San Antonio is a small city, and the Spurs, the NBA team here, are a group of low-key people.

Therefore, even today, when it is flooded with various public opinion media, even the highly exposed NBA league.

Few people will focus on this low-key division.

Of course, this does not mean that this team has no fans. In fact, their fan base is very large.

A thrilling victory in a crucial battle with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This made this low-key wealthy family suddenly become the focus of everyone's attention.

Because there are many stories that happened in this game.

The first is the return of Spurs star Kawhi Leonard. The second is the discord between the Cavaliers and their generals during the game, and the last moment is Spurs No. 35 China Jiang's "winner" at the last moment of the game.

The results of this game were also far-reaching. The Spurs narrowly secured the eighth spot in the Western Conference, which made them look more likely to continue their record of advancing to the playoffs.

"Although Kawhi did not play the entire game against Cleveland and became the familiar No. 2 of the Spurs, no one has to doubt what he can bring to this team when healthy. It is no exaggeration to say that,

With a healthy Kawhi, the Spurs are at least one of the top four teams in the Western Conference. Now that he is back, this means that the Spurs' next goal is no longer to advance to the playoffs. They need to attack a higher goal.

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"Yes, the healthy Spurs look very strong. They reached the Western Conference Finals last year. With the emergence of Dejounte Murray and China Jiang this season, they seem to have the best chance to challenge the Golden State Warriors.

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First of all, everyone feels that after Leonard's comeback, the Spurs' hard power has rapidly increased. Even though they are only ranked eighth in the Western Conference, to be honest, no team wants to meet them in the playoffs.

There is no way, the influence of a superstar is often so great.

Secondly, in the eyes of many people, a healthy Spurs will be the Warriors' biggest opponent.

It is undeniable that this conclusion is correct, but there is a prerequisite, and that is a healthy Spurs.

Unfortunately, before Spurs fans could recover from the joy of Leonard's comeback, an official piece of news from the Spurs instantly extinguished everyone's enthusiasm.

That is, Leonard's comeback is not ideal, and he will continue to miss games indefinitely.

What the hell?

The whole public opinion exploded.

He has just returned and is absent again. He seems to be completely fine.

Fans can't understand that the ambitious goal they just raised will die like this?

Frankly speaking, Leonard's continued absence from the game not only caused a commotion among the fans, but even within the Spurs, Jiang Hao and others were also a little stunned.

Jiang Hao inquired about the specific situation of Leonard's injury from England during training, but unfortunately, England did not disclose any information to him.

But Jiang Hao could tell from Englander's expression that there seemed to be something else involved in Leonard's injury.

"God bless"

Jiang Hao can only train harder. With Leonard continuing to be absent, the team's situation will be even more severe.

With the regular season coming to an end, perhaps he must perform better on the court.

Only in this way will it be beneficial to the team and yourself.l

In the past ten years, the Western Conference has been full of strong players, and the situation has become more and more intense, and it is even more thorough this season.

As of now, with less than 10 games in the regular season, there are a total of 4 teams in the Western Conference competing for the final playoff spot.

The San Antonio Spurs are just one of them.

The Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, and Utah Jazz are three teams with almost the same effectiveness as the Spurs, and everyone is eyeing the last playoff spot.

Originally, for the Spurs, when Leonard returned, they would have an absolute advantage in competing for this spot.

But now they seem to be the weakest party.

"In 20 years, I have never seen the Spurs be pushed so hard. They look very likely to interrupt their streak of making the playoffs for many years."

Some people expressed such emotion.

"We have no retreat. As professional players, we must go all out."

The 70-year-old man roared like this in the locker room. The Spurs have persisted until this season. As the head coach, Gregg Popovich has taken out almost all the oil in his mailbox.

As people get older, their competitive spirit never gets old.

In terms of affection for this team, I'm afraid no one can compare with Popovich. As the founder of the Spurs dynasty, he also doesn't want the record that has lasted for so many years to come to an abrupt end.

Therefore, at the beginning of every game, he would always roar in the locker room to encourage everyone.

Jiang Hao took all this in his eyes. He didn't want to express anything, he just wanted to get better.

On April 4, Beijing time, the Spurs faced the Los Angeles Lakers at home.

Compared with the Spurs, the Lakers, who are also a wealthy team, are in even worse shape this season. Let alone entering the playoffs, they can't even reach the threshold of the playoffs. Their last-place record is incredible.

Has the once wealthy family fallen to this level?

Everything has its rules.

Of course, there is no eternal dynasty or top team in the NBA.

People knew that the Lakers would be rebuilt after Kobe Bryant retired, but no one expected that the road to rebuilding the Purple and Gold Army seemed far away.

For the Lakers, their game this season is actually over. Even if they win the next few games, they will not advance to the playoffs.

Therefore, they have no pressure in this game against the Spurs. If they can win, they will win. If they cannot win, they will lose.

This can be seen from the expressions of the Lakers players who are doing warm-up activities on the court.

But for the Spurs, they must win tonight's game. With less than 3 games left, they can only ensure their advancement to the playoffs by defeating the Lakers. Otherwise, their fate will be in the hands of others.

On hand.

"The form is not optimistic. In addition to tonight's game, there are only four games left for the Spurs. We have calculated that in these four games, the Lakers are obviously the best, so this is our goal.

Opportunity, as long as we defeat the Lakers, we will firmly hold the initiative to advance in our own hands."

Matt Bonner's expression before the game was a bit serious, because he knew very well the situation the team was facing now, and he could only use this method to help his old club. He spent his career with the Spurs, and here he is

During this period, he never missed the playoffs.
Chapter completed!