Oden's departure was a huge blow to the Trail Blazers, as fans looked at their bench in disappointment, and after a cursory examination, the team doctor helped him into the players' tunnel leading to the locker room.

The dark passage looked like the open mouth of a monster, and Auden limped in slowly with the help of the team doctor, and his tall back was a little stiff, like a lifeless dead wood.

Chamberlain stood on the court and looked at him, feeling very uncomfortable, Oden was completely scrapped this season, and it is uncertain whether he can return healthy next season, because he is an injury on injury, and his knee injury has not been completely recovered before, but due to the media hype 07 The first inside battle and Oden himself is not convinced, and wants to prove himself against Li Shao, so as soon as the team agitated, he played in the battle.

Hill shook his head and said: "After all, he is too young, just like when I was young, he shouldn't have played at this time, and this comeback will definitely make him regret it." ”

NBA history will go down as Greg Oden, the 2007 rookie and the last homegrown superpower center with great hopes from fans across the United States, played 14 minutes against the Warriors on March 4, 2009, and recorded 12 points, six rebounds and two blocks.

It's a brilliant number, and he got it in the matchup with Chamberlain, but years later, when fans discuss this game, they probably won't remember that Oden cut that number in 14 minutes, and they will only say that the champion is a parallel product, and his best score against Z is 12 points and 6 rebounds.

Hill is sure that the fans will say that, because he has now been forgotten by the fans, and now when it comes to him, the fans, especially the new generation of fans, will say that Grant Hill is a glass man, not that he once beat the gang leader to be the All-Star vote king in Jordan's prime, he was once the first pick to succeed the gang leader, and he once overwhelmed Kobe Iverson, Carter, and the Thunders.

On January 22, 2000, Hill's Pistons traveled to the United Center arena to challenge the Chicago Bulls. At this time, the Bulls are no longer the kings of the past, but one of the worst teams in the league. The Pistons played normally, and Hill handled the ball with ease, but in the game, he and Bulls rookie Ron Artest had a violent collision in a scramble, and Hill had to leave the court early with a hip muscle injury.

With just eight points in the game, Hill's points per game average was lowered and his position in the scoring title race was affected. But if you know the consequences of this, you will feel that a scoring champion or even a championship ring or an MVP trophy is nothing compared to this collision. The reality of leaving the team spurred Hill, he is a perfectionist, and he doesn't want to be saddled with the infamy of "I'm leaving, so save my strength, and take care of a minor illness". So although his body was still in pain, Hill only rested for one game and continued to put on the battle. The team doctor checked it, but it was just a simple muscle injury, and the position of the buttocks that did not exert much force, which did not affect the overall situation, at that time, everyone thought so.

But less than a week before the end of the regular season, the nightmare was upon again. Facing the Miami Heat, facing the old rival Marshburn, Hill was relaxed, a very chic small change of direction in front of the body left it behind, and scored an easy layup. That was the last performance that a healthy Hill left on the court, and in the next attack, Hill sprained his left ankle and had to withdraw from the game. Hill was in agony on the sidelines, and the TV camera was clearly fixed on his ankle injury, which was swollen and unbearable. Anyone who has played ball knows that the most severe swelling of this kind of sprain should be about 12 hours after the injury, and the swelling of the injury has just been swollen into this appearance, and its severity can be imagined.

As it turned out later, Hill's sprain was just the last straw that broke the camel's back, and in fact, the hidden danger of injury had been buried long after the collision with Artestdam. Hill can endure a bruise on his hip, but his body will unconsciously protect itself, which will slightly change his running stance, which puts more pressure on his left ankle. Hill's attacking style is dominated by breaking, and his kind of big sharp starts and stops are the most severe for the wear and tear of the ankle. As a result, Hill's left ankle began to overload, and after three months of tossing and turning like this, he finally couldn't hold it anymore, and it was over with a bang.

In fact, if Hill could recuperate on the sickbed at this time, with the level of medical care at that time, although the injury was very serious and needed to recuperate for a long time, it would not be impossible to recover. But Hill's stubborn character once again jumped out to make a decision, and this time the decision also completely contributed to the tragedy. If it were for some other players, they might be thinking more about their careers, but Hill was paranoid that since he was leaving the Pistons, he had to do his best, and those who are still the Pistons should seize a chance to contribute more to the team. In this way, even if you leave later, you will have a clear conscience.

It is said that Hill at this time should have died of his comeback and went to the hospital for treatment with peace of mind, but if that is the case, he is not Grant Hill. A week later, he was once again on the court in the first round of the playoffs against the Heat, despite everyone's objections. Wearing three layers of socks and two layers of bandages, I still couldn't resist the heart-piercing pain in my ankle.

In what happened later, every NBA fan is very familiar with it, the pride of the sky lost his dazzling halo, Jordan's successor became a glass man, and never recovered to the peak again, sadly, Hill died before he reached the peak of his career!

There is no extra time for Hill to sigh, the game continues, and there is still a quarter and a half to play.

Oden's departure plunged the Trail Blazers into an unprecedented slump, thinking that Oden's return to health was about to join them in the playoffs or even the Western Conference Finals, only to be injured again, and they completely lost faith in him and the future of the team.

In order to take care of the feelings of the Trail Blazers players and fans, the old Nelson replaced West, the mad dog was aggrieved and angry, but fortunately, Wei Shengmei came to the scene to watch the game today, and under her comfort, West could only suppress the depression in his heart, sitting on the bench and watching his teammates make a big move.

Iverson, who returned to the court, was unmatched, and he burst into the basket twice in a row to pick up baskets to continuously extend the Warriors' lead. Evans, who came off the bench, also took the opportunity to play, Oxlain attracted Potzbilla and Aldridge to the bag, and Evans rushed to the basket to catch the ball and dunked it violently.

Roy's superpower was on display, and after his teammates fell into a slump, the young commander didn't blame them, but stepped up himself. He first steals from Jackson, dribbles to the front court and hits a three-pointer, then he grabs a rebound from Chamberlain after Billups' three-pointer and assists Aldridge on a 3-pointer from the left wing to close the gap a bit.

Seeing this, Chamberlain no longer kept his hand, he hit Potzbilla under the basket and scored a strong layup and caused the opponent to foul and make it 2+1, and then in the Trail Blazers' offense, he forced Aldridge to hold the ball in the restricted area and couldn't shoot it into an offensive 3-second violation, so that the difference was reopened.

The Warriors possessed the ball, Chamberlain forced Aldridge to cause the opponent to foul and hit both free throws, and then grabbed the rebound and entered the restricted area again to ask for the ball, and the Trail Blazers interior line was shattered with a breakthrough hook.

Roy led the outside offense, the yellow mamba showed his fangs oozing venom, and after Chamberlain hooked up and scored, he responded with a mid-range shot, Chamberlain rushed into the basket and scored a dunk, and Roy hit a pull-up jump shot again, all the while helping the team keep the score deficit within single digits.

Unfortunately, the rest of the Trail Blazers didn't play well, Batum was stealed, Aldridge repeatedly missed the basket, and Pulzbilla was fouled while grabbing the rebound. In the last three minutes, the Warriors' offense was more violent, Billups assisted Chamberlain to stage a good play in the air relay, after the switch between offense and defense, Chamberlain used a tough hand-to-hand defense to make Aldridge have no performance on the offensive end, the fans were not wrong, now he is a soft egg, in the face of Chamberlain's elbows and fists, he retreated step by step, and he was getting farther and farther away from the restricted area.

Seeing this, the Trail Blazers fans were greatly saddened and remembered the scene when Oden was there just now.

Aldridge missed two long-range shots in a row, after all, the farther away from the hoop, the lower the shooting percentage, Roy carried the burden of the team, he broke through Billups and Iverson to hit a layup, and did his best to lead the team. Fernandez was full of enthusiasm, but he played in a hurry, failed to take advantage of several good opportunities, and was whistled for an offensive foul.

With more than 1 minute left in the quarter, Chamberlain once again made a basket with a back to Potzbilla to make it 2+1, Iverson even stole Roy's pass and scored a layup, the difference between the two teams began to widen, and the last attack before the game, Roy missed three points, and the Trail Blazers fell behind the Warriors with a score of 59-78.

In the final quarter of the game, Nelson Sr. pressed Chamberlain to the bench, and the Warriors began to attack from the outside again, and Trail Blazers coach Mike didn't want to give up the game, so he sent River Lafrentz, who had recently been frozen on the bench.

Lafrenz is a big center, but his main point of attack is outside the 3-point line, and although he is over 210cm, he is not good at attacking in the low post. Because he is not tough enough on the inside and likes to pull to the outside to the basket, he is not likable on the team, especially after having Aldridge with a similar style and more ability and potential, and after the All-Star break, he has been sitting on the cold bench.

But it worked wonders, Lafrentz has a high ball IQ, he doesn't take it lightly, but once he takes the opportunity, it will be a bloody long-range shot from the outside. Defensively, he is also good, although he is quite soft on offense, but he works defense, and the blocking level makes Evans and Curry on the bench suffer.

Lafrentz roamed around the perimeter at seven feet, and as soon as Evans didn't pay attention, he hit a shot, Roy assisted him twice in a row, and then a driving layup from Curry was blocked by him. Evans had a dunk under the basket behind him and also ate LaFrentz's ferocious hat.

But the Warriors' overall offensive momentum continued unabated, with West and Hill's breakaways and mid-range shots from the Trail Blazers scrambling to keep the Warriors leading by more than double digits. In the end, after eight minutes in the fourth quarter, Mike finally accepted the result, and reluctantly replaced Roy - Huang Mamba was almost unstable, the team was too weak, and he could only rely on his own offense to support, and the defense had to focus on Iverson or West, which was too tiring.

Mike knew very well that he had lost Oden, and that if he lost Roy again, the team would be ruined.

101-85, the Warriors defeated the incoming Trail Blazers at home, but unfortunately the center battle that fans were looking forward to only lasted one quarter.