On January 26, 2017, the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans played a fierce game until the last minute. At 1.8 seconds, the Rockets' James Harden was sent to the free throw line for two free throws, but the Rockets trailed by three points.

Harden hit the first free throw, the second deliberately hit the front of the basket, and Yang Yiming grabbed a rebound from the opponent's DeMarcus Cousins and tied the game for two points, but the goal was disallowed due to overtime.

What's even worse is Cousins, who landed after the mid-air collision, with a painful and hideous expression, and he seems to be injured indistinctly!

1/

The red light turned on, and Yang Yiming was stunned for a long time after the finale.

He was clearly a little overwhelmed.

It was something he had never experienced before.

In the eyes of others, perhaps he was regretting the final goal that was disallowed. He collided with Cousins' air back-to-back balls, and the basketball was already in his arms, but Cousins unexpectedly forced his arm behind his back and lifted the basketball into the air. He lost his balance because of this, and the basketball consumed too much time in the air, and by the time Yang Yiming scored the ball, it was already over in 1.8 seconds. The red light was already on before touching the ball, although it was only a millimeter, but Yang Yiming saw this very clearly. If the ball didn't go in, it would be futile to regret it.

It was Cousins' fight that killed hopes of an equalizer.

But as a price, at this time he was lying on the edge of the bottom line, wrapping his hands around his left leg and knee, and roaring in pain!

Like the roar of a livestock that has been injured for the first time and is licking its wounds. Raw, wild, full of power, unbelievable. The roar makes people panic, and the roar makes people tremble!

It doesn't believe it can get hurt too. Accustomed to running and jumping, it was knocked down for the first time, and even lost the strength to stand up due to injury, and it was difficult to move an inch. Cousins's pain is physical, but it must also be psychological.

Yang Yiming didn't know what to do.

He has never been someone who will hurt people maliciously, but as a professional footballer, he has also had the experience of physically clashing with people before, and he or the other party has been injured as a result. But this time with Cousins was completely different. He certainly didn't mean to hurt him, but Cousins' painful expression at this point made him realize that this was not an ordinary landing injury. Beads of sweat the size of beans ran down the other party's foreheads and dripped onto the floor. Yang Yiming, who is also a professional athlete, can read Cousins's expression, it is not only the destruction of the body and the tearing pain of the muscles, but also a kind of spiritual fear that can't help but reveal in the athlete: This is miserable.

If only Cousins could vent his temper tantrum as he usually does when he encounters injustice.

But he didn't.

He is just aggrieved, confused, and unconvinced like a child!

Yang Yiming thought about the pre-game preparations before the trip to New Orleans. The opponent has just won 6 of 8 games recently, ranking sixth in the West. The chemistry between Cousins and his interior partner Anthony Davis seems to be starting to emerge, and he's playing the best of his career: a super triple-double of 44 points, 24 rebounds and 10 assists on the Chicago Bulls.

Even with the Rockets' full setup, they still couldn't guard Cousins tonight, with a triple-double of 15 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists and a fatal shot before the injury to make the Rockets' full-court efforts in vain.

Yang Yiming wanted to say something to Kaoshen. But he didn't know how to speak.

Inquiries? Console? Apologize? Encourage?

In the face of fatal injuries, all words are pale. That's the brutal side of competitive sports, that's part of the game!

Pelicans players and coaching staff quickly gathered around. They separated Yang Yiming from behind, and he could only sneak into Cousins' expression through the cracks.

With the help of several people, Cousins was picked up from the floor. He couldn't land on his left foot, and two tall Pelicans walked back to the tunnel against him. Yang Yiming chased two steps, but was pulled by Yu Xiaochun:

"Not quite right, wait."

The latter waved at him.

Wait?

The injury report that Yang Yiming cared about and Yu Xiaochun asked him to wait for soon came.

As soon as the Rockets finished their press conference, and before they could get on the players' bus, a push message from ESPN's basketball reporter Woj reached his phone:

"While battling the Rockets for the last rebound of the game, DeMarcus Cousins was injured on the ground and was diagnosed with a left Achilles tendon workout and was reimbursed for the season."

No one spoke.

2/

"There is no way? What do you mean by no way?! ”

"The meaning of no way is what it literally means. I can't help him with the situation you said. After returning to the hotel, Yang Yiming called Nina in Houston as soon as possible, but her answer was obviously not the one he expected.

"Is it the money?"

"Of course not. Didn't you say he's a superstar. ”

"Is that because it's too difficult and takes too much of your energy?" Nina is a hypnotherapist, although Yang Yiming has never understood the principle behind this hypnotherapy, but he is always willing to imagine the healing of martial arts novels - maybe this time Cousins was too badly injured, and it would take too much "internal strength" for her to be completely cured?

"Of course not. It's not what you think..."

"What the hell is that?!" Yang Yiming rarely couldn't control his emotions and shouted on the phone, "Aren't you able to heal my dislocation and Harden's foot injury, why can't you do it this time?" ”

"You're all within my reach... It's just a minor fix. ”

"Small repairs, small repairs. So what exactly is a major repair? ”

"That's what Mr. Cowkins is..."

"Cousins!" Yang Yiming angrily interrupted Nina.

"Well, Cousins." Probably in order to avoid Yang Yiming's domineering aura, Nina deliberately paused for a few seconds, and waited for the other side to feel calm before continuing: "Mr. Cousins's injury is a 'major repair' that I can't deal with. It's not about the money, and it's not about me worrying about having reservations. It's really beyond the scope of hypnosis, I'm sorry, a hit. ”

"And what exactly does your 'scope' include?" Yang Yiming took out the posture of breaking the casserole.

"Let's put it this way..."Nina sighed, and it seemed that she could only accompany her to the end, "The state of human body functions is partly affected by psychology, and you agree with this principle, right?" For example, you may also feel that if you are in particularly good shape and confident in your body for a period of time, you may easily gain the upper hand on the court, and the probability of injury is greatly reduced. And if a player is afraid to play the ball, or who has just recovered from an injury and is not sure enough about his body, he is more likely to be injured again. ”

"Yes."

"Well, actually, what my hypnosis can do is not magical. I'm just magnifying the effect of this mental power. Some minor illnesses that do not hurt the muscles and bones have strong mental support, and the recovery cycle will naturally be greatly shortened; What is the daily physical recovery, naturally it is even more important..."

"But..."Yang Yiming had already noticed the change in the other party's tone.

"However, if this is a serious injury that cannot be overcome with willpower and mental strength, then no matter how strong my hypnotism is, I can't help it."

Yang Yiming was silent, he obviously vaguely understood the truth, but Nina still had to finish speaking:

"It's like I've cut off your arm, and the first thing you have to do is do surgery to get your arm back. Instead of telling me that you can win by will, as long as your faith is deep enough, the broken arm will naturally grow again. We are human, neither geckos nor octopuses. ”

“… So if your friend Mr. Cousins," Nina pronounced his name correctly, but it obviously didn't help, "if he had a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left foot, he didn't need me right now." Believe me, I'd like to hypnosis to get his Achilles tendon right, but I can't. So even if he were willing to pay a million dollars, or more, to thank me for healing, I wouldn't have had the good fortune to accept it. ”

Yang Yiming could hear the wry smile squeezed out by Nina on the other end of the phone before hanging up.

Money.

Money is probably her favorite thing.

Who doesn't love this golden object?

But sometimes, you'd rather give them up in exchange for something else.

Yang Yiming thought of Cousins who was lying on the floor hugging his knees and roaring.

He was expected to make the playoffs for the first time in his career at the end of April.

He was expected to get a super contract offer this summer.

1.8 seconds.

All fame and money have changed.

And it's all because of him, Yang Yiming?