"Let's take a look at the West, the current situation in the Western Conference playoff qualification is not good for the Suns, not only did they not get close to the Jazz, but they were also tied by the Thunder, the youth army behind them. www.biquge.info Coach Alvin Gentry did have a momentum to revive the Suns when he first took office, but judging from the current losing streak, Coach Gentry seems to be a bit of a high-starter. ”

The Open Pitch, hosted by Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, once again met with viewers at T.NT, and their topic naturally couldn't avoid the fierce battle for a playoff spot in the West.

"Coach Kentry is certainly a romantic, and he can figure it out to have Shaq, 36, and Nash, 34, bombarded him. Run-and-gun, like Phil Jackson's triangle offense, is not a system that can be successful by playing hard. "Barkley has never been shy about criticizing people. His big mouth is exactly the guarantee of T.NT's high ratings.

"What about the Thunder? Do you think they'll make the playoffs?" Kenny Smith knows, Barkley doesn't like the Thunder, so he asked the question on purpose. In fact, although Barkley has always spoken ill of the Thunder, he doesn't really hate them much, just to attract attention.

"While the Suns and Thunder are battling it out for ninth place, the Jazz have quietly won 12 in a row! I'm not mistaken, 12 in a row!" Barkley emphasized the word 12.

"From the February 11th win over the Lakers to yesterday's March 10th win over the Pacers, the Jazz haven't lost a whole month! And the Thunder, they're struggling to pull off a five-game winning streak, so what's the comparison with the 12-game winning streak? The Thunder and Jazz are still seven wins away, and I don't think Jerry Sloan will let the Salt Lake City team flip in the gutter. Although the regular season is just over a month away, Van Gundy's rookie group wants to recover seven wins from the Jazz, which is almost impossible to happen. Barkley's serious face annoyed a lot of Thunder fans who were watching TV.

"This dead fat man, who doesn't know anything, just cheats T.NT's salary by his mouth. ”

"This damn big ass guy doesn't make sense!"

The audience scolded and scolded, but only a very few people chose to change the channel.

"So you think the Thunder are just doing nothing?"

"Strictly speaking, that's it. The main force of this team is almost all made up of rookies, five starters, four rookies, three first-yearers, what are you kidding!? Such a lineup can make the playoffs, then it is really hell!" Barkley is right, as a team whose main purpose is to develop rookies, it is already very good to achieve such results.

It seems that in order to fulfill the remarks of "Big Mouth" Barkley, after the victory over the Kings, the Thunder team faced the Nuggets back-to-back away games, and immediately lost!

The unexpectedly hard battle with the Kings caused the Thunder to lose their physical strength, and after that game, they went to the plateau to face the "Denver Track and Field Team", which was a great test of Anjie's physical reserves.

Exhaustion may not be too much of an impact on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, the Thunder's shooting percentage is enough to show how tired the players are.

Except for Anjie and Robert Swift, the rest of the Thunder team didn't shoot more than 50%, to be exact, except for one Nick Collisson, everyone else shot below 40%!

The Thunder's offensive tactics and execution were no problem, and they were given plenty of chances. The only problem is that the Thunder simply can't shoot the ball. With the exception of Anjie and Swift, who have a majority of interior offense, everyone's shots are collectively inaccurate.

By the end of the season, back-to-back can become more torturous than before. Van Gundy's favorite thing is the back-to-back format, which not only does not allow players to perform at their level, but also increases the probability of players getting injured.

Complaining is complaining, the game is arranged like this, and the Thunder must also play. was already tired, and when they met the plateau of Denver again, and the opponent was the Nuggets, who were strong, the Thunder team was defeated, which was expected.

99-112, the Thunder lost by another big score. An Jie scored 18 points and 9 rebounds in this game, which still looks very beautiful, but careful fans have found that since March, An Jie has not scored more than 20 points in any game!

Although he frequently cut two doubles, he couldn't score more than 20, which will definitely attract doubts from all sides. As a rookie, Anjie's scoring data is not low, but aren't critics born to pick thorns?

Anjie was heavily guarded, and the team suffered a crushing defeat to Denver. ”

"With only 20 points in six consecutive games, Anjie is the next overrated newcomer?"

There are endless titles of various articles, in fact, most of An Jie's scores in these games are hovering between 15 and 19, as long as he wants to, it is no problem to brush up on 20 points. Unexpectedly, this group of critics is bored with this kind of thing to attract readers. No wonder Ricard has always scoffed at this group of people, and not without reason.

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An Jie got up at half past six as always, and as soon as he got up in the living room every day, he could see most of Oklahoma City, which made him feel very comfortable after getting up every day.

"Good morning dear. As is customary, she sent a text message to Catherine, and after Jie had washed up, she walked to the garage to get ready for her day.

Rap music from the West Coast of the United States was playing on the radio, and Anjie drove through the tranquil Alwente business district. In this less densely populated country, the streets are sparsely populated in the early morning, so quiet that only the distinctive roar of the RX-7 rotor engine can be heard.

The Suns have outlined the entire framework of Oklahoma City, and the city is littered with giant posters of Thunder players. The closer you get to the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the more posters the Thunder players have.

There was no traffic jam in the morning, and in just twenty minutes, AnJie arrived at the underground parking lot of the Chesapeake Energy Arena. After eating two eggs and a bottle of milk in a hurry, Anjie's new day's training began.

"Bang, brush, bang, brush......" Before An Jie arrived at the training ground, he heard the sound of slapping the ball and the rolling sound of the nets coming from inside.

"Who's here?" An Jie curiously pushed open the door of the training ground, usually he was the first to arrive, even Westbrook, it had been more than a month later than himself.

When An Jie stepped into the training ground, there was only one figure on the field who was as thin as himself. You don't need to look at the face An Jie to know that it's Durant!

"Kevin. An Jie shouted, and the empty training ground was full of echoes.

"Come on, Ann, play two balls with me. Durant threw the basketball in his hand to Anjie and took a defensive stance.

"Okay?" Anjie pointed to Durant's injured foot.

"No, I need you to test it for me. Durant clapped his hands and motioned for An Jie to hurry up and attack.

Anjie dribbled the ball in jeans and a hoodie before he had changed his clothes, and it would be easy for Durant to take the ball away, but he wouldn't do it, and taking the ball from a high school forward wouldn't allow him to detect his condition.

An Jie made a change of direction in front of his body, and squeezed Durant away with his strength and walked in.

Durant is 2.11 meters tall, and there is no problem at all when he plays a center in the current league. Although emaciated, he weighed 106 kilograms, only four kilograms lighter than Anjie. As expected by Anjie, although Durant is the No. 3 position, it is not a loss to defend him as the No. 5 position.

Strength, perhaps, is the only place where Anjie has an advantage over Durant.

After squeezing Durant out of the way to gain some space, Anjie stepped forward and planned to end the offense with a master layup.

Durant tried his best to jump and interfere, Durant is tall and long, but why not Anjie?

The block failed, he landed, and moved his ankle, and Durant smiled with satisfaction.

"Is my sparring partner still qualified?" Anjie knew that Durant didn't defend himself with all his might, otherwise he would have been taken away by Durant before he broke through.

"No problem at all! I don't feel the slightest discomfort!" Durant got excited, he was a little timid when he shot himself at first, but now, he's completely letting go!

A day after the Thunder's loss, the Suns vs. Cavaliers also had a result. 119-111, the "little emperor" James 34 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists of the big triple-double allowed the Suns to swallow the bitter fruit of a four-game losing streak! Maybe this time God finally favored the Thunder's group of young people, and when they lost, the Suns failed to win again.

Durant's return was endorsed by Jeff Van Gundy. "In the next game against the Suns, you'll continue to be the starter!"

Durant was also worried that Van Gundy would put his newly recovered self on the bench, but Van Gundy waved his hand and prepared to bring his strongest roster to Phoenix.

On March 14, the Thunder will travel to Phoenix again to take on the Suns, who are playing back-to-back games and are in poor shape.

Durant's comeback just coincided with the crucial battle for the rise and fall of the rankings, and God knows what kind of performance the regrouped Thunder three will show.

The first step in a series of key battles, and there is no room for error!(To be continued.) )