Giannis has played in all NBA Finals games after a horrific knee dislocation. The consequences of the injury bother him even after three months.

But the champion is sure that everything will be all right jumps out to block Clint Capela’s final alley. The Milwaukee forward does not succeed: he lands badly on his left leg, as a result of which the knee is in an extremely unnatural position – deformed inward.

No what kind of continuation of the game and the series is out of the question. Yannis leaves the court, the Bucks lose to the Hawks at the end of the meeting, but they take the next two games from Atlanta and advance to the main series of the year.

First leg of the NBA Finals, July 6, 2021. The Reindeer surprise the Suns already in the opening of the confrontation. And no, not a victory at all – the Bucks are inferior in both the first and second matches.

But even a week before Adetokumbo barely left the site, almost no one expected that he would return so quickly. Even the forward himself:

“When I fell, I thought I was out for a year. I thought that everything was over, that absolutely everything in my knee was broken. ”

But Yannis is back. And after a relatively nondescript first game, he made some amazing performances, including a memorable 50-point extravaganza in the sixth meeting, which brought Milwaukee the coveted championship.

Everything that happened to the Greek knee was dubbed hyperextended knee, which was not a diagnosis, but a statement of the fact of a change in the position of the joint at the time of landing.

In this case, the injuries inside the knee could be very different. As reported by when the forward landed, it was about 30 degrees, which could lead to very serious consequences, including:

• rupture of the knee joint capsule;

• contusion of the femur and tibia;

• rupture of the cruciate and lateral ligaments.

Potential ligament damage could be particularly affected by lateral displacement of the knee during a fall, but it was not possible identify neither in the video nor in the screenshot.

But insider Adrian Wojnarowski quickly reassured everyone: there was no Giannis in his left knee. ” structural damage ”, that is, the integrity of the joint was preserved. The absence of ligament ruptures was also separately noted. The content of the message did not mean that there was no bruise or any kind of sprain in the forward’s knee, but the knee itself was intact. So much so that the Greek was able to play in all the matches of the final. a happy ending to a beautiful story. If the trauma was remembered, it was only in the context of its overcoming by Yannis.

Unless Milwaukee general manager John Horst continued to be pleasantly surprised that the team leader would not need surgery in the offseason. okay. I don’t have an explanation, but he’s fine. ”

Recently it turned out that the consequences of injury still affect the basketball player. He spoke about this, as well as about the pain in the final, in interview Greek TV, which was published at the end of September.

– How do you feel about talking about rival injuries?

– Everyone says there were injuries at the Nets, but didn’t we have them? How about when I had to skip at least 3 months and came back after seven days?

– This is a medical miracle. Can you explain it?

– If you are focused on your business, if you only think about how to get better. If you train hard, don’t drink, don’t smoke, sleep and eat properly. If you’ve done all of this for eight or nine years in the NBA, then in a difficult moment, you will cope with difficulties.

I also did a great job on my body, worked a lot on agility and strength. And, of course, God helped me. If God wanted, I would be out for a year and a half. So we had injuries too, not just the Brooklyn Nets …

I shouldn’t have gone to the first game. I felt incredible pain, and we also lost. I turned to God: “Okay, we lost. But please help me leave the gym now, but stay healthy. Let it hurt, but at the same time I will be sure that I can play in the next meeting. That I will get better. ”

In that game, Chris scored 30 points, Drew 15, I added 20. But then we went to the second game, and what happened? Didn’t I dial 42? And you will excuse me, but I have to say this – I did it. Because I dialed 42 and we still lost!

I thought, “Whoa, whoa, what’s going on? That is, I am capable of gaining points after an injury, but we still cannot win? Are they really that much better than us? ”

So I told the guys that we have a responsibility to protect the home site.

– Did you continue to play in the final with pain?

– I feel pain right now! The first training session after the final I did only yesterday, the first full training session. And it hurts a lot, but everything will be fine.

Milwaukee training camp kicked off last week. Adetokumbo did not participate in the first training session. But he spoke about the condition of the knee:

“I feel good. Obviously, my body needs proper care as always. We are in no hurry. I’m ready to play, but since I feel pain, I have to listen to it. When you are in pain, this body speaks to you. It protects you. And you should stop.

I’ve already played through pain and don’t think now is the right time to take risks. Now is just the beginning of the season. But in general I feel good both psychologically and physically. And I will do whatever it takes to be 100% ready. But I don’t want to think ahead. ” participation in full-fledged training games. However, he did not give specific details of the injury to the basketball player. Even yesterday, in open practice, he limited himself to signing autographs.

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But the Bucks are calm: yes, Adetokumbo is still worried about the injury he received three months ago. But the recovery process is under the supervision of club doctors and will last as long as necessary. After all, the main goal for Giannis and the team is to repeat the an awful year’s result. And with the healthy leader of Milwaukee it is quite possible to compete for the second championship in a row.

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