Chapter 69: Disadvantages
Westbrook has long known how powerful An Jie is, but Durant didn't expect An Jie to be able to swing so calmly in the face of Bogut. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 From the beginning of Durant University to the end of his first NBA season, he has never met a center around him who can solve problems on the inside, so after so many years, he has long been unaccustomed to passing the ball to the big man on the inside.
The opponents in the preseason were not strong, and everyone did not show real strength, so it is normal for An Jie to play decently. But Durant didn't expect Anjie to play well in the regular season, and some of Durant's ideas have begun to slowly change.
"Ball!" After listening to Anjie's words, Bogut suddenly became extremely active on the offensive end, he deeply held the position, and opened his big hand to ask for the ball.
In the past, the image of Bogut by the Chinese was not good at talking and very humble, and Yi Jianlian was such a character in the team last season. It's good now, this yellow-skinned boy who has not dried up dares to humiliate himself in person. Bogut wants to shut up this kid! Defeating your opponent is the best way to do that!
An Jie stretched his arm in front of him and tried his best to block the passing route. Bogut rudely threw off An Jie's arm on his shoulder again and again, this Chinese is really not honest!
After a few collisions, Bogut finally got a glimpse of the catch. Ridno seized the opportunity with a struck pass, and Bogut held the ball with both hands!
"Bang!" Bogut's first push was strong, but Anjie didn't take half a step back! Bogut didn't push a single step forward! The fans saw that the two center forwards were solidly colliding together, but both sides stood still.
The second time!Bogut continued to exert force, and An Jie was pushed to the chest tight, and took a step back. Generally, the center will not go all out backwards when playing back, because that kind of virtual and real force can achieve the purpose of confusing the opponent, so that the defenders can't tell what you will do next.
However, Bogut's attack this time is equivalent to directly picking out that he wants to fight on his back, and you will carry it down if there is a kind!
The third time!Bogut used all his strength, maybe this collision would directly cause a foul, but who cares!? He just wants to let that Chinese kid know that he is not easy to mess with!
Bogut leaned back, but he crashed into the air! Because of the force he exerted, his whole body fell back due to inertia, and Bogut fell to the ground with his feet in a mess. An Jie's just right retreat made Bogut, who only wanted to go inside, suffer. Only by applying both soft and hard can you get miraculous results.
Bogut's fall naturally caused him to lose control of the basketball. A quick Westbrook picked up the basketball and sprinted straight away, Michael Reed chased back with all his might, only to see the young man getting farther and farther away from him.
Watching Westbrook dunk over there, Anjie celebrated in front of Bogut who fell to the ground. After that, An Jie deliberately looked at Bogut, who had not yet gotten up, and then pointed to his head with a finger. "I told you you have to be smart. ”
"******!" Bogut stood up and faced An Jie with force, and both noses were about to touch each other. However, under the stern gaze of the referee, Bogut still controlled himself.
"Oh, relax Big White Bear. Anjie innocently raised his hands and took a few steps back, a gesture that also attracted the attention of all the cameras that were originally filming Westbrook.
"There seems to be something going on in the back, we see Bogut and Anjie looking at each other. As we all know, Bogut has always been a player with a very hot temper and an unclean mouth, and now he doesn't even let go of the novices?" The commentator of ESPN didn't know that Anjie, who seemed innocent now, actually took advantage of it.
"Don't be like him. Durant came over and pushed An Jie aside, he was afraid that his new teammate would suffer.
Bogut is now annoyed, and if it weren't for the frequent injuries, he might have become a top-tier centre-forward. Now even a hairy boy dares to break ground on his head!
So in the subsequent confrontation with Bogut, Anjie felt that his jersey was about to be torn by Bogut. As long as the referee doesn't interfere, Bogut will always make rough moves with impunity.
Big elbows, iron sand palms, King Kong arms, Bogut can be said to be extremely versatile, An Jie feels that he is not playing in the NBA, but has gone to the wrong place and came to the free fighting arena. However, he knew that if Bogut continued to play like this, the referee would definitely do something to control the situation.
During a rebounding scramble, Bogut, who was stuck outside, grabbed Anjie's jersey that had already jumped, and the referee couldn't turn a blind eye anymore for such an obvious action, he whistled and immediately blew it.
"The referee gave Bogut a foul on rebounding! Someone has to come out and take care of him, and if he is left to develop, who knows what Bogut will do. ”
Bogut was whistled for a foul, but this does not mean that Anjie is innocent. has been messing with Morris and Divac for a long time, and Anjie has a lot of small movements. Bogut didn't take advantage and was saddled with a foul, and it was worth it for Anjie to be so miserable.
The confrontation between the two big men was exciting, but the confrontation between the two teams turned out to be one-sided. The Bucks' offense is efficient, but Durant is still slow to find his form.
Thankfully, Thunder power forward Chris Wilcox found his groove under the basket, and it took three consecutive hits to make sure the score didn't continue to expand.
Finally, after a foul by the Bucks, P.J. Calesimo replaced Anjie and Westbrook, who had played a lot of time. In this way, Durant returned to the rhythm of playing alone, but that didn't help him regain his lost touch.
"Kevin Durant has only scored two points in the first half! After a stellar performance last season, Durant's second season seems to be a little lacking!" Two points and two rebounds on zero shooting from six are the performances that Durant has brought to the fans in the new season. Obviously, this report card is definitely not qualified.
At the end of the second quarter, Calesimo brought Anjie and Westbrook on the court, while Durant, who had been unable to find his form for a long time, was replaced. Durant is isolated on the court and certainly not very efficient. Anjie saw this, and it was impossible for Calesimo not to see it. But he just hopes that Durant can solve the problem with his personal ability, and he just can't come up with a second solution.
Anjie misses Ricard immensely now, at least when the players are overwhelmed and he always stands up to stabilize the situation. Anyway, Anjie doesn't have a good impression of his new coach at all.
Presti also saw this problem, and Kalesimo was already blamed by fans last season, but at that time, the SuperSonics were powerless, so Presti did not react. However, Calesimo doesn't seem to be able to reach the maximum potential of the Thunder's three future stars, which makes Presti now have to think about the head coach.
After returning to the game, Anjie and Westbrook took care of each other and performed quite well. Wilcox, who has frequently hit a wall on the defensive end, has also continued his excellent performance on the offensive end. In the second quarter, Wilcox scored 7 points alone, but compared to Michael Ricard's 11 points in a single quarter, this result still seems to be a lot inferior.
An Jie is still active in blocking and dismantling his teammates on the field, and actively blocking positions. Facing the Bucks' backup center Dan Gazuric, Anjie directly confiscated all the rebounds that could be obtained, and as a center, Gazuric didn't grab a single rebound in the second quarter.
But Anjie is not the offensive core after all, and the rebounds he worked hard to grab were not converted into scoring by his teammates. Anjie and Westbrook also failed to pull the Thunder out of the abyss at the end of the second quarter.
50-35, after the end of the first half, the score difference was not advanced but retreated, and it was pulled to 15 points. An Jie played 11 minutes off the bench in the first half and scored a total of 8 points and 4 rebounds, which can be said to be a very good statistic. Westbrook had 11 points and four assists, and the two potential newcomers in the '08 class did not disappoint Thunder fans.
But Durant's six-for-six shooting was the biggest factor in crushing the Thunder, who last year's rookie of the year failed to score a single goal in the first half, and if it weren't for the excellent play of Anjie and Westbrook and Wilcox's good feeling on the offensive end, the margin could have been widened now.
Everybody is waiting for Callesimo to make a change, everybody is waiting for this manager to show them the way. But when Calesimo spoke, everyone was disappointed.
"Defense, our defense, Durant, you play more resolutely in the second half, Anjie, you pay attention to open up space!"
Although the SuperSonics team was sparse last season, the 62-20 record was not unrelated to him as a head coach.
When coaching the Golden State Warriors in the '90s, Kalesimo was choked by his own player for 15 seconds, and after his teammates tried to separate the two, the attacker took the opportunity to elbow Kalesimo a few times. Although the attacker is not a good stubble, Calasimo's lack of getting along with the players is also a trigger.
After five years with Popovich, Kalesimo insists he has changed, but for now, it seems to be just wishful thinking on his part.
Can the Thunder, with an unclear goal, launch a Jedi counterattack in the second half?
(I'm sorry to keep you waiting, but today the second watch will be served at eight o'clock, I hope you understand.) )