Chapter 454: Men and Men's Promises
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Pachulia was eventually secured on a stretcher and carried off the court with the help of the Bucks' team doctors. As Yiyang promised himself before, if you let Carter fall, then you don't want to stand up and walk out of this field.
Pachulia lay on a stretcher like a "corpse", motionless. The moment he landed, in addition to the severe pain in his shoulder, the lower half of the Georgian's body was completely devoid. The notoriously evil man of the alliance had his eyes flushed at this time, and he was worried, worried that he would never be able to stand up again.
Seeing this scene, many fans did not feel pity, but felt happy. This wicked man is self-defeating.
If Pachulia is given another chance to choose now, he will definitely not use his brains against Yiyang and Carter. Not everyone in this world is afraid of themselves, that Chinese is really ruthless!
Yiyang was sent off the pitch and Pachulia was carried off the pitch, and the game actually lost all the highlights.
Although Yiyang was not there in the following game, Collison still fulfilled his responsibility as a sixth man and handled the team's offense in an orderly manner. And the weak Bucks, even if they can't do it, the Mavericks can easily defeat it.
Antetokounmpo's 15 points won't change anything, and there are no variables in a game where the outcome is known before it starts.
But the result of the game is no longer the most important thing that people are concerned about. As soon as the game was over, reporters rushed to Carlisle, but none of the reporters' questions had anything to do with the game itself.
"May I ask Coach Carlisle, do you think Yi's foul was intentional?"
"Is it revenge on Pachuria!? What do you think about this? ”
"Coach Carlisle, Vince. Is Carter's injury serious? ”
"Do you think the league will impose multiple penalties? Will this affect the Mavericks' results this season? ”
The reporters haphazardly put the microphone to Carlisle's mouth, and Carlisle did his best to push everyone out of the way and squeeze in the direction of the players' tunnel. Sometimes, he really couldn't figure out whether these reporters were really idiots or pretending to be stupid. Obviously they have been standing on the sidelines, how can they know the questions they ask?
Surrounded by reporters, Carlisle finally squeezed into the tunnel of the players, while the unqualified media were stopped by stadium security.
Carlisle let out a sigh of relief, and the world was finally quiet. His shirt was already messy from overcrowding, and he didn't know who had stepped on his shoes.
Buttoning his shirt back on, Carlisle strode toward the locker room. But when he pushed open the locker room door, the two "protagonists" of today's game had already left.
"What!?" Carlisle knew that Carter must have been taken to the hospital, but Yiyang shouldn't be there.
"I've already changed my clothes and gone to the hospital, saying I'm waiting for you over there." Nowitzki informed Carlisle about the situation in the dressing room.
Carlisle instructed his assistant coach Darrell. Armstrong took his place at the next press conference, and after arranging for a few more players to go with him, he left in a hurry.
The crowd outside the U.S. Route Center just after the game was very congested, and tens of thousands of fans had to leave this area at the same time, so the traffic pressure was obvious.
Carlisle sat in a taxi, surrounded by cars that had to be parked because of road congestion. As soon as the car stopped, Carlisle couldn't help but think of the race that had just ended, that damn game!
"Don't worry coach, Vince is a good guy and God won't let him suffer." The taxi driver was reassuring Carlisle when he saw Carlisle's anxiety.
"God won't, but demons will." Carlisle's face immediately appeared in his mind, and he gritted his teeth in an instant!
"Pachuria, you say? He's not a demon, he's a butcher at best. Besides, haven't you already taken care of him? By the way, Pachuria's diagnosis hasn't come out yet, and I wish a rotten guy like him was off the basketball court forever. ”
As he spoke, the traffic jam in front of him finally moved slowly. The taxi driver immediately shifted gears and then held the steering wheel with both hands.
"Get ready coach, we're going to weave through the gaps in traffic!"
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By the time Carlisle pushed through the crowd and ran out of the elevator doors, nearly an hour had passed since the end of the race. He believes that Carter's injury must have been diagnosed by this time. It's just that Carlisle doesn't know if he's ready to face all this.
Ankle injuries can be big or small. If it's lighter, like an ordinary sprain, you can come back and play after a two or three days break. But if it's heavier, if the ankle suffers a structural injury, it could even end a player's career!
When Carlisle walked to the door of Carter's hospital room, he found Yiyang standing outside, leaning against the wall in a daze.
"Chief, here." Yiyang opened his mouth slightly, and a deep voice came out of his throat, which was regarded as greeting Carlisle.
"Hmm...... Vince his injury ......"
"You better go in and ask him yourself...... Hey, don't expect too much. ”
Hearing Yiyang say this, Carlisle also had some bottom in his heart. Not to mention whether Carter's career will end here, but this injury is definitely not optimistic. It's better to be mentally prepared to avoid fainting from the spike in blood pressure later, and the Mavericks are really going to make the front page headlines in all the sports media around the world.
Carlisle patted Yiyang on the shoulder, then pushed the door open and walked into the room. In the hospital bed, Carter was turning his head to look out the window, and even though he heard someone coming in, he didn't look back.
"Vince, how do you feel?" Carlisle gets straight to the point and doesn't beat around the bush.
Carter didn't respond immediately, instead looking back to see who was talking. Against the yellow light, Carlisle could clearly see two tear streaks on Carter's face.
"It's not good, sir, I don't feel good...... Pachuria's bastard, is he banned? At the mention of the name Pachuria, Carter frowned! This is the fourth time in his career that he has encountered malicious footsteps, although the first three times did not kill him, but at this time Carter is 37 years old, and his body's recovery ability can no longer be compared with that year. God knows how long it will take to recover before we get back to full health. Maybe...... You'll never recover......
"At the moment, the league has not punished Pachuria, but he also can't play, and he has been taken off the court, and he looks very badly injured."
After hearing Carlisle's words, Carter looked surprised.
"Why, he didn't tell you just now?"
"He just told me that we won the event. Wait a minute...... That stupid boy, wouldn't he be banned from the tournament too!? Although Carter didn't know how Yiyang made Pachulia fall as well, he could imagine that Yiyang's kid would never be a gentle move!
"He'll be fine, but you're Vince, you haven't told me how you're doing."
After listening to Carlisle, Carter lifted the covers. His feet had been heavily plastered.
Seeing the plaster, practically everything is clear. If it's just an ordinary sprain, the doctor won't put a cast on it.
"There's a structural injury to the ankle, Benjamin said....... I'm going to have to have a truce indefinitely! Carter covered his face again, and the 37-year-old veteran suffered a heavy ankle injury, and he knew exactly what that meant.
The career of this "half-human and half-god" has really entered the countdown stage.
Carlisle doesn't know what to say, it's been such a great season, and then suddenly one day someone tells you that you can't play anymore, how do you feel? Carlisle didn't know what it was like anyway, so he wouldn't be presumptuous and say something like "I understand your feelings."
All he could do was pat Carter on the shoulder and tell the veteran that everyone was there for you.
"Why does this alliance have those scum!" Carter controlled his emotions again and yelled out of faux puff. Yesterday he was fantasizing about hugging the O'Brien Cup, and today, he's in a hospital bed. This huge gap made the mature Carter unable to hold back.
"He's been punished by Vince and taught him a hard lesson." Carlisle's response was so pale because even if Pachulia was injured, it couldn't undo the fact that Carter couldn't play.
Perhaps hearing Carter's yell, Yiyang, who was standing outside the door, walked in again. Carter wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, he didn't want his back to see his downcast.
"We're half a year away from the finals, Vince. You'll be back, definitely. I promise, when you come back, the Dallas Mavericks are definitely on the stage of the Finals, and I assure you, Vince! O'Brien Cup, I've got to pick it up with you. Yi Yang forced out a smile, and now any comfort was pale to Carter. The best thing to do is to continue to give hope to this veteran.
"Do you believe me? Vince. ”
"Of course I believe you, but ......"
"That's enough, rest well, we still need you in the finals!" Yiyang stretched out his fist again, exactly like yesterday.
Carter smiled, his first smile since his injury today. The fists of the two touched lightly, which means that the promise between the men has officially taken effect!
Carlisle looked at Yiyang, and suddenly realized that the unruly stunned young man had now become so mature. Look at him, he's a team leader.
"I only have one request, don't do anything stupid next time, stinky boy. If someone fouls you, you take revenge on him with victory, and don't take risks. Don't fall until you get the O'Brien Cup! ”
"Don't worry, Vince, I promise Zaza's injury was just an accident, I really didn't do anything." Yiyang smiled evilly, and the atmosphere in the ward was finally relaxed.
This dark and chaotic night will eventually pass, and after the darkness, everyone will be greeted by a glorious dawn.
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