Causes of Celtics failure: All four major players were injured, and the injury wave shattered the championship dream

On May 18, as the Celtics stopped in the Eastern Conference semi-finals, the defending champion's season journey was full of tragic marks, and four of their starting five tigers actually suffered injuries.

The most heart-wrenching thing is Tatum, the team's star. After that fall in the fourth game of the semifinals, an MRI test showed that his right Achilles tendon was completely broken. The 27-year-old scoring machine underwent emergency surgery in New York the next day, and the medical team explained that "early surgery can achieve the best rehabilitation results." You should know that the Achilles tendon injury can be called an athlete's killer, and superstars such as Kobe and Cousins ​​have all died.

Jaylen Brown, who has been gritting his teeth and insisting, actually has a "time bomb" hidden in his knees. Since March, the All-Star forward has been fighting with a meniscus torn right knee, and has to receive painkill injections every week before he can play. Although he chose to adjust the quit in the last three games of the regular season, he dragged his injured leg for 36.5 minutes in the playoffs, averaging 22.1 points and 7 rebounds per game. Brown will undergo detailed examinations this week and may face surgical treatment, people familiar with the matter said.

What is even more bizarre is Porzingis's "strange disease". The 2.21-meter center has been infected with an unknown virus since April. It was first infected with an upper respiratory tract, then developed into symptoms similar to bronchitis, and finally showed the characteristics of mononucleosis. "Every time I finish training, it's like I'm run over by a truck," Porzingis said helplessly. Although he made a brief comeback in the late regular season, the postseason virus made a comeback and the inside pillar fell again.

Even Holiday, known for his iron blood, cannot escape his fate. At the end of the regular season, he suffered a torn finger ligament. "Now it feels like only four fingers are left to use," the defensive strongman smiled bitterly and laughed at himself. But even so, he still played the playoffs with fixed protective gear.

This team of kings who won the O'Brien Cup last season was unable to resist the attack of injuries. When health becomes the most luxurious configuration, perhaps even the champion DNA is unable to make it happen. As the Boston Globe commented: "They lost to their strongest opponent - fate. "