Although the league has issued an announcement in this year's playoffs, claiming that there is no evidence that there have been more injuries this season than in previous years, when the core players of the two eastern conference finals have been injured, this statement obviously cannot be understood by fans and players.
On June 30, Beijing time, the fourth match of the Eastern Conference Finals was played at the home of the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks successfully defended the home field, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 110-88 to tie the aggregate to a 2-2 draw.
In the last game, Hawks core point guard Trae Young sprained his ankle due to stepping on the referee's foot, and the game was directly truncated. The healthy Bucks seemed to have seen the hope of closing the match point before the game, but substitute Louis Williams returned to the "super sixth man" style, cutting 13 points and 4 rebounds in the first half of the game to lead the Hawks to a 51-38 lead over the Bucks.
In the third quarter, bucks main player, regular season MVP, "alphabet brother" Giannis Antetokounmpo had an accident while battling Hawks center Capela. At the beginning of the third quarter, Alphabet Brother 0 continued to cut into the basket to create scoring opportunities, but just as he was about to explode, he landed unsteadily on Capela in a round against Capela, sprained his knee when he landed, and fell to the ground and could no longer get up. Eventually forced to retire, the Bucks were subsequently defeated.
Seeing that Brother Alphabet was injured, Lakers forward LeBron James immediately sent a prayer for Brother Alphabet.
"Ah, no, damn! (WTF:what the f**k) @ Giannis" James prayed for the alphabet brother on Twitter and also exploded for injuries.
The Bucks' opponent, Hawks guard Trae Young tweeted a prayer for Antetokounmpo: "Send my thoughts and prayers to Antetokounmpo"
According to Sports Illustrated reporter Farbod Escnaashari, sources revealed that Bucks insiders are worried that Brother Alphabet suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury.
According to NBA reporter Malika Andrews, sources revealed that Alphabet Brother is expected to undergo further left knee imaging tests tomorrow. If the results of the examination tomorrow come out and Brother Alphabet really suffers a major injury such as a torn cruciate ligament, then it may not only be the Bucks' prospects for winning the championship this season, but also more likely to endanger Brother Alphabet's career.
When Clippers star Couvai Leonard missed the second round of G5 games due to a knee injury, the NBA already had a record: eight All-Star players this season missed at least one playoff game due to injury. The eight were Mitchell, Conley, Leonard, Embiid, Thick Brow, Jaylen Brown, Irving, and Harden. Just before the start of the Western Conference finals, Paul had to be absent because of the new crown infection, and because the infection with the new crown was also counted in the range of injuries, Paul became the 9th All-Star to miss.
If Alphabet Brother can't continue to play due to injury, 10 All-Star players have missed at least one game in the playoffs this season. Although Trae Young did not make an All-Star this season, he was an All-Star last season, and his performance in this year's playoffs is perfect.
After the game, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said that there is no further injury report from Alphabet Brother for the time being, "He is chatting with his teammates in the locker room now, tomorrow we will see how he is." He is the soul of the team. ”