i am legend

Chapter 456 The life-and-death battle between the Spurs and Timberwolves!

There was a lively scene in the training hall of the Warriors, and everyone surrounded Olajuwon, congratulating him excitedly.

Bruce frowned and walked in the corridor to the training hall, thinking of Nowitzki's injury, he couldn't help but secretly depressed!

He had just arrived at the entrance of the training hall, and as Barkley and others shouted excitedly, he directly saw Olajuwon surrounded by them!
"This." Bruce looked at Olajuwon in shorts with a look of surprise on his face. Regarding his sudden appearance and this outfit, he vaguely guessed that something good was coming!

In the training hall, Wilkens looked at Olajuwon surrounded by everyone with a smile on his face. After seeing Bruce's figure, he shrugged helplessly!

"God, Hakim, have you completely healed from your injuries??"

Hearing this exclamation, Olajuwon turned his head to look at Bruce with a smile on his face: "Yes, boss, it seems that my arrival is really in time!"

"Wow, this is so cool!!" Bruce shouted excitedly, then seemed to think of something, and asked with some hesitation: "Have you got the approval from the team doctor?"

"Of course, Mr. Bruce!" The team doctor Kyle walked into the training hall excitedly, and after handing over the evaluation materials in his hands to Bruce and Wilkens, he secretly gave Olajuwon a thumbs up!
After a while, when Bruce and Wilkens saw the detailed evaluation report on Olajuwon in the information, they all showed expressions of relief!
"Hehe, I won't make fun of my body!" Olajuwon saw that the two had finished the evaluation, and when he thought of Nowitzki's injury, he inevitably showed a trace of regret: "I am very sorry what happened to Dirk. !"

"Yeah, he should have fought side by side with us!" Bruce said in a depressed voice after the excitement passed.

Originally, everyone who was very excited about the news of Olajuwon's return, after Dirk Nowitzki's topic broke, they all showed a trace of regret and regret!

The silence in the arena made Bruce feel a little embarrassed, and then he said in a lively atmosphere: "Haha, now is the right time for Hakeem to return, and Tim can also return to his favorite power forward position!!"

"Oh, damn it, I don't welcome this stupid guy!!" Barkley immediately echoed and patted his forehead. His funny look once again brought laughter to the Warriors!

Afterwards, in order to welcome Olajuwon's return, under the proposal of Bruce, everyone had a non-alcoholic lunch to express their hearts to him after the training!

San Antonio.

"Has Hakeem come back?" Popovich said to RC Buford a little depressed, obviously very entangled with Olajuwon's return.

"That's right!" Buford obviously had a much better mentality. After he finished speaking, his expression changed slightly, and he said very cautiously: "Our focus now is not the Warriors, but the Timberwolves!"

"Yeah, we should focus on the Timberwolves!" Popovich smiled self-deprecatingly, and then began to arrange for the next game.

In the first round against the Timberwolves, the Spurs relied on their home court advantage, and under the performance of Carter, Arenas and others, they double-killed the Timberwolves at home with scores of 110:98 and 112:95 respectively!

Although everyone is very optimistic about their promotion, after all, the Timberwolves can win a good record in the regular season, this is not because of luck!
In the last game between the Warriors and the Jazz, the Timberwolves at their home court, with Garnett's super explosion, made it difficult for them to win a game with a 98:95, three-point advantage.

With a score of 2:1, the huge pressure on the Timberwolves has been further relieved. If they can make another victory at the home court of the Spurs, according to the league's five-game three-win system, they will have a great opportunity to set the stage. Flip the spurs!
On April 4, as the fourth game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs began, everyone paid attention to this game!
George Gervin sat in the commentary seat, looked at the players from both sides who were about to play, and said with a very confident expression: "This game will be the end of the first round for the Spurs. I don't think the Timberwolves will even the score. !"

"Haha, you are still as confident as ever!" Rick Barry, as the guest commentator of this game, did not agree with Gervin's words so much!

"We have a large number of attack groups at our disposal, especially Vince and Gilbert. Their attack is simply terrifying!" Gwen glanced at Barry with a smile, and said indifferently.

After seeing Carter and Arenas, Gervin showed a rare excitement in his eyes: "Their combination is one of the most exciting duo I have ever seen. Even the explosive Kevin can't match it!"

"Wow, your analysis is really correct!" Rick Barry said playfully, then pointed to Garnett with a serious face on the edge of the court and said: "Look, he is not easy to mess with!"

During the commentary of the two, the main players of the Spurs and Timberwolves walked to the court one after another!

In order to be able to give full play to the combat power of Carter and Arenas, Popovich specially formulated a series of tactics for them.

Garnett stared closely at the Spurs players, looking at their seemingly relaxed appearance, Garnett's eyes could not help showing a hint of fierceness!
"I will win this game!!"

As the referee was about to start serving, Garnett rubbed his hands vigorously, said something firmly to himself, and then followed veteran Danny Ferry!
"Pay attention to the scale!!" The referee said simply, and then threw the basketball into the air amidst the shouts of the fans!

After the absence of Duncan, in order to contribute more to the Spurs, David Robinson gradually showed his still very good offensive ability!
Since Duncan left, Robinson, who guards the inside, seems to have returned to his youth in an instant, showing the ability to average 20+10 per game, which really shocked everyone!
"Snapped!!"

The scrimmage between David Robinson and Nesterovic seemed to be without any suspense. After seeing the basketball being controlled by Tony Parker, Robinson quickly ran forward!

This season, with Parker showing a good start, Popovich directly put him in the team's main lineup after consideration!

Now, he ran forward with the dribble, and after glancing at his teammate's running position, he directly handed the ball to Carter at the left three-point line!
Joe Smith looked at Carter nervously. If it weren't for the Timberwolves' difficulty in finding a player at the small forward position, otherwise he would never agree to appear in this position!
Smith slowly approached Carter with his hands wide open, he was very afraid of this guy who took a very fast first step!

Carter slapped the basketball slowly. Seeing Smith's approaching movement, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he used his own speed to evade the opponent's defense with just one step and sideways!

"Damn!!"

Being passed by Carter so easily, after cursing secretly, Smith tried his best to chase after Carter!
And Nesterovic, who was entangled with Robinson on the inside, tried his best to break free from Robinson's entanglement after seeing that Carter did not slow down at all.

However, even though Robinson is not young, his strength is still very strong!
Seeing that Carter's attack could not be stopped, Nesterovic could only stare helplessly, watching Carter soar into the air after entering the penalty area!

"boom!!"

Carter was hanging on the basket excitedly, looking at Nesterovic who looked unhappy, he smiled slightly, and after falling to the floor, he bumped his chest hard with Robinson, and then ran to the backcourt!

"Damn!!"

Garnett, who hadn't arrived at the first time just now, took a hard look at Nesterovic, then looked at the backs of Carter and the others, his ferocious look flashed past!

In the first quarter after that, the two sides seemed to be in a confrontational battle, and the rhythm of the two teams seemed to be very fast!
When the whistle sounded at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs led the Timberwolves with a score of 35:28 with Carter and Robinson both breaking out!

"I hate this feeling!" Garnett clenched his fists, glanced at the Spurs side, and thought of the poor performance of his teammates, he couldn't help but say something coldly!
Hearing Garnett's words, the others couldn't help but secretly frowned!
In normal training, Garnett's performance and attitude towards his teammates are very tough, especially when his teammates perform poorly, Garnett will even curse mercilessly!
Now, hearing Garnett's words again, the rest of the people murmured: "It's okay to be too competitive, but... alas!"

The short rest time ended, and in the second quarter, both sides replaced their respective substitute lineups one after another!
In order to ensure the continuity of the team, the Spurs placed Carter at the small forward position, and the bench lineup included Malik Rose, Joel Prizbila and Kevin Willis. With the cooperation of young and old, at least it can be guaranteed to be equal to the opposing team's bench lineup!

Although Bart came to the Spurs this season, his slow speed and too many players at the center position made him not eligible for the playoffs!

In the second quarter, after the substitutes of the two teams were deadlocked together, the two sides played until the 8th minute. As the Timberwolves took the lead in replacing Garnett, the Spurs gradually replaced their main players!
"ball!!"

Garnett stood in a high position on the right, forced Willis behind him, raised his right hand high and shouted to Troy Hudson!

Hearing Garnett's shout, Hudson directly hoisted the ball into the inside!
After receiving the basketball, Garnett first leaned back. After feeling Willis' strength, he turned around and quickly completed the face-to-face movement.

"Hey, Kevin, you should be retiring!" Garnett said playfully, then raised his hands, and under Willis' haste, he threw the basketball directly to the basket!
"Shh!"

After scoring two points, Garnett finally felt better!
In the following second quarter, the Timberwolves seemed to be infected by Garnett, and the rest performed very well on average!

When the whistle sounded at the end of halftime, the Timberwolves, relying on the performance of Garnett and others, recovered the previous 7-point difference between the two teams to 5 points in one fell swoop!
(End of this chapter)