I have a data panel in basketball

Chapter 192 Injured
This night was another night full of discussions about Lin Ri.

Whether it's Lin Ri's 50 points in a single game, or Lin Ri's dunking on LeBron James, or the Suns winning by as many as 16 points during the game, it's something that fans can talk about!

And after this game, Lin Ri's reputation has reached a higher level again. Although it was the biggest compliment to praise him as the best rookie in the past ten years, it is far from qualified when compared with some current media evaluations:
"There is no doubt that this guy is already the top 3 player in the NBA!"

"The 19-year-old is dedicated to playing hard games. Whether it is physical talent or personal maturity, this guy is currently in the top ten in the NBA!"

"Leading the team to beat the Cavaliers with 50 points in a single game, the sun only took half a season to prove that he doesn't need any growth at all! He is a superstar as soon as he enters the league, and he is a top ten guy in the league!"

Obviously, the outside world's evaluation of Lin Ri has been upgraded. Most of the media's previous mentions of Lin Ri's praise were limited to the "newcomer category"!
The title of "the strongest rookie in the past ten years" is typical...

And now, the media who commented on Lin Ri have directly compared him with other superstars in the current league, and the evaluations are very high!
In the eyes of this group of media, Lin Ri has directly become a top 10 player in the NBAtop.

Of course, regarding Lin Ri's performance tonight, these evaluations are not exaggerated.

Because Lin Ri's performance tonight is the performance of the top ten superstars in the NBA. What's more, he also suppressed LeBron James!
The ball he dunks LeBron James, I am afraid it will also become one of the most exciting dunks in the NBA this season!

It has to be said that he has created a wonderful dunk in just a few games, I am afraid that it will not be long before he will have all the top ten shots of the NBA season!

This is not an exaggeration, the scenes of Lin Rifei dunking Evans and Garnett are really shocking, and it is hard not to let him be on the list with such dunks!

As far as Lin Ri's current speed of creating wonderful dunks, if he doesn't have three or four dunks in the top ten shots of the season at the end of this season, the fans will not agree.

After this game, the Suns were also identified as "one of the three teams most likely to win this season" by "Bleacher Report", "ESPN" and other media!
Although the Suns had been favored by many experts before this and would have very good results this season, at that time no media had put the Suns together with the Lakers and the Cavaliers.

This has nothing to do with the league's hope that these two teams will meet on the stage of this year's finals. It is entirely because the paper strength of these two teams is much stronger than other teams!

A large part of the reason why the Cavaliers' popularity rose so much after the "Christmas War" is because all the media believe that this year the Lakers and the Cavaliers must meet in the Finals.

And now, the Suns have defeated the Cavaliers—the way of defeating the Cavaliers without any suspense, plus the Suns have also killed the Lakers before... After this battle, the Suns will naturally become "a strong contender for the championship" that can be placed with the Lakers and the Cavaliers!
Tonight, the Cavaliers lost all the reputation and goodwill they had accumulated before.

Fans who were unhappy with their previous "unfair" deal all stood up at this moment, and sneered. Even the Cavaliers fans felt a little uncomfortable tonight. They had just dreamed of their "invincible" dream for a few days. Now the Suns shattered their dream, and the sense of loss immediately filled the hearts of every Cavaliers fan.

As a result, everyone in the Cavaliers spent a rare lost night in recent times!

LeBron James' face was calm from the interview to the end, until he left in the bus!
Tonight was a night he desperately wanted to forget.

He never imagined that his first confrontation with Lin Ri would turn out like this... He was crushed by this rookie!

He really didn't expect...

Even though he saw all kinds of reports about Lin Ri these days, in his opinion, this newcomer was praised much more than when the media praised him!
But he still didn't take Lin Ri very seriously. It wasn't because he was proud or bragging, but because he came from that stage. He knew what kind of stages it takes to transform from a super rookie to such a real superstar.

It's only in the last two years that he feels like he's transitioned from the super rookie stage to the current one.

This is not an easy thing to do!

But it turned out... this rookie performed like this in the first stage of his rookie season...

No, I must not be defeated like this, next time, next time I must kill this guy and the Suns!
absolute!

LeBron James boarded a plane back to Cleveland with that in mind.

His desire to win the championship this year is very strong, very strong. It can be said that from the time he entered the league to the present, there has never been a time when he has such a strong desire to win the championship!
And this strong desire to win the championship is accompanied by a kind of panic-he has never told anyone about this, and he only discovered it belatedly.

He was still worried about winning the regular season, but now that he lost, he was even more worried!

To be honest, if possible, he really wants the league to continue to arrange the Cavaliers to play the Suns in the next game, and he can't wait to complete his revenge immediately!
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LeBron James returned to Cleveland frustrated, while the Suns continued their regular-season schedule amidst praise.

The next period of time for the Suns is a sweet schedule, and the opponents are not very strong. Many experts are saying that the Suns are expected to consolidate their No. [-] position in the Western Conference during this period.

At present, they have opened up 4 wins with the second-ranked Lakers in the Western Conference, and the gap is not small.

From here, it can be seen how strong the Suns are this season!With just over half of the schedule, the point difference was widened to 4 wins.

You know this is the defending champion!
And now the Suns are expected to widen the gap to an even greater degree.

It can also be seen from Gentry's smile during the interview that he is very satisfied with the Suns' schedule for the next period of time.

When he was also asked related questions, he was also very confident and said without any worries: "We have passed the running-in stage well, and now we have come to the second stage. I believe that in the next period of time, this Suns team will play their dominance!"

It's just that Gentry obviously didn't expect such a sentence as "there are unpredictable things in the sky".

In the next Suns game against the New York Knicks at home, the accident happened.

The opponent is not very strong. Although the New York Knicks have also selected a very good rookie Evans-so far, Evans can average 23.5 points, 8.5 assists and 4 rebounds per game. Among so many rookies in the 09 class, the data is second only to Lin Ri.

And in this game, it can also be seen that Evans has indeed made great progress during this period, not just the improvement in statistics, he now has a deeper understanding of running and bombing.

In his rhythmic confrontation with Steve Nash, it can be seen that there is a back and forth.Compared with the last time when the rhythm was completely blown by Steve Nash, it has really improved so much!
During the confrontation between Steve Nash and Evans, the cameras on the sidelines were also given to D'Antoni on the sidelines from time to time, and the latter was also relieved to see Evans' performance on the court.

It only took half a season to train Evans like this, which shows that he really has two brushes as a "running and bombing master"!

Speaking of which, before the start of this game, the duel between Evans and Steve Nash, the "brothers", is also one of the focuses of many fans' expectations in this game-Evans' performance in this game did not disappoint the fans who were looking forward to this game.

So far, the confrontation between him and Steve Nash has been wonderful!
However, although Evans played back and forth with Steve Nash in terms of rhythm, and his personal performance can be regarded as outstanding, the strength of the Knicks team is still a bit too far behind the Suns. At the end of the first half, they led by as much as 15 points.

As far as the current momentum of the Suns is concerned, a 20-point difference in the second half is simply a breeze.

Hey, winning, sometimes it's that simple!
Gentry "Old Face".

Everyone in the Suns didn't disappoint Gentry either. At the beginning of the third quarter, they grabbed the New York Knicks by the neck and gave them a "violent beating"!
The point difference was successfully opened by the Suns to more than 5 points at 45 minutes and 20 seconds of the third quarter.

The game seemed to have entered garbage time.

Gentry was happy and decided to replace the main player, but when he was about to give the order to replace the main player, Lin Ri accidentally sprained his foot after a dunk by the Suns during a fast break.

When Lin Ri fell to the ground, Gentry had to admit that his heart was twitching immediately, and then regardless of whether the New York Knicks made the next attack or not, when he saw the Suns player taking the ball, he immediately called a timeout and called the team doctor immediately.

At this time, there was also a huge exclamation from the auditorium. All the fans stood up one after another, looking at Lin Ri who was lying on the ground with worried faces.

This may be the scene they are most afraid of seeing. Although Stoudemire played well and finally entered the best team of the season, if he really wants to say, he was still ruined by injuries. His talent should have made him a better guy, but because of the injury, Stoudemire lost his explosive power, and his destructive power at the basket was no longer as sharp as before.

They really don't want to see Lin Ri in such a situation.

This kid has given them too many fantasies in the past half season. If they have never seen the world, in their hearts, they have already seen the picture of the Suns winning the cup because of Lin Ri's existence!
But who would have thought that at this time, the injury would actually come to him...

Don't be a serious injury!
begging!
All eyes were on Lin Ri at this moment.

"How about it?"

"Are you okay?"

"Tell me the situation!"

In order to ensure that Lin Ri has enough space, Gentry and everyone in the Suns did not go there, but watched the team doctor from a distance to confirm the situation with Lin Ri.

When his heart felt like being bitten by an ant, itching so badly that he could not bear it anymore, Gentry finally saw two team doctors supporting Lin Ri and walking towards the bench.

"No big problem, just a sprained foot."

The team doctor told Gentry about the results of the examination. Of course, he didn't say anything dead, and added, "But I don't know the specific situation. It will have to wait for further examinations to confirm the results."

Gentry's complexion also changed after the team doctor's words. First he relaxed, and then he became obviously nervous.

Immediately afterwards, with the support of the team doctor, Lin Ri left the field under the watchful eyes of the audience.

The game resumed immediately after being interrupted due to Lin Ri's injury.

The strength of the Knicks is indeed a bit too bad. Even without Lin Ri, the Suns won the game steadily and finally defeated them 115-98.

But even if they won the game, there was not much cheering at the scene, and most of the fans at the scene looked like Gentry, with worries.

They want to know what's going on with Rin-il.

This result is much more important in their hearts than this game.

Gentry walked towards the home player channel as soon as the game whistle sounded.

"how is it going?"

The first time he saw the team doctor, he also asked quickly.

This time the team doctor gave him an accurate answer: "It's just an ordinary sprain, no tissue is injured, the problem is not serious, rest for a week, and when the swelling doesn't go away, there will be no problem."

"really?"

"call!"

"I can rest assured that!"

A sense of relief instantly appeared on Gentry's face.

He was as happy to get this answer as he was when he learned that he became the new head coach of the Suns.

No way, Lin Ri is too important to this Suns team, and to the entire Phoenix.

He couldn't imagine that Lin Ri suffered a serious injury, what kind of shock would happen to Phoenix after the game...

As for the "one week rest" that the team doctor said, he subconsciously ignored it. To him, this is not a big deal at all!
Just take a week off!
As long as Lin Ri didn't suffer such a serious injury, he would be fine after half a month of rest!

(End of this chapter)