The toughest man in the NBA

Chapter 264 Come on, we have five centers!

Injuries are fiercer than tigers!
The Bulls played hard because of injuries.

The Magic played hard, also because of injuries, and Warcraft was injured.

On March 3, in a game against the Mavericks, Howard was punched in the lower back by Mavericks center Brandon Haywood when he was in the air. He fell directly to the ground and was seriously injured.

In this campaign, the Mavericks center became famous in the first battle, known as——

One Punch Man!
After the injury, Howard's left leg was completely numb, and he was basically unable to complete tiptoe jumps. After an MRI examination, his lumbar disc herniated...

This puts pressure on the nerves, causing numbness in the legs.

Before this injury, Howard was a well-known iron man in the NBA. He only missed 7 games in 7 seasons. It is a miracle that the big center, who is the core of the team, can maintain such an attendance rate!

However, Magic veterinarians underestimated the injury.

They injected some "weird" drugs into the monster to relieve the pain, so that he rested for about a week and was "as good as ever"!

As for Howard himself?
He knows shit!

So after resting for two games and finding that his legs were no longer numb, Warcraft was fooled into playing again.

4月8日，在对阵76人的比赛中，魔兽打了44分钟，砍下20+22的劲爆数据——

Then, no more!

After this game, poor World of Warcraft found that his left leg was gone again?
The veterinarians of the Magic saw that the remaining value of Warcraft could not be squeezed, so they announced that Dwight Howard was reimbursed for the season due to a back injury, and suggested that he undergo surgery immediately...

Horse riding, say "immediately" at this time?
From the beginning to the end, they didn't talk about the lumbar disc, they just talked about the back injury, which made people mistakenly think that it was just a minor condition such as a muscle strain.

Obviously, Magic is already preparing to sell him!

World of Warcraft was still kept in the dark. His agent found the best spinal surgeon in Los Angeles to help him remove the fragments of the herniated disc. While recuperating in Beverly Hills, he kept calling his teammates to encourage them to cheer up—— —

wait me back!

He may not come back, it is not possible, he will definitely not come back!
Without the magic of Warcraft, it's just a fish belly.

They actually won a game?
This made the Pacers very dissatisfied. They cheered up in the next four games and won all by big scores. They advanced to the second round 4:1 like cutting melons and vegetables.

The same reason also caused the Knicks to fall into the sand.

Jeremy Lin was reimbursed for the season, and Stoudemire was plagued by back injuries. To make matters worse, after the second big defeat, Stoudemire's domineering side leaked, and he singled out the window with a fire extinguisher——

Also lost!

He injured his arm and missed a game.

Anthony was alone, and the Knicks were rubbed on the floor by the Heat's Big Three, and they had no power to fight back...

Also 4:1, the Heat advanced.

Like the first three groups, the Celtics and Eagles were also plagued by injuries.

But the Celtics played hard, but not because of injuries.

But because of internal strife.

Even before the end of the regular season, Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen have already torn their skins, and fully disclosed their conflicts——

Either you go, or I stay!
It is said that the conflict between the two dates back to the championship season. As the NBA champion that year, the Celtics were invited by the White House.

At that time, Oreo Barbara Ma Xiaohei made a joke to Ray Allen:

"You shoot so well, why don't you teach Rajon?"

Ray Allen also made a joke:

"That's why he's going to pass the ball to me, I'm going to do the shooting, Rajon is going to pass the ball..."

How amazing, are you the only one who can shoot?
Rondo is very vengeful!
In the past few years, Rondo is growing up, and Ray Allen is getting old.

Rivers is a chicken soup coach. Sometimes his tactics are problematic, but Rondo is a master tactician. He often changes tactics on the spot...

Of course, after the changes, Ray Allen's business is gone!

The grievances between the two sides became deeper and deeper. At a player meeting at the end of the season, Rajon Rondo publicly criticized Ray Allen and asked the management to let him go...

Later, Ray Allen tried to reconcile.

Rondo gave a sentence:
"There are only 11 games left between me and you!"

Therefore, after the start of the playoffs, in order to ensure the harmonious and friendly atmosphere of the team, Ray Allen was not activated.

He was "rehabilitated"...

But the Green Army failed to live up to expectations and was pecked at the door by an eagle.

In this battle, the team made 11 of 0 three-pointers, 82 shots, 32 hits, and only a mere 39% hit rate.

Lost by 74 points with 83:9!
Obviously, without Ray Allen's perimeter containment, the Eagles' shrinking defense worked.

Even more unacceptable is:
The Green Army loses and loses!
At the last 2 minutes and 14 seconds, Rondo had a dispute with the on-duty referee Mark Davis because of a problem with the ownership of the ball, and cursed:
"Shit!"

It's just that Master Davis didn't remember the villain's mistakes and ignored him.

But Rondo kicked his nose on his face!
After 90 seconds, the Celtics attacked. Brandon Bass and Josh Smith rolled into a ball because of the fight for the floor ball. Smith, who was on the ground, struggled to throw the ball into the air during the fight.

Mark Davis whistled for a foul by Bass.

At this time, the Celtics were only 4 points behind the Eagles. If there was still a glimmer of hope for getting the ball, Rondo hoped that the referee would change to a scrimmage. After the argument failed, he cursed a few more words.

This time, Davis mercilessly gave Rondo a technical foul.

Annoyed, Rondo kept on doing nothing, and directly pushed his chest against Davis. Naturally, he was going to be hammered, and it was another T!
Page had two Ts, was sent off, and was suspended for an additional game.

In the second game, Rondo and Ray Allen were absent.

Fortunately, the Hawks also lacked a complete lineup, and Al Horford was also absent due to injury. Pierce and Garnett worked hard. Together, the two only rested for 6 minutes, and finally achieved a big reversal in the fourth quarter. game.

In this campaign, the Celtics made 14 of 3 three-pointers!
In the third game, Rivers didn't dare to play anymore.

The two old guys are about to cramp. If this continues, I'm afraid they won't even be able to pass the first round!
So, Rondo came back and Ray Allen came off the bench.

Long center made a triple double:

17 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals!
Since then, the Celtics have returned to the winning track of combining inside and outside. Ray Allen played an efficient substitute, and Rondo played more roles.

Al Horford came back in a hurry and was unable to recover. The Eagles finally lost...

With a big score of 4:2, the Green Army advanced with difficulty.

No one is optimistic about them anymore, playing against the Eagles without a center, and still playing like this, look at the Pacers, and then look at the Heat, who can the Greens beat?

Fortunately, they were lucky.

In the semifinals, they faced a bull without Ross. It was like a pit bull without horns. It could still jump twice in the regular season, but in the playoffs?

The 76ers are almost black eight!
The Heat are more entangled. They are tight inside, and they want to start the Pacers, who have the highest average height in the league.

I'm really afraid of something--

come!

We have five centers!
(End of this chapter)