiercely.

Aldridge continued to increase his strength, intending to end it all in one go! But I don’t know if it’s because of running and jumping too hard. Aldridge was in the air, and he felt the painful feeling of shortness of breath last night.

"Boom!" This was not the sound of the rim being raged, it was the muffled noise made by Aldridge suddenly falling from the air.

The referee immediately blew the whistle on his chest, and everyone thought it was just an ordinary thug foul.

However, when Anjie walked to Aldridge and was about to pull him up, he found Aldridge's expression on the ground that had become distorted because of pain.

"Damn! Team doctor!" An Jie immediately yelled from the bench and waved. The pleasant atmosphere of this game was instantly wiped out...

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