Chapter 183: Everything Returns to Zero
Giardina sat on the plane tired, thinking that he would be able to relax when the new album was finished. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Unexpectedly, the various publicity and commercial activities that followed after that gave her no chance to rest at all. Even his 17th birthday was spent on a plane.
"Tina, why aren't you sleeping?" Abrahi, who was awakened by the cold, turned his head, only to find that Giardina was still listening to music with headphones plugged in, and he looked at his watch, it was already two o'clock in the morning.
"I'm not tired of Mr. Abrahi, so go back and rest."
"I really don't understand you, I just finished filming a commercial, and now I have to go to Oklahoma City to perform a pregame performance for the Thunder. Why keep yourself busy? "It's the Oklahoma City Thunder again, and they've become the only professional sports team whose name Abrashi remembers to remember.
"Of course you have to be busier when you're younger." When it came to this, Giardina was also very helpless. The appearance fee given by the Thunder is not high, and it can be said that it is not worth her to run so much. But if she doesn't come, that big Chinese boy may never belong to her.
Already have a girlfriend? The young Giardina didn't care about that at all. She didn't do anything unseemly, they were playing fair.
"I'll be in Oklahoma City tomorrow, how are you going to entertain me?" Giardina thought for a long time, and finally sent such a text message to Anjie. She smiled at the screen, suddenly felt very heavy eyelids, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.
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"Toot toot toot ......toot to
"What the." Morris had to get up, pick up the alarm clock, and turn it off. Tonight, it will be his first official NBA game, in order to make himself in good shape, he decided to get up at half past six with An Jie to go to the training ground.
"Ann, are you awake?" Anjie's small villa is very empty, and it seems too big to live alone. Therefore, at the invitation of Anjie, Morris did not buy his own house in Oklahoma City, but lived under the same roof as Anjie. In this way, the two do not have to rely on the phone all day long.
"Strange, why is it so quiet?" Usually at this time, An Jie was already busy working downstairs, but today, there was no movement at all.
"This kid also oversleeps sometimes." Morris smiled and shook his head, Anjie is really not Superman. But when he walked to the door of An Jie's room, he found that the door of An Jie's room was not closed, and An Jie himself was not in bed.
At this time, An Jie had already arrived at the Oklahoma City Airport. After waking up early in the morning and seeing a text message from Giardina, An Jie hurriedly went out and decided to wait here.
Giardina has come to Oklahoma City more than once to watch his game, but Anjie didn't pay much attention to it after each game. In the summer, An Jie also repeatedly rejected her invitations to travel. Now that people have come to their "territory" again, if An Jie still doesn't do anything, it is indeed a little rude.
Giardina looked at the unanswered text message and was disappointed. It seems that this will be the last time she will come to Oklahoma City.
But when she walked out of the exit of the airport, he found An Jie looking anxiously around the exit.
"Who are you waiting for, boy?" Abrahi was full of questions, only to find that Giardina had pushed through the crowd and ran towards Angel.
An Jie was still looking around with the help of his height advantage, but found that he was hit by someone. Looking down, Giardina had already rushed over and hugged her.
Fortunately, there were no reporters at the airport in the early morning, otherwise this scene would have made headlines in the entertainment sections of various newspapers.
"Let's go Tina, I still have to report to the team, there's a game tonight." A 17-year-old girl, although Giardina's appearance and figure are no different from those of college students in China, in An Jie's eyes, he still can't imagine what progress he can have in relationship with this little girl.
"Hmm." Giardina nodded obediently.
Driving the car he had borrowed from Morris, Anjie dropped Giardina and Abrahi off at the hotel that had already been arranged. Although it was just a simple way of doing things, Giardina was very happy in his heart. Does this mean that An Jie still has a good impression of himself?
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"Damn, did this kid get kidnapped by the thugs sent by the Kings." Morris looked at his watch, usually Anjie is the first to go to the training ground, but in the first game of the regular season, he unexpectedly came the latest.
Although it was not yet late time, the entire Thunder team, only An Jie did not come.
"Don't worry about that kid, his state has never been a problem." Westbrook practiced shooting on his own, and his inconsistent shooting percentage was his biggest problem last season, and he had to play something different in the first game of the new season.
Just when Morris was worried, Anjie ran into the training ground out of breath, and he didn't have time to change his clothes.
"Hey, why did you go? You drove away my car and didn't give me your car keys, so I waited for a twenty-minute taxi on the damn hill. As soon as Morris met Anjie, he began to tell about his "painful" experience in the morning.
"I went to the airport to pick up a friend, hehe, you know that my car only has two seats, which is inconvenient. Hey, are you ready to do it tonight? Anjie didn't have time to go to the locker room, so he sat on the floor of the training ground and started to change his clothes.
"Just wait for you to come to Ann, we said okay, playoffs." Durant also gathered around at this moment, looking at the new and familiar lineup, everyone was full of anticipation.
"Come on, let's take my old club first." After changing his clothes, An Jie picked up the basketball on the ground and shot at will, and the basketball was hollow into the net.
"Maurice, don't let me get caught tonight." After the goal, An Jie smiled proudly at his good brother.
"Hmph, you just have to mind your own business, but I've been studying under the boss for an extra year." Morris didn't show weakness and made a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line......
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Van Gundy stood on the sidelines solemnly, looking at the upgraded Thunder lineup with satisfaction. Last season, the Kings struggled to compete with the Thunder, and now, Van Gundy wants to not only win, but also to win.
There is only Sesbin on the Kings roster. Hoyce and Dante. Green's two pure interior lines, empty interior defense, will be Van Gundy's key targets. After all, the current Thunder team is not just one An Jie!
"Maurice! Where's your protective gear! Looking at Morris's bare ankles, Van Gundy couldn't help but scream. What hasn't changed is that he is still strict with his players.
"Hehe, I'll go to the locker room and put it on later." Sure enough, Morris, who wanted to loosen his ankles, still couldn't escape Van Gundy's eyes.
Van Gundy had already announced his starting lineup for this game yesterday, and although the starting power forward is still Kostic, everyone knows that he is nothing more than a fake starter. Andrew. Morris & Sergy. Ibaka is Anjie's real powerful assistant.
Because of this, Morris and Ibaka were both very positive in the warm-up, and the importance of their NBA debuts cannot be overstated, and no one wants to make a bad impression on the coach in the first game.
An Jie relied on Morris to practice back play again and again during the warm-up, and in the eyes of outsiders, the two were just casually comparing, only An Jie himself knew that Morris's strength and strength were already quite good even in the NBA.
This summer, Morris was not idle.
"The Thunder's offseason focus is on the interior, so against the weak Kings on the inside, I think the Thunder have a better chance of winning." The trio of T.NT chose to come to the Chesapeake Energy Arena to play the game this time, and the Thunder's excellent performance last season has made them a very popular team. Therefore, in the first game of the new season, T.NT chose the Thunder team to do the national live broadcast.
"Don't forget Kenny, Andrew. Morris and Serge. Ibaka is a rookie. Although Presti's previous two years of draft operations were very successful, it does not mean that the abilities of Ibaka and Morris can be compared to the Thunder's three young men. "Charles. Barkley's task is still to rebel, and the next step is for Reggie. Miller made a fair assessment.
"In any case, even if Ibaka and Morris are both silent, Anjie can still use his strength to make waves on the inside of the Kings. The Kings want to win in addition to relying on Jeff. Green and Kevin. In addition to Martin, rookie player Terrick Brown. Evans' play was also crucial. "Although he is only the fourth overall pick, Evans is the most anticipated guy in terms of preseason experience. No way, who let the champion Blake. Griffin "died" himself, indiscriminately increasing the amount of training, resulting in a complete write-off of his rookie season.
With half an hour to go before the start of the game, the players did not return to the locker room, but at the mobilization of the live host, the Thunder prepared a special celebration ceremony for Anjie and Durant at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Although the Most Improved Award and the Rookie of the Year award have long been in the hands of Durant and Anjie, Presti insists on holding an award ceremony for both of them on the first home court of the new season. In this way, in addition to improving the morale of the team, it can also greatly stimulate the fans' desire to buy tickets.
With the tacit cooperation of the DJ and the host, the atmosphere of the whole award ceremony was very warm. When Durant and An Jie lifted the trophy, there were even neat shouts of "MVP" at the scene.
"Let's have Tiffany. Giardina brings us The Star-Spangled Banner Never Falls! ā
In another national anthem singing ceremony, Giardina still ran out of the players' tunnel and waved to the audience. The fans at the Chesapeake Energy Arena were also very face-saving, and they did not hesitate to give cheers and applause.
When Giardina ran to An Jie's side, he couldn't help but glance at the big man, but he didn't expect that this time, An Jie actually gave Giardina a thumbs up.
When Giardina finished singing the national anthem and the lights were lit up again, the atmosphere of the scene was pushed to the climax.
The Thunder team's starting five tigers have already taken off their training uniforms, and An Jie is bouncing in the middle circle, eager to try.
"Come on, Ahh
"You said we'd go to the playoffs! Come on! ā
"This is our home turf! Drive them away! ā
There were all sorts of shouts from the stands, and unlike the deserted start of last season, the Chesapeake Energy Arena was not absent!
47 wins last season? Records are all used to break and reference, and from now on, everything is zeroed.
With Anjie snatching the basketball in the air before Hawes, his second NBA season, the Thunder's 09-10 season, officially began!
"Audience friends, the journey of blue and white lightning to impact the playoffs has officially begun!"
Much to look forward to. Rookie of the Year, Sports Illustrated cover. Will the Thunder make it to the quarterfinals in the new season, or will they be disappointed again? From this moment on, the mystery will be revealed layer by layer. (To be continued.) )