The Way of the Center

　　 Oklahoma City fans conveyed a message to the Thunder players with their enthusiasm: You have a very strong backing!

　　 From the moment the Thunder team stepped on the court, the fans' cheering has never stopped. After being left out of preseason fans, the Thunder was unexpectedly popular during the regular season.

　　Even the Celtics and Lakers preseason games did not attract too many people's attention. After all, there are two types of preseason games, either purely commercial games for money, such as the NBA China Games that have been held in full swing in recent years. Either it is a practice game that the team plays in order to adapt the lineup. Generally, the team will not send its own main lineup, and the two sides will not compete with each other. The four preseason games of the Thunder are undoubtedly belonged to The second kind. But now it's different. Now every time players score on the court and every rebound they grab will be recorded in the huge NBA database. This is a real NBA regular season competition!

　　 The fans can distinguish the priority. In such an important game, the fans will not let the players on the field fight alone.

　　 P.J. Carlesimo’s starting lineup is still a bit different from last season. Russell Westbrook, who debuted for the first time, became the starting point guard of the Thunder in this game. This is also the helpless move of Kalesimo. The current guard line of the Thunder is really unavailable. Who will come. The starting shooting guard is played by Earl Watson, who has a fairly modest performance.

　　 The small forward is still the untouchable Kevin Durant starting, and the power forward is continued by Chris Wilcox of last season. But in the center position, the Chinese fans did not see Anjie's name, and the experienced Nick Collison stood in the center circle. Originally, it was very unusual for a rookie to start in the first game, so after Westbrook started, Angel could only be placed on the bench by Calesimo.

　　 The Chinese fans can also understand this. Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian have already played on another stadium, and now they can't wait to see the third Chinese athlete's appearance.

　　 With the referee's whistle, he threw the orange basketball high into the air. In the scrimmage, Nick Collison was completely at a disadvantage when facing Bogut. Bogut easily won the ball. Michael Reed steadily caught the ball and the game started. Up!

"Audiences, everyone, audiences, welcome to the first NBA game of the Oklahoma City Thunder!" The ESPN commentator was also a little impatient. Can this new face of the NBA league bring them? What about some surprises?

　　 Facing the strong Westbrook, Michael Reid actually felt that he was a little struggling to face this kind of defense. You must know that he is an All-Star player!

　　 Through Bogut's pick-and-roll, Reid quickly bypassed the wall, thinking that he must get rid of the **** rookie this time. But he really underestimated Westbrook's speed. The opportunity only appeared for a few tenths of a second, and the gap after the pick-and-roll was blocked by the fast-moving Westbrook again!

"Here!" Reid couldn't believe that this kid would look to death on his first offense, but it doesn't matter, Andrew Bogut after the pick-and-roll has already passed, and Michael Reid passed the ball to Bogu with a move of his wrist. Special hands.

　　 Facing Nick Collison's defense, Bogut had no worries at all. After he followed the situation, he was going to take three big steps to dunk. As expected, this move attracted the attention of all the Thunder, and they all shrank to the basket to prevent Bogut's offense.

　　 As soon as the lineup shrank, the Bucks' starting power forward Villanueva was missed. Bogut passed the ball again at the moment of the jump. He did not forget what his inside partner was good at.

　　 There is no Thunder player around the passing Villanueva from the three-point line. He is good at shooting and will not waste this chance to draw the lottery.

　　 Take off, lift the ball, and softly shoot. The basketball crossed the penalty area high, as if laughing at the Thunder players being teased in the air. In the end, it flew into the basket precisely under everyone's attention.

"A three-pointer! This big shooter feels very hot when he comes up! But the Thunder's defense is too loose. Just two passes made the Bucks easy to get a three-pointer." ESPN commentator Can't help but shook his head, as the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

After 　　 was scored, the fans all hoped that the Thunder can win back a city on the offensive end. When it comes to offense, everyone has focused on Kevin Durant, the rookie of last year. Westerbrook took the ball through halftime and then surrendered the ball. After all, he was just a rookie and didn't have many opportunities to attack independently.

　　Earl Watson is the real point guard on the court. He controls the tempo unhurriedly, hoping to find a pass.

　　 But after passing the ball a few times, the Thunder didn't get any decent chances. Finally, after a low-quality off-the-ball pick and roll by Nick Collison, Durant ran to the corner and raised his hand for the ball.

　　 Even though Durant is a rookie, Watson dare not neglect. He immediately responded when he saw Durant asking for the ball, and fed the basketball into Durant's hands securely.

　　 When Durant didn't expect it, Richard Jefferson, the old trapeze, followed him so quickly, and completely blocked his vision of shooting with the palm of his hand!

　　 "Durant made a three-pointer! Can the Thunder tie the score!? Oh, it's short!" The mainland commentator screamed regretfully, one defense and one offense, and the Thunder did nothing.

　　 Durant missed a three-pointer, and Bogut easily grabbed a defensive rebound. Judging from today's back and forth confrontation, he is bound to play well in this game.

　　 The situation is as expected by Bogut. In the second offense, the Bucks directly hit Collison with the ball back, and then made an easy hook near the penalty area to score his first point in an NBA game this season.

A shot without a hit is nothing. The fans still have expectations of Durant, but when Durant missed his second shot from the three-point line, the hearts of Oklahoma City fans suddenly fell. A lot of cold.

　　 This young guy who shined last season has been unable to find a feeling in this game.

　　 Four minutes into the first quarter, the Thunder have been lagging behind Durant's downturn. P.J. Carlesimo had to be suspended, he had to make some adjustments in the lineup.

　　 He first replaced Durant, who was in poor condition with Desmond Mason. This move made Durant very depressed. He only missed three goals and was replaced by the head coach mercilessly.

　　 Later, Quincy Dolby, who was traded to the Thunder with An Jie, was replaced by Earl Watson, who also had a bad feel.

　　 Finally, under the yelling of the fans~www.NovelMTL.com~Kalesimo called Angel's name.

　　 "Ann! You replace Nick Collison. You have only one mission. Limit Bogut's play to me!"

　　 Anjie stood up immediately and took off the training jacket that made him sweat. Suddenly all the cameras turned to the Thunder's bench, and this big yellow man who has received much attention is finally ready to play!

"Oh! We saw Anjie getting ready to play in another arena! I hope he can bring a good performance for all of us!" CCTV originally broadcast the Rockets vs. Grizzlies game, but after Anjie's debut, they The picture of Anjie getting up and taking off his clothes is shown in the lower right corner of the screen in the form of picture-in-picture.

　　 The Chinese fans couldn't come over. Some watched the live broadcast of the Internet while watching the live TV broadcast of CCTV, so as not to miss the match of the three Chinese players. Stern really had to wake up with a smile when he fell asleep. The market behind these three people is simply incalculable!

　　 wore a white Thunder home jersey and carried his brand new number 16. The guy with the simple two-letter name behind this jersey is finally on the court!

　　 Putting aside the preseason game like chicken help, this is Anjie’s first appearance in the true sense!

　　 After high-fiving Westbrook and other teammates, Anjie's playing time was officially recorded in the NBA database.

　　 everyone has been waiting for a long time, and now, the Oriental Tower has officially landed!

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