Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 240 You Are Not Alone
With the support of Haslem and Ostertag, Malone returned to the locker room.

In the office in Los Angeles, Jim, Kupchak and others saw this heart-wrenching scene through a live broadcast.

"Shet! What are you afraid of?" Jim was so anxious that he wished to fly to San Antonio immediately. Under Kupchak's persuasion, he calmed down a bit and called the team's chief team doctor Gary Vitti.

"According to my preliminary judgment, the bones are not damaged, but the degree of ligament damage needs to be checked in detail, and the diagnosis can only be made after the MRI is done. However, according to Carl's performance, it is at least a second-degree injury." Gary Vitina The side is very noisy.

"Second-degree injury? What is a second-degree injury? How long will it take to return to the field?"

"The so-called secondary ankle injury ... involves an incomplete tear of the ligament. The injured player will experience moderate pain, swelling, tenderness and bruising. There is instability in the joint and there will be some limitation in range of motion. Loss of function, pain when walking. Such an injury usually takes 2 to 4 weeks out of action...As for Karl...He is currently extremely depressed, and he is still hammering the wall after entering the locker room..." Gary Vitti hesitated, Still reported the actual situation.

Of course I was frustrated, only one step away from the finals, but suffered such an injury, and in the first few games, Malone did a good job of defending Duncan, which limited the superstar's power very well. It is the Lakers The hidden hero and behind-the-scenes hero who won two victories.

"Give Carl the phone, and I'll have a word with him."

"Hey, I've played all my life, and I've basically never missed a game. As a result, this season, I was used by the team like a protected animal. I took turns to take a break with minor injuries and pains, but I still didn't escape this. Could it be that God is sanctioning me? Me? Don't let me get the championship ring?" Malone's tone was full of disappointment.

"Don't say these words, you will come back from injury soon, Gary told me, you can catch up with the finals, now trust your teammates, they will not let you down." Jim organized his words .

"I hope so."

Malone rejected the suggestion of the team doctor and Jim to return to Los Angeles immediately, but returned to the bench after accepting Gary Vitti's treatment.

With 2 minutes left in the third quarter, Eldon Campbell was on the field to defend Duncan, and the score was 64 to 67, and the Spurs had already overtaken.

Seeing Malone limping back to the bench, the players cheered up and gathered around to inquire about the situation.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to play this game, but I will watch you here, we must win this victory!" Afterwards, Malone pulled Nene over and told him some defensive points, at least for this game , Nene will definitely take on the important task of defending Duncan for a period of time.

Ginobili's serpentine layup was rejected by Kobe's chasing cap, Garnett grabbed a defensive rebound, and Zen Master called a timeout first.Campbell has given his all in the past few minutes, trying his best to limit Duncan.

"What's the matter, Carl? Can you still play?" After the players got off the field, the first thing they did was ask about Malone's situation.

"Karl can't play today, but he will be here to cheer for us, so we have to win this game for him, Nene, you replace Eldon, remember, don't jump, give yourself enough physical confrontation Yes, if necessary, you can use fouls to stop him, but it must be tough enough; Kevin, you need to increase your focus on the offensive end, we can't rely on Kobe alone to score; Chauncey and Ron take a break to prepare In the fourth quarter, Dwyane and Sean are ready to play. Dwyane can push the fast break if there is a chance, but if the opportunity is not good, it is better to control the ball and reorganize than force the ball to cause mistakes, remember? "The Zen master made the arrangements for the decisive battle.

Nene's mid-range shots are relatively mediocre, with only 30% shooting rate outside the three-second zone. Duncan just stepped on the line of the three-second zone to defend him, and focused more on other people. The Lakers sent Wade , The threat of breakthroughs has increased greatly, and Battier's three-pointers are more stable than Artest. This lineup is a sharp weapon for the Lakers to pull points.

Garnett's high-level support, Kobe first took advantage of Nene's cover to get out, but Ginobili grabbed the cover at the first time, and there was no chance.

Wade went out from the same route again, this time Parker didn't grab it immediately, after Wade received the ball, seeing Duncan shrunk in, he chose a mid-range shot and made a hit.

The point difference narrowed to 1 points.

Duncan played low singles and Nei Nei topped the defense.

The young Nene is 10 kilograms lighter than Duncan. Although he is considered strong among rookies of the same level, he is still incomparable with a devilish muscular man like Malone, and Duncan's strength has been underestimated for a long time.

Duncan suddenly took a step inward, Nene lowered his center of gravity and resisted with all his strength, preventing Duncan from advancing to a deep position.

Duncan received the ball and made a fake shot, and Nene subconsciously jumped up to block the shot.

Although he remembered the instructions of Zen Master and Malone in time and was not ordered to fly by Duncan, the slight change in the center of gravity was enough for Duncan to easily complete an Up and Under layup.

Nene is still annoyed here, but Garnett, who came to help defend over there, has already taken off and slapped Duncan's layup outside the baseline.

"Boy! Pull yourself together! We can handle it!" Garnett pulled Nene and yelled.

The Spurs sent out the baseline ball. Since Garnett focused part of his attention on Duncan, the defense against Rasheed Wallace was not so tight. The point difference was opened again.

"Kevin, I'm not going to let him score easily again," Nene whispered to Garnett as he picked up the floor ball.

Wade hit the basket hard and caused a foul by Rasheed Wallace. He fell heavily on the floor and didn't get up for a long time. The Lakers broke out in a cold sweat. They just lost Malone. Really bad damage.

Fortunately, Wade was only flawed, so he stood up slowly and made two free throws.

Nene clung to Duncan, constantly exerting physical confrontation on the stone Buddha, trying to consume the opponent's physical strength. This time Duncan caught the ball at a high position, attacked the basket, and made a fake shot, but Nene remained unmoved.

Duncan turned his back, leaned inward and hit him a bit, luring Nene to lower his center of gravity, and suddenly turned his back and shot with a half-hook with his left hand.

The sudden change of tempo sent Nene completely flying, but Duncan missed the expected two points, because on the way to his turn, Kobe had let go of Ginobili and slid over, got into position early, and stood upright.

The referee whistled and Duncan made an offensive foul.Leave the Lakers with 7 seconds of attack time.

It was still Wade's rapid advance, and the Spurs, who suffered from Wade's three-pointer, chose to guard closely this time, but Wade's speed was unparalleled. Although Parker was also known for his speed, defense was not his strong point.

Seeing that Wade broke through the blockade and went straight to the basket, Duncan, as the last line of defense, immediately came to help defend.

Wade tossed the ball into the sky, over Duncan's upraised palm.

Nene followed up, and the god descended to earth, and scored a double-handed alley-oop dunk, with 0.2 seconds left, which was just right.

70 draw, the two sides returned to the same starting line, the fourth game still has the last 12 minutes.

(End of this chapter)