The Whip of the God of Basketball

Garnett felt like he was hit on the head with a hammer. When he fell to the ground, he felt like the world was spinning. He lay on the floor and didn't know where he was for a moment. This is not the first time that Malone's iron elbow has produced such destructive power. He once elbowed Thomas, the leader of the Bad Boys, until blood flowed. He also elbowed the 7-foot-1 super center and Navy Admiral David Robinson. Fainting, Mavericks guard Nash's teeth were also hit hard by an iron elbow.

This time it was Garnett who suffered. The team doctor immediately rushed to the court and surrounded Garnett to diagnose the situation. The referee also stopped the game. Reporters near the baseline were holding cameras and filming frantically. The heavy elbow in the air must have been recorded by countless flashes.

Of course the Celtics players refused. Paul Pierce was the first to rush forward and confront Malone. Fisher stepped forward and tried to separate the two. Of course, Malone looked innocent. His movements were indeed small, and he did not directly bend his elbow to hit Garnett's head. It was just that while chasing a risk, his elbow "rubbed" Garnett's head.

It's just that God knows how powerful he is when he touches like this. His iron arms, which he has been training for twenty years, are like two big pliers. If a person is hit by the hardest edge of the big pliers, it will definitely hurt. How much does it hurt?

Malone has elbowed countless people in his life. The more superstar he is, the more he dares to elbow him, so elbowing Garnett is not a problem at all. Pierce is like this. He just entered the league and he was still winning the MVP, so naturally he doesn't take it seriously. Therefore, Malone, who had just committed a terrible foul, was still able to chat and laugh with the referee on the court, with his hands on his hips and his lips curled up.

But soon there was a commotion on the court. Malone heard the fans' screams, and then saw a menacing group of people rushing from the Celtics bench.

Malone thought it was the Celtics players who were looking for trouble. When he looked closely, the leader was actually the Celtics head coach Fox Leon. The other players were like ministers trying to persuade him, preventing Leon from setting foot on the court. .

"This guy is Fox Leon, Coach Iron Fist..." Everyone in the league knows the name of Coach Leon Iron Fist. Iron Elbow Malone is also afraid when he hears this name. It is said that this guy is a boxer. , it is difficult for NBA athletes who are tall and tall to be his opponents.

Looking at Fox-Leon Malone charging over, he also clenched his fists, but soon he discovered that although Leon was aggressive and kept pushing away the blocking hands of others around him, he didn't seem to be coming up to fight with him. The referee is also at this time. He hurried forward to stop Leon and kept telling him: Calm down, Fox, you are in a special situation now, calm down!

The special situation the referee mentioned of course refers to the fact that Leon is still on bail. Once he commits violent behavior on the court, he will definitely have to go back to the detention center and will not be able to continue directing the game until the verdict is final.

"I don't know if I want to hit someone, I want to reason with him, be reasonable!" Leon explained to the referee while pushing him away and continued to walk to Malone.

Malone was a full head taller than Leon, but when Malone saw Leon's eyes, which were slightly angry but still absolutely calm, he couldn't help but think of a person - Michael when he was striving to win. Jordan.

"Elbow me." Leon said looking at Malone. At this time, a group of Celtics players and Lakers players gathered around to separate them. In fact, there was no conflict between them at all. Also because there were too many people, Ma Long couldn’t hear what Leon was saying.

"What did you say?"

"Elbow me!" Leon's voice became louder and he pointed at his brain.

"I'm going to let you, son of a bitch, elbow me if you can!" Leon roared at Malone.

In the past few days, due to lawsuits, traveling, and consecutive away games, Leon looked a little haggard and his hair was disheveled. He has been quite quiet during this game. He sat on the sidelines and watched the game carefully, and rarely gave any instructions loudly. Then when he roared again, Malone seemed to see a raging lion. He didn't dare to stare at Leon anymore, so he could only turn his head away and pretend like nothing happened.

At this point the referee knew he had to nip everything in the bud. He blew the whistle, then gave Leon a technical foul, and then gave Malone a first-level flagrant foul. At this time, Garnett had gradually come to his senses. He stood up from the sidelines, supported his knees and adjusted his breathing with the help of the team doctor. He checked the condition of his head and confirmed that there was no big problem.

However, to be on the safe side, the team doctor still led Garnett back to the locker room, but Malone remained on the court. Under the control of the referee, the game quickly returned to normal. The Celtics, who lost Garnett, suddenly lost their backbone inside. Leon, who had a technical foul, sat back on the sidelines. He replaced Chris Anderson and told Anderson: "Take care of Malone on the court, but promise me to restrain yourself, don't use violence, use your brain, and use your brain." Brain.”

So Chris Anderson, who caused fatal damage to the Lakers last season, came to the court to temporarily replace Garnett.

I don’t know whether it was because Leon made him lose his momentum, or because Anderson got the real message from Dennis Rodman. In the next game, Karl Malone felt like he was back in the 1997 and 1998 Finals, that extremely haunting moment. The big insect that wanted to wrestle with him but didn't want to fight seemed to possess this yellow-haired boy.

With a technical foul on him, Malone didn't dare to make any big moves anymore. He tried to annoy the young man with some small moves during the confrontation. Unexpectedly, Anderson refused to obey and ignored the small moves. On the contrary, in defense, you can return those small moves to their original value, or even make them worse.

Indeed, Anderson had already mastered Malone's tricks from Rodman!

Jackson, who originally wanted to disturb the Celtics' mentality through a conflict, found that Leon was angry and Leon received a technical foul, but he did not take action and quickly calmed down. What was even more terrifying was that the Celtics The players also calmed down. In away games, it is forbidden to fall into anger. The home team has the right to be angry, but the away team must be calm to survive.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers were still lagging behind the Celtics. When Pierce hit Fox one-on-one and hit a step-back jumper to score his 36th point of the game, the point difference between the two sides had widened to 8 points. A suffocating despair slowly began to permeate Staples. With a luxurious lineup and a luxurious audience, this despair was even more breathtaking.

Jackson also felt a little tight in his chest due to this kind of atmosphere. He had seen much more important games than this. He had been to 9 finals and won them all. He had also experienced deeper despair than this, in Game 6 of the 1992 Finals. , Game 5 of the 1997 Finals, Game 6 of the 1998 Finals, and Game 7 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals. In the end, he and his team survived.

It's just a regular season game now, which doesn't mean anything, but there is still an uncontrollable sense of despair in Jackson's heart, which just flashes by and quickly disappears from his mind. Because he feels that this Celtics team has not explored all of it and has not reached its ultimate. The Chicago Bulls had reached it in the past, and the Lakers in 2001 were close. Jackson felt that no one else could coach such a team except him and his disciples.

Now, such a possibility is before him, a possible person, and a possible team.

In the final five minutes of the fourth quarter, when Kevin Garnett walked out of the tunnel and returned to the court, the entire Staples fell silent. Garnett walked back to the sideline silently with his head lowered. Leon stepped forward and gave him a hug, patted his head, then called a timeout and replaced Garnett on the field again. The score difference between the two sides is 7 points.

At this time, Jackson knew that this game was over for them.