Chapter 170: Justin Asks to Fight
In the fiercely competitive NBA arena, sudden injuries are common, and serious injuries do occur from time to time. A player is seriously injured, with a break of two or three months, a season reimbursement, and the most terrible of all, a complete change in career.
Rose used to be the youngest MVP in the NBA, but because of successive cruciate ligament damages, his explosiveness was greatly reduced, and he was finally traded by the team, and now he can continue to play on the base salary of a veteran.
As all the hope of the Kings in the next few years, if Zhang Feng is too injured, their rebuilding plan will all be in vain, and David's coaching career will also be greatly affected, so it is reasonable that David is very anxious.
"He fainted, call an ambulance to take him to the hospital!" After checking Zhang Feng's pulse, the team doctor quickly made a judgment, and then beckoned the staff who had just arrived to "lift him on a stretcher, be careful not to shake his head."
The fans at the scene saw the use of stretchers, realized that the situation was serious, and began to talk about it.
"Grass, Lakers players like to pull people in the air, a few years ago in the playoffs against the Mavericks, Bynum stopped Barria in the air is also the same scene, fortunately, Barria did not hit the ground with his head at the time, this ball should blow Pop and Ennis level 2 malicious fouls, directly out of the game."
"Dude, don't get excited, Pope and Ennis have absolutely no malicious intent, they shouldn't have expected Zhang Feng to jump so high at all, they can only touch Zhang Feng's shoulder, this is an accident."
"This is not the key, the main thing is that Zhang Feng's impact is too strong, and Ennis grabbed Zhang Feng's shoulder in a hurry."
"It's understandable that Ennis was impacted in front, why did Pope pull Zhang Feng in the back? Isn't it intentional? ”
"I said, Zhang Feng's impact is too strong, didn't you notice that he forced a three-step layup? When he held the ball with his left hand, the force was too great, which was equivalent to pushing Pop in the air, and Pop was also afraid, so he also pulled Zhang Feng.
"So Zhang Feng's injury was self-inflicted? You really can explain it."
In the TNT live broadcast room, O'Neill was bowing his head and praying for Zhang Feng, Barkley and Kenny looked serious, whether it was Zhang Feng or not, they didn't want to see the players seriously injured, and after half a ring, Kenny said: "I hope Zhang Feng is not seriously injured, return to the field as soon as possible, the game is about to start, let's continue to explain", Barkley did not answer, just nodded silently.
On the court, the timeout ended, because Zhang Feng was not there, Mason came on the court to execute the free throw, he stood on the free throw line, obviously looked depressed, and the result was a short shot and failed to hit the free throw.
The Lakers attacked, Pope and Ennis were also replaced, and the new Caruso easily gave the ball to Ingram. In the face of Carter, who lost his mind, Ingram easily deceived by a feigned breakthrough, and turned around to hit the board.
Mason advanced with the ball, Randolph stepped forward to block and dismantle, Carter ran back to receive the pass, and hurriedly jumped directly to shoot, but the result was a clatter.
The Lakers attacked again, Randle easily broke through the dunk inside, turned back to defend and covered Randolph's layup.
It can be said that Zhang Feng's sudden injury obviously made the whole King team depressed, and the offense and defense lost their original level.
David saw it in his eyes and was anxious, but Zhang Feng's injury was the only thing he cared about now, after hesitating, he still called a timeout, looking at the solemn faces of the players, he said:
"I know that everyone can't concentrate now, but I think, Zhang Feng doesn't want to see us give up the game because of his injury, if there is any best comfort for him, it must be the victory of this game, I hope you remember the slogan that Zhang Feng shouted at the beginning, please repeat it to me loudly, what is the slogan?"
David didn't wait for the team to raise their arms and chant collectively, only Justin silently shouted "e are kings".
"Yes, we are kings, attention, it's us, not Zhang Feng alone, remember our team name Sacramento Kings, remember our slogan, e are kings".
"Go ahead! Play a kingly demeanor for us, and win the game for Zhang Feng" David waved.
After returning to the court, Randolph blocked and dismantled, Mason burst inside, Randle was forced to change defenses, Mason couldn't score, Papa grabbed the rebound, the second offense was distributed to the outside, and Bogdan calmly hit a three-point jumper.
The Lakers attacked, Randle tried to single Randolph, but failed to shake off two turns, and was forced to pass the ball and was recognized by Bogdan for a steal. Bogdan made a long pass to the fast Carter, who played a crotch change dunk when he was strong.
Immediately after, the Lakers were defended by the Kings for a 24 second, and Wharton signaled for the referee to take a timeout.
"It seems like the Kings are back on their groove after the timeout, and all three offenses are playing well," Kenny said to O'Neal with a smile.
O'Neill was looking at his phone, and when he saw Kenny's eyes, he said a little tiredly: "Tell my friends who care about Zhang Feng, he has now entered the hospital, and the doctor can't see the situation for the time being, Zhang Feng will immediately undergo a full body examination, and I believe that new good news will come soon."
Barkley patted O'Neal on the back, "Don't be nervous, didn't the doctor say that the injury was serious, most likely just a coma, and it will get better soon."
"I hope so, but I think this game is not easy for the king to play, the outside line lacks Zhang Feng, the organizer, the breakthrough, can not be connected inside and outside, the lethality will be greatly reduced, as long as the Lakers guard the outside line, the king's offense will be difficult to unfold" O'Neal sorted out his emotions and made an analysis.
Sure enough, near the end of the timeout, Laker Kuzma took off his training jacket and Ennis walked to the rest area.
Seeing the Lakers' rotation adjustments, Justin walked up to David, "Coach, I want to play."
David was about to replace Carter, intending to replace Scal, but when he saw Justin taking the initiative to ask for a fight, he waved his hand and said: "You need you to attack in the next quarter, the second-round lineup needs you to attack."
"No, I'm going to play now, I promised Zhang Feng before the game that he would face Kuzma, please give me a chance," Justin said categorically.
"Okay, since you say that, then I'm looking forward to your performance, Scar, you will play again in the second quarter" David said with relief, and Skar nodded in understanding.
Back on the court, the Lakers handed the ball to Kuzma after halftime, and Justin went straight to meet him, but he didn't expect Kuzma to accelerate and sprint in front of Justin, turn around and pass Justin directly, and then shoot directly backwards and score two points.
At this time, Justin had just reacted, his face was flushed, and he was arrogant just now, but he didn't expect to be easily passed by Kuzma in one shot, and he secretly gritted his teeth and must have hit back.
Turning his head, Papa blocked and went down, Mason was about to pass the ball inside, Justin put his back on Kuzma and raised his hand to ask for the ball, Mason thought about it and passed the ball over.
Justin took the ball, hit back-to-back, opened up space and turned to bend over to pick a basket, Kuzma burst into block.
Although Justin's ball was not covered, he himself was knocked to the ground by the pants cover, because he did not touch his arm at all, the referee did not blow for a foul, and the Lakers inside Zubac reached for the basketball that was still in the air and passed it to Kuzma.
Kuzma dribbled the ball and attacked quickly, the king couldn't defend back, and Kuzma glided and scored with a dunk.
Zhang Feng was not there, Justin played, against the Lakers' strongest Kuzma, and lost points and was blocked once in two consecutive rounds, and the situation seemed to be very unfavorable.