Yao Yao, unbeaten in CBA, participated in the NBA draft in 2002 and was brought back to Houston by the Rockets as the No.1 pick. Although he was excluded and discriminated against when he first entered the NBA, he rose rapidly through his diligence and hard work, tied with O 'Neill, completely defeated Howard of Warcraft and became the top center in the league. In his NBA career, only the 09- 10 season was reimbursed for injuries and he was not selected as an All-Star. He was selected as an All-Star for the other eight years, but he retired at the peak of 3 1. The culprit is injury. Let's review the dribs and drabs that defeated the oriental giants in those years.
1, the earliest first injury can be traced back to the rookie season. On March 27th, 2003, the Rockets played against the Los Angeles Lakers at home. In the third quarter of the competition, Yao Ming and Fox were elbowed by each other while trying to rebound, and blood was everywhere on the spot.
2. At the end of June, 2004, Yao Ming participated in the training of China Men's Basketball Team in Dallas. In training, his right foot was unfortunately broken, and then half of his big toenail was directly broken. After the treatment effect was not satisfactory, he finally followed the doctor's advice and directly removed the necrotic toenail.
3. On June 28th, 2004, 10, in the preseason of NBA regular season, Yao Ming and Spurs player Nestrovich unfortunately injured their left arm when they were fighting for a position, so that for more than a month after the start of the regular season, he had to ride the court with a kilogram of elbow pads.
On June 365438+1October 3 1 in 2005, the Rockets played against the Heat for the first time. In this Yao shark battle, Yao Ming, who was unstoppable, was finally fouled maliciously by his opponent Walker, and his right arm was directly scratched with a wound about 10 cm long. After the game, his teacher Van Gundy did not hesitate to pay a fine of $25,000 to protest against the league.
On April 6th, 2005, in the match between the Rockets and the Trailblazers, Yao Ming was rudely hit on the calf by the Korean teenager Xia Chengzhen. He immediately fell to the ground and hugged his calf in pain, which eventually led him to miss the next game against the Hornets. This is the second time that Yao Ming missed the game in NBA career.
6. Just two days later, on April 4th, the Rockets played against the Sun at home. In a defense in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming was hit with his elbow by Sun's backup center Hunter, bleeding profusely. After a simple treatment outside the court, he still insisted on finishing the game and was taken directly to the hospital for two stitches.
8. On June 6, 2005 16, due to sudden bone spur in ankle, the reason was not clear after comprehensive examination in Houston. After consultation with many experts, Yao Ming underwent surgery to remove the spur of his left ankle, which was the first time in his life, but it became a turning point in his career. After that, despite minor injuries in the previous three seasons, he only missed two games.
9. On September 4th, 2005, Yao Ming represented his country in the Asian Basketball Championship. In the second quarter against Lebanon, Yao Ming was hit on the chin by the opposing player khatib during the layup. After four simple stitches, he persisted in finishing the whole game with an injury. Because the suture was incomplete, the team doctor made up two stitches the next day, which may eventually leave a clear scar on his chin.
10, time came to the fourth season of his career. 12 On February 7th, the Rockets were still sitting at home against the Celtics. While grabbing the position at the basket, Yao Ming was directly hit by Green Army center Scala Bryan, and his right eyebrow bone fell to the ground. Then he was covered in blood and helped back to the dressing room by the coach. After the treatment, 9 stitches were made directly.
1 1, 65438+February, 2005 1 1, Yao Ming visited the Kings with the team. In the fourth quarter of the game, when he caught the sideline ball, he was directly slapped by King Rahim, and his nose was directly tilted, leaving a scar on his face.
On June 12 and February 19 of the same year, Yao Ming's right big toe was infected and inflamed. Yao Ming had to have a second operation on his big toe in order to eradicate the root cause of the disease, which also led him to miss the next 2 1 game.
13, it never rains but it pours. Although Yao Ming came back at the end of 1 and ushered in a big explosion, he averaged 25.5 points and1.7 rebounds in the next 25 games, showing terrible dominance. Then in April 1 1 the first quarter against the jazz. When landing, he accidentally stepped on Williams' foot, which directly caused his left little toe to fracture and quit the game. In the subsequent operation, he was implanted with a steel nail to help him recover. Although the operation was successful, Yao Ming also rested for four months, so he had to miss all the remaining games this season.
14 and 2006-07 seasons, when the schedule was near13, Yao Ming played only six minutes against the Clippers on February 24th, 65438. When he jumped up to cover tim thomas's landing, he was accidentally injured by Thomas and teammate Hayes, which directly caused a non-metastatic fracture of his right leg tibia, and then he missed the game again.
15 and 2007-08 seasons, after playing 55 regular-season games, Yao Ming's left ankle was finally overwhelmed on February 27th, 2008. After long-term overuse, he was diagnosed with a stress fracture, and then he was declared to be reimbursed for the season. Five days later, he completed the operation in the Texas Medical Center of Herman Memorial Hospital in Houston, but from the subsequent outcome, the operation was completely unsuccessful.
In the 16 and 2008-09 seasons, although Yao Ming was lucky enough to complete the regular season schedule and lead the Rockets through the first round of the playoffs, in the last period of the second round of the battle with the Lakers, Yao Ming even reluctantly played the return of the king after Kobe was injured, but fate still failed to care for this stubborn oriental giant, and the excessive consumption of the whole season knocked him down again, and his left foot was in three games with the Lakers.
17,10-1In recent seasons, when Yao Ming made a smooth comeback in everyone's expectation and only participated in five games, God played another big joke on us, 201/kloc-0.
According to statistics, Yao Ming once had 66 stitches in his chin and as many as 28 steel nails implanted in his feet. He is a veritable steel warrior in the NBA. Although he has only a short career of nine years, he has won the respect of the whole world with his perseverance, hard work and never giving up. At the same time, he was successfully elected to the Hall of Fame on 20 16, showing the pride of China to the world.