king of defenders

Chapter 1319 The Storm of the Finals (Seventeen)

American Airlines Arena.

The Lakers players have already arrived, and they also got the news that Meng Yun will be back and will play today's game.

This surprised the Lakers players. Several young players got together and talked: "I didn't expect Meng Yun to play today's game. His injury is still not healed?"

"It's definitely not good. He came back with an injury. In fact, it's not surprising. If he doesn't come back, the Heat will not be our opponent at all, and there will be no suspense in the finals."

"This is not a good thing for us. The Heat without Meng Yun are indeed not our opponents, but if Meng Yun comes back, today's game will not be so easy to play."

"What are you afraid of? Didn't you all say that he came back with an injury? The injury is still in the knee joint. He can still be as fast as before and jump as high as before? With his current physical condition, even if he comes back, he can still jump so high. No matter what, we still win in the end.”

"That's right, what's so scary about an injured Meng Yun?"

Several young Lakers players said loudly, and it fell into James' ears. James just shook his head secretly. Since an injured Meng Yun has nothing to fear, why do you bother to say these things?
Doesn't it mean that you are flustered when you say this?
It's really disappointing that an injured Meng Yun made you like this!

James shook his head and said to George beside him: "Although Meng Yun is injured, he is not a player who relies entirely on his body, so he should be careful."

"Yeah." George nodded and said calmly, "Defend against his shots and let him break through."

James raised an eyebrow and smiled.

It is to let Meng Yun break through, let him go for a breakthrough, his knee is injured, his speed will definitely not be fast, how much threat is there for breakthrough?
At this time, the Heat players played.

When Meng Yun came out, the entire arena soared, and the fans stood up one after another. Cheers and applause resounded throughout the arena. Even if they were not Heat fans, they were still applauding at this moment. Also worthy of their own respect.

It took a long time for the applause to subside.

The players went on the court to warm up, and Meng Yun just shot from the outside, one after another.

In the other half, George looked at this side for a while, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to James: "It seems that Meng Yun's injury is really not healed, and his shooting movements are a little different from before, and the take-off height is obviously not as high as before. The force is also obviously being retracted.”

"Well." James nodded, feeling a little more relaxed, "After all, it's only been a few days, how can he recover so quickly, he can return to the court, can run normally, and his shooting is already very unexpected."

From Meng Yun's movements, it can be judged that Meng Yun's knee is not completely healed, which affects his exertion and causes some strange movements.

This is good news for the Lakers.

At the same time, Coach Spoelstra, Craig, Rostern, and the Heat players also discovered this, and couldn't help but worry.

In fact, when Meng Yun said that he would come back in this game, coach Spoelstra did not agree, but Meng Yun insisted and said that he knew it well, and finally agreed.

At this moment, he couldn't help frowning, and regretted it a little. With Meng Yun's current state, how useful would it be to come back? Can he really lead the team to defeat the Lakers?
I'm afraid it will be difficult!
Among all the people, only Guo Shuyao was very calm, because she was the only one who knew Meng Yun's condition best. Meng Yun's injury was indeed not completely healed, but it was more than half healed, and it had some impact on his running, jumping and exertion. But the impact is not that great. Wait a while for the game to start and the body will adapt after playing for a while. In fact, this impact is not a cause for concern.

The warm-up between the two sides ended quickly, and the players returned to the sidelines.

Coach Spoelstra looked at Meng Yun, frowned and said, "Meng Yun, are you really okay?"

Meng Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, there's no problem."

"Well." Coach Spoelstra nodded, and at this point, he simply didn't think about it so much, "Whiteside, Xiang Long, Gay, Korver, Meng Yun, it's up to you later A couple of starts. Just the same way we used to play, understand?"

"clear."

"Yes."

Everyone complied.

Meng Yun is just coming back, the personnel has not changed, and there is no need to adjust tactics or anything, just play as he did before.

Not far away, the head coach of the Lakers is also making arrangements: "Meng Yun is coming back with an injury. His right knee is injured, which will definitely affect his running and jumping, and affect his technical actions. Therefore, we only need to beware of his shooting. , with his current state, breaking through is not something to be afraid of."

This is consistent with the ideas of James and George.

The game officially begins.

Players from both sides came to the court, first jumped the ball, and the Lakers got the ball. Their starting lineup was still Jordan Jr., Ingram, George, Pope, and James.

The Lakers' offense has not changed much. James is not in a hurry to score, but is organizing and connecting. The offense starts from George, obviously letting him attack first.

boom!
This time the Lakers failed to score, and the Heat counterattacked.

Meng Yun came to the frontcourt, James stepped forward, opened his hands to look at Meng Yun, put it closer to the front, and made it clear that he would not allow Meng Yun to shoot easily.

If before, because of Meng Yun's speed is too fast, the breakthrough is too sharp, James would not dare to defend too far, for fear of being passed by one step, but the situation is naturally different now.

Meng Yun glanced at the situation on the field and couldn't help sneering: "The Lakers really thought I was injured, so they were a little less afraid. There was no double-teaming, and even Jordan and Ingram didn't stay inside. Obviously, they are not afraid of me. Breakthrough, because I feel that my knee is injured now, my speed is affected, and it is impossible to pass James easily."

"Since that's the case, I'm not being polite."

Meng Yun narrowed his eyes, changed direction suddenly, and broke through from the left.

"What?" James' heart shook, and he couldn't help being surprised, "It's so fast, why is he still so fast?"

This time, Meng Yun's speed was very fast, and it didn't look like he had injured his knee at all. James was caught off guard, and it was too late to stop him when he reacted.

In the auditorium, the fans were also surprised.

Didn't it mean that Meng Yun came back with an injury, and his knee injury is still not healed, so his speed will be affected?

How is this going?

With a whoosh, Meng Yun rushed past James. There was no one inside, and it was empty. Meng Yun easily scored a layup and scored two points.

There was silence in the auditorium for two seconds, and then there was a huge cheer.

The faces of the Lakers players changed.

The head coach of the Lakers on the sidelines frowned, stood up and walked to the sidelines with a solemn expression. He made a mistake in his assessment of Meng Yun. Does this guy look injured?
(End of this chapter)