"Brothers, I'm back!"

"Why didn't anyone welcome me? I'm Kevin Garnett, I'm back! ”

On the afternoon of the second day after G1 of the Finals, Garnett returned to the Union Center without notifying Bulls management and Doane and other teammates.

Also because both G1 and G2 play at home, the Bulls players do not warm up on the basketball court in the hotel, but at the Union Center.

The security guard at the United Center noticed that it was Garnett, so naturally he would not stop him.

As a result, it is unclear from the Bulls that Garnett will return to the team at this time.

When Garnett came, Doon and the others were actively engaged in training, and they were more serious and focused, so everyone didn't notice Garnett coming at first.

As Garnett raised his voice, someone noticed that someone seemed to be coming.

When he turned his head to look at the door and found that the person who came was Garnett, he walked over to Garnett with great joy, high-fived, hugged, and greeted each other.

"KG, welcome home! Everybody misses you. ”

"KG is back, KG is back!"

"What a surprise, what a surprise, we're going to be completely one again."

"KG congratulations on your discharge, but why didn't you tell us sooner?"

"Is KG healed from his injury? Isn't it time to celebrate and treat us to a big meal? ”

"It's good to come back, we need you."

Noticing that the people around him kept leaving, Doon was also a little curious, and turned to look at the situation around him.

Seeing Garnett surrounded like a starry moon, Doon immediately threw away the basketball in his hand and turned to Garnett.

"Welcome back, is KG all right now?"

"The swelling has subsided, it's basically almost, and I'm here to do rehabilitation training this time.

I haven't played for half a month, and I have to get used to the intensity of the game in advance on a stage like the finals.

Don't worry, I'm not going to drag you down, and I'll only play with you again after training and the team allows me to play. ”

The other Bulls have already won quite a few championships, and most of them are relatively young, and it's not clear how hungry Garnett is for them.

Therefore, Garnett's feelings of recuperating in the hospital and wanting to return to the United Center can be understood.

And Garnett wasn't wrong about what he was thinking.

Playing games depends on the state, I haven't played for half a month after being injured, and I haven't trained, and my physical condition has definitely not recovered enough to play.

Not to mention, the finals are the most intense, the toughest, and the most brutal competition.

Garnett didn't do any pre-game preparation and rushed back to make a comeback, which not only won't help the Bulls at that time, but may also adversely affect the team.

With this in mind, Garnett is not in a hurry to come back, but first returns to the team to boost morale, and then slowly trains with his teammates to adjust his state, which also shows his steady and serious side as a veteran.

Garnett was very eager to win the championship, but for himself and for the team, Garnett did not go up, but was willing to pay for the team silently off the court.

"It still hurts, right?"

Doon looked at Garnett and guessed that Garnett might still be back to the team with some risk.

"Don't worry, it's no problem.

Not a closed needle, I have oral painkillers.

It's just a little bit of pain, like being bitten by a mosquito.

This small injury is not worth mentioning to me at all.

I'm a tough guy, what's that?

Okay, don't let me come back and delay everyone's training.

Keep up the good work for the next games, we still have three more games to win!

I'm going to start training soon and I can't wait to play alongside everyone.

I love the stage! I'll be back in normal shape! ”

After being told by Doon about his current situation, Garnett was still a little arrogant, and kept explaining to Doon and others, but the more he talked, the more he felt a little weak.

Clearly, Garnett's injuries weren't complete.

As Garnett said, the knee has gone down in swelling, but there is still the pain of a soft tissue injury.

Wearing knee pads after taking painkillers, as long as it is not injured by another collision, there should be no problem in terms of mobility.

But to play, Garnett had to adjust to the sudden painful discomfort in his knee.

Garnett will only be able to get back on the pitch if he is fully adapted.

And in order to win the finals without fail, and lift the championship trophy, Garnett has no high requirements for himself.

Of course, the Bulls team doctor is not a dry meal, and now that Garnett has returned to the team, the next step must be to do a detailed physical examination for Garnett to assess the risk of Garnett playing on the court.

To some extent, Garnett's return is more of a mental support for the Bulls.

Before G2 began, the Bulls were excited about Garnett's return.

"KG is back from injury, Chicago Bulls are back in full shape!"

"KG is back, and the battle is doubtful? The Los Angeles Lakers may face the toughest test! ”

“KG：I’M BACK！ The Chicago Bulls are on the verge of a second straight home win! ”

On June 8, the morning of the Bulls' game with the Lakers G2, the local media in Chicago made a fuss about Garnett's return, trying to inspire Bulls fans and shake the morale of the Lakers.

After all, in the previously concluded Finals G1, the Lakers faced the Bulls in Garnett's absence, and they were suppressed throughout the whole process and had no power to fight back.

Now that Garnett is back, although it is not clear what Garnett's status is, but the shadow of the famous tree, Garnett's return is definitely a good thing for the Bulls, and it is bad news for the Lakers.

However, the Lakers have Zen masters who know how to deal with such troubles.

Even when they were interviewed before the game, Kobe Bryant and others had just heard the Chicago media talk about Garnett's return from injury, which made Kobe Bryant and others unacceptable for a while and were stunned for a moment.

"We're not just up against the Chicago Bulls, we're up against ourselves!

Only by overcoming ourselves can we become stronger.

And only the more capable of us, can defeat stronger opponents!

The road to victory will not be easy, and we will only have to climb the mountain of the Chicago Bulls to enjoy the most magnificent views!

And before that, we need to see inner peace. ”

In the away locker room, the Zen master took the lead in meditation.

Originally, when the Lakers players heard the news of Garnett's return, they were immediately upset.

However, under the guidance of the Zen master, I slowly found peace in my heart, and felt the power of spiritual purification in meditation.

Perhaps the impact of Garnett's return news on them still has a certain impact, but at least it is not as big as before.

Time passed quickly, and after the pre-match warm-up session, the starters of both teams came to the court one after another.

Under Garnett's supervision, Milicic's play was still remarkable, and Pau Gasol lost to Milicic in the jump ball, and the Bulls won the ball in the first attack.

The Bulls' strategy tonight is to take advantage of Garnett's return and try to overwhelm the Lakers from the very beginning of the game.

For this reason, Doon asked Cassel for the ball as soon as possible, but instead of singled Kobe, he continued to find trouble with O'Neal Jr. in the low post.

O'Neal Jr. also had a headache when he saw Doon receive the ball.

In the last game, Doon scored 45 points, including more than a dozen points, which were scored on him.

Before this game started, O'Neal Jr. had also considered that Doon would definitely come back for trouble.

For this reason, O'Neal Jr. played against Kobe Bryant before the game, simulating the actual combat situation of playing against Doon.

It's just that Kobe Bryant is half a head lower than Doon, although the two are close to each other in the low post, but in actual combat, the defensive pressure suffered by O'Neal Jr. is still different.

"How is it so fast?"

O'Neal Jr. was confused by Doon's feint of shaking his back and shoulders, thinking that Doon was going to burst to the basket, who thought that Doon was going to take the middle lane this time.

When Doon turned his back and broke through, O'Neill Jr. was shaken off his center of gravity, and when he wanted to chase again, it was naturally too late.

And Big Gasol came over to help defend it, and he was also very helpless.

One step further, Doon came up directly to make a foul, or even a two-plus-one.

Without taking a step forward, Doon jumped and threw directly.

There was no way, and the big Gasol could only stand up early and sit back and watch Doon's extremely high throw to score two points.

“MVP，MVP，MVP！”

After Doon came out on top and helped the Bulls score first, the scene immediately rang out with the MVP.

This is still somewhat jarring for Kobe, who just won the regular season MVP this season, because Doon is also one of the three candidates for the regular season MVP.

In terms of team results, Doon is undoubtedly the better. Bryant's personal data is better than Doon's.

Therefore, during the Western Conference Finals, Kobe Bryant won the regular season MVP or was subject to some controversy.

Of course, now is the stage of the finals, Kobe Bryant won the regular season MVP, but there is no Finals MVP, which makes Kobe Bryant somewhat unable to raise his head when facing Doon.

In fact, Kobe Bryant wanted to be the boss of the Lakers before, and he was eager to be the MVP of the Finals, which caused a series of controversies after Doon and O'Neal were traded one after another.

Kobe himself is noncommittal about this, also because he does have this ambition.

If O'Neal's dead fat man dares to mess up on his team, Kobe Bryant will also be ruthless and not talk about his teammates' former closeness, so that the team will trade O'Neal away.

It's just that the team corrected him, but he failed to bring a new championship to the Lakers, which also made Kobe Bryant not speak so much, especially when facing Doon.

Kobe Bryant will not stick out four fingers against Doon, who already has three championship rings.

Having said that, after Doon scored, Kobe Bryant was not in a hurry to attack with the ball, and still followed the tactics to contain other teammates without the ball.

From this point of view, the Zen master has used Kobe Bryant as the Jordan of the last three.

As for Pippen and Rodman, Hinrich's organization and Gasol's response, as well as O'Neal Jr. and Gasol's defense and rebounding, are certainly not much worse than Pippen and Rodman.

And the combined scoring ability of the three is definitely better than Pippen and Rodman.

Just looking at the quality of the stars, this year's Lakers are undoubtedly at the championship level.

It's just that the Lakers met the Bulls, who have won two consecutive championships in the finals, which is particularly difficult to play.

As the saying goes, two tigers must have one injury, and when two championship-level teams meet in the finals, one team will always be the biggest loser and become the background board of the other team.

Kobe Bryant didn't want to lose again, and he couldn't bring the championship to the team last year, so he could only listen to the Zen master with the most experience in winning championships.

In the past, Bryant pursued to be the best player on the court and lead the team to win games in this way.

Now Kobe Bryant is striving to be a better team boss and use his influence on the court to help other teammates become better.

This time, the efforts of Hinrich and Pau Gasol did not live up to Kobe's sweat, making Kobe's off-ball running into a meaningless marathon.

The Lakers relied on the pick-and-roll of Hinrich and Pau Gasol, who made a throw-up to get two points back.

Doon scored 2 points by throwing, and Pau Gasol immediately recovered 2 points with a throw, and this wave of response balls was very exciting and very powerful.

However, the Bulls are not afraid of the Lakers scoring.

After Gasol scored the point, the Bulls were the first interior players to sneak out of the baseline with the ball to grab time to serve.

The Lakers defended in a timely manner, but Doane unreasonably shot a three-pointer.

In the finals of today's era, this kind of ball is what Doon dares to throw!

Doon came up with 100 shots and scored 5 points in a row, and the cheers of the MVP on the scene were deafening, as if he was about to tear down the dome.

Lakers players are inevitably affected by such a momentum.

In addition, Hinrich originally had a hand injury, and this time he continued to play blocking and dismantling with Pau Gasol, just because the breakthrough route was not quite right, the passing space was relatively small, and he accidentally passed too fast, and the angle was a little off, and he passed directly out of the bottom line.

The Bulls won the ball for nothing because of Hinrich's mistake, and although the Lakers immediately retreated, Doane ran to the front court to find trouble for O'Neal Jr. in the low post.

O'Neill Jr. knew that Doon was not defensive, but he didn't immediately call Gasol to help.

It was Kobe Bryant who intended to come over to help defend, and the moment Doon received the ball, he immediately stepped forward to attack.

Seeing this, Doon did not panic, and directly turned around and retreated.

In the past, Doon would basically find an open teammate to pass the ball.

And Kobe Bryant and O'Neal Jr. also thought so, they didn't expect Doane to play so crisply.

It's because Doon is not Kobe Bryant, and suddenly attacking in Kobe's way will make people feel uncomfortable.

Even if Kobe Bryant personally came to defend Doon, he didn't jump to block Doon's shot at the first time.

Doon's speed is also known for its speed.

Kobe Bryant and O'Neal Jr. were half a beat slower, which was equivalent to having no defense and sitting back and watching Doane shoot.

Brush –

Again!

"It's crazy, Doon's hand feels even more on fire tonight! Is it because KG is back? ”

"With Doon, no one can stop the Chicago Bulls from winning the championship!"

"Oh my God, it's in again! Doon, you are my God! ”

"KG is the hardest shield, and Doon is the sharpest spear! Now that the shield is back, the spear will also attack and drink blood! ”

"We are unstoppable!"

After Doon threw himself into the giant planet, the cheers on the scene became even more turbulent, and the mood of the Lakers players suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea.

(End of chapter)