Chapter 158: After the game
Oklahoma Central Hospital. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The VIP waiting hall here is now full of players who have come from the arena after no longer play.
And most of them are Spurs players in black and white jerseys.
As for the game in the stadium, hmph, forget it, if these people are in the stadium now, they will definitely fight directly, and when the time comes, there will be a second Auburn Hills palace incident, who will be responsible?
Besides, it's not the first time that the Spurs have left the game early, and they're used to it after having experience.
Parker is seriously injured and his ankle is deformed, in this case, no one will care about the result of this regular season at all, not to mention that in addition to Parker, Qin Yan was almost injured today, where did Popovich rush to let his generals take another risk? It's a big deal to lose this game.
Handed over the game to the assistant coach and a few substitutes, Popovich and a bunch of disciples followed him to the hospital, of course, if this game was the division finals or the finals, maybe Popovich would not allow the disciples to leave the court, but now it is just a regular season, lose one, or lose.
As for whether he will be fined again by the league, Popovich doesn't care anymore, you will be punished if you have the ability, now I just want to let my disciple be okay, this serious injury will not affect his career.
What about the thunder, the big boss is injured! And looking at Durant's ankle, it seems to be more serious than Parker's, if it weren't for the fact that it is now the home court of the Thunder, I'm afraid the Thunder team will be more chaotic.
Coach Brooks is still more sensible, what is Popovich's identity, he dares to ignore the rules of the league, Brooks doesn't dare, although it is said that the injury is his own ace Durant, but Coach Brooks just let a few other main players follow, leaving Westbrook to continue the game with the substitutes on the court.
This shows the contrast between the two teams' team cultures.
On the Spurs side, the general was injured, and he directly replaced five water coolers, from the coach to the main force to the important substitutes, and there was no one left, which clearly means that no matter whether the game is won or lost, it is more important than the game, or teammates.
Although the Thunder are also very concerned about Durant's injury, after all, they have not had the courage to give up the game directly like the Spurs, and the Thunder's players are not as good as the Spurs and a family.
As for the final result of the game, everyone can guess that the Spurs, without the main force, could not hold a 5-point lead in the face of the Thunder led by Westbrook, and the Thunder finally overtook in the last 3 minutes after falling behind for about 45 minutes at the whole court.
Of course, the price is very heavy, and their big boss Durant doesn't know how long he will be injured this time.
Returning to Oklahoma Central Hospital, Parker and Durant were examining at the same time.
The crowd of the Thunder and Spurs waiting in the VIP hall watched the live TV broadcast while holding back their anxious mood.
After seeing the Spurs finally lose their lead in the final three minutes and be led by Westbrook, the Thunder almost jumped up to celebrate, but when they saw the Spurs standing or sitting in a row opposite, they suppressed the urge again.
What's there to be happy about, people's main forces and important substitutes are here, there are only 5 people in the stadium who watch the water dispenser, so they still rely on an absolute main force to achieve a comeback in the last 3 minutes of the game, what is there to be happy about, it's not shameful enough.
The Thunder crowd even felt that when they were excited to see the team overtake, the Spurs looked at them with disdain.
Always out of the right 4, right 5, can hold your little king for a few rounds, not to mention our big cards are here, you win is normal, if you lose, then go to the Statue of Liberty together.
Seeing that the Thunder's players were more discerning and didn't celebrate in front of themselves, and the people on the Spurs' side didn't make a mockery, now they are concerned about Parker's injury.
At this time, the door of the VIP observation room opened, the doctor came out of it, and the Spurs suddenly surrounded everyone, and the Thunder people reacted a little slower, and they were squeezed outside and couldn't talk to the doctor.
"Doctor? How's Tony doing? Popovich showed the momentum of the leader at this time, and directly lined up the crowd and asked.
"Hello Mr. Popovich, Mr. Parker has a bone crack in his ankle, and there may be small bone spurs, but he was sent in time, and there are no other symptoms, but it is conservatively estimated that he needs to rest for 4-6 weeks." The doctor's answer wasn't too bad, not too good, 4-6 weeks, which meant that Parker didn't want to play for the next month.
"Doctor, doctor! How is Kevin? The Thunder players, who were squeezed behind by the Spurs, could only shout for the doctor.
"Sir, this is the hospital, please be quiet and don't disturb the rest of the other patients." The doctor first warned them, and then also talked about Durant's condition.
"Mr. Durant's injury... He had a slight fracture of his lower leg bone and a dislocated ankle joint, which is more serious, and it is conservatively estimated that he will need to rest for more than two months. ā
Two months?! This is undoubtedly a disaster for the Thunder, originally after they won the Spurs today, the ranking rose to second place in the West, and the difference between the win and the Spurs is also very small, but this time Durant was injured for two months, and in the next two months, the Thunder had a hard time.
Even in the next fierce playoff spot, the Thunder could fall behind.
After all, the Thunder relied on double less this year, and now that there is one less, the lethality of the Thunder will definitely be greatly reduced.
Popovich told the assistant coach who was still in the arena ready to play for the head coach to go to the post-game press conference, and then told him to try to calm things down, and not to make Parker's injury too serious, just say that a month off will be fine.
The assistant coach was originally calling the players to hurry up and pack up their things and prepare to withdraw, but after receiving Popovich's call, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and gave the news that this was okay to the Spurs left-behind personnel on the scene, everyone was very happy, Parker was not too seriously injured, as for this game, if you lose, you will lose, at least just now the people of both teams feel that the team is not playing on the field is already very good.
On the side of the hospital, Popovich looked at the doctor, and suddenly seemed to remember something, slapped Qin Yan with one hand, and slapped him out directly, "Doctor, check this guy too!" ā