Chapter 395: The Return of the King
Seeing that the Trail Blazers were scored two goals in a row by the opponent, and the difference was stretched to 11 points, McMillan quickly called a timeout. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Now he can't help but call a timeout, there is only 1 minute and 13 seconds left, and there are not a few offensive rounds left at the full play, but the drum noise in the American Airlines arena is getting louder and louder, thinking that they have seen the dawn of victory, and the fans are excited, and such a huge noise has also added a lot of pressure to the Trail Blazers players.
The five people on the field all looked dejected, and Batum's face turned red, although he knew that there was a gap between him and Ye Feng before, but this result was too hurtful. After Ye Feng was injured, the two sides still played inseparable, and with Ye Feng's layup before the injury, they also led by 2 points, why did they become 11 points in the same position within a few minutes? The coach called a few timeouts to no avail.
As an up-and-coming star in the French men's basketball team, Batum has always considered himself a good player, and sometimes he is eager to play a dozen starting positions. But the past few minutes of this game told him that he was still a little tender, even compared to Ye Feng in the third grade, he was far inferior. Whether it is offense or defense, he has a big gap with Ye Feng in every aspect, and this gap seems to be difficult to close in a short period of time.
So after McMillan called a timeout, he was the only one of the five who looked more ashamed. But before he could sit back in his seat, a large hand slapped him on the shoulder, followed by a joke-sounding remark: "What? In the few minutes I've been there, you've been beaten up as a by someone else? ”
The voice was familiar, too familiar to be more familiar, but the owner of this voice could not have been present in this place at this point in time under any circumstances! Batum subconsciously turned his head, and sure enough, he faced an angular Asian face, who was it not Ye Feng?
Seeing the familiar Trail Blazers' away No. 3 jersey, Batum couldn't help but let out a cheer, and his teammates all turned around, and at a glance they saw Ye Feng standing behind Batum with a teasing face, everyone's eyes widened, what is the situation?
Of course, McMillan also saw it, and he immediately set his eyes on the team doctor behind Ye Feng, but the team doctor looked up at the sky with an expressionless face, indicating that he had nothing to do with this stinky boy. McMillan shook his head helplessly, and asked Ye Feng, "Didn't I ask you to do a simple treatment in the locker room and then go to the hospital for examination?" Why did you run back again? Is your career really worthless? Know that if you do this, it could have a big impact on your future! ”
Ye Feng listened carefully to McMillan's reprimand, but he was quite emotional in his heart, why didn't he know that the head coach was doing this for his own good? But there are some things that you would rather gamble on and do, like leading your team to victory in the finals. And he is not a fool, after applying the ice, he felt that the pain was not obvious before he persuaded the team doctor to let him return to the field, if he still couldn't touch the ground like that, he didn't dare to come back and ask to play casually, no matter how confident he was.
In the face of Ye Feng's pleas, McMillan still couldn't pull his face, but after consulting the team doctor, he still decided to put Ye Feng back on the field to fight. He also knows that if the Trail Blazers are leading 3-1 now, if they lose this game, the whole series will be difficult to say.
Because Ye Feng wants to play, and he must also take into account his ankle injury, McMillan repeatedly emphasized that other players must run and not be stingy with physical strength, anyway, there is only more than 1 minute before the end of the game, where can you save it? The most important thing at the moment is to create space for Ye Feng, although with Ye Feng's current situation, McMillan does not believe that he can continue to break through with the ball, but the catch and shoot are still not affected.
The sharp-eyed commentators had already seen the whole process of Ye Feng entering the field from the players' tunnel, and they exclaimed one after another, as if they had seen something terrible. Under the deliberate reminder of the commentators, the Heat fans also saw the Trail Blazers No. 3 jersey that they loved and hated, no one organized, no one appealed, and one after another fans wearing Heat jerseys stood up and applauded Ye Feng's return to the court.
Abby's eyes were already moist, although she was still a little far away from the court, but the moment when Ye Feng was injured just now had already been replayed on the big screen, how could she not know what her boyfriend's injury had become? Seeing him return and look like he was going to play again, Abby muttered, "Fool, does it really matter if you win or lose a game?" Is a championship more important than your body, more than your entire career? ”
Hornacek, who was sitting next to her, was also surprised, and there was a hint of relief in the surprise, of course, he was not thinking of the "God" who prevented the Jazz from reaching the top for two consecutive seasons, but a legend that was older than this but more similar.
Without Willis Reed, the 1970 Finals would have been lost to history, when the Knicks and Lakers were the teams competing for the championship in the East and West. In the first four games of the Finals, Reed, who was the starting center of the Knicks, scored 37 points, 29 points, 38 points and 23 points respectively, and grabbed an average of 15 rebounds per game. However, in the final quarter of Game 5, Reed's right thigh was seriously injured, and Chamberlain led the Lakers to take advantage of the opportunity to win Game 6 to equalize the score.
At 7:30 p.m. on May 8, 1970, Game 7 was about to begin, and the entire Madison Square Garden was overshadowed because their captain and core Reid was most likely unavailable. However, at 7:34, Reed limped into the field, and the entire Madison Square Garden suddenly boiled. In order to be able to play, Reed endured unbearable pain, and doctors used thick needles to inject multiple injections into his injured thigh.
Although he only scored a measly four points, his spirit inspired his teammates, and in the end, the Knicks won the first championship in franchise history, and he himself won three MVP trophies in the regular season, All-Star Game and Finals that season. Years later, Reid reflected on the experience: "I wanted to play. It's a fight for the championship, a great moment you've been fighting for all your life. I don't want to say to myself in the mirror twenty years from now, I wish I could have worked hard to compete. ”
Isn't what Ye Feng is doing now very similar to Reed back then? Although it was not Game 7 of the Finals, although he had scored 31 points and 9 assists personally, when he walked out of the player tunnel, the spirit of the Trail Blazers returned!