Basketball: The Chosen Victim

After seeing the photos of the private jet, Wu Di turned on TNT to watch the game between the Lakers and the Thunder to divert his attention.

Although the United States is not as large as China in terms of land area, it does not all use the East Eight District as the standard time like China does, but each uses its own time zone.

So Miami time is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles.

In other words, it is now past 12 o'clock in the morning in Miami, but it is still 9 o'clock in the evening in Los Angeles, and the third quarter of Game 5 of the series is in full swing.

77-83, the Lakers were 6 points behind, and the Thunder still had the ball.

Putting aside the previous life, this season is the last season before the Thunder's three young masters disintegrate, and it will also be the season with the Thunder's best playoff performance.

Before the game started, they already led the Lakers 3-1, so for the Lakers, this was a life and death battle.

Kobe was already burning himself. He scored 34 points at the end of the third quarter and made 23 of 14 shots, with a shooting percentage of 60.9%. The efficiency was not bad.

But other Lakers players were too stretched, especially Shark Bynum. It was the third quarter when he was chasing points, but he made 5 of 1 shots and all kinds of empty baskets!

After shooting 5 of 1 from the inside, his All-Star teammate who had high hopes suddenly turned into the big devil Zhou Qi. Kobe was helpless!
However, where there is a crouching dragon, there is a phoenix chick. The little shark is in such a state that Gasol has not been able to rise.

He was guarded by Ibaka, and he was unable to find a good shot, including Artest, whose athletic ability was declining. He was difficult to catch the ball. If Kobe hadn't continued to make hard passes in singles, the score would have been lost.

In the final attack of the third quarter, Lakers rookie guard Steve Blake successfully steals Thunder small forward Thabo Sefolosha and passes it to Kobe.

But time was running out, Kobe quickly dribbled the ball across the half court, and then made an extreme fadeaway jumper before the whistle of the third quarter-

Bang!
Hit the iron and miss!

Staples fans are as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but the cruelty of the playoffs is revealed, and any weakness will be targeted by the opponent!

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder began to strengthen the double-teaming against Kobe, and Kobe was gradually exhausted due to the consumption of the first three quarters.

Kobe Bryant started to score continuously, but Westbrook and Durant on the Thunder side kept scoring continuously!

The score difference quickly stretched to double digits!
Gasol wanted to explode and asked for the ball many times, but faced the iron wall set up by Ibaka, he only made 3 of 0 shots...

In the last 2 minutes, the score reached 86-104. Durant, Westbrook, and Harden all left the game, but Kobe was still making the final resistance.

However, the Thunder's bench was quite deep and the defensive skills of the substitute players were quite good. It took Kobe three full rounds and one minute before he finally scored a layup and scored a goal, chasing the score to 1-88.

But there are only 54 seconds left.

Kobe still wanted to resist, but other Lakers players had completely lost their energy, including Lakers head coach Mike Brown, and Kobe was also replaced.

The score on the court was finally fixed at 90-106!

Kobe Bryant scored 42 points, but the Lakers were still eliminated 1-4, handing over their ticket to the Western Conference Finals to the Thunder!

Wu Di was silent for a long time after looking at it. Flowers will bloom again and people will never be young again.

If the development trajectory of his previous life is followed, this will be the last playoff game of Kobe's career.

Although Howard and Nash will go to the Lakers this summer to form F4 with Kobe and Gasol, the F4 combination and the Lakers are simply incompatible. They have a poor run-in. Everyone has their own problems, and Kobe's knee injury is even more serious. It deteriorated to the point of being reimbursed for the season.

Although he recovered from his injury, his condition plummeted, and he was even ridiculed by James fans...

Wu Di clenched his fists. He must win the championship and complete system tasks to obtain the injury-free badge!

Although the Cavaliers won the battle of Tianwang Mountain and won 3 consecutive games to bring the score back to 3-2, it does not mean that the Heat have given up resistance!

If Wu Di remembers correctly, in his previous life, when the Heat played against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, they lost Tianwangshan first, and then the Big Three used their strongest mode to lead the Heat to two games in a row before getting tickets to the finals!
Therefore, he must win the next game in Cleveland!
Never give the Heat a chance to adjust!
"No, you absolutely can't play in the next game!"

Ariana said firmly while looking at Wu Di's MRI diagnosis film.

At five o'clock in the morning, after the Cavaliers' special plane arrived in Cleveland, they went straight to the professional medical center to give Wu Di a detailed examination.

After being forced to play with an injury in the last game, Wu Di's ankle injury worsened again.

"Judging from the extent of the ligament injury and fluid accumulation, you will need to recuperate for at least a month! Even if your body recovers much faster than ordinary people, it will not be considered until two weeks later!"

Ariana said with a tight mouth. Although she didn't say it clearly, the meaning was obvious. If there is a G7 in four days, Wu Di will never play!

She paused and continued:

"You, you have to believe in Jordan and the others! They only need to win one of the two games, and won't the sky be brighter when they play in the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals?"

The corners of Wu Di's mouth twitched. It wasn't that he didn't believe in the Cavaliers' lineup, but he could really go fishing in two weeks!

Scott's eyes were directly desperate. He knew very well that without Wu Di, the Cavaliers would not be able to survive the third quarter, or even the second quarter...

"Ahem, Dr. Ariana's diagnosis is very reasonable. Your situation is a rotational sprain. However, after last night's strenuous running and jumping, the swelling of the ligament increased significantly compared to the initial stage of the sprain. This is because the local fibers of the ligament are about to break. signs of…”

On the side, Rez Mancini, a sports medicine expert in a white coat, coughed slightly and regretted:
"This situation is quite dangerous! Fortunately, you took protective actions when you sprained to reduce the damage, and the game ended in time. Otherwise, the ligament would be broken and the integrity of the ligament would be lost. Even if you recover later, your entire career will be seriously affected. …”

Ariana nodded in agreement, while Scott sighed, the ligament was ruptured, and Wu Di would not be able to play again in a closed game!
"You guys go out first, I want to talk to Dr. Mancini alone." Wu Di whispered, he could feel that Ariana was being conservative in order to protect him.

In addition to being a medical expert, Mancini is also a super fan of the Cavaliers and holds family season tickets for the Cavaliers' courtside seats!

Wu Di had previously signed a pair of his children during the regular season, so relatively speaking, he should be able to get a more radical diagnosis result.

"No, I want to stay!"

But Ariana refused. He knew what Wu Di wanted to ask, but Wu Di was in so much pain on the plane today that she really couldn't bear to let her lover continue to take this risk.

"Okay. Well, doctor, I want to buy an electric wheelchair, do you have any model recommendations?"

Wu Di wrote down Mancini's phone number, and bought a racing electric wheelchair at the hospital by the way.

Yes, in the United States, there are not only electric wheelchairs, but also racing ones!

After returning home, Wu Di sat comfortably on the electric wheelchair, holding the joystick in his right hand to control the electric wheelchair to drive back and forth on the lawn.

"No wonder there are so many extreme sports in the United States, and there is no worries at all!"

Wu Di couldn't help but sigh, while Ariana pouted angrily. Apparently, she guessed that Wu Di wanted to contact the doctor privately without telling her.

"You underestimated my recovery speed, baby!"

When Wu Di saw this, he braked suddenly, pulled Ariana into his arms and said with a smile:
"And didn't you say that as long as I can win another game, I will have enough rest time to play against the Celtics later!"

After this series, Wu Di can rest for at least three days, and if he strategically abandons G1 and G2, he can rest for at least another five days.

But Ariana has a little temper, and her driving skills are obviously much better when she usually drives a manual transmission Porsche 911 GT3 RS!
She put her hand on Wu Di's right hand and slapped it fiercely, and the electric wheelchair turned 360 degrees violently, turned around and rushed towards the gate!
As she approached the entrance hall, her slender white jade fingers worked again, and the electric wheelchair drifted, and then there was a bang!
The wheelchair happened to get stuck on the floor.

"Two weeks off!"

Ariana tapped Wu Di's nose, then got up and went upstairs to sleep.

Wu Di looked at the white fish belly rising in the east and dialed Mancini's phone:

"Doctor, tell me the truth, if I go into battle five days later with an injury, what is the risk of ligament rupture?"

Mancini touched his chin, carefully examined the MRI film on the computer and said:
"Five days later? Are you talking about the game against the Celtics? Well...if the swelling subsides significantly and the inflammation subsides, the risk of being restricted from playing can be controlled!"

Wu Di rolled his eyes, the risk is controllable?That is no risk!
He went on to ask:
"What about three days?"

Mancini was surprised:
"Three days? There will still be greater risks in three days. Are you afraid that there will be a G7, right? Don't worry too much. Now the Heat have been completely demoralized by you, while the Cavaliers' morale is high..."

"Actually, it depends on the recovery situation. I also rely on experience to judge. Generally speaking, I think five days is already the limit, and there is a high probability that four days will be close..."

"In short, you have to watch the film when you have time to make a judgment. In addition, you are restricted to play because you have to wear a fixed belt, and if you think there is a problem on the court, you have to get off the court immediately for an inspection!"

Wu Di asked a few more questions before hanging up the phone.

According to Mancini, five days is a time point when one can consider a comeback.

The reason why he asked this was because today was a non-match day. As long as he took three drops of recovery essence, he could turn one day's recovery time into four days.

In addition to the recovery in the early morning and day tomorrow, it is basically equivalent to 4.5 days. In this way, he can come back directly in G6 tomorrow!
It's just that he has now been promoted to the legendary level, and the exchange price of the legendary recovery essence has become 1 million US dollars a drop, which is really expensive.

And recovery essences below the legendary level are of no use to him.

So if he wants to exchange for the recovery essence he can use, he can only spend 3 million US dollars to exchange.

Should we wait for G7, or simply spend US$3 million to come back early?

Without much hesitation, Wu Di decided to spend money directly.

First, he will make more money in the future, but once the opportunity is lost, he will not come back. Second, G6 is the Cavaliers' home court, and relatively speaking, his winning rate when he comes back in G6 is much greater than in G7.

And seeing that he can come back in G6, the Heat's mentality may collapse directly...

Tsk, I don’t know how Lao Zhan will react then!
Wu Di opened the system and looked at his wealth value. In cash and cash equivalents, there was only US$10 million left.

After the previous wave of krypton, and the recent sharp drop in Facebook's stock price, although he also made money in the playoffs, his wealth value has shrunk quite a bit.

"System, redeem 3 drops of recovery essence."

As Wu Di thought silently in his heart, three green capsules similar to fish oil appeared in his hand.

After taking the next pill, Wu Di immediately became lively and energetic. The fatigue from a sleepless night was instantly gone, and the swelling in his ankles was reduced a lot!
I almost wanted to stand up, and it was amazing!

But when he was about to take the second pill, he thought of Ariana's pretty face, and suddenly had an idea!
Don’t waste the essence! (end of this chapter)