Almighty Coach

Oakland, the training facility for the Golden State Warriors.

Team doctor Fidel hurried into a room. A TV is hung on the wall of this room. On one side of the TV is a tactical map of the court, and on the other side is a teaching whiteboard.

This is where the team analyzes and discusses tactics. As a team doctor, Fidel 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, "I'm sorry, coach, I came as soon as I received 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 position beside him.

It was a position facing the TV, and it was also the position with the best view of TV. Usually, the head coach Nicholas was there alone, but now, there are more chairs beside Nicholas.

Although Fidel was at a loss, he was even more flattered. He nodded and sat beside Nicholas.

"Fidel, look at this." Nicholas pressed the remote control.

The game between the Clippers and the Trail Blazers appeared on TV.

Fidel didn't understand it for a while. He thought about it carefully. Although the Clippers and the 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 meet the Clippers, let alone the Trail Blazers. He is just a team doctor and doesn't know much about tactics, so he doesn't quite understand the significance of Nicholas letting him watch the game video.

"Coach, what do you want me to see?" Fidel still asked.

"Look at him." Nicholas pointed to Wood on TV: "Look at Wood."

"Oh, he played very well, he had a few beautiful goals, it was simply pleasing to the eye!" Fidel showed a slow reaction.

"What else?" Nicholas asked.

"Also!" Fidel thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Well, you may not be happy to say it. My two sons are his fans."

Fidel's dull 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, um, not to see if his movements are beautiful, but to ask you to analyze how much his knee has recovered from a professional perspective."

Nicholas believed what he said, for fear that Fidel would misunderstand again.

Fiddle suddenly understood, he smiled awkwardly, then looked at the TV screen, pondered for more than ten seconds, and said: "According to my professional judgment, Wood's knees should be much stronger than normal players, otherwise If it is not, it is impossible for him to make such a difficult move, such as this, please return to defense..."

Nicholas pressed the revisit button, and Fidel pointed to the TV and continued: "Yes, it is here. After an emergency stop, change direction immediately, then start, and then jump up and throw. This set of coherent movements is good for the coordination of the body. There are strong requirements for knee joints and explosive power, and ordinary players cannot do such movements, and during this movement, the knee joints will be under 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, but while he was talking, his words suddenly stopped.

"Wait a minute, is this Wood?" Fidel stared at the screen in surprise.

After repeated confirmation, Fidel found that this was not a CG special effect, and he immediately looked shocked: "How did Wood's knee recover? This is impossible!"

"Do you also 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 subsequent continuous tear of the meniscus In fact, cruciate ligament rupture is a very common knee joint injury. The conventional medical treatment is ACL reconstruction under arthroscopy, but this treatment has many complications. As far as I know, Wood performed It is this kind of arthroscopic surgery. Not only ACL reconstruction is used, but also arthroscopic reduction and fixation surgery is used..."

Fidel's professional analysis is as fierce as a tiger, and Nicholas is surrounded by mist in various professional words.

Finally, after Fidel finished analyzing everything, Nicholas asked: "So your conclusion is that it is impossible for Wood's injury to fully recover?"

"In theory." Fidel shrugged, and continued: "But the reality is different from the theory. The real case tells us that Wood really recovered."

"Can you be sure? I mean, what if Wood is just a flash in the pan, he just performed very well in this game, but his knee has not recovered, is there such a possibility?" Nicholas asked eagerly .

Fidel frowned, this time he thought for a long time, and finally said: "It is true that this possibility is not ruled out, but I am not inclined to this possibility. Judging from the technical movements shown by Wood, I think Think he's recovered from his knee injury."

"That is to say, his knee has returned to the state when he was at the peak of his body?" Nicholas asked a little unwillingly.

"At least from the technical moves he made, we can draw such a conclusion." Fidel nodded.

"Damn it! There is another MVP-level player." Nicholas cursed secretly: "The game in the West is getting more and more difficult!"

...

Not only the defending champion Warriors, but other teams have also paid attention to the game between the Clippers and the Trail Blazers, paying attention to Wood's full recovery.

This is not good news for the other 29 teams, especially for the Western Conference teams. The competition in the West is already fierce, and the gap between the teams in the playoffs is also very small. There will often be 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 playoffs, and that is the Los Angeles Clippers.

An ordinary All-Star player can change the record of a team; an ordinary superstar player can change the situation of 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, Wood's injury is so serious, how can he be better?

...

The schedule of the regular season is very dense. The Clippers will usher in a back-to-back home game on the second day after returning from Portland. The first opponent they will face is the Phoenix Suns.

The Suns still have a bad rhythm this season, they don't want to win the game at all, and in this game, Wood still played very well, scoring 30 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. The Clippers eventually defeated the Suns.

The next opponent is the Thunder. There are also superstars in the Thunder team. This game has also become a collision between stars. In the end, the Thunder defeated the Clippers with a 1.9-second quasi-lore. Wood's performance in this game was still very good, and he got a 20+10 double-double.

The record of two wins and one loss at the beginning is also a very good result for the Clippers, and it also makes everyone completely believe that Wood has really recovered.

Many people once speculated like Warriors coach Nicholas, thinking that Wood may be just a flash in the pan, and his knee did not really recover, just because he rested for a season, and his knee condition was slightly better. It is impossible to continue the good state.

But now, this speculation has been completely shattered. The outbreak of a game may be regarded as an accident. They have played very well in three consecutive games, which obviously cannot be described as "accidental".

...

After the back-to-back, the Clippers ushered in a two-day break, but the players were not idle. In addition to training, the Clippers officially arranged a media meeting.

According to the usual practice, although the media meeting is only for taking photos and interviews, the time of more than two hours is still very tight.

Wood is obviously the darling in the eyes of the media. He became famous at a young age. He was originally a very popular athlete. Later, he gradually lost people's attention because of his injury. Now that he has recovered from his injury, he has become a sweet bun in the eyes of reporters in an instant.

What's more, Wood has suffered such serious injuries in recent years, and now he can recover as before, which is something everyone is very interested in.

Dai Li accepted a few interviews briefly, and then left the scene. Before leaving, he still called the general manager Johnson away.

"Are there a lot of new faces today?" Dai Li asked with a smile.

Johnson nodded: "The number of people who came was much more than the previous media meeting day, and there were indeed many new faces. It seems that they don't look like reporters from Los Angeles."

"Are they all here for Wood?" Dai Li pondered for two or three seconds, and then continued; "How many of them are sent by other teams to scout for information?"

"Yes, but it shouldn't be too many." Johnson continued: "I think more faces should be sent by the hospital."

"Hospital? What do you mean?" Dai Li didn't understand immediately.

"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 asked curiously: "Li Coach, tell me secretly, how did you make Wood recover? I won't tell others."

"It's rehabilitation training!" Dai Li said easily.

However, Johnson has a "ghosts believe you" expression.

"What? Don't believe it?" Dai Li pointed to Johnson's knee, and continued: "If you don't believe me, I tore your cruciate ligament, and I will definitely make you recover..."

"Hehe, are you kidding me?" Johnson snorted coldly.

"It's okay if I don't take your money!" Dai Li replied.

Johnson looked at Li Dai with some resentment: "If I really do what you say, and I break my ligament and then ask you to treat it, I have to save some money to see my brain."

...

At the media meeting, some reporters asked Wood questions about how he recovered.

The scene was suddenly quiet, and everyone's eyes were on Wood, hoping to get an answer from him. The reporter didn't even dare to press the shutter of the camera, for fear that the "click" sound of the shutter would make it difficult for him to hear Wood clearly. answer.

"It's like this. I did rehabilitation training, and the rehabilitation training effect is very good. My knee has basically recovered completely." Wood said.

"Is it just relying on rehabilitation training?" The reporter who asked the question asked immediately.

Wood thought for a while and replied: "To be precise, it should be a long time and a lot of physical training. In fact, I have already started rehabilitation training since the end of the regular season last season."

"Who asked you when it's time for training..." The reporter glared at Wood gloomily.

Another reporter next to him took the microphone and asked everyone's aspirations: "Apart from rehabilitation training, do you use other methods for rehabilitation? For example, new treatment methods?"

"No, it's just pure 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 pure rehabilitation training? Who would believe it?"

"With such a serious injury, it can be restored to this state only by rehabilitation training? How is this possible?"

"Does Wood think that we all have no medical knowledge!"

"Wood deliberately wanted to keep it secret, and refused to tell us the truth!"

All the reporters who were sent to inquire about the news knew that they were going to return without success this time...