NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 73: The Emperor Returns and Begins the Northern Expedition! [First Order]

"Okay, let's do it! We are younger, so who cares about the giants? Let's just attack them!"

"Yes, Garnett is the only one in their interior who has a larger defensive area. That fat guy Davis doesn't move, so we can shoot him to death!"

Roy and Blake also raised their hands and said:

"Okay, since Garnett's knee isn't very good, if they choose to switch defense in a pick-and-roll, we'll keep picking and rolling with Garnett's defender, and we'll hit him too!"

"OK, let's do it!"

"That's it, attack him from both inside and outside, get him off the court!"

"Dr. Jiang Ming is right. Garnett is no longer the flying and elusive player he was when he first entered the league. Don't be afraid!"

Nate McMillan nodded and gave Jiang Ming a look of gratitude.

The Trail Blazers had to make changes in the second half.

Because although the Trail Blazers played very well in the first half and the pace was obviously faster, the score difference was always within 3 points.

As we all know, the iron-blooded Celtics will feel very dead and suffocated in the fourth quarter. They have three stars who can play key balls and are very stable, so no team wants to drag the game with the Celtics to the last moment.

The Trail Blazers coaching staff wanted to widen the score in the second half, and Jiang Ming's reminder just helped them make a decision that they could try.

The third quarter begins.

Garnett didn't know what was about to happen, and he put on knee pads and went on the court with a domineering look on his face.

As a result, they faced Aldridge, who was known as a big forward, right at the start, and the Trail Blazers directly learned the triangle offense from the Lakers.

Move aside and let Roy and Ade cooperate.

Because of Roy's distraction, Tony Allen and Ray Allen did not dare to help defend Aldridge.

Then Aldridge, known as a big forward, can play one-on-one comfortably, with his butt sticking up, not giving Garnett any space to jump, shaking his shoulders to feel Garnett's defense, turning around with the ball and rushing to the inside, then making a confrontation to bounce off Garnett and score a layup!

The few Trail Blazers fans watching the game were extremely happy. This was a direct one-on-one victory over the Wolf King!

"Oh my gosh, guard move!"

"This is Aldridge, the low-post killer!"

"I told you that the Blazers are very strong. Now that Oden has returned, the Blazers have a Big Three, plus a point guard like Blake, and shooters like James Jones and Channing Frye. The lineup is very good!"

"Yeah, the backup center Big White Bear is also very tough, but he doesn't have much hand skills. Oden is more violent than him."

"But what are the Blazers trying to do? Break through Garnett from a single point? Really?"

In the next round, Roy broke through Garnett and made a layup. Fans at the scene could see that the Blazers were targeting Garnett? ?

Celtics fans all laughed. Want to single-handedly blast the 04 MVP, the No. defensive player this year? ?

What are you daydreaming about!
The Celtics coaching staff thought so too, so they didn't call a timeout or make any substitutions, and just let Garnett rest on the offensive end.

In the first half, Garnett's teaching efficiency was not very good, so in the second half, the heavy forward Pierce took the lead.

It was just that Garnett’s failure to retreat in time was becoming increasingly obvious. After Pierce’s one-on-one match with James and Jones went wide, Oden got to the basket first after starting from behind. Roy passed the ball to Oden with a flick of his hand, and Oden succeeded in a two-handed gorilla dunk!!!

After dunking, Oden roared wildly. At this time, the entire Trail Blazers team felt that what Jiang Ming said seemed to be true. There must be something wrong with Garnett!

Otherwise, it would be impossible that his best running skill, which is running back to defense, is slower than Oden.

Oden is young, but he is much heavier than Garnett. It is impossible for Garnett to run slower than Oden when returning to defense first.

Oden's agent gave Jiang Ming a thumbs up from the back seat:

"Doctor Jiang, it seems you are right. He is not doing well in this game!"

But it seems that Rivers, the stupid coach, hasn't noticed it yet, and even asked Garnett to go forward and play pick-and-roll with Pierce. Garnett's obviously dragging steps are not visible at all.

"Admittedly, this is one of the best interior defenders in history, but just like Oden's sudden injury, his quantitative change tonight also led to qualitative change."

Jiang Ming has always thought that degenerative knee osteoarthritis only affects elderly people over 50 years old. This is because elderly patients lack calcium in their bones and their knee joints cannot absorb nutrients, so their knees will naturally become worse and worse.

In Jiang Ming's opinion, Garnett's current situation is because he entered the league too early and played too much. He became an absolute main force before he was 20 years old and performed all kinds of flying and evasive moves. Now is the time when problems may arise.

This is completely different from cartilage damage and is irreversible. All we can do is to protect ourselves more, rest more, and maintain ourselves more. But obviously Garnett did not do any maintenance. How can he just wear a knee brace on his right leg?

Now he seldom jumps on the court, and always walks with his forefoot dragging his heel. If Oden encounters this situation, he will definitely ask the coaching staff to replace him and let him rest.

Jiang Ming glanced sideways at the Celtics' medical team, only to see that they were all chatting and laughing in their seats, completely oblivious to the situation on the field.

Maybe in their opinion, Garnett was just tired, and only the coaching staff has the right to make substitutions, and the coaching staff will not substitute you just because you are tired during the regular season. They will call it stretching your physical fitness.

"These doctors won't take care of the players unless they are injured. How can they be as responsible as you?"

Oden's agent, who seemed to know what Jiang Ming was thinking, explained to Jiang Ming with a smile.

Maybe Chinese doctors are more responsible, but in the NBA, as long as the players are playing well on the court and don't fall to the ground or scream in pain, the team medical team will not interfere.

Besides, only Jiang Ming has the ability to tell who is not in good health.

It was Celtics general manager Ainge who first noticed it.

At the end of the third quarter, after Garnett was blocked by Trail Blazers backup center Joel Przybila, he couldn't help but whisper a few words in Rivers' ear. That's why Garnett was substituted off the court.

Narrator: Smith Jr.

"Is Garnett tired tonight? His rim protection is just average!"

Jeff Van Gundy:

"I also noticed that Garnett was forced to play on the floor in the second half. When a skinny guy can't use his jumping ability, he's completely doomed."

"So when he couldn't protect the rim, the Celtics' interior defense was not very good, which is why they were 10 points behind at the end of the third quarter."

Wolf Kings fans:

"The Trail Blazers have been targeting him, it's so annoying!"

"I'm going to kill you while you're sick. Who told you not to jump?"

"Garnett has not gained much weight in his career, and now he can't even bounce when his weight can't hold up against the Blazers' inside line."

"The Trail Blazers are so strong inside."

In the fourth quarter, Oden turned around and dunked, leaving Davis so exhausted that Rivers was forced to replace him with Garnett.

This made Oden even happier. As an explosive center, he loves to play against thin and high centers like Garnett who can't jump as high as him.

He went deep inside to get the ball, and then used his signature two-handed dunk to bounce Garnett away, then turned around and dunked with both hands!!!
The Trail Blazers instantly led by 14 points!
"Oden already got a double-double of 11+10 in this game!"

"I just picked you Green Army to come back, so what?"

"Catch up the points, do you have the ability to do so?"

Ray Allen and Pierce fans turned against Garnett fans:
"KG is eating shit??? Being beaten like this by the Trail Blazers' inside line?"

"Aren't you very tough? Can't you fight? You don't seem to be brave at all!"

It doesn't matter if Garnett doesn't want to admit it, but anyone who watched the game can see that Garnett was beaten by Oden and Ade.

As for chasing points?

It’s not working anymore!
The Trail Blazers coaching staff selected by Larry Miller are no pushovers. In the second half, they directly sent the fastest player Blake to chase the Celtics' most stable and best shooting guard Ray Allen.

This is because they found that the Celtics' point guard Rondo had no three-point shooting ability and even his mid-range shooting was not very stable, so they simply let James Jones and Channing Frye, who moved relatively slowly, shrink inside the three-point line to face Rondo.

Ray Allen had a hard time facing the sticky defense of point guard Blake. Rivers didn't call any off-ball pick-and-roll tactics on him, and he was not good at attacking with the ball.

So let alone catching up by 3 points in the fourth quarter, Ray Allen didn't even touch the ball a few times.

Therefore, when Garnett suddenly lost power in the second half and Ray Allen was the focus of defense, the Celtics could only rely on their big brother Pierce to catch up.

But it is obviously unlikely for Pikachu to catch up with these 14 points at such a slow pace, not to mention that Roy who is defending him is also closely guarding. You can crush me to the basket, but you will also be greatly exhausted.

In this way, the Trail Blazers successfully controlled the rhythm and maintained a score difference of more than 10 points until the end.

In the end, they defeated the second-placed Celtics in the Eastern Conference 108:95 away from home!

Roy even shouted excitedly during the post-match interview:

"Auden, this-is-for-you!"

ESPN commentator: "Oden's first game back was a big win, which shows that he has really recovered from his injury!"

"That's right, he has to recover and come back. Awesome! The pioneers are going to expand their territory!"

"The Great Emperor returns to the throne and begins the Northern Expedition!"

The most amazing thing was that after the game, Oden ran directly to Jiang Ming and asked Jiang Ming for a business card.

Jiang Ming handed it to him and asked:

"What are you doing?"

"To get you business."

"what?"

Just when Jiang Ming was wondering, Oden handed his business card directly to Garnett during the friendly handshake between the two parties:

"Hey, this is my attending physician's business card. If you need treatment for an illness, remember to call him."

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