Sick into battle
After three days in the hospital, I was finally put home at my strong request, although there was still some cough, but overall it was almost fine, but the doctor advised not to do too strenuous exercise, tonight at home to usher in the second round of challenges, the opponent is the Spurs led by ** Vicky, it can be said that this is an old rival, they have played each other countless times, and they are very familiar with the tactics of both sides.
At my request, the coach did not put me on the injury list, but let Harden play the starting lineup instead of me, I can still play at the right time, an hour before the start of the game in the afternoon, Yao Ming drove his custom-made Hummer to my house to pick me up, we arrived at the stadium and went directly to the locker room, because there were less than 20 minutes before the game, there was a traffic jam on the road, so the two of us came a little late, and there was no time to do warm-up exercises, so we were called by the coach and walked into the court.
The cheers of the whole court did not stop entering the court, the coach simply explained two sentences, Yao Ming put on the uniform and walked to the middle line to prepare to jump the ball, I was left on the bench by the coach, because the cold was not made public, the fans were a little puzzled by me who was arranged on the bench, and the game began in the confusion of the fans.
The Spurs' starting lineup remains the same, with Duncan, Antonio. McDyce, Jefferson, Ginobili and Parker.
The Thunder's starting lineup is unchanged except for Harden who replaced me, Yao Ming and Collison form an inside combination, and there are two less Weidu on the outside, plus Harden to form the Thunder's starting line.
The game started in the referee's whistle, Yao Ming jumped the ball and won it without pressure in the face of Duncan, Durant received the ball and passed it to Wei Shao, Wei Shao rushed into the interior without waiting for the Spurs to settle down, and Jefferson, who faced the defense, used a pull rod action to avoid the defense and sent the ball into the basket for the team.
In turn, the Spurs still slowed down the rhythm steadily, Parker kept controlling the ball and wandering on the outside, waiting for an opportunity, Wei Shao clinged to his defense and slowly put pressure on the defensive end, Parker protected the ball with one hand, seized a gap and handed the ball to Duncan on the inside, Duncan hit the ball against Yao Ming's defense and sent the ball into the basket, the score of the two sides equalized, the two sides did not let each other go back and forth, the score was deadlocked, and the two sides really tied 23-23 at the end of the first quarter.
At the coach's instructions I took off my coat to play in the second quarter, and the fans cheered when they saw me take off my coat, and although they didn't understand why I was playing in the second quarter, it didn't stop the fans from supporting me.
At the start of the second quarter, I finally stepped onto the court to the cheers of the fans, ready for the second round.