NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 1: Rocket Physician

"oh, fxxkingman!!!"

"YI, can you be a little harder?"

"Rebound, protect the rebound!"

"Bucks rookie Yi Jianlian and Bogut rushed together and fell to the ground in pain"

"Team doctor, team doctor!"

"JIANG, take him to the medical room."

2007 October.

Houston.

Toyota Center.

The NBA 07-08 regular season is in full swing.

Tonight,
The Rockets, who started the season in poor form with 2 wins and 4 losses and have lost three games in a row, are now facing the Eastern Conference underdog Bucks at home.

The venue was packed with people and the fans cheered.

The reason why the stadium was packed was not because everyone expected the Rockets to end their losing streak, but because this was the first Chinese derby this season!!!
Yi Jianlian, the rookie selected by the Bucks with the sixth pick this year, faced off against big brother Yao Ming for the first time in the NBA. He was particularly active in this starting game and scored 8 points and 6 rebounds in the first half.

Yao Ming, the Rockets' star and China's top men's basketball player, played steadily with 12 points and 5 rebounds in the first half.

47: 48!

Halftime is over.

Both sides were in full form, which also attracted more and more Chinese fans to pay attention to the Yao Yi showdown in the second half.

However, an incident occurred at the beginning of the third quarter.

Yi Jianlian failed to get a good defensive rebound in the first round and was angrily called a wimp by the Bucks' starting center and another starting center, Bogut.

In the next defensive round, Yi Jianlian blocked Scola and jumped up to grab the rebound.

But unexpectedly, Bogut suddenly rushed over from the other side to grab the rebound. I don't know if he was only looking at the ball and not the person, but he used his right elbow to push away his teammate Yi Jianlian's shoulder, and even Yi, who had already taken off into space, fell to the ground all of a sudden.

Yi Jianlian, who fell to the ground, covered his shoulder and groaned in pain. Bucks boss Michael Reed had already completed a fast break and scored a goal when he found that Yi Jianlian was still lying on the ground, so he quickly signaled to stop the game.

The referee came over to ask, and Al-Farouq Aminu pointed at his shoulder while breathing heavily. The linesman signaled the Bucks players to try to pull him up quickly.

"It seems someone on the visiting team is injured."

The Rockets' medical team sitting behind the Rockets' bench were ready to stand up and provide rescue. Among them, Jiang Ming, who was sitting at the edge and wearing a light black suit and had a fair and cheerful face, stood up first. He is the only Chinese team doctor among the Rockets' team doctors, and even the only Chinese team doctor in the entire NBA. Naturally, he cares more about the Chinese players.

My heart tightened when I saw Al-Farouq Aminu fall to the ground on the sidelines, and I greeted Bogut's entire family.

However, he cannot rush into the field now, and the team doctor cannot enter the field before the referee signals.

After being pulled up by the boss Reed and his teammate Villanueva, Yi Jianlian slightly moved his shoulders, his expression became painful again, and he shook his head at the Bucks coaching staff and said in broken English:

"I can't fight anymore."

"Maybe it's sprained, change players."

Bucks head coach Larry frowned and signaled the substitute power forward to play. He didn't mind whether YI was there in the second half, it was just a regular season game. He was afraid that YI would be injured for several games or even more than ten games and be finished.

The lottery pick that we finally selected this year can't get injured after playing a few games. If a freshman like this who needs to be trained shows glass attributes, it's over. I had this worry when I selected YI, but I didn't expect that YI would be injured and leave the field after only 6 games. But now he is on the road, and he can't think too much, so he can only ask about the situation after the game.

The referee waved to the Rockets' medical team:

"The team doctor is coming in, and the game will continue in one minute."

What it means is to 'carry it away' first so as not to affect the live broadcast of the game.

"JIANG, take him to the medical room."

The Rockets' chief team doctor, Thomas Clanton, didn't even stand up. He glanced sideways at Jiang Ming who had already stood up, and gave instructions in a light-hearted manner.

"Ok."

Jiang Ming, who had received permission, ran quickly from the team doctor's seat to Yi Jianlian alone, put Yi Jianlian's injured left shoulder on his back, walked out of the court with Yi Jianlian, and then slowly walked towards the player tunnel:

"Alian, don't put any force on your shoulders yet, and don't actively exert force."

"Okay, brother, are you Chinese?"

"Correct."

Hearing the familiar yet unfamiliar Mandarin, Yi Jianlian, a short-haired man, was stunned for a moment. Then he realized that the doctor who came to help him was actually a Chinese. He couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity.

Yao Ming, who entered the court to continue the game, frowned when he saw that the Rockets had sent a team doctor to take care of his national team member. However, this was not something he could do. He could only shout to the familiar team doctor in English:

"Please take good care of him."

"OK."

Jiang Ming made an OK gesture and then, accompanied by security guards and a photographer, supported Yi Jianlian's shoulders and walked towards the medical room.

Normally, the visiting team's doctor does not accompany the team when it plays away games. If any problems arise, they can be treated when the team returns to the home stadium.

Only superstars would have their own personal therapist, so most teams would save on that expense.

Just like the Bucks tonight, they didn’t bring a team doctor, and the referee also defaulted to letting the home team doctor take YI away for examination and treatment.

It is even more impossible for someone of Yi Jianlian's status to have his own medical team.

The home team's team doctor usually just goes through the motions and provides basic treatment to the visiting team's players. Although the visiting team's medical team will tell the opposing team's doctor about all the players' injuries before the game, they usually don't see them.

The regular season schedule is so tight that it is very difficult for team doctors to ensure the health of all members of their home team, let alone the visiting team players being able to get predictive diagnosis and treatment in a foreign land. Moreover, the players who can travel to away games will not suffer serious injuries.

In the case of a sudden injury like Yi Jianlian's just now, the visiting team's doctor could only take him to the infirmary and use simple medical equipment for preliminary diagnosis and treatment.

Then if the situation is obviously serious, the visiting team management will be notified to transfer the player so that the treatment time will not be delayed.

Some management will arrange for players to fly back to the home team for treatment in advance, and some will be sent directly to the emergency room of a nearby large hospital. These have nothing to do with the home team's doctors.

In most cases, they just lie in the medical room and watch the live broadcast on TV until the end of the game. For suspected sports injuries such as concussion, muscle strain, and soft tissue injury, they must be diagnosed by X-ray. The players will wait to take a special plane back to the home court with their team for careful treatment.

In a small number of cases, after resting for a while, the players themselves feel that there is nothing wrong with their bodies. Moreover, in very important games like the playoffs, the players insist on playing with injuries and want to make a comeback. The home team doctor cannot stop the visiting players. They are responsible for their own bodies, and it has nothing to do with them if something happens.

From Jiang Ming's perspective, Yi Jianlian's current injury is clearly not one that can be healed by a short rest.

Because after helping Yi Jianlian lie down, Jiang Ming's first check made Yi Jianlian speak in his native language:
"Damn you Rem"

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