Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 67
Originally thought that Moncrief's injury and departure would bring the Warriors a chance to reverse, but he never thought that due to Moncrieff's injury, the Bucks were united and united, and they exploded.

Hodges alone scored 3 three-pointers in the second half. In addition, Ricky Pierce was unstoppable from inside and outside.

The sudden explosion of role players made it impossible for the Warriors to catch up no matter how hard they tried.

In the end, with 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Nelson replaced all the main players and announced his surrender.

The score was finally fixed at 118:95. This was the Warriors' first game of the season without scoring more than [-] points, and it was also the Warriors' first loss this season.

It's just that this game is destined to be a lose-lose game. After the game, news came from the hospital that Moncrief tore the cruciate ligament in his left knee and was reimbursed for the season.

It can be said that although the Bucks won this game, they lost the entire season. It is even difficult to say whether Moncrief can return to his previous level in the future. After all, he is 29 years old this year.

After the game, the Warriors players returned to the hotel dejectedly. Everyone was not in the mood to play. In fact, there was nothing interesting in Milwaukee. This is not Atlanta.

Nelson did not take the bus back to the hotel with the players, but took Bob Lanier and prepared to go to the hospital to visit Moncrief.

"West, why are you here?"

However, when Nelson came to the back door of the gymnasium and was about to leave by car, he bumped into Li Weisi who was already waiting there.

"Coach, I want to go with you."

"Then let's go together!" Nelson did not refuse Li Weisi's kindness.

When the three came to the hospital together, Moncrief's ward was packed with people, all of them were Bucks players and staff.

When everyone saw that it was Nelson, they all greeted him one after another, but when they saw Li Weisi behind them, everyone looked at each other coldly, even though everyone here knew that Li Weisi was not to blame for Moncrief's injury, but This still couldn't stop everyone from venting their anger on him.

Fortunately, Li Weisi's advantage is that he has a thick skin. Everyone's gazes will not make Li Weisi feel uncomfortable. His gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and then he put him on the hospital bed.

Unlike on the court, Moncrief at this time has lost that domineering attitude, perhaps because of his injuries, but now he looks more peaceful, and he looks more like an old farmer.

"Nellie, why are you here?" Seeing Nelson visiting him, Moncrief's spirit improved a lot, and he was very surprised.

"I'm leaving by plane tonight, of course I want to see you before I leave!" Nelson patted Moncrief's arm and sat on the stool beside the bed.

"How? How long will it take to recover?" Lanier behind Nelson was also concerned.

"It's optimistically estimated that it will be at least 8 months, and we won't be able to catch up with this year's competition." Moncrief looked at Lanier with a forced smile, but anyone could see the sadness in his heart.

"Hey..." After hearing this, Lanier didn't say anything else. After all, nothing he said at this time would be of comfort, but would increase the burden on Moncrief's heart.

In this way, neither Nelson nor Lanier stopped talking about their illnesses with Moncrief. As for the hazards of the torn cruciate ligament, no one in the room did not understand.

The truly frightening thing about this kind of injury is that due to violent injury, the tear of the cruciate ligament often leads to other injuries, such as the adjacent collateral ligament, meniscus tear or even rupture, which may cause peripheral blood vessel rupture or even rupture in severe cases. A fracture produces a partially broken bone.

Therefore, the amount of work involved in this operation is very large, and it needs a long recuperation period to recover if it is repaired in time, and there are many sequelae. Basically, once you get this injury, your sports career can basically be said to be It's gone downhill.

And Moncrief is 29 years old this year. It took a year to recover, and if he wants to maintain the state before the injury, I am afraid that the most optimistic people will not believe this.

So, Nelson, Lanier, Moncrief and the Bucks players present chatted about the past together, reminiscing about the days when everyone struggled.

Li Weisi, on the other hand, is like an audience, watching the public ecology with cold eyes, but it is difficult to integrate into it.

"Okay, get some rest, we're leaving now." After chatting for about ten minutes, Nelson stood up and was about to leave.

"West, wait, I have something to say to you alone, Paul, can you go out first?"

Plessy was a little puzzled, but nodded, and led the team out of the ward.

Nelson also looked at Moncrief suspiciously, then patted Li Weisi on the shoulder, and led Lanier out of the ward.

After walking out of the ward, Lanier was a little worried and said, "Nellie, West..."

Nelson waved his hand and comforted: "It's okay, Sidney is not that kind of reckless person, don't worry."

In the ward, as everyone left, only Moncrief and Li Weisi were left in the room, and the original hustle and bustle instantly became silent.

Moncrief first broke the silence and said, "You know what? West, I'm very jealous of you!"

"Huh? Jealous of me?" Li Weisi was stunned for a moment, because he didn't expect Moncrief to say this, but he immediately continued without thinking: "Is it jealous that I am more handsome than you?"

"Who would be jealous of that!" Moncrief couldn't help complaining: "You know, when Nellie was still in the Bucks last season, I was in the office and saw the report about you."

"Oh?" This was the first time Li Weisi had heard of it.

"That was Downey's report. I didn't think too much about it at first, but at the end of the season, I found your report again. It was written by Downey. Then I realized that it turned out that Nellie told Downey to keep going. Looking into you, know that no rookie has ever been treated like this.

Therefore, I became very curious about you who made him care so much. At first I thought you would be my teammate, but what I didn't expect was that he actually left the Bucks for you. "

"Because of me?" Li Weisi was very surprised about this, because he always thought that the reason why Nelson came to the Warriors was because of Frank's invitation.

"Of course it's not all because of you, but it is undeniable that you are also one of the important reasons, and Nellie chose you and gave up on me, which makes me unacceptable. I don't think you can compare to me, or even me. Thought you were not as good as my teammate Hodges."

"This me..." Li Weisi couldn't sit still because of his competitive spirit, and quickly objected, but was interrupted by Moncrief.

"Of course, through today's game, I saw your potential. I have to admit that this is indeed a style of play that I have never seen before. As for your future, I don't know, but I believe that With the eyes of Lee, since I can't do it, then I will entrust him to you.

I want you to be the best player you can be, to help Nellie, to win a championship. "

(End of this chapter)