The older superstars of the NBA

"Zach, are you okay?"

"Dude, where are you hurt?"

After Zach LaVine fell to the ground, the referee blew his whistle, and a group of teammates quickly surrounded him to ask about his condition.

LaVine shook his head and did not speak, the situation did not look optimistic.

The on-site team doctor also rushed up to check. After a brief diagnosis, the team doctor called the staff to carry LaVine out on a stretcher.

The appearance of this scene also made all the fans present exclaim.

"It's over! The team is over now! It seems that Zach's injury is not serious. If he is reimbursed for the season due to injury, the pressure on the team will be even greater in the following games..."

"What a bad news! The injury came so suddenly!"

The fans are sorry.

The game continued, and team coach Norman Thomas replaced Ricky Rubio to replace LaVine for the rest of the first quarter.

beep.

Soon the first quarter will end.

At this time, many Timberwolves players had already left, such as Zhao Feiyang and Kevin Martin. When they saw LaVine being carried out of the court, they couldn't help but catch up to care about LaVine's situation.

"Zhao, I'm sorry...I feel some pain in my ankle...now I don't know what it is..."

"I'm afraid that I may not be able to play the next game..."

LaVine looked frustrated and almost cried out.

Zhao Feiyang grabbed his hand and continued to comfort him, "Zach, don't think too much, go to the hospital for an examination first, maybe the situation is not as bad as you said!"

After LaVine left, Zhao Feiyang stood at the intersection of the players' tunnel with a helpless expression.He doesn't know what LaVine's condition is, but once LaVine really retires due to injury.Their winning percentage may be even smaller in the Western Conference Finals later, and their chances of getting the Warriors are even slimmer.

Injuries are fatal to any team.

Break time.

The cheerleaders were dancing on the field, and Zhao Feiyang, Martin and others walked out of the player channel again.

After they returned to their seats, coach Norman quickly called them over to inquire about the situation. After learning that LaVine did not look optimistic, coach Norman also sighed deeply.

"Now let's not think too much... How to win this game is what we need to do..."

"Zhao will play the first position in the next quarter. Ricky, you are ready to replace Zhao at any time...Kevin, you should continue to play the second position. If you need to rest, Muhammad can replace you. The scoring position..."

Coach Norman quickly finished the specific arrangements.

call out.

The break time passed, and the second quarter came again.

Perhaps it was LaVine's injury that rekindled hope for the Trail Blazers. After the start of this quarter, the Trail Blazers struggled again.

The core of the team, Damian Lillard, adjusted his state and began to cooperate with his teammates in pick-and-roll tactics, constantly looking for opportunities to chase points.

The Trail Blazers serve.

Lillard looked for opportunities at the top of the arc after holding the ball for halftime.Teammate Al Farouk came up from the flank to cover, and after helping Lillard to block the shooting space, Lillard stepped back a little distance and directly stepped back for a three-point shot.

Swish.

A three-pointer hit the basket steadily.

The scoring method he was good at before appeared again, which also marked Lillard's return to the peak state.

It was the Timberwolves' turn to counterattack.

Zhao Feiyang pushed forward with the ball, and signaled others to run after reaching the half court.Andrew Wiggins ran out from the wing and Zhao Feiyang transferred the ball to him.

Wiggins, who got the ball, broke through to the basket, passed the ball after encountering a double-team, and Martin, who was in the left corner, took advantage of the situation.

He stood on the three-point line and shot decisively.

Swish.

A precise three-pointer went into the net steadily.

There was applause from the outside.

In the first half of the second quarter, both the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves performed very steadily.

The Timberwolves mainly use team tactics, launching offenses from the outside, and even ending the offense.

The Trail Blazers took the initiative to give all the offensive opportunities to Lillard. Compared with before, Lillard has learned to be smarter. Whenever his teammates have the opportunity, he will transfer the ball out, so as to help his teammates play well and save himself. physical fitness.

The point difference between the two sides has always hovered between 7 and 9 points, and there has not been much change until the second half of this section.

Zhao Feiyang took a break temporarily, and Martin led the offense on the court.

The ball passed halfway, and Martin took the ball on the wing and prepared to break through. The person who came up to defend him was CJ McCollum.

The two have played against each other a lot, and the confrontation between them is no less than that of Zhao Feiyang and Lillard.

As soon as Martin got the ball, he deliberately made a feint to trick McCollum up.

His fake action had deceived McCollum before, and he also gave McCollum a few fouls at the same time, which also made the latter extremely cautious. Even though he had already marked it, he still didn't rush to reach out to interfere.

McCollum just stared at Martin's stride and body.

Seeing that the opponent was indifferent, Martin stopped feinting, but pulled away and suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the basket from the left bottom corner.

McCollum reacted quickly and rushed to the basket with Martin.

Seeing that Martin was about to raise the basketball to make a shot, McCollum leaped high and rushed towards him.The defensive player under the basket, Mason Plumlee, was afraid that McCollum would not be able to stop the opponent, so he also went up to defend Martin and stretched out his hands to block.

The three met in mid-air, and Martin did not back down, but chose to confront the opponent very forcefully and then threw the ball.

Snapped.

McCollum slapped him across the face.

His hand slapped Martin's ball, but it also hit Martin's hand.

call out.

The referee's whistle sounded.

McCollum's strength was so great that Martin, who landed, was knocked down directly.When the scene was shown to him, Martin not only didn't get up from the floor in a hurry, but also grabbed the fingers of his right hand with his left hand and looked painful.

The sudden scene once again made the entire Timberwolves nervous. The fans obviously didn't expect such a small accident to happen again. Although they didn't know Martin's condition, they still sweated for him who fell to the ground.

"Are you ok?"

The referee came up to question Martin.

His teammates also rushed to his side.

"Kevin, what's wrong with you?"

Martin answered them with a distressed face, "Damn! My finger seems to be broken...Fuck! It hurts me..."

"Broken finger?"

This also scared the teammates.

The referee quickly signaled the staff on the sidelines to call the team doctor.

As a result, the team doctor who had just left for a short time before appeared in everyone's field of vision again. Under the watchful eyes of all the fans, the team doctor quickly gave simple diagnostic suggestions this time.

"He did have a broken finger! Needs to be taken to the hospital right away..."

"what?"

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of fans at the Target Center, Kevin Martin walked towards the player tunnel with the team doctor.

On the team bench of the Timberwolves, a group of substitute players were really puzzled.Many fans in the stands sighed because of this.

"Why did the injury come at such a critical moment?"

"It's not enough to hurt one, and now I hurt the second one...it's over! This time it's completely over..."

"I can understand why injuries come at this time! Many players haven't played many playoff games. For them, this kind of high-intensity game is extremely exhausting, especially against opponents they have met before. ..."

"In this way, the probability of injury will naturally increase greatly..."

"I just hope that the condition of these two people will not be too bad. Now is not the time for us to lose troops... In short, no one should be injured, especially Zhao. If he has any injuries, then we will It's over!"

"We don't have to wait until Zhao gets injured. I'm afraid we may not win this game... The Trail Blazers and Damien have been waiting for such an opportunity. Obviously, they finally got it... "

The loss of two generals of the team at once also hit the Timberwolves hard.

Head coach Norman didn't have time to be sad, he immediately replaced Zhao Feiyang, and his partner was naturally Ricky Rubio.

However, in this way, once Zhao Feiyang needs to rest, all the substitutes will be replaced later.

The strength of these players is relatively average. If they really go against McCollum and Lillard, they must not be able to beat their opponents.

With 2 minutes and 33 seconds left in the first half, the ball was in the hands of the Timberwolves.

The referee did not penalize McCollum for the thug foul, but awarded a simple foul.

The Timberwolves were very dissatisfied with this, but there was no way to appeal these problems during the game, so the team could only continue to play.

The throw-in is delivered.

After getting the ball, Zhao Feiyang shot directly from outside the three-point line. McCollum continued to interfere. His defense was more aggressive than before, and he even made some small moves from time to time. Such actions also interfered with Zhao Feiyang's shots.

boom.

The basketball bounced out of the basket.

The rebound was picked off by the Trail Blazers.

It's their turn to fight back.

The teammate gave the ball to the nearest McCollum.

McCollum dribbled the ball across the half court, and Zhao Feiyang also put it on purposely like him.There was friction between the bodies of the two, and Zhao Feiyang didn't give in at all, and went straight up to put pressure on McCollum.

Perhaps McCollum was also resentful. Lillard on the side kept beckoning and passing the ball to him, but he didn't pass it. Instead, he dribbled the ball to the basket to attack.

Seeing that McCollum had successfully reached the basket, in order to prevent Zhao Feiyang from blocking his shot, he specially used the lever to avoid it.

However, the moment McCollum jumped up and shot, Zhao Feiyang flew over from behind and slapped McCollum.

Snapped.

The basketball was slapped and McCollum was knocked to the ground.

The scene exclaimed.

The fans could all see that Zhao Feiyang's defense this time was obviously tinged with revenge.Although he didn't make an overly reckless move, he felt a little uncomfortable when he slapped the opponent's hand.

call out.

The referee's whistle sounded.

To everyone's surprise, Zhao Feiyang was fined a technical foul!

"WTF?"

"Black whistle! This must be a black whistle!"

"Why didn't McCollum foul before? This special is definitely favoring the Trail Blazers..."