Yao leaves Washington game with injury? (UPDATE: "Tendon straight" in left leg)

looks like it may be his achilles or something in that area...you can see his foot dorsiflex pretty forcefully when he fell..

 

doesn't look serious, and hope that it is not.

 

He got hit on the right leg but was limping on his left...

 

That's Yao ming for ya lol

 

When he left game 3 against Lakers a couple years back, it didn't look serious either.

 

I call horsecrap on the knee to the thigh. How many people leave the game because of a knee to the leg and don't return? Very rarely? Another 'freak' accident? Yao is too damn fragile.

 

just another game without him.

 

Look at his left ankle as he's falling. If he had managed to stay on his feet, there'd be no strain.

 

We have to somehow win this game. I'd vouch to say this is a must win.

 

you're not going to get a strain by getting hit...a strain is usually from a muscle being pulled/stretched suddenly, like when Deke tore his. If you look at Yao's left ankle, as he was falling, it dorsiflexes (opposite of calf raise) too quickly, and thats likely where the tendon stretch happened.

 

Yep, I don't remember to many people saying that night it was a bad injury either...IIRC.

 

Really? From what I remember, Yao was limping badly that game. You could tell he was really hurt. Tonight? He wasn't limping too much.

 

true. let's just all pray that he's ok. he's too good of a player to be derailed by injuries (he already is...)

 

So we still talking about the Rockets being too short....

 

sorry, wrong thread. :grin:

 

we might actually make the playoffs now!

 

Yao for franchise sake please be ok...

 

I remember him limping, sure, but the reports THAT NIGHT weren't ominous, that was my point.

 

Damn some of you were saying if Yao can't play back to back or more than 24 minutes than he shouldn't be in the lineup.

There you got your wish

 

These clowns are gonna lose this game!! They need to step it up!!!