Paul talked about injuries against the Lakers last season: I couldn't lift my arm at the time, and I didn't understand why they were still defending me

Last season, the Phoenix Suns met the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs, but Paul suffered a shoulder injury in the series, after which he came out with an injury. Recently, in a show by former teammate Redick, Paul said that at that time, he could not lift his arm and could not shoot, so he did not understand why the Lakers still gave him such a high defensive intensity after the injury.

Last season, the Suns returned to the Finals, and with the entire playoffs, their journey was also very bumpy. Chris Paul injured his shoulder in the series with the Los Angeles Lakers, and many people were worried that the Suns wouldn't be able to go too far in the playoffs.

After the injury, Paul showed obvious discomfort, but then he returned to the field and did not choose to watch from the sidelines. But because of the injury, Paul's shooting, dribbling and passing were significantly affected. In the game, many people were discussing why the Lakers still had to defend Paul as before, and it was obvious that Paul was struggling at that time.

It's really confusing, but maybe you'll want to hear what Chris Paul himself thinks. Of course, Paul didn't let the outside world know how much his shoulder had hurt, but in a radio show by his former teammate Redick, Paul said that at that time, he really couldn't shoot the basketball, or even dribble on the floor as usual.

"I can't do it," Replied When Redick asked Paul if he could shoot at the time. "That's a good question, I've had a lot of crazy injuries, but that's probably one of the craziest. Because dribbling was something I'd been doing, but at the time, after dribbling, the ball might not come back to where I wanted to be. ”

"It was the scariest thing I've ever had, I'd dribble and I'd find, 'Why am I losing, why am I losing?'" I also hit a ball and I grabbed the ball and threw it out of my right elbow and the ball finally went in, I turned my head and looked at the sidelines and my brother was sitting there and I said, 'I don't even know how that ball got in.' ’”

Talking about the second game of the series, Paul said he had been pretending to make himself look like his shoulders were fine. But in the game, Paul still chose to pass the ball out after getting a big vacancy opportunity, and a performance like this still made people find that Paul could not play as usual. But the Lakers still take Paul seriously, as if he were still the same Paul as before.

Lakers coach Vogel said at the time that he still sees Chris Paul as the god of point guards. But Paul said, "I don't even know why they're staring at me, I can't shoot, I can't even lift my arm." ”

Paul then said that in the fourth game of the series, Monty Williams said before the game that he intended to let Paul sit on the bench because Paul couldn't do himself, but Paul called the team doctor and got advice that he could play as long as Paul didn't let his injury continue to worsen. In that game, Paul played the best performance in the series, and finally the Suns also defeated the Lakers 4-2 on aggregate.

in Kelsang