Oakland, the training facility of the Golden State Warriors.
Team doctor Fidel hurriedly walked into a room. There is a TV hanging on the wall of this room. On both sides of the TV is a tactical diagram of the stadium, and on the other side is a teaching whiteboard.
This is the place where the team analyzes and discusses tactics. Fidel, as the team doctor, does not come here often. At this time, all members of the coaching staff have arrived.
Fidel felt that he was late, so he said apologetically: "Sorry, coach, I came right away after I got the call."
After Fidel finished speaking, he walked to the back to find a seat to sit down.
"Fidel, you sit here." Warriors coach Nicholas pointed to the seat next to him.
It was a position facing the TV, and it was also the position with the best view of watching TV. Usually the head coach Nicholas was there alone, but now, there were more chairs beside Nicholas.
Although Fidel was a little overwhelmed and even more flattered, he nodded and sat next to Nicholas.
"Fidel, look at this." Nicholas pressed the remote control.
The game between the Clippers and Trail Blazers appeared on TV.
Fidel didn't understand it for a moment. He thought about it carefully. Although the Clippers and Trail Blazers are both teams in the Western Conference, and the Clippers and Warriors also belong to the Pacific Division, there are more opportunities to meet each other, but in the future In the two-week schedule, the Warriors will not be able to meet the Clippers, let alone the Trail Blazers. He was just a team doctor and didn't know much about tactics, so he didn't quite understand the significance of Nicholas asking him to watch the video of this game.
"Coach, what do you want me to see?" Fidel asked again.
"Look at him." Nicholas pointed to Wood on the TV: "Look at Wood."
"Oh, he played very well, and he scored some beautiful goals, which are simply pleasing to the eye!" Fidel showed a slow response.
"What else?" Nicholas asked next.
"Also!" Fidel thought for a while and said helplessly: "Well, you may not be happy if I tell you. My two sons are both his fans."
Fidel's slow performance made Nicholas feel discouraged. If it weren't for Fidel's superb medical skills, Nicholas really wanted to kick Fidel out.
Nicholas had no choice but to clarify his words: "I want you to see his movements. Well, not to see whether his movements are beautiful or not, but to ask you to analyze how much his knee has recovered from a professional perspective."
Nicholas believed what he said, fearing that Fidel would misunderstand again.
Fidel understood immediately. He smiled awkwardly, then looked at the TV screen. After pondering for more than ten seconds, he said: "Based on my professional judgment, Wood's knees should be much stronger than normal players, otherwise If so, it would be impossible for him to make such a difficult move, like this, please get back on guard... "
Nicholas pressed the callback button, and Fidel pointed to the TV and continued: "Yes, that's right here. After an emergency stop, it immediately changes direction, then starts, and then jumps up and throws. This set of coherent actions affects the coordination of the body. and explosive power, both have strong requirements. Most players cannot do such an action, and during this action, the knee joint will bear pressure from different directions in a short period of time. Without a very tough knee, it is easy to sprain. …”
Fidel's analysis was as fierce as a tiger's, but as he spoke, his words suddenly stopped.
"Wait a minute, is this Wood?" Fidel stared at the screen in surprise.
After repeated confirmations, Fidel discovered that this was not a CG special effect. He suddenly looked shocked: "How did Wood's knee recover? This is impossible!"
"Do you think it's impossible?" Nicholas asked.
Fidel nodded, thought for a while, and then said: "Wood's injury originated from the torn cruciate ligament, and it was precisely because of the torn cruciate ligament that the meniscus continued to be torn. Rupture. In fact, cruciate ligament rupture is a very common knee injury. The conventional medical treatment is arthroscopic ACL reconstruction, but this treatment method has many complications. As far as I know, Wood performed the surgery that year It is this kind of arthroscopic surgery. Not only ACL reconstruction is used, but also arthroscopic reduction and fixation surgery is used... "
Fidel gave another fierce professional analysis and used various professional words to make Nicholas confused.
Finally, after Fidel had finished analyzing everything, Nicholas asked: "So your conclusion is that it is impossible for Wood to fully recover from his injuries?"
"That's the theory." Fidel shrugged and continued: "But reality is different from theory. Real-life cases tell us that Wood has really recovered."
"Are you sure? I mean, what if Wood is just a flash in the pan, he just performed well in this game, and in fact his knee has not recovered. Is it possible?" Nicholas asked eagerly .
Fidel frowned. This time he thought about it for a long time and finally said: "It is true that this possibility cannot be ruled out, but I am not inclined to this possibility. Judging from the technical movements shown by Wood, I I think he's back from his knee injury as good as ever."
"In other words, his knees have returned to the state they were in when his body was at its peak?" Nicholas asked unwillingly.
"At least from the technical moves he made, we can draw this conclusion." Fidel nodded.
"Damn it! There's another MVP-level player." Nicholas cursed secretly: "The games in the Western Conference are getting harder and harder to win!"
…
Not only the defending champion Warriors, but other teams also paid attention to the game between the Clippers and Trail Blazers and noticed that Wood has fully recovered.
This is not good news for the other 29 teams, especially for the Western Conference teams, it is very bad news. The competition in the Western Conference is already fierce, and the gap between the playoff teams is also very small. There are often three or four teams competing for one or two playoff spots.
A healthy Wood means that there is another MVP-level superstar in the NBA, and it also means that there is another team in the battle for the Western Conference playoff spots, and that is the Los Angeles Clippers.
An ordinary All-Star player can change a team's record; an ordinary superstar player can change the situation in the playoffs; and a regular season MVP is enough to change the situation of the entire NBA league.
At the same time, every team has a question, how can Wood get better after his injury is so serious
…
The regular season schedule is very intensive. The day after the Clippers return from Portland, they will have a back-to-back home game. The first opponent they will face is the Phoenix Suns.
The Suns still have a bad rhythm this season, and they don't want to win the game at all. In this game, Wood still performed very well, scoring 30 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. The Clippers also defeated the Suns in the end.
The next opponent is the Thunder. The Thunder also has superstars, and this game has become a collision between stars. In the end, the Thunder defeated the Clippers with a 1.9-second shot. Wood's performance in this game was still outstanding, scoring a 20+10 double-double.
The opening record of two wins and one loss is considered a very good result for the Clippers, and it also makes everyone completely believe that Wood has really recovered.
There used to be many people who speculated like Warriors head coach Nicholas, thinking that Wood might be just a flash in the pan. His knee had not really recovered. It was just because of a season of rest that the condition of his knee was slightly better. His condition It is impossible to continue a good state.
But now, this speculation has been completely shattered. The outbreak of a game may be regarded as an accidental event. He has played very well in three consecutive games. Obviously, it cannot be described as "accidental".
…
After the back-to-back, the Clippers had two days of rest, but the players were not idle. In addition to training, the Clippers officials also arranged a media meeting.
According to the usual practice, although the media meeting was only for taking photos and interviews, the time of more than two hours was still very tight.
Wood is obviously the darling of the media. He became famous at a young age and was originally a very popular athlete. Later, he gradually lost people's attention due to injuries. Now that he has recovered from injury, he has instantly become a favorite in the eyes of reporters.
What's more, Wood has suffered such serious injuries in recent years, and now he can recover as before. This is something that everyone is very interested in.
Dai Li simply accepted a few interviews and then left the scene. Before leaving, he did not forget to call General Manager Johnson away.
"There are a lot of new faces here today, right?" Dai Li asked with a smile.
Johnson nodded: "There are many more people here than in previous media meeting days, and there are indeed many new faces. They don't look like reporters from Los Angeles."
"They're all here for Wood, right?" Dai Li pondered for two or three seconds, and then said, "How many of them are sent by other teams to find out information?"
"Yes, but there shouldn't be too many." Johnson continued: "I think more new faces should be sent from the hospital."
"Hospital? What do you mean?" Dai Li didn't understand at first.
"Those private hospitals, including some joint research institutions and professional rehabilitation institutions. I guess they must be curious about how Wood recovered so well." Johnson said, lowering his voice, and then asked with curiosity: "Li Coach, tell me secretly, how did you make Wood recover? I won't tell others."
"It's just rehabilitation training!" Dai Li said easily.
However, Johnson had an expression that said, "Only a ghost will believe you."
"What? You don't believe it?" Dai Li pointed to Johnson's knee and continued: "If you don't believe it, I tore your cruciate ligament and I will definitely let you recover as before... "
"Haha, are you kidding me?" Johnson snorted coldly.
"I won't charge you any money, right?" Li Dai replied.
Johnson looked at Dai Li with some resentment: "If I really do as you say and I damage my ligament and seek treatment from you, I will have to keep some money to look into my brain."
…
At the media conference, a reporter asked Wood questions about how he recovered.
The scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Wood, hoping to get an answer from him. The reporter did not even dare to press the shutter of the camera, for fear that the "click" sound of the shutter would make him unable to hear Wood. answer.
"That's right, I did rehabilitation training, and the results of the rehabilitation training were very good. My knee has basically fully recovered." Wood said.
"Is it just relying on rehabilitation training?" the reporter who asked the question immediately asked.
Wood thought for a while and replied: "To be precise, it should be long-term and large-scale physical training. In fact, I have already started rehabilitation training just after the regular season last season."
"Who asked you about your training time..." The reporter glared at Wood with some depression.
Another reporter next to him took the microphone and asked everyone's thoughts: "In addition to rehabilitation training, do you use other methods for rehabilitation? For example, new treatment methods?"
"No, it's just rehabilitation training." Wood's innocent tone immediately made the reporters at the scene feel as if they had hit a soft sponge wall.
"It's just rehabilitation training? Who would believe it?"
"With such a serious injury, you can recover like this just by relying on rehabilitation training? How is this possible?"
"Does Wood think that we all have no medical knowledge?"
"Wood deliberately wanted to keep it a secret and refused to tell us the truth!"
The reporters who were sent to inquire about the news all knew that they would return in vain this time...