Leonard was quickly helped back to the locker room.

Three minutes later, the Spurs officially announced that Leonard would not return for this game.

Without Leonard, the Spurs' defensive system completely collapsed, and the Warriors began to chase points.

From a score difference of more than 20 points at the beginning, it slowly became more than 10 points, and then the score difference returned to single digits...

Everything is exactly the same as the history of Lin Tian's previous life.

Leonard's role is not only reflected on the defensive end.

Without Leonard to consume the ball on the offensive end, all the offensive pressure is on Aldridge.

Aldridge's ability to withstand pressure has never been proven, and his efficiency against Green in isolation has become very low.

By the end of the fourth quarter, no one could guard Durant of the Warriors.

Their three-point shooting percentage also began to pick up, and the Spurs were unable to do anything.

In the end, the Warriors completed a stunning comeback and narrowly defeated the Spurs 113:111.

Seeing that the fans at the Warriors' home court were celebrating, the players in the Lakers meeting room were sighing.

As a professional player, no one hates injuries, but what they hate even more is injuries that could have been avoided.

Nick Young took out his cell phone angrily, looked back at the footage of Leonard's injury over and over again, and cursed: "Didn't her mother do this on purpose?"

PJ Tucker also spread his hands: "This was an injury that could have been avoided! I don't know why Zaza took this extra step!"

Howard gritted his teeth: "Now the Internet is completely in trouble! Reporters will definitely ask, let's watch the post-game interview."

Normally, they disband after watching the game, and no one is interested in the customary post-game interview.

But the situation is different today. Everyone is curious about what the players on both sides will say in the post-match interview.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the Warriors' post-game press conference began.

As a player that attracted much attention tonight, Zaza was chased by a reporter from the beginning to ask questions about Leonard's injury.

I saw Zaza facing the camera and just lowering his head and saying: "I didn't mean to step in, I just wanted to try my best to prevent the ball."

He refused to admit that he was stepping in on purpose, which was extremely normal. Even if such a thing was intentional, no one would admit it foolishly.

Then, several of the Warriors' leading stars were also asked about this matter.

Durant naturally chose to defend his teammates and told reporters that Zaza did not do it on purpose.

During the entire press conference, no one seemed to care about winning the game. All the discussion was about Leonard's injury.

After the Warriors' post-game press conference, Leonard also appeared in the media room.

When a reporter asked Zaza if he did it on purpose, Leonard spoke for Zaza: "I don't think he did it on purpose..."

This scene made Lin Tian and Howard shake their heads.

Nick Young couldn't help but complain: "Kawa Yin is a professional player! Can't he see if it was intentional? Why should he excuse the other party?"

Wade smiled bitterly: "He is a good old man, so it is not surprising that he would say such a thing!"

Howard took out his cell phone again: "The Spurs officials have just announced his latest injury. Kawhi Yin should be out for the season."

"Okay, guys." Scott patted, "It's getting late, everyone should go back and rest quickly. We have a game tomorrow."

Although all the Lakers players still had a lot to say, they still left the meeting room one by one.

When Lin Tian returned home and turned on his phone, all he saw was news about Leonard:

[In the G1 battle between the Warriors and Spurs, the Warriors reversed the Spurs with 25 points, leading the Spurs 1:0!]

[Leonard was stepped on in the third quarter, was it accidental or intentional?]

[The Spurs officially announced that Leonard will be out for the season! The Spurs are in danger!]

[Breaking down Zaza Pachulia’s stepping shots over the years, did he really do it unintentionally? 】

[Come to Leonard: Zaza was unintentional, he just wanted to try to prevent the ball.]

[Zaza Pachulia: I will not hurt others intentionally. His ankle was sprained by himself. 】

Watching these pieces of news go by, Lin Tian felt like a lump in his throat and a thorn in his back.

Zaza's shamelessness exceeded his expectations! He wished that their opponent tomorrow night would be the Warriors.

He clicked on the comments under these news items:

"Zaza, this guy's moves are very dirty to begin with. He is a habitual offender! He even had the audacity to say it was not intentional! I can't wait to punch him!"

"Leonard's character is still too low-key! If Zaza meets Lin Tian, ​​will Lin Tian have to destroy him?"

"Brothers, read with me! Step on your feet and shake your head! Dream chasing Green and hold a group of Du!"

"If you can't beat me, just step in! Then you won't have any opponents, haha!"

"It is strongly recommended to ban Zaza Pachulia! Even if such a step is unintentional, it is also very unfair to the injured players!"

"Is this the legendary Death Five? Do you still need to rely on stepping stones to win?"

"Hurry up and finish the Western Conference semifinals! Let the Lakers and Warriors compete! Those Lakers guys are not good guys!"

…

Lin Tian had no intention of reading these comments anymore. He turned off his phone and fell asleep quickly.

At 8 o'clock in the evening the next day, the G2 battle between the Lakers and Rockets officially started.

I don’t know if I was a little upset after seeing Leonard’s injury last night. Lin Tian had a very strong desire to attack tonight.

The Lakers took a huge lead right from the start.

Lin Tian also became Harden's main defense point from the beginning, locking Harden's point tightly, and the efficiency of guarding Harden was very low.

In the end, the game was won by the Lakers without any blood at 115:88.

Lin Tian scored a high score of 45 points.

The Rockets star Harden only scored 18 points and took 25 shots, shooting less than 40%.

The Rockets have no way to limit Lin Tian and Howard, and even Wade is difficult for them to guard.

In the next few days, the playoffs continued in full swing.

The Rockets never found a way to restrict Lin Tian, ​​and the bombardment style they were very good at was suppressed by the Lakers.

Even their three-point weapon in the regular season was defeated by the Lakers' reliable perimeter defense.

On the evening of May 8, when the Lakers won G4 of the Western Conference Semifinals, they officially defeated the Rockets with a big score of 4:0 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals!

The Lakers are also the first team confirmed to advance to the division finals.
Chapter completed!