Chapter 100: Confronting the Stone Buddha (4/10)
"Hello viewers, welcome to TN.t, I'm Kenny Smith, sitting next to me is Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller, and today we are here for you with the NBA newcomer Oklahoma City Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" is a very familiar opening line, and the live broadcast in the United States has officially begun!
"Charles, what are you looking at?" Kenny Smith found out that Barkley had been playing on his phone since the start of the stream, which is also a feature of the tn.t commentary trio, who were never serious, but the audience liked it.
"Don't bother Kenny, the New York Giants vs. the Dallas Cowboys are in full swing, and I bet on the Cowboys to win. "Barkley was talking about the game of rugby.
"Charles, the live stream has begun. Kenny Smith looked at Barkley, who was focused on his phone, with disdain.
"Oh, hey, hello, I'm Charles Barkley, and today we're bringing you the Spurs and ...... With whom?" Barkley looked at his partner with a confused expression.
"Oklahoma City Thunder. "Kenny Smith really has a headache about why this guy is so popular.
"That's right! Spurs vs. Thunder! Reggie, aren't you going to say something!?" Barkley pointed to his phone, indicating that he had to watch a football game, and asked Reggie Miller to pick him up.
"We all know that the three rookies of the Thunder team have been in the limelight recently, and their Chinese center An Jie has frequently hit quasi-triple-doubles. Miller also spoke ill-intentionally about Anjie.
"Don't mention Chinese center Reggie to me, I'm not afraid of him, there is only one Yao Ming in this league. Barkley still looked at his phone as if no one else were on his phone.
"You're not afraid of him, so what do you dare bet on?"
"If this Anjie can win 20 ...... in one game Wait, you just said he got a quasi-triple-double multiple times?" Barkley snatched the material from Miller's hand and looked at it carefully.
"Okay, I'm not going to bet. Barkley smiled awkwardly after watching it, if someone else explained it like this, he might have been fired a long time ago, but this is Charles Barkley, this is why fans prefer to watch TN.T.
The fans were amused by Barkley's nonsensical commentary, but Anjie felt uncomfortable when he warmed up on the field. The big man in the Spurs' No. 21 jersey was always staring at him from time to time and had no expression on his face. A big man staring at himself intoxicated, a normal person will feel furious in his heart.
"Hey, did he do anything to you when he played against Tim last season?" Anjie elbowed the team's power forward Chris Wilcox.
"Nothing, what, you're afraid of being eaten by that guy?" Wilcox looked at Duncan, who looked at them with a blank face.
Suddenly, Duncan, who was looking at the two of them, laughed! Such a smile did not make people feel friendly at all, and this grinning and terrifying expression made Angel and Wilcox goosebumps all over their bodies. No wonder Duncan was whistled for a technical foul by bald referee Crawford last season for laughing on the bench, who can stand such a hideous smile.
Duncan is expressionless most of the time, but when he does, it's absolutely powerful.
"You're playing ogre again?" said Tony Parker, a Frenchman, who had just seen it all.
"Haha, that Chinese rookie seems to be scared. After being interfered with by Duncan's "Alluring Smile", An Jie's next two consecutive shots failed to hit.
As the fans cheered more and more, Anjie and Bonner finally stood in the center circle, and the game began!
There is no doubt that in the face of Bonner, Anjie easily won the opportunity for the Thunder to attack first. An Jie also rejoiced in his heart, fortunately he was facing this white center, if he faced Duncan, God knows what expression he would make.
Westbrook dribbled into the Spurs half, and the French sports car immediately stuck to it. Westbrook may not have a hard time breaking through Parker, but he knows that the Spurs' overall defense is the most terrifying.
beckoned to Anjie for a pick-and-roll, and Westbrook easily entered the interior.
"This zero guard is really fast! And the quality of the Chinese center's blocking is even better!" Popovich had to admit that as first-graders, these two kids are really outstanding.
After Westbrook broke through, Duncan immediately blocked his way, and Spurs small forward Mike Finley stood on the exact route of Westbrook's pass to Durant. Westbrook broke through for the first time and was rounded up!
Anjie was too far away from the basket, and Bonner was very defended. Westbrook had no choice but to pass the ball to Damion Wilkins, who was not very offensive and could not attack.
Although the offense didn't work, Westbrook felt he had at least kept the ball. Unexpectedly, the basketball that was passed out was intercepted by Tony Parker who suddenly rushed out! It was not possible to force Westbrook to pass the ball to Wilkins, which was part of Popovich's defensive strategy!
Parker immediately launched a counterattack after breaking the ball, the nickname "French sports car" is not called in vain, of course, this does not mean that Parker's absolute speed is particularly fast, but because Parker can suddenly shoot or change direction in the process of high-speed operation.
Durant and Westbrook were the two most timely defenders, and just when they were still wondering how Parker would attack the frame, he suddenly threw a shot without slowing down, making both Durant and Westbrook waste their efforts.
Westbrook's ability to read the game was still too poor, and he fell into a trap set by the Spurs on the first shot. Kenny Smith watched Parker easily fight back, and questioned the strength of the Thunder in his heart.
But when the Thunder came over for the second time, the Spurs' defense was the real challenge.
"Is it true that you still use a center to organize the offense?" Popovich held his chin, this kind of tactic he had not seen before, but it was really used by very few people, and the skills of the center in the league have become more and more rough over the years, and almost no one would use the center like this.
However, Jeff Van Gundy is a coach who dares to use and does use a center, and letting Anjie organize the attack is as normal as eating and sleeping in his eyes.
An Jie held the basketball high at the center point, and the Thunder immediately revolved around An Jie. Suddenly, Durant, who cut inside, got a chance!
Durant's breakaway caught the attention of Duncan, Finley and Spurs starting point guard Roger Mason, all of whom simultaneously shrank into the box.
Unexpectedly, Durant's ability is not only reflected in the scoring, with a sweep, Durant passed the basketball to Westbrook in the open position before the three of them completed the circle.
Westbrook pulls up and shoots, or the kind of jump shot with more height and less feel. But this time, Westbrook managed to score the ball.
"Beautiful, the perfect combination of these three rookies!Three young people are challenging the GDP for the first time!" Reggie Miller finally spoke, and Charles Barkley, who was watching the live text of football on his phone intently.
Popovich did not miscalculate, this Thunder, who was unanimously regarded by the outside world, actually has good strength. But fortunately, he has laid out a lot of tactics for the characteristics of the Thunder team.
Anjie found that his organizational tasks on the offensive end were becoming more and more difficult to complete, and in the face of the off-ball blocking and dismantling of the rest of the Thunder, the Spurs directly responded by switching defenses. As a result, the Thunder's off-ball runs rarely have a chance to open up space.
An Jie played two in a row in the case of poor organization, the first ball faced Bonner's defense An Jie directly tried to break through after stepping, Bonner saw that he couldn't prevent the breakthrough and pulled An Jie's jersey and sent An Jie to the free throw line.
It is precisely because of this spirit of not giving up that Bonner is still loved by fans even when he can't play excellent statistics. Even in the face of the fierce "Wolf King" Garnett before, Bonner dared to knock him to the ground directly.
In the second ball, An Jie still couldn't pass the ball, but changed to a back-to-back state, wanting to one-on-one with Bonner.
Under An Jie's strong push, Bonner still lost the battle, a chance to leave, An Jie turned around and hit a close-range jumper, which almost became An Jie's signature move.
It doesn't matter if you cut off the organizational line, An Jie's personal scoring ability is not weak!
"Do you want to use Tim?" Popovich looked at Duncan, who was the only one who could limit the No. 16 rookie in Bonner's place.
Defensively, Jeff Van Gundy was the first to make the change, shouting from the sidelines, reminding Anjie and Joe Smith to switch positions, letting Anjie defend Duncan and Smith to defend Bonner, who was floating on the perimeter.
Anjie is acting on orders, is she finally going to fight against that Spurs flag!?
However, to Anjie's disappointment, Duncan only made a cover for Parker this time and did not continue to play. And Parker also took advantage of the tacit understanding with Duncan to block and hit again.
"Hey, haven't you seen that you're asleep? As long as the Spurs attack in this way for the whole game, the Thunder will lose. But what is there to see about the Spurs' offense?" Barkley yawned exaggeratedly into the microphone.
"You still continue to watch your rugby put Charles. Kenny Smith's commentary style on Barkley has long been accustomed.
But it's true that the Spurs may be one of David Stern's least favorite teams, and although they have won championships repeatedly, the Spurs' games have always dozed off the crowd, and the ratings for the Finals with the Spurs are not ideal. There is no flashy offense, only one-on-one conduction and blocking, only an iron bucket defense that stifles the wonderful shots, this is the San Antonio Spurs.
But Popovich doesn't care about this, as long as he can win, the audience can sleep as much as they like. His set-up successfully contained the Thunder, who were bursting with offensive talent, and the wonderful frame attack after cutting inside and breaking through was not staged by the Thunder today.
But Anjie is the only one, and Bonner has no way to hold it. In the end, Popovich also shouted, Duncan and Bonner switched places, and this No. 21 still came to Anjie!
Duncan took a step forward and reached out to An Jie's eyes with a big hand to block An Jie's vision. Duncan has played against countless good big men, and he is definitely one of the most experienced defensive interior players.
An Jie saw Duncan let him go, but he didn't choose to break through. For someone like Duncan, who has already become a master, it is easy to create an offensive foul for An Jie.
With his back and his body clinging to him, An Jie wants to have the most primitive confrontation with Duncan!
Just when everyone, including Duncan himself, thought that An Jie was going to fight with him with his back, just when Duncan had just adjusted his defensive posture, An Jie suddenly turned around and accelerated suddenly!
Duncan, who didn't have time to react, rushed forward with all his might, and An Jie faced the basket that was already unguarded, and he couldn't find a second way to stop An Jie from scoring except to chase Duncan with all his might.
Unexpectedly, after An Jie ran halfway, he suddenly made a sudden stop, and did not choose to attack the frame directly, but completed a close-range emergency stop jump shot in the three-second zone.
Duncan overdid it, but immediately controlled his pace and stretched out his arms to touch the basketball.
However, at this time, An Jie's height and arm span advantage are reflected, Duncan's defense almost touched the basketball in An Jie's hand, but the difference between the almost and the difference is a lot, there is no difference.
"Brush!" An Jie successfully played Duncan twice in a row on the offensive end!
"Oh, when was the last time you saw a center with this kind of skill? Breakaway, stop, shot! Ann's movements were so good that even Duncan couldn't stop him!" Kenny Smith's praise of Ann Jie also caught Barkley's attention.
Anjie and Durant have high-fived Westbrook on the way back to defense, and the organizational core of the Thunder team is not so easy to defend!
Don't worry, no matter how hard it is, An Jie will bite out a gap! )