Chapter 508: The Power of a Well-Known Journalist
Eighteen consecutive wins, creating team history, Drexler himself even congratulated Anjie on Twitter that night, and even tweeted that Anjie is destined to surpass himself and do everything he did not do. It's clear www.biquge.info Drakes is talking about the championship trophy.
The recent days have been so good that Anjie has almost forgotten about his controversial foul on Paul when he played the Clippers. On the night after that fight, Divac warned Anjie that he would definitely be caught up in a water fight the next day. However, the overwhelming praise for Anjie the next day made Divac and Anjie no longer care about that matter.
However, the day after the defeat to Jazz. Just when An Jie was about to forget all those unpleasant things, a large number of negative comments about An Jie appeared on a large scale without warning.
"Hooligans on the battlefield of civilization -- count the ten evil deeds of An Jie. ”
"Anjie's magic weapon: unbearable trash talk. ”
"Did you beat up a reporter in the fashion industry?"
Blake Griffin: Even if Angel wins, he won't be respected. ”
"DeMarcus Cousins: Anjie is a sinister villain, without those dirty actions and words, he is nothing. ”
Just as all the media praised An Jie a few days ago, when An Jie watched the news today, most of the media spoke ill of An Jie.
Moslav was the first to call Anjie after the incident, because of the appearance of these articles, many business activities that originally had the intention of cooperating with Anjie were directly stopped. There is no doubt that these damn criticisms have greatly affected Anjie's public image.
"What the hell is going on!? Why did so many media outlets come out and give you a hat overnight? "Anjie has not been criticized before, but usually, only a few media outlets do this. And these voices of criticism will soon be drowned out by an even greater wave of praise.
But this time is different, this time the media that criticized An Jie was not one or two, but a large-scale simultaneous criticism. Puzzled, Moslav asked if Anjie had annoyed any powerful people in recent days.
An Jie naturally denied this statement at first, although he has a tough style on the court, he does use fake falls and small movements to achieve his goals. But to say that it annoyed some powerful people, that's not enough. But after thinking about it for a while, a name suddenly appeared in An Jie's mind.
"Sam Smith, this must have something to do with Sam Smith! He's smart, he knows that his criticism will be drowned out the other day. That's why he decided to choose to fight back against me today!" An Jie suddenly remembered that the person who was arrogant and arrogant was the well-known reporter and basketball commentator, and the old man who spoke ill of him. A guy like him will definitely not give up on An Jie's disrespect.
Hearing this name, Moslav still frowned slightly. If it were Sam Smith, everything that happened today would make sense. After all, this guy is definitely a master of manipulating media opinions. And Sam Smith is narrow-minded, which is also a well-known thing. Even now, after all these years, Sam will occasionally take advantage of the Bad Boy Army.
Moslav knew that he and An Jie had really met a guy who was not easy to mess with this time.
After all, Sam Smith can manipulate most of the media to talk about Anjie all the time, and although the content he reports is not necessarily true, few journalists have ever reported according to real events. There are so many unscrupulous journalists that they can't get rid of public figures. But the masses sometimes don't care whether the report is true or not. As long as the journalist writes like it's true, it's true.
"That's tricky, Ann, and if I want me to say, we'd better mess with him less. Having a conflict with this kind of guy will only waste our money and time. "Moslav was thinking about Anjie's interests and decided to ask Anjie not to fight back against Sam Smith again. Even if it's subtle sarcasm, it's better not to.
Anjie has no objection to this, and he rarely responds to criticism from the media, because he disdains to do so. He believes that as long as his grades are good enough, the media will naturally help him correct his name. Before Olajuwon embraced Islam, he was also a barrel of explosives that could explode at any moment. Even Jordan, whom Sam Smith championed, was a tyrant. Which guy on the Bulls team hasn't been scolded by Jordan? Pippen is no exception. But these two guys are the darlings of the media. At least An Jie has never lost his temper with his teammates.
AnJie has always believed what Divac told him, as long as there are results, people don't care if you are a gentleman or a butcher on the court. He only wanted to silence Sam Smith and his accomplices with his performance.
So for this overwhelming swearing and criticism, An Jie chose to turn a deaf ear. The Trail Blazers will play away against the Kings tonight, and Angel doesn't want to lose to the Kings and Cousins. If he loses, Sam Smith doesn't know how proud he is.
Silence Sam Smith, Angel decides to start by defeating the King.
Fans at Sleeping Train Arena are now just as much disliked as Cousins. Now with Sam Smith's instigation, Kings fans have launched a "warm" welcome to Anjie's arrival today.
Ugly insults, piercing boos, and signs and slogans with the words insulting An Jie form an alternative "landscape" line. The fans of the sleeping train arena swallowed An Jie alive because they couldn't be here.
"Ann! Don't be influenced by the comments of these ignorant guys! Play our own game and let these damn guys all fucking pissed off!" Before the game, Ricard was very worried about Anjie's mental state. He decided to encourage An Jie in his own way and let An Jie's mind relax.
"Don't worry, I can't see or hear anything that has nothing to do with the game. An Jie's calm answer made everyone on the Trail Blazers feel a lot more at ease, as long as An Jie is not messy, the Trail Blazers will not be messy. That's what a leader can do to the team.
So in the face of huge boos and scolding, the high-profile war between the Trailblazers and the King, Anjie and Cousins, finally started again.
Now, everyone in Sacramento wants the yellow-skinned guy who just set a franchise record to look at Sleeping Train Arena. They want this dirty villain who plays ball, to get the punishment he deserves. And the reason why fans have this series of psychology is because of Sam Smith's vigorous operation.
The game was unexpectedly fierce, and the king, who was originally not strong, showed a super level of strength under this special background.
Cousins launched an attack on Anjie's basket again and again, and Anjie, who played back-to-back games, was indeed very passive by Cousins' active offense. On the offensive end, the Kings' resolute wrap-and-hold defense also made Anjie very hard.
Ricard and Divac were frowning throughout the match, although Anjie had been excellent so far. But if it goes on like this, An Jie will definitely be exhausted like James!
Rickard and Divac must find a way to get Angel out of trouble, and seeing Cousins once again desperately break into Angel's defense, the two treacherous guys seem to have something in mind.
"Boy, take advantage of Cousins' impulsive emotions and make him foul!" Divac shouted at Angel as he put his hand into a trumpet shape to his mouth. Cousins' biggest weakness is his temper, and now, Divac has decided to let Anjie catch it!
So when Cousins rushed towards Anjie with the ball again, this immature guy squeezed under the basket with all his strength. But An Jie did not block it strongly, but fell backwards, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately!
"It's an obvious fake, why can't you see it?" Cousins went on a rampage, yelling at the referee. If it weren't for the timely dissuasion of his teammates, Cousins would probably have to apply for another technical foul for himself.
At the same time, the Sleeping Train Arena suddenly booed. They are all expressing their dissatisfaction with An Jie's "cowardly" behavior just now, and this group of guys did not expect that An Jie, who is on the cusp of the storm, would dare to use fake falls! This Chinese is simply brazen!
After being fouled by Anjie, Cousins' emotions were completely out of control. In the next half of the game, he quickly applied for himself the "benefit" of leaving the game early after a full foul. Kings coach Skiy Smart was angry and cursed on the sidelines, people thought he was angry at Angel's fake fall, but in fact he was angry at Cousins' immature and impulsive behavior.
After finishing out Cousins, Anjie led his teammates to completely defeat the Kings in the final five minutes of the game. After the game, the boos in the Sleeping Train Arena reached a climax.
Sam Smith smiled at the TV for the first time, and his goal was achieved, and now even if Angel wins, people will not focus on his beautiful stats and records, but on his fake throws and small movements. All of this was the work of Sam Smith.
With 28 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks, Anjie once again broke Cousins and led the Trail Blazers to another step in team history. But in the post-race interview, the most common question asked by reporters was, "Did you fake a fall?"
Faced with such questions, An Jie chose to answer lightly. "That's a foul. But only a small number of reporters will be satisfied with Anjie's answer.
If An Jie was living in praise and glory a few days ago, then today, the situation is completely reversed. However, to be able to take the victory away from Sacramento, Anjie's mood is not bad. After tomorrow, the direction of public opinion should once again focus on the Trail Blazers' 19-game winning streak, right?
An Jie continued to choose silence, waiting for the good news to arrive the next day.
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The Trail Blazers rushed back to Portland overnight after the win over the Kings, and it stands to reason that the players should be tired. But An Jie woke up early today.
He admits that it's the first time he's so eager to see today's basketball headlines. In the hazy morning, An Jie picked up his phone and opened the browser.
"This damn old man!" A minute later, An Jie angrily slammed his phone to the ground. This move startled Catherine, who was sleeping next to An Jie.
"I'm sorry Catherine...... I ......" An Jie suddenly realized that he had never been so out of shape in front of Catherine. He hastened to apologize to Catherine, hoping that he had not frightened the little girl.
"What's wrong?" Catherine picked up the phone that Anjie had thrown to the ground, and through the already cracked screen, Catherine saw an article directed at Anjie.
The author of the article is Sam Smith, a well-known NBA reporter, and the content of the article is not a praise for Anjie.
The unsightly words and words in the article made Catherine feel that An Jie had just suppressed herself well. If someone had said that about her, she might have reacted even more.
Angel doesn't care if Sam Smith is a well-known journalist now, he just wants to stand in front of Sam at the moment and let this guy slowly count how many bones he broke in the ambulance!