Why are there so many stars suffering from injuries in the NBA playoffs this year?
1:53am, 18 May 2025Basketball
Let me talk about the reasons why NBA stars frequently encounter injuries this year. The situation is quite complicated and we have to analyze it from different cases.
Let's talk about Lillard first.
Lillard's condition is relatively simple. His injury comes from a hasty comeback and he is in trouble before the thrombosis has fully recovered. Fans who often play basketball know that they need to take a good rest when they suffer from illness or major injuries. After their body is calmed down and can play basketball, they should gradually increase their exercise.
Fight slowly first, start with a match that is not a fierce match, then gradually adapt to the intensity of the match, and then engage in a high-intensity match.
This conforms to the laws of kinematics.
However, Lillard's left Achilles tendon was torn, which was related to the deep vein thrombosis in the right calf. After he got sick, he did not play ball and took medicine to dilute it to stabilize the thrombosis.
During this period, he did not participate in the game to adapt to the pace of the NBA game.
What's even more serious is that he ushered in the playoffs as soon as he came back, and the intensity was even better than that of the regular season. Lillard also fought hard for the team to win, which also made his injury worse.
Due to the condition of the right leg, Lillard will more or less let his left foot serve as a support point, leaning to the left when exerting force and getting rid of it, and his body may unconsciously overpress the side.
It turned out that he had some old injuries on his left foot, which also caused him torn his Achilles tendon.
Lillard's injury was a tragedy that could have been avoided. His situation is somewhat similar to Durant back then, but he was too eager to join the war, his body could not keep up, and then his body collapsed.
After talking about Lillard, let's talk about Tatum again.
When I saw Tatum being injured and circling on the ground, I felt something was wrong at that moment, and there was only one voice in my heart: It's over. I have seen this scene in reality.
Once played, and there was a teammate like this.
There was no confrontation in a fight. During a defense, he suddenly fell to the ground, and the pain made him grin on the ground with his feet covered his feet. At first we thought it was a sprain, but later he said that he couldn't use his strength and his right leg was powerless.
In the end, we helped him out.
Later, he went to the hospital for examination, and the result was that the anterior cruciate ligament was ruptured and he underwent surgery. He could only start exercising after more than a year of recovery.
You can also pay attention to a phenomenon when watching the game in the future. Any athlete who needs support and cannot get up after falling to the ground without confrontation. If you ask for help, it will most likely be a devastating injury.
Sprains, contusions, etc., people can usually grit their teeth and persevere. Ligament breakage and tear are really difficult to persist, and the pain is very strong.
What happened to Tatum's injury? It has a lot to do with his "defying" ability. Some time ago, there was not a post on social media that said Tatum was a "legendary killer king". Many fans praised him for being a stunning body, and he could recover quickly after being cushioned many times and being injured.
But to be honest, this is not a normal phenomenon. A human body is not steel bars and iron bones, and it will not fall no matter how hard it is to hit, it will have its limit.
It doesn't mean that he is not injured. Those minor injuries accumulate again and again, which is enough to cause devastating injuries to the athletes.
Tatum's rupture of the Achilles tendon is a "fatigue injury", which means that there are too many injuries and no maintenance after repeated destruction. Slowly, the human body is damaged and eventually falls down.
This is just like when we use machines. It doesn't matter if there is a small crack at the beginning, it can still be used; but if you don't care about it, he will definitely break suddenly one day over time, and the thousand-mile dike will collapse into the ant hole.
Sometimes don't underestimate this kind of "fatigue injury". It is also fatal, and it is not necessarily a good thing to have a small injury. The same is true for Curry of the
Warriors.
Curry has suffered injuries many times this season, twisted his feet several times in the regular season, and had a break for a while. As he gets older, Curry's body can't hold on anymore. When he faces the Timberwolves in the playoffs, he also suffered injuries, and the team is in trouble because of his absence.
In recent years, people have watched NBA games, and many players have frequent serious injuries, which is essentially related to excessive participation in the game.
Like Curry also participated in the Olympics in the summer and didn't get much rest. He will soon usher in the regular season and playoffs of the NBA, which will also be fatigued for him.
Grizzlies' Morant side, this will have something to do with his playing style. Compared with Edwards, Morant is not delicate enough to play, too strong, and loves to hit the basket, and his shooting ability of mid-range and three-pointers is not very stable.
Edwards has trained three-pointers this season and has increased the shooting stability, so he rarely fights at the basket. His excellent shooting allows him to avoid impact and reduce the risk of injury.
Morant likes to rush into the crowd when playing basketball, and he will be easily injured.
When I evaluated Morant before, I emphasized his potential injury. You must not play so hard, and you must train your shooting. You could still fight like this when you were young, what should you do when you are old? Ross and others will be the lessons of the past. No matter how Morant is the "waist king", he cannot withstand frequent injuries and going downhill.
So in terms of injury protection, we still have to look at it objectively. We must start from the perspectives of football skills, injury management, fatigue, etc. to improve these defects.
Although it cannot be said that doing so can completely avoid injuries, it can at least reduce the risk of athletes being seriously injured and better continue the athlete's career.
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