Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

On the morning of May 5, Curry underwent another comprehensive physical examination with the help of the Bulls team doctor.

When the physical examination report came out at noon, the team doctor used his professional knowledge and experience to once again evaluate Curry's injury.

The final result is that Curry’s left knee ligament has recovered!
After asking for Curry's opinion, the team doctor quickly passed the health assessment and agreed that Curry could return to the team after recovering from his injury.

After getting a satisfactory answer, Curry quickly packed his luggage and got on the nanny car to neighboring Milwaukee alone.

As we all know, Milwaukee is adjacent to Chicago and the two places are not far apart.

However, in the playoffs, it is impossible for the Bulls players to run back and forth day and night in order to save costs, which would affect the players' competitive state.

So, before Curry arrived in Milwaukee, the Bulls had already set off a day in advance and checked into the hotel that the team had already booked.

As for Curry rushing over to join the main force, it was not to catch up with tonight's Eastern Conference semifinal Game 1 against the Bucks.

Instead, it is to make some preparations in advance for a smooth comeback in the Eastern Conference semifinals series.

After returning from injury, you definitely need to adapt in training matches first.

Especially for someone like Curry who has injured his legs or knees, rehabilitation training usually takes about a week.

Don't think that Curry is a shooter and a knee injury is not a big problem.

Curry's shooting is a single-motion shot, which requires the strength of his entire body to throw the ball. The initial power comes from the soles of the feet, then passes through the ankles and knees to the upper body, and finally the ball is thrown out through the wrist.

The advantages of this shooting method are that it is energy-saving and quick, while the disadvantages are that it is weak in confrontation and unstable.

As long as the body is resisted or injured when shooting, there will be resistance when the force is transmitted, the force will be dispersed or interrupted during the transmission process, and the shot will lose its accuracy.

Injuries such as knee injuries, ankle injuries, and groin strains can be very fatal to players who shoot with one motion.

If the force cannot be transmitted from the lower limbs and core to the upper limbs, the muscle memory of the upper limbs will be deviated, eventually resulting in a large number of misses or shots that hit the front of the basket.

In fact, in recent years, Curry's shooting has become more and more unstable, which is also caused by the fact that people age first and their legs age first, and their leg strength gradually decreases.

Now that he has just recovered from his knee injury, Curry dare not exert full strength on his injured left knee.

This results in uneven force between the left and right legs when jumping to shoot, and the final shot will have a significant deviation.

Curry himself is aware of the problem, but in order to avoid being injured again soon after his comeback and affecting the team's morale, he can only spend more time to slowly adapt.

You must keep your injured left knee steady with one hand, and don't use too much force with your left leg.

Because of this "hidden injury risk", even if he really recovers from the injury, there will be psychological shadows, so Curry not only has to spend time adjusting his shooting, but also has to adjust his breakthroughs and other offensive methods.

To ensure that we can enter the next game in a better and more perfect state, and help the team instead of hindering it.

Curry can only return to the team as soon as possible, find a new position in training games, and adapt to the new role.

Back to the topic, Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Bulls and the Bucks will soon begin at Fiserv Plaza Arena.

The Bucks are indeed one of the strongest teams in the Eastern Conference in recent years, and they also have relatively rich playoff experience. Compared with the 76ers, who the Bulls played against in the last round, they are much stronger.

However, after the actual fight, the Bulls found that it was not that difficult to beat them.

Especially Duane, after defending Antetokounmpo for two consecutive rounds, he felt much more at ease: "It's easy to catch!"

The current state of Antetokounmpo is a bit like James in the Heat period, mainly relying on the league's top-tier breakthrough impact to score. In simple terms, he relies on his body to force the opponent to score.

The advantage of this scoring method is that it is highly efficient, but the disadvantage is that if you encounter a strong defensive player, you will not be able to score for more than a few rounds.

This is like the ancient times when the inside players were crowded and the era of the four great centers. Although the top centers were the absolute core of the team and although the center stars scored stably and efficiently, their scores often failed to break 30 points.

When this happens, the most critical thing is physical strength.

Fighting in the paint is very strenuous, and no matter how efficient you are in low-post singles, it is difficult to increase your output.

Whether it is a power center represented by O'Neal or a technical center headed by Olajuwon, this problem exists.

It is true that in their prime, O'Neal and Olajuwon would have easily averaged 30 points per game, but if we want to rely on them to win the championship, we still need top outside stars to ensure the outside firepower.

Although Antetokounmpo doesn't attack much in the low post nowadays and continues to work hard to improve his shooting, he is not at the level of Garnett and can only be used occasionally.

The main scoring method is to break through with the ball. When facing a small forward or a power forward with space, he relies on his body and impact. When facing a strong inside player, he relies on his explosive power and long legs to take a step over and then attack the basket.

This offensive method is much less strenuous than low-post singles.

However, as long as the opponent sets up a double team defense, strengthens the protection of the basket, and strengthens the rim protection, Antetokounmpo's scoring efficiency and output will drop significantly.

When playing against other teams, Antetokounmpo can still rely on his talent to crush his opponents, but the Bulls have Durant in charge.

Even if it is a god coming down the mountain, it is not something that Antetokounmpo, who has not reached the top, can overcome in a few steps.

Of course, Durant did not completely restrict Antetokounmpo's offense, but just made it thankless for him and took more effort.

Antetokounmpo was able to average nearly 30 points per game in the series, and even had some extra assists, but this also cost him more ball possession than in the previous round of the playoffs.

A team has a limited number of possessions of the ball.

Antetokounmpo wanted to lead the Bucks to defeat the Bulls, but under the silent and subtle influence of Duane, he went in the opposite direction and was helpless.

107 to 103, the G1 game came to an end. Even though the Bucks had 17 more free throws than the Bulls, the Bulls still won their first victory in the series with a 4-point advantage.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, because Duane was mainly defending Antetokounmpo, he accumulated four fouls in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, Duane almost fouled out with six fouls.

Fortunately, Antetokounmpo rushed too aggressively in the first three quarters and couldn't rush in the fourth quarter.

After missing consecutive layups due to lack of energy and failing to make a second jump tip-in, Antetokounmpo took the initiative to hold the ball to attract the defense and handed the stage and the ball to his teammates, so Duane was not punished by the referee.

Duane and others already knew the penalty standards for this series after Game 1.

Through this game, we have roughly estimated the strength of Antetokounmpo and the Bucks.

However, just as the Bulls were preparing to win two consecutive away games and suppress the Bucks in momentum, an accident occurred not long after G2 started.

Durant was injured, but fortunately it was only in his shoulder and did not affect his ability to continue defending Antetokounmpo.

As for Antetokounmpo's elbows to clear the way and attack with heavy elbows, Duane also expressed his understanding.

People will only remember the champions. If you can lead the team to win the championship, what does it matter even if you bear a bad reputation?
Lao Zhang did it, so why can’t Antetokounmpo do it?

Why was the instigator scolded? Mainly because he set a bad precedent. (End of this chapter)