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Chapter 867: Brand Returning from Injury (Part [-])
Last season, Brand suffered a serious injury with a torn ACL after the All-Star break.

This caused Brand to be reimbursed early in the season, and he has not played this season.

Almost a year has passed now, and according to the previously planned injury recovery cycle, Brand is also close to making a comeback.

Over the past year, perhaps only Brand himself and God know the efforts Brand has put in to return to the court.

The former champion Brand did not give up on himself, he still wants to return to the game and continue to prove himself.

In order to confirm Brand's competitive status, Lan Shengli organized an intra-team training match.

Brand was assigned to the starting team.

"Don't be too anxious, and don't be in a hurry to prove yourself. I believe in your ability and I have seen your hard work. Slowly find your status~!!"

Before the start of the game, Lan Shengli gave Brand a psychological counseling.

"I assure you, as long as the coaching staff unanimously agrees that you can play, the starting power forward position is still yours, and no one can take it away~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

Lan Shengli is well aware of Brand's mental state at the moment, so he said this to make him more relaxed, which will also help Brand's performance and reduce the possibility of re-injury.

"Thank you coach, I am very grateful for what you have done for me, I will get back to my state~!!"

Brand responded.

The game started quickly, because Lan Shengli had told him before that not only Brand, but also other players did not play very hard, as if everyone was helping Brand get back to his form.

After all, Brand is now the Clippers' highest paid and most prestigious player.

Everyone "makes a wedding dress" for him, and looking for status is also a very normal thing.

Brand is also the player who receives the most balls on offense on the starting team.

Mid-range shot~
"Brush~~"

Hook hands on the back of the inside line~

"Brush~~"

Break through the board and throw~

"Tap, brush~!!"

On the offensive end, Brand still maintains a very good offensive feel, with excellent touch and delicate skills, with a very high offensive efficiency and in good condition.

"Crack!!"

The defensive end can also send blocks, and there is no sluggish movement.

"It seems that our Clippers team is about to usher in another No. [-] pick, haha~!!"

Seeing Brand in such a lively state, Lan Shengli sighed.

Lan Shengli recognized Brand's competitive state.

"In the next game, you can officially come back~!! Congratulations~!!!"

Soon, Lan Shengli officially notified Brand.

Brand may have been waiting for this sentence for a year.

"Finally~!!!, finally coming back~!!!"

Brand nodded, bit his lip, and said with tears in his eyes, full of thoughts.

Surgery, post-operative rehabilitation, strength recovery training, training without the ball, training with the ball, running training, confrontation training, and the injury recovery process this year, Brand is very focused on every aspect of the process, and he has worked hard in completion.

Brand himself knows what it means to be unable to return to competitive form due to injuries at his age.

There is only one outcome: retirement.

There have been too many stars in history who had no choice but to retire because of injuries that ruined their careers.

So: The biggest enemy of athletes is indeed injuries.

While speaking, it has been less than half an hour since Brand's comeback battle started.

"We must pay attention to defending Curry's three-pointer and Alice's breakthrough. We have already said in the video class before that as long as we pinch their two backcourt combinations, we can take the initiative in this game. Another very important point is to take the initiative to have physical contact with the opponent's two guards on the offensive end, and we definitely have an advantage in this point~!!"

Lan Shengli was making the final deployment in the locker room.

Listening to these familiar names, you will know that this game is the Clippers against the Golden State Warriors, which also belong to the Pacific Division.

Since it is Brand's comeback battle, of course it will be most effective when it is played at home.

Lan Shengli did fulfill his previous promise and put Brand in the starting lineup.

Hill, Harden, Johnson, Brand, Jr. Jordan, the most ideal starting lineup at the beginning of this Blue Victory season, has finally appeared now.

But what kind of chemical reaction such a lineup can produce depends on the trend of the game.

There is also the state of Brand.

The starting lineup for the Warriors is Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry in the backcourt, Maggette, an old acquaintance of the Clippers at small forward, Radmanovic, a European white shooter at power forward, and Radmanovic at center. Biedrins, who also returned from injury soon.

The Warriors team that created the Black Eight miracle back then, now only Alice, Biedrins, and bench guard Azubuike are left in the formation, and there is no more.

The Warriors, who are in the rebuilding period, are now led by the mad scientist Nelson. Although they still maintain the style of running and bombing, the personal abilities of the players are obviously much worse than before, and the record is also the lowest in the West.

However, the rookie Curry's performance is still very good, the three-point shooting rate is as high as 43%, and the problem of insufficient confrontation ability that was criticized by draft experts before is not so serious.

Don't forget, Curry was once regarded as the No. [-] pick by Lan Shengli.

But the protagonist of this game is destined to be another champion.

That is Brand, who has returned from injury.

"No. 1999 pick in the 42 NBA draft, best rookie, two-time All-Star, debut this season, No. [-], Elton Brand~!!!!"

"Yeah!!!!!!"

Listening to the host's passionate introduction and the cheers from the Staples Center, you can immediately understand what Brand means to the current Clippers.

Even if the rookies in the team play well, no matter how good they are, they can't shake Brand's status in the team.

"This moment has finally come. I have waited for more than 300 days for this moment. I finally heard my name. I seem to be alive again~!! I seem to finally know what I want to do~!!!"

After high-fiving Brand and his teammates, he closed his eyes, listened to the cheers of the fans, and thought to himself, his heart was extremely excited.

"It's good to see you back~~"

Lan Shengli looked at Brand and smiled gratifiedly.

Perhaps because of Brand's season debut, which is also a comeback battle, the attendance at the Staples Center is much stronger than before. Although it is inferior to the Lakers, it is not easy for the Clippers. .

While talking, the starting players of both sides are ready, and the game will start immediately.

Brand took his stretches very seriously at the end, and no player wants to get injured again in a comeback game.

(End of this chapter)