Chapter 124: Halfway through the race

The bearded restaurant was full of reporters, and after Morris pushed Catherine back to the restaurant, the reporters still surrounded the place. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The bearded man has locked the door and closed for business. Now the restaurant is like a big cake, and countless ants surround it in the hope of hollowing out the inside of the cake.

"It was like that for the first day, and after a few days the reporters won't bother you anymore. Morris helplessly crossed his waist and looked at the "hungry and thirsty" reporters outside the window, he and An Jie had also experienced such a thing.

"It's all a long time ago. The bearded man picked up the Ames Times with his glasses, and Anjie was already a big name in the small town of Ames, and you can find all the news about him in the local newspaper.

In the newspaper, there are several pictures of Anjie and Catherine together, in the cinema, in the door of the restaurant, everything. However, most of these photos were taken when An Jie was still playing in the Whirlwind team, and the guy who took the picture started An Jie's idea when he was in college.

In the past, An Jie was not as famous as he is now, so the photos he took were worthless, after all, who cares who a college player's girlfriend is.

But this guy who takes pictures specializes in tracking college star players and taking some interesting pictures. In this way, when the player becomes famous, the value of his photo will multiply dozens of times, and if the player does not succeed in the end, he has nothing to lose.

In addition to An Jie, he has also stalked and secretly photographed many other college star players, but now An Jie's commercial value is undoubtedly the highest one, so these old photos in his hand have also become green dollars.

"Steve Fred, he specializes in this kind of thing, and some time ago Michael Beasley went to a nightclub in college and fooled around with three women. Don't worry, it's not a scandal anyway, and you can raise your profile by the way. "Moslav has seen this kind of thing a lot, and that Fred is specifically making a fuss about college players, and he doesn't deliberately target Anjie.

"But I don't want the media to disturb Catherine's life, she is very distressed these days, and even during class, there are several reporters waiting outside the classroom to interview her. ”

"You make a statement that the media should not interfere with Catherine, and if any of the media do not give up, then you will not be interviewed by them again. Anyway, those regular big sports media won't be so boring, and the Chinese media will naturally not go against you, so you don't have to worry that they will give up on you for Catherine. "The big media doesn't care who An Jie's girlfriend is, and even if An Jie really blacklists them, it won't affect An Jie's reputation.

"That's all I can do, I'll ask Angkor to help me write a statement. "Anjie now finds Wu Hua most of the time when he wants to make a statement, because Anjie has doubled the average sales of each issue of the Sports Herald compared to a year ago. The above column about An Jie was personally authorized by An Jie for Wu Hua to write.

Although she successfully drove away the media's entanglement, Catherine is also known to everyone in Ames City. Walking on the street now, many people will talk about her in a whisper, and no one will like this feeling.

Before the matter was completely resolved, An Jie had to devote himself wholeheartedly to training. Anjie was very distressed, now was the time when Catherine needed protection and support the most, but he could only be busy with other things in distant Oklahoma City.

On January 26, after being defeated by the Clippers, the Thunder will meet the Nets again at home.

It's a pity that in several encounters with the Nets, Chinese player Yi Jianlian was unable to play due to injury, so the live broadcast sessions painstakingly arranged by CCTV have not received the expected ratings. It was originally a Chinese derby, but due to Yi Jianlian's absence, there were a lot fewer highlights.

Brook Lopez, who was eliminated from the March Madness Tournament by Anjie, is now firmly in the Nets' starting center, and the Nets have been planning Lopez since a year ago, and they chose Lopez to play the main team.

After being beaten by Anjie in the NCAA, Lopez hopes to win a win in the NBA.

After the loss of the last game, Durant also reflected for a long time, his one-man style of play will indeed affect the performance of his teammates, so he deliberately reduced the number of shots he made in this game, and the entire Thunder team's offense was played in an orderly manner, and everyone could get a chance.

The defensive end is still the strength of the Thunder, although Anjie had to focus more on Brook Lopez, but the rest of the Thunder team did their defensive task well today, and they didn't need Anjie to help them "wipe their butts" at all.

With the exception of Brook Lopez, four of the Nets' starting five are shooting below 40 percent. Their two main points of attack from the perimeter, Vince Carter and Devin Harris, shot just 23 percent and a measly 16 percent, respectively.

In a game with defense as the main rhythm, the two sides naturally failed to play a high score. No one scored more than 20 points in this game, and Durant's 18 points was already a game-high score.

And Brook Lopez and An Jie's duel this time can be said to be a draw, after all, it is different from college now, An Jie and Lopez are no longer the offensive core of their respective teams, so the two of them are not as good as they were in college, and they can fight again and again.

Anjie made five of just seven shots to finish with 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Lopez hit six of 10 shots to cut down 14 points and six rebounds, and this time, Lopez failed to make a comeback, and Anjie won with the team again.

85-94, Van Gundy finally played a defense-oriented game with satisfaction, and Durant after adjusting his mentality also greatly improved the efficiency of the Thunder.

With two games left in January, the Thunder currently have a 20-20 record, and against the remaining two opponents, the Grizzlies and Jazz, Van Gundy can only hope that the team can maintain a 50 percent win rate.

Sure enough, against the Grizzlies, who were still struggling in the bottom of the league, the Thunder played very easily. Although Rudy Gay was in great form after returning from injury, and scored 25 points in this game, it still couldn't compare to Durant's 35 points.

O.J. Mayo, who was expecting to explode like Eric Gordon, was a key factor in the Grizzlies' loss, scoring 17 points with high hopes, but at the cost of 15 shots and just four shots.

Damion Wilkins proved once again his defensive prowess, and when Eric Gordon scored 41 points on his head, questions were raised about the almost negligible offensive power of the shooting guard, as well as criticism of Van Gundy's hiring strategy.

But after continuously guarding both Carter and Mayo with a shooting rate of only about 20%, those reporters who stood and talked without backache finally shut up, after all, reality gave them a big slap in the face.

Anjie scored 16 points and 11 rebounds against Marc Gasol in this game, although Gasol Jr. was not famous before, but Anjie felt that he was the most difficult rookie center besides Lopez. Anjie, Lopez and Gasol Jr. were not drafted with high picks, but they undoubtedly performed much better than many of the high-pick perimeter players.

No way, in this era of faster and faster games, people would prefer to choose a defender like Rose rather than a big man. Among the top 10 drafts in '08, only Lopez and Love can be regarded as interior players. The other eight managers have all chosen guards or small forwards without question. It can only be said that many excellent big men are seriously underrated.

102-114, the Grizzlies' Tanhua show did not help the team win, on the contrary, his performance directly pushed the Grizzlies into the abyss. If it weren't for Gasol Jr.'s consistent play, the Grizzlies would have fallen behind even more.

The team has won two in a row, and January will soon come to an end, with one last game left, and the entire regular season competition will be officially announced more than halfway through.

Unfortunately, in the face of Boozer's absent Jazz, the immature Thunder three young people still could not take away the victory in Salt Lake City.

Jerry Sloan's Jazz team is highly disciplined, they are never careless, they never take the enemy lightly.

Although Carlos Boozer was injured, Paul Millsap did a good job of filling Boozer's vacancy. This '06 second-round pick is undoubtedly the Jazz's biggest surprise this year, seizing the gap between Boozer's injury, Millsap is shining, which makes Boozer, who is still recovering from injury, have to worry about his starting position.

In the face of a difficult game, the shortcomings of the rest of the Thunder's inability were once again exposed. In this game, only the Thunder scored three double-doubles, and the others were completely unable to compete with the Jazz. The Jazz played well under the deployment of veteran coach Jerry Sloan, and all five of the starting five scored 15. The Thunder are three people against the opposite twelve people, and Jeff Van Gundy can't do anything with such a lineup.

With 18 points and 8 rebounds, Anjie did his job well in front of Oku, but in the absence of other people's support, the Thunder still had to swallow the bitter fruit of losing.

110-90, the Jazz defeated the Thunder by 20 points, a complete and good system and several rookies with outstanding individual ability, who is strong and who is weak, and now there is finally a clear answer.

After this game, the Thunder also ended the entire January schedule. During this month, Anjie experienced a week's truce and Catherine's exposure, and it was not as good as it could be. Fortunately, the team's record is stable, with 21 wins and 21 losses, and it still maintains a 50% win rate.

Such a result may be enough to squeeze into the top eight in the East, but in the fiercely competitive West, the Thunder must continue to work hard in the next half season to earn a playoff spot!

Halfway through the 82-game regular season, the challenges will only get more difficult. (To be continued.) )