After the game, Kevin Garnett, who left Staples Arena on crutches, angrily claimed that he had been cursed by mysterious Oriental witchcraft: "I have no reason to get hurt in that situation. The only explanation was that Bruce trash talked to me, and then the next round I injured my left thumb. ”

The reason Kevin Garnett is so angry is because he got injured the next round after squirting trash talk.

At that time, he took the pass from Randy Foyer and had just taken his left foot after making a feint to trick Eddie Griffin away... He fell on the pitch.

He clutched his left foot in pain.

Slow-motion replays show that it wasn't Oriental sorcery that hurt him, but his teammates. Ricky Davis ran past him because his long hands and feet caused the pace to be too big, so Ricky Davies' right heel stepped on his instep.

At that time, he screamed and then fell to the ground, causing Eddie Griffin to get a steal for nothing, and assisted Li Zhen to quickly complete the attack.

Then, amid the cheers of the audience, the referee called a halt to the game.

Immediately afterward, Kevin Garnett was rushed out of the arena. Although the final situation showed that the injury was not serious, it was only a slight bone crack in the left toe, and there was no surgery even required, and it was fine after two weeks of rest.

But he still has a grudge on Li Zhen, and he thinks it's because of Bruce.

If he didn't talk back, and said something Chinese proverb, it was recommended to buy insurance himself. It is impossible to get hurt yourself, if not witchcraft, but the law of attraction.

He hated Li Zhen, and the next time they met, he would definitely clean up Bruce! Completely blow this guy inside and out to get rid of the hatred!

However... He's talking about the next one.

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With Kevin Garnett injured and the Lakers continued to run wild under the leadership of Bruce, the Timberwolves, who had lost their backbone, fell into an environment of caring for one or the other. Ricky Davis tried to step up and save the day, but the result was a 3-shot miss.

McJames, too, tried to seize this rare opportunity to prove that he could be the Timberwolves' second-in-command, but ended up being blocked by Eddie Griffin for two in a row.

In the end, Coach Dwayne Casey made a decision. He simply let Randy Foye, who played quite well in the first half, lead the team to a head-to-head with Bruce.

He gave Randy Foye the right to take charge of the game and let him drive the tempo.

Anyway, it's pre-season and it doesn't matter if you win or lose (you're already behind). And Garnett has already been injured and left the game, and he is still a hair, the Timberwolves will definitely not be able to resist after Kobe Bryant comes on the court, so it is better to give the young man a chance.

As a result, Randy Ferye fell into the abyss.

Without specific tactical guidance, he led the Timberwolves around like headless flies.

Compared to the simplicity and brightness of the Lakers, the Timberwolves' style of play is disorganized.

Even Reggie Miller, who has been on Randy Foye's side in this game, can only bite the bullet and say: "Randy Foye's organizational ability is slightly lacking compared to Bruce!" ”

"That's a slight shortcoming?"

McBrin was smug and unforgiving, he said with a deliberate weight: "Bruce has led the team to a 19:2 attack wave, and you actually say that Randy Foye's organizational skills are only slightly lacking??" ”

Reggie Miller didn't make a sound.

The audience in front of the TV can see that the two are very different. Don't you see that the fans at Staples Arena are almost as happy as Christmas?

They've found a treasure.

Since the end of the third quarter, Bruce has led the Lakers' bench to play an offensive game that can be described as gorgeous. He reborn Eddie Griffin and Kwame Brown, Radmanovic found his peak form, and Vujacic performed remarkably.

Although the opponent is a little weaker, but... As a rookie, he can make such sharp and fluid offense, which is enough to prove that his future is promising.

Lakers fans are already happy anyway.

If before this game, they also complained about the team's risky move in the draft. Now they just want to kiss Jenny Buss' nails: it smells so good!

We're making crazy money, okay?

It only took a first-rounder, a second-rounder, plus trade exceptions, and a role player who was ready to be fired a long time ago in exchange for Eddie Griffin and Bruce Lee!!

What could be more profitable than that?

The laughter of the Lakers fans even affected the players on the court.

When Randy Foye heard the dense shouts of 'Bruce' in the arena over and over again, coupled with Li Zhen galloping away from him again and again, playing all kinds of passes, and continuously invading the restricted area to complete layups, he didn't get a result.

That feeling is worse than burning a fire and sprinkling salt on a wound.

What's more, he said so much before the game. Say that the three rounds are to let the world know who is the real No. 3 show.

Well, now I've put all my effort into creating an amazing amount of attention for this game. It turned out that Bruce made a name for himself.

The only thing I did on the court was to let Lakers fans know how good Bruce was, and by the way, clean up two of his team contenders?

The more Randy Foye thought about it, the more upset he became.

Finally, he made a radical move when Bruce broke through his own defense again.

He nudged Bruce hard.

Bruce fell to the ground on the spot.

Then the boos from the audience exploded, and the anger of Lakers fans was very different from the opening game. Now, they all have Bruce as a treasure, and Randy Ferye can't stand it for such a bad act under their noses.

And at this point, Eddie Griffin did what they wanted to do most.

The striker, who is known for his short temper, rushed up and shoved Randy Ferye so hard that he pushed him to the ground on the spot.

Then, he raised his fist and continued to punch Randy Foye, muttering things like 'Kill you, turtle grandson'.

Fortunately, the referee hurriedly hugged his waist from behind.

The other two referees also quickly went up to stop the equally irascible Kwame Brown.

Randy Foye was urgently dragged out by teammate Blunt.

The chaos took a while before the stadium calmed down.

In the end, the referee gave the Lakers' Kwame Brown and the Timberwolves' Mike James a technical foul each. Eddie Griffin and Randy Foye were both sent off.

No one expected that this battle of focus would end up in a fight.

ESPN did a special storyboard at this moment. They also show Randy Ferje leaving and Bruce sitting on the bench in a daze.

And then there's the data for two. Randy Foye had 14 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 6 turnovers. Bruce Lee had 10 points, 12 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 turnovers.

"Randy Foye only had two points and one assist under Bruce's defense. And all of Bruce's stats were on Randy Foye. In addition, Randy Foye also used two technical fouls on Bruce. ”

'Now it's clear who is the better player.

McBrown put the coffin on the showdown: "Show No. 3 is always Show No. 3, and Bruce Lee had the last laugh. ”

As soon as he said that, ESPN's courtside reporters quickly ran to the Lakers bench to interview the 'winners'.

When Li Zhen first entered the picture, he was doing strange leg stretching movements.

This makes the audience in front of the TV very puzzling.

But the journalist did not care about this question, but asked him the most direct question: "...... Randy Foye had a lot of criticism about you before the game, but tonight you played better than him. Is there anything you would like to say to him about this? ”

There are two sentences. The first sentence is: I hope he will not do actions unrelated to basketball on the basketball court in the future, which is not good, and it will hurt him even more. ”

"Second, I know that there are a lot of people, including him, who have a lot of doubts about my draft pick, thinking that my fitness and ability to fight against me are not good enough. But I would like to say to respond with the words of a famous Chinese writer. A warrior with shortcomings is a warrior after all! ”

Bruce actually hid the second sentence of this sentence, he didn't want to cause a needless war of words, because the second half of the sentence was: no matter how perfect a fly is, it is just a fly.

Li Zhen's answer made the reporter raise an eyebrow, and he liked this kind of gentle but tough answer. Compared to those aggressive stars, this is obviously more in line with the NBA's desire to create an atmosphere.

"Tonight, the Lakers fans gave you the biggest and most sustained cheer. How do you feel about this? Before tonight, almost all Lakers fans were questioning the deal management made on draft night. ”

The reporter continued to ask.

"I can understand their feelings, humans always misunderstand because they don't know enough, but they will definitely get closer as they get acquainted. Thanks to their support, I will continue to work hard. ”

Bruce replied.

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