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Chapter 44 Just Withered
Seeing Duncan's layup, Negro quickly reached out to the technical table to signal a timeout. It was not a problem with the team's offense or defense, but he could see that Billups' body could no longer hold on.

"Chauncey, are you all right?"

After a pause, Paul ran to Billups, feeling his trembling body, put his hand on his back, and asked with concern.

"It's not a big problem, but it is certain that I can't play again tonight, and I am still old."

Billups smiled bitterly and shook his head. He knew his own body best. As soon as he got out of the explosive state, he could clearly feel the fatigue all over his body, even accompanied by a little pain.

Hearing that Billups said he was fine, Paul breathed a sigh of relief immediately, and then said: "It's good that you are fine, go, go back to the bench and rest! As for the game, just leave it to us!"

Then under the protection of Paul, Billups returned to the bench. The Clippers players had already made room for him, and the staff had prepared Gatorade and a brand new one for him. All he needs to do now is rest well.

Watching Billups return to the bench, Yang Ke turned his head and looked away, walked towards the home team's bench, sat in an empty seat, took the towel from Leonard and put it on his shoulders.

"Oh, thanks!"

A bottle of Gatorade was handed to him. Yang Ke looked up to see a young caddy, nodded at him with a smile, and then reached out to take the Gatorade.Opening the lid, Wei Wei took a sip, the second quarter had just started, and he didn't need to replenish energy yet.

"After the timeout, Ford replaced Young, and Blair replaced Duncan."

Popovich held the tactical drawing board, just walked in front of the players, and spoke.

"Ok."

Looking up at the calm Popovich, although he didn't want to end like this, Yang Ke finally nodded and said.

After 20 seconds, the timeout expired, and the game continued, and it was on the Spurs bench that the Clippers submitted the news to the technical desk, and Billups was unable to play in this game due to physical discomfort.

Yang Ke, who was putting on his coat, couldn't believe it when he heard the news. One minute ago, Billups had defended him well, but now it was reported that Billups was unwell. Can't continue playing this game.

Turning his head to look at the Clippers bench, he saw Billups sitting alone, with a long towel on his head, his head slightly lowered, making it difficult to see his expression and state clearly.

"Why, are you puzzled?"

When Parker's voice sounded in his ear, Yang Ke immediately turned his head and looked at Parker who was sitting beside him. Although he didn't ask, there was a strong curiosity in his eyes.

"For our outside players, the age of 35 is a watershed for the body. After the age of 35, the body has already begun to decline, and the competitiveness will be greatly reduced."

Parker said calmly, took the towel off his shoulders, and held it in his hand. Billups just happened to have crossed the watershed.

"For a young man like you, the sudden explosion will not have too many adverse effects, but for Chauncey, who is already 36 years old, the explosion will overwhelm his body."

Parker shook his head and sighed, recalling that Billups had educated himself hard at the beginning, but he never thought that this is the case now, but if you think about it carefully, isn't it the same in the late career of every player.

"You mean, Chauncey's high-intensity offense and defense in an explosive state have already made his body overwhelmed."

Yang Ke nodded thoughtfully. After Parker explained it like this, he understood a little bit.

"Actually, if he hadn't come out of the outbreak, the strength in his heart and his consciousness could still push his body to carry on."

Parker spoke slowly, recalling his previous outburst. In that state, both defense and offense were very handy, and he didn't feel physically tired at all.

"Then why did he come out of the outbreak?"

Yang Ke frowned, and asked Parker again. He didn't feel the change in Billups.

"Because of you, you successfully blocked him and crushed the last straw in his heart."

Parker smiled and praised Yang Ke's defensive block.

"........."

The game continued in the second quarter, and the Clippers used the timeout to replace the substitutes, Mo Williams, Randy Foye, Ryan Gomez, Brian Cook, Trey Tompkins.Compared with the Spurs' lineup, except for Xiao Mo who can still watch, the others are completely a piece of cake in front of them.

So the five members of the Clippers were directly abused for a few minutes, and the score that was originally reduced when Billups was desperate was pulled back to double digits in an instant.This made the Clippers coach Negro very dull, but there was no way but to let Paul, who had just rested for a few minutes, play again.

As soon as Paul played, the effect was immediate, and the offense was no longer so chaotic, at least in appearance, it was already very similar, but after a while, the Clippers' inside defense had problems again.

In desperation, Negro could only replace Jordan Jr. to stabilize the team's inside defense. Finally, at the end of the second quarter, he replaced all the starting lineup one after another.

Soon the first half ended. With the efforts of the Clippers' starting lineup, the Clippers not only caught up with the score, but even overtook it by two points, but this also led to the rapid loss of physical strength of the Clippers' starting lineup.

Seeing the situation of the Clippers, Popovich waved his hand in the second half and directly replaced the starting five. He had already rested for a long time and adjusted the starting five of the Spurs in good condition. The Clippers hit the ground with five players, and at the same time expanded the score to [-] points in waves.

In the end, relying on the flow of the third quarter, at the end of the game, the Clippers lost to the Spurs 90:115. The Spurs finally won by 25 points and won the two consecutive victories very easily.

In this game, Yang Ke played 22 minutes and scored 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 big cap by relying on the garbage time shooting in the fourth quarter!Leonard, who was not feeling well tonight, only scored two points, but with his long arms, he grabbed eight rebounds.

"Hey Yang!"

After the game, Yang Ke, who was packing his things, heard someone calling him from behind. The voice was unfamiliar, but it seemed to have been heard several times recently.Turning his head quickly, he found that it was Billups wearing a thick coat with a towel on his shoulders.

"Chauncey? Hello, are you in good health?"

Looking at Billups, Yang Ke was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and greeted politely, the two teams are not rivals, and it is normal for players to greet each other after the game.

"It's okay, but if I play for a while longer, it will probably cause the old injury to relapse. Thank you for speaking."

With a bitter smile, Billups shrugged his shoulders helplessly. The reality still exists after all. His body is no longer as clingy to the game as before.

"Chauncey, I'm so..."

"Hey, rookie, you don't need to think too much as a rookie. My era is not completely over. I played well tonight. I hope you can continue to have such performances in the future."

Maybe because he knew what Yang Ke wanted to say, the moment he just spoke, Billups stretched out his hand, hugged Yang Ke tightly, and patted his back gently with his right hand.

Thinking of the familiar negative emotions that Yang Ke felt from Yang Ke during the game, which was full of irritable and frightening power.This is the main reason why he came here. He doesn't like a junior being ruined by it. Billups paused, and then said: "Yang, I feel something in you."

"There's something that's been suppressed inside of you, and you need to find the time to release it, or when you can't suppress it, it could ruin your career."

"........."

　I have been feeling unwell for the past few days, I took medicine in the hospital, and my head is very messy, so there is only one update these days, sorry.

　　
　
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