Chapter 924: A Few Families Rejoice, A Few Families Are Sad
The Warriors fulfilled their promise, with Larry Byrne being the star of the game, and Nelson Sr. even took him to a press conference after the game.
At the press conference, reporters focused on Larry, congratulating him on setting many NBA records and asking him how he felt about the NBA.
Larry happily said, "Great, you know what I mean, the NBA is really great!" It's the best sports game in the world, and I love it so much, and I bet my friends all over the country must be envious of me right now, you know, when I told my friends that I was going to play in the NBA, they were all stunned! ”
"Do you have any plans for the future?" Li Qun asked with a smile.
Larry thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I have a plan, I will work hard to recover, cooperate with the doctors, uncles and aunts, and then get my body back to health, and at the same time, I will continue to strengthen my basketball skills, exercise my body, I believe that I can still play in the NBA in the future." ”
Li Qun smiled and said, "Then let's look forward to your comeback in the future, I think, that day won't be far away, right?" ”
That day is not near, but it has finally come, and no one can imagine how much impact some people can have on the world by inadvertently helping some people.
At the end of the game in Oakland, the Warriors embarked on a preseason trip to Asia, where they had to play three games in mainland China and Hong Kong.
It stands to reason that the battle between Yao and Zhang is still the biggest gimmick of the Chinese game, and the Warriors and Rockets met in Guangzhou.
After the game began, the Warriors took the lead in attacking, Carter came directly to a breakthrough dunk, Scola pulled him down, and Carter Guò made a free throw to add two points to the team.
Bob quickly responded with a jumper, but after that, Jamison and Chamberlain combined for five points, and the Warriors opened the game with a 7-2 surge.
After that, the Rockets' two guards, Bob and Martin, suddenly made a strong effort and led the team to return a wave of 9-2 climax, bringing the score to 11-9. The scores then rose alternately, and the Rockets maintained a slight lead until the end of the first quarter, and the Rockets ended the first quarter with a four-point lead of 23-19.
Both sides sent off the bench in the second quarter, and Hayes also showed up on the offensive end, scoring four straight points to help the Rockets maintain a five-point lead.
After that, Iverson led the bench to a 7-2 offensive climax, and the Rockets' previously established five-point advantage was immediately chased to a 29-29 tie.
Immediately after Curry seized a mistake by the Rockets to overtake the score, Ah Shuai had to replace Xiaobu and Martin and other main players, and the two sides tied again after several rounds, 37-37, but the Warriors are still a group of benches fighting.
With 2 minutes left in the quarter, Martin successfully completed 2+1, and the Rockets once again overtook the score. However, the Rockets did not score again, and Carter and Iverson combined to score four points when they returned to the court.
At halftime, the Warriors led by two points at 47-45.
In the rematch, both sides continued the feel of the first half.
The Rockets scored 8 points in a row under the leadership of Jeffries and Hayes, and for the Warriors, the four major guards came out one after another, and the old Nelson sent a very weird lineup, with Jamison as the center, Carter, West, Curry and Iverson on the court together.
The big four showed no signs of weakness to lead the team back to six points, and the two sides tied again shortly after the start of the third quarter to tie the game at 53-53.
Curry hit a three-pointer from the right wing, and the Rockets' Bardinger scored five straight points as the Rockets rebuilt a four-point lead.
However, the Warriors' outside line was simply unstoppable, and they immediately responded with a wave of 7-0 surge to take the score to 63-60.
Batinger hit a jumper from the free-throw line, followed by a right-wing jumper, and back-to-back scoring at key moments helped the Rockets take the lead again.
The problem for the Warriors was their lack of strength and height on the inside, and after that, the big four guards continued to break through to make fouls, get consecutive free throws, and the Rockets also scored on the inside. At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets led by five points, 72-67.
In the final quarter, Curry came up and sent 3 points, and West's scoring performance also began, he himself scored 7 points in a row, and the Rockets had to call a timeout.
After the timeout, the Rockets scored four straight points under the basket thanks to Patterson, and the Warriors chased the score to 75-76.
Carter and West put on another scoring drama to help the Warriors take a one-point lead at 79-78. The two sides then went back and forth, but the Warriors were on full swing and led the Rockets by four points after a few rounds of offense.
Hayes scored on a layup and Jamison hit a 3-pointer from the outside, and although the Rockets struggled in the end, there was too little time, and the Rockets lost to the Warriors 93-99.
Around the same time, the Heat beat the Pistons 105-89 in their second preseason game, but to the surprise of Heat fans, Wade was injured.
Just 3 minutes and 17 seconds into the game, Wade stumbled on the court. He accidentally strained his right thigh and went into the dressing room and never returned to the pitch.
Heat coach Spoelstra said Wade's injury is not serious and the team will reassess the injury within a week.
Chamberlain watched the replay of the game while Wade was trying to play with Richard Hamilton of the Pistons. Hamilton used Ben Wallace's cover to get around the crowd to catch the ball, and Wade was in hot pursuit, but as they ran from the low post to the free throw line, Wade suddenly stopped. He grabbed his right thigh, gesticulated at the bench, and pressed his hand on his leg again.
Even so, Wade is trying to lead a counterattack. He couldn't get his whole body out of his way when the ball rolled down in front of him after a scramble, but he picked it up with one left hand and flicked it forward in an attempt to get the ball through a 13-metre long pass to James, who was running into the front court.
Then when the ball went out of bounds in one round, Wade limped off the field.
Even before the game, Wade felt some discomfort in his leg. During a tussle with Pistons forward Jerry Buko before the injury, Wade already felt his thigh being "jerked".
From the night of the injury to the next day, Wade's thigh continued to ache.
The Heat still held a training session as usual, and Wade showed up on the training court, although the injury was still unabated, he still insisted on walking on his own feet, which also showed that he was okay with the injury.
At the moment, there is still no exact timeline for when Wade will be able to return from injury. He is currently ready to be out of action for two weeks. James said in an interview that Wade's recovery could take "a few weeks," before quickly adding that "it could be less."
However, Wade himself seemed full of confidence, and he said: "I will be back, it will not be long, just need to rest for a few days." ”
Head coach Spoelstra said Wade will undergo an MRI and Wade has not been notified of any tests at this time.
There's only one thing the Heat agree on right now: if injuries are going to blow up sooner or later, it's better to happen now than in the middle of a real 82-game game — which, of course, the Heat hope to go even further.
"I told Wade that if we have an injury, I'd rather it happen now than after the game actually starts." James said.
Wade has always been regarded as the absolute heart of the Heat, and now with his departure, the Heat face a shift in focus.
The discussion about who can be the boss of the team between James and Wade has continued, although there have been signs that Wade occupies the core position in previous public occasions, but when the team started to play a game, Wade left the court due to injury, and there was no chance to compete with James on the same team, and the game naturally fell into James's control.
Over the years, Miamians have felt the pain of losing Wade acutely.
In the 2007-08 season, when Wade was sidelined for nearly 30 games, the dismal Heat finished with a dismal 15-67 record.
Now, with the help of James and Bosh, the Miami media, which has always been sensitive to Wade's injury, is finally relieved.
The Miami Courier said there was only "concern" and no "panic" about Wade's injury, while Wade himself was more optimistic.
However, more fans still hope that Wade can come back soon, at least before the regular season, because the first game of the regular season is the Heat team with Chamberlain's Warriors vs. Big Three.
The old Nelson doesn't take the Big Three very seriously, although in front of the media he constantly praises this team as very strong, secretly in the team, he has said more than once that Wade is basically dead, Riley is too ruthless in training players, and the Flash is now at most at the same level as West.
This made West very unhappy, and he kept thinking about whether old Nelson's analogy was praising or belittling him?
The preseason has only been going on for a short time, and many teams have gone wrong, not only the Heat, but also the Lakers, another favorite to win the championship, have also had an injury crisis.
The Lakers' injuries are self-inflicted, and Zen master Jackson has been emphasizing the stability of the roster before, although he has left the team in the summer, but the replacement of former Cavaliers coach Brown came too late to rebuild the team.
Moreover, even if Brown wants to rebuild the team, it is basically impossible, after all, the Lakers are the second in the West and the third in the league, and this kind of team wants stability.
The downside of this stable dìng is the aging of the players, with a total of nine players on this Lakers team who are 30 years old or older, and in the rotation, only Bynum and Brown are under the age of 30.
The players the team has focused on recruiting this summer, Blake, Barnes and Ratliff, are all over 30, and Ratliff is even 37 years old.
One of the problems that comes with aging is injuries.
Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Odom, Fisher, these players have been in the league for more than 10 seasons, and any small injury or even fatigue factor will affect the performance of these core players. Don't forget, the Lakers still have old sick names like Bynum.
After the previous game against the 76ers, Bynum made it clear: "I'm not ready, I'm still recovering, but I feel like I'm getting a little bit better every day." He even hinted that he could miss the start of the regular season and not take to the court until early December.
Barnes and Wharton have also suffered consecutive hamstring injuries recently.
In this way, if Bynum is injured again in the new season, Brown can only drastically reduce his playing time in order to take care of the overall situation, and the Lakers have lost patience with Bynum's injury, Brown is no better than Zen master Jackson, Bynum is a child raised by his mother in his heart, he directly said that if Bynum is injured again in the new season, then he will use the Rockets to limit Yao Ming's playing time to limit Bynum's playing time.
The Lakers don't want Bynum to suffer another injury this season, and the team hopes that the young center can make great strides and help the Lakers carry Chamberlain even if they can win a championship in the future.
But Bynum's injury has plagued the Lakers for the past three years, and it was because of Bynum's injury that he missed the Finals in 2008, when the Lakers were defeated by the Celtics in the Finals, and Bynum only returned in the first round of the playoffs against the Thunder last season.