342。 Achilles' heel

Reaching the finals again after six years, Kobe Bryant's sophistication is still out of his mouth, not to mention the new generation of stars? The Chinese team is very powerful, but they don't pay attention to it, they have already played each other, and the reason why they were forced to fire full of firepower by the Chinese team in the opening game at that time, the dream team thought that they underestimated their opponents, not that the opponent's strength was really strong to this extent.

Howard is especially convinced of this, and when asked by a reporter what he thinks of the upcoming Finals, Howard said confidently: "We are facing a world-class team, and there is no doubt that it will be a tough battle, but we will win the most." To be honest, we didn't play very well on the inside in the first game, but it won't be like that next time. ”

In the opening game, China's inner duo teamed up to score 50+, while the American team's interior trio didn't score 30 points combined, which is really a bitter tear. Howard, as the No. 1 interior line in the United States, was beaten very badly by Yao Ming and Chamberlain, but this time when he said this, not many people thought he was talking big.

It's not that Howard suddenly became extremely brave, but that Yao Ming's foot injury has recurred!

In the fourth quarter of the game against Lithuania, Yao Ming suffered an old injury on his foot, and Nelson Jr. even had to replace him five minutes later because he was already limping when he walked.

After the game, Nelson Jr. insisted that Yao Ming go to the hospital for a full check-up, but the latter rejected his offer and stayed with the rest of his teammates to watch the game. Little Nelson was helpless and asked, "You watched the live broadcast in the hospital, isn't it the same?" ”

Yao Ming replied seriously: "It's different, boss, I can only see the places captured by the camera on TV, but you know, the most important place in the game is not the place where basketball appears, and many problems of the American team can only be seen outside basketball." ”

After listening to Yao Ming's choice, Chamberlain didn't say a word for half an hour, Yao Ming set an example for him, this is a basketball player who really has faith among the people he knows.

After the game, Yao Ming entered the Beijing Orthopedic Hospital for the first time, and he was still injured in his left foot, and it was his left ankle. As early as the middle of last season, Yao Ming had a fracture of the ankle, this injury is a strain fracture, not caused by a special event, stress fracture is a bone injury caused by overuse, when the muscles are overused and fatigued, can not absorb the shock caused by repeated collisions in time, and the stress is transmitted to the bone, which can cause small bone cracks or fractures.

In other words, Yao Ming's injury can basically be summed up as "overwork", it can only be said that the team used Yao Ming too fiercely, and has always been the player with the longest playing time in the team, and Yao Ming has been requisitioned by the national team to play in the summer, and he has not rested at all, which led to this injury.

Yao Ming's injury at that time was a pity, because at that time, the Rockets were starting a majestic 22-game winning streak, and Yao Ming only experienced the first half of the winning streak, and did not experience the whole process.

This time, Yao Ming's injury was also a little strange, Lithuania did not target the attack, otherwise his teammates would be injured, and Chamberlain would definitely not be able to leave the opponent vertically. Yao Ming's injury was gradual, and that's what Nelson Jr. was worried about, because he was afraid that it would still be a stress fracture of the ankle, which would be terrible because the stress fracture would take about three to four months to recover.

Yao Ming's re-injury infuriated the Yao team, and his agent roared angrily at the media: "Yao Ming's foot problem again, I think the main reason is that he didn't get new shoes from Reebok on time." Yao Ming was unable to get shoes that fit him perfectly, which eventually led to the recurrence of the old injury on his toe, Yao Ming had repeatedly asked Reebok but the other party turned a blind eye, and as a brand spokesperson, not being able to get the desired result would make Yao Ming fall into a state of possible injury at any time. ”

In response to Yao's accusations, Reebok's management said that the shoes Yao Ming wore were named after him, and when Yao Ming wanted to make him feel more comfortable by modifying the shoes, Reebok did not intend to delay the time provided to him for the game shoes.

"Reebok's job is very busy. We have to produce a lot of products every day, not only Yao Ming, but also many famous athletes who have signed up with us, who need to test our new products and give us suggestions, and we will follow their suggestions to make reforms. Dennis Kegraar, a spokesman for Reebok, said, "Product improvements need to be accurately calculated and unified. ”

As the special designer of Reebok Yao Ming's sneakers, Kevin Larry said that it is not easy for a designer to ask a tall player like Yao Ming to improve the sneakers, although Larry can improve the sneakers according to Yao Ming's requirements to reduce the possibility of Yao Ming's injury, but he also said that he does not know where the real cause of Yao Ming's injury is.

Chamberlain is not interested in the war of words between the two sides, it is nothing more than shirking responsibility: everyone knows what the problem of Yao Ming is, that is, he is too tired, in the Rockets, he is the core of both offensive and defensive ends, he needs to play 40+ hours per game, and he has just been injured and has not fully recovered from playing the playoffs and then the Olympics. But Team Yao didn't dare to accuse the Basketball Association, so they could only vent their grievances on Reebok.

Reebok is not easy to mess with, even Iverson and they can clean it up properly, let alone a Yao team?

Chamberlain waited for the result of the injury decision, but the result was difficult for him to accept: Yao Ming had indeed relapsed from an old ankle injury!

However, Yao Ming did not encounter a desperate situation, his foot injury was recurred, but this time it was not a cracked ankle, but a strain on the surrounding muscles. However, those who are familiar with human muscle tissue or have learned sports anthropology know that this is the precursor to stress fractures, and the surrounding muscles have become overtired and cannot relieve the impact of the ankle.

After getting this result, the men's basketball team mourned, Chamberlain is very good, but the Chinese men's basketball team still relies more on Yao Ming, because they are more familiar with Yao Ming, and Yao Ming can help them more. If the Chinese men's basketball team is a tank car, then Yao Ming is the most basic track, and only with a tracked tank can it move.

Although Chamberlain is fierce and fierce, he can be called the turret + external armor of this tank, he is needed for attack and defense, and even the engine is him, but if there is no track, no matter how fierce the turret firepower, no matter how thick the outer armor is, and how much engine power is, it is at most a live target.

After seeing the expressions of Chamberlain and the others, Yao Ming smiled and said, "What's wrong with you, it's just that your muscles are a little damaged, and you will still play in the next game!" ”

"How else is this going to be fought?" Chen Jianghua said in surprise, "Can you stand it?" ”

Yao Ming glanced at him lightly, and said lightly: "Won't you get a closed injection?" ”

The so-called occlusive needle is to mix prednisone injection with procaine hydrochloride of a certain concentration and volume and inject it into the lesion area. Occlusive injections can be performed in muscles, joints, fascia, paratendons, and even in the spinal canal. Prednisolone is an artificial synthetic hormone, which can improve capillary permeability, inhibit inflammatory reactions, and reduce the damage of pathogenic factors to the body; Procaine hydrochloride is a local anesthetic that is used for local anesthesia during tooth extraction and minor surgery, which can relieve pain and enhance efficacy.

Most of the orthopedic patients need to be occluded, such as frozen shoulder, arthritis, tenosynovitis, lumbar muscle strain, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, etc., although their pathogenesis is different, but they all have a common feature: soft tissue damage and aseptic inflammation.

This is an effective treatment for soft tissue contusions and muscle inflammation, as long as the occlusive injection is given, the affected area will no longer feel pain for at least a week. Generally speaking, there is a course of treatment for occlusive injections, and sometimes it can even be administered for a year.

But for an NBA level of competition, a closed needle is a nightmare, and playing this thing is to quench your thirst, and for NBA players who cherish their professional lives, they would rather miss a battle on Tianwang Mountain than fight this thing.

The reason is very simple, the human body is a very mysterious collection of organic matter, and it has its own unconditioned reflexes, such as when you feel tired, you should rest, and when you feel hungry, you should eat, which is the signal sent by the body, and these signals are to protect your body.

And the occlusive needle is to block these signals, as if a person has pain, so if it is burned by fire or pricked by a needle, it will be painful to dodge. If there is no pain, you may not feel pain when you are pricked by the fire, but before you know it, you may be burned to death or seriously injured by the needle.

After the closure needle was injected, Yao Ming could not feel pain, including the occurrence of a cracked ankle bone!

Hearing Yao Ming's words, Chamberlain was startled, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be like this, Yao, it's just a game, we are still young, and there are still many opportunities to ......"

Yao Ming shook his head and interrupted Chamberlain's words, he shook his head and said: "It's not just a game, brother, there may be hundreds of millions of people waiting to watch our game now, not only fans, but also many people who don't even know what basketball is, they are also watching us." ”

Saying that, Yao Ming took a deep breath and looked out of the window of the ward to the street, where the crowd was bustling: "Many people, now they may be in the ravine, in the dilapidated house where the earthquake just happened, they are watching TV, waiting for our game, for us this is a game, but for them, this is a nation walking on a road full of mud, many people can no longer walk, they are watching us, we have to give them motivation, let them continue to walk firmly!" ”

Chamberlain didn't understand Yao Ming's words, if it was on other occasions, if someone else said such things, he would definitely scoff at it, saying that it was pretending. But at this moment, looking at Yao Ming's profound gaze, he was shocked: this is the captain of a national team!

The captain of the national team may not be the most able to score, not necessarily the best to grab rebounds, but the one who can shoulder the responsibility of the whole team.

Chamberlain thought he had done well enough, but now he realized that he was still far from becoming a qualified captain.

Out of a sense of humanitarianism and responsibility, Nelson Jr. didn't want Yao Ming to continue to play, not only because of his conscience, but also because he was worried that Yao Ming's bone crack would occur, so Yao Ming's career would be affected, and as the initiator, I am afraid he will become a bastard in the hearts of Chinese fans.