Perhaps due to pressure, only two days later, Garnett finally publicly apologized in the media: "I was suppressed by Chi Liang at that time, which made me feel very bad, and I was angry when I said it, and I am deeply sorry if I offended his family!"

Unexpected, but reasonable, this is completely in line with Garnett's central idea of 'fight and retreat'.

Garnett is very helpless, the United States is a country that attaches great importance to family affection, and he openly insulted Chi Liang's mother, you can imagine how huge the pressure of public opinion is.

Even if he is the pride of the Timberwolves, he is still ridiculed and despised by the locals, and even his influence has a tendency to degenerate.

As a last resort, Garnett followed his agent's advice and finally had to apologize publicly with a black face.

After Garnett's public apology, some media wanted to interview Chi Liang and wanted to ask him what he thought.

"If you make a mistake, you will have to bear the consequences!"

Regarding Garnett's actions, Chi Liang expressed his understanding, but understanding is understanding, and it is impossible to get his forgiveness.

Despite this, after Garnett's apology, the turmoil finally subsided a lot.

However, even if Garnett apologized, the league did not reduce his penalty, and the Timberwolves' desire to enter the playoffs was only a dead letter.

That same night, the Nuggets sat at home to take on the SuperSonics.

In this game, the Nuggets team without Van Exel and Ji Liang is obviously much weaker. Coupled with the absence of Lafrenz and Fortson injured, the strength of the team can be imagined.

Compared to their heyday, the Nuggets have significantly weakened a lot and have become a veritable fish belly team.

The main force is just that, with the addition of Stich and Taylor, there is barely a fighting power. But the substitute lineup is miserable, most of them can only be composed of water cooler guards, plus the lack of Chi Liang's organization, it can be described as a 'weak chicken'.

Despite home-court advantage, the Nuggets have a heavily disjointed roster that makes it difficult to pose a threat to the SuperSonics.

Due to the ban, after the start of the game, Ji Liang and Van Exel sat on the edge of the bench and watched the game on the field.

This time, Ji Liang was wearing a casual suit, and even though he tried his best to maintain his calm, he still felt anxious inside, and he kept looking around, looking left and right, and his attention was not on the game at all.

Watching his teammates and his old rival SuperSonics start an offensive and defensive battle, Chi Liang felt very uncomfortable, as if he was an outsider, making him feel that winning or losing had nothing to do with him.

For all this, Ji Liang said that there is nothing he can do, and he can only hope that his teammates will help him and win one or two games during his suspension.

At that time, as long as he successfully lifts the ban, the Nuggets will be able to recover a lot, and they may not be able to become a playoff team.

After the game began, the Nuggets took the lead, and McDyce began to show his dominance on the inside.

Compared with the SuperSonics, the Nuggets have a slightly better interior line, especially McDyce, which is difficult for the SuperSonics to restrict.

There is no way, Wen Baker has not succeeded in losing weight, how can such a bloated and huge body limit McDyce.

Not to mention McDyce, even Clark can easily break through Vin Baker.

In the first place, McDies beat Vinn Baker in the low post, using his speed to frequently break through and score, and launched a tough offensive.

However, Vin Baker can't stop McDyce, and McDyce is also difficult to limit the opponent, and Vinn Baker's weight advantage is too great, just by using the back hit, he can easily squeeze back the opponent and get an easy chance to score.

In addition to the two, Alden Pollinis and Clark are both blue-collar workers, with no independent offensive ability, relying on secondary scoring for scoring, and their strength is inseparable.

However, compared with the inside, the Nuggets' outside line is one notch behind, and the combination of Billups, Stich and Taylor, how to compare with Payton and others, is naturally suppressed.

In the first quarter, the two sides went head-to-head, and the Nuggets relied heavily on McDyes' individual offense, which was their strongest point. The supersonic team relied on teamwork and played more like a whole, and no one had the upper hand for a while.

McDyce is in good form, he has an excellent scoring explosion, scoring 15 points in eight minutes played.

Under the outburst of McDyce, the Nuggets barely resisted the SuperSonics and were not pulled away by the opponent.

Unfortunately, it didn't last long, and during the official timeout, both sides came off the bench as much as possible, and because Stich and Taylor were both put in the starting lineup, the Nuggets' bench was unusually weak.

is also a bench lineup, compared with the SuperSonics, the Nuggets are obviously much worse, plus there is no main offensive point, and they are beaten and retreated for a while.

D'Antoni is like an ant in a hot pot, no matter how he adjusts, but the clever woman can't reverse the decline, and can only watch the opponent take advantage and overtake the score.

In just four minutes, the SuperSonics team's offense was like a tide, and the Nuggets were like a stagnant water, stunned by the opponent to widen the difference to double digits.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Billups began to exert his power, hitting two three-pointers in a row to close the gap.

Unfortunately, this situation did not last long, and under the strict defense of 'Glove' Payton, Billups was completely dumb and could only rely on McDyce to support himself.

McDyce is a low-post killer, and his low-post skills are perfect, and he has a strong dominance.

But basketball is a team sport after all, and although McDyce is full of firepower, it can't last long, and without teammates to share the firepower for him, it is easy to have a dumb fire.

The most speechless thing is that McDies finally stabilized the score, but when he rests, the difference will continue to widen.

Ji Liang sat on the bench and watched D'Antoni hand out tactics to the players, his mind full of jumbled ideas.

In the second half, due to the loss of a lot of physical energy, McDyes's offensive slowed down slightly, and the SuperSonics completely controlled the situation and began to continue to widen the difference.

In the latter process, even if the Nuggets struggled to catch up, there was still no tendency to narrow the score, and by the end of the third quarter, the SuperSonics had achieved a 20-point advantage.

Faced with this situation, D'Antoni had no choice but to send the water cooler players on the field and choose to give up in advance.

After the Nuggets surrendered, the SuperSonics didn't rush to the top, and they also did their best to start saving for the next game.

There were no surprises, and the Nuggets eventually lost the game with a score of 96-113.

McDies is also powerless, even if he gets 30+15 data, he still can't turn the tide.

"Lost!"

Ji Liang's hands were clenched, his heart was full of unwillingness, he was eager to lead the team to victory, extremely eager not to sit on the bench and watch them play.