Chapter 193: Twenty or so
After Anjie beat the Lakers, he became famous. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info Whether it's China, the United States, or other parts of the world, you can always see reports about Anjie.
Divac and Olajuwon, two veteran centre-forwards, have also gained a lot of exposure, and there is only one reason why they have suddenly become popular again: Anjie.
"From the first time I saw him play in the NCAA, I knew he was a good seed for a traditional center. Of course, there are other characteristics in him that I really admire. Oh, just ask Stoudemire and you'll know what Anjie's "other traits" mean. Faced with a sudden interview from a sports reporter, Divac replied with a smile.
"I've been watching him for most of the season, and I occasionally saw a Thunder game before the All-Star Game last season, and I was wondering who that yellow-skinned No. 16 was. As a result, after following him, I was more and more surprised, if such a guy is not worth carving, then the center may really be completely reduced to a blue-collar worker. When it comes to Anjie, Olajuwon is also full of praise.
"Ann and Morris are two of my favorite players and I miss the season I worked with them. If I could, I would really like to coach both of them again and fight for glory. Even Riccard, who is preparing for the NCAA regular season in the new season, was rounded up by reporters because of Anjie's excellent performance.
In addition to An Jie, everyone who has a relationship with him also has the opportunity to appear in public. Even his former Whirlwind teammate, now an office worker, was not spared.
There is one more person, which must not be ignored. When the reporters tried their best to find Anjie's girlfriend Catherine, they found that they couldn't find the girl in the entire city of Ames.
Except for the bearded, Anjie and Catherine herself, no one knows about her.
Catherine had taken a leave of absence from school and went to the New York branch of IMG Modeling Agency on her own at the behest of the bearded Qianding Ling. There, she will be in contact with IMG's top management to determine whether Catherine has the opportunity to become a model.
During Catherine's trip, An Jie was also very worried, after all, it was not easy for a little girl to go to a foreign country alone. But worry is worry, Anjie can't ask the Thunder for leave like Catherine did. The regular season is still going on, and as Kobe Bryant said, Anjie and they just won one game.
Two days after the game against the Lakers, Anjie traveled with the team to Houston, the city where he spent a month this summer.
In the past, the Toyota Center was the only place in Houston that AnJie could name, but after his temporary stay in July, Anjie is relatively familiar with Houston.
Along the way, Anjie has been telling his teammates about what he encountered in Houston, and with four straight wins since the start of the season, the Thunder players seem to be too relaxed.
Indeed, the current Houston Rockets are completely different from the Rockets who grabbed seven with the Lakers last season. Yao Ming was reimbursed for the season, Artest left, and the Rockets this season are an out-and-out civilian team. With no superstars and no arrows on the team, the Thunder should be able to win this game easily.
Pity...... The arrogance of the young man caused the Thunder to suffer a big loss at this time.
He shot 3-of-15 from the field and 0-of-4 from three-point range, shooting 20 percent from the field and scoring just six points. This is not the stats of Hayes, who was forced hard by Anjie, but the stats of Westbrook, who has been calm in the first four games.
At the Toyota Center, Westbrook's instability has once again put the Thunder in jeopardy. Of course, An Jie, who has always had a very stable shooting percentage, almost let his shooting rate fall below 50% in this game.
Facing Hayes, who is only 1.98 meters tall, An Jie is obviously too underestimated. After her great success and progress, Anjie seems to have been carried away by the small victories and outstanding performances ahead.
He repeatedly held the ball and played alone, but he ignored the rationality that he usually pays the most attention to. The continuous attrition of Scola, Landry, Hayes and David Anderson has greatly reduced Anjie's shooting percentage for singles.
He had 27 points and nine rebounds on 11-of-22 shooting, but Anjie only had three assists today. On the surface, An Jie's statistics seem to be good, but the other 11 balls he threw were indeed too much for An Jie as a center.
On the other hand, the Rockets, without the stars, played a very good overall game. Five players on the team scored in double figures, two scored in the twenties, and their 26 assists were a full 11 more than the Thunder.
In addition to Durant's 33 points and Anjie's 27 points, Nick Collisson's 9 points are already third on the team. The closely watched Ibaka and Morris combined for only 7 points, so it's not embarrassing.
In a good situation, the Thunder suffered their first loss of the season in Houston 94-105. At the same time, they are once again in a cycle of not being able to achieve a five-game winning streak.
After this game, the Thunder players spent a lot of time in the visiting locker room before boarding the bus and leaving, because the usually mild-mannered Jeff Van Gundy was a rare outburst in the locker room!
"Don't forget your position! We're not strong enough to lose casually! Maybe the Spurs can lose a few games in the form of a rotational break, maybe the Lakers can let Kobe Bryant play alone without caring about winning or losing, but we must strive to win every game! Have you forgotten how cruel the competition in the West is!? A one-game gap is enough to make one team enter the playoffs and the other team to take an early vacation!" Van Gundy was furious, and the locker room floor was full of A4 papers that were still on the ground in his anger. These scattered pieces of paper are the detailed tactics and reports of the Rockets that Van Gundy worked tirelessly to make all night. It's a pity that the players under him made all his efforts in vain.
It's not that Van Gundy can't accept defeat, it's just that he can't accept the Thunder playing like this. Even An Jie's handling of the ball on the court has become casual, let alone others.
The Thunder players below lowered their heads one by one and remained silent. They were sorry for their ambitions before the game, they knew they had to put on a show quickly.
Van Gundy's older brother Stan Van Gundy was unlucky, "benefiting" from his brother's temper in the locker room, and the Thunder players played a perfect game, making it very difficult for his Magic team.
Anjie, who was scolded by Van Gundy, did his best in this game, preventing Howard from only getting 10 shots and allowing him to hit only 5 of them.
And all members of the Thunder team also executed the "chop" tactic well, allowing Warcraft to get 17 free throws, but Warcraft only grasped 10 of them.
20 points, for a core player like Howard, allowing him to score only 20 points is already a defensive success. In addition, Howard only scored 7 rebounds in this game, while An Jie easily got 13 with his excellent positioning skills, almost twice as many as Howard!
Under the Thunder's serious and tight defense, except for Howard and backup center Malchin Gortat, the rest of the Magic team shot more than 50 percent. Even J.J. Redick, a consistent outside shooter, shot 0-of-6 from three-point range in this game, and shot only 2-of-11 from the field, a measly 18%.
With a good defensive foundation, the Thunder's offense is also playing well. Durant scored a game-high 28 points on 11-of-17 shooting, and his scoring performance has been eye-catching this season.
Westbrook, who had a poor performance in the last game, recorded a double-double in this game, with 17 points and 10 assists, and his form began to pick up.
And Anjie, who prevented Howard from having no temper, deliberately controlled his shots in this game, only 12 shots, hit 8 of them, scored 18 points, and grabbed 13 rebounds and handed out 6 assists. Although the scoring data is not as good as the previous game, the efficiency is obviously much higher.
Seeing that Anjie's performance in the low post has improved greatly, Howard also came up with the idea of apprenticeship with Olajuwon this summer.
The Thunder shot 57% from the field and 56% from three-point range, making Stan Van Gundy watch his brother beat him.
74-102, the Thunder defeated the Orlando Magic, who were the first in the East last season, at home. Jeff Van Gundy's temper tantrum in the locker room is not gray hair.
Now, it's the turn of another Van Gundy to reprimand the players in the dressing room.
Subsequently, on November 10, the Thunder "unexpectedly" lost to the Kings, the opponent who had won wildly. Although he lost, Van Gundy was still able to accept it. After all, this game is not that the Thunder team is too poor, but that the Kings are really playing at a super level.
98-101, the Thunder lost to the Kings, but there were no problems with the team's operation.
Then, on November 11, the Thunder rushed to Los Angeles and played back-to-back games against the Clippers.
Blake Griffin is out for the season due to an injury, forcing the Clippers to push back their rebuild date.
Clippers captain Chris Carman, the white big center, scored 20 points, but he took a full 26 shots! Anjie and Morris's interior defense once again deflated the opposing center.
In this game, Durant scored 30 points, Anjie and Westbrook also scored 18 points each, and Anjie's good buddy Morris sent 4 big hot pots. In the end, the Thunder defeated the Clippers with an 83-79 result on the road and avoided a losing streak. And their record of not being able to win at the Staples Center has finally been broken.
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"I've been doing some training lately, and they've said that I have a lot of potential to be a model. It's just that the training is really hard, and in order to maintain your figure, you can't eat a lot of things, and you have to limit the amount of each meal. There is also a way to walk and a posture to stand. Well, it's a lot more fun than class, hehe. "It's been almost a week since Catherine arrived in New York, and Anjie calls her every day during that time.
The taste of nutritious meals is not that Anjie has not tried it, but the nutritious meals for maintaining your body are more torturous than the nutritious meals for gaining muscle and weight.
"It's going to take a long time to train, and if it's too hard, you can come back. Hearing that Catherine couldn't eat enough every day and had to suffer, An Jie was very distressed.
"How can you give up halfway? Ann, you have also suffered a lot to get to where you are today. Don't worry, my training is much easier than yours. They didn't say how long the training was, but I became a monk halfway through the beginner's life, so it may take longer than others. ”
"If I have the opportunity to go to New York, I will definitely go to see you, pay attention to the body, dear. An Jie looked at the time, it was not early, he had to hurry up and complete the rest of the training tasks.
"You're Ann too, happy birthday, hehe. Although I didn't be able to stay with you last year, I still bought a gift and sent it to you, and I may receive it in two days. ”
"You remember, I thought only my parents remembered. "Today is November 12th, Anjie's 20th birthday. However, in order not to affect his training and work, he did not tell anyone about it. Celebrating a birthday? There's really no time.
"Of course I remember, apart from my father, you are the most important person in my life......"
"Thank you Catherine, I love you. ”
"I love you too, Ann. ”
Not long after hanging up the phone, An Jie's parents naturally called. Of course, there is also the birthday text message sent by Nike to Anjie.
Since he started playing in the NCAA, Anjie has basically not had a good birthday. After all, the intensive schedule and training will not be suspended for An Jie alone.
In the end, An Jie completed his set goal at the training ground and did not leave the field early because today was a special day.
After a hard day, An Jie took off his soaked vest and prepared to return to the locker room. The hallway outside the training ground was dark, with only a faint white glow from the emergency lights.
For such a scene, An Jie has long been used to it. He expertly touched the locker room in the darkness and pushed open the door, ready to end his day.
It was also dark in the huge locker room, and An Jie found the switch and turned on the headlights in the locker room.
The entire locker room suddenly brightened, and An Jie also stood in place, looking at everything in front of him in disbelief. (To be continued.) )