The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 169, the Lakers show their cards.

On the night that McMillan was determined to have torn his Achilles tendon, the Blazers announced that general manager Pritchard would also serve as the Blazers' interim coach.

Pritchard had coached the Blazers for a while before, and after a few years, he had to resume coaching.

The news that Trail Blazers coach McMillan was injured in the internal match spread quickly.

The outside world has expressed tragic "poor" feelings for the Blazers.

This Trail Blazers may be the team with the most serious injuries in NBA history.

The strange thing that the head coach can tear the Achilles tendon in a training game can happen in Portland.

This also made Evans from Portland say desperately: "This city has been hit by injuries again, and the Trail Blazers are over!"

ESPN opened a special program to talk about the Blazers' injuries.

The theme of the show is "When will the Trail Blazers' Curse of Injury be resolved?" The five major players have fallen, and the coach has not been spared! "

They focused on analyzing the injury spells of the Trail Blazers in history.

"Looking through the history of the Trail Blazers, I found that this team has been hit by injuries repeatedly in history. Portland is actually a "injury city"."

"Portland is the city Jordan could have given up on."

"In the 1984 NBA Draft, the Trail Blazers held the No. 2.16 pick. After the Rockets selected the University of Houston center Olajuwon with the No. 3 pick, the Trail Blazers did not choose Michael Jordan. They chose the University of Kentucky. Sam Bowie, who is 23 meters tall, the Chicago Bulls chose Jordan with the third overall pick. A few years later, the "flying man" wearing the No. 6 jersey brought Chicago [-] championship trophies, and the one who was Bowie, who was drafted by Portland, was lying in the hospital bed early to recuperate from injuries, and his entire career was inactive."

"The reason why Portland became a "hurt city" is directly related to the vision of the management. After choosing Bowie to give up Jordan and become Xiaobing, they should have learned a lesson. Unexpectedly, similar mistakes, the Portlanders once again Repeat offender. In the 2007 NBA draft, Durant was not selected, but Oden, who had been injured in college, was selected, and the Blazers also tasted the pain of injuries again."

"It's a sad place for big centers."

"In the history of the Trail Blazers, there are many examples of big men falling to Portland. In addition to Bowie and Oden, there is also Bill Walton, one of the legendary centers in the NBA."

"In the 1974 draft, Walton, who had been the most outstanding player in the United States for three consecutive years, was selected by the Trail Blazers with the No. 1977 pick. He played for the Trail Blazers for three years and achieved good results. He won the Finals MVP. But during his five years in the Trail Blazers, he was often troubled by injuries, especially in the last year of the team, he injured his left foot and right arm successively, and Therefore, he missed all the games of the 1978-1979 season. He was repeatedly injured, and Walton blamed the team doctor. At that time, he publicly bombarded the Trail Blazers team doctor for many times. He expressed that he hoped to be traded to another team. 1979 In May 5, Walton signed a seven-year, $7 million deal with his hometown team, the San Diego Clippers."

"In addition, there is also the legendary European center Sabonis known as the "roof of the world". During that period, he suffered injuries to his knees, Achilles tendon and arms, which affected his performance."

"Even though the Blazers continued to suffer from injuries, they did not give up. Paul Allen did not believe in magic spells."

"The Blazers' injuries have reached the top this season. Roy missed 17 games, Fernandez 15 games, Batum 28 games, Oden 20 games, and Puerzbilla 16 games. So far this season, they have 9 games. players out with injuries and even now, their manager is down"

"In the eyes of Paul Allen, the big boss of the Trail Blazers who just diagnosed cancer this year, the argument that Portland is a "hurt city" is incorrect. He said in an interview last night that he thinks not only the Trail Blazers are hurt The same is true of other teams.”If someone drags this problem together, I can’t help it. Anyway, I don’t believe this kind of statement. "Allen said, "The medical treatment we provide to the players is first-class, and the doctors are also first-class. With such fierce competition in the NBA, how can players stay healthy forever? ""

"Although Allen continues to support the team, many fans still firmly believe in the existence of this curse. There is no way, Allen was also diagnosed with cancer this year."

"Luckily for the Blazers, Roy and Xue Ding are still playing on the team."

"Pray that they stay healthy."

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At the same time as the ESPN show aired.

Pritchard also held a player meeting immediately.

The reason why the player meeting was held overnight was because Aldridge had Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome in the heart examination, and Aldridge will rest for at least a week starting tomorrow.

This is a huge blow to the Blazers. The Blazers had to transfer two players from the Development League to make up the number of applicants, otherwise they may not even be able to play the game at any time.

Now they have only 7 players who can play normally, and only 6 players who are the main starters and rotations, and there is an injured Roy in the middle.

Xue Ding, Roy and others worked with Pritchard and the teaching assistants to redo the next battle plan.

The Blazers just suffered an away losing streak.

And the Blazers' opponents in the next game are very strong.

The Los Angeles Lakers will play away at the Rose Garden Arena.

This game is the focus of the war in the United States.

Well known.

The Lakers have the Rose Garden curse, and Kobe himself has left countless memories in the Rose Garden.

There were double lore trailblazers back then, of course more of them were continuous fiascos.

科比在这里6胜24负，如日中天湖人在过去18个赛季以来在这里8胜29负，这里是他们输球最多的城市！！
In this afternoon, the Lakers have arrived at the Trail Blazers.

I heard unfavorable news from the Blazers one after another.

Kobe said at the first moment: "I wish them good luck, but this is our opportunity. It almost drives me crazy to play here, so we must urgently end this embarrassing record. Everyone must play. Get up."

The LA reporter accompanying the team also laughed at himself: "Maybe the Lakers should stay in Los Angeles, they shouldn't come to Portland."

Lakers center Andrew Bynum doesn't believe in the Rose Garden spell.

"I think the fans at home give them a lot of energy," Bynum said. "Every year the Blazers beat us with the ball move, and the ball move defense is our weakest link. We need to change that."

Gasol also said: "Tomorrow we will end the record of not being able to win in Portland."

Zen master Jackson said: "OMG, Nate is also injured, I wish them good luck, but tomorrow we will not show mercy."

Artest, who was repeatedly humiliated by Xue Ding in the last game, said: "Tomorrow I will blow up that Chinese rookie."

After interviewing the players in the hotel, the LA reporter broke out the Lakers' starting list for tomorrow from the assistant coach.

"Kobe, Odom, Artest, Gasol, Bynum"

In response to this list, a Chinese reporter commented: "The Lakers have already played against the Trail Blazers."

(End of this chapter)