Today’s young people really don’t know how good Jordan is? In fact, this sentence also applies to Garnett who just entered the league. It was his trash talk that angered the God of Basketball. Then he watched the team go from leading to falling behind by more than 20 points, and was severely "taught" by Jordan. After a while, Garnett became very respectful to Jordan. Garnett trash-talked Jordan
Entering the league as a high school student shows Garnett's talent. He was selected by the Timberwolves to start his career in 1995, the year the basketball god Jordan made his comeback. year. Sure enough, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Garnett may have been used to being in the limelight in high school, so in a game between the Timberwolves and the Bulls, he was not afraid of Jordan and even talked trash to Jordan. What happened at that time? Let me tell you slowly.
The Timberwolves played against the Bulls in an away game. Jordan did not perform well in the first three quarters and only scored 18 points. The Bulls were also 2 points behind. After a timeout in the third quarter, Garnett, a rookie, was distracted. He actually Leder shouted to his teammate Leder who was guarding Jordan at the time: "Keep messing with him, Jordan is just that, you did a great job!" At this time, Jordan passed by, and Garnett seemed to not see it, and continued to encourage his teammates: "Today we We will definitely win and beat Jordan together.”
After hearing this, Jordan just put his hands on his hips and responded calmly: “Very good, very good.” It was Garnett’s teammates who knew what was going on. , immediately ran over to apologize to Jordan and explained that Garnett was just a naive kid who had just entered the league, and I hoped Jordan wouldn't mind. But everyone knows what happened next.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jordan's personal score soared from 18 points to 40 points, and the Bulls also went from being 2 points behind to leading by more than 20 points. The Timberwolves suffered a disastrous defeat because a rookie angered Jordan. .
As it entered garbage time, Garnett was replaced. Jordan, who was still on the court, walked up to him and said meaningfully: "Young man, aren't you going to play today?" "This sentence left Garnett speechless. June Basketball Talk:
Why can Jordan become the first person in history to win two three consecutive championships? Perhaps the fighting spirit in him that never admits defeat played a big role. In the first half of his career, he experienced being bullied by the Pistons' "Bad Boy Legion". In order to cross this mountain, Jordan joined the "Breakfast Club" and used various methods to He improved himself with an almost abnormal training method, and finally defeated the Pistons and reached the top of the league. From then on, he was out of control. And Jordan's determination to retaliate tells people that no one should try to provoke, otherwise you will definitely pay the price, Garnett is an example.