The Way of the Center - Chapter 803
The Portland Trail Blazers’ 25-game winning streak put Anjie on the cover of Time Magazine once again. His achievements are no longer limited to the circle of basketball. The eyes of the whole world are attracted by this terrifying 25-game winning streak.
After all, the best start record of the last North American Sports League was the 24-game winning streak created by the Golden State Warriors. Before the Warriors, the 20-game winning streak of St. Louis in the Baseball League was the best record in the entire North American Sports League. The St. Louis team’s record was set in 1884!
This is also the reason why Anjie’s record can shock the entire North American sports circle. Because not only basketball, even other sports, such an opening is almost impossible to complete.
The Trail Blazers are not creating history, but creating miracles! What Anjie and the others are doing now is likely to be something that other professional athletes will not be able to accomplish in their lifetime. And the legend of this record is not limited to the sport of basketball.
Although the Trail Blazers are shining brightly, An Jie, as the team leader, has undoubtedly become the person who has received the most attention. The face of a Chinese has appeared on the legendary list of North American sports circles. This is the first time in history.
Now Anjie doesn’t dare to drive to and from get off work alone as he did before, because as soon as his car appears on the street, there will be a large group of reporters rushing in from all directions. And most of the faces of these reporters are very strange to An Jie. This shows that many of them are not basketball reporters at all.
When his reputation had broken through the basketball circle, Anjie never thought that this would cause him such a big trouble.
An Jie did not enjoy being besieged by many reporters at all. He likes the past better, at least he can walk freely on the streets of Portland.
Now these “outsiders” don’t know when Anjie can be disturbed and when they should keep their distance like the Portland fans. Now as soon as An Jie appears, the reporters will pounce on like an ant seeing a cake.
In order to solve the problem of being besieged by reporters, Anjie even had to buy a very low-key Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle. The RX-7 that has accompanied Anjie for almost ten years, I am afraid I can only stay in the garage during this time.
In addition to Anjie, the security guards of the Moda Center must also face harassment from numerous journalists every day. Ricard’s decree stipulates that all journalists will not be allowed in except for the media open days that the alliance mandates.
Although reporters will greatly increase the visibility of his players, they will also be distracted by basketball.
For Ricard, the team’s performance is the first. He would rather be the object of scolding by reporters than he wants his players to be disturbed.
And Ricard’s order, but the stadium security. The security guards also worked very hard in the face of the group of reporters who regarded death as home every day. In order to create a quiet training environment for the players, many people are working hard for this.
This situation lasted for three full days, and finally the foreign reporters who had touched the gray noses were finally willing to give up.
People felt that the Trail Blazers’ winning streak had an amazing start, but in the away game against the Washington Wizards, the Trail Blazers won again!
“If I were the President of the United States, I would definitely wait at the gate of the MIC Center now, waiting to invite these legendary superstars back to the White House, and then ask each of them for an autograph. In this way, there will be no more regrets in his presidential career! “Watching the downcast Wall was replaced and the game entered garbage time 4 minutes earlier, Mike Brin had to use an exaggerated metaphor to describe the strength of the Trail Blazers.
Although the actual situation is not as exaggerated as Mike Brin said, there are really a lot of fans gathered outside the MIC Center in Washington.
They are not here to cheer for the Wizards, nor to see how Wall meets. Their purpose in coming to the MIC center is just to see the legendary team.
When the Blazers took the team bus out of the MIC center after the game, they saw thousands of fans outside the stadium cheering in the direction of the team bus. You know, this is Washington, not Portland!
In addition to those few rival cities, the Trail Blazers have become full-name idols. As long as there is a Trail Blazers game, tickets are destined to be robbed, whether it is away or home.
In the past playing away games, Anjie and the others heard abusive sounds. But now, more and more cheers will appear away.
With this shareholder style, the Trail Blazers are advancing all the way. Until December 21, the Trail Blazers defeated the Mavericks at home, their winning streak opening record has become 30 games!
The 30-game winning streak is not just a perfect start. The Trail Blazers surpassed their 27-game winning streak that year and became the second-longest winning streak in NBA history. And the number one ranked first was the 33-game winning streak created by “Ancient Beast” Chamberlain.
However, since there is no video record of the Chamberlain era games, many experts do not admit it. They are more willing to think that Anjie and his pioneers are the first in history!
Before getting the O’Brien Cup, this new Trail Blazers team has swept the league. Fans even joked online, saying that if the Blazers had achieved 82 wins this season, they would not be surprised at all.
Although it’s just a joke, from this aspect, it also shows that the Blazers are as powerful as never before.
The first man in the league, the top three forward swingman in the league, the top ten point guard in the league, plus a top five power forward in the league in defensive ability.
The combined power of these guys even made the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers feel worried.
In this era of rampant giants, the Trail Blazers are the super teams of the super teams.
On December 23, the Trail Blazers went to Toronto to play against the “King of the North” Raptors. Although DeRozan and Lowry’s combination is very strong, few people are optimistic that these two guys can wrestle with the Trail Blazers.
Fans have already begun to celebrate the Trailblazers’ 31st straight victory, and even Lillard himself thinks so.
The game went smoothly, the Raptors resisted fiercely, but the Blazers controlled the pace of the game from start to finish.
Five minutes into the third quarter of the game, Lillard was very calm when facing Lowry’s defense.
This guy stretched out his hand to call An Jie to pick and roll himself, and then used an instantaneous acceleration to pass the old Rockets who ruled in Toronto.
Faced with Anjie and Morris’ former Thunder teammates, Serge Ibaka who is also known for defense, Lillard is not afraid at all, he is ready to force a layup!
Maybe Lillard is playing too excited, maybe Ibaka is playing too aggrieved. In short, neither of these two guys meant to evade.
An Jie yelled, ready to ask for the ball. But Lillard had already taken off and collided firmly with Ibakaza.
Ibaka, who was upset by Anjie and Morris, did not avoid the foul, instead he pushed Lillard hard in the air.
Lillard loses his focus and the basketball drops. The referee blew the whistle in time, there is no doubt that Ibaka is definitely a foul. If there is another time, it is no exaggeration to call him a malicious foul!
Just when everyone thought the collision was over, Ibaka, who was furious, took a small step forward in secret.
“What!?” An Jie, who also likes to use small moves, naturally did not let go of Ibaka’s actions. What’s more, this was an intentional hurting action that touched the bottom line for An Jie!
Lillard, who had lost all of his weight, didn’t realize what was waiting for him at all, and his feet landed directly on Ibaka’s insteps. Anjie saw Lillard’s ankle twisted at an exaggerated angle, and he knew it was over!
“Boy, what are you doing!?” Before people knew what had happened, An Jie rushed to Ibaka in a vigorous step.
“He was not careful! This kind of capable guy deserves to hurt himself!” Ibaka’s indifferent expression made An Jie completely angry.
Ibaka hasn’t learned well in the past few years, and his playing is getting dirty. Once he deliberately hit Griffin’s crotch, he has not been less controversial.
Since Ibaka used to be teammates with himself, Anjie hasn’t provoke the Congolese much. But now, Ibaka is still deliberately hurting people when he is attacking his good brother, and An Jie can’t bear it anymore.
Seeing Lillard fell to the ground in pain, Anjie rushed towards Ibaka again, and Morris knew that things were a bit out of control. He wanted to go forward and pull Anjie and Ibaka away first, and then slowly check Lillard’s situation. However, before Morris could walk to An Jie, An Jie suddenly raised his fist and waved heavily at Ibaka’s head!
“I fuck!” Morris trot a step immediately and took An Jie’s arm. Although Morrisra’s blow greatly reduced An Jie’s punching power, Ibaka was still not spared. An Jie hit his nose in the nose and was red on the spot!
“Toot toot!” The referee’s whistle sounded hurriedly, and the players on the bench on both sides immediately swarmed upon seeing this situation!
“Who! Who the **** dare to move Anjie!”
“I’m the one who beat you!”
“Stop it, can you take care of the injured player first!”
“Fuck you! I’ve long seen you not pleasing to your eyes!”
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As a result of the crowds of the players, the scene completely lost control. Persuaded to fight, fight. Those who protect their teammates and those who play black hands are all huddled together.
Where’s Anjie? This guy became the target of siege by the Raptors players, and Ibaka even slapped An Jie in the chest.
During this period, Anjie broke free of Morris’s shackles and forced him towards Ibaka for the second time. Fortunately, Iguodala and Nurkic quickly stopped ~www.mtlnovel.com~ to avoid the conflict from escalating again.
Where’s Morris? In the course of the conflict, Morris, who was already grumpy, turned into a fight.
This guy has been guarding Anjie’s side, and whoever Raptors player dares to lean on, he is not polite to anyone.
He knew that he could be suspended and he could fight for Anjie. But Anjie himself, absolutely not!
An Jie is still breaking free frantically, intentionally hurting people, which really makes An Jie unacceptable. It wasn’t until Ricard stood in front of Angel and Morris that the two wild big men finally stopped for a while.
But don’t forget, Ricard himself is not a good crop.
Seeing that Lillard still couldn’t stand up, Ricard walked up to the referee and shouted loudly.
“How the **** have I told you! The Raptors have a problem with their defensive action, there is a problem! You don’t care! Okay! Now my player is injured, who the **** am I looking for! I am looking for you the **** dog Do you want a mother!?” Ricard began to cough as he scolded. It is cold winter now, which is the season when Ricard’s old disease acute tracheitis is high.
Divac had to run out of the players again and helped Ricard away.
“This matter is too bad! We must take care of it!” On the other hand, the current NBA commissioner Adam Xiao Hua has also received a notice of the situation of the game.
The bald-headed president, who is usually very amiable, is now furious and grinning. Stadium violence has always been something that every NBA president has tried to avoid. As the most popular Trail Blazers in the league, such a situation is simply against the wind!
The 31st winning streak imagined by the fans has not yet arrived, and a possibly even bigger storm has already landed in Toronto with heavy snow…