Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 86 86. The Muhammad Who Resolutely Admits Counseling (For the first time)

Bruce Bowen is out!Trenton Hassel Evicted!
This is the ultimate penalty that the referee can make on the field. As for whether the league will impose additional suspensions and fines on Hassell after the game, this is not something the referee should worry about.

So far, half of the game has not been played, and three people from both sides have left the field in this game.

Among them, Nehbar and Bruce Bowen retired from injury, and Trenton Hassell was expelled by the referee.

If you add Robert Horry and Eddie Griffin who were unable to participate, five people have already left the field after only two games in this round of the series. This is really tragic.

Even though Bruce Bowen's stepping on Nehbar seemed to the fans completely intentional, when Bowen left the field in such a tragic way, the fans were still horrified.

No one thinks that Trenton Hassell's accidental slip was really a coincidence. Even if Hassell's acting skills are good, it is difficult to see his deliberate behavior even on video playback.

But this coincidence was too coincidental. Nehbar had just been stepped on by Bowen, and Bowen's left foot was crippled by Trenton Hassell who hadn't played for a long time. This scene makes people feel horrified.

Although Bowen deserved his injury this time, it seems like a joyful thing to see a crippled person finally be crippled.

But the scene of Bowen's injury was too tragic, the left ankle was completely broken, and even the bone was pierced and the skin was exposed.

The generals of the Spurs have no intention of fighting at present, they just want to end this bad series matchup quickly, no one wants to ruin the rest of their entire career in a series, in the eyes of the Spurs, the Timberwolves team is crazy, completely Completely crazy!
Even if the cause of the incident can be traced back to Bruce Bowen's intentional stepping, the Timberwolves' revenge was too crazy and too fast. Even Muhammad sat on the bench without saying a word. I don't want to be involved in this matter anymore.

Standing up for his teammates is naturally righteous, but in this situation, Muhammad still decisively chose to remain silent, hiding his head in his shell like a tortoise.

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Returning to the game, the Spurs lacked Bruce Bowen and Robert Horry at the same time, and the entire team's forward defensive ability instantly dropped to scum.

Horry and Bowen are definitely the two most important role players for the Spurs besides the troika. At this time, these two players were absent at the same time, which exposed a hole in the Spurs' invincible defense and was targeted and destroyed by the Timberwolves.

Even if the Timberwolves also lack the All-Star player Nehbar, as well as Eddie Griffin and Trenton Hassell, they will suffer more than the Spurs compared to the number of players.

But the absence of these players only reduced the overall rotation of the Timberwolves. In terms of the main lineup, the Timberwolves must be much better than the Spurs.

After all, the defense of Horry and Bowen is too important to the Spurs. Without these two, the Spurs are like a sack with a cut. They can only watch the Timberwolves come and go freely and play more and more fiercely on the offensive end.

At the end of the half, the Timberwolves extended their lead to 12 points by virtue of their better offensive and defensive performance.

"Waste, it's all a bunch of waste!" In the locker room, Popovich threw the tactical board on the ground during the halftime break, and kept smashing things back and forth, roaring angrily.

Facing Popovich's crazy roar, the Spurs players lowered their heads one after another, and no one dared to touch Popovich's brow at this time.

The Spurs lack both Robert Horry and Bruce Bowen on the front line. Everyone understands what this means to the Spurs, which basically means that the Spurs have lost their qualifications to compete for the championship.

Even though Popovich was to blame for all of this, playing tricks behind the scenes and being retaliated by the Timberwolves, Popovich was still angry!
"Nazir!"

Hearing Popovich call out his name, Muhammad was startled immediately. Muhammad was afraid that Popovich would arrange the same task as Bowen for himself.

After all, the scene when Bruce Bowen was injured is still flashing in Muhammad's mind, angering the Timberwolves, Muhammad doesn't want to try it himself.

Especially this season, Muhammad has just joined the Spurs, and there is no intersection with the head coach Popovich. It is completely the relationship between the coach and the players. Muhammad does not want to bear the consequences for Popovich. !
"Coach, the Timberwolves' defensive moves are too dirty!"

"Damn Karl, he's going to die! He's a filthy moth!"

"Carl elbowed my abdomen many times in the first half. Now I feel abdominal pain. I applied for a team doctor's examination. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to continue playing in the second half!"

Covering his abdomen with his hands, Muhammad showed a very painful look, which was completely different from the behavior of sitting there with his head bowed and not saying a word just now.

Looking at Muhammad, who covered his stomach and scolded Karl Malone, Popovich's eyes became even more angry, and he almost burst out a sentence: "Okay, very good, you don't have to fight anymore!"

Popovich's words made the Spurs locker room more depressing, but Muhammad heaved a sigh of relief after hearing these words. Anyway, after the end of this season, he will test the waters of the free market. It doesn't matter how long.

As the so-called dead friends never die, Muhammad does not intend to participate in the matter between Popovich and Luke. After all, Bowen's fate made Muhammad feel that his career wasting was so close to him for the first time!

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Back in the second half of the game, people found that the Spurs' lineup on the court had changed again, Parker, Ginobili, Brent Barry, Duncan, and Nesterovic.

It is not surprising that Popovich brought Parker back to the starting lineup. Bowen's absence has seriously damaged the Spurs' outside line. If Parker is not put on the starting lineup, other Spurs players will also be embarrassed.

However, at the center position, Popovich did not use Muhammad, but put Nesterovic, who averaged only 0.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in this year's playoffs, as the starter. This is completely unexpected things.

Some fans discovered that Spurs center Mohamed did not appear on the bench in the second half, and did not know what happened in the Spurs during the intermission.

But with Robert Horry and Bruce Bowen unable to play, if Muhammad is absent from the game, the Spurs will basically lose this round of the series.

After all, apart from these few players, the Spurs' highest scoring average in the playoffs this year is Brent Barry's 6.1 points, followed by Glenn Robinson's 3.8 points.

No matter how you look at this kind of data, it is a proper role player. It is not an exaggeration to say that Robinson's 3.8 points are a drinking fountain player.

No one thinks that the Spurs can defeat the Timberwolves with only the "troika", let alone when the defensive system has collapsed!

Muhammad's absence in the second half was also something that Luke did not expect, but Muhammad's absence is not a big deal for the Timberwolves. Muhammad's strength has not yet reached the point where he can affect the trend of the series .

It can only be said that the absence of Muhammad made it easier for the Timberwolves to win the game.

Obviously, both teams have three players absent, but the combat effectiveness shown by the Timberwolves is much higher than that of the Spurs. This is the background of the Timberwolves' rotation, and it is also something that the Spurs cannot match.

At the end of the whole game, the Timberwolves defeated the Spurs at home again. While rewriting the total score of the series to 2:0, they basically crushed the Spurs' promotion probability to zero!
　Thank you brother for your support, thank you brother, thank you very much!
　　Thank you Xuli KK brothers for your support, thank you brother, thank you very much!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)