Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 34 34【Bad news】

San Antonio is a small city, and the NBA team here, the Spurs, is a group of low-key people.

Therefore, even in today's flooded by various public opinion media, even the highly exposed NBA league.

Few people will focus on this low-key teacher.

Of course, this does not mean that this team has no fans. In fact, their fan base is very large.

Thrilling victory in the key battle with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This made this low-key giant all of a sudden become the focus of everyone's attention.

Because many stories happened in this game.

The first is the comeback of Spurs star Kawhi Leonard.The second is the disharmonious scene where the Cavaliers broke out in the game, and the Spurs No. 35 China Jiang hit the "lore ball" at the last moment of the game.

And the result of this game is equally profound. The Spurs narrowly kept the eighth place in the Western Conference, which makes them look like they have a better chance to continue their record of entering the playoffs.

"Although Kawhi didn't play the whole game against Cleveland and became the familiar No. 2 of the Spurs, no one has to doubt what he can bring to this team when he is healthy. It is no exaggeration to say that The Spurs with a healthy Kawhi are at least the top four teams in the Western Conference. Now that he is back, this means that the Spurs' next goal is no longer to advance to the playoffs. They need to attack higher goals "

"Yes, the healthy Spurs look very strong. They reached the Western Conference finals last year. With the rise of Dejounte Murray and China Jiang this season, they seem to have the best chance to challenge the Golden State Warriors. team"

First of all, everyone feels that after Leonard's comeback, the Spurs' hard power quickly ushered in a surge. Don't look at them now only ranked eighth in the West, but to be honest, no team wants to meet them in the playoffs.

No way, the influence of a superstar is often so great.

Secondly, in the eyes of many people, a healthy Spurs will be the Warriors' biggest opponent.

It is undeniable that this assertion is correct, but there is a premise, that is, a healthy Spurs.

Unfortunately, the Spurs fans hadn't had time to recover from the joy of Leonard's comeback. An official news from the Spurs instantly extinguished everyone's fiery hearts.

That is Leonard's comeback is not ideal, he will continue to miss the game, and it will be indefinite.

What the hell?

The whole public opinion exploded.

Just coming back and going to be absent again, he seems to be completely fine.

The fans couldn't understand that the lofty goal that had just been raised was about to die like this?

Frankly speaking, Leonard continued to miss the game, which not only caused a commotion among the fans, but even within the Spurs, Jiang Hao and the others were also a little stunned.

Jiang Hao asked Englander about Leonard's injury during training, but unfortunately, Englander did not disclose any information to him.

But Jiang Hao could tell from Englander's expression that there seemed to be other things involved in Leonard's injury.

"God bless"

Jiang Hao can only train harder. In the absence of Leonard, the team's situation will be even more severe.

With the regular season coming to an end, perhaps he must perform better on the court.

Only in this way will it be beneficial to the team and to yourself. l
In the past ten years, the West has been full of strong players and competing for the title. This situation has intensified, and it has become more thorough this season.

As of now, with less than 10 games in the regular season, a total of 4 teams in the West are vying for the final playoff spot.

The San Antonio Spurs are just one of them.

The Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, and Utah Jazz have the same effectiveness as the Spurs, and everyone is eyeing the last playoff spot.

Originally, for the Spurs, when Leonard came back, they would have an absolute advantage in competing for this spot.

But now they seem to be the weakest side.

"In 20 years, I have never seen the Spurs forced so badly. They seem likely to break the record of making the playoffs for many years."

Someone sent out such emotion.

"We have no way out, as professionals we have to give our all"

The old man in his 70s roared in the locker room. The Spurs have persisted this season. As the head coach, Gregg Popovich has almost taken out all the oil in his mailbox.

People are old and competitive.

In terms of feelings for this team, I am afraid that no one can compare with Popovich. As the founder of the Spurs dynasty, he also does not want the record that has lasted for so many years to come to an abrupt end.

Therefore, at the beginning of every game, he would always roar in the locker room to encourage everyone.

Jiang Hao took all of this into his eyes, he didn't want to express anything, he just wanted to become better.

On April 4, BJ time, the Spurs played against the Los Angeles Lakers at home.

Compared with the Spurs, the Lakers, who are also giants, have had a worse season this season. Let alone entering the playoffs, they can't even reach the threshold of the playoffs.

Has the once wealthy family fallen to this point?
There are laws to everything.

Of course, there is no eternal dynasty in the NBA, and there is no eternal top team.

People know that the Lakers will usher in reconstruction after Kobe's retirement, but everyone did not expect that the road to reconstruction for the Purple and Gold Corps seems to be in the foreseeable future.

For the Lakers, their game is actually over this season. Even if they win all the next few games, they will not advance to the playoffs.

Therefore, they have no pressure in this game against the Spurs. If they can win, they will win, and if they can't win, they will lose.

This can be seen from the expressions of the Lakers players who are doing warm-up activities on the court.

But on the contrary, for the Spurs, they must win this game tonight. With less than 3 games left, they can only ensure that they will advance to the playoffs by defeating the Lakers. Otherwise, their fate will be in the hands of others hand.

"The form is not optimistic. In addition to tonight's game, there are only four games left for the Spurs. We calculated that in these four games, the Lakers are the best to play on the bright side. Therefore, this is our goal. Opportunity, as long as we beat the Lakers, we will firmly hold the initiative of promotion in our own hands."

Matt Bonner's expression before the game was a bit serious, because he was very aware of the situation the team was facing now. He could only help his old club in this way. He spent his career in the Spurs. During this period, he never missed the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)