The Way of the Center

On April 19, there will only be two games in the NBA today. The second game between the Cavaliers and the Bulls in the first round of the Eastern Conference has long been over. Although it was a high-profile battle for the No. 1 pick, James is not an opponent that Rose can beat. In this game, the Cavaliers defeated the Bulls again without any suspense and took the lead with a total score of 2 to 0.

As the closest person to the same position and strength as James, Carmelo Anthony's second game with the Nuggets also attracted much attention. When he first entered the league, Anthony was even more in the limelight than James. Now that James leads the team to a 2-0 lead, people want to see what Anthony will show in response.

It was the same victory in the first game, also sitting on home court advantage, and also facing a team with young people at its core. The situation of the Nuggets and the Cavaliers is really very similar.

However, people have forgotten that the Thunder have performed a lot better than the Bulls this season. The Nuggets want to win, which is much more difficult than the Cavaliers.

"An Jie got the ball for the Thunder. Friends of the audience, the second competition between the Thunder and the Nuggets has officially begun!" Yu Jia is even more excited than the fans. Whether the Thunder can comeback or not, the second game is particularly important! If the Nuggets take a 2-0 score to Oklahoma City, the Thunder will be quite difficult.

As soon as the game started, Billups felt tremendous pressure. The young defender No. 0 in front of him seemed more difficult to deal with than the previous one!

"As soon as I play, you have to give me all 100% of the energy!" Van Gundy's words have been circulating in Westbrook's mind, so as soon as the game opened, he faithfully implemented Van Gundy's arrangement.

He spared no effort to attack Billups' defense. The elderly Billups could not compete with Westbrook in terms of body or speed.

After a rapid change of direction, he kicked the ground hard for Westbrook before passing by Billups.

The Nuggets' starting shooting guard Aaron Afflalo immediately left Sefolosa behind and made up for Westbrook. After being breached, Billups did not and Afflaro to contain Westbrook, but rushed towards Sefrosa, so as not to let the Thunder get empty.

"The Nuggets' defense doesn't leak. If you want to score, Westbrook has to work harder." Seeing the experienced Billups made the correct defensive choice, Mike Brin also praised him.

Of course Westbrook does not expect to tear the Nuggets defense so easily. Although the Nuggets are not a team that wins by defense, their defense is not that Westbrook can tear it up with just a sudden burst. of. Westbrook knew this very well in his own mind.

Seeing that the space left for himself was getting smaller and smaller, Westbrook suddenly passed and sent the ball to the left of the basket.

Although Westbrook's breakthrough failed to score, it also completely disrupted the Nuggets' defense. He suddenly passed such a pass, and people were surprised to find that An Jie had already got an open shot!

"The Nuggets' defensive lineup has shrunk greatly because of Westbrook's breakthrough, and now Anjie has an open shot!"

Anjie catches the ball at a zero-degree mid-range position, and shooting from this position is not difficult for him. He didn't hesitate and lifted it above his head as soon as he caught the ball.

The Brazilian nene hurriedly rushed towards An Jie when he saw it. An Jie's shot was not fast. This is not to say that Nene has no chance to defend himself.

Of course Anjie knows how terrifying Nene's athletic ability is. He is very good at running and always goes all out in competitions. Regardless of the fact that this ball is an open position, but with nene's efforts, this ball may not necessarily be an opportunity.

An Jie continued to lift the ball and tiptoed up. Seeing that An Jie was about to shoot the basketball, Nene jumped with all his strength and seemed to have caught up!

"Yeah!" The fans of the entire Pepsi Center cheered for nene's blocking in advance, but the cheers stopped abruptly in the next second.

"Ah!?" Nene was surprised to find that An Jie didn't take a jump shot at all. After he rose into the air, An Jie suddenly bowed and broke through from his side.

"A beautiful fake shot, An Jie broke through Nene's defense."

Although he broke through nene, Kenyon Martin on the other side has already got rid of the entanglement with Morris and quickly made up the restricted area.

Anjie naturally saw Kenyon Martin coming from the defense, but he didn't have any intention to stop. Instead of stopping, An Jie continued to accelerate!

"Don't look down on Lao Tzu!" Kenyon Martin knows that this Chinese is in the limelight recently, but that doesn't mean Martin will be afraid of him.

An Jie faced Kenyon. Martin took off and prepared to dunk, Kenyon. Martin also flew towards An Jie to prepare to block. In this way, the two high-ranking insiders faced each other head-on in the air. An Jie tightened every muscle in his body, bit his teeth, and continued to increase his strength!

"Hey!" The rim made a huge muffled noise, and Kenyon Martin was suppressed by An Jie before he took off to the highest point. He fell to the ground embarrassedly, and could only watch An Jie calmly slam the ball in.

"Ah! Come!" And Anjie stood in front of the fallen Kenyon Martin as a winner. He yelled at the audience and kept waving his arms.

"Call~~~" What greeted An Jie's move was naturally the endless boos from the Nuggets fans. However, in Angel's ears, this boo was more pleasant than any other sound.

The louder the fans boo, the more excited Anjie is!

"God! Ann really did it! I fooled Nene into blocking Martin! He alone humiliated the two strong insiders of the Nuggets! The first point the Thunder scored after the opening was so strong!" Mike. Brin happily watched the changes of the Thunder team and experienced a big defeat in the first game. Instead of being discouraged, they showed a better mental state in the second game.

This is the Thunder. They are young and they make a lot of mistakes. But again, they are not afraid of any opponents!

"It's okay!" Nene hurried to help Martin up. The look in An Jie's eyes when he dunked was simply scary!

"Hahaha, **** butcher, interesting!" Martin is not the kind of player who can be bluffed casually. As the first champion in the millennium, he is not the kind of bullying and fear of hardship.

Although the Thunder scored a wonderful goal, the Nuggets immediately made a comeback under the leadership of Anthony. The day before yesterday, facing the same opponent, the Nuggets won by a huge 23 points difference. In terms of psychological advantage, the Nuggets players have more information than the Thunder!

"Come on, kid, guard, guard." Ricard, who was eliminated in the first round of March Madness, was already idle at home. He didn't miss the Thunder game. He was full of confidence in Anjie and Morris.

On TV, Billups still controls the rhythm under the interference of Westbrook. The Nuggets players are all running in accordance with established tactics. They fully trust Billups' organizational ability. This experienced defender will almost never make mistakes.

Billups did not disappoint his teammates. If he was replaced by another guard, he might have made a mistake under the interference of Westbrook. However, Billups still fed the ball in time and accurately to Anthony, who ran into position.

As soon as Anthony received the ball and just wanted to shoot, he found that Durant had already made up the defensive position and once again stood in front of him.

Nene was helpless, and Durant's circumvention of the pick-and-roll was too aggressive, unless the pick-and-roll was moved, otherwise Nene really had no way to stop Durant.

"Huh, it's okay." Anthony is not afraid of Durant one-on-one! He began to dribble the ball with his left and right hands alternately in front of his body, looking very confident and calm.

Seeing Anthony's attitude so relaxed, Durant still did not dare to relax. He opened his long arms to maximize the defensive range.

Indeed, as an outside player, Durant's defensive range is very scary. But in Anthony's eyes, this is not enough to stop his offensive pace!

Adjusted his pace, dribbled to the left, and suddenly started, Anthony carried Durant's long arm and slew towards the basket.

Durant doesn't dare to go too fast. If Anthony chooses to stop the jumper in that way, he will have no reaction time to make interference actions. But he didn't dare to be too slow. If it was too slow, Anthony would easily break into the inside.

Durant, who was so uncomfortable by Anthony, was surpassed by half of his position and half of his position. For a top scorer like Anthony, it was enough to show his fists.

Suddenly an emergency stop! When Durant saw this, he braked. Unexpectedly, when Durant had just stood firm, Anthony suddenly speeded up again. At this time, he had passed Durant cleanly.

Nene had always kept Anjieka behind him, but when Anthony broke through Durant, Anjie suddenly turned around and got rid of the Brazilian control as if he had taken stimulants.

"Hmph, I'll give you one now!" Anthony saw An Jie pounce at him, still not flushing. He collapsed two steps, then took off and was about to dunk.

An Jie really spared no effort to rush forward, not even thinking about whether he would be injured. Taking off at full speed forward, the inertia is so great that it is not controlled by the body at all.

"Ah." Anjie roared in a low voice, his emotions ablaze long before Kenyon Martin had just been deducted.

In the case of going all out, Anjie's take-off height and replenishment speed were a bit higher than the previous game.

"You can get in!" Anthony still didn't give up. Seeing that the two were about to collide in the air, Anthony suddenly bowed in the air, preparing to avoid Anjie's cover with a lever action.

"Oh my God!" Even for Anthony, the ball is still too difficult. In order to avoid An Jie's blocking, he had to change his center of gravity and movement, but after avoiding An Jie, he didn't have much room to make a move.

Without seeing the basket, he felt the backhand to the basket. Anthony's basketball hit the bottom edge of the basket and hit the ground heavily.

"No entry, Ann's defense was very successful!" Mike Brin grabbed the microphone and shouted. The fierce competition of the Thunder is the performance the fans are looking forward to!

After the basketball landed, Morris hugged quickly to prevent the Nuggets from getting a second offense. Unwillingly, Kenyon Martin and Morris hugged him, but he was thrown away by the bull. Helpless, the unwilling Nuggets had no choice but to return. They have discovered that the current Thunder is completely different from the last one!

After the offense, Anjie and Durant completed a high-quality pick-and-roll cooperation. Durant, who was free, did not hesitate to make a mid- and long-range shot.

Although the time to get shots is extremely short, Durant reminded Anthony and Pepsi Center fans with his performance~www.readwn.com~ that he is the league's scoring leader this season! Anthony, just ranked third!

In the opening 4-0, the Thunder used tenacious resistance to make the Pepsi Center's cheers much less.

Jeff Van Gundy stood on the sidelines with his hands around his chest from the beginning. He wants to fight with his players until victory!

"Something is wrong, let's be more cautious next." Anthony moved the arm that was sore by An Jie and reminded Billups. Needless to say, Anthony, the old-fashioned Billups also saw the changes in his opponents. The Thunder are starting to kill their lives!

"Anjie's beautiful offense and defense have caused the Nuggets to suffer. Now, the Nuggets must rack their brains to break Anjie's threat! The Chinese butcher from Krahoma City has raised his butcher knife. !" Gradually, Mike Brin also felt that Anjie's nickname was so vivid.

The humiliation of 23 points is not enough to make us afraid. Now, let us return it all!

4 to 0, is this an advantage? But the momentum displayed by the Thunder has made the Nuggets players start to feel jealous. (To be continued.)