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Hearing the news that Ross had a serious knee injury, Li Kaiming was also stunned for a moment!

Rose is one of his true friends in the NBA, and besides Rose, the only one left is Elliott Williams.

A few months ago, Rose was still the high-spirited and youngest MVP in history. He was still the training madman who would get up at two o'clock in the middle of the night to win against Li Kaiming. He was still the good senior who hated iron for not being able to make steel when he saw Williams not working hard in practice. Good senior...

And all this changed when he landed a layup on the court!

Li Kaiming tried to call Ross's cell phone, but no one answered the phone after ringing for a long time. It might be that he was still in a coma after the operation, or he might have woken up and saw the call but didn't want to answer it.

Li Kaiming knows Rose well. He is a representative of speed on the court and plays with passion.

But off the court, Rose is a boring gourd. He has very few friends, and even very good friends find it difficult to see Rose talking like a chatterbox.

He likes to bury all his worries deep in his heart and then bear them alone...

Li Kaiming sighed, deleted the large text messages that he had edited, and then re-wrote a short message. After hesitating for a moment, he clicked send!

"Come on! I'll wait for you to come back at the stadium!"

A few short words were transformed from an image into a string of codes, and then turned into electromagnetic waves through the hardware device, speeding towards Chicago in space...

In a hospital room in Chicago.

drop!

The cell phone on the bedside table rang.

The man on the bed stared blankly at the sparrows outside the window. He had beautiful eyes, short shaved hair, and his knees were thickly wrapped in layer after layer of bandages.

It looks like the surgery is complete!

Ross was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone. He turned his head and glanced at the cell phone on the cabinet. After a moment of hesitation, he still managed to reach the cell phone in his hand.

The screen of the mobile phone lights up, and countless missed call records and text message reminders flood into the face.

There are coaches, there are team managers, there are teammates...

But Rose's attention was immediately attracted by the text message at the top. The content of the text message was so short that he could read it without even clicking on it.

"Come on, I'll wait for you to come back at the stadium!"

The sender is: Li Kaiming!

Seeing the news about Li Kaiming, Rose instantly recalled the days when he trained with Li Kaiming and Williams in the summer. At that time, his knee was still healthy...

His eyes turned to his wrapped knees, his brows gradually furrowed, and a painful expression appeared on his face...

This kind of pain is not only the physical pain after the anesthetic wears off, but more importantly, his psychological pain!

As a professional player, he knows exactly what a serious knee injury means!

How many talented young talents have fallen at this level, and now, is Derrick Rose going to be added to the injury list?

Ross turned his head, closed his eyes and tried not to look at the position of his knees. A tear slipped from the corner of his eye...

The sunshine outside the window suddenly dimmed, and the sky that was sunny just now was suddenly covered with dark clouds.

Rain is coming!

Li Kaiming cannot put too much energy into caring about Rose. If it were the offseason, he would definitely fly over to visit the latter as soon as possible, but now the Wizards are at a critical moment in the playoffs.

As the boss of the team, he can have any emotions personally because of Rose's matter, but he must not let this emotion affect his state and thereby cause damage to the Wizards' performance.

This is irresponsible to the team, teammates and coach!

So what Li Kaiming has to do at this time is to turn his grief and anger into strength and carry Rose's wishes to the end of the playoffs!

At 4 o'clock in the evening on April 30, the Wizards vs. the Knicks G2 in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

This year's Wizards have improved their record compared to last year, and the team has almost no weaknesses on both offense and defense. Therefore, since entering the playoffs, some media have begun to call the Wizards a potential team to win the championship. .

The fans in Washington were also very enthusiastic and bought tickets to watch the game live.

Of course, the number of places to watch the game live is limited, but in order for the Wizards to allow Washington fans to better support them, the game will also be broadcast live in the square outside the stadium, and many public screens in Washington, D.C., have also begun to broadcast the Wizards. the match of.

The game hasn't even started yet, but the MCI Center is already packed with people, and there's no free space at all.

There were also a large number of fans gathered in the square outside the arena. Many of them were wearing jerseys of Wizards players, but most of them were Li Kaiming's No. 0 jersey.

At 08:30 in the evening, with the referee's whistle, Blatche and Tyson Chandler jumped the ball. This time, Chandler won.

The Knicks attacked first, and the five Wizards returned to the frontcourt in an orderly manner. The Knicks' starting point guard, the bearded Baron Davis, dribbled the ball across half the court and began to direct the team's movement.

The core of the Knicks team is undoubtedly the two heavyweight forward combination, Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony.

Baron Davis is no longer in peak condition, so his main job is to play some simple balls and then pass the ball to the team's dual core.

The cooperation between the point guard and the power forward is obviously easier. Stoudemire came over to pick and roll, and Hinrich was successfully blocked by him.

Davis dribbled to the inside and Li Kaiming blocked Davis inside.

The latter's speed slowed down slightly, and then suddenly passed a pass to Stoudemire who was following the pick-and-roll.

Li Kaiming quickly turned around to find his opponent. After receiving the ball, Stoudemire chose to go to the basket, but at this time, Brac was also ready to protect the frame, and Stoudemire missed the layup.

Leonard, the robot who had been waiting for a long time, jumped up and grabbed the rebound. After Hinrich was about to pass the ball, Li Kaiming had already rushed to the frontcourt.

Hinrich passed a long pass to Li Kaiming, who received the ball and directly overcame Stoudemire's defense for a layup!

Stoudemire's defense was still quite poor. While being scored by Li Kaiming, he also got an extra penalty opportunity with the support of the home referee!

The Wizards played 2+1 as soon as they came up, which made the audience excited!

Li Kaiming made a solid extra free throw, starting 3-0.

The Knicks served to the frontcourt, and Anthony, who was disgusted by Leonard the whole game in the last game, took the initiative to ask for the ball from the outside.

Facing this guy with a paralyzed expression no matter what, although Anthony was itching with hatred, he knew that now was not the time to show off his personal heroism.

Baron Davis came over to pick and roll him. It seemed that the Knicks wanted to let the No. 1 screen for Anthony, and then forced the Wizards to switch defense, allowing Anthony to use his physical advantage to play out of position.

Naturally, the Wizards would not switch defenses. Leonard and Hinrich chose to double-team Anthony. The latter immediately passed the ball to Davis, and then headed inside with Hinrich on his back!

This is to force the Wizards to choose between two players, whether to leave Davis open or misplace Anthony.

Leonard made an instant decision and went to the top of the arc to defend Davis, while Hinrich nailed his legs to the floor and kept using his lower body to push against Anthony.

However, the mismatch between the two players was too big, and Anthony's strength is considered to be the best among small forwards. Hinrich was still pushed to the waist position.

Baron Davis passed a high pass to Anthony, who beat Hinrich to the basket and used his footsteps to turn around and make a shot!

3 is better than 2!

After the disastrous defeat in the last game, Knicks head coach D'Antoni learned from the experience and decided to change his tactics in this game.

Although there is no coordination between the two Knicks stars, it is normal for the two of them to score about 50 points in a singles game.

If two All-Stars can't perform well, what's the use of playing as a team?Can't win again!

So this time D'Antoni changed from normal and no longer started the tactics with the defenders, but directly started with the two strikers and let them play first.

Of course, how to get Anthony to avoid the facial paralysis on the opposite side is also the top priority of D'Antoni's tactics.

The tactic of letting Anthony come up and play mismatches did work well. Without the restriction of Leonard, Anthony swept away the sluggishness in the previous game and scored 6 points on 4-of-13 shooting in the first quarter.

But Sanders also changed very quickly. Don't you want to create dislocation?I won't switch defenses. Do you, Anthony, have the ability to pass the ball to defeat the Wizards?

This is indeed a bad move. What Anthony is most criticized for is his court vision. He is a 100% pure one-on-one player with almost no passing ability.

As soon as the Wizards did not change defense, Anthony was double-teamed and at first glance could only find that the bearded Davis who was playing the pick-and-roll with him was open. Unfortunately, Leonard and Hinrich communicated very quickly on the defensive end. After the pinch ended, they immediately returned to their opponents.

Even if Davis is given an outside opportunity, the latter has no threat from beyond the three-point line. When he breaks through to the basket, Li Kaiming and Blatche protect the basket, and he poses no threat at all.

Davis is no longer the Davis he was back then!

After discovering that the tactics were blocked, D'Antoni responded immediately. Davis's outside threat was not enough. The Knicks' starting shooting guard Landry Fields' outside firepower was very strong. It would be enough to let him and Anthony pick and roll to create mismatches. Already?

It's a good idea, but D'Antoni doesn't seem to have considered one thing. If the Knicks play the pick-and-roll at No. 23, why would the Wizards switch defenses?

Klay Thompson, who is 201cm tall, is not only an excellent off-ball shooter, but his strong footwork and confrontation ability can even allow him to match up with certain No. 4 positions without falling behind.

Although it is much easier for Anthony to play against Thompson than against Leonard, he is not the type to give and take, at least not as easy as playing against Hinrich.

Anthony tried to play for a few rounds and then gave up this style of play. It was okay to challenge Thompson for a few rounds, but he would be exhausted after a whole game!

Therefore, D'Antoni's striker strategy, which he had been thinking about for several days, was directly broken by Sanders with a humming second-hand move before it lasted more than half a game!

What makes people feel strange is that when the efficiency of one of the Knicks' core players, Anthony, dropped, the other core player, Stoudemire, did not get many shooting opportunities.

After an attempt to attack the basket with the help of a pick-and-roll at the beginning, Stoudemire only took 4 shots in the next half. This made Li Kaiming, who was facing Stoudemire, a little strange!

Could it be that my defense is so good that Stoudemire doesn't even dare to hit me?

After the final game, the Wizards won G103 at home 86-2, rewriting the big score to 2-0. They were only 2 wins away from advancing to the second round, and were away from winning the final O'Brien There are 14 wins left in the Cup.

李凯明全场出战38分钟，得到28分14篮板14助攻的三双数据，汤普森三分4中2得到11分，伦纳德拿下7分8篮板3抢断1盖帽。

However, after the game, the most eye-catching thing was not the Wizards' post-game interview, but the big man from the Knicks!

Stoudemire was dissatisfied that he only took 9 shots in the game. After leaving the court, he punched the glass of the fire hydrant, and then blood stained the MCI Center. This time, all reporters could smell the breaking news.

It looks like there's going to be a problem in the Knicks locker room!