This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 174 Miraculous Oriental Medicine (8K to Order)

In Charlotte in March, it was almost rainy and windy, and the Charlotte Bobcats seemed to be getting farther and farther away from the playoffs.

After an eight-game losing streak.

Although the Charlotte Bobcats defeated the Orlando Magic and the Sacramento Kings on March 3 and March 12, respectively.

But in the following back-to-back games on March 3 and March 16, they lost to the Los Angeles Clippers and the Milwaukee Bucks, which brought the Charlotte Bobcats' confidence and momentum to the bottom.

In the absence of Zhou Lin, the Bobcats only achieved a record of 8 losses and 2 wins.

30 wins and 37 losses, with 19 games left before the end of the regular season, ranking 11th in the Eastern Conference.

At the same time, among the competitors of the Bobcats, the Miami Heat have already begun to sprint, achieving a record of 35 wins and 30 losses, ranking among the top six in the Eastern Conference.

The Indiana Pacers started to fall behind, with 30 wins and 35 losses, ranking ninth in the Eastern Conference.

The Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets, as the main competitors of the Charlotte Bobcats, are 31 wins and 37 losses and 31 wins and 36 losses respectively, eighth and seventh respectively, and the New York Knicks defeated the Toronto Raptors today. After the Dragons, they reached 30 wins and 36 losses, ranking 10th in the Eastern Conference.

After the Charlotte Bobcats lost to the Milwaukee Bucks at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, a reporter asked directly: "Coach Bickerstaff, did the team's injuries cause you to withdraw from the playoffs?"

Coach Bickerstaff turned his face directly: "We are only one win away from the eighth in the Eastern Conference!"

At this time, the poor position no longer exists. Even if the Bobcats lose all the next games, their ranking will be higher than last year. The final position is probably around 11 or 12 in the Eastern Conference. , neither embarrassing nor embarrassing.

After all, the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks are well known for their poor performance, plus the Atlanta Hawks who just joined them.

"Zhou, are you sure you're coming back tomorrow?"

Thomas Jackson was quite surprised by Zhou Lin's decision to pay in advance. Moreover, Zhou Lin also wanted to make a comeback in tomorrow's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his opinion, Zhou Lin was using his career life as a sacrifice. bet.

"Of course, as long as I think I can do it, I will fight." Zhou Lin nodded and said: "Besides, the medical team has already evaluated me and thinks that I can come back. Of course, I will gradually improve my skills according to the plan playing time, don't worry, Thomas."

"You came back at least ten days earlier!"

"Okay, let's talk about something else, how is the discussion over there with Kevin?"

Naturally, Zhou Lin didn't want Thomas Jackson to understand him, but he didn't want Thomas Jackson to control him either. That's why Zhou Lin chose Thomas Jackson as his agent.

"Two or three more competitors, if you can, you can give him a call."

Thomas Jackson has been striving for Durant to become his client, and Zhou Lin is leading the way. After all, he is a popular candidate for the No. [-] pick. Durant's NBA prospects are much better than Zhou Lin's prospects in the draft. .

"Do your best!" Zhou Lin didn't intend to interfere.

Zhou Lin chose to come back to play against the Cleveland Cavaliers, which surprised all the media.

The current Cleveland Cavaliers rank first in the East with 41 wins and 25 losses, half a game ahead of the 40-25 Pistons.

Cleveland is only a few games away from locking up the playoffs. The pressure of the playoffs is almost non-existent, but they will not be easily waterproof. If he loses half a game, the ranking will be overtaken by the Pistons. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who have lost to the Detroit Pistons twice, have a clear goal for this season, which is to point directly at the Detroit Pistons. If the two teams meet in the Eastern Conference Finals, then a home court advantage is so important. Therefore, Cleveland will definitely go all out in this game for the Charlotte Bobcats.

Generally speaking, the first game of the core players' comeback will avoid strong teams, especially teams like the top players in the division.

Picking some weak teams, firstly, the challenges they may encounter will not be so strong, and secondly, it will be easy to win, which will greatly help the confidence and morale of the players and the team.

But Zhou Lin, just did not take the usual path, and chose to directly attack the elite. Zhou Lin chose this comeback to express his health to the Charlotte Bobcats, to his teammates, and to other teams in the league. There is nothing wrong with the situation, and my confidence is full.

"Zhou, your time will be limited to 25 minutes, and you will play as a substitute."

Before the game, the team reiterated the time management.

Bernie Bickerstaff also considered Zhou Lin's strong willingness to play, and the advice given by the medical team also affirmed Zhou Lin's recovery, otherwise he would absolutely not be able to force Zhou Lin to come back.

Before the game, Zhou Lin's condition was finally removed from the inactive list.

On March 3, the Charlotte Bobcats faced the Cleveland Cavaliers led by LeBron James at home in the Charlotte Arena.

The CCTV-5 channel finally saw Zhou Lin wearing training clothes instead of a suit after nearly a month.

Interestingly, on March 3, Yao Ming, who missed more than 5 games this year and even missed the All-Star Game, came back after the All-Star Game. The first game he played was also the Cleveland Cavaliers. Unfortunately, in that game, the Houston Rockets Lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers by 30 points.

"According to the news given by the American reporter, Zhou Lin is on the activation list today, but whether he will play is doubtful."

Su Qun was a little worried: "According to Zhou Lin's injury, he expects the shortest return time to be 5 weeks, and the longest return time is 7 weeks. According to the normal schedule, his earliest return time will probably be in early April, but it is already the end of the season. In the end, Zhou Lin was also worried that the team would not be able to catch up with the last train of the playoffs, so he paid in a hurry, which shows Zhou Lin's enthusiasm for the game and his desire for victory."

"How's the recovery going? Will the game be played?"

During the warm-up stage, LeBron James took the initiative to come over and talk to Zhou Lin.

"100%!"

Zhou Lin shrugged and said, "I'm much luckier than Livingston. I hope the injury stays away from us. It's terrible."

"That's really great, I wish you good luck, brother, I look forward to playing against you later."

After LeBron James and Zhou Lin bumped their fists, they bid farewell and returned to their own half.

This season, the Charlotte Bobcats and the Cleveland Cavaliers have played 3 times, with 1 win and 2 losses. In the first match against LeBron James, Zhou Lin scored 20 points, which is the best record in the three games once.

The Charlotte Bobcats did not let Zhou Lin start. This is also Zhou Lin's first substitute in his NBA career.

Raymond Felton, and Brandon Roy started the backcourt.

Zhou Lin retired from injury, and Brandon Roy, who has recovered a bit, won the best rookie in the Eastern Conference last week. After winning the game against the direct rival Orlando Magic, Brandon Roy Scored 22+10 data, and finally scored 7 points in a row, extinguishing the momentum of the Orlando Magic's counterattack.

In terms of the best rookie prediction, Brandon Roy has surpassed Zhou Lin and came to the first place, while Zhou Lin, who has not played for three consecutive weeks, fell out of the top five.

Gerald Wallace and Matt Carroll partnered up front, with Brezek starting at center.

Well, Emeka Okafor is injured again, and the injury is sidelined. Gerald Wallace has played the position of power forward several times.

At the beginning of the game, Brezek won the first wave of the ball for the Bobcats. Brandon Roy received a pass from Raymond Felton and directly received the ball for a three-pointer, facing Larry Hugh Si's defense did not hesitate.

Hit the bull's-eye and opened the scoring for the Bobcats.

In the absence of Zhou Lin and Okafor, he and Gerald Wallace have become the most reliable players on the offensive end of the team.

But Larry. Hughes also quickly responded to Brandon Roy with his breakthrough emergency stop jumper.

Immediately afterwards, Matt Carroll also made Drew Gooden's foul when he hit the basket and made two free throws.

The 5-2 start didn't last long. Today's Larry Hughes really has the momentum to let LeBron James play as a support. He broke through the inside and bullied the Bobcats. Basket and dunk.

In an instant, the score was overtaken, and on the defensive end, he almost covered Brandon Roy, making it difficult for the latter to receive the ball so comfortably.

10-5, the game lasted to 7 minutes and 56 seconds.

"Zhou Lin, Zhou Lin is ready to play!"

Zhou Lin took off his training clothes and walked to the edge of the technical stage, and the scene quickly showed Zhou Lin's picture.

周林场均15分5.3篮板5.2助攻1.2抢断，在2月26日与快船队的比赛里受伤，缺席10场比赛，期间山猫队取得2胜8负，排名跌落到东部第11。

"We didn't expect that Zhou Lin would play so early." Yu Jia said: "What we hope is that Zhou Lin will slowly adapt to the game again. After all, he hasn't played a game for almost a month."

"Of course, Zhou Lin's return will play a big role in the Charlotte Bobcats, which are seriously injured, whether it is in terms of rich skills and tactics or in terms of motivating players to fight. I also hope that Charlotte The Bobcats can catch up in the next game and try to catch the last train of the playoffs."

"I also pray that the injuries stay away from our players. This season, Chinese players Yao Ming and Zhou Lin have suffered injuries to varying degrees. There are many players, including O'Neal, Gasol and other well-known players. Injuries have struck, and of course there is Livingston, who we can't bear to look at, and we also pray that those players who are injured will recover and return to the game as soon as possible."

Zhou Lin replaced Matt Carroll and partnered with Gerald Wallace on the front line.

Zhou Lin, who just returned to the court, missed a lot of three-pointers for the first time. Come back from the first game, it must be a little tight.

"The ball was given to Drew Gooden. Drew Gooden is going to beat Zhou Lin!"

As for the Cleveland Cavaliers, after Zhou Lin returned to the court, the first ball was to hit Zhou Lin.

Drew Gooden was in the starting lineup, and he didn't have a specific strategy, and there would be no defenders to feed him the ball, but now that Zhou Lin came up, the situation changed.

It doesn't matter if it's a test, or it's a bully for Zhou Lingang to come back from injury.

In the NBA stadium, as long as the game starts, the weak are preyed on by the strong. If you are short, I will beat you with a tall one. If you are thin, I will beat you with a strong man. If you are slow, I will beat you with speed. Even If you fight with injuries, I will also specially arrange for players to eat you alone.

As long as you play, no player will sympathize with your injury or other circumstances.

The response Zhou Lin gave was also very simple. He stuck Drew Gooden firmly. Zhou Lin's self-cultivation during this period was not in vain. Of course, the saved challenge coins have also been exhausted.

Drew Gooden's strength is considered good in the NBA, but his explosive power is relatively average. Zhou Lin stuck in Drew Gooden's position, basically restricting Drew Gooden's breakthrough. He could only stick his butt up and stare at Zhou Lin as he moved in, then turned over and made a jump shot.

Although Zhou Lin failed to block the cover, he stretched it out and retracted it, which also affected Drew Gooden's shot.

"It seems that Zhou Lin is in good form, at least on the defensive end, and he has not been treated as a soft persimmon by the opponent." Su Qun praised: "It is also fortunate that Zhou Lin is young, and after all, he is not a big center like Yao Ming. Still fast."

Zhou Lin’s performance didn’t stop there. Bernie Bickerstaff was also confident in his defensive performance. After all, Zhou Lin’s physical condition given by the medical team is just a reference. It really depends on Zhou Lin’s return to the field. performance, while Zhou Lin's performance exceeded Bickerstaff's prediction.

Since Zhou Lin gave Bickerstaff satisfactory feedback, he was more willing to let other Bobcats players give the ball to Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin got the ball on the weak side. Facing Drew Gooden's defense, Zhou Lin didn't have too much pressure. After the cross step, he would pull the crotch. Drew Gooden basically had no center of gravity. Zhou Lin was steady A bit and then a jumper.

hit!

Let Zhou Lin get the first two points after returning.

"What happened?" A. Smith, the commentator of TNT TV, saw this scene and couldn't help shouting.

"Smith, it was a beautiful one-on-one match. Could it be that there was a problem with the injury report at the beginning? Zhou Lin's recovery is really good. He seems to be more comfortable than before the injury."

Kevin Harland said: "I'm sure the Charlotte Bobcats cheated the entire league."

Zhou Lin came back two weeks earlier. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhou Lin's comeback was due to the team's reluctant move at the most critical period, and it would even affect Zhou Lin's sports career. In less than a minute, everyone quickly dispelled their doubts.

Of course, Drew Gooden did not believe that Zhou Lin was 100% back. He asked for the ball again on the offensive end, but the Cavaliers, who had seen Zhou Lin's performance, also chose to let Gooden try again, and this This time, Gooden was humiliated more thoroughly, and Zhou Lin directly stole the dribble.

Drew Gooden dragged Zhou Lin down in a hurry, lost the ball first and then made a foul.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Gerald Wallace walked over and pushed Drew Gooden, thinking that Drew Gooden's movements were too big, which might cause Zhou Lin, who had just returned, to be injured again.

The latter also immediately raised his chest and spread his arms forward, confronting Gerald Wallace.

Zhou Lin immediately stood by Gerald Wallace and shouted, "Calm down."

Immediately, James, Larry Hughes, Brandon Roy, and Raymond Felton rushed over. Fortunately, the fight did not start, and the players on both sides separated.

On the referee's side, they also quickly issued a penalty for a technical foul on both sides.

Drew Gooden and Gerald Wallace got [-] boards each.

"What about the number one in the East? Don't you like to use this kind of dirty action!"

"You dare to move him and try."

Gerald Wallace was still chattering and pointing at Drew Gooden.

He patted Zhou Lin on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, brother, they dare not touch you anymore."

"Thanks, Gerald."

Zhou Lin was very touched by Gerrard's help after he suffered a malicious foul. Although Gerald Wallace is not the core of the team in the traditional sense, nor is he the boss with absolute right to speak Is a very good player, a very good senior.

Gerald Wallace still took good care of Zhou Lin, a junior.

"Let's win this game!" Zhou Lin patted Gerald Wallace on the shoulder and said.

Drew Gooden was replaced by Anderson Varejao, and on the defensive end, LeBron James played himself against Zhou Lin.

However, in the next half quarter of the game, Zhou Lin took on the position of a transition and spot-up shooter more. On the contrary, Gerald Wallace broke through the inside and scored points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Charlotte Bobcats trailed by just three points, 21-24.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhou Lin and Brandon Roy played the Cleveland Cavaliers with a group of substitutes, while the other team led by Larry, Hughes and Montenegro player Sasha Pavlovich.

Zhou Lin's defender has also become this 203cm small forward from Montenegro, who is about the same height, but he and LeBron James feel too far apart.

And Bernie Bickerstaff also knows that this kind of substitute stage is an opportunity for the Charlotte Bobcats. Brandon Roy and Zhou Lin are still very strong. Although Brandon Roy Only took one shot and missed, but at the beginning of the second quarter, he made consecutive 3-pointers.

He even cooperated with Zhou Lin to transport shells to help Zhou Lin fly.

After Zhou Lin completed the alley-oop dunk, the TV screen also showed Zhou Lin's jumping height. At the highest point, his head was clearly above the backboard.

TNT's A. Smith has been narrating: "I'm sure the people of Charlotte are lying, they're lying!"

"Zhou Lin doesn't look like a player who has been injured!" Even Su Qun couldn't help wondering if Zhou Lin's previous injury report really had water in it?I still met a miracle doctor like the Suns team doctor.

Zhou Lin's physical condition seems to be better than that of the All-Star Game.

At 7 minutes and 35 seconds into the second quarter.

Bernie Bickerstaff still replaced Zhou Lin very rigorously. Zhou Lin had already played 12 minutes in the first half.

12 minutes and 21 seconds.

This is the most half-court time the Bobcats give Zhou Lin, and the full-court time cannot exceed 25 minutes.

The time-limited order cannot be broken.

When Zhou Lin was off the court, he scored 6 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.

The score was 34-33, and the Charlotte Bobcats had overtaken by one point.

And after Zhou Lin took a break, the Bobcats didn't stretch the gap. Although the offensive score did not improve much, but on the defensive end, the Bobcats really became all soldiers.

Under the defense of Gerald Wallace, LeBron James surrendered 5 of 1 single-quarter data, and several other players, Larry Hughes 2 of 0, Sasha Pavlovich 4 In 1, only Big Z Ilgauskas performed the best, scoring 4 of 7 and scoring 8 points.

The Bobcats went 24-16 in a single quarter and overtook the score to 45-40.

During the half-time break, Bobcats head coach Bickerstaff was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines of TNT, and now the TNT commentator is most curious about the secret of Zhou Lin's comeback.

"Zhou Lin has been cooperating with the treatment all the time, and he is very young and has a good recovery ability. It was the efforts of our entire medical team and some of Zhou Lin's personal doctors that finally allowed Zhou Lin to come back early. However, the Bobcats coach The team will still strictly implement Zhou Lin’s playing time according to the timetable of the comeback plan, after all, we will not ruin the career length of a good young player for the sake of immediate interests.”

The TNT reporter asked about the team's plans for this season.

"Of course it is the playoffs. We are in a difficult situation. You can see that our injury list has always had many players on it, but this is not the reason for us to back down. I will also talk to the players. Let's work together to make it to the playoffs!"

At the beginning of the second half, LeBron James finally broke out.

Under the premise that other players are not strong enough, James also opened the individual scoring mode. Although Gerald Wallace is a very good defender, but in this league, no one can completely defend the current team. James, especially after he started to break through, everyone knew that James was going to break through, but no one could stop him. Gerald Wallace lost his third and fourth in a very short time Second foul, Argentine Walter Herman replaced Gerald Wallace, but still failed to stop LeBron James from firing on the offensive end.

"We need to open a breakthrough on the offensive end!"

Because of the time limit, Zhou Lin only appeared with 4 minutes left in the third quarter. Bickerstaff will definitely try to keep Zhou Lin in the fourth quarter until the final decisive moment.

"Give the ball to Zhou Lin!"

Bickerstaff chose to believe in Zhou Lin's ability to handle the ball. At the stage when the team did not have Raymond Felton, although Brandon Roy played the No. [-] position, he still had more possession of the ball. It was given to Zhou Lin.

This is not Zhou Lin as the player who dominates the ball in the transition period.

Argentine player Walter Helton tried his best to come up to pick and roll Zhou Lin, and he tried his best to separate LeBron James.

LeBron James has already scored 12 points in a single quarter, and he has no intention of taking a break at all. He will play a full game in this quarter and even the second half.

LeBron James, almost always grabs the ball, and Zhou Lin is not very sticky to the ball. Basically, Zhou Lin will pass when his teammates are open. Matt Carroll is the most benefited by Zhou Lin Player, during his time with Zhou Lin, Zhou Lin had 9 assists in his 3 points.

"Zhou Lin is too tall, and his vision is wide open, and he is also very smart not to go head-to-head with James."

At the end of the third quarter, Zhou Lin sent out four assists in the 4 minutes he played.

Although LeBron James can prevent Zhou Lin from attacking and punishing the Cavaliers power forwards, LeBron James cannot defend Zhou Lin's pass.

Brandon Roy also got two outside chances at the end of this quarter, a long two-pointer and a three-pointer.

In this game, Brandon Roy also quietly scored 14 points, including 5 of 3 three-pointers.

At the end of the three quarters, although Zhou Lin only played for about 17 minutes, he scored 6 points and also had 6 assists and 4 rebounds.

On the other hand, the Cavaliers, although LeBron James played the entire quarter and scored 16 points in a single quarter, but the rest of the team's players were misfired, adding up to only 12 points, but the Bobcats were all soldiers , got 30 points.

The Bobcats ended the third quarter with a 75-68 lead of 7 points.

In the early part of the fourth quarter, Zhou Lin played for 2 minutes, scored 2 points, and was substituted.

There are still 6 minutes of playing time, Zhou Lin will be arranged to play at the last moment.

LeBron James only took a rest for less than two and a half minutes before appearing on the court again. As soon as he appeared on the court, the Cavaliers almost all pointed at him to hold the ball and pass the ball.

It is true that the Cavaliers do not have a good point guard. Eric Snow has long been relegated to the bench, and the opening point guard for this game is Larry Hughes.

Larry Hughes has the attributes of a lone wolf. Once he feels good, even if James asks for the ball, how can he be a qualified point guard? So most of the time, besides scoring by himself, James Also organize the attack.

In this game, except for Larry Hughes' big Z in the first and second quarters, who could share James' offensive burden, almost all of the third and fourth quarters were directed at James himself.

In the fourth quarter, although Mike Brown was conscious of not putting a regular point guard on the court, it seemed that James was going to be exhausted, so he replaced Eric Snow, but Eric Snow came up There is only one thing to do, which is to take the ball across half court, hand it to James, and then I don't know what to do, spot-up shooter?No, in the first three quarters of this game, Eric Snow didn't even take a single shot. In the fourth quarter, do you still hope he can stand up?
Therefore, LeBron James can only rely on his own offense to maintain the competitiveness of the Cavaliers.

But unfortunately, the Bobcats feel good here.

Compared with the Bobcats' full offense, James' scoring is far from enough!

No. 11 in the East, and at the moment is showing timidity in front of the No.[-] Bobcats in the East.

It seems that LeBron James, who was a little tired from rushing in the first three quarters, came up and missed two outside three-pointers, but none of them scored.

For the Bobcats, Raymond Felton made two dashes to the inside, facing Big Z's inside guard and scored twice with throws!
Walter Herman, who is thick and thin, also made a three-pointer from the outside.

This is the rhythm of the Cavaliers' collapse.

And stand up, the Cavaliers can stand up, and only James.

Under his impact, Gerald Wallace quickly received his fifth personal foul, and without Gerald Wallace, James was unstoppable.

Zhou Lin came up with about 7 and a half minutes left in the game, and the Charlotte Bobcats still held a 7-point advantage.

However, James is already fully open, with a rhythm of Lu Bu's unparalleled performance.

That's the rhythm for one person to beat the entire Bobcats team to the ground.

And Zhou Lin also shot the absolute top ten shots in the NBA in the third minute after playing.

During a fast break.

When Walter Herman was defending LeBron James, Zhou Lin chose to defend James from the side.

Walter Herman's body is still good, at least it gives James some confrontation, so that he can't start so easily.

After LeBron James completely pushed Walter Herman away, Zhou Lin jumped up the moment he was about to dunk.

Pressing the ball with his right hand, he felt a huge force coming from him.

Formed a corner with James.

In the end, the ball bounced off under the wrestling between the two.

Zhou Lin blocked James!

Except for the Cleveland Cavaliers, probably all players on other teams want to cover James.

But how many players have done it, and they are still outside players.

James is like a tank that can fly, and there are really few people wiping its edge.

And Zhou Lin did it, although it was just a trick to help defend.

The morale of the Charlotte Bobcats has been boosted.

And Cleveland's decline is gradually showing. Although James completed a top ten dunk in the next round, it was of no avail to the victory.

Zhou Lin made a 1-pointer with 02:3 left before the end of the game, locking his personal score at 11 points.

The Bobcats are 98-90 here, leading by 8 points.

After James hit the rim again to no avail, Cleveland had to withdraw in Charlotte.

In the end, the Charlotte Bobcats defeated the powerful Cleveland Cavaliers 102-94.

周林出场24分钟9中5砍下11分7助攻5篮板，布兰登.罗伊21分4助攻，杰拉德.华莱士18分6篮板，雷蒙德.菲尔顿14分5助攻。

For the Cavaliers, James scored 35 points and 6 rebounds alone, Larry Hughes scored 17 points, and Big Z scored 13 points.

After the game, Zhou Lin attended the press conference with Bickerstaff.

Not only is TNT curious about Zhou Lin's comeback status, but the local media in Charlotte are also curious about Zhou Lin's secret.

Zhou Lin was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Maybe my injury is not that serious. Of course, my behind-the-scenes team has many unique talents, and the magical Chinese medical skills of acupuncture and massage have also helped a lot."

Reasonable massage can help relieve fatigue, and traditional acupuncture and moxibustion are indeed unique. It is understandable for Zhou Lin to give the credit to these two recovery methods.

It's just that under the propaganda of the reporters, there was a sudden wave of oriental ancient medicine in the NBA. For a while, the masseurs and acupuncturists in Chinatown were patronized by NBA players.

(End of this chapter)