The Way of the Center

Chapter 48 : An imperfect ending

Westbrook makes a toss.

An Jie turned around and made a jump shot from close range.

Westbrook wiped An Jie with speed and scored an easy layup.

Anjie easily completed a hook while facing a matchup that was much shorter than himself.

Anjie and Westbrook dominated the entire game. The zone defense has lost a threat to Westbrook at the moment, and UCLA’s penalty area defense without Love is better than nothing for Anjie. You scored a goal and I paid one back. The scouts were all conquered by the performance of these two boys, and they wrote praises on the scout report without hesitation.

Although An Jie played well, the situation of the Tornado team had not changed at all. The four UCLA King Kong has now been successfully limited to three by Ricard, but the only one left has caused the cyclone team the most trouble. At the beginning Ricard thought that the person who threatened the Tornado the most would be Love, and now it seems that he really underestimated the power of this point guard. This guy with the best physical fitness always has the heart to become a champion. He never makes any excuses for himself, and he does his best in every game.

Westbrook broke through again and again and directly collided with Anjie. Asakin looked at him worried, he knew the pain when facing Anjie most clearly. But Westbrook did not feel the slightest discomfort, even though he was knocked to the ground by An Jie several times.

“A great player, just his desire to win, this guy is absolutely worthy of attention. Most experts predict that Westbrook’s draft pick will be after Kevin Love. I think this conclusion is about to stand now. I can’t hold my heels anymore.”

Mike Taylor was full of frustration. When facing D.J. Augustine, he could still have the advantage in one or two rounds, but facing Westbrook, he was completely defeated, and the gap was huge. If the mentality is affected, then performance will also fluctuate. After that, he was intercepted by Westbrook twice in the offense, which is the best proof.

Only six minutes before the end of the game, the Tornadoes are still ten points behind after struggling for so long. However, this point difference does not reflect the real situation on the field. Although UCLA has the advantage, they are also very difficult to play.

Ricard saw Anjie silent again on the bench. He knew that this guy was exhausted. Had it not been for Anjie’s defense and offense at all costs, the Tornado would have already surrendered.

“We continue to defend the defense.” There is no way, at least the defense can limit the other three people. If you switch to other defenses, then the current Tornado team will not be able to withstand the repeated impact of the Four King Kong.

“Anjie, you will rest below later, and I will send you on the court at the last moment.”

“No, coach, please let me continue.” Unexpectedly, Anjie said this surprised Ricard.

“But you haven’t rested in the second half until now!” Why didn’t Ricard want to let An Jie play? But in order to exert his strength at the last moment, he had to risk An Jie to rest. The NCAA’s 20 minutes of the first and second half of the game really brought a great test to the coach’s strategy of employing people.

“It’s okay, the game has only been a few minutes, I can hold on.” An Jie threw away the towel on his head and took a few deep breaths.

Ricard knew that it would be very dangerous to let Anjie off the court. Without the core of offense and defense, the Tornado team is likely to be defeated by UCLA in one fell swoop. When the time comes to send Anjie to the court, I am afraid that he will be unable to recover. But he is still more willing to follow the routine, not wanting to have even a single point of force at the last moment.

Seeing that Ricard was still hesitating, Anjie spoke again. “Don’t worry, coach, our previous physical training for the devil was not just a show, and there is no problem with my physical strength at all.”

Anjie is not a teammate who does not trust his own, but the facts are also before everyone’s eyes. In the face of a powerful UCLA, the only person who can fight the opposing player is An Jie.

Ricard finally nodded, and now he is not letting An Jie work hard, so he will not have a second chance to work hard this season.

“Continue to attack the inside and create damage!” Ben Holland saw Anjie getting ready to play, and gave Westbrook unlimited firing power at the last moment of the timeout.

came back from a pause, and Kevin Love stood on the court again. However, Love no longer paid attention to An Jie when he was defending. Ben Holland sent others to entangle An Jie.

“Is this giving up defense?” Ricard didn’t know which move Ben Holland made.

Ben Holland had just been on the court and analyzed for a long time. When Kevin Love was off the court, they were no different from giving up defense, but the result? They are still ten points ahead!

Attack! UCLA’s biggest advantage now is offense! Let the Asian score in the penalty area as much as possible, anyway, UCLA can always return in the next offense. One Westbrook can do it, so if you add another Love, wouldn’t the offensive firepower be stronger. Ben Holland brought Love up for offense. If Love fouled off the field for defending An Jie, they would also lose a strong offensive point on the offensive end.

“Love catches the ball from the bottom corner and takes a three-pointer! The man defending that area is Cruze. The height gap is too big, and Love is not disturbed at all. A three-pointer! Kevin Love is back!”

Only the first offense, Ben Holland proved how correct his decision was. Does the maverick play zone defense? That’s the effect.

Man-to-man or continue area defense? Ricard also had to do a multiple-choice question.

If you use man-to-man defense, Love will be much less threatened, but Westbrook will dominate the Tornado halftime. The use of zone defenses can’t limit either of them, but they can exclude Collison and Barmott from the offensive system. Dilemma. As a college coach, Ricard finally met an opponent today. The guy Ben Holland has already put Ricard in general.

In the end, Ricard still chose to continue the defense. If UCLA’s four King Kongs are all opened, then the decline will not be stopped anyway.

Love bullied the little man on the outside, and Westbrook tried to climb the tower of Anjie time and time again. He clearly found that An Jie’s take-off height was far lower than before, and his lateral movement speed was relatively slow. He knew that the Chinese man’s physical fitness was close to being overdrawn.

13 points, 15 points, 18 points. UCLA improved by one to expand the score, and Anjie’s offensive efficiency was also reduced due to physical overdraft.

Wu Hua looked at the tired figure of his compatriots, not knowing what to write. An Jie has tried his best, but the Tornado team still can’t get a boost.

26 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. So far, Anjie’s data completely crushed Kevin Love. But these are meaningless, because he can’t lead the team to victory. If you change to Michael Beasley’s kind of data brush, his own data will be so he doesn’t care about the team’s winning or losing. The Tornado team is a real team.

A miraculous counterattack? Did not show up. An Jie’s magic lore? Failed to continue. UCLA has captured the Tornado’s deadlock, Westbrook has also taken the first step to become a superstar, and Kevin Love has saved his face in just six minutes.

This is reality, this is cruel competitive sports, this is a crazy March that determines the outcome. Anjie lost, Ricard lost, Tornado… lost.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, An Jie stared blankly at the score on the big screen. 65 to 82, the huge red number bloodied the Tornado team to death.

Next to An Jie are all UCLA players in white jerseys celebrating wildly. The Cyclone team dressed in red jerseys are incompatible with this joyful ocean. An Jie couldn’t believe that his first NCAA season ended in this way.

Sweet 16 rounds, but full of bitterness. It stands to reason that the Tornado team has overfulfilled the task. They not only entered the March Madness, but also successfully reached the present. But who can be happy?

Morris just stared at the screen silently. The reporter on TV had already called Westbrook to start the interview. But he was like a Tornado player on the field, reluctant to leave this field.

When they lost to the University of Kansas, the Cyclone team still had a glimmer of hope for March Madness. Now, everything is over. The 2007-08 season of the Tornadoes is completely over.

“We… we don’t know what to say now. The Tornadoes are one of the most successful teams this season. They just met the giants consecutively, so that they were finally defeated. Now other NCAA teams can Peace of mind, because the air defense alarm will no longer sound.” The ESPN commentator also had to feel sorry for the exit of such an excellent team.

Perhaps for Asagin and others, they still have a chance to be ashamed next season. But for Anjie, where he will play next season is still unknown. Maybe, this is his last game in the Tornado team?

Anjie did not slump on the ground and did not wash her face in tears. He just stood with his hips akimbo, looking from a distance to the UCLA players celebrating the victory.

“Really happy.” An Jie was full of envy.

became the core of the team in March Madness, and An Jie had already become the first Chinese player on the NCAA arena before he knew it. However, he is now willing to use all his honor to win a victory for the Tornado team.

In the face of failure, Wu Hua can already imagine the overwhelming doubts about An Jie in China. He decided to maintain the image of Anjie in his column. No matter who dares to challenge, he will respond with the sharpest words. Because his heart has long been conquered by that compatriot. Now Wu Hua is not only An Jie’s following reporter, he is also a member of An Jie’s many fans.

Only in Andersen’s story can there be a perfect ending. While the world of competitive sports is full of winners, there are countless outstanding losers.

The Tornado and An Jie obviously did not get the favor of God. They stopped in the round of 16. An Jie and the others were only one step away from the best result in team history, but they fell in that step.

“Let’s go lads, you are no different from the winners, you never give up.” Ricard’s first NCAA season was undoubtedly a success, but he still feels heartache about the result of being out. But he is the head coach of the team and the leader of this group of young people. He can’t show his weakness in front of this group of young men.

An Jie changed his clothes last, closed the door of the locker room, and at the same time closed the unstoppable dark horse road of the Cyclone team Welcome all book friends to visit and read, the latest, fastest and hottest The serialized works are all at For mobile phone users, please go to read.