The Way of the Center

Chapter 74 : First match

Aside from Durant, Anjie is undoubtedly the Thunder’s most dazzling player in the first quarter. But in Carlesimo’s eyes, this kid was just lucky enough to run into the Rockets’ Mutombo injury. In the face of a seriously under-height center like Hayes, anyone can perform well.

During the break in the first quarter, Carlesimo praised Durant’s performance and even encouraged Westbrook, who had a poor shooting percentage in the first quarter, to make more breakthroughs in the following games and continue to create damage to Yao Ming. But what about Anjie? He did not give any comment. In the eyes of Calesimo, An Jie is indeed very potential, but he will never let An Jie become the main force until he can’t figure out his tactics.

An Jie’s grinning face immediately became gloomy. The coach didn’t like him or the way he played. The head coach believed in outside offenses and gave Durant and Westbrook a lot of firepower. These are things that An Jie cannot change, and even a good performance may not be able to change the situation.

“Anjie, you played well in the first quarter. I will send you up later. Your task is to defend your compatriots as much as possible. But you can remember not to make the mistakes you made during training.” In the second quarter Before the start, Kalesimo finally spoke to An Jie, which also comforted An Jie’s heart.

But Calesimo’s meaning is also very clear, that is, An Jie is to play exactly what he wants, so An Jie’s offensive talent will not be well displayed. But I can’t control that much. Now being able to play is already a very good deal for An Jie, and An Jie can’t pick and choose.

After a period of commercials, the pictures of various TV stations also returned to the scene of the game. When the game screen appeared, all Chinese fans who watched the live broadcast stared at the TV or computer screen intently. They didn’t want to miss any screen. Because at this moment, Yao Ming and An Jie are both on the stage!

“Huh… is it finally here?” An Jie looked at Yao Ming’s strong and tall body, his heart beating wildly. What he is about to face is a guy who can now be called the number one center in the NBA. Even O’Neal will not deny this. Come on, Anjie already wants to see what the concept of the first center is.

Westbrook used his strong body to bear Alstom’s interference and quickly pushed the ball through halftime. As soon as he stood firm, An Jie’s pick and roll came.

Yao Ming is a bit slow to move under his feet, so he usually doesn’t follow too much when picking-and-roll prevention. He still focuses on protecting the restricted area from the rear.

Alstom’s thin body couldn’t get around An Jie’s high-quality pick-and-roll, and Westbrook broke through, even facing Yao Ming without fear in the slightest. Anyway, the coach also said, frequent breakthroughs to create damage!

But how can a youngster like Westbrook compare with Yao Ming, who has worked hard for many years in the NBA? Yao Ming certainly knows why this impactful kid broke through, but he won’t let Westbrook do as he wants.

Westbrook went to find physical contact, but Yao Ming handled it very cleverly. He didn’t go head-on, but meant to avoid it.

Seeing a breakthrough Yao Ming Westbrook was ready to layup with one foot on the ground, but he forgot that he had difficulty facing An Jie’s defensive range, not to mention that Yao Ming’s defensive range is even worse than An Jie’s Nothing less!

Once a clean block, Westbrook’s unshot basketball was fanned out by Yao Ming.

Westbrook raised his arms unwillingly, indicating to his teammates that he was too careless.

Wilcox sent the baseline ball, this time Durant got the ball. An Jie wanted to mention the high post again to organize the offense, but when he glanced at Carlesimo standing on the sidelines, An Jie ran to the low post to fight for the position honestly.

Pressure! When An Jie and Yao Ming had physical contact, An Jie knew how much pressure the 140 kg weight brought to people!

Under Yao Ming’s strong push, An Jie couldn’t even stand his position. Yao Ming is really like the Great Wall that has been standing for a thousand years, and has kept all foreign troubles out of the restricted area. After all, Yao Ming is the one who can compete with the big sharks in his peak period. If he doesn’t even have this ability, then he can compare with O’Neal.

Anjie has no chance of scoring at all in the interior, and now only relying on the cooperation of Westbrook and Durant to open the situation.

As a rookie, Westbrook has made many shots on the team. He just wasted the ball once, so this time Westbrook is not good to play alone. After Durant ran into position, Westbrook broke through the ball.

Durant made a false shooting after receiving the ball. Durant’s fiery touch in the first half made Artest unable to ignore this action. He jumped hard, ready to do his best to interfere. Unexpectedly, Durant’s shot was false and the breakthrough was true.

After throwing away the dangerous villain easily, Durant rushed to stop the jumper, and he steadily scored the ball without interference.

It was also after Durant scored that Anjie had a slight chance to breathe. Yao Ming’s card position makes Anjie also struggling to cope. Just competing for position with Yao Ming must consume a lot of physical energy.

But after the Thunder completed the offense, An Jie realized that it seemed that a bigger challenge was facing him. Seeing Alstom, who came back aggressively with the ball, Anjie knew that it was time for him to teach Yao Ming’s offense.

McGrady originally planned to attack the frame by himself after he got the ball, but Durant’s inseparable defense made him unable to find the offensive rhythm for a long time. Seeing more than half of the 24 seconds offensive time, McGrady glanced at the penalty area. Yao Ming has completely covered the thin center of the Thunder and beckoned to him for the ball.

“Tracy McGrady hit the ball into the inside with a single hit, Yao Ming and An Jie met! Audience friends! The Chinese Derby has officially begun!” The confrontation between the two giants, the audience finally waited for this coveted scene.

Yao Ming took the ball with his back to the basket, An Jie immediately reached out to support Yao Ming’s back. An Jie couldn’t imagine how strong the next impact was.

“Ah!” Yao Ming made an effort! An Jie couldn’t help yelling! The power from Yao Ming completely exceeded the limit that An Jie could bear! Like Collison and Petro, Anjie was also squeezed back by Yao Ming!

But speaking of strong-willed defenders, An Jie is undoubtedly one of them. After being pushed further by Yao Ming, An Jie did not get discouraged, but adjusted his defensive posture, suffocating enough energy to prepare for Yao Ming’s second strong impact.

This is a pure duel between centers, the simplest and crudest duel. Savage collision, win with strength.

An Jie also became rough in such a confrontation, holding Yao Ming’s jersey uncleanly while resisting Yao Ming’s force.

This kind of small action may work for ordinary players, but Yao Ming has always been a special “entertainment” object by his opponents, whether in the NBA or in the international arena. So even in the face of actions several times more fierce than this, Yao Ming has never been stopped.

Second time! After only two tops, Yao Ming broke into the restricted area. Seeing Yao Ming’s footsteps start to move, An Jie estimated that this predecessor was about to make a move.

Jump, open your palms! An Jie knew that Yao Ming was not good at jumping, so after judging that Yao Ming was about to make a hook, An Jie jumped up immediately, preparing to make up for the height gap.

Although Yao Ming knew that An Jie had a great wingspan, he did not expect that An Jie’s defensive range could be so large. But Yao Ming took the shot unhurriedly. The basketball wiped An Jie’s fingers and flew towards the hoop. Even if An Jie’s fingers were one or two centimeters longer, the ball might be covered. But it’s a pity, the difference is the one or two centimeters.

“Swipe!” The tumbling sound of the Nets sounded behind An Jie’s ears. In the first round of the match between the two sides, An Jie was blown up by Yao Ming on both sides of the offense and defense!

“An Jie is still too young, and he has a long way to go.” The commentator in the mainland also expressed emotion. If An Jie can restrict Yao Ming to death, it would be abnormal.

There is no way. An Jie, who has only played five professional games, is still unable to face Yao Ming at this level.

When Yao Ming ran back strenuously to prepare for defense, he found that An Jie did not run into the penalty area again to pester himself. Instead, cruising near the free throw line, ready to make off-ball picks and rolls for teammates.

Durant ran away from Artest with a step back. Artest was unwilling to chase with all his strength, but in the middle of the collision with An Jie was full. An Jie, who was originally a pick-and-roll for Durant, was directly knocked down by Artest. But this time Artest did not take advantage, he did not expect this Chinese boy to be very strong.

“Defensive foul!” The referee blew his whistle. An Jie really didn’t flop the ball, but Artest was too brave.

After this episode, the cooperation between Anjie and Durant has not changed.

But this time Artest was afraid that he would foul again on his back, so he had to slow down when he got to Anjie’s wall, which also gave Durant a better chance than just before!

Another clever off-the-ball pick and roll, Durant didn’t waste An Jie’s heart and made another shot.

“Thanks Ann!” Durant really enjoys the offensive cooperation with An Jie. This Chinese teammate can give him an easy shot every time.

After 　　, the Rockets’ offense Yao Ming failed to become the protagonist again. McGrady stubbed Durant’s long arm and pulled out his hands, but this time the basketball hit the basket’s neck.

Yao Ming struggled to squeeze into the penalty area, trying to occupy a favorable position. Unexpectedly, An Jie’s card position skills and lower limb strength far exceeded Yao Ming’s imagination. If he continued to exert force, the referee estimated that he would call him a rebound foul.

Yao Ming, who was behind Anjieka, had no choice but Anjie got his rebounds after fighting hard.

“An Jie has a good rebound. It can be seen that his card position skills are very mature. At this point, he is not like a rookie.” Nonsense, he used to be tortured to death by the old fellow Divac all day. Can the card slot be immature?

After Anjie took the rebound, he carefully handed it to Westbrook, and then ran forward again. Facing Yao Ming this time, what method will he use to attack?

Anjie winked at Westbrook, Westbrook understood, and forced a breakthrough, forcibly through Alstom’s level. Yao Ming hurried to the penalty area when he saw it. This little guard must be attacking the basket again!

Ralph Alstom is a professional player who was born halfway through, and his weak body has become his biggest flaw. But what Westbrook ate was your thin body. He squeezed into the inside again, but at this time Yao Ming also rushed back.

“Pay attention to that Chinese!” Scola was keenly observing, he found that An Jie did not run towards the penalty area, but was waiting outside the three-second zone for a chance to cast. After shouting, he personally brought it up, and this dislocation was formed.

Before Scola was in place, Westbrook split the ball out of the penalty area. An Jie glanced at his toes, then aimed at the basket, making a shot.

Scola quickly jumped up, but in the air he saw An Jie’s mouth curled slightly. An Jie changed his shot into a sudden, and flexibly wiped from the taking off Scola.

After seeing Scola being scammed by a beautiful fake cast, Yao Ming stood firmly in the penalty area, and An Jie rushed to Yao Ming in a blink of an eye.

Anjie stopped dribbling, held the ball and raised his hand, preparing for a layup.

Yao Ming immediately moved his steps, saw the right time, and jumped up.

After Yao Ming also took off, An Jie did not continue to make a layup. He bowed his waist and avoided Yao Ming’s block. Then, when Yao Ming was falling, An Jie took off to attack the frame and deliberately faced Yao Ming’s. The body hit to complete a close-range jumper with body contact.

Yao Ming directly knocked An Jie back a few big steps with this ball, and An Jie lost his center of gravity as he retreated. Yao Ming also knew how heavy he was. After landing, he hurriedly reached out and grabbed An Jie.

The referee’s whistle sounded without exception However, Yao Ming saw the referee making a goal effective gesture to the technical table after blowing the whistle.

“This goal is scored!?” Yao Ming looked up at the big screen in disbelief. Yes, this physical confrontational shot was shot by An Jie.

“Two plus one! An Jie played the ball beautifully! Facing Yao Ming’s defense, he deliberately committed a foul and finally scored the ball. After making two consecutive fake moves, An Jie completed the attack very well. It’s enjoyable!” The CCTV commentator praised An Jie without hesitation.

“Thanks Brother Yao.” An Jie smiled. Had Yao Ming not pulled himself in time, he would have sat on the ground.

“You kid, it’s all drama.” Yao Ming also shook his head helplessly. He and Scola really thought of this guy too simple.

scored two plus one on Yao Ming. The wonderful confrontation between An Jie and Yao Ming did not disappoint the domestic audience. An Jie did not let Yao Ming still want to kill because his hard power was not as good as Yao Ming, so that the derby that was heated up before the game turned into a one-sided slaughter. Instead, An Jie came up with a different method to deal with this top Chinese basketball player, and it worked.

Standing on the free throw line, facing the overwhelming boos from Rockets fans, An Jie’s heart was still calm as water. He had heard enough such boos during March Madness, and now this thing can’t interfere at all. he.

shot steadily, the basketball hollowed into the net. An Jie finally scored points on Yao Ming. He hopes that this ball can also change his position in the head of the coach.

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