Chapter 200: The Battle of the Comeback
After the review on December 1, the Thunder team officials never revealed any news about Anjie. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Although Wu Hua knew what An Jie's situation was, he also did not make An Jie's latest situation public in accordance with the official wishes of the Thunder team.
However, just the next day, attentive fans found out that the Thunder team posted a set of photos of An Jie training in the pool on their official website.
"Ann's recovery training has already started and she is expected to return in the middle of this month." On the top of the photo, there is only such a simple sentence. And it was this simple news that made fans throughout Oklahoma City cheer.
So in the Thunder's home game against the 76ers that night, the fans in the Chesapeake Energy Arena were very active, cheering wave after wave.
Anjie finally returned to the Chesapeake Energy Arena for this game, and he sat on the sidelines in casual clothes, cheering on his teammates and getting familiar with the atmosphere of the game.
In the third quarter, Morris was knocked down by Dyrem Porter on a strong attack, but the referee did not blow for a foul.
After Durham Porter got the ball, the 76ers immediately called a timeout, and at that moment, Anjie, who was dressed in casual clothes, suddenly rushed into the court and pulled Morris up who fell to the ground.
Everyone clearly saw An Jie using the injured leg as a support, and he forced his strength to pull the "big bull" up. Although it was only a small detail, it still made fans full of confidence in Anjie's recovery.
In the end, with both fans and players putting on a strong performance, the Thunder won comfortably 106-117 at home.
Durant scored more than 30 points again, and if this continues, Durant will overtake Anthony to take second place on the scoring list. Below him, there are superstars like Wade, Kobe, Nowitzki. It's no wonder that Durant will be the core of the Thunder, which has a lot of potential.
Morris also had a good performance in this game, with 18 points and 7 rebounds, and still tried to fill the Thunder's interior gap when Anjie couldn't play.
Now everyone is admiring how good Presti's vision is, and they seem to have forgotten how much Morris and Presti were questioned in the original draft.
And Van Gundy is also glad that Presti greatly strengthened the team's interior line in the summer, otherwise after Anjie's injury, the Thunder team really has no interior players to provoke.
But fortunately, now they have Maurice and Ibaka.
As the comeback date gets closer and closer, Anjie has more and more training programs. Now, he has been allowed to do some training with the ball with confrontation with the trainer, and judging from the performance on the training ground, Anjie has no problem with his form.
An Jie still trains hard every day, and will continue to train himself in the future. However, due to the knee injury, the content of Anjie's training can only avoid the lower limbs.
Thunder fans are looking forward to that day, but their team still has a lot of teams to play in the meantime.
On December 4, the Celtics Big Three stepped into the Chesapeake Energy Arena, and without Anjie as a defensive pillar, the Celtics played quite easily under the leadership of the Big Three.
Although Morris has performed well in the previous games, he obviously failed to pass the test in this one.
The Celtics had seven players in double figures, with Garnett comfortably scoring 23 points and eight rebounds on 10-of-11 shooting with the likes of Morris and Ibaka taking turns defending.
Garnett's perverted performance made Thunder fans look forward to Anjie's comeback infinitely. Morris can only play a certain role in the substitution, but if the Thunder want to be safe in the restricted area, they have to come to Anjie.
105-87, the big three, who did not make it to the finals last season, but performed well this season, took the victory away without much effort. Although Durant scored 36 points, he was still powerless. After all, apart from him and Westbrook, everyone else scored in single digits.
Anjie watched off the court, and he really wanted to go on the court and have a good time with the Celtic triumvirate. But unfortunately, he was still treated with ice before the game, so he can't take the risk at the moment.
Despite the heavy defeat to the Big Three, the Thunder players were not discouraged.
Over the next week, they immediately snapped a two-game winning streak in response to skepticism.
Win at home against the Jazz and beat the Grizzlies away. Although playing the Grizzlies in that game, Presti originally wanted to pick the player James. Harden performed well, scoring a Grizzlies-high 24 points, but Durant's 30-point performance and Westbrook's relatively consistent shooting percentage still made the young Harden swallow the defeat.
After two consecutive wins, there are only six days left before Anjie's comeback. Whether it is the fans or An Jie himself, there is a feeling that he can't wait.
Everything is going well, the team wins, the players are coming to their wells and the season is looking so good.
However, in the week that An Jie was about to return, the Thunder ushered in the longest three-game losing streak of the season after two consecutive wins!
To be exact, the 09-10 season has never been on a losing streak until now. But it's okay that this didn't come, and I lost three games in a row.
First, on December 13, the Cleveland Cavaliers challenged the Thunder away, in fact, there was no problem with the performance of the Thunder players in this game, Durant scored 29 points, and Westbrook also scored 26 points.
The problem is LeBron. James, who scored a game-high 44 points on his own, single-handedly blocked the Thunder's fierce offense.
102-99, the Thunder, who were only three points behind, lost under the sword of the Eastern powerhouse Cavaliers.
If the problem with this game was that James played at a super level, then the Thunder had no excuse for the second loss.
Against the Denver Nuggets, who only had eight players available, the Thunder dropped the win with less than 40 percent shooting.
On top of that, they allowed all of the Nuggets starters to score in double figures, which accelerated the team's death.
The offense can't score, the defense can't hold. It's a fantasy to want to win in such a state.
93-102, two straight losses.
Two days later, the Mavericks will not let go of this great opportunity for An Jie's injury. Nowitzki opened his bow inside and out, and shot Morris and Ibaka and other insiders completely out of temper.
He shot 2-of-2 from three-point range and shot 72 percent overall. Nowitzki easily scored 35 points to help the Mavericks get back from last season, and also sent a three-game losing streak to the Thunder.
Three consecutive defeats are a big blow to the ambitious Thunder this season. They also quickly dropped from fourth in the West to seventh in the rankings.
Morris had performed very well before, but the last three games have been frequently broken by the opponent, which has made this optimistic inside strong man a little depressed.
The good news, though, is that the next game is when the Thunder host the Pistons. Anjie will be put on the battlefield! This game is likely to give the Thunder a makeover and end this damn losing streak!
Thunder fans are looking forward to the big explosion that is coming after an overly depressed week!
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An Jie had a towel around his neck, the game was over, and the sweat on his body had already dried out. Because at the end of the fourth quarter, he and Durant and other starters did not play at all.
After a month and two days away from the game, An Jie, who missed 14 games, finally finished the game safely.
19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting just 46% from the field. Although An Jie has been working hard in the training below, he is indeed not in good shape after being away from the arena for so long.
109-98, the Thunder lost the game at home, with Anjie coming back, and with the fans sitting without absence, they lost the game and lost by 11 points.
"Thunder fans are a little too optimistic, and Ann is not a savior yet. They have to accept the fact that although An Jie came back, the Thunder team still lost four in a row! ”
Anjie's comeback battle, tickets for the Chesapeake Energy Arena have long been sold out. Countless people are looking forward to him turning the tide and making a comeback with the Thunder. However, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
There is no problem with Anjie's injury, it's just that he really can't find the form of the game.
'Losing was my problem, I wasted too many chances and all three of my mistakes allowed them to fight back. An Jie also admitted this in a post-match interview.
A score of 19 is not low, but it doesn't match the expectations of him.
The Thunder, who has lost four in a row, and An Jie, who has just returned from injury but is not in good shape. Where will the Thunder and Anjie go next......
An Jie looked at the text messages comforting him with annoyance, what was the problem? (To be continued.) )