The Way of the Center

Chapter 133 : Home whistle?

“The Lakers will definitely increase their defensive intensity in the second half. I want you to move the ball more quickly! Never force a shot until the last minute!” Jeff Van Gundy knew that his proud defense could hardly limit Kobe’s swing. , It’s not that the Lakers can’t be restricted, but Kobe can’t be restricted! So during the intermission, he changed his previous style and didn’t talk about defense first, but first reminded the players of the offensive precautions.

Kobe’s turnaround jumpers are always done in the weak defensive area between the penalty area and the perimeter, which just gives Kobe a chance to show off his magic. And if the Thunder flanks, Phil Jackson’s triangle offensive position will give the leaked person a chance.

Van Gundy can’t really think of a way to break the triangle offense. It’s not how subtle this tactic is, but the core of Kobe is really hard to limit.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Lakers faithfully implemented Zen Master’s instructions. Their defense seemed to suddenly become a playoff-level defense!

“The Lakers are starting to get serious. The tenth young team in the Western Conference is not so easy to deal with. If they want to win at home, the Lakers must do their best!” Mike Brin was ecstatic and went all out in the second half. The two sides who put in will definitely play very excitingly.

Westbrook realized that he could no longer easily break through the short Fischer in front of him. This veteran lowered his focus and opened his hands very wide, completely different from the state where he was casually broken in the first half!

tough! This is Westbrook and Fischer’s new evaluation of the old fish after physical contact.

In addition to being tough and able to create offensive fouls on the defensive end of Fisher, his steals are also outstanding! Seeing that Westbrook hadn’t adapted to the sudden increase in confrontation intensity, Fischer took the opportunity to stretch out his hand and peeked toward the basketball controlled by Westbrook.

“Fischer took the ball out! The basketball flew out of bounds!” The commentators were excited one by one, and the third quarter felt much more intense than the first half.

Westbrook quickly slapped the dropped basketball, but still couldn’t control the ball again. Seeing this, Westbrook leaped forward and threw the ball into the court before going out of bounds, and he pounced on the audience. Playing against the Los Angeles Lakers, Westbrook was as if he was a chicken, and every goal must be contended!

Successfully saved the ball back into the bounds, Westbrook threw the ball a little hard, because he was afraid that Fischer behind him would get the basketball.

Fischer took off with all his strength, but couldn’t reach the ball at all. The ball went straight to the penalty area. An Jie and Gasol had already started wrestling. These two big men are the ones most likely to compete for the ball.

Gasol has always been a relatively honest guy, but in a fierce confrontation with An Jie, he also had to grab An Jie’s jersey to interfere.

An Jie couldn’t manage that much. He saw the basketball flying closer and closer, and Odom was already in front of him. If he couldn’t jump, he would lose the ball!

Under Gasol’s grabbing and Odom’s interference, Anjie forcibly took off and raised his arms. The collision of several different forces made Gasol, Anjie and Odom all lose their center of gravity!

But the basketball was still snatched by An Jie, who was tall and arm long. As soon as they hugged the ball, the three of them fell into a ball!

The referee did not blow his whistle, he thought that no one fouled the ball just now! The three big men fought wildly on the floor, An Jie clung to the ball tightly, no matter how Odom and Gasol pulled, he just wouldn’t let go.

“Dududu!” Finally, after seeing that neither of the two sides could gain possession of the ball, the referee interrupted the game. He sentenced a faceoff, but An Jie was very dissatisfied with the penalty.

“Paul grabbed my jersey and I was torn off! Lamar didn’t know how many elbows he hit me when I was on the ground!” Anjie got up and complained to the referee. It doesn’t mean that An Jie will be willing to make himself dumb.

However, the referee only asked An Jie to quickly stand in the prescribed position, and ignored his complaints. Players know that referees will not change their judgments. The reason why they like to be reluctant to referees is just to put pressure on them.

Gasol and Anjie stood on the free throw line and squatted again. However, this time the result is no different from the first time. An Jie finally got the ball for the Thunder. Just keeping the ball has been twists and turns.

In the end, Durant’s breakthrough caused Ariza’s foul, which ended the offense. With only the first goal in the second half, both sides worked very hard!

Switching to the Lakers offense, the result is the same. Gasol couldn’t even hold his position now, as long as he got a little closer to the three-second zone, Anjie would try his best to push the European castle out.

And Kobe’s singles was not as easy as the first half. The two sides played as if it was the last game of the season, leaving no effort at all.

Throughout the third quarter, both sides’ hit rate was not ideal, because the increase in defensive intensity was too great, which made the smooth offense of the two teams in the first half disappear.

75 to 75, three quarters later, the fans in Los Angeles originally thought it would be an easy game, but they didn’t expect this little-known Thunder to keep the suspense until the last quarter!

“Charles, you should change your jersey.” During the break, Barkley took off his jersey again, and then put on the last one, An Jie’s No. 16 jersey.

“Angel, want me to say that this kid will be the key to the Thunder in the fourth quarter.” Charles said, pointing to his jersey number.

“Yes, when you wore Coach Van Gundy’s jersey in the third quarter, you also said that the key to the third quarter will be Coach Van Gundy’s scheduling.” Kenny Smith ignored Barkley’s unscrupulous remarks.

“No, no, I’m serious Kenny this time. In the fourth quarter, the defensive intensity of both sides will only be greater, and Anjie is the guy who will fight hardest!” This time, Barkley really didn’t. joke.

“I think Gasol and Odom, who have a softer style of play, can’t stop him. If you don’t believe me, watch, the game is about to start anyway.” Although Barkley is joking, it doesn’t mean he is one. moron. What he said is indeed the truth, the greater the defensive intensity, the more excited An Jie will be! The seemingly thin Anjie not only is not afraid of physical contact, on the contrary, he likes to play when there is physical contact.

Only at that time would An Jie’s wildness be released, and the devilish blood in his body would begin to flow.

“Kobe’s breakthrough! He made a direct layup! A foul, Anjie slapped Kobe with the ball!”

“Go to your mother Chinese!”

“Do you dare to move Kobe to give it a try!?”

“You picked the wrong bastard!”

Seeing Anjie knocking Kobe down, the verbal abuse from Los Angeles fans suddenly exploded. It is not the first time that Kobe has received such treatment. He did not compete with Anjie, but went straight to the free throw line. The young man wanted to prove that he was normal, and Kobe himself did a lot of impulsive things when he was young.

Although he failed to prevent Kobe from scoring, Anjie is undoubtedly building his own deterrent on the inside, brick by brick. If you want to score in the penalty area, you have to pay a price!

Although Durant on the offensive end performed well, he still seemed a bit “gentle”. It is mainly Anjie and Westbrook, who are really like wild beasts today.

“Fischer is very strenuous! Westbrook is leaning on Fischer to force the breakthrough! Fisher is tough, Westbrook is also unwilling to show weakness!”

Seeing that the old fish couldn’t stop the opponent, Odom immediately made up. At the moment when there was a gap, Westbrook used a pass without looking at people to get An Jie to get the ball at the foot of the basket.

Without thinking about it, An Jie jumped and dunked on the spot. Although Gasol rushed to block him from the other side, he could only slap Anjie in the face.

“Damn referee!” Seeing that the referee was still indifferent, An Jie was also very angry! The Lakers are now the cash cow of the nBa league and David Stern’s main target. The home whistle can only be “enjoyed” by such a team.

In the case of high defensive intensity, scoring in the penalty area is undoubtedly much easier than outside shooting. Because the interference on the outside line will be very serious, and the inside line may also get the opportunity to commit fouls.

Unknowingly, it was the third time that Anjie had the ball and Gasol played in singles. Odom double-teamed towards An Jie as planned, but An Jie completed the offense before Odom took his place.

“Re-enter! An Jie’s efficiency is amazing! He never wasted any chance to shoot!” On 13 shots, An Jie has scored 24 points before the game is over. This statistic is between Durant and Wes. Above Terbrook’s points!

“In a very rare situation, Durant and Westbrook obviously can’t find opportunities under this kind of defense. And Anjie, this kind of defense is totally useless for him!”

After that, the Thunder’s offense was handed over to An Jie, and it was enough. An Jie is not a paranoid who can score 81 points like Kobe. He knows that if he continues to choose offense, he will definitely fall into the circle of the Lakers.

After all, Odom was hesitant to double-team in his first three attacks, but for the fourth time, Odom will definitely complete the defense mission decisively.

Pretending to be an attack and attracting attention is one of the keys to Anjie’s ability to assist his teammates. Of course, not everyone can pretend to be able to attract the attention of others. You have to be really threatening before others will add extra troops when defending you.

The Lakers didn’t double-team except Odom, but it was obvious that they contracted toward the basket unconsciously. Whether it is for the convenience of defense or for the convenience of preventing others from cutting inside, there is nothing wrong with doing so.

But Durant is a guy who can shoot and score without much space!

“Angel turned around! Is he going to score on the heads of Odom and Gasol!?” Angel has already completed the wonderful moments in front of Mike Brin again and again, and this time, Angel is not the same. It is impossible to beat!

But even if he could really fight, An Jie would not allow himself to mess around. When he made a move, everyone on the Lakers focused on him, including the Ariza who followed Durant around half of the three-point line!

“It’s now!” An Jie suddenly retracted his raised arm and turned to pass! Durant stood on the passing route tacitly, and shot the ball after receiving the ball, without giving Ariza a chance to remedy it.

“The Thunder made a three-pointer. Durant! The Lakers seem to have forgotten that the most terrifying thing about the Thunder is the connection between these three young people!” Mike Brin is more and more fond of this young one. A team, with unlimited potential, can generally be used to describe a player. But the term applies to the entire Thunder team!

“The game is about to end with one and a half minutes left, but the Lakers currently have only a two-point lead! This team that has been sitting on the Western Throne from the beginning of the season must have never thought of a team that is still outside the playoffs. Our team can push them here! The West is really a strong team like a forest!”

Kobe gritted his teeth towards the Thunder at halftime, and now he directly controls the ball in his own hands! At critical moments, Kobe can ignore all tactics and has unlimited right to fire! On this point, he and James are the same.

Kobe just pushed the ball beyond the three-point line, and suddenly pulled up and shot! Durant did not react in time, but he was sure he was still interfering with Kobe’s shooting.

“Kobe directly voted! Really! The black mamba showed his fangs!”

This is Kobe Bryant. It’s not the first time he has scored such an unreasonable goal.

On the Thunder side, Westbrook and Durant were both stared to death by their respective opponents. An Jie just wanted to pass, but couldn’t get a chance.

After all, this team is still too young, and other people can’t assist the three minors on the court. Faced with the marking of critical moments, they still cannot effectively get rid of it.

Anjie tried for a long time with his back to Gasol, but his two buddies still couldn’t run out of the gap. Van Gundy also brought up Atkins, who had just joined the team, at the critical moment, but in the face of Fischer’s defense, his experience was very limited.

When An Jie hesitated, Kobe, who had been following Durant’s bottom line, suddenly stopped and slapped An Jie on the back of his hand.

Anjie didn’t realize that Kobe had rushed in front of him, so the basketball was suddenly shot away by Kobe. But Anjie is not worried, because Kobe was an obvious foul just now.

But Kobe has already run to the center line with the ball, but the referee hasn’t responded for a long time.

“What the hell!?” This time, even Jeff Van Gundy complained loudly from the sidelines.

But Kobe is naturally deaf to these voices. He took his own offense and assisted Ariza to complete a dunk with a pass.

“Kobe’s beautiful steal! An Jie’s mistake expanded the difference between the two teams to seven points!” The commentators thought it was a beautiful steal, because the angle of the camera lens just made people invisible to the action of Kobe’s hand.

“That’s a foul! You can’t ignore it!” The young An Jie still didn’t understand that this kind of thing is common in NBA, and he yelled at the referee. The referee knows that he is at a loss, but he cannot lose his majesty and thus lose control of the game.

“Listen, if you yell at me again, I will give you a technical foul.” The referee said with a grim expression. An Jie is not a “historical” who has not had a technical foul. Now the entire league is beginning to learn that this Chinese is different from the previous ones, and An Jie is not a good boy.

Atkins immediately came over and pulled Angel away. He had played for the Lakers before, and he knew how Staples whistle was blown. An Jie complained here, only to burn his body.

“Okay, kid, we still have time. If you still have the strength, then you can go all into the offense.” Atkins patted Anjie on the chest.

In the last forty seconds Atkins broke through with the ball, but Derek Fischer fell backwards, ready to make Atkins offensive foul. However, this time the referee gave Fischer a defensive foul and sent Atkins to the free throw line.

But Atkins, who was in danger, obviously hadn’t found the touch yet. He made only one of the two free throws and Paul Gasol got the rebound.

The Lakers’ offensive morale was soaring in the last half minute, and they scored again and again. The Thunder’s three young masters were naturally unwilling to give up the game, and they all responded. But after all, the gap is six points, and the time is only 30 seconds.

An Jie was unwilling to throw the ball directly into the Lakers basket in the backcourt. While the ball was still flying in the air, the whistle sounded at the end of the game.

The Staples Center is boiling again. Like the last time the Clippers played, the Los Angeles team is still the winner of the Staples Center.

An Jie clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Had it not been for the referee’s favoritism at the last minute, the result might have been very different.

This is the nBa alliance, the strong naturally have the privileges of the strong. Young Anjie still has a long career path. (To be continued.) 8