Chapter 490: Bowen is back!
In the training hall of Eastern Washington University, Washington State.
The Spurs players are talking and laughing in practice.
And the varsity players of Eastern Washington University are looking at the Spurs' No. 12 player in the center of the training field, Bruce Bowen, with envy, reverence and all kinds of admiration.
Since January 18, 2008, in the past week, the training hall of Eastern Washington University has welcomed five NBA teams, Mavericks, Hawks, Kings, Cavaliers, and Spurs.
Eastern Washington University is the favorite practice location for NBA teams when they come to Seattle.
It is also the only training location in Washington State that can be chosen.
So, for Eastern Washington University, the NBA team, the NBA players are not so unattainable.
They can even see different NBA players and different NBA superstars in their team's training gym every day.
In Washington state, Eastern Washington University is a very special existence.
Because Yes was born at the University of Washington, Eastern Washington University has always been on the opposite side of Yes.
In Washington State, to stand on the opposite side of Yes in terms of the status of Yes right now, that is to stand on the opposite side of the entire state of Washington.
In a city like Washington State, which is almost covered by Yes's influence, the current situation of Eastern Washington University will certainly be quite special.
When other NBA teams come to Seattle to play, most colleges and high schools in Washington state don't lend their gyms to these NBA teams.
If no team in Washington State is willing to lend a training gym, they can only rent a gym outside of Washington State and other places in the United States that are close to Washington State.
Or rent one of those private training gyms at a high price.
Even if it's those private training gyms, no one will want to borrow them, if they are not afraid of being 'watched'.
It can be said that Eastern Washington University is now the same as the friends of other teams in the NBA except for the Seattle SuperSonics.
At the same time, Eastern Washington University is also the only visible anti-Yes base in the entire state of Washington.
In such a base, there are not many NBA stars who can get their respected NBA team.
Among them, Bruce Bowen of the Spurs is definitely one of the people they respect the most.
This warrior who broke his leg heroically in the battle with Yes is finally back!
For Bowen, at Eastern Washington University, in addition to respect, there is really only respect.
Now in the training hall of Eastern Washington University, there are a total of 12 large-scale photos, of which Bowen alone has exclusive possession of 6 of them!
Among the 12 large-format poster photos, the one in which Bowen kicked Yes in Game 4 of last year's playoffs and ended up breaking his leg was the most conspicuous.
When Bowen was willing to leave the NBA because of his broken leg, the players and coaches at Eastern Washington University even cried.
Why do they have such a big hatred for Yes?
Do Eastern Washington University and Yes have any deep hatred?
Do you have any deep hatred with the University of Washington?
Actually, neither.
Eastern Washington University and the University of Washington are rivals, and that's right.
But the two teams are not the same level at all.
The University of Washington has always been the belly of the rich.
And Eastern Washington University has always been the belly of the fish.
Although the fish belly in the wealthy family and the fish belly in the fish belly are both fish belly, they are really not the same level.
As for Yes, there is no special bond.
Eastern Washington University has played Yes once, in a non-league friendly, and that game was a non-competitive slaughter.
It's just that the University of Eastern Washington has found that they have so much to get after raising the anti-Yes, anti-Washington banner in a place like Washington State.
Originally, yes didn't have such a deep hatred for the University of Washington, but he also had to show a deep hatred.
At the very least, being an anti-Yes base in Washington State is really much better than being a fish belly in Washington State.
In the past, they wanted to recruit some well-known potential high school students in the United States, and when others heard about Eastern Washington University, they looked disdainful.
What Eastern Washington University, buddy, is there such a school in this world?
When Rodney Starkey was finally recruited, the entire Eastern Washington University treated Starkey like his own ancestors.
And Starkey, in the ranking of high school students in the United States, can't even enter the top 50 in the United States.
But now?
When Eastern Washington University put up the anti-Yes Pioneer brand, many people who don't like Yes are willing to come here, and those geniuses who have been eliminated by the University's weird and unfair selection test are also willing to join a school like Eastern Washington University.
For these teenage geniuses, joining East Huasheng University, defending the rule of the University of Washington in Washington State, and then driving to the NBA to launch the most gorgeous revenge on Yes is a fantastic process!
In the United States, most talented players are not idiots, they are self-aware, but there are still people who do not have self-knowledge and feel that they are also the chosen ones.
Yes can dominate the NBA with the weakest NBA team in history, why can't he lead the weakest NCAA team in history to kill in the NCAA?
In this situation, although the NCAA and Eastern Washington University's record this season is still not so good, this team seems to have made great progress in overall strength because of a group of good players.
The team is really getting more and more like that.
At least, the strength of the University of Washington is really close.
According to Eastern Washington University's idea, if you work hard for a few more years, maybe Eastern Washington University will really turn over!
Under such a deliberate operation of Eastern Washington University, the players of Eastern Washington University are really less and less like acting now, and it should be said that these players really hate and hate the players of Washington University.
So, for these players, Bruce Bowen, this is really a very sacred name!
The Spurs' Bruce Bowen is looking to return for this game against the SuperSonics.
This is something that Popovich excitedly announced early on.
So when the Spurs came up and down to the training hall at Eastern Washington University, most of the influential media in the United States and around the world gathered here.
At a time when the whole world is going crazy about Yes's streak, any basketball news will be overshadowed by Yes's streak.
But Bowen's comeback can actually make the world's focus move away from Yes's side for a moment!
This made the training hall of Eastern Washington University, and the media from all over the United States and the world found it incredible.
"Bruce's status in the NBA is too high right now!"
Popovich is really excited right now.
Bruce hasn't been on the court since he broke his leg in the playoffs last year.
After last year's playoff round, Popovich knew that Bowen's status had risen very high, but it was still incredible to be able to reach such heights.
The best outside defender in NBA history!
The most legendary outside defender in NBA history!
Neither of these adjectives is one or the other!
"The Spurs players are in such a relaxed mood right now!"
"In the past week, I've seen the nervousness of the Mavericks, the solemnity of the Hawks, the desperation of the Kings, the nervousness and excitement of the Cavaliers, but I have never seen a team that can show such an expression as the Spurs players."
"You see, the smile on Ginobili's face is not a forced smile, it is a real smile!"
"yes, it's incredible to have such a relaxed mindset in the face of such a game that is perhaps the most important game in the history of basketball!"
The performance of the Spurs players in the training hall made the media reporters next to them feel incredible.
But seeing the confident and calm bald head surrounded by Spurs players, these media reporters can understand.
"Because of Bruce Bowen! Bruce Bowen is the cornerstone of the current Spurs team, as long as Bruce Bowen is confident enough, calm enough, and relaxed enough, the whole Spurs will become like this! ”
"Bowen's influence on the Spurs is incredible, and I even have a kind of NBAlive2008 rating of 90 on Bowen now!"
"That's right, if the game can embody spiritual attributes, Bowen's rating can be 95!"
"yes, Bowen is really a perfect player except for the offense!"
"Before the last game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Cleveland Cavaliers, a lot of people said that Bowen's defense of Yes was not so good, and although it looked great, it made Yes's shooting percentage too high, and the last game these people watched the Cavaliers and the SuperSonics, and saw Yes shoot 73% from the field with O'Neal and Ben Wallace's extreme defense, and those ridiculous arguments of these people can't be said anymore."
"Bruce Bowen did what neither O'Neill nor Ben Wallace could do by himself!"
"The strength of the Spurs is originally stronger than the SuperSonics, the first meeting between the two teams this season, the reason why the SuperSonics can beat the Spurs is because of the miracle of Yes 35 seconds and 13 minutes, and now the Spurs have Bowen, both in terms of the thickness of the lineup and the strength of the lineup, it is far more than the last time the two teams met, it seems that Popovich and the Spurs are going to become the biggest victors to end the greatest miracle in basketball history."
"Look at the smile on Popovich's face right now, when have you ever seen Popovich smile so brightly? In the past, Popovich's smile was gloomy and frightening! ”
"Bowen's presence is not only for Spurs players to be comfortable in what may be the greatest game of all time, but also for Popovich with the addition of Bowen's mental attributes."
"Anyone can do that when they are faced with a game where they win and don't lose, they only gain and they don't lose anything!"
"That's right, when Popovich was interviewed in the last two days, although he didn't say it explicitly, he didn't know how many times he mentioned it on the side, and it was impossible for the Spurs to lose this game!"
"With Bowen, Popovich and the Spurs can indeed have such confidence, but it's a pity that Yes's legendary record is really only one step away from being perfect!"
"It's not a pity, it's a pity, it's very slim to be perfect, this is a lore, the supersonic don't dare to say that they can kill the opponent in the end in the face of any team in the face of any opponent in the NBA, the supersonic is likely to end this record, but Yes used his incredible strength to let such an incredible thing continue for nine games, rather than letting other teams in the league end the Yes legend, I prefer to accept that the person who ended the Yes legend is Bowen!"
"Me too, after all, Bowen is Yes's lifelong enemy, the strongest Yes finisher, and the greatest outside defender in history.
"That's right, that's it!"
In the training hall of Eastern Washington University, the sound of clicking is constant, and Bowen is like a proud peacock, receiving admiration and adoration around him.
And at the Seattle Supersonic Training Gym not far from Washington state, Nelson Sr. felt a rare quiet.
When Yes's streak miracle was staged, there was still such a moment of tranquility.
But thinking of the reason for this moment of tranquility, old Nelson's brow was always furrowed.
The last time he played against the Spurs, he took advantage of the weakness of the Spurs players who were too old and Popovich wanted to win too much, and let the old players play too much time to eventually lead the team to a reversal of the Spurs, and Yes also assisted Maddy's miracle of 35.13 minutes in this game.
Now that Bowen is back, the Spurs' only shortcomings and holes have been remedied.
The current Spurs, because of Bowen's comeback, have almost become a perfect team.
Stephen Jackson gives the Spurs the energy of youth.
Bowen gives the Spurs the responsibility and confidence that a legendary team should have.
The current Spurs are definitely the same team as the Suns and Rockets!
Just like the Cleveland Honest People, which has been very popular recently, said.
"When Bowen came back on the court in that familiar No. 12 jersey, we didn't see any reason for the Spurs to lose!"
There really is no reason for this!
On January 25, 2008, at the Key Arena in Seattle, more than 25,000 pairs of eyes stared at the two teams warming up on the court with a variety of complex emotions such as nervousness, apprehension and anticipation.
This match is the most important match of Yes, a spree legend!
Winning is perfect, losing is a little regretful!
It's also nice to have a little regret at times.
But if it can be perfect, why regret it?
With the current state and morale of the Seattle SuperSonics, Seattle fans in the field can confidently beat either team, including the Rockets and Suns!
But that man was him, Bruce Bowen!
"It's unbelievable that at the height of Yes's prestige, you can share a screen with Yes on TV!"
Kobe Bryant looked at the picture of Yes and Bowen on the TV, and his face was thick with incredulity.
However, based on Bowen's performance in the playoffs last year, and the comparison with Ben Wallace in the last game, he can enjoy such treatment.
Now the whole world thinks that supersound is lost, right?
Kobe Bryant's eyes radiated a strange light as he looked at the TV.
He wants Yes to win this match!
Even if the hope of winning is slim, he hopes that Yes can win!
Perhaps Bowen is indeed the best person to end the Yes miracle.
But definitely not the only one!
Yes If you don't continue to create miracles, how can you come to me and be ended by me!
At the thought of ending Yes's perfection, Kobe Bryant's eyes were thrilled when he looked at the TV.
It's just that Yes can really meet his expectations and complete this impossible perfection?
Kobe Bryant found that before the game even started, his nervous hands were already sweating!