On a charter flight carrying the Portland Trail Blazers to Boston.
At first glance, the chartered plane was filled with laughter and laughter.
"LaMarcus, if you don't come back, the fans will wonder if you were laid off by the team." Batum said while picking up the magazine.
Judging from the cover, it should be the latest issue of Playboy magazine.
"I didn't expect that the recovery time from this injury would take so long. Thank you all for your hard work during this time."
Aldridge scratched his head and smiled shyly.
I still remember that when Aldridge was first injured, the preliminary test that night was that he had a grade two injury to the right ankle ligament, and it was expected to take about three weeks to recover.
As a result, when we arrived at the hospital the next day, and after more sophisticated machine testing, everyone knew that Aldridge's injury was more serious than the team doctor had imagined, so it took him a full five weeks to fully recover.
"Haha, stop talking about those disturbing things. After we get off the plane, let's go and celebrate LaMarcus' comeback. Also, let me tell you some good news. According to Orsi's reply, it is expected that in two days,
That guy Will is going to recover too.”
On the other side, Wang Zelin also brought another good news to his teammates.
"Really?"
"Will is fine too!"
"Haha, it seems that it won't be long before our Portland Legion will once again sweep the alliance!"
"..."
After getting the accurate time of Matthews' comeback, the team's morale increased by one point.
At the same time, I am more confident about the last devilish schedule at the end of the month.
Devil's schedule, right?
Next, let you know what the real devil is!
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After arriving in Boston, everyone took the bus to the hotel booked by the team in advance.
Since there was still a game tomorrow, with Terry Stotts' utmost patience, Wang Zelin and his teammates briefly celebrated Aldridge's comeback, then returned to the hotel and took the time to rest.
The next day, Wang Zelin finished breakfast and went to a training ground temporarily rented by the team on the banks of the Charles River in downtown Boston to conduct training during the day.
During the training arrangement, Aldridge took the initiative to be in a group with Wang Zelin for confrontation training.
Obviously, the long absence made Aldridge attach great importance to tonight's comeback, so he approached Wang Zelin, the league's top defender, hoping to find his best form as soon as possible under high pressure.
Wang Zelin enjoys it. Aldridge has a strong desire to fight tonight!
On the field, the desire to fight is not the desire to score...
"How many points are you going to score tonight?"
Wang Zelin asked casually.
"Um……"
Hearing this question, Aldridge stopped changing his training clothes.
"How about I set a small goal for you, 30 points! How about it? Do you have confidence?"
After saying that, he grabbed the basketball, went straight to the basket, and dunked it with both hands!
Then, he slammed the ball in Aldridge's direction.
"Snapped!"
After receiving the ball from outside the three-point line, Aldridge immediately dribbled towards the basket and slammed a one-handed dunk.
"hey-hey!"
"Ha ha!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
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The Boston Celtics are one of the two giants teams. After successively dismantling the 2010 championship lineup in the past two seasons, they officially announced that they have entered into a reconstruction.
Last summer, after reaching a deal with the Lakers to send away Rajon Rondo, the 15th captain in history, the current record has unexpectedly collapsed.
Currently, the Celtics have a record of 13 wins and 26 losses, firmly ranking at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Judging from this trend, they will most likely miss the Eastern Conference playoffs for two consecutive years.
Only Wang Zelin knew that such a miserable Green Army, after acquiring Isaiah Thomas from the free market during the All-Star period, continued to exert its strength in the second half of the schedule, and finally grabbed a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Simon.
And all of this, in addition to the credit of the players, depends largely on the Green Army's current rookie coach Brad Stevens.
Stevens, who led the Celtics to a regular season record of 25 wins and 57 losses last season, is still in a situation where he is not favored by others. It was not until after the All-Star Game that his value was slowly discovered.
well, let's get back to business.
Back to tonight's game.
The Celtics, which had suffered three consecutive losses before, will welcome the defending champion Portland Trail Blazers at home tonight.
In this battle, even the most loyal Green Army fans didn't think they could defeat the menacing Trail Blazers in an upset.
The only highlight of tonight's game is Aldridge, who has just returned from injury. What will his status be like?
Trail Blazers: Lillard, Connett Lee, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Zelin.
Just at this stop on the court, when the Green Army fans in the North Shore Garden saw Aldridge and Wang Zelin, a pair of tall and proud inside combinations, their hearts were already cold before the game started.
There is no way, the Green Army's inside combination on the court is too short at this time.
Center Jared Sullinger is only 2.06 meters tall, a full 10 centimeters shorter than Wang Zelin; Brandon Bass is also too short, only 2.03 meters tall, and Aldridge he will face tonight
, the height is 2 meters 11.
Not to mention, there is a huge gap in hard power between these two groups of insiders.
How to fight this?
The entire North Shore Garden Arena began to be enveloped in an atmosphere of despair.
However, what was supposed to come came.
At the beginning of the game, Wang Zelin jumped the ball and took the lead in touching the ball, and the Blazers attacked.
The Celtics insiders, whether Jared Sullinger or Brandon Bass, could not stop Wang Zelin's dragon collision, so Stevens arranged for Turner to find the right rest in advance and interfere in time.
Wang Zelin's sprint.
Unfortunately, he overestimated Turner's courage.
Facing a seven-foot-long man sprinting at full speed, Turner got scared at the critical moment and stepped aside in advance.
This allowed Wang Zelin to shoot straight in and penetrate the Celtic penalty area unimpeded.
"Snapped!"
After receiving the pass, Wang Zelin did not rush forward and hit a dunk as the surrounding fans imagined.
I saw him slow down, then hit the ball high towards the backboard, and shouted:
"Lamarcus!"
The next moment, a figure No. 12 appeared behind him, leaped high, caught the rebounded ball, and slammed it into the basket with both hands...
boom--!
This person is none other than Aldridge, who has just returned.