The Way of the Center

Chapter 75 : Lack of stamina

After tasting the sweetness in the high position, Anjie has no reason to continue to smash Yao Ming in the low position. In this league, the centers that can win in the low post with Yao Ming may be counted with just one hand. But obviously, Anjie is not in that range.

Therefore, in the next few offenses of the Thunder, An Jie mentioned the high post to catch the ball. His strategy is as old as ever, and his passes are also very accurate, and he even sent out a few highly admiring passes without looking at people.

Once again, Anjie raised the basketball in his hands near the free throw line, and the entire Thunder team revolved around this command tower.

Yao Ming, who moved slowly, didn’t dare to move forward too much, so he replaced the Argentine Luis Scola in the high post to defend Anjie. Although Scola’s defense is good, he still looks much shorter to block Anjie’s pass.

Seeing the timing, Anjie divided the ball to Westbrook. However, there is no smooth game from start to finish on the basketball court. Although Westbrook has a good chance, the shortcomings of unstable shooting rate are also attributable to this moment. Westbrook shot wide and Yao Ming was not on the trajectory of the basketball ejection, so he could not reach the rebound. Scola also defended Anjie from the perimeter and was not within the range of the faceoff rebound. In the end, Shane Battier, who was not capable of rebounding, got the ball. Although the ball was not Anjie’s fault, Calesimo was violent off the court.

In his eyes, if Anjie just obediently fell into the low position as instructed, then the Thunder will undoubtedly get a second offensive opportunity. This is one of the reasons why he doesn’t like An Jie taking the ball in the high post. The loss of this rebound made him believe that An Jie’s choice was wrong. Because in Calesimo’s concept, Durant and Westbrook can complete the task of scoring well even if Anjie is not in the high position.

“This **** middle… guy!” Calesimo wanted to scold this **** Chinese, but he was afraid that this scolding would be publicized after being heard by reporters, so he would definitely be detained. The hat of racism, so Kalesimo suddenly changed the word in the middle of speaking.

Due to the outstanding performance and the fiery touch of Durant, the Thunder played their own momentum in the second quarter, and the score was close all the way.

Under such circumstances, the Rockets had to call a timeout, and the fierce confrontation between the two sides finally stopped. Rockets coach Rick Adelman admires An Jie very much. He is truly a student taught by Dia. In Adelman’s eyes, An Jie’s performance just now is full of Divac’s shadow when he played for the Kings. . As the head coach of the Kings at the time, Adelman knew how powerful such a center was. Therefore, in this timeout, Adelman also specially arranged several defensive strategies for Anjie.

The timeout time passed quickly, and the two sides returned to the field again to continue fighting. Adelman also wanted to see if his tactics could contain An Jie’s performance. As a result, what everyone did not expect was that An Jie, who performed well, did not play!

“What the hell!? Has the intention been seen through!?” Adelman was too overestimating Callesimo, and Callesimo would never have thought that Anjie’s threat had been specially arranged for him by the other party. After he spoke a few words to Anjie dissatisfied, he took Nick Collison on the court to replace Anjie.

If An Jie is a well-known superstar, then Carassimo may be tolerable. After all, not all coaches’ tactics are suitable for his players. But An Jie is just a small rookie with the twelfth overall pick. This kind of person has no right to go beyond the head coach’s tactics!

An Jie thought he would be praised by Calesimo after his excellent performance on the court. He knew that just because he had lost a few offensive rebounds, all An Jie’s efforts fell short. The disagreement between players and coaches’ tactical concepts has always been one of the problems a team often has. It’s just that An Jie didn’t expect that such a thing would be his turn.

“An Jie was replaced? Is there a problem with An Jie’s stamina?” All the commentators were puzzled and questioned. An Jie was on the court to revitalize the entire Thunder team’s offense, if it was not due to physical fitness or injury. The reason, they really couldn’t think of a third reason for Kalesimo to replace An Jie.

An Jie sat silently on the bench. This Chinese Derby is a great opportunity for An Jie to show off, and An Jie also has a good momentum. But now, watching his teammates fighting on the court, An Jie couldn’t do anything.

After the second quarter, An Jie was still not activated by Carassimo. If it weren’t for Presti’s pressure, Carassimo would really want to push the Chinese man on the bench like this. But no way, the team general manager likes this guy, he also had to continue to give Anjie some playing time in the second half.

On the basis of An Jie’s good tracking for the team, the Thunder won the Rockets by two points in this single quarter. At the end of halftime, the total score of the two sides became 42 to 41. The young and strong Thunder were not defeated by the Rockets, they were only one point behind. An outstanding performance and Durant, who scored nine points on four of four shots, became the primary contributor to the Thunder’s outstanding performance in this quarter.

“Durant played well! Russell, you will also increase the number of independent attacks in the second half.” After speaking, Carassimo’s eyes fell on An Jie. Karasimo moved his lips, but still couldn’t speak.

Suddenly, Anjie was thinking of Ricard infinitely. He was more willing to listen to Ricard’s screaming every two sentences, and he didn’t want to listen to Calesimo’s gentle words. .

During the intermission, Calesimo did not listen to what Anjie said. Anyway, he would only say something like “Defense! Our defense!” and “Kevin! You have to be bold!” . In fact, Anjie guessed right. These two sentences are really the focus of Carassimo during the intermission.

At the beginning of the second half, An Jie still sat directly on the bench, and the domestic fans looked anxious. Obviously, the Chinese Derby played very well in the first half of the second quarter, but Carassimo relentlessly cut off the performance. It now appears that Carassimo has no intention to continue the performance of these two Chinese giants.

Wu Hua can see An Jie’s dilemma. After all, he is a reporter who has followed An Jie when he played in the NCAA. He knows this big boy better than all other media. He could see that An Jie and the coach must have a problem, because even if the team lags behind by a big score, An Jie has always been fighting spirit, and will never show such a lost look.

As a rookie, playing time will naturally be less, and it is precisely this that conceals the crack between Carassimo and Anjie. The outside world doesn’t know, but Anjie and Karasimo are very clear in their hearts.

But this game really put Carassimo in a dilemma, because no matter who he changes, Yao Ming can always dominate the interior. Therefore, everyone is looking forward to An Jie’s comeback. If he, as the head coach, is not replaced by the only An Jie who can compete with Yao Ming, then it is equivalent to directly spotting the discord between him and An Jie to the outside world.

Due to external pressure, Anjie still played with five minutes left in the third quarter.

This time, Anjie strictly implemented Karasimo’s tactics When attacking, he went low without hesitation. As a result, it is known that with Yao Ming guarding the three-second zone, An Jie could not do much in the low post. Although Anjie did grab two offensive rebounds by doing so, his performance of one for four shots also made him very different from the first half.

Not only Angel, Durant and Westbrook, who lacked organization, also showed their immaturity in the second half. Especially the first-year Westbrook, he, like Anjie, only got one of four shots. These two 2008 double stars, who received much attention and expectations before the start of the season, both misfired in the third quarter.

Yao Ming is indeed wondering why An Jie smashed himself in a low position without having an advantage. Judging from An Jie’s performance in the first half, he shouldn’t be the kind of guy with a spine. Successively swaying Scola and his own ball, also just demonstrated Anjie’s cleverness.

Yao Ming can’t understand, but he will never let this down.

With Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady both inside and outside, the Thunder still failed to withstand the pressure at the end of the third quarter. After playing the second quarter that everyone is expecting infinitely, the Thunder’s third quarter game obviously gave a feeling of lack of stamina. 59 to 65, the Rockets continued to maintain their lead over the Thunder.

However, it takes 48 minutes for a basketball game to be determined. Now the Thunder are only six points behind. This is not a point difference that is enough to sentence a team to death. What’s more, the Rockets are a famous team that will not play in the fourth quarter.

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