The fighting spirit gained by injecting chicken blood cannot be maintained for long. As time goes by, everything returns to its original state.
Especially during the break, because the team played well, Doc Rivers could not continue his anger, and Lin Yu's teammates seemed to be forgiven.
Then in the second quarter of the game, they no longer worked as hard as they did in the first quarter. Maybe they were slacking off, but the main reason was that their physical fitness did not allow them to work so hard all the time.
The Cavaliers then took back the initiative on the court. LeBron James was still undefendable, and the Celtics' offense once again relied on the duo of Pierce and Lin Yu.
However, compared to the first half of the first quarter, the Celtics' overall performance improved. At least Lin Yu and Pierce's teammates were back to normal.
At halftime, at 49:59, the Cavaliers entered the intermission with a double-digit lead.
"With a 10-point deficit, the Celtics are in danger again. They are likely to be swept out by the Cleveland Cavaliers."
Trailing at halftime, no one was optimistic about the Celtics anymore. A 10-point deficit increased the possibility of a sweep to more than 50%.
In the locker room, Doc Rivers, who is not a tyrant, will not play the role of a tyrant again. He called it a day and began to arrange the second half's play in a normal state.
Then in the second half, the game resumed, and Lin Yu continued to face an energetic LeBron James.
For the first ball, James made a tough breakthrough. In order to win and prevent the point difference from widening further, Lin Yu pushed against James' right wing.
With a bang, bodies collided.
Lin Yu felt that his ribs were about to be knocked deeper into his body, which stung his heart.
He pushed down hard, and then was pushed aside by James with an even more violent impact, and then watched helplessly as James succeeded in a layup.
The score difference was widened again, and in the next defensive round, the same plot happened.
"LeBron James still crushed China Lin's defense without any suspense. I don't understand why at this stage, Doc Rivers is still unwilling to replace Paul Pierce to defend James? From a defensive perspective
Doc Rivers is too stubborn for this."
The commentators gradually couldn't stand such a game that had no suspense from beginning to end, and they began to express their own opinions and thoughts.
Then, he continued to watch Lin Yu being crushed by James.
finally……
"LeBron James got the ball and continued to face China Lin's defense. He had nothing to hesitate. He chose to break through again."
boom!
There was a loud noise in the penalty area, and all the Boston fans were stunned. They screamed, stood up in unison, and cast their sights into the penalty area.
The sound of this collision seemed to be different from the previous ones, the sound was too loud.
And after the loud noise, Lin Yu lay on the floor of the North Shore Garden Arena, hugging his thigh in pain.
"China Lin seems to be injured..."
In the commentary box, Kenny Smith opened his mouth wide, and a scene that no one wanted to see happened.
The referee stopped the game, and Doc Rivers, Jim Bravo and Lex Kalamian rushed to the court immediately and called the team doctor.
Pierce squatted beside Lin Yu, asking and comforting Lin Yu.
As for Lin Yu, he only felt unbearable pain on the side of his thigh. He knew that he was probably sick from overwork due to the continuous high-intensity matchup against LeBron James.
ESPN's live TV replay showed that James forced a breakthrough and violently collided with Lin Yu. Then, slow motion showed that Lin Yu sat down on the floor and wiped the floor for a distance.
Kenny Smith was silent, and Charles Barkley also made a judgment after a moment of silence: "It may be a ligament or muscle strain, and the worst result is a ligament tear."
"Injuries, injuries that no one wants to see, I hope it's not a torn ligament..."
The team medical team carried a stretcher and carefully placed Lin Yu on it. LeBron James helped the hand and apologized in a low voice: "Sorry, Lin."
Lin Yu shook his head. He knew that James didn't mean it. In the playoffs, everyone is working hard for victory, and James is just one of them.
In this way, under the quiet gaze of Boston fans in the stadium, Lin Yu was carried back to the locker room. He didn't know what would happen on the court in the next game.
But Lin Yu always has a strong will to go back and continue playing, regardless of injuries.
Clint Wood is the chief physician of the Celtics team's medical staff. He is a top student in the Department of Sports Medicine at Harvard University. He quickly gave Lin Yu a preliminary examination.
During the examination, Lin Yu felt that the pain caused by the injury had disappeared.
"What does it feel like here?"
Wood pinched the front of Lin Yu's thigh. Lin Yu shook his head and felt nothing.
"What about here?"
Then came the right side, and still felt nothing.
It wasn't until he pinched the inside, near the buttocks, that Lin Yu felt intense pain.
"Yes, that's right, it's right here."
Clint Wood stood up, took notes with a pen, and gave his guess: "The pain is in the hip joint, and it may be a muscle tear in the hip joint."
Then, he raised his head and asked Lin Yu and Jim Braver, who was following him: "Send Lin directly to the Catholic Hospital for examination?"
Jim Bravo didn't dare to make a decision on his own, so he looked at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu did not respond, but held the stretcher bed with both hands, sat up, and touched the ground with his feet, and then he was about to exert force.
"Hey, Lin, you can't stand up yet." Clint Wood immediately became very nervous. He stretched out his hand to stop Lin Yu from standing up. "Lie down, I'll have someone call an ambulance right now."
However, Lin Yu stood up and waved his hand: "No, I'm fine. Clint, give me an injection to seal it off. I want to go back."
"Go back? Where?"
"The stadium, I want to go back and continue playing!"
Clint Wood shook his head crazily: "No, this won't work. This will aggravate your injury. You can't take risks, and there is no need to take risks."
Because this is a game with no suspense anymore, the Celtics are going to be eliminated, Clint Wood thought silently.
"I've decided, Clint, seal it off and let me go back." The elbow couldn't twist the thigh, so the decision was in Lin Yu's hands.
In the locker room, after waiting for a long time, under the silent gaze of everyone, Clint Wood prepared a sealing needle and inserted it into Lin Yu's inner thigh.
Immediately, the pain in his buttocks completely disappeared, and Lin Yu even jumped, as if he was completely healthy.
"Jim, let's go back."
Pushing open the door of the locker room and walking through the long tunnel, Lin Yu was about to step out of the tunnel. He could already feel the scorching heat in the stadium.