Chapter 266: First Execution
Kobe Bryant is perhaps one of the most influential people in the NBA right now, not just in Los Angeles, but even when he's playing on the road, his presence is a sensation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The buses of the Thunder and Lakers arrived at the court almost at the same time, but as soon as Kobe Bryant appeared, the reporters around the other players all went to Kobe's side.
"This guy has a really strong appeal. "There is also a reporter beside An Jie who has not left, Wu Hua.
"The league's most lethal ball-handling offensive and one of the league's best defensive players. Even if there have always been scandals about his disgrace, this cannot shake his kingly momentum in the slightest. An Jie smiled and looked at Kobe, this guy is not as arrogant as he seems in private. The summer in Houston made Anjie realize the truest side of his idol.
"Looks like you respect him too. Wu Hua didn't expect that An Jie would make such a high evaluation of Kobe. Shouldn't this kid be afraid of anyone and accept no one?
"Now I respect him, but on the court, I don't respect anyone, even Jordan. Because, I want to win. At this time, Wu Hua saw that An Jie's smile was not made out of respect, but because of the excitement of winning the challenge.
"Ann! gone!" Alton yelled ahead and beckoned to Angel. The rest of the Thunder team had already entered the arena, and only An Jie was dragged behind.
"This is coming!" An Jie immediately agreed to his assistant coach, and after saying goodbye to Wu Hua, he trotted over.
"You can also be An Jie of this kind of guy, you must be able to!" Wu Hua looked at An Jie's running back and said to himself silently, this young man has accomplished too much impossibility. At the beginning, people even doubted whether a guy who had only received one year of formal basketball training could play in the NBA, but now Anjie is standing in the Western Conference semifinals against the Lakers.
An Jie's progress is as rapid as the Thunder's take-off. No, maybe faster!
Giardina found himself less relaxed in Oklahoma than he was in Los Angeles, where the stars of the galaxy were so insignificant. However, in Oklahoma, a city where few stars appear, as soon as Giardina appeared, it attracted a "siege" from a bunch of fans.
She just wanted to go to her seat and sit down, An Jie had just asked someone to send her the tickets in the morning. An Jie did not break his promise, and the second row, the seat behind the Thunder's bench, belonged to Giardina.
But the journey to his place took Giardina nearly half an hour. Along the way, people asked her for autographs or group photos, and Giardina is not a particularly big figure now, so it is difficult to refuse. Fortunately, there were no fanatical male fans who jumped up and hugged her, otherwise this little girl would really have no power to resist.
Finally walked to his place and sat down, Giardina was already sweating profusely. Wrapped up in her shiny black hair, the little girl turned her attention to the field, looking for the boy in the number 16 jersey.
However, Giardina looked around and only saw the Lakers players warming up. The Thunder players, including the coaching staff, were not on the court, which is what was strange for many fans at the scene.
The Thunder have always been very active in warm-ups, which one is this singing today?
"Could it be that Van Gundy is sick?"
"No, no, I think it could be that Durant was suddenly injured. "The fans were talking about it, they were prepared for the worst.
While fans were still speculating and worried, all the members of the Thunder team were lying on the beds in the recuperation room at the moment, comfortably doing muscle relaxation massages.
Van Gundy knew that the two days of training were a bit intense, so it became a priority to recover his strength. Massage, without a doubt, is a great way to relax the players' muscles.
The players of the Thunder team are enjoying lying on the cots one by one, and the fatigue and soreness of the muscles seem to have eased a lot. Wouldn't it be nice to have this item in your daily training......
"I'm doing this to reduce your chance of getting injured and to be able to play freely on the field. If you're still so loose on the field, don't blame me for being unkind. In the end, Van Gundy gave the players a wake-up call. The comfort now is to prepare for the next training.
"Don't worry, boss, I'm a hundred times more energetic now. Having said that, Morris had been pressed to the point of falling asleep......
Now, even the Lakers players are feeling weird. With forty minutes to go, the Thunder's warm-up half was still empty.
"Those guys must be scared, they don't even have the courage to fight!" Bynum said this without any courage at all, for he was speaking to comfort himself.
Kobe Bryant ignored Bynum's words, and the more the Thunder didn't come out, the more Kobe Bryant felt that something was wrong. What are those guys doing? Could it be that they have come up with some new tactics to set up?
Suddenly, Durant was the first to rush out of the tunnel and behind him, the rest of the Thunder players rushed out. Until An Jie, the last person on the team, also ran out of the court, all the Thunder team could play, and none of them were bad.
Suddenly, the Chesapeake Energy Arena finally let out a deafening cheer. The Warriors who defend their home stadium are finally here! At this moment, the fans have been waiting for a long time.
To Kobe's surprise, the players of the Thunder team were all alive and well, and they were all excited when they warmed up. And he could see that those guys weren't pretending to be in this state.
"It turned out that they were going to receive physiotherapy, and it seems that they decided to fight again. Kobe Bryant shook his head, still overthinking himself.
Kobe Bryant continued to warm up with confidence, he knew that a short physiotherapy session could not bring any huge advantage to the Thunder!
The warm-up was over quickly, and there were still a few minutes left before the official start of the game. The starters took off their training uniforms and gathered on the court, where Bryant and Artest embraced, his trademark move.
An Jie, on the other hand, stepped onto the narration platform with one foot and carefully tied his shoelaces.
"Your home court, won't embarrass me, right?" An Jie heard someone talking to him, turned his head and looked, it was Kobe!
"You haven't seen anything before, and a mere Chesapeake Energy Arena can't bother you. "The game hasn't started yet, and Anjie and Kobe Bryant are naturally in harmony.
"Don't draw me cakes, Ann, I know that when you get on the field, you're going to be a beast right away. Kobe smiled and shook his head, no wonder Big Dream would take this guy so seriously that he let him train at the same time as himself last year. Anjie's potential is indeed astonishing.
"Then get ready, Bryant, I'm here to win with you!" After speaking, An Jie stretched out a fist, and Kobe Bryant also bumped punches with An Jie and responded.
"Hey, come here!" It wasn't until the referee yelled at them that Anjie and Kobe Bryant finally stepped into the arena.
The moment the two stepped into the stadium, their smiles stopped abruptly, replaced by a desire to win and a focus on the game!
Anjie and Kobi went to war without saying a word. The next emotion is expressed in the form of basketball.
Bynum couldn't help but swallow as he watched the menacing Anjie walk towards him. Before Anjie, it was said that he would be the center that would dominate the west. But when An Jie appeared, few people would mention his name.
Although Bynum is tough on the lips, in his heart, the little shark has developed a little fear of An Jie. The unlucky guy, if he knew that An Jie was the real core of the Thunder team today, he would definitely complain about why the heavens were so cruel to him.
"Audience friends, I'm here at the Chesapeake Energy Arena to bring you the commentary of the game! Look, this is the blue ocean that made Anthony capsize!" Barkley finished speaking, and the photographer tacitly patted the audience at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, this time, there were more fans in blue short sleeves than against the Nuggets!
"The atmosphere here is really frenetic, and even though the Thunder have only been in Oklahoma for two years, the hearts of the local fans have already been conquered by the Thunder! Maybe the fans couldn't have imagined that they could advance to the playoffs so quickly and make it to the second round!" Kenny Smith has to admit that he is thrilled by the atmosphere here.
"Not just made it to the second round Kenny, they've already got a win over the Lakers. Don't forget that the score is now 1-1, and it is still unknown who will advance between the Thunder and the Lakers. I wouldn't be surprised if the Thunder did beat the defending champions to reach the Western Conference Finals, because the Thunder have done a lot of seemingly impossible things. Reggie Miller finished his final summary and the referee threw the basketball at the same time.
After kick-off, a unified and neat slogan sounded at the scene.
“BEAT. LA!BEAT. Now, in addition to Boston's North Shore Gardens, another place has also sounded the charge to overthrow the Purple and Gold Army.
In the neat and regular shouts of the fans, An Jie held the ball at the three-point line, while the other four members of the Thunder team immediately ran according to the tactical arrangement.
"Are you going to use Ann as the offensive core as soon as you come up!?" Kenny Smith's eyes widened, Van Gundy wouldn't really let Durant, the scoring champion, take a back seat.
An Jie held the basketball in both hands and kept observing the running of his teammates. Bynum went up to interfere from time to time, but he didn't dare to get too close to Anjie to avoid being broken by this nimble center.
Now, except for the front where An Jie is located, all other places can be counted as weak sides. And this is also the area that Durant and Westbrook focus on!
Artest followed Durant as usual today, even if Morris hung two off-ball blocks for Durant during the period, Artest still stubbornly followed.
Seeing that the off-ball block couldn't help, Durant pocketed out of the three-point line.
"Hmph, after running for so long, I still have to catch the ball on the outside in the end. Artest was proud, what the youngest scoring champion, not also limited by himself very badly!
As soon as Durant stepped out of the three-point line, he suddenly stabbed under the basket with a reverse run! The proud Artest did not react in time and was thrown away by Durant's reverse run.
An Jie saw the opportunity and suddenly made a pass, causing the basketball to fly over Artest's head and go straight to Durant.
Durant stretched out his long arm to control the ball, and at this time Bynum was still outside by Angela and Gasol was still rushing to the outside of the box.
"It's now!" Durant suddenly made a crotch-down dribble and then made a quick stop, completely shaking off Gasol and Artest's defenses.
Such space is enough for Durant to calmly complete the shot.
"Brush. "Basketball is undoubtedly hollow into the net, Durant's off-ball escape and Anjie's pass make the Thunder's offense very fluid!
"Ann may not have been at the heart of the attack today. "Watching the Thunder's first shot, Barkley seemed to remember the days when he was still playing.
"And what is he?" asked Kenny Smith.
"He's the absolute core of the Thunder, not just scoring!"
The Zen master hadn't noticed anything was wrong yet, but the success of the first execution had already boosted Van Gundy's confidence!
It may seem like an ordinary goal, but it contains the power of an ancient tactic. (To be continued.) )