Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 255

Chapter 255

After Garnett fell to the ground, he didn't stand up for a long time.

The teammates hurriedly gathered around to check the situation. Gary Vitti was carrying the medicine bag spray coolant and asked while checking.

The slow-motion replay just now began on the screen. Bowen had already swam to the weak side when Payton was about to break through. When Garnett stuck Al Harrington and took off to receive the rebound, he stepped forward He took an obscene and sinful step, right on the spot where Garnett's right foot was about to land.

The video showed that Garnett's ankle was twisted 90 degrees, and the scene was horrible.

A stretcher was also taken by the staff and sent to the field, but Garnett refused the stretcher, and with the support of Haslem and Campbell, he jumped back to the locker room on one foot.

"Before I come back, don't be caught up!" Garnett left such a sentence to his teammates when he left the court.

But he also knows that not only this game, but also this series, it is not realistic to return to the court.

Jim, who was in the office, saw this and smashed a glass so hard that the assistants jumped.

Jim contacted Gary Vitti immediately.

"Gary, I hope it's not that serious."

"Maybe I'm going to disappoint you, boss. According to the preliminary examination, Kevin's injury is much more serious than Carl's. I'm worried that there may be structural damage to his ankle. If so, he needs to undergo surgery as soon as possible to repair it." Damaged parts."

"How long is he going to truce?"

"At least three months, probably the only comfort we have is that he should be able to make it to next season's regular season."

"Go back to Los Angeles immediately, I'll let the plane pick you up, and I'll let them make all the preparations for Thomas."

The team's logistics team immediately started running at high speed, Thomas Carter's laboratory was already in place, and Jim used the family's private jet to pick Garnett back to Los Angeles.

After making more than a dozen phone calls, Jim was not in the mood to continue watching the game. He drove to the airport immediately, but there was only one thought in his mind.

"I regret trading that Bowen!"

Jim underestimated Bowen's "determination". He thought that he would be a little restrained when facing his old team and teammates who had fought with him. In the end, instead of picking up his old teammate, he picked someone who had never been a teammate with him. Garnett came to sacrifice the knife.

Impatience and anger dominated the entire Lakers team. Even Billups, who was usually the calmest, became impulsive. On to the offensive foul.Garnett has the best relationship with Garnett in the team. Seeing his best friend leave the field with a serious injury due to despicable means, Billups has been dominated by blood.

But this kind of reckless style of play can't help the team win. The obvious performance is that there are more aggressive attacks and fouls, and more and more moves, but they have lost their rational judgment on the situation on the field. Pillars, relying on Ostertag and Nene, it is not easy to pinch the inside combination of O'Neal and Al Harrington at the same time. The inside line took whatever they wanted, and the 10-point difference was quickly smoothed out.

Zen master called a timeout, trying to calm down the mood of the players. It's good to be angry, but to vent to the right place, obviously the players are a little bit over the top.

"I'm not sure if Bruce Bowen put his foot under Kevin Garnett's on purpose, the referee didn't even call him a common foul, but the Lakers did lose their most active player since the start, I I'm not biased against Kobe Bryant, but I think Kevin Garnett can be called the core at both ends of the team's offense and defense. We can see that after losing him, the Lakers' defensive system instantly improved. Collapse, many people look at the data and think that O'Neal was not efficiently defended by Ostertag, but in fact, it was Garnett who did all this. No one in the league can do it like him. Attack the opponent's guard from outside the three-point line, and return to the basket to protect the basket in the next second... We have received news from the Lakers that Garnett will not return in this game. Now the Pacers have already started. If The Lakers have no good solution, so they have to prepare for the Tianwangshan battle in the away game." Mike Breen commented during the timeout.

"Bruce Bowen is a complete villain. If he dared to do this to my teammates, I would immediately pick him up, throw him in the trash can and kick him out of the arena. To win, by any means? Sounds terrible Noble? This makes me sick, want to win, just beat each other on the court with dignity, instead of using this kind of bad move, no doubt a cowardly move, I think he is insulting the game of basketball In TNT's studio, Sir Charles is more straightforward, after all, he has always been known for his big mouth, and he doesn't need to choose words carefully like a professional commentator.

"If you do that, you'll also get ejected, and then the team will lose the game, so the opponent's purpose will be achieved. In my opinion, the Lakers need to adjust their emotions in time, and other players need to step up in time. Kobe, for example, has to take on the responsibility of being a leader. The Lakers have no problem with their strength, and let anger turn into motivation instead of letting anger lower their judgment." As a pitcher, Kenny Smith looked at things more calmly.

The timeout ended soon. Due to the poor effect of the temporary lineup just now, Zen Master also re-adjusted the lineup. Nene was replaced by Battier, and Artest was moved to the team he played in the Western Conference finals. Power forward position.

Compared with Nene, Artest moves faster and has a much better defensive awareness. Zen Master hopes that he can take part of Garnett's responsibilities, and do a good job in assisting defense while blocking the Pacers' fourth position to the greatest extent.

Battier was able to pull to the bottom corner. Although Artest's shooting was not stable, he was not incapable of attacking outside the paint like Nene. The Lakers' space was stretched again, and the dominant player became The duo of Kobe and Billups, the two kept grasping Reggie Miller's point, took turns to fall to the low post for singles, and mainly focused on attacking and causing damage.

This substitution had an obvious effect. On the defensive end, Artest's effect was not bad. His ferocious help defense made the Pacers' efficiency somewhat lower. When defending, there were even mistakes such as walking violations. On the offensive end, Kobe and Billups continued to go to the free throw line to score points, re-stabilizing the situation.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led 24 to 21.

(End of this chapter)